@BlastTrooper3D@teortaxesTex@EmperorShun1 They placed high hopes on inventing various war wagons—including very primitive tanks—to replace cavalry, but what they really needed to do was reform their political environment.
@BlastTrooper3D@teortaxesTex@EmperorShun1 Morale must have been awful. Their elite were destroyed in direct battles against the Jurchens, and to make matters worse, soldiers were routinely not getting paid.
@BlastTrooper3D@teortaxesTex@EmperorShun1 which adversely affected the quality of military ordnance. As a result, rather than maintaining the manufacturing standards of their existing arsenal to preserve operational effectiveness, they sought increasingly potent weapon capable of penetrating Jurchen heavytroop and wagon.
@BlastTrooper3D@teortaxesTex@EmperorShun1 The Ming's main enemies were the Mongols, whose warriors could each command as many as 8 horses. Ming required continuous-shooting rather than oversized artillery. The fall of the Ming stemmed from political corruption and collapse;->
@my_little_mori@threeeyedbarrel Essentially, if those commanders had been as capable as Qi, those battles would never have occurred. Similarly, the Wokou targeted the Southeast since 155x yrs only because they perceived it as a vulnerable, soft target.
@my_little_mori@threeeyedbarrel Qi Jiguang was tasked with defending the most vital border, where he turned Jizhou into a fortress. His defense forced the Mongols to raid other regions, which allowed other commanders to claim more victories by engaging the enemies Qi had kept at bay.-->
@my_little_mori@threeeyedbarrel Qi Jiguang is not overrated. His advantage was his capability to reverse unfavorable situations. The southern soldiers trained by Qi served as a vital force in northern border defense all the way until the Ming Dynasty was succeeded by the Qing.
@carrot25art@AlperKaanAnkara@moriko38 Matchlock alone couldn't defeat cavalry. In fact, Joseon's cavalry thoroughly routed Kato Kiyomasa, forcing him to hide inside a granary. Kato only managed to defeat the cavalry after pulling out the grain sacks inside the granary to use as defensive bulwark.
@carrot25art@AlperKaanAnkara@moriko38 Until the year before imjin war, the Joseon mistakenly assumed the Japanese were only good at sea, believing their own cavalry could crush invaders on land. The officials responsible for repairing the city fortifications seemed half-hearted, merely going through the motions.