Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 99 Finale
Chongzhen four years.

Liaodong.

Daling River City.

More than two years have passed since the last invasion.

"Report——!"

A fast horse galloped back from outside the city.

Upon seeing this, a burly general wearing iron armor and a Xuanwu helmet hurriedly walked down the city. Seeing that the sentinel was wearing a gray face, he waved to the deputy general to get a bowl of water and frowned at him.

"how's it going?"

The person who spoke was Yuan Chonghuan's general and forward commander Zu Dashou.

The Sentinel Cavalry wolfed down the bowl of water without wiping his mouth, and immediately said: "Commander, I saw it! The reinforcements from Songshan have been defeated by Jian Nu thirty miles outside the city and have retreated back to Songshan!"

When Zu Dashou heard this, his face darkened.

"Are you sure?"

"How many soldiers and horses came from Songshan?"

The sentry rider thought about it slightly and sighed.

"There were about two to three thousand men and horses. I saw it with my own eyes. They were marching. The slave cavalry suddenly rushed down from the top of the mountain. They defeated them in just a single encounter. I don't know who the general who was leading the army was killed in the battle!"

Zu Dashou got the exact news and turned to look at the lieutenant.

"Go and ask He Kegang to come."

Not long after, He Kegang came over. After hearing the news, he was not without surprise.

"When I was ordered to build Daling River City, I repeatedly informed the court. I am not a fool to build a slave. Daling River City is located in a dangerous terrain. Once it is built, it will be a rival to Xiaoling River City."

"The slave army will not sit back and watch our army build Daling River City. What about now?"

He Kegang sneered and said: "I can only hate the treacherous ministers in the imperial court. Your Majesty listened to the slander and was played by the civil servants in the applause. He couldn't listen to the unfaithful advice. All these suggestions of mine have fallen into the sea."

"I thought I was dead a long time ago, but I am not willing to die because I have harmed others!"

Zu Dashou nodded and sighed.

"It's too late to say anything now. Such a major strategic matter is not something you and I can influence."

Zu Dashou was not a hypocritical person. He took He Kegang to the top of the city and looked outside the city.

"The slave knights have besieged our army in Songshan for more than a year. There are camps everywhere, and they are already impenetrable. Although our army has tens of thousands, it is mainly infantry, and there are also a large number of civilians. Breaking out of the encirclement is equivalent to taking them with them. Die."

"I sent people to attack several times, resulting in a lot of casualties, but fortunately I sent the message out. After so long, there is still no news!"

"The Songshan reinforcements have been defeated, what should we do now?"

He Kegang also had black lines all over his head.

"If what the sentry knight said is true and only two or three thousand people came, then only Songshan is guarding Liu Zhanshan. Liu Zhanshan used to be a servant of the Li family and made many military exploits with Li Rusong when they aided the DPRK."

"Li's family has taken good care of his subordinates, and Liu Zhanshan has taken all the credit for it. He has been responsible for the defense of Songshan for several years."

"Two years ago, Wu Xiang's son Wu Sangui also made meritorious service. He is now the general of the former Songshan Department, and his rank is still above that of Li Zhanshan. Songshan has become the jurisdiction of his Wu family, but because of Liu Zhanshan's Because of this, there are many old members of the Li family."

"These old members of the Li family have always been dissatisfied with Wu Xiang and violated his military orders. Even Wu Sangui could not control them."

Zu Dashou laughed loudly when he heard this.

"That's true. These old troops of the Li family are all over Liaodong. Except for the children of the Li family, they are dissatisfied with many generals. But when they start fighting, they are very brave. Even I have a headache for them."

He Kegang continued.

"Now there are many rumors in Liaodong. It is said that the Li family has a new junior who is brave and good at fighting. He has three thousand servants under his command. All of them are extremely brave. He made the first contribution to the invasion of Japan two years ago and inherited the Earl of Ningyuan from Li Rusong many years ago. Bit."

When Zu Dashou heard this, he also thought of a person and blurted out.

"Li Shunzu?"

"Recently, I have heard a lot of talk about the Li family's imminent re-taking control of Liaodong. Wu Xiang also approached me and wanted to work with me to deal with the Li family and drive away Li Shunzu. Isn't he afraid that he will be restless now? "

He Kegang glanced at him and nodded slightly.

"Wu Xiang has long been dissatisfied with these old members of the Li family. I'm afraid he sent Liu Zhanshan this time not to save you, but to take the opportunity to eliminate the old members of the Li family. He got the news that Li Shunzu was coming to Liaodong, and he was just trying to scare the monkeys. "

Zu Dashou also regretted it very much and beat him on the city wall angrily.

"It's in vain that I once called Wu Xiang brothers. I really believed his lies about wanting to share control of Liaodong with me!"

The two were talking, but they saw changes outside the city.

"General, the slaves have retreated!"

Zu Dashou was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw that the Hou Jin army camp, which had been surrounded by Daling River City for more than a year, suddenly broke out of the camp and retreated northward. The people in the camp shouted "horse neigh". , the flag is waving.

Not long after, there seemed to be trouble in the Houjin camp. The two white flags, the two yellow flags, and the two blue flags were noisy with each other, and finally they all broke up and evacuated.

"How is this going?"

Even He Kegang didn't understand why Jiannu suddenly retreated.

But soon, they got their answer.

Shortly after the Hou Jin army retreated, a large group of tens of thousands of people came outside the city.

There were two leaders, Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Song Weiyi, the deputy commander-in-chief.

Wu Xiang laughed loudly, raised his hands and said, "Fortunately, we got the news in time. The imperial court asked us to lead our men to rescue Daling River City. How about it, Brother Zu, you are not in any danger, are you? I came in time?"

Hearing his words, Deputy Commander Song Weiyi looked contemptuous, but he didn't scold him.

After all, he had no conflict with Wu Xiang, and he didn't want to be an enemy of the Wu family.

Zu Dashou now also knows what kind of virtue Wu Xiang is. He has been besieged in Daling River for more than a year. Wu Xiang is in Songshan. Seeing that he is surrounded and does not save him, he naturally understands that Wu Xiang has nothing to do with the slave cavalry retreating this time. money relationship.

"what is going on?"

When Song Weiyi faced Zu Dashou's questioning, he had to tell the truth.

"That's what happened. The imperial court sent a new commander of the Central Guards in Songshan. His name is Li Shunzu. It is said that he is a direct descendant of the Li family. He also attacked Ning Yuanbo in the capital. As soon as he arrived in Songshan, the news broke."

"Even many people under my command did not obey the command and ran to his camp. As for how the slave cavalry retreated, I don't know very well. I just heard that Li Shunzu sent a team to the camp of the Two Blue Banners. Riding, the two blue flags are gone.”

When He Kegang and Zu Dashou heard this, they were immediately shocked.

Now in charge of the two blue flags is Amin, one of the four great Baylors of Houjin. This Amin has been against many times in his life. He is a complete madman. How did Li Shunzu persuade him to leave?
Zu Dashou finally knew who saved him and gave Wu Xiang a cold look.

"Then let's ask Song Junmen to help us bridge the gap, and tell me that my ancestor, Dashou, has something to do and wants to meet the newly promoted Ning Yuanbo!"

Wu Xiang was not in a good mood. When Li Shunzu came, many of his subordinates fled, saying that Li was the master of Liaodong. This time he came here with the intention of recruiting Zu Dashou to deal with Li Shunzu together.

But he never imagined that this Zu Dashou would be so shameless.

"Humph!"

Thinking of this, Wu Xiang was not going to give him any more face, and the two broke up on bad terms.

Zu Dashou's men were besieged in Daling River City for a year, but the Wu soldiers and horses from Songshan did not come to rescue. At this time, the two of them were not happy to meet at all. If they were not both wearing Ming Dynasty clothes and armor, I'm afraid A fight would begin on the spot.

far away.

In the Houjin camp, Huang Taiji was not having a good time either.

"Bastard!"

"This Amin, he doesn't take Ben Khan seriously anymore!"

After Huang Taiji learned that Amin led the two blue flags to withdraw without authorization, he was furious, but he had no good solution.

Ever since their thousand-mile invasion failed two years ago, Huang Taiji, Daishan and Jierhalang have been incompatible with each other.

Originally, Daishan and Jierhalang were not optimistic about Huang Taiji's surprise attack. In the end, Huang Taiji's majesty was greatly damaged.

But Huang Taiji was not in a hurry at the beginning. He originally thought that Amin's subordinates would be annihilated in the pass, and then he would take advantage of the situation to eliminate Amin, seize power, suppress Daishan, and Jierhalang, the wallflower, would be turned upside down.

Unexpectedly, that kid actually withdrew from the pass in a grand manner.

The most incomprehensible thing is that when Amin withdrew, he just withdrew. His two blue flags suffered almost no losses. In the final reckoning, it was his two yellow flags that suffered considerable losses in the pass.

The power of Amin's two blue flags was not small. Without much loss, and the situation of the two red flags with Daishan and Jierhalang was also relatively delicate, Huang Taiji naturally did not dare to do anything to Amin.

After Amin withdrew from the pass, not only was he not at fault, but he had achieved great success by saving all his belongings. His status in Houjin was not what it used to be. For more than a year, he had not paid attention to Huang Taiji at all.

Knowing that Huang Taiji was going to kill him, Amin now had nothing to hide, and began to often confront Huang Taiji in public. Whatever Huang Taiji wanted, Amin would not let him get it.

On the contrary, Huang Taiji would also hinder what Amin wanted. The two of them were now at odds with each other, and they felt uncomfortable looking at each other.

This time, Amin was even more awesome. He actually openly violated Huang Taiji's decree and ran away with the two blue flags! When Amin ran away like this, Dorgon's two white flags were directly exposed to the reinforcements of the Ming army. Dorgon didn't want his men to be harmed, so he disappeared in a flash. Daishan and Jierhalang didn't want to be a big grievance. Seed, with two red flags in his hand, ready to withdraw.

"Khan, what should we do now?"

"What can we do?" Huang Taiji was furious, "Amin's two blue flags have been withdrawn, and the two white flags have almost all left. If we don't withdraw now, we will be surrounded by the Ming army rushing to help."

"We can't win this reinforcement. Just withdraw. We'll keep the green hills and don't have to worry about having no firewood!"

Time flies and the years are ruthless.

In twenty years, in the blink of an eye, everything in history has been changed unconsciously.

Liaodong, Tieling.

Ningyuan Bo's Mansion and Liaodong Commander-in-Chief's Mansion.

A servant came forward, clasped his fists and said, "Commander, the bandit leader named Li Zicheng, just as we expected, established his country in Xi'an and became king, and led his troops straight to the capital to kill him."

"Your Majesty issued three imperial edicts in succession, ordering our troops to rush in for reinforcements!"

"Okay, I understand, let's get down!"

Li Shunzu was lying on the sand table in front of him, staring intently, as if he had no intention of ordering the rescue of the capital.

Xiong Xinghu was impatient and couldn't restrain his inner anxiety. He said quickly: "Master Handsome, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. Didn't you always say that you want to raise this bandit leader named Li?"

"Over the years, this man surnamed Li was almost killed by the court several times. We secretly helped him up again. Now he is going to fight in Beijing, which is exactly what we want. How come you, handsome man, have calmed down? "

"It's time for us to end now!"

Yu Kuan had learned a lot from Li Shunzu over the years, and he had long since believed in the commander-in-chief of Liaodong who seemed to know everything. He laughed loudly and said comfortingly: "What are you in a hurry for? The handsome master is waiting!"

"What are you waiting for?" Xiong Xinghu was anxious, "We are in Liaodong, punching the slaves and kicking Mongolia. Korea is now at peace. Entering the customs to fight those bandits is not just fun. What is there to wait for?"

Seeing the two of them arguing as usual, Li Shunzu smiled and said nothing, but still did not issue an order.

Until, a servant came to the main hall.

"Commander, Amin has handed over Shenyang to our army as agreed. Now the envoys of the two blue flags have arrived outside the mansion, asking our army to help Amin capture Hetuala and establish Jianzhou as an independent state as agreed!"

Xiong Xinghu was dumbfounded. Looking at Yu Kuan's playful eyes, he immediately scratched his head.

"The handsome man is still thoughtful!"

Li Shunzu picked up his sword and walked out of the hall.

"Send my military order and the three armies will set off!"

"Xiong Xinghu, I know that your boy has been impatient for a long time. I have ordered you to be the vanguard officer. You will lead 30,000 cavalry in my headquarters, and 10,000 will be sent to Mongolia to march with you. You will go to Hetuala through Shenyang to join Amin."

Xiong Xinghu felt comfortable now, and immediately clasped his fists and shouted: "Don't worry, handsome man, just the few men and horses slave riding will not be enough for our Liaodong cavalry!"

The Liaodong Iron Cavalry is an elite force that Li Shunzu has spent a lot of effort to reorganize over the years. They are all natives of Liaodong. Every officer has been promoted based on actual military merit. Under the leadership of Xiong Xinghu, he has achieved great military exploits.

"Yu Kuan!"

This time Li Shunzu planned to divide his troops into two groups and advance together.

The time has come to take over the world.

"I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the central army, coordinate the entire army, and go straight to the capital!"

Yu Kuan has been waiting for this day for a long time. After growing up in Liaodong for so many years, he has suffered so many grievances, so many heartaches, mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Now is the time to settle the accounts with the court and the bandits.

"General, I will obey the commander-in-chief's military orders!"

Three months later.

Capital, Yongding Gate.

The Ming army guarding the city looked at the battlefield where the Liao army and the Dashun army had just fought outside the city. The battlefield was littered with corpses. They had long been frightened by such earth-shattering shouts. When they saw Li Shunzu turning his head, he immediately The white flag was raised.

Yu Kuan was leading his troops to clean up the battlefield, while Xiong Xinghu was leading his cavalry to pursue Liu Zongmin. There was also Amin, although he was very cruel and had killed many Han people in his early years, but he was really a good ally.

After helping him obtain Hetuala and take over Jianzhou, Amin immediately professed his vassalage to Li Shunzu, and then personally led two blue flag cavalry into the pass. During the battle between the Liao army and the Dashun army, he surrendered to Li Zicheng from behind. A fatal blow.

Because the Liao army was so powerful, Amin did not dare to make any big troubles. Therefore, after entering the customs this time, the Jurchens under his command were all very honest, and they had not heard of any looting that harmed ordinary people.

"Surrender! We surrender!"

With a rumbling sound, the Yongding Gate of the capital opened.

Li Shunzu held the horse's rein with one hand and rode a tall horse. Under the watchful eyes of the people on both sides and the surrendering Ming army, he once again entered the city of Beijing as a conqueror.

Behind him were Liao soldiers wearing black armor and holding swords and guns. Led by Xiong Xinghu, Yu Kuan and other direct generals of the Liao army, they marched uniformly on the streets.

Li Shunzu slowly stepped into the Qianqing Palace, looked at the kneeling and trembling ministers on both sides, and then looked at the empty throne of Emperor Chongzhen, but he did not rush to sit on it, but just smiled slightly.

"The order is sent, the army enters the city, Qiu does not commit any offense, and those who disobey the order will be killed.

"Find Prince Zhu Cixiang, honor him as emperor, and spread the word to the world."

As he spoke, Li Shunzu turned to look at the surrounding ministers, with no expression on his face.

"kill."

after many years.

Capital.

Li Shunzu, the 48-year-old Protector of the Ming Dynasty, Shangzhu State, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, led the Liao army back to Beijing in triumph after pacifying the Jianzhou Amin Rebellion, and accepted the emperor's invitation at Wuying Palace. He led the ministers to congratulate him.

In the Wuying Hall, the ministers once again joined together to persuade him to come forward, and Zhu Cihong meditated for the fourth time.

As a last resort, Li Shunzu accepted Zhu Cihong's concession.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:

In the past, Emperor Yao's Zen was located in Yu and Shun, and Shun also ordered Yu. The destiny of heaven is not constant, but it can be virtuous.

The mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty was shipped late, the order of the world was lost, and it descended upon me. There was great chaos and confusion, and the evil forces rebelled and the world was overturned. Lai Huguo Gong Shenwu, it is difficult to save this from all directions, but Qing District Xia protects our ancestral temple, how can one person be righteous, and Jiufu can be truly rewarded.

The emperor's spirit descends auspiciously, the gods and men declare war, the birth is brilliant, the teacher Xi and I order, Qian Ridu overcomes the alliance with Yu and Shun, leads me in the Tang Dynasty, and respects your position.

Yu Xi!
The calendar of heaven is in your hands, if you hold on to it, the fortune of heaven will last forever.

The king only obeys the great gift, serves all nations, and inherits the destiny of heaven. Admire this. "

Li Shunzu raised his head slightly and looked at Zhu Cihong, Emperor Yixing of the Ming Dynasty, who read out the imperial edict on the Zen throne. He could see fear in the latter's eyes when he looked at him. His face remained expressionless, but he raised his hand and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.

"Please give me four invitations. If someone is not talented, I would like to add him to a high position."

For some reason, Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Li Shunzu finally agreed.

In the city of Beijing, the officers and soldiers of the Liao army who had returned victoriously were all excited when they heard that their general had ascended the throne. Xiong Xinghu was still the same, the biggest eye-catcher in the whole army. He climbed to a high place, raised his arms and shouted: "Hahaha, handsome." I have ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor. I didn’t expect that I would live to see this day!”

"Brothers, shout to me, long live my emperor!"

There is no hesitation. For many years, the officers and soldiers of the Liao Army followed Li Shunzu in the south and north, pacified Liaodong and Guan Nei, punched the Jurchens and kicked Mongolia, subdued North Korea, and resisted Tsarist Russia in the north. They did not want to be loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. .

If Li Sunjo did not ascend the throne, they would not be willing.

"Long live my emperor!"

“Long live my emperor!!”

The banners of the Liao army covered the sky and the sun, and their shouts penetrated the sky, shaking the heaven and the earth!

When many people heard this news, not only were they not afraid, but they took to the streets and knelt down spontaneously in the direction of Wuying Palace.

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the country's name was no longer Ming.

But now, no one misses the turbulent Ming Dynasty anymore.

Everyone knows that from Jianzhou in the east to Binhai in the south, it is the Protector who leads the Liao army in front of them, and it is this Protector who makes them live a good life.

Li Shunzu stood on the Wuying Palace, listening to the shouts and shouts for him from all directions. It would be a lie to say he was not excited. His heart was as hard as stone. He had not been so excited for countless years.

Li Shunzu clenched his fists and tried his best to calm down his mind. Then he slowly opened his eyes and felt the cheers coming towards his face.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was indeed God's will, and Li Shunzu is no longer the passionate young Li family he was.

After a lifetime of hard work, it’s time to think about ourselves and future generations.

It's no fun to be a loyal minister, and it's even less interesting to be a famous minister.

If you want to do it, be the emperor.

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