Emperor Kangxi's bold words were certainly not unfounded, although the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty continued to decline under his wise leadership, hitting new lows again and again.
But this does not mean that Emperor Kangxi was an incompetent and ignorant person. In fact, he was a quite capable monarch, and he was very good at adapting and learning!
For Kangxi, there was no immutable ancestral law in the Qing Dynasty... As long as the national destiny of the Qing Dynasty could last long, and as long as the Qing Dynasty was still the world of Aixinjueluo and the Eight Banners disciples, anything could be changed. , anything can be changed. .
Therefore, the political reforms, economic reforms, and military reforms implemented by Kangxi in the past few years were extremely vigorous, and all achieved good results. Although most of his reforms are a bit focused on the present and not on the future... But when the country is in crisis, it is good to take care of the present. If you fail to take care of the present, the world in the future will be someone else's property!
Among Kangxi's various reforms, the most significant effect was undoubtedly the military reform of the Eight Banners New Army.
Compared with the current Eight Banners Army eight years ago when Guangdong first had Prince Zhu San, the changes are simply earth-shaking. The Eight Banners Soldiers eight years ago could show off their ferocity in the nooks and crannies of East and Northeast Asia, but when compared to Europe and West Asia, they were definitely out of date.
But now the Eight Banners New Army has not only learned to fight the "high sugar war". Moreover, through continuous learning and exploration, he has developed a new method of using trench defense, queuing to shoot, skirmish ambush, cavalry assault and artillery bombardment under "low sugar conditions" to fight against "high sugar enemies". Tactics.
And "high sugar", "low sugar" and "no sugar" will soon become the most important criteria for measuring the strength of an army!
"High sugar" is better than "low sugar", and "low sugar" is better than "no sugar", which will also become a recognized guideline.
Today's battle in Seoul is actually an effort by Kangxi's "low-sugar army" to change their destiny and use clever "low-sugar tactics" to challenge Zhu Heji's "high-sugar army".
If Kangxi wins this battle of Seoul, it means that his Eight Banners New Army has crossed the "sugar gap" and become a strong force that can defeat "high sugar" with "low sugar"... ..It also means that Kangxi finally regained part of the national destiny of the Qing Dynasty that was lost because of "sugar"!
Although Kangxi gave people a sense of victory these days, as a "science and engineering man", he still knew very well how strong the "high-sugar" army could be!
Therefore, after realizing that the "high sugar content" Ming army was about to launch an attack, Emperor Kangxi rushed back to Xingzhou Mountain City while summoning his ministers in charge of the military, the Dutong, the Deputy Dutong and the four Mongolian Zasak counties. The king held an emergency military meeting to discuss strategies for war and defense.
Soon, all twenty-three Batulu except Wang Fuchen rushed to Kangxi, and a military discussion immediately began.
Now Kangxi also has relatively reliable military maps, which were produced with the help of his Western military advisers. Kangxi also selected a group of young and clever Eight Banners disciples to learn cartography, artillery shooting, and Western military science from those foreign military advisors. Sometimes he would personally instruct them in "low-sugar military science," which was equivalent to setting up a military academy for the aristocracy.
Nan Huairen is the leader of this group of foreign military strategists, and now he is leading them along - these foreign military strategists also need to learn! Although they are experts in fighting the "sugar-free war", they are not very clear about what the "low-sugar war" and the "high-sugar war" look like.
In this regard, Kangxi was their teacher.
When Kangxi and his twenty-three baturus gathered in Xingzhou Mountain City, Nan Huairen's foreign military divisions had already placed a fairly accurate battlefield map on a large table.
Kangxi, after bowing and kowtowing to the Batulus below, waved to them and said: "Everyone, get up... There is no special short-legged map table here. You can't kneel down to read the map, so there is no need to be polite. Come on, let’s stand and watch together.”
In fact, Kangxi himself didn't really like the short map table in the Forbidden City - this map table was for people to kneel to read, but Kangxi couldn't kneel, he had to stand to read it, and his eyes were too far away from the map, which was very hard on his eyes.
A group of Baturus thanked them, then stood up one after another, bowed their bodies and walked to the map table, where they stood in a crowded pile.
Kangxi stood alone at the other end of the map table, glanced at everyone, and then said in a slightly solemn tone: "The traitors have more sugar, and I have less sugar... This situation cannot be changed for the time being. , but there is a way to play with less sugar. As long as we make good use of the method with less sugar, the chance of winning is still quite good.
What I mean is that we should defend first and then counterattack... The cavalry assigned to each commander should be used intensively, while the infantry can be divided into three rows. There are fourteen ginseng collars in the first row, eight ginseng collars after two hundred steps, and twelve ginseng collars every two hundred steps. There is also a staff leader who was dismantled and moved into several villages on the battlefield to establish strongholds.
After the infantry, there were thirty-five cavalry and Mongolian cavalry placed two miles away.
Except for the fourteen staff leaders in the first row who all formed a horizontal formation, the other staff leaders in the second and third rows all formed a column.
In addition, the eight commanders in the second row are divided into two wings, and the twelve commanders in the third row are evenly arranged. There must be enough space between each commander to facilitate the entry and exit of the cavalry. "
Kangxi's military commanders are similar to the Ming army's battalions, but the military commanders have a higher degree of synthesis. They are composed of musketeers, pikemen, cavalry, artillery, baggage soldiers, and engineers. The number of military commanders is roughly the same. Also a thousand.
The specific establishment is one staff leader and five assistant leaders, including one flag and drum assistant leader, one cavalry assistant leader and three infantry assistant leaders.
Among them, the artillery, baggage troops, and engineers are all integrated into the flag and drum auxiliary collar. In addition, there are 40 infantry and 40 cavalry in the flag and drum auxiliary collar.
This kind of assistant leader is also the foundation of each leader. It is a standing assistant leader. The other four assistant leaders take turns to serve in peacetime.
In addition, the infantry commanders of the Qing army were also synthesized. Each commander had forty pikemen, eighty fusiliers and forty matchlocks.
When forming a horizontal formation, eighty fusiliers will form a two-row line, and forty pikemen will form a sparse formation behind the fusiliers. Forty arquebusiers are usually experienced The abundant "old guns" would be used as skirmishers in front of the battle - originally Kangxi wanted to replace them with rifled guns, but the rifled guns were too difficult to make, the output was too low, and it was difficult to load ammunition, so they were not affected by the "old guns" Our welcome. They preferred to use their accustomed matchlocks.
After Kangxi finished explaining his plan, the twenty-three batulus below also understood that it was actually to use the first row as "sugar ashes" to consume the "sugar power" of the Ming army. When the Ming army exhausted their "sugar power" "After reaching the breakthrough, the second and third rows launched a counterattack, and the cavalry also waited for opportunities to counterattack!
"Your Majesty," Shengjing General Ba Haifa asked, "who is in the first row?"
Whoever is in the first row is unlucky!
Kangxi smiled and said, "Now one of the Gushans led by Wang Fuchen has entered the Beihan Mountain... The remaining seven Gushans should have two leaders each! But you can rest assured that I will not I'm sorry to the fourteen leaders who are at the front! When Seoul is captured, let them grab it for a day, and then others can go in and grab it!"
Bahai nodded and had nothing to say. The conditions were not bad... high risk and high return! Moreover, people from all Gushan Mountains share the losses.
The emperor is quite fair!
Kangxi looked at everyone and said: "If it doesn't make any sense, then I will start arranging the areas where each Gushan will be responsible for defense!
I don’t know where they will focus their attack now, so I will just arrange it casually, and let the following leaders take care of their destiny!
In addition, I will not let Wang Fuchen hide in the mountains and relax... His mission is to threaten the northern wall of Seoul with bluffs while concentrating all his efforts on Douli Peak! "
