Chapter Seventy-Nine: Lu Xiangsheng
Today's BJ City looks a bit bleak, and the streets are full of fallen leaves, which are fluttering in the air with the autumn wind. www.biquge.info I don't know what the reason is, this year's winter came a little early, which caught people off guard, as if it had just entered autumn, and the weather was cold.
For a person, his heart is on fire, and this person is Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion.
When he received the emperor's decree, Lu Xiangsheng's first reaction was disbelief, 600 miles to urgently summon himself into Beijing, what kind of treatment is this? Anyway, I haven't heard of anyone with this kind of treatment, and even if there is, it is also used by the court to summon the commander during the war.
However, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to delay, and when he received the holy decree, he immediately ordered the horses prepared by others to gallop all the way to the capital.
Horseback riding is naturally not difficult for Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, can say that he is a master of archery and horse riding, and he is a thorough all-rounder. can be the prefect of the daimyo's mansion, it is because Lu Xiangsheng was born as a jinshi, and he was born in the imperial examination.
Standing outside the palace, Lu Xiangsheng was a little excited, since his palace test, he had not had the opportunity to step into the power center of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, I was still a little apprehensive in my heart, what did the emperor do with him? Lu Xiangsheng thought all the way, but he didn't understand it at all, and he was a little excited and worried at this time.
However, in Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, this is a manifestation of his reuse, and he urgently summoned himself for 600 miles, definitely not because he committed a crime.
"Lord Lu?" Wang Chengen walked to the gate of the palace and saw a man waiting there, so he couldn't help asking, and at the same time surprised by Lu Xiangsheng's age, this Lord Lu is so young! He looks like he's in his twenties, and he can be regarded as a young talent.
In fact, Lu Xiangsheng was only 27 years old, and he can definitely be regarded as a young official, and he is a young official with quite achievements.
Since ancient times, there have been thirty old Ming classics and fifty young jinshi in the imperial examination, Lu Xiangsheng was admitted to the jinshi at a young age, and the road to officialdom was also smooth. You must know that the Daimyo's Mansion is an important town, and it is the key to the Northern Zhili, and it is naturally extraordinary to be able to be the prefect there.
Since he knew that Emperor Chongzhen was going to summon Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Chengen paid attention, and also checked some information about Lu Xiangsheng, knowing that Lu Xiangsheng was extraordinary, and also knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not very old, but he didn't expect the grade to be so young.
"Lu Xiangsheng has seen his father-in-law!" Lu Xiangsheng saw Wang Chengen calling himself, nodded, and said with a smile.
"Come with us!" Wang Chengen nodded, shook off the dust in his hand without a cousin, and turned to lead the way in front.
Lu Xiangsheng was not familiar with Wang Chengen, he didn't know what the origin of this father-in-law was, and he didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to follow behind Wang Chengen. The two of them soon came to the Qianqing Palace, and when they came to the door of the warm pavilion, Wang Chengen made a gesture of please, and then bowed down and stood aside.
Slightly stunned, Lu Xiangsheng still stepped into the warm pavilion, and after entering, he saw a young man at a glance.
He looked much younger than himself, probably less than twenty years old, and at this time he was sitting behind the dragon book case, holding a strip in his hand and reading. Looking at the dragon robe he was wearing, Lu Xiangsheng knew that this was the current Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and he urgently summoned his Chongzhen Emperor for six hundred miles.
Not daring to be the slightest slack, Lu Xiangsheng picked up his clothes and knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Minister Lu Xiangsheng, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and saw a young official kneeling in front of him, wearing a civil official's court uniform on his body. With sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a wide nose and a square mouth, and a strong body, it can be seen that he is a powerful person.
Between the opening and closing of his eyes, the essence flashed, and at first glance he was quite a wise person, and Emperor Chongzhen was immediately satisfied.
In the Chongzhen era, the first person in the Ming Dynasty, both civil and military, came out of Lu Xiangsheng and did not become the second choice.
Only such a civil and military character has the value of cultivation, and Emperor Chongzhen has high hopes for Lu Xiangsheng. Although Sun Chengzong is capable, he is already old, and the first person in the future military, except for Lu Xiangsheng, Emperor Chongzhen will not be the second choice.
Although there are also Hong Chengchou and others, whether it is character or talent, Lu Xiangsheng is not a little worse.
"Aiqing is exempt!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem too enthusiastic, for fear of scaring Lu Xiangsheng, after all, this was the first meeting between the two monarchs and ministers, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to go too far, otherwise it would be counterproductive.
Standing up from the ground, Lu Xiangsheng stood aside with a bow, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak.
After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen decided to speak directly, there was no point in detouring: "I am going to clean up the Beijing camp and select the soldiers of the Beijing camp from the new one, so that it will be a strong army, an army capable of fighting, at least not inferior to the Qi family army back then." ”
Lu Xiangsheng was stunned, could it be that the emperor came to find himself to clean up the Beijing camp? Lu Xiangsheng was a little incredulous, this is a big deal, the emperor is relieved to put this kind of thing in his own hands? Lu Xiangsheng couldn't believe it.
"Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, recommended you to me, saying that you are familiar with the war books and war books, and since you have practiced literature and martial arts, you are a rare talent, and I am willing to give you a chance." Emperor Chongzhen didn't intend to hide it, so he said directly: "I don't know what Aiqing thinks?" ”
"The ministers must do their best to repay the emperor's grace!" Lu Xiangsheng knelt on the ground and said loudly.
As the so-called learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, Lu Xiangsheng has been practicing literature and martial arts since he was a child, and naturally he wants to be a generation of famous generals. It's just that Lu Xiangsheng knows that in the Ming Dynasty, he is a scholar and a martial artist, and if he wants to achieve something, fame is inevitable.
Emperor Chongzhen dared to use Lu Xiangsheng to organize and train the new army, so he naturally had great confidence in Lu Xiangsheng.
Historically, Lu Xiangsheng reorganized the Ming army in Xuanfu Datong, so that in a very short period of time, from an army that fled from the wind and was sluggish, it became an army that dared to fight and fought hard, and it can be said that it was a rare elite among the Ming army.
Judging from the repeated battles in the late Ming Dynasty, the problem of the Ming army was mainly in the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers, and the field combat ability was particularly poor, and the morale was low.
The Ming army has always adopted a defensive position, using the superiority of weapons technology to make up for the disadvantage of individual combat power. Lu Xiangsheng was an outlier among the commanders in the late Ming Dynasty, when the civilian led the troops, and the commanders did not participate in the training of soldiers in peacetime, nor did they participate in the command of the front line in wartime, which was obvious in the era of cold weapons.
Although Lu Xiangsheng is a literati, he has superhuman martial arts, and he shares weal and woe with the soldiers, and charges into battle together. He is good at controlling, and the soldiers are willing to serve him to the death, and the history of the Ming Dynasty contains: "The army tastes no three-day salary, and the water slurry is not in the mouth, so that it is to win the hearts of the soldiers, and the war is meritorious." "This is what happened when he was taking care of Yunyang.
At that time, there were more than 400,000 righteous troops near Yunyang, and Lu Xiangsheng only led 500 pacesetters in Yunzhen at that time, 500 Mao soldiers recruited by Jiang Yunyi, 600 Shi Yan soldiers recruited by Zhou Shifeng, 3,500 soldiers of Xu Chengming, and 5,000 Sichuan soldiers of Deng Xi. Except for Deng Xi's Sichuan soldiers, who had a little combat effectiveness, they were a group of rabble, but in Lu Xiangsheng's hands, the sheep also turned into tigers. This group of rabble fought for thousands of miles in the deep mountains and mountains, starved, won nine battles and nine victories, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and simply extinguished the absolutely superior rebel army
For the group of veteran soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this was really a miracle, and it could only be attributed to the outstanding ability of the leading officers. For example, Deng Xi was later burned to death by his own soldiers because of improper control. Another example is Zu Kuan, Lu Xiangsheng defeated King Chuang several times in the Central Plains, mainly relying on Zu Kuan's 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry. But Zu Kuan was quite arrogant, when he was just transferred to the Central Plains to suppress bandits, his soldiers burned down people's houses where they passed, ** women, "Xiangsheng persuaded again and again, and obeyed orders."
Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to Xuanda, Zu Kuan returned to Hong Chengchou, Hong obviously couldn't control him, and Zu Kuan was later beheaded for violating the order.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a person who admired Lu Xiangsheng's military training method very much, and this person was Zeng Guofan. When Zeng Guofan was training the new army, he used Lu Xiangsheng's training method.
Emperor Chongzhen learned about Lu Xiangsheng's information in detail and knew Lu Xiangsheng's ability, and Emperor Chongzhen also believed that with his own policy support, Lu Xiangsheng would definitely be able to train an invincible army. Emperor Chongzhen was very confident in this, which was also the confidence for him to establish the Ming Empire.
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen also very much agreed with Lu Xiangsheng's other proposition, and was ready to promote it on a large scale, that is, the special warfare method.
It is said that it is a special operation method, but in fact, it is not at all, it can only be regarded as a simple prototype of special operations.
On April 15, the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, Lu Xiangsheng gave a recital, "The Selection of Strange Soldiers," in which he called for the establishment of a special force of 1,500 men to be used for raiding camps and surprise attacks. This reflects his tactical thinking, Yunyang's success relied on long-distance attacks, Luoyang defeated the Chuang Wang's Baili joint camp with thousands of cavalry, and Chuzhou ravaged the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chuang Wang with 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry, relying on long-distance attacks. Field battles and surprise attacks are his favorite tactics.
He said in the recital: "The emperor is brave and longitudinal, Yu Xuanyun's troops have no insight into it, how dare the ministers control more." "Not only bragging about the emperor's heroic gods, but also showing his loyalty, he is afraid that the officials and courtiers will attack him to support his own army.
Emperor Chongzhen thought that he would not be as suspicious as Emperor Chongzhen in history, and he would give Lu Xiangsheng enough trust. Emperor Chongzhen also prepared a set of special teaching materials for Lu Xiangsheng, preparing to train a special operations force in the real sense, of which the decapitation operation will become the top priority, for which Emperor Chongzhen did not hesitate to get a Ferguson rifle from later generations.
A special combat team equipped with Ferguson rifles is definitely an invincible existence, of course, whether it can be done depends on Xu Guangqi.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect mass production, it was enough to make 1,800 pieces, as for large-scale production and installation, it would have to wait until Emperor Chongzhen climbed the science and technology tree!