The new army of the Ming Dynasty is different from the old army in the past, in the old army, the Shangguan regarded the soldiers as his slaves and the capital of his achievements, so he treated the soldiers either by beating or scolding, or by using food and land to win over the brave and healthy people. Such an army naturally does not have the honor of a soldier, nor does it think about the meaning of war, they only naturally hate war, unless the object of war is weak and rich, and can allow them to plunder and vent their daily grievances.

And even those well-treated family members around the generals are the generals' personal soldiers, not the defenders of the country. For them, it is not important that the country exists, the important thing is that their food and clothing parents must not have accidents. After all, without the protection of the head of the family, their families will lose their homes and become homeless people on the streets.

Why the Ming army that surrendered to the Manchus was generally better than before, the first is that the Manchus have not learned the ability of the Han generals to deduct military salaries and corruption, and the Manchus have been living in the war, and the Manchus know that fooling the soldiers is undoubtedly committing suicide, after all, they do not have a huge and rich country behind them as a backing, and the Manchus are also one less to die, and they can't even afford to lose a war like the Battle of Sarhu, and the Ming people have strong capital, and losing four times is just a sibling injury.

Therefore, although the Manchu people's treatment of these surrendered soldiers was based on the standards of the Ming army, they did not discount it, neither took worthless black silver to deduct rice and grain, nor issued weapons and armor that had been decayed and destroyed. To evaluate military merits, there will be no rewards withheld by superiors, or even Zhang Guan Li Dai. Just these benefits have made many surrendered Ming soldiers desperately follow the Manchus to defend the Qing Dynasty, which shows how low the desire of the Ming soldiers is at this time.

In the newly formed Ming New Army, the source of soldiers was first expanded, from the former lowly military households to the children of good people. According to the Military Law, which was approved by the Emperor himself, the soldiers who served were not enrolled in the military household, and their social status did not change. There is a time limit for service, and after the expiration of the service period, he is no longer bound by the army and becomes a free man.

With regard to the cultivation of soldiers, ideological and cultural education has also been placed on the same level as military training. This point used to be a lot of criticism from the military department and generals, because everyone felt that the emperor was not training the army, but treating the army as a school, which was a bit nonsense.

After all, in the minds of these generals, the soldiers should be ignorant and cruel, and live like those savages who are like the captives, so that it is possible not to flee to these barbarians on the battlefield. A soldier who knows a few words and is able to see the world independently when he opens his eyes is not only not brave enough on the battlefield, but also difficult to control in peacetime.

No official would like a group of smart people who can read the laws of the imperial court, calculate the balance of food expenses, and then ask the officials for explanations. The most troublesome thing is that these smart people are not ordinary people, they have muskets in their hands, and they cannot be frightened by showing the majesty of officials.

Therefore, the farther away from the capital, the more perfunctory the military's ideological and cultural education becomes. However, after all, this is something that has never happened in the first place, and as the authority of the General Staff Headquarters has become higher and higher, and the armed forces of the Beijing army have become stronger and stronger, there have been fewer and fewer voices opposing cultural and ideological education in the army.

What is the essence of cultural and ideological education? In fact, it is the reshaping of the outlook on life, society, and the world, and without the reshaping of the three outlooks, the higher the military skills of the new-style army, the more likely it is that warlords will appear. As the emperor personally took care of cultural and ideological education, the guards were more ideologically aware of the concept of the motherland and the nation.

To put it simply, they are different from the old army that fought for clothing and food, they have their own ideals, and they join the army to defend the motherland, serve the nation, and bring peace. This difference in ideology and understanding alone allowed the Guards to persist in such a treacherous battle under the city of Yaozhou, and fled without facing the charge of the Manchu cavalry.

In the Guards, every recruit is told that the army is their second home when they join the army. In fact, for the children of the low-level families of the Ming Dynasty, the army is a real home.

In the agricultural era, even in the prosperous times, there were people dying of hunger on the road, let alone the current era of continuous famines. In this era, the poor could not express their love for their children, and their parents had to leave their young children at home when they went out to work, and they had to work in the fields when they were half old.

At this time, if the child is suddenly ill, there is often no treatment and care, so the parents are still fine when they go out during the day, and when they come back, they may only see a corpse. For this situation, there will be no scene of crying and grabbing the ground, the family will still cook as if nothing happened, and when they go out the next day, they will wrap the child's body and find a place to bury it.

In the countryside of the Ming Dynasty, such scenes abound. After all, the child mortality rate in this era is more than half of the birth rate, and most of the children die from low-income families. The people at the bottom have become almost insensitive to the death of their children, not because they lack affection, but because the miserable life has long dried their tears.

In such a social environment, not to mention that children can get emotional comfort, even being able to eat a full meal is a luxury. However, in the Guards, the supply of logistical support, the life of collectivism, and the ideological and cultural education made the comradeship between the soldiers more than the affection between the same family.

It is precisely the deep friendship condensed in weekdays that some soldiers would rather pick up the powder keg and die with the Qing cavalry after seeing their comrades killed, rather than retreat and flee.

If the Guards could be regarded as a strong army before, then after this contest with the Manchu cavalry, it has become an out-and-out strong army. A hundred times of training on the playground is not as good as a real battle. The experience of this battle has become the best nourishment for the growth of this guard, as long as they can return to Yingkou City alive.

The ensuing battle, in the eyes of Rausa, was the worst infantry attack since the founding of Manchuria, and after the experience of being charged by cavalry without being defeated, the morale of the Ming army was obviously even higher.

Although there were nearly 1,000 defenders of Turush and Yaozhou, this force had been frustrated in the previous battle to defend the city, and the Ming army, which had gathered men and horses under the city, completely dispelled the idea of the Yaozhou defenders attacking with a close-range volley of guns and a counter-charge.

If it weren't for the Ming army to focus on his side, Rausa estimated that just this battle, the Ming army would be able to capture the entire Yaozhou City, and it was obvious that this army was no longer enough.

Rausa led the remaining nearly 150 cavalry and confronted the Ming army until it was nearly dark, and Xing Ne hurried to arrive with 200 cavalry.

Rausa was quite complaining about the speed of Xingne, but looking at the Manchurian cavalry around him, who were mostly young people, he still suppressed the idea of wanting to get angry, and simply recounted the battle in the afternoon, which did not hide his mistake in judgment.

For Rausa, a group of veterans, the knowledge that nothing on the battlefield should be concealed has been carved into his bones, even if he loses his face, he does not intend to let the latecomers step on the same mistakes.

When Lausa told his combat experience, the young knights around Xingne were a little unimpressed, even if they didn't say anything, they already slandered in their hearts that this old general was really old, and even such a group of Ming infantry couldn't disperse, and they had to wait for their arrival.

Only Xing Ne listened quite carefully, did not let go of any details, and after listening to it, he said to Rausa respectfully: "In this way, this Ming army has a number of strong soldiers. From an adult's point of view, this army is similar to the Ming army that fought with us in the past? ”

Lausa pinched his beard and thought for a long time before he said sullenly: "I'm afraid only the Qi family army on the edge of the Hunhe River can be compared." ”

Xing Ne glanced back, and in the dim light, the Ming army entered the camp in formation, and then said to Lausa: "In this case, we can't let this army return to the camp." If the Ming army had the courage to confront our Manchurian soldiers, the war between the two countries would probably be even more brutal in the future. ”

Rausa glanced at Xingne, nodded slightly, and said, "You and I think it's pretty much the same, but do you think it's better to deal with this Ming army?" ”

Xing Ne thought for a while and said, "To deal with such an army, it is naturally the best artillery. As long as the formation of the Ming army is blasted open with artillery, and then the cavalry is used to chase and kill it, it can be a miracle.

However, the artillery of our army is still far away in Shenyang, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to reach it in a short time. I am afraid that this approach will be difficult to implement.

Secondly, it is to follow the example of the Xiongnu siege of Li Ling, give full play to the advantage of our foot cavalry, trap it under the city of Yaozhou, and then break it in one fell swoop when it runs out of ammunition and food. ”

Lausa groaned and said, "The defenders of Yaozhou City have lost their courage, and I am afraid it will be difficult to cooperate with us to trap this Ming army. ”

Xing Ne looked at the subordinates around him and said, "My lord has been in battle for a long time, and he is much stronger than me in the command of cavalry. Although the other aspects of Xingne are not good, only courage is acceptable. Therefore, I want to entrust these subordinates to my lordship, and I will personally enter the city to rectify the Yaozhou army and horses, and tomorrow I will cooperate with my lord to besiege this Ming army. ”

Although Li You made proper arrangements and left the camp at two o'clock in the morning after a short rest, leaving some of the heavier baggage in the camp and not taking it with him, not long after they left the camp, they were still discovered by the sentry horses left near the camp by the Qing army.

After receiving the news, Rausa immediately set up troops to chase and kill, although it was at night in poor light, but the Ming soldiers did not collapse because of the pursuit of the Qing army. For an army that has no sense of belonging, darkness is undoubtedly a good time to escape from the brigade and flee for your life alone.

But for a group like the Guards, it was obviously unwise to break away from the group and plunge into the darkness of the night in a strange place, gambling on its chances of survival.

The more people want to leave the group, the less likely anyone will leave the group, after all, sheep lost in the dark are more likely to be preyed upon by wolves first.

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