Sun Chengzong understood very well that Zhong Jinwei's statement, to put it crudely, meant that he wanted to be a bitch and build a memorial arch at the same time. But this kind of thing was impossible to do.
Sun Chengzong thought of the difficulties of the court. Military expenditures were rising year by year, and the tax revenue collected was decreasing instead of increasing due to successive years of famine. This in turn forced the court to increase taxes. If this continues, the situation in the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic. Thinking of this, Sun Chengzong felt
Very heavy.
He was not a pedantic person. After thinking for a while, he said to Zhong Jinwei: "If a teacher has a reputation, and he knows how to handle it, then there is nothing he can't do."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's right. There are obviously ingots of gold and ingots on the ground, but they pretend to be noble and do not pick them up because of their reputation. We only need to say that they are picked up and given to the owner. Isn't this a legitimate reason?
What!"
After he finished speaking, he saw that Sun Chengzong's face was a little dark. He knew that his metaphor was too much, so he changed his words: "In future wars, we must change in this direction. False names are useless, and benefits are real. As long as
If we look for it, we can always find reasons for war and reasons for compensation. At least let Ming Dynasty fight a war, and it is not based on the loss of its own national power."
Sun Chengzong still had a droopy old face and said nothing.
Zhong Jinwei immediately added: "Of course, no matter what, we are civilized people, so we also pay attention to taking different measures according to different targets. As a friendly country, we do not take the initiative to attack, and we have to help the other party when they are in trouble. However, for
The Ming Dynasty has ulterior motives for the country, so we will fight them until they exhaust their national power, until they no longer dare to have ulterior motives towards the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Sun will not deny this?"
When Sun Chengzong heard that this was in line with his point of view, he nodded.
Seeing Sun Chengzong's reaction, Zhong Jinwei continued: "So what I said before can be used on these countries with ulterior motives. It can not only weaken the enemy country, but also strengthen itself. Why not do it."
After listening to what Zhong Jinwei said this time, Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "I actually understand what you said. But the officials in the court may not understand, and there are also the gentry in the opposition. If they don't want to
, no matter how well-known the teacher is, he will be able to find your faults. Unless you can benefit them, they will take the initiative to make up excuses for you."
It turned out that Sun Chengzong understood what Zhong Jinwei meant after he said his first few words. He just wanted to hear Zhong Jinwei's strange words, so he deliberately let him finish his words with a calm face.
When a farming country fights in all directions, it opens up territory for the emperor to expand its territory. The emperor benefits, and the generals benefit. However, the officials and gentry who control public opinion and most of the power do not benefit much, and the people at the bottom do not benefit either, so they generally oppose it.
In the capital era, the state protected the commercial dumping of capitalists and fought in all directions to obtain resources, benefiting both the capitalists and the country. This war lasted longer and made more money.
What Zhong Jinwei thought of when he saw the cost of building an army tonight was to change the Ming Dynasty people's concept of war, so that they could all benefit from it and become warlike, which would be conducive to the world war to be fought later.
Regarding this point, he gained initial success from Sun Chengzong, but he knew that it was not unusual to capture Sun Chengzong's fortress because he was much more pragmatic than others.
War cannot benefit everyone, at least not for a long period of time. Therefore, we need to change the minds of the people of the Ming Dynasty and make them feel that it is natural to pay compensation after a war. There is still a period of time
Way to go.
Nothing happened that night, and starting the next day, the Ming army marched for several days in a row, and the frontier attacked the city occupied by the built captives in the pass. Among them, Luanzhou, which was the main attack direction of the Ming army, was under the greatest pressure.
Luanzhou is actually just a county. It is slightly larger than Changli, but it is not a strong city like Yongping and Zunhua. However, because it is located on the transportation artery between the capital and Shanhaiguan, the Jianlu troops stationed two thousand soldiers here.
The headquarters of the captives is led by Namtai of the Zhenghuang Banner.
Starting some time ago, the Ming army's night-time activities began to become more frequent, which made Namtai feel that something was wrong. Amin, who sent someone to report to Yongping, ordered him to adopt the passive method of occupying the city and defending it.
The discipline of the Jianlu troops was much better than that of the Ming army, so Namtai did not dare to act privately and huddled in Luanzhou City.
But these days, the nights outside the city are becoming more and more unscrupulous. This makes Namtai more and more restless. Since he started fighting, he has never been so blind and blind as now, and he does not know the Ming army.
The trend is just sitting back and waiting to be beaten.
Zhang Wenxiu, the co-president of Luanzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Jiquan, the guard, have been in panic since Huang Taiji withdrew their troops. Because they knew more than Jianlu, and were not as arrogant as Jianlu, they thought that with the eight thousand people in the pass, they
Men, horses and some surrendered Ming troops can withstand the Ming Dynasty's entire military strength.
Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan were observing the enemy's situation at the top of the city. They were more and more frightened every day. They knew that there was no way back, and they resented that Emperor Chongzhen's pardon order was announced a little late, which led them to kill their colleagues and surrender to the enemy.
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They both knew that the Ming army would attack Luanzhou one day, and that day would not be too far away.
Seeing the Ming army's level of activity throughout the night, finally one day they couldn't hold it any longer.
Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan took the risk of being punished by Namtai and found him, explaining that the frequent night-time activities outside the city were most likely due to the Ming army coming to attack the city.
Namtai happened to have this idea. Now that he heard that the Ming Dynasty's demotion was the same as what he had thought, he couldn't bear it anymore. On the one hand, he sent people to Yongping to report their premonition that the Ming army might attack.
.On the other hand, he finally sent out a large number of scouting horses and began to expel the Ming army outside the city without stopping at night, and inquired about the military situation in the direction of the Ming capital.
No matter what, Jianlu Tanma is their elite, and their strength is still very strong. In the past, when the 100,000 Jianlu army was in the pass, they did not feel the sense of crisis, so they were relatively relaxed. But now they also feel the Ming army's
The pressure brought by them has restored the aggressiveness of Biaoyong who just entered the pass, so the ordinary Ye Bushou is not their opponent.
It didn't take much time for Jianlu Tanma to interrogate the general situation of the Ming army from the mouth of Ye Bushou, who was captured by them, and quickly reported it to Namtai.
Namtai happened to be discussing something at the county government office, and Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan happened to be at the table. When they heard the report of the expedition, they were so shocked that they couldn't sit still.
Zhang Wenxiu advised Namtai: "The Ming army came with the Hongyi cannon this time. The artillery in Luanzhou City cannot compete with the Hongyi cannon. This city cannot be defended!"
Li Jiquan also echoed what Zhang Wenxiu said, saying that they still understood the power of the Red Yi cannon. If Luanzhou encountered the Ming army carrying the Red Yi cannon and wanted to defend the city, it would have to be a mantis' arm.
After all, Namtai is a veteran who is used to fighting. He shouted to these two Han dogs: "Why are you arguing? It disturbs the morale of our army. Be careful, I will attack you first, get out of here."
It was a matter of life, Zhang Wenxiu wanted to say it again, lest the Jianlu leader didn't know the power of the Hongyi cannon and harmed them.
Li Jiquan reached out and tugged on the clothes on his back and pulled him aside. This Jianlu was originally a barbarian, and he usually discriminated against them. Now he was angry and annoyed. Maybe the Ming army hadn't attacked yet.
I was unlucky first.
When Namtai saw the two Han dogs retreating, he calmed down and asked Tan Ma about the details of the Ming army.
He heard that although the Ming army that came to attack Luanzhou was large in number, it was made up of many local armies. He felt relieved. This battle still had to be fought. As long as the heavy artillery carried by the Ming army was destroyed, Luanzhou could be defended.
live.
So he ordered the Jianlu headquarters in Luanzhou to assemble and prepare to leave the city to attack the Ming army's artillery camp.
Zhang Wenxiu also heard clearly. When he saw that Namtai was about to leave the city and take the initiative to attack, he couldn't help it. He stopped in front of Namtai and said: "The artillery battalion of the Ming army is guarded by Guan Ning's iron cavalry and white pole army. It can't be attacked!"
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His idea was just to let Namtai take them to evacuate to Yongping City. It would be safest to evacuate to the outside of the pass together.
Namtai kicked Zhang Wenxiu down and cursed: "When we Dajin warriors faced your Ming army, one was equal to ten. What happened to Guan Ning's cavalry? After so many years of fighting outside the pass, how dare they come out to fight with us Dakin?"
In military field battles, only your Ming Dynasty will regard Guan Ning's iron cavalry as a treasure. And what about the white-armed army? If it hadn't been for the cooperation of the musketeers trained by Qi Jiguang, it would not have been my opponent, Dai Jin."
After Namtai finished speaking, he ignored the two Ming soldiers who were demoted and walked away. He packed up his troops and left the city, preparing to defeat the Ming army's artillery camp.