Chapter 465 Identification
Xiao Mu's Ming army and Huang Taiji's Houjin army have been fighting for two days, because the soldiers of the Beijing camp have been absent from the battle formation for a long time, and there is a lack of training on weekdays, it is obvious that they are not the opponents of the wolf-like Houjin army, or in other words, they can guarantee that they will not become a burden to Yuan Chonghuan, Hou Shilu and Man Gui, and they will not be "pig teammates" It is already quite a good performance, in addition, there is basically no other expectation for the army of Jingying - after all, on the first day of the war between the two sides, The Hongyi cannons controlled by the Beijing camp almost hit their own army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of weapons and equipment, the quality of the soldiers or the combat experience, in fact, the real main army of the Ming side is Yuan Chonghuan, Hou Shilu and the border troops of Liaodong, Xuanfu and Datong led by Man Gui.
But after all, the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army is very strong, although the statement that "the Jurchens are invincible" is a bit exaggerated, but this also just shows their bravery from one side - even if Yuan Chonghuan's army is already the most elite on the side of the Ming Dynasty, when fighting against the Houjin army, it still can't take any advantage, or often the losing side.
In particular, the two sides had already had some battles before, and in the previous attempts to intercept Huang Taiji's Houjin army and expel them from the capital, neither Yuan Chonghuan's Liaodong army, Hou Shilu's Xuanfu army, or Mangui's Datong soldiers and horses could take any advantage of Huang Taiji's Houjin army - or rather, if they had succeeded in intercepting Huang Taiji's Houjin army, they would not have to have a final decisive battle with Huang Taiji here in the capital now.
If I had to say a cruel fact, it was that the army led by Yuan Chonghuan, Hou Shilu and Man Gui had all suffered the defeat of Huang Taiji a few days earlier.
Therefore, for the most elite border army of the three roads of the Ming Dynasty, when facing the Houjin army that had just defeated their own Huang Taiji, they were already a little shorter in terms of momentum, even if the actual quality of the soldiers on both sides was almost the same, in this case, the Ming side had a great disadvantage, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army was obviously higher than that of the Ming army.
Therefore, after two days of fighting, although the city wall of the Ming Dynasty was still very stable, and the Houjin army of Huang Taiji was not able to shake the strongest city in this time and space, the losses of the Ming side were also not small.
In addition to the fact that the unpopular Jingying army did not suffer much loss - after all, it was equivalent to the existence of soy sauce, and most of the time it stood at the head of the city to watch the excitement, and the army that was already thankful for not helping was not a disadvantage, and there was no chance of any substantial losses. Yuan Chonghuan's main army of the three roads suffered very heavy losses, and after two days of fighting, many soldiers were killed or seriously injured, and weapons, grain and grass all continued to be replenished, even Xiao Mu could judge that the war would last for a few more days according to the current rhythm, and the three border armies that the capital could rely on now would basically lose their combat effectiveness.
That means that he must issue an edict to order all the soldiers and horses from all over the world to enter King Qin, and a large number of men and horses coming to the capital will bring a large amount of demand for military salaries, grain and grass, making the already very empty treasury even more unsustainable - and it is also very important that even if Xiao Mu orders King Qin, the quality of the soldiers of the army who came to King Qin from all over the country, the combat effectiveness of the army is undoubtedly not comparable to Yuan Chonghuan's elite border army, which means that Xiao Mu, the emperor and the imperial court, needed to spend a lot of military salaries, grain, grass and silver to supply the army of Qinwang, which was far inferior to the Houjin army in terms of combat effectiveness.
In fact, it is precisely because of the fact that the Qin Wang army admits a lot of defeat but has low quality that it will bring an extremely serious burden to the treasury, so Xiao Mu decided from the very beginning that he must not order the soldiers and horses of the world to enter the king of Beijing Qin until the last resort, because that is undoubtedly an overdraft of the future behavior of the Ming Dynasty, even if he repels the Huang Taiji, the Ming Dynasty may not be relieved in the next few years.
Therefore, since the current situation has reached such a point, Xiao Mu has no choice but to implement the second step of the "adventure" plan according to his original plan, that is, to personally participate in the battle, and use his own way to the front line to improve the morale of the soldiers fighting on the front line, and then count on the morale of the Ming army to defeat Huang Taiji's Houjin army - of course, the specific method is naturally not Xiao Mu at least rush directly to the enemy pile and fight around like a fierce general on TV, After all, Xiao Mu has a very clear understanding of his own force value, and what he can do is to put on thick armor as he told Lin Yi before, and then stand at the head of the capital under the strict protection of his own soldiers, watching the soldiers in front of him fight, that's all.
But even such a "relatively safe" "risky" action is still an "adventure" action in its essence, since it is an adventure, then Xiao Mu's plan was undoubtedly unanimously opposed by the ministers of the DPRK and China - when Xiao Mu put himself on the front line to supervise the battle, all the ministers of the DPRK and China seemed to have discussed it in advance, without any hesitation or any disagreement, everyone was twisted into a rope, kneeling down in unison, first saying that they had not been able to share the guilt for the emperor and deserved death. Then it means that the emperor has a golden body, and all the people in the world are all in one, and they must not do this risky thing.
At this time, the ministers of the DPRK and China seemed to be all models of close unity and sincere cooperation, as if the previous struggles between various factions and parties had all disappeared in an instant, without a trace, and every minister had become a selfless person without a party or faction, who was dedicated to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty -- in today's Ming Dynasty, there are not many things that can make all the ministers achieve such unity, and the last time they were so united was probably when they were held in the inner study hall before, Xiao Mu insisted on not letting the little eunuchs who participated in the study kneel down to worship the statue of Confucius.
That incident ended with Zongdao's resignation and Xiao Mu's compromise, but this time Xiao Mu did not intend to compromise because of the opposition of the ministers of the DPRK and China, because going to the front line to supervise the battle was already something he had decided to do - even Lin Yi had not been able to make him give up this idea before.