The grasslands near Gubei are relatively calm this year, because the main focus is on the Daning area. Before the outcome of the Daning war in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mongolian tribes near Gubei did not want to act rashly. The Mongolian tribes here are not like Horqin
Ministry, they and the Manchu Qing have not yet reached the point where they are mutually exclusive.
The Ming army's military operations in Gubei and Daning appeared to infringe on their interests, but in fact they also blocked the Manchus from exploiting them. Therefore, so far, the Mongolian tribes here have not reached the necessary level.
The Ming army fought tooth and nail. On the contrary, the arrival of the Ming army brought benefits and peace to this place.
The calm environment will naturally make commercial activities more active than ever before. Even in the cold winter, there are still countless caravans going back and forth from Hetao to Gubei. Their packhorses and carriages are loaded with goods, enamel, lamp oil, and all kinds of daily life.
supplies, wool, sheepskin, etc. The large demand for wool in the factory area can be said to be a move that changed the historical pattern. After thousands of years, the grassland finally has a high-quality product that can continue to carry out commercial exchanges with the customs. Wool can be
Trade goods that are renewable, affordable, and accessible to all people are more vital and beneficial to the people than any previous products on the grassland. With this large-scale trade product, it feels like the entire grassland is boiling with excitement, even those far away in the desert.
The Weitra Mongols in the west sent caravans dragging large quantities of furs to Xuanhua and Gubei.
The northern border is rarely very active during the twelfth lunar month, but it is a different scene on the Jinzhou front line in southern Liaoning! Entering the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the war in Jinzhou has reached an unprecedented intensity.
Azig used a large number of manpower to dig trenches and advanced to within a hundred steps of the Jinzhou defense line. The Ming army's sharpshooting and artillery tactics also had room to display within this range, so there were several large-scale firefights every day on the battlefield.
Due to the suppression of firepower, the Qing army suffered very heavy casualties, with more than a thousand people withdrawing from the battlefield every day, but this did not affect the intensity of their offensive, and even the number of Qing troops pushing onto the battlefield continued to increase day by day.
"Commander, we currently consume 20,000 to 30,000 rounds of ammunition every day, more than a thousand rounds of artillery, and thousands of grenades. At this rate, after this battle is over, we will consume millions of taels.
." The Minister of Logistics and Munitions looked at the recent loss of munitions and felt his whole heart beating wildly. In a battlefield where more than 10,000 people participated in the war, five to six million taels of silver dollars disappeared after one or two months of fighting. This
Is this a war? It's just a waste of money. He's afraid that if they continue to fight like this, the court won't be easy on them after the war ends.
"Fight! What we lose here is money, and what the Jianlu lose is lives! As long as we can consume 30,000 Jianlu lives in this battle, our army will have a strategic advantage in southern Liaoning from next year, even if there is no money
It's nothing." Ren Shuangyou was actually surprised at the expense, but he reassured the logistics minister and told him not to worry too much about spending so much money.
"Commander, Jianlu's life is too valuable. Is one of their lives worth more than a hundred taels of silver? Use this money to buy heads from Jianlu, maybe they will sell them. All they have pushed to the battlefield these days is
Some miscellaneous soldiers such as coats, I think they are not worth the price."
"The Holy One said that although Jianlu's coat is not valuable, the lives of our soldiers are valuable. The money can reduce the damage of our soldiers, so the money is well spent. But having said that, we still have to find some ways to further reduce the ammunition.
The amount of losses. Starting tomorrow, we have to lay some mines on the outside of the defense line when the enemy is not rushing into the formation. It is slightly cheaper to use this thing."
After more than three years of continuous efforts by Zhu Youjian, the war was finally dragged into a rhythm where firing means burning money. In terms of costs, after the Ming army entered the rhythm of war, the daily expenses increased five times compared with before.
Not only that. This is just the beginning. In another year or two, when there is a fierce exchange of fire, it is estimated that it will be ten times more difficult to defeat! According to this situation, the pace of making money is still a bit slow.
Is it feasible to exchange precious ammunition for Manchu coatings? The frontline generals thought it was uneconomical, but Zhu Youjian felt that he did not suffer a loss. After these years of hard work, the total number of Manchu and Han people in Liaodong was one hundred and fifty.
More than 100,000 people are dying. Calculated based on 20% of the strong labor force, they can have more than 300,000 strong labor force at most. The mobilization of 200,000 people for war is the limit. From this perspective, the loss of 20,000 to 30,000 people on the battlefield, no matter what
The military capital has an immeasurable impact. Moreover, Zhu Youjian feels that these coatings play a greater role in actual production than the Eight Banners.
In recent years, the Manchu people are actually experiencing a collective aristocratic phenomenon. Most of the Manchu men and women have become serf owners, large and small, and they are getting separated from front-line labor production. In addition to war, in actual production, Bao Yi Aha
The contribution to the Manchu economy was more important than that of the Manchus. A large number of Baoji died on the battlefield, and the Manchu farms were bound to be depressed. The situation in the past two years also prevented them from replenishing their losses through robbery, so even Baoji
I can't afford to lose my clothes.
Indeed, as Zhu Youjian had judged, on the fifth day when the fighting became intense, Azig had to suspend its onslaught! Because seeing thousands of soldiers die, the army chiefs of all sizes felt heartbroken.
.They feel sorry not because they cherish the lives of the prisoners, but because they feel sorry for their own property. If they continue like this, who will help them farm the land and run the industry in the spring?
Faced with the bitterness of the military leaders, Azig was not able to force himself, but he was not ready to end the cannon fodder tactics. He felt that as long as there were enough people to consume the firepower of the Ming army, there would always be a drain on them that they could not hold on.
time, and apart from this kind of war of attrition, he really has no other good way.
Not wanting to end the cannon fodder tactics, but also to appease the military chiefs' feelings about losing property, Azig figured out a low-cost method. He sent a horse to call Hauge, who was in charge of logistics in Gaizhou City, and assigned him a task.
He recruited tens of thousands of innocent farmers in the Gaizhou and Haizhou areas to go to the front line. No strong labor was needed, even women. Their combat mission after coming over was to exchange their lives for the bullets and explosive shells of the Ming army.
"It's been two days since I asked Hauge to come from Gaizhou to discuss matters. Why hasn't he come yet? Does he still have me as his uncle in his eyes?" After waiting for a whole day, Azig did not wait for Hauge.
He was so angry that he yelled in the big tent. Haug has become arrogant again recently. He criticized Azig brothers' arrangements in various ways. It felt like it was because Azig and his brothers were in power that the war was so passive.
Azig really wanted to reply: "In this current situation, it will be useless for me to survive."
Azig arranged the job of recruiting civilian husbands for Hauge. Azig just wanted to use this dirty work to disgust him and make him stop beeping! But this guy actually ignored his military orders so much. When he arrived, he must
First, punish the crime of slacking on military orders.chaptere