Wanli 1592

Chapter 519
The way Xiao Ruxun stared at Nurhachi made Nurhachi very uncomfortable and always felt very different, but he didn't dare to resist, so he could only pretend that he couldn't see it.

He had imagined many times that it was probably because he was not a Han that he was noticed by the Han generals of the Ming army in the pass. The Liaodong Han generals were very familiar with the Jurchens and even the Mongols. The Mongols joined, and Nurhachi himself is a famous representative.

However, in the eyes of the Han people in Guannei, this is unusual. The earth is because of a kind of curiosity, and there is no other meaning in it.

Nurhachi could only comfort himself in this way.

"The final general will be deeply favored by the emperor, and will surely defend the borders of Ming Dynasty and stabilize the frontiers."

Nurhachi once again expressed his loyalty to Daming, and by the way, to Li Rusong.

Xiao Ruxun laughed, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, this time when Daming was killed, General Tong sent [-] troops to help. After the war, this governor will ask for rewards for General Tong! Naturally, I will also ask for rewards for the entire Liaodong Army."

"Thank you admiral!"

Nurhachi quickly thanked him, but Li Rusong seemed a little unable to bear such a flimsy and unnutritious topic, and couldn't help asking: "Admiral, when will I send troops?"

"Send troops? The governor has ordered three thousand from the headquarters to rush to Bauhinia Pass overnight."

"This... the admiral means that our department will also send troops immediately?"

Li Rusong immediately asked happily—he really couldn't help watching his old father suffer, but he couldn't do anything about it. Seeing his seventy-year-old father brave the severe cold and lead a weak brigade against the Mongolian iron cavalry, he knew the danger. Distraught.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"No, no, the soldiers and horses of the governor's troops are all infantry and gunners. They move slowly, so you have to start early. Your cavalry will travel [-] miles a day and arrive in two days at most. Why worry? Let's rest tonight. After breakfast tomorrow morning, the whole army will set off again."

"But the admiral, my father..."

Xiao Ruxun reached out to stop Li Rusong.

"General Li, you must have some minimum trust in your father. You have to know that your fighting skills are taught by your father. Your father eats more salt than General Li. There is nothing your father can do about it. , Can General Li think of any good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Facing Xiao Ruxun's question, Li Rusong replied immediately.

"Admiral, I don't dare to say anything else. The general has been in Liaodong for three years, and he has never lost a single battle! The Mongolian cavalry seems to be extremely powerful in Xuanda's trash, but in the eyes of the general, they are chickens with dog ears! Let the future do what Xuanda waste can't do, it's as easy as picking something out of a bag!"

Xiao Ruxun showed doubts on his face.

"General Li, that's 2? [-] Mongolian cavalry, and General Li has only [-] under his command. The danger is not ordinary."

"It's 20! The last general dares to charge and kill! Xuanda's gang of waste is not even as good as the seventy old father, and counting 10 horses is just a show! It's easy to call [-] Mongolian cavalry to invade the border, and even fight to the capital. , that kind of trash can't survive even a stick of incense in the army of the late general! Killing him would make the general's knife dirty!"

Li Rusong's expression was not ordinary arrogance, it was not arrogance without reason, but a real self-confidence.

Li Rusong is very confident!
This kind of self-confidence is naturally based on the achievements. During the three-year tenure of Liaodong General Soldier, Li Rusong beat the Mongols and Jurchens into obedience. Those Jurchens and Mongols outside the pass saw the Li family The horse team didn't even dare to approach, this is definitely not bragging.

Maybe Xiao Ruxun's record is very powerful, his military achievements are great, and his title is also high, but Li Rusong is still the most powerful military general in Ming Dynasty in this period. The army of tigers and wolves is completely different from most of the Ming army.

Xiao Ruxun mainly relied on strict military law, advanced weapons and tactics, and careful planning in advance, while Li Rusong mainly relied on quickness, precision and ruthlessness when using troops. He was good at long-distance raids and surprise attacks. He was also good at high-intensity, large-scale and long-term The field battle, the fighting power is the most powerful in East Asia.

It can be said that if he claimed to be the second strongest man in Ming Dynasty, no one would dare to claim the number one, and even Ma Gui would not dare to compete with him.

Dissatisfied?Come on!

That's why Nurhachi shivered like a quail in front of him, unable to lift up his momentum at all. Even his father couldn't do this.

But Li Rusong's problem is that he is too fierce. He can lead troops with his own personal charm, but after him, there is no successor. The Liaodong Army soon declined, because the Li family did not have such a fierce person to succeed. Li Rusong's status is gone.

And Xiao Ruxun is to use military law to rule the army, use high-intensity training and rules and regulations to regulate the morale of the army, and establish his own prestige. At the same time, he also pays attention to norms, rules, and military laws. under the system.

This kind of army can be expanded or reduced, and can be divided into parts to fight independently. Even without Xiao Ruxun's command, they can fight independently according to the usual training rules. Being able to continue to lead troops does not care too much about the personal prestige of the general.

Xiao Ruxun himself has prestige, but he will also consider how this army will continue to exist if he is gone. The way Qi Jiguang led the army and the way Li Chengliang formed the army gave Xiao Ruxun a lot of inspiration.

From these deeds, Xiao Ruxun understood that an army formed by relying on the charisma of its leader, an army that only listens to one person's orders, will never last long, and a long-lasting army can only obey the orders of the military law.

So after Li Rusong died, the Liaodong Army declined rapidly, after Li Chengliang died, the Liaodong Army completely declined, and decades after Qi Jiguang died, the Qi Family Army was still able to fight in Jizhen and shine in North Korea. Without Qi Jiguang, the Qi Family Army It is still an anti-Japanese army, but without Li and his son, the Liaodong Army would cease to exist.

Xiao Ruxun's continuous leapfrog command of troop training and execution of special missions was due to a little selfishness of the chief general, who worried that the army would be out of command for too long and would become unfamiliar, and would no longer obey his orders. Avoid limitations.

But he will still pay attention to the continuation of the army, and will not let this "Zhennan Army" disappear quickly after seeing Li Rusong's current problems. and necessity.

(End of this chapter)