The fast horse had arrived quickly at the outskirts of Tianjin, and the panting Jinyi Captain sent the news about Tanggu.

At this time, it was light and dawn in the morning. The Jinyi Captain almost fell off the horse. Ye Chunqiu, Zhu Houzhao, and Wang Shouren all stepped forward. The Captain said aiqi: "Come... Come."

Sure enough, it's here.

But now I have to calm down and cannot rush to Tanggu.

In Tanggu, they are too close to the ship and can retreat calmly at any time.

At present, we can only lure the enemy into the depths.

"How is the battle?" Zhu Houzhao took a step forward, looking a little anxious. Every minute and every second here made Zhu Houzhao feel uncomfortable.

"Tianjin Wei retreated."

Just five words, it silenced everyone.

Retreat...

The meaning of retreat is very simple, but the Folang Ji people should have arrived soon, otherwise the person who reported the news had already arrived. But how long did the person who reported the news have been employed until he left? Why did he suddenly retreat?

The only possibility is that the Folang Jiren directly crushed, and thousands of people in Tianjin were unable to fight back.

Ye Chunqiu and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other and took a breath of cold air... crushed.

Ye Chunqiu roughly knew that the Folang Ji people in this era still used a combroach gun, and even a smoothbore gun was not popular, and the range of a combroach gun was only one or two hundred steps. So if you say that in this era, the Folang Ji people used technology to crush their peers, it is obviously inaccurate. Their real strength is definitely not in the firearms, but in morale and the professionalization of officers and soldiers.

Because the countries of Florence and the United States attacked each other, various tactics emerged, and those who failed were behind, and those who fell behind were beaten. Therefore, there was always only one theme in the entire medieval Florence, which was to increase its own force, create new tactics, use better weapons, and cultivate braver soldiers at any cost.

Although the range of smoothbore guns is not high and the accuracy is not enough, their biggest advantage lies in the fact that they can expand the scale of the army on a large scale. For professional troops, it often takes many years to cultivate a cavalry or archer. Therefore, the scale of the army is almost not large in the Flangji army. By the time the popularization of smoothbore guns means that a farmer can easily kill a knight who has been trained for more than ten years in just a few months.

So what Ye Chunqiu learned was that the Portuguese combat method now uses the tactics of the platoons. Nearly half of the musketeers took the mesh rope gun as the main force of the attack, and cooperated with the spearmen as the auxiliary.

Originally, Ye Chunqiu thought that Tianjin Wei could always withstand some time, but now it seems that even when facing the clamp and gun, the Ming army in the Wei Station was still vulnerable.

The problem is not with the firearms, because in this era, the Ming Dynasty's muskets did not fall much behind. The fundamental reason... it should be attributed to the system of the ward system. The fundamental reason is nothing more than the militia system. Not to mention the Folang Ji people, I am afraid that even the professional army of the Han and Tang dynasties would be enough to beat these militias in various ways.

It's just...is it just a problem with the garage?

Ye Chunqiu shook his head silently and looked at Zhu Houzhao with a frustrated look. It was obvious that this was not the case. To some extent, the problem of the Ming Dynasty is difficult to return. The fundamental reason for the Wei Sect system is the tax system. If you want to eradicate the Wei Sect system, you must first take out a large amount of silver to support the professional army. The professional army consumes a huge amount. If you only rely on the annual income of more than 2 million taels of silver in the imperial court every year, what can you use to ensure the professional army?

Is the tax system just that simple? Obviously not, because the foundation of the tax system lies in the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with the civil service system. Even the civil service system of the cabinet was learned by the British since then, and finally created a civil service system that integrates officials. It can be said that in the civil service system, the Ming Dynasty was a precedent in history.

The real problem must be the gentry class that emerged from the civil service system. Yes, it is Ye Chunqiu and the class where his eldest father Ye Rita lived.

This class is already omnipresent. If you want to reform the tax system, you must increase the tax. Where can you increase the tax? The gentry with money and food cannot increase it. Not only do they not increase it, but if you have a fame at home, you may not be exempted from it. Those royal families have thousands and tens of thousands, and there are countless farms in the vassal states. Can you collect taxes on them? Those merchants have silver, but the question is, which merchants do not support them? They collect taxes from their taxes, and whether to ask the bottom of the matter, or collect taxes from civil servants.

At this point today, it is difficult to return. Not only will civil officials not be able to increase taxes on themselves, but what is even more terrifying is that they are better at castrating military men in their thoughts and spirits. There are several real men in the entire Ming Dynasty. Even if you are a great hero and make great contributions, what? When you meet a county magistrate and prefect, you have to kneel down. If the famous generals who fought against the Japanese in history want to do something, you have to bribe the masters in the ministry. Otherwise, if you wear a hat, no matter who you are, you will die without a place to die.

Now is obviously not the time to think too much. In an instant, the entire Tianjin Guard has been wiped out.

Ye Chunqiu didn't even blame these "Qiu Ba" at this time. Although most of them were as slick as Qian Qian, they were shameless and even many people were afraid of death, who would blame them?

From the beginning, no one has given them dignity. Since you have treated the warriors in the beginning by taming a pug, do you still expect them to transform into tigers and leopards when the crisis comes?

Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips and looked at Zhu Houzhao again. Zhu Houzhao seemed a little afraid, but what made Ye Chunqiu feel a little relieved was that soon, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the timidity on his face, and clenched his fists with a fierce look and said, "I will never retreat. Chunqiu, let's fight with them."

Although Zhu Houzhao likes to talk about war on paper and often likes to make trouble, he is not confused in military affairs. From the five words he said by the Jinyiwei who sent the message here, he could imagine the ferocity of the Folang Ji people, and even imagined what kind of danger they would face such a group of people.

Zhu Houzhao is a human being. How could he not be afraid at all when facing a danger that was like a burning fire? But... he was angry...

He was a dignified person, and he could not tolerate such a crushing defeat, so his inner fear was gradually suppressed, and his eyes were like a raging fire, and he wanted to wipe out the hateful Folangji people now.

Ye Chunqiu raised his head to Zhu Houzhao, and then shouted: "Get together."

With a command, the new army students in Zhenguo began to gather. Everyone had a solemn expression, but they were silent, and only that murderous aura spread out.
Chapter completed!