Chapter eight hundred and eighty-fifth the building will pour righteous virtue to give wine
Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes in despair, while Li Xuan, who was opposite, smiled!
The Guards paid so much effort in vain. At this critical moment, it finally played the role of the mainstay, successfully blocked the attack of the Tatar cavalry, and even caused heavy damage to the Tatar cavalry.
Force the Tatar cavalry to retreat!
"good!"
This time, Li Xuan did not suppress his joy, but directly shouted "Hello" with a smile on his face, then looked around and said loudly: "The Tatars have fled, and now, only the puppet Ming army is left.
Resist tenaciously and order the whole army to continue fighting bravely to completely defeat the puppet Ming thief army!"
Having said this, he paused for a while and then continued: "All soldiers participating in the battle today will receive double pay, and those who have made meritorious deeds will receive double the credit!"
At this last moment, Li Xuan did not be stingy with his reward at all. For ordinary soldiers, getting real money and silver is the best reward, but for officers, double credit is the best reward!
Nothing can boost the morale of soldiers more than getting promoted and making a fortune, especially when victory is in sight. The soldiers know very well that as long as they work harder, victory will be within their reach!
Li Xuan's words, along with the flag language and the messengers, spread to every corner of the battlefield!
When the ordinary soldiers heard that they could get double pay, their morale immediately increased greatly. Even the ordinary soldiers could roughly guess the situation in front of them. Victory was in sight. Now is the time to beat up the fallen dog.
, he became even more brave when he started fighting.
And the officers were also stimulated by the double credit one by one!
Although today's Datang Army is still expanding and there is a lot of room for promotion, today's Datang Army has gradually stabilized and the promotion system is very stable. Even the early Imperial Academy students are now only
It can be achieved step by step through battle achievements and seniority, and although promotion is still fast, it is no longer like a few years ago where you can rise like a rocket by just making some achievements.
What's more, today's battle can be said to be the last large-scale battle in the Northern Expedition. Today, the opportunity to make a contribution was missed. Even if there are other combat opportunities in the future, if you miss it, you will miss it.
Whether you can go further in the future and whether you can be knighted in the future depends on today!
Therefore, now both officers and soldiers are extremely excited!
Under the leadership of the officers, the soldiers broke out with more powerful combat effectiveness than before, and the Tang army launched a tidal wave of attacks towards the central army of the Ming army!
Countless soldiers carried muskets and spears and continued to advance with firm steps, further compressing the defensive space of the Ming army!
As a large number of infantry continued to press forward, they never took action and were used as a reserve force. At the critical moment, they were prepared to flee with Li Xuan. In this battle, the only cavalry of the Tang Army was composed of the Guards Cavalry.
More than a thousand cavalrymen composed of independent cavalry battalions of the Army under the direct jurisdiction of the Privy Council also launched a charge.
The target of their charge was the artillery position on the flank and rear of the Ming Army's Central Army. This Ming Army's artillery position caused a lot of casualties to the Tang Army's Central Army that continued to advance. Now, taking advantage of the massive defeat of the Ming Army's Central Army infantry, this
A thousand cavalrymen finally took action!
The cavalry roars away!
Even though the number is small, the target is small with a small number of people. In addition, the actions are decisive and resolute. Of course, what is more important is that the infantry of the Chinese army of the Ming army are already too busy to take care of themselves. They are completely suppressed by the infantry of the Tang army and cannot be separated at all.
Support artillery positions.
As a result, on the battlefield, you can see thousands of cavalry crossing hundreds of meters in one fell swoop, then charging into the Ming Army's artillery position, and directly using the most powerful wall-mounted charge to tear apart the last line of infantry in the Ming Army's artillery position.
defense line, and then broke into the artillery position.
The cavalry's sabers were swung at the Ming army's artillery, and blood and flesh flew everywhere they passed!
The Chinese artillery position of the Ming Army was also destroyed and could no longer support the Chinese infantry!
At this time, Emperor Zhengde once again raised his head and looked forward. Even though the artillery positions were destroyed, even though the defense line was continuously compressed and there were heavy casualties, the soldiers of the Chinese army were still struggling to resist the Tang army's advance.
However, even though the officers and men of the Chinese army fought bravely, they still could not stop the Tang army's continuous advance!
If this continues, maybe it will be a quarter of an hour, maybe it will be two quarters of an hour, maybe it will be the next second, and the Chinese army will completely collapse!
They tried their best!
Zhengde knew very well that in today's battle, his soldiers had tried their best and fully demonstrated the combat effectiveness that Zhengde had expected. Facing the fierce attack of the Tang army, although they were defeated, they had been struggling to support themselves.
With.
They really tried their best!
"The defeat of this battle is not the fault of the soldiers, but my fault and your fault!" Emperor Zhengde withdrew his eyes from the front, then turned to look at the large group of civil servants and nobles behind him!
Naturally, a group of civil servants and nobles immediately shouted that the minister deserved death and that His Majesty should calm down and other nonsense.
The civil servants and nobles of the Ming Dynasty present, even those who do not understand military affairs, can already see that the situation today is very bad, and the army is almost finished!
Their Ming army was no match for the Tang army at all. They originally hoped that the Tatars would come over to kill them, but now that the Tatars had all been beaten up by the Tang army and then retreated, how could they fight if they were left alone?
Can't fight!
The defeat of the entire army is already imminent.
The faces of many distinguished nobles were extremely pale. The army was finished, the Ming Dynasty was also finished, and they were also finished!
Their titles, their glory and wealth all come from the Ming Dynasty. As the saying goes, they must live with the country, but the prerequisite is that they have a country. If the country is ruined, they nobles will definitely be ruined too. Is it possible that they can still count on it?
Is it okay to just turn around and run to the Tang Dynasty to continue being a noble?
Even if Li Xuan is willing, many civil and military ministers in the Tang Dynasty are not willing. What are they doing through life and death? Isn't it just to be a founding hero and gain glory and wealth?
It is impossible for the nobles of the Ming Dynasty to surrender and continue to be nobles!
And the Ming Dynasty is over, but they are still noble?
no!
Compared to the panicked expressions of a group of nobles, although most of the civil servants did not look good, their expressions were much better than those of the nobles, and some even looked thoughtful.
The Ming army was defeated in this battle, and the Ming Dynasty was doomed, but would they accompany the Ming Dynasty to perdition?
This question is worthy of discussion!
It is undeniable that there will be people who will sit firmly on the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty and then sink together, but it is also undeniable that more people will pick up the ship in time, and then swim to and climb onto another big ship,
The big ship that the Ming Dynasty sunk: the Tang Dynasty!
Emperor Zhengde looked at the crowd and took in the performance of the dozens of civil servants and nobles behind him. Although his expression was calm, his heart was extremely furious!
If it weren't for these traitors who harmed the country and were righteous, how could his Zhu family dynasty be in this situation?
He knew about official corruption and had been cracking down on it, but because of the collusion between the top and bottom, even if he, the Zhengde Emperor, was tough, he couldn't change much. If he really wanted to kill them all, his throne as emperor would be unstable.
So many times, he could only turn a blind eye, but what he didn't expect was that they were corrupt, they didn't pay taxes, and they even dared to withhold military expenditures for the suppression of the puppet Tang Dynasty, and the amount they withheld was huge.
Not just a little bit, but half and half!
In the past few years, Emperor Zhengde spent a total of more than ten million taels of silver from the national treasury and internal treasury to defeat thieves, but in the end, less than half of it fell on the army.
In addition, in the past two years, Emperor Zhengde has vigorously introduced the anti-thief salary system. However, Dongchang and Jinyiwei officials have reported that the officials below are strongly opposed to the anti-thief salary system on the surface, but on the other hand, they are using the anti-thief salary system to make money, forcing them to
Countless families were destroyed, and then these ministers put all the blame on him, the emperor!
Emperor Zhengde saw all this!
He knows, He knows very well!
But in the past, he endured it for the sake of the overall situation!
As an emperor, as long as his rule can be maintained, he will not care about these things. He thinks that after defeating the Tang thieves first, he will go back and slowly deal with these greedy civil servants and nobles.
But now, the pseudo-Tang Li thief can no longer be destroyed, and even his Ming Dynasty will be finished.
The ship of the Ming Dynasty is about to sink, and among these people in front of them, how many of them want to jump off the ship and run to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty on the opposite side?
Emperor Zhengde didn't know how many there would be, but he was certain that there would definitely be no less!
And he, Zhengde, will not allow this to happen!
Since the Ming Dynasty you have harmed is over, and I have become the king of subjugation, then you can't expect to live alone, you can all be buried with me!
Therefore, Emperor Zhengde no longer looked at the battle ahead, but looked at the civil servants and nobles in front of him, then took a deep breath and said: "Where are the guards!"
As soon as Emperor Zhengde finished speaking, a large group of guards walked in. These guards were all carefully selected by Emperor Zhengde. As a horse-riding emperor, even if he is now in dire straits, there are still many confidants who are willing to serve him, and
These guards in front of me are one of them!
Hundreds of guards surrounded everyone!
Without waiting for anyone to ask or react, Emperor Zhengde said: "Give me some wine!"
As soon as they heard the word "gift of wine", a group of lowly civil and military ministers immediately became commotion. They were not fools, they all knew what was hidden behind the word "gift of wine".
During the Battle of Hengyang in the early years, Cheng Hong'an, the commander-in-chief of the former Du Biao Army, gave wine and poison to kill most of his generals and the civil servants who escaped from Hengyang City when they were defeated. In the end, he himself drank the poisoned wine and committed suicide!
Not many people knew about this matter. Ordinary people outside did not know the inside story at all, but most of the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty in front of them knew about it.
Immediately, some people immediately knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, saying things like "Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
There were also people who didn’t make any moves and just sighed!
And some people started shouting instantly!
Some civil servants who boasted that their integrity was still there stood up and cursed: "Faint Lord, if you hadn't been in power for decades and brought disaster to the world, how could Ming Dynasty have ended up like this!"
At this time, someone even said: "If I had known that when you, a foolish king, fell into the water, we should have taken cruel measures directly. It's a pity that a mistake in thought has led to the bitter consequences today!"