"The total number of enemy troops killed in this battle was between 2,300 and 2,500. The captured enemy wounded were about three hundred people. The number of captured enemy troops was about three thousand. Cleaning the battlefield and seizing a large number of various materials are still being counted at the moment. The solemn-looking biochemical warrior's voice paused, and he looked at the handpiece report and continued, "Our army has lost twenty-one people in battle. Twelve of them were killed by misuse that resulted in the chambering of the musket. Nine others fell off their horses during the pursuit and died in close combat with the enemy. In addition, the total number of wounded for various reasons was about 200, most of them due to stampedes caused by crowding each other during the pursuit, and there were also sergeants who were wounded by beating each other in order to fight for the first rank. Above. ”

"How did the musket explode? The quality is so unreliable? Who is responsible for quality control? Sitting in the luxurious and extravagant military tent, Gao Yang, who listened to the report of the logistics statistics officer, instantly frowned and asked suspiciously. It's not a food quality issue. This is a weapon that is directly related to the fate of the country and the safety of the lives of the soldiers! Gao Yang will never allow any problems with quality.

"I've checked." Origin said in a timely voice: "It's not a matter of quality. It was the first time for a small number of sergeants to go to the battlefield, and they were too nervous and excited. Because of the panic and excitement, the operation is improper, resulting in repeated reloading and other accidents. This is the main reason, there are still no problems with the quality of the musket. After all, there are strict inspection procedures, and the biochemical warriors check it by themselves, and it is almost impossible for inferior products to flow into the army. ”

"A recruit is a recruit." Gao Yang shook his head slightly and sighed lightly. Raising his chin, he went to inform the gendarmes to confine down all the sergeants who were fighting for the first rank. All the exploits of this time will be confiscated, and all the next time they will be kicked out of the army. ”

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the logistics officer to leave. Gao Yang leaned back in his chair, took out a cigarette, and lit it. A cigarette between his fingers lit in the air. In the tone of an old bird, he said, "This is the main reason why veterans are so precious." Not because they are better trained than the recruits. It's because they've been on the battlefield, experienced the test of life and death, and their mentality is far stronger than those newcomers for the first time. After the recruits enter the battlefield, they may only be able to exert one or two percent of the strength they have in their usual training. But if you change it to an old bird. It may reach more than 30%! At least it won't blow up the chamber due to operational error. That's the mentality. ”

"You're an old bird." Origin joked: "When you first went to the battlefield, I didn't see how nervous you were? ”

"I'm the protagonist, of course the treatment is different. All right. End of this topic. What is the latest movement on the side of the Manchu army? After Gao Yang said a digression, he began to analyze the current situation.

"The battle over there in Ningyuan City is fierce. The Manchu army mobilized a large number of artillery to bombard Ningyuan City fiercely, if it were not for the fact that Ningyuan City was built very strongly, and the Manchu artillery power was insufficient. I'm afraid that General Wu is going to be the king of Pingxi. Yuan said with a chuckle.

"Then it's up to him to make his own choice." Gao Yang stood up and stretched. Slowly walked out of the tent and into the camp outside.

Looking at the golden sunset in the distance, I felt the warm afterglow of the sunset spread on my body. Pursing the corners of his mouth, he said with a little emotion, "The future destiny is to come out by yourself." If Wu Sangui can hold out until I break the siege, then his fate will go in another direction. If he didn't hold out, he would have surrendered before I arrived. Then I can only say I'm sorry. I want to rid the people! ”

"I don't understand such a mysterious thing as fate." Yuan said softly, "But I know that when faced with a difficult situation, making choices is the hardest thing. Different choices represent different futures. ”

"Hmm." Gao Yang responded. Squinting his eyes slightly, he looked at the busy and noisy camp in front of him. The sergeants had smiles of satisfaction and excitement on their faces. Gently hooked the corners of his mouth, and whispered, "I brought them here to change the fate of this country, this nation, and this world!" No one can stop me. Wu Sangui can't do it, Dolgon can't do it, even if Huang Taiji jumps out of the grave! ”

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When marching before, Gao Yang led the new army in front, while Wu Xiang's Jingying and Gaodi's Shanhaiguan soldiers were far behind more than ten miles away. It doesn't work. Wu Xiang's Beijing camp has already cut off hundreds of deserters' heads along the way. And those deserters who were not caught were at least a thousand!

The invincible army stationed in Beijing in the Zhu Di era was after hundreds of years of stumbling. By this time, it had already completely rotted away.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne in Beijing, the scale of the Beijing camp reached as many as seventy-two guards. The total number of sergeants is more than 300,000! The number of garrisons in the entire territory of Beizhili reached 600,000! At that time, Jingying was well-deserved as the strongest army in the world. This is also Zhu Di's military deployment that the central government is strong and the local government is weak.

With the passage of time, the large-scale Beijing camp has been changed again and again. From the three battalions at the beginning, it was changed to ten regimental battalions. The 10th Regiment Battalion was later changed to the 12th Battalion. Then it became the East-West Bureau. In the end, it changed back to three battalions, namely the five battalions, the Shenshu, and the Shenji. The scale is also gradually decreasing. The turbans have been cutting down the Beijing camp on the grounds that the country is too peaceful, too many soldiers are raised, and too much consumption.

No matter what the Ming court rectified the Beijing camp, the overall structure of the Beijing camp still did not deviate from the scope of the Ming Dynasty's Wei system, and the corruption of its system was inherited.

With the evolution of time, the problems directly related to life and death, such as military occupation and empty pay, have never been truly resolved. The Beijing camp, which was originally the core combat power of the country, soon became a confinement for the elites of the Beijing Division.

In the early years of Zhengde, Wang Zhongliang was ordered to rectify the Beijing camp. As a result, it was found that the number of soldiers registered with the Ministry of War was 380,000, but the number of registered soldiers was only 140,000. As for the only 20,000 people who can be used!

This was still in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have made many attempts to rejuvenate the Beijing camp, but each time it has ended in failure. No way. The magnates of the Beijing division not only ate the empty amount of military salaries, but also occupied the soldiers who were registered. Turn soldiers into domestic slaves in their homes. The huge self-interest hidden in it makes any attempt to change a lot of resistance. Even the emperor could not stand up to an entire elite class. Emperor Zhengde's accidental overboard, the Red Pill case, the palace transfer case, etc., all have inexplicable and complicated insiders behind these things.

By the end of Chongzhen's reign, the Jingying was actually extremely poor in combat. The occupation of service and air pay are higher than those of ordinary local ordinary battalion soldiers. Even among the soldiers who are registered, there are a large number of beggars, green skins, and helpers. It's all mixed heads. This is not even on the battlefield, and the march alone is already showing signs of collapse.

And the Shanhaiguan soldiers and horses on Gaodi's side are much stronger than Wu Xiang's Beijing camp. Anyway, after all, it is also known as the strongest Guanning army in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is much stronger than those rotten Beijing camps.

When the news came in the morning that Gaoyang's new army had been connected with the Jianyu, the collapse of the Jingying reached its peak.

Many sergeants threw away their rusty weapons and tattered mandarin duck jackets, which were full of straw. Just escaped from the camp straight. And Wu Xiang didn't have any intention of blocking at this time. He himself was making preparations, and once the news of Gaoyang's defeat came from the front, he would immediately flee all the way back to Shanhaiguan with the elite families around him. As for what to do in the future, it depends on the choice of his precious son.

The situation was similar on Gauddy's side, who was also packing his things and preparing to escape. It's just that the Guan Ning Army has the advantage of being at home, and they have a lot of experience in escaping, and there are almost no people who slip away alone. They were also waiting for the news of Gaoyang's defeat ahead.

It's not that they don't have confidence in Gaoyang, but for so many years, I don't know how many Ming troops have been buried in this land of Liaoxi, which has been soaked in countless red blood. There have been several times when the Ming army has gone to rescue the besieged fortress with more than 100,000 troops, including many strong troops. But in the end, it all ended in failure. What so many strong armies failed to do, Gao Yang with a mere 40,000 newly recruited peasants wanted to defeat the invincible Manchu army? Wu Xiang, how could they believe it!

"What's going on up ahead?" Although Wu Xiang marched all the way, he was very neatly packed. Dressed in dazzling armor, he rode on a tall horse, and asked in a deep voice to the spies who came back to report the military situation.

Unlike the grizzled faces of ordinary sergeants, the elite soldiers beside him were brightly armored and ruddy. His bearing and gaze were completely different from those panicked sergeants. These are the capital of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

Since Zhu Di's death, the military salaries and materials issued by the imperial court have fallen into the hands of the generals after being deducted by the turbans, which is no longer enough to feed and equip all the soldiers.

There was really no way, so the generals selected a small number of elite soldiers and used most of the military salaries to equip and train them, making them the only military force capable of fighting in their hands. And as time passed, the ordinary sergeants who lacked the training equipment of the silver became worse and worse from generation to generation, and finally became an incompetent division like Hanako. However, the family members who were paid by the generals broke away from the control of the imperial court and became the elite private soldiers of the generals. This is the reason why the combat effectiveness of the imperial army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was extremely low.

Civilian, military and military generals withheld layers of deductions. The sergeants who used their lives to defend their families and the country couldn't even eat when they arrived! It's not that you can't eat, not that you can't eat enough! And this is still up to the sergeants themselves. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all military households for generations. The wives and children in the family are also waiting to eat! In this case, who will go to work for you? Have fun with you?

Why did the Ming troops who surrendered so hard after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and they were more fierce than the other. It's full of hatred. (To be continued)