This Prince Is Very Serious

Although muskets were an advancement of the times, they were not the opponent of cavalry in that era. Until the Napoleonic era, cavalry was still the main assault force. The end of cavalry was actually the emergence of machine guns. The matchlock guns at that time were not very effective at hitting Qing army cotton armor, and were affected by weather and training factors, and the close combat was extremely poor. Many novels in the late Ming Dynasty thought that the new musketry army could defeat the Qing Dynasty as soon as they came out. In fact, this is very wrong. Pure cavalry teams still have a huge advantage when facing matchlocks. Although there are examples of the Nagashino battle. When Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry rushed to Oda Nobunaga's camp, they were blocked by the horse fence. At this time, Oda Nobunaga's musketeers began to fire their guns. In addition to having a farther range than bows and arrows, the muskets also frightened the horses. After three rows of guns were fired, Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry was either shot to death, trampled to death by horses, or the horses lost control, and there was chaos. However, the Qing army had a large number of green battalion troops, and the matchlocks did not have bayonets at the time. Once the Qing infantry attracted fire cavalry to attack from the flanks and broke through, the musketeers would inevitably be defeated. Moreover, the Qing army had been fighting with the Ming army for a long time and the horses were used to the sound of guns. It is necessary to use a large number of artillery to concentrate on the Zheng family's long-term maritime artillery. It is very sharp. For example, if the Manchu and Qing Dynasties directly charge the cavalry, the Zheng army uses the Japanese spear warriors as the first line of defense. The artillery is set up on a high slope. If 80 artillery are concentrated to attack the Jiannu cavalry, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. When faced with the Japanese warriors, they will not collapse at the first touch like the Ming Dynasty military households, but will be so fierce that they will inevitably want to retreat. To preserve the strength of the Manchus, they will then send the Han Green Battalion to lower their troops and attack them. At this time, the protagonist will place the musketeers in the front army. When they get within 200 steps, the artillery will blast them with grape bullets and then fire muskets within 100 steps. They will suffer huge losses in a few puffs. Take the opportunity to attack Hangzhou and threaten Nanjing. At that time, you will have Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Annan, North Korea, Taiwan, and Ryukyu. The entire sea access belongs to the Zheng family. Threaten South Zhili, Liaodong, Hunan, Guangxi, and Yunnan. Although the offense is insufficient, the defense is more than enough. After the reform digests the territory, you can send your army to the north to regain the Central Plains.