Chapter 1189. The meeting of the wind and clouds (six).
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He Yu has already explained clearly the advantages and disadvantages of Liaodong Cavalry and Guanning Cavalry.
The armored cavalry central army of Guan Ning's cavalry has strong armor and strong horses, and is good at frontal charges and strong attacks;
The Liaodong cavalry are more mobile and are good at surprise attacks and guerrilla tactics.
Therefore, the tactics used during the contest between the two armies were also determined from the beginning.
The Guan Ning Cavalry must want to go head-to-head with the Liaodong Cavalry and rely on its own charge advantage to directly defeat the Liaodong Cavalry from the front;
And the Liaodong Cavalry will definitely avoid its edge, fight and flee, and continue to be harassed by guerrillas, gradually wearing down the Guan Ning Cavalry.
Therefore, as soon as the Guan Ning cavalry saw the Liaodong cavalry, they concentrated their forces and rushed over without any nonsense;
The Liaodong Iron Cavalry divided its troops to outflank it, attack its flanks, and actively expanded the battlefield area, hoping to make full use of its own mobility.
Under such circumstances, if the Liaodong Cavalry wants to win this contest, the most critical factors are nothing more than two points, one is cooperation, and the other is patience.
However, while Zhao Junchen was observing, he soon discovered that after the Liaodong Cavalry divided its forces to the left and right to outflank the Guan Ning Cavalry, the troops on the left not only failed to actively cooperate with the friendly forces on the right, but also clearly lacked the patience to gradually wear down the Guan Ning Cavalry.
At the very beginning, the Guan Ning Cavalry clung to the left wing of the Liaodong Cavalry with the intention of quickly defeating it. The Liaodong Cavalry's right wing responded quickly and immediately began to harass and feign attacks on the flanks of the Guan Ning Cavalry, forcing Guan Ning to attack.
The Ning Cavalry had to divide its troops for defense, and the left wing of the Liaodong Cavalry was able to get rid of the entanglement and strong attack of the Guan Ning Cavalry in time.
However, when the Guan Ning Cavalry turned its main attack target to the right wing of the Liaodong Cavalry, the left wing was obviously slow to respond and did not support the harassment.
When Guan Ning's cavalry had completely captured the troops on the right and the two sides were fighting together, the troops on the left abandoned their guerrilla tactics and began to concentrate their forces to attack the flag position of Guan Ning's cavalry.
Obviously, the left wing of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry wanted to complete their victory in one battle. While the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry used most of their forces to attack the right wing, they went straight to Huanglong and captured Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Wu Shilin alive in one fell swoop.
He won this battle neatly, leaving the troops on the right to become the abandoned ones, while he took all the credit!
Although the wishful thinking was good, the commander of the division of troops on the left obviously missed two points.
First, comparing the two armies, the armored cavalry center of Guan Ning Cavalry is the side that is better at frontal attacks, so this tactic undoubtedly violates the taboo on the battlefield of "attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings"
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Secondly, the handsome flag of Guan Ning's cavalry may be just a cover and a trap!
In the end, due to the Liaodong Cavalry's erroneous tactics of dividing its troops on the left, which clearly lacked coordination and patience, the contest between the two armies quickly turned into a melee.
Comparatively speaking, the armored cavalry central army of Guan Ning Cavalry is not only better at frontal attacks, but also has a more concentrated force, which is undoubtedly more advantageous in this situation.
Therefore, after only about a quarter of an hour, Guan Ning Cavalry had already won the victory as a matter of course.
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On top of the wall of Hujiazhuang, He Yu, who was still confident just now, turned pale at this moment. He crushed the wine glass in his hand and cut his palm with the fragments. Blood continued to drip without even realizing it.
Zhao Junchen, on the other hand, seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and added fuel to the fire: "In my opinion, the failure of the Liaodong Cavalry was not due to its own combat strength being weaker than the Guan Ning Cavalry, but to the tactical error of dividing troops on the left. If the left
If the troops on the road can cooperate more with the troops on the right, be more patient, and not so greedy for success, I am afraid that the Liaodong Cavalry has a better chance of winning... But I don’t know who is commanding the left branch of the Liaodong Cavalry?”
He Yu took a deep look at Zhao Junchen, gritted his teeth and said: "Shi Cheng is in charge of commanding the right wing, and... Li Shijie is in charge of the left wing!
This person is the general of the Li family. He has always been familiar with the art of war and is calm and steady. Perhaps because he saw that Shi Cheng was going to be promoted early, he was eager to prove himself today and his mentality was a little impatient."
Zhao Junchen said with a meaningful smile: "What a person's true nature is is usually completely invisible. Only when encountering certain junctures can people show their true nature.
This pavilion also knows the origin of Li Shijie and Li Qianhu, but now it seems that...the temperament of this Li Qianhu is not like his great ancestor Li Chengliang, but more like his great ancestor Li Ruzhen!"
Hearing Zhao Junchen's comments, He Yu's face suddenly became more ugly.
As mentioned above, the Liaodong cavalry was trained by Li Chengliang during the Wanli period, and was trained by Li Ruzhen and his son. They were also the private army of the Li family at first. Both the Li family and his son served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong for a long time. Li Chengliang's other son Li Rubai also served
He briefly served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and he can be said to be a two-generation, three-commander-in-chief, extremely distinguished.
It was also during that time that Liaodong Town gradually became too powerful. For a period of time, the soldiers in Liaodong Town only knew "Li" but not "Zhu"!
But why can the Li family retreat behind the scenes now and be willing to hand over the position of Liaodong Commander-in-Chief to someone with a foreign surname?
That's because when Li Ruzhen was serving as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, when the Jianzhou Jurchens attacked Tieling, Li Ruzhen supported the troops but failed to support them, delaying the opportunity to fight, causing Tieling to fall, and causing an uproar in the government and the public.
As a result, Li Ruzhen was also dismissed from office and sentenced to death by the imperial court. Emperor Chongzhen in this world was not an ignorant monarch. He took the opportunity to vigorously suppress the prestige of the Li family in the military. In the end, although it did not reverse the situation of Liaodong Zhenwei, it finally did not let Liaodong fall into the Li family.
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Under such circumstances, later generations' evaluations of Li Chengliang and his son were also completely opposite. Li Chengliang "guarded Liaodong for thirty years, led the Liaodong cavalry to dozens of victories, and his military skills as a frontier commander were unprecedented in two hundred years." While Li Ruzhen was
"Those who are restless, timid, selfish and harm the country are not qualified generals."
At this time, Zhao Junchen commented that Li Shijie was not like Li Chengliang, but more like Li Ruzhen, which was extremely serious.
But He Yu couldn't say anything to refute, because this time Li Shijie also sat back and watched the right wing of the Liaodong Cavalry was attacked by the Guan Ning Cavalry, while he himself only wanted to grab the full credit. This is what Li Ruzhen did back then.
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So, He Yu took a deep breath and said slowly and expressionlessly: "Bei Zhi also tells the truth to Minister Zhao. As a military attaché of the border army, Bei Zhi has always looked down upon those Gong Gong princes in the center of the temple who only know how to sit and talk.
Yes, just now Zhao Gechen said that you and Zhou Shoufu can actually find many ways to rectify Liaodong Town. Beizhi didn't think so in his heart, but now... Beizhi is convinced."
Zhao Junchen smiled softly and said: "I don't understand what Mr. He means, but it is always a good thing that Mr. He can respect the Gonggun princes at the center of the imperial court!"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, He Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth.
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In He Yu's view, Li Shijie's mental imbalance was largely due to Zhao Junchen's secret promotion and deliberate calculation!
Now that things have happened, He Yu finally reacted.
Perhaps, when Zhao Junchen became aware of the competition for successors between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie, he wanted to choose these two people as a breakthrough point to create and intensify internal conflicts in Liaodong Town.
From that moment on, He Yu was led by the nose by Zhao Junchen, and he was already trapped in the situation without knowing it.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen first repeatedly and deliberately humiliated Shi Cheng, forcing He Yu to express his attitude and use his sword to appease and reward Shi Cheng. Li Shijie was inevitably jealous;
Then, after He Yu stood up to support Shi Cheng, Zhao Junchen stepped down and stated that he would work with He Yu to recommend Shi Cheng for promotion. Li Shijie was even more angry;
Then, Zhao Junchen proposed a competition between the Liaodong Cavalry and the Guanning Cavalry. On the surface, it was just a contest between two powerful armies, but in fact, it was not a contest between He Yu and Shi Cheng.
These things, one after another, undoubtedly intensified the competitive relationship between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie, and also caused Li Shijie's uncontrolled mentality to become unbalanced, which was why the previous tactical mistakes occurred, and even more so the Liaodong Cavalry was defeated miserably.
Guan Ning cavalry!
At the very beginning, He Yu was very confident in the internal unity of Liaodong Town, and believed that he could easily control the competition between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie. He was even more disdainful of Zhao Junchen's methods of sowing discord, thinking that he could easily control the competition between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie.
It's just a little trick that doesn't come to the fore.
But now, He Yu no longer dares to underestimate these seemingly insignificant "little tricks".
It was obviously just a trivial flaw, but Zhao Junchen could not only detect it instantly and seize it immediately, but he could also exploit this flaw repeatedly to make a big fuss, making this seemingly insignificant flaw instantly expand and turn into an uncontrollable mess...
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All this took less than an hour, and everyone was played by Zhao Junchen.
And when things have developed to this point, the situation has been faintly out of He Yu's control.
Now that the Liaodong Cavalry had the advantage, they were defeated by the Guan Ning Cavalry in a public contest. It could be said that it severely damaged the morale and prestige of Liaodong Town, but He Yu didn't know for a while how he should handle this matter.
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If He Yu must severely punish Li Shijie in order to make rewards and punishments clear, then Li Shijie will be completely eliminated from this succession competition. Not only will the Li family behind Li Shijie be unyielding, but once Shi Cheng becomes
After being recognized as the successor, He Yu's reputation as the one who speaks the truth within Liaodong Town will also be shaken.
If one considers the balance between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie, He Yu must treat Li Shijie lightly, but the consequences of such an approach may be even more serious. Shi Cheng and the Liaodong soldiers will all think that He Yu favors the Li family generals.
, then it will not only damage He Yu's reputation in the military with clear rewards and punishments, but the morale of the military will be further shaken.
Therefore, He Yu is now in a dilemma.
It can be said that all this is thanks to Zhao Junchen!
However, Zhao Junchen still had to act innocent and unaware.
For a time, He Yu not only hated Zhao Junchen, but also became more and more jealous.
In He Yu's view, Zhao Junchen's meeting with various forces in Liaodong at Hujiazhuang must have made a detailed plan and wanted to give Liaodong Town a severe blow.
But Zhao Junchen's plan is definitely not to take the opportunity to intensify the succession dispute between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie and promote the internal division of Liaodong Town.
Because Zhao Junchen did not know about the succession competition in advance, his subsequent actions were just improvised.
This also means that Zhao Junchen has not yet come up with the trump card he prepared in advance. It is just a temporary plan that has already messed up Liaodong Town.
In this way, what impact will the trump card prepared by Zhao Junchen have on Liaodong Town?
As soon as he thought of this, He Yu became more and more wary of Zhao Junchen. Zhao Junchen's sincere attitude previously made He Yu's vigilance slightly lower, but now He Yu's vigilance and fear of Zhao Junchen have ceased.
It's much higher.
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Just as He Yu speculated, Zhao Junchen wanted to intensify the succession dispute between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie. It was just a temporary idea. Zhao Junchen also told Xu Qingyan and Jiang Quan that it was just a temporary try.
Every jujube has to be hit with a stick.
But this improvised plan is destined to bring more surprises to Zhao Junchen.
Of course, the "surprise" was only for Zhao Junchen, but for He Yu, it was another matter.
In fact, the series of troubles caused by this discussion have only just begun.
Just when He Yu began to seriously consider how he should deal with Li Shijie and how Liaodong Town should save its face, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the situation.
It stands to reason that after the discussion between the Liaodong Cavalry and the Guanning Cavalry is over, the two armies should break away from contact and return to Hujiazhuang one after another.
But at this time, the distant Liaodong Cavalry and Guan Ning Cavalry not only did not break away from contact, but continued to confront each other. No one was willing to retreat voluntarily. The smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger, and the faint scoldings of the soldiers on both sides could be heard.
, you can even see many frontier soldiers drawing swords to threaten each other.
At the same time, to the west of Hujiazhuang, more than two hundred frontier soldiers wearing tattered armor and looking like beggars suddenly ran out, shouting the slogan "Protect the Pavilion Boss" and rushed towards Hujiazhuang.