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Chapter 379: Hearing the war and rejoicing

However, after the Battle of Pangliao, the Ming Dynasty built more than 100,000 well-equipped and powerful troops, and was no longer afraid of the northern nomadic peoples.

The northern border towns allocated strong army of Ping Liao, and the flying cavalry in the capital only retained 10,000 people, and the rest were all dispatched to the border towns.

These strong troops are both models and seeds, and soon led to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the entire border town army.

The end of the Liaodong war, the relaxation of the advancement to the north, enabled the border towns to obtain a greater supply of weapons and equipment. The flying cavalry and spear cavalry camps were established one after another, and the maneuverability was also in place to compete with the nomadic peoples.

Confrontation is still modest, or conservative.

According to the estimates of the front-line generals, it is already a sure victory to start a war with the Mongolian tribes. However, the grassland is vast and it is easy to defeat the Mongols, but it is difficult to completely eliminate the disaster.

The emperor also believed that although he still told him not to underestimate the enemy and not to advance rashly. However, with the tactics of muskets and cannons, and cavalry wall pushing, the Mongolian cavalry was indeed too behind.

However, now there are large-scale wars with Mongolian tribes, with a lot of investment, and the benefits available are far less than those of the Southwest and South China Sea.

"Xiong Qing, when fighting in the future, half of the spoils will be handed over and half of the soldiers will be rewarded. How about it?" The emperor took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It should be a good way to make our Ming army happy when they hear the war, right?"

Xiong Tingbi was stunned for a moment. When he heard the emperor say "he was happy when he heard the war", he knew that this was not a sudden idea. It should have been thought about it for a long time before he had to implement it.

In history, there were a few Central Plains dynasties that were "happy when they heard about war", such as the Qin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty. More of them were nomadic peoples, as well as Jiannu who were beaten to the north.

It is actually not difficult to be happy when you hear the war. The easiest thing is profitable or material incentives.

For example, the Qin Dynasty's military merit system linked both wages and rewards to military merits. Therefore, from generals to soldiers, Qin State was so happy that it was so happy that it heard about war.

Generals are promoted and wealthy, and soldiers are rich and supportive. This depends on war. You said that the opportunity has come, and no one wants to seize it. Therefore, the Qin army is a real army of tigers and wolves, and they are all crazy when they go to the battlefield.

The same was true for the soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty. In the battle against foreign tribes, they were not ruthless in killing people, and even more unambiguous in snatching money and treasures.

"Long live back, Qin State, the early Tang Dynasty can be learned from it, but the battle between the north and the south is not very balanced." Xiong Tingbi thought for a while, bowed and said, "I am a little worried about this."

The wars in the Southeast and the siege of the Southwest were not powerful enemies, but the materials and money seized after the victory were not small.

In the north, whether it is the remaining Jiannu or the Mongolian tribes, it is a bit too much to say that they are paupers, but they don’t seem to be rich.

The emperor said with a slight head, "What Xiong Qing said makes sense, but he is a little overconfident. The court has raised an army and it is already sufficient for food and money. Wouldn't it be better to get part of it? Although the Beilu and Jianlu are poor, there is still something to do. If cattle, sheep, land, population, etc. are difficult to calculate, let the Chamber of Commerce intervene and turn it into silver coins."

Xiong Tingbi blinked his eyes, feeling that the emperor's abacus was very good, so the Chamber of Commerce would naturally reduce the price, but the donations to the court would definitely not be less.
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