It was the tenth day of March in Guangning. Although the ice on the Yang River had not completely melted, the north wind that had been blowing all winter was already tired. It rushed at people's faces with all its strength, which only gave Li Rubai a little encouragement.
Playing with the horse's reins, Li Rubai, surrounded by his companions, rode to the gate of the General Military Mansion and dismounted. When he entered the mansion from the side door, he met his eldest brother Li Rusong, wearing a helmet and armor, coming around from behind the screen wall. The two of them had a fight.
When they met, Li Rubai quickly greeted him.
Li Rusong saw the dark circles under his eyes and said with a smile, "Where did you hang out all night?"
Li Rubai had a shy face and scratched his head with a smile. Li Rusong is twenty-five years old this year. Because he is the eldest son and usually behaves steadily, his younger brothers are a little afraid of him. Li Rubai quickly changed the subject and said: "Brother, aren't you in Tieling? When will you come back?
of?"
Li Rusong said: "Commander Father gave me an order to come at night. Commander Father came to see you just now, and I have to leave beforehand -" After saying that, he raised his head and laughed twice, patted Li Rubai on the shoulder and gave him a squeeze.
eyes, smiled and went out.
When Li Rubai heard that Li Chengliang was looking for him early in the morning, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak. He walked around the screen wall, slipped out and hid behind the weapons shelf in the front yard, and prepared to sneak into the back of the house.
His eyes were darting around, and he saw Li Chengliang seeing guests off the main hall. Li Rubai didn't dare to move, and was busy standing behind the weapons shelf with his hands tied.
I heard my father say: "Thank you Liu Qianhu for coming to report the news. I have made up my mind now. I will not let the Tatars ask for favors. - After returning, I will pay homage to the governor and ask him to rest assured!"
Liu Qianhu said with a smile: "Jue Chang'an and others must have reported the news to the commander-in-chief before. The message I sent was just for confirmation - again, the two messages I sent must be one true and one false.
Mr. Li will decide which one to believe."
When Li Chengliang heard him mention Jue Chang'an, he curled up his lips and said, "The captive has no faith and no righteousness, how can he trust him fully?" As he spoke, he sent Liu Qianhu out with a smile on his face.
When he turned his head, Li Chengliang's smile disappeared. His big eyes rolled up and down, looking at Li Rubai. Li Rubai was so frightened that his legs went weak. Li Chengliang asked, "Where were you last night?"
Li Rubai lowered his head and returned: "We had a night of drinking with Li Ping, Hu, and Qin Deyi." Li Chengliang sneered and said, "You evil beast! You can't even lie, and you didn't change your clothes to sign for the mortgage room! If
One more time, I will expose your skin!"
When Li Rubai heard that he had let her go, she couldn't believe that she was so lucky. She couldn't help but knelt down, kowtowed, got up and ran away.
Li Chengliang looked at his bearish look and shook his head behind him. A staff member beside him laughed and said: "The second young master is free and easy in nature, informal and has the style of a general. Duke Yincheng does not need to be harsh."
Li Chengliang shook his head and said with a smile: "It would be nice if the boss was half as sensible." After saying that, he returned to the General Military Mansion to sign for the security room.
When they entered the main hall, Li Ping, Hu and Qin Deyi, whom Li Rubai had just mentioned, were all there. In addition, Li Ning, Li Xing, Sun Shoulian and other important generals under Li Chengliang were all in the hall.
Li Chengliang sat down behind the case, picked up a handkerchief on the case, blew his nose and said, "Damn it, when will the weather get warm?"
Li Pinghu was a Mongolian. Because he was adopted by Li Chengliang as an adopted son since he was a child, he was the most popular with Li Chengliang among the generals. At this time, he looked eager and asked Li Chengliang: "Commander, I don't know if Liu Qianhu is included."
What's the news? Are we going to fight?"
Li Chengliang laughed when he heard this and said: "Tong Nurhaci, the grandson of the Juechang An family, came to report the news, which was the same as what Liu Qianhu said. Wang Gao found Su Bahai from the Tumote Department and Hao Qing from the Taining Department, and they were waiting for us.
My old acquaintance is going to rob the border in five days!"
Li Chengliang's generals had been fighting with him for six or seven years, with few defeats. The imperial court's rewards and share of spoils made them all very rich. At this time, they heard that there was going to be a big war, and they all asked for battle.
Li Chengliang said: "Send Nurhaci to come in!" The soldier agreed and went out. At this time, Li Rubai put on his armor and reported in at the door.
Li Chengliang let his second son into the custody room. His big eyes could shoot flying knives, and he gouged him out hard. Li Rubai lowered his head and stood before the generals, not daring to say a word.
After a while, I saw a red-faced boy about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing Ming army clothes, following the soldiers into the gate, knelt down, took off his helmet, kowtowed to pay homage.
When he took off his helmet, everyone saw that the hair was different from that of the Han people. There was only a hairpin the size of a copper coin, with a small braid similar to a rat tail on it. The rest of the hair was bare, which looked indescribably weird.
After Li Chengliang kowtowed to him, he said: "Little Tong, get up and talk." Nurhachi said loudly: "Thank you, Mr. General!" He got up from the ground and put on his helmet again.
Li Chengliang said: "What did your grandfather say? You should learn it again." Nurhachi said respectfully: "Yes. The young grandfather said that Wang Gao gathered all the ministries at the end of the year and said, 'The imperial court does not allow the establishment of mutual trade between states. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, for the sake of salt,
It’s better to fight for life or death with an iron pot than to rob the Ming Dynasty.’ Everyone agreed at that time.”
"In the first ten days, Wang Gao sent a message asking my father to gather at Liaohe Tao with his right guards and horses. My grandfather said that he was about to launch an attack, so he sent the younger brother to report the message and to be a hostage."
After hearing this, Li Chengliang asked: "Why didn't your family follow Wang Gao in rebellion, but came to report the news?"
Nurhachi knelt down and replied: "The little border guard in Jianzhou has no more than 20,000 soldiers and less than 60,000 household registrations. How can he resist the imperial court? The young grandfather said, 'General Li is an old friend, and Wang Gao is asking for his own death.'"
, Jianzhou does not need to be buried with him, you should go and report the news quickly, so that General Li can be prepared.'"
Li Chengliang listened to Nurhaci's fluent Chinese dialogue, and couldn't help but feel the love for talents. He said: "Your grandfather, your father Takshi and I are all good friends. Today I met you, a young man, and I know that your family has a successor."
Li Rubai listened and thought to himself that he was going to take in his godson again.
"I'm here to test you. Today there is a scouting horse coming to report. Wang Gao may choose two places, one is Popanshan Station; the other is Pohuabao Chongbao. In your opinion, which direction will he choose?"
Nurhachi was not afraid of the stage. In full view of the crowd, he replied loudly: "As for the commander-in-chief, I thought Wang Gao would definitely choose to rush into the fortress with a flower bag."
Li Chengliang heard this and said, "Why?"
Nurha Chidao: "First of all, my grandfather has always disagreed with Wang Gao's confrontation with the imperial court. He knows it very well. At this moment, it is obvious that our soldiers are sent to Hetao because they don't trust our family. They can only be used as suspicious soldiers."
"The second is to break through the border from Panshanyi and attack Guangning. Straight up the commander's tiger beard. How can Wang Gao have the courage? This must be a suspicious soldier."
"Third, if you break through the border from Huabao, you can rush into Shenyang, the fertile land of Liaoyang, and you will gain a lot, so Wang Gao must choose this side."
Li Chengliang laughed loudly after hearing this. Gu Zuo said: "What a young hero!" Everyone also said that what Nurhachi said was very reasonable. Nurhachi blushed and said a few words of humility.
Li Rubai thought to himself, I guessed it right just now, it's also these three, what's so big about it.
Father, if you ask me, I can answer better than him. I was complaining, and the right side of my cheek felt hot. It was probably because Father’s two big eyes were shooting flying knives at me, so I quickly shrunk my neck.
Li Chengliang rewarded Nurhachi with ten taels of silver, but still asked his soldiers to take him to the guest room to rest.
When Nurhaci went out, Li Chengliang said to the generals: "Just now I have sent Rusong to the Shenyang Guard, and the Liaoyang Guard has notified the guards to strengthen their vigilance - this time we are still using the old method, holding back those in front, and detouring behind them to see if we can Give me a spoonful of stew!"
After hearing this, all the generals were gearing up. Li Chengliang Qing took out the command arrow and assigned tasks to all the generals. Finally, he gave Li Rubai a command arrow and said: "You will keep it for a hundred and fifty nights, from Zhenjing Fort to Gushan Fort." I searched and found a large number of Tatars, so I reported it to the Chinese army immediately!"
Li Rubai accepted the order and said to himself that you, the old man, are waiting for me here. This more than a thousand miles is enough for me to run.
Finally, Li Chengliang mobilized and said: "Everyone, the time has come to kill the enemy and make a fortune. This Wang Gao should be killed! Otherwise, in a few years, it will grow tusks and turn into a wild boar, which will not be fun!"
All the generals smiled and said in unison: "Kill!"