Chapter 161 Disposal of the Nancha Troubles (Thirty-Four)
After thinking about it, Cao Yu still felt that this matter was not easy to handle. He hesitated for a moment, and first planned to report it to Gao Situ secretly. He would only provide suggestions and let Gao Situ make his own decision. After thinking about it, he felt that such words really seemed a bit ineffective.
, after a slight hesitation, Cao Yu sent someone to invite Gao Yimin over.
Gao Yimin was the "staff member" sent to him by Gao Pingshi. According to Cao Yun's own understanding, it probably wouldn't be a big problem to be considered a supervisor. He was naturally a close confidant of Gao Situ, and it didn't matter if he talked about something important.
So he showed these three letters and two pieces of evidence to Gao Yimin. After reading it, Gao Yimin's face became a little gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "I said that Ye Hexi City was lost strangely, and there is indeed something wrong. Buri
It is true that Hatu was stirring up trouble in the northwest at that time, but he did not bring any troops at that time. How did he get the gunpowder from the northwest to Mobei and then back to Chahar? It turns out that he did not bring the gunpowder back from the northwest.
But he obtained... good means right there in Liaodong."
Gao Yimin was a "military affairs staff member" after all. When he saw the news, the first thing he thought of was military-related matters. He flicked the letter and said: "Burihatu originally planned to buy another five thousand kilograms. I guess
Maybe he plans to repeat the same trick and blow up Ye Hedong City, but who knows that this 'master' won't..."
When Cao Yu heard him say the word "refuse", his tone was different, and he raised his eyebrows slightly, meaning: "What's the inside story?"
Gao Yimin saw what he meant and said with a smile: "That gentleman is very smart. He knows that even if Burihatu can bring back some gunpowder from the northwest, the amount will not be too large. He provided three thousand kilograms and asked Burihatu to bring back some gunpowder."
Rihatu bombed the West City, and this matter could still be covered up. But if Burihatu had more gunpowder in his hand, the East City would also be blown up... Mr. Rong, tell me, can the court still do this?
Are you suspicious?"
Cao Yu understood immediately and nodded: "Yes, it makes sense, and it also shows that the master knows the power of gunpowder well and can accurately judge how much gunpowder can do what."
"General Rong Yingming." Gao Yimin praised, and then said: "At the same time, it may also show that this master has a very clear judgment on the situation in Liaodong, and even in his heart, the above situations are within his control.
Within. In other words, he thinks it doesn’t matter if he loses a Yehexi city..."
Cao Yu was startled and asked doubtfully: "You mean...he has calculated all these. Even if he loses the west city, the situation is still controllable in his opinion. Unless Ye He even loses the east city, otherwise
Can he sit firmly on the Diaoyutai?"
Gao Yimin was silent for a few breaths and hummed softly: "I'm afraid he won't panic even if Dongcheng is lost, but he may think that after losing Dongcheng, things will become complicated at the court level. What will happen in the end?"
, he had no confidence in his heart, so he deliberately controlled the situation and stopped the Mongols outside Dongcheng."
Having said that, there is no doubt about Gao Yimin's judgment on the identity of this "master".
Although Li Song is the governor of Liaodong, he certainly would not dare to indulge the Mongols in this way, because he is the first person responsible for the border affairs in Liaodong. If the border affairs become uncontrollable, the imperial court will definitely be the first to take action on him. And with
At the same time, he himself is just a civil servant with no foundation or direct lineage in the Liaodong military circles. In the past, he relied on Li Chengliang to slowly accumulate merits in Ningqian, so that he cannot have such strong self-confidence when he becomes Futai today.
Can easily save the situation.
Apart from Li Chengliang, there are other people who can watch Ye He lose Xicheng without being moved. He even knows that Burihatu is definitely not buying gunpowder to set off fireworks, but still dares to sell it for thousands of kilograms. who?
Only Li Chengliang has such strength and confidence, because from his standpoint, it doesn't matter even if Cao Yu's entire army is wiped out during this expedition.
It's amazing that he just needs to go out personally. At this time, the Li family's Liaodong cavalry has not yet clearly gone downhill. He still has more than 100,000 Liaodong Guard troops in his hands. What's the point of recapturing a mere Ye He?
Li Chengliang himself was from Tieling in northern Liaoning, and he knew the geographical environment of Ye He very well. It was a place that was very suitable for him and not suitable for the Mongols to fight.
If there were such things as satellite images in this era, they would know better that the second city of Yehe is actually a shape with the west city located in the southwest and the east city located in the northeast. The two cities and the connecting road running from southwest to northeast are actually one A very long and narrow canyon.
The northwest and southeast of the canyon are covered with forested mountains. The southeast is not close to Mongolia, so let's ignore it for now.
The width of the mountains in the northwest of the canyon is about thirty miles. Thirty miles to the northwest from Yehexi City, you have crossed the mountains and entered the plains of Siping City, Jilin Province.
What does this mean? It means that the suitable combat area for the Mongols is only to the west of this mountain range, which is near the urban area of Siping City in later generations, and then east into the core area of Yehe. No matter the West City or the East City, it is actually not suitable for cavalry combat. .
Ye Heben entered Manchuria from Mongolia. The reason why he chose to build the east and west cities was because of the terrain factors. In later generations, the area near Siping was also Ye He's territory, but they built the east and west cities east of the mountains for this reason. Just to protect against Mongolia.
The reason why its territory includes a large area of plain grassland to the west of the mountains is because Ye He was famous in Manchuria for his cavalry, and they needed grassland for pasture.
It is clear from this that Li Chengliang has both elite cavalry and a large number of infantry. If Cao Yun is really defeated and he has to take action personally, then the infantry can slowly go to Yehe to recapture the siege, while the cavalry can cut off the enemy. The Mongols' retreat.
At this time, the Mongols will have to make a choice - in fact, according to the Mongolian habits, there is no choice at all. They must evacuate the east and west cities and return to the plains.
In this way, if Li Chengliang had used Liaodong cavalry to ambush on the plains east of the mountains in advance, and once the Mongols came out of the mountains, they would immediately launch a fierce attack. In this way, the Mongols would definitely suffer heavy losses, and Li Chengliang could make a great fortune.
Of course, his style of play is different from Cao Yan's style of play. The effect may be better than Cao Yan's this time, but you must know that Gao Pragmatic only gave Cao Yan 20,000 people to do this. The assumption here is after Cao Yun's defeat.
If Cao Yun had been defeated, Li Chengliang would certainly have enough reasons to mobilize more troops, so his fighting style would be different. Moreover, at that time, being highly pragmatic would not be able to reasonably limit the deployment of troops. As for whether this would happen This will cause the Ming army's preparations for war against Chahar to be delayed again... Li Chengliang will definitely not care anyway.
The cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked. Gao Pragmatic and Zhu Yijun are bent on destroying Chahar. Li Chengliang will not think so. If Chahar is finished, he, Li Chengliang, may not have to worry too much because he is older, but the Ming army's top brass are popular
He is a general. He has made enough contributions in his life, but what about his sons? Where are his grandsons?
At present, the imperial court still needs to use them to do things, and the status of their generals is far inferior to that of the civil servants. If in the future the court has no rivals left, can the generals still be human beings in front of the civil servants? I am afraid they will have to turn into talking dogs. This is terrible
This was not what Li Chengliang wanted to see.
So no matter which angle you look at it, the clues about "who is this gentleman?" clearly point to Li Chengliang. If it weren't for Li Chengliang knowing how powerful Gao Pingshi was in the court, he would have even asked Burihatu for the second time.
The five thousand kilograms of gunpowder can be sold without hesitation.
Cao Yan and Gao Yimin analyzed the situation and understood it. Cao Zongrong was so angry that he slapped the table: "You respect yourself when you support the invaders, and let the enemy plunder the border. Li Yincheng has fallen to this!"
The intention of Cao Yu's scolding was not very pure, but he himself didn't know that the "degenerate" was actually correct. Li Chengliang had really degenerated now, and was no longer the Liaodong he had been in the past ten years.
The God of War, he has become corrupted.
If there hadn't been more pragmatism in the world, Li Chengliang would have suffered consecutive defeats in three years starting from next year, which is the 16th year of Wanli, and ending in the 19th year of Wanli. He had almost no victories, so that he was impeached for a long time and finally dismissed from office.
He recalled the capital and kept him in peace with Ning Yuanbo.
And even though Gao Pragmatism is now more important, because Li Chengliang's troops are arrogant about their military achievements and do not recognize Gao Pragmatism's style, they are still hesitant in terms of their military system, tactical thinking, etc. Only the Jinghua military industry system is of some use to him, and at least he also buys it.
Many new guns and artillery have been introduced, so the level of degradation of the Li family army is still much lighter than in history.
In the original history, after Li Chengliang was dismissed as Commander of the Liao Dynasty for the first time, the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Liaodong Army was replaced by eight people in ten years. As long as he was not Li Chengliang's son or close confidant, nothing could be done at all, leading to the dereliction of military affairs.
Even when Li Rusong was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, because he was at war with Japan and Korea at that time, he inevitably did not pay enough attention to the defense of this town.
However, when Li Rusong was in office and alive (he accidentally died in a "Qingqi raid" against Mongolia shortly after returning from North Korea), the morale of the Li family army was boosted a lot and somewhat recovered. Unfortunately, with Li Rusong's
Damn it, all this anger was quickly exhausted.
From this point of view, Li Chengliang's current "sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai" is actually because he is not aware of the depravity of himself and the Li family's cavalry. The only good news is probably that Cao Yu was not defeated, and even won quite simply - at least
From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army must have won the Battle of Yehe River. After all, the Mongols were repelled from the front and gave up the city of Yehexi that they had already captured.
Gao Yimin looked at Cao Yan with an angry face and estimated in his mind how much of his anger was real and how much was fake. However, Gao Yimin was just thinking about it, and it was not difficult to guess what Cao Yan was thinking.
Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, has been working since the Longqing period, which is already eighteen years if you include this year. This is really too long, especially since he, the commander-in-chief, has not moved for eighteen years, which is even more rare.
Extremely.
For other generals, such as the three towns of Xuanda in Shanxi, and perhaps the towns of Yansui, the positions of these generals are rotated every three to five to prevent the commander from being given to one person for a long time and becoming too big.
But Li Chengliang's side is very magical. There has been no change of personnel in nearly twenty years. If Gao Pragmatic hadn't come over to stir things up, Liaodong's military affairs would have been in stagnant water long ago.
Under this situation, it is completely normal for Cao Yu to have thoughts about the position of Liaodong Commander-in-Chief. Even if he does not expect Li Chengliang to fall suddenly, he at least hopes that Li Chengliang will be transferred from outside and give up the position of Liao Commander to Cao.
Try something new.
Gao Yimin didn't intend to reveal his thoughts, so he changed the subject and asked: "General Manager, what do you think I can do to help you in this matter? If so, please tell me clearly."
Seeing that Gao Yimin didn't answer his scolding Li Chengliang, Cao Yu knew in his heart that Gao Yimin definitely didn't dare to say anything before Gao Situ expressed his stance, so he couldn't be offended, so he had to change the topic back and said: "Tong Weixun, this is
If the person is in Uncle Ning Yuan's house, it will not be easy for me to investigate him. But if I want to impeach Uncle Ning Yuan directly, I am not a public official and have no authority to report anything. This evidence is indispensable..."
Gao Yimin nodded and said: "Jinghua can do a thing or two for you."
As expected, Cao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Then how can I make him admit that Uncle Ning Yuan is the person behind his scenes?"
Cao Yun knew that Jinghua had its own intelligence system. He also knew that this system belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs within Jinghua, and was called "Black Top". It was very powerful and could have placed eyes and ears all over Liaodong.
The bad relationship between Gao Pangshi and Li Chengliang is not a day or two. It is reasonable for Heiding to have someone in Li Chengliang's house, so since Gao Yimin can agree to let Heiding "do one or two things for him", find out this
It must not be difficult to identify Tong Weixun, but what is difficult is to get this Tong Weixun to plead guilty early.
But now Cao Yan doesn't care. Heiding has his own methods, as long as Cao Yan doesn't have to worry about this matter.
"Okay, thank you very much, Brother Gao!" Cao Yu immediately thanked him, and then asked: "Then I will put this matter aside for now and wait until Heiding finds out?"
Gao Yimin expressed his approval, and Cao Yan added: "What should Nurhachi do? His younger brother Shuerhaqi is in our army. If the evidence of the crime is conclusive, it is okay to kill Jiqi."
Gao Yimin quickly stopped him and said: "Shurhaqi can't be killed, but the commander-in-chief can bring him in for questioning. The evidence of this matter is conclusive, and Shuerhaqi himself is not good at speaking. He will definitely be speechless by the commander-in-chief's questions."
, and then the commander can scold him, and it would be best to make him feel dissatisfied with Nurhachi..."
Speaking to this extent, Cao Yu certainly understood what Gao Yimin meant - this was very consistent with the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the Jurchens in Liaodong: pull the second child, beat the boss, and never let anyone stand out.
Although the second child is not as good as the eldest brother, he is usually not too far behind, and with the support of Da Ming, it is even more different. It is possible that he can compete with the eldest brother.
Cao Yu understood the idea and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Gao, I will call him over in a while and give him a scolding."
Gao Yimin also smiled and said: "Zongrong might as well tell him that Nurhachi did such a thing, but still sent him to our army. I'm afraid he wants to kill people with a borrowed knife."
Cao Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Best brother, I will say so later."
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