My life skills in Daming Liver

Xiong Kuang led an independent regiment to stay in Guizhou to suppress bandits.

The capital, Li Chengliang's house.

He looked at the letter sent by his son from Liaoyang, and the veins on Li Chengliang's forehead jumped. He slapped the letter on the table and said loudly: "You traitor! You traitor!"

After Li Chengliang tried to weaken the military power of his subordinates and proposed the idea of ​​swapping commanders in various towns, his commanders turned their attention to Li Rusong in Liaoyang.

Originally, Li Chengliang thought that this matter could be easily solved. If his son Li Rusong took the lead in agreeing to the swap, he would be able to complete the job of swapping commanders and weaken the control of each military chief over his subordinates.

But the result was that Li Rusong not only did not immediately support his plan, but was the first to jump out and take the lead in opposing it!

The reason for his son Li Rusong's objection is also very simple. The Jurchen banditry in Liaodong is serious and he cannot leave Liaodong now.

This made Li Chengliang very angry. This was the last trick he used back then!

Faced with Li Chengliang's rage, Shan HaoXian, his number one adviser, became even more disappointed.

Although Li Chengliang was furious, he did not really force his son Li Rusong to be transferred away from Liaodong.

Shanhaoxian actually understood Li Chengliang's thoughts very well.

Liaodong is where Li Chengliang started his career, is also his hometown, and is now an important source of military recruits.

Governor Ji Liao was outside the pass again, cut off from all traffic within the pass. Although his son was rebellious, he was still a son of flesh and blood. If any of the commanders were allowed to go outside the pass, Li Chengliang would be so worried that he could not sleep.

Therefore, although Li Chengliang was angry, he did not take any actual action. He was angry that his son resisted his authority, not that the matter of adjusting the commander was aborted.

Shanhao sighed first. This is often the case with many things. You know exactly what to do, but you still answer the wrong question.

People in power always want both. They can see the problems and the benefits of things, but they always don't want to pay the price that things require.

Whenever they are asked to give up some interests, they always want others to give up their interests first. Even if the interests given by others are far greater than their own interests, even when the matter is imminent, they still Making his own plans.

Shan Hao first thought of Li Chengliang's advice to him when he was in Shandong. It could be said that he followed good advice, but why did everything change when he arrived in the capital?

Having given up on adjusting the commander, Shanhao had no choice but to say;

"General, the top priority is still the war in Henan."

"Yes, Henan!"

Li Chengliang asked: "The southeastern bandit army in Suiyang has stopped. Chen Yiqin once again asked the court for help. This time I plan to order the new troops from the two towns in Shandong to attack Xuzhou and contain the forces in the southeast."

Li Chengliang looked at Hao Xian. He thought that Hao Xian would praise him for his decision, but he didn't expect Hao Xian's expression to change and he immediately said:

"General, you must not do this!"

"Why?"

"What Chen Yiqin needs is for us to directly send troops to Henan. During the Battle of Suiyang, Henan's army was already frightened by the southeastern bandits. Besides, apart from Suiyang, Henan has no danger to defend. The support of our army is their only hope. .”

"If our army does not arrive, then as long as the southeastern bandit army launches another attack, Chen Yiqin will surrender!"

"Although there is no strategic problem in attacking Xuzhou, in the eyes of Henan soldiers and civilians, this is the general sacrificing Henan to attack Xuzhou in order to expand his territory. Then Henan will no longer have the courage to resist!"

Li Chengliang's face looked a little ugly, but Shanhao Xian did get his dark little thoughts right.

Rather than directly sending troops to rescue Henan, Li Chengliang was more willing to attack Xuzhou.

According to the scouts' intelligence and basic inferences, there are not many troops stationed in Xuzhou, and after many years of management in the southeast, Xuzhou has built railways and various infrastructures, making it very prosperous.

The land obtained by attacking Xuzhou belongs to oneself. Even if it cannot be occupied for a long time, it can still be grabbed and left.

But this is not the case in supporting Henan. They were originally meant to unite with Chen Yiqin to rescue Henan. It was also difficult to occupy the land that Li Chengliang conquered.

The benefits of supporting Henan were not available, which made Li Chengliang very reluctant to directly send troops to rescue Henan.

But Li Chengliang also knew very well that if he did not rescue Henan, Shaanxi would not be able to protect it after losing Henan. By that time, he would definitely not be an opponent in the southeast with only Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Gyeonggi and Liaodong.

Seeing that Li Chengliang was still hesitating, Shanhao knew that his suggestion had failed again.

Only then did Shan Haoxian understand that he was able to operate with ease in Shandong because Li Chengliang was a local warlord at that time. The strategy he proposed to him was to continuously obtain subsidies from the central government and then rise in the competition within the Ming court.

Li Chengliang's own thinking is also at this level. He always thinks about getting benefits from Ming Ting, and finds reasons to retreat when he needs his own efforts.

The military leaders under his command also had the same idea. They would eat the meat themselves and run away when they gnawed the bones.

The cooperation was so tacit at that time, but it is so painful now.

Now that Li Chengliang is asked to act in the interests of the Ming Dynasty as a whole and no longer just think about the troops in his hands, Li Chengliang hesitates, calculating like a stingy landowner and old farmer, procrastinating and settling accounts, but refusing to take action. rescue.

Li Chengliang said: "If our troops are allowed to send troops to support Henan like this, and end up fighting hard but supporting friendly forces, I am afraid it will break the hearts of the soldiers."

"I have sent an envoy to contact Chen Yiqin. If we regain Suiyang, then let the new army from Shandong be stationed in Suiyang. Then I can explain it to the sergeants under my command, so that the hearts of the soldiers will not be chilled, and everyone will be motivated to fight. .”

Shanhao looked at Li Chengliang speechlessly. At this time, we still need to negotiate. Between the coming and going of the envoys, I am afraid that Southeast will attack again. At that time, Chen Yiqin might as well just surrender to Southeast!

When Shan Hao was still trying to persuade him, Li Chengliang waved his hand and said, "I have already sent an envoy. Sir, there is no need to say anything more!"

Artemisia could only sigh first.

Sure enough, as Shanhaoxian expected, by the time Li Chengliang's envoy arrived in Kaifeng, the Southeast New Army had already stocked up on artillery shells and gave Chen Yiqin an ultimatum.

The ultimatum from Southeast and Li Chengliang's letter were delivered at the same time, making Chen Yiqin laugh out loud.

Here, Southeast has already surrendered unconditionally. Is Li Chengliang still discussing the division of territory after the war?

By the time Li Chengliang delayed sending troops, Henan had already fallen into the hands of the Southeast, so why talk about territory without territory?

Chen Yiqin was completely desperate. He called his son and said:

"The imperial court is like this. It's exhausted. Where is the southeast envoy? I want to see him!"