Chapter 535: Justification is the language of the weak
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Wang Xuan was not in a hurry to march into the capital. Although he could reach the city of Beijing within a day by boat from the canal, under Wang Xuan's order, the 50,000-strong army began to repair Tianjin Guards.
There is no trace of the eagerness to run thousands of miles.
The whole world's eyes were on Wang Xuan, and they were paying close attention to his every move. From the emperor and the big shots in the court to the wealthy businessmen and poor people, no one could guess what Wang Xuan was going to do.
If we don't use such a good opportunity for a surprise attack, do we have to wait until all the soldiers and horses of the Qin King in the world gather under the walls of Beijing before we fight to the death?
War is no child's play!
"Yes, I'm just waiting for King Qin's troops to gather in Beijing before we fight!" After Wang Xuan finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.
Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chengzong and others looked puzzled and couldn't help asking: "Why?"
"There is an old saying called 'the name is just and the word is right', I believe you all know it." Wang Xuan leaned back on the chair, his legs were raised high, and he was bouncing up and down, not showing the steady appearance of holding the power in the world.
You still know what it means to be fair and righteous, look at your statement, it's so... A group of people secretly rolled their eyes, all pretending not to see, Wang Xuan's look is really a bit careless and can't stand up to the stage, it's hard to imagine
This is Wang Xuan, who put Ming Dynasty into a life-and-death crisis, made all races fearful, and was known as a murderous maniac with no humanity.
"I personally think that this 'justifiable' statement is something only a weak person would say. In the face of absolute strength, all benevolence, morality, conspiracy and tricks are useless. The truth will always only be within the range of swords and guns. I just want this world
Understand, I don’t care about benevolence and righteousness, and I don’t care about reputation. This world and this truth were all created by my soldiers with swords and guns!"
"Don't fucking tell me about the ancient sages, and don't tell me about benevolence and righteousness. Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Until no one in this world can compete with me, I will put away all those boring little thoughts.
"
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with those people who are full of nonsense. To save trouble, the best way is to kill them all at once!"
Well, this is indeed Wang Xuan's usual style of doing things, he is afraid of being verbose and troublesome.
However, at the thought of having to use 50,000 troops to face hundreds of thousands...this group of people couldn't help but feel a little psychological. Those were the border troops, not the guard troops. The three sides have always been synonymous with the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
It has been more than a hundred years and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not to mention the people of the Ming Dynasty believe it, even foreigners believe it!
But Wang Xuan knew that this was all bullshit. If hundreds of thousands of border troops could be chased to the sky by 10,000 Jurchens, you could see what they were like.
Rather than letting the Jurchens achieve the achievement of "there are no more than ten thousand Jurchens and they are invincible", it is better to achieve this achievement yourself.
It is said that the three-stage attack of the musketeers is so powerful that it kills people like mowing grass. But in Wang Xuan's opinion, the crossbow is much easier to use than the current muskets. It also shoots three times a minute. The range and accuracy of the crossbow are,
The lethality is not comparable to that of muskets.
With the support of industrialization, the 50,000-strong army carried a full 50,000 crossbows. Wang Xuan really didn't believe it. Who could break through this rain of arrows!
Well, it is better to say that it is covered by arrow rain than it is covered by silver. According to the price of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of every thirty three-edged bone-penetrating crossbow arrows is one tael of silver. Even if an army of 10,000 uses crossbow arrows to cover the attack, each shot will cost
333 taels of silver, calculated as three rounds per minute, one thousand taels of silver will be consumed every minute!
This does not include food, wages, wear and tear of the crossbow and a series of expenses... Calculated based on the Ming Dynasty's treasury's annual income of 200W silver, it can only supply tens of thousands of people for 2000 minutes of launch, which is 33 hours...
The problem is there can’t be only 10,000 people!
In other words, if 50,000 people go into battle together, they can kill the Ming Dynasty within six hours. Oh, bah, it’s bankruptcy!
But the meaning is similar, both are GAME VOER!
…
The Dukes in the imperial court did not consider what Wang Xuan was thinking. It would be best to stay in Tianjin forever. They sent urgent documents to the northwest, urging the armies on the three sides to hurry up.
Move toward the capital to make peace.
Just because the court doesn't care, doesn't mean that others don't care!
Outside the pass, Guan Ning's army and Liaodong manager Yuan Yingtai sat high in the hall and looked at the people below, "Is the rebel Wang Xuan still in Tianjin Guard?"
Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, He Shixian and other people remained silent. Finally, Chen Ce couldn't stand it anymore, so he opened his mouth and said, "Yes, Wang Xuan is still in the Tianjin Guard!"
"I don't know what this damn rebel is planning to do. However, the imperial court has given an order. We will stand still and wait for the rebel to fight with Yang He, the governor of the three sides, to outflank his retreat. We will kill them all in one sweep and will never allow the rebels to escape."
The thief escaped and ascended to heaven!"
Yuan Yingtai looked around at the crowd and continued: "Everyone here must be prepared and be ready to send troops at any time. When the rebellion is suppressed, you will be promoted to official positions and titles soon!"
"I'll take my orders." A group of people stood up and replied.
"Okay, just wait!"
After leaving the tent and not walking too far, Zu Dashou said: "Everyone, what do you think?"
"Let's explain it to the other side." Wu Xiang did not shy away from others and answered directly.
There are all generals here. Although they are superior and subordinate to Liaodong Manager, they belong to two camps. Relatively speaking, they are closer to Wang Xuan. After all, they have cooperated well in the past.
Furthermore, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the noble families of princes and nobles, either themselves or through several alliances, bought a lot of overseas land from Wang Xuan. It is impossible to say that they are not greedy.
History has proven that there is no room for survival of a family of military generals in the Central Plains. During times of war, the emperor calls you Xiao Tiantian, and when peace comes, you are called Mrs. Niu.
It would be better to move the family overseas and have a big ship to travel with them. It would not be inconvenient to travel to the Central Plains. After all, this is the ancient time when it would take half a month to visit within the province.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I think the news over there should have been obtained before us. There is a big colander above the court. Now Li Shantang is not still enjoying himself in the capital." He Shixian
Curling his lips, he was very disdainful of the indecisiveness of these civil servants. No matter what the matter was, they could do everything for you.
Of course, this is called a sign of political maturity among civil servants. It seems that there are no three or five escape routes and that all preparations are made, which is like a mental retardation.
"It's up to them to know. Whether we spread the news or not is our business. It's a matter of attitude. There's no conflict." Wu Xiang is indeed the best general in business, and he understands the problem very deeply.
"Then let's spread the news. We won't interfere in the specifics. In other words, they must have their own plans. It's enough for us to just watch. If you really have any orders, we will give it." Zu Dashou said directly.
Zu Dashou hated the fact that the gentlemen in the court sent people to contact the Jurchens. The hatred between their ancestral family and the Jurchens had become great. From the time of Li Chengliang until now, all the relatives and friends of the ancestral family who died at the hands of the Jurchens
I don’t know how many, but now the court actually wants to use the power of the Jurchens. If Wang Xuan hadn’t been there to support him, he would have exploded at that time!
As for the subsequent surrender, to be honest, at that time, including Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi, everyone had a deep hatred against the Jurchens.
Kong Youde's father and brother died in the battle at the hands of the Jurchens, and the travel news was lost. Shang Kexi and his family drowned and died. Wu Sangui was the nephew of the ancestor, and more people from the ancestor's family died in Liaodong.
What hatred, what resentment?
The sworn enemy would rather surrender than to confront the Ming Dynasty. If you say there is no story in it, even ghosts won’t believe it!
Coincidentally, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi were both subordinates of Pi Dao Mao Wenlong, and they had been restraining the Jurchens from the rear.
…
"Damn, what on earth is this man named Wang waiting for! Don't you know what it means to be a soldier with great speed!" Yang He, Yang Sichang's father, who was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli, a retired official to the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the governor of the military affairs of the three sides of Shaanxi, Yang Sichang,
At this moment, he lost his usual demeanor as a civil servant. He threw away the letter urging troops to advance and cursed loudly.
He really didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he dragged his feet on the march. In his expectation, it didn't matter who won in the end, as long as he still held the 300,000 troops on three sides.
Then no matter who is standing in front of the stage, he must be coaxed.
Today is no better than in the past. In the last years of the dynasty, wars broke out frequently, and the status of military attachés was greatly improved. Furthermore, he has been in this position for six years, and the entire army has been firmly controlled by him. As long as he is in office for one day,
No one dares to touch him one bit!
After all, if something goes wrong here and the Tatar army enters the country, no one can bear the responsibility!
But now that Wang Xuan has stayed in Tianjin Wei, he will be roasted on the fire. If he continues to delay, it will be disrespectful and disobedient. He can't really break up with the court. Now, he
But he was still a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.
"Governor, what should we do? You still need to make an idea."
"Humph, what else can we do? Let's go into the army." Yang He replied angrily, "No matter what kind of lawsuit this guy named Wang is selling, if we really wait until we get to the gates of Beijing, then we will sacrifice his head to heaven!
"
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh. No matter what the final outcome of this matter was, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to fall behind. He just hoped that Wang Xuan would be able to appreciate the promotion and understand the general situation by then, so as not to cause a lose-lose situation with him.
"Your Excellency is right." One of the generals sneered, "There are no heroes who make Zhu Zi famous. A mere Wang Xuan with more than 100,000 people fought against a few small countries, and yet he was praised as one.
God, I really don’t know what to say.”
"That's right, there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains who are kings. They are just a group of southern barbarians. Let them go to the three sides to face the prairie people's cavalry. Are you looking down on them? Have they seen what tens of thousands of troops charge?"
"Hahaha, this is your fault. Tens of thousands of troops were raised. Why don't you ask that boy named Wang if he has ever seen tens of thousands of horses!"
"You can't say that. I heard that this man surnamed Wang is extremely rich. He has recruited millions of refugees from our Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces alone. We have seen tens of thousands of horses, but... they are just pack horses.
.”
"They are just a bunch of short legs. I heard that naval battles are very powerful. But when we get to the capital, we still have to fight with real swords and guns. Then let the elites from the three sides weigh their quality!"
Wang Xuan has never had any dealings with the army in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and the buying and selling of people has always been done through other people. It's not that he doesn't take these people seriously, but... he doesn't think highly of them at all.