Let a French king be a teacher and teach the generals of the Ming Dynasty how to fight?
This thing sounds a bit awkward!
"Your Majesty," Grand Military Advisor Li Yan said, "We have been in China for thousands of years and have handed down countless military books and tactics. As long as you learn them well, you can naturally defeat the enemy. There is no need to learn any more Western tactics."
Zhu Cixiang snorted in his heart: Are you speaking for the scumbag generals under your command who are former bandits? How can you learn the military tactics passed down for thousands of years...do you recognize so many words?
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu Xiang nodded immediately, "I can't learn all the Chinese military art, so how can I learn Western military art? I don't think it's necessary."
Of course Zhu Cixiang would not listen to Wu Xiang - your son Wu Sangui has learned so many Chinese military books, didn't he finally fight against the San Francisco Rebellion?
Wu Sanfu opened his eyes a bit and said to Zhu Cihong: "Your Majesty, our Army Division has been training with Western methods for many years. I can't say that we have learned the essence of it, but we have learned it closely. Shi Ruien even said that our Mo family is The phalanx is very powerful, even the elite soldiers trained by the Dutch Governor Mo are no more than that."
There is no point in being proud and complacent!
Zhu Cihong turned his attention to Li Ruolian again, and Li Ruolian shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't know what this French prince can teach us? The way of using troops has always been based on the enemy's conditions. The West is full of small countries and few people. How can there ever be such a thing? A powerful enemy like Donglu? However, the terrain of the West and China are different, the folk customs are different, and the national systems are also different. The military science suitable for the West may not be suitable for China... Please think twice."
Although the current Ming Army's new army has adopted a large number of Western methods in intermediate and grass-roots units such as infantry regiments, battalions, and companies, as well as artillery units, the cavalry still follows the traditional route of East Asia, and it is lackluster at the level of campaign organization.
To put it more vividly, it is a bit like the French army in the early days of World War II. Although it was equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, it still wanted to fight trench warfare with the Germans.
This is not because the generals of the Ming army are stupid, but because they do not have a process of exploration and summary.
Military science is basically empiricism from the operational level down. It emphasizes that new technologies should be developed first, then new equipment, then new tactics can be explored, and finally mature campaign organization methods can be developed.
The new tactics, new tactics, and new battle organization methods in Europe were all slowly explored during the Thirty Years' War. Both Dakondai and Durenni were masters of the Thirty Years' War. They not only participated in and commanded many successful battles, but also had a large number of battle cases that allowed them to learn from the experience of others.
Although the generals in Zhu Cihong's new army to overcome difficulties had mastered the Morris Square, they could also build bastions and knew how to use artillery. But except for the few "new wars" that occurred between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they had no war cases to study.
Without combat examples to study, it would naturally not be possible to "survive" at the level of campaign organization.
Now that Teacher Kong has come to China to open a cram school with his battle examples and valuable experience from the Thirty Years War, why don't you sign up quickly?
Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Zheng Zhilong who "opened his eyes to see the world".
Zheng Zhilong said: "Your Majesty, I know that there are several young talents in the Dongning Army who have learned the art of war at the Military Academy and led troops in Dongning. Why not let them all become students of the Prince of France?"
The Dongning Army also has a land division, which is small but quite elite. The officers among them have all studied in the martial arts hall, and some of them are very good. However, because the New Army in overcoming difficulties excluded southerners, they could only serve as officers in the Dongning Army.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Okay, let's let senior brother pick a few and bring them with us."
"Zheng Sen is coming too?" Zheng Zhilong asked.
"Of course!" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "You have to make up this lesson! Old Taishan, don't think that because your senior brother is a Jinshi, you don't have to make up the lesson."
What? Zheng Zhilong was stunned. Jinshi had to make up lessons?
Zhu Cixiang said: "Not only senior brother has to come to make up this class, but Wu Sangui, Dai Wang, Shi Kefa, Zuo Maodi, Wu Guoyong, Li Chengdong, Huang Degong, Gao Jiedu, Hao Yaoqi all have to come to make up the class! Wu Xiang, Li Yan, Sanfu , Ruolian, you also have to make up for it!" He said in a serious tone, "I will also make up for this class with you! Anyone who is named by me and doesn't come should go home and take care of the children!"
Well, Prince Kong Dai became a military tutor...and the generals of the Ming Dynasty had to go to cram school with Zhu Cixiang!
Now everyone was shocked. Except for Zheng Zhilong, who was in charge of the accounts, they all had to go to cram school... and had to tutor with the children from the Dongning Army brought by Zheng Sen!
Mr. Wu Xiang asked: "Then, shall we still fight against Donglu?"
Yes, the generals have all gone to cram school. Can the war still be fought?
"No delay!" Zhu Cihong said, "Study first, and then fight after you have learned it... It's not like you have to learn from scratch. One year is not enough?"
This is the first time I heard that a war is about to begin, but the generals don’t even know how to fight, and they have to go to cram schools to learn! Can this battle still be won?
Could it be that the Qing Dynasty is not exhausted yet?
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Prince Condai of France was leaving from Shanghai to Nanjing under the escort of Archduke Luo and Shi Ruien, deputy director of the Nanjing Martial Arts Hall.
He didn't go by boat, but rode a short, fat Hequ horse owned by Jiangwu Hall to Nanjing. In order to show grandeur, Emperor Zhu also asked Shi Ruien to lead a group of large plate armored cavalry and a group of Xiaoling Guards Imperial Guards. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was in the back.
This time has just passed the New Year, which is the first month of the fifth year of Hongxing, which is February 1652 in the Western calendar. The weather in Jiangnan is still very cold. There is snow on both sides of the official road, and many creeks and rivers are still covered with thin ice. Because of the cold weather, farming activities have not started yet, but many towns along the way have become active, and commercial and handicraft production resumed immediately after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
In every town that Condai passed by, he could see a busy scene - once a country with a population of 130 million entered the primary stage of capitalism with the development of industry and commerce, the vitality it would burst out would also be considerable. Astonishing.
That’s right, the current economies of Southeast Ming Dynasty, Huguang and Guangdong are no longer “capitalist buds”, but have crossed that high threshold and officially entered the primary stage.
The symbol of entering the primary stage of capitalism was the "Hongxing Reform" promoted by Zhu Cihong starting from the 18th year of Chongzhen. There are two key points in Hongxing's reform. One is opening up - both internally and externally!
The second is to dismantle the mailing system that existed in agriculture, industry and commerce - this means that there is greater freedom, better protection of private property, and the arrival of an era full of competition!
However, Prince Condé was not an economic expert, and he did not realize that he was in the land of a country that was about to take off economically.
His attention was completely attracted by the European-style infantry and the uncoordinated-looking cavalry around him.
The infantry of the Ming Army looked great. Except for the fact that the armor used spliced plate armor instead of a whole piece of plate armor, and the muskets were fired with matchlocks, they could be compared with the best infantry in Europe.
By the way, these Chinese also "invented" a long bayonet that can be put on the muzzle of a gun. What a simple and practical design!
But their cavalry is very strange. There are many big knights riding short and fat horses... and they are also armored knights, carrying bows and arrows, and carrying long-looking spears. Some of them even carry roots. An iron rod that can be used with one hand - how heavy that is! Can those pudgy horses carry them and charge?
"Ryan, are these Chinese knights dismounted?" Prince Kong finally couldn't help but ask.
The target of his question was Shi Ruien.
"Your Highness," Shi Ruien, who was already an earl (Northern Bo of Ming Ke Nan Ping), still treated Prince Kong Dai with respect. He replied in fluent French, "They are traditional cavalry from the East. They can dismount and fight in melee, and they can charge on horseback. You can ride a horse and shoot arrows, or you can dismount and shoot arrows. Everyone is a very brave warrior, the elite of the Chinese army."
Kong Dai thought seriously and said, "I think I have found a major flaw in the Chinese army!"
