This night passed, and the news gradually spread in the capital. Wang Youshan, like others, learned about the defeat of Liao Town. The governor of Ji Liao, Wang Keshou, and the governor of Liaodong, Li Weihan, submitted a report to the court, and Liao Town reported the emergency.

The Jianzhou Jurchens claimed to be the Great Jin Dynasty, conquered and annexed Haixi, and the Jurchen tribes in Beishan. The chief Nurhaci claimed to be the Khan. They crossed the border wall on April 13 and besieged Fushun City on April 16.

The garrison king of Fushun City ordered Yin to fight hard, and the guerrilla general Li Yongfang died in battle. The whole city fell. More than ten small cities and hundreds of villages around Fushun City were captured. The total number of military and civilians was captured and brought back to Jianzhou.

Twenty miles away from the border, Liaodong general Zhang Chengyin, deputy general Po Ting prime minister, deputy general Pu Shifang, and guerrilla Liang Rugui led more than 10,000 troops to pursue him.

The Jurchen Jin army fought a fierce battle with the Ming army. General Zhang Chengyin and deputy general Po Tingxiang were killed in battle, general Pu Shifang and guerrilla Liang Rugui were killed in battle. The entire army was trapped, and only more than a thousand were captured.

In total, the Liao Town of Daming lost nearly 20,000 troops, a population of nearly 400,000, and dozens of generals. In the past eighty years, the Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a crushing defeat, and has never died so many generals. The capital was shocked and the world was shocked.

Wang Youshan and Zhang Qinghai no longer had the chance to meet, and the Ministry of War began to be busy. However, all kinds of news began to come from Liao Town. The Censorate exchanged with each other in order to have something to say.

Know what to say in such a big event.

The Censor Zhang Quan reported that the general Zhang Chengyin, who was killed in battle, impeached the general Zhang Chengyin, who was killed in battle. "Chengyin did not know how to lure the enemy, and was light on the enemy's pursuit of progress, which means he had no plans. He met the enemy suddenly and had a disorderly rank, which means he could not. He led more than 10,000 people and could not fight to the death.

It means no courage”, the so-called lack of courage, no strategy, no failure, no doubt.

This memorial is the most popular, and it is generally a three-word parallel. It reads very impressively. However, there is no clear description of the battle situation in the Liaozhen Military Newspaper. How did the censor know that the Jurchens lure the enemy? The official army died in battle.

, The Censor didn't know how to know that he could not fight to the death

There are also rumors that Nurhaci once sent his son to be hostages on General Zhang Chengyin's side. When drinking, he said that my father intended to go south and did not know how the general responded. Then General Zhang Chengyin disagreed and said that the court was kind to all sides, so how could anyone have heart.

There is a rebellious intention, etc., anyway, the tiger is killed everywhere, and no one will argue for the generals who died in battle.

The censors of the Censorate, the heads of the six ministries, and the relatives of the Hanlin Academy all submitted memorials and advice, proposing their views on the war. Regardless of whether they are right or wrong, they must prove that they have high opinions.

When all aspects of the Liao Town contact with the capital were reported to the capital, news from all over the place gradually came.

The guerrilla Li Yongfang, who originally thought he had died with the city, was said to have not died in battle, but surrendered directly. It is said that he is still very important. The guerrilla general Pu Shifang, who died in battle, and the guerrilla Liang Rugui, was said to flee first when he encountered the enemy. When he saw the chief general, he was in charge.

Zhang Chengyin and Deputy General Po Ting died in battle. They knew that they could not escape the responsibility, so they turned around and fought fiercely before being killed by the enemy.

As soon as the news of the surrender came back, many censors couldn't help but curse. The memorials that praised and commemorated loyal and martyrs could not be delivered, and it was in vain.

The Minister of War Xue Sancai reported to the emperor, saying that since last autumn, Liao Town's military pay has been owed for three quarters, totaling more than 550,000 taels, but now the national treasury is empty, so please allocate the treasury, that is, the treasury silver, the emperor and the inner court themselves.

treasury.

I don’t know when the Emperor Wanli would never give a penny of the treasury to supplement the state’s money. The answer was the same as before, and the treasury was empty, so I asked the Ministry of Revenue to raise funds and allocate funds.

The Ministry of War, who received the order, immediately went to urge the Ministry of Revenue, but the Ministry of Revenue was furious. The last time you allocated military pay, your Ministry of War swallowed more than 50%, but the promised share it has not yet arrived, and you still want money.

That's no way. Who doesn't know that the money will be paid out. Your Ministry of War will first put your share in it, and then deduct it from the subordinates.

Military pay is one thing. When the general of Liaodong was killed in battle, he had to make up a new one. This is also an urgent task. Even Emperor Wanli kept urging him.

According to the rules, Xue Sancai, the Minister of War, presided over the election, but in fact no one was available. Before the war broke out, Liaodong was not a good place. You were not from the Li family. If you lead troops there, you would be unable to be defeated by the world.

If you don’t touch the ground, you are already on the side of the enemy. If you go there, you may die in battle, otherwise you will be blamed. Who would be willing to go to this muddy water?

But this is worth discussing because of the guard against Li Chengliang and the general of Liao Town should try not to use the Li family as much as possible. But in this situation, he no longer cares about these things. Li Rubai, the second son of Li Chengliang who lived at home, was elected as

General of Liaodong.

This general has to be used for a long time before he can be considered useful. Li Rubai has been idle at home for more than 20 years. Even a sharp blade should have rusted and dulled. Moreover, Li Rubai is just a rich young man, but he is still

The spoiled one.

Li Rubai's initial future in the officialdom was the Jinyiwei Qianjia, which was the protection of the nobles' children. Then he was dismissed because of drinking and mistaken matters. Then he kept repeating similar things, relying on his father and brother to be promoted step by step, from guerrilla to general,

I have sat in all positions, from Pingningxia Xiaojue to entering North Korea to fighting against Japanese despots, and have fought all kinds of wars. Every time the Li family takes action, Li Rubai has made great achievements in military affairs. Whenever he becomes an official, he is just like this and that

The reason for resigning from office, being impeached, and being sick, is that it will not last long.

On the surface, it seems that the military achievements are great, but those who understand it can understand that Li Rubai himself has no ability and is supported by his father and brother. When Li Chengliang was old and Li Rusong died in the grassland, Li Rubai immediately became mediocre and did not even dare to take over.

The soldiers were in charge and could only stay at home and work.

Some people say that Li Chengliang is a tiger, Li Rusong is a tiger, and Li Rubai is a dog, and this dog still means to belittle people.

However, the court had no objection to the use of Li Rubai. The censor had already reported that "do not use doubts, do not use people." The reason is high-sounding, which means that the court should not suspicious of the Li family. Echoing this memorial is that there is a capital city.

There are rumors about Liao Town that the border troops in Liao Town could have easily defeated the Jurchen army from Jianzhou, but because the court has always been suspicious of the Li family, the whole country refused to do its best.

Under such a situation, it was appropriate to use a direct descendant of the Li family general to be the general of Liaodong. However, there are rumors that the intention of Li Rubai as the general came to the Li family, but Li Rubai refused to accept the order.

, just crying and kowtowing

Liao Town is close to the northern Zhili. Liao Town is in turmoil, and Zhili is also uneasy. In order to achieve completeness, the imperial court set up another town in Shanhaiguan, setting up a general of Shanhaiguan to guard the army. Du Song, the general of Shanhaiguan, was also idle at home.

Unlike the mediocre and incompetent Li Rubo, Du Song was considered a tiger general and had also served as the general of Liao Town. However, because the Liao Town general was disobedient and disobedient, he was demoted to his home for not long.

The court knew the reason why Du Song was demoted, but in order to accommodate and appease the generals of Liao Town, he could only aggrieved Du Song, who was born in the three borders of Shaanxi. Now, he naturally doesn't care about so many.

After all, there are not many military generals familiar with the situation in Liaodong.

Those who are interested can think a little deeper. Since Liaodong has asked the children of the Li family to arrest the general, there will be more barriers between Liao Town and the capital. In addition to Ji Town, Shanhaiguan also needs to strengthen military preparations.

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Mobilize military funds, conquer old soldiers, supplement Liao Town, and improve Shanhaiguan. Fortunately, the latest news has been coming from Liao Town, saying that the Jurchen army has returned to Jianzhou to rest and has no intention of re-sending for the time being

,As this news came, there were seven documents of hatred by Nurhaci's attack on the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty killed Nurhaci's father and ancestor for no reason; the Ming Dynasty favored the Jurchen Yehe tribe and Hada tribe and oppressed the Jianzhou Jurchens; the Ming Dynasty ignored the borders demarcated by both sides and forced Nurhaci to compensate the lives of the people killed across the border; the Ming Dynasty sent troops to support Yehe tribe to fight against Jianzhou

;The Yehe tribe of the Jurchens betrayed the alliance because of the support of the Ming Dynasty and passed on his "old girl" to Mongolia; the Ming Dynasty forced the Jianzhou Jurchens to withdraw from the Chaihe, Sancha and Fu'an land that had been cultivated, and were not allowed to harvest crops; the Liao Town of the Ming Dynasty sent a garrison Shangbo

Zhi went to Jianzhou to perform his power and blessings.

These seven things are the so-called seven major hatreds. It is nothing more than that the Ming Dynasty never favors the Jianzhou Jurchens. The Ming Dynasty is arrogant and blessed with the Jianzhou Jurchens.

The Ming Dynasty never took the Jurchen seriously and did things condescendingly, so naturally he would not consider the feelings of a small tribe in the border area. Then the Ming Dynasty also had to maintain the balance of the border, and could not indulge the dominance of the whole family, and could not sit idly by and watch each other's annexation, so naturally he had to

In Daming's eyes, sending troops to support Yu She is all a trivial matter, and there is no need for central decision, but it's enough to report after doing it.

But these little things became a big hatred for the Jianzhou Jurchens. When the Jianzhou Jurchens were intensifying their strength to endure, these were not hatreds. They could still go to the capital to attack ginseng and minks with a smile, but when they felt that they were strong enough

At that time, these are the seven great hatreds.

What worries those with insight is that the practice of Jianzhou Jurchens is quite different from the barbarians and Tartars in the past. From Oirat to Altan, these powerful forces on the grassland never give any reason. They kill in and rob, burn and kill, and

The Jianzhou Jurchens knew that the army was famous and they also knew that they had a national name for themselves. It is said that this Dajin also had a system. Such a force was different from the Mongolian tribes on the grassland that looked like bandits.

The news of the fall of Fushun and the defeat of the Ming army had spread throughout the capital in May, but it was not until early June that Wang Youshan wrote to his family. He knew that most of his letters would be shown to his friends because he said that

There are not many family affairs, most of them are the decisions of the court and the general trend of the world. Zhao Jin needs to know this very much

Zhao Jin has special attention to the Jurchens, and this incident will definitely shock them. In such a big situation in Zhaoziying, you must carefully consider how to give detailed information so as not to make young people have any blind impulses.

You must seek truth everywhere and ask carefully.
Chapter completed!