The fast horse had already arrived at the outskirts of Tianjin, and the panting captain of Jinyi sent the news of Tanggu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and at dawn in the early morning, the captain in brocade clothes almost fell directly from his horse, Ye Chunqiu, Zhu Houzhao, and Wang Shouren all stepped forward, and the captain said: "Come on...... Here it comes. ”

Sure enough, it came.

It's just that now you have to calm down and can't rush to help Tanggu.

In Tanggu, they were too close to the ship and could retreat calmly at any time.

At the moment, we can only lure the enemy deeper.

"How's the battle going?" Zhu Houzhao took a step forward, looking a little anxious, every minute and every second here made Zhu Houzhao feel uncomfortable.

"Tianjin Wei was defeated and retreated."

It was only five words, but it silenced everyone.

Ground......

The meaning of defeat and retreat is very simple, but the Francophile should have only arrived soon, otherwise the messenger would have already come, but the messenger had only been working for a long time from sending to leaving, why did he suddenly retreat?

The only possibility is that the Franc machine man was directly crushed, and the entire Tianjin Wei thousands of people were powerless to fight back.

Ye Chunqiu and Zhu Houzhao glanced at each other, and they had already gasped...... Crush.

Ye Chunqiu roughly knew that the Franco machine people in this era still used arquebuses, and even smoothbore guns were not popularized, and the firing range of the arquebuses was only one or two hundred steps, so if you said that in this era, the Franco machine people were using science and technology to crush their peers, which was obviously inaccurate, and their real strength was by no means in firearms, but in morale and the professionalism of officers and soldiers.

Because the countries of the Franc machine attacked each other, so all kinds of tactics came into being, and the loser was backward, and the backward was beaten, so the whole medieval Franc machine always had only one theme, that is, at any cost, to improve their own force, create new tactics, use better weapons, and cultivate braver soldiers.

Although the range of the smoothbore gun is not high, the accuracy is not enough, but its biggest advantage is that it can expand the size of the army on a large scale, for the professional army, to cultivate a cavalry or archer, it often takes many years, so almost in the Franco, the size of the army is not large, and the popularity of the smoothbore gun means that a farmer, only a few months, can easily kill a knight who has been trained for more than ten years.

Therefore, what Ye Chunqiu learned was that the current combat method of the Portuguese was to use the tactics of the square team, and nearly half of the musketeers used arquebuses as the main force of the attack, and then cooperated with spearmen as the auxiliary.

Originally, Ye Chunqiu thought that Tianjin Wei would always be able to resist for some time no matter what, but now it seems that even in the face of arquebuses, the Ming army of the guard is still vulnerable.

The problem is not in firearms, because in this era, Daming's firearms are not much behind, the root cause is ...... Or should it be blamed on this guard system, the root of the guard system is nothing more than the militia system, don't say that it is a Franco machine man, I am afraid that even if it is a professional army in the Han and Tang dynasties, it is enough to beat these militias in all kinds of ways.

It's just that...... Is it simply a problem with the guards?

Ye Chunqiu shook his head silently, looking at Zhu Houzhao with an aggrieved face, obviously not only that, the current problem of the Ming Dynasty, to a certain extent, is that it is difficult to return, and the root of the guard system lies in the tax system, if you want to eradicate the guard system, you must first take out a large amount of silver to support the professional army, and the professional army costs a lot, if you only rely on the annual income of more than two million taels of silver from the imperial court, what can you use to guarantee the professional army?

And is the tax system just that simple? Obviously, it is not, because the foundation of the tax system lies in the civil system of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with the civil service system, and even the civil service system of this cabinet has since been learned by the British, and finally drummed up a civil service system that integrates officials and officials.

The real problem must be the gentry class produced by the civil bureaucracy, yes, it is Ye Chunqiu, and the class where his eldest father Ye Ritian belongs.

This class has become pervasive and wants to reform the tax system? It is necessary to raise taxes, and where will they be increased? The gentry who have money and food cannot add it, not only do they not add it, but if the family has a fame, it may also be tax-free; Those clans have tens of thousands, and there are countless granges in each domain, can you collect taxes on their heads? Those businessmen have money, but the problem is, which businessman does not have the support of a few officials behind him? Collect their taxes, and in the final analysis, they still collect taxes from civil officials.

At this point today, it can be said that it is difficult to return, not only will the civil officials not be able to raise taxes on themselves, but what is more terrible is that they are better at castrating martial artists in the mind and spirit, there are a few real men in the whole Ming Dynasty, even if you are a great hero and have made great contributions, but so what, when you see a county order and prefect, you still have to kneel down, those famous generals who fought against the Japanese in history, if you want to make a difference, you have to bribe the master in the ministry, otherwise a hat is worn, no matter who you are, you will die without a place to be buried.

Now is obviously not the time to think too much, in an instant, the entire Tianjin Wei has been wiped out.

Ye Chunqiu didn't have the slightest intention of blaming these 'Qiu Ba' at this time, although most of them were as oily, faceless and skinless as Qian Qian, and even many people were greedy for life and afraid of death, who was to blame?

From the very beginning, no one has given them dignity, since you treated the martial artists in the same way as a tamed pug from the beginning, do you still expect them to transform into tigers and leopards when the crisis comes?

Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao seemed a little afraid, but what made Ye Chunqiu feel a little relieved was that soon, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the timidity on his face, clenched his fists menacingly and said: "I will never back down, Chunqiu, let's fight with them." ”

Although Zhu Houzhao likes to talk on paper, and often likes to mess around, but in military affairs, he is not confused, from hearing the five words said by the brocade guard who sent the news here, he can imagine the ferocity of the Franco, and can even predict what kind of danger they will face in the face of such a group of people.

Zhu Houzhao is a human being, how can he not be a little afraid in the face of danger like burning his brows? But...... He was furious......

He was a dignified person, and he couldn't tolerate such a fiasco, so the fear in his heart was gradually suppressed, and his eyes seemed to be burning with a raging fire, and he couldn't wait to annihilate those hateful Franco-Robot people now.

Ye Chunqiu nodded at Zhu Houzhao, and then roared: "Assemble." ”

With an order, the new army members of Zhenguo began to assemble, and everyone, their faces were solemn, but they were very silent, only the murderous aura of that body diffused.

(To be continued.) )