Zhao Jinglin thought it was a rare honor when he was called by the Crown Prince, so he stood up with a loud voice and prepared to go to the side to give Zhu Cixuan a big bow before announcing his name.
Zhu Cixuan stopped him at once and said, "In the future, the military doesn't have to kneel down to the palace for discussion, just follow the usual military etiquette."
The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is not as servile as that of the Qing Dynasty. When you see a superior official, you have to kneel down and bow down. In the Ming Dynasty, you only need to kneel when you are facing the emperor. Usually, you can bow down or bow down.
When Zhao Jinglin heard the words, he had to stand in his original position honestly and said after slightly calming down his mood: "Reply to your highness, my humble Zhao Jinglin. From my humble point of view, the musket is still the most effective weapon, but the musketeers are poor at close combat. Carrying a gun and holding a knife, they fight close to each other, which has a great impact on the fight. My humble thought that this aspect needs improvement."
Zhu Cixuan nodded. He also thought about this problem. In this battle, Yongwei Battalion revealed many weaknesses, such as its close combat ability.
Although the musketeers have undergone more than a month of strict training, their basic military quality is not poor and their cooperation is also good, there are still many problems in actual combat.
It can't be seen when dealing with fewer opponents than your own, but when encountering several times of your own enemy, and such a powerful army as the Eight Banner Army, once being rushed into close quarters, it will expose the shortcomings of musketeers in close combat.
Zhu Cixuan said, "Zhao Jinglin, your proposal is very good. Wu Daban, you are responsible for recording it."
Sitting on a separate small table and chair beside Zhu Cixuan, Wu Zhong immediately wrote down Zhao Jinglin's proposal and acted as a clerk.
At this time, Zhu Cixuan thought of the bayonet of later generations and prepared to equip the firearm of the Yongwei Camp with bayonets, and the firearm soldiers would be trained to fight bayonets.
Zhao Jinglin was also very happy to see his opinion recognized by the Crown Prince, while others were also eager to try.
One of the chief station stood up and saluted, then said, "My humble duty thinks that the four meter long spear of the lancer can effectively defend cavalry, but it is not conducive to close combat."
Zhu Cixuan also nodded at him and said, "Your suggestion is also very good. Can you find a solution?"
The chief executive was a little nervous and hesitated: "Not yet...."
Zhu Cixuan waved his hand and said, "It's OK. It's good to tell the problems we found. If there is a solution, we will promote you. Everyone else is the same!"
Seeing what the Crown Prince said, other generals also jumped up bravely. A guerrilla general immediately said, "Shield soldiers with a shield in their left hand and a two meter long gun in their right hand are not very convenient for close combat, and the last general thought that they can change the long gun into a big sword, so they can become sword shield soldiers. They can attack and retreat in advance and defend..."
However, some people immediately objected, believing that the shield soldier's long spear is conducive to resisting cavalry, and the sword shield soldier will lose its threat to cavalry although it has advantages in close combat.
In this way, everyone has put forward many methods to improve the operation of Yongwei Battalion according to their own experience on the battlefield, and the atmosphere has become very active.
Zhu Cixuan was very happy to see that all the plans and expectations were not perfect and had to be summarized by actual combat. At the same time, Zhu Cixuan also deliberately trained them to think independently as generals.
Whenever there is a general's opinion, he will praise it to enhance their enthusiasm. Some generals' suggestions are unique and sharp, which will be remembered by Zhu Cixuan once.
Although these generals are all ancient people, their ideas are not inferior to their own, and even some of them are unexpected. This is the power of brainstorming.
After the summary meeting, Zhu Cixuan looked at the capture statistics in Lu Jiude's newspaper and found that the harvest of the war was really terrible. The number of various armors climbed down from the Qing army alone exceeded 10000.
Many soldiers in the Qing army, especially the Manchu soldiers of the Eight Banners, basically have three layers of heavy armour, and the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners have at least two layers. Only the Han army has the thinnest armour, which is normally a layer of armour.
In addition to armor, there are also a large number of weapons, gongs, drums, flags, etc. Only 150000 taels of silver were found from the Qing soldiers. At the same time, there are 1300 war horses, and more than 600 dead horses.
The cavalry of the Eight Banner Army were equipped with two horses, or even three horses. This time, they were defeated and ran away completely ignoring other horses, which made the Yongwei Camp cheaper.
These seizures were only on the battlefield, which was insignificant compared with the various materials stored in Liangxiang City. The grain, fodder, cloth, etc. that the Qing army stored in the city can be described as a mountain.
Zhu Cixuan, adhering to the excellent tradition, took away all that he could. He sent people to transport these war horses, armor, weapons and other military goods to the new town for the use of the recruits. The soldiers in the new camp are very short of these things.
As for the goods and materials stored in the city, only part of the food and cloth were left to the rescued people to rebuild their homes.
The people in Liangxiang City have spontaneously rebuilt their homes. As for the people who were abducted from other places, some have returned to their hometown in succession, and some have lost their relatives and become homeless.
For these people, Zhu Cixuan decided to let them go to the new city. Liangxiang is less than 100 miles away from the new city, and it can be reached after a hard day's walking.
After pacifying the people, Zhu Cixuan ordered the guards to report the victory to the palace.
At this time, Zhu Cixuan also received information about the movements of the Qing army that Longxiang did not receive at night.
Azig's main force has reached Zhuozhou 60 miles away. When Azig received the message from Yang Guli, he was attacking Zhuozhou City. By the time he won Zhuozhou City, Yang Guli of Liangxiang had already lost.
After Yanguri's defeat, he collected 1300 infantry and 400 cavalry in a very short time. Although there were nearly 2000 people and horses, Yanguri did not dare to return to attack the good countryside.
He didn't even know why he insisted on fighting with the Ming army. Seeing the Eight Banner Warriors dying one by one, what was his surprise? We should persist in eliminating this Ming Army?
Yanguli wanted to bite himself, but everything was too late. He lost so many Eight Banner warriors, food and materials, and money that he would die if he went back to see Azig.
So Yang Guli vented his anger to several counties in the south of Daxing City. He walked around in the south of Daxing City, slaughtered dozens of villages and towns, killed thousands of people, and finally vented his anger.
Yang Gu led two thousand Qing soldiers to ransack several counties in the south of Daxing City. For example, locusts crossed the border, grabbed a lot of food and money, and captured nearly ten thousand people. This was a little reassuring. He took the remnant soldiers and the Azig tribe to turn round.
When Azig saw Yang Guli, who was quite embarrassed, he angrily whipped him with a horse whip. Yang Guli dared not resist even though he had been pulled out with blood stains. He had to bite his teeth and bear it. He recorded the humiliation on the head of the Ming army in Liangxiang.
After Zhu Cixuan learned about this situation, he also had no choice. The Azige Department had already won Zhuozhou, which was too far away.
The current Yongwei Battalion suffered heavy losses and was unable to go south any more. According to the news that Longxiang did not receive the news at night, Azig had at least 30000 troops.
Yang Guli burned, killed and looted extensively in the south of Daxing City, and produced many refugees. After hearing that the imperial army defeated the Qing army in Liangxiang, many people fled to Liangxiang.
Zhu Cixuan opened the city gate and refused to refuse any refugees. He took them in and settled them in the good town. The redundant people also planned to take them to the new city.
At the same time, Zhu Cixuan ordered to select young people from Liangxiang City and form a city defense army to protect Liangxiang City.
It is impossible for Yongwei Camp to stay in Liangxiang all the time. Liangxiang City needs to be able to protect itself.