Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Jack cried even more sadly. He tried to commit suicide, but was stopped by the Dutch soldiers.

When everyone mentions Mingren, they are all indignant.Especially Shi Lang, after the fleet left, he burned Bacheng to the ground, and all the natives also went home to eat their bananas.

After the Dutch returned to Bacheng, they couldn't even find a decent building. It took three to five years for Bacheng to restore its original appearance.

The popularity of the Netherlands is bad. The loss of Bacheng is not as simple as losing a city, but losing half of the business of the East India Company.This is a huge loss.The most important thing is that the Ming people are still stuck in Sumatra and will not leave. You say it is annoying or not.

If the Ming people didn't leave, the aborigines in Southeast Asia were eager to try, and they all became restless.

If the Dutch want to stabilize the financial resources in Southeast Asia, the first thing is to wipe out this Ming army.If Shi Lang is not killed, the Dutch will not have a good life.

"These places are not safe these days. It is better to advise you as soon as possible." The Dutch soldier still kindly reminded Jack.

"Then what should we do, we are already penniless, and we still hope to exchange some money so that we can go back to Europe." Jack said pitifully.

"Go around Sumatra and try your luck. There are our Dutch mercenaries there. There are many Spaniards in there. Maybe they like to drink."

Europeans like to use mercenaries the most. The real Netherlands has only a small population. It is better to expect them to run trade than to expect their own people to fight.To put it bluntly, the Dutch still hired armies from other European countries, mostly Prussians and Spaniards, Spanish crew, and Prussian army.

"My lord, you are so kind." Jack changed into another person in a blink of an eye. He quickly curry favor with the Dutch soldier and needed a letter of recommendation.

Regardless of whether the letter is useful or not, at least Jack escaped this interrogation.

The island of Sumatra is very large, and it would be very difficult for the Dutch to block it. Moreover, the Ming army is not a native here. The combat effectiveness and weaponry of the Ming army are no worse than those of the He army.

Therefore, the two sides have fought several battles, and the Dutch soldiers suffered a lot.But they guessed that the Ming army had no logistical supplies, so they didn't back down.

The Ming army did not have much ammunition. The main reason was not the fierce battle with the Dutch, but Shi Lang's misjudgment of the environment.

This is a tropical rainforest area, and there are harsh environments everywhere. It rains at every turn, making it easy to waste the ammunition that is difficult to keep.

Coupled with the harassment of large beasts such as crocodiles and pythons, the ammunition of the Ming army was consumed very quickly, and there was no place to replenish it. They could only watch it bottom out day by day.

"My lord, people from the Tiandihui have sent news that we will go to this place to take over supplies the day after tomorrow." A Chinese laborer who has already joined the Tiandihui reported to Shi Lang.

"Is the news accurate this time? Don't let us make another trip in vain." Shi Lang also knew in his heart that it would be difficult to send supplies from the enemy's siege.

"Whether it is accurate or not, we have to try it. Otherwise, those foreign devils will not help us fight the war." Feng Xin said.

Feng Xin also stayed voluntarily. In fact, he is more interested in mercenaries.Therefore, those Dutch captives were basically led by him.Feng Xin bragged a lot and promised a lot of conditions, which made the group of foreign legions stick together.

But the foreign legion is fighting on conditions. You can't say that you let them fight with knives and guns, and they will definitely not do it.Therefore, ammunition supply is more important to Feng Xin.

When Jack delivered the supplies to Shi Lang, Shi Lang thought he was dreaming.

The ship is a foreigner's ship, the flag is a foreigner's flag, and it is a foreigner's army that takes over the weapons.But all of these are led and manipulated by Ming people, and it is foreigners who are fighting.

"It's a good thing, but it smells a bit strong." Feng Xin tore open the oil-paper bag, took out a pack of gunpowder and sniffed it, almost making him spit it out on the spot.

"If it smelled good, it would have been sent to the Dutchman." Jack said angrily.

"Although what you foreign devil said is not pleasant, it makes sense. Are you interested in joining my foreign army, I guarantee you will get rich." Feng Xin saw that the other party was a good foreign devil, so he wanted to win him over.

"Goodbye, goodbye." Jack hurriedly slipped away after hearing this, he was still thinking about his two shipments.

Chapter 589: The Heart of the Japanese Girl Calms the Army of Children

Zhu Youjian was not worried at all about Shi Lang being able to persist for a year or so. If Shi Lang didn't even have this ability, then he would not be a historical celebrity.

In the case of Nanyang, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Dutch East India Company, the two sides are secretly accumulating strength.Especially the East India Company, they have suffered such a big loss, and they must get it back.

Using the old habits of Europeans, the directors of the East India Company have already discussed in secret, that is, to ask the Ming Dynasty to pay war compensation.

Some people even set the compensation, and it is certain that Daming will hand over the porcelain making technology. If these greedy businessmen don't take this into their own hands, how can they reveal their true nature.

Put aside the external environment and return to the country.

Zhu Youjian is still facing some domestic contradictions, and he is still far from the peace he imagined.

Canonization has been put on the agenda, and officials in Nanjing have already speculated, who will be crowned king and who will be crowned general?

However, to everyone's surprise, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty launched military reforms, formally implementing military compulsory service and semi-professionalization.

Conscripts are easy to understand. During the Warring States Period, all countries were actually conscripts.The difference is that nobles and scholar-bureaucrats are not included in this list, but Ming Dynasty is different now. Zhu Youjian requires all subjects, as long as they are of the right age, to participate in the conscripts, unless their physical fitness is really not up to standard.

At this point, the most obvious thing is that the two princes were directly recruited by Zhu Youjian to be a big soldier in the army.

Conscripts ensure the source of the basic troops of the army, but the combat effectiveness of the army still needs to be guaranteed by professional soldiers.Therefore, the implementation of the non-commissioned officer system is necessary for the semi-professionalization of the army.

Another one is that the professionalization of military officers has become even more necessary.Implementing a hierarchy system for military officers will help clarify the relationship between superiors and subordinates and establish a leadership system.

The ancient army often only recognized its own chief officer. The promotion of the military rank system allowed soldiers to change from recognizing people to recognizing ranks.This is a big step forward for the court to strengthen its control over the army.

Zhu Youjian set the highest military rank, which made everyone hold their breath.

There were six generals, 20 generals, 60 lieutenant generals, and 120 brigadier generals, the highest ranks in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, it is not a descendant of millions of troops. The size of this kind of general is reasonable, and it also avoids the military system being too large alone.Zhu Youjian now hopes that the civil service system can be enriched, anyway, the literacy rate is high.

The generals are: Li Yan, Li Dingguo, Li Guo, Zheng Chenggong, Zeng Ying, Mu Tianbo.

Basically, they took care of various forces, and at the same time, these few people also represented the highest level of military command in Ming Dynasty.As for the five tiger generals most often mentioned by storytellers, there are even more.

Zhu Youjian's move also satisfied the vanity of most senior generals.At least the generals and lieutenant generals can proudly say: We are also or will be the five tiger generals in the future!

The honor and face were given, and the military rewards were also paid, but the honor was not granted as a lord.

The imperial study of Zhu Youjian in Nanjing.

Li Dingguo sat in front of Zhu Youjian, he lowered his head and hesitated to speak.

"Just tell me what you have to say. You have never been a person who beat around the bush." ​​Zhu Youjian has never been able to get close to Li Dingguo. This is not the reason for Zhu Youjian, but Li Dingguo is always deliberately keeping a distance from Zhu Youjian.

"I want to talk about Liaodong. Those soldiers grew up with me. Now some of them are going to retire, but they don't know anything except fighting."

Li Dingguo said a lot in one breath, and he didn't know how long he held it in his heart.

"I thought you would fight for something for yourself. It turned out to be this matter." Zhu Youjian was not surprised at all. Li Dingguo is not a person who will stand up for himself.

Li Dingguo was talking about the soldiers of the Haier Army. These people are now in their twenties and thirties. As the battle in Liaodong gradually stabilizes, most of them will face retirement.

Zhu Youjian allocated land in Liaodong to these people, but he expected them to grow it themselves?I am afraid that even the grass will not grow.

Daming now does not allow land to be attached to, and the refugees are all divided into contracted fields. If their own land can't be planted, whoever will become a tenant.When these people spend all the reward money, they may become new bandits in the white mountains and black waters.

Who does Li Dingguo care about this matter?He has to be responsible to his brothers.

"Who said they were really asked to become farmers." Zhu Youjian said indifferently: "They are professional soldiers. Although they have retired from the national army, there are still many places that need them."