The next day, when the early morning smoke rose, a drizzle suddenly began to fall in the sky, which was gray and soaked the hot land.
"Oops!"
Hong Chengchou climbed up the tower and looked at the two military camps in the confrontation, and he was suddenly surprised.
His gray beard was trembling, and he pushed away the umbrella held by the soldier, feeling increasingly depressed.
Wearing a military robe, he looked quite majestic, and he had experienced battles for a long time, so he obviously had some guesses about the battle under Nanjing City.
The city of Nanjing cannot be defended, and it is impossible to defend it.
One million people, one day of food, firewood, etc. is a very huge number.
The defenders are local people. If Nanjing City's huge daily needs cannot be met, rebellion will become inevitable.
Therefore, since ancient times, it has been difficult to defend large cities, and they have mostly relied on passes.
He had not slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, the bags under his eyes were deep, and his complexion was weak, but Hong Chengchou stared at the city, not daring to relax at all.
“It’s moving, it’s moving——”
On the female wall several miles away, a few middle-aged people in Chinese clothes swaggered up the city wall, looking at the two armies gradually moving, feeling excited.
Hu Ju, who was famous in Nanjing City, retreated to the second row at this time, and the front position was given to the powerful salt merchants.
Hui merchants are not the same as salt merchants.
The profits from selling salt are too great, and what is more needed is centralized management. Therefore, there are not many Huizhou merchants operating the salt industry, and there are only one to twenty people distributing Huai salt.
Huizhou merchants, also known as Xin'an merchants, mainly engaged in five major businesses: timber, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, grain, cotton, and salt.
Salt merchants have strong strength, so they become representatives of Huizhou merchants.
Among the three major merchant gangs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi merchants were engaged in border trade, targeting the Mongolians, trading tea, horses, furs, and ginseng; Shaanxi merchants were oriented to the plateau and the small people, operating Sichuan salt and the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. The two were similar in scope, and gradually blend.
Huizhou merchants, on the other hand, cover the south of the Yangtze River, have a wider influence, a large business scope, and operate in everything. At the same time, because they are in the south, they value reading and regard themselves as Confucian merchants.
"The two armies are developing, and the situation seems to be more conducive to the Qing army."
Someone was surprised and said: "I heard that King Yu relied on firearms to show off his power in battles. Now that it's raining, I'm afraid the advantage will be lost."
A group of merchants who knew nothing about fighting came to the city wall just to watch the excitement. After hearing these words, their expressions changed drastically.
When Liu Zhi, the leader of the salt merchants, heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, unsure.
On the side, Hu Ju had already surrendered to King Yu. How could he destroy his family's prestige? He hurriedly said: "Having said that, the rainy season is not good for the cavalry."
"The muddy ground is the nemesis of the cavalry."
"That's right."
Liu Zhi glanced at him, his mind was spinning, and he immediately guessed that this Huizhou businessman in Nanjing had already chosen Prince Yu.
"Whether it's the King of Yu or the Qing army, although we Huizhou merchants have passed down poems and books and are known as Confucian merchants, we are not just academics. For the sake of the family, we can only uphold moderation."
"Medium, it depends on who is right."
Hu Ju is not afraid of him. Huizhou merchants are united, but Liu Zhi cannot bully him.
"How can we let another Mongolian Yuan like the Qing Dynasty go unchecked?"
"Those eight imperial merchants from Shanxi have earned a lot of face. If we don't choose Gaoming, we may be in a difficult situation in the future!"
Liu Zhi sighed, shook his head, and said no more.
The merchants at the end of the Four Nations are destined to be remembered, no matter how cautious they are, they cannot be too cautious.
As for the identities of the eight imperial merchants, how many of them envied them to death.
The gongs and drums sounded, welcoming the drizzle, and the two armies moved into action.
Wu Sangui personally took charge of the central army, and the cavalry flew out from both wings to serve as the front army. Instead, the Eight Banners were filled with ten thousand people.
Wearing heavy armor, they lined up in an orderly manner, holding their concentration and holding their breath, walking heavily, moving forward step by step without fear of wind and rain, with a chilling murderous aura.
The reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to defeat the Ming army several times relied not only on cavalry, but also on the Eight Banners infantry in heavy armor. valley
As vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens often served as mercenaries and followed the Ming army to attack the Mongols, so many of their tactics were very similar to the Ming army.
Tactically, they were not charging in a loose manner like the Mongolian cavalry, but with heavy infantry as the vanguard, forming a camp step by step, and fighting steadily.
The sophistication of their heavy infantry armor surpassed that of the Ming army, and the Ming army's crossbows and firearms were almost invulnerable to them.
Later, Zheng Chenggong saw this and formed the "Iron Man Army". This army defeated the elite Eight Banners in Zhenjiang, Nanjing and other places, and became famous for a while.
Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's power was just a matter of learning and imitating the Ming army.
"As long as our soldiers are well-armed and our armor is strong, establishing slaves is not a big concern."
Zhu Yixi looked intently and when she saw the heavy armored infantry on the opposite side, her pupils shrank and she whispered.
Yan Guochao, who was nearly two meters tall, couldn't help but feel excited at this time, but also fearful: "Your Highness, I'm afraid Chongbu Camp has encountered a tough situation."
"We are very thorough in studying slave creation."
Zhu Yixi nodded and said: "Don't treat them as Tatars, don't treat them as bandits, just treat them as if we are fighting against our own people!"
"Yes!" Yan Guochao said in a loud voice.
Immediately, he led the heavy step battalion and walked forward slowly.
The two groups of heavy infantry ushered in a real showdown.
At the same time, the Chinese army formed a firearms battalion and a guard battalion to prepare for replenishment when the heavy infantry was defeated.
"It's not advisable to go head-to-head!"
Zhu Yixi murmured: "It took a year to make these heavy armors alone. It is difficult to recruit tall soldiers, so we can't waste them casually."
The Qing Dynasty was short of barbarians, so they went to capture the wild Jurchens. It was not easy for him to recruit people.
"Let the French cannon and red artillery be adjusted to cover the heavy infantry battalion."
This time, Zhu Yixi used a cone array.
It is a cone-shaped battle formation with the forward battalion as the heavy infantry battalion and the two wings as the second battalion of infantrymen and firearms.
The Chongbu battalion broke through and the two wings expanded the results.
Wu Sangui also plays this way.
However, in addition to facing the front army, he also believed in his cavalry, so he wanted them to find opportunities to break through from both wings of the Ming army and break the formation in one fell swoop.
"The two armies of Zheng and Yao were placed in the rear, with their wings wide open."
Zhu Yixi looked at it and was shocked.
As a result, excluding the 30,000 cavalry, the Qing army's military formation was much weaker than the Ming army.
After all, the Ming army had 70,000 troops, but they only had 30,000.
"With such a weak military formation, isn't Wu Sangui afraid of being broken through? So he believes in the Eight Banners?"
Zhu Yixi thought about it, and her mind was spinning. This was a huge disadvantage. How could she not see it?
"Your Highness, Wu Sangui may have done it on purpose."
Wang Yingxiong's eyes were bright and he guessed: "His intention is probably to consume the Eight Banners and create opportunities for Guan Ning's army."
"Jiannu also wanted to make the first move, so he agreed."
"Probably."
King Yu nodded slowly. Until now, this was the only explanation.
There is a gap between the Qing troops, which is good news.
As for the Ming army, I am personally in charge, who dares to be half-hearted?
This is a victory!
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