Although the Ma family originated early, the truly top generals must start with Ma Lu. The brothers Ma Jin, Ma Fu, and Ma Gui after Ma Lu are the core forces, and the third generation is not bad either. Cheng En and Cheng En Zhao, Chengxun, Chengxun, Chengxuan, Chengzong, etc. were among the worst in history to include generals and several generals.
Ma Chengxun is still very young this year, a 27-year-old general with a bright future.
Everyone in the Ma family attaches great importance to this battle. From Ma Jin to Ma Gui to Ma Chengxun, they all regard this battle as an excellent opportunity for the Ma family.
Li Xima and Li Chengliang are already Uncle Ning Yuan. They killed Su Bahai not long ago. They might be able to join the Spyge. But what about the Ma family? There is no such thing as a Feijue. The tallest one, Ma Jin, didn’t get a chance to fight this time. No matter how well he dispatches, it’s just like dispatching merit. In the end, it will definitely mainly fall on the civilian officials. Military generals need credit, only on the battlefield. Pick.
Fortunately, Gao Shizhong inherited the Gao family's consistent support for Shanxi generals. Although Ma Jin could not go to Monan as the commander-in-chief, he specially transferred Ma Gui to his side. As long as the battle of Monan is won, let alone Ma Gui. If Shacheng has merit, even if he doesn't, it is estimated that Gao Shizhong can find some merit for him, and his promotion to the rank of general soldier is almost certain.
Ma Chengxun was passionate. Although he was the third eldest son of the clan, he preferred cavalry since he was a child. He became a disciple of Ma Fang very early. Later, because there was a shortage of cavalrymen in Shanxi after Ma Fang became an official, he was able to serve under Ma Fang's army. On the recommendation of guarding the important pass of Dushibao, he was promoted to a general and led 3,600 cavalry. Originally, there were almost 5,000. Later, some of them were abolished and strengthened to Liaodong, leaving less than 4,000.
I thought that based on this trend, Shanxi Xuanda's cavalry power might gradually decline, but unexpectedly, the arrival of Gao Shizhong allowed him to control almost all of Ma Fang's remaining cavalry as a mere district commander, and participated in the The war to strangle Tumen Khan is coming!
What an honor and excitement!
Ma Chengxun is a young man with a strong ambition for fame, and because he is the third in the line, he is naturally outnumbered by his eldest brother. He desperately wants to become the first in the clan through his own efforts, so he pays more attention to this battle.
In the original history, Ma Chengxun was trapped in this pursuit of fame. Because the origin of the money given to Zheng Luo for his birthday was unknown, he was impeached by the local censor, which caused great misfortune.
But in fact, there were background reasons for that incident. Zhang Siwei, the chief minister of the Jin Party, cooperated with Emperor Wanli to plot against Zhang Juzheng and his party. As a result, Zhang Siwei and Ding You resigned not long after, and the Zhang party was still a centipede at that time. Just slap the Jin Party in the face with a backhand.
But although Zhang Siwei resigned, he was protected by the emperor, so Zhang's party had nothing to do with him. So Zhang Dang went to attack Zheng Luo, but it turned out that civilian officials like Zheng Luo were not afraid of small tricks at all. It was nothing, but Ma Chengxun, an unlucky military general, got into trouble and suffered the consequences.
In fact, few military generals in those days were clean with money. Whether they were greedy themselves or had to be greedy for the sake of the army, they would inevitably have bad debts. Even Qi Jiguang was like this, let alone Ma Chengxun?
Ultimately, this problem is caused by the financial system and military system of the Ming Dynasty. Who made the guards useless and the military officials everywhere had to rely on servants? But when it comes to servants, the court's system is extremely imperfect, forcing the generals below to show their talents across the sea. Whoever can make money can afford to raise elite soldiers, and whoever can achieve good results in battles.
Qi Jiguang was good at being a man and an official, and Li Chengliang wanted to get money in the court because of his clever methods. He managed almost the entire Liaodong area from Zhu to Li and changed his surname to Li to get money, so the two of them defended and attacked, and the two main forces basically did not Lack of money, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers is also very strong.
But the situation is worse for the Ma family. Although Xuan Da Shanxi is a direct descendant of the Gao Party and the hometown of the Jin Party, under the national policy of "Western Huaihuai East System", their opportunities to make money are much less, so they have no choice but to I don't want to find any way to make money to maintain the expenses and morale of my department.
In history, Ma Jin, Ma Gui, and later Ma Chengxun and others were almost all impeached. Of course, part of the reason for this was due to political disputes, but the fact that they had to make money was also a key factor.
There is no doubt that the Majia soldiers can fight, but there is a "rule of heaven" in this era: being able to fight means swallowing gold beasts.
Regardless of whether it is Qi Jiajun, Li Jiajun or Ma Jiajun, no matter who they are, they can fight, but who is not a gold-swallowing beast?
It is easy for Qi and Li to make money, but it is difficult for the Ma family to make money. Is it so surprising that something happened?
What's even more ridiculous is that under this situation, the emperor was not worried about something like this happening to his generals. Anyway, if something happened, he would first dismiss them and put them in cold storage. When a war was needed, he would use the emperor's grace to activate them and let them take advantage of their crimes and perform meritorious services.
It can not only let the generals know the emperor's majesty, but also let them know the emperor's grace.
Just perfect.
Ma Chengxun still doesn't quite understand this truth. This young general who is less than thirty years old is now focused on winning a big victory. He hopes to reach the threshold of the commander-in-chief before he takes office, even if he is the deputy commander-in-chief. The deputy commander-in-chief and Although it seems that there is only a slight difference between becoming a general and a general, the actual difference is not so great. For many people, it is a threshold that cannot even be crossed in a lifetime.
Didn't Ma Chengxun's grandfather Ma Lu retire honorably as a general? His old man was lucky and God had favored him. Each of his three sons was better at fighting than the last, so the Ma family rose.
Now it's Ma Chengxun's turn. Who knows whether his son will be able to do it in the future? Therefore, he must work harder on his own, and he must be the commander-in-chief in this life!
As for the present, you might as well set a small goal first. For example, I will earn it first. If not, I will be promoted to deputy commander first.
By then, if uncle Ma Gui is also promoted from deputy chief soldier to chief soldier, then the Ma family will have brothers and two chief soldiers, plus he, Ma Chengxun, is the deputy chief soldier, which sounds awesome.
With this mentality, Ma Chengxun's troops moved extremely quickly. Even though Tumen moved very quickly and even arrived at the scheduled battlefield at least six hours in advance, Ma Chengxun's troops still arrived at Danan Mountain on time.
While he was anxiously waiting for the report from the spying horse, he did not lose any of the skills he learned from Ma Fang. He arranged the preparations for the battle meticulously. He did not forget this and that just because he was in a hurry to go to battle, and did not insult "Master Ma". famous name.
Just as he was counting the time by looking at the hourglass almost without blinking, Tanma came to report: "The Chahar Tumen tribe has entered the preset battlefield, and the Tumote Tutuo tribe has already started fighting with it. Totu Chataiji has invited General Go there immediately, observe the battle situation, and decide the time to cut in freely!"
Ma Chengxun stood up suddenly and shouted: "Well done!"
Then he looked around at the generals, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Gentlemen, we have made great achievements and made our wives and children ours today!"
"Capture Tumen alive!"
"Swear to take the heads of Tutu!"
"Destroy Chahar and defeat Mongolia in one battle!"
Ma Chengxun stood proudly and waved his hand: "Okay! Let's go to battle!"
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