Hearing Zhao Junyong's question, Zhu Zhen showed a happy look on his face and said, "This is not only Gu's plan, but also due to luck."
"Ai Qing, do you still remember what King Shang said that the local barbarians had never seen an animal like a horse? Every time he sent out cavalry, the local barbarians were frightened, and some were even scared to death?" Zhu Zhen said
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"I do remember this. But from Jinchuan to the Valley of Mexico, thousands of miles away, the people are completely different. What's more, the Aztecs and Toltecs who came to fight with our vassal this time have already
After becoming civilized, we are no longer savages. Even if we have never seen a horse, we should know that a horse is an animal and we should not be particularly afraid of it." Zhao Junyong said.
"What Aiqing said makes sense." Zhu Zhen nodded: "But Gu noticed that the Aztecs and Toltecs here believe in gods, and they are not just believers, they are particularly devout believers in gods.
"People who devoutly believe in gods tend to attribute themselves to gods when faced with things they have never seen before, and are even more likely to be afraid, so they decided on this strategy."
"Of course, even so, Gu is not 100% sure. In order to prevent them from being prepared in advance, he does not dare to test it when attacking nearby tribes - with or without cavalry, it is easy to defeat the tribes, but if you want all
It is not easy to capture everyone. If someone escapes and goes south to tell the people of Tepanix and let them take precautions in advance, this strategy will definitely not work."
"So Gu said that this was Gu's plan and also due to luck."
"Gu is also prepared if this strategy doesn't work. I was in front of the formation and saw with my own eyes that their formation was not neat, but our army formed a neat formation, and we were not afraid even if we faced three times the enemy. Moreover, Gu would general from the Central Plains
The gunpowder they brought was put into grenades and distributed to the soldiers. If they were not afraid of the horses and still charged, they would throw grenades at them. There had been precedents before. The barbarians in the southwest who had never seen firearms saw firearms for the first time and were attracted by firearms.
After being injured, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions. No matter what the barbarians on the Hanzhou continent were, they could not endure the power of firearms for the first time as much as the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty, and they would definitely collapse."
In fact, before Zhu Zhen left the capital for the Hanzhou continent, Yunxi summoned him and Fang Mingqian alone and mentioned how to deal with the local savages and barbarians. Yunxi pretended to read it from overseas books and told them: Faced with
The Ming army was able to defeat several times the barbarians and savages with very backward civilization on the Han continent. Moreover, it was not long-range strikes (archery) that were most useful. What finally defeated them must be close combat.
Yunxi's words are based on countless examples that have occurred in history. For example, in the Battle of Baliqiao in the Second Opium War in history, there was a generation gap between the Manchu and Qing armies and the armies of European countries, but the Manchu and Qing armies
The flag soldiers successfully rushed to the front of the formation despite the artillery and volley attacks of the British and French forces, and started a fierce fight with the British and French forces. This was a rare heroic performance by the flag soldiers in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty. From this point of view alone, they were no better than they had just entered.
The ancestors of the Guan Dynasty are poor, so the flag soldiers who participated in this battle can be proud of themselves.
However, even if they are given the opportunity to fight in close combat, the armies of backward countries still cannot defeat the armies of advanced countries despite generational differences. It is impossible to count how many flag soldiers were killed in fierce battles, and it is difficult to compare with them.
In the past, those who were killed by artillery and volley guns were distinguished; but the casualties of the British and French allied forces were easy to count. The French army died in battle, and the British army died in battle, including an Indian. And the number of Manchu flag soldiers was far more than
British and French forces.
As for the more disparate battles, that is the various battles in history when the Spaniards conquered the Han continent. Whether facing the Incas in the south or the Mayans in the north, the Spaniards defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops by hundreds and successfully surrendered them.
However, Zhu Zhen himself was only half-convinced about the battle examples mentioned by Yun Xi. After all, the difference in numbers between the two sides in today's battle was too big, a difference of ten times. The number of people still charging was still far more than the soldiers under his command. He did not dare to bet on it.
, and he just guessed that the local Aztecs and Toltecs would be afraid of horses, so he gave such a command.
"This is not luck," Zhao Junyong suddenly said: "Your Highness, this is the blessing of God and Taoist gods on Your Highness, so the uncertain decisions made by Your Highness are correct and will never be wrong."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What Aiqing said is true."
"Your Highness," Zhao Junyong said again, "I believe that our vassal should follow the example of Your Highness King Shang. We should not teach Confucianism to the local barbarians and savages for the time being, but teach them Taoism and use Taoism to educate them."
"The barbarians here are very backward. Letting them learn Confucianism will only achieve half the result with half the effort. It is better to teach Taoism. There are many Taoist priests accompanying His Highness to the Valley of Mexico this time, enough to teach the barbarians and savages."
"Gu Ye knows that Confucianism is not as effective as religion in educating barbarians. He already knew this as early as in the Central Plains. Gu Ye had already ordered the Taoist priests who came with him to preach to the higher-status people in the captured tribes."
Zhu Zhen looked at him with some doubts: This guy has already done what he was told, what else do you say?
"Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude." Zhao Junyong put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth again, and said very solemnly: "I think that what I have done now is not enough."
"Your Highness, the barbarians and savages in the Hanzhou continent, especially near the Valley of Mexico, are different from the savages near Jinchuan in the north. Although the savages near Jinchuan are more backward, they only believe in very primitive beliefs, which are different from the superstitions in some places in the Central Plains.
Many people are not very different and have no culture, so they are easy to educate."
"But the Toltecs and Aztecs near the Valley of Mexico are slightly more civilized, but more devout in their beliefs. They are even more different from the Han people and are not easy to educate."
"It would be fine if this place was very close to the Central Plains, and Han people could continue to migrate from the Central Plains to replace them; but the Hanzhou continent is too far away from the Central Plains, and there are very few Han people who can move there every year, not to mention that they have to be separated from other vassal kings.
To increase the population, it will take at least a hundred years for Han people to fill this place."
"And the surrounding Toltec and Aztec tribes are just relying on the strength of our vassal, rather than being convinced and willing to accept civilization. Our vassal has few people and cannot educate so many barbarians and savages. If they
They secretly learned our advanced technology and military system and came to attack our vassal. With dozens of times the population, our vassal will be defeated!"
"Therefore, Your Highness, I believe that what is being done now is not enough. More methods should be used to educate the local barbarians and savages." (To be continued)