The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 211 The Problem of the Dragon Guards
Bai Daqi was eager to report Chen Wang's attitude to Queen Mother Zeng, so he exchanged a few words with Zhu Linmi and left in a hurry.

"My lord, General Zhao has arrived at the camp." Seeing that the Xuanzhi eunuch had left, Shi Lin hurriedly reported to Zhu Linming.

"Zhao Yinxuan is here?" Zhu Lin hurriedly said, "Hurry up and bring him to see me."

To say that Zhao Yinxuan was ordered to guard Shanguan, only tens of miles away from the Longwei Army camp, he should have arrived yesterday.But at noon yesterday, he also saw the Qing army flaunting their might in front of the pass, and they all dispersed at Shen Shi, suspected in his heart of Jianlu's trick, but he dared not take half a step out of Shanguan.

Later, the Dragon Guard Army sent people to contact him several times, and he asked his deputy general to go to the Dragon Guard Army camp to inquire, and learned that King Chen actually defeated tens of thousands of Azig's main force in half a day, so he rushed to see him.

After Zhao Yinxuan entered the account, after the ceremony, he talked to Zhu Linmi about the situation in Jiangxi.

"Your Highness, the Yangge Department is now confronting Jianlu along the Baita River, and there are garrison guards harassing behind the enemy. Our army is still superior." Zhao Yinxuan changed the subject and cupped his hands and said, "However, there are still more than ten thousand captives. It will take some time to completely defeat it..."

Zhu Linmei nodded when she heard the words. Yang Tinglin himself was not good at fighting. Although Zhu Youmao and the Guangxi wolf soldiers in his army had some fighting strength, they were still a bit behind the ordinary Ming army, and Liu Guangbi's Eight Banners of the Han Army was still a little behind. cut.

Now that the battle in Fujing is over, it is advisable for Jiangxi to arrive as soon as possible.He thought for a while, and said to Zhao Yinxuan: "Zhao Zongbing should lead his troops back to Jiangxi as soon as possible. In addition, I will send 4000 troops from the Polu Camp and two battalions of Dragon Guards to reinforce Yang Ge's troops. This force is enough to defeat Liu Guangbi quickly. "

"But according to His Highness's arrangement!" Zhao Yinxuan immediately cupped his hands and got up, but then said again, "It's just that Shanguan still needs someone to guard it."

Zhu Linmei smiled, "I have my own arrangements."

After Zhao Yinxuan left, Zhu Linmi ordered the officers under his command to gather in the tent and made some arrangements.

Gu Yanwu led the army to Jiangxi to help Yang Tinglin destroy Guangxin Jianlu.

Shao Wu garrisoned Lu Chang's [-] troops to garrison Shanguan.There is no fighting at Shanguan now, so it is more appropriate for the local Ming army to garrison it.

In addition, Lu Chang and Song Jincheng, the general soldier of Taining, were ordered to escort the prisoners together.The battle of Shanguan captured a large number of enemy troops. In addition to the officers who were sent directly to Tianxing Mansion to be executed, there were more than 2 captive soldiers who had to be sent to various places for hard labor. This was also quite a laborious task.

Lu Chang and Song Jincheng were still quite nervous when Chen Wang's troops were fighting fiercely with Jianlu.The two were discussing where they should retreat if King Chen was defeated, when they heard that there were thousands of captive troops coming here.

If it weren't for the courage of these two people, they almost turned around and ran away.After a while, the captive soldiers came to the front, and they found that these people were all crooked and crooked, like bereaved dogs, and only then did they know that they were a defeated army.

As long as the soldiers under the two of them roared a few times, these captive soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy.In the service, they also captured more than 3000 Jianlu alive in a glorious manner.

Both Lu Chang and Song Jincheng inherited the official ranks of their fathers, and they had been doing nothing in the resident before. They did not expect to achieve such military exploits this time. Presumably, the official ranks can be further improved.

Afterwards, the two heard about how brave and skilled King Chen's men were in this battle, and they beat Jianlu to no avail. Therefore, they admired King Chen even more, and were glad they made the right choice at that time.

From then on, they only followed Zhu Lin's lead, and they almost wrote the words "under the command of King Chen" on their faces.

In stark contrast to them, those officers who had been watching the battle situation and planning to lead the battle panicked after learning of the Shanguan victory, and rushed to the Dragon Guards camp with gifts as quickly as possible, was turned away.

"The teams of the Dragon Guards and the Polu Battalion who were more damaged in this battle rushed to Guangguang for repairs. The compensation for the fallen soldiers must be implemented as soon as possible, and the missing part of the required silver should be reported to me as soon as possible." Zhu Linmei finally said, "Except Except for the reinforcements in Jiangxi, the rest of the generals will go back and make preparations, leave tomorrow, and follow me back to Tianxing Mansion."

"Yes!" Everyone in the tent responded in unison.

The next day.

Zhu Linmi only brought more than a hundred people from the personal army company, and embarked on the road back east to Tianxing Mansion with a group of officers.

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" Zhen Zhen urged the chestnut horse that had just been captured, and approached Zhu Linming, "It should be a big victory, but why do you look so sad when you see you?"

"Oh, nothing." Zhu Linmi forced a smile and shook her head.

In fact, he was full of thoughts in his mind. On the one hand, during the Shanguan battle, the Dragon Guards exposed many problems that needed to be solved urgently.

The first thing to bear the brunt is that the protection is still insufficient. The most casualties of the Dragon Guards in this battle are Jianlu's bows and arrows.In comparison, the heavy cavalry battalion with the strongest protection forcibly built the elite cavalry formation, but did not suffer too much loss.

Secondly, the number of cannons also needs to be greatly increased.Jianlu only brought less than a hundred chariots this time, and they were all small chariots.Even so, until the main forces of the two armies began hand-to-hand combat, many chariots were still undestroyed.It is conceivable that if Azigold equips two or three times as many chariots, the Dragon Guards will inevitably suffer even greater losses.

In addition, there have been problems of varying degrees in terms of infantry firepower, logistics, and marching speed.

In the future, the Qing government will definitely concentrate its forces on dealing with Daming. At the same time, after the Shanguan battle, Jianlu will also sum up his experience and even learn some fighting methods of the Dragon Guards.They used to learn from the Ming army, and they have progressed from a tribal armed force that has become the strongest in East Asia. Their learning ability and determination can be seen.

If the Dragon Guards can't solve their own problems as soon as possible, they will face more fierce enemy forces in the future, and more soldiers will be killed and injured, and it will not even be able to guarantee an overwhelming advantage over Jianlu.

Fortunately, Zhu Linmei now has some preliminary ideas on how to improve the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Guards.For example, in terms of protection, cotton armor should be fully popularized, and the front row of infantry lines can even be equipped with breastplates.This is a plate armor that only protects the chest and abdomen. It is very easy to resist the bows and arrows of the Qing army. It can even provide defense against knives and spears in hand-to-hand combat.

As for the number of artillery, it cannot be solved by simply increasing the artillery.

There is a certain standard for the ratio of artillery in the army. If there are too many artillery and infantry and cavalry cannot effectively protect them, once the enemy forces disperse and approach, it will cause serious defensive pressure on one's own side.

This is why a cannon fanatic like Napoleon had only four cannons per thousand people in his army.This ratio was concluded by the Europeans after hundreds of years of war, and Zhu Linmi believes that it is quite scientific.

Therefore, the improvement of artillery can only be done by expanding the overall size of the Dragon Guards and improving the combat effectiveness of artillery.As for how to implement it, detailed planning is required.

(End of this chapter)