Wanli Xinming

Chapter 146
Martial arts recommendation, the No.2 candidate reported by the Ministry of War is Ma Fang.This old man is one year older than Liu Xian. He is 61 this year and his native place is Weizhou, Shanxi. His family is a farmer on the border of Xuanhua.Ma Fang was abused by his stepmother when he was young, and he could not bear the humiliation. He fled his hometown around the fifth year of Jiajing, was captured by the Tatar cavalry who invaded south, and let Altan Khan free his horses.

Since childhood, Ma Fang began to "curve wood as a bow", honed his horsemanship and archery skills, and hit every shot.When he was hunting with Altan Khan, he encountered a tiger that rushed straight to Altan. When everyone panicked and fled, Ma Fang was very calm and shot the tiger to death with a bow and arrow.Altan admired Ma Fang, gave him "good bows and arrows, good horses", and ordered him to "serve around".

Although Ma Fang was highly valued by Altan, his heart was in the Ming Dynasty. In the 16th year of Jiajing, Ma Fang took the opportunity of hunting with Altan to the outskirts of Datong, which was close to the border town of the Ming Dynasty, and escaped by stealing horses at night. Datong Military Camp.Since then, he has started his life like cheating:

Because he has lived in Mongolia for many years and is familiar with the combat characteristics of the Mongolian cavalry, he can hit the enemy hard in every battle.He started with the captain, gradually accumulated credit, and worked to the top.

In the 28th year of Jiajing, he offered advice and led fine cavalry to copy the back of the Mongolian cavalry, forcing the Mongolian army to retreat northward, and made the first great achievement in his life;From August to October, Altan lost his temper in three consecutive battles. Sejong praised at that time: "Ma Fang is brave and never fails."

After Ma Fang was promoted to the guerrilla general of Xuanfu due to his merits, he was honest and fair, and re-established the "Military Battle Law". Rush to kill the enemy formation, attracting subordinates to die.

From the 34th year of Jiajing to the fourth year of Longqing, Ma Fang went from being a guerrilla to a general, and finally becoming the general of the Xuanfu.

In the 40th year of Jiajing, under great pressure, Ma Fang broke out of her Xuanfu defense zone and won seven battles and seven victories in Datong, Shanxi.From Xuanfu to Datong, and from Datong to Huai'an, the distance Ma Fang's army traveled was as long as a thousand miles in this battle.When the good news came, Daming was shocked from top to bottom, and the ruling and opposition parties were in ecstasy. Sejong promoted him to be the general officer of Xuanfu.

When he was appointed as the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Ma Fang overwhelmed Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and others in the Battle of Wanquanbao, and finally grew into "the crown of the generals of the Ming Dynasty".

Ma Fang took advantage of his reputation as "Ma Taishi" in the minds of the Mongolians, and used [-] elites to face Altan's [-] cavalry. When the city wall of Malian Fort collapsed and became a Jedi, he died first. He put out an empty city plan to scare Altan, and withstood Altan's many temptations.

When Altan wanted to retreat the next day, Ma Fang led his troops to "big break" and drove Altan's main force into Datong, where the Ming army had been ambushed for a long time. The great victory—although it was not a war of annihilation, but there were a lot of first-level achievements and seizures.

In the following four years of Longqing, Ma Fang finally turned his back on the defense and went abroad—leading the elite cavalry to hold the main force of Altan in the periphery of Haizi, Xianning. ——He used this skill to go from a peasant son to a second-rank left governor for the second time, and then he became an earl.

The Tatar Mongolia, which was about to collapse after being beaten by Ma Fang, finally caused a great split when Altan forced his marriage to his grandson Bahannaji's fiancee, Unachu.

In the fourth and fifth year of Longqing, Altan and Wang Chonggu held talks. After some debate, Altan finally gave in, handed over Zhao Quan, Li Zixin, Wang Tingfu and other traitors, and accepted the imperial court's decree to be canonized as "King Shunyi", his brother. The subordinates of the sons and nephews were all appointed governors, Tongzhi, Qianhu and other officials, and opened "mutual markets" in Yansui, Hongshan Dun, Ningxia Qingshuiying and other places to restore the trade between the Han and Mongolian border people.

Until the fourth year of Wanli, the nine sides of the six or seven years of peace were basically maintained - it was fought by Ma Fang and other soldiers who threw their heads and poured blood.However, in the sixth year of Longqing, after Emperor Wanli succeeded to the throne, Ma Fang was ordered to "return home and live idle" due to his high arch being expelled and his thighs collapsing.

After Zhu Yijun established the martial arts school, how could such a fierce general not be used?Therefore, he was reinstated as the director of the former military governor's office, and he was now a professor of the Department of Martial Arts.

Wu Xue's evaluation of Ma Fang: "Although the surface is ruthless, the truth is as delicate as hair, and he is also strategic in mind. He is also a great general."

The Ministry of War's evaluation: "Hundreds of large and small hits, dozens of wounds on the body, and fewer attacks on the crowd, it is not a big success. Capture dozens of ministers, kill them without calculation, and have a reputation on the frontiers, as the crown of the generals."

The third recommendation report that Zhu Yijun saw recommended Yu Dayou.Yu Dayou is now 74 years old, a true veteran.

This recommendation report was written on Zhu Yijun's face, because Zhu Yijun put into use Yu Dayou, who was already guilty at home when he was reforming the salt government, and then appointed him as the secretary of the post-general's house, responsible for preparing and organizing the Haicao escort— - This is Zhu Yijun laying a foundation for the establishment of the Imperial Navy.

The old general fought all his life, but he never received fair treatment.After Zhu Yijun enabled him, Yu Dayou went to thank him three times, and Zhu Yijun gave a long comment each time, explaining in detail his strategic thinking for building the navy.

Because of such interaction with the emperor, Yin Zhengmao is a smart individual, and including him in the recommendation is purely to flatter the emperor.How could Zhu Yijun let Yu Dayou go on an expedition?It's too late to send doctors and medicines to maintain him.

The candidate recommended by No.4 is Zhang Chen, the current chief soldier of Ji Town. Zhang Chen used musketeers at the beginning of the year to take down Dong Tuzi in one battle with Li Chengliang, and the result shocked the world.He himself was promoted to the left governor of the governor's office of the Chinese army because of his meritorious service, and his son was the commander of the Jinyiwei of the imperial court.

Because this time to Burma, the main force is the new Beijing camp that has been trained.In the actual combat of commanding the musketeers, Zhang Chen's victory is now the greatest, so the martial arts and the Ministry of War also recommended him.

Subsequent recommendations are not as well-known as these few famous ones, but they are all martial arts teachers and students who have performed well, and there are chief soldiers and deputy chief soldiers who have made great achievements in battle, including Deng Zilong, Dong Yiyuan, Guo Hu, Huang Yingjia and so on. Several people, the comments on martial arts and the Ministry of War are not as exaggerated as the previous ones, and they are suspected of making up the number - probably to give the emperor an impression of "fighting generals like clouds" in my dynasty.

In order to fight this battle well, Zhu Yijun then summoned the Minister of War, Shi Lang, and Duke Yingying and others, and discussed several candidates, and finally decided: Liu Xian as the commander and Deng Zilong as the deputy commander—[-] troops. The new army from Beijing camp entered Myanmar and completely took down the Mangrui body.

In order to completely achieve the political purpose of shocking and deterring all the people, Zhu Yijun summoned Liu Xian in Wuying Hall before the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Wanli.

Zhu Yijun wanted to talk to Liu Xian about military discipline.Liu Xian's growth experience shows that there are many disciplinary factors in his bones - joining the army by impersonating, bribery and promotion, killing prisoners to obtain merit, looting and looting, etc., all of which he is skilled at.

But on the other hand, to completely deter the Southwest Yi, it is obviously not enough to use a forward-looking coach.The barbarians who couldn't raise the butcher's knife to slash and slaughter, fearing the power but not showing virtue, did not listen to the voice of the imperial court.

Therefore, in the conversation with Liu Xian, Zhu Yijun first pointed out the disciplinary problems of Liu Xian's leadership, and asked him to study Jing Haibo at home and Ning Yuanbo abroad, and follow the example of these two military counts.

Liu Xian was an outstanding generation, and of course he understood what the emperor meant.During his tenure as a professor of martial arts, the discipline of the new army can be said to have given him a profound education.

Therefore, he echoed back to the emperor: "The soldiers I commanded before did not have the same supply of provisions as the new army, so I had no choice but to snatch and motivate the warriors. Today's new army is neat and uniform, and the provisions are complete. Of course, this minister is willing to have disciplined soldiers! "

"As for the problems of the ministers, every time the emperor came to the martial arts school, he taught and persuaded them with all his heart. The ministers are not plants and trees, so how can they be indifferent. Please rest assured, the emperor, the ministers will not drink alcohol or be arrogant on the way. If the minister can't lead the subordinates, no matter how much credit is given - the minister is willing to issue a military order!"

Seeing that Liu Xian understood, Zhu Yijun was very relieved, and added officials and rewards as usual.Then he instructed: "I have repeatedly said in martial arts that military is the continuation of politics. The starting point and end point of all military struggles must be aimed at realizing the political goals of the court."

"The Governor is here to go to Burma, remember the main points of the imperial court's expedition to Burma: First, to attack the main force of Mangrui, don't care about the gains and losses of the city of Dongyu, and must destroy its war potential as the first purpose;"

"The two should destroy all the treasure wells and mines in various places, and destroy the gem trade in Toungoo; when the army withdraws, they should also destroy all the river water and water-repellent facilities in Toungoo."

"Three, um, if we can do it cleanly, I don't need too many natives in Dongyu in the future - you can handle this one, it can't affect the military's heart, and can't leave any records."

When Liu Xian heard this, even though he was 60 years old, he couldn't hide the naughty smile on the corner of his mouth.Seeing his appearance, Zhu Yijun felt his heart pounding, and said, "You can't let the new army do this kind of thing, don't make a bunch of lunatics! As for how to do it, you can decide. It's not a priority, the conditions are immature. You don't have to do it—you put away that evil smile, and I will send a military judge, Jin Yiming, to sit in the dark, if you do something that kills the good and pretends to be meritorious, you will not be rewarded when you come back!"

After taking a sip of tea, he suppressed the creepy feeling on his body, and Zhu Yijun instructed: "There is one more thing, to make the rest of the Xuanwei Division bow their heads and listen, since I heard the words of the imperial court, my legs were weak, how exactly? Be the governor at your own discretion."

"My minimum requirement is that all the consolation envoys who take off the court's red card will be given fifty lashes each, and they will kneel and hang the sign."

"If there are still people who don't listen to the voice, they can also destroy their clan."

　This chapter has written a little more about Ma Fang. On the one hand, there is too much information about Ma Fang, and Lao Mo tried to compress it as much as possible. On the other hand, Mr. Mo likes Ma Fang - I hope readers will like this veteran as well.Rest assured, Lao Mo will make Ma Fang shine again.

　　
　
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