please make me king

Chapter 1588 An Nei
Liaoyang, Sicheng, the old capital of Eastern Liaodong, has 24 miles around the city. It is divided into two cities, north and south, with a total of eight gates. It was the most important town in Eastern Liaodong at the end of Ming Dynasty.

However, due to the large number of gates in the city, it is actually not conducive to defense.

According to Huang Degong's mind, instead of stationing the old city of Liaoyang, it is better to station the new city Tokyo.

However, the old city of Liaoyang is not only the home of Li Yangeng and other aristocratic families, but also the main concentration area of ​​Han people.

Huang Degong, as a general from Liaodong, could not do anything to throw all these people to Houjin no matter what.

Therefore, after a battle between heaven and man, he had to abandon Tokyo and stay in Liaoyang.

However, although Liaoyang City is very large, there are not a few people in Liaoyang City.

Under the guidance of Li Yangeng, the Cui family and the Han family, who were very dissatisfied with Hou Jin, joined the rebel army.

The Cui family and the Han family were both from the former Ming Guards. They have been generals for generations. They not only have a huge influence in Liaoyang City, but also have a group of guards in their hands.

"I'm Cui Ming!"

"Under Han Xuan!"

"I've seen General Huang!" Just as Hou Jinbing appeared in the north of Liaoyang City, Cui and Han sent out their talents.

Cui Ming of the Cui family is relatively strong, with a full face; while Han Xuan of the Han family is a lean and elegant young man.

However, no matter whether these two people are tough or elegant, they all have the rebellious energy of Liaodong soldiers and civilians in their bones.

"Sit down!" Huang Degong gestured, and said first, "I think everyone has a deep understanding of the virtue of a tartar, so I don't need to say more!"

"At this time, everyone should not hide and hide. Only by guarding Liaoyang City can we talk about other things."

"Although I only have a battalion under my command, reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as we defend Liaoyang City for a few days, it will be a great achievement!"

As soon as Huang Degong finished speaking, Li Yangeng hurriedly said: "General, keep your heart in your stomach, our Li family still has [-] elite soldiers, I will donate a lot of them!"

"At the beginning, my father mistakenly believed in the words of the villain, so that he helped the tyrant to do evil. For this reason, my father was always uneasy."

"As the saying goes: Father's debt is paid by the son. Now that the time has come to pay off the debt, I, the son, will certainly do my part!"

"Okay, brother Li is right!" As soon as Li Yangeng finished speaking, Cui Ming couldn't help but continued, "The Tartars are cruel, it's time to pay with blood!"

"Our Cui family, 21 people, died at the hands of the Tartars. Our whole family remembers it, remember it clearly!"

"Now that we have the help of King Shun's righteous soldiers, my Cui family has sent 460 soldiers with seven names, all of whom are at the command of the general!"

When Han Xuan saw that everyone expressed his opinion, he couldn't help but quickly answered: "Although my Han family is not as good as Li and Cui's two families, eighteen members of the direct branch died at the hands of the Tartars."

"Our Han family mobilized all our family resources, and sent 370 three members, all of whom are at the command of the general!"

"Okay, they are all good guys!" Huang Degong nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, and then said.

"It's just that the city of Liaoyang is so big that it's hard to cover everything. I also ask three young men from the city to help defend the city."

"Among them Li Zhuangshi is stationed in the north and west, Cui Zhuangshi is stationed in the east, and Han Zhuangshi is stationed in the south. I will be in the center and lead the main force to support at any time. What do you think?"

"That's right, I'm willing to listen to the general's orders!" Li Yangeng, Cui Ming and Han Xuan couldn't help bowing after hearing this.

The four of them have decided, and Huang Degong is about to share some information.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Han Xuan took the lead and said: "General, since ancient times, when defending the city, disasters often originate from the inside, not from the outside."

"Since the Targa army raised its troops, it has been good at this method. This is the loss of Liao, Shen, Guangning."

"General, if you want to hold on to this city, please kill the Zhu family, Wang family, Duan family and other families in the city who are connected with the Tartars, and then you can defend it!"

It turns out that the Ming court once set up four guards in the city of Liaoyang: Dingliao Zhongwei, Dingliao Zuowei, Dingliao Vanguard, and Dingliao Backguard.

The generals of the guards who were born from these four guards were the main source of Liaoyang Shijia.

For example, the Han family was born in Dingliao Zhongwei, while the Cui family was born in Dingliao Youwei in Phoenix City. The Zhu family who had surrendered to the old slaves was born in Dingliao Qianwei, and the Wang and Duan families were born in Dingliao Zuowei. And Dingliao defender.

"How is the strength of these companies?" Huang Degong couldn't help showing embarrassment when he heard the words.

It's not that he doesn't want to take action against Zhu, Wang, Duan and other powerful families, but that he is worried that they will be too powerful and self-defeating.

But look at the Cui and Han families, each with three to five hundred soldiers. If the same is true for the Zhu, Wang, and Duan families, these three families probably have more than a thousand soldiers.

Although for Huang Degong, the 5000 men and horses under his command have an overwhelming advantage over the more than [-] soldiers.

However, how to deal with these people cleanly and neatly under the military threat of the Shuotuo Department outside the city is the most troublesome problem.

"Among the Zhu, Wang, and Duan families, the Zhu family is the strongest, with three or four hundred elites in their hands." Li Yangeng said hastily.

"Fortunately, I have surrendered with Zhu Shichang, and now I am not in the city. The other kings, Duan and other families only have hundreds of people, and they are not worth mentioning!"

"Why are these companies so weak?" Huang Degong was stunned when he heard the words, and he couldn't help asking.

"This..." Cui Ming and Han Xuan couldn't help but looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then explained with a little embarrassment.

"The general was originally from the Liaodong Guard, how could he not know that this system has already been corrupted."

"Its farmland has been reduced to the private business of officials at all levels, and its sergeants have been reduced to slaves of generals."

"If you still have a bit of heart, you will be kind enough to support three or five hundred family members; if you want to enjoy wealth and honor, you have already put your swords and guns into the warehouse and released them to Nanshan..."

When Huang Degong heard this, he immediately reacted.

The Weisuo garrison system carefully designed by Ming Taizu is now almost completely ruined.

From a purely economic point of view, raising soldiers and raising soldiers is a loss-making business.

Large tracts of fertile land have to be distributed to the big soldiers, each of whom has a strong labor force, who has to be trained every day and perform military tasks, which is "seriously wasted."

Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty soon discovered the "business opportunities" and began to occupy the farmland and enslave soldiers.

Tuntian and soldiers are the foundation of the Weisuo system. Once the Weisuo system collapses, it is only natural that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army will decline.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the Liaodong tribes that developed also became divided.

The Li family, the Han family, the Zhu family, and the Cui family, through encroaching on farmland and supporting their families, eventually evolved into military landlords.

Families like the Wang family and the Duan family who have almost completely given up their achievements in the military have evolved into economic landlords.

Purely from the perspective of economic interests, economic landlords are indeed more productive than military landlords, but from the perspective of war, the situation is the opposite.

"Okay, that's it!" Huang Degong couldn't help suggesting after knowing the truth of Zhu, Wang, Duan and the others' families.

"In a while, please hand me an invitation card. Please Zhu, Wang, Duan and other Patriarchs come to discuss matters, and I will give them a one-pot meal!"

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Li Yangeng, Cui Ming, Han Xuan and others looked at each other, and couldn't help but exclaim with joy.

It turns out that apart from official affairs, there are also some personal grievances between these few families.

These powerful families are in the same city, so it is inevitable that there will be some discord.In addition, when they competed with each other for soldiers and farmland, they fought even more.

Now not only the great hatred has been avenged, but also the opportunity to annex their population and land is really killing two birds with one stone, double happiness!

(End of this chapter)