People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 407 There are always some loyal people who stick to their integrity in dirty and troubled times! !
Tula was very happy to see his soldiers cooperate so well. After all, such subordinates are good subordinates.

Of course, he knew very well that these people were also afraid of death, and at the same time, he was very angry at the guys above who didn't take their lives seriously.

So when I say this, they respond immediately.

The most important thing is that if you fight the Ming army in the past, you will die, so you still have to find a way to reduce your losses, and this method is to surrender immediately, and then lead the Ming army to attack the country immediately, so as to protect your own family.

Although this is a bit unethical for his own country, who would let the king betray his own interests first?
Of course, these are just words to comfort yourself. As a soldier, even if the court sends you to die, as long as you don't have military power in your hands, isn't it enough to die?
After all, the family members are still in the capital. If the court plots this, it will be death.

But now it's a matter of death, so let's fight.

Anyway, if I die this time, my family will probably not get anything good.

After all, the Ming army is so powerful, if he is not there, his family may die in the war.

Therefore, we can only help the Ming army win this victory quickly.

Only in this way can your family be protected.

Generally speaking, what we control when we go on an expedition is actually controlled by our family members.

Because the emperor's means of controlling the people below him were very limited. Except for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, they were usually used to threaten or check and balance.

During the war, the commander-in-chief seems to have great power, but in fact, his power is only to mobilize troops and horses. He has no way to control these troops.

Firstly, it is because the logistics supplies are not under his control, and secondly, there are many generals under him, and they may also be controlled by the emperor.

There are even many generals who hope that you will make mistakes so that they can report it to the emperor for the sake of being a high-ranking official and getting a good salary. If the general really wants to rebel, there will be a bunch of people below who want to take credit for your head.

So rebellion is not that simple.

But similarly, if a commander can control about 20,000 troops and be self-sufficient, he may have the strength to rebel.

Therefore, in history, it is difficult for an emperor to issue a secret edict that kills a commander-in-chief with a glass of poisonous wine, unless the commander-in-chief has no rights. Once he has a little power, he may rebel. The so-called rules In fact, sometimes it is just a piece of paper. Only when you have the strength can you really do what you want.

On the contrary, if you abuse your power, you are likely to suffer backlash.

It is possible that the people below will not only disobey your orders, but will use your head to gain credit.

The soldiers led by Tula at this time were forced to a dead end, because Tula knew very well that his current control over them was not enough. If he wanted them to listen to him, he could only let these soldiers know that it turned out that It is not a good thing for them to go to the front line. On the contrary, they may directly die, and there is no way out, so they will follow their rebellion.

Otherwise, you will never be able to control an army of 30,000.

But after Tula had determined the determination of the soldiers, he still wanted to win votes for himself.

"My fellow soldiers, we can throw our lives and blood for the sake of our country, we can disregard our own wealth and life, and we can die on the battlefield, but we must know why we are dying. This war now is an unjust war and full of injustice. In order to satisfy their own selfish desires, some high-ranking officials in Zheboyi colluded with others within Sanviqi, resulting in such a war.

More than 50,000 elite soldiers were sent up from the front, which was all our property in Majapahit. We were supposed to fight a great victory, but we didn't expect to anger the Ming Dynasty. They led an elite army to our island, thus opening up the An unprecedented ending, all of which was unexpected.

We should have accepted the reality and surrendered as soon as possible to avoid the casualties of a large number of soldiers. However, some high-ranking officials are still willing to sacrifice their lives in exchange for their high-ranking officials' generous salaries. What do they think? They were thinking that even if they surrendered, even if they became the puppets of the Ming Dynasty, they would still get a more respectable status in the Ming Dynasty.

How can he change his status? It is impossible to simply make the Ming Dynasty make concessions at the negotiation table. What should we do? Then we have to let the Ming Dynasty know that we, Majapahit, still have some strength, but how do we get this strength? That is to use our lives to make up for it. "

Having said this, the soldiers below were already very angry. He had not forgotten to stimulate these soldiers.

He said, "We can die, as soldiers, sacrifice our lives for our country, and obey the orders from above. Even if we know that there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, and even if we know that we have passed, we must use our more than one hundred kilograms to make up for it, but we must If someone wants to uphold justice for us, why should we go? Why not their sons? Are their sons not human beings? , Aren’t we? Their children have wives and children, but we don’t? "

These words were very emotional and resonated with many people in an instant.

The old general is right, if it is really a just war, he will die for his country. Whether they know that there is danger ahead, they are willing to throw their lives and blood, there is nothing to say.

As Majapahit people, since they are people of this country, especially soldiers of this country, there is no reason to escape.

But this is not a just war. This war was originally started by Majapahit. Originally, the people of Sanviqi were living well in the country. Why did you get involved and cause this war?

Next, all the people and all innocent soldiers must bear the consequences.

Furthermore, why are we the ones who go to the battlefield to die without support, and you, who have already enjoyed the blessings of the common people, in the end, for the sake of your own status, still want to use us one last time, and even let us go? Die on the battlefield.

You know clearly that you are going to die, you know clearly that it is just to gain more leverage in your negotiations, but you still want us to go, this is what makes you angry.

Now the main reason for the soldiers, so the soldiers stood up one after another.

"Rebel him!"

"opposite!"

"We won't be their puppets!"

"I'm not going to be that string puppet, I'm not going to be that idiot!"

More and more people are speaking out their inner thoughts. More and more people are shouting that they must oppose it.

Tula then raised his arms and shouted: "Okay! Let's go to Gongya City immediately. No matter how they fight, we don't have the idea of ​​​​having two sides. The Ming army is extremely powerful, even if we resisted their first wave Attack, the second wave of attacks will not be easy. Rather than wavering at this time and having any expectations for the court, we might as well rebel against him directly and talk to the Ming army directly. We are willing to surrender, no matter what happens to them. What."

When Tula said this, the deputy general immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Rebellion! Rebel!"

When more and more people said this, it quickly caused a qualitative change.

Under the leadership of Tula, more than 30,000 people marched toward Gonya City.

The defenders of Gongya City were still resisting tenaciously at this time.

To say that they were indeed qualified soldiers, Tula felt a little unbearable when he saw them, especially when he saw them so determined.

Especially when you see them still holding on among the ruins, especially when you see that even though they launch attacks one after another, they are still beaten back by the powerful muskets of the Ming army. Even if their horses rush out, they are beaten to the ground. , even if he stood on the city wall and saw the bloody battle, he did not flinch.

Tula's heart felt like it was sealed with cement at this time, and he never had the slightest thought of looking back.

Because he found that the more he saw these soldiers who were obviously able to survive, but whose interests were betrayed by senior officials in the rear, trying their best to resist, the more painful and uneasy he felt in his heart.

These soldiers were all hot-blooded and good men, and they were all supposed to have a bright future, but for the benefit of those high-ranking officials, they ended up dying badly.

Thinking of this, Tula strengthened his determination.

He even wanted to save the defenders of Gonya City, especially the remaining more than 3,000 people, who were probably the only troops in the entire Majapahit that could fight.

So he called the garrison general and said, "Surrender, there is no need to resist any more."

The garrison general couldn't believe his ears when he saw the pale old commander Tula.

So Tula sighed, "Do you think I just want to surrender? Do you think I want to give up when there is hope? I came out in the court, and I really saw through the faces of the high-ranking officials in the court. They didn't Keep our soldiers in mind, they have no sympathy at all. The order given to you at this time is to defend Gonya City to the death. Even if the battle is down to one soldier, you are not allowed to retreat. The same is true for the order given to us at the same time.

If they were just trying their best to defend the country, I would definitely not say anything, but do you know that they did this not to better defend our Majapahit, but to have better bargaining chips at the negotiation table? They turned our combat power into the confidence they had in negotiating. I can even imagine their negotiating skills.

They will definitely say: Look at the Ming Dynasty, although we are surrendering now, it is for the sake of the people. You have also seen that our soldiers are so brave. If you don't give us better treatment, then we can launch another attack. Our soldiers will fight with you. Anyway, you will win in the end, but you will have to pay a huge price. If you don't want to pay this huge price, you can give us high-ranking officials generous salaries, and we will ask the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender. "

After he finished speaking these words, the expression on Gonya City's guard's face was very wonderful, ranging from regret to disbelief to anger.

He looked at his men sleeping for a short rest beside the city wall.

Look at the tiredness on their faces.

Looking at the dirt all over their bodies, they couldn't believe what they were hearing.

Tula said: "I know that you are a loyal and patriotic person. When I tell you these things, I must doubt whether I have received benefits from the Ming Dynasty to convince you. However, you are too worried.

I came from the capital and have already picked up my family members. I have been loyal to Majapahit for more than thirty years. Every time I fight on the battlefield, I have no fear. At that time, I was fighting for my country, so I didn't have any fear. And now the reason why I surrender is not because I have the intention to be that traitor, but because I don’t want to see that I, a good man from Majapahit, did not die for the country, but died without a burial for the interests of several high-level officials, especially the king. The land is not worth it for them, so I will not commit that injustice.

I want to protect these tens of thousands of people and keep them alive. Even if we are lost in the future, we will not lose our lives. "

After listening to the old general's words, the Gongya City guard put down his sword.

Originally, he wanted to command the few men under him to make the final charge, and never flinch even if he died under the gunfire of the Ming army.

But after listening to Tula's words, he didn't have the confidence to let his group of hot-blooded men really die for the benefit of those people.

The order he received as a general was to defend Gonya City, but he couldn't give up just like that. Even if the king and the civil servants were shameless, he couldn't follow the shamelessness.

So he looked ahead and saw that the Ming army was resting, loading their cannons with gunpowder, and preparing to attack again. He laughed and said, "Commander, you have led us before, and you should know that I am a deadbeat." I have been in this position in Gongya City for more than ten years and have never been promoted, just because I am a person who will never quit after receiving an order, nor will I compliment the superiors.

But this time I am willing to trust your judgment. We have fought hard to this point, and we must not let our soldiers sacrifice in vain for that unattainable goal.

You are right, if we die for the country, we will die, but for the high salary of a few civil servants, letting these innocent soldiers sacrifice their lives is not what I would do.

Commander, please lead them to surrender, but the general cannot surrender. The general and this city can only live and die together. Since Gongya City is lost in my hands, how can the general live? "

As he spoke, under Tula's pitiful gaze, he suddenly drew his sword and killed himself.

The moment the aorta was cut and blood spurted out, Tula was shocked. This was the only general he had who was capable of fighting.

But he did not die on the battlefield, but was finally defeated by the dim officialdom.

His suicide was the most honorable thing to do. Only after he died could the soldiers below understand his helplessness, better inherit his last wishes, and live better.

Because if he didn't die, what reason would the soldiers have to surrender?

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(End of this chapter)