Can you live forever

Chapter 273 The counterattack begins, Xuanhua city is in danger
It's not that Zhao Jing didn't recruit civilian bravery and train auxiliary soldiers.

It’s just that the Ming Dynasty is different from the previous dynasties. The soldiers in the Ming Dynasty have a very high degree of professionalization. Don’t look at the corruption of the guards, you can feel that the fighting power of the Ming army is poor.

Soldiers have completely become a profession.

Although the recruits are mainly recruited from the military households of the guards, the combat effectiveness is not determined by the source of soldiers, but by the military pay. Officers and general households are treated as serfs, so they must have no combat effectiveness.

As long as the military pay is enough, how capable are the servants of those generals in the late Ming Dynasty?

During the Jiajing period, when soldiers were recruited, they first paid three taels of silver to settle down. There was no military activity. They only trained and garrisoned places on weekdays, and they were paid one tael of silver a month.

As long as the army goes out, it can add four qian silver in food every month.

In the event of a battle, there must be various rewards and subsidies. It can be said that a frontier soldier can get at least 30 to [-] taels of silver a year, and local battalion soldiers also have more than ten taels of silver.

There are also various tax and corvee exemptions at home, and the treatment is quite generous.

At most, local masters and generals eat empty pay, but it is rare to deduct military pay, because if you exploit too much, they will quit and resign directly.

This kind of professional soldier, when the money is enough, has a strong combat effectiveness, but when the money is not enough, it is like the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if it is a safe and worry-free mainland, the local capital will keep one or two battalions of combat power in case of accidents.

For example, if there is a general army in Guangdong and Guangxi, the proportion is even higher. The frontier defense of the Ming Dynasty is based on the system of general soldiers, generals, and garrison, and at least [-] to [-] soldiers must be maintained.

Of course, the number of people reported to the court may be [-] to [-].

Jiajing had already guessed that the local military towns were eating empty salaries, so they only asked the Guangdong and Guangxi capitals to send 2 troops each, and the general soldiers of the two places naturally came out with [-] people with combat effectiveness.

Zhao Jing has been in the army for more than 20 years, what scene has he not seen?

How big is the gap between long-term trained professional soldiers and temporarily recruited militiamen?No matter how conceited he was, he didn't think he was the kind of general who could lead a group of militiamen into field battles.

On the contrary, the more militias you recruit, the faster you will lose!
Although it would be much better to defend the city, Zhao Jing was also unwilling to recruit openly, because once the militiamen could not withstand the pressure and collapsed, the battle would basically be declared a failure, and the morale of his soldiers would also collapse.

In Qinghua Mansion, Zhao Jing only recruited 3000 people as auxiliary soldiers, and since the army went south, he was unwilling to leave the city.

Make up your mind to hide and defend.

Hai Rui said anxiously: "Just defending the city means giving up a vast territory for the enemy to occupy. Their power is getting stronger and stronger, how can the city be defended?"

Zhao Jing: "At least it will take time. The capitals of Guangdong and Guangxi are all dispatching troops for reinforcements. It will be fine when the reinforcements arrive."

Hai Rui's face darkened, and he said, "General Zhao, I don't know if the Guangdong and Guangxi capitals have any soldiers that can fight, don't you know? Can Guangdong and Guangxi really spare soldiers to support?"

"cough……"

Zhao Jing coughed, but didn't answer. He didn't know about the west side. On their side, there were only about 2 to [-] battle-ready soldiers. It was already the limit to send [-] people to go out.

Maybe there should be more troops in the west. After all, the Duanteng Gorge was very troubled back then, and it was Wang Yangming who went to quell the chaos.

However, Wang Yangming took away 2 people and asked Yu Dayou to take him to the capital to serve as the capital camp. Now among the Southern Expeditions, there are many Guangxi troops in the capital camp. Presumably the Guangxi capital does not have too many troops now.

Probably, only the Mu Palace can draw troops to support.

"Prince Mu's Mansion will definitely send reinforcements over, and there is always a chance to defend it. Besides, some landlords and squires are just a mob. Let them attack the city, and I think highly of them."

"Anyway, it's impossible for me to fight in the field. You can do whatever you want. At most, I will give you the key to the armory."

"The Annan people still left some equipment."

Zhao Jing didn't like the rags of the Annan people. The Beijing camp was replaced with the Big Dipper, but the old equipment was not lost. This time, the Nanzheng brought it here. The Nanzheng army reached the level of one birdbattle per capita.

And how can they appreciate the Annan people's swords and guns and some broken firecrackers?
Hai Rui got the key to the armory, and knew that Zhao Jing couldn't be persuaded anymore, so he had to figure out a way on his own. He believed that in order to defend his hometown and achievements, the common people would definitely be worthy of a fight.

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Just when Hai Rui wanted to better arm and organize the militia, Xuanhua Mansion, the place where the land was first equalized, also ushered in the earliest counterattack.

Xuanhua Mansion is the barrier to the northwest of Shenglong Mansion. Among the mountains, although Xuanhua Mansion was the first to be breached by the Ming army, there are mountains in all directions, and it is impossible to completely wipe out the remaining forces.

The gentry who escaped from Shenglong Mansion, after hiding in the mountains and reunited, felt that their strength was not enough to break through Shenglong Mansion, so they set their target on Xuanhua.

"Xuanhua Mansion is the gateway to Annan."

"The north can block the reinforcements from southern Yunnan, and the south can overlook Shenglong. There are only [-] defenders here. Li Weining and the others are in Shenglong. Xuanhua Mansion does not have a strong organization."

"When we break through Xuanhua, it will be the beginning of the restoration of the country."

Outside the city of Xuanhua, on a hilltop, Ruan Gan, "Shangfu Taishi Xingguo Gong" of the Later Li Dynasty, stroked his beard and said to the "envoys" beside him.

The envoy is Hong Jueshan, a Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing, and one of Zhan Ruoshui's four proud disciples. He was ordered to come to Annan to preside over affairs. It can be said that he is managing a country.

Hong Jueshan loves to read history books. He attaches great importance to obtaining political knowledge from history, so he naturally understands the strategic significance of Xuanhua Mansion.

He reminded: "The attack on Xuanhua must be fast. When Qiu Luan led his troops to the south, he had sent an order to Guangdong and Guangxi in southern Yunnan to send troops to support them. We have already stopped them in Guangdong and Guangxi. Once the bandits are in chaos, there will be no troops to transfer. "

"Southern Yunnan is different."

"Prince Mu's Mansion is loyal to the royal family, and will definitely send troops to the south. It is estimated that there will be [-] troops."

"You may have already set off yesterday, and you will arrive at Xuanhua in seven or eight days. You must take down Xuanhua as soon as possible, and then set up a defense line to stop the reinforcements from southern Yunnan."

Ruan Gan said confidently, "Don't worry, Xuanhua City will be captured today!"

"The Southern Expeditionary Army defeated Mo Dengyong, and naturally ruled Annan. However, they have equalized the land and exempted them from paying taxes, and they have to judge the landlords and gentry. Many of the generals under Mo Dengyong in the past have taken refuge in us."

"Our 1-strong army has more than [-] people, all of whom were elite veterans."

"How can a mere [-] Ming troops resist it?"

Ruan Gan said it happily and in high spirits, but Hong Jueshan frowned, he is also from Daming, this old man is so crazy, and he will wait until this matter is over before he troubles you again.

It's no wonder that Li Weining would rather share the land than play with you guys.

Look at this name, although it is the emperor you support, but it is too much. Forget it as Taishi Xingguogong, but also add "Shangfu", afraid that the authority is not strong enough?

Now it is not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Not everyone can tolerate a Lu Buwei like Qin Shihuang, let alone, are you worthy of being Lu Buwei?
　Thanks to "Shenghu'an" for the 500 starting point reward.

　　
　
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