Fushun City was built in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, it is a brick city built under the Gaoer Mountain on the north bank of the Hunhe River, its name is Fushun, which means to Fusui Frontier, and the meaning of Shun Guide the people. The scale of Fushun City is not large, three hundred and seventy-six zhang in two miles around, the pond is one zhang and five zhang deep, and two zhang wide.

During the Hongwu period, Fushun Thousand Households was set up, under the jurisdiction of Shenyang Zhongwei, there were 1,200 soldiers, and the current Thousand Households Guerrilla was Li Yongfang, a native of Tieling.

Four days ago, Nurha Chitu, the leader of the right guard of Jianzhou, led 5,000 elite cavalry to garrison Fushun Pass, which was more than 40 miles away from Fushun City, and threatened to ask Gao Huai to return his ginseng and Dongzhu money to the Liaodong Mine Supervisor, otherwise he would send troops to attack Fushun City.

On the one hand, there are only more than 1,000 defenders in Fushun City, and on the other hand, I don't know where the right guard of Jianzhou has the courage to raise troops to enter the city.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked, and the garrison Wang Mingyin and others were actively preparing for war, preparing to inflict heavy losses on Nurhachi, so that he knew the power of the Ming army. At the same time, he sent someone to Shenyang to report urgently, asking Li Dashuai to quickly send troops to pacify Jianzhou.

However, Li Yongfang, a guerrilla of thousands of households, dissuaded Wang Mingyin, and he said to Wang Mingyin and others that Nurhachi came here just to ask for money from that Gao Huai, and the reason why he raised troops to Fushun Pass was just to intimidate, and he would never dare to really attack the city.

Wang Mingyin and others were suspicious, and news came that Nurhachi personally brought people to Fushun to ask for a meeting with the guerrilla Li Yongfang.

Nurhachi and his entourage were about 100 people, bringing gifts such as ginseng, deer antler, and Dongzhu. Because he was worried that Li Yongfang would not be able to look down on these specialties he brought, Nurhachi specially sent someone to a money house in Fushun to exchange a few silver tickets of 1,000 taels.

Since the beginning of the thirteen armors, Nurhachi has dealt with Ming Dynasty officials for many years, and he himself has served in the Ming army, knowing that the Ming Dynasty officials are very low, that is, civil officials of the same grade as guerrillas, and there are not many taels of silver a year, not to mention a military position outside this deserted pass.

Chu Ying, the eldest son of Nurhachi, did not agree with Ama to go to Fushun to see Li Yongfang, saying that the real purpose of raising troops in Fushun Pass this time, Li Yongfang and other generals of the Guanbao Acropolis may not know, if they really think that Ama is raising a counter-flag, isn't Ama going into the mouth of a tiger.

Nurhachi didn't care, and said to Zhenying: "Li Yongfang, Ama has dealt with him a few times, and he is the most greedy for money. This kind of person can't get along with people, and he won't get along with money. After speaking, he asked Feiyangu, one of the five ministers, to take people to Fushun City.

Feiyangu was a general under Nurhachi, who had learned martial arts since childhood, was brave and skilled in riding and archery, and at the age of twelve he was able to draw a strong bow of more than ten stones. Since he raised troops with Nurhachi to conquer the various departments of Jianzhou, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and Fei Yingdong, Eyidu, He Heli, and Hu Erhan are known as the five heroes of Jianzhou. Nurhachi privately called the five of his most trusted and inseparable ministers.

After receiving the order, Feyangu selected sixty warriors from the Yellow Banner that came this time to go with Nurhachi. Eight years ago, after Nurhachi returned from paying tribute to Beijing, he reorganized his headquarters into four banner soldiers, with yellow, red, white, and blue as the flag colors, and each flag had about 4,000 elite cavalry. Now, with the conquest of Ula, Hada, Donghai, Haixi and the savage Jurchens, Nurhachi's military strength has grown more and more, and there are more than 40,000 elite cavalry.

On the way, Nurhachi and Feiyangu stated their purpose, that is, he wanted to use troops against the Ula tribe again, but he lacked armor, so he wanted to buy some from the Ming army, and the Ming army would not interfere with his use of troops in the Urabu.

"The intentions of the King of Khan are only understood, but Li Yongfang of Fushun is just a guerrilla, how much can he do for me. The king of Khan might as well send an envoy to see Li Dashuai, this time the king of Khan was summoned by him to Fushun Pass, and Li Dashuai always wants to show us a thing or two. "The Feiyang Trail.

Nurhachi shook his head and said, "No, you don't know, the marshal has become suspicious of me. He was too old to see the eagle's wings out of his wings. ”

"The king of Khan said so, and the minions understood." In addition to being brave, Feiyangu is also very smart, combined with Li Chengliang's recent intention to win over and support Shulhaqi, he suddenly understood the scruples of King Khan.

"When dealing with Han people, sometimes we don't necessarily need to deal with their high-ranking officials, as long as we give enough benefits, those at the bottom can meet our requirements."

Nurhachi chuckled softly, at the age of fifty, he still looked so strong and heroic. However, even if he brought 5,000 elite soldiers to Fushun Pass, he knew that Fushun was guarding Li Yongfang's character, and Nurhachi still didn't dare to hold it up, so when he arrived in front of Fushun City, he dismounted far away and asked Fei Yanggu to take out the silver and hand it to the guards at the gate, asking them to pass it on their behalf.

The guards knew that Jianzhou had 5,000 elite soldiers stationed in Fushun Pass, and threatened to attack Fushun, so they were all taken aback when they learned that it was Nuerhachi, the leader of Jianzhou's right guard, who came.

However, when they saw the white flowers, the soldiers guarding the gate smiled again, and happily went to Nurhachi.

"See?"

Nurhachi turned sideways to Fei Yanggu and said: "When you get to the Han people, it is still easy to use silver, but only a few taels of silver, these Han soldiers will run away." ”

King Khan said so interestingly, Feiyangu couldn't help laughing: "The servants heard that this is called Menjing, and some disciples will take these names of silver, accumulate a lot, and they can also make a fortune." ”

"Are you willing to do that, then?" Nurhachi stared at Feyangu.

Feiyangu hurriedly said: "Don't dare." The minions followed the Khan King to fight, and lived this day of licking blood with knives all day long, even if they received money, it was useless, and they felt cumbersome to carry it on their bodies. ”

Nurhachi nodded and said, "No matter what time it is, silver is not a good thing. You have to remember that in the future, we Jurchens will become big weapons, and we can live without looking at the faces of the Han people, and we can't ask for silver like this. Otherwise, in order to receive any respects, you wantonly make things difficult for visitors, and I don't know how many people will be blocked back, and I, the king of Khan, will be difficult to communicate with and cut off from the outside world, and I will not put you under house arrest? That's really the case, Menjing is a little ghost who asks for his life. If you want to pay homage or die, you choose for yourself! ”

"How dare the minions!" Feiyangu's face changed in fright.

"I didn't mean you,"

Nurhachi was about to speak, but saw Li Yongfang dressed in military uniform, greeted him from the city gate, hugged his fists and saluted, and said with a smile: "It turned out that the governor of Dadu came, and he never greeted him from afar, forgive his sins!" ”

Nurhachi was the governor of the right guard of Jianzhou canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and Li Yongfang called him accordingly, and Nurhachi had no opinion.

He hurriedly walked a few steps, clasped his fists and saluted: "I haven't seen General Li for a few days, I miss it very much, I took the liberty to come to Fushun to see him, don't blame us for being abrupt." We Jurchens are not as good as you Han people, we only know how to treat people with enthusiasm, and there are no false courtesies. ”

According to the Ming official system, the guerrilla platoon is after the general soldier, the deputy general soldier, and the general staff, and before the garrison and the general. To give people the honorific title of general is already exalted.

Nurhachi called himself a general, Li Yongfang was used in his heart, and said with a smile: "This is good, and it is more temperamental." At that moment, he welcomed Nurhachi into the city, came side by side to his guerrilla palace hall, and sat down to drink tea.

Nurhachi took a big sip and praised: "General Li's tea is excellent, and it is fragrant to the throat and eyes." What I drank in Hetuara was a bitter tea, and it was hard to swallow. ”

Li Yongfang laughed, waved his hand and said: "The governor should not come to Fushun to talk to me Li Yongfang about tea, okay, the governor raised troops to Fushun Pass this time, but it scared me Fushun soldiers and civilians." Now that he has come alone, let me tell you anything about it. ”

Nurhachi smiled and looked at Feyangu. Fei Yangu hurriedly took out a few silver tickets from his arms and silently put them on the table next to Li Yongfang.

"Over the years, General Li has taken care of him, which is a little bit of a matter of respect, and General Li is not too little." Nurha equator.

Li Yongfang glanced at it slightly, and knew that the number was five thousand taels, and he was immediately very happy, and said: "The governor and I are not outsiders, if you have anything to say, why bother to send these things outside your body, won't this hurt our friendship for many years?" ”

"General Li doesn't have to think about it, although don't worry, I don't have anything to ask for, I just want to meet with adults and catch up with the past. In any case, if you want to say that in the public office, the general and I are all serving the court; In private, the general and I Jianzhou are friendly neighbors, if the general had not taken care of me all these years, I Nurhachi would not be where I am today. ”

Li Yongfang listened to him boldly, smiled and put away the silver ticket, ordered the wine to be arranged, and the two of them drank carefully. After a few glasses of wine, Nuerhachi sighed and said: "Lord Li, there must have been children married in the Zun Mansion, to say that there are often enemies between these in-laws, but I am afraid that there are very few people who do not get along with each other until death, right?" ”

"Why is there such a sigh all of a sudden?" Li Yongfang put down his chopsticks and looked at Nurhachi.

"I didn't have anything to do with Ye Heben, and I married Ye Hege as a blessing, but Buzhai and Nalin Bulu have embarrassed me many times, bullied Jianzhou for no reason, and didn't care about the friendship of Uncle Lang. Nabuzhai died in the chaos, they did not repent, but they made a feud with Jianzhou, that is, before their Yehe's daughter was about to die, they wanted to see Eniang, I sent people to invite them again and again, and they all refused to agree with a cold heart, so that my Fujin Menggu died blindly! Adults say you can't be hateful? ”

"This ...... It shouldn't be so ruthless. ”

Nuerhachi gritted his teeth with tears and said: "My Fujin shouted Eniang, Eniang until death, and the sound was endless, even if it was an iron heart, it would also cry when it was heard." I was right next to her, but I couldn't do anything, and the taste in my heart must have been felt by adults. I must seek justice for her, and I have this bad breath! ”

"If you want to attack Ye He, you have to think about the fire, don't lose your proportion, otherwise the court will ask you, and I won't be able to prevaricate." Li Yongfang took advantage of the wine, got up and said, "The garrisons in Fushun City are all elite soldiers, and they are equipped with some firearms, I will take you to have a look." ”

"Oh?" Nurhachi's heart moved, and he even said that it was great.

At that moment, Li Yongfang took Nurhachi to the Fushun school yard and ordered the firearms battalion to line up for drills, and the three hundred soldiers were all wearing light soft armor, wearing red tasseled felt hats, thin-soled combat boots, and each shouldering a four-foot-long weapon, with a long iron pipe in front and a wooden tray.

Li Yongfang pointed to the iron pipes and asked Nurhachi: "Have you seen this bird's beak?" ”

Nurhachi shook his head and said, "I've seen it before, but I've never seen it up close like this." This thing has a strange style, you can't cut it, you can't stab it, you can't hit it, what's the use? ”

Li Yongfang laughed and said, "Don't underestimate it, this fire gun is very powerful!" As long as it is loaded with gunpowder and buckshot for three coins, it can shoot 150 paces away, and even the birds in the forest can shoot down. ”

As soon as he waved his hand, a soldier came out and shot at the arrow target in the middle of the school field, and with a bang, a faint cloud of green smoke came out of the gun's mouth, hitting the bull's eye, and everyone shouted. The soldier took a little black powder from the powder jar under his waist, put it in the barrel of his gun, and used a thin cane to top it, and took out a few more lead bullets, and still sent them down with his cane, and raised his gun to shoot again.

Nurhachi saw the power of this firebolt in his eyes and asked: "The firebolt is faster than an arrow, but the charge is slow, once the enemy several teams of men and horses take turns to attack, I am afraid that the firearm will not be able to reload, and the head will be cut off." ”

"The firearms are loaded and fired quickly, if you can catch up with the bow and arrow, my firearms battalion of 300 people is worth the 2,000 iron cavalry you built a state. If the enemy takes turns to charge and kill, I will also take turns to shoot him, and the gunners of the firearms battalion stand in three rows in the middle of the formation, and the knife men and gunners stand on the two flanks, guarding each other and not giving the enemy a chance. ”

When Nurhachi heard this, he suddenly motioned for Feiyangu to come out. Feyangu understood what the Khan meant, and immediately drew his bow and rode his horse, and shot three arrows in a row, all of which hit the bull's-eye, and the soldier also shot two shots, and everyone cheered in unison.

Three arrows are better than two guns, Nuerhachi knows it in his heart, if the horse is fast and the arrows are sharp, my Jianzhou will really fight with your Ming army, but I will not allow your Ming army to settle the charge.

"I wonder if General Li can sell a few firecrackers and go back to hunting tigers with me?" Although Nurhachi was unimpressed by the power of the firecracker, he still wanted to buy a few rods from Li Yongfang and go back to tell the sons and daughters to figure it out, so as not to suffer the loss of the firecracker in the future.

"Well...," Li Yongfang looked embarrassed, "The fire gun is a sharp weapon in our army, and the imperial court guards it very strictly, and the governor either doesn't know it, or you Jurchen tribes don't have a single one." If I sell it to you, I will turn around and let Li Shuai know, but I will lose my head. ”

"General Li is unwilling to help, if he is willing to help, how can he care about this. Moreover, the general also has to go out to hunt several times a year, and it is inevitable that some wear and tear of the firearms will be lost. Nurhachi said, took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, and gently stuffed them into Li Yongfang's hand, "Don't hide it from the general, I came to Fushun this time, in addition to catching up with the general, I also want to buy some armor from the general, and I hope that the general will be successful." ”

"Well, that's it." Li Yongfang quietly put the silver ticket into his sleeve, "The governor and I are both working for the imperial court, so I'll do my best." ”

"So, thank you, General!" Nurhachi said with joy.

"By the way, how long does the governor plan to stay there in Fushun Pass this time? If Gonggong Gao still doesn't pay back the governor's money, is the governor really ready to attack me Fushun? In that case, I should prepare in advance, lest the governor destroy the city. Li Yongzhen said with a smile.

Nurhachi coughed lightly twice, and said in a low voice: "General Li said that he was joking, how can I have the courage to be an enemy of the imperial court, this time the garrison in Fushun Pass is just to repay Li Shuai's affection." ”

"Oh?"

Li Yongfang knew that Nurhachi had a very close relationship with Li Dashuai in Shenyang, and he also knew that it was impossible for Nurhachi to suddenly jump up and ask Gao Huai to repay the money. If he really had the courage to jump a few years ago, why would he be today?

Therefore, I am afraid that there is a lot of information about this matter.

I wanted to ask for an understanding, but I thought that Nurhachi would definitely not tell him, so he pondered for a while, smiled, and asked Nurhachi to come to his house to talk about the armament.

At this time, the garrison Wang Mingyin came over with an urgent official document, and when he saw the guerrilla and Nurhachi together, Wang Mingyin couldn't help muttering in his heart, dissatisfied with this.

But as a subordinate, Wang Mingyin did not dare to attack, and only presented the emergency to Li Yongfang.

After reading the express delivery, Li Yongfang's expression suddenly became extremely strange.

Seeing this, Nurhachi asked curiously, "General Li, what happened?" ”

"See for yourself."

Li Yongfang said and handed the official document directly to Nurhachi, which not only made Nurhachi stunned, but also made Wang Mingyin stunned: This is an official document sent by Li Dashuai in Shenyang, why did Master Li show it to the people of Jianzhou.

Confused, Nurhachi looked down at the official document. He served in the Ming army and knew a lot of Chinese characters, so he had no problem reading official documents.

"An angel sent by the imperial court asked General Li to accompany me to Jianzhou... Pay back? ”

After reading the official document, Nurhachi didn't react for a long time.