The first actual battle of the Ming Dynasty Zhongyong Guard was against a group of rogue bandits. Lu Xiao didn't know who was leading it. It might be a famous figure in history, or it might be an unknown person. But it didn't matter, Lu Xiao wanted it.
It's just that Zhongyongwei saw blood.
The musketry training only lasted for more than a month. In fact, in Lu Xiao's mind, the proficiency of these musketeers was far from what he expected. But he finally decided to do this.
Artillery, muskets, and armored stomachs, all these equipment combined, are actually a dimensionality-reducing blow to those refugees.
"Musket ready! Fire!"
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"With the loud command, the first batch of 600 musketeers opened fire at the same time. A swarm of rogues immediately lay down, nearly a hundred of them, like mowing grass.
Tens of thousands of bandits were defeated in one round. The ones at the front turned around and wanted to run away when they saw this posture. The ones at the back didn't know what was going on and were still pushing forward.
Lu Xiao looked at the farce in front of him from a distance and was speechless. He originally planned to train his troops. But now he only fired one round, and the opponent was in chaos. It really made him dumbfounded.
However, Lu Xiao did not miss this opportunity in the end.
"Let the others come up and surround them. Every team will see blood."
With an indifferent look on his face, Lu Xiao gave the task of using these bandits as flesh and blood targets. A tall and strong man beside him immediately led a team on horseback to surround them.
This man's name was Zuo Liangyu, and he was a famous general in history during the late Ming Dynasty. He was also one of the few generals that Lu Xiao could remember.
Since the establishment of the Zhongyong Guard, Lu Xiao has begun to use his power to search for heroes who can leave their names in history. Zuo Liangyu is the first one he recruits.
Zuo Liangyu led a cavalry regiment of more than a thousand people to block one direction of the bandits' escape. On the other side, an equally powerful man led a group of infantry to meet the bandits head-on. This man's name
Lu Xiangsheng was a late Ming general who impressed Lu Xiao deeply in his previous life.
Of course, he is said to be a general because he has led troops. But in fact, Lu Xiangsheng is a real civil servant. It's just that he is a real scholar. Wen Neng plays duels in front of the palace, and Wu Neng mounts his horse and leads the troops.
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The tactics used by that infantry regiment were similar to those used by the Qi family army back then. A group of several people could always form a situation of using more to defeat fewer on the battlefield, and quickly cut and strangled the bandits who were running around with their heads covered.
Zuo Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng were both talented and practical generals in the late Ming Dynasty. In addition, Lu Xiao spent a lot of money to raise this strong army. Facing a similar number of rogue bandits, it was naturally a crushing force. Lu Xiao was beside him.
After watching it for a while, I felt a little uninterested.
"It's too weak. How can we achieve the purpose of training troops like this? Which of the surrounding bandits have become popular?"
Shen Lian on the side thought for a moment and responded.
"Sir, the Thirty-sixth Battalion used by the king at that time was the most powerful around Shanxi. It is said that he commanded an army of 200,000. The imperial court fought against it several times, but failed to win."
"If you can't win, you're defeated, right? Mark their route of action and we'll go meet them."
"Sir, although the 200,000 people in the Thirty-sixth Battalion is a bit exaggerated, there are always more than 100,000 people. We only have 12,000 people. Isn't it a bit inappropriate?"
Lu Xiao looked back at Shen Lian and chuckled.
"A mere few hundred thousand people."
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Liaodong was completely turned into a scorched earth. Huang Taiji was so angry that he lay on the bed for half a month before he managed to regain his breath. At this time, he didn't know that he was being plotted against.
It's just that he didn't expect that Ming Dynasty would be so cruel. This obviously meant that he and Liaodong would die together.
The people who made this plan even directly regarded the millions of people in Liaodong as dead people. They did not consider their life and death from the beginning to the end. Not to mention the defenders of Liaodong.
Huang Taiji even had a feeling that the Ming Dynasty was using his own hands to clean up the warlords in Liaodong.
In the past, Huang Taiji would be very happy after seeing through this matter, because he could take the opportunity to conquer more Ming troops. When he goes south, he would have more help.
The difference between Huang Taiji and Nurhachi is that he knew that if he wanted to win the Ming Dynasty, he must re-employ a group of Ming Dynasty generals. Therefore, he was good to the Ming Dynasty troops who came to surrender.
But all of this was completely destroyed by the fire half a month ago.
Huang Taiji simply couldn't believe when the other party started to deploy. He conquered a major military town in one go, plus twelve attached military towns. But the other party was able to deploy in all the towns overnight.
With manpower, more than 80% of the food and grass were burned.
This shows that the other party has always been fully aware of the situation here. They even anticipated their attack and arranged their manpower in advance.
The Tatars still captured a few alive. After interrogation, almost no useful clues were obtained. They only knew that they were hidden stakes of the Jinyiwei. They had been ordered to lurk here for more than two years, just to be able to catch the signal when they received the signal.
, lighting fires to burn food. At the same time, many of the Ming army guards were bribed by them.
That's why the ignition was so smooth. Even the final fight between the Ming army and the Tatars was all their fault. You know, even if there was not enough food, Huang Taiji would not be able to order the Ming army in the city.
An order to kill them all. His plan was to advance south, sweep some small towns, collect some food and grass, and hold on until the autumn harvest.
But I didn't expect that the atmosphere that night was too tense. Someone provoked someone casually, and the two parties started filming directly. And in that kind of atmosphere, once it started, there was no possibility of stopping.
The Ming army thought that they were going to be silenced, so they naturally resisted desperately. The Tatars, on the other hand, thought that these Ming soldiers wanted to rebel, so they naturally suppressed them with all their strength. As a result, the two sides fought bloody battles for a day and night.
The Tatars won in the end, but the street fighting cost the Tatars nearly 10,000 elite men. You must know that so many Tatars died even when they conquered Shenyang City.
"Who is the commander of the Imperial Guard in the Ming Dynasty now?"
"Your Majesty, it's a man named Lu Xiao. But we know very little about this man. Moreover, he seems to also be in charge of Shanxi Bingbei Road, and is currently training new troops."
"Lu Xiao, it seems that this so-called scorched earth plan was created by this person. Contact there, I want all the news about Lu Xiao."
Lu Xiao naturally didn't care that Huang Taiji started to investigate him. He was now standing on a hillside, looking at a bandit team not far away. On the flag erected, a ferocious yellow tiger was baring its teeth.
"Interesting, it's him. Bring over the Tiger Cannon, the Red Artillery, the Musketeers, and the Grenadiers."
