It is better to block than to sparse, this is actually the truth that the ancients understood, in the early Ming Dynasty can ban the sea because the country has just been preliminary, there was not much large-scale trade, when the Europeans did not start the great maritime trade, the Arabs in decline, the Tang and Song dynasties trade target was mainly the Arabs, the Chinese goods were transferred to Europe, in order to obtain huge profits.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the trade route to Europe was the land Silk Road, and after the middle of the Tang Dynasty, due to wars and environmental changes, and the Arabs between Europe and Asia, the maritime Silk Road gradually replaced the land route.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the land Silk Road had been completely cut off, so Ming Taizu only took Hami to set up a guard, and did not send a large army to continue to the west. The other is that because there are no interests, the Western Regions of Hankai are not only military and land, but also economic benefits.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the situation was completely different, and the Ming Dynasty had no interest in acquiring the land of the Western Regions, otherwise with the national strength of the early Ming Dynasty, it was not completely impossible to take the land of the Western Regions, but the situation was similar and different, and the final choice was completely different.

For Shen Liang, what saddened him was that the original training and high spirits were fruitless.

The Ming court invested heavily in Dengzhou Town, where Sun Yuanhua hired a large number of Portuguese mercenaries, instructors, and technicians, hoping to build a completely Western-style firearms army.

This idea is actually right, if Sun Yuanhua is done, and tens of thousands of musketeers appear on the battlefield of the Battle of Songjin in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the scene is not too beautiful.

It's a pity that at the end of the dynasty, all good ideas will always take a crooked step when they are implemented in the end, and one wrong step is a wrong step.

First of all, Chongzhen shouldn't be in a hurry for quick success, and listen to Liaoxi Jiangmen flickering to build Dalinghe City.

The Ming army was in a hurry to repair the city, there was no plan and plan for a big war at all, the army was not even, the preparation was not sufficient, the logistics were not smooth, and the ancestors ran to build the city in a hurry.

The ancestral family wanted to further expand their territory and strength, and the situation at that time was completely different from the beginning of Chongzhen at the end of the Apocalypse.

Neither Yuan Chonghuan, the town's civilian official promotion, nor Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui and other fierce generals to help, Zu Dashou has never looked at Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, he has the generals of the ancestral family, including Zu Kuan, who was born in a family, and thinks that the Dongyu is not enough to fear, after all, he defeated the Jurchens with artillery during the battle of Ningjin, and he thought that the result would be the same when he repaired Linghe City.

The result is completely different, there are no tens of thousands of elites to form support, the Jurchens flocked to it, and the water surrounding Dalinghe City was impassable, and there was no hurry to attack and fight, what can you do if you have elites and artillery, and it is a death to go out of the city to fight in the field, and you can only trap Dalinghe City and wait for help.

What Huang Taiji wants is for you to be helped, Zu Dashou is actually loyal to Daming, but his selfishness is too heavy, and what he wants is to expand his own Jiangmen strength.

It is this selfishness that has made Daming miserable, and Chongzhen has added fuel and troops one after another regardless of the two disasters.

The Ming army came to the aid of Daling River many times, but they all came to be eaten by a share.

The Ming army sent a total of four reinforcements, the largest was the 40,000 main force led by the superintendent Zhang Chun, and the result was a complete defeat in the first battle, and only a few dozen Neiding led by Wu Xiang and Song Wei of the 40,000 elite escaped, and the remaining dozens of generals and Zhang Chun were all captured, and a large number of soldiers were killed.

All the people brought by Zu Dashou are the elite of the ancestral family, as well as the battalion soldiers and a large number of people.

There were more than 30,000 people in the newly built city, and the food in the city could only be eaten for a few days.

The reason why he has persisted for so long is that Zu Dashou has turned into an ogre, and his inner Ding and the pro-army have been eating people, first eating the people, then eating the battalion soldiers, and finally seeing that the people are about to be eaten, Zu Dashou killed He Kegang, who refused to surrender, and led the generals to surrender.

Although Zu Dashou fell, he recognized that Huang Taiji had no future, and then ran away.

For the interests of the ancestors, he insisted on Jinzhou, Jinzhou was far away from Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, which lengthened the supply line and battle line of the Ming army, and as a result, around the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Jinzhou was surrounded by the emperor's Taiji faction Dolgon and Haoge and other kings.

This time, Zu Dashou learned a lesson and piled up a large amount of grain in Jinzhou City, which was enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for several years.

There are also elite armor soldiers and a large number of artillery, it is impossible for the Qing army to storm it, even if all the soldiers of the Eight Banners are piled up under the city, it is impossible to storm it.

However, after the Jin was changed to the Qing Dynasty, the national strength was also thriving under the auspices of Huang Taiji.

The battle of Dalinghe was only a few months old, and the Houjin at that time had already exhausted almost all the national strength.

The siege of Jinzhou can be slender, not only to cut off Jinzhou, but also to separate the Songta and other forts. Moreover, the Qing army was ready for a long-term siege.

There is no shortage of firearms in Jinzhou City, there is no shortage of soldiers, there is no shortage of food, and the only thing Zu Dashou didn't expect was the lack of firewood.

There was nothing to ignite the fire, and the city was still hungry and cold, and this time Chongzhen's two-pole character helped the Jurchens again, forcing Hong Chengchou, who was not ready, to march.

After the Battle of Songjin, even if the Ming Dynasty was completely finished, it was honest at this time, the ancestral family was forced to surrender, and there was no Jiangmen to think about opening up territory outside the pass, only guarding Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and the Qing army did not think about attacking, anyway, at that time, Huang Taiji also defeated Lin Dan Khan, from Datong to Jizhen, anywhere can be broken in.

The Battle of Dalinghe destroyed not only a large number of elite Ming army and ancestral families, but also the Ming court rushed to the hospital when they were sick, and the dissatisfied Dongjiang soldiers were also thrown into the battlefield.

Of course, Kong Youde and others didn't want to go, and the Wuqiao Mutiny seemed accidental, but it was actually inevitable.

The most unfortunate is the town of Dengzhou where Shen Liang is located, the process of firearms has just begun and was interrupted by the Dongjiang rebellion, not only Dengzhou Town is over, but Sun Yuanhua, who presided over the firearms process, is also finished, the Portuguese are destroyed, Shen Liang and others are either killed or rebelled or fleeing, everything disappears.

At this moment, when Shen Liang stood in front of the Franc machine gun, it was not surprising that his face was gloomy.

Shen Liang quickly adjusted his mood, judging from Min Yuanqi's instructions just now, and Shen Liang's understanding of Min Yuanqi, it would be strange if he put these cannons in the fortress and used them as dead things.

Nanjing, Beijing, Liaoyang and other important towns, not to mention thousands of large and small Buddha Lang machines, most of the Ming army was regarded as dead things defending the city.

When Sun Chengzong's old grandson was in the firearms battalion in western Liaoning, he was not rationed with large artillery, most of them were cannons and tiger squat cannons, and the decent cannons weighing several hundred pounds were almost not used in field battles, and they were all placed on the head of the city.

This idea of casting heavy artillery to defend the city is, of course, extremely wrong, and it is also a way of thinking after the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly in field battles.

The city will not fall easily, and the artillery bombardment at the head of the city gives a strong psychological hint to the soldiers defending the city and the Ming army who went out of the city, and it is also a sense of support and security.

But if these guns were used in field battles, the situation might have been different?

Shen Liang didn't think too deeply, his movements were quite skillful, the place suitable for setting up here was the big river, install the cannon barrel on the gun carriage and fix it, load the gunpowder, the gun, and ignite the lead rope.

Everything is quite skilled, so that Min Yuanqi, who was watching from a distance, was greatly praised and satisfied.

Hidden dragon and crouching tiger in the recklessness, an inconspicuous Shandong deserter, even if he is good at firearms, he is also quite proficient in artillery skills, it can be seen that Shen Liang resolutely joined the army at that time not to mess around, but to learn various skills in the army in a solid manner, this kid must also have a lot of plans, the most unfortunate thing is to get out of the army, so that the family can get rid of poverty and embarrassment.

There are not a few such poor children, but in the long river of history, they can only be the first one among hundreds of thousands of people, and there is really no chance to go further if there is a slight problem.

And everyone in the Shi clan is from a background, even if they encounter setbacks, they always have the opportunity to stand up again.

The children of the royal family like Liu Xiu, as well as the children of the nobles like Li Shimin, who were born in aristocratic families, and Zhao Song Taizu was also a general from the five generations of generals, and they are naturally more likely to succeed than ordinary people.

is Li Tang's generals, many of them are also generations of eunuchs, such as Cheng Zhijie, his father and grandparents are generals, and the people describe him as a reckless son of a poor family, but in fact, it is just to cater to the illusion that the poor people want their own people to get ahead.

Wei Chi Gong, born in a family, his grandfather was the assassin of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the founding father, his father was the third division of Yitong, the Wei Wang Ji room, the history of the Fenzhou Thorn, and the governor of Youzhou.

Li Jing, born in the Guanlong family, his grandfather was the assassin of Shaanzhou, Yong, Kang County.

The twenty-four generals of Lingyan Pavilion are very few who are really from humble backgrounds.

Born in a family of Jiangmen, he has received a complete military and political education since he was a child, and in addition to being a gentleman, the probability of appearing as an elite is much higher than that of a poor family.

But in the poor, there may not be no talents.

Shen Liang in front of him, witty, intelligent, courageous and resolute, is indeed a rare talent.

In contrast, Min Yuanzhi, who was born in a family of generals, feels very good on the battlefield, is a natural general, and is a little more ruthless than Shen Liang when training cavalry, and has some bad comments among the soldiers.

But when everyone talked about it, they really wanted to enter the cavalry team and become one of the knights under Min Yuanzhi.

The high salary is only one of the reasons, but the important thing is that the force and riding skills are obviously good, and the people are more capable and sensitive, and these changes are seen by people.

If you give something, you get it back, and this world is quite fair.

In addition to these, it is easier for cavalry to obtain combat merits, which is also more attractive to heroes who take the initiative to join the soldiers and intend to go further in this system.

Min Yuanzhi is the representative of this generation, sharp and aggressive.

Shen Liang is the other side, with peace in his decisiveness, and his training is extremely rigorous, but there is no lack of some morale-boosting sections, whether it is words, or some rewards and encouragement.

Min Yuanzhi disdained it, but Shen Liang used it.

The styles of the two men are completely different, one is a sharp and courageous sword, and the other is like a well-trained, battle-hardened sword player, who can attack and defend with ease, and can advance and retreat freely.

Seeing Shen Liang's movements in front of him, there was no lack of appreciation among the military attaches present, and it was true that only Min Yuanzhi was just watching casually, and his interest was not very strong.

For cavalry generals, only cavalry is valued, and there is nothing else in their eyes.

Only cavalry defeats cavalry, and on the battlefield, only cavalry is king.

Shen Liang shook the fire fold he carried on his waist, this thing was actually to make the flammable ignition from an open flame into a dark fire, take it out and open the lid after the air entered, and then blew it, it was ignited.

Surely there are no lighters and matches to carry and keep, but after all, there are no such good things, right?

In the eyes of everyone, the fire fold ignited the lead, and the lead burned rapidly until it reached the fire door.

Everyone jumped at the sight of a fire, and then there was an earth-shattering roar.

Suddenly, everyone felt that their ears were buzzing, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.