Chapter 8: Three Strategies, Cromwell

As the old rival of the Central Plains Dynasty, the various tribes of the steppe that have fought against it for thousands of years, whether it is the Xiongnu, Turkic, Khitan or Mongolian, have caused huge trouble to the Central Plains Dynasty.

What's more, such as Mongolia, even once entered the Central Plains.

No one can guarantee that a dynasty will prosper forever. And the northern tribes, like the sword of Damocles, hang over their heads and fall at any time.

Especially when the Central Plains Dynasty was in decline.

Yan Quan longed for a solution to this problem once and for all, and to bring the grasslands truly under the rule of Dahua.

However, the strategies proposed by Dahua's courtiers obviously did not meet his requirements.

It's nothing more than a set of fetters and kings, at most it is a more optimized plan and a stronger binding ability, but it is a symptom rather than a cure.

The emperor was a little disappointed, and he subconsciously set his eyes on Yan Ling, who was standing at the head of the ministers and the old god was there.

These days, this Shoufu has gradually begun to reduce his meddling in government affairs and give Yan Quan more and more autonomy, but this important thing really has to rely on him.

Yan Quan looked at his ancestor:

"What is Shousuke's best plan?"

Yan Ling spoke.

In the past three hundred years, he has thought a lot and made many plans, and this is one of them. Long before the last dynasty, he already had a draft.

"There are three strategies."

"A right."

In the grasslands, all the welfare of the people is equivalent to that of the Guannai, and the specific policies have been changed according to local conditions, but there has been no change on the whole. In the same way, the most important education will also follow, but the things learned will change, for example, the knowledge of farming is taught in the Kannai, and the knowledge of herding is taught outside the Kansai.

The most important thing is the evaluation of officials. Yan Ling proposed that whether it is the evaluation of officials or the evaluation of soldiers and officers, they should be equal.

This undoubtedly caused a stir among officials. After all, although there were similar precedents in the Ming Dynasty and other dynasties, there were not many people, and secondly, they were basically concentrated on the army.

Yan Ling's is completely different, and naturally many people oppose it.

But Yan Ling just said, "It is precisely because of the previous dynasty that it should be implemented." Do Muffel and others want to repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty? And he made the crowd fall silent.

"The second is to build a city."

In the transportation nodes of the grassland, where the water and soil are suitable, cities are built in imitation of the interior, and they are set up as settlements to manage an area, and herders graze in this area.

Although thermal weapons are already on the rise, they have not yet developed to the point where they can completely eliminate the city walls, at least in those areas that are closer to the frontier there is still a need to build them - again, you are developing, but your opponent is still in place, and it is a reason to equip the Chinese army with green armor.

"Three are circulation."

For example, the restrictions on circulation inside and outside the Great Wall will be completely lifted, such as building railways to the grasslands, such as allowing people in the two places to settle freely, and so on.

In this way, after a few decades of hard work, it can be basically achieved to ensure that there will be no more chaos in the northland.

The court was extremely quiet, until Yan Ling's voice was echoing.

The ministers stared at Yan Ling speechlessly. This Shousuke, this is a completely different decision from the previous dynasties!

No one had ever thought that way before.

But after thinking about it carefully, they were stunned to find that as soon as these three strategies came out, they were afraid that they could really be peaceful.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yan Ling said indifferently:

"I don't want to build the Great Wall."

"Gather people's hearts and think it is the Great Wall."

……

On the vast plain, two armies in white and red uniforms collided.

The parliamentary army was clearly at a disadvantage.

Not far away, an old man was riding on a war horse, looking at the battlefield with a clairvoyant mirror, and the sweat on his forehead showed his nervousness.

The Parliamentarian army was retreating, but it was in Cromwell's plan.

If it had been a month earlier, he would never have dreamed that he would be defeated by his former men.

Obviously, the royal army was defeated and retreated by them some time ago, but as soon as this royal army of 5,000 people entered the battle, it quickly stabilized the situation, and he was also defeated by this royal army when he was caught off guard.

What's going on?

The opponent's ability to withstand casualties is much stronger than that of ordinary royal troops, and the armament is even more terrifying, the equipment rate of its flintlock pistols is very high, the quality is also quite good, and it has a large number of artillery, and under several attacks, the parliamentary army suffered heavy casualties.

The cavalry of the king's army, although still at a normal level, was also entangled with their cavalry, so that they could not reinforce them.

Eventually, the casualties reached the limit of what the parliamentary soldiers could bear, and the corpses and wails on the ground constantly irritated their nerves, and they collapsed, and the parliamentary army suffered a crushing defeat, with more than 7,000 troops killed and more than 2,000 killed.

The king's army continued to advance, and there was this second battle.

This time, he's going to use a trick.

On the battlefield at this time, the parliamentary army had already begun to retreat. As if they had really lost the will to resist, they threw their weapons on the ground, and then, as if they noticed that the items on their bodies were slowing them down, they threw more things behind.

Many coins and ornaments were abandoned on the battlefield.

The pursuing soldiers of the royal army widened their eyes, and at this time, it was as if a fire appeared in their eyes, burning their reason.

Although the soldiers did not disperse in a hurry to grab the spoils of war like the original Wang soldiers, they couldn't help but slow down, obviously a little moved.

It is conceivable that as long as someone makes a start, then other soldiers will follow suit.

Seeing this, the officers of the instructor corps also couldn't help sighing.

If it were a soldier of the Chinese army, they would only trample these coins in the mud.

Everyone is greedy, but we should also know the timing. It's not that the soldiers of the Chinese army don't like money, but they know very well that once they pick up coins, they are likely to lead to a total collapse, and in the end, they lose both money and money, and with strict discipline training, they can control their inner greed.

Obviously, Wang Jun does not have this level.

However, they didn't plan to train these soldiers too well, knowing that before they went to England to train the new army, Yan Shishu had instructed them.

Wang's army won a crushing victory.

This is a script written by Dahua and Da Ying.

If you practice too well, it is a big victory, not a miserable victory.

Exactly in line.

The officers began to shout loudly, and the muskets in their hands opened fire into the sky, shocking the soldiers:

"Keep charging!"

"Those who advance live, and those who violate discipline die!"

"Gentlemen, when victory comes, His Royal Highness will not hesitate to reward you!"

(End of chapter)