The Qing army slowly retreated, and the Ming army's rocket attacks had not stopped. Orha couldn't help but spit hatefully, and looked back, the battle formation of the Ming army in the distance was as immobile as a mountain, and he seemed to be able to see the cold gaze of the Ming soldiers behind the iron masks. Dazzling flashes surged, and the Ming army's front moved forward, bayonets like a forest, reflecting a dazzling light.

"There is a way that the poor rat eats the cat, and the momentum of the Tartar's counterattack this time is very strong." Wei Pu put away the binoculars, pursed the corners of his mouth, and sneered sarcastically, "But that's all." ”

The fierceness of the battle was far from being as easy as Wei Pu said, but the victor could be so arrogant. Of course, Wei Pu had his own reasons for optimism and confidence in victory, which all came from the supply from the rear. Not only supplies, but also new recruits, one is missing, and one is missing, and the number and strength can be maintained even if you continue to fight.

The fixed quota made it possible to control the salaries of each army, and at the same time, the addition of non-discriminatory personnel also eliminated the space for generals to have the idea of preserving their strength. A soldier is to concentrate on fighting a war and not to get entangled in messy things.

Wenchen Overseer, no; Eunuchs supervising the army, even more impossible. Generals have the freedom to command, but this does not become a condition for supporting the army and respecting themselves, or even raising troops to cause chaos. Because there is no private army, the salary and food are all supplied by the imperial court, the resettlement of the retired and disabled is in place, the pension for the dead is generous, the generals have no family, and they cannot control the promotion of officers, who will participate in the battle?

In the final analysis, only if you don't do a good job will you worry about the army and the warriors. Only with a system full of defects did the soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty unable to fight and unwilling to fight, and the generals were afraid of death, cowardly, greedy and selfish.

And the deepest disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty is the military tun system. As early as the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court used garrison soldiers to garrison the fields, whether they were stationed in the interior or in the frontier. Each soldier was allocated a certain amount of land by the state, and he had to cultivate it himself and be self-sufficient, so as to avoid the burden of the people and the difficulty of transporting food and wages.

It should be said that this method of cultivating the fields with the defenders has been effective for a certain period of time. However, the good times were short-lived. The land that the vast number of soldiers had worked so hard to cultivate and the grain they harvested was gradually arbitrarily appropriated and usurped by their direct rulers, the generals at all levels and local officials. The cantonment system was destroyed, and the grabbers of arable land quickly became rich.

These occupiers included the town guard governor, the governor of the same governor, the governor of the governor, the chief military officer, the deputy chief military officer, the commander of the capital division, and even those low-level officials such as thousands of households and hundreds of households and their children dared to invade. The generals stationed in the frontier took advantage of the power in their hands to privately set up their own farmland, occupy water conservancy facilities, seize fertile land and good land, and arbitrarily enlisted their subordinate sergeants to cultivate for them, and the harvest was all their own.

The border guards of the Ming Dynasty were mostly filled by criminals. Liaodong, which is the first of the nine borders, has "many sergeants who are guilty of crimes" in the border areas. They were charged with various felonies and sent to Liaodong. Incorporated into the army. Throughout the year, in addition to repairing the city and serving as guards, their main task is to engage in tuntian. They truly became serfs of local generals at all levels, and their share of land was seized at will, and the harvest could be expropriated at will or confiscated altogether.

As a result, the imperial court was embarrassed by finances, and the soldiers fell into poverty, and only fattened a group of warlords who supported their own troops. and a small number of elite families in their hands. How can the combat effectiveness of such an army be guaranteed?

What now. The military salaries from officers to soldiers are in full amount, and the distribution is also supervised at all levels, so no one should think about drinking soldiers' blood and eating empty salaries. There are no civil officials or eunuchs, but only the officers of the martial arts hall control the middle and lower levels, but logistics, military law, command, etc., each perform their own duties, and decentralize power and contain them. This basically formed an effective control over the army.

Tao Jizhi, as a veteran general of the Wu family, is not young, and has also experienced several battles in western Liaoning, especially the Battle of Songjin. Seeing that the Qing army failed to counterattack, it was defeated to Jinzhou. I immediately felt that the big picture was decided. In response to Wei Pu's confident words, he smiled and nodded, and said, "The Tartars should no longer be able to take the initiative to attack, so they can only stick to the daughter river." As for the roundabout attack on the rear route of our army, first, they do not have so many troops to deploy, and second, they are afraid that they are also afraid that our army's firearms are sharp, and it will be difficult to cut off the retreat of our army if they succeed in a detour. ”

"Even if it is cut off, our army has supplies from the sea, and we are not afraid." Wei Pu paused, and said with some unwillingness: "It's a pity that we have to advance steadily, I am afraid that the credit for the capture of Jinzhou will be taken away by others." ”

Tao Jizhi thought about it, guessed and said, "I'm not sure, right?" If the Tartars take the initiative to retreat, we may not be able to take the credit for nothing! ”

"Then it's up to them to choose where they choose to land." Wei Pu pondered and said: "Where the Qing army is weak, or they know best under their temptation. ”

Tao Jizhi nodded, and said meaningfully: "The war in the south is over, and the prince is going back to the military department, right?" ”

"That's how it should be." Wei Pu wasn't too sure, he looked at Tao Jizhi thoughtfully, and said tentatively: "If the Dangshuo army makes great contributions, the prince's face will also be glorified!" The book of the military department has been hanging empty, maybe it will be determined soon! ”

"I don't think the position of secretary of the military department will be given lightly." Tao Jizhi frowned slightly, and analyzed: "Long live to maintain balance, the factions in the army must be taken care of. King Jin, King Wei, King Zhao, King Zheng, plus the prince, it's too difficult to choose. ”

Wei Pu sighed softly, and it was not easy to comment on this matter. If you say that the most qualified, it should be Li Dingguo, the king of Jin. But Li Dingguo obviously did not want to do this, and only wanted to lead the army to fight abroad. As for Wu Sangui, although he is raising the flag anyway, after all, there is a stain on the Qingqing, and he can only be the candidate with the least hope. From the perspective of his own system, coupled with the relationship between relatives and relatives, Wei Pu naturally hopes that someone in the DPRK will take care of him, but he also knows that there is little hope.

As for the "they" mentioned, they were the naval divisions and marines transferred from the south, as well as a main division drawn from the Beijing Military Region. This coalition force has already boarded ships from Tianjin and is about to carry out amphibious operations near the left side of Jinzhou Bay. In other words, with the Dangshuo Army advancing step by step and there seemed to be no danger, the General Staff adopted a more threatening military plan.

The Da Liao River, the Da Ling River, and the Xiao Ling River, no matter where they landed successfully, all posed a huge threat to the Qing army in Jinzhou. The Dangshuo army in front was tightly pressed, and the Ming army in the flank was surrounded in a roundabout way, according to the strength of the Qing army, it was absolutely difficult to resist the flanking attack on these two sides.

either defend Jinzhou, and then change from stubbornly to death; Either retreat first to avoid the fate of being surrounded and annihilated. There were only two choices for the Qing army in Jinzhou, and each of them did not seem to be pretty. (To be continued......)