When a battle breaks out unexpectedly, both sides of the battle must be in some confusion. This is true at all times and at home and abroad. There are many factors that determine victory or defeat at this time, including training, courage, the general's reaction, and the gap in weapons and equipment, etc. .
However, when they were both Mongolian cavalry, the difference in these factors between the two sides was not too big. Even Tuotuo's reputation would not be as effective as usual after the fight actually started.
The biggest variable in this battle is Li Rusong and his five thousand cavalry. As Li Chengliang's "head commander", these five thousand cavalry are not ordinary five thousand cavalry. They have combat experience, physical fitness and desire to fight. It can be said that it is indeed of the upper class in terms of desire. Needless to say about the equipment, Yishui's private equipment is by no means comparable to the dregs of the previous government workshops.
As we all know, Li Chengliang's army management was different from that of Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang was famous for his systematic leadership of the army, while Li Chengliang relied on his personal prestige and charisma, rewarded meritorious soldiers generously, and relied on honor and wealth to boost morale. Therefore, later on, "Cheng Liang Zhuge Liang" The power of battle depends on the good men. Later, the good men Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Li Xing, Qin Deyi, and Sun Shoulian were all rich and powerful.
The enterprising spirit in his early years was lost, and his achievements gradually declined from prosperity. First, there were cases of timidity, and then there were rumors of concealing defeat and taking advantage of merit. Although these were all done by his subordinates, Li Chengliang could not refuse after all. Its to blame.
However, those things only started to appear in the original history around the 20th year of Wanli. At that time, Zhu Yijun adopted Li Rusong, intending to use him to replace the old Li Chengliang. Therefore, the Liaodong cavalry was stimulated for a while, and it was not until later that Li Rusong died unexpectedly in battle, and this "dead energy" was truly irreversible.
At this time, the Liaodong cavalry was basically at its peak, and all "indicators" had not declined significantly. The reason why the Liaodong cavalry was able to defeat Mongolia for nearly forty years and the Jurchen cavalry was not like some What the novel talks about relies on the so-called "three-eyed blunderbuss" that can be used as both a continuous shot and a hammer, but on two things: being willing to spend money and not being afraid of risking one's life.
Being willing to spend money is a good habit that the Tieling Li family is famous for. The sentence just mentioned "The power of all the battles in Chengliang was due to athletes. Later athletes Li Ping, Hu, Li Ning, Li Xing, Qin Deyi, and Sun Shoulian were all rich and powerful. "Specialized City." This is proof. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. An ordinary warrior who originally had no hope in his life suddenly has such a bright future. Who wouldn't be willing to give it a try? However, the reason why this method does not last long is that It is precisely because after the generals become too rich, they achieve their life goals and start to indulge in pleasure, they become "unable to get up".
As for not being afraid of risking their lives, the specific manifestation during this period of Li Chengliang and Li Rusong was to charge personally. Li Chengliang had been personally leading the charge for so many years, so his subordinates did not dare not risk their lives, and Li Rusong had a tougher temper than his father. Every battle He must be in front of the battle, so his cavalrymen are even more convinced of him.
In terms of tactics, the Li family's cavalry "used their cavalry in battles, formed a horizontal formation, and fired bows and arrows at the thieves. If the thieves' formation did not move, they would slowly retreat and then charge again. After more than ten times, no one in the strong formation could not be defeated." ." It can be seen that the Liaodong cavalry in the original history, like the Mongolian cavalry, were archers, not pure musketeers.
However, in this life, due to the emergence of high pragmatism, the range, accuracy and lethality of the cavalry guns produced by Jinghua have surpassed ordinary cavalry bows. Therefore, within half a year of Li Rusong's arrival in Taiyuan, he spent huge sums of money to re-equip his troops.
The Wanli style lance.
According to the information reported to Gao Pangshi by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Beijing, this incident was still a bit of a fuss within the Tieling Li family at that time. Many Li family members questioned that Li Rusong did this because he did not take Li Chengliang as his father seriously.
At that time, Li Chengliang had already joined the Heart School, and his relationship with the Practical School was quite tense.
Many people's attitude was: Since they had fallen out with Gao Pragmatic, why should they buy his firearms or give him money? From this, they began to doubt Li Rusong's position.
However, the Li family's affairs obviously had to be decided by Li Chengliang in the end, and Li Chengliang's decision made everyone dumbfounded. He only said: "He may have to do it in Shanxi." Then he stopped interfering.
This attitude left everyone confused. The news Gao Pragmatic got was that after the family meeting, Li Rusong's two uncles had a secret talk with his eldest brother Li Chengliang, but it was unknown what they talked about. No matter how powerful the "Black Top" was,
He is not yet at the level where he can bribe Li Chengliang's biological brother.
In fact, Li Rusong thinks very simply. He doesn't care who his father is hanging out with now. The principle he believes in is simple and crude: If the people under me listen to me and can fight, then I can face anyone.
All fearless.
Even though he is already in his thirties, he is actually similar to Huo Qubing back then. He believes in the supremacy of bravery and all difficulties can be overcome with courage and force.
Since the Jinghua lance was better than the bow, of course he changed it, for no other reason. And this change of equipment also played a corresponding role in this battle. He fired at will during the charge, and three shots defeated him in preparation for battle.
The five thousand Chibu cavalry in the state of fire - the reason for the three guns is not because the Jinghua lance can already fire continuously, but because the lance is much shorter than the rifle (so the performance is worse), Li Rusong's department
Each person was equipped with three guns, which were loaded in advance and relied on the advantages of the flintlock rifle to fire three shots in a row during the charge.
The difficulty in this is just to change guns quickly, and this difficulty will definitely not trouble the Li family's cavalry. How good are their riding skills? The heads of the Mongolians and Jurchens who died in their hands can prove it.
In fact, speaking of it, the words "Liaodong Iron Cavalry" are not more suitable for the later "Guan Ning Iron Cavalry" than for Li Chengliang's army, because the actual performance of the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry is really too low, most of the time.
Turning in - What does turning in mean? If you don't dare to fight, run; if you can't fight, run.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In many books of later generations, the "Guan Ning Cavalry" was praised as the most powerful team in the late Ming Dynasty, the only one that could compete with the Eight Banners Soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
A "frontally tough" army. But if you really delve into history, you will find that the powerful reputation of the "Guanning Iron Cavalry" is mostly exaggerated. This is a cavalry in name, but it is engaged in city defense battles; in name only, it is a cavalry force.
This is the army of the Ming Dynasty. It can't defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty no matter how hard it is. However, its combat effectiveness against the Nanming Dynasty is beyond the limit. Such an army cannot be called an "iron cavalry", and it is difficult to live up to its reputation.
For example, according to the records of "Mingxi Zong Shilu", in the fifth year of Tianqi (1625), Sun Chengzong took the initiative to attack Houjin, with 700 Guanning cavalry and 800 infantry. In the Battle of Liuhe, they were defeated by the Eight Banners Army with less than a hundred people. Coach
, the vanguard, and the supervisors were all killed. This was the only time in history that Guan Ning's army took the initiative to attack Houjin.
Later, in the Battle of Hunhe River, 5,000 Baigan soldiers and 3,000 Qi soldiers fought bravely against 60,000 Eight Banners troops. The main forces of the Eight Banners had their teeth broken and were waiting for reinforcements. As reinforcements, 30,000 Guan Ning cavalry went to the rescue.
, but were easily repelled by Huang Taiji's 20,000 men. Then Guan Ning's army was so frightened that he fled back to the city and refused to fight from then on until the Baigan soldiers and Qi's army ran out of ammunition and food, and the entire army was wiped out.
In the subsequent Battle of Dalinghe and the decisive battle of Songjin, Wu Xiang (Wu Sangui's father), the commander-in-chief of the Guanning Army, took the lead in escaping, resulting in the annihilation of all foreign reinforcements.
Later, in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, the Liaodong War followed the so-called "relying on a strong city and using huge cannons" strategy. As a cavalry force, the Guanning Cavalry "repulsed" several Eight Banners Army attacks during the city defense battle. This is also
It’s rare for Guan Ning’s cavalry to achieve impressive results.
After Yuan Chonghuan's death, the supreme leader of the Guan Ning Cavalry became Zu Dashou. Under the leadership of Zu Dashou, the Guan Ning Cavalry continued to fight against the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty. Finally, they lost to the Jin Army in the Songjin Battle in 1641. Zu Dashou
Dashou led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
However, only part of the Guanning cavalry followed Zu Dashou in surrendering at that time, and some were led by Zu Dashou's nephew Wu Sangui. Later Wu Sangui also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and most of the Guanning cavalry became the Eight Banners Army and were under the control of the Tatars.
The Qing commander entered the pass and fought against Li Zicheng and the Nanming army.
Although it was not possible to defeat the Qing soldiers, after they shaved their heads and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Guan Ning's cavalry attacked Nanming and Li Zicheng, but they were invincible and their combat effectiveness was explosive. They made great contributions to the Manchu Qing's takeover of China.
The reason is that the Guanning Cavalry was ultimately derived from Li Chengliang's Liaodong Cavalry. In order to obtain military pay from the court, Li Chengliang raised the bandits with self-respect. Compared with the private troops of other Ming army generals, this cavalry was "privatized"
"The degree is even higher, and the worst thing is that they do not always regard themselves as a "national army" like the Qi Jiajun, but only regard joining the army as a shortcut to promotion and wealth.
Compared with other armies of the Ming Dynasty at that time, the Liaodong cavalry had various privileges, such as double pay, the right to distribute spoils of war, shares in military camps, and even many various benefits and generous settlement allowances, and even
Things like disability, relocation, and retirement pay.
As a result, the Liaodong Cavalry has in fact become a military group that is responsible for its own profits and losses.
Nurhachi's Eight Banners system was also born out of the Liaodong Cavalry. Therefore, the "Guanning Cavalry" and the "Eight Banners Cavalry" are essentially from the Liaodong Cavalry. The only difference is that the two camps are different. The most fundamental essence is that they are both
A military group that is responsible for its own profits and losses.
However, compared to the Eight Banners Cavalry, the Guan Ning Cavalry is much more inert than the latter. Because the Guan Ning Cavalry also has an important source of income, which is the military salary given by the Ming Dynasty, but the Eight Banners Army does not have it, so it has to rely on itself to grab everything.
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In this way, you can tell the difference between the superior and the weak. The children of the poor have long been in charge. They have to rob everything by themselves. When you sit in the city, the court will pay you. Who has a stronger will to fight and who is more willing to risk his life?
Win the battle?
Although Yuan Chonghuan's strategy and tactics were a mess, at least the Guan Ning cavalry seemed to "obey instructions" when he was alive. However, since Yuan Chonghuan's death, Zu Dashou has basically been in a state of obeying orders but not announcements.
In fact, it became an independent armed force independent of the Ming Dynasty's military system.
When the interests of Guan Ning's cavalry were affected, Zu Dashou agreed with the Ming Dynasty against Hou Jin, which seemed particularly patriotic. But in order to preserve his own strength, he could also declare his surrender to Hou 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 invaded Beijing, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry had not received military pay for almost a year. At this time, they were still counting on a military force.
How much loyalty the military group has to the imperial court, which is responsible for its own profits and losses, is basically a dream.
And after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty? The combat thinking of the Guan Ning cavalry completely changed. At this time, the Central Plains in Guan Nei was no longer the object of their protection, but a land full of food, treasures, and women, waiting for them to plunder.
Treasure land, Guanning cavalry no longer have to crowd in Liaodong to resist the Eight Banners cavalry in exchange for "dog food".
This is "liberating productivity"! (To avoid being criticized, I specifically stated that this sentence is in a sarcastic tone)
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Guan Ning's cavalry suddenly exploded.
Sad, ridiculous, or deplorable?
The reason why Gao Jingshi insisted on standing opposite Li Chengliang was mainly because of this, rather than Li Chengliang's other problems - most of the Ming generals had those problems, and Gao Jingshi couldn't deal with them for a while, and basically didn't do anything about it.
Mind you, in addition to killing good people and taking credit, many of them were turned a blind eye by Gao pragmatism.
Gao Pragmatism is not an idealist who just came out of the ivory tower. The fundamental problems of the Ming Dynasty have not changed. How is it possible to expect those military generals to give up their efforts? He does not make money, but goes to fight with beggars like guardsmen? Then
To die.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since he has made money, do you still expect everyone to be like Qi Jiguang and spend all the money on maintaining the army? Why don’t you expect people from the Ming Dynasty officialdom to do the same?
Everyone is Haigangfeng!
At this time, after Li Rusong's troops defeated Huo Luochi's former army, three lances were inserted on the right side of the horse's back. They all drew out cold weapons and continued to charge forward without stopping.
This move often appears in cold weapon warfare. The purpose is to directly defeat the opponent's command system and form a situation of overwhelming defeat. It is similar to Li Shimin's Xuanjia elite cavalry's "rolling the flag and crossing the camp". It is the best way for elite cavalry to give full play to their advantages.
One of the tactics.
Tuotuo and Yilduzi had already led their troops to kill them at this time. Although they both fought based on experience, they were just right for the situation at the moment - Li Rusong's troops had already cut in like a blade.
As long as the wound continues to be opened, the opponent will either die or be injured.
Of course Huo Luochi and Zhuli Rabbit knew that this sudden change put them in danger. At this time, Zhuli Rabbit was relatively close and had no time to make other assumptions. They rushed over with their own soldiers, intending to block Li Rusong and strive to create opportunities for others.
If you have the opportunity, you can use the Mongolians' most accustomed method of fighting and retreating at the same time - of course, it can also be conversely said, retreating and fighting at the same time.
According to Zhulitu's idea, as long as this goal is achieved, even if today's defeat is inevitable, the casualties will still be controllable and there will still be a chance for a comeback.
However, Zhulitu made a mistake. As soon as the two armies met, he was discovered by Li Rusong. The Taiyuan general who believed in martial arts came roaring and clapped his horse. He raised his knife and brought down the sword. Lirutu, who was unable to react in time, chopped off his head cleanly.
A major defeat for the "Qinghai Ergou" has inevitably occurred.
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