Rumor has it in the world that after Li Chengliang, the Li family in Tieling was known as the "Nine Tiger Generals". The Nine Tiger Generals were the fifth son of Cheng Liang and the fourth son of Cong Liang.
If Gao Pragmatic evaluates this statement, he will definitely sneer at it, because Li Rugui, who was almost "handled" by him before, is also one of the Nine Tiger Generals. If such a character can also be called a "Tiger General", then the Tiger General would be too disgraced.
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Gao pragmatism still agrees with the mainstream view of later generations, which is what is said in historical records: "The sons of the Liang Dynasty, Ru Song is the most courageous and has a fatherly style, and the second is called Ru Mei."
When the Li family army passed down to the second generation, only Li Rusong could undoubtedly be called a tiger general. If we had to add more, we could only find one Li Rumei. As for the others... haha.
One of Li Rumei's special characteristics is that she is good at shooting, and outsiders often refer to her as "Little Li". However, most people don't know that Li Rumei's swordsmanship is also one of the best in Liaodong. Li Rusong once privately praised her as "not inferior to Brother Fool".
This statement may have a meaning of self-effacement, but considering that Li Rusong's always straightforward style of dealing with others, it is more likely to be the truth.
E Yidu's arrow proves that Li Rumei is really good at swordsmanship. You must know that deflecting flying arrows with a knife is not as easy as in martial arts novels. From a mechanical point of view, it requires more than just timing.
In order to be accurate enough, you need to be clever, otherwise the arrow body will be cut off, but the arrow and the first half of the arrow body will still maintain the flight path and hit the target.
Seeing Li Rumei deflecting the heavy Jurchen arrows that were flying towards her with her sword, E Yidu couldn't help but change her expression slightly. Then she remembered that the opponent's arrow almost killed her just now. She knew that this person was indeed a powerful enemy, so she stopped entangled with Li Rumei.
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Er Yidu gave an order, and Hong Baya La's tribe was divided into two. One part stepped forward to stop Li Rumei, and the other part used Li Ning's troops to attack Li Pinghu with superior force.
Although Li Pinghu himself was brave, he only had less than a hundred men under his command at this time. How could he match Bagala's personal soldiers with nearly three times the strength? Although he killed seven people in a row, he lost nearly half of his soldiers in an instant and could no longer support him.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Chengliang had no choice but to recall Li Rumei. He planned to move his troops in danger, so he simply raised the flag of his Liaodong military commander to gather the scattered servants. Unexpectedly, at this time, another flag suddenly rose from Baylor Mansion behind him.
There was a white flag, but Anfeyangu had already captured Beile Mansion and was coming from behind.
Li Rumei and Li Ning were attacked from both sides and could not resist, so they could only protect Li Chengliang and run south.
But this move undoubtedly harmed Li Pinghu, and Eyidu gave up the great task of chasing Li Chengliang to Anfei Yanggu, and combined the power of Hong Baya's personal soldiers to besiege Li Pinghu. Li Pinghu was hit by seven arrows and barely managed to escape.
He took off his clothes and went around to catch up with Li Chengliang, but he passed out before he could even see him.
Li Chengliang was sad and anxious, and did not dare to stop. He could only order someone to carry Li Pinghu and escape together. At this time, he had just arrived not far from the south city gate, but he heard shouts of death coming from all over the city gate. He took a closer look.
The city gate has been opened, Jianzhou soldiers rushed in, and the Ming army at the gate has been defeated.
Li Chengliang gasped, despaired of all thoughts, and drew out the short knife from his waist, intending to kill himself. Li Rumei quickly snatched the knife from him and said, "Daddy must not do this. If daddy dies, no one in our army will be able to survive."
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Li Chengliang said sadly: "If I don't die, you can live?" Li Rumei didn't know how to answer for a moment.
But at this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded not far away, like the sound of a city wall collapsing. Li Chengliang, his son, and his close relatives were all stunned. Li Rubai hurried forward to check, and soon brought a group of soldiers, but it was Qin Deyi.
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Qin Deyi was overjoyed to see Li Chengliang, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain the situation. It turned out that he was guarding the city wall between the southeast gate tonight, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly discovered that the soldiers outside Nurhachi had moved.
At that time, he did not expect that the other party would dare to resist. He just thought that the Nurhachi people were in the city and could not suppress the opposition outside the city. He suspected that these people were going to attack the city. Since the enemy's situation was unknown and he could not be sure, he only mobilized them first.
Some of the cannons from the artillery camp and a batch of gunpowder were brought over just in case.
Needless to say what happened later, he saw that Nurhachi had rebelled, and saw that the Jianzhou soldiers were attacking the southeast gate. His own side was retreating steadily, and it was estimated that he might not be able to defend it. Since the two southeast gates could not be defended, the enemy troops had entered the city.
It was destined that it was impossible to hold on tightly at this time. The only way to quickly find enough horses and withdraw was to "keep the green hills and not worry about running out of firewood."
For this reason, while he ordered people to collect the escaped war horses, he also arranged gunpowder to blow up the city. What Li Chengliang and the others heard just now was the sound of the city wall being blown down by him.
Qin Deyi blew up the city wall, but he did not dare to leave for a while, because Li Chengliang had not arrived, and he would probably die if he escaped. But Li Chengliang happened to come, so Qin Deyi was overjoyed.
Li Chengliang himself hesitated. Four thousand of the eight thousand elites in the city were himself or his direct servants of the Li family, and the rest were from the "direct generals of the Li family army" such as Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Qin Deyi, Sun Shoulian, etc., who were outside.
In everyone's eyes, he is one of the 40,000 "Li Family Army".
Could such an elite force of direct line give up so easily now?
However, Li Chengliang could not hesitate for long, because both An Feiyanggu and Eyi had already rushed over, and this time they not only brought two red and white bulls, but also brought about two thousand soldiers who had just entered the city.
Under their command, state soldiers also came to outflank Li Chengliang and others.
Li Chengliang sighed and ordered to evacuate from the collapsed wall according to Qin Deyi's wishes - it was said to be evacuating, but in fact it was to escape. Fortunately, Qin Deyi had collected more than 500 war horses at this time, and although the red and white Bajala fighting strength was
Strong, but ultimately unable to outrun a galloping horse, Li Chengliang, his father, his son and his cronies narrowly escaped.
After leaving the city, Li Chengliang looked back and burst into tears. Of the eight thousand cavalry, only more than 400 people escaped. Li Pinghu, who he had always relied on as a guard for the Chinese army, was seriously injured. Although it did not appear to be fatal, he was not injured.
It will definitely be difficult to fully recover within a year and a half.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The news of Li Chengliang's defeat spread very quickly for some reason. Cao Yu found out about it the next day, and he was discussing with Qi Jin how to proceed with the next step. The Ministry of War
An urgent military order suddenly arrived: Cao Yu was ordered to succeed Li Chengliang and take charge of the military affairs of the expedition to establish the state.
Cao Yu didn't know whether this was good news or bad news, and he was a prudent person. When Li Chengliang was defeated inexplicably but without accurate inside information, he could only ask Ma Chengxun to keep in touch with him.
It was decided to join forces first at Mardunzhai. This actually changed Li Chengliang's so-called operational intention of four armies to encircle Hetuala. However... Li Chengliang himself was defeated. Now the military affairs are taken over by Cao Yu, so the changes will be changed.
Cao Yun was still struggling to figure out the cause of the incident and how to proceed. The movements in the capital were actually faster than those in Liaodong. Gao Pragmatic did not take action, but someone impeached Li Chengliang first.
First, Han Xianyou, the censor of Shandong Province in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, impeached Li Chengliang for killing a good man and taking advantage of his merits. The impeachment chapter said:
"I have been stationed in Liaoyang for a long time, and asked about Li Chengliang's past. The rumors I heard in the past, such as saying that the first meritorious service was many and false, are not false. What is even worse: He is a native of Liao, and he knows everything about the growth and decline of his house. If a wealthy family has sons, they will often recruit them through the selection of officials, and the bribes will be paid in exchange for property, and the rate will be half lost. Strong men and horses, who have joined the shogunate, will not be able to retain the generals.
About ten thousand households can be brought into one family, and the elites from hundreds of cities can be gathered under one surname, so that they can fight. When launching an army, some members of the family will go out with a song, which the Liao people call Huaixie. Compared with returning, There are so many captives, and I don’t know where they came from. It’s worth weeping!
When the former Renshen (the sixth year of Longqing, 1572) was inspecting, Li Chengliang had an inner master, and the flames were very blazing. The envoys ate several times, and occasionally muttered to themselves: "This is the peak of autumn, and I will win a victory to enhance my beauty! Tomorrow, suddenly After sending a message to the police, a letter from Russia arrived, and dozens of levels of prisoners were captured. The messenger was very happy and reported the number.
He was from Shaanxi Province, and the local leader asked him privately, and he replied: "General affairs here are common, why ask?" It is true that there is no prisoner. Since he has made many achievements, his marriage and slaves are all worshiped, and he has received generous salary. Privately, the family is strong, but the Wu is weak. I have reported victories endlessly, and the invaders have continued. I have lost dozens of forts, and they have all been plowed into fields. According to the records and inquiries, there is no trace of them for a long time. There are all kinds of partial favors and bribes. The amount of money is due to the fact that the soil was produced in Liao Dynasty, and the scales are counted as combs. If it is not without military exploits, it cannot be blamed for the crime..."
According to what this chapter says, Li Chengliang did not kill good people and take credit for his crimes in one or two days, nor in one or two years. It actually started during the Longqing period, but it has become more and more frequent in recent years.
As this bullet appeared, more bullets began to pour in. At first, everyone was still talking about the crime of killing good people and taking merit, and gradually began to talk about greed. Although Gao Pragmatic did not deliberately call for it, Officials from the Practical School could no longer bear to take action themselves.
Hou Xianchun, an official who inspected Liaodong last year, also wrote a letter to impeach Li Chengliang. The impeachment chapter said:
"Cheng Liang... the day-to-day business plan. In the market, thousands of good horses are selected every year, and the official price is deducted from 40,000 to 50,000 taels. The big horses are paid for the horses to go to the border, and Cheng Liang only fills the creeks and ravines.
In the salt class, he accounted for 10,000 yuan of salt every year. He also received 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in donations. Da Sinong opened a salt factory in southern Liaoning to pay for his salary, and he became a member of the Liang Tui Monopoly Corporation. In Kuandian, Qinghe and other places, he received 30,000 yuan in military salary every year. Ten thousand taels, which is enough to buy more than five thousand catties of ginseng every year.
He also sent ten kilograms, or five, or seven kilograms to each household of the villagers, at a price of two to thirty thousand taels of silver. Those who sent the troops were close friends Xia Shoumao, Miao Wei, etc. The recipient was Li Dingye, a member of his family. The fat of the family is the barrenness of the people.
In Kaiyuan, Wudian and other places, 1,500 mink skins were donated every year. Each general's family donated more than 20 taels of sand gold. Household residents were also given 3,000 taels of gold. Merchants were given 3,000 mink skins, valued at no less than 20,000 taels. Those who dispersed the faction were close friends Zhang Wexue and Xiao Xie. The recipients were also family members, Li Dingye. The accumulation of wealth creates a house of resentment.
When there is an accident in the local area, the generals from all walks of life will give out five hundred pieces of silver each time, which is called "Thank you for the gift." If you count it once, you will receive ten thousand gold and put it all into your own pocket. If you thank the Ministry for the fee, it may be several thousand gold, or ten thousand gold, then It comes from the generals of the camp. If Li Ning makes a mistake, he can push it with four cattail bags of silver.
When the imperial court rewards bribes, half of them will be given to each army in the form of clothing, skins and other items, saying: "Correct answer". It is estimated that each time he receives ten thousand gold, half of it goes into his own pocket. When he is promoted to an official, he will be granted a job of one thousand taels, or five hundred taels, and each will have his own.
Quota. If Dai Liangdong is promoted to General recently, he will receive one thousand taels of silver as pledge..."
Line by line, pile by pile, reading is like seeing it in person.
In fact, Gao Jingshi knew about Li Chengliang's killing of good people and taking merit in his previous life, but he did not investigate carefully. In fact, as far as he knew, at least as early as the sixth year of Wanli, Li Chengliang connived at his subordinates to kill and take merit.
In the "Yixian Chronicle", it was recorded that Li Chengliang's subordinates bought the heads of Han people to serve as military merits. However, the history of the previous life was different from the present. In the previous life, ten years before Wanli, Li Chengliang was protected by Zhang Juzheng, so most of his criminal evidence was not exposed.
However, as Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing and others lost power, the court officials began to gradually impeach Li Chengliang for various crimes.
People continued to report Li Chengliang's faults, and most of them accused him of committing fraud, covering up failures and taking credit, and even killed good people and pretended to be enemies, committing the crime of deceiving the emperor.
For example, in March of the sixteenth year of Wanli, Li Chengliang was rewarded for his meritorious service in killing the enemy when he attacked the Yehe tribe in Haixi. However, according to the "Wanli Dichao" record: "In the spring of the sixteenth year, Nalin Buluo (Nalin Bulu) was suppressed and besieged.
Unable to do so, half of the soldiers died. Thousands of soldiers pushing carts died due to cold weather. Because they had no merit, more than 550 dead soldiers were cut off for inspection. Xu Shou'en, the imperial censor, wanted to impeach him, but the governor used his power to threaten him.
And when I seek to stop, I actually repay him with merit. Now I am keeping my grace in Shu, so I can call him and ask him."
It can be seen that not all of his achievements are true. In addition, "Records of Shenzong" also records that "Cheng Liang knew that his attack on the barbarians had already won a lot of praise, so he secretly taught Guo Mengzheng to seduce the barbarians, use the wealth of Shimen Huagu to guide the way, and order to rob and kidnap them.
To prove the crime of belonging to the barbarians, he also feared that his deputy general Sun Chaoliang would succeed, so he ordered Li Ping and Hu to bribe the barbarians and rob Liaoyang two or three times a day. He also secretly ordered Zhang Dong and others to falter, so that Chaoliang could not join forces with the bandits.
. Therefore, (Bing Ke Zhang) should write about the incident at Shimen, so as to realize Cheng Liang’s contribution to covering up the killing. He sang and harmonized, and it was like a response." There are many other things such as the impeachment of Li Chengliang for greedy meritorious service and risking death, so I will not list them all.
However, even so, the palace never responded.
There is no response. There are two possibilities for this situation. One is that the emperor remains silent, thinking that the evidence is insufficient or does not want to pursue the case for other reasons; the other is that the emperor is angry, but thinks that the actual situation may be worse than the existing evidence, and implies that the minister will continue to expose it.
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So the next day, he inspected the Zhili Censor Ren Yang because he was distracted, so he impeached Li Chengliang, the father and son of the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and ordered them to declare Liao Jibao, fearing that there would be serious consequences.
Ren Yangxin Tan Zhang said: "Shi Heng and Qiu Luan took control of the army first before they rebelled. Fortunately, they all attacked early, and their traitors were eliminated, so it was easy. Now Cheng Liang is stationed in the left part of Liao Dynasty, like pine trees in Xuanfu, and like camphors in Miyun.
, Chengcai was stationed in Huanghua, while Li Ping, Hu, Li Xing, Li Ning, Wang Weifan, etc. were all married to old companions and raised as towns, and there were countless tours. Around the Shenjing, the left and right were entrenched, and the arrogance could not be shaken, but such as Bai was greedy and promiscuous.
He is still very domineering. If he is expelled, he may change..."
This time, the crime accused Li Chengliang was not limited to actual crimes, but began to rise to include too many military officials and soldiers. When the court, civil and military officials saw this bullet, they all held their breath and waited for the emperor to make an end.
