"You don't know anything." Zhou Wenyu said with a pale face: "The strong appearance of the Hutchison army and the strong strength are already unheard of and unseen. When the artillery has exceeded 100, it is like the sky collapses and the earth is broken, and the lightning is coming down to earth. Indeed, we also have red cannons here and Jinzhou, but we cannot move effectively and can only stay in the city to defend it. It is useless to fight a little farther away. Although the Hutchison artillery has a short range and a small cannon, it is convenient to move and effective field combat.

There are many artillery guns, and there are more than 100 artillery guns at one time in Jizhen alone. When bombarding, all the artillery guns were fired at one hundred times stronger than those in Ningyuan City. In addition, their gunners were well trained. As far as the witnesses of the humble rank, we fired one shot, and at least three shots were fired. With more than ten artillery guns in Ningyuan, the more than 10 artillery guns in Ningyuan were used to record hundreds or even more. Although the artillery guns in the Ming Dynasty were much heavier and more powerful, according to the judgment of the humble rank, the head of Ningyuan City was smashed, and our artillery could not be fired for a few rounds..."

The staff present were considered to be knowledgeable. Even if the staff who were originally used to participate in the management of Wenmo stayed on the front line for a long time, they knew some military affairs. Everyone knew that Zhou Wenyu was not talking nonsense. Although the eleven guns in Ningyuan City are now all heavy artillery and are extremely powerful, heavy artillery must have the problem of heavy artillery. The shooting is slow and the angle is slow, and the gunner's training cannot be compared with Hutchison... No matter how stupid people are, they know that Hutchison relies on firearms to cross the Northern Lu. Of course, people are unwilling to admit that Hutchison was a real sword and gun to overthrow the Mongols, and there have been a large number of outstanding cavalry teams.

People are willing to admit that Hutchison's firearms are sharp. The artillery factory and shooting range in Lizhuang are quite famous. Many people who pay a little attention to Hutchison know that there were rumbling guns every day at the shooting range. In other words, Hutchison's wealthy and powerful business can play cannons like this. Not only can it be cast, but it is not afraid of loss. Whether it is shells, gunpowder, or artillery, these are very expensive things. In other words, Hutchison's big family consumes it and is not stingy with gunpowder and sulfur consumption. In addition, in actual combat drills on the grassland, no military town in the Ming Dynasty can compare with Hutchison's firearms, which is also a well-known fact.

No one knows the number of artillery in Hutchison. Yuan Chonghuan estimated that it was about three to five hundred and five hundred, and he felt that the number was almost the same.

No one knows that Hutchison already has two reorganized artillery regiments, each with more than a hundred artillery guns, and they are serious artillery. At the same time, in the formation of the third and fourth artillery regiments, the military commander's goal is to install all artillery before the end of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and begin uninterrupted training of new artillery soldiers, including daily maintenance training, virtual ejection training, live ammunition training, marching training, practical exercises to turn marching into battle, etc.

There are more than 500 cannons in four regiments, and I'm afraid Yuan Chonghuan and others will never dare to think about it.

This is just the artillery used in concentrated use. There are fewer four-pound cannons, mainly six-pound cannons and nine-pound cannons. Field bombardment is enough for siege.

The weight of a heavy artillery of more than ten pounds is at least 3,000 kilograms. In the past, artillery technology can only be gradually improved, and the level of Heji cannot get away from the times. If you want to shoot far, you must have a larger and heavier body, load more gunpowder, and use heavier shells. There is no other way.

Driving with artillery weighing thousands of pounds, even if there are a large number of war horses and artillery carriages, it will seriously slow down the marching speed. I have never heard of using heavy artillery of more than ten or twenty pounds to fight in the European battlefield.

Even in the Napoleonic era two hundred years later, the mainstream was a nine-pound cannon, weighing less than two thousand kilograms. Four or six horses could drive artillery and cannon carriages loaded with supply ammunition, and the speed was not very slow.

There are also many four-pound cannons scattered in each regiment, each regiment is equipped with three artillery companies, a total of twenty-four cannons, eighteen four-pound cannons, and six six-pound cannons.

In addition, the artillery squadrons in each company use tiger squat cannons and Flang machines, which are light artillery from 60 to 80 steps, and the number is even greater.

Hutchison had more than twenty combat corpses within one or two years, and the number of artillery reached more than 500. With thousands of light and small artillery pieces, it can be said that in terms of quantity, it has left the Ming Dynasty far behind and left far away.

This is a competition of national strength. Although there is no steam engine yet, Hutchison's organizational structure and production model have been initially industrialized, small but powerful, and fiscal revenue has been rising steadily.

Although it is a great empire, it is old, with aging components, bloated institutions and inefficient, and chaotic financial system. The income is obtained by endless exploitation of the common people. While rising steadily, the inner capsules are rising. You can imagine the level. Many people think that a large population will lead to a high income. In fact, it depends on the central financial and logistics methods, whether the wealth of the people can be used to the maximum extent... A pure agricultural country was the best in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, most of the territory was lost and the population was reduced.

For most of the time, in the south of the Yangtze River, Fujian and Zhejiang were still pretty good. Even the two lakes were considered wilderness. It was only during the Northern Song Dynasty that the development of Hubei and Hunan began, let alone Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, Guangdong and Guangxi were still sparsely populated, logistics difficulties, and extremely backward business, and were still the place where officials were assigned. The Southern Song Dynasty used such a small territory and relied on its excellent financial system and foreign trade. It was even slightly higher in fiscal revenue, which was equal to the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. This is a miracle.

As for industrialized countries and countries with small peasant economies, there is a far difference.

What Yuan Chonghuan didn't even know was the existence of Taiwan. The navy's artillery was the real heavy artillery. The eighteen-pound cannons on Ningyuan City were not worth mentioning compared to the heavy artillery of the Hutchison Navy.

Nowadays, naval warships generally use twenty-four-pound cannons, and thirty-six-pound cannons have also begun to be deployed on warships, which was also the mainstream configuration at sea at that time.

Decades later, the mainstream was the thirty-six-pound cannon, forty-pound cannon, or even fifty-pound cannon.

In the era of sail warships, due to many reasons such as shooting accuracy and insufficient gunpowder power, although countries eliminated the corners and changed to bombardment, it was still quite difficult to capture or sink the enemy ships. They had to cut off their supplies, so that they could not repair the ships and gain supplies... The naval battle between the British and the Spanish relied on these tricks. Spain suffered heavy losses and the invincible fleet lost its strength, but it was not lost during naval warfare, but many reasons were added together. In order to defeat the enemy in naval warfare, all countries were desperately strengthening the allocation of naval guns. The 24-pound cannon was not powerful enough, so they reached 36 pounds, and finally to fifty-pound cannons. The number of cannons also ranged from more than a dozen to twenty, to more than 80, and finally to the main battleships with more than a hundred heavy cannons.

A top-equipped battleship has more than 100 artillery pieces, and all of them are above the Red Barbarian cannons in Ningyuan. This is probably something that Yuan Chonghuan and others can't imagine.

This is a cognitive deficit caused by the gap between the times. If Zhang Han had not emerged, the Zheng family's strength would have only been maintained for decades, which was the last glory of the Chinese maritime power. When the colonists had more warships and more powerful artillery, when they came back more than a hundred years later, they would have been completely crushed and suppressed in all aspects.

"The Hutchison is indeed numerous and has excellent armor." Yuan Chonghuan frowned and looked at Zhou Wenyu, saying, "But what does Wenyu mean?"

"In this Ningjin Battle, the court transferred Jizhen to garrison and close the gate. If there was another incident of Hutchison attacking Jizhen, if the elders were the governor of Jiliao at that time, what if the elders were the governor of Jiliao at that time?"

Yuan Chonghuan's lust changed immediately.

Although the Eastern Barbarians were repelled, it does not mean that the Ming army really has the strength to confront the head. This time, the war was first made by the soldiers and the second was that Yuan Chonghuan had the prestige to suppress the generals, so there was no problem in command. All troops and troops were all abide by orders and did not dare to disobey. The third was that the armor was excellent, the fourth was the most important point, the firearms were sharp, and the Eight Banners soldiers could not approach the city to fight the Ming army... The artillery bombarded overhead, and even the most powerful Jurchen soldiers could not fight the war.

But Yuan Chonghuan knew that the Ming army still had many problems. The huge combat power difference between the battalion soldiers and the Need Ding could not be smeared. If more than 60,000 soldiers and horses were given equipment and military pay according to the Need Ding standard, the three million pay given by the Ming Dynasty now tripled, and 10 million a year could almost support 60,000 Need Dings.

This is not an exaggeration. Wu Xiang saw that Chongzhen was the hardest first-hand information, with more than three million a year and tens of thousands of soldiers on the books. Wu Xiang told the emperor that the only 3,000 soldiers available at the urgent point were only 3,000 soldiers, and fine wine and fat sheep, plus the ration of war horses and armor, these 3,000 people could be used as a great use.

Although it may be exaggerated and incorrect, the main force of Guanning soldiers is about 30,000, and their combat power is generally higher than that of ordinary Ming troops, and their equipment is also there.

But if you want 30,000 or even 60,000 people to reach the level of the Nei Clinic, you will definitely need to have tens of millions a year.

In addition to the need to raise soldiers, the benefits that the generals have obtained, the benefits that civil servants have received, waste and corruption, are the real expenses that can support soldiers.

According to the Hutchison standard, these civil officials and generals of Daming should use at least 20 million a year.

This is the end of the dynasty. When all the measures taken to be implemented, the time, energy and money are spent several times more. It is the most difficult for those who want to do practical things, because they are like sailing against the current, which is much more tired than going down the current.

Yuan Chonghuan was really awakened this time. After this battle, he was supposed to be a great contribution. In order to unify his power, all the ministers of the king were transferred back to the capital by the court.

With Yuan’s qualifications, it is completely feasible to be the governor and the Minister of War.

If Baoding and other places in Jizhen were included in his defense zone, there would be threats from both the Donglu and the Hutchison, how would he handle it?

This is the heaviest burden, and it can be pressed on his shoulders at any time!

Cheng Ben said with a serious expression: "I have heard people say that Wang Zhichen has been active in the capital, and many people from the eunuch party support him. This person was originally determined to drive Dongwen away and find a censor to impeach him. The eunuch party's senior officials held it. With the public opinion, Dongwen could only resign. After resigning a few times, the court agreed. Once Dongwen left, Wang Zhichen could return to office and transfer an obedient person to be the governor. He was closing the door to serve as the governor. If the war was won, Wang Zhichen would probably be more eager..."

Everyone's expressions were quite serious. Hutchison was the hardest hard bone to crack. This was the consensus of the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers were not afraid of being strong. The Donglu fought and just kept the door closed. Compared with the consumption of financial and material resources, the Ming Dynasty was not afraid of comparing this with the Jurchens, but was afraid that the Jurchens would not come to consume it.

For Hutchison, not only is the terrifying elite soldiers, but also the even more terrifying financial resources and mobilization capabilities of Hutchison.

Once the fight started, the Ming Dynasty had already made plans to give up quite a few cities and only stick to Jizhen and Xuanda.

Even so, the knowledgeable people are still worried. If Jizhen is not fulfilled quickly, it will be difficult to hold on. This time, the Hutchison army knocked on the gate, and the bombardment of artillery fire was not needed. Zhou Wenyu said that Yuan Chonghuan had already obtained a detailed report. The Black Cloud Dragon could not hold it, and Wu Zhongwei could not hold it. It was a forced move to turn on and off people. The strength of Hutchison was also impressive, and even a sense of fear.

This powerful enemy has nothing to do with Yuan Chonghuan now, and it may soon be related to him!

At this time, Li Yanke said: "The minister of the king has given up and greeted many eunuch party members. He is willing to work in Nanjing, or stay in Beijing and be demoted to the first-class minister, or even go home to live freely. He is not willing to do it anymore, including Liaodong, Jiliao, and the governor. The eunuch party members also know that this errand in Liaodong and Jizhen is not easy to come by, and many people don't think about it at all."

Ji Liao is a war zone and an opportunity.

Yuan Chonghuan did a good job. How many years have it been used from the seventh to the third grade?

Many people admire Yuan's ability and envy his opportunities, but there are also quite a few people who are just jealous. They neither understand the relationship between the generals in the western Liaoning and the difficulties in suppressing these military leaders, nor know what the prestige and virtue of the border are, nor do they know the specific affairs of the army, nor do they have the patience to stay in western Liaoning for several years. They are just jealous of the great achievements that Liaoning can make, and their envy of Yuan Chonghuan from the seventh to the third rank of the emperor overwhelmed all concerns and doubts. Many eunuch party members either seek the governor of Liaodong for themselves or are asked to seize this position for someone with a chance.

Even the military achievements in western Liaoning were quite a lot of people who gained benefits. The biggest one must be Wei Zhongxian and his confidants who wanted to take them away. Those who were surrounded by the eunuch party and stayed in the capital to gain benefits could also make money. The people who fought hard in western Liaoning would have to rely on the result of the battle after the big men in the capital... They worked hard to fight, and the biggest military achievements were obtained. Others would eat meat and drink soup, and they would have to rely on the mood of the big men. It was quite absurd, but it was extremely real.

In such an environment, how could the military leaders not reap? Isn’t it stupid to be able to be awarded titles, rewards are unfair, have poor status, have a bad reputation, and do not reap actual benefits?

This is indeed the case in history. After the Ningjin War, many officials of the court felt that they had gained another advantage against the Donglu. After having cannons, they were not afraid of the Donglu attack. In the worst case, they could also defend the line from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan in Jinzhou, and there would be no more miserable defeat like in January of the sixth year of Tianqi. This was a turtle, and all kinds of people rushed up.

Yuan Chonghuan's victory this time was quite outstanding, much more solid than the so-called Ningyuan victory that defended Ningyuan to abandon a large number of baggage castles.

The victory in January 6 of the Tianqi year was just the only highlight of a series of crushing defeats. The Later Jin soldiers neither suffered any loss of soldiers nor any of the Khans being injured by cannons, but were only frustrated for a moment.

The Ningjin victory was indeed a very commendable victory. The Ming army defended two cities and the two cities were not lost. Compared with the past of the Later Jin soldiers conquering Chenyang and Liaoyang, and compared with the battle of Guangning, Yuan Hei should not forget this point no matter what: in a large-scale battle, the victory of the Ming army against the Later Jin, even the victory of defending the city, was obtained by Yuan Chonghuan alone.

There are reasons for others' failures. Yuan Chonghuan's victory is a fake victory. This view of being completely black is actually untenable. The victory of Ningyuan's Battle is indeed picky, and the significance of Ningjin's victory is completely undestroyable.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army was defeated all the way, and many civil servants and generals died on the battlefield against the Donglu. Many strong cities were slammed down, and there were only changes until Ningyuan. When Ningjin's victory, another Ming army appeared that dared to fight the Eight Banners Army outside the city.

This is quite difficult, and I can only say that Yuan Chonghuan is indeed outstanding. Although Ning Jin later Man Gui and Yuan turned aside and left Liaoxi to Xuanda, Zhao Shujiao, Zuofu Zhumei, Jinguoqi, He Guogang and Zuo Dashou were all in western Liaoxi, and they were strong. In the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji detoured Liaoxi to Jizhen. First of all, it was one thing that was to say that at that time, the Jurchens were not willing to touch Liaoxi, nor did they dare to touch Liaoxi.

When Yuan was killed and Liaozhen and Dongjiang were in chaos, the battle of Dalinghe in the fourth year of Chongzhen completely interrupted the newly revived Liaoxi military town. From then on, the Ming army had no ambition and could only defend this small territory from Jinzhou and Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan. The Eight Banners also knew that Liaoxi could not be defeated. The two sides did not fight again until the fourteenth year of besieging Jinzhou, but they still suffered a crushing defeat.

Yuan’s success is accidental, and there must be certainty. To talk about Yuan’s good luck and other factors, this is also an unreasonable behavior. Why does the good luck fall on Yuan, but not on other supervisors or governors?

When everyone here heard Li Yanke's words, they knew that the situation was quite serious.

If you retreat, you will be stolen by the king's ministers and you will not be guaranteed as a governor.

He served as the governor of Ji Liao, and took the biggest blame on himself. Once the court and Hutchison really turned against each other and a war broke out, how could the current bird's virtue in Jizhen be defended? Jizhen also cast cannons, and there are several important borders in Santengying Jizhou, and there will be cannons in Jizhou, but what's the use of cannons alone? Not to mention Hutchison, there are cannons, without strong soldiers, you will be invincible? Ningyuan had nearly 30,000 people, plus eleven heavy cannons, and almost asked the Eight Banners soldiers to crack the city wall. If Hutchison attacks Jizhen, as long as it takes a year, it will be guaranteed to break the city!—

Today I won’t post two chapters, just one chapter is five thousand words.
Chapter completed!