Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 1 Jiangmen Huzi went to Liaodong

Section 11 Changning Fort

It is said that after Li Tianhao left with his subordinates, Liu Yunwei led his troops to cross the Hara River, galloped all the way to the east non-stop, and rushed to Changning Fort the next morning.

Changning Fort is a brick castle with a circumference of nearly 4 li, a height of 3 zhang and 5 feet, and three gates in the east, west and south. The geographical location of Changning Fort is very important, the west is a tributary of the Liao River, the north is adjacent to Changding Fort, and the east is Liaoyang City, which will arrive in two days.

There are a total of 248 defenders in Changning Fort, including the families of the tun army, craftsmen, military households, etc., and there are more than 700 people in the whole fort, and there are defense officers (100 household ranks) under the control.

Liu Yunwei and his entourage came from the west, and saw that most of the cultivated land outside Changning Fort was deserted, and the people who came and went had many vegetables. Approaching the West Fort Gate, I found that the soldiers guarding the Fort Gate were not fully clothed and armoured, and their weapons were not repaired, and they did not look much stronger than beggars.

Liu Yunwei couldn't help but shake his head again and again, and sighed: "The Liaodong garrison is so weak, no wonder Jiannu is rampant and uncontrollable. ”

Seeing the situation like this, Lu Ying also said: "It seems that the situation in Liaodong is unstable and Jiannu is rampant, and it is not a cold day. ”

Everyone agreed.

Liu Yunwei and others entered Changning Fort from the west gate, dozens of soldiers wearing helmets and armor passed by, but the soldiers guarding the fort gate were still chatting with others as if they didn't see it, and did not come forward to ask or ask for relevant documents.

Seeing that the soldiers in Changning Fort were so lax, Liu Yunwei said angrily: "Are these soldiers pensioning!" ”

"Maybe I didn't pay attention to it because I saw that we were dressed as officers and soldiers." Wen Poyu said.

"Then you should also check the relevant documents and ask where the correspondence is going. These soldiers are acting like this, they are simply eating and waiting for death! ”

Lu Ying saw that Liu Yunwei was angry, so he persuaded a few words, and then asked, "Big brother, where are we going now?" I'm afraid there are no inns and inns in this Changning Fort. ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the defender of Changning Fort first, and ask him to arrange for us to stay, so that everyone can rest and recuperate." ”

"But we don't have an official body yet, so can the defense officer ignore us?" Zhao Kaishan asked.

Wen Poyu said with a smile on the side: "Zhao Daaxe, you don't understand this." The defender will be hospitable to us. ”

"Why?"

"Our eldest brother is the only seedling grandson of the Liaoyang General Army, even if he doesn't have an official body, the defense officer will definitely treat us well, this is a good opportunity to get married to the official."

Zhao Kaishan looked clear: "That's the same." ”

The name of the hundred households who served as the defender of Changning Fort was Chen Ming, a native of Liaodong, a capable man in his thirties, and a scar on his cheek was very conspicuous, showing that this person was an old soldier, not a wine bag and rice bag.

After Liu Yunwei saw Chen Ming, he explained his identity and what happened along the way, and proposed that the department wanted to rest in Changning Fort for two days, hoping that Chen Ming could arrange it.

Chen Ming saw that Liu Yunwei and his entourage were all dressed as Ming martial artists, and Liu Yunwei was even more powerful, and all the families he led were elite, how could he not believe it? Hurriedly agreed, arranged for the house in the official hall to accommodate everyone and entertained them hospifully, if he could tie the grandson of the Liaoyang general soldier, he would definitely have a bright future in the future.

That night, Chen Baihu set up a banquet in the official hall of Changning Fort to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Liu Yunwei and his party. During the banquet, Chen Ming continued to toast Liu Yunwei, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu and others.

Zhao Kaishan is very good at wine on weekdays, at this time he is even more drunk red-faced, on a whim he will kill Jiannu in Donggou Village during the banquet again, the officials in the fort who accompanied the wine are all amazed after listening, Chen Baihu is even more amazed, said: "General Liu is worthy of being the queen of the gate, and the heroes are also brave, this time in Donggou Village to kill Jiannu, greatly increased the morale of my colleagues in Liaodong." I salute General Liu again. ”

The other officials in Changning Fort also came to toast and congratulate.

Liu Yunwei raised his glass and drank it all, and said, "Chen Baihu is polite, you have praised it." My brothers and I have only done our duty as warriors. ”

"General Liu is too humble."

Liu Yunwei and Chen Ming exchanged a few words of greeting, and when they remembered something, they asked, "Chen Baihu, I have something unknown and want to ask for advice." ”

"Hehe, General Liu, don't you dare to ask for advice, please speak."

Liu Yunwei said: "When I first arrived in Liaodong, although I fought with Jiannu, I still can't say that I understand, and I want to ask Chen Baihu to talk about the situation in Liaodong since the rise of Jiannu." ”

Chen Ming pondered for a while and said slowly: "General Liu, this is a long story." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Chen Ming said: "If you want to say that the name of this Jiannu comes from the Jurchen of Jianzhou Wei, the name of the Jiannu chieftain is Nurhachi, and this person is extremely powerful. I heard that in his early years, he was only a domestic slave of Li Chengliang, the former Liaodong commander-in-chief, and served Li Zongbing every day as if he was a parent serving his father and a slave serving his master. But since the death of Li Zongbing, Nurhachi has managed to return to the tribe, and since then, the vertical and horizontal slashing has begun, and it is inhumane to expel and kill the Han people in Liaodong! Nurhachi thinks so highly of himself that he even claims to have raised his army on the basis of thirteen armors. ”

Zhao Kaishan said disdainfully: "Thirteen pairs of armor? Are all his subordinates heavenly soldiers? ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Listen to Chen Baihu first. ”

Chen Ming continued: "Later, Nurhachi's strength continued to grow, and his ambitions also swelled, and he wanted to unify the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong in the same way that Temujin unified the Mongolian tribes, but he failed to do so due to the interference of the national dynasty. Since then, Nurhachi has become more and more disrespectful to the country. ”

"Humph!" Liu Yunwei said: "The dynasty has the grace of regeneration for Jiannu, and it is okay not to be grateful to Dade, and even wants to be the enemy of the dynasty." If it is not of my race, its heart will be different, and the ancients will not deceive me. As long as Nurhachi has enough strength, it is a matter of time before he rebels against the country, and the Hu people have always been like this. ”

"General Liu is really extraordinary, and the Hu people's heart is indeed like this." Chen Ming continued: "In recent years, the Jiannu have become more and more rampant, constantly plundering the Han people as slaves, and the soldiers have even touched the Liao River Valley. At the beginning of this year, Nurhachi was proclaimed emperor in Hetuala, with the name of Dajin, the year name of Mandate of Heaven, and the name of Wise Khan, and the rebellion has become a fact! ”

"Yi Di cheap breed An dare to do this!"

Liu Yunwei's face turned pale, and he asked, "I heard that Jiannu was originally not from the Liaodong Hu clan?" ”

Chen Ming nodded and said, "I have a relative who works in the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and is responsible for collecting and archiving old files. According to old records, Jiannu originally lived outside the Ming Dynasty. Jiannu originally bred in the extremely cold land north and west of Liaodong, and was not a Chinese clan or a Yanhuang people. Later, Jiannu was oppressed by other Hu tribes and was almost exterminated, so he was forced to migrate to Liaodong to survive. ”

"The dynasty has always been benevolent and righteous, and has always been tolerant of foreigners who come to submit, and when they saw the hardship of Jiannu, they allowed them to settle in Liaodong, and gave relief from time to time, so that Jiannu could have the whole clan. Who would have expected that today, Jiannu is gradually growing, and he will take revenge on his master. It's really in response to General Liu's words, if it's not my race, his heart will be different."

When everyone heard this, they were all indignant.

Liu Yunwei asked again: "Jiannu is rampant, why are the local officials and troops in Liaodong so weak?" ”

Chen Ming smiled bitterly and said, "General Liu, you must have seen the soldiers in my fort when you entered the fort." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded.

Chen Ming said: "Today's Liaodong Army is no longer the Liaodong Army that swept through the Mongolian tribes and beat the Japanese slaves when General Li Chengliang was alive. Nowadays, the withholding of military salaries, lying about the number of people, and encroaching on the acres of military households are very common in Liaodong, so that military households continue to flee, and the number of soldiers in various local guard posts is generally insufficient. And the money and food sent by the imperial court to buy weapons were also deducted, so you can see the beggars in my fort. How can such an army defeat the wolf-like Tartars? ”

"How's the situation at Changning Castle?" Liu Yunwei asked.

"It's all pretty much the same." Chen Ming said with some guilt: "I also ate some empty salary, no way, now there are more than 200 sergeants in the fort, and they all rely on me to eat." ”

"There are Tartar captives outside, and there are maladministrations inside, and the future of Liaodong is worrying." Liu Yunwei said.

The crowd was silent for a moment.

Late at night, Liu Yunwei lay on the bed tossing and turning, and the experiences of the past two days and Chen Baihu's words during the banquet have been repeated in his mind repeatedly.

"The situation in Liaodong is so unbearable, the disaster of Jiannu has been like a heavenly river hanging in the air, and once it breaks out in the future, it will definitely be a monstrous disaster." Liu Yunwei was very worried.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that Liu Yunwei gradually fell asleep.

Early the next morning, a noisy sound woke Liu Yunwei up, and then the door was pushed open, Liu Yunwei turned over and got out of bed, and took advantage of the situation to copy the waist knife in his hand.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be Lu Ying who came in.

Liu Yunwei put down his waist knife, took care of himself and put on his armor and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Big brother, it's Jiannu, hundreds of Jiannu have surrounded Changning Fort!"

"What? What about the night in Changning Fort? What did you do? Liu Yunwei was taken aback and asked very angrily. A tunbao was actually touched by Jiannu, and hundreds of soldiers were blocked at home before they found it, what is this called!

Lu Ying was also very anxious at this time, and said: "Big brother, this Changning Fort was killed in the original night battle, and now there is no night at all!" ”

"A bunch of rubbish!"

"Big brother, what now?"

Liu Yunwei thought for a while and asked, "What about Chen Baihu?" ”

Lu Ying replied: "The main force of Jiannu is outside the west gate, and Chen Baihu is organizing a defense on the wall of the west fort, and now Changning Fort has closed the fort gate, and the soldiers have gone to the city to prepare for war." ”

"Jiannu from the west? What flag? ”

Lu Ying nodded and said, "The Tartar with the red flag, I have an old acquaintance." ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the Jiannu of Donggou Village has slipped through the net?" ”

At this time, Wen Poyu, Wu Xing, and Zhao Kaishan also came to the house with armor and blades, and Zhao Kaishan said: "Brothers are ready, big brother give the order." ”

Liu Yunwei also put on the iron armor, grabbed the armor-breaking steel gun in his hand, and said: "I didn't say it, since Jiannu is here, then the brothers will copy the guy and serve it well!" ”