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Nanjing.

Zheng Sen, Zhang Huangyan, Yao Qisheng, and Wang Fuzhi left the school together and were about to go to the big library to borrow books.

Although Nanjing University also has a library, its collection of books is not as rich as that of the Dalian National Library.

As soon as they walked to the street near the school gate, a few people saw a rider trotting past the horse track on the street, carrying a long fluttering flag. It was Lu Bu!

Sure enough, the rider shouted loudly as he ran.

"Great victory!"

"Great victory at Longmenchuan! Our Da'ei garrison defeated 30,000 Qing captives with an inferior force of more than 10,000!"

"Ten thousand enemies were killed! Nearly four thousand were captured!"

I originally saw a rider running towards me carrying a cloth on his back. Although many people were attracted to the sight, they did not pay too much attention.

In fact, since Da'ei sent troops to destroy Shun half a month ago, there have been too many good news.

You can say one after another.

Now that the Yi army in the northwest has reached Xi'an City, it is only a matter of time before Xi'an is captured.

Therefore, when many people saw Lubu, they thought it was another good news for Shaanxi or Shanxi.

Now when I heard it, it turned out that they had defeated the Qing captives, and the garrison army belonging to the third rank of Da'ei's army defeated more than twice the Qing captives with inferior strength.

Suddenly many people were shocked.

I couldn't even believe my ears.

This is the case with Yao Qisheng.

He slapped Zheng Sen on the shoulder and asked: "Mingyan (Zheng Sen), did I hear you correctly? More than 10,000 police troops defeated 30,000 Qing captives?!"

Zheng Sen came back to his senses and said, "Brother Yao heard it right. I heard it too."

Yao Qisheng blinked his eyes and said: "But how is this possible? With the Qing Dynasty's good fighting skills, how could 30,000 people be defeated by more than 10,000 security forces?"

Before Zheng Sen could think of how to answer, Zhang Huangyan next to him spoke.

"Xizhi, I don't like hearing what you are saying. Why can't the Qinglu be defeated by the security forces? Is it possible that you still hope that the Qinglu will win?"

"That's not what I meant." Yao Qisheng quickly explained, "Ordinary people don't know, but you and I understand.

Most of our Da'ei garrison was reorganized from the original Ming army and peasant army, and most of the real elites were filled into the standing army.

It is also because of this that our Da'ei Garrison Army ranks third in rank under the Standing Army.

The quality of its soldiers, weapons and equipment, etc. are not as good as the standing army, let alone the Guards.

This time, he was able to defeat Qing soldiers who were more than twice his size. Isn't Brother Zhang curious? "

Zhang Huang said, “The victory or defeat of a war depends not only on the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment, but also on the right time, place and people.

I have learned about the Longmenchuan area. It is located in the Yanshan Mountains on the border of Xuanfu. The terrain is long and narrow, which is not conducive to the use of cavalry and large troops. As the defender, the garrison has geographical advantages to rely on, so why can't it defeat the Qing captives? "

Yao Qisheng didn't know where Longmen River was before, but when he heard this, he thought that the war was really as Zhang Huangyan said, and couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's it."

Wang Fuzhi suddenly said: "In my opinion, although Qinglu is good at fighting, there is no need to think too highly of him.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the soldiers in northern Xinjiang were short of food and clothing. They often lacked food and pay, and their weapons and equipment were in poor condition. There were still a few elites who could fight against the Qing invaders.

Today, our Da'ei garrison not only has sufficient food and wages, but also sufficient training, and the weapons and equipment are also good. If we can work together as one, it will not be surprising to win a great victory over the Qing Dynasty. "

After listening to Wang Fuzhi's words, Zheng Sen and the other three couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Yes, since when did they actually think that the Han soldiers would not be able to defeat the Jurchens, Mongols and other Tartars?
Counting forward, there is a saying in the Han Dynasty that "one Han is equivalent to five barbarians".

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hongwu first led the south to control the north and drove out the Tartars; then Ming Emperor Taizong Zhu Di made five expeditions to the desert north, plowing the courtyard and sweeping holes.

Even in recent years, the Qi family army of the pre-Ming Dynasty was powerful in northern Xinjiang and Liaodong.

It can be seen from this that the Han soldiers were by no means born weaker than the Tartars, but they were severely weakened at the end of the dynasty and became vulnerable to the Tartars.

Now that Damei has just been established, the atmosphere is pure and upright, and the sons of the Han family have received the treatment they deserve or even better after joining the army, so they can naturally display a high enough fighting level.

Scholars and gentry like Zheng Sen and Wang Fuzhi who knew something about military matters were surprised by the "Victory of Longmenchuan" and at the same time they naturally had some shallow or deep thoughts.

Even ordinary people were equally surprised by this.

After all, the Qing captives are still the strongest enemy of Damei in the people's perception.

It is also well known that the combat strength of the garrison is lower than that of the Guards and the standing army.

Now that the garrison can defeat the Qing rebels who are twice their own size, doesn't it mean that Damei already has the military strength to destroy the Qing rebels?

The people became excited when they thought of this.

Some people even bought firecrackers to set off and beat gongs and drums to celebrate.

And as the "Victory of Longmenchuan" spread from Nanjing to all directions and provincial capitals, the gentry and the common people had a stronger sense of identification with the Da'ei imperial court.

Although Damei was established less than three years ago, in the hearts of many people, it has replaced the dominant position established in the two to three hundred years before the Ming Dynasty... The Forbidden City in Nanjing.

In Tianxin Hall, Liu Sheng was still studying the battle report of the battle at Longmenchuan.

To be honest, this victory was not only unexpected by others, but even Liu Sheng was slightly surprised.

Even if we put aside the combat capabilities of the garrison and the Qing captives, the disadvantage of soldiers and horses is a fact.

In a battle on the night of April 3rd to April 4th, Ma Jinzhong and Bai Wenxuan fought with more than 7,000 troops against 30,000 Qing captives.

Although the Qing prisoners were blocked from going south along the river valley, the Third Brigade of the Beijing Guard Division also lost one or two thousand men in this battle!
The battle loss ratio can be said to be more than a quarter!

This is not a city defense, but a field battle.

The garrison army did not retreat despite this battle loss ratio, but insisted on blocking the Qing army, which really exceeded Liu Sheng's expectations.

This shows that he had greatly underestimated the combat potential of the garrison.

During the day, other units of the Beijing Garrison Division came to help one after another. The maximum number of people was just over 15,000.

Although the Qing army had lost many soldiers and horses in previous battles, it still had more than 20,000 troops, so it still had an advantage in terms of strength.

If you have to find the shortcomings of the Qing army, there may be two.

First, Hauge entered the pass this time. Due to his long march and his intention to avoid the main force of the Yi army in the pass, he did not bring many guns with him.

They didn't bring a single Hongyi cannon, but only twenty ordinary-caliber Hongyi cannons.

There are more than 300 Tiger Crouching Cannons.

There were probably only a thousand musketeers.

Even the grenades they imitated didn't carry many.

Because these will slow down the marching speed.

Secondly, among the more than 30,000 Qing troops who entered the Pass with Hauge, there were only about 10,000 actual Eight Banners regular troops, and the rest were all subordinate soldiers, that is, Baoyi, Aha, and slaves of the Eight Banners bannermen.

The weapons and equipment of these people were not as good as those of the Da'ei garrison, and their training and morale were also not as good. They were on the offensive side, so it was understandable that they would be defeated.

The above were all drawn by the garrison generals during their post-war summary, and were written down in the battle report.

However, in addition to the above factors, Liu Sheng felt that the key to the garrison's victory in Longmenchuan lay in military morale and morale.

Military morale and morale are related to the system of adequate military pay, adequate rewards, and adequate pensions. They are also closely related to the daily words and deeds of military and political officials.

It can be said that today's Da'ei Garrison, like the Guards and the Standing Army, is not much different from the modern army.

Of course, the garrison has a local nature, and there must be differences in the quality and combat capabilities of the garrison forces in various places, and they may not all perform as well as the Beijing garrison division.

After all, the Beijing Garrison Division and the Nanjing Garrison Division are both elite in the garrison army, and their actual combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the standing army.

After coming back to his senses, Liu Sheng said to his secretary Lang who was awaiting the edict in the palace: "I have sent word of mouth that the ministers of the Military Affairs Council should go to the Wuying Palace for a meeting to discuss the aftermath of the Battle of Longmenchuan."

"Yes."

A secretary hurriedly left in response.

Liu Sheng asked other secretariat staff and guards to prepare a little before setting up in Wuying Palace.

This meeting was planned to be held when Liu Sheng saw the report of the Longmenchuan victory.

Liu Sheng first came to the back hall of Wuying Palace, sat for a while under the service of the palace maids, and directed the secretariat staff to complete the materials needed for the meeting.

After all the ministers of the Military Academy arrived at the main hall of Wuying Hall, he entered the main hall and sat on the dragon chair.

Although it was only a small meeting, and Dawei simplified the active etiquette, there must be necessary etiquette between the monarch and his ministers.

When Liu Sheng took his seat, all the ministers of the Military Academy bowed and saluted together.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, all lie down and take your seats."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After all the ministers were seated, Liu Sheng asked: "You must have read the battle report of the Longmenchuan victory, right?"

The battle report was forwarded by the Beijing Telecommunications Group an hour or two ago.

After Liu Sheng read it, he immediately asked the Secretariat to copy it to the Military Academy, and ordered the heads of various ministries to circulate it to officials.

If anyone hasn't watched it yet, something must have delayed it.

So Liu Sheng asked, and then said: "In this battle, the Beijing Garrison Division not only had the impressive record of Ma Jinzhong and Li Guoying's defeat of troops twice as many as their own Qing captives.

There is also the glorious deed of half a battalion defending Longmensuo and Sanyi Fort, and almost all members died in the battle.

I believe that for these soldiers who died in the border garrison posts, the imperial court only provided compensation and awards as usual, which is far from enough! "(End of chapter)