Chapter 17: The troops went out of Liaodong (6)

Zhu Zhi said: "I am a layman in the war, but why did the battle we carefully planned this time not be achieved? In my opinion, there is no problem with our arrangement in all aspects, and we are also careful at every step. Why did we almost talk in the end? Today, the King of Japan hopes that everyone can speak freely and say anything.

If we don’t fight well, we should learn from such a battle. “Back to Fushun Pass, Zhu Zhi’s first thing was to hurry several officers above the commander to attend a meeting and summarize the gains and losses of the battle.

Ye Wang said: "The last general was a little careless. First, he did not carefully reconnaissance the Jurchens' military force configuration, and the scouts were too thin; second, when he encountered the enemy situation, he was a little panicked, which led to the dispatch of troops to rescue him without judging the enemy's military force configuration, and there was a big problem in his command.

The main responsibility for this expedition is to me. Please punish your highness. "As the supreme military commander who went on the expedition, Ye Wang must have committed direct responsibility. Fortunately, he is not a person who recommended the Third Committee and Fourth Committees, so the problem he admitted sounds quite pertinent to Zhu Zhi.

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "We are summarizing our experience, not pursuing responsibility. Do you think the Yulin Guard is my guardian. If there is a problem, I am afraid that I can't afford it?"

Ye Wang replied: "Your Highness sees Wanli clearly, and the general did have such concerns at that time."

Zhu Zhi said: "I have understood your kindness, but the first thing that the generals consider is the victory of the battle, not these personal honors and disgraces. I also have a responsibility on this issue, but care will be inconvenient."

Ye Wang said: "The last general received the teachings. Another point is that the last general thinks it is also very important. We made the mistake of dividing troops. Originally, our army was 18,000, and the Jurchens dared not intercept the attack halfway.

But the last general was also worried that His Highness would take risks at that time. He thought the enemy was intercepting General Zhang's troops in the upstream, so he divided his troops to protect His Highness back to the gate. Who knew that he had been trapped by the Jurchens to lure the tiger out of the mountain.

Zhu Zhi nodded while listening, "I am not as good as you in war. In fact, the biggest trouble is the king. If I hadn't denied your plan to attack Tiger Beach, the enemy might not have time to evacuate the camp, and they would have been defeated by the surprise attack.

A layman should not command the experts. Moreover, I have also involved the decisions of the generals on the front line. I did not win a complete victory this time. The main problem lies with me."

Qu Neng quickly stood up and bowed: "Your Highness must not blame yourself. If your Highness had not been in a critical moment, our army might have collapsed."

Zhu Zhi waved his hand and asked him to sit down and said, "Don't enlighten me, I know what responsibility should I bear. Do you know what support is that our army has not collapsed?" Everyone shook their heads and didn't know.

Zhu Zhi said: "It was training and good tactics that supported our army. I was present during the attack.

At the beginning, the enemy's arrows fell like rain and caused certain casualties to our army, but after that, our army was able to quickly organize into formations to react, and did not panic because of the hasty attack. Otherwise, ordinary troops might have collapsed at this moment. In addition, when their troops were at a disadvantage, their group tactics were excellent, and ten people often greeted four or five of the other party; and our Liaodong army was very brave, not inferior to the Jurchens.

Only the three armies have lived through the most dangerous moments with their lives. These are the strengths of our army. It is not easy to fight like this in the first battle.

The result of this battle is not so much the 600 Jurchen heads, but rather verifies that the training we carried out according to the "March Notes" is effective. We sweat more often in normal times and we can only shed less blood during wartime. The training needs to be further strengthened.

If we realize this, we will gain more than we lose.”

The generals answered in unison: "Yes!"

Saying this is equivalent to praising Qu Neng.

After all, he was the direct person in charge of the Liaodong Army's reorganization; Ye Wang's face was never revealed, because he was the one who made the plan for this battle, and he pushed the Jurchens and the officers and soldiers of the Yulin Guard, and his Dingliaon Central Guard did not even encounter the enemy.

Zhu Zhi did not notice Ye Wang's expression.

Zhu Zhi also knew it in his heart.

After all, it was the first battle of the Liaodong Army after the training. It was already good to fight like this. It was only 600 Jurchens that he killed only 400 of them. He also made a profit in terms of war horses. Moreover, the war horses of the Jurchens are generally better than those of the Yulin Guards.

Think about the fact that in history, Zhu Di led his troops to expeditions to the grasslands, and he had hundreds of thousands of people every time, and the history recorded only a few hundred beheadings. Of course, he did not record how much he lost.

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"Someone told me that in the war the day before yesterday, we killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 of them. The implication is that our army has not won a complete victory. But I don't think so. The former Japanese king was on the battlefield, right among these men, they were bleeding and sacrificed.

But they still fight like a man! Fight with bows and arrows, swords and guns, and even teeth. What is this? This is responsibility, this is honor. This is a man's fearless spirit!

I clearly remember that a man rushes towards the enemy leader holding this banner; I also remember that a man shouting "Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?" and crashing into the enemy formation without hesitation! I still remember that you and you, all these men shouting "If you advance, you will live, if you retreat, you will die." The Jurchen Tartars were beaten to scatter and flee, falling flowers and flowing.

What is this? It’s still a responsibility, an honor, or a man’s fearless spirit!

This king believes that Sarhu is the first battle place of the Liaodong Army and the glory place of the Liaodong Army! Don’t forget Sarhu! From here, the Liaodong Army is invincible!"

"Don't forget Sarhu! You can't win in all directions!" Wow, the entire school ground was nearly 20,000 military academy shouted frantically, "Don't forget Sarhu! You can't win in all directions!"

Zhu Zhi waved his hand and brushed, and his thunderous shout stopped instantly. He took out a big banner and wrote four big red words "Guanning Iron Cavalry".

"From now on, the Dingliao Central Guard and the Yulin Right Guard will be called this name - Guanning Iron Cavalry. This is the glory you deserve. You must gather under this banner forever and fight like a man!"

Qu Neng and Ni Lei quickly stepped onto the stage, knelt on the ground, and each took over a big banner. The difference was that Qu Neng's four yellow flags were red, while Ni Lei's one had a red flag.

For many years, these two flags have been flying at the forefront of the battle, and the Guangning Central Defense later became known as the "Three Tigers of Guanning".

Ye Wang quietly said to his subordinates: "Look, this is the power of His Highness the King of Liao. He used this miserable victory to mobilize the morale of the entire army."

Qu Qing murmured to his younger brother Qu You: "Look, from now on, the Liaodong Army will no longer be the original Liaodong Army."

Zhu Zhi would not just say nothing but practice. Now that the Liaodong Prefecture Treasury has money, he is quite generous and gives each of his fallen soldiers a pension of fifty taels of silver.

The injured soldiers will be given 20 taels of silver for the severity of the injury, and the injured will also be given 5 taels of silver for the pension.

On the one hand, Zhu Zhi asked the memorial to report the results of the battle to Zhu Yuanzhang truthfully, and on the other hand, he wrote a book to condemn the Jurchens, who sent them to Lalu and handed them over to the leader of the Jurchens in Haixi, scolding the Jurchens for invading the Ming border and attacking the army patrolling the Ming border, causing the Ming army to lose 400 people.

The Jurchens were ordered to hand over 400 people to pay their lives, or to compensate a thousand horses and a thousand taels of gold, and to hand over the land of Nadan Mansion. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would be in charge of the criminal army.

What is robber logic? This is called robber logic. Zhu Zhi didn't care about so many Confucian benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and whispers of civil servants. He wanted to set an example. Anyone who kills me will definitely be destined to be dead.

"Nonsense... what's the point! I took my horse, entered my Jurchen realm, and slandered me and attacked him. I was so savage, and I asked me to compensate him? Hehe, since it was unreasonable, let the horse saber speak.

Come on, pull out the envoys under the tent and behead them." Zahaqi was furious with Zhu Zhi's reprimand.

Standing under the tent was the Liaodong Dusi manager Xu Cheng's eyes were rolling around. He pushed hard and broke free to tie him up. He said in Jurchen words: "Hahahaha. If you don't need to push, I am a great Ming official, and I will die even if I die.

It’s just that people say that Zahaqi is an eagle on the top of Changbai Mountain, but they didn’t expect that he was just an unreasonable barbarian.”

Zahaqi said, "Wait, why do you say that I am a barbarian?"

Xu Cheng said: "You said my Ming army entered your Jurchen territory?"

Zahaqi said: "It is true that the boundaries between the Han people and the Jurchens in Liaodong have always been based on Fushun Pass, the east is the land of the Jurchens, and the west is the land of the Han people."

Xu Cheng said: "It's not true. This place is the land of the Jianzhou Jurchens. How can the great chief represent the Jianzhou Jurchens?"

Zahaqi said: "I am the king of the Jurchens, why can't I represent it?"

Xu Cheng said: "No, right? Last year, the chief of the chief even submitted a letter to me and the Ming Dynasty to appoint you as 'Sarisa Gu Khan'. In our Chinese language, it is the king of Liaodong. But it was rejected by the court, which means that the chief of the chief is not a king, but he is just a self-proclaimed."

Zahaqi said: "But that is also the land of the Jianzhou Jurchens. The Jianzhou Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens are brothers."

Xu Cheng said: "It would be fine that the chief admitted that it was the land of the Jurchens in Jianzhou. Now the Jurchens in Jianzhou have already attached themselves to the court.

Then isn’t the land of the Jianzhou Juzhen the land of my Ming Dynasty? The King of Liao thought that you mistakenly entered the Ming Dynasty and no longer held the responsibility for the Chief’s land.

Could it be that my Ming army was killed by you when patrolling on his own land? Is it unreasonable for you to ask for some compensation?"

"This..." Zahaqi was speechless for a moment. Although he felt something was wrong with Xu Cheng's words, he couldn't remember something was wrong.

Xu Cheng's eyes rolled and observed Zahaqi and said, "As the saying goes, two countries will not kill me. Since the chief insists on killing me unreasonably, I have to admit that I am unlucky. Please ask the chief to do it. Remember to give Xu Cheng a knife.

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Zahaqi recalled Xu Cheng's words and laughed: "Okay, I am not an unreasonable person. Since that's the case, I will let you go back.

You go and bring me a message. I heard that the King of Liao said, "I hold the wheat ears in one hand and the saber in the other." Do you want to accept the wheat ears in the other? Or do you want to accept the wheat ears in the other?

In short, there is no compensation. If the Liao King is still aggressive, he will have to meet on the battlefield in the future."
Chapter completed!