Zheng Haizhu said: "Nurhaci established himself as a khan last year, and Jianzhou is suffering from famine and hardship this year. I feel that after this winter, once the people and horses are no longer frozen to death on the way to send troops, they will attack our Ming Dynasty. And Hetuala To the west, after passing Sarhu, there is Fushun Pass and Fushun City. In the afternoon, Aya told me that Fushun is the largest horse market between the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen. Every April, merchants from all over the country with other goods will gather inside and outside the city. , not only trade horses, but also trade everything from grain and iron tools to cloth and tea leaves. So, if I were Nurhachi, the first battle next year would be to go to Fushun to rob things and people."
Wu Bondang listened attentively, then twirled his glass and said: "According to what you said, Li Yongfang, the Fushun guard, should be killed in advance. He will definitely surrender and present the city. No! In fact, he has already been Nurhachi's lackey. "
Wu Bang Bang's breathing was obviously more rapid than before.
The first time Zheng Haizhu heard that last conclusion was at the inn in Yanzhou Prefecture.
That night, Wu Bondang called Zheng Haizhu to the courtyard and apologized for his gaffe on the Surabaya Bridge, but at the same time, he also showed Zheng Haizhu something even more shocking.
It was a bloody book he dug out from the body of his fiancée Amei, which had been chewed to pieces by wild dogs.
Amei's father, who was a close friend of Wu Bond's adoptive father Qi Jin, was originally the guard of Qinghe Fort near Fushun.
Five years ago, before Nurhachi fell out with the Ming Empire, he had already led the Jianzhou Jurchens with open arms and prepared to attack the Ula tribe of the Haixi Jurchens.
The Ula tribe asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming court ordered Fushun guard Li Yongfang to mobilize troops to go to the Ula tribe for help.
Li Yongfang sent Amei's father to lead two thousand elite troops out of Qinghe Fort and go north. On the way, he was called a scout to report that there were secret troops in Jianzhou and a sneak attack on the Crow Falcon Pass near Qinghe Fort. Amei's father was urgently ordered to retreat and guard the pass.
After the Ula tribe was bloodbathed and killed by Nurhachi, only the Yehe tribe remained among the four Haixi Jurchen tribes, which greatly weakened the control of the Jianzhou Jurchens.
The Ming court was furious and accused Li Yongfang. On the one hand, Li Yongfang presented a letter sent by Nurhachi to Fushun, defending the old Tatar chieftain, saying that the Jurchens in Jianzhou destroyed the Ula tribe because their leader Bu Zhantai betrayed the alliance. On the other hand, Li Yongfang led his soldiers to Qinghe Fort. In the name of disobeying military orders and returning to the army without permission, he killed Amei's father and sent his wife and daughter to the capital. On the way to escort, Li Yongfang's soldiers wanted to insult Amei, but Amei knocked their sabers and committed suicide. Her body was exposed in the wilderness near Fushun.
After hearing the news, Wu Bangde rushed to Fushun from Ji Town. After finding Amei's body, he found a blood letter left by his father in her inner clothes. The blood letter was actually written by two people. Amei's father wrote about how he sent troops from Qinghe and returned to the army. The other person was a personal soldier of the old general. When Zi Chen went to Fushun to ask for food and pay, he read it outside the Fushun Pass. When I saw Li Yongfang and Nurhachi riding together, they talked happily.
In the courtyard of the Yanzhou City Station, Zheng Haizhu, after hearing the whole story, asked Wu Bondang, did General Qi Jin not tell the court when he saw the blood letter?
Wu Bangdang said that at that time, Zhang Quan of the Ministry of War was reporting. As the Jianzhou Jurchens were getting bigger and bigger, they invited the Zhejiang soldiers transferred from Qi and Jin as guest troops to go north to Liaodong and garrison the area from Qinghe Fort to Crow Falcon Pass, guarding the Jianzhou Jurchens from their hometown in Hetuala. The main route to march westward to the Ming Dynasty.
However, local warlords from the Liao such as Li Yongfang, perhaps fearing that their interests in Fushun would be damaged, immediately worked in the court to prevent Qi Jin from entering the Liao. They succeeded, but Zhang Quan's memorial ended in nothing.
Under such circumstances, Wu Bondang was worried that after taking out the blood letter, Qi Jin would have to fight with Li Yongfang due to Qi Jin's violent temper. The other party happened to accuse Qi Jin of forging the blood letter to retaliate for obstructing military achievements.
The last branch of the Qi family army was already struggling to survive, and Wu Bondang was really worried that this incident would make the situation worse.
Even if the blood letter written by the imperial court is true, chatting side by side is not irrefutable evidence of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Many generals in Liaodong have "talked side by side" with the Jurchens on certain occasions. Li Yongfang could definitely say that he was warning Nurhachi.
It would be more direct to find an opportunity to kill him yourself.
Wu Bondang then hid the blood book. But he couldn't let go of his hatred. Three years later, when he met Zheng Haizhu who was about to enter the Liao Dynasty, Wu Bondang frankly revealed that he was determined to take Li Yongfang's life this time.
At this moment, Zheng Haizhu looked at Wu Bang Bang's eyes that were shining with anger. Following his words, he said calmly and harmoniously: "It is precisely because according to what you know and what I believe, Li Yongfang has more or less secretly communicated with Nurhachi." , Li Yongfang’s life will have to be saved until the horse market next spring. You think, what if Nurha is confident and Li Yongfang is preparing to dedicate the city, but he is suddenly ambushed by other troops of the Ming Dynasty? "
The anger in Wu Bondang's eyes suddenly dimmed.
He looked away from Zheng Haizhu and looked at the rocks crashing on the shore under the moonlight.
After a while, he murmured: "I didn't expect this."
Zheng Haizhu didn't speak anymore, but secretly said in his heart, you didn't expect it, it's normal. I have been thinking about this all the way, just because I, a descendant of the future, have a God's perspective and know that Nurhaci will indeed release the Jurchens next spring. The news that a large number of horses were being sold in Fushun made the Tatar soldiers disguise themselves as horse dealers and enter the city first, and then cooperate with the Eight Banners Army outside the city.
On this day in history, Fushun guard Li Yongfang directly opened the city gate and surrendered. Although there were two iron-clad Ming men behind him, he ignored the ugly behavior of his superiors and still led his soldiers to resist and die heroically.
They deserve to leave their names in the history of history: Fushun City Qianzong, Wang Mingyin, Fushun City Commander, Wang Xuedao.
Fushun was the first Ming Dynasty city captured by the Jianzhou Tatars. In addition to Li Yongfang, the first Ming military attaché to publicly surrender to the Tatars, Nurhaci also received a Ming military officer named Fan Wencheng. This descendant of Fan Zhongyan will become a highly used Han minister in the Huang Taiji era.
In the Battle of Fushun, the Tatars obtained a large amount of supplies and robbed tens of thousands of people, which was more abundant than their previous "robbing the west".
The key is that the success of grabbing and occupying Fushun doubled the morale of the Tatars. Later, like pruning trees and pulling out poles, they severely damaged many of the Ming's most advanced fortresses in Liaodong, including the most important Qinghe Fort, which changed the situation in Liaodong. The rapid deterioration prompted the Ming Dynasty to launch the Battle of Saarhu.
Zheng Haizhu raised his head and stared at the dazzling Sirius in the sky.
He can draw his withered bow like the full moon, look northwest, and shoot at the wolf.
This is the brightest star in the winter night sky. People in this world may not know that it is actually much bigger than the sun.
What seems small may not be weak, and what seems huge may not be powerful.
Wu Bondang also raised his eyes to look at the sky.
"Miss Zheng, Li Yongfang can frame others, and we can frame him too."
Zheng Haizhu nodded: "Real or false, if you have five or six points, go for seven or eight points. We can really try. Otherwise, how can we make other warriors in Liaodong aware of the crisis? Let's discuss this here first. Let’s see again after entering Liaodong.”
After she said that, she stood up and prepared to go back to the cabin.
"You go and have a rest first. I'll take a few more sips on the deck," Wu Bond said.
Zheng Haizhu walked down the wooden ladder and came to the cabin. She saw Aya kneeling behind the half-open door and kowtowed to her: "The master is back."
Zheng Haizhu said softly: "Don't kowtow to me in the future, let alone call me master. I am not one of those people from the Ministry of Construction who like to treat people as slaves. Master, these are the two words I hate hearing the most. You must really not get used to calling me Miss Zheng, please call me Patriarch first."
Ayanana said after a moment: "Yes, the head of the family."
On the deck, Wu Bondang poured out the last glass of wine, stood up, and came to the bow of the ship.
He took a big sip first, and then poured the remaining half of the cup into the waves.
"Amei, I'm going to avenge you."
