In addition, there is another important reason why the imperial court sent Li Ruzhen to Liaodong, that is, the Li family has been living in Tieling since North Korea moved back to Daming, which can be said to be the ancestral home of the Li family.

Therefore, the civil and military ministers thought that it was most appropriate for Li Ruzhen to go to Liaodong, and they would definitely defend Tieling City for the sake of the Li family.

However, if Li Hongyu was in the capital, he would definitely oppose the decision of the imperial court, Li Ruzhen is certainly the son of Li Chengliang, but unlike Li Rusong, Li Rumei and Li Rubai and other brothers, he went to the capital to serve in Jinyi Wei when he was young.

Li Ruzhen has lived in the capital for nearly 40 years, during which he has never been on the battlefield to fight, and it is really difficult for him to be a strong man, which can be described as catching ducks on the shelves, which is destined to be a tragedy.

Obviously, taking Kaiyuan and Tieling opened the passage for the Houjin army to go south, changed the war situation between the Ming and Houjin in Liaodong, and made the Houjin army transform from passive defense to active attack.

It is worth mentioning that because he is a close minister next to the Son of Heaven and is in a high position in Jinyiwei, Li Ruzhen looks a little arrogant in front of the officials in Liaodong.

According to historical records, when Li Ruzhen was sent to Liaodong to sit in Shenyang to respond to Tieling, he sent someone to find Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, before going out of Shanhaiguan, to talk to Wang Keshou, who was the governor, so that he went to Shenyang before leaving the customs, which caused an uproar in the court.

Later, after the persuasion of Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Ruzhen set off for Liaodong to take up his post.

The so-called "Jun Li" refers to the equal treatment of both sides, you must know that Wang Keshou's status in the officialdom of Jiliao is higher than Yang Hao's status in Liaodong Economic Strategy, but Yang Ho held Shang Fang's sword to suppress Wang Keshou's head in Liaodong affairs.

What is particularly important is that Wang Keshou has deep qualifications in the officialdom, and even Yang Hao has to give three points, and Li Ruzhen is just a military attache-turned-general of Zhenliao, how can he be qualified to be on an equal footing with Wang Keshou, who has a prominent position in the civilian official group?

It can be seen from this that Li Ruzhen had already stabbed the hornet's nest of the civil official group before he arrived in Liaodong, and after Tieling was captured by the Houjin army, Li Ruzhen, who did not lead the army to rescue, naturally became the target of impeachment by the civilian officials, so that he was first dismissed and later imprisoned.

However, due to Li Chengliang's outstanding contributions in Liaodong, neither Emperor Wanli nor the later Emperor of the Apocalypse and Emperor Chongzhen killed Li Ruzhen, so that he stayed in the prison until Chongzhen for four years, and was released from the prison by Emperor Chongzhen to fill the army.

General Military Office.

Tieling General Yu Chengming held his hands behind his back, looking anxious pacing back and forth in the front yard hall, Kaiyuan City has been lost for several days, but the reinforcements from Shenyang City have still not arrived, which makes him feel anxious and difficult to sleep.

Just imagine, the Houjin army can even break through Kaiyuan, which is stronger than Tieling, so how can Tieling, which only has only three or four thousand troops, be able to hold it in the face of tens of thousands of Houjin troops?

What Yu Chengming didn't know was that Li Ruzhen, the general soldier of Zhenliao sent by the imperial court, had arrived in Shenyang at this time, and Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, and Zhou Yongchen, the deputy governor of Liaodong, urged Li Ruzhen to lead the 5,000 reinforcements mobilized from Shanhaiguan to enter Tieling as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Tieling.

However, Li Ruzhen was self-aware and knew that his military talent was not as good as his second brother Li Rubai, so he did not garrison Tieling City, but stayed in Shenyang City to respond on the grounds that it was inconvenient for the army to be stationed in Tieling, anyway, Tieling was only one hundred and thirty miles away from Shenyang.

Because Li Ruzhen is the general soldier of Zhenliao, he can be said to be the head of the generals in Liaodong, plus he is the governor of Jinyiwei and a close minister of Emperor Wanli, so Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun have nothing to do about it.

In the final analysis, Li Ruzhen is the general soldier of Zhenliao and not the general soldier of Tieling, so he should naturally be stationed in Shenyang City.

This makes Tieling's Yu Chengming pressure doubled, the battle of Sarhu has exhausted the main force of the Tieling Ming army, he is the requisitioned people in the city after it is not easy to gather these three or four thousand troops, once the Houjin siege then Tieling will become a dead place.

"Lord General Soldier, there are people outside the city who claim to be Lord Zheng Zhifan, the magistrate of Kaiyuan, and they want to see your lordship." Just when Yu Chengming was in a hurry in the room, a guard suddenly rushed in, and after making fists with both hands, he hurriedly reported.

"Zheng Tuiguan?" Yu Chengming was slightly stunned when he heard this, and a look of surprise appeared on his face, he never expected Zheng Zhifan to escape from Kaiyuan City.

Subsequently, Yu Chengming didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly rushed out of the door to the city gate tower to check.

Outside the west gate of Tieling City, Zheng Zhifan and two retinues stood outside the effective range of the archers of the city gate tower, with a lot of mud on their bodies, and they looked quite embarrassed, as if they had arrived here after a long journey.

Due to the pervasiveness of the spies of the Later Jin Army, and the fact that there were many ethnic minorities such as female Zhenren and Mongols living in Kaiyuan and Tieling, Yu Chengming ordered the city gate to be closed after the fall of Kaiyuan to prevent the spies of the Later Jin Army from entering the city.

Therefore, Zheng Zhifan and his party were blocked out of Tieling City after they arrived at Tieling City, and they could only let him in after Yu Chengming's permission.

The defenders on the tower of the city gate now look extremely nervous, the archers tighten the bowstring in their hands, as long as Zheng Zhifan and the others dare to take a step further, they will kill him, after all, the situation is critical now, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, in case it is the spies of the Houjin army, it will be bad.

"Zheng Tuiguan, why are you here?"

After Yu Chengming ascended the city gate tower, he immediately recognized his identity after looking at Zheng Zhifan outside the city gate, and asked loudly after his face changed, there was a bit of vigilance in his words, in his opinion, it was difficult for Zheng Zhifan to get out of Kaiyuan, which was besieged by the Houjin army.

"General Yu, after the destruction of Kaiyuan City, this official led people to kill them, evaded the pursuing soldiers all the way, and finally arrived at Tieling today."

Zheng Zhifan also recognized Yu Chengming on the tower of the city gate, and said loudly after bowing his hand to him, "I am exhausted now, and I hope that General Yu can open the city gate and let this official enter the city." ”|

"Open the door!" Yu Chengming hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then ordered the military attache guarding the city in a deep voice, anyway, Zheng Zhifan brought two followers, how could he be afraid of him? I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in Zheng Zhifan's gourd.

"Chief soldier Yu, prepare something to eat, the officials are dying of hunger these days." After entering the city, the first thing Zheng Zhifan did with a haggard look was to find Yu Chengming to eat.

Yu Chengming brought Zheng Zhifan back to the General Soldier's Mansion, and asked the kitchen to prepare a table of banquets to entertain Zheng Zhifan.

Zheng Zhifan was not polite, and after the meal was served, he devoured it, not caring about his image at all, and it seemed that he had been hungry for several days.

After getting the news, Tieling General Shi Ketai, Tieling General Ding Bi and Tieling guerrilla Wu Gongqing came to visit Zheng Zhifan one after another, looking at his embarrassed appearance, the three of them couldn't help but secretly glance at each other, they could imagine Zheng Zhifan's unbearable experience during this time.

"General Yu, why haven't you increased your troops in Tieling?" After being full of wine and food, Zheng Zhifan burped with a comfortable face, and then couldn't help but think about becoming famous with worry, and said, "The strength of Jiannu to besiege Kaiyuan is fifty or sixty thousand, and if Tieling does not increase its troops, then it will become the second Kaiyuan!" ”

"Now that the war in Liaodong is urgent, the governor has his own arrangements." Zheng Zhifan couldn't help but have a helpless look on his face when he heard this, and then replied quietly, the "Governor Lord" in his mouth naturally referred to Li Hongyu, the new governor of Liaodong.

The news of Li Hongyu's visit to Liaodong had already reached Kaiyuan and Tieling, but unfortunately the guards of Kaiyuan did not have a chance to see Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu had no way to save them, while the generals of Tieling had encountered good luck, if they were lucky enough, they could escape.

"I heard that the governor is the champion of the new department, and he has not yet won the crown this year, and I don't know if he can deal with the crisis in Liaodong!" Zheng Zhifan sighed when he heard this, and said to himself.

Hearing this, several generals present immediately glanced at each other, and everyone could hear it, Zheng Zhifan had doubts and dissatisfaction with Li Hongyu in his words, after all, Li Hongyu was too young to see any control over the battle situation.

"Zheng Tuiguan, you must not have had a good night's sleep after working hard all the way, so we won't bother."

Yu Chengming's brows furrowed slightly, and after greeting Zheng Zhifan, he led everyone away, he felt that Zheng Zhifan should not say such discouraged words at this time, such words would have an adverse impact on the morale of the Tieling defenders.

Looking at Yu Chengming, who was leaving expressionlessly, Zheng Zhifan couldn't help but exhale secretly, with a relaxed look on his face, he had successfully completed the task assigned to him by Li Hongyu just now, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Li Hongyu in front of Yu Chengming and other Tieling guards.

Of course, Zheng Zhifan did this for a reason, in order to find out the people among the Tieling generals who were bought by Nurhachi, Li Hongyu deliberately set up this plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and used Zheng Zhifan to fish out the other party.

According to Li Hongyu's design, the reason why the Houjin army was able to capture Kaiyuan City was because Zheng Zhifan opened the city gate and surrendered to Nurhachi, and the purpose of his coming to Tieling City was to persuade Yu Chengming to surrender.

Yu Chengming, as the defender of Tieling City, would definitely not be a spy bought by Nurhachi, otherwise the Battle of Tieling would not have been so tragic back then, so Li Hongyu felt that he could believe that Yu Chengming was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so he asked Zheng Zhifan to only tell Yu Chengming his plan.

At the same time, the hall of the front yard of the General Army's Palace.

"Lord Commander, I feel that Zheng Tuiguan is more strange, Kaiyuan City has been captured for half a month, and there is such a long time enough for Zheng Tuiguan to return to Shenyang or go to the grassland."

After Yu Chengming and his party sat down in the hall, Shi Ketai groaned for a while, took the lead in speaking, and looked at Yu Chengming with a serious expression and said.

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, I also feel that the timing of Zheng Tuiguan's arrival is wrong, Kaiyuan City is surrounded by Jiannu, how can he escape? Can you hide your whereabouts for half a month under the pursuit of Jiannu? ”

Ding Bi nodded when he heard this, expressing similar concerns to Yu Chengming, and it was obvious that he also suspected that Zheng Zhifan's motives for this trip were not pure.

"This matter must not be discussed until the situation is clear." Yu Chengming's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice, after all, they don't have evidence to prove that Zheng Zhifan has taken refuge in Houjin, what if he really escapes from Kaiyuan?

"Lord Commander, Zheng Tuiguan fled from Kaiyuan without getting a military order, it is no different from a deserter, should we arrest him so as not to get into any trouble." Hearing this, Sketai groaned for a moment and said with a serious expression.

For the generals who abandoned the city and fled waiting for them to have only one ending, that is, they will be executed by the imperial court, if they meet the commander who holds the Shang Fang sword, they may be beheaded immediately, Yang Hao came to Liaodong but killed several fleeing generals with the Shang Fang sword, and Li Hongyu also has the Shang Fang sword given by the Wanli Emperor, and has the power to kill and kill the officials below the general army of Liaodong.

Considering the importance of Kaiyuan City, Li Hongyu will use Zheng Zhifan to sacrifice the sword, and at the same time, he is also looking for him to carry the black cauldron that lost Kaiyuan.

Ding Bi and Wu Gongqing also looked at Yu Chengming with concern when they heard this, waiting for him to come up with an idea, Zheng Zhifan is now a hot potato, and if he doesn't handle it properly, he will probably be implicated by it.

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