"Thousands of sails of the Ming Dynasty navy suddenly gathered, and the Northern Expedition army was majestic. Since ancient times, how many generations of people can have the majesty of our Northern Expedition army today?"
Although Emperor Hongguang left without saying goodbye, Ma Shiying lost his face and dignity. Fortunately, the Southern Mission of the Qing Army urged the Northern Expedition in every possible way, constantly exaggerating the strength of the Qing Army and the imminent demise of the Dashun Army. The Ming Army
As a result, the Northern Expedition generals regained their confidence in attacking.
The navy ships gathered in the Suqian area have already set sail in large numbers. The canvas is covered with floating clouds like the sea. Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa are on a medium-sized warship. They order the maids to sing and dance to cheer for them. They have a banquet and talk in their ears.
The constant flow of silk and bamboo really gives people the illusion of being in a trance of a prosperous age.
"Xianzhi, it seems that you were wrong now." Ma Shiying said, "You have always advised me not to use troops, and you have always emphasized how powerful the bandits are. But now things are very clear. Even Li Zichen himself was killed by the Beibei soldiers.
, how can the other Chuang Ni be Bei Bing’s opponents? Xianzhi, please admit that you made a mistake."
Since being coerced by Gao Qian and left Xuzhou, Shi Kefa's power has completely fallen by the wayside. Those Donglin Party members and Fushe scholars who originally gathered around him either changed their families according to the trend, or they were like Yan Ermei who felt that
After being disappointed, he went north to join the Dashun Army.
Shi Kefa is almost a loner now. Even Gao Qian, after hugging Ma Shiying's lap, no longer looks down upon him as a political mascot and completely abandons Shi Kefa like a worn out shoe.
Shi Kefa drank the wine depressedly. The delicacies in front of him, even if they were full of land and water, or treasures from far away, and an Eight Immortals table was filled with more than a dozen delicacies, he really couldn't take a bite.
The big boat the two of them were traveling on traveled very smoothly. This was because there were dedicated civilians on land dragging the boat forward.
The same was true for the boats used by the other main generals of the Ming Army. In order to prevent turmoil on the water, the generals also recruited a group of civilians to tow the boats.
Of course, the ships that ordinary soldiers travel on do not receive such good treatment.
The banquets of Jiangnan people often include "more than a hundred kinds of dishes". For high-ranking scholars, it is not an exaggeration to spend thousands of dollars on banquets.
Therefore, according to Ma Shiying's own words, the table of food that Ma Shiying entertains Shi Kefa now is indeed "a banquet held when the army is in a trance, and can only be made in a crude way."
There is also a "Fruit Mountain Dish Rack" specially designed to store spring fruits in full bloom. It is shaped like a pagoda, with different fruits placed on each floor. It is placed in the dining room and complements the surrounding rare dishes. The height is proportional, which is really impressive.
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There are also small copper incense burners on several tables, and incense boxes and bottles are placed next to them. Servants come from time to time to add incense, and the dense clouds are used as decorations to create an elegant atmosphere.
Shi Kefa said helplessly: "There are millions of bandits, and we cannot defeat them in one day. Now the captives and the bandits are at loggerheads in Xuzhou. If our government wants to revive, both the captives and the bandits will be our strong enemies. No matter whether we help the captives or attack the bandits,
Or joining forces with the invaders to attack the captives is a blind move. For the current plan, we should organize the army and use force. When the captives and the invaders are at a stalemate, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted, they will rush out in full force to defeat the two powerful enemies together."
Ma Shiying kept laughing when he heard this: "Xianzhi is still a scholar's theory, one moment and another moment. Although there are millions of rebels, they are nothing more than a mob. The Northern Army is a victorious force, as long as it urges its cavalry,
Soon the Chuang evil will be completely pacified. By then we have no help to the Beibing soldiers. Do we still expect the Beibing soldiers to show their kindness and cede the Huaibei area to us?"
Shi Kefa also wanted to mention the past events of Song and Liao Sea Alliance and Song Meng Duanping's entry into Luo, but didn't Ma Shiying know about these histories?
Which of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty in Jinling was not a great writer and scholar who was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and was full of strategies?
Why do they need Shi Kefa's advice?
It's just that the generals have already moved. Huang Degong is a loyal and brave man. He originally hated the Dashun army and insisted on wiping out the rogue bandits first. Gao Qian and Liu Liangzuo were both speculative people. Seeing that the Donglu were about to defeat the rogue bandits, they both wanted to
If he does not take advantage of this opportunity to gain military exploits, his position of power in the Nanming court may be replaced by other generals in the future.
The Fujian Zheng family represented by Zheng Hongkui, as well as local civil servants like Huang Mingjun and Zhu Dadian who commanded Tuanyong, were also superstitious about the combat effectiveness of the Qing army and believed that the decisive battle between Shun and Qing would end with Dorgon's victory.
On the other hand, they were worried that their political opponents would take credit for this inevitable war, so they did not dare to lag behind others.
The situation is like this, the atmosphere is like this, Shi Kefa's pertinent words, except for Zheng Sen, who works in the Staff Division of the Ministry of War, greatly agree with them, others, even Jiangnan Donglin and Fushe people who have always had a harmonious relationship with Shi Kefa,
I couldn't listen to it at all.
The Northern Expedition Navy gathered like clouds and rain, and headed north in an optimistic atmosphere. Even on both sides of the river, Shi Kefa could occasionally see a few cavalrymen with braided hair leading the way for the Ming army.
He knew that these people were the relief troops sent by the Qing army, but it would not matter if all of them were Manchurians. However, Shi Kefa heard Chinese in many of them.
This sense of absurdity made Shi Kefa feel sad for the dignity and legitimacy of the Jiangnan court.
After Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa had eaten, Zheng Sen, who was also on the boat, came over with a coat and put it on Shi Kefa, and at the same time sighed:
"I, the master of the Chinese Renaissance, actually joined forces with Rong Di. How could this be the image of Master Wang, who is as powerful as a tiger swallowing thousands of miles away?"
Shi Kefa reluctantly explained: "In the middle of the Qianyuan period, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty restored Chang'an and Luoyang, and also used Uighur soldiers. The Eastern captives did not ask for gold or silk land, but only wanted to join hands with me to defeat the invaders. The situation is already much better than in the Tang Dynasty."
Zheng Sen said angrily: "What do you mean by borrowing Uighur soldiers, and what do you mean by borrowing Shatuo soldiers? This kind of rhetoric has been explained once by the late emperor when he was still alive. What is the result? The result is that the land of Youyan has fallen into the dust, and the situation is
So, aren’t the princes of the dynasty still aware of this?
Let me see, instead of letting the world fall into the hands of the barbarians, it is better to conquer the world with the invaders! Shi Gong, use China to control China, use barbarians to control barbarians. Humans cannot be mixed with beasts, and beasts cannot be mixed with humans.
That’s why even if you use Chinese thieves to rule China, you are still Chinese.
Even if the troops of the Northern Expedition capture Xuzhou today, will they really be able to join forces with the Beiting in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the future?"
Shi Kefa listened to these words without any disturbance in his heart. Faced with today's situation, faced with the domineering warlords and Ma Shiying's drift, Shi Kefa, in the final analysis, is just a talkative person, so what strategies can he come up with for revitalization?
Even when Zheng Sen directly said that he could accept bandits as kings and kings, Shi Kefa was no longer in the mood to reprimand or refute such treacherous remarks.
After all, Zheng Sen is the son of Zheng Zhilong. With the power of the Zheng family in Fujian, let alone Zheng Sen just said such a sentence, even if he really did it, what could the small court in Jiangnan do?
Is it possible to punish the Zheng family?
"Today's imperial court can have the power of the Northern and Southern Dynasties..." Shi Kefa said with a wry smile, "That would be a huge blessing."
The Ming Dynasty Navy is continuing to move towards the north. From the outside, this army can be regarded as bright and majestic. However, in detail, many soldiers still owe several months of pay, and military discipline has also been ruined.
Unbearable.
Nanming has the richest land and people in the world. Not only is it unable to train and organize an army that can barely fight, it even has trouble feeding the warlords' troops.
Shi Kefa looked at the remaining clouds in the sky and at the ice floes in the river that had been smashed by the bow of the ship. His mood was erratic. He sighed one after another, but never said anything else.
come out.
Zheng Sen finally couldn't stand it anymore and walked away.