Emperor Chongzhen took in their expressions and said to Kong Youde: "Please tell me again about the current military preparations of the Jianlu in Liaodong!"
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming had already reported this before, so it was no big deal to repeat it again. They immediately responded respectfully: "For this expedition, the Jianlu will recruit men under 70 and over 15 to join the army. The old and weak will guard Liaodong, and the elite will invade the interior. The entire Liaodong has about 40,000 troops, mainly guarding Liaoyang and Shengjing... Shenyang. The rest of the places are empty, with very few troops."
Wu Sangui frowned upon hearing this and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, outside Shanhaiguan, there is a Jianlu Aixinjueluo Tunqi with 5,000 troops stationed there, and they are all elite, not old or weak!"
When Kong Youde heard this, he immediately remembered and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, these are the troops left by the slave chieftain Dorgon before he entered the pass, and they negotiated with him... Marshal Wu."
Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded, then looked at Wu Sangui and said: "Mr. Wu has more than 40,000 troops. I want you to lead the troops to attack Liaodong, not to recover the lost territory, but to imitate the Jianlu's invasion of the interior every time, avoid the strong cities, and strike at the strength of the Jianlu. Is it possible to do it?"
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