Ping An Biography

Liu Heju has already heard that Commander Liao in the army said some unfavorable remarks when discussing matters in the tent.He was indeed a little worried.

Even though he was defeated as a general, he is still fearless. This kind of fearlessness of course refers to the real swords and guns on the battlefield; what really scares Liu Heju is the invisible tricks behind his back.In retrospect, I was really not very particular and straight-hearted, which is why I offended Commander Na Liao.It was also to blame for Commander Liao's self-righteousness in his words. Liu Heju couldn't get used to it at the time, and forgot the fact that his position was already a few levels lower than him, so he contradicted him and called Commander Liao a mediocrity.

Unexpectedly, Commander Liao is so narrow-minded because people's hearts are so far away. He is just talking and talking, and he wants to kill him behind his back.Liu Heju also understood the advantage of a high position, and he could have the opportunity to speak in front of the general; but he, Liu Heju, was not even qualified to participate in important military meetings, nor even had the opportunity to argue.

Just now, a friend who was a civil servant in the army reminded him to read the passage about Yang Xiu's death in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so Liu Heju found this book and began to search for the chapter about Yang Xiu in the account.

His mood was full of fear and anxiety.The panic comes from ignorance. Liu Heju thinks that he really doesn't know much about the officialdom's open and secret struggles, and he is not good at it. That's why he lacks confidence and feels panic.

Fortunately, my friend recommended Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Romance of the Three Kingdoms is called a popular novel, so it is naturally easier to read than historical books in classical Chinese like Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, and he only reads Yang Xiu's chapters.If you let him study history as a warrior, it would be a bit difficult.

Although Liu Heju is literate, his literary talent is not high.The same level as most generals, only literacy, read military books at most; because the martial arts examination held by the Ministry of War is not only a bow, horse riding and archery test, but also military books and answering questions, if you are illiterate, it is difficult to become a military general above the intermediate level.

As for things like watching the Internet on 1 , Liu Heju seldom dabbles.But he actually likes to make friends with literati, which is different from many generals.In addition to the clerical friend who revealed his words and warned him of danger, Zhu Yong's aide Geng Huaiyuan also made friends with him.Liu Heju felt that Geng Huaiyuan had real materials, not comparable to those who rely on flattery franchisees, but it was a pity that he died in the Miao army camp; after hearing the bad news, Liu Heju asked the sergeant to set up an incense case, and took wine to pay homage to the friendship. Brother Geng.

… After reading about Yang Xiu’s death, Liu Heju couldn’t help covering the scroll and let out a long sigh.He has a lot of beard and hair on his face, the beard on his cheeks is hard, and his hair is standing on end as hard as his temper; such a thick bearded man lights up the lamp to read at night, flicking the book with his hand, sighing and sighing, the scene is really out of harmony.

Mr. Liu Qian's feeling at this time is that there are also deep mysteries in this casual book, and he regrets that he didn't read too much at the beginning.

Comparing the things described in the book, he secretly thought that he had also committed a big taboo in front of Cheng Guogong.At the beginning, Liu Heju reminded the rebels that their firearms were sharp in front of Cheng Guogong, but Zhu Yong did not listen, and he was defeated; now someone slanders him, saying that he, Liu, talked about it everywhere... So in Zhu Yong's opinion , Liu is gloating and complacent?

Damn, after the war, you shouldn't bring up that matter in front of someone like Commander Liao, you can't lose a piece of meat by pretending to be stupid!

Liu Heju felt remorseful and fearful at the same time, feeling that his death was not far away.Maybe something like "chicken ribs" was put to death on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army, so as to vent the anger of the Duke of Cheng?

This is very possible. I heard that Feng Youxian, the chief of the cavalry, has been arrested.In Liu Heju's impression, although Feng Youxian's troops were less than a thousand, because of his elite cavalry, his position was at the level of a commander; this brave brother in battle was arrested as soon as he said he was arrested, and it was by no means ineffective in combat. No one wants to talk about the mystery...Liu Heju is not too clear about it, but he feels that it is definitely not simple.

The next morning, the army convened more than a thousand generals to discuss matters, and Liu Heju happened to be on the list.All the generals in the tent spoke one after another to express their opinions, but Liu Heju pretended to be deaf and dumb, trying not to let others notice him.Changing from being a commander to being a boss, he also recognized it. He didn't want to lose his head again because of being ignorant.

It turns out that after a few days of rest, the Chinese army has decided to send troops to fight again.Many generals tended to wait for Tan Yousheng's Yuezhou soldiers to arrive to replenish their troops, but Tan Yousheng procrastinated, and the urging people came back and said that the water network near Dongting Lake was intertwined, and Tan Yousheng lacked water troops and ships, so the march was extremely slow.Zhu Yong felt that he lost more than 2000 infantry, most of them escaped. The strength of the elite cavalry did not suffer too much, and the infantry could fight, so he couldn't wait... The main reason was that the enemy had only 1000 soldiers. No matter what, I can't let go of this tone.

Apart from waiting for Qin Yousheng's troops, other suggestions will definitely not work. For example, someone suggested that more troops be mobilized from Changsha.

Because the military power Zhu Yong obtained before was limited to the troops of the guards of the various prefectures and guards on the west side of Dongting, he did not have the authority to mobilize the troops in Changsha; The battle of the war is coming to an end, and the result of this period is the defeat of the official army.

Zhu Yong wants to admit in the court that he mobilized troops from several prefectures, but was defeated by a thousand thieves?This is absolutely impossible!

The emperor has always held Zhu Yong in high regard. At that time, his father Zhu Neng was a member of the Tiger General, and in the "Battle of Jing Nan", he led the cavalry into the infantry camp ten times his own in order to rescue the trapped Emperor Yongle. To die on the battlefield, Zhu Di's family should never forget this credit and loyalty.And he, Zhu Yong, did not disappoint the emperor. Although Zhu Yong once led Xuanda (Xuanfu Datong) elite soldiers to fight against the Mongolian cavalry, it was not very smooth for the Ming court to abandon the Duoyan Sanwei and switch from offensive to defensive in the northern line of defense. It was not Zhu Yong. The responsibility of one person; in the fight against the Vietnamese army in Jiaozhi, Zhu Yong failed to completely defeat the troops of the "King of Ping Ding" Li Li several times, and even suffered losses, but the Ming army has been mired in the quagmire of the Vietnam War all year round.

Why was Yongle able to open up territories and conquer all sides, but for a long time, hundreds of thousands of troops on the two fronts were in a state of war at the same time, and when they arrived in Xuande, Hongxi, they began to shrink their defenses?Perhaps this is the flow of history and the melody of people's peace of mind, rather than the cause of a certain person.

In short, Zhu Yong is not only a noble family in the court, he also has status by virtue of his ability.He can't admit that he is mediocre, let alone a loser!

"If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!" Zhu Yong looked around angrily, "We are determined to repay our fate and die, and we will completely wipe out the rebels of the imperial court in Gaodu County! Forgive me, this commander will never show affection!"

Zhu Yong was sitting in danger: "Looking at the firearms formation of the bandit army, in addition to bombarding the formation with artillery, our army does not have heavy artillery, and cavalry can also break the formation; the timing is when the bandit army camp is moving. Therefore, the commander-in-chief discussed with his colleagues and decided to Japan adopts the following combat strategy: put cavalry on the front and wait for the opportunity; then use infantry to attack the city from the north and east. There are few rebels and most of them are deployed in the west. The city must be neglected in defense. , will definitely pose a great threat to the rebel army. If the main force of the rebel army in the west city changes, intending to flank our attacking soldiers from outside the city, the cavalry will dispatch to defeat them at this time; The few troops defending the city will not be able to defend it, and our army can take advantage of the situation to capture the high capital city. The main force of the bandit army will become a lone army outside the city.

"Soldiers with their backs to the city, when the city is under attack, are very likely to give up field battles and enter the city to participate in city defense." Someone said.

Zhu Yong said: "If the bandit army enters the city and defends the isolated city, it will become a caged beast. Our army can build barracks outside the city as much as possible. Now that we have taken the initiative, we can surround them without attacking and wait for the Yuezhou soldiers to arrive."

As Zhu Yong said, siege warfare in this era is not easy to fight, and failure to capture the city does not mean defeat.If the enemy is forced to defend, the meaning is completely different.

After setting up the battle plan, Zhu Yong began to order generals on the spot and assign tasks to various ministries.He first assigned the generals of the cavalry, because the original commander Feng had been relieved of his military power and arrested; then he assigned the positions and tasks of the infantry.

At this time, Zhu Yong actually called Liu Heju and ordered him to serve as the forward force to attack the North City. The established goal was to take the North Gate as soon as possible if the defenders of the North City did not receive reinforcements.

A person who has been scolded as a defeated general is appointed as a siege striker. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?In many cases, although the striker is dangerous, it is very important, and it is a good thing to be entrusted with important tasks.But Liu Heju felt that it was not a good thing at this time. Maybe if there was a slight mistake, Zhu Yong would catch him and kill him in a fair manner.

Liu He held it down and thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, Zhu Yong just wanted to put himself to death.But what can be done?You can't disobey the military order, you can only bite the bullet and take one step at a time.

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Zhang Ning's army did not celebrate a single victory, and the civil and military officials and generals have not let go of the stone in their hearts, because everyone knows in their hearts that although they won the first battle, they did not wipe out the main force of the army.In particular, the strength of the cavalry still exists, which is a great threat.

The cavalry of the official army consisted of nearly a thousand riders, and only a small number of horses were lost in the battle at the Yuanshui River that day, which also caused casualties to Wei Bin's soldiers.But the soldiers of the Suzaku Army below Wei Bin have performed very well. The same number of infantry and cavalry are at a disadvantage. Wei Bin was not defeated or even annihilated when the camp was divided. Even if he did not win, he should have won praise.

The money and food to raise a cavalry can almost feed a small banner of infantry. The cavalry unit raised by the government has spent expensive resources, and its combat effectiveness is proportional to its investment.