Yang Yuan pointed at Li Ping and shouted: "Get up quickly and come with me to see the commander-in-chief!"
Li Pinghu cut off a piece of meat and threw it into his mouth to chew. He glanced at Yang Yuan indifferently and said calmly: "Who are you?"
Yang Yuandao frowned: "I am Shenyang guerrilla Yang Yuan!"
Li Ping rolled his eyes: "Very good, very good. Do you still remember who you are? Then I have to ask you, you are a Shenyang guerrilla, why should you meddle in my business? In terms of closeness, I am the commander-in-chief. The leader of the personal soldiers and servants; in terms of position, I also have the title of the Chinese Army Camp under the Liaodong General Military Standard... Tell me, what qualifications do you have to take care of me?"
Yang Yuan was furious: "Although today's battle to break the city was supervised by the commander-in-chief, he ranked me first when ordering generals before the battle. As a rule, I am responsible! Now you are killing meritorious people indiscriminately, I I didn't kill you in battle, but I was thinking of my fellow comrades, so you think I can't control you?"
Li Pinghu sneered and said: "I don't understand whether to order a general or not, but since I go to war and kill people in the enemy camp, why the hell can I kill the wrong person? Don't delay me from eating meat. If you dare to be nagging again, I will kill you too!"
Yang Yuan was so angry that his temples bulged, and he shouted: "Left and right, take it down with me!"
"Let's see who takes whom!" Li Pinghu suddenly threw a piece of roasted meat towards Yang Yuan with his backhand, then he picked up the thick-backed machete and turned around to perform a reverse slash.
Yang Yuan had been accidentally kicked by Li Pinghu when he was going up the city wall before. Knowing that this man had no military discipline or human feelings in his eyes, he had already been on guard against him. At this moment, when Li Pinghu made a move, Yang Yuan first He waved his left hand to block the piece of human flesh that disgusted him, and then suddenly stepped back. In just a blink of an eye, the Yan Ling knife at his waist had been pulled out at some point.
Li Pinghu sneered and said, "Can you only run away?" As he spoke, he slashed with his knife without mercy.
Yang Yuan had already reached the door as soon as he hid. If he hid further with this knife, he might trip over the threshold. However, he thought that the Yanling knife in his hand might not be strong enough and it would be a hard confrontation with Li Pinghu's thick-backed machete. He had to suffer a loss for the chop, so he still refused to take it hard, so he had to lower his body and move to the side, and at the same time, he used his right hand to backhand the Yanling Saber.
If this move succeeds, Li Pinghu will have to disembowel him as he does not have heavy armor. But although Li Pinghu was arrogant, he was lean and very flexible. He twisted his body again, but the machete still struck Yang Yuan.
But this knife only slashed halfway, but another knife stretched out and struck sideways. With a "dang" sound, Li Pinghu's knife was swung away, and at the same time a voice sounded: "Li Pinghu! Stop!" "
Li Pinghu seemed to be quite familiar with this voice. He put away his knife and took a step back, saying coldly: "Bodhisattva, if you don't eat well and recite Buddha's name, why do you ask me to share some pieces of meat with you?"
It turns out that this sword was made by Zu Chengxun. Although Zu Chengxun was a military general, he believed in Buddhism and believed deeply. He was famous in Liaodong for donating money to build Buddhist temples, so he was sometimes ridiculed as "Ancestor Bodhisattva".
Zu Chengxun did not answer, but gave Li Pinghu a cold look and said: "The commander-in-chief has entered the city. The two grooms he brought this time are named Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi."
Li Pinghu sneered and said: "Two young boys are just prisoners of war and turned into slaves. When you mention them, do you think I don't dare to kill them both?"
Zu Chengxun snorted, with a face full of ridicule: "In addition to killing people and eating meat, do you have any human intelligence? Jue Chang'an is the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou in the Ming Dynasty. You killed him and his son Ta Shi, this He was already guilty, and now he is arrogantly saying that he will kill the Nurhaci brothers...
Li Pinghu, do you know that Jianzhou Left Guard has been one of the most useful chess pieces in the hands of the commander over the years? Do you want to destroy this chess piece now? In other words, do you prefer that the left guard of Jianzhou will turn against the commander-in-chief? "
Li Pinghu sneered and said: "I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. I only know that the commander-in-chief told me that anyone who is not wearing a mandarin duck uniform on the battlefield can be killed."
Zu Chengxun sneered, but was too lazy to talk to this brainless person anymore. He glanced at Yang Yuan and waved: "Yang Yourong, come with me to see the commander-in-chief."
The relationship between Zu Chengxun and Yang Yuan is good or bad, because Yang Yuan is slightly younger than him and has always been lower than him in terms of position. For example, Yang Yuan is still a guerrilla now, but he is a general and will soon be promoted to deputy general. Soldiers.
But he had just listened to half of the conversation between Yang Yuan and Li Pinghu, and was very dissatisfied with Yang Yuan's belief that he was the one responsible for the siege.
The commander-in-chief is just assigning tasks this time. Do you think the commander-in-chief values you so much that he even puts you ahead of me?
In fact, in normal times, Zu Chengxun might not care about such trivial matters, but because he is about to be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, he is particularly concerned about these issues - in theory, after Cao Yu is released from prison, he will take over as deputy commander-in-chief. The three soldiers, Yao Dajie, Qin Deyi, and even Zu Chengxun, who is about to take up his new post, do not have a strong foundation to serve as deputy commander-in-chief.
In terms of qualifications, they were barely enough, but in terms of the number of servants, they were not very good. The reason why they were able to rise to the top was only because of Li Chengliang's support, so Zu Chengxun couldn't be insensitive.
Zu Chengxun was a general close to Li Chengliang. He was different from Yang Yuan, who was a guerrilla general in Shenyang. So he wanted to take Yang Yuan away, but Li Pinghu didn't stop him. He just laughed sinisterly and went back to eat on his own. Meat.
Zu Chengxun and Yang Yuan felt disgusted when they saw it, and they both went out to look for Li Chengliang.
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Early on the next morning, Li Chengliang gave the order to his troops early, and all the generals were a little stunned.
Everyone is experienced in fighting. If you are fighting the Mongols, it makes sense to retreat as soon as possible after winning. But fighting the Jurchens is different. Generally speaking, the battle is not over after the battle. The next step is to be more ruthless. After searching hard, it will be worthy of the brothers' hard work.
This is because the Mongols are fast. After defeating this group, another group may come to take revenge soon. Therefore, they have to leave quickly to avoid being attacked by the Mongols in turn and causing a wheel battle. Therefore, it is confirmed that there has been The results are the most important.
The Jurchens all have cities (counted as strongholds), and if they have cities, they have savings to loot and plunder. Moreover, the Jurchens have many internal conflicts, and they generally don’t have reinforcements. Even if they do, the rescues won’t arrive in time, so they can first It’s not too late to make a fortune before leaving.
But this time Li Chengliang didn't want to delay any longer and just wanted to withdraw his troops quickly.
In addition to the fact that Gao Jingshi's big victory in Liaonan was far beyond his expectation, which caused him to have many things to go back to deal with quickly, there was another reason that Li Chengliang was annoyed by the deaths of Jue Chang'an and Tak Shi yesterday. Having another headache, Li Chengliang didn't want to cause trouble in the Jurchens' territory.
However, he did not want to cause trouble, but trouble came to him. Just when the generals asked why they were in such a hurry, a messenger came to report that brothers Nurhaci and Shuerhaqi were crying bitterly at the gate of the mansion and kept asking to see Ning Yuan. Bo.
Of course Li Chengliang is not afraid of these two brothers. Even though these two are already in their early twenties, in his eyes they are just two brats. They are Jurchens, so what are they worth?
But the problem is that Li Chengliang was not reasonable about what happened yesterday. He had ignored the safety of Jue Chang'an and Tak Shi when he launched the siege. Later, his father and son were killed, and it was Li Chengliang's personal guard leader who took action. First, what is even worse is that Li Chengliang is not willing to deal with Li Pinghu.
Li Chengliang is very able to distinguish between himself and outsiders. The servants are the basis for success and fame, but how can the servants unite? In addition to generous treatment and generous rewards, we also need to make them feel: As long as I follow the commander-in-chief, I won’t be afraid of anyone!
This approach may lead to servants doing evil. Li Chengliang knows this, but he thinks the problem is not big: What the Ming Dynasty lacks is not good people, but warriors who can fight. As long as you can fight and are willing to help me fight, everything else will be easy. .
Li Pinghu was not only a servant, but also one of the leaders, and he was extremely capable of fighting. How could this be someone that Li Chengliang could easily change?
Besides, although Jue Chang'an and Tucker Shi had already surrendered to him, Jianzhou's left guard was not strong, and they were of little use under Li Chengliang. This time, they defeated Jianzhou's strongest right guard, Ah. After coming to power, Jue Chang'an and his son played an even smaller role, so... if they die, they will die. Do we still have to let Li Pinghu take his own life?
However, Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi always blocked the road and cried, but it didn't matter. They made it seem as if General Li was doing things unfairly. It was so annoying that they had to find a reason to get rid of them.
When Li Chengliang thought of this, he frowned and refused to speak.
When Zu Chengxun saw it, he felt that the opportunity had come, and asked: "The commander-in-chief is worried that the Nurhaci brothers are ignorant and spreading rumors everywhere, blaming the commander-in-chief?"
Li Chengliang glanced at him and said: "What I did is my own opinion. It doesn't matter if I let him say it. It's just that his two brothers have lost their father and ancestor, and they are also the head of the clan. If we decide from now on that I, the Ming Dynasty, have abandoned him, , I might cause trouble in the future, just cause trouble."
Li Pinghu said on the side: "Then just kill them all, and everything will be clean."
Yang Yuan said angrily: "You still have the nerve to speak?"
Zu Chengxun also frowned and said displeasedly: "It's easy to kill the two of them, but for the Jianzhou left guard, don't we have to kill them all together?"
Li Pinghu wanted to speak, but Li Chengliang stiffened his face and glared at him: "Shut up."
If it were anyone else, Li Pinghu wouldn't be afraid, but when Li Chengliang opened his mouth, he was really honest and shut up immediately and said no more.
Zu Chengxun said: "Commander, Nurhachi and his family, although they are nominally the commanders of the Jianzhou Zuowei, their strength has long since declined. Now the Jianzhou Zuowei is in a mess. Even if he is allowed to go back, he will be the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard. Resentment breeds hatred, and it is impossible to dare to do anything to us in the short term, but in this way, it will always affect the commander's reputation..."
Li Chengliang said calmly: "Weiji, if you have anything to say, just say it."
Zu Chengxun said hurriedly: "Yes, the general feels that this misunderstanding still needs to be resolved. It is not because he is worried about what will happen to the Jianzhou left guard, but to avoid damaging the reputation of the commander-in-chief."
"How to resolve this misunderstanding?" Li Chengliang said the word "misunderstanding" with a slightly stronger emphasis.
Zu Chengxun immediately understood what he meant. He affirmed the word "misunderstanding", which was a hint to himself that he wanted to confirm the "misunderstanding".
What a coincidence. Zu Chengxun's original plan was to make a fuss about the word "misunderstanding."
"Originally, this matter was just a misunderstanding." Zu Chengxun said conclusively: "If Bukulu hadn't been eager to be a loyal minister, and had always disliked Jue Chang'an and his son for doing such a bad job, and could never open the city gate, we would How could a general offensive be launched at short notice?"
"Bukulu?" Li Chengliang thought thoughtfully.
Bukulu's surname was Tongjia, and his full name was Tongjia Bukulu. However, this name was not famous in later generations. This person was more famous for his nickname, "Nikanwailan".
The word "nikanwailan" is the transliteration of the Manchu "nikanwailan". In Manchu, nikan means Han, Southerner or Southern Barbarian; wailan is the transliteration of the Chinese word "wailang", and when translated into modern Chinese, wailan means secretary, general manager or attendant. Therefore, the nickname Nikan Wailan roughly means "Han Secretary" or "Chinese Attendant".
[Note: The records of this person in history books are almost all "Nikanwailan", and his real name is not mentioned. However, in the 1990s, the Manchu Tong Jia family tree received great attention from the historical circles. According to the Tong Jia family tree records, Nikan Wailan's surname was Tong Jia, and his real name was Bukulu. This statement is now being widely accepted by the academic community. ]
Zu Chengxun affirmed: "Yes, it is Bukulu."
Li Chengliang thought for a moment and said with a slight hesitation: "Bukulu is still very loyal to my Ming Dynasty..."
"That's right, but it's precisely because of his loyalty..." Zu Chengxun said: "Anyway, this guy has offended enough people with his slanderous talk. We are not afraid of more Nurhaci brothers."
Zu Chengxun said this, which made Li Chengliang couldn't help but smile and said: "This guy is indeed a mouthful." Then he nodded and said: "Then let's just tell Bukulu that I said so. , this time he urged me to conquer the city in one fell swoop, and now it seems that the suggestion has indeed merited, I will remember his merits, give him some edicts when the time comes, and praise him by the way."
Zu Chengxun smiled and said: "The commander is wise."
At this time, Bukulu or Nikanwailan didn’t know that in another history, he was used as a punching bag by Nurhaci who did not dare to seek revenge against the Ming Dynasty. This time, it was clear that nothing would happen to him, but he still couldn’t escape. This fate.
Time is also fate.
In the original history, the reason why Nikan Wailan was blamed by Nurhachi was because he was criticized by Li Chengliang when Jue Changan and others were still in the city, so he had to go to Gule Walled City and make a promise, saying that as long as you kill After killing Atai, open the city gate and let the soldiers enter the city tomorrow. The one who kills Atai can become the city lord, and everyone else can be safe.
As a result, the people in Gule Village were frightened by Li Chengliang's army. As soon as they heard Nikan Wailan's assurance, they immediately killed Atai and surrendered. Who knew that Li Chengliang ignored Nikan Wailan's guarantee and went into the city to kill them randomly. Jue Changan and Takeshi died in the city.
To put it bluntly, this guy was indeed wronged. Let’s say he was attached to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, most of the Jurchen tribes, large and small, were attached to the Ming Dynasty. Just like Nurhachi’s grandfather and father, weren’t they also attached to the Ming Dynasty? So it was completely normal for Li Chengliang to lead the way when he sent troops.
It cannot be said that he broke his promise and deceived the people of Gule City. Because Nikan Wailan just made a wish at the door, the decision actually rested with Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang could follow Nikan Wailan's promise, or he could let go and massacre the city. No matter what choice Li Chengliang made, Nikan Wailan actually had no control over it. Judging from the situation at that time, when Brother Nikan Wailan made the promise, he probably really wanted such a result in his heart. At least he should not have thought of killing all the old and young people inside after opening the city.
The one who broke his promise was Li Chengliang who asked him to surrender. It was a bit like Li Shiqi's death that Nik Wailan took the blame.
This time it was not his turn to go to the city to surrender, but perhaps due to the inertia of history, the blame still found him accurately.
