After Zhong Jinwei laughed, he said coldly: "The troops of the Celestial Kingdom are all brightly armored, and there are more people than the captives, but they are bullied to the door of their own homes. They don't want to make progress, they only know how to protect themselves, and they are not as good as ordinary people."
.What is the use of such an army? I will tell the emperor to reduce the pay and food for you and other troops, so as not to raise a bunch of waste in vain."
After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he turned to Gu Baichuan who was standing behind him and said, "Let's go." After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he stood up quickly, stopped Zhong Jin and said, "Brother Zhongxing, please go away. If you have anything to say, talk to him."
Among the people here, Sun Chengzong is the one who knows Zhong Jinwei's energy best. Not only does the emperor have great trust in him, but he is also in charge of future army planning and military pay.
Although he also had the emperor's trust, the basis of this trust came from Zhong Jinwei's actions. If he had a conflict with Zhong Xingbo and had to choose between the two, he could be sure that the emperor trusted Zhong Jinwei more.[
Moreover, according to his observation, the relationship between Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei, the first assistant, was also extraordinary, and the relationship between Admiral Dongchang and Zhong Jinwei was also very good. Before he knew it, Zhong Jinwei had become an important figure in Ming Dynasty officialdom.
Sun Chengzong did not dare to let Zhong Jinwei leave in anger, not only because of the threat of Zhong Jinwei, but also for another reason. Whether he could save the people of Changli cannot be said clearly. If he wanted to let Zhong Jinwei leave like this, and spread this matter to the outside world,
Those imperial censors have not tried hard to impeach you. They are most willing to do it in the name of justice and add insult to injury. They will not consider that you, Sun Chengzong, are thinking about the overall situation.
Zhong Jinwei didn't really want to leave. As soon as Sun Chengzong stopped him, he stood still. But he still said angrily: "How can I say it properly? The people of Changli did not have the protection of the army, and they did not surrender to the captives. They insisted on resisting tens of thousands of Tatars.
Son, we have been waiting hard for reinforcements from the imperial court. Now you just throw them to the Jianlu with just one word, leaving the people of Changli without any hope of life."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he was not sure where Changli was, so he pointed in a random direction and said: "Can you hear the people in Changli begging for reinforcements from the imperial court? Can you see that Changli has turned into ruins, with corpses
Across the fields, our fellow villagers are lying on the ruins, with hope for you still in their eyes. But they did not expect reinforcements until their death. Can you sympathize with their despair?"
He Kegang listened to Zhong Jinwei's emotional accusations, and scenes of villages and towns that he had seen before, which were ruined by the rebels, appeared in front of his eyes. He was from the Liao Dynasty and had experienced this kind of grief. At this time, he listened to Zhong Jinwei's words.
Question after sentence, I can empathize with him more than anyone else.
In grief and anger, He Kegang took a step forward from behind Zu Dashou, cupped his fists and raised his hands to Zhong Jinwei and said: "Supervise the army, the last general is willing to go!"
Suddenly, He Kegang's actions attracted everyone's attention. Zu Dashou secretly scolded He Kegang for being as childish as before, but he did not dare to stop him in front of the supervisors.
Zhong Jinwei was surprised that this general could stand up after Zu Dashou. Although he did not know who he was, Zhong Jinwei was very happy and said: "Okay, real man! I am the supervisor, representing the emperor. I will go with you.
Let the people of Changli understand that the emperor has not given up on them, and the court has not abandoned them. Yes, neither abandon nor give up. This is the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards the people, and it is also the attitude of the emperor."
Historically, many people criticized Emperor Chongzhen for not being resolute enough in suppressing the peasant uprising in the northwest. He was divided on whether to suppress or to appease. This actually proves from one aspect that Emperor Chongzhen did not abandon his people.
He didn't give up, but it was a pity that no one in history could really help him.
After listening to Zhong Jinwei's words, the general behind Zu Dashou felt the same way, especially about what Zhong Jinwei said about never abandoning or giving up. Because he was not from Liao, he was often ostracized by the Liaodong family in the Guanning Army, and he often had a problem.
A lonely feeling of being abandoned and abandoned.
Now that he saw that the Jianlu army wanted to go in person, and that he was going on behalf of the emperor, he couldn't help but admire him. He didn't have the fear of the Jianlu army that ordinary Ming soldiers had. He immediately stood up, cupped his fists and said to Zhong Jinwei: "The prisoner army
Army, even the last general is willing to go."
"This little man is familiar with the terrain near Changli and is willing to explore the way for the army." Hu Hao also stood up.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the three of them, and suddenly remembered a saying, one soldier is a raging enemy, and a general is raging in a nest. If the leader is good, no matter how capable the generals below are, most of them will be buried. It is not that there are no people who dare to fight in the Ming Dynasty, it is just that they are held back by others.
Just don't have to fight.
"Okay, you are all good, don't worry, we are not going to die, we are going to save the people of Changli!" Zhong Jinwei promised them.
"Uncle Zhongxing, don't be impulsive." Sun Chengzong stopped him. After seeing Zhong Jinwei's words, he told Zu Dashou's two generals and secretly admired him. However, due to the responsibility of the coach and his calm temperament,
He still didn't agree with Zhong Jinwei's behavior.
"That's right, Uncle Zhongxing, you have to take a long-term view." Seeing Zhong Jinwei take his subordinates away, Zu Dashou was secretly angry and spoke in a lecturing tone.
"Should I take the long view? I think you are short-sighted." Zhong Jinwei looked at the two senior generals of the Ming army and retorted mercilessly.
When Zu Dashou heard Zhong Jinwei say to his face that he was short-sighted, his face darkened. If Zhong Jinwei hadn't been the supervisor, he would have turned against him on the spot.
Although Zhong Jinwei's words were not directed at Sun Chengzong, they still sounded a bit harsh to him.[
As soon as Zhong Jinwei saw Zu Dashou's expression, he knew that he was not convinced, so he said: "I think the biggest reason why you didn't save Changli was that you were afraid of Jianlu. It's nonsense to say that Jianlu is invincible in the field. Jianlu
Aren't the captives powerful? Tens of thousands of rebels attacked a small county town in Changli, and it was defended by ordinary people. They fought several times but couldn't defeat it. How powerful are they?"
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he turned to Sun Chengzong and said: "I really don't know how you fought against the Jianlu before. Do they have three heads and six arms? They don't have one head and two legs. They are no different from ordinary people. They have been defeated continuously.
Then you fear the enemy like a tiger, you are all like this, let alone the soldiers below!"
Sun Chengzong couldn't help crying and laughing. The failure to defeat the Jianlu was actually due to many reasons. Among them, the military discipline was corrupted, the generals were eating empty pay and drinking the blood of the soldiers, resulting in few soldiers who could fight (only the generals' servants could fight), and the low morale of the Ming army was the most important.
One of the reasons is that Sun Chengzong did not have the ability to change these, and he did not have direct troops, so he could only adopt a defensive and counterattack strategy in the war against Jianlu.
This aggravated the enemy image of the Jianlu soldiers in the Ming army and lowered their morale. When facing the Jianlu, they were timid before fighting, making it even more difficult for them to become opponents of the Jianlu. Such a vicious cycle led to the Ming army's constant fighting in history.
However, Jianlu was also one of the important reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty because he continued to suffer defeats, which dragged down the already weak national finances of the Ming Dynasty.
But in this current dimension, with the help of Zhong Jinwei, the weak and unpaid soldiers in King Qin's army have been eliminated, and the army's salary and food have been guaranteed, so the biggest problems in the army have temporarily disappeared.
What King Qin's army now needs to solve is the morale problem, not only the morale of the soldiers, but also the morale of the generals. The general mentality of King Qin's army towards Jianlu is weak, and they believe that Jianlu is the enemy and cannot defeat Jianlu, which has led to thousands of generals at all levels.
They tried their best to preserve their own strength and did not dare to fight the Jianlu. Otherwise, they thought they could defeat the Jianlu and would not rush to make meritorious service and get promoted.
"Now is the best opportunity to boost morale, but you just give up. Is it wrong to say that you are short-sighted?" Zhong Jinwei was still saying loudly.
"Uncle Zhongxing, are you talking about saving Changli?" Sun Chengzong asked Zhong Jinwei thoughtfully.
"Exactly, the people of Changli are using their actions to prove that the Jianlu are not terrible, they are just ordinary people. Why did the Jianlu increase their troops to Changli and must capture Changli? It is because Changli damaged their military power. The slave leader knows
At this point, how many of us have realized this?" Only one voice, Zhong Jinwei, was talking in the Chinese military tent, and no one else made a sound.
In fact, he was not sure whether Huang Taiji sent more troops to attack Changli because of the reason he said.
"We should strive to protect Changli and prevent the slave chiefs from succeeding, and then widely publicize the victory of Changli. This is more worthy of publicity and praise than ordinary victories. Wait until all the generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty realize that the captives are actually as ordinary as themselves.
When the time comes, if you dare to attack and fight against Jianlu, then Jianlu's good life will come to an end." Zhong Jinwei said in a sonorous and powerful voice, with a loud voice.
There was a crow in the Chinese military tent, all thinking about Zhong Jinwei's words.
Zhong Jinwei said this and stopped trying to persuade Sun Chengzong and Zu Dashou. He said to the two generals who had just stood up: "What are your names and how many men do you have under your command?"