My life skills in Daming Liver

Li Rusong held a military meeting late at night, and his generals were a little confused about the situation. After Li Rusong raised his tent, he immediately said:

"Generals, I am going to lead my troops to break out of the encirclement and move into Shanhaiguan. What do you think?"

Hearing what Li Rusong said, the soldiers were shocked. Everyone quickly understood that the so-called transfer meant leading the army to escape.

At this time, a veteran under Li Rusong said quickly:

"Young General, you must not do this!"

"Major General, don't look at the Jurchens outside the city who look powerful. In fact, these Jurchens have no engineering equipment at all, let alone artillery. They are just a bunch of rabble. We have enough food and ammunition in Liaoyang City. As long as we hold on and wait until the general comes to help, the female The real person will be defeated immediately.”

"We abandon the fortified city at this time, and lead the elites to escape into the wild, and compete in speed with the Jurchens who are good at riding and shooting on the snowy fields. Isn't this playing into the hands of the Jurchen cavalry?"

After listening to the veteran's words, Li Rusong still felt uneasy.

He has received news that his father Li Chengliang has led troops to support him, but with Liaodong in such a state, when the siege of Liaoyang is lifted, I am afraid that his father will never let him go.

Moreover, in the past few days in Liaoyang City, Li Rusong became more and more suspicious. He always felt that someone wanted to kill him and surrender to the city.

There are still two thousand elite Liaoyang cavalry in the city. These soldiers and horses should be able to escort him out of the city safely.

But seeing that all the generals expressed their opposition, Li Rusong did not insist. He just dismissed the generals and asked them to continue to defend the city.

After the military meeting dispersed, the veteran general who had spoken to prevent Li Rusong from leaving the city sighed. He returned home and called his son, who was also serving in the army, and said:

"Liaoyang can no longer be defended."

The son of the veteran general was shocked and asked: "The city has enough food, grass, soldiers and horses, how can it not be able to defend it?"

The veteran said: "The young general no longer has the ambition to defend the city. This winter has been bitterly cold and the ice and snow have accumulated thickly. Even if the general leaves the customs immediately, he will have to wait for the snow to loosen and melt before he can come to Liaoyang. It has been such a long time. I’m afraid the Major General will collapse first.”

The son of the veteran general said anxiously: "Father, why not let the young general lead the cavalry out of the city while you continue to guard Liaoyang?"

The veteran sighed heavily and said: "The most important thing about defending the city is not the men and horses that the young general wants to take away, but the strength."

"If the Major General wants to abandon the city and run away, how can other people in the city be determined to continue to defend it? At that time, no one will be willing to defend the city with all their strength, and they all want to escape quickly. No matter how many people there are in the city, they will not be able to defend it. !”

"A general cannot take the lead, and ordinary soldiers are not fools. Why should they sacrifice their lives for the Li family?"

"Since ancient times, many cities have been defeated not by the city being breached, but by the collapse of the will of the generals who defended the city."

The veteran's son said in fear: "Then father, what should we do?"

The old general said:

"Although my advice today has dissuaded the young general, there are still people who are greedy for life and fear of death and continue to slander. Moreover, the young general himself does not have much willpower to defend the city. I am afraid that Liaoyang City cannot be defended."

"You take your family and join my army, and then let people keep an eye on the Major General's movements. If he mobilizes his troops to escape, follow his army out of the city."

After the veteran told his son, his son immediately asked:

"Father, how are you preparing?"

The veteran said:

"The general has been kind to my family, so naturally he stayed to repay his kindness."

"Father!"

"The family will be left to you. Don't hesitate after leaving the city. Head south to meet the general. It's best to tell the general what the major general did in Liaodong. Then you can just let the general do what he wants. .”

"this?"

"Just listen to me. You will be ready today. I think the Major General will be leaving the city in the next few days."

The veteran's guess was good. It was obvious that Li Ruzhen also knew the temper of his young master Li.

After several night sieges, Li Rusong's nerves became even weaker. He organized his personal guards several times to prepare to leave the city, but was persuaded to go back by his men.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ruzhen began to encircle three but one, deliberately leaving a loophole in the encirclement of the city gate, and retreated his military camp dozens of miles to the rear of Liaoyang City.

Now Li Rusong wanted to escape even more. He sent people to inquire about the situation. When he saw that Li Rushen had indeed given up a way to escape, he became even more enthusiastic about leaving Liaoyang City.

Sure enough, as Li Rushe had expected, on February 14, Li Rusong led two thousand elite cavalry under his command, exited from the east gate, the weakest point of the encirclement, and quickly fled south.

At night, Li Ruzhen was called out by his subordinates and heard the news of Li Rusong's escape. The Jurchen soldiers around him quickly asked:

"Clan leader, let's attack quickly and we can still catch up!"

But Li Ruzhen said: "Chasing? What are you chasing after? I finally hope that Li Rusong will escape. Do I still want to chase him back?"

All the soldiers were a little confused, and Li Rushe said:

"The Han people have a saying: Don't chase after a poor enemy. Now that Li Rusong is a trapped beast, just let him leave. What we want is the city of Liaoyang!"

"Now that coach Li Rusong is taking the lead in escaping, the city must have lost the will to defend the city. This is the best time to enter the city!"

"Come here, pass on my military order. The whole army will attack the city overnight. They will storm the east gate where Li Rusong escaped! Drive out all the Han prisoners, and even step on their corpses to board the city gate!"

Li Ruzhen issued hysterical orders, and the current situation has reached a point where the Jurchens' survival is at stake.

Li Chengliang's army will enter Liaodong as long as the spring begins. With the strength of the Ming court's new army, the Jurchens will not be able to resist in the spring and summer.

Li Ruzhen knew very well that if he wanted to survive, he had to rob Liaoyang, capture some Han craftsmen, and preferably take away the Han artillery.

Then relying on the prestige of this victory, he called on all the Jurchen tribes to unite and flee to the far north where Li Chengliang's army could not pursue them. He waited until Li Chengliang returned to the capital before planning to develop.

Of course, Li Ruzhen knew that the Jurchens could gather around him. In addition to his own prestige, the more important thing was that he could lead everyone to plunder loot from the Han people.

If there are not enough benefits, Jianzhou Jurchen itself will fall apart.

Of course Li Ruzhen would not send elite cavalry to pursue Li Rusong. After he gave the order, the Jurchens began to attack the city frantically. Sure enough, this time the defenders in the city could not resist.

As Li Ruzhen expected, the escape of the coach had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers defending the city. Especially the defenders at the east gate were in chaos and were soon attacked by the Jurchens.