Is the Li family's Liaodong cavalry strong? Of course it is. It has been in Liao, Mongolia and Manchuria for more than 20 years without a single defeat. If this is not strong, then what is?
But no matter how strong the Liaodong cavalry is, it is first of all a cavalry. The key to distinguishing cavalry from infantry is the war horse. If a cavalry does not have a war horse, what kind of cavalry is it?
The biggest problem for Li Chengliang's unit now is the war horses.
One characteristic of the city of Hetuala is that Nurhaci does not have many cavalry, so the stables in the city are not enough. To be precise, there is a serious shortage.
The garrison camp in Hetuala City is very spacious, enough to accommodate nearly 20,000 troops, but the stables prepared by Nurhachi can only accommodate up to 2,000 war horses. The ten to one ratio is roughly consistent with the ratio of infantry to cavalry in the Nurha Red Army, but this
Obviously not enough for Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang brought eight thousand cavalry. More than half of the cavalry consisted of one man and two horses. The scout battalion had one man and three horses, and the artillery battalion was not included. The entire Li Chengliang army brought about 20,000 war horses and slave horses.
What should we do if the little Hetuala can't raise 20,000 horses? Of course we can move them out of the city and feed them in temporary stables. We can't demolish the houses in the city to raise horses, right?
Although Li Chengliang never regarded ordinary Jurchens as human beings, Nurhaci was not an ordinary person after all, and the two of them still had a close relationship. Although Jue Changan and his son died under Li Chengliang's massacre, Li Chengliang believed that he was worthy of Nurhachi.
——As long as your father and ancestors die, when will you inherit the left guard of Jianzhou? Besides, Uncle Li, I gave you the capital to raise an army.
Not only that, Nurhachi himself also has a close relationship with Li Chengliang.
Yao Ximeng's "The Beginning and End of Jianyi's Appointment of Officials" records: In the second year of Wanli, Li Chengliang's army defeated Wang Gao Village, and then killed Jue Chang'an and Tucker Shi.
Please die, I will take pity on you, and I will not kill you. I will keep you under the tent to protect you like an adopted son. I will go in and out of the capital, and I will take my slave with me every time."
Huang Daozhou's "Museum Dictionary: Farewell Notes on the Founding of the Qing Dynasty" records: Tucker served as Li Chengliang's guide during his lifetime. After he captured Wang Gao, he "received his merits and refused to reward him. Ning Yuan regarded him as a human being, and if he rebelled, he was taboo and used fire to attack him."
He set up counterattacks and burned him. When he died, Nuer Hachi was only four years old. Ningyuan could not cover up his merits, so he cried and mourned. He caressed Nuer Hachi and his younger brother Suer Hachi as sons."
"A Survey of Dongyi" written by Yu Gong Tiao Shang records: Jue Chang'an and Tak Shi were both guides of Li Chengliang, and died in the battle of Atai. At that time, "Nu'erha Chifang was young, and Li Chengliang looked down upon him."
The Haibin unofficial history book "Jianzhou Private Chronicles" records: Jue Chang'an and Tucker Shi died together in the battle of Atai.
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To sum up, the above records all record the same thing, but the specific plots are different: one is that Nurhaci’s father and ancestor died in Li Chengliang’s battle against Wang Gao, when Nurhaci was fifteen or six years old, and he was adopted by Li Chengliang;
It is said that Nurhachi's father, Takshi, was killed after helping Li Chengliang to eliminate Wang Gao. Nurhaci was just four years old when Li Chengliang regarded him as his son; thirdly, Nurhaci's father died in the battle of Atai, and Li Chengliang regarded him as a young child.
Nurhaci is like a child; the fourth theory and the third theory have the same meaning.
It is not surprising that there are so many different versions, because what people in the Ming Dynasty remember is based on rumors, and corruption is inevitable. Moreover, because there are so many rumors, it shows that everyone knows about it and it is not something made out of thin air. The question is which one is trustworthy.
, or not even credible?
The verification process is rather complicated, and readers may not want to read it in detail, so here is the conclusion: when Nurhachi was sixteen years old, his great-grandfather Wang Gao’s family experienced the tragedy of the entire village being destroyed. Fortunately, due to his grandfather and father,
Serving as a guide for Li Chengliang, he himself wisely "wrestled himself to death", so Li Chengliang "took pity on him, did not kill him, and left him under his tent to protect him like an adopted son."
The records in the article "The Beginning and End of Jianyi's Appointment of Officials" are reasonable and authentic. Therefore, we can draw the conclusion that Nurhachi was indeed adopted by Li Chengliang when he was sixteen years old and lived under Li Chengliang's tent for a period of time.
As for how long he lived, there is no clear historical record found, but according to the "Records of Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty", Nurhaci lost his mother when he was ten years old, and his stepmother was unkind to him. When he was nineteen years old, he instigated his father to separate from him, "
He was given only a few beards for his "furnishings". Due to his poverty, he had to make a living by collecting hazelnuts, pine nuts, mushrooms and ginseng, and trading them in Fushun Horse Market. From this record, it can be seen from this record that he had already made a living before he was nineteen years old at the latest.
He left Li Chengliang and returned to his own home. After the separation, he started to make a living on his own.
In addition, some people question that all the records about Nurhachi being adopted by Li Chengliang are from the Ming Dynasty, which may not be credible. In fact, this is not a doubt, because the Tatar Qing history compilation style is well known, and the historical facts that once belonged to the Ming Dynasty are kept secret.
Naturally, it will not go down in history.
However, later generations can still find some traces. For example, there is such a record in "Ye Heguo Beile Jia Cheng" compiled by Xu Qianxue in the Kangxi Dynasty: "In the tenth year of Renwu, in the ninth month of autumn, on the first day of Xinhai, Taizu Ruye
In the country of He, it was difficult for Li Chengliang to escape and he came to me." This means that before 1582, Nurhaci was detained by Li Chengliang.
In short, from the research of historical data, it is certain that Nurhaci lived under Li Chengliang's tent for a period of time and had a close relationship with Li Chengliang. (Note: There is also a description based on this research in the previous article of this book.)
Therefore, in Li Chengliang's view, his relationship with Nurhachi was already very close. After Gao Pragmatic began to obviously suppress Nurhachi, the latter became more and more active in getting closer to him, giving gifts and so on without mercy. If it were not for this time
The battle was His Majesty's responsibility, and Li Chengliang had no intention of meeting Nurhachi in battle.
He felt that Nurhachi's previous invasion of Dong'e tribe could be exploited. His original intention was just to scare Nurhachi by himself, so that the emperor would understand his importance in Liaodong. Gao Pragmatic had also been shocked, but Nurhaci calmed down a little, and immediately
He started making small moves again, but Li Chengliang thought that if he came forward, Nurhaci would not dare to do it.
Gao pragmatism had three major achievements in Annan, Dingbei and Pingxi. In terms of his great contributions and outstanding achievements, he was indeed the first general after the founding of the country. Although Li Chengliang was not convinced, he could not say anything. However, if we only look at Liaodong, Li Chengliang
I really feel that I am not arrogant and pragmatic.
Battle of Zhongzuosuo, Battle of Panshanyi, Battle of Zhuoshan, Battle of Pinglubao, Battle of Red Earth City, Battle of Liaohe, Battle of Azhou, Battle of Fushun, Battle of Shenyang, Battle of Kaiyuan, Caozigu The battle, the battle of Gule Village... Destroy Wang Gao, kill Hai quickly, kill Ada Ahai, etc...
In terms of any single battle, it is indeed not as good as the highly pragmatic Annan and Beipingxi. However, this is also the result of the emperor's sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple. If added up, it is not much worse than the high pragmatism.
And what about Liaodong specifically? The Jurchen tribes called Li Chengliang Uncle Li, but no one called Gao Jingshi as Uncle Gao - the places where Gao Jingshi was most famous were Annan and Tumote.
All in all, Li Chengliang felt that his prestige in front of Nurhachi was higher than that of Gao Pragmatism. Nurhaci, who was frightened by Gao Pragmatism, was submissive on the surface, but still dared to make small moves in private, but as long as Uncle Li took action, Nurhachi would not dare to do it again.
Therefore, although he was wary of Nurhaci, it was only at the lowest level. It was just a subconscious reaction that "people who are not of my race must have different hearts." Once several secret observations revealed that Nurhachi showed no signs of movement, he completely relaxed. .
This relaxation caused big problems.
As soon as Nurhachi relaxed, there were more than a thousand Bagala soldiers in the city, and hundreds more were transferred from outside - Li Chengliang promised five hundred. In fact, because Nurhachi had the favor and acquiescence of the other Li family generals, he transferred I earned at least 800.
As a result, Nurhaci's troops in the city already exceeded 2,000, and they were all elite infantry.
At this time, although the Liaodong Army had more than 7,000 people in the city (there were hundreds of Liaodong Army guarding horses outside the city), there were only 2,000 horses. This statement is still problematic, because the horse stables in Hetuala City The stables are next to the garrison camp. As soon as the Nurhaci rebellion began, they blocked the road between the two places. At the same time, they unbridled the Ming army's horses and let them run wild in the city.
It's not that Nurhaci didn't know that war horses were precious, but because he didn't have the manpower to collect and take care of the horses now, he simply let them run around in the city. Anyway, the city gate was closed and they couldn't escape.
In addition, the random running of the horses will block the roads and prevent the Ming army from effectively gathering. This is a double-edged sword. However, since Li Chengliang's troops are elite cavalry and Nurhaci's troops are elite infantry, when no one has horses, of course, Nurhaci is more able to act at will.
Moreover, once the Ming army was reluctant to part with their war horses and gathered their war horses in the chaotic city, it would waste more time and make Nurhaci's actions more convenient.
This was the scene Li Chengliang and Li Rumei faced when they ran out of Nurhachibeile Mansion. The garrison camp was filled with flames, people roared and neighed at the stables, and there were disheveled Ming troops running around on the road, as well as soldiers from Jianzhou. The organized troops chased and killed, and there were even scattered war horses rushing around.
After all, Li Chengliang was experienced. He knew the situation was out of control when he saw this. If this was in the wild, it would actually be better. As long as he found a place with few people and high ground to set up his own banner, he could slowly gather his people and stabilize the situation. Military spirit.
However, we are now in the city of Hetuala, and the highest position is Beile Mansion. However, this Beile Mansion is definitely not a place to stay for a long time, because Nurhachi will definitely concentrate his troops to attack. Staying at Beile Mansion at this time will undoubtedly mean that he is holding the plate. I respectfully presented my head to Nurhachi Xiaona.
Li Chengliang's only hope now is that his troops are in the city, and Nurhachi's troops are not superior. If he can gather his men together, even if the cavalry is converted into infantry, there is still a chance to defeat Nurhachi.
However, Li Chengliang was "overworked" after all. There was one thing he didn't expect. Instead, Li Rumei reminded him very promptly: "Dad, we must first find a way to block the east and south gates, otherwise we will have to
There is a serious problem!"
As mentioned before, Hetualaxi is surrounded by rivers to the north, so there are only two city gates in the east and south. In terms of ease of defense and difficulty of attack, it is only slightly worse than Haiyuan City, the hometown of the Huang family in Guangxi before moving to Annan.
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Li Chengliang immediately understood that what he said was right. If the two southeastern city gates are not blocked now, Nurhachi will definitely open the city gates and let his troops outside the city in. By then, the situation will become even more irreversible.
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So Li Rumei and his cronies escorted Li Chengliang to the east city gate and gathered some of Li Chengliang's servants who had stayed outside Baylor Mansion on the way, slowly gathering more than two hundred people.
Perhaps because they discovered Li Chengliang, these two hundred people's combat effectiveness was significantly improved than before. They broke through the Jianzhou soldiers' two encirclements and then met Li Ruzhen and Li Ning.
Li Ruzhen didn't have many servants around him, only a dozen people, but Li Ning brought more than a hundred people, and the number of people around Li Chengliang exceeded three hundred. So with Li Rumei included and Li Ning outside, the team of more than three hundred people won a great victory and broke through again.
After being surrounded by Jianzhou soldiers, they rushed to only one street away from the east gate.
But their bravery attracted the main force of Jianzhou, E Yidu suddenly appeared with most of the red Baya La Niulu, stopped them, and both sides were able to kill them.
After all, the three hundred people around Li Chengliang were tired. Even with the bonus of the commander's prestige, they were all forced to move forward. They even retreated dozens of feet and were about to collapse.
Li Rumei was furious and fired an arrow from her bow, almost hitting E Yidu, who was supervising the battle, in the head with one arrow. Although E Yidu narrowly avoided the fatal blow because a good archer must be good at avoiding it, he was still struck by this fatal blow.
The arrow knocked off the helmet, revealing the rat tail underneath, which was quite embarrassing.
And there was also a roar from the east city gate: "How dare you, a man who leads a horse and holds a rein, to be so arrogant in front of you, Uncle Pinghu? Don't leave, I will give you a knife!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This angry shout was very familiar to Li Chengliang. He turned around and saw Li Ping and Hu coming out of nowhere and chasing a Jianzhou general. Then
General Jianzhou didn't know if he had already fought with Li Pinghu. He didn't know where the scabbard fell, so he ran away with a simple sword in his hand.
The Jianzhou general ran closer and happened to see Eyidu. He was so happy that he shouted: "Zuo Ezhen, I am Iran, save me!"
Eyidu also heard Li Pinghu's roar just now and knew that this man was Li Chengliang's general in the Chinese army. He was responsible for guarding Li Chengliang and had extraordinary military strength.
At this time, General Li Ping and Hu happened to catch up with Yiran'a and slashed out with his sword. Yiran'a tried his best to pounce forward, but he was still slashed in the back by him. Although this sword was taken away by his forward thrust and took away most of the force, it still broke through the armor.
His back was injured, the wound was as deep as one knuckle, and all the bones in his back were visible.
Er Yi was startled, and quickly held the bow in his hand, shouting at Li Pinghu: "Are you Li Pinghu? Look at the arrow!"
Li Pinghu never wore heavy armor, and he knew the power of Jurchen's heavy arrows, so he subconsciously gave up the pursuit, put the sword in front of his chest and prepared to draw the arrow. Who knew that E Yidu's arrow was not aimed at him at all, but
He aimed at Li Chengliang from a distance and shot out with a "whoosh".
Li Pinghu broke into a cold sweat and shouted: "Thieves, don't hurt my handsome man!"
Li Chengliang himself was also surprised. He is not usually afraid of cold arrows, because he always wears two layers of armor when he goes into battle, but the situation just now was so urgent that he could not wear armor at all. Sixty-two years old
As a veteran, it is naturally very difficult to avoid E Yidu's arrow.
However, a figure suddenly rushed in front of Li Chengliang, and Li Rumei shouted angrily: "Jianzhou dog slave, you are worthy of hurting my father!" The sword flashed, and the arrow was deflected impartially.