Before Li Chengliang took office, the post of chief military officer of the Liaodong Commandery of the Ming Dynasty was almost non-human.
Former former general Yin Shangqing, who was beaten and hacked to death by the Mongols, Yang Zhao, the former former general soldier, was hacked to death when he went out of the pass, and Wang Zhidao, the former general soldier, single-handedly rushed into the enemy position and was hacked to death.
In a word, at that time, Liaodong did not talk about Wu De Jiuyi!
It was not until the autumn of the fourth year of Longqing (1570), in September, that Li Chengliang appeared with a knife.
Li Chengliang, a native of Liaodong, hereditary Tieling Wei commanded the affairs, before the age of forty, he was a poor scholar, and later found someone to borrow some silver, opened up the joint attack, and was mixed into the system.
The so-called "interlaced line is like a mountain", Li Chengliang is not very good at reading, but cutting people is ancestral, and it only took one year to cut from a small command to a knife and a gun to a deputy general soldier. Soon, three Liaodong general soldiers were killed one after another, and Li Chengliang was selected with excellent slashing results, and quickly took over, and a generation of famous generals turned out to be born!
At that time, in Liaodong, there were the imposing Mongolian Tuman, Duoyan, Taining and other departments, as well as the Jianzhou Jurchen Wang Gao, the Haixi Jurchen Yehe, and hada.
None of these tribes speak of martial arts.
The Ming army that often came to deceive and sneak attack the Ming army stationed in Liaodong, and when the horn sounded, tens of thousands of people roared past, flaunting their might, and everywhere they went, silver, silk, and women swept away, and their eyes were full of clouds.
As a result, Li Chengliang's knife also rang out, a thick and heavy ghost-headed knife.
An old Lee machete!
Only to see the long knife flicker, Li Chengliang's Liaodong Iron Horse attacked in four directions, first destroying the barbarians, then cutting Taining, and then another roundabout split, cutting the Life of the Jianzhou Jurchen King Gao, who could not take care of himself. After a few moves, the rest of the tribes were stunned, and they began to talk about four beauty, and finally understood a truth: Liaodong, to take peace as precious.
Li Chengliang is not a superman, nor has he practiced the world's martial arts, the reason why others can't do it, but he can, only because he is proficient in a magic weapon with soldiers-----------------
The so-called family members, that is, the misappropriation of the military salaries of the imperial court to support their own soldiers, this kind of behavior, in many cases, began more than twenty years, but in the late Ming Dynasty, when the army's combat effectiveness was generally "slagged", it was a dignified and open act.
Li Chengliang is very good at supporting his family, giving money and dividing land, as long as he is good at cutting people, those who come do not refuse. Therefore, the liaodong general soldier in the past could only be cut down, and he was often cutting others.
This cut was cut for twenty years.
In the past, Liaodong, which was full of smoke, was cut down by Li Chengliang into a home for living and working in peace and contentment, and also achieved his supreme glory of "a famous general who has not been seen in two hundred years". Of course, under the fame, it is his second magic weapon- the Shou Liao magic weapon: suppress the strong and support the weak, and raise the Kou self-respect.
All the forces in Liaodong, as long as they are weak and small, are Li Chengliang's friends, and as long as they are strong, they are Li Chengliang's enemies.
Weak friends can help, help him survive, and join forces against powerful enemies; strong enemies also need help, swinging long knives to help him become weak.
"Why not just slash to death?"
"All hacked to death, how does Li Dashuai sit firmly in the first chair in Liaodong, and how can his subordinates be promoted to officials and get rich year by year?!"
Among them, Li Chengliang's weakest and obedient "friend" is the Jianzhou Jurchen Nurhaci.
At the first meeting, the Ming army had just "accidentally killed" Nurhaci's grandfather and father in a battle, and in the face of this weak and helpless young man, Li Chengliang's eyes flashed a glimmer of light, and his smile gradually became kind, "Don't be afraid, mix with me later, I will cover you." ”
Nurhaci was silent, dead silent, suddenly tears fell like rain, weeping on the ground, prostrating his head like pounding garlic...
Li Chengliang smiled happily, because he knew that this young man would become his most loyal thug.
Nurhaci also laughed, because he knew that if he wanted revenge, he had to become strong first.
Soon, Nurhaci took over the title of commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard, and returned to the tribe with a large number of rewards and a resolute look, he knew very well that his big knife was already hungry and thirsty, so he no longer hesitated, and picked up the knife and slashed at the hostile forces around him.
A few years later, he slashed the lord of Tulum, Nikan Wailan.
Jianzhou Jurchen, a fierce character appeared, a fierce character with a good sword technique, a strong background, and familiar with the basic law of Liaodong!
The Liaodong Basic Law, also known as the Sneaky Horse, was self-taught in frequent exchanges with Daming officials.
As long as Li Chengliang speaks, Nurhaci must obey his words, as long as Li Chengliang is present, Nurhaci must stand with a look of shame on his face, send gifts every three to five years, idle and show loyalty, and almost engrave the words "I love Lord Li" on his face.
Li Chengliang is very pleased, which is his ideal "friend".
However, friends return to friends, and once Nurhaci continues to grow and grow to the point of threatening the situation in Liaodong, he will not hesitate to find out the "old Li machete" and turn Nurhaci into another military merit badge on his chest.
However, an accident occurred.
In the sixteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1588), Yushi Ren Yangxin played: "Li Chengliang's military power is too strong, his in-laws and relatives are nourished and controlled by military handles, and the ring of the gods is thousands of miles, and the vertical and horizontal territory is unshakable." ”
As a result, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the officials rushed up, from killing Liang and risking merit to robbing the villagers' old sows, Li Chengliang instantly changed from a famous general to a notorious thief.
Three years later, under the repeated bites of Yushi Zhang Heming, the Wanli Emperor finally deposed Li Chengliang.
Wanli is not stupid, Li Chengliang has been sitting in Liaodong for more than twenty years, it is impossible to be clean, there will always be mistakes, the reason why he made up his mind to depose Li Chengliang, in the final analysis, is because of two words - power.
In the words of The King of Joseon next door, Li Fu, it is called: "The people of Liaoguang only know that there is Uncle Li, but they do not know anything else." ”
In other words, the Liaodong surname under Li Chengliang is "Li" instead of "Zhu", and even if Wanli, the Zhu Emperor, goes to Liaodong to give orders, he will have to give "Uncle Li" a few thin noodles.
It was precisely because the officials seized on this point that they persuaded Wanli.
Of course, it is easy to let Li Chengliang go home, but it is difficult to find a qualified successor, and Wanli dares to take risks because he still has a hole card - "Little Li Machete" Li Rusong.
Li Rusong, the eldest son of Li Chengliang, is also the son of Li Chengliang who is best at cutting people, and the level of cutting people is extremely high, and he hates civilian officials.
Wan Li had long since decided that this person who hated civilian officials as much as he did must be a person who had broken away from low-level interests, a person who could reassure him and establish a great career for Daming.
Once the situation in Liaodong is out of control, he will play this hole card.
However, the accident happened again.
In the twentieth year of the Wanli Calendar (1592), King Li Fu of Joseon sent a distress letter: the 150,000 troops of Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan invaded Korea, and eight of the nine provinces in the country had been lost, and the situation was precarious.
At this time, Li Fu was on the yalu River, just got off the carriage, just waited for Wanli to nod, and was about to cross the river to take refuge in the "Land of Parents".
"North Korea, my fence is also, north Korea is lost, then Liaoyang is dangerous, Liaoyang is dangerous, then Shen Jingzhen."
No way, Wan Li sighed and slowly felt a card from the cuff...
Xiao Li machete out of the sheath!
Only to see the flash of the knife, Li Rusong cut three knives horizontally with a "watermelon knife method", first destroyed the Ningxia anti-thief Worship, and then another Tieling circled, but he did not turn back and led the 40,000 troops straight to Korea.
The water in the Yalu River was cold, and his knife was even colder.
He jerked out his knife.
At the moment, a move of "Praying to the New Year's Knife Method" was used, and the storm also seemed to cut off the heads of the devils, from Pyongyang, Kaesong, and then to Seoul, Li Rusong slashed and killed, killing the entire Japanese army and fleeing south in a panic.
It wasn't until he ambushed in the Bi Hoof Pavilion that Li Rusong hit the crowd with less and fought a bloody battle, that he stopped.
Therefore, Japan took the initiative to send emissaries, Sino-Japanese peace, and Li Rusong triumphantly returned to the division.
More than a year later, the peace talks ended in a farce, and China and Japan fought again.
But this time, Wanli did not send Li Rusong, for the simple reason that Liaodong was almost unable to hold on.
When Li Chengliang dismissed his official position, there were still elite soldiers in Liaodong who were still pressing the front, and now that the war in Korea had begun, all the troops that could fight, the grain and grass that could be used, and the weight that could be used were all pulled away, and Liaodong was instantly reduced to the Area of Sanwu.
For a time, the major tribes began to return to their old business, did not talk about martial virtues, and even released words: "When raising 100,000 soldiers, blood washes Liaoyang!" ”
The outside must first be inside, Wanli is very clear, it is time to show the bottom card.
In December of the twenty-fifth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1597), the Wanli Emperor vigorously defied the public opinion and specially ordered Li Rusong to be the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army, and immediately went to his post.
However, the accident happened again.
Four months later, late at night.
A Liaodong Tang newspaper was urgently sent to Wanli's desk, and the letter was torn open, with only a few lines: "Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, led three thousand light horses out of the customs to fight, ambushed, and died in battle." Cause of death: Traitor betrayal. ”
Looking up, Wan Li's heart was broken, and this benevolent brother who had been fighting in the front line of Eryu and me for many years couldn't help but look up at the starry sky at a forty-five-degree angle and shed tears.
Xiao Li's machete became a desperate sound, and there was no king of cards in the world.
However, although Li Rusong died, the mess in Liaodong could not help but clean up and look around, who else could take on this heavy responsibility?
Just as he was hesitating, suddenly, the name of an old friend flashed through Wanli's mind.
Yes, and him.
In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli Calendar (1601), under the tragic situation of the successive fall of three Liaodong generals, Wanli once again used Li Chengliang as the general of Liaodong.
Liaodong Old Iron, your "Uncle Li" is back!
Li Chengliang was very excited, he was seventy-six years old, not long ago he was an old vegetable farmer in his backyard, and now, he was going back to Liaodong to turn the tide for Daming.
He was very excited.
Therefore, he excitedly got off the carriage and excitedly threw himself into the work of rearranging Liaodong.
After a few days, he couldn't get excited.
Liaodong not only did not have a general who could fight, a soldier who could fight, not even silver, but also had an additional eunuch named Gao Huai by his side. Gao Huai only obeyed the orders of Wanli, fishing for money in Liaodong, the whole person, and pointing fingers, and no one could do anything.
Looking at the scene of ruin in front of him, Li Chengliang sat at home and fell into contemplation for a long time.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the gate, only to hear the voice of a middle-aged man who spoke broken Chinese:
"Wow love Daming, nest Daming is really too powerful!"
It's him?
Li Chengliang froze, and the voice sounded again:
"The girl's wine is not good, the wine of the nest is delicious!"
Yes, it was Nurhaci.
He still came after all.
Li Chengliang frowned and slowly stretched out.
In the second zhen liao, Li Chengliang changed his previous practice of "suppressing the strong and helping the weak", and instead joined forces with Nurhaci and slashed at the rest of the disobedient tribes together. Soon, Liaodong returned to calm.
Li Chengliang is very happy, Nurhaci this little old brother line, can be treated!
So, in addition to being happy, he carefully looked at Nurhaci, so he almost took a breath of cool air.
Today's Nurhaci has long unified the Jianzhou Jurchen, is the official recognition of daming as the "Dragon and Tiger General", with tens of thousands of people in his hands, and is extremely keen on cutting people and grabbing territory, which is completely an upgraded version of the Liaodong Xiaobawang.
This is not a good Nurhaci.
Even though he still behaved humbly and obeyed me.
Soon, Li Chengliang found a person- Shulhaqi.
Shulhaqi is Nurhaci's younger brother, and Li Chengliang took the initiative to greet him warmly, telling him that he should fight his own territory and divide his family property in half, and even in order to give him courage, he would not hesitate to form a family with him.
Li Chengliang's purpose is simple: not to tear the skin of the face, as far as possible from the internal differentiation and disintegration of Nurhaci.
Of course, he is by no means a man who pins his hopes on others, in fact, he has been waiting for something.
- Time.
Yes, time.
As long as in a few years, wait for the land of Liaodong to be rejuvenated, and wait for the Liaodong Iron Horse to once again be formed into an army, then even if you ten Nurhaci can help me!
Li Chengliang was very confident.
Five years later, however, he was utterly desperate.
Because he suddenly realized an unsolvable problem - Liaodong is rotten, he can save, Daming is rotten, who will save ???
In the past five years, there have been incessant party strife in the imperial court, corrupt officials and corrupt officials have run rampant, and Liaodong has not only not gotten better, but has become even more tired and degenerate, and he is over eighty years old and can only go with the flow.
Therefore, he decided to shrink the Liaodong defensive line in order to deal with possible friction with Nurhaci in the future.
In the thirty-fourth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1606), Li Chengliang abandoned the strategic location of the adjacent Jianzhou Jurchens, "Kuandian Six Forts", on the grounds that "the land was lonely and difficult to defend". To this end, he did not hesitate to send a large army to drive the residents of the Six Forts inward, and for a time, the cries shook the wilderness, and the dead were in disarray.
This shock alarmed the officials on the other side of Shanhaiguan.
The officials were overjoyed, and finally caught Li Chengliang's handle, so they waved a big hand, and a seal was sent to the desk of the Wanli Emperor like a snowflake - "Beware of Li Chengliang playing the Nurhachi card", "Li Chengliang received money from the Jurchen forces", "Li Chengliang's ass was crooked"...
Several big hats buckled down, and Li Chengliangtian could not save it, and completely stopped cooking.
In the thirty-sixth year of the Wanli Calendar (1608), in a slurring, Li Chengliang was deposed again, and this time, he left Liaodong forever.
Seven years later, Li Chengliang died of illness at his home in Beijing at the age of ninety.
There was no more Li Chengliang in Liaodong.
When he learned of Li Chengliang's death, Nurhaci, who was far away in Liaodong, was sad, after all, he was his old superior, who was also a teacher and friend, and he was very sad and depressed all day.
Until nightfall, he walked quickly into the room, closed the doors and windows, lit all the candles, he finally could not hide, and began to laugh wildly...
In the forty-fourth year of the Wanli Calendar (1616), Nurhaci established a state in Hetuala as a khan, drawing a clear line with the Ming Dynasty.
After another two years, he raised a banner of "Seven Great Hates" and said that "this year will conquer the Ming Dynasty" and officially broke with the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, the grass and trees of Liaodong instantly lost color, and a wave of dark clouds was rolling from the sky.