There are many famous cases of Indians defeating Westerners. For example, the white garrison at Fort Dearborn in 1812 and Fort George in 1813 were completely annihilated by the Indians.
In addition, there was the Second Misinore War that broke out in December 1835. The U.S. military lost more than a thousand people, but it still failed to achieve the goal of forcing the Indians to migrate comprehensively. Even during a Christmas attack,
It also created a casualty ratio of one to ten between Indians and Westerners.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, the hall was very quiet at first, and then there was some noise immediately.
A large number of people think that Zhong Jinwei is exaggerating. Should he use cold weapons to defeat the Westerners, or should the primitive Indians fight? Ever since they saw the Western firearms, especially those who heard that the Westerners are powerful, they do not believe it.
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Zhong Jinwei looked at their faces, especially the face of Liang Tingdong, the Minister of War. He could guess what they were thinking with his toes. It is estimated that if it were not the occasion of the vassal meeting, he might have refuted it at this time.
Zhong Jinwei did not feel guilty and said in a confident tone: "Don't believe it, Westerners are really not that scary, as long as you don't be stupid enough to hit the muzzle of a Westerner's gun with your own flesh and blood on the flat ground."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Liang Tingdong and others still looked unconvinced, he explained to them: "The key to cold weapons versus Western firearms is distance. As long as you get close, cold weapons have an advantage."
Liang Tingdong wanted to ask after hearing this, but it was a vassal meeting now, and the vassal clans were listening carefully to Zhongxing Hou's words, so he held back and did not say anything.
Zhong Jinwei no longer looked at Liang Tingdong and said to the vassal clan in the palace: "There are many ways to shorten the distance. For example, using rain and fog, night cover, terrain cover, etc. There are ways even on the plains, such as digging trenches to approach
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Zhong Jinwei paused here and glanced at the audience in the hall. From the corner of his eye, he also saw a change in Liang Tingdong's face, and then continued: "Weapons have never been the decisive factor in war, let alone today's firearms versus cold weapons.
There is no overwhelming advantage. As long as you use your brain more and use your own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses, this is the key to winning the war."
Originally, Zhong Jinwei wanted to use the example that the Ming army was equipped with firearms, but could not defeat the Jianlu without firearms. However, he immediately realized that this example was inappropriate, so he did not mention it.
Because the quality of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty army was so poor, and because it would increase the popularity of others, it was not suitable for use in vassal meetings.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "buzz" in the hall.
After a while, the King of Tang first asked a question loudly: "Zhongxing Hou, what you said is indeed reasonable, but I often hear that details determine success or failure. Things on this battlefield can be said to be even the smallest difference.
A thousand miles away, victory or defeat is often just a little bit closer. How can we grasp what you are saying?"
Jinwei had not communicated with him about this in advance, and he happened to be a relatively pragmatic person and was not satisfied with talking on paper, so he asked this question.
This matter is related to whether the vassal kings and clans can truly establish a vassal state in North America, so the clans in the palace became quiet and stopped talking in low voices to see how Marquis Zhongxing would answer.
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei nodded slightly, then turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen. After getting his signal, he turned back and replied: "Your Majesty has given permission for you or your military commanders to come to the capital for training, along with all the people in the capital camp.
The firearms unit, that is, the new army, will train together. I believe this will help solve the problem that the prince just mentioned."
When the vassal princes and clans heard this, they began to discuss in low voices again. Before Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he raised his voice and shocked those who were preparing for a small meeting: "In addition, you are not really just cold weapons. The imperial court
I will sell you firearms as appropriate, and they will never be worse than the firearms in the hands of Westerners. In this case, do you still need to be afraid of Westerners?"
This is good news! Upon hearing this, the feudal princes and clan members quickly thanked him in unison.
When Zhong Jinwei saw him, he quickly stepped aside to avoid misunderstanding.
After Emperor Chongzhen waited for them to thank you, he smiled and said: "You have opened up and expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty. How can I sit back and watch the Westerners invade your territory? When you go to America, firearms will be given to you at the lowest price, and you can even
No need to pay cash, the specific terms will be discussed later.”
When the vassal king and his family heard this, they were even more delighted and thanked him again.
Some of them are even thinking that as long as they don’t have to pay in cash, it doesn’t matter even if the price is higher. When the vassal state is established, they can repay it with the vassal state’s things. It doesn’t matter if it’s more or less. The key is to be able to do it in the early stage.
Getting enough things to expand the territory is the most important thing!
The atmosphere in the palace immediately became harmonious, and the feudal princes and clan members quietly communicated with each other after thanking each other.
Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, then approached Wen Tiren, the chief minister, and whispered a few words in a low voice. Wen Tiren thought about it and nodded. Then the two called the chamberlain, said something, and asked him to convey it to Emperor Chongzhen.
In addition, when the civil servants saw that the two of them were so mysterious, they couldn't help but be a little curious, wondering what the hell they were doing.
After Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he saw Zhong Jinwei and Wen Tiren looking at him, waiting for his opinion, so he nodded in agreement.
Wen Tiren talked too much before, and his voice was a little hoarse. Moreover, this idea was proposed by Zhong Jinwei just now, so he motioned for Zhong Jinwei to speak.
Zhong Jinwei turned to face the feudal clans and said: "My lords, your Majesty just now considered that you may not have experience in assimilating Native Americans. Therefore, Your Majesty will arrange for someone to study how to assimilate Native Americans, and then send you to Beijing to study.
, to help you assimilate the Native Americans as your subjects as quickly and best as possible.”
When the vassal princes and clan heard this, they were so happy that they couldn't help but thank Emperor Chongzhen again.
These measures are unheard of, but they are very practical means that can reduce the difficulty of establishing a vassal state.
They didn't know that the reason why Emperors Zhong Jinwei, Wen Tiren and Chongzhen organized this training class was because they were afraid that they would become like pigs who didn't like to use their brains after being kept in captivity by the court for a long time.
No matter what, the benefits of doing this are definitely greater than the benefits of not doing it. Everyone hopes that these feudal princes and clans can successfully establish a feudal state in North America.
However, what Zhong Jinwei did not expect was that the training class he proposed would eventually turn into a comprehensive training class before the feudal kings went overseas due to the constant requests of the feudal kings.
After a while, before any other requests were made by the vassal princes and clans, Wen Tiren was ready to ask Emperor Chongzhen whether the meeting could be dismissed.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Zhong Jinwei spoke again: "I have two more points here, at least I think they are more important. I would like to remind you all."