The move of using mercenaries was also a helpless move by a certain prince, because the opponent was so fierce that the scum of the king masters in front could no longer withstand it.
If he did not want to have a situation similar to what happened in the late Northern Song Dynasty, when the Jin army marched southward, the whole front collapsed, a certain prince had no choice but to hire foreign aid at a high salary to help in the battle.
According to the information provided by Lao Tang's friends, about five years ago, the market price in Hesse was that each mercenary was worth ten thalers.
For a certain prince, this was simply a very fair price. Even if it doubled again, he would still be able to accept it.
If circumstances permit, Ming Dynasty can pack up all the mercenaries that Hessen has not yet sold. Although the battlefield is far away from home, it can be compensated with money.
The highest authorization given by a certain prince to Laotang's friends is sixty thalers per person. This is the rental fee paid to the military contractor in Hesse. On this basis, at least 40 thalers must be given to the individual mercenaries. Le's settlement fee.
Taking into account the cost of shipping and the consumption of food and medicine at sea, each mercenary would cost at least one hundred and fifty thalers to transport to the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to about one hundred taels of silver.
Ten thousand mercenaries would cost the court one million taels of silver before they could fight. Correspondingly, these German mercenaries would all carry weapons, and a certain prince would probably not have to spend a lot of money to equip them.
However, the necessary armor must be equipped, otherwise the battle loss rate on the battlefield will be too high. The pension is also in silver. A certain prince does not want these Hessian mercenaries who have traveled thousands of miles to make money to be treated as disposable. Battery to use.
It is said that the pension for a Hessian mercenary killed in battle is only twenty taels of silver, compared with the two hundred taels of pension for a Ming Dynasty soldier. For a certain prince, this was a piece of pie in the sky, even in his dreams. You can't do such a beautiful thing.
The only concern is that the shipping distance is too far. If you want to set sail from the Holy Roman Empire to reach the Ming Dynasty, you will have to wander at sea for at least four or five months. Even if you don't encounter strong winds and waves, you will still face the problem of sepsis.
A certain prince has told Lao Tang to load more lemons on the boat before his friends come back. After all, transporting mercenaries is not transporting black slaves. If half of them die on the way, it will double the cost. This is intolerable. matter.
Within the Shinra Empire, any military contractor who is willing to sign a contract with the warlocks can ship all the "squeeze inventory" in their hands to the Ming Dynasty.
Although a certain prince has not yet announced his mercenary strategy at the court meeting, he has already discussed it with several close ministers around him. According to the current national and financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, he should be able to support at least 50,000 mercenaries!
Including monthly salary, food, ammunition, and ordnance, the annual expenditure is about 8 million taels. This money is spent on the King's division, which is a scale of 150,000 people.
However, a certain prince could not guarantee that the 150,000-strong army assembled at a cost of 8 million taels of silver would not completely collapse when facing the main force of the braid, leaving all the boxes of silver in vain.
Rather than that, it is better to condense it and spend money on mercenaries who have experienced hundreds of battles. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is perfectly possible for these German mercenaries to fight one against three.
Moreover, supplying 50,000 horses puts less pressure on the baggage troops than supplying 150,000 troops. Generally speaking, there will be no collapse due to lack of food.
This is mainly based on a certain prince's distrust of the ministries of Zha Ming. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty when the ministries were defeated and surrendered, things like meat buns and dog beatings must be reduced.
As long as 50,000 mercenaries can be gathered from Europe and Japan, they can play a great role in containing the braid in the Liaodong Peninsula.
The braid's troops stationed on the peninsula do not exceed 3,000, which is equivalent to two armored soldiers. Even if they are all cavalry, they cannot defeat the Ming mercenaries equipped with mortars.
The peninsula, especially the area near Jinzhouwei, is mountainous, either uphill or downhill. The cavalry cannot charge at all. If you really want to practice surround volley, the braided rangers are far from the opponent of the Japanese army's three-stage attack.
A certain prince did not think that in such a mountainous situation with nearly 20 times the strength advantage, his side could still suffer defeat. If he did not win a hearty victory, it would not be worth the huge disparity in numbers.
There are Zheng Laofi's warships on the sea, so there is no need to worry about the braided navy coming to sneak attack. After landing, with mortars on the beach, no braided man dares to move within a range of 600 meters.
After the mercenaries are assembled, they can push forward in hundreds or even thousands of organized formations. Just seeing the dense battle formations below can scare the pigtails.
The advantage of landing on a beach is that it can ensure sufficient suddenness, and it can form an absolute advantage in strength and firepower over the enemy no matter where it is.
According to the analysis of past intelligence, the Jinzhou Guards themselves do not have many pigtails, and some of them may be eaten in one bite, followed by the Fuzhou Guards in the north. If they conquer again, they will attack the Gaizhou Guards further north.
Except for Fuzhou Guard, which is far away from the seaside, Jinzhou Guard and Gaizhou Guard are almost built on the seaside. After landing on the beach, they can be reached by walking ten miles.
For mercenaries, as long as the mortars are set up and the infantry square formation is completed, the pigtails can receive a baptism of artillery fire, and then they will encounter a volley of musketry.
There is another possibility that the Jinzhou Guards will not fight the invading enemies head-on, but choose to break up into parts and deal with the mercenaries in the surrounding areas, thereby delaying the arrival of reinforcements.
This is actually better for the Ming mercenaries, as they don't have to board the ship twice. They can get the three guards of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou in one pot in the Jinzhou area, and it will be much easier to go north to plunder.
Before their European counterparts arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the mercenaries must have been Japanese soldiers. The Ming court only provided food and no salary. The Japanese soldiers had only two ways to make money, one was to kill the enemy, and the other was to plunder.
The number of braids is limited, and the quantity is too small, which is definitely not enough for tens of thousands of people. Looting from surrounding areas is the only way to improve life.
Fortunately, a certain prince had asked Yokoyama Takuya to bring the conditions for dispatching troops to General Tokugawa. No matter what the Japanese army grabbed, even if it was Da Yuer, they could cash it out.
The Huangtai chicken is priced at one million taels of silver. Dorgon and Dayu'er are both worth 500,000 taels of silver, and the flag owner is worth 300,000 taels of silver.
Jia La'e Zhen has a large number, so the price is not so high, only twenty thousand taels of silver, and Niu Lu's Zhen only has five thousand taels of silver.
This is a pure braid. The price of the Han Banner General School is 30% off, but it is still a lot. After all, you get what you pay for. Your combat effectiveness is not as high as others, so the reward amount will naturally be lower.
If anyone can express Da Yu'er over, a certain prince will immediately pay the full bounty in one lump sum, completely tax-free. In addition, he will be given a marquis mansion for free, and ten fine Yangzhou thin horses, and all previous criminal records will be wiped out.
The relevant reward had been published in the "Jingshi Daily" on the day when Wang Zaijin was announced as taking office. Regardless of occupation or criminal record, as long as he could catch the person on the reward list, he could receive the reward.
Because the game is too difficult, no player has dared to practice it so far, but a certain prince believes that there will be a brave man under the heavy reward. Five hundred thousand taels of silver is enough for a group of people to live a lifetime of entertainment.
Even if it doesn't have any substantive effect in the end, it can still stimulate Huangtaiji. "Jingshi Daily" should be sent by the Xizhuo courier installed in the capital, and Huangtaiji should have seen it.
If he feels that it is unfair, a certain prince can also make some compensation, such as mailing the dumper and exchanging the dumper for Dayu'er. This should not be a loss for Huang Taiji, after all, what he gets is the Great Tomorrow. son.
In the eyes of a certain prince, the 500,000 taels offered by the dumpster was too much. When Brother Li, the courier, came to the city, he couldn't even get out 500,000 taels, and he was still angry with a group of ministers. This didn't matter. Who.
If you are not a sage, who can do without a pot? ? ?
Emperor Chongzhen's life was a life of scapegoating!
Ministers must be prepared for "the imperial pot coming from heaven" at any time!
The reason why everyone ended up betrayed and separated was because the emperor threw too many blames, so much so that in the end no one was willing to take the blame for him.
A certain prince was not willing to take the blame for him, so in line with the principle of utilizing waste, he had to make a move quickly. If Huang Taiji was willing to trade Da Yu'er, a certain prince would definitely be willing to trade.
If he weren't worried about being accused of being a "prince betraying his father", a certain prince would want to deliver it to his door for free. Keeping it as a "Long Live Lord" would be shortening the life of the Ming Dynasty...
Emperor Tianqi is very knowledgeable in carpentry, and his younger brother Emperor Chongzhen is extremely accomplished in throwing pots!
Although he is not the emperor who is the best at scapegoating in history, he is definitely the emperor who has done the most scapegoating in history!
During the last period of his reign, it almost reached the point where he felt uncomfortable all day long if he didn't take the blame!
When the dumper woke up, he found that both his residence and the world were completely different from before.
I guess I have to point my nose in my nose and accuse myself of being an outstanding traitor who subjugates the country!
The Guozuo brackets in the Jiajing period were still made of new iron, but by the Wanli period they had begun to rust. Seeing that they were about to collapse, Tianqi replaced the scrap iron with wooden ones.
Chongzhen thought that the wood was unreliable and would collapse sooner or later, so he pushed himself underneath. However, Guo Zuo's thing was too heavy and he couldn't carry it, so he asked the ministers to carry it while he watched the excitement.
In the end, the ministers couldn't hold it anymore. With a stagger, Guo Zuo fell to the ground. Chongzhen was very rational and believed that these ministers in front of him were the ministers of the country who were embarrassed by their great responsibilities, and it was not his own fault...
After a certain prince took charge of the country, the countermeasure he adopted was that everyone should carry it together, and he would make a few supports for everyone. This way it would not be tiring to carry, and it would be more stable. At least the country would not collapse easily in recent years.
After clearing out some of the ineffective moths, the courtiers who carry Guo Zuo are now basically reliable, and the frame is much more solid than before. As long as the blame-killer wakes up and doesn't take the initiative to dismantle it, then the crisis can be turned around.
The ministers thought that the method that a certain prince came up with was very good. It was much stronger than the one used by Long Live Lord before. If he couldn't resist it, he would be beheaded. No one would agree with it.
The strategy of letting mercenaries go to the battlefield has won the support of the senior officials. If you win, you can regain the lost territory, and everyone in the court will be very proud. If you lose the battle, it has nothing to do with the court. After all, it is not Wang Shi who takes action. Even if you lose, you can just withdraw and regroup.
The officials were originally opposed to it, but when it comes to the Liaodong war, there has always been more losses than wins. If someone loses, someone must take responsibility. It is common for the capital to be imprisoned. No one is willing to bear the responsibility for this defeat. .
But Donglu must be defeated, border affairs must be rectified, and Liaodong must be recovered.
After all, when it comes to actual work, everyone will pick up easy things to do.
Wang Zaijin has taken over the task of guarding Shanhaiguan. This time he does not need to take the initiative, he only needs to hold the line of defense. Even if Jifu is in emergency, he does not need to return reinforcements.
Relying on the Shanhaiguan defense line, only defending but not attacking, this will avoid the possibility of a disastrous defeat, and Lao Wangtou will not have to take the blame before sitting down.
Before taking office, a certain prince made it clear to Lao Wangtou that in the short term, he did not need him to recover Liaodong, so he could just solidly consolidate the Shanhaiguan defense line.
How to resist the invasion of Donglu, a certain prince had his own way, and the overall plan should not be disrupted just because Donglu entered the pass and plundered.
Among the many difficult things, the most difficult task is to recover Liaodong, which may cause the entire army to be annihilated at any time.
In view of the extremely high risk of this task, a certain prince decided to let mercenaries complete it after careful consideration.
Even if they just defeated the Golden State Guard in the early stage, they could still brag about it in the newspapers.
This is what a certain prince envisioned and planned to do.
The scapegoat will wake up at any time, and he must accumulate some political achievements and military exploits as soon as possible.
The political achievements of killing insects, providing work-for-relief, exempting three salaries, building new cities, removing vassal states, and increasing annual income are already remarkable. They are definitely many times better than those who dumped the blame, and they won Min's heart.
It's not easy to accumulate military exploits, after all, Braid's strength is there. Recovering is a difficult task. If we can seize the opportunity to capture the Jinzhou Guard, it will definitely boost morale and strengthen the resistance of tens of millions of northern troops.
As long as the scapegoat doesn't wake up within the next few months, it will be done when the mercenaries land in Liaodong, and then a certain prince will be able to realize his original intention of forcing the palace.
As long as the sober scapegoat is in office for one day, the prince himself is just a decoration, with no real power at all. It is not good for the country and Min, and he has to be reprimanded by the scapegoat.
Returning to the previous situation, not only a certain prince, but also a group of civil servants and generals would not be happy. After finally following the prince to taste "big fish and big meat", who would like to follow the long live master to "eat bran-throated vegetables"?
Once a certain prince succeeds in taking power, the scapegoat has two options. One is to abdicate in favor of someone more powerful and become the emperor himself. The second is to go south to Nanjing and let his eldest son supervise the country's governance in the capital.
Option A means that the scapegoat has to give up the throne. This is something he will definitely resist. It is equivalent to directly admitting in public that he is unable to govern the country. The content of the "Edict of Sin" is true.
The scapegoat cherishes his face so much that even before he dies, he will throw another blame away. Therefore, when he is in his prime, it is impossible to give up the throne to him.
In comparison, option B was much more cost-effective. When he arrived in Nanjing, he was still the emperor, and there was no pressure from side affairs, so he could pass the blame as he pleased.
Having a bad brain, having a strong desire for power, and wanting to shirk responsibility at any time are the three major diseases that blame dumpers suffer from, and they are terminal illnesses that cannot be cured by eating brain fragments.
In contrast, Mr. Tianqi Tank is much smarter. Not only does he know how to delegate power, he also cleverly finds a guy who is willing to take the blame for him for a long time.
This saves the trouble of scapegoating. I don't want his imperial brother to start blaming the blame from the beginning of taking office. Until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he still has a scapegoat in his hand!
