"If these people don't have the ability to fight the treasure army, don't fight, drag it down in the ice and snow like this, what do you want to do? Build all your suffering on top of us Mongols! Can you be angry? "Zaisambu and Zhuo Riktu Dao.

"Say whatever you want, just say it, we Mongolians don't talk in a slur manner." In fact, Zhuo Liktu had already seen Zai Sangbuhe's intention, that is, he wanted to provoke himself to rebel against the Jin army.

Zoriktu knew that Zaisangbu He's sister and daughter were married to the Jin people, and they were married to Huang Taiji, who was very likely to succeed Nurhachi.

Therefore, Zhuo Riktu will not believe in Zaisangbu He, secretly thinking that you old fox, what you dare not do, but desperately encourage me to do it, I want to be beautiful! Who knows if you're real or fake, or if you're trying to trick me.

"Brother, I'm all sincere, you must think that I don't dare to oppose the Jin people and want to deliberately harm your brother. And my sister-in-law and daughter are already married to the Jin people, and the relationship with them is extraordinary, isn't it? "Zaisangbu and Dao.

"Isn't it?" Zhuo Liktu smiled: "Okay, brother, don't talk about it, no matter how beautiful you say, I won't listen to it, what I want to see is what you do." ”

"Good!" Zai Sambuhe nodded, "Is it true that as long as I lead my clan to break away from the Jin army, you will bring people to respond?" ”

"Do you really think so? Aren't you afraid that the golden man will deal with your sister and daughter? And our tribe is already surrounded by the Jin people, how easy is it to break away? Zhuo Liktu looked at Zai Sangbu He suspiciously, feeling that the other party was not pretending to be fake, and it seemed that he really had the intention of breaking away from the Jin army.

"Brother, Ming people don't say secret words, I know, you also have someone to contact Baojun! If we want to break away from the Jin Army, we can only get the support of the Bao Army, and get the support of Wei Bao, with such a strong backer as Wei Bao, I believe that the Jin people will not dare to deal with us casually! Even if my sister-in-law and daughter are with the Jinren, in order to continue to win over my people, at least if they don't want our entire Horqin Grassland to be the enemy of the Jinren, they won't dare to mess around! "Zaisangbu and Dao.

Drorictu narrowed his eyes, now completely convinced of Zaisangbu He, "This is a solution, it turns out that you want to join the treasure army?" Want to take refuge in Weibao? ”

"Let's not talk about taking refuge and using each other, I believe that Wei Bao also hopes to control Mongolia through us! Lin Dan Khan is a person who can't support the wall in the mud, counting on him, we Mongols will be enslaved by the Jin army sooner or later, it is better to count on the Han people, the Han people are still reasonable. "Zaisangbu and Dao.

Zorictu nodded: "Yes, the Han people believe in Confucianism, and Confucianism values benevolence, righteousness and morality the most. But how can we convince Webo to believe us? And can we really fully trust Wei Bao? ’

"So try to meet!" Zai Sambu and said: "Find a good time! Even if we don't talk to Wei Bao, as long as we can be of the same heart, the Jin people know that we have been in contact with Wei Bao, and the Bao army is likely to protect us, and the Jin people will not dare to do anything, I know the Jin people very well, they are a group of jackals who bully good and fear evil, do you remember? Back then, Nurhachi recognized Li Chengliang as his father-in-law, like a dog, how obedient was he? I can't wait to eat Li Chengliang's! ”

"Remember, why don't you remember? How peaceful the Mongolian desert was at that time, I miss those years so much. So facts have proved that no matter whether the Han people are sincere to us Mongols or not, as long as the strength of the Han people is strong, there will be a good life and a peaceful life! "Okay, I'll listen to you, we'll try to meet Wei Bao!" ”

"A word is a certainty, if you break the oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" Zaisangbu and Dao.

"A word is a certainty, if you break the oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" Drorictu put his hand on Zaisangbuhe's hand.

Zaisambu and Zai put his hand on Driktu's shoulder.

The two of them made a Mongol oath, and it was considered a negotiation.

President Wei had already left the customs at this time, and went to Qiantunbao in person, without making any movement, and not many people even knew the news of Lord Wei's exit.

What you know is only the upper echelons of the treasure army.

But Wei Bao knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden, and sooner or later everyone would know that he was also out of the customs.

Wei Bao didn't want to take risks, nor did he want to interfere with the command of the generals under him, but wanted to see the infantry fighting the cavalry with his own eyes.

The news of President Wei's arrival greatly boosted the morale of Baojun!

Otherwise, in the ice and snow, the Baojun is also uncomfortable, not much better than the days of Jiannu, but the logistics supply is sufficient, can use the roasted and prosperous fire, and can eat meat and flatbread These serious grains.

No matter how good the food is, the cold in the Northeast is unimaginable, and camping in the wild for a long time is definitely not a comfortable thing.

Good logistics can only ensure that the treasure army will not be attrition in non-combat.

The day after President Wei arrived, Madman Tan prepared a skirmish to show his welcome to the president.

As soon as the general headquarters of the treasure army arrived at Kaqian Tunpu to meet with the president, a thousand elite cavalry of Jiannu rushed over and wanted to attack Qiantunpu.

Jiannu's intelligence system is definitely not comparable to that of the treasure army, but they have a keen sense of smell, feel the change in the atmosphere, and feel that there must be some big man in Qiantunbao.

Then an infantry brigade of the Bao army met the battle.

A brigade of the Bao Army is a real 7,000 people, and it has a numerical advantage against 1,000 Jiannu iron cavalry.

Madman Tan scattered the entire brigade into several phalanxes, and the soldiers sat and knelt in four positions, stuck their spears on the ground, and then the enemy was beaten back.

The battle was very short, it took less than an hour to end, and the casualties on both sides were not large, with two or three hundred dead in Jiannu and two or three hundred dead in Baojun.

This is equivalent to the victory of the treasure army, because although the treasure army is superior in numbers, it is an infantry army, and the inferiority of the infantry army to the cavalry is still obvious, especially if it does not rely on thermal weapons.

A modern army equipped with cold weapons still has an advantage in military system in the face of the feudal army.

The most important difference between the modern army and the feudal army lies not only in the quality of equipment and soldiers, but also in the way it is organized.

The soldiers of the feudal army, most of them come from the peasants and prisoners who are temporarily conscripted, and the professional soldiers who maintain full-time training are extremely expensive in the feudal period, even if the number is scarce, it is an extremely expensive thing in the feudal period, these people lack training and lack of combat initiative, and the army's control over these people can only rely on the most crude feudal management methods, rewarding those who kill the enemy, pumping those who hesitate, and cutting those who retreat, so that the soldiers can remember the most basic tactical movements in a numb way, and gather the soldiers in the large phalanx through the herd mentality.

Therefore, for the feudal soldiers, not only did they rely heavily on officers to supervise the battle, so they could not divide their troops to implement refined tactics, but also lost their organization and suffered a rout after suffering a small number of casualties.

However, for the modern army, even if there is a lack of means of communication, the modern army can still obtain real-time combat conditions and give instructions more smoothly through more modern organizational methods, through heralds and scouts than feudal armies, and at the same time, the troops organized through modern organizational methods can also more smoothly carry out refined and complex tactics.

Surprise attacks, ambushes, detours, feints, etc.

Secondly, even if the level of weapons must first be fought against each other in the form of the most primitive infantry phalanx, the casualties that the modern army can withstand are much higher than those of the feudal army, and even if the casualties are compared with the Lancaster formula, they can kill until the feudal army collapses.

President Wei felt that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry archery tactics of the nomadic tribes was often overestimated.

First of all, the nomadic tribes were generally poorly equipped with horse archers, there was a serious shortage of iron tools, armor, swords and guns were worse than those of the sedentary peoples, and only the production level of bows and arrows was higher.

Secondly, nomadic tribes often have poor discipline and do not belong to each other, and the leaders of various tribes are attached to the banner of a certain khan, and there is oil and water to catch everyone together, and when they encounter hard bones, who gnaws who is stupid, and loses the battle, anyway, we can escape quickly with six legs and a few horses in turn, and whoever wants to be sent to death after breaking, everyone is at most mentally supported.

If you win, you will advance lightly, and if you lose, you will be defeated.

Fighting against a well-disciplined, regular, modern army will basically fail.

Moreover, Jiannu is a slavery system, and their own people often fight between themselves for a herd of cattle and sheep or booty or a piece of pasture, and internal strife is frequent, and it is easy to be bought by the enemy.

Not to mention the Mongolian tribes, Wei Baodu had not even moved the idea of plotting against the Horqin steppe and the inner Khalkha, and they automatically came to the door.

When the momentum of Jiannu was rising, everything was easy to say, and as soon as Jiannu failed, they immediately wanted to find a new master.

The essence of nomadic tribal tactics lies in mobility and suddenness, wantonly killing and destroying the enemy's logistical supply in the enemy's weakly defended rear, constantly harassing the enemy's flank, and launching a surprise attack when the enemy is slacking off and not paying attention.

Mounted archery is generally a light horse to shoot arrows about twenty or thirty meters in front of the enemy's formation, and the lethality of archery is limited further away.

Theoretically, it is feasible to wear Yang in 100 steps, but those who can do it are one in a hundred, and after shooting a few arrows, people will be tired.

In the war between Rome and Parthia, the Romans did not see this tactic at first, and Crassus was defeated and annihilated.

Once the Romans became familiar with cavalry tactics, they quickly figured out how to restrain themselves and formed light infantry, using bows and arrows and javelins, to maintain formation under the cover of the legion's heavy infantry, which was extremely important.

Shoot at the Parthians.

Cavalry archers and light infantry were not at all advantageous unless the cavalry archers picked up their swords and guns and launched a charge, but the Romans would also throw thistles everywhere on the ground to slow down the charge of the Parthian cavalry, a trick that the Europeans used until modern times, and when the Parthian offensive was exhausted, they would launch a deadly charge against the command center with the cooperation of disciplined legionary infantry and cavalry.

In the nearly 200 years of warfare between the Parthians and the Romans, Parthia was actually at a disadvantage, and the capital Ctesiphon was captured several times.

In general, nomadic tribes have always had a relationship with Western armies.

During the Crusades, the rear flanks of the Crusaders were forever harassed by the *** horse archers, and it was annoying, and if a certain earl and baron couldn't help but chase all the way and accidentally chased into the valley, it would only end his life.

And if the Crusaders capture the main force of the *** army on a relatively narrow battlefield, and the ironclad knights charge, the *** army will immediately collapse.

The Lionheart always paid attention to maintaining formation during the march, the crossbowmen and pikemen dismounted knights were mixed, and it was strictly forbidden to charge without brains, Saladin's cavalry archers always had no way to take the crusades, and the Lionheart always wandered near the coast, the logistics were guaranteed by the Genoese, and they never dared to let their army go deep into the interior, and everyone actually fought a draw.

The Mongolian army was the most strict military discipline in the world at that time, in addition to the light cavalry and good heavy cavalry and the most advanced siege weapons in the world at that time, the Mongolian generals were experienced, the combat command was thorough, the generals at all levels strictly obeyed the order, coupled with the unique long-distance cross-country survival ability of the nomads, so they fought all over the Eurasian continent.

The Mongol cavalry of the Western Expedition actually had a very important position in the well-equipped heavy cavalry.

However, this state of affairs of the Mongols did not last long, and soon the Mongols gradually became corrupt and weakened.

After the defeat at Ainzarut, the Ilkhanate never took advantage of the decades-long war with the Mamluks.

After the 14th century, the borders between the Golden Horde and the countries of Eastern Europe were basically fixed, and the Tatars could no longer conquer cities as they wished, but could only maintain suzerainty over the Russian principalities and the occupation of the South Russian steppes.

After the murder of the Golden Horde, the Zanib Khan went into a mode of infighting, but the Tatars still relied on the mobility of cavalry to raid people everywhere in the vast fields.

In fact, relying only on mounted archers can only harass them, and the key to solving the battle is to rely on heavy cavalry.

In Western Europe, the battlefield is generally relatively narrow and has many obstacles, which is not particularly suitable for light cavalry combat, but in the relatively arid Eastern European Great Plain, from the Dniester River to the Ural River, the field of vision is wide and the terrain is flat, which is very suitable for Mongolian and Tatar cavalry mobile operations.

In 1380, the Battle of Kulikovo, for which the Grand Duchy of Moscow had been preparing for many years, had won with great difficulty, and three years later a new Golden Horde Tokhtamysh's army arrived, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow was once again vassal after its defeat.

In the Battle of Kulikovo, 100 years after Russia defeated the Mongols for the first time, the Golden Horde Ahmad no longer dared to attack Moscow alone, and waited for Lithuanian reinforcements on the banks of the Ugra River on the outskirts of Moscow.

More than 20 years later, the last Golden Horde was killed by the Crimeans, and the Golden Horde was completely destroyed.

Although the Golden Horde perished, several khanates were separated, Crimea, Kazan, Astrakhan, Nogai, and Siberia still had a certain strength, and the strongest was the Crimean Khanate, which captured tens of thousands of people from Poland, Russia, Moldova and other countries almost every year in the 16th century and sold them into slavery, and more died.

In 1572, taking advantage of the political instability in Russia, Khandevlait Gelai captured Moscow, captured 150,000 people, and covered the entire Moscow with corpses.

But when the political situation in Tsarist Russia stabilized, Devlet Gerakhan gathered more Tatar cavalry to attack Moscow again, but it was doomed to failure.

At this time, the technology of the arquebus was relatively mature, and although it was complicated to operate, it was able to effectively shoot through armor at a distance of 100 meters.

A group of stupid-looking guys can easily kill veterans who have been trained for many years after a few months of training, and the arquebusiers and pikemen are mixed together, and the nomadic cavalry archers are at a disadvantage in both long-range shooting and hand-to-hand combat.

The Polish hussars were already able to easily defeat the poorly disciplined and poorly armed Tatars in the field.

In the face of well-armored European cavalry, the Tatars were definitely no match for them in a head-to-head battle.

Around the same time, Yermak went on an expedition to the Siberian Khanate, and 800 Cossacks completely destroyed the tens of thousands of Tatars of Guchum Khan like rabbits, as if they were in a no-man's land.

Although Guchum Khan relied on popular support, raised the banner of jihad, and finally killed Yermak by guerrilla warfare, he was no longer able to resist the second attack of Tsarist Russia.

During the period of Yermak's expedition to Siberia, Russia was able to defeat the Tatars head-on, but it was still overwhelmed and still needed to build a Great Wall to prevent the invasion of the Crimean Tatars.

During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarist Russia built Great Walls in the border areas of Tula, Ryazan, Belgorod, Voronezh and other areas at that time to resist the invasion of the Crimean Tatars.

By the 17th century, the Russians had built Tula Deer to defend against the Tatars, and European gunsmithing technology and phalanx tactics had become more sophisticated.

The Turkuts were brave and indomitable, and they moved westward and defeated the Tatars, Kazakhs, Bashkirs, and Nogais.

In 1643, Turgat Khan and Orlek concentrated the forces of the entire tribe to besiege Astrakhan, but they were still defeated by the Russian army's guns, and Orlek was defeated and killed, and the Turghut tribe was forced to submit to Tsarist Russia.

In the Great Ukrainian Cossack Uprising that began in 1648, the Crimean Tatars took advantage of the opportunity of the Ukrainian Cossacks to revolt against the Poles, and were invited by the Ukrainian Cossacks as reinforcements to plunder slaves in Ukraine.

The Crimean Tatars, who plundered slaves in the steppes of Eastern Europe, attacked the Crimean Khanate twice before the Battle of Yaksa.

The Crimean Tatars did not dare to fight back at all, so they could only set fire to the steppe, retreat to the fortress of Perekop at the entrance to the Crimean Peninsula, rely on the help of Ottoman Turkey, and defend with the cannons of the walls and trenches.

The Cossacks of Ukraine and the Volga Valley were getting stronger, and under the cover of caravans, the Cossacks were able to defeat the Tatars in the open steppes with muskets and spears.

By the late 17th century, the slave business of the Crimean Tatars was becoming more and more difficult.

By the 18th century, with the spread of flintlock pistols, paper-shelled bullets, and bayonets, the Tatars had no advantage at all.

Whether it is long-range shooting or hand-to-hand combat, it has been completely destroyed by Western forces.

During the Fourth Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739, the Russian army forced its way through the swamps, captured the fortress of Perekop, and swept around the Crimean Peninsula.

The Tatar cavalry archers could only follow from a distance, occasionally harassing them.

Even so, they often suffered heavy casualties and could no longer pose any real threat to the modernized armies of the West.

Compared with modern technology, especially gunpowder weapons, which have changed infantry tactics dramatically, technology has changed much less for cavalry, which has also accompanied the history of human warfare.

The real revival of cavalry in modern times must be attributed to scientific training and strict discipline.

"President."

"President."

More than 20 people, including Tan Maniac, Lin Wenbiao, officers above the regimental level of the two brigades near Qiantunpu, and more than 10 operational staff officers of the General Headquarters, were received by President Wei.

Among them, only Madman Tan and Lin Wenbiao can often see President Wei, especially Lin Wenbiao, which is the easiest.

Even Tan is crazy, in fact, he only sees the president once or twice a month.

Now the system of Baojun is getting more and more perfect, and the guards around the president have become a system of their own, and there is no need for Madman Tan to follow the president all the time.

"I saw your efforts a while ago, but the effect was not ideal." President Wei pondered the words.

This is indeed the case, although compared to Jiannu, the logistics supply of the treasure army is much better.

However, it is still very difficult to solve the problem of feeding millions of people, and if it were not for President Wei's seizure of control of Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai all the way in the Ming system, he would have been able to find a way to buy some grain from the south.

Otherwise, the life of southern Liaoning would not be able to live at all.

North Korea is barren and self-sufficient, and at best contributes a limited amount of food, which cannot meet the food needs of millions of people.

Weijiazhuang is rich, but the population of Weijiazhuang is also quite large, it has reached more than 500,000 people, only a little bit bigger, even in modern times, there are not many people in the Qinhuangdao area.

Now the population of Weijiazhuang is a little bit less than the population of modern Qinhuangdao.

Therefore, it is good for Weijiazhuang to be self-sufficient, as an administrative center and a center of heavy industry, it also has to feed many people who have left agricultural production.

Where is there strength to support other places?

Therefore, it is still very difficult for the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society, if it were not for the advantages of the system, unified management, and overall arrangements, people would not starve to death.

There is still a possibility that there will be a large-scale food shortage in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the phenomenon of fighting and killing people will occur.

When Madman Tan and the other officers heard the president say this, they all lowered their heads in shame.

It is true that they themselves are not satisfied with the current result, the treasure army, which has always been invincible, has concentrated the strength of five brigades, which is not much less than Jiannu in terms of strength, but it can only fight like this.

"President, it's my incompetence, please punish me!" Madman Tan originally wanted to ask the president to change the command, but Madman Tan knew that this was a taboo for the president, so he didn't dare to say it easily.

Because whether to change the commander or not, that is something that the president considers, and it is not his turn to think about it.

He is still the commander-in-chief, so he has to do his own thing.