Due to the requirements of his profession and the need to protect his life, the emperor would immediately determine the people or things that posed a threat to him. Then, he would do everything in his power to ensure his safety.
Because of this, the emperor was the most narrow-minded person in the world, and he must not be offended.
Li Chengliang's failure caused Xiao Ruxun's unprecedented success and political advantage to form a stark contrast.
First, forget about everything else, he had to make these people, who had been trapped by the Mongolians and were lacking in vigor, so that they would have hope again. Regardless of whether they believed in him or not, they would hope that Xiao Ruxun could chase away the Mongolians and actually support Xiao Ruxun by providing him with sufficient logistics.
It could not be helped. Xiao Ruxun was leading his army to war, so he could not possibly prepare his own rations, right?
The logistics were in their hands, and without their support, Xiao Ruxun would not be able to win this war.
Then, there was nothing more to say. Let's go!
However, what surprised the big shots was that Li Rusong, who had always been famous for his arrogance and bravery, actually didn't say a word when everyone was discussing strategy and tactics this time. He just stood at the side and listened quietly without saying a word.
This was a far cry from the unruly general who dared to fight against the big shots in the civil service and could even fight against a civil inspector when he was still in office. The only explanation for this was that Xiao Ruxun was present.
But why would someone like Li Rusong submit to someone who was younger than him?
It seemed that the previous experience really gave Li Rusong a great shock, right?
That night, Li Rusong and the others left first, while Zhu Yijun made Xiao Ruxun stay behind to continue the discussion. He only let Xiao Ruxun go when the sky turned dark, and he sent six hundred cannoneers to Xiao Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun then brought this batch of cannoneers to her own barracks, and found some seasoned soldiers to teach them how to operate the Hongbarbarian Cannons and the rest of the Flamingo Cannons. After that, she ordered Deputy General Wang Hui, who had followed her here, to lead the 3,000 troops and rush towards Redbud Pass overnight.
Unlike cavalry, infantry was not as fast. Although the emperor had allocated a large number of horses and carriages to Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun had the main force travel to Zijing Pass, their speed was still very slow.
Then, Xiao Ruxun came to Li Rusong's camp.
This time, Li Rusong brought 10,000 Liaodong Elite Cavalrymen and 10,000 Female True Cavalrymen to the Guanzhong Kingdom. He was especially attentive to his father. Not only did he bring his own troops, but he also asked Nurhachi to bring his own troops.
These 20,000 cavalrymen had beaten the Mongolian cavalry in the northeast. Not only were they familiar with the Mongolian cavalry's tactics, but they also looked down on the Mongolian cavalry from the bottom of their hearts. Let alone 20,000 against 40,000, even if they had to face 50,000, they would probably still dare to charge.
In the last battle, Li Rusong and his three thousand men were surrounded by Mongolian soldiers who were more than ten times their number, but they still fought to the last man. This proved that this troop had the will to die. Not only the Daming Dynasty, but the whole world, Li Rusong's Liaodong Cavalry could also laugh at the world.
With this kind of cavalry in hand, Xiao Ruxun felt that the emperor was really treating him well and directly sent victory to him.
From the bottom of his heart, Xiao Ruxun was not afraid of the Mongolian cavalry. In fact, he had tried his best to develop firearms so that one day he could use it to beat the cavalry. Although he could not do it now, he could protect himself when facing the Mongolian cavalry, but he could not attack.
Right now, Xiao Ruxun's biggest shortcoming was his cavalry. He had no way to develop his cavalry. Right now, he only had a little more than a thousand cavalrymen under him. He was working hard to open up the sea routes, and also had the idea of buying high-quality horses. But now that he had Li Rusong's 20,000 elite cavalrymen, he had confidence.
In front of Zijing Pass were 40,000 Mongolian cavalrymen. They were complacent, arrogant, and unrestrained. They attacked quietly and did not show off. Xiao Ruxun was confident that he could defeat them in one battle.
The Red Barbarian Cannons were cannons. They were very different from the main cannons of the Ming Army, the Francs. This was especially so for Xiao Ruxun's cannons. They were all made of copper, and the risk of the barrel exploding was reduced to the minimum. Compared to the other inferior cannons that would easily explode, it was a very high-quality weapon.
Although he came in a hurry and only brought 20 cannons, and most of the cannons were still the Francs, this kind of balanced distribution of light and heavy firepower could bring out the strongest firepower.
After all, the overall weight of the Red Barbarian Cannons was much heavier than the Francs. They could not move at high speed with the troops. They could fire one before the battle, but if the battlefield changed, they still had to rely on the Francs that were modified to be cannons.
When they arrived at Li Rusong's military camp, Li Rusong had already brought some people to wait for Xiao Ruxun at the entrance of the military camp. The people he brought were naturally his family warriors and Nurhaci.
They were all old acquaintances. In order to rectify the military discipline of the Liaodong Cavalry and the Jurchen Cavalry in Korea, although they did not beat Li Rusong again, Nurhaci was beaten up again. Several of Li Rusong's family warriors were also beaten up. Xiao Ruxun used this as an example and killed five of them. Only then did the arrogant Liaodong Army be suppressed.
Therefore, the current attitude of the Liaodong Army toward Xiao Ruxun had changed from pure hostility to hatred and fear. However, they had to admire his achievements and courage.
Among the generals of the national Ming Army, besides those who came from the Liaodong Army, Xiao Ruxun was the only one who could do whatever he wanted in the military camp of Liaodong Army and escape unscathed after Li Rusong's departure.
Commoners dared not to come to Li Rusong's military camp with only about 10 knights.
However, the problem was that the military camp of Liaodong Army was ready for battle as if facing a formidable enemy. However, Xiao Ruxun looked relaxed as if he was taking a walk in his backyard.
Xiao Ruxun was not worried about that at all. Because he knew that Li Rusong was clear that he was the only one who could save Li Chengliang.
"Greetings, Commander!"
Li Rusong cupped his hands and made a military salute as if he was used to it.
"Greetings, Commander!"
Nurhachi and the generals of Liaodong Army also looked at Xiao Ruxun with very complicated expressions, but they dared not to show any lack of etiquette. This made Xiao Ruxun feel that he had returned to the battle of Korea. At that time, it was very difficult to command the Liaodong Army.
Now, these Liaodong Army obviously hated and feared him, but they had to obey him helplessly.
"General Li, General Tong, long time no see."
Xiao Ruxun cupped his hands and returned the salute. Then, he looked at Li Rusong and Nurhachi and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that we could fight together again after 3 years. Life is unpredictable!"
Xiao Ruxun said as he walked into the military camp of Liaodong Army with a smile. Looking at the Liaodong Cavalry and neighing horses everywhere, Xiao Ruxun really coveted this cavalry very much.
But he also knew that his home field, Nanyang, did not need such a cavalry. But in any case, the cavalry of this era still had strong combat effectiveness and deterrence.
In front of Xiao Ruxun, Li Rusong seemed to be extremely humble and careful.
"Commander, you must be joking. The battle three years ago was an eye-opener for the soldiers of Liaodong Army, and it is still hard to forget."
"Is it my firearms that are hard to forget or my military law that are hard to forget?"
Xiao Ruxun turned to look at Li Rusong with a relaxed smile on his face. Li Rusong was stunned, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
When Nurhachi next to him saw this, he immediately rushed to answer, "Commander's firearms tactics and the strict discipline of the Ming Army are eye-openers for us. Until now, we still dare not forget them. We still strictly restrain the military discipline of the army according to Commander's requirements."
Xiao Ruxun looked at Nurhachi, who was still respectful to the Daming. In any case, he could not imagine that this guy would do such a great thing in the future. Regardless of national standpoint or feelings, Nurhachi was indeed an ambitious person, like Cao Cao, and also a hero of the Jurchen people.
Li Rusong probably would not have thought that his death would have such a big chain reaction.
"Is General Tong still guarding the border for the Daming in the Jianzhou Guards?"
Xiao Ruxun's seemingly light and unimportant question made Nurhachi nervous.
For some reason, Nurhaci felt that this young general was paying too much attention to him. Sometimes, it was even a little excessive. Back then, on the Korean battlefield, Nurhaci had felt Xiao Ruxun's gaze on him more than once, even to the extent that … ….
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