The Liaodong cavalry was once well-equipped, well-trained, and invincible!
Unfortunately, after Li Rusong's death, the situation in Liaodong fell into chaos. First, Gao Huai rebelled against Liao, and then the Liao people had four major hatreds.
A series of events caused the Liaodong Army to lose its spiritual heritage, and its combat effectiveness plummeted. Some even surrendered directly to Nurhaci's counterattack against the Ming Dynasty.
Now Chongzhen mentioned the Liaodong Cavalry again, the significance of which is self-evident.
Seeing that there was no one around, Li Xianzhong asked Li Xingzhong in a low voice: "Brother, 50,000 cavalrymen are a top-notch force in the entire Ming Dynasty, not to mention Wu Sangui."
"Your Majesty, why would you use you and me, your brother, instead of Liu Wenyao and other nobles?"
Li Xingzhong said as he walked: "Liu Wenyao is only good at leading troops but not at training them. Your Majesty employs people based on their strengths, so you and I brothers will be given important positions."
"Besides, Liu Wenyao has too much aura around him, and many people in the court are watching him, so he can't hide his strength."
"The most important point is, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, apart from our Li family and the Liaodong Zu family (let's count Wu Sangui as Zu Dashou's man for the time being), who else has the ability to train elite cavalry?"
Li Xianzhong thought about it and said, "So that's it!"
Why did military families exist in ancient times?
To put it bluntly, it is the experience that our ancestors gained at the cost of their lives on the battlefield that has been passed down!
Future generations can take shortcuts.
As long as the descendants continue to serve in the army, this inheritance will continue.
The reason why the nobles of the Ming Dynasty became useless was that their inheritance was broken after the Battle of Tumu.
The two soon came to a fork in the road.
Li Xianzhong stared at Li Xingzhong and said, "Brother, I don't know when we will meet again after this separation. Take care!"
Li Xingzhong stared at Li Xianzhong with the same look: "Xianzhong, you are the commander of the Yongwei Camp, you must protect His Majesty's safety. As long as His Majesty is safe, the sky will not fall."
"Whether the Li family can rise again depends on you and me!"
"Take care of yourself!"
The two brothers bowed and said goodbye, one turned back to the imperial city, and the other rode out of the city to Baoding.
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