Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1422 The Great Handsome Tiger Might
"...It turned out that Fei Yingdong abandoned his horse on the mountain and approached with 300 people holding bows. The captive chief Nurhachi set up an ambush in the forest, thinking he had a plan. Unexpectedly, the mantis caught the cicada, and the oriole was behind, and shot Ba Ya for Fei Yingdong. There are dozens of soldiers.

Fei Yingdong led his troops forward, and the captive chieftain was almost captured alive in a hurry. He injured his foot when he tried to leave.

Fei Yingdong was still fighting, and Anfei Yanggu was injured with his blade.After more than ten matches, it was heard that Ma Canrong was injured by a dark arrow, and after a long battle until he fainted, he stopped.The captives also avoided.

It was the official army who captured the enemy's head at level 230, wounded the enemy or nearly a thousand, and achieved great victory.However, Shen Rong lost blood and fell into a coma. Fei Yingdong didn't dare to enter without permission, so he discussed with us and retreated forty miles to camp for treatment.And reported and heard. "

Holding a battle report written in Chinese by Ma Chengxun's army, Li Chengliang thought for a long time, then looked around at the generals in the tent, and asked slowly: "What do you think of this battle report?"

Zu Chengxun stroked his beard and said, "The final general thinks that this battle report is both true and false."

"How do you know?" Li Chengliang put down the battle report in his hand, and asked again: "Where do you think it is true and where is it false?"

Zu Chengxun thought about it and said: "The above description of the battle situation, the general will think it is true, but the so-called great victory must be false."

"Oh?" Li Chengliang asked indifferently: "Nurhachi and An Feiyang were both wounded, and more than a thousand Jianzhou soldiers were killed or injured. Isn't this a great victory?"

Zu Chengxun couldn't help laughing: "Commander, it's nothing more than taking the first rank of military exploits, but who will believe the so-called 'injuring the enemy or nearly a thousand'? Who can prove it? What's more, they are 'or 'The words are used...even I dare not say it to death.

It's like the Mongols came to attack the city, and the general led the people to shoot arrows on the tower without thinking, and then sent someone to the commander to tell you that more than a thousand Mongolian horses were shot in this battle... Just ask the commander Do you reward the last general, or send someone to arrest the last general and take him to Guangning to beat him? "

Li Chengliang smiled and said: "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. I can't turn a blind eye to these tricks. Even if the left and right military departments want to take sides, the rules are still in place: if there is a leader, it will be discussed, and if there is no leader. It’s nothing more than a few words of praise at the highest level, it’s no big deal.”

After a pause, he continued: "However, as a general, I still need to understand the casualties of Nurhachi's troops. Otherwise, how can I make a decision? Besides, what is Ma Chengxun's injury? He concealed it and didn't make it clear whether he can fight the next battle? There are thousands of cavalry under his command, and because he was shot by an arrow, is he planning to withdraw his troops?"

Zu Chengxun glanced at the other generals, but didn't continue.

Li Pinghu was a murderer when he was on the battlefield. When he was not on the battlefield, he seldom interrupted these discussions. At this time, he was watching his nose, nose, nose, and heart. Look at that... almost fell asleep.

In the end it was actually Li Rubai who spoke, and he said with a sarcasm: "As long as you are fighting with the Jurchens, such things as being hit by an arrow are common. How many of our handsome accountants have never been hit by a cold arrow? But he, Ma Chengxun, is delicate and can faint from an arrow? I don't think this is right, I'm afraid this guy is afraid of the enemy and avoiding the battle."

Li Chengliang didn't believe Ma Chengxun's fear of the enemy and avoiding the battle at all, and he even explained it lightly, saying: "The battle report is unknown, who knows if he hurt his heart, throat or other vital organs? There are many hunters in various Jurchens , are all famous for being good at shooting. In the past, the officers and soldiers fought against them, and those who suffered the most casualties under heavy arrows. Although Ma Chengxun suppressed Kaiyuan, this battle is his first battle with Jurchen, so it is a good thing to learn some lessons."

These words are what a general should say to his subordinates and elders to his juniors, but Li Chengliang continued: "Ma Chengxun was injured by an arrow and passed out, no matter whether he hurt his vitals or not, he must have lost too much blood. False. From this point of view, it may be difficult for his troops to advance rapidly. The battle report also said that Nurhachi was injured in one foot. Although the severity is not known, he may have to withdraw to Hetuala for repairs..."

Li Rubai took over the conversation and said: "You don't have to worry, Commander. If this is the case, it will be convenient for our four armies to encircle and suppress."

Li Chengliang glanced at himself this time, did not speak, and then turned to look at Li Rumei.

"Commander, the general has something to say." Li Rumei cupped his hands and said, "Ma Chengxun is seriously injured, Cao Yu is cautious, and Yang Yuan is far away. It is difficult for these three armies to pose a threat to Nurhachi immediately. According to the general's estimation, the army It may take another seven or eight days to encircle Hetuala according to this deployment. However, Nurhachi's foot injury is unknown in the battle report. Judging from his ability to escape in time, the injury should not be serious, or even just a sprain. Just feet.

In this way, he may be able to recover on the way back to Hetuala. It only takes one or two days, and there are still five or six days to prepare for defense. "

When Li Rumei said this, she seemed a little unfinished, so she simply stood up and walked to the edge of Lihua map, pointed to Hetuala and the surrounding Ming army ministries, and said: "Son... the last general still insists on the previous view, that is, Nurhachi He will not stick to the isolated city, he will still take the initiative to send troops, strive to turn passive into active, and reverse the dangerous situation of being surrounded by four roads."

Although Li Rumei obviously hadn't finished speaking, Li Rubai interrupted: "Why do you still see it this way? Now that the situation has shown that Nurhachi can't even defeat Ma Chengxun who doesn't occupy the land in the valley, the other three Which one can he break?
Yang Yuan is too far away and is a partial division. Even if Nurhachi wiped out all his troops, he would not be able to change the overall situation. The only ones that fit your statement are Cao Yu's troops and our army headquarters.However, Cao Yu was cautious at first, and his troops were elite, and there were still two thousand Qi's troops in the formation, what could Nurhachi do to defeat him?If he can't, then who else can he attack?Aiming at the commander's headquarters?That's self-inflicted. "

Li Rumei glanced at her second brother, as if he was hesitant to "talk back".Although Li Chengliang on the commander's seat lowered his eyes, he seemed to have a panoramic view of everything, and said indifferently: "During the military discussion, all generals should speak freely."

Although this statement is true, but at this moment, it undoubtedly supports Li Rumei, so Li Rumei clasped his fists at him and Li Rubai each, and continued: "What the second brother said, the younger brother mostly agrees, but the last sentence, the younger brother thinks otherwise.

Although Nurhachi's ambush of Ma Chengxun was not considered a success, in any case, even if it was a fluke, at least Ma Chengxun's troops can no longer quickly attack Hetuala. Temporarily get rid of the threat posed.

As far as our army is concerned, it is not urgent to encircle and suppress Hetuala; as far as Nurhachi is concerned, it is urgent to break our army's encirclement.Therefore, all departments of our army can be prudent, but Nurhachi can't delay for a moment. The five or six days mentioned by the younger brother just now are the key to determine the success or failure of Nurhachi's battle.

Therefore, the younger brother thinks that the most important thing right now is to prevent Nurha from taking risks out of desperation.Cao Yu's troops are good at defending, and it is difficult to defeat them in a hurry; Yang Yuan is far away and is a partial teacher, and he can't make it if he wants to break it. Breaking it is useless, and Nurhachi will not do such a useless job.In this way, if he doesn't want to be slaughtered, the only way is to attack our department! "

Li Rubai sneered: "Just rely on him? Ma Chengxun's 3000 people...even if it's [-], he can't help but set up an ambush in advance. Now that we have [-] elite troops, how dare he come to attack the stone with an egg?"

Li Rumei frowned and said: "It's not about daring or daring, it's about having to do it. If you come, you can still fight to the death and survive in a desperate situation; if you don't come, you will be in a dead end. There is no reason to live."

Li Rubai laughed, shook his head and said: "I don't think so? Now that he still has the strength in his hands, if he voluntarily asks to surrender, he will personally come to the Marshal's army to plead guilty. On the one hand, wouldn't that be considered a way to survive? Besides, with the kindness of the commander in chief, this way of survival is not more reliable than his desperate struggle and dying struggle?"

Li Rumei pondered for a moment, then shook her head slowly, and said, "My little brother thinks it's very difficult—if he succeeds in defeating Ma Chengxun, it's not impossible to do so, but since he has never defeated Ma Chengxun, he won't do it." gone."

The two brothers disagreed to such an extent that Li Chengliang still stood on the sidelines and refused to express his position.

Zu Chengxun was a little worried when he saw it, and couldn't help interjecting: "Where did Ziqing (Li Rumei) say this? I think Zizhen (Li Rubai)'s opinion is quite reasonable. How can he, Nurhachi? Dare to touch the majesty of the commander-in-chief, it is better to surrender early and cede land for peace."

When he interrupted, before Li Rumei could speak, Li Pinghu, who seemed to be dozing off beside him, suddenly said: "Nurhachi, this little bastard has not suffered any big losses in recent years, maybe his tail is up to the sky. You I thought he wouldn't dare to touch the majestic Hu, but I think he might really have the guts."

Then he added unsatisfactorily: "I see, this little bastard's skin is itchy now, and he needs to take care of it. Only when he is hurt, or even limped, can he calm down, just like... uh, that How do you say that in a sentence?"

Li Ruzhen, the third son of Li Chengliang who was transferred back to Liaodong not long ago because of his father's shadow, was a Jinyi guard in the early years. He thought that he had gained a lot of literary style in the capital.

Li Pinghu slapped his thigh: "Ah, that's right, that's the sentence! The third son seems to have read well all these years."

Li Ruzhen's face was full of color, and Qin Deyi on the side also smiled and said: "It's rare to speak flatly, since this is the case, the last general will also interject: Nurhachi, let alone other things, must be quite courageous. If you want to talk about him He must not dare to commit a crime, I am afraid he underestimated his courage."

Seeing that everyone started to express their opinions, Li Xing also jokingly said: "To be honest, if the last general is Nurhachi and refuses to raise his hand to surrender, the last general will really choose to come to the South Road instead of the West Road. Bian can't walk fast anyway, and he is a good general and a good soldier, so just put it there, there is no need to touch this bad luck.

Although the commander-in-chief's southern road is a powerful force in the world, there is one thing that is quite disadvantageous - we are also walking in the valley, and like Ma Chengxun, the whole army is composed of cavalry, but there are more artillery battalions.But the artillery battalion is difficult to be effective in the field battle in the river valley, so since Nurhachi dared to ambush Ma Chengxun, he also dared to ambush our troops. "

Seeing that the discussion in the army was gradually going against him, Li Rubai couldn't help but darken his face, and said displeasedly: "Everyone, don't forget that Nurhachi didn't get any benefit from ambushing Ma Chengxun. The fault is that Ma Chengxun himself was incompetent and got shot Well, Nurhachi might even have to put himself there. Now the commander-in-chief's headquarters is far beyond what Ma Chengxun can match, and Nurhachi can't even take care of Ma Chengxun, so he dares to seek death again?"

Li Ning, who is as famous as Li Pinghu, Li Xing, Qin Deyi and others, supported Li Rubai. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "The general agrees with the second son. Since Nurhachi can't win Ma Chengxun, he is really at the end of his rope. The method of ambush in order to seek the commander-in-chief is really a way of seeking death."

After he said this, Sun Shoulian also agreed.The subordinates were divided into two factions, each supporting Li Chengliang and his son. It was time for him to express his opinion.

However, just as Li Chengliang was about to speak, a messenger came outside to report that Nurhachi had sent someone to send a surrender form.

Li Rubai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Look, Marshal, Nurhachi is still a little self-aware."

Li Chengliang was also quite happy in his heart, but he was very fond of his youngest son Li Rumei, but he was always a bit picky about his second son Ru Bai, so he just nodded and asked someone to invite the envoy from Jianzhou in.

The surrender envoy called himself Gagai, and brought Nurhachi's surrender letter and a personal letter to Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang read them one by one, and saw that the surrender form was written very humbly, and he fully embraced the mistakes he made, and never shirked a word.But after a closer look, he found that Nurhachi had secretly changed his concept, saying that these things were all because he was not familiar with Daming's laws and regulations not long after he took office, and he didn't deliberately violate them.

As for admitting mistakes and pleading guilty, Nurhachi was very sincere, and even said that he would return the Jurchen territory that he had invaded in recent years and "stick to the left guard."At the same time, he also said that he would personally come to Li Chengliang's army to plead guilty, and at the same time open the Hetuala Walled City, waiting for Uncle Li to inspect and inspect.

In a word, it's like throwing yourself to the ground, beating and scolding by others.

Li Chengliang thought about it, and felt that Nurhachi really had no better way.Because even according to the discussion of the generals under his command just now, it is actually meaningless for Nurhachi to come to ambush him.

First, Li Chengliang didn't think Nurhachi could do anything to him; second, even if Nurhachi had caused a lot of casualties to him, so what?Daming crushing him to death is like trampling an ant to death, it doesn't take much effort at all.In other words, Nurhachi will eventually lose, and it is only a matter of time before he breaks the sky.In this case, no matter how hard Nurhachi struggled, it would be useless in the end.

Uncle Li felt relieved, Nian Xu said reservedly: "Gagai, you go and report to your master, and say that the commander-in-chief reads the old friendship between Jue Chang'an and his son, and this time he can be allowed to surrender, but what he promised But things cannot be compromised, everything must be implemented. I will go to Hetuala to check, he can prepare to withdraw from those lands in advance, including the previous Zhechen subordinates, he also has to check it out, complete Spit it out all over the place...do you understand all of this?"

Gai kowtowed respectfully according to Ming etiquette and accepted his orders, not daring to give half a word of refusal.

Satisfied, Li Chengliang smiled contemptuously, waved his hands and said, "In that case, go back and return to your life."

As soon as Ga Gai left, all the generals congratulated loudly, no matter which son they supported, "You are a handsome man, no one dares to rebel!"

Li Chengliang laughed, got up proudly, turned back to the back tent and went to rest.

(End of this chapter)