The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 42 Parties
"The southern barbarians are going to break off relations with our Liao Town. They are allowing their soldiers to commit atrocities and massacre the Liao people. Yang Hao is guilty and there is no way to save him this time!"

"Once Liu Zhaosun is killed, we will have the censors relentlessly impeach Yang Hao and prevent him from turning the tables!"

"Why haven't General He's troops arrived yet? Isn't he drunk again?"

"No need to wait for Crazy He, our old brothers in Shenyang can wipe out the Southern Barbarians!"

On the top of the Shenyang city wall, Ma Chenglin, Ding Bi and other Liaozhen generals were all standing with their hands behind their backs, with Liaozhen servants standing densely behind them.

The generals looked towards the parade ground in the south of the city, where people were being slaughtered, and they were people from Liaozhen.

Everyone had a gloomy look on their faces. Tieling Lieutenant General Ding Bi gritted his teeth and slammed the blue bricks on the parapet.

"That Kang Yingqian is also useless. I told Zhao Tianxing to kill Liu Zhaosun directly. Why did he have to make so much trouble?"

Ding Bi was a capable general under Li Rubai. During the Battle of Sarhu, the left camp under his command was inexplicably on fire, and the gunpowder exploded, causing the entire army to fall apart. He fled back to Shenyang with Li Rubai and was promoted to lieutenant general.

Last time at the Jinglüe Mansion, Ding Bi had a falling out with Liu Zhaosun and was almost hacked to death by Liu Zhaosun. Since then, he hated the southern soldiers to the core and was always thinking about how to deal with them. He became the vanguard of Liaozhen's opposition to the southern soldiers.

In the original historical dimension, Ding Bi was responsible for assisting in the defense of Kaiyuan. He was soon bribed by the Later Jin. When the Later Jin attacked Kaiyuan City, he acted as an insider and opened the gate to surrender.

After Kaiyuan fell, this man fled to Tieling. When the Later Jin attacked Tieling City, he once again opened the gates to welcome the enemy.

The Later Jin army rushed in, and more than 10,000 people in Tieling were killed or injured...

General Ding defended the city twice in a row and was able to turn against his own side in battle, leading the enemy to slaughter his own comrades. This is a miracle that is unique in the history of wars in China and abroad.

Liu Zhaosun would certainly treat well such a genius who insisted on surrendering to the enemy and made great military achievements to expand the Later Jin Dynasty.

In the past few days, while Liu Zhaosun was busy training the new army and had no time to fight with Liaozhen, Ding Bi found several generals of the Li family, together with Ma Chenglin, the relative of the Fushun prince consort, and they all planned to create a big drama in which the southern soldiers stole and injured people and the Liao people sought justice.

There was a faint rumbling sound of hooves coming from the north of Shenyang City, the earth shook, and the southern soldiers outside the city were in a commotion, which made the Liaozhen general laugh.

"General He's troops are here. The eldest master (Li Rubai) won't intervene, but the third master (Li Ruzhen) is on his way. He'll probably arrive in Shenyang in the next few days. After we kill this southern barbarian, the third master will come back and convict them. The third master has been the commander of the Pacification Bureau for so many years. What kind of people hasn't he dealt with? The East Depot's methods of persecuting people are much more sophisticated than ours!"

"Commander Ding is brilliant. If we can't defeat the Tartars, can't we deal with these southern barbarians?!"

After hearing this, a group of Liaozhen generals burst into laughter again.

The third master they were talking about was Li Chengliang's third son, Li Ruzhen, who was appointed commander by his father and worked in the Pacification Office.

In the original history, in the 47th year of Wanli, Liaodong was in danger, and Li Ruzhen was appointed the commander-in-chief of Zhenliao.

When the Qing army attacked Tieling, Li Ruzhen led his troops but did not provide any reinforcements, which led to the fall of Tieling. He was dismissed from office and imprisoned and sentenced to death.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen spared Li Chengliang's life and allowed him to join the army in recognition of his merits.

Even though he committed such a heinous crime, he was spared from death and joined the army (equivalent to bail). It can be seen that Zhu Youjian had no way to deal with Liaozhen.

Because of the butterfly effect caused by Liu Zhaosun's time travel, the good days of the third son of the Li family in the capital ended early, and he was sent to Liaodong more than half a month earlier than in history.

When Ding Bi and a group of Liaozhen officers were chatting and laughing on the top of the city wall, the General He they were talking about was being supported by two servants. He staggered out of the carriage and vomited continuously while holding a large rock by the roadside.

A burly servant supported the general and patted him on the back. After a few pats, He Shixian felt a little more awake. He looked up at the marching army and said in surprise:
"Why, this, this wine has such a strong aftereffect, I, sir, was drunk all the way from Hupi Station to Shenyang, and I haven't sobered up for the sixty miles!"

The servant was He Shixian's confidant, a thin man. He quickly took the coconut ladle from the horse's back and gave the master some water. He looked up in the direction of Shenyang, frowned, and said:

"Master, Lieutenant General Ding and his men said that the southern barbarians were killing people indiscriminately in Shenyang. We hurried here, but why didn't we see any southern soldiers?"

He Shixian took a sip of water, and when he heard this, he choked on the water, coughed twice, and said angrily:

"Zhang Xian, you believed what that killer Ding Bi said. If he hadn't given me a bag of Dongzhu, I wouldn't have brought you to Shenyang. I'm still injured from the beating I received from Yang Jinglie last time!"

He Shixian suddenly stopped. He felt a burning pain on his butt. The wound from the beating with a military stick by Yang Hao last time had not healed yet.

Yang Hao is such a murderer, he is really despicable. He Shixian is thinking about how to fight him back someday.

He Shixian asked the servant to bring the warhorse. He took the reins, jumped on the horse, and pointed the whip at Shenyang City:
"I and Liu Jing are brothers who have shared life and death. We once fought against Japanese pirates together in Korea. Liu Jing is a good man in everything except fighting! He never keeps all the money he gets! The Sichuan soldiers under his command are also very fierce! Like father, like son, Liu Zhaosun is no bad boy. How could he do such a thing as massacring the Liao people?"

Zhang Xian listened quietly, carefully holding the reins, afraid the master would fall. "Master, could it be that the southern soldiers were defeated and are worried about being punished by the court, so they killed innocent people to take credit? How many Liao soldiers did they kill?"

"What nonsense! It's always been us Liao soldiers who attack others, how could others attack us?"

It wasn't that Zhang Xian had a wild imagination; killing innocent people and claiming credit for their deeds was not uncommon in the Ming army, and both southern and northern soldiers were quite skilled at this technique. Since the imperial court didn't pay much for the soldiers, everyone had to find ways to make extra money.

"Didn't the Southern soldiers just behead the Jiannu? How could he kill innocent people under the city of Shenyang? And how could he claim credit for it? Does he really think that the Imperial Censor and the Military Supervisor are just sitting around doing nothing?!"

The servant Zhang Xian was scolded by the master and was so scared that he dared not speak anymore.

"Learn more from me, so that when the Tartars come someday, you can make military achievements and no longer have to be a servant!"

Half an hour later, He Shixian, with a dark complexion and a strong smell of alcohol, stood on the high ground south of Shenyang.
He looked back at the more than a thousand elite servants behind him, followed by four thousand combat soldiers.

As the soldiers advanced on the flat Liaozhong Plain, He Shixian felt that his army was strong and his brows were filled with pride.

"Master, master!"

Zhang Xian rode his horse up from behind and shouted to He Shixian from a distance.

"Calling the soul? You scared me!"

He Shixian cursed, looked up at the servant in front of him, and listened to him continue talking.

"General Ma asked the servant to ask the master what he thought about the matter he told you the other day. Do you want to work with him?"

He Shixian raised his whip and was about to hit him.

"You can't yell about those things here? If you do it again next time, I'll break your legs!"

Zhang Xian quickly agreed, and after a moment, he asked again:
"Master, the servants are ready. The Southern Army camp is just ahead. Should we charge straight in, or should we notify Lieutenant General Ding and the others first?"

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he looked at the general eagerly. He had followed General He for many years. Although he was the general's servant, in many cases, he and He Shixian were more like a father and son.

He Shixian patted his head, remembering that the day before yesterday, Kaiyuan General Ma Lin personally visited him at Hupiyi and had a long talk with him all night. The two old friends talked about many things, from Liaozhen to Xuanda, Jizhou...

The general frowned, pulled the reins, turned to look at Zhang Xian, and shouted:

"Zhang Xian, where's my wine jug? Bring it to me! I want to drink!"

South of Shenyang City, there is the southern daying training ground.

Zhao Tianxing and his two personal soldiers were beheaded in public. After two servants carried the traitor's head to show it to everyone in the camp, they hung the head, which was still open-eyed, high up next to the camp's banner.

Next to the big flag with the word "Liu" written on it, dozens of heads with different expressions fluttered in the wind on long poles. Except for three southern soldiers who participated in the rebellion, the rest were the rioters who were chased and killed two hours ago.

Liu Zhaosun stood under the head, with blood dripping around his feet. At this time, Liu Shoubei was already fully armored, and the Miao Dao in his hand was replaced with a spear.

More than 6,000 southern soldiers, 5,000 new troops, and tens of thousands of refugee followers all stood quietly, waiting for the legendary figure who had brought them from Hunjiang to the present, waiting for him to declare war on Liaozhen.

Qin Jianxun, Pei Dahu, Qiao Yiqi and others stood on the left and right of Liu Zhaosun, each with a solemn expression. They did not surrender to Liaozhen like Kang Yingqian, but chose to stay with the garrison commander to the end.

Liu Zhaosun turned his head and glanced at the tall and majestic Shenyang City behind him. A group of Liaozhen generals on the top of the city were also looking over here.

Below the city wall, the servants of the governor were busy moving their master's belongings out of the city. There was an endless stream of carriages. Liu Zhaosun saw Jin Yuji, wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket, mingling among the servants, escorting an exquisitely decorated carriage slowly out of the city and heading towards the Southern Army Camp. He couldn't help but frown.

It is not known what kind of deal Yang Hao reached with the Liaozhen soldiers. At the critical moment, the father-in-law of the traitor Liu Zhaosun, a criminal who was about to return to Beijing for trial, was able to lead his entire family, wife and children, and leave the city safely.

"Everyone, Liao Zhen wants to kill me, what should I do?"

Standing on the high platform, Liu Zhaosun's heroic face immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

(End of this chapter)