Chapter 1492 Huge difference

"I can't understand...I can't understand!" Many people in the two southern business groups watching the battle in the safe zone in the distance kept saying that they couldn't understand. The object of their surprise was not Haihan, but the self-inflicted war.

The Han military flag has been in a passive state since then.

According to the explanations of fellow officers, they also knew that the troops on the opposite side were probably the former Ming army from Shandong and Liaodong who were waiting to defect and surrender to Hou Jin Dynasty. However, the combined infantry and cavalry tactics they used had no results in front of the Haihan army.

, and even acted a little timid. In their opinion, this was not as good as the golden cavalry just now. They at least charged for this round despite the gunfire, which was not as wretched as this Han army flag.

If Geng Zhongming knew these layman's opinions, he would probably be furious. His cautious and prudent tactics are combat routines recorded in serious military books. They are much better than those barbarian tactics that only involve rushing and striking.

It's just that he encountered a difficult opponent like the Haihan Army, which made it difficult for him to prepare all the tactics in advance, so that he was always passive on the battlefield. But this does not mean that his troops are afraid of fighting or have poor command.

, but the opponent is too strong, it is not a crime of war.

But businessmen will not consider such in-depth and professional issues. As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing. They only believe in what they can see directly with their own eyes. The performance of the Han Army Banner is really not outstanding. Such a powerful force

I don’t know how the weak army could create such a serious war in Shandong, and it actually took the court two or three years to calm down. Is this because the rebels are too powerful, or the court is too incompetent?

This kind of rebellious issue cannot be considered in detail. Even if you just think about it in your mind, it is a treasonous and unethical act for these Ming businessmen. But they have at least realized one thing, that is, regardless of the group that defected to Liaodong,

The Ming army, or the Ming army that was responsible for countering the rebellion in Shandong, is obviously far inferior to the Haihan army in strength. It is no wonder that Dongjiang Town, which was originally affiliated with the Ming Dynasty, now surrenders to the Haihan army without hesitation and is willing to serve as a pawn.

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Of course, Liu Shang had a deeper understanding than these businessmen. He knew that the advantage of the Haihan Army on the battlefield was not that the enemy's combat power was low. Otherwise, how could Hou Jin go south to knock the pass year after year and defeat the Ming Dynasty. This is

Behind this gap in combat effectiveness is a huge gap in weapons design and manufacturing capabilities, logistics systems, military command systems, and even social productivity. These gaps in many aspects are reflected on the battlefield and cannot be recovered by the opponent simply by virtue of military strength.

Already.

However, Liu Shang was too lazy to waste time explaining this kind of issue to the businessmen in detail. Besides, there were many confidential aspects in it. If he accidentally mentioned something that shouldn't be mentioned, then he, a political cadre, would be in trouble.

This is a serious dereliction of duty.

Haihan's artillery fire destroyed several enemy artillery positions in a short period of time without any suspense, as well as the fighting courage they had finally mustered up. After the enemy began to withdraw their troops, the Haihan Army's cavalry

The troops attacked again and pursued the enemy one after another, causing a lot of casualties. They continued to chase for nearly five miles until the opponent's backup cavalry troops came up to meet them, and the Haihan cavalry returned victorious.

After the battle, the sword team from Dongjiang Town quickly appeared on the battlefield again. These people were responsible for cutting off and collecting the heads of opponents after the war. The scene was indeed bloody. Liu Shang was afraid of scaring these southern businessmen.

, they quickly organized a convoy to leave the front line. Although the businessmen were a little reluctant to give up, they heard that the next step to clean up the battlefield was to behead the heads and pile them up in Beijing, so they didn’t have the guts to read any more. Although there were a few bold ones among them.

The guys wanted to stay and watch the strange things, but this was a battlefield and they couldn't tolerate disobeying military orders, so they had no choice but to evacuate with the convoy.

According to the report of the swordsman team cleaning the battlefield, the enemy's casualties in this battle were about 600. If this record is compared to the history of the two armies' battles in the past six months, it is not actually a big number, but recently both sides have been

Small-scale conflicts are the main form of combat, and it is quite rare to be able to kill hundreds of enemy troops at once like this.

Of course, Haihan's victory was not without cost. In addition to the small number of casualties, the biggest consumption was the guns, shells and gunpowder used during the battle. This battle lasted less than two hours.

The battle consumed so much ammunition that it made Bai Kesi, who came specially to Liaodong to supervise the battle, feel a little painful.

"Your ammunition consumption rate... If you put it in the south, you could capture a state capital, right?" Bai Kesi looked at the ammunition consumption statistics submitted and couldn't help complaining to Qian Tiandun: "If we continue to fight like this, we will lose money later."

Before it is destroyed, we ourselves must first run out of ammunition and food!”

Qian Tiandun said sternly: "Old Bai, you can't just look at one aspect when looking at the problem. Although the ammunition consumption is relatively large, you have to consider the composition of the opponent's and our own troops. The enemy has so many cavalry and they will not stand still.

Let us aim and shoot where we are. You also know military knowledge. If you want to cause a lot of damage to the cavalry, you can only consume more ammunition to make up for the lack of firepower. Besides, the most important thing is that our army can always maintain a suppressive posture on the battlefield.

This is worth it even if it consumes more ammunition."

Bai Kesi sighed and said: "I don't know what you are saying, but Liaodong has always been in a situation where you can only get in but not get out. You should know how much money the executive committee has spent in Liaodong. When can we see the output?

, I still don’t know, but for the country, this place is more like a bottomless financial pit. Do you understand? Your consumption in one battle is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of an agricultural county on Hainan Island for more than half a year. The country

No matter how rich you are, you can't resist pouring money out so quickly! Moreover, you also proposed to continue to expand the war to the north and conduct amphibious operations in the coastal areas of Liaodong all year round. How much military expenditure will be needed to maintain it? Have you carefully calculated it?

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Qian Tiandun coughed calmly, and Tom Wang next to him immediately took over the conversation: "Old Bai, what Commander Qian said to you makes sense, but some things cannot be measured simply by the amount of money spent. Liaodong

Whether the strategic position of the region is worthy of war or not, this was only started after the executive committee unanimously agreed. To maintain this colony, we can only introduce more Han labor from the north through war. Isn't this also to promote

Can the Liaodong colony be developed so that this place can become self-sufficient in living materials as soon as possible?"

Bai Kesi said: "You two don't need to form a team to convince me. What you need to convince is the Executive Committee. I must say that it is still a bit difficult to get the approval of the Executive Committee for your current situation. The so-called development plan

Everything is just on paper, but if you want to continue fighting, you have to spend money immediately. I think you'd better think clearly about what to do."

Qian Tiandun frowned and said: "We can only do what the military should do. As for how to develop the Liaodong Peninsula, that is Sha Xi's job. At most, we can only ask the troops to cooperate as much as possible. The war with Hou Jin will definitely

It will continue for a long time. Since the battle cannot be avoided, we should increase investment and make the enemy lose the ability to continue fighting as soon as possible."

If divided according to interest camps, Bai Kesi, who is in charge of Haihan Military Industry, should of course be on the side of the military, but he is also a member of the executive committee. For him, this position cannot be too biased.

Otherwise, he will also be questioned by other members of the Executive Committee after returning. Moreover, the issues he mentioned to Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom do exist objectively. The Executive Committee far away in Sanya cannot know from the telegram.

Regarding the exact situation here, we can only use common sense to infer whether the investment in Liaodong can get the expected return. Whether the unplanned military expenditure will be considered reasonable depends largely on the development process of Liaodong.

But this creates a paradox. The Haihan Army needs more military expenditures to grab people in the north. Only after it has a population can it develop Liaodong faster. But what the Executive Committee hopes is to see the actual progress in the development of Liaodong before proceeding.

Consider allocating more military spending to enrich Liaodong's armed forces.

Both the military and the executive committee have their own interests to consider. It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong. Such conflicts are inevitable under a political system like Haihan. Fortunately, in the past few years, the military and the government have been dealing with

There has also been a certain tacit understanding on the way in which opinions differ. Debates are debates, but it will generally not affect the combat capabilities of overseas troops. This is the bottom line tacitly accepted by both the Executive Committee and the military. As for whether to take measures in Liaodong

For additional military operations, I'm afraid the heads of the Ministry of National Defense will need to put more effort into Sanya.

As Haihan's opponent, Geng Zhongming, the commander of this failed battle, was in an even more difficult situation. Azig immediately sent someone to ask what was the reason for his failure shortly after arriving on the battlefield.

If you choose to retreat quickly, are there any situations where the troops are afraid of fighting?

Geng Zhongming looked at the arrogant messenger, and he really wanted to curse. Now it seems that Azig must have discounted the information related to the Haihan Army that he gave to him before the war, and concealed it to a certain extent.

Without Haihan's tactics and tactics, otherwise how could today's battle be so ineffective. If Azig could tell the truth about his defeat experience and everyone could plan together, it would be possible to cause trouble for the Haihan people.

Possibly, but by stumbling over like this, he obviously had the intention to embarrass himself or even make a mistake.

Geng Zhongming also knew the root cause of Azig's behavior. After all, he was a foreign Han, but now he had become a highly trusted general around Huang Taiji. This would definitely make some Manchu generals feel jealous and dissatisfied. If he could seize the opportunity,

If they let themselves stumble, these people would probably be happy to let Huang Taiji see this scene, in order to reduce Huang Taiji's favor for them.

No matter how much Geng Zhongming's status in Houjin was improved, it was because Huang Taiji granted him the title. Even if he was granted the title of king, his status could not be compared with that of Nurhaci's own son. Therefore, the underhanded trick he used against Azig was

Geng Zhongming had no choice but to endure. He knew that even if he complained to Huang Taiji and said that Azige had tricked him, Huang Taiji would never be able to protect him openly. After all, he and Azige were both the same person.

Lao Tzu, whose surname is Aisin Gioro, is just an outsider no matter how reasonable I am.

Regarding Azig's accusation, Geng Zhongming could only reconcile with Xini first, saying that he was not familiar enough with the battlefield environment. In addition, it was his first time fighting the Haihan Army and he still needed to get used to it. Then he paid a sum of money to the envoy.

, and asked him to explain it to Azig well after he goes back.

Enduring the pain and seeing off the envoy, Geng Zhongming returned to the Chinese army tent and was so angry that he grabbed the porcelain penholder on the table and smashed it to pieces. A bribe of several hundred taels of silver was a trivial matter, but he had to do it because of such a thing.

It was a very humiliating feeling to bribe a junior officer whose military rank was five or six levels lower than his own. For a moment, he even had the urge to chase the envoy immediately and deliver the order, capture the envoy and behead him.

Of course, if he really does this, it may be difficult for him to stay in Houjin any longer. At that time, Azig will definitely accuse him of "disobeying military orders and killing messengers without authorization", and then persuade Huang Taiji to

Punishing him might mean losing his job. A few years ago, he chose to participate in the rebellion in Dengzhou because of the tense relationship with his boss. But if he wants to rebel again now, he has no next step.

He couldn't defect and go back to the Ming Dynasty. The bounty on his head there would last at least until Emperor Chongzhen stepped down. Going back would be a stupid move to offer his head automatically.

And Haihan is obviously not someone he can rely on. The other party has recently distributed a lot of leaflets near Jinzhou City, which list high rewards for Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other Ming rebel generals. Geng Zhongming's net worth is

A living person can get 30,000 taels of silver, and a dead person can get 10,000 taels of silver, which is much higher than the reward offered by Ming Dynasty. To be honest, at this price, he really wants to find someone who looks like him and have his head chopped off as a gift.

Go get the reward. After all, the price of ten thousand taels of silver for a head is not available everywhere. Of course, if the other party offers such a high price to buy his life, then naturally there is no intention to take him in, even if he

If he surrenders voluntarily, the other party may not spare his life.

However, Haihan's reward also had an objective benefit for Geng Zhongming, that is, it completely eliminated his intention to betray Hou Jin and made Huang Taiji trust him more. But in this way, Geng Zhongming also had to strengthen the people around him.

Security measures must be taken by people of the same clan who know everything about them. Otherwise, if some bastard who is interested in making money gets confused and cuts off his own good head to go to the Haihan people to collect the reward, it will be troublesome.
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