Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 21 I want to go home (please read it!)
"Where are you from, brother."

"Oh, I'm from Liangxiang. I spent some money at home to find connections to join the Beijing camp. What about you?" A soldier from the Beijing camp put down the rice bowl full of porridge in his hand and looked back.

The Liao soldier who asked the question looked at the bonfire with envy on his face, and the dancing fire in his eyes pulled him into memories.

"so good!"

"This man is from Tieshan Guards in Liaodong. It's a poor place, but now it's been taken over by slave soldiers."

Hearing this, the soldiers from the Beijing camp seemed a little surprised.

"Ah? Then how can you go home?"

After hearing this, the Liao soldier seemed to have heard a joke and sneered.

"What home should I go back to? My home is long gone."

"Twelve years ago, when the slave soldiers broke through the Iron Mountain Guard, there was no news at all. I just thought they died together when they broke into the city. This is better than serving those sons of bitches at the farm!"

Speaking of these words, Liao Bing's eyes were full of resentment, but in an instant it turned into a feeling of powerlessness.

"From that time on, I joined the Liao soldiers and dreamed of fighting back to Tieshan."

The soldiers in the Beijing camp were shocked. Only then did they realize what kind of life the Liao soldiers were living. The so-called hardships in his life were simply trivial matters when compared to the Liao soldier in front of him.

"Alas, life in Beijing camp is not easy now."

"Positions are like carrots and pitfalls. They are occupied by the powerful and noble disciples. Big soldiers like us are in arrears with their pay. Just being well fed and drunk is a great thing."

The Liao soldiers clenched their fists, took out their sabers, and polished them silently on the whetstone.

"What are you talking about?"

Li Shunzu came over and sat down among a group of people.

The well-fed and well-fed soldiers of the Beijing camp in Guangqumen seemed to have become good friends with the Liao soldiers who had traveled thousands of miles to aid the capital.

There is no ultimate carnival in the military camp, especially when war may start at any time. Many people don't even know if they can survive tomorrow.

Everyone's faces looked relaxed, but their hearts were extremely heavy.

Looking at the resolute faces of these soldiers, Li Shunzu felt sincere admiration and began to feel lucky for his decision to stay.

The swaying bonfire continued to crackle, and among the nearly 4000 people present, including Li Shunzu, no one knew where they would go in the future.

"Ti Tai, take us back to Liaodong!"

“I want to go home”

Li Shunzu was slightly startled and said nothing.

In fact, Li Shunzu didn't have much sympathy for these Liao soldiers. Although the Li family's hometown was also in Tieling and was now occupied by Jiannu, and it was said that many of them were massacred, it was not Li Shunzu's family after all.

"Back then, the old commander led [-] Liaodong cavalry, expanded thousands of miles of land in Liaodong, and beat those slave soldiers crying for their fathers and mothers. Why can't we do the same?"

"Don't you want to go back to your real home?"

Yeah, go home.

After hearing this, Li Shunzu suddenly thought of his parents in later generations.

They should be worried about themselves now, right?

The straw mat bed in the military camp was very hard, and Li Shunzu tossed and turned for a long time. At first, he felt soreness in his back, but later he was able to fall asleep.

Many of the soldiers stayed up all night. They opened their eyes wide and stopped talking. They just stared at the full moon in the sky, holding the sword in their hands tightly. They didn't know what was going on. Think about something.

This night was a solid lesson for Li Shunzu.

But at the same time, it also made Li Shunzu realize the true thoughts of these Liao soldiers.

dawn.

Horse hooves stepped on the cold frozen soil, and chaotic sounds gradually entered the ears.

It was the Liao Army cavalry from Yongding Gate. They rode one horse at a time, and their faces seemed to be stained with a little blood.

The news they brought caused chaos outside Guangqumen.

People were stepping on each other, and the horses were barking in panic.

Even the defenders of the Guangqumen Jingying Camp standing behind the tall and solid city wall shuddered. "what happened?"

Yu Kuan got out of the tent and his eyes widened after receiving the news.

"Hurry up and wake up Titai!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shunzu had already opened the tent and walked into the garrison camp.

Looking at the chaos around them, he first stopped the garrison that was on the verge of collapse.

"What's the mess?"

"The slave soldiers are attacking Yongding Gate, they haven't come to Guangqu Gate yet!"

"When they come, there will be Liao troops outside the city, and me too!"

"When all the Liao troops outside the city are wiped out, it's not too late for you to run away. Stop right there!"

After these words, some soldiers in the Beijing camp blushed, which was somewhat comforting, but the chaos outside the city became even more serious.

Yu Kuan looked surprised and stopped.

"How did Titai know that the slave soldiers were calling?"

Li Shunzu said nothing, frowned, and came to the city wall to look far away.

Near Yongding Gate, flames shot into the sky, and the sound of fighting could be faintly heard.

The Liao army from Yongding Gate asked for reinforcements and the cavalry galloped wildly on the plains outside the city. However, when the Beijing camp soldiers in the city heard that the Eight Banners were coming, they all shrank and there were no reinforcements at all.

There are strong enemies outside and no reinforcements inside.

Li Shunzu did know that there would be such a battle, but he didn't remember what night it happened, and it happened so quickly!
It was exactly one night in history that Mangui's [-] troops stationed outside Yongding Gate were suddenly attacked by slave cavalry. After two days and nights of bloody fighting, the entire army was finally annihilated!
The [-] elite Liao troops in Mangui have been locked in a bitter battle, and their defeat seems to be as certain as in history.

On December 26, the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners cavalry to suddenly turn back and raid the Mangui headquarters outside Guangqumen. Li Shunzu certainly knew about this battle.

Although Li Shunzu was just a migrant worker in his previous life, he was very fond of novels written in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and almost couldn't put them down, so he had some understanding of what happened in this era.

Li Shunzu even went to Baidu to check the Yisi Incident, a major battle that affected the survival of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Shunzu clearly remembered what happened on December 26, the second year of Chongzhen.

It was at dawn today that Huang Taiji, who was besieging Zunhua, suddenly appeared outside Yongdingmen City in the capital. General Man Gui of the Liao army stationed outside the city was caught off guard, and almost all of his [-] Liao army was wiped out.

Zhao led his teachings to Zunhua and died in the battle. These [-] Liao troops were the last assets of the Liao army.

If the [-] Liao troops were annihilated by Hou Jin, the last glimmer of hope for the rise of the Li family would also be wiped out.

All the old men have been killed, what use is the identity of the eldest son of Li?

Li Shunzu slammed his fist on the city wall. If he had known at that time, he should have remembered clearly what night it happened.

It’s too late now to regret why I didn’t learn history at that time. If I want to keep the [-] Liao troops in Mangui and keep the foundation of my career, I need to act immediately. I’m going to Yongdingmen tonight to take charge of the overall situation!

But Li Shunzu also knew that hand-to-hand combat in this era was no joke, it would really kill people.

Not to mention that these Beijing soldiers who were huddled in the city were afraid, Li Shunzu was also beating the drum in his heart.

"Titai, someone is coming!"

When Li Shunzu heard this, he looked around and saw a group of refugees fleeing from the direction of Yongdingmen.

When these refugees came to the city, they cried straight into their hearts, and there were even women holding infant babies in their arms.

Behind them, smoke billowed.

Hundreds of fully-armed Eight Banners cavalry in white armor brandished shiny tiger-head swords and rushed over without stopping.

"White-armored soldiers, white-armored soldiers!"

"Close the city gate quickly!!"

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