Li Chengliang was one of the most prominent generals in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Li of the "Southern Qi and Northern Li". His life's work was accomplished in Liaodong, and his name was destroyed in Liaodong.
In the fourth year of Longqing (1570), Li Chengliang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army, and began his glorious road.
It was a difficult job, and several people who had previously sat in this position had died. For example, the previous chief soldier, Wang Shoudao, died at the hands of the Mongols within a few years.
No way, the situation in Liaodong at that time was indeed very chaotic, and the armed robberies of the Mongol and Jurchen tribes rose and fell one after another, the most unstoppable of which was the Mongolian barbarian department. When they came out to smash and rob, all the people were soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and the Ming army could not resist at all.
After Li Chengliang took office, in the face of chaos, he quickly decided to fight the head bird of the earth barbarians to deter those unruly tribes.
Therefore, from the first year of the Wanli Calendar (1573 AD), Li Chengliang launched more than twenty large and small wars against the barbarians, basically every one or two months.
Li Zongbing's strength was not much, that is, 10,000 or 20,000 people, but all of them were cavalry, and they were well equipped, and each person had a three-eyed fire hammer, and when he started the battle, he first fired several rounds, and then turned the gun head, and the fire bolt immediately became an iron rod, which was very useful.
Not only that, Mr. Li Chengliang also likes to play shady tricks, as soon as the opponent hits, he will put a large pile of belongings outside, and when the Mongols get off their horses and grab things, he will immediately launch an attack.
Therefore, Li Chengliang's winning rate was very high, almost winning every battle, and tossing the barbarians to death.
The barbarians stopped, Li Chengliang began to catch the Taining department and beat him again, and in the tenth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1582), in an ambush, Li Chengliang cut off the head of the leader Su Babao, and Taining also stopped cooking.
After that, Li Chengliang's main opponent in Liaodong became a Jurchen. There are two troublemakers, The Haixi Jurchen and the Jianzhou Jurchen.
At that time, the Jianzhou Jurchen, the leader was called Wang Gao, and was a rather arrogant person. The Ming Dynasty treated him quite favorably, but he was not satisfied, and from time to time the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to Li Zongbing at all.
Li Chengliang was not a good lord, and immediately decided to solve this thorn.
In the first year of the Wanli Dynasty (1573), the Ming army launched an attack on Wang Gao, but they were inferior in numbers and soon lost. Wang Gao immediately ordered a chase, chased after it, and entered Li Chengliang's ambush circle, and the result was no suspense - a big defeat and fled.
Li Chengliang chased after him from Jianzhou to Haixi, but Wang Gao really couldn't run, so he had to surrender. Mr. Li Chengliang is not a good leader, it is not that if you surrender, you will not be killed, most of Wang Gao's subordinates were killed, and he himself was sent to the capital and executed by Ling Chi.
But in the midst of the rebellion, Wang Gao's son Atai became a fish that slipped through the net, and 10 years later became the butterfly that caused the hurricane.
Next, Li Chengliang began to deal with the Ye Hebu of the Haizhou Jurchens, this time he did not talk about martial arts.
In the eleventh year of the Wanli Dynasty (1583), the leader of the Yehe tribe, Belle Qingjianu, led more than 2,000 people to Kaiyuan to prepare for the horse market trade.
When they were ready to enter the city, the Ming army defending the city did not let them enter, on the grounds that there were too many people. There was no way, Qing Jianu had to bow his head, after all, the wives and children of the family were still expecting them to bring a new dress back. So he only brought 300 people into the city.
After entering the city, they found that they were not greeted by good wine, but by the Three-Eyed Fire Hammer, and in just a few minutes, Qing Jia Nu and three hundred retinues were all killed. At the same time, the Ming army outside the city also launched an attack, and in the end, Ye Hebu only ran away with 440 people, and yuan qi was seriously injured.
Then it was the turn of the Hada Department, and Li Zongbing's strategy was to fight one by one, and whoever was stronger would be stabbed.
From the fourth year of Longqing to the nineteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, in the twenty-second year, Liaodong gradually calmed down in the hands of Li Chengliang, and it was almost possible to stay closed at night. He fought hundreds of battles, annihilated more than 100,000 enemies, and received awards for meritorious service every year, and his performance was almost impeccable.
However, almost after all, Mr. Li Chengliang's military career, although very glorious, is still flawed, because he inadvertently established a powerful enemy for the Ming Dynasty.
In the eleventh year of the Wanli Calendar (1583), Li Chengliang received a message that Atai, who had previously slipped through the net, had emerged.
Therefore, he immediately sent troops from Fushun to attack Atai's camp.
However, the attack did not go as smoothly as expected, Atai was very tenacious, and Li Chengliang did not fight down with his old nose.
At this time, the Jurchen Leading Party appeared, and there were two, one called Nikan Wailan and the other, called Jue Chang'an.
They were all local tribal leaders who volunteered to come to help Li Zongbing persuade Atai to surrender.
After discussion, Kyaw Chang An took his son Tak Shi into the village to persuade him to surrender, and Nikan Wailan stayed outside to meet him.
But Ah Tai did not buy the account of Jue Chang'an's father and son, and after a few days, he still had no intention of surrendering.
At this time, Li Chengliang's emissaries found Nikan Wailan, who had put the wind, and asked him a question: "Why hasn't it been solved yet?" ”
Nikan Wailan was anxious as soon as he heard it, li zongbing was not satisfied with our work efficiency, and even if he dragged it out, even if he was successful in persuasion, he was afraid that he would not get any benefits. So he went to the edge of the walled city, shouted at it, and fooled the people in the village.
"General Li bing said, if anyone can kill Ah Tai, it is the lord of this place!"
The temptation is too great. So everyone scrambled and ran to grab Atai's head. As soon as there were more people, it turned into a melee, and Atai was hacked to death by a random knife.
At this time, Li Chengliang outside the city took advantage of the chaos to lead his troops to kill them, and completely annihilated Ah Tai's men. Note that total annihilation here is the literal meaning of this—there are 2,300 people in the city, none of whom survived, including Kyaw Chang An and his son Tak Shi.
The innocent and tragic death of the father and son of Kyaw Chang An angered his grandson, Nurhaci.
A grieving Nurhaci approached the Ming officials and asked for an explanation. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were more polite and sincerely said sorry, we did not mean it. Then he gave Mr. Nurhaci a pension and sent him away.
Nurhaci accepted compensation from the Ming Dynasty and returned to his hometown.
After that, he gathered his people, killed a cow, performed a ceremony to sacrifice to the heavens, took out thirteen pairs of armor handed down from his ancestors, and announced the uprising.
Why? There are, not one, but seven, the famous Seven Hates.
This year, Nurhaci was twenty-five years old.
The seven major hatreds are more long-winded, and interested readers can consult themselves, in short, they have poured out all the grievances they have suffered over the years.
At this time, Li Chengliang was no longer there, and no one in Liaodong was Nurhaci's opponent, and he unified the Jurchen departments step by step.
The real enemy of the Ming Empire has come.