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Before the Korean War, the most famous firearms unit of the Ming army was actually no longer the Shenji Battalion, or before a famous general of the Ming Dynasty rectified the Beijing camp again, the status of the first firearms unit of the Ming Dynasty of the Shenji Battalion had been replaced by a unit with a fairly high status in history. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info(.)

This army is the famous Qi Family Army.

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Strictly speaking, Qi Jiguang is a commander of mixed arms, and this is closely related to Qi Jiguang's successive training of the Qi family army, the reorganization of the Beijing camp troops, and the further increase and change of the proportion of firearms in the Beijing camp troops.

And fundamentally, whether it is the Qi family army or the Beijing battalion troops that have undergone Qi Jiguang's rectification, the proportion of cold weapons is also quite large, so from this aspect, Qi Jiguang, as a famous mixed arms commander, is not nonsense.

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The Qi Army, as the most famous Ming army in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, complemented Qi Jiguang.

Perhaps, without Qi Jiguang, there will be another Ming army that can stand out in the many battles against the Japanese invaders, but without the Qi family army, I am afraid that Qi Jiguang's name as a famous general will be greatly reduced.

Qijia Army (also known as Yiwu Army, Zhejiang Army), Jiajing 38 years (1559) formed an army in Yiwu, Zhejiang, with a total strength of 4,000 people, the main force is Yiwu farmers and miners.

The Qi family army was named after Qi Jiguang, and it was a very famous army in the Ming Dynasty, and the Qi family army became famous for its strict military discipline, professional training level, the most advanced equipment in East Asia, the record of winning a hundred battles and a record of more than 100,000 ranks. It is known as "the strongest army in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries".

Qi Jiguang's grassroots tactical units are cars or teams, car battalions and baggage battalions are carts, and horse battalions and infantry battalions are teams. The horse battalion and the infantry battalion are the main combat forces on the front line, and all the officers and soldiers of the battalion hang up their well-armored armor to go into battle, and the car battalion and the baggage battalion are auxiliary support troops.

Qi Jiguang's troops in the Ming Dynasty should be regarded as the highest ratio of firearms, and they used bird guns, only in the power and number of heavy artillery less than that of the Beijing camp.

The ratio of firearms to carry-camp was 43.60%, that of horse-camp was 42.57%, that of infantry was 48.02%, and that of baggage camps was 58.70%, among which the ratio of baggage campfirearms was the highest. The number and proportion of firearms in Qi Jizhou's training and grouping units are the same period in the world; the largest number and the highest proportion of firearms troops, the same period in Europe is popular Spanish phalanx, the size of a single phalanx is equivalent to the battalion of the Ming Dynasty, and the ratio of firearms to a single scale of Spanish phalanx is 22.38% (excluding artillery). The Japanese Sengoku Daimyo is based on Bei as the basic tactical unit, and it is also equivalent to the battalion of the Ming Dynasty, and the ratio of firearms to a Sengoku Daimyo (except for the million-stone Daimyo Honjin Formation) is 20.98%. At this time, only the new army of the Ottoman Empire (that is, the Guards) had a firearms ratio of more than 30%, which was still compared.

Compared with the grassroots tactical units of other countries in the world, more attention is paid to the mutual matching of large army formations, and the function of independent combat is relatively weak, which is the biggest difference between the Ming Dynasty and other countries in the troop organization.

Since its formation, the Qi family army has not tasted defeat in hundreds of battles. The more famous battles are: the battle of Taizhou in the 40th year of Jiajing, through the battles of Xinhe, Huajie, Shangfengling, Tengling, Changsha, etc., the thirteen battles and thirteen victories, the killing of more than 3,000 real Japanese soldiers, burning and drowning, and the battle of Fujian, with a total strength of 6,000 troops, through the three battles of Hengyu, Niutian, and Lindun, beheading more than 5,000 real Japanese soldiers, of which the battle of Hengyu was a wonderful coordinated operation of infantry and artillery, first sinking the Japanese warships with artillery and bombarding the Japanese camp, and then using the assault team to forcibly land and break through the Japanese main formation, and behead the Japanese leaders. In the forty-second year of Jiajing, Pinghaiwei, through the four battles of Xianyou, Wangcangping, and Cai Piling, killed more than 20,000 true pirates, and the Fujian pirates were swept away, and the pirates Wu Ping who colluded with the Japanese invaders in Guangdong were eliminated, and more than 30,000 pirates under Wu Ping were defeated, and Wu Ping fled to the sea.

In the first year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang and his old subordinates of 3,000 people were transferred to Beijing to supervise the formation of Jiliao, and the Qi family's army musket team became China's first musket cavalry team. During Qi Jiguang's supervision of Jiliao, he organized and trained 30,000 chariots and cavalry battalions. In the second year of Longqing, Dong Fox, the chief of the Duoyan Department, led 30,000 Mongolian iron cavalry into the Kou, Qi Jiguang resisted with a car camp, and he led 8,000 cavalry to raid Dong Fox's tooth tent, breaking the 30,000 iron cavalry of Duoyan, and capturing Dong Fox's nephew Changang, Dong Fox only escaped with his own body, forcing Dong Fox to detain the customs and ask for guilt;

From the 38th year of Jiajing to the 11th year of Wanli Qi Jiguang's resignation, the total number of enemy troops defeated by the Qi army exceeded 150,000, which was a very terrifying record in the Wanli Zhongxing period of long-term peace.

The prestige of the Qi army has not been depressed because of Qi Jiguang's resignation, the Zhejiang soldiers with the Qi family army as the seed have always been the main force of national defense forces in the late Ming Dynasty, the battle of Wanli Korea, the Zhejiang soldiers first landed in Pyongyang, and made the first contribution, many of them are still Qi Jiguang's old subordinates, such as Wu Weizhong, a veteran who conquered Peony Peak.

Later generations have a view that the reason why the Qi family army was undefeated in a hundred battles was that Qi Jiguang's thinking on army management was extremely advanced, and he used the most advanced weapons in East Asia to equip the troops, such as the breech Shenwei general cannon, the Franc machine gun, the large-caliber cannon fire, as well as the bird gun, the Japanese sword, and the iron armor, and the equipment of the Qi family army was absolutely the first in East Asia and the forefront of the world.

You must know that 30 years later, Japan's most powerful Satsuma Corps, which leads the world, has 20,000 muskets in the whole army, but only two light guns, and it was not until the Edo period that large artillery began to appear in Japan. As a local army, the advanced level of firearms of the Qi family army is even close to that of the Kyoto Shenji Battalion.

The strict discipline of the Qi family army is also famous all over the world, but all those who disturb the people when they go out will be beheaded to show the public, and they will be brave in battle and treat the people well, so the Qi family army can get the support of the local people no matter where they fight, and Miao Yao and other ethnic minorities are sworn to serve it.

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In the history of the Qi family's army, the Battle of Huajie became the beginning of the prestige of the Qi family's army:

"In a month's battle, the Qi family army completely annihilated the Japanese invaders who invaded Taizhou. And he only lost a few people in each battle, almost zero casualties. This is simply a miracle in the era of cold weapons" In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing (1560), Qi Jiguang was reappointed as a general of Taijin Yan, responsible for the defense of Taizhou, Jinhua, and Yanzhou. He stepped up the training of Yiwu soldiers and strengthened the construction of coastal defense.

In April of the 40th year of Jiajing (1561), 10,000 or 20,000 Japanese invaded Zhejiang on hundreds of ships. On the 19th, the Japanese landed in the east tower of Xiangshankou and the west of Fenghua, and entered the front of the Ninghai Yidu regiment. On the morning of the 22nd, Qi Jiguang led the main force to Ninghai. When the Japanese got the news, they divided into three routes to invade the empty Taizhou, one way more than 500 people invaded Taozhu, all the way 2,000 people parked in Jianjian Jumping Qitou, and more than 500 people all the way to invade Xinhe. After Qi Jiguang's analysis, he believed that the threat of the enemies of Taozhu and Jianjian was not urgent, and the enemy of Xinhe was very harmful and should be quickly eliminated.

On the 24th, the Japanese robbers plundered everywhere near the Xinhe. At that time, the sturdy soldiers of Xinhe had gone on the march, and the city was full of old and weak women and children, and the people were panicking. Mrs. Qi Jiguang, who also happened to live in Xinhe, was a resolute and resolute woman who ordered the armory to be opened. The treasury guards were very embarrassed and said, "Without the general's order, who would dare to open the treasury without authorization?" Mrs. Qi said: "Now that the situation is urgent, I will take this responsibility." So he took out his armor, weapons, and gunpowder, and mobilized the women, so that they wore their uniforms like the soldiers defending the city, and lined up on the city walls, and spread their flags and shouts. The Japanese looked at it from afar, thinking that the city was prepared, so they did not dare to enter the siege. Mrs. Qi's improvisation helped the Ming army win precious rescue time.

Qi Jiguang ordered Lou Nan, Hu Shouren and other troops to rush to the aid of Xinhe. On the morning of the 26th, the reinforcements encountered the Japanese under Xinhe City. Unable to resist it, the Japanese hurriedly retreated to a compound. After several battles, the Japanese were defeated and fled to Wenzhou. The Qi family army caught up and defeated the Japanese in Wenling.

At this time, the Japanese in front of the regiment had already fled because of the arrival of Qi Jiguang's main force. And the enemy of Momonagisa has invaded Shojin Temple. Qi Jiguang analyzed that the purpose of this group of robbers was to take the opportunity to invade the capital city of Taizhou, so he led his troops back to Taizhou at dawn on the 27th. When Qi's army went to Ninghai on the 22nd, the soldiers only brought three days' worth of dry food, and by this time they had run out of food. The whole army marched 70 miles on an empty stomach and arrived at the capital of Taizhou at noon. Sure enough, the Japanese also learned from the spies that the city was empty and the city walls were decaying, so they rushed all the way to the flower street only 2 miles away from the city, which was really a thousand shots. The soldiers of the Qi family army were tired and hungry, and they complained, but Qi Jiguang still decided to attack the enemy immediately, and he encouraged the soldiers to defeat the enemy first, and then eat!

The two armies faced each other, and the Qi army first fired with firearms, and then the large army charged bravely. The warrior Zhu Jue took the lead, killed a big leader of the Japanese bandits, and then beheaded seven Japanese robbers in a row, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. The two armies engaged in a fierce battle. The Yiwu soldiers that Qi Jiguang had trained hard were really powerful, and the mandarin duck array was even more magical, and they quickly defeated the Japanese and immediately chased after them. The left flank of the Japanese was oppressed by the Qi army, and all of them were squeezed into the river and drowned in a large area. The right wing fled for ten miles, but was caught up by the Qi family's army and all annihilated. The battle ended quickly, and at this time, the lunch of the Qi family army had just been prepared. Qi's army won a complete victory in this battle, rescuing more than 5,000 captives, and only 3 of them were killed.

The Battle of Huajie fully demonstrated the superior military quality of the Qi family's army, who ran long distances hungry and quickly broke through and completely annihilated the enemy army. Qi Jiguang's superb judgment and command ability also played a key role.

And shortly after the Battle of Flower Street, the Qi family army fought against the main force of the Japanese Kou again:

At this time, the 2,000 Japanese pirates anchored in the Jianqiao Sea had also landed and entered Datian Town, northeast of the capital of Taizhou, on the first day of May. At this time, Qi Jiguang's troops were stationed in Xinhe, Ai Yan and other places, and there were only more than 1,500 people around him, and he was at a disadvantage in terms of strength. But Qi Jiguang inspired the soldiers and confronted the Japanese invaders. Seeing that the Qi family army was prepared, the Japanese retreated to Datianzhongdu, and then retreated to Dashi, intending to attack Xianju and peep into Chuzhou. Qi Jiguang judged that if the enemy wanted to go to Xianju, he would pass through Shangfengling and go out of Baishuiyang. So he first led his troops to Shangfengling to ambush. He ordered each soldier to cut down a pine tree to cover his body, and from a distance, it looked like a jungle.

On the fourth day of the fifth month, the Japanese invaders braved the rain to go to Xianju along the mountain road in the valley of Shangfeng Ridge and Xiaxia, marching in a single column, stretching for 20 miles before and after. The Woko's forwards and defenders are the strongest soldiers, while the middle part is weaker. Qi Jiguang waited for the Japanese to go halfway before giving the order to attack. The Qi family army threw away the pine branch camouflage and rushed down the mountain bravely. Although the number of Japanese soldiers was larger than that of the Qi army, they were scattered within a range of 20 miles, which was far less concentrated than the Qi army. Its elite came intermittently from the beginning to the end, and it became a refueling tactic, so it was defeated by the Qi family's army. Qi Jiguang also erected a white flag at the foot of the North Mountain, declaring: "The good people who were forced to coerce the Japanese invaders, come to this flag and surrender quickly, so as to avoid death." So hundreds of people came to the banner and surrendered.

The Japanese invaders could not resist it, so they rushed to the boundary ridge and resisted stubbornly. The Upper Boundary Ridge is as steep as a pillar, and although the top is wide, there is only one path to go up. You have to climb to get to the top, otherwise you will fall down the mountain stream and die. However, the heroic soldiers of the Qi family army used shields and spears to cooperate and attacked upwards, and actually attacked the mountain. When the large army of the Qi family army swarmed up and set up a mandarin duck formation, the Japanese had no chance, and countless people were killed and fell from the cliff. The remaining remnants desperately climbed down the mountain, ran to Baishuiyang, and hid in the Zhu family's compound. The Qi family army attacked with birds, demolished the courtyard wall, and swept down the recalcitrant Japanese robbers on the roof with wolf stalks. With no way out, some knelt down and begged for mercy, some committed suicide, and some set themselves on fire. Shangfeng Ridge, Shangjie Ridge, and Baishuiyang, the Qi family army won three battles in a row, completely annihilated the enemy, rescued more than 1,000 captive men and women, and only killed 3 of them.

On the 15th, Qi's army won another victory in the battle of Tengling. On the 17th, 2,000 Japanese who had escaped from the Ninghai regiment landed in Changsha, southeast of Wenling. Qi Jiguang made careful arrangements and coordinated land and water, and launched a surprise attack on this group of Japanese robbers on the 20th. The Japanese were caught off guard and fled in defeat, but the ships were burned by the Qi army, and those who swam and fled for their lives were drowned in a hurricane, and those who were confined to the beach were all annihilated. The 300 Japanese who had been divided into troops to loot in advance fled by boat at night, but they were also wiped out by the Qi family's military sailors.

In this way, in a month's battle, the Qi army completely annihilated the Japanese invaders who invaded Taizhou. And he only lost a few people in each battle, almost zero casualties. This is simply a miracle in the era of cold weapons. In connection with the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese Invaders, the record of the Qi family army is even more amazing. At the same time, the Japanese invaders in Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places were also wiped out by other Ming troops. In the year following the victory in Taizhou, the Japanese invaded Wenzhou again, and were soon wiped out by the Qi army. From then on, the Japanese invaders no longer dared to invade Taizhou, and the plague in Zhejiang was completely subsided.

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From this point of view, in addition to the fact that the Qi family army has some achievements in firearms, it is more that the cold weapon combat ability of the Qi family army and Qi Jiguang's own command level have a very close relationship. (To be continued.) )

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