Chapter seven hundred and seventy-ninth the strategy on the bright side(1/2)
Li Yi nodded and said, "These are just speculations. But no matter what, the current situation is very clear. Supervisor Yuan will not come back, and the situation in Liaodong will also change."
"So you do your best to make Liaodong turn the world upside down?" He Kegang said coldly.
"Yes, I just want to make Liaodong turn the world upside down. If you are poor, you will think of change. If you don't change, how can you get out of the predicament?"
"But what you did was pulling Liaodong into a deep abyss."
The conflict between the two became increasingly fierce. He Kegang was not an extreme person, but he didn't understand why Li Yi did this. The Liaoxi generals were the cornerstone of Guanning's stability. If you go against them, there would be no benefit to the situation.
Li Yi doesn't think so. In his opinion, without any change, the situation in Liaodong will not be able to improve at all.
"Supervisor, you have to know that relying solely on the Dongjiang Army will not have much impact on the situation in Liaodong. Without the support of the Ming officials, you have no ability to fight against Zu Dashou and others." He Kegang simply explained it clearly.
Li Yi looked at He Kegang and said coldly: "Since Lord He is unwilling to help me, I will naturally not bother you."
The two parted in disagreement, and Li Yi did not receive the support of officials such as He Kegang, and He Kegang was unable to persuade Li Yi to change his approach.
After seeing off He Kegang, Li Yi returned to the backyard tiredly.
Zhu Qilong said: "Sir, He Kegang is in charge of the military affairs of the Liaodong army. If he does not support us, what should he do next?"
Li Yi looked back at Zhu Qilong and said, "What should I do?"
Zhu Qilong said in confusion: "Don't you want to make the military system more customized?"
A sly smile appeared on the corner of Li Yi's mouth and said, "When did I say that I would change the military system of the Liaodong Army? Since Zu Dashou wants to continue to waste time with me, then we will continue to waste time. But no matter what, the plan of the Dongjiang Army must be implemented as soon as possible."
In the next few days, Li Yi and Liu Xingzuo, Chen Jisheng and Xu Fu Zuzou held negotiations to make arrangements for the first step of reorganization of the army.
When the matter was arranged, the three of them went back to prepare separately.
Li Yi's next focus must be on Dongjiang Town, but for Liaodong, his supervisor should not be too unpresent, so Li Yi still needs to do something.
The first thing Li Yi did was to fight.
He told He Kegang that although the Donglu plundered a large amount of money, grain and a large population this time, the relationship between Huang Taiji, Daishan and Mangourtai did not ease, but intensified.
What Li Yi has to do is to make their relationship worse.
However, dealing with cunning people like Huang Taiji is of no use in insidious means and scheming, so Li Yi did not intend to really deceive Huang Taiji. All he wanted to use was a very obvious conspiracy.
In the second year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1629), the young "Hero Lord" Emperor Chongzhen had not yet awakened from the glory of using thunder to eliminate the Wei Zhongxian group. An unprecedented catastrophe came to the old empire with a "revival" atmosphere. Because the Later Jin Empire, which had always annexed all the territory of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, rushed into the area within Shanhaiguan for the first time and directly came to the capital.
In October of the second year of Chongzhen, when Yuan Chonghuan was still rectifying defense at Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji personally led an army of 100,000 to detour through the Korqin grassland with lightning speed and breakthrough of Da'ankou (now the northern border of Zunhua County, Hebei), Hongshankou (northeast border of Zunhua) and Longjing Pass (northwest border of Qianxi County, Hebei) surrounded Zunhua, an important military town of the Ming Empire.
On the fourth day of November, Zunhua fell, and the governor of Shuntian Wang Yuanya and general of Ji Town Zhu Guoyan died.
On the eighth day of November, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Sun Chengzong, the former Cabinet Grand Secretary and Minister of War, who was experienced and respected, as the Minister of War, and the Grand Secretary of the Zhongji Palace, and was in charge of Tongzhou's defense.
On the first day of December, Emperor Chongzhen performed a good show of "attacking". Xuan Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Man Gui, and Heiyunlong entered the palace. The four of them had just entered the Da Nei and tied up Yuan Chonghuan to prison.
In May of the third year of Chongzhen (1630), the Later Jin army, which had already plundered countless people and property in the pass, finally retreated. This war lasted nearly seven months, not only ravaged more than a dozen prefectures and counties near the capital of the Ming Empire, but also greatly enriched the population and property, but also destroyed tens of thousands of troops of the Ming Empire at a small cost, including a minister, a governor, and three general officers. Chongzhen himself killed Wang Qiao, the Minister of War, Yuan Chonghuan, the Governor of Ji Liao Liu Ce, the Governor of Shanxi Geng Ruqi, the General Officer Zhang Shixian, and Zhang Honggong. As for the dismissal, there were more senior officials exiled.
In addition to economic and military strikes, there were also great talent strikes. Especially for Yuan Chonghuan's unjust killing, it severely damaged the morale of the Ming Empire's army. From then on, incidents of the surrender of the army of the organization began to occur frequently.
Among the hundreds of thousands of people captured by the Later Jin Dynasty, there were a large number of lower-level officials, juren and students in the Ming Dynasty. Almost all of them were favored and appointed by the Later Jin Dynasty, becoming a powerful tool for the Later Jin Dynasty to manage internal affairs later.
Moreover, this invasion was like a long-term investment with a large return. After investing less costs, it was waiting for a steady return. Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi until Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou, and a large number of elite soldiers and generals compared themselves to Yuan Chonghuan, and had sufficient reasons to be a "traitor".
This was the first time that the Later Jin Dynasty entered the pass, and it was even more out of control. It drove four times in a row, causing trouble to the entire northern and capital areas, causing tens of millions of people to fall into dire straits.
Just when Donglu had gained a large population and began to build new manors and increase the farming area, Li Yi had already sent his personal guards to several shares and began his first battle to Liaodong.
The weather became warmer, and a team of cavalry wearing the armor of the Later Jin Zheng Red Flag was running fast. Li Si was wearing a layer of cotton armor, and there was a set of iron armor behind him. He led twenty-five cavalrymen and ran quickly in one direction.
"Li Si, are you sure the horse thieves are talking about this place?" Li Yi turned around and asked.
Li Si looked at a Mongolian man, and the Mongolian cavalry nodded.
Li Si nodded and said, "What the horse thieves are talking about here, saying that a group of ten armoured soldiers were escorting five hundred Han people to the military farm, and they wanted to pass here."
At this time, two cavalrymen returned quickly, and the Mongolian cavalry returned quickly. One of them, Tieding, "I discovered that ten armored soldiers and thirty unarmed soldiers are right in front."
Li Yi nodded and said, "Put in armor to replace horses and prepare for battle."
With a command, the cavalry put on iron armor, checked their weapons, and boarded their horses to prepare for war.
The cavalry moved forward slowly, and Li Yi was able to see the wish team clearly because of his sharp eyes.
A team of Later Jin cavalry were wearing armor and long bows were hung on their saddles. In addition to this weapon, there were guns, and the rare long axes and meteor hammers.
Thirty armorless soldiers carried bows and arrows on their backs and knives in their hands, escorted the Han people forward.
"kill!"
Without any extra words, the command is only one word!
The Later Jin cavalry reacted quickly. After discovering Li Yi's team, they immediately swung their knives to cut off the horse and connected the captives' ropes, and the whole team greeted each other.
When they seemed to be the armored horse soldiers of Zhenghongqi, their expressions relaxed and they were about to shout, but the leader of the group saw that the other party did not slow down, but instead drew out their weapons and came to fight towards them.
"It's the enemy, prepare for battle." Baishku shouted.
The vest soldiers yelled and activated the war horses and went up to meet them.
Li Yi's cavalry was twice as fast as the Later Jin cavalry, but the Later Jin soldiers were brave and did not show any fear. The two teams of cavalry were almost at the same time and rode the soil on the ground to welcome the other side.
The Later Jin people were not very good at equestrians, and they were even inferior to those of Tieding who had been trained for a long time, but they were able to bend their bows and shoot arrows, and the bows they used were different from those of the Han people. In order to facilitate riding and shooting on war horses, the upper bow arms and lower bow arms were of different lengths. They looked asymmetrical, and the upper bow arms were slightly longer. At this time, they were in the limelight, with the wind power, and the range was advantageous. The two armies were getting closer and closer, and they were the first to take action.
Because the horse speed was too high, the cold wind whistled, and the arrows were not accurate at all. The Tieds subconsciously lowered their heads and let them pass by. Only two unlucky mounts were injured, and the shocked horse threw the knight into the mud.
When he got closer, Li Yi suddenly stood up, spread the Wushi bow, leaned toward the sky, and took the arrow in his hand as the war horse under his crotch rose into the air.
Horse movement and uneven ground will cause bumps to the bow and riding, affecting the accuracy of riding and shooting. This impact will be minimized only when the mount is off the ground.
Li Yi was extremely strong and used a hard bow. The arrows were like meteors and shot him down.
Li Si, who followed closely behind, was not willing to be outdone and also set off his bow and shot arrows.
Li Si's horsemanship has made rapid progress. After following Li Yi, he experienced many battles in battle formations. In addition, his daily roads are completely full of proprietary training, and his shooting skills have improved. However, the accuracy of the upward shooting is not as good as flat shooting, and it is also affected by wind. This arrow did fall into the Later Jin cavalry team, but he is not lucky and finally landed on the back hip of a war horse.
Tieding behind also bent his bow against the wind and fought back hard. After a wave, no one saw the Later Jin people falling off the horse's back. Even closer, they were fighting hand-to-hand. Tieding left the brigade and rode his horse to the edge.
The Later Jin people also hung their long bows back on the horse's back and hung them on the hook, holding long weapons to prepare for the fight.
"Pistol gun!"
Before the battle, it was unique to the Iron Brigade that it was fan-shaped and used muskets to injure the enemy with a musket. After Li Yi shouted loudly, the Tidings took out muskets from their bags and pointed them at the rear golden vest soldiers of about 30 steps to pull the trigger.
With the crackling sound of muskets, the trained horses were not restless. Instead, the Later Jin army was in chaos. Three or four people fell off their horses, and the rest were also very panicked.
The Later Jin soldiers might have suddenly encountered a firearm and suffered a great loss. Nearly ten people were hit, and they were overturned. The team was in chaos, and the riding skill was very skilled and he hurriedly stopped the horse to avoid it.
In a moment, Li Yi's cavalry had already hit him. He and Li Si rushed forward, swung their spears and stabbed them in a row, killing several cavalry. The irons following behind relied on the cheaper weapons. The spears did not stab the enemy, so naturally the cavalry behind continued to attack. During the cavalry fighting, they would soon be stepped into meat paste by war horses.
Li Yi led a team of iron dicks on the flanks. His shooting skills were profoundly evident in the essence of the word "fast". Every time he was retracted, the tip of the gun could drink blood, and there were always enemies who howled and fell down.
The Later Jin people were not without the power to fight back. In terms of riding and fierceness alone, they were better than Tiedin, and their counterattack was still very fierce.
During the fight, people fell off their horses' backs from time to time, and the soil, mud and blood quickly made the land colorful.
Most of the vest soldiers were killed instantly and had no combat power. Li Yi rushed directly towards the armorless soldiers gathered behind.
The armorless soldiers behind saw that their people suddenly started fighting and watched with a blank expression. Suddenly, a riot came from the front. Suddenly, a cavalry rushed over from afar, and dull sounds came. The already loose formation of the armorless soldiers was even more chaotic.
“Law ~~”
A team of horsemen rushed over quickly, and the horse's hooves stepped on the ground, splashing mud. Ten riders skillfully controlled the war horses, circled in a circle, and shot out the arrows in their hands.
The armorless soldier raised his muskets and bows and arrows to aim at the cavalry, but when he saw the other party shooting in the distance, he became a little panicked, as if he felt some danger.
"Swish swish swish swish..."
The arrows fell, causing no casualties. A sharp-eyed armored soldier saw a piece of paper bag tied to the arrows on the ground, and there was a fuse that was about to burn out. Just when the fuse was burned, the paper ball suddenly burned, and a large piece of gunpowder smoke rose, and the thick smoke instantly enveloped all the armless soldiers.
Away from the distance, you can only see clusters of mud-white smoke rising, like huge white clouds, with very low visibility.
The rider did not stop and kept shooting arrows.
The arrows not only include this kind of rocket that raises smoke, but also the arrows that really hurt people. In the thick smoke, there are constantly being shot to the ground and screaming shrillly, which makes the armorless soldiers who are not sure of the situation even more chaotic.
As the armorless soldiers were in chaos, they saw Li Yi and others calmly loading their hand guns under the dark sky, and then aimed at the armorless soldiers who were still in a panic, pulling the triggers one after another.
The killing distance of the hand gun is not large, but it is still very effective against armorless soldiers.
The armorless soldiers were shrouded in smoke and were already very panicked, but now their companions were knocked down one after another, even more frightened.
When they reacted, Li Yi had already led the cavalry to rush over, horse hooves flew, mud and grass splashed everywhere, and ferocious murderous intent filled the world. The shiny spear and the waist knife were already raised in the air, flashing a cold and cold light.
Li Yi sat on the war horse and was very satisfied with the effect of this new type of smoke bomb. This move not only interfered with the vision of the armourless musketeers, but also caused chaos, which was the right condition for cavalry assault.
"kill……"
With a loud shout, the murderous tone spread throughout the team like a drought thunder. The cavalry began to speed up. Li Yi ran in front of the cavalry formation. The cloak behind the mountain armor floated from behind his shoulders, and the gentle slope retreated like a tide under his feet. The array of armorless soldiers who were trapped in chaos slowly unfolded in front of him like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Li Yi raised his tiger-toothed gun high, and his cold murderous intent poured out from his eyes, rushing into the armored team like a storm.
"Die~~"
Li Yi shouted loudly and rode his horse hard. The war horse neighed and rose into the air. He spanned several steps away from the air, like a mountain of Qianjun. Under the gaze of the armorless soldiers with a terror on his face, Li Yi stabbed out the spear in his hand.
"Puff~"
Blood splattered, and before a soldier in armor could scream, he had already been pierced through his chest and fell out.
To be continued...