Щщш.. Two days later, the first batch of Ming troops transferred from Shenyang City to change the defense arrived at Tieling City, with a total of 5,000 people, led by Li Ruzhen, the general soldier of Zhenliao

If according to the qualifications and official rank, Li Hongyu naturally cannot be compared with Li Ruzhen, but Li Hongyu's official position in Liaodong is higher than Li Ruzhen, plus he takes good care of Li Rubai and Li Zhizhong, and he has just won a big victory in Tieling, so Li Ruzhen naturally can no longer put his old qualifications in front of him, and his attitude towards Li Hongyu is more polite, which is very rare for Li Ruzhen

In fact, before the Battle of Tieling began, Li Rubai had already written a letter to Li Ruzhen after learning that Li Ruzhen was going to come to Liaodong to serve as the commander-in-chief of Zhenliao

Of course, Li Rubai knows the character of his third brother, so he asked Li Ruzhen in the letter not to despise Li Hongyu, although Li Hongyu is young, he is not a thing of the pool, not only won the champion at a young age but also has a close relationship with the royal family, his achievements are immeasurable, and he must be in a high position above the court

Moreover, Li Hongyu blocked the responsibility of "fleeing without a fight" during the Salhu War for Li Rubai, and was kind to Li Rubai and the Li family, so he should be worthy of Li Ruzhen's respect

For Li Hongyu, Li Ruzhen also feels that he is a very different person

Originally, Li Ruzhen thought that Tieling City would definitely be captured by the Houjin army after it was over, so although Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun repeatedly urged him to lead the army to the rescue, he still struggled to find a reason to shirk, even if he led the army on the road for a day, he only walked twenty or thirty miles

In Li Ruzhen's view, Tieling is already a dead city, and if you send troops to rescue at this time, not only will you not be able to save Tieling City, but it will also be eaten by the Houjin army and bury a force of the Ming army in vain

Although Li Ruzhen has never been on the battlefield, no matter how he says it, he is still behind the gate, and he can still see the dangerous situation on the battlefield, and he thinks that Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun and others have no scruples about the life or death of the soldiers at all, but they just want to give an explanation to the imperial court, he doesn't want to die on the battlefield in vain, and it is naturally impossible to lead the army to fight with the Houjin army

However, just when Li Ruzhen led the army to march until the afternoon of the second day, he suddenly received an order from Li Hongyu who was afraid of people, asking him to lead the troops back to Shenyang City and prepare for the change of defense with the Tieling garrison

Li Ruzhen was stunned by this order, and only then did he know that Li Hongyu did not go to Yaque Pass, but commanded the battle of Tieling, and at the same time he was surprised and secretly relieved, Li Hongyu's military order invisibly relieved him

Historically, Li Ruzhen was impeached by many officials because of the disadvantage of rushing to Tieling, and then he was imprisoned

But then again, according to historical records, Nurhachi led an army of 50,000 or 60,000 to attack Tieling, and the Ming army in Liaodong had just experienced the defeat of the Battle of Salhu and was demoralized, and the reinforcements had only arrived partially

What is particularly important is that once Shenyang's forces are wiped out by the Houjin, then Shenyang City will also be in danger, so strategically speaking, it is a wise move to abandon Tieling to protect Shenyang, but it is impossible to explain to the imperial court and the Wanli Emperor

Therefore, Li Ruzhen, the general soldier of Zhenliao, is naturally the best candidate to carry the black cauldron, anyway, he has already given Li Ruzhen a rescue order, and Li Ruzhen delayed the fighter plane and caused the loss of Tieling, which is not Li Ruzhen's sin

Besides, the officials in the capital naturally want to protect the officials of Liaodong, and Li Ruzhen, who was born as a military general, has just become their target, although Li Ruzhen has the idea of being greedy for life and afraid of death, but it will definitely not be as unbearable as those officials who impeached him said

Moreover, it can be seen from the release of Li Ruzhen to Chongzhen that neither Emperor Wanli, Emperor Tianqi, nor Emperor Chongzhen were angry with him because of the loss of Tieling.

After all, under the circumstances at that time, Tieling could not be defended no matter what, and Li Ruzhen's imprisonment was largely responsible for the fall of Kaiyuan and Tieling

If you just look at the results, Li Ruzhen, the military attaché, is much luckier than Yang Hao, Yang Hao and Li Ruzhen's situation is similar, and he carried the black pot for the defeat of the Salhu War, although he survived the Apocalypse Dynasty safely, but was turned over by the hostile courtiers during the Chongzhen Dynasty, and ended up in a different place

Although Li Hongyu was born in the two lists, because of his bold personality and the courage to take responsibility, he has a very good appetite for Li Ruzhen

Therefore, Li Ruzhen and Li Hongyu got along very happily, and the drunken two began to call each other brothers, and finally Li Ruzhen, who was drunk like mud, was carried back to his residence, he never expected that the young Li Hongyu drank so much

In Tieling City, the people who are most reluctant to leave their hometowns are naturally the children of the Li family, their ancestral graves and industries are in Tieling, but Li Hongyu really can't hold Tieling, they have to leave

Li Ruzhen played a key role at this time, bringing together the people in charge of the Li family clan for a meeting, and the children of the Li family began to pack their bags to join the migrating army

Li Hongyu went to the ancestral shrine of the Li family accompanied by Li Ruzhen, and also went to worship Li Chengliang's tomb, Li Chengliang was in the capital when he died, so he was buried in the north of Yangshan in the suburbs of Beijing, and the tomb on this side of Tieling was buried with Li Chengliang's clothes to accompany the ancestors of the Li family

Just when everyone thought that Li Hongyu would leave Tieling for Shenyang after Li Ruzhen's arrival, Li Hongyu made a surprising decision, he planned to stay in Tieling until all the people of Kaiyuan and Tieling moved away

Because Li Hongyu was the commander of the Ming army in Liaodong, no one could change the decision he made, and Zhou Yongchun also came to Tieling to persuade him to go to Shenyang, after all, Tieling's city defense was far less tall and strong than Shenyang

Not only Zhou Yongchun, Wang Keshou and others were also worried that Nurhachi would not be willing to accept the defeat of Tieling and would come back, in that case Li Hongyu would be in danger, because Liaodong would no longer have troops to save Li Hongyu, and once Li Hongyu had an accident, then they would not be able to explain to Emperor Wanli, and the Ming Dynasty would lose face

It's a pity that Li Hongyu behaved very stubbornly, how could he be frightened by Nurhachi, a dignified governor of Liaodong, besides, if he was in Tieling, the garrison in Tieling would be at ease, and the morale would be high, otherwise people would definitely be panicked

After all, the soldiers were not stupid, so they naturally guessed that Nurhachi might retaliate, and of course they couldn't abandon the city and flee, only to live and die with Tieling City

In other words, Tieling City has actually become a dead city, and no one dares to give up Tieling easily, otherwise it will inevitably be dealt with by military law, so it is strange that the army stationed in Tieling has morale

In view of Li Hongyu's insistence, Zhou Yongchun had no choice but to return in vain, and secretly prayed that Li Hongyu would not have an accident, otherwise there would be big trouble

Although Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun and other high-ranking officials in Liaodong were worried about Li Hongyu's insistence on Tieling, the morale of the soldiers in Tieling City was high, and Li Hongyu's prestige in the Ming army in Liaodong had also risen to a higher level, and the soldiers obviously preferred this kind of person who could live and die with them

At the same time, Hetuala, the royal palace

"Father Khan, we are incompetent, we are defeated in Tieling, please punish Father Khan!" Dai Shan and Huang Taiji knelt side by side in front of Nurhachi, touched their heads to the ground, and said in unison

"Are you saying that it was the Liaodong governor of the Ming Dynasty who led the army to attack you?" Nurhachi's face was gloomy, and he frowned and looked at Dai Shan and Huang Taiji who were kneeling there, and asked with a cold gaze

Nurhachi had naturally learned about the battle of Tieling City from Dai Shan and Huang Taiji at this time, according to the information he had, Li Hongyu was now in Yaque Pass, how could he suddenly run to Tieling, and also took the soldiers of the Yehe Department and the Inner Khalkha Department with him

Not only that, even Li Zhizhong and Chai Shixiu quietly led the cavalry to leave Yaque Pass and go to Tieling, and then gave Dai Shan and Huang Taiji a fatal blow, which was really beyond Nurhachi's expectations

"Hui father Khan, this matter is true, it was Yehe's Jintaishi who told us personally, and the Liaodong governor of the Ming Dynasty personally led the people of Yehe and Khalkha to attack us"

Dai Shan raised his head when he heard this, and said quite unwillingly, "If it weren't for the arrival of the Li family's iron cavalry at the end, it would be really hard to say who would have killed the deer."

"Enough!" Nurhachi's face sank when he heard this, and he waited for Dai Shan to scold, "Victory is victory, defeat is defeat, don't make so many excuses, if you can defeat the Yehe and Khalkha people earlier, then now you should celebrate in Tieling"

"Father Khan's lesson is yes" Dai Shan's face suddenly turned ashamed when he heard this, and he hurriedly bowed his head and responded, what Nurhachi said was right

He and Huang Taiji were not absolutely sure of winning at all, although he had the upper hand in the battle with Buyangu, but Huang Taiji's side was almost unable to hold on, and God knew that those Nekhalkha people would become so fierce and brave, it was like crazy

"It was Jin Taishi who ambushed you on the road?" Seeing that Dai Shan lowered his head, Nurhachi knew that the battle of Tieling City was even more tragic than he imagined, otherwise an arrogant Dai Shan would definitely not be unjustified, and then he groaned for a while and asked quietly

"Hui Father Khan, it is indeed Jintaishi, if it weren't for my brother's presence, I would have been killed by him" Dai Shan raised his head when he heard this, and said solemnly, his words seemed a little palpitating

Neither he nor Huang Taiji expected that someone would set up an ambush halfway, and at that time the two of them and their subordinates were exhausted, and if the outnumbered Jintaishi attacked, the two would definitely die

However, fortunately, the person who ambushed was Jin Taishi, if it was someone else, he would definitely not let Huang Taiji go regardless of his nephew's feelings, and the two of them would die without a place to bury them

"Interesting!" Nurhachi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help muttering to himself, feeling that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface