Chapter 336 The Ming Army Cannot Fight a Big Battle
In the Hongren Hall, two middle-aged generals were sitting opposite each other. They were wearing armor and had strong bodies. One of them had a beard and the other looked quite elegant. These two men were Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji respectively.
Although the two of them had been silent, they were all a little confused at this time. After all, Lin Jing's summons was too sudden. If it was just the factors of the Yongwei camp, it seemed wrong. You must know that Yongwei
There are more than just these two generals in the camp, there are many others to choose from.
However, the two of them felt uneasy in their hearts, but they were both a little excited. After all, although they were both loyal to the country, they also hoped to be further reused by the court, and now was a good opportunity.
After a while, there was a burst of footsteps outside the hall, which made Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji both stand up. They saw a young man in Tuanlong embroidered clothes walking quickly into the hall.
He was followed by several young eunuchs who were serving him carefully, so the identity of this person was already obvious.
"Chen Huang Degong has met His Highness!"
"My minister Zhou Yuji has met His Highness!"
The visitor was none other than Lin Jing. He looked at the two fierce generals with a smile, feeling very happy in his heart. You must know that these two were also figures who could write their own names in the magnificent history of the late Ming Dynasty. More importantly, these two
The two of them were indeed loyal to the Ming Dynasty!
Huang Degong, a member of the Kaiyuan Guards, was a warrior who truly came from the army. This man was extremely brave in battle. He would drink several buckets of wine before each battle. After drinking, he became more powerful. He especially liked to fight with an iron whip. In the army
Known as Huang Chuangzi.
In the battle against the bandits, this person once followed the eunuch Lu Jiude and won a great victory at Banshihui, forcing the troops of the fifth battalion to surrender. Later, when fighting against Zhang Xianzhong's troops, he captured the lieutenant general of Zhang Xianzhong's army, Chuangshi Wang Mawu, and Sanyaozi Xingguo.
, even though he was hit by an arrow in the face during the battle, he still shouted and fought fiercely, showing extraordinary bravery.
According to Lin Jing's understanding, Huang Degong was later named Jingnan Bo after the fall of the capital and became one of the four towns in Jiangbei. Unlike the other three, Huang Degong was an upright man. When the army went out, he had strict discipline and his subordinates did not dare to intrude.
Common people, it is a pity that after the situation took a turn for the worse, they eventually died heroically for their country.
As for Zhou Yuji, he was also a fierce general from the Yongwei Camp. He was from the Jinzhou Guards. Nine years after Chongzhen, when the Jin Army attacked the capital, Zhou Yuji was promoted to the second rank from Shangshu Zhang Fengyi for his meritorious service in bloody battles, and was promoted to the deputy general of the Forward Battalion. Later, he followed Sun Yingyuan to fight.
Henan won many great victories and was also a very brave general. He later served as the guard of Ningwuguan and died heroically for his country under Li Zicheng's attack.
"Two generals, please wake up. After hearing that you have arrived in the capital, I was so happy that I hurriedly came to see the two generals!"
Lin Jing took the initiative to help Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji up, and his attitude was extremely warm. He smiled and said: "I have often heard people mention the names of these two generals, and now I see that they are really heroic!"
Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji were immediately a little embarrassed. They were originally simple-minded, and they had worked their way up from the bottom. They were somewhat inarticulate, and they were somewhat touched by Lin Jing's treatment.
"Your Highness, I am truly ashamed."
Lin Jing smiled, and after letting the two of them sit down again, he sat on the crown prince's throne and said deeply: "I know that General Huang was defending the enemy in Luzhou and General Zhou was training troops in Shanxi. I may be a little confused now. In fact, I
I have received His Majesty's order to organize and train 30,000 new troops... Therefore, I recommended two people to Your Majesty as military training officers."
Huang Degong has a straightforward personality, and he quickly said: "Whatever the imperial court orders, I should obey it."
Zhou Yuji, who was on the side, frowned slightly. He was originally going to Shanxi to train troops, but now he was suddenly sent to the capital. He was somewhat puzzled, so he hesitated and said: "Right now, I don't know what the rules are for the training in the capital.
I'm afraid that I am too stupid to understand His Highness's thoughts."
Lin Jing smiled slightly and said: "Two generals, you are both people who have led troops to fight. Can you tell me why the army of Ming Dynasty is able to fight when facing rogue bandits, but often suffers huge consequences when facing Donglu?
What about defeat?"
Huang Degong immediately shut up when he heard this question, because he had no experience fighting against Donglu in his life, and only Zhou Yuji was qualified to answer this question.
Zhou Yuji did not rush to answer, but thought about it for a while before saying slowly: "Your Highness, when marching and fighting, it is important to have the right time, place, and people. However, most of our Ming Dynasty's military forces are unable to fight, and they can barely win against the rogues."
We have the upper hand, but it will be useless against Donglu."
Lin Jing had already talked with Chen Xinjia about the issue of the guard station before, so he naturally understood something about it, and said: "But in the past, during the Songjin War, the main focus was on recruiting troops, but the situation is still..."
Zhou Yuji said softly: "When two armies fight, they all rely on the bravery of the generals. When the generals are brave, the soldiers will follow suit. However, the generals do not rely on the courage of one person. They must be assisted by brave men on the left and right. If we can get
These brave men work together and are brave enough to advance. They can be the sharp edge of the entire army, and they will naturally be invincible in battle."
Lin Jing nodded slightly to show his approval. The military system in the late Ming Dynasty was corrupted. Almost all generals led a small group of close servants to fight on the battlefield. Once the servants collapsed, the war situation could not be saved.
Zhou Yuji continued: "Your Highness, in the past, when the guard system collapsed and the recruitment system came into being, some generals recruited talented men from all over the world to build thick buildings and use them as vanguards. However, this generation is proficient in bow and horse and has extraordinary skills. Tongdong
In small-scale battles between captives, they often won victories."
Indeed, Lin Jing found out by consulting the information that in fact the Ming army was not always at a disadvantage in the battles with the Hou Jin army, and often won some victories. However, the problem was that these victories were basically small-scale conflicts, but once a large-scale conflict
If it is enlarged to ten thousand people, then the Ming army will undoubtedly be defeated. This also makes a saying spread among the army:
"If the Eight Banners are less than ten thousand, they will be invincible if they are full of ten thousand!"
Zhou Yuji couldn't help but sigh softly when he said this, "Your Highness, the last general also fought against Donglu, and they also carried one head with two arms.
In small-scale battles, I have captured hundreds of Eastern captives, but every time we fight a big battle, our army is always defeated inexplicably..."
The just-concluded Battle of Songjin is a good example. Before the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army actually had the initiative and took advantage of many small-scale battles. However, once a large-scale battle broke out,
In the decisive battle, the entire Ming army was defeated almost inexplicably and horribly from top to bottom.
Combined with the large-scale wars launched before, Lin Jing came to the conclusion that the Ming army's organizational capabilities had been weakened to a very low level, so it could only win small battles, but not big ones.