The reason why Huang Taiji came forward to question him was because he had extremely selfish motives.
Because the person responsible for this matter was not only Li Yongfang, but also Fan Wencheng. If we really talk about it, Fan Wencheng's crime is no less serious than Li Yongfang's.
But Fan Wencheng was Huang Taiji's trusted confidant, so he had to make sophistry and help Fan Wencheng transfer all his anger to Li Yongfang. Only in this way, Fan Wencheng would be fine.
Li Yongfang is now willing to be a mute. He knows that he can no longer escape the blame. No matter what he says or how he explains, it is all in vain.
Seeing that he was unmoved in the face of Si Beile's questioning, all the flag-lords and generals of Jiannu looked at him with wide eyes.
If it weren't for the old slaves who were there to suppress him, I'm afraid Li Yongfang would have been beaten to death on the spot.
Although the old slave wanted to kill him, he knew he couldn't do it. If he did, no one would come to seek refuge with him in the future.
Although he doesn't like Han people, Han people are indeed useful. People like Fan Wencheng, who can read and digit, and rule the country by law, are much better than Jianzhou people. He relies on Han people for many complicated things.
I will solve it.
"Li Yongfang, you are a hero who has made great contributions to Dajin and this Khan. Although you have let me down twice, I still spare your life this time. You can take care of yourself and make meritorious service in the future!"
"
Li Yongfang's eyes were wet, and he kowtowed heavily to the old slave on the war horse, and then a choked and low voice sounded.
"Slave, thank you Khan!"
Mang Gurtai, who had a bad temper, couldn't help it. This piece of shit had killed so many people in Zhenglan Banner. How could he just curse and whip him and get over it so hastily?
He had long wanted to chop off this bitch's head with a knife to pay homage to the souls of those who died in Lanqi.
Just when he was about to pull out his sword, Daishan held down the back of his hand, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly.
Although Mang Gurtai was a reckless man, he was not a fool. He secretly glanced at Nuerhachi and found that the latter was staring at him with his eagle-like eyes.
After making no further move, the old slave looked around at everyone and sighed:
"It is already impossible to break through Liaoyang this time. Follow me back!"
"Although I, Dajin, suffered a lot of losses in this battle, we were still able to suppress the Ming army in Liaodong. Let's put the plan to attack Liaoshen on hold for the time being!"
Nuerhachi, who had always been extremely staunch, also retreated at this time. After all, his strength was still too weak, and several consecutive heavy losses in this battle made it worse.
He had already made up his mind to turn the attack on the Ming Dynasty first, and the strategic focus would be on Mongolia and North Korea first, so as to restore the national strength and implement the grand plan in his mind.
The other main generals did not voice any objections. They all knew that the attack would only add more corpses to the Ming army in exchange for silver rewards and credit.
The Jiannu army came in a fierce manner, and everyone thought they could invade Liaoyang this time, but they did not expect that they left as quickly as they came. The Jiannu army retreated dejectedly in the Liao land that was full of defeats.
But Li Songping didn't want to simply let the old slave retreat safely. He wanted to completely scare Jiannu this time.
Not far after Lao Nu led the army to withdraw, they were ambushed by more than a thousand Ming troops. The two armies soon fought fiercely together.
However, because the number of the Ming army was too small, the ambushed Jiannu quickly defeated the Ming army like a mortal.
At first glance, the old slave thought it was some Liao army coming to support, so he didn't take it to heart.
The Liao army is extremely easy to distinguish, especially their armor and weapons, which are very different from the Guannei army, frontier army, and guard army. Most of them are ordinary and low-quality products. Only a few brave and capable generals and soldiers have excellent products.
of armor to wear.
Lao Nu has followed Li Chengliang throughout the land of Liaodong since he was a boy, and has a very thorough understanding of the details and true situation of the Liao army. This is why he dared to betray the Ming Dynasty without hesitation.
This Ming army was the rebel army that Li Songping had just surrendered. Li Songping promised them that as long as they went out of the city to ambush the Jiannu, they would be exempted from all charges, regardless of victory or defeat.
The temptation of this condition was too great, even crazier than avoiding death. Knowing that they were facing a dead end, the rebels breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to fight to the death with Jian Nu. However, their military quality was so poor that they simply could not
Didn't last long.
After the Jiannu army defeated the "rebels", they simply cleaned the battlefield and then headed towards Shenyang.
Li Songping, who was in the city, had just finished arranging major city defense matters. A cavalry regiment of 10,000 people composed of the Left Guards and the Liao Army had just assembled at the right time.
Of this 10,000-strong cavalry regiment, 3,000 were from the Zuo Wei Army, and the remaining 2,000 were private servants of the ancestors, or were under the control of the ancestors.
The others were selected from the Liao army. They were all soldiers recruited in the past two or three years, and they could still listen to the military orders of the imperial court.
Some of those generals were also generals from Liaodong, but they had a very good relationship with the ancestral family. Like Zu Dashou, the generals also swore an oath of allegiance to the emperor in front of the governor Hong Chengchou.
Li Songping sometimes wondered how Hong Chengchou would handle such emergencies if he were in Liaoyang, and whether he would do what His Majesty said, just like him.
Hong Chengchou, who was hundreds of miles away among the Taining Guard leaders, suddenly sneezed several times in succession, almost knocking him out.
Li Songping was quite surprised by Zu Dashou's choice. He didn't expect that Hong Chengchou's words were exactly what he said, and he actually pulled the Zu family into his own camp.
However, looking at their performance today, he was extremely satisfied. Whether it was suppressing the rebellion or repelling the Jiannu this time, Zu Dashou and the others were not afraid at all and always fought on the front line.
The reason why he first sent the rebels outside the city to ambush was to delay time. He wanted to take the initiative and kill the so-called arrogant Khan of the Jin Kingdom.
He knew that his 10,000 cavalrymen were not enough, so he did not intend to confront the enemy head-on. Instead, he used roundabout tactics to find weak points and take the opportunity to divide Jiannu and attack them.
The more than a thousand people he sent to ambush him also intended to die. He hoped that the old slave could get carried away a little bit, so that he would have a chance.
"Brothers, although the slaves have retreated, the organic army and horses have not suffered much loss. They are still eyeing our Ming Dynasty. Today, the Japanese general will lead you out of the city to kill the slaves. Do you dare to fight to the death?"
The soldiers of the Left Guard Army immediately responded:
"To stabilize the people in Jingbian and put an end to slave troubles, I am willing to die for the Ming Dynasty!"
Zu Dashou was shocked when he saw their replies in such a uniform manner. This was the first time he had seen them in his life.
Zu Dashou secretly thought that he was lucky. Fortunately, he had a sharp vision and made the right choice this time. Well.