Li Rusong

Li Rusong

Li Rusong (1549-may 8, 1598), Zi Mao, Yangcheng, was born in tielingwei (now Tieling City, Liaoning Province). Li Chengliang, the eldest son of Liaodong general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Li rushong was brave and good at fighting since he was young, and he learned from the scholar Xu Wei. At the beginning, he inherited his father's command and served as the Bo Xun Wei of Ningyuan. He was promoted to the commander of Jinshi and the right deputy general of Shenji camp. Later, he successively served as the commander in chief of Shanxi, Xuanfu and other places. In the 20th year of Wanli (1592), he went out to fight against the rebellion in Shaanxi Province to pacify the rebellion of kuaibai in Ningxia. In the same year, he was again granted the financial service to the Chinese military governor's office, and the Tidu Jiji, Liao, Baoding, and Shandong armies assisted Korea to fight against Japan. In the battle of Pyongyang, the Japanese army's small westbound commander was defeated. After the defeat of the battle of bitiguan, they confronted the Japanese army in the front line of Seoul, and then sent troops to raid Longshan Dacang to destroy the Japanese food supplies, which made a great contribution to the victory of the "Renchen war of resisting Japan and aiding Korea". Wanli twenty-one years (1593) back to the court, promoted to the Chinese military governor Fu Zuo Du Du, plus Prince Tai Bao. Wanli 25 years (1597), as Liaodong general.

In the 26th year of Wanli (1598), Li Rusong was killed in the battle with the Mongol tribes. He was 50 years old. Ming Shenzong bestowed him Shaobao and Ningyuan uncle with the posthumous title of "Zhonglie" and set up a temple for him.

Life of the characters

Early favorite

Li Rusong fought with his father Li Chengliang when he was young. He was brave and good at fighting. He was familiar with military affairs. Xu weizeng taught him the art of war. Later, Wu Jin inherited his father's shadow and was granted the command of Tongzhi, who served as the commander of Ningyuan. Later, due to his military achievements, he was appointed as the right deputy general of Shenji camp.

Wanli 11 years (1583), promoted to Shanxi chief officer. Shen Shixing, the great scholar, asked mingshenzong to protect Li Rusong. Shenzong then called Li Rusong to Beijing as the commander of the right army. Soon he was appointed governor of the capital. Shao Shu once impeached Li Rusong and his younger brother, deputy chief Li Rubai for his illegal behavior, and asked Shenzong to restrain Li Rusong a little, "to the end", but Shenzong didn't accept it.

In the 15th year of Wanli (1587), Li Rusong went out of Xuanfu and became the general officer of Xuanfu. Xu Shouqian, the governor of Xuanfu, once reviewed military drills. Li rushong did not follow the custom of military generals respecting civil servants and directly led Xu Shouqian to sit with him. Wang xueshu persuaded Li Rusong to take part in the political affairs. They had a quarrel and almost had to fight. Wang Zhidong, the imperial censor, impeached Li Rusong for his arrogance. At the same time, he impeached Wang xueshu, and Shenzong took their salaries as punishment. Soon after, Li Rusong was played again. In the middle of the event, in early spring, he was asked to be transferred from Xuanfu. Shenzong ordered him to change town with Li Yingen, Shanxi general. Later, he was impeached several times by the officials of science and Taoism during the military and political examination. Shenzong always favored Li Rusong, and did not change because of impeachment. Later, he recalled Li Rusong to the office of the commander of the Chinese army.

Famous in Northwest China

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In the 20th year of Wanli (1592), the father and son of kuibai (Tatar, East Mongolian), the former deputy chief of Zhenyuan in Ningxia, colluded with the Hetao tribe of Mongolia to launch a rebellion. In the cities of Lianke Zhongwei, Guangwu, Yuquanying and Lingzhou (now Lingwu in Ningxia), the whole of Shaanxi was shaken, and the anti rebel army sent by the imperial court was slow to advance.

In April of that year, on the recommendation of the imperial censor Mei Guozhen, Li Rusong was appointed as commander in chief of Shaanxi anti insurgency military affairs, commanding Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers and Miao soldiers to carry out encirclement and suppression.

In June, Li rushong led the anti rebel army to Ningxia. In July, he ordered Magui tribe to attack, defeated Hetao tribe of Mongolia, chased it to Helan Mountain, drove it out of the fortress, and cut off the foreign aid of the rebels. At the same time, various reinforcements surrounded the city of Ningxia. After carefully observing the terrain and the city defense of Ningxia, Li Rusong ordered to open the Yellow River and flood the city of Ningxia. The city was starved of ammunition and food, the morale of the army was lax, and there was no fighting spirit. The rebels lost foreign aid, and there was internal conflagration. On September 16, the city defense of Ningxia collapsed. Li Rusong took advantage of the situation and ordered to attack the city. After killing two subordinates, kuaibai surrendered to Li Rusong. Li Rusong accepted the surrender, but still destroyed the kuaibai. So far, the rebellion in Ningxia has all subsided. After the war, Li Rusong was promoted to be the commander of the Chinese military governor's office, and was rewarded by Shiyin royal guards commander Tongzhi.

North Korea

At the end of the 16th century, Japan's powerful minister, Hideki Toyotomi, unified the Japanese archipelago by force and took charge of Japan's military and political power. His ambition also expanded abruptly. He made a plan of military aggression to occupy Korea, conquer China, and then expand to Southeast Asia.

In the 20th year of Wanli (1592), Hideki Toyotomi, with the remaining power of unifying Japan, dispatched a total of 150000 troops of the nine armies to attack Korea. In the early morning of April 13, Japanese invaders crossed the Strait of Malaysia and landed in Busan, Korea, where the Japanese invasion broke out. The Li Dynasty, which ruled Korea at that time, was characterized by constant party strife and lax military equipment. "No one knows the soldiers for more than 200 years." most of the 300 counties in the country had no city defense. In just two months, all 18 roads in the three capitals of North Korea (capital, Kaesong, and Pyongyang) fell, and the Japanese army marched all the way to the South Bank of the Yalu River.

Hideki Toyotomi not only asked the Ming government to recognize Japan's occupation of North Korea by taking the Datong River as the boundary, but also forced Ryukyu, the Philippines and other Daming dependent countries to submit to tribute. When the news came, the Ming Dynasty and the public were in an uproar. The main fighters thought that they had to send troops to teach the Japanese a lesson. However, the main peacekeepers thought that the Korean people were too weak and vulnerable. They would only ask the Ming Dynasty for help and suggested that the Korean king and his entourage should only be allowed to cross the Yalu River for refuge instead of sending troops. The opinion of the main battle faction was finally accepted by Emperor Wanli and decided to send troops to Korea.

In July of the 20th year of Wanli (1592), the first Anti Japanese army went to battle, and the commander was zuchengxun, the deputy commander of Liaodong. This army is one of the iron cavalry in Liaodong. Zu Chengxun is also the lineage of famous general Li Chengliang, and has strong combat effectiveness. However, there are only 3000 people in this unit. In the process of attacking Pyongyang, zuchengxun Zhongfu, deputy general Shi Ru, died in the war, and the troops were badly injured. Zu Chengxun escaped by chance.

In December, Shenzong ordered Li Rusong, who had just finished the battle in Ningxia, to be the governor of the eastern expedition, and to unite the armies of Ji, Liao, Ji, Chuan and Zhe to conquer the eastern expedition. His younger brothers, Li Rumei and Li Rubai, served as deputy chief soldiers and went with the army. On December 25, under the leadership of Li Rusong, the Ming army vowed to go eastward.

Fierce battle in Pyongyang

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On the seventh day of the first month of the 21st year of Wanli (1593), the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's eastern expedition came to the foot of pingtu city. Occupied in Pyongyang is the first Japanese army Regiment under the command of Japanese general Xiaoxi. At dawn the next day, the Ming army launched a general attack. Hundreds of Flemish planes bombarded the city of Pyongyang, overturning the Japanese garrison and flying the long general flag. Then Ming artillery began to extend, bombarding the main points of the city of Pyongyang. After the first round of artillery preparation, the Ming army's siege troops began to climb the city, and the gates of Pyongyang fell into fierce fighting. Under the supervision of President Xiaoxi, the Japanese troops in Pyongyang fought to death. Relying on the strong and tall City, they fired with bows, arrows and guns, poured kerosene down and burned the ladder. The casualties of the Ming army's siege troops increased rapidly.

Near noon, after fierce fighting, the Ming army conquered Mudan peak, the commanding point in the north of the city, and totally annihilated more than 2000 Japanese troops. The Japanese troops in the city immediately became a mess. Li rushong ordered the whole army to take down Pyongyang before noon. Ming army soldiers swarmed forward, firegun camp and tiger squat gun also pushed to the city to implement close fire. When Li Rusong was supervising the battle at the front line, his mount was hit by Japanese guns, and he immediately changed his horse to fight again. "Ming history" records: "such as loose horse died in the gun, easy horse gallop, fall into the ditch, jump up, the army is advancing. His younger brother, Li Rubai, was shot in the helmet. They were both fearless and determined. It can be said that as the commander-in-chief, Li Rusong's calmness, boldness and bravery gave great spiritual inspiration to the soldiers of the Ming army, which was an important factor for the Ming army to win this victory.

At noon, 10000 Qi's army and Liaodong's cavalry disguised as Korean army took advantage of the Japanese's paralysis to attack lumen in the south of the city, cut down the Japanese's flag and planted the Ming's flag. The Ming's army kept climbing up the city, and the cheers rang through the sky. On hearing the news, the Japanese army abandoned the city one after another, and then the seven star gate was destroyed by the Ming army's artillery, and the Ming army's cavalry broke into the city. The little westbound commander, who was in charge of the ordinary gate, ordered the remnant troops to retreat into the various earthen fortresses in the city and defend themselves to fight against the trapped animals.

In the city, the remaining main force of the Japanese army, about 9000 people, huddled in the three big earthen fortresses of Lianguang Pavilion, seven stars and ordinary, and more than a dozen small earthen fortresses around them. Because of the narrow and rugged road, the Ming army cannons could not be pushed up, the Japanese firepower was very fierce, and the offensive troops suffered a lot of casualties. Li Rusong resolutely stopped the attack, adopted the tactics of encircling three and missing one, set aside the South Road to induce the Japanese army to break through the encirclement, and sent messengers to send letters to the little westbound commander to the effect that the Japanese army had been defeated. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties on both sides, as long as the Japanese army withdrew from Pyongyang, the Ming army would not stop it. After receiving Li Rusong's letter, Xiao Xixing Chang hesitated, but the battlefield situation forced him to break through. After dark, the Japanese sent scouts to guard. Seeing that there was no Ming army to intercept, the troops in the Tubao swarmed out to kill the south of the city under the cover of night. The Japanese army rushed out of the city without any obstruction. Not far from the south of the city was the Datong River. It was in the middle of winter, and the ten mile wide river was completely frozen. The Japanese cavalry troops passed quickly. The Japanese troops were overjoyed and rushed across the river. For a moment, the river was full of people. At this time, the Ming artillery, which had been concealed for a long time, suddenly opened fire, and the ice on the river was blasted countless holes. The Japanese army made a mess, making the ice cold

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