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During the Jiajing Rebellion, the Qi family army and the Wukou army fought more than 80 battles, without a single defeat, and each battle has achieved huge results at a minimal cost, behind the brilliant achievements of the Qi family army, the Mandarin duck array is indispensable!
The founder of the Mandarin Duck Array is actually not Qi Jiguang, but Tang Shunzhi, a Ming Dynasty odd man.
Portrait of Tang Shunzhi
Tang Shunzhi, Zi Yingde, Jingchuan, Jiangsu Wujin, Jiajing Eight-Year Examination First, Successive Officials Hanlin Compilation, Chief of the Military Department, Examination Gong of the Official Department, Imperial History of the Right Youdu, Inspector of Fengyang, and other positions, together with Gui Youguang and Wang Shenzhong, were called "The Three Greats of Jiajing", and enjoyed a lofty position in the literary circles of the Ming Dynasty.
Tang Shunzhi was not only a master of Confucianism, but also a famous military expert and martial arts master.
The Wukou invaded the southeast coastal area, and Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang and other places in Jiangsu (South Zhili) were seriously damaged, and the history books recorded: "Su, Song, Changqianlio districts, and the congs of wealth and wealth." There have been many months of harassment, embers have burned in the sky, and the remains are everywhere, and the rafters have left their homes until now. ”
After Tang Shunzhi, who had resigned his post and returned home, witnessed the tragic situation in the town after being sacked by the Wukou, Yu Jiajing left the mountain in September of the 37th year and went to Zhejiang to see the division and cooperate with Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhizhe, to resist the Wu.
Tang Shunzhi put forward many suggestions, such as "real army", "full soldier salary", "public reward and punishment", "fine coach", "Qingtun seed", "cautious recruitment", "collection of map books", "drumming up military morale", "department head level", "royal ocean", "solid coast", "scattered thieves party", "strict city guard", "lowering the proclamation", "using spies", "tonggong road", "opening a household city", and many other suggestions, which were appreciated and reused by Hu Zongxian.
Of course, Tang Shunzhi was not a weak scholar who could only move his mouth, his martial arts attainments were extremely high, Qi Jiguang had learned marksmanship from him, and during the war against the Wu, he had personally led his troops to fight fiercely with the Wu Kou many times.
In April of the 38th year of Jiajing, a force of Wokou invaded Chongming and anchored the ship in Sansha. Tang Shunzhi led his troops overseas, and then commanded the troops to attack, beheading a total of one hundred and twenty, sinking more than thirty enemy ships, capturing a large number of clothes and weapons, and the remnants of the Wukou fled in a hurry.
Hong Chaoxuan praised in the "Jingchuan Tang Gongxing": "Since Su Song used the army, there has not been such a victory."
Soon, Wu Kou invaded Anhui, Tang Shunzhi and his deputy commander Liu Xian went to intercept and kill, and at Yao Jiadang, they annihilated the enemy Kou, And Wu Kou was defeated and retreated to Miaowan, and Tang Shunzhi led his troops to pursue, the battle was extremely fierce, and the enemy and us suffered equal casualties.
In the War of Resistance Against the Wo, Tang Shunzhi discovered the limitations of the Ming army's tactics and found a way to crack them according to the weapons and tactical characteristics of the Wokou.
Tang Shunzhi abandoned the original model of the Ming Army of 25 people as a team, and changed it to a team of only 5 people, and named it "Mandarin Duck Wu".
Equipped with a shield, a wolf's whip and 3 spears, the Mandarin Duck Wu is able to respond flexibly to small groups of Wokou raids and suppress Wokou's taiko and spear.
The emergence of the "Mandarin Duck Wu" changed the decline of the Ming Army to a certain extent, but Tang Shunzhi found that the "Mandarin Duck Wu" also had some deficiencies and limitations in actual combat.
Unfortunately, Tang Shunzhi did not have the opportunity to improve the "Mandarin Duck Wu".
In the summer of the 38th year of Jiajing, Tang Shunzhi led Lu Bo, Liu Xian, and other generals to attack the Enemy who was entrenched in the Sansha area, and the Wukou built a strong fortification by virtue of its geographical advantages, and the Ming army attacked many times, but was repelled.
Tang Shunzhi was furious and rushed to the place more than a hundred steps away from the Wu camp with his knife to force the enemy to fight, but Wu Kou refused to fight, and Tang Shunzhi could only take the strategy of siege.
At that time, it was the height of summer, the weather was hot, Tang Shunzhi led the troops to drift on the sea for two or three months, he was seriously ill, the history books recorded: "the summer month steamed hot, accumulated for a long time, vomited blood several times to death", had to return to land.
Soon, Tang Shunzhi was promoted to the post of Right Governor Of Yushi and inspected Fengyang.
The following year, Tang Shunzhi was already ill, but still insisted on dealing with the anti-Wu affairs, and on the first day of April, he died in Tongzhou at the age of fifty.
"Swear to clear the Ten Thousand Miles and dare to be afraid of danger" is the best portrayal of Tang Shunzhi's deeds of resistance to the Wo!
Qi Jiguang, who was taught by Tang Shunzhi, improved the "Mandarin Duck Wu", merged the two "Wu" into a "Mandarin Duck Team", and removed 1 lancer and replaced it with 1 boring and palladium hand, making it more offensive and defensive.
The entire squad consisted of 12 men: 1 captain, 1 fireman (in charge of food service), and 10 warriors.
Qi Jiguang recruited 3,000 miners from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, conducted strict training, and mastered the Qi family army of the "Mandarin Duck Array", and under the leadership of Qi Jiguang, created a miracle of fighting against the Wokou and winning every battle.
References: "Biography of Ming Shi Tang Shun", "Tang Shunzhi and the Struggle of the Ming Dynasty Against the Wu Dynasty", "Chronology of Mr. Jingchuan", "Jingchuan Tang Gongxing"