Speaking of The most combative troops in the middle and late stages of the Ming Dynasty are nothing more than Liaodong Iron Cavalry , Qi Family Army and Guanning Iron Cavalry . The Qi family army was formed by Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general. The main record was to pacify the Japanese pirates in the coastal areas. Later, they were stationed on the border of the Great Wall and finally participated in the war to fight against Japanese pirates in Korea. Then the Guanning Iron Cavalry was led by Yuan Chonghuan , mainly fighting against Manchurian Eight Banners Cavalry. Many foreign scholars even believed that the strongest cavalry in the world at that time was not the Cossack cavalry, but the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the only one who could compete with it was the only Ning Iron Cavalry.
But today the editor will not talk about these two troops, but only the commander of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry's soul Li Rusong . Because the strength of Guanning Iron Cavalry inherited the character of Liaodong Iron Cavalry. The most famous Liaodong Iron Cavalry, , fought against the Japanese in the fight against the Japanese invaders. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry was formed by Li Rusong's father Li Chengliang. It was composed of servants selected by Li Chengliang . There were not many people, only three thousand.
is Li Chengliang when he was stationed in Liaodong, and was specifically used to quell the rebellion between the tribes in Liaodong. They have a small number of three-eyed muskets equipped with three-eyed muskets, the most important thing is riding and shooting, which is mainly bows and arrows, rather than the all three-eyed muskets promoted online, because after all, the actual killing of the three-eyed muskets is not very ideal, the accuracy is not enough, and shooting while riding a horse, the difficulty can be imagined. The main reason is that the range is insufficient, so bows and arrows are still mainly bows and arrows.
is a bit like the style of Mongolian cavalry. However, although the Liaodong Iron Cavalry made many contributions during the Li Chengliang , he became famous in his battle and did indeed aid Korea to fight against the Japanese and Occupy Central under the leadership of Li Rusong. Li Rusong is the eldest son of Li Chengliang . He was famous in one of the three major expeditions of Wanli. The Ningxia Battle quelled the Ningxia rebellion and became famous. At this time, the Japanese pirates Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, and their ambitions expanded extremely, occupied Korea in advance, and used Korea as a springboard to conquer the Ming Empire. The Japanese pirates sent 140,000 troops, and occupied most of North Korea in just one month. North Korea asked for help from the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty sent Song Yingchang and Li Rusong to lead 40,000 troops to fight.
Many people know about these history, but the reason why I still say that the most is that the battle of Bitiguan was in the Battle of Bitiguan. After the victory of the Battle of Pyongyang, the main force of Japan retreated, so Li Rusong sent Cha Dashou to lead 50 cavalry to Wangjing to investigate. As a result, he encountered the Japanese outpost troops. After more than five hours of the outpost battle, the 3,000 Japanese troops did not eat the 500 cavalry. Then more than 2,000 follow-up troops of the Ming army arrived.
These more than 2,000 cavalry are the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but the Japanese side did not know the situation and thought it was the main force of the Ming army. He then had more than 36,000 soldiers. The commander of the Sixth Corps, the commander of the Sixth Corps, believed that this was a precursor to the Ming army's general attack. Eliminating the lonely army in front of him was an excellent fighter to eliminate its vital forces before the Ming army's general attack. He planned to encircle and annihilate the Ming army with absolute superior forces and quickly end the battle in a short period of time.
At this time, Takaketsu Kobayakawa did not expect that what he swallowed was not a piece of fat meat, but a piece of red-burned soldering iron. Surrounded by the 3,000 Liaodong Iron Cavalry commanded by Li Rusong, deputy general of the Ming army, was a powerful army that had fought against the desert barbarians outside the pass, and was the elite of the Ming army's elite. The next day, Li Rusong learned that the vanguard was fighting and led 10 confidants to the battlefield. The large-scale encounter between the two sides will be a big hit tomorrow, and this is the famous encounter between the Bitiguan.
3 Thousands of Liaodong cavalry fought fiercely with the 36,000 Japanese troops surrounding them for a day and night, and the Japanese army failed to destroy the unit. On the second day, Deputy General Yang Yuan of Li Rusong led 2,000 cavalry to attack the Japanese flanks directly. This was a chaos in the Japanese army. The Japanese army, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, was already trapped and exhausted. It was at the end of his strength and was unable to launch the next attack. As a result, more than 2,000 reinforcements from Ming army came, and the Japanese army had to retreat. The encounter between the Biti Pavilion ended.
In this battle, Li Rusong reported that the Ming army had killed 264 people and captured 167 Japanese heads; but judging from the scale and tragic level of the Battle of Bitiguan, this number does not seem to be in line with the actual situation. Some research believes that the Ming army's "two hundred and sixty-four people died in battle" should only be casualties under Li Rusong's direct subordinates. However, many scholars have verified based on many historical materials that the true casualties of Mingjun should be around 1,000, while the number of casualties of the Japanese army was more than 3,000. However, scholars from many sides believe that the battle of Bitiguan was the defeated side of the Ming army, because the purpose of reconnaissance was not achieved, and the combat plan for the next target was failed, and the purpose of truly expelling Japan was not achieved.
Because the total strength of the Ming Dynasty was only more than 40,000, and the strategic purpose was discovered by the enemy, it was difficult to implement the next strategic offensive. However, Japan also experienced the true military strength of the Ming army due to the Battle of Bituguan, which caused a severe blow to Japan's morale since the invasion of North Korea. The Japanese army also lost confidence in fighting the Ming army. It was the 140,000 Japanese army facing the 40,000 Ming army that could only huddle in the city and dare not fight against it. So the two sides confronted each other on the front line of Hancheng, causing the war to enter a stalemate.
Later, Li Rusong secretly ordered Cha Dashou to lead 700 cavalry to attack Okang, Longshan at night, burning the Japanese army's grain overnight. As a result, the Japanese army collapsed on the whole line, prompting the Japanese army to cease war with North Korea and the Ming Dynasty. This move really worked like a big move. Later, Li Rusong returned to China and participated in the battle against Mongolia. He led more than 2,000 surprise soldiers to be besieged. According to historical records, it is very likely that he was betrayed by a traitor and exposed this military operation. As a result, he died in the battlefield and a generation of generals died.
After Li Rusong's death, the Li family no longer had a soul-like character. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry also declined. There are several main points where Liaodong Iron Cavalry can be so brave. There must be a brave man under heavy rewards. The Li family spent a lot of money on the Liaodong Iron Cavalry unit, and they must be better than other troops in terms of equipment and treatment.
Another thing is that from previous battles, no matter what official position Li Rusong holds, he will take the lead in charge, and will have the intention to die, so that he will not have the idea of greed for life. Li Rusong was also a famous general and a powerful general in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty evaluated it correctly and said that if there are generals, they will be worthy of being worthy of being. It is also the highest evaluation of the Li family and Li Rusong. The above is just the editor’s personal opinion, and there are different opinions. Comments are welcome to study humbly.
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