Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, it has always focused on maintaining the Jurchens' military superiority over the Han people. However, with the collapse of the Jurchens' fierce and powerful system, the decline of the Jurchens' martial arts style was inevitable.
Therefore, starting from the Mingchang period, the imperial court adopted a strong suppression attitude towards the Han's custom of forming societies and practicing martial arts, and even set up a special crime, which was called the crime of practicing fighting with guns and sticks among the people.
What is ridiculous is that at the same time as this crime was established, the imperial court was busy fighting against powerful enemies in the north and south, and more and more Han'er were signed into the army.
As a result, the practice of gun and stick among the people has not been curbed, and the training methods originally mastered by Jurchen warriors in the army have been spread to the people on a large scale.
Just as the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties said, "There are six out of thirty weapons and eight out of ten martial arts." In the past few decades, military fighting skills and folk martial arts have developed separately and continuously integrated.
Li Quan is a master who can integrate the two and reach a higher level. When he established himself in Weizhou, he once practiced martial arts in front of tens of thousands of troops.
Many people witnessed with their own eyes that while riding a horse at full speed, he continuously stabbed four wooden figures placed every thirty steps and hit the five-inch square wooden board on the wooden figure's head.
This galloping method was a common training method used by the elite knights of the Jin Army, and it was also a required test item in the martial arts examinations of the Jin Dynasty.
At this time, there are only a handful of Jurchens who can do this. When Li Quan stabbed so quickly, he didn't even use an ordinary wooden spear, but the iron spear he was accustomed to. This
The gun is said to weigh forty-five kilograms!
Such skills, when used in the army to fight, are really ten battles. Li Quan relied on his own skills to build prestige bit by bit and unite his troops. Whenever he encountered a strong enemy, he would ride and charge with an iron spear.
It has never been unstoppable.
When a warrior rises recklessly, such a routine is inevitable.
From a certain point of view, Li Quan, Yang An'er and Guo Ning have very similar acting styles. They also rely on personal force to establish a basic team, then deal with political forces, and continue to gain political gains through victory on the battlefield.
However, Yang An'er pays more attention to his anti-golden banner, while Guo Ning's eyes are fixed on Mongolia. Compared with these two people, Li Quan is much more realistic and has a much softer body.
Even their fighting styles are average. The three of them are accustomed to relying on their own force and leading the elite to strike a decisive blow.
Before today, Li Quan had never failed. Therefore, he felt that his military force was not inferior to Guo Ning's, and he could compete with Guo Ning on the battlefield. Even if there was a gap in military strength and equipment,
You can make up for it by seizing the opportunity and commanding before the battle. Whoever can seize the opportunity will win.
But Li Quan never dreamed that he would suffer such humiliation on the day of face-to-face competition.
His camp has been broken. The elites he gathered around him were already heartbroken before they even started fighting.
Li Quan turned sideways and saw only thousands of people scattered about two or three miles from the reed swamp to the Tieling platform. Several officers shouted, trying to urge his men to move forward, but no one responded at all.
So the officer could only stand there in despair.
These soldiers are all carefully selected masters. Li Quan's military orders and Li Quan's prestige could originally drive them to use their arms and fingers. No one dared to hesitate or neglect, even if they were to follow Li Quan in the sea of swords and fire.
Pass.
But when they lose their fighting spirit and motivation, they feel no different from clumps of withered yellow reeds.
The reason is very simple. They never expected to see such a tragic scene with their own eyes.
The camp was lost! Everyone’s relatives and family members had all fallen into the hands of the enemy! How could the soldiers continue to fight?
Not to mention that the soldiers had not thought of it, Li Quan himself had not thought of it either.
Since Li Quan raised his army, he has always been under the banner of protecting the country and the people. Whether he is in Yidu or Weizhou, he always takes good care of the families of the soldiers first to ensure the safety of his own basic territory.
The reason why he did not hesitate to reach a tacit agreement with the Mongolian army that day was, to a certain extent, because wherever the Mongolian army went, the cities were ruins. He and his subordinates did not allow their hometown to suffer such a disaster.
It can be said that this approach is the source of the cohesion of Li Quan's army and the reason why Li Quan's army is different from other red coat armies.
Although he was a powerful member of the Red Coat Army, his identity was always closer to that of a local tyrant rather than a bandit. Therefore, the Shandong Army Commander-in-Chief at that time and the Hebei Xuanfu Ambassador today accepted cooperation with Li Quan.
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But now, the camp is lost?
Even though Li Quan pinned all his hopes of victory on the surprise attack on Tieling, he only brought along Tian Si's troops and left two generals with elite troops, Chen Zhi and Zheng Yande, to garrison the camp.
Ke Ding Haijun suddenly appeared. Facing the attack of Ding Haijun, Chen Zhi and Zheng Yande, with more than 10,000 troops, only lasted for a little more than a moment?
Unfortunately, in just over a quarter of an hour, I, Li Quan, and my men ran all the way from the swamp, and the camp collapsed before we even had a fight with the defenders on the Tieling Mountains.
How could this be?
Li Quan closed his eyes and breathed in the cold air hard, as if this could suppress the surging panic. He tried his best to cheer up and asked himself, what should he do next?
He suddenly heard someone crying next to him.
His thoughts were suddenly disturbed, and panic suddenly replaced with strong anger. Li Quan suddenly opened his eyes, wanting to kill the crying weak man in one fell swoop.
But when he raised his iron gun, he realized that the crying man was Yu Maner, a young man who had been practicing martial arts with Li Quan for several years.
Yu Maanger is the son of Yu Yang. Brothers Yu Yang and Yu Tan are Li Quan's most trusted subordinates. That day, Wanyan Sala suddenly turned against him and tried to hunt down Li Quan. The two Yu brothers risked their lives to resist, risking their lives to kill Li Quan.
In exchange for Li Quan's life.
From then on, Li Quan regarded Yu Mao'er as his nephew, and even regarded him as one of his heirs. Yu Mao'er also lived up to Li Quan's expectations, and he excelled in both martial arts and the art of war.
Fast progress.
But at this moment, Yu's emotions got out of control.
It was precisely because of Yu Man'er's progress in martial arts and military tactics that he understood what kind of strength Ding Haijun had shown. This was a crushing, unstoppable force. Even the Mongolian army was nothing more than this, right?
Like Yu Man'er, those who followed Li Quan were all veterans or good players. And because of their rich experience and accurate judgment, they also saw that the gap between the two sides could not be bridged at all, which made people completely confused.
despair.
The moment they stopped for a moment, the soldiers in the camp had retreated all the way to the Beiqing River. Yu Man'er saw hundreds of his companions throwing away their armor and fleeing to the river with nowhere to escape. Some people jumped
They went into the water and floated downstream with the current; some people were trapped by the mud on the riverside and could not move; others, including many women and children, stood by the water and cried loudly.
This kind of cry was a heavy blow to Mao'er. In the past two years, he had gone into battle several times. He had also fought against various local tycoons around Yidu who were dissatisfied with Li Quan, destroying their power and causing their women and children to scream.
Such crying.
Yu Man'er was taught that a warrior must have a heart as solid as stone, and he must not feel pity or waver when seeing this situation. But at this moment, seeing his women and children screaming and crying by the river, he couldn't bear it at all.
"My mother and my eldest sister are all in the camp." Yu Maner called out in a tearful tone.
He saw the armored Dinghai navy pursuers from behind, rushing in like a surge of metal. Will they kill everyone, or force everyone to surrender? Maybe, they will drive so many people into the water, so that
Did they drown?
Yu Man'er speculated wildly, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
When he finally heard Ding Haijun shouting, "Kneel down and do not kill, and those who surrender will not be killed," he couldn't help but murmured: "Surrender..."
He turned to Li Quan and said with a bitter look on his face: "Marshal, let's surrender, just like the surrender of Wanyan Sala and the surrender of servant San Anzhen before. Surrender first, and then think of other ways."