Chapter 137 Xin Ai who can't afford to lose

Xin Ai actually didn't understand it very much. It was only a few years or two. The Ming army's firearms became so powerful. But I didn't know that this was the result of Zhou Mengchen's accumulation of strength.

From the day Zhou Mengchen was in charge of military weapon supervision, it was several years ago. Zhou Mengchen began to survive the fittest and merge the big open firearms. The last remaining firearms were all firearms designed by Zhou Mengchen himself. I dare not say how powerful these firearms and cannons are. But they all have one characteristic, that is, they are durable.

Zhou Mengchen also made some improvements to the shooting and use process, which greatly reduced the steps of muskets.

But in this way, although the power of the firearm is greatly increased, it is not enough to make the Tartars helpless.

After all, military command is a whole, and the power of a single weapon increases. If it cannot be adjusted effectively, it will be harmful to the overall military strength.

This task was completed by Qi Jiguang.

Although Qi Jiguang's answer has not yet reached the point of perfection, it can be a military modernization, which means that manpower is the winner, horsepower is the winner, and has begun to transform into firepower is the winner.

The entire reform seemed slow, and it took several years to go. It was only today that it was a show of its strength on the battlefield. It told the whole era that war has entered a new model.

Of course, this is just the forefather of the times. Because in addition to the few armies in Datong, most of the armies are still in the era of cold weapons, including the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia.

All the causes of love are really something that Xin Ai cannot understand.

However, he understood one thing very well. We must not attach the Ming army's firearms to the theory of ghosts and gods. Because the Mongolians believe in ghosts and gods, once this statement spreads. At that time, the Mongolian tribes faced the Ming army's firearms again, and they probably wouldn't have the courage to attack.

This is absolutely impossible.

After repeated orders, Xin Ai sent orders to the guards to pull these Boyan's subordinates out and whip them.

These Mongolian generals breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter which army is on, it is a death sentence. However, there are only so many Mongolian generals, and many Mongolian generals are nobles, and they are closely related to many tribes. It is absolutely impossible to kill so many people.

Hitting them a whip means that they only need to suffer some flesh and blood, and this matter is over.

But this matter is far from being a thing of the past for Xin Ai.

Listening to the crisp sound of whips outside and the dull humming of someone.

Xin Ai thought for a while, then stomped her feet and said, "National Master, Mr. Zhang, my Khan all formed a large army and went south to fight with Zhou Mengchen. No matter what result he gave, he would kill Zhou Mengchen and destroy the aura of Ming people."

After hearing this, Xiao Qin immediately said, "Sweat, please think twice."

Xin Ai said: "Didn't you always advise me to kill Zhou Mengchen before?"

Xiao Qin said: "This time is the time, and before that, I never expected that the Tartar firearms had developed to this point. I thought that the army went south and fought against Zhou Mengchen. The number of winners and losses was that I occupied seven and the enemy was three. It was enough to fight. But now it seems----."

Although the words were not stated, the implication was very obvious.

This is the truth.

Xiao Qin has always regarded Zhou Mengchen as a thorn in his eyes, and has always wanted Xin Ai to attack Datong with all his strength and kill Zhou Mengchen. Eliminate Zhou Mengchen's future threat.

But Xiao Qin never expected that his time scale seemed to be different from Zhou Mengchen's time scale. In Xiao Qin's view, Datong's vitality was severely damaged and it was necessary to recover for three to five years. After three to five years, Datong returned to its peak, it was time for Zhou Mengchen to threaten Qingcheng.

He never expected that Zhou Mengchen could do such a big thing in less than two years in Datong.

He had thought that Zhou Mengchen would definitely not be his opponent in a decisive battle. But now it seems that it may not be.

At this time, Xiao Qin shrank instead.

"What the national teacher said is very true." Zhang Hui said: "Weapon is a major event of the country. The place of life and death, the way of survival and death must be observed. I am not engaged in military affairs, but tens of thousands of cavalry besieged a unit of the official army, which instead ruined the main general. The rest of the troops were cowardly and dared not fight. I think it could already explain the strength of the official army. At this time, the Khan went south and was desperate. Of course, there was no problem in winning. But if he was defeated, how should the Khan handle himself? How should he clean up this mess?"

"Before you have to worry about victory, you have to worry about defeat first. This is the most rational thing about military strategists. Please think twice."

When Zhang Hui said this, what he thought was naturally different from what he said. Zhang Hui was very confident about Zhou Mengchen's governance of Datong. He could see that as long as Datong had a few years of stable life, he might not be able to capture Qingcheng under the leadership of Zhou Mengchen.

The premise is to give Datong time instead of such endless wars.

On the other hand, Zhang Hui is not a member of the army, and he does not know how strong the Datong Army is now. Moreover, the strength of the Tatars against the border army over the years has also made Zhang Hui worried that if he is defeated, if this is the case, Zhou Mengchen, as a defeated general, would not be able to stay in the position of governor of Datong.

So, on the surface, his words were worried about Xin Ai, but in fact they wanted to buy time for Datong.

Xin Ai smiled sadly and said, "I know. I know. But you are not Mongolians, and I don't know what the Mongolians think. After I ascended the Khanate, I was defeated twice in a row. Last year, I could still say it was the fault of the national teacher. So what should I say this year? If I don't repay the color immediately, my status will be shaken. I must fight a war, either against Ming or quell the rebellion."

"This battle is necessary. No one can stop it. Anyone who dares to persuade will kill you."

There are cultural barriers between different ethnic groups.

There were not without smart people in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Xu Jie and Yan Song, who dared to say that they were not smart? But they were not Mongolians after all, so they would measure the Mongolians as a normal country. But the problem is that the political ecology of the Mongolians is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, no, from almost all Han dynasties.

Their ecology is developed from the foundation of being strong and slim and weak. It is more similar to the structure of a wolf pack. When the head wolf can bring benefits to everyone, all wolves are loyal to the head wolf, and even use their lives to protect the head wolf. But when the head wolf's body becomes weak and is not enough to lead the wolf pack to win, it is necessary to replace the head wolf.

Of course, humans and animals will definitely have some differences.

But the problem is that Altan died in a hurry. For the sake of Khanwei, Xin Ai killed those who could threaten Altan's offspring, banished, and imprisoned. It can be said that the orthodoxy of his Khan position is missing.

Of course, the Mongolians did not value this very much. But Altan's brilliant record was ahead, and Xin Ai's miserable record was behind, so it was difficult not to let others have other associations.

And Xin Ai felt threatened.

He knew Boyan, who was one of his right-hand men and had his own skills in fighting, was brave and good at fighting, and was never afraid of death. He led four times the enemy's troops, but he did not eat up the 5,000 Ming army. So Xin Ai felt that he might not be able to eat it.

Xin Ai can only mobilize more than 100,000 cavalrymen on the grassland, and there are many vassals.

If the infantry of the Ming army were all of this strength, then tens of thousands of Ming army advanced towards Qingcheng, Xin Ai also felt that he might not be able to chew it. What should I do if Qingcheng is? What should I do with Bansheng?

Although Xin Ai's headquarters is mainly cavalry, the food and weapons provided by Bansheng, and even other materials have become an important financial source for Mongolia. He must not give up.

Today's battle has a terrible symbolic significance, which made him unable to help but think of Zeng Xian and Zeng Xian's plan to reconcile. As well as the relationship between Zhou Mengchen and Zeng Xian and Xia Yan in the information about Zhou Mengchen. If Zhou Mengchen made a reconcile, Xin Ai didn't know how to deal with himself.

There must be a battle, and it is a battle with little chance of winning.

Since that's the case, why wait for Zhou Mengchen to prepare well? Why not take advantage of the present and before Zhou Mengchen is ready to decide the outcome, life and death.
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