Yang reformed and felt that his body was much warmer. I was going to talk to Sun Chengzong and discuss it.

It's a spacious house, and outside it's a train of new recruits. Inside, there was only a small stove with a fire. It's just a little bit better than the outside.

Sun Chengzong poured a cup of tea for the emperor.

Yang Gengai rubbed his hands, the training just now accelerated the blood circulation, and he rushed into the house, the heat loss slowed down, and his body suddenly felt a lot hotter.

In the middle of the house is a huge sand table, which looks similar to Yang Reform's on the platform, and it is also a situation map of Jingshi and Guanwai, but the scale is smaller, and it is not as exquisite as Yang Reform's work. But the terrain is clearly marked.

"Hehe, Master Sun, I have a heart, looking at this sand table, I feel that the battle between my Ming Dynasty and the Dongyu is a life-and-death dispute! Either he will be extinct, or my Ming Dynasty will fall apart! I miss my bright clothes, I'm afraid that I will inevitably be cut off at that time! Alas......" Yang Reform sighed, telling the truth, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, marked by the coal mountain he hanged, the Ming Dynasty was finished, and then Jin ended in a complete victory.

"Your Majesty must not be so negative and discouraged. Thinking of me, thousands of people and more than 2 million troops, how can I be afraid of his small Diyi tribe? Sun Chengzong said.

"Master Sun doesn't need to comfort me like this, I know the truth. Presumably Master Sun also understands, although there are tens of thousands of people in my Ming Dynasty, but they have not awakened, although there are millions of troops, but they are all useless, as soon as the East captives come, I am afraid that when the time comes, it will be like throwing nets and scattering fish, whipping sheep to drive my army, hehe......" Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this ...... My Ming Dynasty still has an army that dares to fight, and it is not as unbearable as Your Majesty said. Although ...... "Although most armies are not very good, even basic defensive operations are very difficult. It is not wrong to say that there are armies that dare to fight, the cavalry of Liaodong, as well as the armies of several other places, still have some combat effectiveness. And not wrong.

"Hehe, Master Sun, don't comfort me, I understand the situation." Yang reformed.

Sun Chengzong will no longer say it, His Majesty is also a clear man for military matters, and the things he said are basically the same. Sun Chengzong's evaluation of the emperor in military affairs is also quite high.

"Master Sun, let's explain to me, how this new army should fight in the future, especially the field battle, and how to conduct the field battle with the Eastern Captive?" Yang Gengai only gave Sun Chengzong a pamphlet, which explained how to train infantry recruits, and did not involve specific operations. Therefore, Yang Gengai decided to discuss with Sun Chengzong the specific tactics to deal with the Houjin, otherwise the new army would have nothing to train after training the basic infantry drills.

"Your Majesty, firearms against cavalry, our dynasty has long had a precedent for tactics, generally infantry in the middle, relying on firearms to defend tightly, cavalry on both sides, strictly prevent enemy cavalry sneak attacks, cavalry on both sides can also attack and defeat the enemy." Sun Chengzong was not ambiguous, so he cooperated with Yang Reform to explain the start and ride.

"Well, that's it? So, what about the ratio of weapons? How? ”

"Your Majesty, half to seventy percent of the infantry are musket-bearing, and three columns are armed with guns, and they shoot in turns to keep the fire going. Others hold shields or palladium to protect musketeers, and when the enemy is in close proximity, they use shields or palladium to block the enemy. There was also artillery bombardment in the front row to disperse the enemy's formation...... "Sun Chengzong can also be regarded as a horse for many years, and he is quite familiar with these military combat skills.

"What does Master Sun mean is to first bombard the enemy with artillery, then use muskets to kill and injure the enemy in three columns, and when the enemy strikes at close range, he will rely on shields or palladium to protect the musketeers?" Yang Gengai wondered, how could he think about it the same as himself?

"Yes, Your Majesty, first the artillery bombardment, then the muskets, and finally the shield and the palladium blockade. In this way, if well organized, it will be very difficult for the enemy to get close. When the enemy's attack was weak, or when he had the intention of retreating, the cavalry on both sides attacked and completely routed the enemy. Sun Chengzong replied.

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Yang Reform wondered, why did the Ming Dynasty have such a tactic? So how do you lose when you dry with wild boar skin? Puzzled and puzzled.

"Master Sun, since there are such sharp tactics, why do we always fail in the field battles with Dongyu? And a defeat is a defeat? Yang asked puzzled.

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Sun Chengzong also had a headache about this problem, the Ming Dynasty did not have sharp muskets, nor could it make powerful cannons, nor did it have no cavalry. It's a pity that when encountering the Eastern Captives, the field battle is always lost, for various reasons, such as a literati leading the army, never seen the "world", saw the enemy himself was scared half to death, the urine was scared out, barely held out for a few minutes, the urine could not be held back, went to pee, the result was that the "boss" was not there, it is estimated that he ran away, so, a large group of people ran away, and the result was a big defeat, and the enemy drove the sheep; The military generals rely on their families to fight, and they regard their families as their own private property, who will take their private property as a game of their lives?

Sun Chengzong thought about it, hesitated for a long time, looked around for a while, and then whispered: "...... Wen does not know the soldiers, and the generals are afraid of death......" summarizes the reasons for the invincibility of the battle with wild boar skin at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also a true portrayal of the end of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Yuan Chonghuan finally came out of Wenchen, who was a literati and could also lead troops, but unfortunately, his strategic vision was so bad, at most he was a division commander, a regiment commander, a garrison commander and something like that, and he did it face-to-face with the enemy. Once the time comes to start a strategic competition with the enemy and a strategic vision, the military IQ will drop sharply, and the system of being the commander of the division and regiment and the commander of the garrison will still be used in the competition at the strategic level. Typical "Wen does not know soldiers". It is easy to explain that the generals are afraid of death. The family system can well explain the problem of the army's combat effectiveness in the late Ming Dynasty.

A general's combat effectiveness comes from the family, and the others are used to make up the number and eat the empty sound, and only the family can protect the status and wealth of the general, once the family is exhausted or the loss is too heavy, the general will have no capital, of course, he will not fight to the death, so when he needs to compete for the perseverance of both sides, the transfer often happens, so at a critical juncture, there will be pig-like teammates around him. [Uh-huh, it looks like I'm playing again, boss, it's time to add money.] It is reasonable to encounter a big drive of sheep during the field battle with the wild boar skin.

The family system is only suitable for bandit warfare and public security warfare with little combat intensity, and is not suitable for large-scale field warfare of field armies, and there are inherent deficiencies in consumption and replenishment. You can't add the family of General A to General B, even if you supplement the past, he will not be a family member, and the family is self-contained, and the integration between different family members is quite slow.

Yang Gengai could only sigh. Speechless.

After half a ring, Yang Gengai asked again: "Master Sun, you said that this kind of tactics has already existed in our dynasty?" Is there a case of war? ”

"Your Majesty, when Qi Shuai fought against Mongolia before, I used this method of warfare all year round, and it was very easy to use, and I could basically win." Sun Chengzong explained.

"Fighting the Mongols? Can you win? …… Uh...... "Yang Reform remembered that there was still a force at the end of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Mongolia, to say that it is strange, this Ming Dynasty hit Mongolia, that is, to fight a waste of firewood, a few strokes to beat Mongolia down, never ambiguous, but, once on the wild boar skin, it will not work, it is really a strange thing." The same is true when fighting the peasant army, where a few thousand officers and soldiers can often fight against tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of peasant troops, and they can still win. As soon as it encounters the boar skin, it wilts, is the wild boar skin really a god-like opponent? [Boss, I seem to be playing again......]

“…… Master Sun, why is that? They are all nomads, so why are the results so different? Yang asked puzzled. [Actually, wild boar skins can be regarded as semi-nomadic at best, but there is no shortage of horses, and there are cavalry. 】

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Sun Chengzong didn't answer immediately, thought for a long time, and said, "This may have to be explained by His Majesty's words!" The question of the will to fight. ”

"What's the explanation?" Yang reformed.

"Actually, it's very simple, if the will to fight of the Ming Dynasty can hold out until the army begins to rout after 30% casualties, then Mongolia has no chance to wait until our dynasty has more than 30% casualties, and at that time Mongolia has basically collapsed. Donglu is different, I'm afraid that the casualties of our dynasty are all four, and Dongyu is still holding on. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to hold out until the moment when Dongyu collapses. I collapsed in the first place...... Therefore, after reading His Majesty's three elements, will, organization, and discipline, the old minister was also suddenly opened. Enlightened. If you want to defeat the Eastern Captives, you have to start with the will and discipline of this battle! ......" Sun Chengzong said what was in his heart. also explained to Yang Reform why in the face of the Mongols, the peasant army, and the wild boar skin would have different results.

Yang Reform now understands why Sun Chengzong worked hard to train himself in the new army, on the one hand, he is the emperor, and it is an obligation and a responsibility for the emperor to help the emperor; On the other hand, I am afraid that I also want to test whether my words are correct and whether I can turn over the boar skin.

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“…… That is to say, if I want to win the East Capture, I may need to withstand fifty percent casualties without collapsing? Yang Reform boldly made a set.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks so." Sun Chengzong nodded and said.;