Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Greatest Weakness of the Imperial Court

It is precisely because she knows more about Qin Liangyu, a female general, that her status in the eyes of Tianqi becomes more and more lofty, even surpassing Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, and all the civil and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty.

Because her loyalty can be learned by the sun and the moon, and because of her meritorious deeds, if there were a few more people like Qin Liangyu in the Ming Dynasty, whether it was a rogue, or a prisoner, they would have turned into dust a long time ago.

However, the Apocalypse did not have too many arrangements for Qin Liangyu for the time being, because the rebellion caused by Extravagant Chongming had not yet been pacified, and Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers were still trying their best to suppress the thieves.

Moreover, the white pole soldiers are already a mature army, and Qin Liangyu doesn't have anyone to worry about their drills, the only drawback is that the more warlike soldiers there are, the better.

But now this idea is a bit unrealistic, because the training and support of the white pole soldiers are the finances of the Tusi.

Even if he helped the court to fight, he almost always provided his own food and salary, and rarely stretched out his hand to the court, which was very valuable.

With the financial resources of the Shizhu Xuanfu Division, it was difficult to support more troops, and now the Apocalypse did not have enough reason to directly allocate funds to Qin Liangyu.

Because the peak period of the extravagant Chongming rebellion has passed, and now it is only dying, relying on geographical advantages, and it is difficult for the Ming army besieging him to launch a large-scale attack, after all, the terrain around Sichuan and Guizhou is very complicated.

Without large-scale battles, there would be no military exploits, and the Apocalypse would have no reason to reward the white pole soldiers, otherwise, the other Ming armies who fought with them would not be convinced.

If they were all rewarded, the court would not be able to come up with so much money.

Therefore, the apocalypse can only silently write down Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers for the time being, and then find an opportunity to compensate for it in the future, and not make too many arrangements now.

There are also Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui, these two are also loyal and brave generals, they are very brave in battle, and they have also achieved good results outside the pass, and both of them are also chief military officers at this time.

The position is high enough, and there is no need to arrange for them to be promoted, just keep the status quo for the time being.

However, there is a problem between the two of them that makes Apocalypse a headache.

They were originally colleagues in the Liao Army who had worked together for many years, and the relationship was very good, but the year before last, because of the rescue and the distribution of credit, there were some contradictions between the two sides, and they gradually became suspicious.

At that time, there was a big trouble, after all, the two were both generals in command, so how could they work together in Liaodong in the future?

In case the conflict between the two deepened, the imperial court finally chose to separate them, so the Mangui seal was moved to the gate of Shanhaiguan.

But this is just an expedient measure, if Jianyu attacks again, Man Gui will definitely be transferred out to support, and when the two appear on the same battlefield, if something happens, it will be a big trouble.

This is not an apocalypse, because the number of generals in the Ming Dynasty and the discord between different subordinate armies eventually led to extremely serious consequences.

The first thing to talk about this kind of thing is the Battle of the Hunhe River in the first year of the Apocalypse, when the Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Liao soldiers who participated in the war were full of contradictions, distrustful of each other, and even to the point of swords and soldiers.

Before the start of the battle, the Zhejiang soldiers and the Sichuan soldiers first broke out in fire, and even used artillery to shoot at each other, and both sides suffered serious casualties.

Subsequently, the Zhejiang soldiers fought with the local Liao soldiers, and there were also casualties among each other.

The three parties participated in the battle of the Hunhe River with such contradictions.

The first to fight with Jianlu was the white pole soldiers of the Sichuan army, and the Zhejiang soldiers, who were already deeply contradictory with the Sichuan army, directly chose to stand by.

And the Liao soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers also had contradictions, and when they saw that the Zhejiang soldiers did not save them, they also chose to watch from the sidelines, because they had the intention of impeaching the Zhejiang soldiers with this matter afterwards to avenge the revenge.

As a result, they watched as Jianyu concentrated their forces to wipe out the white pole soldiers.

After Jianyu finished fighting the white pole soldiers, he began to attack the Zhejiang soldiers again, and the Liao soldiers were even more helpless and continued to watch.

Then after the Zhejiang soldiers were eliminated by Jianyu, the Liao soldiers were left to face alone, and the result can be imagined.

In the battle, the most taboo troops were broken by the enemy, but these Ming armies artificially helped Jianyu to create this God-given opportunity.

In fact, whether it is the Liao soldiers, the Zhejiang soldiers or the white pole soldiers, they are the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not cowardly and afraid of death, and thousands of people are not the slightest cowardice in the face of tens of thousands of sieges.

Almost all of them fought bloodily until the last moment in extremely unfavorable combat conditions, and did not choose to surrender to the enemy.

Therefore, this tragic ending is not a crime of war, but a man-made disaster.

If they can put aside their previous suspicions, put their hatred with Jianguo first, and work together, even if Jianguo can win, they will at least pay several times the price.

Because they have achieved a lot of results when they faced Jianyu alone, especially the white pole soldiers, who withstood the crazy impact of Jianyu many times, and the battle situation was stalemate for a while.

If the Zhejiang soldiers and the Liao soldiers can give support in a timely manner, it is difficult to fight a wonderful battle with fewer victories.

However, there is no if.

Whenever I think of the tragic situation and results of the Battle of the Hunhe, the apocalypse is indignant.

The most terrible thing is that the Ming army did not learn a lesson from it, and after that, there were countless times when their own people cheated their own people, calculating to retaliate against those who had a disagreement with them at critical moments, and even directly led the army to escape, exposing the backs of friendly troops to the enemy.

Gradually, many generals in command of the army are cautious in every battle, and as soon as they notice that something is wrong, they immediately take the lead in running away, because if they run slowly, they are likely to be sold by others.

How can such an army fight? Therefore, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of troops often appear to collapse.

As a result, the last bit of residual power of the Ming Dynasty was slowly exhausted, and then collapsed with a bang.

However, many contradictions are between different factions or problems left over from a long period of time, such as the contradictions between the Zhejiang soldiers and the Liao soldiers when they aided Korea.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the apocalypse was powerless to change, and the imperial court was only with mud many times, without fundamentally solving the problem.

In fact, the Jianyu also have their own factions and contradictions within the Jianguo, but their ability to blend together is far stronger than that of the Ming army, at least they will not pit each other on the battlefield.

When there is something to fight at home, when it comes out, it will focus all on the Ming army, but the Ming army often comes in reverse, eager to borrow the enemy's knife on the battlefield to get rid of their political enemies, which is simply speechless.

Tianqi understood the main reason, this was because the Ming court's control over these armies that had gradually become warlords was too weak, on the one hand, it wanted them to fight well, and on the other hand, it was worried that they would run to Jianyu's side.

So many times they have to try their best to appease, for fear of doing something too irritating them, and they often use this to manipulate the court.

To put it bluntly, it is the lack of a strong central army of the imperial court, which is also the biggest weakness of the Ming court.

If Li Banghua had trained more than 100,000 Beijing battalions and had the same combat power as the white pole soldiers or the Zhejiang soldiers at the beginning, the situation would definitely be much better.

This is the case with Jianyu, and when Huang Taiji came to power, the other three Baylors were not convinced, but they had no choice but to have the strongest strength in their hands.