was named by the crown prince, Zhao Jinglin felt that this was a rare honor, so he stood up with a loud voice, and prepared to walk to the side to give Zhu Cihong a kneeling salute and then report his name.

Zhu Cihong immediately stopped him and said, "In the future, there is no need to bow down to the palace for military deliberations, just follow the etiquette of the military in peacetime." ”

The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is not as servile as the Qing Dynasty, and when you see Shangguan, you have to bow and kowtow.

When Zhao Jinglin heard this, he had to stand honestly in his original position, and only after calming down his mood slightly did he say: "Back to Your Highness, humble Zhao Jinglin, in the humble view, the musket is still the most effective weapon, but the musketeer's melee ability is poor, carrying a gun on his back, holding a knife in close combat, which has a great impact on the battle, and he feels that this aspect needs to be improved." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, he had also thought about this question, in this battle, there were many weaknesses exposed by the Yongwei Battalion, such as melee ability.

Although the musketeers have undergone more than a month of rigorous training, the basic military quality of the soldiers is not bad, and the cooperation is also very good, there are still many problems in actual combat.

It is not reflected when dealing with opponents who are less than their own, but when they encounter enemies that are several times their own and have strong combat effectiveness like the Eight Banners Army, once they are rushed to the close and stick like a dogskin plaster, the shortcomings of the musketeers' melee combat will be exposed.

Zhu Cihong said: "Zhao Jinglin, your proposal is very good, Wu Daban, you are responsible for recording it." ”

Wu Zhong, who was sitting on a separate small table and chair next to Zhu Cihong, immediately waved down Zhao Jinglin's proposal just now and played the role of a clerk.

At this time, Zhu Cihong thought of the bayonets of later generations, and prepared to equip the muskets of the Yongwei Battalion with bayonets, and the musketeers on weekdays were trained to fight bayonets.

Seeing that his opinion was affirmed by the crown prince, Zhao Jinglin was also very happy, and the others were also a little eager to try it when they saw it.

One of them stood up and saluted, and then said, "I think that the pikeman's four-meter-long spear can effectively defend against cavalry, but it is not conducive to hand-to-hand combat. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded at him and said, "Your suggestion is also very good, is there a solution?" ”

This Qian general manager was a little cramped, and said: "There is no ....... yet"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's already good to be able to talk about the problems found, if there is a solution, this palace will also promote you, everyone else is the same!" ”

Seeing that the crown prince said this, the other generals also jumped up bravely, and a guerrilla general immediately spoke: "The shield soldier holds a shield in his left hand and a two-meter spear in his right hand, which is not very convenient for close combat, and the last general thinks that he can replace the spear with a broadsword, so that he will become a sword and shield soldier, and he can attack and retreat and defend ......"

However, there were also those who immediately objected, arguing that the spears of shield soldiers were beneficial for resisting cavalry, and that sword and shield soldiers would lose their threat to cavalry even though they had an advantage in close combat.

In this way, everyone put forward many ways to improve the combat of the Yongwei Battalion based on their own experiences on the battlefield, and the atmosphere became very lively.

Zhu Cihong was very happy to see this, all plans and expectations were not perfect, and he had to rely on actual combat summaries. At the same time, Zhu Cihong also deliberately cultivated them to be able to think independently as generals.

Whenever a general raised an opinion, he would not hesitate to praise it in order to increase their enthusiasm. Some generals' suggestions are unique and sharp, and they will be remembered by Zhu Cihong for a military exploit.

Don't look at these generals are all ancients, the methods they come up with are no worse than their own, and even some of them are not thought of by themselves, this is the power of brainstorming.

After the summary meeting, Zhu Cihong took a look at the seizure statistics reported by Lu Jiude and found that the harvest of this battle was really terrifying, and there were more than 10,000 pieces of various armors that climbed down from the Qing army alone.

Many soldiers in the Qing army, especially the Manchurian soldiers of the Eight Banners, basically have three layers of heavy armor, and the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners are at least two layers, only the Han army has the thinnest armor, and it is normal to wear one layer of armor.

In addition to armor, there were also a large number of weapons, gongs, drums, banners, etc., and there were 150,000 taels of silver from the Qing soldiers alone, as well as 1,300 war horses and more than 600 dead horses.

The cavalry of the Eight Banners Army was equipped with two horses, or even three horses, and this time they were defeated and fled, completely ignoring other horses, and cheapened the Yongwei battalion.

These seizures were only captures on the battlefield, and compared with the various materials hoarded in Liangxiang City, they could only be regarded as insignificant, and the grain, forage, cloth, etc. hoarded by the Qing army in the city can be described as piled up.

Zhu Cihong adhered to the excellent tradition and took everything he could take away, and he sent people to transport all these military items such as war horses, armor, and weapons to the new city for those recruits to use, and the soldiers of the new battalion were very short of these things.

As for the hoarded supplies in the city, only some of the food and cloth were eventually left behind to be distributed to the rescued people to rebuild their homes.

The people in Liangxiang City have spontaneously rebuilt their homes, and as for the people who have been taken captive from other places, some have returned to their hometowns one after another, while others have lost their relatives and are homeless.

For these people, Zhu Cihong decided to let them go to Xincheng, Liangxiang is less than 100 miles away from Xincheng, and they can be reached in one day after walking hard.

After pacifying the people, Zhu Cihong instructed his guards to report to the palace.

At this time, Zhu Cihong also received information from Long Xiang about the movements of the Qing army.

Azig's main force had reached Zhuozhou, sixty miles away, and when Azig received Yanguli's message, he was attacking Zhuozhou City, and by the time he took Zhuozhou City, Yanguli of Liangxiang had already been defeated.

After the defeat of Yanguli, he gathered 1,300 infantry and 400 cavalry in a very short time, and although there were still nearly 2,000 men and horses, Yanguli did not dare to turn back and attack Liangxiang.

He didn't even know why he insisted on fighting the Ming army at that time, seeing the Eight Banners warriors dying one by one, what kind of demon did he get? Do you want to insist on destroying this Ming army?

Yanguli wanted to smoke himself a few big mouths, but it was too late, and he lost so many Eight Banners warriors, food, grass, materials, and money, so he would definitely die if he went back to see Azig like this.

So Yanguli vented his anger on several county towns in the south of Daxing City, wandered around in the south of Daxing City, slaughtered dozens of villages and towns in a row, killed thousands of people, and finally vented his anger.

Yang Guli led 2,000 Qing soldiers to ransack several county towns in the south of Daxing City, like locusts crossing the border, grabbing a lot of food and money, and capturing nearly 10,000 people.

When Azig saw the rather embarrassed Yanguli, he angrily took a horsewhip and whipped him fiercely, Yanguli did not dare to resist when he was drawn out of blood, he could only grit his teeth and bear it, he remembered the shame on the head of the Ming army in Liangxiang.

After Zhu Cihong learned of this situation, he was also helpless, the Azig Ministry had already taken Zhuozhou, and the distance between the two was too far.

Now the Yongwei battalion has suffered heavy losses, and it is unable to go south again, and according to the news that Long Xiang did not receive at night, Azig still has at least 30,000 troops.

Yanguli burned and looted in the south of Daxing City, and produced many refugees, and after hearing that the imperial army defeated the Qing army in Liangxiang, many people fled to Liangxiang.

Zhu Cihong opened the city gate widely, did not refuse the refugees who came, took them in at once, and placed them in the city of Liangxiang, and the surplus people also planned to bring them to the new city.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong ordered to select young people in Liangxiang City and form a city defense army to protect Liangxiang City.

It is impossible for the Yongwei battalion to be stationed in Liangxiang all the time, and Liangxiang City needs to have the ability to protect itself.