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Chapter 259 The New Army and Strong Army
It took a long time for Sun Chengzong to come back to his senses. He who was originally full of energy turned out to be a little sluggish.It can be seen from this that this incident really hit him a bit hard.

In fact, speaking of it, as a veteran who has led the army for many years, the strategy he came up with was naturally well thought out.In his strategy, there are still a few points that have not been written.If the emperor agreed with this strategy, he would add it.

Originally, when he was considering reinforcements, it wasn't that he didn't think about fighting Jianlu.His strategy is to build chariots, and the reinforcements organized by the chariot battalion can fight Jianlu in the field.

In addition, every time a city is built, it will advance one point to Liaodong, and the land obtained by Daming will be one point more.Then the Liao people were recruited to reclaim the fields, which could solve or partially solve the food problem.

If this strategy looks like this, it is perfect.At least Sun Chengzong was very satisfied before facing the saint.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's sentence of encirclement and not attack rejected this strategy.It is undeniable that the Ming army is currently unable to compete with Jianlu in field battles.And if you rely on the car camp, it's a bit like defending the city, letting Jianlu attack.

But Jianlu is stupid!As the emperor said, if the road is cut off, people will not attack your chariot camp, but will wait for your chariot camp to attack when you march again.

If the car camp advances in the form of a camp, the speed is slower than a snail, and it can only move forward bit by bit. Before it reaches the ground, it is estimated that the food and grass brought by the army will be exhausted, let alone Jianlu will not If you are too stupid to watch, at least harassment at night, digging holes in the road, etc. can exhaust the reinforcements, and you will be defeated if you don't fight.

In the final analysis, without the ability to fight Jianlu in the real field, any other strategy is empty talk.

"Your Majesty, old ministers are useless, please Your Majesty choose someone else!" Sun Chengzong said with a deep bow, his voice much lower.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he knew that what he said just now was a bit of a blow.He smiled and comforted him and said, "Sun Qing, now that I am in Ming Dynasty, is there anyone more familiar with Liao affairs than Qing? We were just discussing just now, if there are problems, we can just solve them. How can we shrink back because of difficulties?"

At this time, Sun Chengzong was taught such a lesson by the young boy, and the stubbornness in his bones suddenly appeared again. He couldn't help but blush for what he said just now, and he quickly lowered his head to cover up his gaffe, and at the same time replied: "Your Majesty, the key now is that there is a A strong army that can compete with Jianlu in real field battles! If there is one, I will use the city as a defense strategy! Building fortresses on the front line is naturally a reserve of military resources for the strong army to attack. The purpose of the strategy is completely different!"

With a sound of "pa", Emperor Chongzhen clapped his hands suddenly, and said excitedly: "Look, Sun Qing, isn't this very good! You just said the key point, and you are worthy of being the pillar of my Ming Dynasty! If you have a strong army, then you can train a strong army!"

Sun Chengzong also thought of training a strong army again.But as the governor of Jiliao, he commanded the Guanning army, and he had to guard against Jianlu at all times, so he didn't have the energy to train a strong army.If we wait for a strong army to be trained, then it will be the Year of the Monkey?After all, to form a strong army that can really fight Jianlu all the time, it is definitely not something that can be done with just talking about it on paper.

Anything that involves fundamental change, whether it is building a strong army or not, is never easy.Even in the Qi family army during the Jiajing period, if someone thinks that Qi Jiguang alone can practice it, that is just the idea of ​​an inexperienced young man!

At this time, Sun Chengzong, hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, his heart moved, and when he remembered the previous intention, he understood a lot, and immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty just said that the so-called seizure of Shanxi merchants' income is used to use the new The army is trained to be a strong army?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded at first, then shook his head and said: "Not all, I mainly use the money to improve the national economy and people's livelihood, and can only set aside part for the training of the new army. In order to save time and money, I have used it before It is decreed that the source of soldiers to form a new army must be the elite of each army!"

Thinking of the previous decree, only the imperial court can do this. It can be regarded as gathering the strength of the entire Ming Dynasty to build a new army.However, Sun Chengzong's face was serious, and he played seriously: "Your Majesty, the only way to strengthen the army is to mobilize the elites of the troops. I hope your Majesty will carefully consider this point!"

"Of course, I'm not that naive!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and replied with the same seriousness: "The reason why I did this is because of the military common sense of the soldiers, combat skills can save time and energy, and spend more time on military discipline. And the training of generals. For this reason, I decided to set up a lecture hall to train generals, and reform the military system to motivate soldiers..."

Listening to the young emperor talking about the ideas of the new army, Sun Chengzong couldn't help being very surprised.There are many references in it, which made him feel refreshed and surprised.

At this moment, Sun Chengzong looked at Emperor Chongzhen on the throne, his eyes had automatically ignored his age and experience, and he was only shocked in his heart. Is this a genius?
"...It's just a pity that the imperial court has no money, or I will directly form a firearms unit. But the manufacture of sophisticated firearms, the firearms training of soldiers, the consumption of pills and firearms are really too much, and there are not enough firearms right now. Advanced, unable to crush cold weapons, unable to carry more supplies during marching operations, even flintlock guns cannot be affected by the weather, so, only slowly map it!"

Regarding this point, Sun Chengzong has a great say.For large-scale operations, the logistics brought by the firearms army is a very serious problem.As far as the moment is concerned, the firearms army is actually good at defending but not good at attacking.

He also knew about the flintlock.However, he did not think that the flintlock could be used in the army, because the firing parts were not easy to make, and there would be a high misfire rate if it was a little bit close, and this would be fatal on the battlefield.Therefore, although there are flintlock guns today, they are still only the playthings of the rich.If Sun Chengzong was allowed to choose by himself, he would rather choose a matchlock gun.

However, he did not deny that it is an inevitable trend for firearms to replace cold weapons in the future, otherwise Daming would not have been making firearms all the time, after all, there are countless benefits there.

Sun Chengzong was amazed that Emperor Chongzhen had a clear understanding of firearms.To deal with Jianlu, as His Majesty said, combine cold and heat, and gradually transform into firearms.

Regarding military speeches, Sun Chengzong is still very qualified given his age and experience, and he immediately put forward a few suggestions.The two monarchs and ministers discussed the matter of the new army until dark.

(End of this chapter)