Song Yingchang's order was full of temptations, but Li Rusong's response was unexpectedly good. After Zha Damou got the order, he quickly ordered his troops to go out. Li Rusong even temporarily assigned him a batch of newly arrived Beijing wood.
Hand grenade, also known as hand grenade in later generations.
However, what Song Yingchang didn't know was that Li Rusong had already contacted Gao Pragmatic during this period. The reason why the troop dispatch was carried out without any compromise was mainly because Gao Pragmatic had made some promises to him. Of course, at the same time,
Li Chengliang's reply also arrived, which probably means that he and Gao Pragmatic have reached an agreement, and the two parties have reached some principled consensus on the losses of the Li family army in the Korean battlefield.
Tracing the source of this issue is actually a bit complicated, mainly in two aspects. The first aspect is that the core force of the Li Jiajun is the servants, but the so-called 40,000 Li Jiajun are not all calculated according to the servants at the "organization" level.
, only 10,000 of them actually received "household allowance" from the imperial court.
The military system of the Ming Dynasty is now very complicated. For a general, the army under his command can often be divided into several levels: the general's own personal soldiers, the general's personal soldiers, ordinary conscripts, and the guards' soldiers.
The ones with the best treatment and the strongest combat effectiveness here are the marshal’s personal servants. For example, the thousand elites that Li Rusong personally brought over during the Battle of Biti Pavilion are of this level, and they are also the core combat strength of the Li family army.
It can even be seen as the cornerstone of Tieling Li's position as the world's leading general.
For Li Rusong, this kind of personal soldiers who were all servants were the backbone of the Li family who were directly subsidized by the court but loyal to him or Li Chengliang himself. They were the foundation for the Li family to maintain their status as generals.
Among the "Li Family Army", the army second only to the "general commander's retainers" is the retainers of the generals and retainers. These retainers are also retainers, but in principle they are not the retainers of Li Chengliang or Li Rusong, but the retainers such as Zu Chengxun and Zha Da.
Received personal soldiers from direct generals of the Li family army such as Yang Yuan.
If we were to force an analogy to this situation, there would be a sense of "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals", but this is not complete. After all, the era of "narrow feudalism" in China has long passed. In fact, as long as the big
Shuai's personal prestige is high enough, and he still has the ability to directly give orders to "the vassals of my vassals", and these "vassals of my vassals" do not dare to disobey them.
However, under the actual situation of the servant system, in theory, "my servant's servant" is indeed not "my servant". "I" only rely on the huge prestige and respect for "I" those who have become the chief generals of an army but were originally
The generals of "my servants" have the power of life and death, thus indirectly possessing a deterrent force against "the servants of servants".
Then a question arises: if "I" lose such prestige and the power of life and death over the generals who were originally my servants, then those more numerous "house servants" can still obey
For me? Maybe they will obey for a while, but "my" deterrence against them will continue to decline until collapse.
With this explanation, Li Rusong's performance can be reasonably explained: Zu Chengxun, Zha Dashou and even other generals of the Li family army who were directly from the Li family but did not really have the surname Li, no matter how much they suffered in the war, they would not care about the Tieling Li family.
All these losses can be tolerated, because as long as the Tieling Li family remains strong and their political status remains stable, these losses can be made up for in the future.
However, if the core strength of the Li family in Tieling collapses, things will become complicated: How do you know that these "non-direct generals with the surname Li" have no intention of establishing their own business? How do you know that the imperial court did not hope all along?
Let them set up their own business? Once they all set up their own business, can the Tieling Li family still be considered the best general in the world?
Taking the original "three major generals" under Gao Pragmatic as the Ma family, the Ma family, and the Liu family, the Ma family and the Ma family, which are part of the Northern Army system, are maintained by the direct command of their own generals. For example, in addition to the Ma family,
In addition to Gui, the current head of the family, there are also a large number of nephews and generals such as Ma Chengen and Ma Chengxun. After Ma Fang became an official in the Ma family, brothers Ma Dong and Ma Lin also took charge of their own armies, and their subordinates were also still in charge.
He brought his children and nephews with him.
The only exception is the Liu family. After Liu Xian, the only son of the Liu family, Liu Wei, is in charge of the army. Although Liu Xin also has a relatively small army, because she is a woman and is not a chieftain, she is not a chieftain.
Therefore, this army only existed in the establishment of the Ming Dynasty court during the Yunnan-Burma War, and it was still nominally affiliated with Liu Wei.
As for later, this army simply broke away from the Ming Dynasty's establishment and was taken to southern Xinjiang by Liu Xin. It is currently dumped in Dingnan. It exists as part of the Siam Palace garrison in name, but is actually under the command of Huang Zhiting.
In Liu Xian's army, because he did not have enough blood relatives, he implemented a system similar to that of the Li Jiajun (but it should be noted that the Li Jiajun did not have many blood relatives), relying on many of Liu Xian's adopted sons (renamed Jiading) and their children (renamed Jiading)
son) to control the entire army.
Here we must extend the discussion to discuss the difference: For generals, blood relatives must be the most credible force, because under the current system, blood relatives of generals can maintain unity. After all, they are more powerful when united. Therefore, blood relatives of generals can maintain unity.
Easier to maintain in the long term.
The adopted son model can usually be maintained within one or two generations, but when the adopted sons become more powerful, they often receive the reward of changing back to their original surnames. As time goes by, they often become new generals on their own after varying lengths of time. Therefore,
Basically out of the control of the original general - of course, a special relationship will usually be maintained, but it is usually just for face. If there is a real conflict of interest, one's own interests must prevail.
Li Rusong had lost some of his immediate family members during the Battle of Yuan Dynasty, so Li Chengliang was angry and cut off his confession. This time, he lost a lot of money at Biti Pavilion. Adding up the losses before and after the Northern and Southern Wars, Li Rusong lost two thousand
Many of the most important direct servants.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The loss of more than 2,000 people may not seem like much to the 40,000-strong Li family army, but because it is a loss of core strength, it is actually a loss to the Tieling Li family.
The "General System" had a considerable impact, so Li Rusong had to withdraw his troops and return to Pyongyang. On the one hand, he tried to win the forgiveness of his father, Li Chengliang, and on the other hand, he quickly found ways to make up for these losses.
It is obvious that the consensus reached by Li Chengliang and Gao Pragmatic is to supplement the core strength of the Li family army. The news they replied to Li Rusong was that his direct servants in the Korean battlefield had been lost. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War would work together to ensure that the troops were fully replenished. Not only would they not
The "formal servant establishment" will be reduced, and new equipment will be given priority to them in the next round of military reform.
The reason why the Cha Da Shou Department was able to immediately dispatch troops in response to Song Yingchang's dispatch was inseparable from the fact that Li Rusong received such a guarantee. Of course, even so, Li Rusong would obviously become more cautious in the next war.
After all, as long as the Ministry of War is willing to provide personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs is willing to provide money, it is indeed easier to supplement the soldier issue. However, if too many recruits are recruited into an elite group at once, can this "elite" be considered a real elite?
It's hard to say.
Fortunately, what Song Yingchang wanted to transfer was only to investigate the Great Shou Department, and what he wanted to test was Li Rusong's attitude towards executing his orders, so Li Rusong could save a lot of worries and just agree directly.
From Li Rusong's point of view, even if the Zha Da Shou Department is damaged, as long as the Li family is still there, it will be able to make up for him sooner or later. Moreover, he has lost strength and needs to rely more on the Li family. This is not only not a trouble, but an opportunity.
Talking back to the Japanese army, at this time, the Japanese general Ukita Hideie saw that all three battles were defeated. He was really furious and shouted angrily: "Incompetent! A group of incompetent people! We faced tens of thousands of Ming troops in the Battle of Bitokan.
We were able to repel them, but now facing a mere few thousand weak North Korean troops, our army has been unable to defeat them repeatedly! I would like to ask you, what is the power of our army to win every battle in the past month when we attacked Hanyang directly?
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Ukita Hideie has a special status, but he doesn't usually get angry. At this time, when he was furious, Konishi Yukinaga, Ishida Mitsunari and Kuroda Nagamasa all had dark faces but did not dare to say anything, which allowed Ukita Hideie to fully experience it.
The authority of a general. Then Ukita Hideie decided to personally lead the fourth formation to attack Xingzhou!
When the Japanese army saw the general coming out, their morale increased greatly, and they charged forward regardless of all costs. Naturally, the front team suffered many casualties. However, the Japanese army was not afraid at this time, and they advanced one by one, and finally broke through the first fence and fortress.
Immediately, the Japanese army relied on the bunker to set up iron artillery formations and began to fight back at the North Korean defenders, while the remaining Japanese troops continued to charge towards the second fence. The bravery and fearlessness of death shocked the North Korean army, which was already weak in combat.
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Quan Li personally climbed up the tower to supervise the battle. Seeing that the North Korean army was shaken, he decisively ordered the deserters to be killed and ordered the North Korean army to reorganize their defenses. Although the flying mines fired by the North Korean army's artillery had a limited range and average power, they had a larger killing range.
In addition, North Korea's crossbows and other defense facilities were very powerful, and the intensive firing of crossbows still made it difficult for the Japanese army.
An unexpected bonus was that Ukita Hideie himself was hit by two arrows and fell to the ground. He was rescued and dragged out of the formation by his subordinates. At this time, the Japanese troops of the fourth formation retreated after seeing that the general was wounded. Finally, they also wanted to retreat and gradually retreated to the first fence.
defense.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Japanese Fifth Formation Yoshikawa Hiroie immediately took over and launched an attack. The Japanese and Korean armies then came into contact at the second fence. At this time, the two armies were going all out, and each used any means, whether it was burning lime, burning smoke, or biting.
He has resorted to gouging his eyes out to no avail.
Quan Li also personally went into battle to fight the Japanese army, resulting in a stalemate between the two armies. Yoshikawa Hiroyuki suddenly came up with a plan, ordered the Japanese army to retreat, and gathered kerosene and hay to prepare to burn Xingzhou.
Seeing that the Japanese army was preparing materials for a fire attack, Quan Li urgently ordered his subordinates to dig a dam and divert water from the Han River to flood the Japanese army. Soon the water flooded to the Japanese army's knees. Seeing that the fire attack was impossible, Yoshikawa Hiroyuki's family had to order a retreat.
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After the fifth formation withdrew, Kobayakawa Takakage of the sixth formation continued to take over the attack. The sixth formation waited for the water to pass slightly, covered it with iron cannons, took a loose position, and called in a large number of baked jade to throw and bombard. Soon the second fence was opened.
Kobayakawa Takakage ordered an assault. Upon seeing this, the Korean army hurriedly swarmed forward and sacrificed their lives to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through.
On the other side, Ming general Cha Dashou and Mao Guoqi led three thousand troops and rushed towards Hanyang. Soon they saw thousands of Japanese troops garrisoned at the key road in front of Hanyang. Cha Dashou divided one thousand troops and laid artillery behind the mountain to wait for orders, and ordered Mao Guoqi to lead the army.
Seventeen hundred cavalry were ambushed, and he personally led three hundred fine cavalry to kill and lure the enemy.
Fukushima Masanori was so excited when he saw the Ming army fighting that he immediately organized a fight. After the Japanese army was charged by the Ming army's cavalry for a while, the Fukushima army's iron artillery team finally fought back. Under the continuous fire of the iron artillery, the Ming army suffered two casualties.
More than ten people retreated in defeat. Fukushima Masanori saw that his losses were much greater than those of the Ming army, and angrily ordered a pursuit.
There is no doubt about what happened next. When the Japanese army was chasing, the Ming army ambush came out. This time the Ming army cavalry all held Wanli II-type lances and were equipped with new sabers, which combined speed, firepower, range and close combat.
Lethality. On the other hand, the Japanese army pursued in a hurry and had no time to set up their formations. Both sides fired at each other. Although each suffered casualties, the Japanese army was obviously at a complete disadvantage.
During the melee between the two armies, Fukushima Masanori still wanted to create a "one-horse attack" and personally confront Zha Daishou. As a result, the two stabbed each other with swords, but Fukushima Masanori just wanted to kill the general with his own hands.
However, Da Shou just wanted to win this battle. After going back and forth several times, Zha Da Shou, who was always distracted by observing the command, was knocked off his horse.
Fukushima Masanori was about to finish off Zha Daishou's life, but the experienced Zha Damousuke threw a cloak to cover his sight. Instead, Zha Dashou cut off the horse's leg with his sword and fell from the horse, and his saber also fell to the ground.
However, Masanori Fukushima was really brave. He picked up a spear and stabbed it continuously, turning the spear to attack. The saber in Zha Dashou's hand was suitable for mounted combat but not for infantry combat. He gradually became invincible while blocking with the left and right, and was stabbed by a spear.
On the right rib, fortunately his armor was strong and the soldiers around him rescued him in time. Masanori Fukushima was restrained by several people, and it was only Zha Dashou who was able to escape.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After escaping, Zha Dashou saw that the battle situation was in line with expectations, so he ordered the Ming army to retreat immediately, but Fukushima Masanobu continued to lead his army to pursue as expected.
The Ming army's cavalry had the advantage and could obviously run faster. However, the Japanese army was suddenly bombarded at this time. The mountains opposite seemed to be densely covered with banners and the sound of killings was everywhere. At this moment, the shelling was intensive and shook the sky. It was Mao Guoqi who ordered the ambush troops to rush out.
Acceptance of Cha Da Shou.
The Confederate army's artillery and musketry were matched from both distances, giving them a huge advantage. The Japanese army was already outmatched and was ambushed. They were immediately routed and retreated. Seeing this, Masanori Fukushima was astonished and thought that the main force of the Ming army might be here, so he immediately sent
People notified Ukita Hideie and led troops back to the defense and mobilized troops to assist.
In the blink of an eye, the battle in Xingzhou was approaching dusk. The second fence was also breached. The North Korean arrows were exhausted. The people of Xingzhou used their aprons as bags to transport stones. The Japanese army continued to attack, and the Korean army was close to running out of ammunition and food.
When Quan Li was at his wits' end, he saw many warships coming from the Han River. It turned out that Li Xie was transporting reinforcements and arrows to help the battle. The soldiers and people of Xingzhou rejoiced, and after receiving the aid, they fought back against the Japanese army again.
By sunset, Koshu had repelled nine Japanese attacks and killed nearly 2,000 enemies. Ukita Hideie became angry and ordered the entire army to attack again. Regardless of his injury, he personally went to the front line again. A large number of Japanese generals were deeply afraid that he would attack again.
The wounded soldiers followed him around, while the Japanese matchlock team advanced steadily with continuous fire.
The remaining samurai and ashigaru troops still fought hard to attack the city and prepared to climb the city. However, Koshu's arrows were about to be exhausted again, resulting in many casualties among the soldiers. Quanli himself was also hit by a Japanese matchlock gun. Although he could hold on forcefully and refused to retreat, he was unable to retreat.
I can no longer swing the knife.
Soon after, the Xingzhou City Gate was finally destroyed by baked jade. The Japanese army was overjoyed and planned to swarm in. The Korean soldiers and civilians resisted vigorously. The Xingzhou City Wall and Gate almost turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Ukita Hideie was full of murderous intent.
The ground messenger ordered the large-scale troops to come forward and strictly ordered each Japanese army team to take Xingzhou in one go.
Just when they were expecting Xingzhou to be defeated, the Ukita Hide family received a message and learned that the main force of the Ming army was approaching Hanyang.
Prefecture, led the army back to Hanyang.
Seeing the retreat of the Japanese army, Quan Li naturally announced that the army and the people would celebrate the victory together, and ordered the corpses of the Japanese soldiers to be dismembered and placed on wooden stakes for public display. The soldiers and people of Xingzhou were overjoyed. However, Quan Li himself was very worried and said to Li Xie and Master Chu Ying:
"Xingzhou defeated a large number with a small number, and the Japanese army retreated. However, our army suffered huge casualties. It is impossible to defend Xingzhou with only the remaining troops. The imperial court is also stretched in terms of troops and food. It should be difficult to immediately replenish Xingzhou's troops. Moreover, this battle
After that, Xingzhou was already in ruins. In my opinion, we had no choice but to abandon Xingzhou and retreat to Paju with all the soldiers and civilians to defend it."
Everyone had no objections, so Quanli led the remaining troops and people to evacuate to Paju early the next morning. With his withdrawal, Xingju became an empty city, and it was soon occupied by the Japanese army.
However, although the Battle of Xingzhou ended with the Japanese occupation, the Korean army finally withstood the fierce Japanese attack on a frontal battlefield for the first time, which can be regarded as setting its own record.
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