Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1271 Li Rusong's Victory

When a battle breaks out unexpectedly, both sides of the battle must be in a bit of confusion, ancient and modern, China and foreign countries. There are many factors that determine the outcome at this time, such as training, courage, the response of generals, and the gap in weapons and equipment, etc. .

However, when they were both Mongolian cavalrymen, the difference in these factors between the two sides was not too big. Even if the reputation of Tuotuo had really started to fight, the effect would not be as obvious as usual.

The biggest variable in this battle is Li Rusong and his five thousand riders.As the capital of Li Chengliang's "head of frontier commanders", these five thousand cavalrymen are not ordinary five thousand cavalrymen. Whether they are combat experience, physical fitness or desire to fight, they can all be said to be of the upper class.And needless to say about the equipment, Yishui's private equipment is by no means comparable to the scum of the previous government workshops.

As we all know, Li Chengliang Zhijun is different from Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang is famous for his system leading the army, while Li Chengliang relies on his personal prestige and charisma to reward meritorious soldiers very generously, and rely on permission to inspire morale with glory and wealth.Therefore, in the later years, "Chengliang's war powers were borrowed from athletes. Later athletes Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Li Xing, Qin Deyi, and Sun Shoulian were all rich and noble, and they owned special cities.

The enterprising spirit of the early years was lost, and the achievements gradually declined from prosperity.First, there was cowardice, and then there were rumors of covering up defeat for merit and killing good people and taking merit. Although these were all done by his subordinates, Li Chengliang was ultimately to blame.

However, that was something that only began to appear around the 20th year of Wanli in the original history. At that time, Zhu Yijun's method was to reuse Li Rusong, intending to use him to replace the old Li Chengliang. Therefore, the Liaodong cavalry was invigorated for a while. Accidental death in battle is truly irreversible.

At this time, the Liaodong cavalry is basically at its peak, and various "indicators" have not declined significantly.The reason why the Liaodong iron cavalry has been able to overcome the Mongolian and Jurchen iron cavalry for nearly 40 years is not, as some novels say, relying on the so-called "three-eyed blunderbuss" that can be used as a hammer and can be used as a hammer. Instead, it relies on two points: being willing to spend money and not being afraid to risk one's life.

Being willing to spend money is a well-known good habit of the Li family in Tieling. The sentence mentioned just now is "the power of the warriors in the Liang Dynasty will be borrowed from the athletes. Later athletes Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Li Xing, Qin Deyi, and Sun Shoulian are all wealthy and proud. Specialized city." That's the proof.There must be a brave man under the so-called reward. An ordinary warrior, who had no hope in his life, suddenly had such a bright future, who would not be willing to give it a try?However, the reason why this method did not last long is precisely because after the generals became too rich, their goals in life were achieved, and they began to indulge in enjoyment, and they became "unhappy".

As for not being afraid of life, the specific performance of Li Chengliang and Li Rusong during this period was to charge in person.Over the years, Li Chengliang has always taken the lead in the charge himself, so his subordinates dare not risk their lives, and Li Rusong's temper is tougher than his father's.

In terms of warfare, the Li family's iron cavalry "and the most-used iron cavalry in battles are arranged in horizontal formations, and they send bows and arrows to rush the thieves. If the thief formation does not move, then slowly retreat and charge again. After more than ten times, all the strong formations are not broken. It can be seen that the Liaodong iron cavalry in the original history, like the Mongolian cavalry, were archers, not pure lance cavalry.

However, in this life, due to the appearance of high pragmatism, the range, accuracy and lethality of the lances produced by Jinghua have surpassed ordinary bows. Therefore, Li Rusong spent only half a year in Taiyuan, and he spent a lot of money on changing clothes for his department. A lance Wanli style lance.

According to the information reported to Gao Pragmatic by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Jinghua, this incident was still a bit noisy in the Li family in Tieling at that time. Many Li family members questioned that Li Rusong did not take Li Chengliang as an old man in his eyes. The reason It was at that time that Li Chengliang had already joined the Xin School, and his relationship with the Shi School was quite tense.

The attitude of many people is: since they have fallen out with Gao pragmatism, why do they buy firearms from his family and give him money?From this, he began to doubt Li Rusong's position.

However, Li Chengliang's decision was obviously up to Li Chengliang in the end, and Li Chengliang's decision left everyone dumbfounded. He only said, "It's in Shanxi, or I have to do it." Then he stopped asking.

This attitude made everyone a little confused. Gao pragmatically got the news that after this family meeting, Li Rusong's two uncles had a secret conversation with the elder brother Li Chengliang, but it was unknown what they talked about. No matter how powerful "Black Top" is, it has not yet reached the level where it can buy Li Chengliang's younger brother.

In fact, Li Rusong's thinking is very simple. He doesn't care who his father is hanging out with now. The principle he believes in is simple and rude: people under my command listen to me, and if they can fight, then I can face anyone. All fearless.

Although he is over 30 years old, in fact he is similar to Huo Qubing back then. He believes in the supremacy of bravery, and all difficulties can be overcome with courage and force.

Since Jinghua's spear is better than a bow, of course he changed it, there is no other reason.And this change of clothes also played a corresponding role in this battle. In the charge, he fired at will, and three shots destroyed the five thousand fire-fall red cavalry who were in a state of preparation. The reason for the three shots is not Because the Jinghua lance can already be fired in bursts, but because the lance is much shorter than the rifle (so its performance is also a bit worse), Li Rusong's department each equipped three guns, loaded in advance, and relied on the advantage of the flintlock gun. To do three shots in a row during the charge.

The difficulty in this is simply changing guns quickly, and this difficulty is definitely not difficult for the Li family's riders, how good their riding skills are, and the Mongols and Jurchens who died in their hands can testify with their heads.

Actually speaking, the four characters of Liaodong Iron Cavalry are not as suitable as Li Chengliang's army in the later "Guanning Iron Cavalry", because the actual record of Guanning Iron Cavalry is too crotch, most of the time Turning in - what is turning in?If you dare not fight, run; if you can't fight, run.

In many books of later generations, the "Guanning Iron Cavalry" has been praised as the most powerful team in the late Ming Dynasty, and the only army that can "face tough" with the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers.But if you really delve into history, you will find that the strong reputation of "Guanning Iron Cavalry" is mostly blown out.This army is nominally cavalry, but it fights for city defense; nominally it is the Ming army, and it is impossible to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but when it fights Nanming, its combat effectiveness exceeds the table. Such an army cannot be called an "iron cavalry". "It's hard to match under the reputation.

For example, according to the records of "Ming Xizong Records", in the fifth year of Tianqi (1625), Sun Chengzong took the initiative to attack Houjin, seven hundred Guanning cavalry and eight hundred infantry, and in the battle of Liuhe, they were defeated by the Eight Banners army with less than one hundred men.The coach, vanguard, and supervisor were all killed.This is the only time in history that Guan Ning's army took the initiative to attack Houjin.

Later, in the Battle of Hunhe, 2 white soldiers and [-] Qi's troops fought bravely against the [-] Eight Banners.As a reinforcement, the [-] Guanning iron cavalry went to the rescue, but they were easily repelled by Huang Taiji's [-] people.Then Guan Ning's army fled back to the city in fright, and refused to fight until the Baigan soldiers and Qi's army ran out of ammunition and food, and the whole army was wiped out.

After the Battle of Dalinghe and the Battle of Songjin, the commander-in-chief of the Guanning Army, Wu Xiang (Wu Sangui's father), took the lead in fleeing, resulting in the annihilation of the foreign reinforcements.

In the hands of Yuan Chonghuan after that, the Liaodong war situation pursued the so-called strategy of "relying on a strong city and using huge artillery". It is rare for Guan Ning Iron Cavalry to have a successful record several times.

After Yuan Chonghuan's death, the supreme leader of the Guanning Iron Cavalry became Zu Dashou. Under the leadership of Zu Dashou, the Guanning Iron Cavalry continued to fight against the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and finally lost to the Jin Army in the Battle of Songjin in AD 1641. Dashou led his troops to surrender to Taqing.

However, at that time, only a part of the Guanning Iron Cavalry followed Zu Dashou to surrender, and some were led by Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou's nephew.Later, Wu Sangui also surrendered to Taqing. So far, most of the Guanning cavalry became the Eight Banners army, and entered the Guannei under the command of Taqing to fight against Li Zicheng and the Nanming army.

Although it was not possible to fight the Qing soldiers, after shaving their hair and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Guan Ning's cavalry attacked Nanming and Li Zicheng, but they were invincible and their combat effectiveness exceeded the table.

The reason is that the Guanning cavalry was born out of Li Chengliang's Liaodong cavalry in the final analysis. In order to obtain military pay from the imperial court, Li Chengliang raised his own weight. Compared with the private soldiers of other Ming army generals, this cavalry was "privatized". "To a higher degree, and the worst thing is that they do not always regard themselves as a "national army" like Qi Jiajun, but only regard joining the army as a shortcut to promotion and fortune.

Compared with other armies in the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong cavalry had various privileges, such as double pay, the right to distribute the spoils, the shares of the military colony, and even a lot of various benefits and generous settlement expenses, and even For disability, re-employment, retirement pay, etc.

As a result, the Liaodong cavalry has in fact become a self-financing military group.

Nurhaci's Eight Banners system is also born out of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, so the "Guanning Iron Cavalry" and the "Eight Banner Cavalry" are essentially the same from the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the difference is that the camps of the two are different. The most fundamental essence is that both Self-financing military group.

However, relative to the Eight Banners cavalry, the Guanning Cavalry is far more inert than the latter.Because Guan Ning Iron Cavalry also has an important source of income, that is, the army salary given by the Ming Dynasty, but the Eight Banners Army does not have it, and everything has to be robbed by himself.

In this way, you can see the strengths and weaknesses. The children of the poor have long been in charge of the family. They rely on themselves to rob everything. If you sit in the city, the court will send money. Win the battle?
Although Yuan Chonghuan's strategy and tactics were all messed up, at least Guan Ning's iron cavalry was still "listening to greetings" when he was alive. However, since Yuan Chonghuan's death, Zu Dashou has basically been in a state of not listening to the tune. In fact, it became an independent armed force independent of the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

When it affected the interests of Guanning's iron cavalry, Zu Dashou agreed with the Ming Dynasty on Houjin, and seemed particularly patriotic.But in order to preserve his own strength, he can also announce his surrender after Jin.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the further collapse of the Ming court's economy, it became increasingly difficult for the court to issue military pay. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Wu Sangui's Guanning Cavalry had not received military pay for almost a year. How much loyalty a military group that is responsible for its own profits and losses has towards the imperial court is basically a dream.

And after surrendering to Taqing?The Guan Ning cavalry's combat thinking has completely changed. At this time, the Central Plains in Guan Ning is no longer the object of their protection, but a treasure land full of food, treasure, and women, waiting for them to plunder. Guan Ning cavalry will no longer use it. Crowded in Liaodong to defend against the Eight Banners cavalry in exchange for "dog food".

This is "liberating productive forces"! (It's too much to be barred, and it is specially stated that this sentence is a sarcastic tone)
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Guan Ning Cavalry suddenly exploded.

Sad or funny, or lamentable?
The reason why Gao Wushi insisted on standing on the opposite side of Li Chengliang is mainly because of this, not Li Chengliang's other problems - most of the generals in Ming Dynasty have those problems, and Gao Wushi can't handle it for a while, basically nothing. I care, in addition to killing Liang and taking advantage of the merits, many of them have been turned a blind eye by Gao pragmatic.

Gao pragmatic is not an idealist who just came out of the ivory tower. The fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty remains unchanged. How can it be possible to expect those generals to give up their hands?He doesn't make money, and he goes to war with people with guards like beggars?That is to die.

Since he made money, do you still expect everyone to be like Qi Jiguang and use all this money to maintain the army?Why don't you expect everyone in Daming officialdom to be Hai Gangfeng!
At this time, after Li Rusong's troops defeated the Huo Luochi front army, the three lances were inserted on the right side of the horse's back, and they drew out cold weapons one after another, and continued to charge forward non-stop.

This hand is often seen in cold weapon combat. The purpose is to directly defeat the opponent's command system and form a situation where the army is defeated like a mountain. Similar to Li Shimin's "Rolling the Flag and Crossing the Battalion" of the elite cavalry, it is the elite cavalry who can give full play to their advantages. One of the tactics.

At this time, Tuotuo and Yiluduqi had already led troops to kill them. Although they both fought based on experience, they were just right for the situation at the moment. Li Rusong had already cut in like a blade. As long as you continue to tear this wound, the other party will either die or be injured.

Of course, Huo Luochi and Shilitu knew that the sudden change made them at risk. At this time, Lilitu was relatively close, and there was no time to make other plans, so they went over with their personal soldiers, intending to block Li Rusong and try to create something for others. Opportunity, you can use the method that the Mongols are most accustomed to fighting and withdrawing - of course, it can also be said to be fighting while withdrawing.

According to Focus Rabbit's idea, as long as this goal is achieved, even if today's defeat is inevitable, the casualties are still manageable, and there is still a chance for a comeback.

However, the focus rabbit failed.Just as the two armies crossed, he was discovered by Li Rusong. The Taiyuan general who believed in martial arts roared and slapped his horse over, his hand raised a knife and fell, and the force rabbit, who could not react in time, slashed his head cleanly.

A major defeat of the "Qinghai Second Bandits" has inevitably occurred.
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