Chapter six hundred and sixty ninth man, be like this
Geng Youhua continued to read, and as he read, his expression became more and more serious, and he even occasionally exclaimed. In the end, he put down the morning newspaper in his hand, and then sighed heavily: "Jun Mo is lying drunk on the battlefield.
Laugh, how many people have fought in ancient times?"
"Zhao Quansong is a great man and can be called a role model for our generation!"
This battle report was not too long, and he saw the ending very quickly!
In this battle, the musketeers suffered more than half of their casualties, but they killed more than 200 Ming troops, forcing the Ming troops who ambush them to be defeated and flee!
After the war, all the soldiers of the team were promoted, and the casualties received generous pensions. The captain of the team, Zhao Quansong, because he remained calm in the face of danger, decisively led the troops to charge. He took the lead in the battle and was seriously injured in the end.
Due to his heroic performance, he was directly promoted from a lieutenant to a major!
This battle report in the Tang Dynasty newspaper is not a false battle example, but a real one!
The army carefully selected this small battle as the army report in the first issue of the court newspaper. The army believed that this battle could give full play to the army's courageous fighting spirit, and it also reflected the unparalleled combat power of the Tang Dynasty Army!
Facing an enemy ten times more powerful? Were the Tang Army afraid? No, they bravely launched a charge. Even if more than half of them were killed or injured, they still tenaciously continued to charge. After the chief officer was seriously injured, did they retreat? Still not
, they are still fighting tenaciously!
Facing an enemy that was ten times more powerful? Was the Tang Army defeated? No, even though they paid a certain price, they still successfully defeated the powerful enemy!
Were the soldiers who defeated powerful enemies abandoned? No, they received promotions and generous pensions!
This seemingly tragic battle example reflects the strong combat power and spiritual outlook of the Tang Dynasty Army, and also reflects the Tang Dynasty’s kindness to meritorious soldiers!
After reading this battle report, even Geng Youhua, who had grown up in fine clothes and fine food, was filled with emotion. At this time, he could even imagine that in a desolate wilderness, hundreds of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty bravely and fearlessly moved toward more than a thousand strong soldiers.
The enemy launched a charge, with the sound of gunfire and shouts intertwined with each other. People fell every moment, and blood sprayed in the air, creating a beautiful scene under the setting sun.
After the war, dozens of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were scarred, but they still stood upright. Their armors were damaged, and their long swords had chips and cracks. However, these blood-stained armors and long swords looked...
Extremely solemn.
They were surrounded by the war dead from both our and enemy sides. The postures of these war dead were different. Some were lying on the ground, and some were half-kneeling on one knee, but they still had their eyes open, glaring, and holding the weapons in their hands.
The steel knife is still held tightly, as if unwilling to give in, he still wants to fight!
In the distance, there was an extremely panicked enemy army, fleeing in all directions. Their number was several times greater than the surviving soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but they abandoned their steel swords and spears, took off their armor, and desperate
Running backwards, as if there was a ferocious beast chasing behind them, ready to devour them at any moment.
Of course, Geng Youhua didn't know that the battle examples were real, but the detailed battle details would not be described. In fact, although the battle was tragic, the battle process was far less romantic than he imagined!
In fact, most of the casualties on both sides were not even caused by hand-to-hand combat. Most of the casualties on both sides were caused by artillery, bullets, and arrows.
In addition, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who participated in the battle were not equipped with armor. Although they all carried a waist knife, this waist knife was mainly used by the musketeers for self-defense and other times.
At this time, the bayonets equipped by the musketeers of the Tang Dynasty were said to be knives, but in fact they were just cut iron rods. They only stabbed forward, but had no chopping function.
This is because the steel craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty was not up to par, and bayonets often withstood great impact when used. Therefore, blade-type bayonets were easily broken due to lack of strength. In the end, they were simply sharpened with a stick.
The iron rod has a sharp point, which can also simplify the process and reduce the cost of mass production.
However, the function of this kind of spear thrust is too simple. In order to strengthen the self-defense ability of the musketeers and other needs, the musketeers will also be equipped with a waist knife.
The waist knives assigned to the musketeers are the same as the waist knives assigned to archers, gunners and other units. They are the most common cheap waist knives with iron blades and steel-coated blades. However, the sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, cavalry and other melee units have
The knives equipped are all made of fine steel, and the difference in quality and price between the two is relatively large.
Although the musketeers have sabers, they will never give up their muskets and use a saber unless absolutely necessary!
Therefore, the actual situation at that time was that after the Tang Dynasty's musketeers were ambushed by the Ming army, they took the initiative to charge, and after entering a hundred meters, they killed a large number of Ming troops with musket fire. At the same time, the Ming army's bowl-mouth cannons
, bows and arrows also caused considerable damage to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
But when the Tang Dynasty musketeers advanced thirty meters and fired a volley, then launched a bayonet charge after the volley, the Ming army was completely defeated!
This is normal. In the battle between the Tang Army and the Ming Army, the Ming Army could still hold on during the confrontation or even shooting stage, but when the Tang Dynasty King's Division launched a bayonet charge, they would most likely collapse.
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Therefore, the two parties involved in the war did not engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat at that time.
But Geng Youhua didn't know, and what he didn't know even more was that the battle scenes he imagined were completely behind the times, and the actual battle was more cruel than he imagined!
But Geng Youhua didn't know, he could only imagine it on his own, and the imaginary scene made his heart beat faster, and even made him lose his composure and shout softly: "Man, this is how it is!"
At this moment, he even had the absurd idea of applying for a martial arts school, giving up his writing and joining the army, and fighting on the battlefield.
But this idea only popped up for a moment and was thrown out of his mind. Even if his Geng family chose to completely surrender to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, the Geng family has been a scholarly family for hundreds of years, and he, Geng Youhua, could not let himself go no matter what.
If he sacrifices his worth to join the army and become a rude warrior, even if he wants to become a traitor, he should still take the imperial examination!
After reading a battle report, Geng Youhua calmed down and then continued to read other contents in the morning report!
There was quite a lot of content in the morning newspaper, but some of them were of interest to Geng Youhua, while others were not of interest at all, so he picked and read them.
When he encountered something related to his own interests, he would read more. For example, he had heard a newspaper reader at the city gate talk about land reclamation and tax exemption. He just read it several times, the text of the imperial edict, the voice of the tax department, and
He read the detailed interpretation article several times, and finally he was sure that the tax exemption for land reclamation was true, and that the pseudo-Tang Dynasty paid great attention to it.
If your family organizes manpower to clear up wasteland now, there will be a lot to do.
The Geng family is a scholarly family. What is a scholarly family? To put it bluntly, they are landlords!
Although there are shops and other income, their Geng family still relies more on the fields accumulated over hundreds of years, so this field is what Geng Youhua values the most.
Nowadays, agricultural taxes are not light. The eight years of preferential agricultural tax reduction and exemption policies can make great progress in land reclamation.
In addition to this matter, Geng Youhua was also very concerned about another thing, that is, matters related to the imperial examination.
The Ministry of Rites announced in the morning newspaper that this year's provincial examination will be held as usual, but Geng Youhua saw from it that in this imperial examination, the preferential treatment for scholars with meritorious status in the previous Ming Dynasty has dropped a lot.
At that time, candidates from the previous Ming Dynasty could directly take the examination, but this time, if the candidates from the previous Ming Dynasty wanted to directly participate in the examination, they had to take the test from the Imperial College of Literature first, although it was stated above that the test was not difficult.
It would be too high, but it also sends a signal.
If this continues, I'm afraid Qian Ming's meritorious service will be completely useless. Maybe next year or the year after that, Qian Ming's meritorious service will not be able to participate in the examination.
This made him quite confused whether he should take part in the provincial examination this fall!
He was a scholar from the former Ming Dynasty. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty last year, he could directly take the provincial examination. But this year, he had to pass a pre-examination test before he could take the examination.
And if I wait until next year, I'm afraid I will be like those children and start taking the county examination directly.
In the past month or two, the circle of scholars around him has become divided. Some people have already taken part in the Imperial Examination of the Tang Dynasty, while a few people are firmly opposed and will not take the exam regardless of life or death. However, more people
Still waiting and watching like myself.
If the imperial officers and soldiers can win on the battlefield, then the pseudo-Tang Dynasty will not exist for long. Naturally, they, the waiting scholars, will not board a ship that is destined to sink at this time.
But if the imperial officials were unable to win on the battlefield, and on the contrary, the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty could continue to capture cities and territories, I am afraid that more and more people would join the Tang Dynasty.
Not to mention others, even I have begun to seriously consider whether it is feasible to participate in the imperial examination of the Puppet Tang Dynasty!
These scholars who maintain a wait-and-see attitude generally account for most of the students in the three provinces. Whether these people choose to continue to wait and see or participate in the imperial examination and surrender will depend on the war between the Tang Dynasty King's Division and the Ming Army.
They will favor whoever wins.
And you can’t say they are just wallflowers!
Nowadays, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not yet solid, and the establishment time is too short. Although the army's combat effectiveness is strong, the Ming Dynasty's determination to resist suppression is also quite strong. This means that whether the Tang Dynasty can survive and how long it can survive
But it's a problem.
Behind them are relatives and friends with a large family, so they cannot make decisions casually.
Geng Youhua continued to read the newspaper, but at this time, he heard several heated arguments coming from the side!
"How is it possible? How is it possible that the earth under our feet is round?"
"Are we living on a sphere? I have never heard a funnier joke in the world!"
"That is, if we live on a round ball, then how come the people on the other side haven't fallen off?"
Hearing their argument, Geng Youhua immediately pricked up his ears, for no other reason than what these people said was so shocking!