Chapter eight hundred and ten
Chapter 810 You will know by comparing
Li Chengliang, the general of Liao Town, led the Liao Town army to fight against Duolun. If it were not for Wang Tong's war to lead troops to conquer naturalization, this would probably be the first time in the Ming Dynasty in nearly a hundred years and would have attracted attention from the world.
Since the Battle of Yingzhou during the Zhengde period, the Ming Dynasty has never fought a battle of this scale again. However, Wang Tong led 30,000 troops to conquer Guihua and destroyed the country. Li Chengliang led his army to the west again, which was not so dazzling. Wang Tong had such a brilliant victory. Li Chengliang's expedition not only did not make people look forward to it, but instead made people feel worried.
When a large army fights, the outcome is unpredictable. If Wang Tong wins the northern expedition and Li Chengliang loses the western expedition, then Li Chengliang's glory and wealth for so many years, his reputation as a famous general for many years, and even their entire Li family will be suspected.
Wang Tong, the new commander of the Jinyiwei, returned victoriously. He was so strong in the court. Most of the people who felt that Wang Tong threatened him hoped that Li Chengliang would win a great victory.
Only when Li Chengliang won a great victory in the Western Expedition to Dolun could Wang Tong not be so dazzling, and it would make people question whether the court rewarded Wang Tong too heavily, and whether he gave him too much power and rewards.
After the military parade, the ministers in the court became more eager. A few days later, the news they wanted came from the northeast. Li Chengliang, the general of Liao Town, led a large army to conquer the Korqin tribe in Duolun, won a great victory, and returned to Beijing.
The news was divided into two channels, one was sent to the Ministry of War and the other was sent to the palace. The news from the Ministry of War was soon known by those who could know it, and rumors spread quickly in the capital.
The Western Expedition Army led by Li Chengliang, the general of Liao Town, was very good at choosing the opportunity to attack. There were tribes on the grassland as the pioneers. Since leaving Liao Town, they swept across the grassland.
Many small tribes had only three options to choose from, died and destroyed in battle, fled early, and surrendered to the Ming army. Before the war came, Liao Town had already achieved a record of killing more than 3,000.
The Altan tribe could not leave Guihua City, and the Korqin tribe could not leave Dolun. Without this land of abundant water and grass, a large tribe of tens of thousands of people could only be scattered in the barren land and could no longer become a whole. On the grassland, dispersing is equivalent to destruction.
The Korqin tribe, which was always despised, promised heavy conditions, and most of the grasslands eastward formed an alliance to strive for as many reinforcements as possible to prepare for battle with the Ming army.
The Altan tribe was destroyed, the Wang Ting was defeated, and the news that tens of thousands of male men from the royal family were slaughtered here. The grassland tribes were extremely shocked. Suddenly, the Ming army had such strong combat power. What's more important is that the Ming Dynasty, which had always been unprofitable, was suddenly so aggressive. When such a huge country became warlike, how could it compete on the grassland?
Someone heard that Guihua City treated various departments outside the Altan tribe well, and led the tribe to try their luck, while more people were as far away from Guihua City as possible.
When Li Chengliang led the Liao Town troops to attack, the east of the grassland was in panic. To the west was Guihua City, where the Ming Dynasty was heavily stationed. The army there was said to be Wang Tong's army. Wang Tong had an undefeated reputation on the grassland. To the north, he could only go to the desert. At this time, the cattle and horses were all thin and thin. I don't know how many people and how many livestock would die on the grassland. When I went there, it was never easy to touch the soldiers and horses in Ji Town.
Before we knew it, the Khorqin tribe was forced into a desperate situation. The Khorqin Khan did not spend much effort to summon reinforcements this time, and each tribe did not need to mention any conditions. Such a life-and-death battle aroused the common hatred of the tribes on the grassland.
Most of Halashen, Duoyan and others sent their own teams. Duoyan's tribe was also called the Ming Pingfan and an ally of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland. But this time, it also sent cavalry to help the Korqin tribe.
To the east of Duolun, there were 50,000 Tartar cavalry waiting for the Liaozhen army. In addition to the more than 10,000 personal soldiers of his direct subordinates, Li Chengliang's army had nearly 10,000 personal soldiers of each general in Liaozhen, which was more than 20,000 elite troops. In addition to the remaining officers and soldiers who were transferred to the grassland, the army also exceeded 60,000.
Although there are 50,000 cavalry in the Tartars, not many can reach the elite level of Liaozhen cavalry. This battle is very likely to win.
The results of the battle are also in line with this paper judgment, and Liaozhen won a great victory.
"What I have done this year is to mention it in the tribute when paying homage to the ancestors."
The victory was delivered in the afternoon. Emperor Wanli was carrying it with Concubine Zheng. He was quite proud and wanted to be reserved in front of the internal supervisors and court officials. He revealed a lot of true nature of his own woman and Emperor Wanli.
Concubine Zheng, who had already gained a lot of weight, looked at Wanli with a smile and said softly:
"It's also your Majesty's wise and powerful force. Otherwise, how could there be such a powerful general and a capable minister under his command, and how could he achieve such a great victory?"
Emperor Wanli laughed out loud, patted the good news in his palm, and said:
"There are only a victory over there. The battle report will take a few days to deliver it, but the detailed reports of the Dongchang and Jinyiwei should have come before dark."
In such a large army, the East Factory and the Jinyiwei both arranged their own eyeliners, which was almost a semi-public existence, and the generals knew it well.
The letters and messages of the imperial court should be contacted by the army to go to the expedition, and the official business transactions should be more cautious. The spies from the Dongchang and Jinyiwei had to seek timely efficiency, and the authenticity requirements were not so high. Anyway, the news would be delivered continuously. The above was just to understand the latest situation and could be corrected at any time.
Emperor Wanli would not be able to stay with Concubine Zheng in this way. At night, he would go to the imperial study room to see the notes delivered below.
"More than 5,000 were killed and more than 5,000 were killed or injured in Liao Town"
Emperor Wanli shook his head slightly as he read the battle report. The casualties were almost the same. However, in addition to the battle in Guihua City, the results of this battle were based on the rules of the Ming Dynasty's War. It was a real victory. If we count the previous level 3,000 level 3,000 level 8,000 points, this victory could be called glorious.
Moreover, the coalition forces of Korqin and the grassland divisions were defeated and rushed outside the Duolun grassland area, and the purpose of this battle was also achieved.
According to the report from the Dongchang, the Liaozhen army was already quite arrogant before this battle, thinking that the Tartars were just like this. However, when the war started, there was chaos in the Liaozhen general Qin Deyi.
Many small tribes came to surrender along the way, and all the people Liaozhen arranged them on the periphery and rushed forward as cannon fodder when they went out to fight. This was the situation. Even if these small tribes were unwilling to do so, they could only do so.
But since it is a friendly army, it is necessary to relax its defense. When the war is about to happen, a small tribe with nearly a thousand people suddenly has difficulty on Qin Deyi's flank.
The Liaozhen soldiers are indeed powerful soldiers. It is so hasty that they are on the battlefield. Qin Deyi's personal soldiers will immediately organize people to suppress the cavalry of these small tribes.
But I was so desperate that the Korqin tribe invested five thousand cavalry here. These five thousand cavalry were originally disguised as fleeing tribes. The five thousand cavalry suddenly joined, and Qin Deyi couldn't stop it. The infantry began to collapse, and the civilians and the men rushed around like flies.
But the so-called "cavalry" of the Tartars was still much worse than the elite of Liao Town. The Li family soldiers led by Li Rubai threw them into the battlefield and immediately defeated the five thousand Tartar cavalry.
There was no suspense about the next battle situation. The army of Liao Town was led by cavalry, and the infantry rushed towards the Tartars' formation behind.
Facing the well-armed and well-trained Liaozhen cavalry, the main force of the Tatars cavalry had no way to resist, and could only retreat step by step.
However, the fighting intentions of the coalition forces of the grassland were beyond Li Chengliang's expectations. The elite troops of the Korqin tribe used the same fighting method to stop them, which also caused many casualties and injuries to the Li family's servants.
After the Li family lost more than a thousand soldiers, Li Chengliang stopped the offensive momentum, and the Tartars were almost defeated and retreated.
As the commander of the first army, Li Chengliang said that the battle had been won and he could return to the army next. No one could tell his fault. In this battle, the Ming army's infantry and civilians died or injured more than 5,000, and the core strength of the Korqin tribes lost more than 5,000. In addition, since the battle, the small tribes that were dispersed, defeated, and killed were pushed out of the grassland. There was also ten years of peace, which was also very effective.
The Dongchang newspaper said that it was more than 5,000, and the previous good news was a total of more than 8,000. According to the previous rules, the number of newspapers sent to the capital should be exaggerated to 20,000.
Wang Tong killed nearly 50,000, which was about 20,000. Wang Tong may have exaggerated it. Compared with each other, it is almost the same.
However, in the eyes of those who know the truth, Wang Tong's record is real, and this is a comparison of two moves
"The literature newspaper said that thousands of soldiers from the Li family died, from Li Chengliang to Li Rubai, they were heartbroken. What a good guy, these soldiers were raised by him with the silver money from the court, and they were actually treated as their own property."
After Emperor Wanli saw it, he just sneered, and Zhang Cheng next to him said with a smile:
"Long live, according to the report from the East Factory, Wang Tong led the Huwei Army forward at that time, and the Jizhen soldiers were guarding their own side."
Emperor Wanli just sighed and said:
"This time, all the elite troops in Liao Town were released. I don't know how much worse the Korqin was than Altan, but I still got this way. This Liao soldier is known as the champion of the nine sides, but I didn't expect to be more than Wang Tong."
Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli fell silent. He put down his Chinese scroll and leaned on the back of the chair. Zhang Cheng was a little puzzled. As usual, Emperor Wanli must have said a few more words, either sarcasm or praise, why did he suddenly fall silent?
“It’s so strong”
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