Chapter 218: The Fall of the Star

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"Brother, am I a real man? Men like you and your dad who can go to war with you? ”

The stinging pain from his back and the strength in his body instantly drained as quickly as flowing water, and Li Rubai knew that his heart was shot by a Tartar's arrow, and he wouldn't live long. Although he eventually succeeded in killing Aobai, he knew he couldn't fall yet.

I remember that when I was very young, my brother and father told him that the men of the Li family should fight against the Tartars on the battlefield like real men to protect their families and brothers. Since he was a child, he followed his brother to practice martial arts in Tieling, fought unevenly, and ran around for a living. Whenever he couldn't stand the hardships and wanted to cry, his brother would say to him with a smile:

"Rubai, look at my brother. Be like a man, even if your bones and stubble are broken, you must stand upright and never fall. Our family is still waiting for us to protect it, don't give up, then you are the real man."

In the original history: Li Rubai was dismissed from office for drinking and mishap. Then he was given the command of Tieling Weidu with his father's shadow, and successively served as Miyun guerrilla, Huanghualing general, and deputy chief soldier of Jizhen. In the sixteenth year of Wanli, he was impeached and dismissed. Later, he served as a general of the Xuanfu and resigned due to illness. The heir to the Ming expedition to Korea, such as the governor of the Bai Bureau, led the division to aid Pyongyang, captured the city of Kaeong, the battle of the Bihokan shot the Tachibana family fierce general Ono Chengxing, the Jin Governor Tongzhi. succeeded as the commander-in-chief of Guizhou; In the twenty-third year, he was transferred to Ningxia, promoted to the right governor, and resigned due to illness. Home for more than 20 years, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong was in danger, there was no general to defend, and Li Rubai was used again. Repelled the Mongolian fried flower department, and crowned the general, the right governor of the right army capital. Soon, in the battle with the Houjin army Salhu, he led the army to defend the road and went out of the Yaque Pass. Just arrived at the tiger blocking the road. It was defeated before encountering the enemy, and more than 1,000 people died. He was impeached and returned to Beijing, and finally could not bear the criticism of the world, and committed suicide in the house on September 13, the first year of the Apocalypse (1621). It can be said that he is an out-and-out gentleman. almost lost the face of the Li family's heroes.

But Li Rusong is very clear about his younger brother. It's not actually a thing in the pool. It's just that he has been doted on by his parents and himself since he was a child, and he has become such a gentleman. Therefore, since he was a child, he has constantly trained his younger brother and cultivated him into a real man.

Since following my father and brother to the dangerous mountains. Li Rubai started from the lowest level of soldiers and did not enjoy any preferential treatment. All day with a group of soldiers, get up early to practice, undergo hard training, and do not get a little good treatment. Where it is most dangerous, he will be sent to follow his brother Zhan Wang Gao, attack the Mongols, fight Tumen Khan, and fight bloodily. In the defense of Tongliao Fort, Li Rubai was severely injured in eight places and almost died.

In the Battle of Ningxia, he followed Han Bianwai to fight with Ma Shun, and took the lead in the enemy formation, making great contributions.

On the Korean battlefield, Li Rubai also rushed to the front, and was almost killed in a critical situation several times. Gradually, he accumulated merit and was promoted to Fushun General, and he still remembered that when he packed up and went to Fushun, his brother patted his shoulder and said:

"Rubai, like a man, don't embarrass our family"

At this moment, I should have done what my brother asked me to do, right?

"I'm a Ming soldier who kills all the Tartars!" Using his last strength, Li Rubai roared angrily, and then stood there with a spear.

In the dark, he seemed to see his brother, who had been an idol since childhood, smiling at him in front of him:

"Rubai, you are a real man, your brother and I am proud of you!"

"Hehe, after fighting for so long, it's time to take a good rest! It's a pity that I can't see my brother and them" A happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Li Rubai died with a spear like this, and after more than ten years of fighting, he could finally take a good rest, but unfortunately he hadn't married yet, and the appearance of those little nephews hadn't had time to see.

At this time, the surrounding soldiers had not noticed that Li Rubai had been killed in battle, and they fought desperately to kill all the enemy troops who rushed to the city after a while. The follow-up enemy troops who rushed up in the darkness and wanted to pick up the bargain, saw the cheers of the Ming army at the head of the city, and the corpses of their own soldiers that were thrown down, and decisively chose to retreat. They didn't even have the courage to attack, or kill to snatch back their own corpses, but turned around and fled in despair: Ao Bai, the first warrior of the Later Jin Dynasty, did not return, and had obviously been killed by the Ming Dynasty barbarians.

Aobai's fierceness, but everyone knows that even the Mongolian iron cavalry, which is known for its bravery and good fighting, is invincible in the battle with Aobai. Everyone thinks that as long as Ao Bai fights, there is no possibility of defeat. This is also one of the reasons why Wild Boar Pi asked Ao Bai to stay in the camp and command the Later Jin and Mongolian coalition forces: only Ao Bai can deter the two sides, so that the two Great Khans will not cause the soldiers on both sides to fight because of something. It is enough to see the position of Ao Bai in the minds of the two armies, and now such a god-like figure was actually killed by the Ming army!

"Ao Bai is such a fierce and heroic warrior, he can't defeat this group of Ming Dynasty barbarians, how can we beat it? The Great Khan is not here, let's honestly shrink into the camp" With such a thought, all the Houjin and Mongol soldiers did not have the slightest courage and determination to fight, and they ran away one by one with their weapons in tow.

"Tartars are scared!"

"General Li is invincible!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

Seeing that the Tartar army, which was usually feared like a tiger, did not even touch the city wall, one by one turned around and ran away like a lost dog, and all the Ming soldiers let out bursts of cheers. Everyone shouted excitedly, fists were celebrated, no one paid attention to Dao, and a few soldiers of the dangerous mountain army walked up to Li Rubai with tears in their eyes, trying to suppress their tears, and carefully helped Li Rubai's body into a nearby watchtower.

"Everyone be careful, the second young master is just asleep, don't wake him up. In the past few days, he is more tired than our little soldiers, so take some medicine and bandage the second young master," an elderly soldier said with tears streaming down his face.

"Second young master, you take a break first, I'll get you something to eat" A little soldier with fluffy lips who looked seventeen or eighteen years old wiped the tears on his face vigorously to prevent people outside from seeing the abnormality, and then walked out of the watchtower.

The rest of the soldiers also held back their tears, and while helping Li Rubai's already stiffened corpse to take off his armor, they gently placed him on a door panel, as if the second young master was really just asleep, for fear of waking him up.

They know very well that the news of the death of the second young master in battle cannot be known to people outside now, otherwise the army will definitely be in turmoil, and maybe the Tartars will take the opportunity to kill and capture Fushun City. In that case, the second young master will die in vain, and even if they die, they will not have the face to see the second young master even if they go down to the underworld. I'm even more sorry for entrusting the second young master to them, and the eldest son Li Rusong, who is very kind to them.

So they could only hold back their tears and grief, make a happy appearance, and tell the defenders outside that Li Rubai was only a little injured and overworked and needed to rest. Mo Yu took over the command of the army, temporarily assumed command, and continued to lead everyone to resist the Tartars.

When the armor on Li Rubai's body was taken off, everyone present almost couldn't hold back their tears and wept bitterly:

Li Rubai actually had more than 20 wounds all over his body, the most fatal of which was in the back of the heart, and the sharp arrows with barbs shot through his already tattered armor and pierced his heart; The place where the shoulder was hit by the heavy knife of Aobai had already revealed the white bones of the forest; There are countless knife wounds and arrow wounds in other places, all of which are only hastily bandaged, and in some places even the flesh is rolled up, without any careful care and bandaging.

"I'm a general, protected by my own soldiers, wearing strong armor, how can I be injured? Let those doctors help the soldiers a lot, they can't help fighting, and give them more good medicine. Those deflated calves in the province said bad things about Lao Tzu behind their backs, as if Lao Tzu lacked morality" Thinking of Li Rubai's words before, all the pro-soldiers understood.

"The second young master didn't disgrace the old general and the young general, he is a true man in our Liaodong. I've admired you all my life! A soldier with a beard on his face knelt on his knees and kowtowed to Li Rubai's corpse and whispered.

Li Rubai has not been like those corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty in the past few days, letting the soldiers go to death and shrinking back by himself. On the contrary, he always rushed to the front line in the first place, protecting his soldiers, and braved the arrows of the Tartars to inspect the city and boost the morale of the soldiers. He had never enjoyed the slightest preferential treatment as an officer, he ate as coarse tea and light food as an ordinary soldier, and when he was tired, he would find a random place to rest for a while. Even the wounds on his body were dealt with by himself, and he did not show the slightest sign of pain. This is a real man, a real Liaodong man!

In the twenty-first year of Wanli, Fushun general Li Rubai died in battle, and a rising star fell! (To be continued......)