My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 663

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, news of the Jurchen rebellion came. Due to the death of Emperor Jiajing this year, the Lantern Festival activities in the palace were canceled. This also temporarily relieved Li Chengliang, who had been worried about the court’s finances.

The royal family had to observe filial piety because the Supreme Emperor passed away, thus saving a lot of money.

Li Chengliang naturally ordered the entire court to observe mourning and frugality, canceling the original celebrations in the capital.

Just when Li Chengliang was relaxing because of this rare holiday, temporarily ignoring the financial problems that had troubled him for a year, and no longer needing to worry about military operations in the southeast, he received a letter asking for help from Liaodong.

After seeing the letter asking for help, Li Chengliang became furious, but after all, he knew Liaodong very well. In his impression, the Jianzhou Jurchens had no strength at all. Could it be that his son was lying about military intelligence?

Li Chengliang was originally going to convene all his subordinates for discussion, but then he thought that all his military leaders had their own agenda, so he directly called Shan Hao to ask for his opinion first.

After Shan Hao first entered the General’s Mansion and read the letter asking for help, he did not express his opinion directly, but asked Li Chengliang to call the messenger for help.

Shanhao looked at the messenger first and asked first:

“When the general was in Liaodong, he killed the rebels among the Jianzhou Jurchens many times, and also provoked conflicts between Jianzhou Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens and wild Jurchens. Why did it only happen that Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens rebelled this time? ”

The messenger asking for help was a close confidant of Li Rusong, so he naturally knew what Li Chengliang had entrusted to Li Rusong.

Naturally, everything Li Rusong did in Liaodong these years was hidden from the court. This confidant’s head was covered with sweat. Li Chengliang also knew that there was something wrong, and said sternly:

“It’s time to talk about important military and national affairs!”

The confidant who reported the news immediately knelt down and shouted to Li Chengliang:

“Report to the General! It’s the Major General, the Major General…”

Li Chengliang glared angrily: “What’s wrong, Major General!”

“The Major General relies on the Jianzhou Jurchens. In recent years, the Jianzhou Jurchens have been entrusted with the plundering of wild Jurchens. They also have the Jianzhou Jurchens stationed in the city defense and responsible for the peripheral defense of Liaoyang. They also favor the Jianzhou Jurchens in Jurchen affairs, resulting in Jianzhou Jurchen tribe becomes powerful!”

“This traitor!”

Li Chengliang got angry on the spot and was about to draw his sword and kill the confidant who reported the news.

Shanhao coughed violently first, and then asked:

“Even if the major general relies on the Jianzhou Jurchens, these Jurchens will not become powerful so quickly. There must be someone who can control the Jurchens. Who is the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens?”

The confidant said hesitantly:

“The Jurchen leader of Jianzhou who raised the army this time was named Nuhachi, and he used the five hatreds as the slogan of the army.”

“Nuhachi? How come I never heard of this name when I was in Liaodong?”

Shanhao Xian immediately said: “You are not telling the truth! Those who can raise troops so quickly and sweep across Liaodong must not be Jurchen barbarians from remote villages. What is the Han name of this Nuhachi? He must be serving in the Liaodong government or the military. of!”

After hearing Shanhao’s first threat, the confidant who asked for help immediately said:

“General, spare your life, this Nuhachi is your adopted son Li Rushe!”

“White-eyed wolf! White-eyed wolf!”

Li Chengliang paced back and forth and said angrily:

“Back then, I adopted this animal as my adopted son, gave him food and drink, and even led him to fight. Now he actually repays me like this?”

“I want to raise an army! Go to Liaodong immediately to put down the rebellion!”

Shanhao Xian said:

“General, please calm down and wait until your subordinates find out more about the situation in Liaodong.”

Artemisia asked first:

“After Li Ruzhen raised his troops, how did the Major General respond?”

The messenger asking for help immediately said:

“The Major General killed the Jurchen slaves in the city, gathered the Jurchens who did not rebel, and closed the city to await rescue.”

Shanhao first raised his hands and said:

“General, although the Major General made mistakes, he did the right thing this time. As long as he defends the city, the Jurchens will definitely not be able to attack it with our army’s artillery.”

“The rebellious Jurchens can only snowball and grow if they sweep in more Jurchens. Now as long as we firmly hold on to our presence in Liaodong, the Haixi Jurchens who have a feud with the Jianzhou Jurchens will not join forces with the Jianzhou Jurchens. As time goes by, Li Rushe’s momentum will decline.”

Li Chengliang thought for a moment and nodded.

In fact, the border aliens and peasant armies are similar. When these people first started to rebel, they had no intention of sweeping the world. Most of the time, they just wanted to plunder and make a living.

This type of army is often raised very quickly. If it can get the support of the people, it can quickly absorb personnel and talents to grow, and the number of people will expand rapidly.

Once the rebels capture the city, it will cause more people in the city to go bankrupt and be robbed. At this time, the people in the city have only two choices, one is to be robbed to death, and the other is to join the rebels.

The weapons and equipment in the city strongholds will also be captured by the rebels and become part of the rebel force.

These border aliens are just like the peasant uprisings. If the snowball can be rolled out in the early stage, it will get bigger and bigger until it sweeps the world.

On the contrary, if they are contained at the early stage, these rebels themselves will be a mob, and they will not even need officers and soldiers to clear them out. Those rebels who cannot rob equipment and food will collapse on their own.

Li Rusong occupying the city and waiting for rescue is the best way to deal with this kind of rebellion.

Li Chengliang’s face finally looked better, and he said:

“Li Rusong is not too stupid. He knows how to ask for help when he causes trouble. If he really leads the main force of Liaoyang to fight the Jurchens, he will be really stupid!”

Shan Hao first said immediately:

“General, we must immediately send troops to put down the Liaodong rebellion!”

Li Chengliang looked at Shanhaoxian and heard Shanhaoxian say:

“southeast.”

Hearing these two words, Li Chengliang immediately woke up.

The water transportation power in the southeast is very strong. Back then, they could land at Dagu and go straight to the capital. Now, although the ports in the north are frozen due to the freezing of the water in the cold winter, as long as the ice will break in the spring, the troops in the southeast can arrive through sea power. Liaodong.

Not to mention that North Korea is now a vassal state in the southeast. Su Ze can also influence Liaodong through North Korea’s military power.

If the forces from the southeast are really allowed to intervene, the Jurchens who receive support from the southeast will quickly become stronger, and Liaodong will really be unable to defend itself.

Li Chengliang’s face turned pale. Liaodong was where he started, and it was also the foundation of the Li family and his son. Over the years, Liaodong had also contributed a lot of taxes and provided a large number of elite cavalry.

In fact, this Jurchen rebellion was also caused by Li Chengliang transferring all the elite Han people from Liaodong to the Central Plains.

If Liaodong falls, it will have a greater impact on the troops under his command than the fall of Shaanxi and Henan!