Chapter 007: Rushing to Liaodong

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the battle of Sarhu, the Ming army was defeated, and the biggest impact of this battle was to make the Ming Dynasty completely lose the initiative on the battlefield in Liaodong, from Taichang to Chongzhen, the entire Ming army in Liaodong can only be regarded as a defensive position, except for the apocalypse in the year of Sun Chengzong had the initiative to attack.

Chen Cao wondered how he could have such an errand.

It is now November, after the Carpenter Emperor ascended the throne, the first thing that those Qingliu in the court and China did was to sort out the responsibility for the defeat of Sarhu, and from the political perspective of the civilian clique, the most important thing to clean up this matter was to crack down on the political party.

Since the beginning of the Wanli period, the party has been strife, and the current situation is in the hands of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.

Of course, the commander of the Jinyi Guard at this time was Lord Luo Sigong Luo, who had been working since the tenth year of Wanli, and the duty of the Nanzhen Fusi was to supervise the army and escort the prisoners in the army, so naturally this matter fell to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division in Nanjing.

And Chen Cao can get this opportunity, I really have to thank Gu Linsheng, this bastard, the last time I couldn't bring down Chen Cao, it was because he didn't know the identity of Chen Cao Jinyiwei, and now relying on his grandfather, who was an official in Nanjing, finally sent this task to Qianye Baihu under many doorways, Gu Linsheng's main purpose is to get Chen Cao to Liaodong, and then make Chen Cao die there in many harsh environments in Liaodong.

"Brother Gu, this method won't go wrong, right?"

"Brother Zhao rest assured, after the First World War of Salhu, the Tartars are powerful, and the DPRK and China are now adopting a conservative attitude towards Liaodong, and now the Tartars in Liaodong are rampant, they go to escort Li Rubai, it is luck to be able to come back, if they can't come back..."Gu Linsheng sneered: "The Li family has been operating in Liaodong for many years, do you think they will be escorted back by the imperial court to die so easily?" ”

Zhao Cheng looked at it with an afterthought, and then stroked his palm and said: "Brother Gu is high, Brother Gu is high..."

Today, Chen Cao was rarely summoned to the Hundred Households, and in addition to slipping away with a single click, it seemed that the Jinyi Guard, who was like himself, had no actual status in the guard.

Liu Lei, one hundred households in one hundred households, is going to become a ball, Chen Cao feels that it is estimated that only the Fu King of the future generations can be compared with it, I really don't know how this guy can always be in office in the hundred households.

Standing next to Chen Cao was the person who apologized to Chen Cao with a hippie smile last time, Zhao Xin, a small flag officer who was directly related to the small flag department, Chen Cao asked Zhao Xin more than once if he would shoot like a dragon, and every time Zhao Xin stared at him, he felt that he was entertaining himself as the chief flag master.

"My lord, our brother-in-law of the hundred households is the commander of the right guard of Nanjing, their family is a big family in the south, and the money is tight, and every year I heard that the filial piety silver for the lord of Zhenfu must be this amount..."Zhao Xin gestured towards Chen Cao, according to Chen Cao's understanding, it was estimated to be 30,000 taels.

Silver is a trivial matter, and Chen Cao's focus is on Zhao Xin's brother-in-law: "You mean Zhang Tiande, the commander of Nanjing's right guard?" ”

"Yo, my lord, you know Commander Zhang, that's amazing," Zhao Xin looked at Chen Cao jokingly.

"Not only do I know, but he used to be my Lord Taishan," Chen Cao thought to himself, and then remembered his previous mother-in-law, Zhang Liu, who looked really similar to Liu Lei.

"These hundred adults have thirty, right?" Chen Cao asked in a low voice.

I only heard Zhao Xin say: "Where, the Lord of the Hundred Households is only twenty-five years old now..."

It's no wonder that this guy's weight, if he is shown by the commander in Beijing, it is estimated that he will have to scrape off a layer of skin, this kind of body shape is the most suitable for the overseer, and he can't run if he wants to.

Ahem...

Liu Lei coughed twice, and then looked at the uneven brocade guards in the hundred households, first frowned, and then thought about one thing, didn't he think about it like this: "This time I went to Liaodong, the task has been said, bring back Li Rubai, the general soldier of Liaodong, after the incident, the reward is indispensable, you all cheer up Lao Tzu, don't say more, go home and pack up, let's set off in two days." ”

"Yes..."

In the northeast in November, people can freeze to death, but the south is fine, Chen Cao often goes to the northeast in his time, but he can accept it, but I don't know if the fat man in front of him can stand it.

Just as he was about to leave, Chen Cao found Liu Lei's unfriendly gaze looking at him, recalling Zhao Xin's words before, a chill suddenly hit.

'Could it be?' Chen Cao shook his head, feeling that he was thinking too much.

Chen Cao didn't feel anything about Li Xiang's visit, but it was a little embarrassing when Li Xiang arrived on the front foot and Li Fengchun followed on the back foot.

Xiaochun doesn't like Qinglou women the most, although they are also lowly, but if they mix well, they can also be transformed into serious people, but Qinglou women are different, even after redemption, they are also lowly, unless the emperor is magnificent, but throughout the Ming Dynasty, there has not been a prostitute who has married into someone else's family and left the country.

"Childe..."Li Fengchun blushed, since he gave Chen Cao the marriage letter, he didn't see Chen Cao return it to him, which proves that Chen Cao accepted it, but after that, Chen Cao never came, and when he heard that Chen Cao was going to Liaodong, he couldn't hold back it, so he came to see him off in person.

Li Xiang is generous, but she doesn't know that Li Fengchun gave the marriage letter to Chen Cao, otherwise she would have to jump up eight feet high: "Mr. is really amazing, there are beauties to see him off, it seems that you can't be careful, if something happens, how can others live?" ”

Looking at Li Xiang's resentful eyes, Chen Cao was excited, although Li Xiang was getting better and better to himself after expressing his attitude that night, and Li Maohui didn't find trouble, but after all, it has not reached the level of talking about marriage, and it stands to reason that you have to be more estranged: "Boss Li said that he laughed, Miss Li is just admiring her talent, right." ”

Beautiful to you...

"Childe, this is going to Liaodong, the little woman has nothing to give you, I just went to Baoguo Temple to ask for a peace charm for Childe," he said, stretching out his hand and handing it to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao is not the kind of person with bad intentions, he immediately smiled politely, then reached out to take the peace charm, and accidentally touched Li Fengchun with his hand, and Li Fengchun's face turned red: "Thank you Miss Li." ”

Looking at Li Fengchun's escape, Chen Cao couldn't help but smile and shook his head, these women are still virgins, they are the same age, and they all have a reserve that later generations of women do not have.

Li Xiang coughed twice, and said in a straight voice: "I've seen enough, I don't know when Chen Zongqi will come back?" ”

The tone was like his wife's lecture, Chen Cao turned his head to look at Li Xiang and said, "Xiang'er..."

"You whore..."Koharu suddenly shouted angrily.

"Shut up..."Li Xiang turned his head and scolded Xiaochun.

Chen Cao didn't care about Xiaochun, looked at Li Xiang and said seriously: "Xiang'er, I, Chen, was looked down upon, and it was only yesterday. ”

Li Xiang looked at Chen Cao, pursed his lips and nodded with a blushing face, then stuffed a splendid purse into Chen Cao's hand, and escaped with Xiaochun and the others.

Looking at the peace charm in the purse, Chen Cao secretly thought to himself, he was rich in his previous life, and he often went out to prostitution, but none of them were so beautiful that they bubbled and really liked themselves, and they felt different after crossing, and women in ancient times were really infatuated.

Chen Cao set off, but there was a situation, he couldn't ride a horse, and in his previous life, he rode all women, where did he have the money to play with such a tall thing as a horse.

The entire hundred households were dispatched, holding the official document sent from the Tianjin Jinyi Guard Command Envoy Si Yamen, Liu Lei was in a carriage, and his body did not allow him to ride a horse.

On the second day of departure, Chen Cao peeled off the skin on both sides of the straddle, blood oozed out, and the pain was unbearable, Liu Lei sat in the carriage, but issued such an order: "The whole team moves forward quickly, and must arrive at Shanhaiguan within five days." ”

it...

Chen Cao not only greeted Liu Lei's relatives and friends in the family, but also greeted his sister cordially several times, and even had some wonderful relationships.

However, the courage on the mouth has never been able to change the fact that he is bleeding under the step, Zhao Xin simply gave Chen Cao some medicine, but after arriving at Shanhaiguan, Chen Cao's step still did not get better, fortunately, Liu Lei could not bear the five-day long journey, and ordered a day off in Shihe Town, outside Shanhaiguan.

Chen Cao wanted to see the place where Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui fought, but the pain of stepping down made him have no way to think about this, fortunately, Shihe Town is close to Shanhaiguan, and there are doctors in the town who have been in the army all year round.

"Zhao Xin, you can take these ten taels of silver." Chen Cao handed a silver ticket to Zhao Xindao: "After you go back, what if this general flag rewards you with a hundred taels." ”

Zhao Xin was flattered and said: "My lord, you are really tormenting your subordinates like this, you have given us all the silver of filial piety in the past, how can your subordinates still want the adult's silver." ”

"Let you take it, you will take it, this general banner has the opportunity to have brothers like you, that is also fate, as a boss, how can you take advantage of the benefits of one person and let you pay for the truth of your own pocket, it is not easy to live in Jinling, that little filial piety silver, even if it is in your hands, it will be divided into three taels by one person at most, I don't know?"

Zhao Xinxin felt a burst of heat, he has changed so many bosses of the general flag over the years, Chen Cao is really the first one, and immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Subordinates thank you for rewarding, in the future, if you will be useful to your subordinates, your subordinates will definitely be smeared with liver and brain." He kowtowed.

Chen Cao nodded, and after taking the medicine, he stepped down for a while, which was much cooler and more comfortable, but then he remembered Liu Lei's appearance, and couldn't help but be angry in his heart, looking at Zhao Xindao: "This general banner has a small task handed over to you, can you do it?" ”

Zhao Xin just expressed his loyalty, and now he was obligated to say: "The subordinates will definitely do it, I don't know what the adults ask the subordinates to do?" ”

"Strip Liu Lei's clothes at night, and then throw him on the street..."Chen Cao said viciously.

"Ah..." Zhao Xin looked at Chen Cao in horror, but seeing that Chen Cao didn't have the slightest hint of joking, he immediately made a difficulty, and said, "My lord, this... This..."

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin, and said in a straight voice: "Lied to you..."

“....”

Shihe town northeast less than three miles, is the later Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui battle of a piece of stone, here is next to Shanhaiguan, is the only place in this city can be recreational, so the town alone Qinlou brothels there are more than a dozen, the merchants and the army like to go to the town for a spring festival, Liu Lei is no exception.

...

"My lord," Zhao Xin walked into the room quickly, "It's amazing..."

"How's it going, are you famous?" Chen Cao yawned and started from the bed.

Zhao Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "My lord is really wise, the two pieces of crotch cloth in the front and back danced in the wind under Liu Lei's running, and his subordinates... The subordinates really can't help it, hahahaha...."

Last night, Chen Cao took Zhao Xin's group of cronies to carry Liu Lei out of the brothel, and then threw it in the center of the town, and was finally found at dawn.

Shanhaiguan in November, it was not ordinary cold, and Liu Lei was also fat, plus he was overworked and slept to death, Chen Cao also had a conscience, and put a thin blanket on him, and he was lucky not to freeze to death on the street...

Then he walked into a school captain, saluted Chen Cao and Zhao Xin, and said, "My lord, Lord Baihu is losing his temper in the room now, let the two Lord Banners hurry up to the lobby to discuss matters." ”

The first thing Liu Lei did when he returned to the post station was to recall who he had offended, and after thinking about it carefully, he had been in Jinling for more than ten years, and it was impossible to offend people to come to Shanhaiguan, and then he reacted, it was very likely that Chen Cao was taking revenge on himself.

In the lobby, Liu Lei was sitting precariously, yawning for days, when Chen Cao walked into the lobby, Liu Lei's nose was red.

"Slow down..."Chen Cao turned his head and scolded Zhao Xindao: "It hurts so tightly..."

This look came in, you said that he was involved and others didn't believe it very much, Liu Lei frowned and looked at Chen Cao, and then asked, "Chen Cao, what's wrong with you?" ”

Chen Cao pointed and stepped down and said: "The Lord of the Hundred Households does not know, the lowly duty has never ridden a horse so far, this is not in the Tianjin Wei when the skin is worn off, you ordered to arrive at Shanhaiguan on the fifth day, the lowly duty did not dare to slack off, so that the injury was a little serious." ”

Another chief flag officer is called Liu Zuo, Liu Lei's brother, who drank flower wine with Liu Lei last night, and was helped back to the post station after getting drunk, and only heard about Liu Lei's experience early in the morning.

"My lord, I heard about the matter before the lowly position came, and the lowly official has already sent people to investigate, and I believe that there will be a result soon. Please rest assured. Chen Cao arched his hand towards Liu Lei, and then grinned in pain.

Is he to blame? Liu Lei thought in his heart, but this Chen Cao's injury was not faked, thinking that others were so hearted, much better than his own brother, so he sighed and comforted: "Okay, Chen Cao, you also have a heart, let's hurry, this official is also suffering from the cold, and he didn't suffer much loss." ”

"Then how can it be done," Seeing that Liu Lei was about to say something about departure, it could be so successful, once he set off, he would definitely not be able to heal the injury, so Chen Cao hurriedly interrupted: "My lord, we are also Jinyiwei, the Son of Heaven is pro-army, in the past, only we bullied others, where is there such a thing as others bullying us?" Although he was injured, he had to find out who threw the adults into the street. ”

The corners of Liu Lei's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he heard Chen Cao continue: "No matter how you put on a pair of underwear, what is the matter with two pieces of crotch cloth?" ”

The progress of things is naturally similar to that arranged by Chen Cao, until the third day, Liu Lei finally couldn't hold it back, the time given in Tianjin was only one month, and now it has taken eight days, and the journey from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang even if it is a fast horse has to take eight days, once and again, there is not much time left.

"Pass the order, let Chen Cao leave that alone, and set off quickly, after December, it will snow heavily in Liaodong, and it will be difficult for carriages and horses to travel, and it will delay time, and you and I can't afford to get rid of it."

The wound scabbed over in three days, Chen Cao moved his thighs, and said to the captain who came to give the order: "Go back and tell Lord Baihu, and then set off immediately." ”

After the Battle of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty completely lost control of Jianzhou Wei, Li Rubai retreated to Shenyang, all the guards and forts north of Shenyang fell into the hands of Nurhachi, and the four major passes in Liaodong all fell, and the Houjin soldiers could attack Shenyang anytime and anywhere.

Chen Cao's team arrived at Liaodong Town, also known as Zizaizhou, where the Liaodong Prefecture was located five days after departure, and the new Liaodong Economic Strategy Xiong Tingbi took office, and Liu Lei went to visit Xiong Tingbi out of courtesy, and the team set off again, aiming at Shenyang.

Just at the end of November, the weather in the northeast is unusually cold, compared to the mountain customs, heavy snow closed the road, since Liaodong Town, the car and horse are not a little bit, Chen Cao is fortunate to be the general flag, there are Zhao Xin and others in front of the horse to walk, Liu Lei's car is no longer possible, can only step on the war horse to travel.

Coincidentally, after walking on a war horse for two days, the team arrived at Baitapu, and Liu Lei's step was also worn out of the skin, which is terrible, Liu Lei's body bones are not as good as Chen Cao, plus the weather, he froze when he bleed, and he couldn't walk at all.

"Should..."Chen Cao shouted loudly in the barracks of Baitapu, and then said to Zhao Xin: "Hide all my ones, and don't take them out at all." ”

"Yes..."Zhao Xin smiled evilly: "My lord, there are less than forty miles to Shenyang City, and these hundred adults can be injured enough, but they will be injured when they are about to arrive in Shenyang, hehe..."

Liu Lei, a fat man, don't look fat, but he is also very clever, the so-called pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is this kind of person.

"Brother, Shenyang is only forty miles, and the snow on the official road is not thick, so we can enter the city in two hours at most." Liu Zuo gave Liu Lei good medicine, but he was a little curious.

After all, Liu Lei is older than Liu Zuo, and he was also instructed by a master in Nanjing before going out, so he stopped the team at Baitapu: "Go and call Chen Cao, this task belongs to him." ”

Chen Cao walked out of Liu Lei's big tent, spit out a mouthful of old phlegm in disgust, greeted Liu Lei's sister again by the way, and then walked towards his big tent.

"My lord," Zhao Xin walked towards Chen Cao, "How's it going?" ”

Chen Cao walked into the big tent and looked at Zhao Xin very seriously: "This general banner gives you a small task." ”

Zhao Xin was excited, nodded and clenched his fists: "Please command." ”

"Give Liu Lei some medicine to them tonight, stun them, strip him naked, throw him out, and freeze him to death."

"Ahh

...

At the gate of Shenyang City, Li Rubai, who had already received the news, personally greeted him at the city gate, and Chen Cao drove his horse and walked slowly towards the city gate with fifty people from his general flag department.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he was about to dismount, when he saw Li Rubai bowing his hand to Chen Cao very respectfully: "The last general, Li Rubai, the general soldier of Liaodong, has seen Lord Shangcha. ”

Liaodong Li was originally a Korean, and came to Liaodong to avoid disaster in the later period, and the official was the chief soldier, although Li Rubai's army was frightened by dozens of golden soldiers and sentinels in the battle of Salhu, and tens of thousands of people collapsed before the battle, and they trampled to death more than 1,000 people, which can be said to be a loss of face; But the Li family has been operating in Liaodong for more than 200 years, with deep roots, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse in history has not finally made up his mind to kill Li Rubai, and this old brother also scared himself to death.

Li Rubai went out of the city to greet Chen Cao, and the generals behind him were all tigers and bears, obviously wanting to give Chen Cao a dismount, Chen Cao really saw that these guys were not good at looking at each other, so he quickly dismounted, and saluted Li Rubai back: "General Li is broken," and then stood up straight, held the holy decree of Mingfa in his hand, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I have an edict to order Li Rubai, the chief soldier of Liaodong, to return to Beijing as soon as possible to report on his work, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Note: There are three kinds of holy decrees of the Ming Dynasty, the first is the most formal, drafted by the celebrant and the celebrant of the emperor, with the seal of the emperor, the consent of the cabinet, and the general administration of the secretary, which is generally used in the emperor's enthronement ceremony, canonization and other formal occasions, in the format of 'Fengtian carries the emperor, The second kind is the holy decree drafted and issued by the cabinet in the name of the emperor with the consent of the emperor, which is called the edict, which is the kind that Chen Cao is now promulgating; the last kind is the holy decree issued by the emperor himself, which is drafted and issued directly by the celebrant supervisor, and this kind of holy decree is called the middle decree, and the most capricious of the emperors of the Ming generation is Emperor Wuzong Zhengde.

"The last general, Li Rubai, commanded..."

This kind of edict generally does not need to kneel, but etiquette still has to have, after Li Rubai respectfully saluted, Chen Cao was about to do business, Li Rubai left behind a fierce general: "The lord came from afar, now it is snowing heavily in Liaodong, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, and please go into the city to rest first, and it is not too late to set off when the snow melts." ”

Before Chen Cao could agree, the other dozen or so generals behind this person all bowed their hands towards Chen Cao and said, "Lord Shangcha, please..."

Zhao Xin was behind Chen Cao, seeing this situation, he moved to Chen Cao's side and whispered: "My lord, don't do anything, don't act rashly." ”

When Chen Cao heard this, he was shocked in his heart, but he also squeezed out a smile: "In this case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”