Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Unexpectedly, not long after Wu Shigong left the fortress of Qianhusuo, Yu Zilian, the county magistrate, also brought the county officials and gentry to the avenue Wu Shigong and the others walked to see him off.

Although Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian had some personal vendettas, but this time they saw off, the two of them still did a good job in the scene.And the gentry in the county also gave away a lot of rewards.

And this time seeing off, Wu Shigong and the others were delayed for some time.Seeing that it was impossible to arrive at Guidefu City before nightfall, Wu Shigong asked the soldiers to camp halfway for the night, and wait until the next morning to start their journey again.After arranging the camp, Wu Shigong called all the leading officers into the big tent and began to discuss military affairs.

Because this expedition was in such a hurry, Wu Shigong had no detailed communication with most of the officers.And these officers only knew that they were going to King Qin this time, and they didn't know Wu Shigong's thoughts at all.Therefore, in this military affairs discussion, Wu Shigong must thoroughly explain his thoughts to these confidant officers, so that they must act according to their own ideas.

Wu Shigong first briefly introduced the Tatars' entry into the customs with these officers.Because Wu Shigong was only discussing with Zhao Ming, and he had heard about three scales and two horns, so he can only introduce a general idea.

But next, Wu Shigong analyzed the possible actions of the Tartars in detail. <The Tartar army will return and leave the customs.

Wu Shigong analyzed, if this is the case.The actions of one's own army must follow the principle of not seeking merit, but seeking no faults.

After all, Wu Shigong's army was small in number, and together with the soldiers of other thousand households, there were only about [-] at best.As for the weapons, equipment and training level, apart from Wu Shigong's own soldiers, there is no need to mention other soldiers.

Now, in the thinking of Wu Shigong and these officers, they also believed that even Wu Shigong's thousand households, those soldiers who had undergone rigorous military training for more than a year, their combat effectiveness was much different from that of the Tartars.

Apart from the fact that Wu Shigong, a soldier of the Thousand Households Office, basically has no combat experience, the main reason is that Wu Shigong and these officers were greatly misled by the Ming Dynasty's own propaganda.

We already know that, in addition to the "famous sentence" that was passed down to the Ming Dynasty in the Song Dynasty-Jurchen is no more than ten thousand, and more than ten thousand is invincible, the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty that directly fought with the Later Jin army also circulated many later stories. Some invincible words of Jin Jun came.

Except for several defeats of the Ming army and the Houjin army, in order to reduce their responsibilities, the civil servants and military officers who led the troops artificially raised the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army.

Even at this time, in order to preserve their strength, the generals in Liaodong still refused to send their own soldiers to the no-man's land to scout and strangle, so they also boasted about the cavalry level of the Houjin army.As for the statements of these generals, the supervisors who rely on the support of the Liaodong generals also echoed the statements of these generals.

These reports from the front line of Liaodong convinced the emperor and ministers who were military laymen in the capital.So much so that even the civil and military officials in the mainland, including Wu Shigong, believed this.Even, the myth that the nomadic people's equestrian skill is incomparably powerful has even been handed down to modern times.

But they didn't even think about it. During the Han Dynasty, the army of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drove the Huns' army to Hungary. At that time, they had never seen the cavalry of the Huns' army.

Here, the author wants to correct a statement: it is very difficult for farming peoples to gain an advantage in fighting nomadic peoples.

In reality, the situation is exactly the opposite.Due to the relatively strong ability of the farming people in logistical support, they can occupy an absolute advantage in the confrontation with the nomadic people.Even if there is no firearm, it is the same in the era of complete cold weapons.

But why in ancient history, there was basically a situation in which nomadic peoples took the initiative to attack and farming people passively defended?That was mainly because the nomads were too poor, even if the farming peoples defeated the nomads, they would not be able to grab any spoils.Therefore, farming peoples have no incentive to fight nomads.

So in the end, our ancient imperial courts were willing to spend a lot of money to build the Great Wall, rather than take the initiative to attack the nomads on the grassland.Because they figured it out and felt that it was not worth the loss to attack.

Speaking of this, you may think that the author is blowing nonsense, so let's take a look at the tactics of farming peoples against nomadic peoples.

<Grazing is carried out in summer, because the cattle and sheep at this time have lost a lot of fat after a winter, so they need to be carefully raised.

In autumn and winter, when the hay for cattle and sheep has been prepared, these poor herdsmen gather and plunder. <In summer, send cavalry to the grassland where the cattle and sheep are grazing.Because the herders at this time were grazing separately, these herdsmen basically could not assemble a team to resist these cavalry.

As for how to find those grazing places on the vast grassland, this problem is even simpler.On grasslands, around rivers and lakes, the grass must be lush.In addition, cattle and sheep also need a lot of drinking water, so as long as you follow the grassland rivers and lakes, you can easily find those grazing cattle and sheep.

And the main combat purpose of those cavalry is not to destroy how many nomadic armies.As long as they kill as many cattle and sheep as possible, and throw the carcasses of these cattle and sheep into rivers and lakes to pollute the water source, they can greatly reduce the number of cattle and sheep that nomads need for winter.

In autumn and winter, the nomads who were starving and crazy were also forced to commit border robbery.At this time, the farming people only need to strengthen the walls and clear the fields in the border areas, and then build strong cities to protect them, and use mobile troops to reinforce each other between the cities.In this way, the vitality of the nomadic people can be killed in large numbers.

As long as you stick to this method of warfare for five to ten years, the nomads will definitely lose their vitality.At that time, as long as the farming people use materials and money to buy off a part of the nomadic peoples that are divided, and then use diplomatic means to control the barbarians, the threat of the nomadic peoples to the farming people can basically be eliminated.

And this method of warfare is exactly the method of warfare against the northern nomads in the prosperous Tang and early Ming dynasties.

However, it must be emphasized here that this method of combat was also a serious test of national strength in an ancient farming society with a relatively low level of productivity.Therefore, this method of warfare can only be used in the prosperous period of each dynasty in ancient times.

But if you meet an emperor who is very happy, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.If the nomads are only resorted to military strikes instead of diplomatic methods, then even the champion Hou Huo Qubing will be sealed off as a wolf in Xuxu in the end. It is no wonder that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to condemn himself because of the emptiness of the treasury.

Based on the consideration that the later Jin army was very strong, Wu Shigong demanded that his army must form a group and never fight separately.Prevent being broken individually.

He also asked his army not to pursue the speed of the march during the march, and to dig deep trenches and build walls when camping.And sent more sentries and sentries to cooperate with the sentries to prevent the Houjin army from robbing the camp.

Wu Shigong thought about it in a different position. If the Hou Jin army only went to the interior to plunder, they were interested in property and would never spend their troops in vain to attack their fortified camp.

However, Wu Shigong also raised his second guess about the Hou Jin army to these officers, that is, the Hou Jin army will attack the capital this time.This is also the fault of Wu Shigong's past life thought of establishing the Qing Dynasty based on the last post-Jin Dynasty replacing the Ming Dynasty.Because at this time, Wu Shigong didn't know whether the entry of the Houjin army this time was the time when Wu Sangui let go of Shanhaiguan and let the Houjin army enter the customs in his previous life.

Therefore, Wu Shigong also asked these officers to be mentally prepared. In case the capital was in an emergency, Wu Shigong would definitely lead his King Qin's army to the capital at the cost of casualties.At that time, Wu Shigong will do everything possible to rescue as many members of the Xue family and Wu family as possible.

None of these officers had any objection to Wu Shigong's request.Because Wu Shigong's analysis is indeed very reasonable.Besides, most of the military officers they found were from the capital, and their families were also in the capital.In case the capital is threatened, going to the rescue of the capital is tantamount to rescuing their family members.

At the end of the discussion, Wu Shigong emphasized again: the content of today's discussion must be conveyed to the ears of every soldier in his thousand households, so that they must completely unify their thinking and actions.However, all the soldiers must do a good job of keeping secrets, and absolutely must not spread the content of today's discussion to the outside world.