Wanli 1592

Chapter 367 Yuan Huang's hanging heart finally let go
In fact, looking at it as a whole, the Ming army's battles are very methodical, not to mention Xiao Ruxun's large firearm array, which has also been tested in actual combat. He was beaten so helplessly that 20 were beaten by [-] of the Ming army.

The world’s perception of the weak combat effectiveness of the Ming army mainly comes from the Tumubao Change, the Southern Japanese and Northern Captives during the Jiajing period, and the failure of the Ming army in the 20 years after the Sarhu War. However, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be maintained forever. Things that were difficult for ancient dynasties to do.

The combat effectiveness of the Ming army had two peaks. The first peak was during the Hongwu Northern Expedition and the Five Expeditions to Mongolia during the Yongle period. As long as the Mongols could be caught, they could be pressed to the ground and rubbed against them. The second peak was ecstasy. The peak was the six to seventy years from the rise of Qi Jiguang to the end of the Wanli Three Great Expeditions. During these two periods, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was very impressive.

The first weakening of the Ming army's combat effectiveness began with the Tumu Fortress Change. The destruction of the Wuxun Group wiped out all the military forces left by Zhu Di, and the Ming army entered a state of inadequacy. During the emperor's period, the fighting power of the Ming army rose slightly, and the Ming army as a whole showed a trend of decline. During the Japanese invasion in the southeast in the early years of Jiajing, the fighting power of the Ming army fell to the bottom.

It should be explained that the era of serious decline in combat effectiveness in the middle and late stages of the army began to change during the Jiajing period. The Japanese invasion in the southeast and the Mongolian invasion in the northwest brought serious threats to the Ming Dynasty, prompting the Ming Dynasty to start to rectify itself. The problem of the combat effectiveness of the army, especially the Japanese invasion in the southeast, deterred the Ming Dynasty no less than the defense of the capital after Tumubao.

The vulnerable fighting power of the Ming army guards deeply hurt the ruler's heart, so they made up their minds to rectify the army. It was against this background that famous generals such as Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou stepped onto the stage of history and opened the door for Jiajing The prelude to the sharp rise in the fighting power of the Ming army during the years, represented by the Qi family army, the fighting power of the Ming army once rose to the point at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The existence of Qi Jiguang is not just a matter of defeating the Japanese pirates and solving the Japanese insurrection in the southeast. The more far-reaching significance lies in the fact that his skill of training and leading troops was inherited by a group of famous generals. As a result, during the period from Jiajing to the Battle of Salhu in the late Wanli period, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has been greatly improved in the overall sense. Most of the firearms used by the Ming army in conjunction with infantry combat tactics came from the Qi family army guarding Jizhen. Qi Jiguang's improved firearms tactics during the period.

Xiao Ruxun's large firearm formation and artillery tactics were born out of Qi Jiguang's tactics against the Mongols, especially the mobile tactics of vehicles and artillery. After realizing that the mandarin duck formation could not deal with the Mongols, Qi Jiguang proposed a concept and then implemented it. During the years, he built a powerful mobile fire force. He used his genius conception and practical execution ability to provide a model for the fighting mode of the Ming army for more than a hundred years.

Civil officials looked down on Qi Jiguang's status as a general, but they dared not look down on his genius strategic thinking and tactical planning. Starting from Qi Jiguang, firearms began to enter the second stage in the Ming army. The first generation of Huomen gun system developed by China itself Firearms were gradually abandoned, and second-generation firearms were used on a large scale. After being played by Qi Jiguang, except for the Liaodong faction, which despised the southerners as always, the troops in other places more or less accepted the second-generation matchlock guns.

The significance of Qi Jiguang to the Ming Dynasty is definitely not just the Pingwa in the southeast. The Pingwa in the southeast is a tactical victory, and the Qi family army guarding Jizhen brought a leap in military strategy. His military thinking matured during this period Completed, Qi Jiguang's sharp military vision and strong execution ability are unmatched throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Ruxun admired Qi Jiguang very much, worshiped his military vision, worshiped his execution ability, the military discipline of the Chinese army is strong, Qi Jiguang and his Qi family army can definitely rank in the top three, that is, under this historical background, Jialong Wanming Dynasty was the last A peak period has kept up with the pace of the world. Without Qi Jiguang, Xiao Ruxun's journey will go on for a long, long time.

So when the Siamese and Burmese saw the Ming army's tactical tactics and strong execution power, they were shocked. It is conceivable that the Ming army had never used force in front of them before. But now, it is a situation where strategy and combat power are flying together.

Sneak attack on the barracks of the bandit army, destroy their weapons, food and grass, shake their morale, make their morale unstable, their combat power drop sharply, and they cannot look at each other from head to tail, which is the beginning of failure.

The artillery force suppresses with superior firepower. When they are gathered together and the soldiers and horses are dense, one cannon can kill dozens of people. The power of hundreds of cannons makes the elephant soldiers die. The elephants flee in fear, regardless of the enemy or ourselves , There are so many people who trample on the bandit army, enough to shake the former army and the middle army.

If the front army wavered, the central army would be unstable, and if the central army wavered, the entire army would be unstable. Three salvos of artillery would completely dampen the vigor of the bandit army and make it decadent. How can a sharp army be invincible against a decadent soldier?
The front army of the thief army collapsed, the soldiers fled in all directions, rushed backwards, pushed and trampled, and directly attacked the large formation of the middle army. There were so many killers, the infantry pressed on with their swords and shields at every step, and the gunmen stabbed with their guns up. The bandits could not enter within ten feet of our large formation. Wherever the large formation went, the bandit soldiers turned into flesh and blood.

The rebel army is in such a state of confusion, there are so many people shouting and howling, one pass spreads ten to hundreds, the army formation completely collapses, and the central army is in chaos. , Collapsing immediately, my big formation faced its commander's army directly, the two sides fought bloody battles again and again, and the commander was brave, and he was powerless.

After three rounds of artillery defeated the Burmese elephant soldiers, Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang knew that the battle had been won when they saw the elephants trampling in fear in the Burmese army formation, and the subsequent development could only represent It shows how much the army has achieved, how many main forces of Burma can be killed, and whether it can destroy its [-] elite in one battle.

"Let the Siam consume the strength and physical strength of the Burmese. When they are at the end of their crossbows, they will suddenly attack their barracks, destroy their food and grass, shake their morale, and then attack them suddenly with artillery, causing them to retreat. Give my army a chance to take advantage of it, so that our army can kill the most Dongwu thieves with the least cost, Ji Xin, your plan has come true."

Yuan Huang looked at the Burmese soldiers crying for their father and mother in the binoculars, who had no power to resist, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

(End of this chapter)