Chapter 130: Kong Youde's countermeasures
In terms of army building, this is very different from Yu Xiaotian and Sun Yuanhua, although Sun Yuanhua also advocated building a well-equipped army, and invited many Portuguese to help him serve as instructors and train his soldiers and horses, but Sun Yuanhua forgot one point, that is, military discipline.
In order to buy the hearts of his generals, Sun Yuanhua has always been lax in the control of military discipline, and strictly ignored a strong army, the most basic thing is not how the equipment is, but military discipline!
From beginning to end, Sun Yuanhua only cared about equipment and training, but he was very lax about military discipline control, which also planted a time bomb for this rebel rebellion.
In addition, Sun Yuanhua also strictly ignored the cultivation of middle-level officers and high-level officers, and only thought that Kong Youde's old Dongjiang troops and those Liaodong Han people who fled back from Liaodong were fierce by nature and good at fighting bravely, but he ignored their loyalty training, so that these rebels eventually became traitors.
However, Yu Xiaotian is different from him, although Yu Xiaotian also advocates arming his generals with the most advanced weapons, but in dealing with the most basic military discipline issues, he has always insisted that the discipline of the army is put in the first place, and only an army with strict military discipline can become a strong army.
And Yu Xiaotian attaches great importance to the training of officers, especially in terms of loyalty, no matter who you are, no matter how strong your ability is, if your loyalty is not good, then I'm sorry, Yu Jiajun has no place for you to stay at all, and sooner or later you will be excluded.
In addition, Yu Xiaotian attaches great importance to the training of middle-level officers, but whenever a group of middle-level officers are promoted, they must be given in-depth training alone, even if it is a short training, it must be carried out, and in the daily training, the most important thing is to cultivate loyalty, brainwash them, and let them plant the seeds of loyalty to him in their hearts.
This is also the main reason why Yu Xiaotian's soldiers and horses have been invincible over the years, even if they take away their cannons and sharp rifles now, and only give them some of the simplest and primitive weapons, Yu Xiaotian also believes that his soldiers and horses are still a strong division, and the same enemy, in front of his army, is still not his opponent.
This is also the source of his confidence, not only that he can manufacture all kinds of advanced weapons at hand, talent is crucial, this is the biggest difference between Yu Jiajun and other armies, and it is also the key to why Yu Jiajun can fight better than other armies.
After Xiong Wencan got Yu Xiaotian's assurance, he was in a much better mood, so he and Yu Xiaotian pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and drank for a while, but considering that this was after all in front of the two armies, the two of them were just drinking, and they didn't let go of the big drink, seeing Zhu Dadian's face with a tired look, Yu Xiaotian drank a few glasses, then got up and said goodbye, asked Zhu Dadian to rest early, and tomorrow he will sit in the town and start the war with the rebels, so Zhu Dadian also sent Yu Xiaotian out of his big tent very happily.
Looking at the back of Yu Xiaotian turning over and leaving, Zhu Dadian smashed his lips, shook his head slightly and said to himself: "This Yu Xiaotian is really a general!" It's a pity that it can only be used by me for the time being! What a pity! ”
One of Zhu Dadian's staff, after hearing Zhu Dadian's words, whispered: "Lord Futai! If you value this person so much, why don't you find a way to keep him? ”
Zhu Dadian turned around and returned to the tent with his staff, ordered someone to remove the wine and food, shook his head and said: "How can this Yu Xiaotian be a character that anyone can control, his family business is in Fujian, and it is already commendable to come to Denglai to quell the rebellion this time!" But if anyone wants to keep him, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to get help, but on the contrary, they will incur great disaster!
This Yu Xiao is naturally unruly and unscrupulous, and only Xiong Wencan trusts him, so he can get his help, and change to someone else, it is impossible to make him so obedient!
This official does not ask for many blessings, but he asks that this time he can lead troops to help me calm down this chaos, and I will be content, as for leaving him behind, I can't even think about it! In that case, I am afraid that it will only leave a disaster, and it will not help at all! ”
After listening to this, the staff immediately understood Zhu Dadian's thoughts, this Yu Xiaotian was born as a pirate, and it is rumored that he is still a person who drifted back from overseas, and he must not have much loyalty to the monarch in his heart, the reason why he can come here to quell the chaos this time should be based on Xiong Wencan's face, his family business is said to be rich in Fujian, and he still occupies a piece of territory on the island of Taiwanese overseas.
Early the next morning, the officers and soldiers of all walks of life went out of the camp as a whole and began to line up outside the camp, the sound of war drums, trumpets, and horns sounded one after another, and among the men and horses of each department, the swords and guns were unsheathed, and the flags were unfurled.
According to Zhu Dadian's order on the previous day, the officers and troops were divided into two routes, the Shandong soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers were the main west road, while Yu Xiaotian's Fujian soldiers and Wang Hong's Sichuan soldiers were the main south road, and they were forced in the direction of the rebel camp in two ways.
After hearing this, Kong Youde gritted his teeth and immediately ordered, the whole army went to battle, and now he wants to take advantage of the main force of the official army to come, the idea of eating the Fujian soldiers and horses has been completely shattered, and now the officers and troops have gathered in Laizhou, and it is clear that the chariots and horses are going to fight him to the death, either he kills these officers and soldiers again, or the official army defeats them and relieves the siege of Laizhou.
However, Kong Youde knew very well that this battle was very important to them, and now the imperial court obviously no longer considered surrendering to him, and began to adopt a tough policy, sending several official troops to conquer them, if he loses this battle, then their rebels' sphere of influence will be extremely compressed back to the Dengzhou area, with only their current resources, it will be difficult to fight the imperial court for a long time.
Therefore, he must not be defeated, he must win this battle, if the defenders of Laizhou City know that the reinforcements will fail again, they may collapse because of this, take Laizhou City, he can continue to develop towards Qingzhou Mansion and even the entire Shandong, and then he can force the imperial court to regain the plan of appeasement, and they may have a way out in the future.
After thinking about this, he gritted his teeth and decided to come out of the nest this time and fight to the death with this group of officers and soldiers, even if the Fujian soldiers and horses are not easy to deal with, but the rest of the officers and soldiers, he really doesn't pay much attention to them.
After all, Kong Youde is a veteran who has been in the army for many years and has been rolling in a pool of blood to survive, and he has participated in various major battles a lot, and his gaze is still quite vicious when it comes to looking at the weight of the enemy army.
Among the officers and soldiers who came to attack them, only the Fujian soldiers and horses were the most difficult to deal with, these Fujian soldiers and generals were well-trained, super well-equipped, and the military discipline was clear, the soldiers were brave, and the kind of strength that was not afraid of death, even he felt palpitations when he saw it.
But in addition to this group of Fujian officers and soldiers, the rest of the officers and soldiers are all ordinary, although this time they were not defeated by a blow, but they can only barely parry, against this group of Sichuan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers and Shandong soldiers, Kong Youde is still quite sure.
After hearing the news that Zhu Dadian went to the battlefield in Laizhou, Kong Youde knew that this time the battle was not easy to fight, but it would not be successful if he didn't fight, so he and his generals discussed it before going out of the camp to fight, and finally made a decision, that is, to pick soft persimmons and pinch them first, and wait until the other officers and soldiers were overturned, and then leave the most difficult Fujian officers and soldiers to concentrate their forces to clean them up.
After all, Fujian officers and soldiers are guest troops, and they can't fight to the death here to the end, as long as it drags on for a while, these Fujian officers and soldiers will naturally feel homesick, and Kong Youde is also very clear about the supply capacity of the current Ming government.
When there is a shortage of money and food, he doesn't believe that these Fujian officers and soldiers can continue to stay here with great interest, and they have no money to take and can't eat, who wants to continue to work for the imperial court?
Therefore, he decided that this time he would concentrate superior forces and elite soldiers and horses, defeat several other officers and troops first, and finally fight with the Fujian officers and troops.
This battle can be delayed, but the premise is that the other officers and troops must be overturned first.
So after Kong Youde made up his mind, he immediately ordered the general to leave the camp, led a large number of rebels, and also began to line up the camp, opened a posture on the battlefield, and met the Ming officers and soldiers.
After observing the deployment of the Ming army, Kong Youde ordered his generals to lead an army to resist the Fujian official army, and he personally led the main elite to face the Shandong soldiers and those Zhejiang soldiers led by Wu Anbang.
This seems to be normal, because in terms of troops, the Shandong soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers are the strongest, with nearly 20,000 troops, and it seems very normal for Kong Youde's rebels to meet them with the main force.
But after Yu Xiaotian observed the arrangement of the rebels with a telescope in the army, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he could see at a glance what Kong Youde was thinking, and said in his heart that this guy was really not in vain, in the general trend, he saw it very clearly, and did not concentrate his forces to deal with him first, but took out the elite and went to find the trouble of those Shandong and Zhejiang soldiers first.
Kong Youde's tactics were immediately seen through by him, but he didn't say anything, he was very satisfied with Kong Youde's decision, these guys were hesitant some time ago, they were all watching his jokes, let him also see the jokes of these guys, as long as he didn't completely cripple them, he didn't care, let these guys also suffer, and save them from slandering him Yu Xiaotian.
As the two armies faced each other, the battlefield soon began to fight, shouting and killing, gunfire, the neighing of cavalry horses, and the sound of horses' hooves rushing into the battlefield, intertwined into a magnificent war symphony, and the whole battlefield suddenly boiled, presenting a tragic scene.
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