Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

The Chongzhen Dynasty had its own national conditions,

Not the former Apocalypse Dynasty.

If you were caught smuggling during the Apocalypse Dynasty, it would be punished by everyone, and the nine clans will all praise you.

But the Chongzhen Dynasty?

Gentlemen and aristocrats, officials and nobles, who would not smuggle?

Who in the world does not smuggle, and who in the world does not share?

Do you really think that the Chongzhen Dynasty cut off commerce and reopened the sea ban?
wrong!
That is only on the surface. In fact, there are countless sea trade ships along the southeast coast, and horse-drawn carriages and trucks on the northern border and grassland Liaodong continue day and night.

It stands to reason that with such a prosperous business relationship, the Chongzhen Dynasty would have a lot of taxes every year, right?

But in fact, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't collect a penny of taxes, because these were all smuggled!

Originally, Zhu Youjian was still able to collect business taxes, but since he abolished the new policies and laws and banned trade and sea bans, he couldn't collect a penny of taxes, and the money was taken by the people below.

Take today's Zhejiang as an example, the Wen family in Huzhou or the Shi family in Pinghu, which one is not a big smuggler?
Why are they so rich?
Why are they still smuggling?
Isn't it because Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai, the current top leaders of the Zhejiang Party, cabinet scholars, are Huzhou Pinghu people?
As for why there is no old Yang family of Yang Sichang, Yang Ge, it is because Yang Ge is always from Huguang, and the sea is too far away from the Yang family, but this does not mean that the Yang family has no other business. Along the Yangtze River, the gold brought by this big river Yin has fed the Yang family well.

Now the Wen family in Huzhou, the Shi family in Pinghu, and the Yang family in Wuling in Huguang, which one is not a first-class wealthy family in the local area?
The top bosses of the imperial court, and the leaders of the Zhejiang Gang and the Huguang Gang, Wen Tiren, Yang Changsi, and Shi Fenglai's status in the imperial court became more and more important, and their families became more and more prosperous.

And these are just the three great scholars in the cabinet. How many officials are there in the Ming court?
There are six departments in the center, the servants of the six departments, the censors of Yushitai, the Overwatch Council, Zhan Shifu
Which of these masters of the third and fourth grades of the central center has no business?

Therefore, the Chongzhen Dynasty has its own national conditions. Even if Zhu Chunchen is Cheng Guogong, it is not easy to support a large family. The land given by the court is part of it, and his own business is part of it. , the more places to spend money.

This kind of thing is inevitable. After all, state affairs belong to state affairs, and business belongs to business. State affairs belong to the emperor, not to oneself, but the money earned by business belongs to oneself.

Zhu Chunchen sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, thinking about the former Shandong governor Wang Shunyi who had been sent to Caishikou as a scapegoat and had his head chopped off. The government will not be completely wiped out, Wang Shunyi deserves to die!
The most important thing is that according to the news Zhu Chunchen got from Shandong, Xue Lian seemed to intend to hold on to the pass and wait for help. It was also Wang Shunyi and others who forced Xue Lian to take the initiative to fight, which seemed to have something to do with Shandong's military supplies.

From this point of view, Wang Shunyi's death was really unjust, and he even deserved it.

Originally Shandong only fell to the three prefectures. Xue Lian had already organized a [-]-strong army to fight Zhou Yuji. The people are tired and the horses are exhausted, and the imperial army strikes again in one fell swoop!
It's a pity that the imperial court caused by this thief Wang Shunyi not only lost Shandong, but also lost an army of 10,000+, and even the roots of scholars in the world were dug out!
Now it's my turn to plug this big hole. Is this big hole easy to plug?
"Why is the Duke so worried?"

Zhu Chunchen looked up, and it was Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Funing, who came.

They are all surnamed Zhu, so they are naturally regarded as pure ministers by Zhu Youjian, but pure ministers are not pure.

Zhu Guobi, in particular, is fatuous and incompetent, and he is very successful. He can boast and talk, but his real talents are pitiful. He belongs to a bag of straw on an embroidered pillow.

But at the moment, neither Zhu Youjian nor Zhu Chunchen can see it. After all, Zhu Guobi is a loyal and brave man with a good-looking talent and extraordinary conversation. He seems to be a man with a strategy in mind.

Otherwise, Zhu Youjian would not appoint Zhu Guobi to assist Zhu Chunchen. He just planned to let Zhu Guobi be able to take charge of his own affairs after some experience.

Zhu Chunchen is also aware of this, so seeing that Zhu Guobi is here, he rarely gives a good face: "Sit down, Fu Ning, the governor is worried about the war. Now the Datong thief general Zhou Yuji is watching Shandong with 10,000+ tigers and wolves. It is possible to invade Zhili at any time. Your Majesty wants us to eliminate the bandits in Shandong, and we must not let the bandits flee.”

"If the original strategy had been followed, with Marquis Yangwu in Shandong to hold back, we would come later to form a superior force, and the bandits were exhausted, so we would be able to win. But now the bandits have won two battles in a row, their morale has greatly increased, and they have occupied Shandong as well. The location is favorable, this battle is not easy to fight."

Zhu Guobi said boldly: "It's only 10,000+ bandit soldiers, my soldiers will be able to crush them into powder!"

"Duke, the guards in Shandong are especially comparable to the elite of the imperial court in Beijing? Now the Duke has 20 tigers and wolves in the Beijing camp, and there are reinforcements from Jin, Henan, Hebei, Hui and Zhili, with [-] troops in hand. , why can't you compete with the thief general?"

"Although I am not talented, I dare to level one hundred thousand people in Shandong!"

There will be one hundred thousand people!

The last person who spoke so boldly was the founding general of Ming Dynasty, King Kaiping, and Chang Yuchun.

But Chang Yuchun can really lead an army of [-] across the world, as for Zhu Guobi
Zhu Chunchen looked suspiciously at Fan Zhu Guobi, why does he feel a bit like Zhao Kuo?

Zhu Guobi said confidently: "Duke, Your Majesty is looking forward to the news of the victory of the army. The Duke led the army to stagnate here, which will inevitably arouse criticism and suspicion from Your Majesty. Why don't you order me to be the vanguard officer? Lead the army to try the bottom of the Datong thief."

After hearing this, Zhu Chunchen felt that it made sense, so he dispatched troops from various battalions to Zhu Guobi's [-] troops as vanguard officers, and ordered Zhu Guobi to enter Shandong first to open up a base for the army.

Zhu Guobi finally got the army, and he was also full of ambition. He immediately raised the banner and led the army to attack Shandong without any concealment.

At this time in Shandong, the common people are busy with land distribution. After all, they have to replant food. In order to ensure the stability in Shandong and the safety of the sub-districts, the troops had to be stationed there.

Now Zhou Yuji doesn't seem to have many soldiers available in his hands, which is why Zhu Guobi dared to fight over.

He is not stupid, he has already investigated, and knows that most of Zhou Yuji's 10,000+ army is scattered in places to suppress the gentry and landlords and distribute land to the people. Now Zhou Yuji has not many soldiers and horses available around him, and Shandong's main energy has also been taken away. Involvement, now this Shandong is a soft persimmon, a bite is a military exploit.

How could Zhu Guobi miss this opportunity?

The news that Zhu Guobi's army had invaded Shandong soon reached Zhou Yuji.

When Huang Zongxi finished his busy government affairs and came to the residence of the former governor of Shandong, the highest office of the Datong Party in Shandong, he saw a large number of military officers coming in and out. up!
Quickly rushing to the main hall, Huang Zongxi saw that Zhou Yuji had just explained to a general, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "General, is there going to be a war?"

Zhou Yuji looked at Huang Zongxi with suspicious eyes: "How did you guess?"

"The smell of gunpowder smoke. I can smell the smell of gunpowder smoke. There must be a big war breaking out." Huang Zongxi said with great certainty.

"Hahahaha! You seem to have the talent to be a general!"

Zhou Yuji smiled and said seriously: "Yes, there is going to be a war. According to the intelligence report, Emperor Chongzhen sent a large army to attack us. Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen personally led an army of 20 towards us, and the vanguard of the [-] army has already arrived. Dongchang Mansion."

"With an army of 20, we only have [-] soldiers at hand." Huang Zongxi took a deep breath, the disparity in the number of troops was too large.

Zhou Yuji was very indifferent. After all, he was a famous general who was used to killing and attacking, and he was the one who repeatedly defeated many with less. Naturally, he didn't care about Zhu Chunchen's 20 army: "Yuanfu said, the soldiers are not many, but the quality, not the generals." Brave and resourceful. When it comes to tactics and the quality of soldiers, how does Emperor Chongzhen compare with us?"

"It's said to be 20 troops, among which there are [-] to [-] of the real elites, which is considered good. The rest are the generation who wave the flag and shout. It's okay to fight with the wind, but if you encounter some setbacks, you will be defeated."

"But since Emperor Chongzhen dared to send these 20 soldiers over, I dared to eat them!"

Apparently Zhou Yuji is also full of self-confidence, it doesn't matter if 20 fight against [-], he has been fighting a battle with inferior forces, and when has he ever lost.

A few days later, Zhou Yuji reorganized his troops and led the army to Dongchang Mansion.

At this time, Zhu Guobi also formally marched into Dongchang Mansion with an army.

"Everyone, our army has a great advantage in this battle. The enemy and us are twenty to four. Five of us will fight one. Aren't we afraid that we will not be able to defeat the Datong thieves?" Go to the letter, this is a good opportunity for 20 to [-], if you miss it, it will be gone!
When Zhu Chunchen learned that there was such a good opportunity, he immediately ordered Zhu Guobi to lead his army to entangle Zhou Yuji. He could not let the highest military officer in Shandong of the Datong Society go. It will be able to step on Zhou Yuji's reputation to take a step forward, and the situation in Shandong will be completely reversed.

Naturally, Zhu Guobi would not let Zhou Yuji go. The two sides had a small-scale battle immediately after the Xiajin encounter, and then separated quickly, each leaving the battlefield.

Back in the barracks, Zhou Yuji looked at the generals under his command but smiled and said, "It is said that Emperor Chongzhen has the upper hand this time. After all, they have 20 people, while we only have [-], but no matter how I look at it, I feel that it is us." There is an advantage."

"Others may think that 20 fighting 20 is an egg hitting a rock, but who is the egg and who is the rock? In my opinion, Emperor Chongzhen's [-] army is a pot of rice, waiting for us to eat at any time."

"Forty thousand to 20 is a big pot of half-cooked raw rice, but we also want to eat raw rice. Not only do we need 20 to 20, but we also want to eat all of these [-] enemies!"

When Zhou Yuji was doing psychological training for the generals, Zhu Guobi was also telling the generals of the battalions: "20 to [-], what is this? This is my advantage!"

"Our battle force is five to one. As long as the main force of the Duke arrives, then we are all heroes, and glory and wealth are at our fingertips!"

"There are only [-] bandits in total, we can afford it!"

A few days later, in the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, on the fourth day of June, Zhu Chunchen's army finally arrived in Xiajin and joined forces with Zhu Guobi's vanguard. Zhu Guobi also perfectly completed the task and dragged Zhou Yuji's army back in place.

The next day, the two sides launched an army formation outside Xiajin and had their first collision.

Accompanied by the sound of rumbling guns, artillery from both sides fired at each other, and the sky was filled with gunpowder smoke. Fortunately, the weather in Shandong was relatively cool these days.

While the two sides were constantly firing shells at each other, Zhu Chunchen ordered the battalions to start attacking.

Under the cover of artillery fire and arrows, thousands of troops from several battalions attacked the formation of the Datong Army. At this time, Zhou Yuji was also watching the formation of the Ming Army in the Datong Army.

"This Zhu Chunchen has a few brushes. The army formation looks good, and the soldiers are okay, but it's a pity. What does General Xue think?" Zhou Yuji said, looking at Xue Lian who was beside him.

Speaking of which, Xue Lian was already a person who died in battle in Daming, but no one thought that Xue Lian was still alive and was imprisoned in the army.

Zhou Yuji didn't intend to kill Xue Lian, and killing an old man who was defeated was nothing to be proud of. What's more, Xue Lian didn't do anything to bully men and women to harm his neighbors. He was just standing on a different standpoint. opponents.

Xue Lian looked at the army formed by Zhu Chunchen, and snorted coldly, with an ugly expression on his face. He found that the army formed by Zhu Chunchen seemed to be a little stronger than he thought.

Although Zhu Chunchen is the Duke of the state, he has never experienced any military affairs after all. Where did he come from this method of arranging troops?

Zhou Yuji took the initiative to explain to Xue Lian: "This is the standard battle formation of the new army of the Ming Dynasty. During the Tianqi Dynasty, one of the six basic battle formations that the new army liked to use most. It used shields and chariots to resist enemy artillery, and the infantry advanced. The enemy's formation was disrupted, and then the artillery pressed down on the formation, and the cavalry penetrated from both sides to completely disrupt the enemy's formation."

"At that time, only a thousand-man iron cavalry was needed to go on a rampage and behead the opponent's command center!"

"such a pity."

Hearing Zhou Yuji's long sigh, Xue Lian couldn't understand: "What's the pity?"

"It's a pity that they met me. It's a pity that they are not a real new army. It's a pity that they are still using this kind of tactics seven or eight years ago." Zhou Yuji said.

Xue Lian was even more confused. Are the tactics and tactics of [-] or [-] very old?
They are still using the tactics and tactics of decades or even a hundred years ago, isn't it still useful?
"Old General Xue, times have changed, and now tactics and tactics are updated too quickly, and the way of fighting is completely different, just wait and see, how I fought 20 with [-] in this battle. "Zhou Yuji said, the corners of his mouth slowly raised. Isn't he coming to Shandong for such a war?

As the head of the war zone and the supreme commander of Datong in East China, Zhou Yuji considered not only Shandong, but also the situation in the surrounding areas of Shandong.

The 20 soldiers dispatched by Emperor Chongzhen on the opposite side can be said to be one of the few soldiers in the entire Zhili. Once these soldiers lose more than half in Shandong, the Ming Zhili will immediately be in danger.

It doesn't take much, as long as the [-]-man Datong cavalry tours around Zhili, Zhu Youjian's position will have to be shaken.

And Zhou Yuji is fully capable of eating half of the enemy army, he even wants to eat all the enemy army.

Seeing the enemy advance little by little according to the tactics and tactics of seven or eight years ago, Zhou Yuji couldn't help shaking his head. The tactics and tactics must not only be changed in time, but also be proficient in responding to the enemy. The purpose of changing in time is to become better. The response to the enemy is to be more suitable for the current situation.

And the enemy army was still approaching in a rigid manner according to the requirements, just like a child learning a picture book. It looks good, but in fact it is nothing.

"Order the artillery battalion to show the opposite side some color and attract the main force of the enemy."

Give some color to see, this is not just the literal meaning, it is that the Datong Army really has color to show to the other side.

Following Zhou Yuji's order, the artillery battalion immediately switched targets, no longer targeting enemy artillery but infantry, and at the same time switched to better explosive ammunition and shot ammunition.

Accompanied by the falling of the shells fired by the school, the target is determined, the distance is determined, and the fire is fired!
All of a sudden, the sound of rumbling cannons resounded like thunder, and the dense flowering bullets and scattered bullets fell, and the soldiers and horses sent by Zhu Chunchen to test were beaten up. When the soldiers saw that their boss had run away, they also followed closely one by one.

What could have been a decent attack suddenly turned into a chaotic escape like a vegetable market.

As soon as these rout soldiers charged back, they threw Zhu Chunchen's army into chaos.

"Pass down the commander's order to order the defeated army to retreat from both sides. Whoever dares to go straight into the army formation, beheaded!"

"Supervisor team, go and have a look at the heads of those generals, and pass it on to the whole army. Those who escape first will end up like this!"

Following Zhu Chunchen's decisive order to stabilize the situation, the army that was shaken by the impact of the rout quickly stabilized, but Zhu Chunchen did not expect that this was just the beginning.

It was just a blow from a rout that allowed Zhou Yuji to discover the essence of Zhu Chunchen's 20 counter-insurgency army: recruits, most of them are recruits.

Don't look at those who line up in armor and hold weapons and look decent, but in fact most of them are recruits who have not experienced any battlefield fighting or effective training.

So they looked mighty and elite, but on the real battlefield of blood and fire, they could easily be defeated directly.

For example, now, Zhou Yuji once again issued a military order: "Order the First Association and the Second Association to launch a frontal attack, advance slowly, and stabilize the ground."

"Order the [-]rd Coordination to attack from the left to attract the attention of the enemy."

"Order the artillery to storm the enemy's left and front, and destroy their artillery fire as much as possible."

"I'm going to play a card, Cheng Guogong, how do you take the trick?"