On the tenth day of March in Guangning, although the ice on the Yanghe River had not completely melted, the north wind that had been blowing all winter was already tired, and it hit people's faces with all its strength, giving Li Rubai only a little excitement.
Playing with the horse's reins, Li Rubai, surrounded by his companions, rode to the gate of the General Military Mansion and dismounted. When he entered the house from the side door, he met his eldest brother Li Rusong wearing a helmet and coming around from behind the screen wall. The two met each other, and Li Rubai quickly greeted him.
Li Rusong saw the dark circles under his eyes and said with a smile, "Where did you hang out all night?"
Li Rubai looked shy and scratched his head with a smile. Li Rusong is twenty-five years old this year. Because he is the eldest son and usually behaves steadily, his younger brothers are a little afraid of him. Li Rubai quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother, aren't you in Tieling? When did you come back?"
Li Rusong said: "Commander Father gave me an order to come at night. Commander Father came to see you just now, and I have to leave beforehand -" After saying that, he raised his head and laughed twice, patted Li Rubai on the shoulder and gave him a squeeze. Eyes, went out with a smile.
When Li Rubai heard that Li Chengliang was looking for him early in the morning, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak. He walked around the screen wall, slipped out and hid behind the weapons rack in the front yard, and prepared to sneak into the back of the house.
The eyes were darting around, and they saw Li Chengliang seeing guests off the main hall. Li Rubai didn't dare to move and was busy standing behind the weapons rack with his hands tied.
I heard my father say: "Thank you Liu Qianhu for coming to report the news. I have made up my mind now. I will not let the Tatars ask for favors. - After returning, I will pay homage to the governor and ask him to rest assured!"
Liu Qianhu said with a smile: "Jue Chang'an and others must have reported the news to the commander-in-chief before. The message I sent was just for confirmation. Again, one of the two messages I sent must be true and the other false. Mr. Li will decide which one to believe."
When Li Chengliang heard him mention Jue Chang'an, he curled his lips and said, "The captives have no faith and no righteousness, how can they trust him fully?" As he spoke, he sent Liu Qianhu out with a smile on his face.
When he turned his head, Li Chengliang's smile disappeared, his big eyes rolled up and down, looking at Li Rubai, who was so frightened that his legs weakened. Li Chengliang asked: "Where did you go last night?"
Li Rubai lowered his head and returned: "I had a night of drinking with Li Ping, Hu and Qin Deyi." Li Chengliang sneered and said: "You evil beast! You can't even lie, and you didn't change your clothes to sign for the mortgage room! If One more time, I will expose your skin!"
When Li Rubai heard that he had let her go, she couldn't believe that she had such good luck. She couldn't help but kneel down, kowtowed, got up and ran away.
Li Chengliang looked at his bearish look and shook his head behind him. A staff member beside him said with a smile: "The second young master is free and easy-going, informal and has the air of a general. Duke Yincheng does not need to be harsh."
Li Chengliang shook his head and said with a smile: "It would be nice if the boss was half as sensible." After saying that, he returned to the General Military Mansion to sign the security room.
When they entered the main hall, Li Ping, Hu and Qin Deyi, whom Li Rubai had just mentioned, were both there. In addition, Li Ning, Li Xing, Sun Shoulian and other important generals under Li Chengliang were all present in the hall.
Li Chengliang sat down behind the case, picked up a handkerchief on the case, blew his nose and said, "Damn it, when will the weather get warm?"
Li Pinghu was a Mongolian. He was adopted by Li Chengliang as his adopted son since he was a child, and he was the most popular among the generals. At this time, he looked eager and asked Li Chengliang: "Commander, I don't know what news Liu Qianhu said in the inner room? Are we going to fight?"
Li Chengliang laughed when he heard this and said: "Tong Nurhaci, the grandson of the Juechang An family, came to report the news, which was the same as what Liu Qianhu said. Wang Gao asked Su Bahai from the Tumote Department and Hao Qing and Wei Zheng from the Taining Department to wait for us. My old acquaintance is going to rob the border in five days!"
Li Chengliang's generals have been fighting with him for six or seven years, with few defeats. The imperial court's rewards and spoils have made them all extremely rich. At this time, they heard that there was going to be a big war, and they all asked for it.
Li Chengliang said: "Send Nurhachi to come in!" The soldier agreed and went out. At this time, Li Rubai put on his armor and reported in at the door.
Li Chengliang let his second son into the custody room. His big eyes could shoot flying knives, and he gouged him out hard. Li Rubai lowered his head and stood at the head of the generals, not daring to say a word.
After a while, I saw a red-faced boy about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing Ming army clothes, following the soldiers into the gate, knelt down, took off his helmet, kowtowed to pay homage.
When he took off his helmet, everyone saw that the hair was different from that of Han people. There was only a hairpin the size of a copper coin, with a small braid similar to a rat tail on it. The rest of the hair was bare, which looked indescribably weird.
Li Chengliang waited for him to kowtow and then said, "Little Tong, get up and talk." Nurhachi said loudly, "Thank you, Mr. Master!" He got up from the ground and put on his helmet again.
Li Chengliang said: "What did your grandfather say? You should learn it again." Nurhaci said respectfully: "Yes. The young grandfather said that Wang Gao gathered all the ministries at the end of the year and said, 'The imperial court does not allow the establishment of mutual trade between states. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, in order to order some salt, It’s better to fight for life or death with an iron pot than to rob the Ming Dynasty.’ Everyone agreed at the time.”
"In the first ten days, Wang Gao sent a message asking my father to gather at Liaohe Tao with his right guards and horses. My grandfather said that he was about to launch an attack, so he sent the young man to report the message and to be a hostage."
Li Chengliang heard this and said, "Why didn't your family follow Wang Gao in rebellion, but came to report the news?"
Nurhachi knelt down and replied: "Jianzhou's little border guard has no more than 20,000 soldiers and less than 60,000 household registrations. How can he resist the imperial court? The young grandfather said, 'General Li is an old friend, and Wang Gao wants to kill himself.'" , Jianzhou does not need to be buried with him, you should go and report the news quickly, so that General Li can be prepared.'"
Li Chengliang listened to Nurhachi's fluent Chinese dialogue, and couldn't help but feel the love for talents, and said: "Your grandfather, your father Takshi and I are all good friends. Today I met you, a young man, and I know that your family has a successor."
Li Rubai listened and thought to himself that he was going to take in his adopted son again.
"I'm here to test you. Today there is a scouting horse coming to report. Wang Gao may choose two places, one is Popanshan Station; the other is Pohuabao Chongbao. In your opinion, which direction will he choose?"
Nurhachi was not afraid of the stage. In full view of the crowd, he replied loudly: "As for the commander-in-chief, I thought Wang Gao would definitely choose to rush into the fortress with a flower bag."
Li Chengliang heard this and said, "Why?"
Nurha Chidao: "First of all, my grandfather has always disagreed with Wang Gao's confrontation with the imperial court. He knows it very well. It's obvious that we are sent into the Hetao at this moment because we don't trust our family. We can only use it as suspicious soldiers."
"The second is to break through the border from Panshanyi and attack Guangning. Straight up the commander's tiger beard. How can Wang Gao have the courage? This must be a suspicious soldier."
"Third, if you break through the border from Huabao, you can rush into the fertile lands of Shenyang and Liaoyang. You will gain a lot, so Wang Gao must choose this side."
Li Chengliang laughed after hearing this. Gu Zuo said: "What a young hero!" Everyone also said that what Nurhachi said was very reasonable. Nurhaci's face turned red and he said a few words of humility.
Li Rubai secretly thought, I guessed it right just now, it’s also these three, what’s so big about it.
Father, if you ask me, I can answer better than him. While he was slandering, the right side of his cheek felt hot. It was probably because his father's two big eyes were shooting flying knives at him, so he quickly shrunk his neck.
Li Chengliang rewarded Nurhachi with ten taels of silver, but still asked his soldiers to take him to the guest room to rest.
When Nurhaci left, Li Chengliang said to the generals: "Just now I have sent Rusong to Shenyang Guard and Liaoyang Guard to notify the guards to strengthen their alert - this time we are still using the old method. The ones in front will resist, and we will detour behind them to see if we can Give me a spoonful of stew!"
After hearing this, the generals were all gearing up. Li Chengliang Qing took out the command arrow and assigned tasks to all the generals. Finally, he gave Li Rubai a command arrow and said: "You took it with you for a hundred and fifty nights and searched for me from Zhenjing Fort to Gushan Fort. You found a large number of Tatars. Report to the Chinese Army immediately!"
Li Rubai accepted the order and said to himself that you, the old man, are waiting for me here. This more than a thousand miles is enough for me to run.
Finally, Li Chengliang mobilized and said: "Everyone, the time has come to kill the enemy and make a fortune. This Wang Gao should be killed! Otherwise, in a few years, it will grow tusks and turn into a wild boar, which will not be fun!"
The generals smiled and said in unison: "Kill!"
