This is also a unique secret summed up by a diplomat from Britain many years ago to deal with the Ming Empire: he found that the level of officials in the Ming Empire was uneven and very regular. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Often, after a generation of hard-line officials has retreated, the new officials will use a mentality that borders on masochism to ease tensions.

It seems that the so-called one-size-fits-all rule that ancient China has always adhered to has been strictly adhered to by these officials. To be intuitive, to analyze this phenomenon with a reasonable explanation, it is that the high-ranking officials of the Ming Empire often overcorrect. At this point, this phenomenon is very common, in fact, ancient China has more than once self-examined and corrected excessively at the decision-making level.

For example, the Song Dynasty made strict corrections to the military general system of the Tang Dynasty, and until the fall of the Song Dynasty, the status of military commanders in the Song Dynasty was very low. Another example is the Ming Dynasty's rejection of the diplomatic methods of the previous dynasties, and vetoed all possibilities for maneuvering with an almost uncompromising and tough posture......

Leaving aside whether these corrections were correct or not, this kind of summary of the previous system, the examination of the former ruling class by the new ruling class, and the subversion of the former officials by the new officials - are definitely worthy of study and exploitation by the enemies of the Ming Empire.

The newly enthroned emperor will inevitably ease the situation on the border, and the newly transferred generals will naturally carry out the emperor's orders and adopt softer measures on the border. The officials will continue to be corrupt, the emperor will continue to enjoy themselves, and the border generals will continue to maintain their own respect...... After ten years of cheering up, the Ming Empire turned over and continued to sleep, which was not unheard of in the past two hundred years.

It is precisely because of this that Ye He Haolian is so sure, he is sure that sooner or later, the male lord of the Ming Empire will wear out his will; He was sure that this generation of capable generals of the Ming Empire would eventually grow old with the passage of time and withdraw from the stage of history; He is sure that he is a strong soldier, and his son will definitely be stronger than himself, and what he has lost now will be taken back sooner or later!

"Wait and see! Sooner or later, my Dajin Kingdom will come back here! Be the master here! Be the true master of the thousands of miles in the Guannai! At that time, tens of millions of Han Chinese will only be my slaves! The splendid rivers and mountains will be the family business of my Yehe family! In the office where the governor of the Wang family, named Wang Fu, was determined to fight to the death and never surrender, Ye Hehao let out a cold and terrible scream.

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"These traitors, they really don't have any humanity left?" Sitting on the turret of his tank, Fan Ming looked at the small forest in the distance, and muttered to himself. Their current position was already in Qingshuitai, and here they did not run into a large force of Jin defenders, and in the eyes of the Ming army's reconnaissance troops, their opponents had fled with their tails between their legs.

However, unlike when the Jin army retreated in the past, Ye Hehao Lian finally became ferocious under the blows of repeated defeats, and ordered the troops to burn down Qingshuitai, a small village that was inconspicuous on the map.

Fan Ming originally advocated deploying defenses in the Xintaizi area and waiting for orders from his superiors, but in the end, the soldiers of the Praetorian Guards had to continue to approach Mukden to the south, and he only had three tanks, so he had to follow behind these Praetorian Guards and carefully kill Qingshuitai. Fortunately, they were not ambushed or resisted by the Jin army, but unfortunately, when they arrived at Shimizudai, they found that the village had been completely wiped off the map.

"I've looked for it, there are corpses nearby, and the houses are burning. Those rebels should not have been gone for long, it is estimated that the troops behind the palace are under the hands, and we are still a step late. A Praetorian Guard scout riding a tall horse stopped more than ten meters away from Fan Ming's tank, he took the reins of the war horse, and the war horse under the seat circled in place, and opened his mouth to report the situation around him: "If you chase at full speed, you may be able to catch up before nightfall!" ”

The officer standing on the ground checking the map, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Armored Division of the Praetorian Guards, frowned, raised his head to look at the scout who was reporting the situation, and commanded: "Forward fan reconnaissance!" Keep both wings safe! If there is a special situation or an enemy, report back! ”

This set of reconnaissance procedures is the standard process for the training of officers of the new army, and it sounds quite high, but in fact it is just an ordinary military command method. The Praetorian Guard officers have gone through a series of cramming teachings before, and now they are very familiar with this set of things, which can be regarded as the three-plate axe in the Praetorian Guard's rigid military order.

Later generations commented that the Praetorian Guard troops would only fight "hard battles", and this is the reason: on the one hand, this tough battle refers to the high intensity of the battle and the high rate of battle losses, and on the other hand, it means that the officers of the Praetorian Guard will not be flexible and often fight hard. Of course, in a short period of time, a guard of honor loyal to the emperor turned into a strong force capable of fighting tough battles, which is still a miracle in military history.

"Counting the 2 companies and 4 assault guns that have just arrived and assembled, we have a total of 19 tanks and assault guns here. There should be no problem going on the offensive if we go full speed...... It should be able to catch up with this Jin army in an hour! The non-commissioned officer Fan Ming followed along the way was obviously a main combat faction, and he promised his battalion commander for fear that the world would not be chaotic: "I can fight!" Sir! ”

In the end, the battalion commander still felt that his troops of about 100 men could complete the offensive mission, and at least they could catch up with the Jin troops and fight a limited pursuit battle - he was confident that his troops had a strong attack power, and once they caught up with the enemy, they could advance at least another 5 kilometers. This is the requirement of the "Iron Clamp Plan" order issued by Commander Wang Jue: it must be advanced to the bottom of Fengtian City as much as possible.

"Leave 5 tanks and 40 infantry behind and start building fortifications on the spot! Set up a temporary circular defensive position upwind of the burning village. While packing up the map, the battalion commander gave an order that made Fan Ming a little devastating - he once again divided the weak force in his hand into two parts, and only used one part of it to complete the crazy pursuit plan.

Fan Ming really wanted to tell the battalion commander that he was only temporarily seconded, hoping that he could be assigned to the remaining troops. In that way, he can explain to the soldiers under him, and it can be regarded as giving himself a step to stop after the madness of the road.

But before he could speak, the Praetorian Guard sergeant who had "tricked" him stopped him: "You also want to avenge those people, right?" Come along, let's kill those brutes! (To be continued.) )