Chapter 175 Let Yang Yuan go first

During the Spring Festival of the 25th year of Wanli, Wei Gang was busy surrounding the Li family. Relying on Li Rumei to do business, giving gifts was a sure thing, but the most important thing was not this, but the discussion on sending troops to North Korea. The Li family has been in the court for many years, so there are many eyeliners. There is a little news in the capital, and it will be known in Liaoyang City in a few days.

At this speed, there would be no second in the north. However, if Li Chengliang knew that the monk Wei, under his three boys, knew the news about the capital faster than theirs, he would probably have grown up in surprise.

Near the mountain near Qingniwa Port, there is a small building. People in the building do nothing else every day, and they are in charge of collecting and placing pigeons. As for what the pigeons have on their legs, they are for him to show them, and he doesn't know. This is not a question of illiteracy, but the content written on the letter is composed of passwords. If there is no password book, no one can guess it. Needless to say, this thing was naturally created by Wei Gang. Now not only Hawkeye uses this pigeon to convey messages, but also his caravans, which are also used by his caravans. Li Ji shop has now opened up in the capital and Shandong boundaries. With the entry of the transaction, the pigeons are naturally spread in the warehouses of various shops. Many Hawkeye people entered all parts of the Ming Dynasty as Li Ji caravans.

After the first month of the year, the news from the capital was like flowing water, and there were changes almost every day. In this situation, Li Chengliang naturally couldn't sit still and hurriedly summoned his own children to discuss the matter of sending troops to North Korea.

The ones who could be summoned for discussion were naturally his own sons, and then his personal soldiers from the past. Wei Gang, as the commander of Li Rumei, also participated in the discussion this time, but he was very smart and kept his mouth firmly in his mouth, not asking or talking.

Last time in North Korea, their Li family's performance was a terrible one. Zu Chengxun, who was at the beginning, was beaten to death because of underestimating the enemy. If it weren't for the inconspicuous Monk Wei who later guaranteed it, he would have been thrust in the court before his eldest son Li Rusong entered North Korea. Fortunately, the heads that Monk Wei killed were placed there, blocking the mouths of those who were not in opposition to their family.

Later, his boss Li Rusong was also very determined. He captured Pyongyang in one breath and pushed it directly to the North Korean Wang Jing. Unfortunately, he underestimated the enemy later, which led to the failure of the Bitiguan. In fact, there was no failure there. Although many people died in his family, more Japanese pirates died. You should know that his family fought more with less. Of course, Li Chengliang saw this, and those civil officials who had heard the news would not have seen it like this. They still clamored that if the monk Wei, under the command of the third boy, had swallowed the more than 20,000 Japanese pirates and the Eastern Route Army on the Eastern Front, probably those people would have gone to heaven again.

Because of this, the court only gave Li Rusong a false title. The left governor of the Central Army Governor's Office, the first-rank official position, and the military generals were probably very good at Dengfeng. But everyone knows that after Emperor Chengzu, the five armed forces were vacant goods and had no rights at all. The rights had been taken away by the Ministry of War, and it was just a decoration.

Li Rusong also knew where his problem was, but the civil officials were clamoring there every day, so he had no choice. Fortunately, the emperor seemed to have always been optimistic about their Li family. Li Rusong has been temporarily staying in the capital in recent years, staring at the situation in the court.

Later, after many inquiries from Li Chengliang's confidants in the capital, they still understood what the emperor meant, that is, they were optimistic about their Li family. Even when Dong Yiyuan defeated the sneak attack of the three guards of Duoyan, Emperor Wanli said after reading the war report that the Li family would do it, and so on.

The peace talks on the exclusion and offerings planned by the Minister of War Shi Xing were completely exposed. If he deceived the emperor, there would be no good result. He had been sent to the imperial prison for the Jinyiwei by the emperor, and North Korea would naturally start fighting. Li Chengliang originally planned to take this opportunity to mobilize his relationship in the capital and let his boss take charge again. But he didn't know that none of the people in the cabinet agreed to let Li Rusong take charge. Although Emperor Wanli had the intention, he could not withstand the clamor of the civil officials. After all, Li Rusong had the first defeat there. As a result, he fought over and over and over and introduced the general Magui in the west. At this time of the Ming Dynasty, there was something to do with Li Xima. That means that the two most famous among the generals guarding the nine sides were the Li family in Liao Town in the east, and the other was the Ma family in Shaanxi.

When Li Chengliang failed to make a plan, he remembered to let his old subordinates or nephews in Liaozhen go out. At least he could make some military achievements. To be honest, Li Chengliang really didn't care much about those sluts. In this regard, he really had the same knowledge as the dead ghost Zu Chengxun. Maybe it was because Wei Gang captured the heads of those Japanese pirates too easily. When he saw them in Liaozhen, he thought that those sluts were easy to fight.

The more military achievements you make, the Li family can still maintain this position. Are you a warrior? If you want to gain a foothold in this town, the first thing you have to rely on is the sword in your own hands.

The reason why he wanted his nephews or servants to send troops was because he got the news that the combat power of the newly recruited men in the court was too poor, and the people who reported the news were not enough to describe it. Of course, Li Chengliang would not believe it completely, but later the report told Li Chengliang about the specific situation he saw, and he believed that the news was true. It turned out that the people and military households were unwilling to obey the campaign near and farther away from the capital, because no one was willing to go to North Korea to die. Moreover, the general Wang Bao had lured and killed more than a thousand rebellious southern soldiers before. The reason was that his eldest son, Li Rusong, did not fulfill the decision to reward 5,000 taels of silver for those who went to the Pyongyang city wall first.

In the Li family's study, Li Ning, Cha Dashou, Qin Deyi, Sun Shoulian, Li Pinghu and other Li Chengliang's personal soldiers were all there. In addition to these people, even the nephews left their homes, Li Rubai, Li Rumei and others were all sitting in the lower head. As for Wei Gang, there was no place, but just standing behind Li Rumei.

"I'm calling everyone here to discuss with you what you think of the troops sent to North Korea. If you have anything to say, don't hide it. I have been with me for so many years, and I know who is of temper." Li Chengliang had just finished smoking a big cigarette, and a cigarette gun carved from Hetian jade was still on the table. At this time, he was full of energy and had no old attitude at all.

"Master General, if you want me, Lao Sun, to see, the court's meaning has not been clear yet. Should we wait and see before talking about it?" Sun Shoulian spoke first.

"Well, I think so too." Qin Deyi said, but his eyes were wandering around, staring at other people's eyes.

"If you want me to see, since the court is bound to fight, then we might as well sign up and lead our own children over there, at least we can earn some military merits. The court is treating the general like this now, because we don't have much military merits. Let's give him something to him and let them see, our Li family is not without people, it's not a rare game in the past."

"Well, I love to hear Li Ning's words. Dashang, I, Pinghu, meant this, but there is still someone in this family to guard it."

"Three boys, what do you think?" Li Chengliang did not comment on the answers of these personal soldiers, but asked his own third son Li Rumei.

"Well, Father, if you want me to see, let's be more secure. The court still won't recruit many soldiers and horses at the end, and in the end, we have to use the soldiers and horses in Liaozhen. This is all a matter of time, but I think we can't stand up first. The last time Zu Chengxun was a lesson."

"Well, it seems that the third brother is still considerate. Your elder brother is not here. It seems that you can still bear it in our family. This time when you arrive in North Korea, your elder brother can't be in charge. If the imperial court selects soldiers from our Liao Town, I think you should go. The second brother stays at home and guards our old camp. Oh, take the monk with you, this guy is a lucky general." When Li Chengliang said this, he did not care about the second brother Li Rubai next to Li Rumei. Among these guys, except for the eldest, he really values ​​the third brother the most. He really didn't care much about the second brother and other boys.

"Master-in-chief, what should we do now? Just wait like this. The court has issued a conscription document to our Liao Town. Li Hualong will be recruiting troops in a while. He will always send a group of troops out first." Li Rubai was obviously a little dissatisfied with Li Chengliang's words, and immediately followed up with the matter of sending troops.

"Well, the second brother said that, no matter what, we still have to take out a team of people first. If I want to see, let Yang Yuan go. At least we have fought with the boss in North Korea before, and we know the depth."

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After discussing the specific matters of sending troops again, the meeting was disbanded. As soon as Li Chengliang spoke, the tone was settled.

In April, Yang Yuan took his three thousand personal soldiers and rode his horse and crossed the Yalu River again.

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