The old things in Liaodong are not far away, and Jiao Lao Butu has read books and understands the consequences of being powerless in field battles and can only defend the city.

"Doesn't that mean...... As long as there is a discord, these places of the Rakshasa people will be ours sooner or later? ”

"Yes and no."

An ambiguous answer made the seemingly bandit but actually very honest arrogant Lau Butu difficult to understand.

"It's still good to be early now, and we'll fight again in the future. If there is a road and a car one day, it can run and can carry hundreds of thousands of pounds of people and goods, and it will rumble over. As long as we build the road before the Rakshasa people build the road, we will repair the road in the northeast first, and that will be ours. ”

"Hahaha...... Adults, this joke is not funny at all. With such a heavy car, I'm afraid it won't use Lu Aigong's unicorn and moral Tianzun's green cow? ”

Liu Yu smiled and didn't answer, and said in his heart that Sun Wukong was so good, the stick was only 13,500 catties, and it was not easy to lift it up if he found a Lan Xiang graduate. It can only be said that technology limits your imagination, this thing will come out in a hundred years at most, and you will have a son to live a little longer, maybe you can see it.

Now that the imperial court wants to make peace as soon as possible, as long as the Northeast Railway is built earlier than the Siberian Railway in the future, peace and discord will not be of much significance to the Northeast.

In the final analysis, the affairs of the Outer Northeast depend on the internal strength of the future.

If you want to cultivate internal strength, you must take the southeast as the second vein of the governor.

The affairs of the Northeast are actually not the affairs of the Northeast.

In the end, it will depend on the southeast coast to solve the problem.

As for now, the earth will not be blown up in a few decades, as long as the railway is built earlier than Tsarist Russia in the future, the Outer Northeast will be sent.

The sooner or later the railway will be built depends on the opening policy of the southeast coast; The opening policy of the southeast coast depends on Chen Liang's sentence "The capital of Yao, the land of Shun, and the seal of Yu." Yu Zhong should have, a half shameful minister" how to interpret it.

With the coming Dashun ban on religion.

Is it ultra-conservative, turning into Confucianism, Waha, Bi?

Or is it open and inclusive, distinguishing between dross and tradition?

At the beginning, Dashun chose Ye Shi and Chen Liang's school of merit as the official ideology of King Wenxuan's downmotion to Xuanni Gong, and as the cornerstone of the Yansheng words of "Jin Youde after the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao", and now he has to pay the price for this ideology after "Jingkang shame".

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Chen Liang and Ye Shi of the Southern Song Dynasty had the idea that "doing a career is better than talking nonsense, the distinction between righteousness and benefit should be reconsidered, and the debate of Huayi must be ignored", which has become an ideology promoted by the government, and always needs an explanation that not only distinguishes Yidi, but also devotes himself to studying Western studies.

In the past, whether it was Mongolia or Houjin, the Celestial Empire Wenhua was always better than the barbarians.

And now, the biggest difference between the changes that have not been seen in 2,000 years lies in the barbarian set...... Some aspects surpass the Celestial Empire.

Han Tang, if you lose, you lose. The emperor is wasted, the generals are brainless, and if you change the emperor for a general, you will win after all. Everyone believes that it's as simple as that.

Now after losing, how confident I was before, how inferior I will be in the future.

This is the real problem that has not been seen in 2,000 years.

Liu Yu didn't want to comment on the realistic strategy of the imperial court, and he didn't have any contact with those Confucians of the Eastern Zhejiang School for the time being, so he only told a joke that wasn't funny.

After the general map was drawn and the nearby mountains and rivers were surveyed, the group returned along the markers left on the original road.

The mighty army of 10,000 people in the imperial court has also arrived at the line of the Hailar River, and the Khalkha Mongolian tribes are jealous of this temporarily unavailable grassland, and they are also looking forward to winning the battle in Dashun.

They flattered Tsarist Russia, but Tsarist Russia slapped them in the face with the tax and forced conscription.

Along the way, the emperor was bargaining with the Mongol nobles, but now Dashun's bargaining chips and deterrence were not enough, and the emperor was not too anxious.

After going back, the emperor summoned Liu Yu and asked how sure Liu Yu was.

"I wonder what Your Majesty is going to do? If it is to be forced to surrender, Weichen is 100% sure and will solve it within fifteen days. ”

Li Gan directly vetoed the idea of forcing him to surrender.

"Don't force down."

"I want the Khalkha Mongolian Department to see that my Heavenly Dynasty sons and daughters are bravely ascending the city, and the banner is flying. also let them see that the Rakshasa Kingdom, which they are powerless to stop, is vulnerable under the Celestial Empire's soldiers. Don't fight like Muli Jiwei, I know that you are right, that battle was actually good, but the Khalkha Mongols did not understand the fortress, all they saw was that our army captured a small fort and lost more than a thousand. ”

The emperor's requirements were not too high, Liu Yu considered the situation of the imperial court and quoted a date.

"Twenty-five days. Within twenty-five days, the city will be broken. And it was extremely shocking, which made the Khalkha people tremble. ”

"There is no joke in the army."

"No jokes."

Liu Yu agreed very happily.

He basically understood the situation of the main field troops of the imperial court.

In the battle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Houjin relied on artillery to siege the city and field battles, but all the naval guns learned from the Ming Dynasty were made, and there were no field gun mounts and threaded jacks, so the field power was not strong.

On the whole, Dashun's practical experience, after the battle, was surrounded by a group of weak chickens without field artillery. And the experience is all gained in practice.

The formation is still the same as the Thirty Years' War, with dense formations, mixed hot and cold weapons, and large field battles.

There was no artillery around, and there were many cavalry.

The platoon is so thick in a large formation, and it is indeed invincible to the reality of this kind of artillery with fewer guns and more cavalry.

Compared with Western Europe at this time, it must have taken the wrong path.

Thinner lines and more ferocious field artillery can break down Dashun's dense formation at this time.

However, it was enough to deal with the Cossacks of Tsarist Russia.

The Cossacks did not have a few guns. The enemy did not have an artillery advantage, so he casually lined up in a dense formation.

The Cossack cavalry was one of the best light cavalry, but the Cossacks always robbed me the hardest, escaped the fastest, plundered one top two, and slipped away in the field.

As for attacking forts, Dashun has a greater advantage.

There are still many elite cold weapons, and compared with the Cossacks, the artillery has a great advantage.

Wude Palace, out of Taizong's legacy, has been forced to learn geometry and surveying, although the true essence of the formal logic in geometry needs to be cultivated slowly, but the artillery surveying that can be used is not bad.

This time, Dashun also went out, mobilized a lot of artillery, and transported it all the way here from the capital and Liaodong, and the food supplies consumed were enough to fight a decisive battle with the Manchu Qing that year.

If the emperor wants to fight beautifully, with few dead people, and shocking, then the artillery can be used vigorously.

Since the emperor wanted to brush up his prestige in the army, Liu Yu retreated into the background and wrote a detailed siege plan, treating himself as a tactical staff officer.

What if the enemy goes out of the city to harass?

What if reinforcements arrive?

What if the enemy flees?

What if the first wave of attacks doesn't go well?

What if the Rakshasas hid their artillery and waited until the end to use it?

List all kinds of possible situations one by one, and each item indicates several alternative plans, so that the emperor does not need to know tactics himself, he can encounter accidents without panic, and come up with a plan to implement it below.

Liu Yu relied on his cheap father's relationship to talk to the nobles who accompanied him. If you don't understand, you can ask, and those old nobles who want to know also guessed the emperor's meaning, and the answers are also very refreshing.

When we were about to reach the Ergun River, this staff report was finally written.

Including camp deployment, unit transfer, accident response, battalion objectives, logistics allocation, etc.

When it was delivered to Li Gan, the hot air balloon, French military uniform, and royal flag that Liu Yu asked for were also sent over urgently by the post station.

He went to the front line to raise a hot air balloon to observe the situation in the castle, while Li Gan carefully read the report written by Liu Yu in the big tent.

At first glance, I just felt detailed, but I didn't taste it.

After seeing the back, Li Gan finally tasted some taste.

When Jin Shuiqiao asked the right question, Liu Yu said something. The matter of the General Staff was also mentioned afterwards.

At first, Li Gan felt that this staff department was like the military division of the past, coming up with ideas and being a staff member, and he couldn't understand the real purpose of this.

It wasn't until this first staff report was issued that Li Gan understood that the staff department that Liu Yu had always said was not the same thing as the military division he understood.

The General Staff, like the Military Division, does not need to have military authority. But unlike the military division, what the General Staff needs is not a military division with a feather fan and a scheming strategy, but a group of experienced veterans leading a group of young officers.

It's a bit like the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty, but it seems to have much smaller powers and responsibilities than the Privy Council.

It seems that neither promotion nor military system is concerned, but only a strategic plan is formulated before the war and a campaign plan is formulated during the war.

In this way, some veterans can be removed from military power, and some cutting-edge young people can be installed at the same time.

The emperor can be the head of this general staff, and in the name of the emperor in the planning of the general staff, give some guidance on the strategy of the campaign.

In this way, some veterans of the military merit and power faction can be stripped away, and secondly, the emperor can always maintain a high enough prestige in the army.

In line with Liu Yu's idea of "standardizing the line of flintlock muskets and bayonet corps" mentioned in front of the Jinshui Bridge that day, the emperor could slowly and completely withdraw military power into the hands of this staff department.

As for whether it can be controlled in the future, that's another matter.

You can even learn something similar to the cabinet of the previous dynasty, where the staff relies on veterans to support the façade and a group of young people who have no foundation as the cornerstone.

Of course, logistical supplies should remain in the hands of civilian officials other than military officers, and mutual checks and balances seem to be a good way.

It's just that it definitely doesn't work now.

First, there is no special military school suggested by Liu Yu before; Second, Liu Yu knows how to get this thing, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and she will definitely not be able to rely on this one person.

A small castle siege, Liu Yu spent many days writing a thick report.

As for directing a campaign, not to mention how much work it takes, it's simply not something a few people can support.

These are Li Gan's understandings, and they are not correct in many places, but they also vaguely seem to have grasped some key points.

This seems to be an attempt to transfer the command of the campaign from the commander-in-chief to the hands of the general staff, which is easily divided and controlled and controlled by a large number of people.

If this staff is really formed, it will definitely seize power.

At the very least, the military government must have the power to draw up maps, examine foreign military forces, and formulate countermeasures for external border troubles. The powers and responsibilities of the Treasury Department must be divided into a part; It seems that the power and responsibility of the Heavenly Blessing Hall will also be divided......

Once the Northwest Frontier is pacified, the dynasty will definitely want to cultivate the country.

If you don't go well, it will be easy to follow the path of the Song Dynasty, redundant officials and redundant personnel, and there are more than checks and balances on each other, but it is difficult to gather strength, and it is difficult to say if the war resumes in the future.

Li Gan felt that this matter had to be considered slowly, after all, it might be a drastic reform.

Don't move for the time being, at least wait until the northwest is over.

And there are a lot of details that need to be considered.

The redistribution of powers and responsibilities, the partial merger of the civil and military systems, and the control of checks and balances in the future are not something that can be decided with a pat on the head.

And Li Gan also felt that Liu Yu's ideas and practices were in the opposite direction.

It's like the things he tossed in the east, relying on the old wisdom of the art of war, and acting when the opportunity comes; The General Staff is more suitable for large-scale meetings and decisive battles, and is not suitable for skirmishes or sudden encounters at the front.

Thinking about some of the things that Liu Yu has been thinking about, Li Gan seems to understand Liu Yu's true intentions.

This thing, as it sounds, is easy to use.

But the premise of being easy to use ......

It is to reform the military system, the conscription system, redistribute powers and responsibilities, establish an officer corps, build military academies, reform the tax system, reform the Ming School, and change customs......

Among them, the simplest is to eliminate the mixed phalanx of hot and cold and use the flintlock pistol with a bayonet as Liu Yu said to form a standard legion.

Even the simplest one in the south is not something that can be decided with a pat on the head.

Where does the money come from? Q: Who is taxed? Where did the officers come from? To whom does the prestige of the officer be cultivated? Who will train the officers of the Forces nouvelles? Is it useful to raise such a new army? Will there be a large-scale land war after the pacification of the northwest?

Either of them is a change that will touch on vested interests.

In the end, it seems to have returned to what Liu Yu said at the beginning:

Will connect the East and the West, in order to win.

The boldness required for this kind of change is really great.

Li Gan looked forward to catching up with the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty and leaving a name in history, but for the time being, he did not have the courage to carry out such a radical reform.

Roughly figuring out the true thoughts of Liu Yu, the emperor who knew the least about Xunwei, and the path he adhered to, Li Gan decided to take a look and talk about it.

Since Liu Yu has an idea, let Liu Yu do it and see what he wants to do next. At least for now, Li Gan feels that he can't see through Liu Yu.

I thought to myself, I'm pretending not to know what you're thinking, but I'm going to see where you go next.