522 Nervous Li Rusong
Li Rusong tended to use absolute power and powerful force to violently suppress all hostile forces that rebelled against him, while Xiao Ruxun wanted to take care of the overall situation, the Mongols had 100,000 iron cavalry to use, and he only had 23,000 reliable troops to use.
Don't look at the number of other Ming troops as many as more than 200,000, but they are basically foot soldiers, their combat effectiveness and mobility are far inferior to the Mongolian cavalry, and they have not undergone their own training and cooperation, Xiao Ruxun feels that they are unreliable, especially those Beijing soldiers.
Xiao Ruxun even felt that Li Chengliang was very good, and he was able to use those old soldiers to hold the Bauhinia Pass for so long, which really deserved to be a model of famous generals of his grandfather's generation.
Although Li Chengliang has been trying to suppress him, Xiao Ruxun does not hate Li Chengliang, on the contrary, Li Chengliang has indirectly helped him a lot, from this point of view, he also has to thank Li Chengliang.
Li Rusong didn't think so, he was worried that Xiao Ruxun wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on his father, because Xiao Ruxun couldn't return to Beijing to serve as the governor of Beijing because Li Chengliang vigorously interfered with it, which Li Rusong knew, Li Rusong felt that Xiao Ruxun probably also knew, so he was worried.
Xiao Ruxun naturally knew Li Rusong's thoughts, and in order to make him rest at ease, Xiao Ruxun said slowly: "General Li, don't worry, Li Gong is a general I admire very much, although Li Gong treats me a lot, but I don't hate Li Gong, and I won't be prejudiced against you."
And I might as well tell you that going to Myanmar to guard southern Xinjiang is actually exactly what I want, three years ago, at that time, I didn't want to stay in the capital to deal with that mess at all, and I took the initiative to stay in southern Xinjiang to guard Myanmar.
From this point of view, Li Gong helped me instead, I thank him that it is too late to do him and will not harm him, you can rest assured, rest tonight, and send troops early tomorrow morning. ”
Xiao Ruxun said it to this point, Li Rusong also knew that he couldn't continue to say anything, if he changed others, he might have to make more trouble, but in the face of Xiao Ruxun, he always couldn't raise the confidence to make a fuss.
"Okay, today is the last day of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, tomorrow is the New Year, our sergeants and other soldiers are not allowed to get together with their families for the New Year, but they are also necessary to rest for one night and eat some good food.
Of course, we also have to arrange the night patrol, and for the rest, let the soldiers go to sleep and rest! It's cold, pay attention to wear more clothes, pay attention to keep warm, I won't leave tonight, General Li will find me a tent, I will sleep here, tomorrow New Year's morning, we will go out together. ”
Xiao Ruxun is also right, today is the last day of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, the soldiers present are unable to celebrate the New Year with their families, very regrettable, but have to do this, the emperor ordered to reward the soldiers from the palace to chat about comfort, tonight will rest for the time being, eat some good, and send troops early tomorrow morning.
Li Rusong couldn't find a reason to refuse anyway.
Xiao Ruxun was about to live in the military camp of the Liaodong Army, which made Li Rusong and Nurhachi look at each other, but they couldn't refuse, so they could only arrange a comfortable and thick military tent for Xiao Ruxun, and make it warm for Xiao Ruxun to stay.
That's not all, he specially roasted a big leg of lamb for him, sent it with a bag of wine, and asked Xiao Ruxun to warm up his stomach, Xiao Ruxun smiled.
The treatment of the Liaodong Army is good, and the treatment of this core army is even better, wearing very thick clothes, and it can be seen that many of them are made of animal skins, which is very warm.
Even the hats he wore were quite thick, and the military uniforms of the Liaodong Army were different from those of other troops in the Ming Dynasty, and great attention was paid to keeping warm, and even the bedding used by the sergeants to sleep was very thick.
On the other hand, the high-quality winter military uniforms specially approved by the emperor that he got from the Beijing Camp warehouse, his officer military uniforms were fine, and there were fur coats and cloaks, which were very warm, while the winter clothes that his soldiers got were generally not warm and a little cold, so Xiao Ruxun went to ask for a lot of clothes for the soldiers to wear.
Although many of these soldiers are suitable for themselves to go south from the north, they have almost become accustomed to staying in the hot south in the past few years, and they are still a little uncomfortable when they suddenly go to the north.
Xiao Ruxun had already prepared and prepared a lot of clothes and ginger water for the soldiers to ward off the cold, but in the end, he still didn't expect it to be so cold in the north this winter.
And the military uniform of the Liaodong Army is much more comfortable and warm to wear, from this point it can be seen that the large amount of military expenses that the Li father and son got from the capital are really used on the core troops, and there is not much to enjoy by themselves, maybe Li Rusong did a little better, so it is no wonder that this Liaodong Iron Cavalry is so capable of fighting and so loyal.
After thinking about state affairs, Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but think of family affairs, remembering the family members who couldn't have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, and the family members in Myanmar didn't know if they were happy, whether a pair of lovely children were doing well, and whether his beloved wife was doing well, he didn't know.
Although it is a big place, there is only one person, a leg of mutton, and a bag of wine.
I miss my relatives every festive season!
With such a thought, Xiao Ruxun, who was full of food and drink, fell asleep, and during this time he worked hard day and night, and he was really tired and panicked, but in a few minutes, Xiao Ruxun was confused, and it didn't take long for the snoring in the tent to shake the sky.
At this moment, Li Rusong is in a daze in front of a roast leg of lamb in his military tent, although he likes these rough and bold food outside the plug, but at the moment, he is worried about his father, he really has no appetite, he has not eaten and slept well in the past few days, and it is easy to wait for a turnaround, but it makes him a little uneasy.
He didn't know if what Xiao Ruxun said was true or false, and he didn't know if Xiao Ruxun really didn't hate his father for suppressing him back then.
He didn't even know if Xiao Ruxun didn't care about what he had confronted him at the beginning, maybe it was like this, he was inclined to believe that yes, otherwise Xiao Ruxun would not have used his army so reasonably on the Korean battlefield.
But who can say for sure?
In the midst of his nervousness, Nurhachi lifted the curtain of his tent.
"Da Lang, Xiao Ruxun has already fallen asleep, sleeping soundly, and is snoring!"
As soon as Nurhachi came in, he reported the matter to Li Rusong.
Li Rusong nodded, didn't say anything, and continued to look at the roast leg of lamb in a daze.
Nurhachi saw that Li Rusong didn't eat a single bite of the roast leg of mutton, and remembered that Xiao Ruxun's side had gnawed the roast leg of mutton with three strokes and five divided by two, and there was no meat left, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly.