Daming Yinghua

Chapter 143 Talking about Fushun

Zheng Haizhu said: "Last year Nurhachi made himself a Khan, and this year Jianzhou suffered from famine and distress. I think that after this winter, once the soldiers and horses will not be frozen to death on the way to dispatch troops, they will attack my Ming Dynasty. And Hetuala To the west, after Saerhu, there are Fushun Pass and Fushun City. I heard from Aya in the afternoon that Fushun is the largest horse market between Daming and Jurchen. Every April, merchants from all over the city will gather in and out of the city with other goods. , not only trading horses, but also food and iron utensils to cloth and tea. So, if I were Nurhachi, the first battle I fought next year would be to go to Fushun to rob people.”

After Wu Bangde listened attentively, he turned his wine glass and said, "According to what you said, Li Yongfang, the general of Fushun, should be killed in advance. He will definitely surrender to Xiancheng. No! In fact, he is already Nurhachi's lackey. "

Wu Bangde's breath was obviously more urgent than before.

When Zheng Haizhu heard the last sentence for the first time, he was at the post station in Yanzhou Mansion.

That night, Wu Bangde called Zheng Haizhu to the courtyard to apologize for his gaffe on the Sishui Bridge, but at the same time, he also showed Zheng Haizhu an even more shocking object.

It was the blood book he dug out from the body of his fiancée Amei, who had been chewed to pieces by wild dogs.

Ah Mei's father, who is also a good friend of Wu Bangde's adoptive father Qi Jin, was originally the guard of Qinghe Fort near Fushun.

Five years ago, before Nurhaci had yet to fall out with the Ming Empire, he had already led the Jianzhou Jurchen in an open battle, preparing to attack the Ula tribe of the Haixi Jurchen.

The Wula tribe asked Daming for help, and the Ming court ordered Fushun guard Li Yongfang to mobilize troops to the Wula tribe for help.

Li Yongfang sent Ah Mui's father to lead two thousand elites out of Qinghe Fort and head north. On the way, they also called scouts to report that there were secret soldiers in Jianzhou and a surprise attack on the Yahu Pass near Qinghe Fort. They urgently ordered Ah Mei's father to retreat and guard the pass.

After the Ula tribe was killed by Nurhachi's bloodbath, only the Yehe tribe remained in the four Haixi Jurchen tribes, which greatly weakened the containment of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

The Ming court was furious and accused Li Yongfang of the crime.On the other hand, Li Yongfang presented Nurhachi's letter sent to Fushun, arguing for the old Tartar chieftain that Jianzhou Jurchen destroyed the Ula tribe because its leader, Buzhantai, betrayed the alliance.On the other hand, Li Yongfang brought his own soldiers to Qinghebao, beheaded Amei's father in the pretext of disobeying the military order and returning to the army without permission, and sent his wife and daughter to the capital.On the way to escort, Li Yongfang's soldiers wanted to bully Ah Mei, but Ah Mei hit their saber and committed suicide. Her body was exposed in the wilderness near Fushun.

Upon hearing the news, Wu Bangde rushed from Jizhen to Fushun. After finding Amei's body, he found the blood book left by her father in her blouse.The blood book was actually written by two people. Amei's father wrote about the process of sending out troops from Qinghe and returning to the army. The other person was the old general's personal soldier. When Li Yongfang and Nurhachi walked side by side, they talked happily.

In the courtyard of the post station in Yanzhou City, Zheng Haizhu, who had heard the whole story, asked Wu Bangde, didn't General Qi Jin see the blood book, didn't he tell the court?

Wu Bangde said that at that time, Zhang Quan of the Ministry of War was playing a concert. Because the Jianzhou Jurchens were getting bigger and bigger, please transfer Qi Jin's Zhejiang soldiers as guest troops to go north to Liaodong and station in the area from Qinghebao to Yahuguan, guarding the Jianzhou Jurchen from their lair in Hetuala. The main way to march westward to the Ming Dynasty.

However, local warlords of the Liao people like Li Yongfang, perhaps fearing that their interests in Fushun would be damaged, immediately operated in the court to prevent Qi Jin from entering the Liao Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, Wu Bangde was worried that after taking out the blood book, he would have to fight Li Yongfang with Qi Jin's violent temper.

The last branch of Qi's army was already struggling to survive. Wu Bangde was really worried that this matter would make the situation worse.

Even if the imperial court believes that the blood letter is true, talking with the Jurchens together is not an ironclad proof of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Many generals in Liaodong have "talked with the Jurchens side by side" on certain occasions.Li Yongfang can say that he is warning Nurhachi.

It would be more direct to find an opportunity to kill him.

Wu Bangde then hid the blood book.But he couldn't let go of his hatred.Three years later, when he met Zheng Haizhu who was about to enter Liao Dynasty, Wu Bangde confessed frankly that he was determined to take Li Yongfang's life this time.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu looked at Wu Bangde with angry eyes, followed his words, and said in a calm voice: "Because of what you know and what I believe, Li Yongfang has more or less secretly communicated with Nurhachi. , Li Yongfang's life will be saved until next spring's horse market. You said, what if Nurha Chi is confident and Li Yongfang is about to dedicate the city, but suddenly I am ambushed by other troops of Ming Dynasty?"

The anger in Wu Bangde's eyes dimmed suddenly.

He turned his eyes away from Zheng Haizhu's gaze, and turned to the reef where the waves beat the shore under the moonlight.

After a while, he murmured, "I didn't expect that."

Zheng Haizhu didn't speak any more, but thought in his heart, you didn't expect it, it's normal, I've been thinking about this all the way, just because I, a later generation, opened the perspective of God and knew that Nurhachi will indeed release the Jurchens to the world next spring The news that Fushun sold a large number of horses led Tazi soldiers to disguise themselves as horse dealers and enter the city first, and then joined forces with the Eight Banners Army outside the city.

Historically, on this day, Li Yongfang, the guard of Fushun, directly opened the city gate and surrendered. Although behind him, there were two strong Ming men who ignored the ugly behavior of their superiors and led their soldiers to resist to the death and martyrdom.

They deserve to be named in Qing History: Fushun City Chief Qian, Wang Mingyin, Fushun City Chief General, Wang Xuedao.

Fushun was the first Ming city captured by the Jianzhou Tartars.In addition to Li Yongfang, the first Ming military officer who openly surrendered to the Tartars, Nurhachi also got a Ming student named Fan Wencheng.This descendant of Fan Zhongyan will become a highly valued Hanchen in the Huang Taiji era.

In the Battle of Fushun, the Tartars obtained a large amount of supplies and plundered tens of thousands of people, which was richer than any previous "robbing the west".

The key point is that the success of robbing Fushun and occupying Fushun doubled the morale of the Tartars, and then, like pruning branches and pulling out poles, severely damaged many fortresses of the Ming Dynasty in the forefront of Liaodong, including the most important Qinghe Fort, which made the situation in Liaodong even worse. The rapid deterioration prompted the Ming court to launch the Battle of Salhu.

Zheng Haizhu looked up and stared at the dazzling Sirius star in the sky.

Will draw the eagle bow like a full moon, look northwest and shoot Sirius.

The brightest star in the winter night sky, people in this world probably don't know, it is actually much bigger than the sun.

What looks small may not be weak, and what seems huge may not be strong.

Wu Bangde also raised his eyes to the sky.

"Miss Zheng, Li Yongfang can frame others, and we can frame him too."

Zheng Haizhu nodded: "True or false, if there are five or six points, let's talk about seven or eight points. We can really try. Otherwise, how can we make other warriors in Liaodong aware of the crisis? Today's discussion ends here, let's Let’s see after entering Liaodong.”

After she finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to go back to the cabin.

"You go to rest first, I'm on the deck, have a drink." Wu Bangde said.

Zheng Haizhu walked down the wooden ladder and came to the side of the cabin. Seeing Aya kneeling behind the half-open door, he kowtowed to her: "Master is back."

Zheng Haizhu said softly: "Don't kowtow to me in the future, and don't call me master. I'm not those people in the Ministry of Construction, and I like to treat people as slaves. Master, these are the two words I hate to hear the most. If you are really not used to calling me Miss Zheng, just call me Patriarch first."

Aya hesitated, and said in a moment: "Yes, Patriarch."

On the deck, Wu Bangde poured out his last glass of wine, stood up and came to the ship's strings.

He took a big gulp first, and then sprinkled the remaining half cup into the sea waves.

"Amei, I'm going to avenge you."

　I didn't expect to be able to write 2300 characters in the Omicron crossing robbery. Sure enough, when I wrote about Liaodong, my blood was racing.But I don't know how my body will be tomorrow, if I stop for a few days, I hope I will forgive you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)