Counterattack?

This is clearly not going to work.

It's not that Yang Xin thinks that the people of North Korea are not dead enough, in fact, it is already possible at this time, and the population of the entire Korean Peninsula is estimated to be no more than one million at this time, and this is still because he joined some of the Jiannu who escaped from the past, otherwise there would not be even one million.

Huang Taiji reorganized his Eight Banners, according to the previous standard of 300 people and one cow.

Then he reorganized a total of 70 Eight Banner Manchuria and 130 Eight Banner Korea, which means that he still has a total of 60,000 troops to fight under the condition that almost all the people are soldiers, and according to this standard, the actual population under his command does not exceed 600,000. Ten people to send one soldier is the maximum, half of the women and half of the old people and children in 600,000, there can be 150,000 young and middle-aged people, two strong men to raise a soldier, although the Eight Banners Korea actually has to farm, but this proportion is already the limit.

That's all the big-eared thieves.

plus 300,000 under Li Liang, but there are still 20,000 Yang under Li Liang.

There are also some who just flee to the mountains and forests, and Huang Taiji can't help it, after all, North Korea is full of mountains and forests, and those refugees are just going out to be savages, and he can't search for them, and the U.S. military can't do it, let alone him.

In short, this is the current population of the Korean Peninsula, which is also low to the extent that Yang Xin is satisfied, this land with an official population of more than 2 million before the war, and the actual land should be more than 4 million, has lost three-quarters of the population because of years of war, and it is okay to say that it can be received, but the problem is that Yang Xin really can't make a move now.

"Gong Qi, you also understand my situation here, if you want to maintain the garrison of North Korea and provide some military supplies, there is really no problem, but it is definitely not possible to send troops to North Korea on a large scale, the imperial court will definitely not send troops, and I dare not send troops myself."

Yang Xin said very sincerely.

Qi Jin smiled awkwardly.

He was actually made an earl, after all, it was a great achievement to defend Korea alone all these years.

His subordinates fought frequently with Jiannu, which can be said to be second only to Mao Wenlong's department, Mao Wenlong basically went out to sneak attack and shoot black guns, killed a few people and burned a Zhuangzi and then immediately ran away with people's heads, and often cut Koreans to kill good and risky achievements. But Qi Jin's department was really engaged in a small-scale tug of war with Jiannu in the mountainous areas on the outskirts of Luozhou, even when the wild boar skin attacked Liaoyang, the remaining Huang Taiji also tried to attack Luozhou many times, sweeping away the last threat on the Korean Peninsula, and robbing his father of some grain by the way.

But they were all defeated.

Although the number of Qi Jin's troops was small, its combat effectiveness was extremely strong, including the mountain infantry such as the white pole soldiers, as well as the new-style car battalion of the Zhejiang army, and the marines often went around to the flank of Jiannu to play landing raids, and even landed on Ganghwa Island at the farthest, which frightened Hwangtaiji in Seoul.

Fortunately, the Marines just burned some grain ships and left.

And the subordinates of the king of Joseon are also some who can be said to be truly bloody to the end......

It's all been sifted through the long war.

Those who are not loyal enough, not brave enough, and not able to fight enough, have all been eliminated by the war that has lasted for many years, and all that is left are real warriors, plus their living standards far exceed those of the Eight Banners, so there will be no surrender on the battlefield, and there will be no escape from the battle, basically they can fight to the end, and on the contrary, the main force of Huang Taiji's subordinates, Eight Banners Korea, does not have such fighting spirit.

In the end, Qi Jin defeated the enemy again and again.

Although his strength was limited and he was unable to counterattack, he defended the Luozhou area as impregnable, and the number of beheadings was no less than that of Mao Wenlong, such a credit was worthy of an earl, and even the Koreans who were grateful to him went to the capital to ask for credit for him. But as the same generals subordinate to Yang Xin, Qi Jin and Qin Minping are also in an awkward situation between Yang Xin and the imperial court, they really have nothing to do with what Yang Xin did, but in the eyes of the imperial court, they are Yang Xin's subordinates after all.

"I am a loyal servant!"

Yang Xin said.

Qi Jin hurriedly nodded in understanding.

"I have never disagreed with Your Majesty, but I don't think I have done anything wrong, time will prove that everything I do is for the Ming Dynasty and for Your Majesty's country!

I know no one believes what I say.

But I really have a clear conscience, I'm really just for the Ming Dynasty!

Time will tell! ”

King Zhennan said emotionally.

Qi Jin hurriedly said that he understood the mood of King Zhennan.

"But I'm also helpless.

They didn't understand me, and they accused me with ulterior motives, saying that I had a disobedient heart, but if I really had a disobedient heart, would I still be like this?

I'm really hard!

Now that's the way things are, I can't do anything more.

You tell the king of Joseon that I will definitely help him take it back, but I have to pass this time first, I really can't help him now, and there is not much danger left and right from him, so just continue to hold on! With Qin Minping there, and with the help of my bankers, he doesn't have to worry about military supplies or anything, if he doesn't have money, he will find a bank to take out a loan first, and he will be able to repay it soon after recovering the lost land anyway.

In short, with me here, Jiannu can't get involved in Luozhou, and when the matter on my side is resolved, it's nothing more than the army in the past.

As for the migration of the Japanese to Korea, such a thing.

Actually, it's not a big deal.

What about their reclamation? Isn't it for us?

When the army entered Korea and recovered Korea, these Japanese people were all cleaned up, and if they dared to resist, they would be killed, and if they surrendered honestly, they would be sold to me as coolies. As for the Tokugawa family, there is nothing to worry about, such a big country surrounded by the sea is still qualified to fight with us?

When the battle on the South Sea side is over, let the fleet go north to bombard Edo.

By the way, I just point for compensation. ”

Yang Xin said.

This matter must be done, the reparations are secondary, the important thing is to force the Tokugawa family to open the door, although they have not locked the country yet, but not all ports are open, and there are trade concessions, concessions, extraterritoriality, these must be resolved, in short, the bombardment of Edo is necessary. After they finished fighting the Spaniards, they had to go back and send the task force composed of Zhang Mingzhen to Saigon, let them build a city in the local area and quickly reclaim the land and wait for the follow-up immigrants, and then they could go north to bombard Edo and ask for compensation.

In this way, it seems that the number of battleships will have to be increased.

Although the cruiser fleet on the Edo side was able to achieve the effect in the past, it was still the battleships that were more deterrent after all.

After all, the 12-pounder cannon was not as good as the 32-pounder cannon to deter the Japanese people.

And the apocalypse is also building ships.

His Majesty the Emperor took over the Weihaiwei base, and set up a shipyard in Weihaiwei, and began to build four 74-gun battleships that were originally just design plans. This is the future imperial sailor, after the Beiyang sailor rampant along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, His Majesty the Emperor finally began to understand the importance of sea control, including Sun Chengzong and others also support, it is estimated that when the battle of Manila is over, Sun Chengzong and these people will be more supportive, after all, they are more eager for windfall than Yang Xin!

So as a response, King Zhennan also needs to expand the size of the fleet here.

A limited arms race is also not bad.

At the very least, it can promote the development of science and technology.

In fact, the arms race has already begun, for example, Lu Xiangsheng in Xuzhou has also begun to form the first flintlock army, and those huge old turtledoves are also gradually being phased out and replaced with a similar Suer style in Yang Xin's hands.

Even the hunting battalion was formed.

The chariots began to be completely phased out, and the infantry began to switch to regimental Morris.

As for the Gustafian ......

Lu Xiangsheng still has some psychological shadows.

In fact, his real goal was to form an all-flintlock musket corps, thanks to the new steelmaking method personally presided over by His Majesty the Emperor, the production of flintlock muskets in the Ministry of Industry and those private steel factories in Hejian also began to rise, although it was still not fast, but it was still no problem to arm an army a year. Yang Xin's side is similar, he mainly received those from Songjiang, so at this rate, it won't take a few years for the war within the Ming Dynasty to be shot in a line with flintlock pistols.

It's true that Qizhang can't do it.

can fire from ten zhang away, this Lu Xiangsheng still has confidence in his subordinates.

After all, it's just a firepower projection!

The arquebus has a slow rate of fire, and it can only be fired in turns if it can't hit a single shot in a minute, and then Yang Xin's subordinates can go to Qizhang with such firepower, so if they change to a flintlock pistol with three shots a minute, the firepower projection will increase several times at once, so can Yang Xin's subordinates still go to Qizhang with such firepower?

That's a big living person!

That's not mechanical.

Obviously, he and the court are betting on this.

In this way, the arms race is not bad, and at least it can promote the development of science and technology.

Just look at the United States and the Soviet Union.

Without the arms race of the Cold War, there would be no frenzy of modern science and technology.

According to Yang Xin's guess, the reason why the Apocalypse tolerated him a series of retrograde was because His Majesty the Emperor knew that he had mastered the primary productive force and knew that his path was correct, but it would take some time, and it was said that his steam engine could not go wrong for ten minutes. And the first hydraulic boring machine will be ready for use by the beginning of spring next year, and at that time he will be able to make the steam engine really practical, so if he can really put the steam engine into practice and develop those weapons in Yang Xin's brain before, then Yang Xin is a fart!

You can't even stop a rifled gun!

Can he beat a steam chariot?

Can he beat a steam-powered flying battleship?

……

His Majesty the Emperor's steampunk soul is probably burning!

So His Majesty the Emperor doesn't care, His Majesty the Emperor only needs time, as long as he is given a few years, he will be able to hold the sword of technology in his hand and make everyone submit to his feet.

However......

"Uncle, Your Majesty fell into the water and got sick!"

Yang Huan suddenly walked in and said with a solemn face.

"Huh?!"

Yang Xin and Qi Jin were stunned at the same time. I want to talk about "Five Good Youths of the Ming Dynasty" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~