Sichuan-Shaanxi emergency memorial?
How urgent is it?
Zhu Cixiang became nervous immediately. There was a war going on in southern Shaanxi at this time, but he must not make any mistakes!
Although on paper, Ming Dynasty has great advantages in terms of national power, military power, and financial resources, this advantage cannot create a crushing effect. Because neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Dashun were modern countries with strong mobilization capabilities.
Ming Dynasty was a semi-feudal and semi-capitalist country, while Dashun was a feudal military country. But don’t think that with the addition of “semi-capitalism”, Ming Dynasty can beat Dashun. This is the 17th century, not the 19th century, and the advantages of capitalism are not that great. Historically, the Ottoman Empire was still in Vienna until 1683! If a large number of European countries join forces to send troops, Vienna may be bloodbathed by the Ottoman army.
If you want to carefully analyze the real strength of Daming and Dashun, you will also find that the gap between the two is not that big.
The real strength of Ming Dynasty is its financial revenue of tens of millions taels (not all in cash, but also a large amount of materials) and tens of thousands of "new nobles" living in and around Yingtian Mansion, as well as Wuhan, Ying There are five handicraft centers in Tianjin, Shanghai, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou that can produce advanced guns and artillery. There are also hundreds of thousands of Guards soldiers who have been trained since childhood, and 30,000 to 40,000 people who have been trained in the army after years of education and professional training. Trained Army Officers.
By the way, there is also a navy that can compete with the Dutch Navy and the British Navy!
The real strength of the Dashun Empire is the 600,000 second-generation military nobles who have just developed into the second generation - the second-generation military nobles who grew up in a war environment are very difficult to deal with!
In history, the Manchu nobles who overthrew the Ming Dynasty were a group of second generations. They were much more difficult to deal with than Nurhachi's generation - they were robbers and educated! A group of high-quality robbers, you will know that they are not easy to mess with.
The Dashun Empire also created as many as 600,000 households - the country of Dashun is actually the country of these 600,000 military households, and the other 30 to 40 million people are not "nationals" at all.
Of course, 600,000 households of government soldiers does not mean that there are really 60 second-generation soldiers who can fight. This number also includes a large number of first-generation veterans who are still serving, as well as about 50,000 households of government soldiers who serve as civil servants and civil servants. Some military households are unable to afford military service due to poverty.
But there are still half of them who can fight, which is nearly 300,000, of which there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 high-level soldiers who can serve as the core.
If you look at the quality of the army alone, Dashun is no weaker than Ming Dynasty.
However, in terms of military industry and finance, Dashun was far behind the Ming Dynasty. Flintlock guns have become popular in the Ming Dynasty, but matchlock guns are still lacking in Dashun. Only the Shun army in Shaanxi and Li Jicheng's Long March soldiers have enough matchlock guns to use.
But with 600,000 soldiers and 20,000 to 30,000 high-level soldiers, Dashun is still capable of fighting.
Emperor Zhu nervously took the urgent memorial from Huang Xiaobao. After opening it, he first read it ten lines at a time, then read it word for word, and finally his eyebrows twisted into a ball.
The battle in southern Shaanxi was not fought well!
In terms of resourcefulness and cunning military tactics, Wu Sangui was far inferior to Li Dingguo... He was clearly sure of victory, but because of his greed for power, he suffered two defeats in the Hanzhong Plain, losing nearly 30,000 people and losing Shang Shang. Ke Xi and Shang Zhixin are two generals.
However, Wu Sangui finally did not give up the strategic location of Lueyang. Instead, he gathered the volunteers, expanded the army, and actively defended... With Wu Sangui's excellent defensive ability and Li Dingguo's poor siege ability, Lueyang should Can last for a while.
As long as Lueyang is not lost for the time being, Fengxian County should be fine - Wu Guogui gathered his defeated troops and retreated to Fengxian County, so he should be able to hold it. If Feng County can be defended, the reinforcements from Guanzhong can continue to move to the front of Sanguan Road to rescue the trapped Wu Sangui.
In addition, the three Guards divisions who entered Hanzhong via Baoxie Road, Ziwu Road, and Tangluo Road would never be defeated by Li Dingguo like Shang Kexi and Wu Guogui. Because the Guards' field combat capabilities and night fighting capabilities are much stronger than those of the feudal army!
And they will choose to fight at night rather than during the day whenever possible to maximize their advantages.
The several castles of the Shun Army in the Hanzhong Basin may not be able to withstand the attack of the Guards - the Guards officers and soldiers have mastered the method of digging parallel trenches and serpentine trenches, and they can break through them even without artillery. Those were rather sloppily built bastions. It doesn't matter if the castle of the Shun Army is relatively strong. They will build a simple bastion themselves as the basis for their lasting presence in Hanzhong.
Therefore, the battle in southern Shaanxi can only be said to have been fought poorly, but it cannot be said to have been lost... As long as Lueyang can hold on, victory is still in hand!
Emperor Zhu took a breath, closed the memorial, and then waved his hand to signal Huang Xiaobao to retreat.
"The Battle of Southern Shaanxi has reached a critical moment, and the front line has tried its best," Zhu Cixiang said. "It would certainly be of great benefit if something could be done on the eastern front. You must work hard for it. If you need to mobilize the army, go and negotiate with the Ministry of War. Li Yan and military advisor Feng Sizhong discuss it!"
"I'm waiting for the order!"
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When the Ming Dynasty's secret service was planning to use the "Jingchu heroes" gathered in the Huya Mountain area to catch a big fish, the legendary Master Li had quietly sneaked into Jiangling, the capital of Jingzhou.
It's said to be sneaking in quietly, but actually it's not like wearing night clothes and climbing over the wall into the city. This Young Master Li doesn't have that much ability, and it's not necessary. Because the border management of the Ming Dynasty was very loose, and there was no restriction on the movement of people. Although the eastern and northern borders of Dashun and Daming are always tense and inconvenient, it really is not difficult for Dashun's secret agents to work carefully.
They usually entered the Ming Dynasty via Annan or Siam. If you go to Annan, you need to clear customs at the Lihua River Port, then spend some money to become Annan, and then enter the Ming Dynasty in the name of doing business. After entering the Ming Dynasty, within the scope of the direct province, you can basically wander around casually, except for a few restricted areas.
It would be safer to go to Siam, sail from Myanmar to Phuket, and then enter the territory of the Western Army. If you say you came from Guangdong or Fujian somewhere, you can apply for household registration (basically no one will investigate), and then you can "return to your hometown and move around" with the household registration of the Western Army. After entering the Ming Dynasty, you can wander around all the direct provinces at will...
Mr. Li, who wanted to do something important, entered the Ming Dynasty from Guangdong with the household registration of the Western Army. At that time, he also met the Princess Nisha of Tianzhu who came to visit, and followed him to watch the excitement. After seeing the excitement, he went north and entered Huguang. For safety reasons, he did not enter Wuhan, the western capital of the Ming Dynasty, but walked through Hunan and entered Jingzhou.
Along the way, he was inspecting the countryside and agriculture of the Ming Dynasty - this Mr. Li was not an ordinary bandit, but a bandit who was very knowledgeable about finance and farming. Mr. Li's surname is Niu... This is a bit strange, but his real surname is Niu. He is the youngest son of Niu Jinxing. He has a single name, Niu Jie.
The Lao Niu family is considered a cultural person in Dashun. His father, Niu Jinxing, is a bachelor of Zuofu University in Dashun, which is also the prime minister. His brother, Niu Quan, is the minister of the household government. Niu Jie was a "second generation" who grew up after Dashun entered Sichuan (Niu Quan is not considered a second generation). He was good at literature and martial arts. He studied with many famous Sichuan Confucians when he was young, and later went to Kunming to teach martial arts. After graduating from the martial arts hall, he first joined the army, and then joined the government to do trade-that is, trade with the Ming Dynasty. This was not only to communicate with others, but also to collect intelligence! Therefore, he was very aware of the Ming Dynasty's economy, especially the prosperity of industry and commerce.
This trip to Hunan's rural areas gave him a new understanding of the agriculture and countryside of the Ming Dynasty - the agriculture of the Ming Dynasty was strong, but uneven. The strength is that there are many large farmers who have the financial resources to invest in farming, so the farm tools, cattle, horses, mills, water conservancy facilities, etc. are much better than those in Dashun.
However, too many and too powerful large-scale farmers have also caused a large number of bankruptcies of small farmers, increasing land concentration, and landless farmers having difficulty in food and clothing... This is the opportunity for the Dashun Dynasty!
