The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Wu Dui suddenly sighed, "Before I returned to Beijing this time, Ma Lanxi looked for me, and he really insisted on retreating." ”

Gao Pragmatic raised the spoon in the air, was stunned for a moment, withdrew his hand, and sighed, "Ma Zongrong has fought all his life, Xu is really tired." ”

"It's not that he's tired, it's boring." Wu Dui smiled bitterly and said, "When he fought at the two ends in the original three days, he was in good health, and later he was awarded a tribute, although Tumut still has Xin Ai, and this guy has made some trouble from time to time, but they have all been suppressed by me, and there has been no war on the front line of Xuanda for a long time." It's okay for a year or two, but after a long time, Ma Lanxi can't stand it, in his own words, there has been no fight for a year, the bones will itch for two years without a fight, the bones will hurt for three years without a fight, and the whole body hurts. ”

Gao Pragmatic could only smile bitterly, and after a while, he whispered, "Maybe it's not just Ma Zongrong, but also Liu Zongrong in Sichuan." ”

"Which Liu Zongrong" Wu Dui has been serving in the northern border towns, and he is not particularly familiar with the military arrangements in the south.

"Sichuan General Soldier Liu Xian and Liu Weiming." Gao pragmatic said, "It's Yu Long, Qi Hu, the Liu of North Ma and South Liu." ”

"Oh, it's him, he also has a bone ache," Wu Dui asked with a smile.

Gao Pragmatic didn't laugh, but was a little sad, "He also resigned a few times, and I guess he really asked for a retreat." ”

Wu Dui's smile slowly retracted, and he frowned, "After I arrived, I found out that Yu Xujiang begged for retreat last year, but the court did not allow it, but he died of illness at the end of the year. ”

Gao pragmatic smiled bitterly: "Actually, I think these four can be knighted." ”

Wu Dui shook his head and said, "This is very rare, the imperial court does not attach much importance to the military merits of exterminating the Japanese and the chaotic party, and only those who fight against Mongolia and make great contributions can be easily knighted." For example, Li Chengliang of Liaodong, in dozens of battles, sacrificed the Taimiao several times, and was awarded the title of Uncle Ning Yuan. But even so, it is only a rogue and cannot be hereditary. The rest, even Qi Jiguang, failed to have a knight because the level of the beheaded Beiyu was not enough. ”

Gao pragmatically shook his head and said, "Actually, I have always felt that the imperial court only recognizes the rank like this, which is really a bit biased. ”

Wu Dui smiled bitterly and said, "Ma Lanxi and Liu Weiming definitely have no chance, apart from them, if you really want to knight Qi Nantang, I can say hello to the Ministry of War, but Qi Jiguang always has to take thousands of Tartar heads in exchange, so I can speak." In addition, unless Guo Ge Lao nods from the cabinet, it is useless for me to mention it. ”

"Thousands of Tartars" This time it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to smile bitterly, "Qi Zongrong has been guarding Jizhen all these years, and the barbarians have tried Duoyan many times, and they have been beaten every time, and they have long ceased to regard the jurisdiction of Jizhen as the main target of robbery, but changed the overall strategy and began to go all out to the east.

In this way, Li Chengliang's Liaodong has become the main battlefield, Jizhen can basically only watch the show, where can he get these thousands of Tartar heads, Li Chengliang's troops are strong in Liaodong, but Qi Jiguang's cavalry is a little insufficient, but it is mainly infantry, mounted infantry and artillery battalions, it may not be difficult for him to defeat the barbarians, but it is difficult for him to get how many Tartar levels. ”

Wu Dui spread his hands, "So Li Chengliang's luck is very good, and now the towns on the nine sides still have the opportunity to take the initiative, and he is left in Liaodong." ”

Wu Dui's words reminded Gao of the jokes in later generations that Li Chengliang was actually a "Qing Gaozu".

This starts with the situation in Liaodong at that time. In the original history, the Ming Dynasty enjoyed the country for 276 years, and the northern Mongolia and the northeastern Jurchen intruded from time to time, so that the national security and the stability of the border areas were always under threat. Since the reign of Gao Gong in the Longqing period and Zhang Juzheng in the Wanli period, the military equipment has been reorganized, the border defense has been strengthened, and the stability of the northern border has been effectively guaranteed. Li Chengliang served as the chief soldier and was stationed in Liaodong at this time in the early stage.

With the support of the center, he fully used his military talents to establish a brave and capable Li family army, so that the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who had always been despised by the Mongolian army, "began to vibrate".

The history of the Ming Dynasty records that Li Chengliang "Zhenliao for 22 years, and successively played ten great victories". His mission in garrisoning Liaodong was to deter the Mongol tribes from entering the border and plundering and using force to ensure that the imperial court exercised effective jurisdiction over the Jurchen tribes.

It should be affirmed that during the three years of guarding Liao, he performed his duties brilliantly, and the countless battles not only dealt a powerful blow to the Mongol cavalry that invaded the border, successfully kept the Mongol cavalry firmly out of the border wall, but also very effectively controlled the Jurchens, who were seeking internal unity and strength, and ensured the stability of the eastern Liaodong region for a period of time.

But in this process, why did Nurhachi gradually become aware of how Li Chengliang's control of the Jurchens got out of control

At this time, the Jurchens were divided into three major departments, Jianzhou, Haixi and Donghai, and each ministry included a number of small departments, but no matter the large or small departments, they were not subordinate to each other, and they were in the heroic era of conquest against each other and the king vying for long.

The Ming court's ruling policy towards them was "divide and rule", and they respectively awarded the titles of ministers and ministers, such as thousands of households, commanders, and governors, to prevent their unification and form a powerful force that is difficult to control.

If a certain tribe is powerful and does not listen to the constraints of the imperial court, in order to prevent it from annexing other tribes, the official army will send troops to recruit and suppress it, so as to weaken it. In fact, until now, Gao Shishi felt that Li Chengliang, as the supreme military governor guarding Liaodong, had faithfully implemented this strategy of the imperial court.

For example, Wang Gao, the chief of the Jianzhou Department, was dominant among the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou, unruly, and during the Jiajing period, he "repeatedly stole the border" and killed dozens of Ming army generals below the deputy general army and above the general general.

In July of the second year of the Wan calendar, his subordinate Li Hong clashed with the border guards because of the pursuit of fugitives, and killed Pei Chengzu and others. The court ordered him to hand over the murderer at that time, but he did not listen. Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong at the time, asked the imperial court to stop his tribute city, and the imperial court agreed.

So Wang Gao united with a certain tribe of Mongolian Tumut and Taining and other tribes to plot a large-scale invasion of the Liaohuang region. Li Chengliang detected his movements, sent troops to defeat his troops at Schisandra Chong, and then broke through his cottage. The following year, he was captured and executed.

After Wang Gao, the Jianzhou Department had the rise of Wang Wutang's power, and continued to commit border looting, Li Chengliang had just gone to the imperial court some time ago, asking for permission to allow him to go to exterminate.

It can be seen that at least at this time, Li Chengliang did not have the "consciousness" of the "Qing Gaozu", he was still the Liaodong God of War who was dedicated to implementing the decisions of the imperial court. And for the Jurchens, Li Chengliang is the sword of Damocles on their heads.

Therefore, even if Gao Pragmatic has been worried that Li Chengliang's thinking has deviated due to the history of his previous life, he can't do anything now.

Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly, and said, "Li Chengliang is fifty-four this year, and in terms of military generals, he will be old in a few years, and it is still unknown who Liaodong should use at that time." ”

Wu Dui didn't understand the meaning of Gao Shishi's words for a while, and hesitated, "I haven't heard that he is not in good health, so he should be able to use it for a few more years."

Gao was pragmatic and couldn't say it clearly, so he smiled and said, "It's good to be able to use it, but the imperial court always has to promote and train some young generals, so as not to be overwhelmed and lack of successors." ”

Wu Dui did not object to this, after all, military generals are different from civil officials, it doesn't matter if civil officials are too old to walk, as long as their thinking is clear, there is no problem, but if a military general is too old to ride a horse, then what soldiers do they bring

However, Wu Dui still misunderstood Gao Pragmatic's meaning, thinking that he was going to promote someone, so he asked in a half-joking tone, "Little junior brother can have a young generation of good generals and talents, if there is, the foolish brother must investigate carefully, and he can't teach Mingzhu to be dusty." ”