At the major gates of Beiping City, a strange notice was suddenly posted in the place used for posting official notices, which attracted the people passing by to stop and watch, and some literate people read:
"Book of Sin: I, Li Zengzhi, the second son of Lord Cao Guo, have always practiced lawlessness and caused much resentment among the people. I now swear to change my past mistakes and never do unjust things again. If I violate this oath, I will be punished by heaven and earth. I now broadcast this oath to the people. Please
With supervision, wrongdoings will not be punished for the time being, and new crimes cannot be hidden.
The person who swore the oath: Li Zengzhi
Written by: Li Fu
Executor: Wan Lei"
This document was concise and concise, and its meaning was clear. However, the onlookers were completely dumbfounded: the evil young man of the Li family actually wrote a letter of guilt! Is this true or false? Couldn't it be written by someone impersonating someone? Who is so bold?
, how dare you even offend the Li family, who is a noble prince?!
With this series of questions, the common people began to whisper among themselves. Most people thought this was a big scam. In fact, every common person in Beiping City knew Li Zengzhi. This guy relied on the power of his family to run rampant in Beiping City.
After a day or two, if he really wrote a book of guilt and scolded himself and vowed to change his past, the rooster would lay eggs.
Believe it or not, everyone hopes this is true from the bottom of their hearts. After all, the second young man of the Li family has really low moral character. He bullies men and women every day. Everyone is afraid of being bullied, so I hope
There is a person who can cure this king of hell. And this document is openly posted here, but there is no one to tear it up. From this, it can be seen that 40% to 50% of this document is true.
"Haha, Wan Ye is indeed Wan Ye. He settled the matter in just one day." Someone in the crowd laughed softly, then turned around and left quickly.
Believe it or not, word spread like the wind that the evil young man of the Li family had written a book of sin, and the city of Beiping was completely boiling. Everyone passed it on to one another, and in just one afternoon, the deaf man, who was 40 years old,
Old men, down to the four-year-old who didn't speak eloquently, and even the eldest ladies who never left the house, all heard about this. Many people ran outside Li's house to poke their heads in, naturally for the purpose of taking a look.
The evil young man of the Li family looks like a bear.
This time, Li Zengzhi was really angry, because the slovenly Taoist priest who was like a good guy got angry and said that if he didn't write a letter of sin and change his past, he wouldn't be allowed to go home. In addition, Wan Lei pinched his hands.
Without the antidote, he had no choice but to recognize the bear, go home and find his elder brother to help him out.
However, when he returned home in a hurry, he heard that his brother could not see him now because he was summoning his generals.
The eldest son of Li Wenzhong, Li Jinglong, succeeded Cao Guogong. Not only was this guy born well, but he also had bad luck. With Wan Lei's fatal shot, he, who was originally the defeated general, beat down the fallen dog along the way and took away Ping Yan's great achievements.
During the war, the imperial court rewarded him generously and appointed him as the Left Governor and Admiral of Peiping's military affairs, with hundreds of thousands of border troops under his jurisdiction.
He is a duke and a first-grade governor. If he reaches this level, he can be regarded as a very human minister. If you are a little self-aware, you should retire and enjoy the fruits of victory. But this young man of the Li family does not want to
, he just used his lucky victory as capital to show off everywhere, and smugly believed that he was the number one general in the Ming Dynasty, surpassing Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and his father Li Wenzhong.
Ordinarily, having such thoughts is not a bad thing, but this guy not only thought so, but also did so. In order to surpass his father, he actively prepared for war as soon as he came to Peking and wrote to the court, requesting to take advantage of the victory of the Northern Expedition against the Yan rebels.
Conduct another Northern Expedition and directly eliminate all the Mongols.
Now, the problem is serious!
The eldest son of the Li family is now in great power, with a huge fortune, both power and money. This ignorant dandy has a new pursuit in life - to make achievements and leave a name in history.
It should be said that it is good to have such ambitions, but the key to the problem lies in the quality of the ambitious dude himself.
A corrupt official usually only takes bribes. Such evil deeds are certainly outrageous, but this is not the highest level of their evil behavior. The so-called highest level of evil is to pretend to be fat even though they clearly have no such talent.
I insist on doing some so-called good things.
This is the best of villains!
Li Jinglong is such a top performer. He is obviously a general who has just lost a battle, and he is obviously a dude who won by luck, but now he actually wants to rely on himself as a military genius and war hero. It is really shameless.
However, the imperial court gave him such a shameless opportunity. His petition was greatly appreciated by the emperor Xiao'er, who not only appointed him as the general to conquer the captives, but also mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops from Shandong, Henan and other places to go north. Now in Peiping
There are already more than 400,000 troops nearby, and war is really about to begin.
No, Li Jinglong summoned all the generals to his house early to discuss the Northern Expedition in detail. His younger brother was in no mood to deal with such trivial matters.
"Everyone, is this plan good?" In the hall, Li Jinglong glanced around the generals complacently.
"General Li, this plan is not feasible." A deputy general stood up and objected.
"General Ping, how can this plan not be feasible? Do you doubt the combat capabilities of the soldiers, or are you too timid to accept the challenge?" Li Jinglong said angrily. Since he became the great hero of Ping thief, he hates to see anyone contradicting him.
Doesn't this bring him down?
"At this time, it is freezing cold and the mountains are blocked by ice and snow. It is not advisable for the army to go out lightly. Moreover, the food and grass are not ready yet. If we send troops north rashly, we are really afraid that something will happen." The general named Ping frowned.
"It is precisely because it is freezing cold at this time that the Tatars predict that our army will not dare to send troops and will not take precautions. I personally lead the elite troops to make a surprise attack and will definitely win a complete victory by surprise." Li Jinglong still insisted on his opinion, but the troops below him
The generals were all whispering to each other, but there was no enthusiastic response.
These generals are different from Li Jinglong, who rose to the top through his father's shadow. Most of them have been in battle for a long time and climbed to the position of generals by relying on their military exploits with swords and guns. It can be said that they crawled out from the heap of dead people. But the real
People who have seen the cruelty of war will not take risks easily.
Li Jinglong's plan was an extremely risky one. He planned to take advantage of the depth of winter to lead an army of 200,000 people, split the troops from Peiping and Daning to make a light assault, and attack in separate attacks all the way to sweep across the Mongolian Tatars north of Yanshan.
department.
Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty had long been destroyed by Lan Yu's Northern Expedition, the Jin family was no longer in glory, and the Mongolian tribes were once again divided. However, the Mongols are natural warriors, and their overall combat effectiveness is stronger than the Ming army. This is a recognized fact, but Li Jinglong
Ignoring this fact and planning to use 200,000 elite soldiers to sweep others away, isn't this just talk on paper?
Although these generals wanted to kill the enemy bravely and achieve meritorious service, they did not want to be heroic, so they did not support the commander's plan. The general surnamed Ping was named Ping'an, and he had accompanied the army to conquer Mongolia. His opinion was to wait for the army, horses and food.
Everything is ready. After the snow melts in spring, we can send out troops to fight steadily.
This strategy of seeking stability was recognized by all the generals. However, what they said did not count. General Li was a person who accepted death. He no longer listened to the opinions of the generals. He "overcame all opinions" and ordered: "
Peiping and Daning each picked out 100,000 elite cavalry, along with a month's worth of rations, and set off for the Northern Expedition within five days."