Chapter 30 Chapter 30 New Bureau
In March of the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi once again sent troops to attack the Ula tribe.
The weather is warm and the ice and snow are melting. This is the right day to send troops. After some consideration, Nurhachi sent Chu Ying and Shuerhaqi's son Amin to lead 5,000 troops to take on the mission.
For this time, he has a comprehensive plan, and he has carefully told Chu Ying and A Min what he thinks in his heart: "Ula is a large army, and it is not easy to destroy them all at once. There is a huge price to be paid, therefore, a gradual felling strategy should be adopted—"
He made a metaphor: "If you cut down a big tree, first cut off its branches and leaves, and then damage its roots, and it will be easy to uproot!"
Of course Chu Ying and A Min understood what he meant——
The purpose of this expedition is not to eliminate Wula, but to "cut off the branches and leaves".
The target is set at Yihan Alin City in the Ula Department.
The city is not big, its strength is weak, and it is some distance away from the headquarters of the Wula tribe—it is estimated that as long as the Jianzhou Army moves faster, even if Bu Zhantai rushed to rescue after hearing the news, it would be too late.
Before leaving, Nurhachi specially told Chu Ying: "We must make a quick decision without delay, and return immediately after victory!"
It was the first time for Amin to go out to war, and he especially gave a few more instructions: "Be careful in everything on the battlefield, and follow Chu Ying's orders in everything; if you make a battle, you will be rewarded when you come back!"
Although Amin is Shuerhaqi's own son, he has been his adopted son since he was a child, growing up beside him, he is no different from his own son - he has always loved Amin very much, and this time he sent him out to conquer a powerful A weak opponent not only gives Amin a chance to sharpen his chain, but also gives Amin a chance to perform.
At the same time, there is still a subtle thought in his mind: "The child I bring up personally will not have the temperament of Shuerhaqi—his behavior must be like me and not like Shuerhazi! "
As for Shuerhaqi, he also had another plan in his heart - this time, sending Amin, of course, is somewhat related - but this plan is something that no one can reveal, his chess is just one step at a time. down, in his grasp—
Amin has been close to him since he was a child, and it is also a pawn in his hand.
Sure enough, Amin did not disappoint him on the battlefield——
When 5,000 Jianzhou troops arrived at Alin City in Yihan, Amin took the lead and charged down the city, brandishing a broadsword.
The Ula army shot a batch of feathered arrows, Amin didn't care, held up his shield to block them, and let them go straight.
Of course, the Jianzhou Army behind him rushed forward. When they were approaching the city, the well-trained Jianzhou Army threw ropes one by one, climbed the city wall, and then climbed along the wall to climb the city; Behind the city tower, while fighting the enemy hand-to-hand, they went to open the city gate.
Amin was superb in martial arts and agile. He climbed up the tower before any soldiers, and there was no one in the enemy who was his opponent. Soon he rushed to the door, and broke the door bolt with a wave of his sword.
As soon as the city gate was opened, Chu Ying, who had led the crowd to approach the city, of course rushed in and started a massacre-the war ended soon. A total of 1,000 Ula's heads were beheaded, and the rest were captured.
Chu Ying and A Min also kept in mind Nurhachi's instructions, to clean up the battlefield as soon as the war is over, and set off to return to Jianzhou as soon as possible.
But when he was about to leave Yihan Alin City, the soldiers in charge of the guard came to report: "Wula Bei Lebu Zhantai and Mongolia's Horqin tribe, Bei Le Weng Adai, led their troops to station twenty miles away—"
Chu Ying quickly asked, "What's the matter?"
Replied: "No—"
As a result, Chu Ying hesitated: "What does he mean? Waiting and watching? Waiting? Or is he afraid of the prestige of my Jianzhou Army, where is he so stupid?"
And no one can answer this question, but he must make a decision immediately to command the entire army.
Tilting his head, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Leave him alone——Father Khan ordered him to return to Jianzhou as soon as possible; let's go now!"
So he ordered the whole army to return immediately, but he had experience in war after all, and he was not a careless person by nature; after the order was issued, he immediately said to Amin: "You lead the team first, and I will be in the rear - pay attention to the signal along the way, In case Bu Zhanqin comes to attack, when you hear the signal, immediately turn around to respond!"
Amin said yes, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry!"
Here, according to Chu Ying's assignment, he took the lead and left. In the middle of the team were the captives and the horse team that intercepted the spoils. Finally, Chu Ying led five hundred soldiers to the rear.
Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way—Bu Zhantai stayed at the same spot and watched from the beginning to the end, without taking any action, and the entire expedition team returned safely and triumphantly.
After returning to Jianzhou, Chu Ying and A Min reported all this to Nurhachi in detail, and Nurhachi, while studying and judging Bu Zhantai's intentions in his heart, rewarded the two children: "Very good - very good!" Alright—this time, your contributions are not small, and you will all be rewarded!"
However, when Li Chengliang heard the same news, it felt different.
This news came only a day after he heard another, more important news.
Just the day before, he received a message from the capital: the imperial court had approved his dismissal.
He thought to himself: "It should be the newly-appointed cabinet scholar Ye Xiang Gaozhun this matter—"
He is still well-informed about the news in the court. Only one of the three ministers is in charge, and Ye Xianggao has become the actual chief minister of the cabinet; however, his state of mind is different. Regarding this matter, his first feeling is that he is in his heart. A stone fell to the ground, and he thanked Ye Xianggao heartily.
"Stay away from Liaodong, a place of right and wrong, so that I can have a good death!"
That night, he slept extremely peacefully, and he never tossed and turned again, or thought of breaking out in a cold sweat.
But on the second day, when he heard the news that Nurhachi had sent troops to conquer Ula and won a complete victory, he was in a daze for a while, and then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Heh, huh, huh - all this has nothing to do with me! Heh - huh - huh -"
However, he was an elderly man after all, he laughed too violently, he choked for a while, and immediately coughed, which made several attendants stretch out their hands to rub his chest and pat his back, and they were busy for a long time.
After finally getting him to stop his cough, his face was already blurred—tears and snot from laughing, and the two mixed together made him look very embarrassed.
The attendants had no choice but to rush to fetch water to clean his face—but, although he looked distressed, his heart was clear; while the attendants cleaned his face, they listened to him talking to himself intermittently He said: "Nurhachiguo is very human - Mie Hada, Bing Huifa, this time he beat Wula again, sooner or later, both Wula and Yehe will be brought to him - there will be a day when he will march south - —Ah, after my dismissal, I will try my best to go to the south, as far away from him as possible——I will move to Jiangnan to settle down!"
Li Chengliang was not alone in the personnel changes of Ming officials in Liaodong.
Along with Li Chengliang, Zhao Ji, the Liaodong inspector, was also dismissed; the reason for this transfer was not the dispute between Jianzhou and the four ministries of Hu Lun, but the Ming Dynasty itself had a problem, and the official in charge had to recite Take the blame and be punished.
First, the former guards of Liaodong rebelled because they could not bear the exploitation of Gao Huai, the mine tax supervisor. In between, it almost became a prairie fire.
This is of course a major event, Zhao Ji did not dare to hide it, and immediately sent a letter to the Ming court.
Although Ye Xianggao is the only one in the cabinet, he is not as treacherous and incompetent as Shen Yiguan and others - he not only has the responsibility, but also has a way to deal with the accident.
He immediately instructed the Liaodong Governor's Yamen to minimize the scope of the mutiny, and to appease the rioting soldiers as soon as possible, and at the same time posted an announcement to quell public anger.
At the same time, he tried his best to let Emperor Wanli know the situation in Liaodong through channels including the eunuchs around Emperor Wanli. Chen asked to recall Gao Huai back to Beijing.
With such a combination of measures, the matter finally calmed down slowly.
And because of this incident, he was reminded of the problems in Liaodong.
At the first one, he discovered that the appointment of officials was very improper.
He found the records about Li Chengliang and the documents of his multiple resignations from the old files, and he was full of emotion in an instant: "Li Chengliang is eighty-three years old, old and frail, how can he take on important duties again? Is there no one in this dynasty?" Half a general?"
Therefore, he and the Ministry of War made a careful investigation and listed all the generals in the country one by one; finally, they selected Juniper as Li Chengliang's successor, and then agreed to Li Chengliang's dismissal.
Du Song, whose name is Laiqing, is from Kunshan, the younger brother of the famous general Du Tong. He has courage and wisdom since he was a child, and he is extremely brave. , Yansui Zongbing and other officials are currently Jizhou Zongbing.
These qualifications are good, and they are young and strong enough to take on the heavy responsibility of Liaodong.
Next, Li Bing was also selected as the governor of Liaodong to replace Zhao Ji; Zhang Ti was also appointed as the governor of Liaodong, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Just at this time, Saida, governor of Jiliao, died, so Wang Xiangqian was selected to replace him—and the personnel affairs in Liaodong were completely renewed.
Some of these situations may be just coincidences, but in any case, Liaodong's personnel affairs have launched a new layout, and it has become the first time in Ye Xianggao's political career to rectify and pay attention to Liaodong.
This new beginning is not only the Ming court's re-emphasis on the Liaodong issue, but also makes the situation in Liaodong more complicated, and it affects the whole body, which is no less than the battle to aid the dynasty in the past——
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