At the head of Tuchengzi City, Zhu Youzhen combed through the characteristics of the Jurchen Eight Banners he obtained, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Use thick-armored dead soldiers to block the direct fire of the Ming army's firearms, and use the curved fire of strong bows and heavy arrows to hit the unarmored soldiers of the Ming army.

The Jurchen Eight Banners created by Nurhachi were indeed completely aimed at the Ming army.

In order to effectively combat the Ming army, which used firearms and personnel to stand in dense positions, the Jurchen Eight Banners, which mainly used bows and arrows, also paid great attention to the compactness of the formation and the density of long-range strikes.

These measures against the Ming army made the Jurchen Eight Banners closer to the establishment of the modern army than the Ming army.

It was by relying on such Jurchen Eight Banners that Nurhachi repeatedly defeated the Ming army and grew into the overlord of the Liaodong region.

And the Jurchen Eight Banners, which Nurhachi cultivated through years of war, although they used cold weapons, they were actually more like a modern army than the Ming army, which used a lot of firearms.

With 50,000 or 60,000 war-tested Jurchen Eight Banners similar to the style of modern armies, it is no wonder that Nurhachi is invincible in the field in this era.

In his previous life, Mr. Zhu Youzhen heard that the end of the Ming Dynasty was a worse era.

The Ming Dynasty died and the Qing Dynasty was prosperous, not because the Jurchen Eight Banners were too strong, but because the Ming army was too weak.

Was the Ming army really too weak?

The Mongolian cavalry, which once shocked the world, was beaten out of the Central Plains by the Ming army with the oldest firearms.

You can say that the Mongol cavalry at the end of the Yuan Dynasty has lost its former glory, but the descendants of Genghis Khan can't forget all about cavalry and shooting, right?

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the war with the steppe Mongols lasted for nearly 200 years, and it was not until Altan Khan accepted the gift of the Ming Dynasty during the Longqing period that the war between the two sides officially ended.

In this 200-year war, although the Ming army also experienced defeats, it has always firmly pressed Mongolia out of the fortress.

After Longqing, in the Wanli period, the victory of the three major expeditions of Wanli can fully prove the combat power of the Ming army.

But why did the Ming army suddenly become defeated again and again in the face of Nurhachi's Jurchen Eight Banners when it came to Sarhu, and became a weak and rotten last-class army?

At the same time, the Ming army was still able to firmly suppress the Mongols, and in the south, they could still suppress the Netherlands and Spain who came across the sea.

Where did the Ming army become weaker?

Zhu Youzhen finally figured it out now.

Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming army has been facing an enemy with light armor or no armor for more than 200 years.

The Mongols, the Japanese, the Spanish and the Dutch, including the indigenous enemies around the Ming Dynasty, were never the opponents of the Ming army.

In the face of these enemies, the Ming army's armament could easily inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy. Even if the enemy can gain the upper hand for a while, the Ming army can gradually regain it with its huge size.

The combat power of the Ming army is really not weak.

But when the Ming army encountered the Jurchen Eight Banners, which were completely aimed at them and were generally equipped with heavy armor, the Ming army's firearms completely lost their former prestige.

The inability to break the armor made the Ming army's direct firepower, which was dominated by firearms, completely lose its due combat power.

The attack could not defeat the enemy, and the Ming army, which had a low armor and equipment rate, could not defend against the dense curved firepower of the Houjin strong bow and heavy arrows.

The Ming army was undefeated.

The lack of armor-piercing ability is actually the biggest problem of the Ming army.

If the Ming army wants to defeat the Jurchen Eight Banners, it must improve the new equipment. However, the inertia formed over the past hundred years and the inefficient operation speed of the Ming court made the change of the Ming army extremely slow.

Nurhachi completely aimed at the Jurchen Eight Banners established by the Ming army, and its strength is actually far beyond the imagination of later generations, and it is by no means a weak brigade that can be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Zhu Youzhen also compared the Jurchen Eight Banners with Napoleon's army to estimate the true strength of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

Although he didn't like the character of the murderer butcher Nurhachi, Zhu Youzhen still had some respect for Nurhachi's innate military ability.

Fortunately, Nurhachi is dead.

Regarding the death of Nurhachi, the strongest military genius in the Later Jin, Zhu Youzhen is now sincerely glad.

As soon as Nurhachi dies, the combat power of the Jurchen Eight Banners will drop by at least thirty percent.

After understanding the essence of the Jurchen Eight Banners, Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought.

On the city full of cheers, except for Zhu Youzhen in thought, Zhang Pan still maintained a calm heart.

Since the withdrawal of the Zhenglan Banner began, Zhang Pan has been holding the telescope and has never put it down for a moment.

Zhang Pan watched the whole army of Zhenglan Banner withdraw to the camp, and watched the soldiers of Zhenglan Banner disband in the camp and return to their respective camps.

Zhang Pan watched as the Tartar general, who was knocked down by King Xin's musket, was carried into a camp by the Tartar soldiers, and then many Tartar generals waited outside the tent.

Seeing the distribution of the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner after returning to the camp, Zhang Pan felt that he had found an opportunity, an opportunity to defeat the Zhenglan Banner and defeat Mang Gurtai.

Haha, Mang Gurtai, if you don't adjust your deployment, then I'm going to teach you a big lesson.

Zhang Pan stared at every move in the Zhenglan Banner camp, and his heart was hot.

In the Blue Banner camp, Mang Gurtai looked at the tent of the Derge class, and his heart was irritable.

The Derg class was injured.

Derga, the tenth son of Nurhachi, and the younger brother of Mang Gurtai's mother.

Of Nurhachi's sons, Derge and Manggultai had the best relationship, and they were true brothers.

Regret, Mang Gurtai is now extremely regretful in his heart.

I should have withdrawn sooner.

As long as it had been a moment earlier, no, maybe a moment earlier, the Derge class might not have been so seriously injured.

Whether it is just a tentative attack, or a tentative attack that plays cover, the moment of early withdrawal has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Hurt the Derg class, the loss of Zhenglanqi is too great.

I should have strictly ordered the Dergers not to come forward.

Mang Gurtai was blaming himself uncontrollably, and when the tent door opened, the doctor who was with the blue flag walked out.

"Lord Belle, the situation of the tenth master is very dangerous, you have to make a decision."

The doctor casually called Mang Gurtai a thousand, and hurriedly said: "Lord Belle, it's not that the slave is not dedicated, the injury of the tenth master is really beyond the level of the minion.

Three places on the armor on the tenth master's body were pierced by lead, and although the chain mail inside blocked the lead, the internal organs of the tenth master were also greatly shocked.

The bullet in the left arm of the tenth master was heavier, and the lead pierced through the arm armor and was trapped in the arm of the tenth master, and the minions could not find the lead.

Lord Belle, I'm afraid that this arm of the tenth master can't be saved. If you want to save the life of the tenth master, you have to send the tenth master back to Shengjing as soon as possible. ”

Hearing the doctor's reply, Mang Gurtai's face became more and more gloomy. He knew that the Derger class was badly injured, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

The Derg class was at least 50 steps from the wall when it fell, right?

50 steps can also break through the armor, the power of this new weapon of the Ming army is really terrifying.