Chapter 405: The Qing Army 'loved its people like sons'
The invincible and fierce record of the Liberation Army since its formation really frightened Lang Tingzuo.
The kind of vigor possessed by an invincible army can create extraordinary psychological pressure on the enemy.
Adding a bonus to one's own military morale is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
With such an army suppressing the formation, one's own soldiers and horses will unconsciously despise the enemy and think highly of themselves.
Adding these two together, the morale of an army will be improved!
And when fighting a war, isn’t it about morale?
The higher the morale of an army, the greater its ability to withstand casualties, and the greater the chance of victory.
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Tulehun was pacing in the military tent, thinking about the strategy for this battle, and said with a very ugly expression.
"The Ming thief's firearms are sharp, even the red cannon is no match for the Ming thief's artillery!"
"I'm afraid this battle won't be easy!"
In the past, when the Qing army faced the Ming army, they had an advantage in firearms.
The red cannon was regarded as an invincible artifact by the Qing court and was promoted to the altar.
Nowadays, the invincible aura of the red cannon has been mercilessly stripped away by the Ming army's artillery. The Qing army has lost the firearms advantage they relied on to build the Great Wall.
Naturally, I have no bottom in my heart.
Lang Tingzuo said.
"Since we are no match for the Ming thieves in terms of firearms, we must make full use of the Qing's riding and shooting advantages as much as possible."
"I conquer the world with Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, but what I really rely on is cavalry and shooting!"
Tulehun spoke.
"Indeed!"
"But in order to restrain the Ming thieves' firearm advantage, do we have to order the local government to rush to manufacture a batch of shield vehicles?"
"Let the local government capture some civilians and drive them to the front to serve as cannon fodder during war?"
During the Later Jin Dynasty, when the firearms of the Qing army were not as good as those of the Ming army, this method was used to deal with the Ming army's firearms.
After Tulehun said these words, the expressions of everyone around him changed drastically.
Lang Tingzuo tried to dissuade him.
"General, this is absolutely impossible!"
"It's not a problem to catch the shield truck, but it's probably not possible to arrest the civilians and drive them in front of the battle lines to be used as cannon fodder."
Upon hearing this, Tulehun narrowed his eyes and spoke in a very dangerous tone.
"Why?"
It was naturally impossible for Lang Tingzuo to admit that he was scared of being killed by Zhu Hongyu, so he just said.
"Now the Qing Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the world, and all people in the world are the subjects of the Qing Dynasty."
"For the sake of the people of the world, when we, the Qing Dynasty, were able to drive the people outside the customs to serve as cannon fodder in front of the battle, it is no longer possible now!"
"It's not easy to explain to the people of the world, nor to the imperial court!"
"If we drive the people in front of the battle, change the hearts of the people in the world, and the court blames us, I'm afraid we won't be able to bear it!"
As soon as Lang Tingzuo said this, Liang Huafeng, the commander-in-chief of Suzhou Town, and others also started to persuade him.
"Yes, General Tulehun, this must not be done!"
"It concerns the people of the world, so we must be cautious in everything we do!"
"..."
Tulehun's face was dark, and he snorted coldly and said.
"Haha, when did the Qing Dynasty care about people's hearts?"
"As long as our Qing Dynasty's knives are strong enough and we kill enough people, no matter how unpopular they are, those Han untouchables will still have to kneel down obediently and become obedient subjects of my Qing Dynasty?"
"No need to say anything, just do as I say!"
"Why, is it possible that you are really afraid of the threat from the Ming Dynasty?"
"Hmph, they are really a bunch of embarrassing things. When have I ever been afraid of Ming thieves?"
"My Eight Banners athletes will be completely disgraced by you!"
Thulehun unceremoniously lifted the fig leaf of these people.
Everyone in the group looked embarrassed when they were scolded, but under the intense gaze of Tulehun.
A group of people had to agree one after another and agreed to the matter.
Then, Tulehun's order to arrest the peasants was passed down layer by layer.
When the Qing soldiers at the bottom heard the orders from above, they all showed fear on their faces, and they pushed and delayed each other, but no one was willing to do it.
They were really scared to death by Zhu Hongyu!
Zhu Hongyu's successive massacres in Gaozhou, Guangzhou, Xinhui, and Zhoushan of Qing troops who dared to massacre cities and expel civilians in front of the formations served as a wake-up call to Qing troops all over the world.
I'm not kidding, if you dare to massacre the city, I will kill you all!
Moreover, as the Liberation Army faced off against the Qing Army, they won great victories again and again.
Zhu Hongyu's threat is becoming more and more important in the hearts of these Qing soldiers.
Because they began to gradually realize that they might not be able to win after facing the Ming army.
Not only that, the probability of losing is still high!
In other words, after their defeat, there is a high possibility that they will fall into the hands of Zhu Hongyu and become meat that Zhu Hongyu can slaughter at will!
In this case, who dares not to take Zhu Hongyu's threat to heart!
Zhu Hongyu wasn't just talking, he was really killing!
Gaozhou, Guangzhou, Xinhui, Zhoushan...
After every war, Zhu Hongyu killed a large number of prisoners of war. This was not a secret.
Facing the menacing Ming fleet, no one dared to drive out the people at this time!
They were all afraid that after they were defeated, they would fall into the hands of Zhu Hongyu, and they would be massacred because of this incident.
The green camp below was working hard, making Tulehun very angry!
Furious, he once again ordered the green battalion soldiers below to arrest people.
In order to prevent the green battalion below from wandering, he also sent Eight Banners soldiers to supervise!
This time, the green soldiers below had no choice but to reluctantly go to the countryside to arrest the peasants.
However, during the process of going to the countryside this time, the Qing army, which had poor military discipline in the past and had developed a habit of massacring and looting cities, showed that they "loved the people like sons" throughout the process.
Not to mention massacres and looting, even things that disturb the people rarely happen!
Even seeing that the supervising Eight Banners soldiers were coming, these Green Camp soldiers would take the initiative to help evacuate the people...
Tulehun was so angry at the performance of the green battalion soldiers below that he could only order the green battalion soldiers to return to their respective camps, and then let the Eight Banners soldiers take charge of plundering the civilians themselves.
Since then, things have been implemented!
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"what is going on?"
Zhu Hongyu had a gloomy face, his tone was unusually stern, and he asked loudly.
Xu Bin, Li Guangyuan, Zheng Chenggong and others in front of them were all worried.
As the Ming army achieved great victories, Zhu Hongyu's personal prestige also increased.
Normally, even if Zhu Hongyu was just sitting there without saying a word, he would feel a sense of power coming over him.
Even Zheng Chenggong doesn’t dare to look at Zhu Hongyu now!
What's more, Zhu Hongyu's current anger can be seen as long as you are not blind.
Facing the angry Zhu Hongyu, everyone fell silent for a while.
Yu Antai, the head of the Military Law Department, stood up and spoke under Zhu Hongyu's gaze, under tremendous pressure.
"Your Highness, the rebels who committed the crime have all been controlled by the gendarmerie!"
"Listen to His Highness!"
Zhu Hongyu sneered when he heard this and said.
"Haha, your Military Justice Department is really shameless!"
"How long has it been since the army entered the Yangtze River that there have been incidents like this of soldiers looting places and raping women and children?"
"Where do you want to put your face?"
"Leave it to Gu to deal with it? If you didn't take precautions beforehand, you let the rebels cause harm to the place. Now even if Gu kills all the rebels, will it be able to make up for the damage to the Ming Dynasty's image?"