Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 119 Sichuan soldiers enter Shenyang

"Qin Zongbing, Qianfang is Shenyang City, the largest city in Liaodong against Jianlu!"

A team of more than [-] people arrived here at the intersection of the Hun River and Shenshui outside the south city of Shenyang.

The howling north wind wanted to blow off a few catties of flesh from the face, and the Baiganchuan soldiers in cloth face armor also carried their own weapons and looked at the big city five or six miles away.

Neat gray square bricks, tall gate towers, majestic crenels...

The Shenyang City Wall, which is more than seven meters high, lies on this vast land like a coiled dragon on this vast plain.

In the geographical environment of Liaodong, which is high in the east and low in the west, Shenyang City can be said to be the first big city after leaving the mountainous area of ​​​​the branch of Changbai Mountain.

It is located in the middle of the Liaohe Plain, bordering the Hunhe River in the south, with flat terrain and rich water sources.

The city of Shenyang covers an area of ​​[-] mu, and it looks like an oval city pool. The length and width of the city are about four miles, and there are four gates.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang asked King Shen to take control of Shenyang, and formulated the strategy of "guarding the north with the king and preventing Mongolia from going south".

After that, the Ming Dynasty further strengthened Shenyang's garrison strength, and established Shenyang Zhongtunwei and Shenyang Zhongwei on the basis of the existing Shenyang Center, Left, and Right Guards, forming a "one king and five guards" pattern.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's design, in eastern Liaodong, the King of Liao ruled over the Guangning guards to guard the west of the Liaohe River, and the King of Han to sit in Kaiyuan and ruled over the Sanwan, Liaohai, and Tieling guards to guard the east of the Liaohe River.

As for Shen Wang, he is in charge of sitting in Shenyang and governing the five guards of Shenyang. If he stays in place, Shenyang will not be lost.

As long as Shenyang is there, you can cross the Liaohe River to the west to increase troops to Guangning and assist in the defense of Daning, go north to advance to Kaiyuan, and retreat to the south to strengthen Liaoyang's defense force and become an important defensive and mobile force in the Liaodong region.

However, Shenyang's "one king and five guards" defense system design was not implemented because of Emperor Jianwen's policy of cutting down vassals and the Battle of Jingnan. After the garrison in Shenyang was abolished, only Shenyang Zhongwei remained.

Looking at this city full of history, Qin Bangping had mixed feelings and didn't know what to say.

At this time, a tall figure next to him smiled heartily:

"Mr. Qin, this place is Shenyang City. The soldiers and horses in the city have been dismantled by the old man. There are still [-] soldiers and horses stationed by He Shixian and You Shigong."

"On the twelfth of June this year, Nurhaci led an army of [-] to attack, and was repelled by the two of them for fifteen miles. When you arrive here, you should work together with them."

"What Jinglue said is very..." Listening to Xiong Tingbi's words, Qin Bangping subconsciously frowned.

Feeling the imperial decree in his arms, he wondered how Xiong Tingbi would feel when he knew that the first thing he did when he arrived in Shenyang was to disarm.

"Build a pontoon bridge!"

At this moment, Qin Minping, who was next to him, spoke, and instantly the white soldiers of a thousand became busy.

They built a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and the six thousand white soldiers knew what the first thing they would do when they entered the city, so their hearts were very heavy.

Not long after, they built the pontoon bridge, and at this time, the security gate of Shenyang Nancheng was also opened.

"Cross the river!"

Seeing this, Qin Bangping ordered the whole army to cross the river, as if to seize time.

Such an approach made Xiong Tingbi frown slightly, as if he realized that Qin Bangping and others came to Liaodong, which was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Three days ago, when Qin Bangping's Sichuan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers arrived in Guangning with [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, Xiong Tingbi realized that something was wrong.

Therefore, after a short reminiscence, he supplemented the two armies with food and grass, and sent [-] shi of official rations to Qin Bangping and Qi Jin, and then asked him to lead Qin Bangping to Shenyang, and Yuan Yingtai led Qi Jin to Liaoyang.

Now that I think about it, this approach is really correct. In case any conflict breaks out, he can still adjust it by the side.

When he thought this way, the Baiganchuan soldiers began to speed up to cross the river. Before the Shenyang garrison at Baodingmen had formed a line outside the city, the [-] Baiganchuan soldiers had already crossed the river at Jia and established a firm foothold on the north bank.

Next, the artillery, the supply carts, the grain carts, and three thousand auxiliary soldiers began to cross the river, and the Shenyang soldiers and horses at Baodingmen also noticed something was wrong.

When two generals who were nearly forty years old led a group of elite troops out of the corridor of Baoding Gate, a guerrilla general who led the scattered soldiers out of the city in advance stepped forward to stop the two horses, and bowed:

"General, there seems to be something wrong."

"What's wrong?" The first person to speak was a tall middle-aged general who smelled of alcohol and was less than six feet tall.

He has an average appearance, the only distinctive feature is two thick and upturned eyebrows.

This person is He Shixian, the former Shenyang General Soldier, and now he has been transferred to Kaiyuan Town Chief Soldier by the Ministry of War.

However, everyone knew that Kaiyuan had already been taken down by Nurhachi, so the commander-in-chief meant to ask He Shixian to take down Kaiyuan first.

Therefore, he drank heavily for a month, even if You Shigong next to him persuaded him for a month, it was of no avail.

"General, it seems that the soldiers from the South and the Sichuan soldiers from Shizhu are here, and they are not kind." Guerrilla opened his mouth to explain, but He Shixian frowned and scolded:

"A group of southern barbarians, what are you afraid of them doing!"

"That's true...but it's better to be careful..." Guerrilla was also said to be guilty, and couldn't help but echo He Shixian's words.

But at this time, You Shigong, who was beside him with long eyes and wide mouth, spoke to dissuade him:

"I think Li Guerzilla said a lot, there's nothing wrong with being careful."

"I'm throwing blood here for Wansui, Wansui can't send someone to kill me?!" He Shixian probably yelled out loud because he drank too much.

As soon as he yelled these words, Xiong Tingbi, Qin Bangping and others who came on horseback listened to them.

Xiong Tingbi froze almost instantly, subconsciously glanced at Qin Bangping with a gloomy face, and then a ball of anger ignited in his heart.

The two sides were still tens of steps away, and Xiong Tingbi cursed at He Shixian at the security gate:
"He Shixian! Drinking alcohol in the army is bad for bullying my sword?!"

Xiong Tingbi's angry reprimand instantly shocked He Shixian.

Not only him, but also all the soldiers in the security gate.

There is no way, Xiong Tingbi's reputation is too great, not to mention that the people in Liaodong respect him, Xiong Tingbi's temper and ability alone are convincing.

"Jing Lue...Xiong Jing Lue, why didn't you tell the last general that you came here?"

He Shixian was yelled at by Xiong Tingbi to dispel the smell of alcohol, and hurriedly stepped forward, got off the horse and bowed, his face was full of embarrassment.

"You Shigong, I asked you to supervise his drinking before, is that how you supervised?" Xiong Tingbi ignored He Shixian, but pointed the finger at You Shigong who came on horseback afterwards.

You Shigong was scolded, and he felt really helpless. He persuaded He Shixian many times, but the other party just refused to listen. What can he do?
There was no other way, You Shigong could only change the topic, bowed to Qin Bangping, and asked:
"Jing Lue, this is..."

"This is the new Shenyang General Soldier, the commander of Liao Shizhu and Youyang Sichuan Army, Qin General Soldier." Xiong Tingbi wanted to wash away what Qin Bangping just heard with kindness, and Qin Bangping also bowed coldly:

"Qin Bangping, the chief soldier of Shenyang, has met two general soldiers."

"Hello President Qin, I have long admired your name..." He smiled when he heard that it was Shi Zhuchuan soldier You Shigong.

There is no way, during the first battle of Sarhu, the troops under Liu Ting's command fought best. Before the war, Liu Ting said that he would wait for the white soldiers from Shizhu to come, and as long as the white soldiers came, they could go straight to attack Hetuala.

Liu Ting praised Shizhu and Youyang Chuanbing so generously, so it was impossible for You Shigong to mock them.

But he didn't make fun of it, but He Shixian held back his anger.

Although he couldn't say it too clearly, He Shixian still said with a blunt smile:
"I heard President Liu talk about the prestige of the Sichuan soldiers before, threatening that the Sichuan soldiers can advance sixty miles a day, and as long as the Sichuan soldiers arrive in Liaodong in three months, they can go straight to Hetuala."

"At present, we have finally arrived at General Qin, and Tieling, Kaiyuan, Fushun and other places will be ready soon..."

"Enough!" Hearing He Shixian's slightly sarcastic words, Xiong Tingbi stopped him.

He understood that He Shixian was dissatisfied with being deprived of the guard post of the Shenyang General Army, but now he knew that if the two parties quarreled, it would only be detrimental to the situation in Liaodong.

Xiong Tingbi wanted to stop him, but Qin Banghan next to Qin Bangping was not in a good temper. Hearing He Shixian's sarcasm, Qin Banghan directly mocked:

"We have no choice. There are so many mountains in eastern Sichuan that it is difficult to get out. If we take the big road, it is not a problem to advance a hundred miles a day, but it is not impossible to get out even sixty miles..."

"What did you say?!" Upon hearing Qin Banghan's words, He Shixian frowned as if someone had stepped on his tail.

In the Battle of Salhu, He Shixian and Li Rubai marched as the South Route Army.

As a result, the other teams had already fought against Nurhachi, and Li Rubai and the others had only marched a hundred or twenty miles away.

Then when they saw Houjin's army at Hulangang, they fled in disarray, becoming the only one among the four troops that suffered casualties without fighting Houjin.

Every time this matter is mentioned, it's like spreading Yang on He Shixian's wound, but Qin Banghan not only sprinkled salt, but also exposed the scar.

"Okay, Banghan, don't talk about He Zongbing, the business is important."

Qin Bangping stopped the quarrel in time because the Sichuan soldiers had successfully crossed the river, and the vanguard was only a few hundred steps away from them.

At this distance, even if He Shixian wanted to close the city gate, it would be too late.

Therefore, Qin Bangping asked He Shixian directly:
"He Zongbing, I am here on the order of Long live, how many soldiers are there in Shenyang?"

"Thirty thousand!" He Shixian answered without fear of boiling water, but Qin Bangping didn't feel embarrassed at all, and continued to say with a cold face:

"Are they all this rabble?"

He pointed his whip at the soldiers and horses of Liao Town who couldn't even put on their helmets properly, and then received some abuse in the next second.

"Who are the southern barbarians talking about? Don't use your southern barbarian accent to talk about us, I don't understand!"

"Nan Manzi, do you want to practice!"

The north-south issue in the Ming Dynasty was an issue left over from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty. Especially after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the north and the south were divided for nearly a hundred years, and the culture and customs of both sides had undergone tremendous changes.

The contradiction between the northern soldiers and the southern soldiers almost ran through the entire Ming Dynasty.

"What are you scolding?!"

Xiong Tingbi scolded angrily, and the voices of the group became quieter. Qin Bangping was not angry when he saw this, but turned his head and said to the white soldiers:

"Brothers, they said they would practice with us..."

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

In an instant, the white soldiers came to their spirits, and stomped their white guns neatly. The rumbling sound, coupled with the "woo woo" sound in their mouths, instantly formed a sense of oppression outside the security gate.

Almost in a few breaths, six thousand soldiers with white poles formed a formation, the white poles were like a forest, and the cold light was dazzling.

It seemed that in the next second, these white soldiers would stab out their spears and knock down all the Liao soldiers at the security gate.

"Xiong Tingbi and He Shixian accept the order!"

Suddenly, before everyone could react, Qin Bangping took out the imperial decree in his arms, held it high and said:
"In accordance with the order of Long Live, I will take over the defense of Shenyang, and abolish the vacancy, and defend Shenyang!"

The army was right at the gate of the city, and it was too late to close the city now, not to mention that the white soldiers had already aimed more than [-] cannons of the generals at the top of the city.

No one thought that the emperor would dare to play this game, even Xiong Tingbi had cold sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know how to mediate the current situation.

Only then did He Shixian and You Shigong realize that they had been deceived, and they all looked at Xiong Tingbi.

But when they saw the sweat dripping from Xiong Tingbi's forehead, they immediately knew that Xiong Tingbi didn't know about it.

"How to do?"

This image flashed through He Shixian's mind, and countless possibilities came up in his mind.

He and You Shigong supported a family of three thousand soldiers, Shenyang City had [-] soldiers and horses on the surface, but in fact more than half of them were eaten by him.

If this matter is found out, it will be enough for him to die ten times.

Is it too late to close the city gate now?What can we do after closing the city gate?
Take refuge in Nurhachi?But this distance is simply too late.

Just as countless possibilities flashed through He Shixian's mind, Qin Bangping changed the subject:

"Those who take the initiative to report vacancies will not be investigated in the past. The soldiers and horses left in Shenyang and Liaoyang will have an annual salary of fifteen taels!"

After saying a word, the Liao soldiers at the security gate fell silent in an instant.

Their previous military pay was twelve taels, but only ten taels were available, but now the military salary has risen to fifteen taels. With such conditions, they wished they could all stay in Shenyang City.

As for Xiong Tingbi, when he heard this, he immediately raised his face and asked He Shixian:

"He Shixian, how much vacancy is available in Shenyang City, now is an opportunity, if you tell the truth, Long Live will not blame you, Long Live has already told this old man."

Xiong Tingbi's sudden standing in line almost left He Shixian with no choice.

The ordinary Liao soldiers behind him were all attracted by the military salary of fifteen taels of silver. With him and You Shigong's three thousand family members, even if they could break out of the encirclement, they would probably suffer heavy casualties.

"I..." Confusion flashed across He Shixian's face, and finally he sighed:
"Six battalions of Shenyang and Kong'e, four battalions of combat soldiers, and two battalions of auxiliary soldiers..."

In one sentence, it basically settled the overall situation.

He Shixian still couldn't accept defecting and defecting to Nurhachi. He would rather die in Daming than surrender.

After getting his answer, Qin Bangping also put down the imperial decree in his hand, and the white soldiers behind him also put away their positions against the enemy.

Qin Bangping bowed to He Shixian and said:

"Since Mr. He has already explained it, I will not report to the court. I will cross them out on the grounds of being old and weak about the empty quota."

"The remaining soldiers and horses in Shenyang City, after the survival of the fittest, the remaining soldiers and horses are still under the control of the two chief soldiers."

His words made He Shixian and You Shigong breathe a sigh of relief.

Not playing the show means that this matter will not become a big deal, and the heads of the two of them will be saved.

As for the abolition of troops and horses, it is also a good thing, but I don't know how many will be left, and whether they can hold Shenyang City.

Therefore, in line with the principle of guarding, He Shixian bowed to Qin Bangping:

"Thank you General Qin, but it is good to get rid of the old and the weak, but if there are too few people guarding Shenyang, it may cause the old slaves to raise an army to attack."

"Don't worry, Zongbing He, with our soldiers and horses, even if Nurhachi wants to invade Shenyang, he can only leave a lot of corpses behind." Qin Bangping responded.

"Hahaha!" Xiong Tingbi laughed heartily when he saw that the conflict between the two had been eliminated and Shenyang's defense could be strengthened:
"Now that the matter is settled, don't draw swords."

"I don't drink alcohol on weekdays, but today the soldiers from Sichuan are stationed in Shenyang. It's a great event, and I should drink a pot of wine!"

"Hehe, what Jinglue said is..." You Shigong also smiled apologetically at the side, and Qin Bangping bowed to several people when he saw this, and then said to Qin Banghan next to him:
"Send [-] people to take over the city, and then ask Minping to go to the barracks to eliminate the old and the weak. The remaining soldiers and horses will be dispatched by He Zongbing and You Zongbing."

"Yes!" Although Qin Banghan was still a little angry about being scolded as a barbarian, he also knew that the current situation should be stable.

He led three thousand Sichuan soldiers into the city first, and then took over Shenyang's city defense.

Immediately afterwards, all the Liao soldiers were assembled by Qin Banghan in the barracks, and those who were under five feet four in height and could not hold a hundred catties of stone pier were abolished one after another.

However, when they were abolishing, the people in a grain shop immediately notified their boss after seeing the Sichuan soldiers changing defenses:

"Boss, look, the soldiers and horses on the top of the city have changed. Did the imperial court send new soldiers and horses to garrison?"

"Huh?" Hearing this, a manager who was selling food inside came out, looked at the Baiganchuan soldier who was changing defense at the top of the city, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Well, it should be..." The manager responded, and then said to the guy:

"Looking at the store, I have a stomach ache. Go to the hut in the backyard for convenience."

"You go." Seeing this, the clerk smiled and sent the steward into the backyard, but after entering the backyard, the steward did not go to the hut, but walked to the back door of the backyard, and opened a side room of the back door.

At this moment, lying on the kang in the side room was a short and stout man in his early five feet.

He was leaning on the kang, reading novels bought from some bookstores in the city.

Seeing the steward walking into his room, he glanced at him and said, "What's bothering me?"

"Things have changed. There is a new army at the top of the city. They look a bit like people from the south." The officer closed the door and explained to the man.

"People from the south?" Hearing this, the man got up and put on his shoes, then followed the officer out of the yard, walked from the back door to the alley, and took a look at the Baiganchuan army who was changing defense on the Shenyang city wall.

The originally puzzled expression of the man became serious when he saw Baigan Chuanbing.

"How is it?" The manager came over, and the man turned his head and said:

"This matter is a bit serious, I have to notify the Patriarch."

"Is this matter so serious?" Hearing that the Patriarch was going to be notified, the head of the family was stunned, and the man also said:
"You don't know. They are bloated. It looks like they are wearing triple armor. Although they are not as tall as Liao soldiers, they have big joints in their hands. They have a lot of brute force."

"If they change their garrison, maybe the sky in Shenyang city will change."

Speaking of this, the man said to the boss: "You ask someone to inquire and see if there are any changes in other places."

"If there is, I will tell the Patriarch together."

"Okay!" Hearing this, the manager followed the man back to the courtyard, and after going to the store, he said to the shopkeeper who was selling things:
"Xiao Si, new people have arrived in Shenyang, help me to the gate of the barracks, and ask if I need to buy some food."

After all, he threw out a small string of copper coins, estimated to have a hundred coins, which seemed to be handed over to the clerk.

"Go now." The man grabbed the string of money and walked towards the military camp in the city with a smile on his face.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at the gate of the barracks, but he saw Liao soldiers who had changed into regular uniforms and came out dejectedly.

He saw a familiar face among the crowd, went up and patted that person and said:
"Master Li, why are you downcast? What's the matter with this package?"

The person who was photographed thought who it was, turned around and saw Xiaosi who often came to inquire about whether the barracks could buy food, and sighed:
"What can I do? Naturally, I was kicked out."

"Get out?" Xiaosi couldn't believe it, but the man said:
"A group of southern barbarians came and said they wanted to reduce the number of soldiers and horses and go to the vacancies. In the end, they sent us away after paying the arrears."

"At present, the original Shenyang base in the barracks is estimated to only have six or seven thousand people."

"Including the group of southern barbarians, it's less than [-] at most, which is a bit more than before."

"However, they brought a lot of food carts. It is estimated that there is enough food for the barracks in a short period of time, so it will be a waste of your trip."

"Where is it..." Hearing the news, Xiao Si fumbled from his sleeve, took out ten coins and handed it to the other party, saying:

"Thank you, Master Li, for the news."

"It's just a little busy, hurry back to your grain store." The man also accepted the ten cents unceremoniously, then turned and left.

Without military pay and no auxiliary soldiers, he had to change his way of life.

As for Xiao Si, after inquiring about the news, he went back to the grain shop and told the manager the news.

When the manager heard the news, his expression became a little unnatural for a moment, and after ordering Xiao Si to look at the store, he turned and went back to the backyard, and told the man who was changing clothes about the changes in Shenyang City.

When the man heard this, he didn't say much, he just told the manager:

"It will take six or seven days for me to come back. Be careful yourself."

"Well, you should be more careful along the way." The manager was worried, but the man smiled and said:
"Don't worry, tell the Patriarch this news, I guess you and I have rewards."

He gave a hearty smile, and then walked out of the side house, led a nasty horse out of the back door, walked out along the alley, and then found the direction to leave the city.

The white soldier had just taken over the defense, and the city gate hadn't been taken care of, so he easily got out of the city.

However, the direction he rode his horse towards was the east where the Ming army defended an important direction...

　Because I had to work overtime yesterday and today, there is only one update today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)