PS: I'm not in the state today, is it because I have eaten too many fritters?

Hu Guang looked at Hu Hansan, smiled, and then said to him: "The combat strength of our field regiment is indeed strong, but the Ming army is not all the kind of opponents we have encountered. I think you should have heard of the truth that a soldier will be a nest of bears? ”

Hu Hansan, as the person who led the troops to fight, naturally heard about it, and immediately nodded.

"Whether it is You Shilu in the past, or Sun Xianzu, their ability is just like that. But this does not mean that the generals of the Ming army we met in the future are just such skills. Hu Guang said, and remembered the celebrities at the end of the Ming Dynasty, such as Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Xiao Cao and so on. They can leave a reputation in history, and there must be something powerful about it.

As soon as Hu Hansan heard this, a trace of pride in his heart was suddenly lost, because according to Hu Guang's words, what he thought of was the marshal Qi Jiguang, the god of war at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if he had confidence in himself and the Heavenly Army, as a person from the Ming Army, he didn't dare to say that he could win against the Qi Family's Army.

Of course, at present, Marshal Qi Jiguang has been dead for decades, and the Qi family army no longer exists. But the Ming Kingdom is so big, who knows if there will be the next Qi Dashuai.

Thinking that the Ming Kingdom is so big, but there is only one place for the Heavenly Army, Hu Hansan suddenly felt that it was difficult to chase the Central Plains.

He is not a person who is good at hiding his emotions, so his psychological changes are all seen by Hu Guang and he knows it well.

He didn't want to hurt Hu Hansan's morale, so he immediately changed the conversation and said: "But we are not arrogant, as long as we are not arrogant or rash, and treat it seriously and carefully." Winning the Ming army is a matter of high probability. ”

When Hu Hansan heard this, he was a little confused. The chief will explain that the army is powerful, and then he will say that there is a high probability that he can win the Ming army. Is that true?

Hu Guang naturally saw his doubt, and immediately explained to him: "You are also from the Ming army, and you know that the Ming army actually relies on the general's family to fight. And what is the proportion of family members in an army? Just like a few days ago, on the bright side, we had about 2,000 people dealing with about 5,000 Ming troops. But you know how it is......"

Hu Guang said, and Hu Hansan nodded. If it is only against ordinary peasant troops, even ordinary soldiers in the border army can come in handy. But when encountering a strong army called the Heavenly Army, those ordinary soldiers are a burden to put it mildly.

It is said that when Jianlu fought against the Ming army, he first broke through on the ordinary soldiers, drove them to attack the Jiading team, and finally harvested his life in the rout of the Ming army.

Of course. Hu Hansan didn't know this, but he could come up with it based on the battle between the Heavenly Army and the Ming Army.

Hu Guang continued to analyze him: "The situation of the Ming Army exists now, and it will also exist in the future. This is determined by their national conditions, and cannot be transferred by their own will......"

This is a bit esoteric to Hu Hansan, and he can't understand it. After all, he is just an ordinary Ming army background, although he is already called the commander of the Heavenly Army. But with knowledge and vision, it is impossible to reach the height of the overall situation. Therefore. He asked, a little curiously, "Chief, what does this mean?" ”

"Because the imperial court has no money, it is impossible to allocate the full amount of military salaries. Then it has to go through the corruption of officials at all levels, and even less when it reaches the hands of generals everywhere. Then the generals at all levels will take some from the military salary, and how will the rest feed the whole army? ”

Hu Guang's words suddenly made Hu Hansan suddenly realize, and made him understand the deep reason why he was owed military salaries before.

"Therefore. The Ming army was finally reduced to the current family system, and this is how it came about. As long as the root cause of lack of money is not solved, this problem will not be solved. Hu Guang saw Hu Hansan nodding, so he continued, "And our call Heavenly Army is completely different. I don't need to say that. In this way, we call the Heavenly Army against the Ming Army, and if we abandon the strategic factor of the generals, it will naturally be much better, even if it is less than the other party in number. ”

Hu Hansan had a smile on his face when he heard this, and at this time, he already understood what Hu Guang meant.

"But there are exceptions to everything, like the white pole army of Sichuan Tusi, the soldiers' families are controlled by Tusi, and they have to work hard without military salaries, plus the ability of leading generals can also be regarded as a special existence where the whole army is elite."

"And the previous Qi family army was a conscription system, and it was the same as we called the Heavenly Army, and the whole army was elite. This is the important tax area of the imperial court that was greatly affected by the Japanese invaders, and had to scrape together so much money. Hu Guang introduced this and said solemnly, "In the future, if the imperial court is forced to be in a hurry, it is also possible to follow the example of the Qi family army and carry out the recruitment system in a small area." ”

Of course, these words were a bit far away, Hu Guang came back to his senses, and instructed Hu Hansan: "We must first manage the base area, and we don't have to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, otherwise the food alone can make us, who have expanded too quickly, become the second Ming Kingdom." ”

Although this is a bit exaggerated, the truth is a truth. Hu Hansan immediately nodded and said, "Chief, I understand." ”

Late at night, although Hu Hansan had already said goodbye and left, Hu Guang had not slept yet. At the moment, he is not in a hurry to occupy the city in the pass, there are actually many reasons, he just didn't say it.

"Talent, talent!" Hu Guang couldn't help but shake his head and muttered to himself.

If you want to occupy a big city like Baodezhou City, you don't have to have a garrison, you have to have civil affairs talents.

But the Heavenly Army is only composed of the lowest level of ordinary people, and some of them know how to farm, hunt, and do some small business. But if they can write, calculate, and make overall arrangements, involving all aspects of civil affairs, it will be blind.

Take literacy as an example, no matter how hard Hu Guang tries to promote it, after all, it has only been more than half a year, and most of the soldiers of the Heavenly Army still only recognize a few words. The smarter ones are at most able to remember some words related to their own lives.

Only very smart people like Yaya and Sixiao can know more words, and they can even learn by themselves according to the dictionary.

If you take the city and finally let those old scholars manage the city, it is better not to fight. What Hu Guang wants is not just a change of dynasty, but a completely new China.

Therefore, Hu Guang's plan was to first manage the Hetao Plain, and at least have a stable source of food and talent reserves, and then gradually annex and occupy the Ming Kingdom.

However, even if this is the case, it is not something that can be done.

Just like Hu Guang at this time, he thought that he could finally solve the food crisis and return to the base area with nearly 10,000 people and enough food. His beautiful idea was seriously challenged at noon the next day. (To be continued......)