The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, these Fusang people are very patient," Wang Meng stood on the edge of the city tower, looking at the Fusang army camped there not far from here outside the city, and said inexplicably, "Their letter of persuasion to surrender is sent to you." It has been eight hours since we came here, and we haven't given them an answer until now, but they are not in a hurry, just waiting, "

"We have known their plans for a long time, and we know that they are just trying to arouse the anger of my Ming court. It is not incomprehensible for them to behave like this now," Zhang Fan said, "However, I have some doubts here. It's not that they haven't been attacked by a large number of Japanese pirates. They even approached Yingtian Mansion a few times, but after they were repelled, didn't we have no trouble with them? How can they be sure now? We will definitely retaliate against them for this kind of behavior.”

"This...actually, sir, you don't know something," Wang Meng replied, but his words were a little evasive, and he even turned his head to look around to make sure that there were no outsiders around, or that he shouldn't listen. When the person who said these words was present, he said again, "The previous mass gatherings and attacks of Japanese pirates happened many years ago. The land of Jiangnan is too far away.

"At that time, there was a large-scale invasion of Japanese pirates. Later, it was rumored in the folks and even in the official circles that just like what your lord said just now, a large number of Japanese pirates took advantage of our defenselessness and attacked them like a broken bamboo. , drove straight into the city of Yingtianfu, and was not driven out by the imperial army until later.

"But in fact, things were not like that at that time. When I was a soldier in northern Xinjiang, I heard from my superior officer that he personally participated in the battle to expel the Japanese pirates. It sounds similar, but the process in the middle is very different, and it can be said that it directly changed the entire meaning of that incident.

"What I said at the beginning is indeed correct, and it is true that thousands of Japanese pirates attacked. At that time, it was estimated that they also detected our coastal defense forces and escaped the two guards, but when they arrived, they were within a distance of them. They were discovered before they landed in the nearest Songjiang Mansion, and the then prefect of Songjiang Mansion naturally ordered the city gates to be closed immediately after hearing the news. That's all, no horses, no guns, no guns, all they rely on is their strength and the sword in their hands. They are not regular troops, they have neither strategy nor discipline, and the reason why they come to us is because they are too poor So, they have no siege equipment, it is impossible for them to shake the closed city gate of Songjiang Mansion, but they are not reconciled, so they return empty-handed, and if they continue to wait at Songjiang Mansion, It is very likely to be wiped out by the army that came after hearing the news.

"The Japanese pirates had no choice but to continue to come to us, passing through Suzhou and Yangzhou along the way, but all the state capitals they passed along the way had learned the news early on, and they were all on the alert. With the city gates closed, these Japanese pirates had no choice but to go all the way to the west. As long as they saw the gates of the state capitals were closed, they would pass by. That's why the battle reports at that time said, "a large number of The Japanese pirates gathered to attack the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and now they are approaching the city of Yingtian. Although the news is indeed true, it is not the case at all.

"At that time, the humble Shangguan was just an ordinary corporal leader. It was his first time on the battlefield. When they heard the transfer order from the army, they were all nervous to death. How could they know that when the army arrived at Yingtian Mansion? , Those Japanese pirates simply turned around and ran away when they saw them, and some of them didn’t even see what the Japanese pirates looked like,”

After Zhang Fan listened to what Wang Meng said, he didn't know what to say. To be honest, he was very speechless now. The news released by the people is indeed very serious, and no one has seen through it or talked about it. It is not surprising that Zhang Fan has such thoughts, but the people at that time only heard that there were a large number of Japanese pirates attacking outside the city. The city gate was closed, but they didn't know what was going on outside at all, so they also thought that the Japanese pirates had invaded very seriously, and the court also said so, and over time, it became the version Zhang Fan heard.

"That is to say, the reason why the imperial court did not carry out any crusade against the Japanese pirates at that time was mainly because those Japanese pirates did not cause any substantial harm at all," Zhang Fan said.

"That's right, it's exactly what your lord said," Wang Meng said, "Although the imperial court has no express regulations on whether to punish or not, but my Ming Dynasty has been in existence for a hundred years, and I don't know how many things happened during it. There are unwritten rules.

"If the enemy aggressively invades the territory of our Ming Dynasty, but they do not massacre and destroy, then the imperial court will basically not send troops to attack them after they retreat, but if the damage caused is too large, then regardless of the enemy's No matter how powerful the power is, the imperial court will send troops to crusade, just like the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings, and the crusade against the pirate Wang Zhi. will give up,"

"So from your point of view, have these Fusang people achieved their goal this time?" Zhang Fan asked what he was most concerned about now.

"My lord, in fact, from the humble point of view, this group of Fusang troops should have retreated a long time ago," Wang Meng said, "In fact, they don't have to attack at all. It is enough to rely on the previous batch of Japanese pirates. After all, those Japanese pirates have already It is the destruction of our three cities, and they are all Dazhou County. At that time, the imperial court will not be able to let it go. After all, if a city is breached by the enemy, it means that our country is captured by others. Whether it is the imperial court Whether it is the emperor or the emperor, it is absolutely intolerable."

"So that's how it is," Zhang Fan said, and he couldn't help thinking that the ancient feudal dynasties were really inferior to each other. Since the Western Han Dynasty, fighting against foreigners in the Central Plains was officially put on the official agenda, and the slogan at that time was "violate A strong man will be punished even if he is far away" is even more domineering and powerful to the point of incomparable.

In the next few dynasties, no matter whether they fought in melee or unified, no matter whether the ruler at that time was a faint king or a holy lord, no matter whether the country's combat power was stronger or weaker than that of the foreign race at that time, the invasion of the foreign race, even if it was a small attack on the border Nuisance, that will never be let go.

But since the Song Dynasty, this kind of concept seems to have been stimulated by something, and it has completely changed at once. It seems that since then, because of the decline in national power, the entire country has changed, and even perished in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the entire land of the Central Plains had been occupied by Mongolia established by Temujin.

It wasn't until the uprisings at the end of the Yuan Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang drove the Mongols out, which was regarded as restoring some of his former style. Afterwards, Zhu Di, no matter how many years he had been in the Beiping Mansion as the King of Yan, he still succeeded in seizing power. After that, during the years when he sat on the throne of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he spared no effort to understand the threat of the Yuanmeng Remnant Party to the land of the Central Plains. In Yumuchuan, this matter was passed on by the imperial court and the descendants of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and Zhu Di became the second person in history besides the founding emperor to be awarded the "ancestor" with real strength and achievements. The emperor of the temple name, his achievements can be seen.

It was only after that that the atmosphere turned around. The Ming Dynasty knew that no matter how mediocre the emperor was, or how powerful or traitorous he was, he had nothing to say to the north.

But for the Japanese pirates, a special existence that has appeared since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the court's approach is a bit ambiguous. First of all, these people are people without owners, and it is impossible to blame Fusang for their mistakes. Go to those in power; secondly, they really didn't cause any major chaos. The court actually didn't want to ask about the losses of those ordinary people. This situation improved only after Qi Jiguang's appearance.

Just now, Wang Meng had clearly told Zhang Fan the limit of the court's tolerance, and now, Long Qing, who wanted to be a good emperor, was sitting on the throne, and those Fusang people outside the city had actually reached their limit. The purpose is that the Japanese pirates they sent in advance have already occupied three cities. This is already the reason why the imperial court did not spare them, not to mention that the regular troops they sent later have already occupied three cities. It was the capture of Suzhou City, and now it is even more important to capture this Yangzhou. This is absolutely intolerable to the imperial court and Longqing.

Moreover, the most important thing is that no matter whether these people belong to the forces of the Fusang Kingdom, they are all soldiers with a master, and the court has a direction to pursue responsibility.

Therefore, Zhang Fan wants to send people so much now, even if he can speak Fusang dialect, he wants to go down from the tower to tell them that their goal has been achieved, go back quickly, don't attack here again, so It is meaningless to do it, but this matter can only be thought about in the heart, and those people under the city will come to attack the city again sooner or later,