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On the other hand, in our Ming army, the generals cherish their lives, the generals preserve their strength, and the soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death.This shortcoming is a persistent disease.

Second: the general's command ability is backward.Hou Jin's army has never suffered a major defeat all year round, which has resulted in a large number of experienced generals in its army, and my Ming's generals have consumed too much in these years.

A large number of outstanding generals withered early on the battlefield.Leaving behind many soldiers and ruffians, they became the combat leaders on the battlefield.Over time, these people have become warlords who only care about their own interests.

The third: war horses and mules, horses and animals.Since the civilization of the Central Plains was threatened by the northern nomads, it has been in a passive defensive position for a long time.Like the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it only controlled the north for a short time.

Constrained by population restrictions, the north is unable to invade southward when it is weak, and often invades southward quickly once it is strong.Even if the south is strong, it is unable to occupy the grassland.

When I was as Ming as Lord Yongle, even if I could send a fleet to go on an expedition, I couldn't go deep into the grassland hinterland.The reason is all because of the benefit of the horse.

Today, Houjin and the grassland have united to control the output of horses and plunder our northern population.The two kinds of convenience are all occupied, and it is really hard for me to resist. "

"In Aiqing's opinion, does my Daming have no advantage?" Zhu Youjian was shocked in his heart. In fact, Daming people are well aware of this kind of opinion in the later forums.

"I'm afraid it won't do much in Jiangbei. Only the mountains in the south can give full play to my Ming's advantages. War horses in the north can't live in the south for a long time. In addition, fighting in the mountains loses the advantage of cavalry. It should be promising."

Zuo Mao drank the tea in the tea bowl in the first sip, and sighed deeply.

"Ai Qing thinks, if you defend the city in Jiangbei, how long can you defend at most?"

This is the most relevant question for Zhu Youjian. As for the three points Zuo Maodi just said, Zhu Youjian, who is time-traveling, is well aware of it.Moreover, these three points are only military backward factors, not including Ming's internal politics.

"I believe that with the level of weapons and equipment in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty guarded Xiangyang for many years and finally fell. Now that firearms and cannons are prevalent, the red cannons of the Houjin Dynasty are better than my Daming. The defense of the city is equivalent to the final decisive moment of the Southern Song Dynasty's defense of Xiangyang."

Zuo Maodi forgot to take a look at Zhu Youjian, he obviously felt Zhu Youjian's shock.

Many people will compare the Southern Ming Dynasty with the Southern Song Dynasty. In fact, the military equipment of the Southern Song Dynasty was superior to that of the North in the early days.For example, defending Xiangyang, it was able to defend at first, and finally the Mongolian army transferred craftsmen from Central Asia to make cannons and contributed to Xiangyang City.

But in the current Daming, weapons and equipment, especially firearms, are backward, and the artillery is not as good as the late gold. In this case, how about defending the city?

"It's only one month!" Zuo Maodi gave the time in his mind to defend the city.

Chapter 139: Interchange and Defense

The most powerful "Battle of Salhu" boasted by Hou Jin, if the wild boar skin is not as good as the cavalry, how can we "depend on you, I will only go all the way", and break three roads in five days? Army, wiped out about 5 people in the Ming army?

Pure infantry, not to mention destroying the three Ming armies in five days, even if they just walk, they can't go so far in five days.

The 11 Ming army made the mistake of dividing the infantry into four groups, with an average of only [-] troops.And all the wild boars were dispatched, with an army strength of [-] and super mobility. Of course, we had to concentrate our forces to defeat him one by one, and they couldn't beat him all the way.

Some people say that the climax of Nanming's resistance to gold was also fought in the south, not a decisive battle on the plains.In other words, if Nanming's strategy is successful, he can only keep half of Jiangnan. As for the counterattack, I'm afraid it's just talk.

Historically, there are not many successful examples of the south counterattacking the north. It is not that the southerners do not know how to fight, but that the advantage of this horse is really difficult to break through.

The possible reason why the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty succeeded in the Northern Expedition was that all the Mongols went south to enjoy life, and there was no one on the grassland to herd and raise horses.

After more than 200 years of recovery of the Ming Dynasty, the north rose again, and the Ming Dynasty became a fat sheep logically.

"You mean, we can't defend Jianghuai?"

Zhu Youjian was shocked that he wanted to fork. He originally thought that with one or two famous guards, he could hold back Jin for a year or two.Hearing what Zuo Mao first said, Zhu Youjian felt that he had indeed overestimated the strength of Nanjing.

Even without the large-scale surrender of the four towns in Jiangbei, would Houjin really be unable to defeat Jianghuai?

"I think that there may be accidents when defending a city. But the average time for defending the city in the entire Jianghuai city is about one month."

Zuo Maodi has already made it very clear that if the Jianghuai area is guarded, there may be a miracle beyond expectation in one of the cities, but the fall of most cities in the entire Jianghuai area will take only one month.

This expectation is almost consistent with history.A few cities resisted fiercely, but most cities basically fell quickly. This was not because the defenders did not work hard, but because of the disparity in strength.

People with iron-blooded temperament would think that immigrating directly to Jiangbei, and then every inch of mountains and rivers would be filled with blood, resulting in a deserted land for thousands of miles.

This is a sentence of bookishness that can only stay on the map.

Open the map and you can see the area and population of the entire Huanghuai and Huaisi areas.A million immigrants is a huge project in a peaceful and prosperous age, and it will take many years to complete, not to mention the upcoming wartime.

Regardless of whether it was the end of the Tang Dynasty or the end of the Song Dynasty, the large-scale southward migration took place over many years and generations.

Zhu Youjian couldn't do this, so he could only admit that he was incompetent.

"What is the difficulty of defense?" Even if Zhu Youjian knew Hou Jin's advantage in his heart, he still had to ask to find some support for his heart.

"Hou Jin's cannon in red. The city can no longer stop the bombardment of the cannon." Zuo Maodi's serious expression was cute, but Zhu Youjian didn't bother to appreciate it.

In fact, directly blasting the city wall poses a greater threat to the city. Unfortunately, this era of blasting technology has not yet appeared.The damage points of the red cannon are not too high, the premise is that it can withstand it.

"If you can hold it, can you stop Hou Jin from going south?" Zhu Youjian is still confident in resisting the red cannon.

"No. Our army can't fight in the field, and if we are trapped in an isolated city, we will eventually collapse without fighting because of the shortage of food supplies."

Very frustrated, Zhu Youjian was in the same mood at this time.

Just at this time, a scout outside came to report: "The enemy army is crossing the north, and a large number of mules and horses have been replenished. Our army is unable to cross the river and cannot pursue."

Zhu Youjian slammed his fist on the table and said viciously: "The horses I brought from the capital last year consumed a quarter of them in just a few months, and they were still used in non-wartime.

Today, the entire Jiangbei's luggage is maintained by labor. How can it compete with Houjin? "

A living reality is placed in front of Zhu Youjian. After the surrender, why did Jin's Xu Dingguo Department get equipment upgrades quickly?But on his own side, he was still standing still.

Now, not only did Zhu Youjian not dare to use those horses lightly, he even had to transfer some of them to Liu Liangzuo. Daming had completely cut off the source of horses.

(ps: According to historical records, Wu Sangui spent a total of [-] war horses in his battle against Yunnan and Guizhou. This is a terrifying figure. With Nanming's strength, how could he afford these [-] war horses. This does not include a large number of mules horse.)

According to the logistics report of the Xuzhou Army submitted by Mrs. Xing, the entire Xuzhou Army has only [-] horse mules. (This is also historical data.)

In many Ming Chuan novels, with a flintlock gun and a three-stage attack, you can crush the Jin army all the way and beat the opponent to hell.

Zhu Youjian has no intention of criticizing anyone, but he knows the specific history of this tactic.

Three-stage shooting is a kind of arquebus tactic that appeared in the sixteenth century. When the musket could not shoot continuously at that time, this tactic made up for the shortcoming of the musket's slow shooting speed.

There have been records of three-stage strikes in both the Ming Dynasty and Japan.

This shooting method was a fast, continuous and effective shooting method when the continuous firearm was not invented.Later, it evolved into six paragraphs and nine paragraphs in Europe.The age of the line infantry began.

According to the "History of Ming Dynasty", Mu Ying, the general who pacified the south (Yunnan) in the early Ming Dynasty, first used firearms to deal with rebel elephants and other wild beasts. He felt that the gunpowder loading speed was too slow and improved a tactical shooting method.

During the Warring States Period in Japan, Oda Nobunaga's iron artillery (fire gun) team defeated Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry with a three-stage strike in the Battle of Nagashino.

而长篠合战发生在1575年6月28日，而万历朝鲜战争是1592年—1598年发生在朝鲜半岛的战争。

Would the Japanese not use the so-called three-stage strike in this war?

The Ming army defeated Japan, and was later defeated by Hou Jin. This so-called invincible three-stage strike has been used as a cheat since 1645, which is a joke.

It is one thing to be able to fight well, but it is another thing to dare to fight.