Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 621 An Excuse For Murder
Cao Wenzhao was stunned when he heard this.

Turning his head to look at Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, Li Jing continued: "Don't blame General Cao for preventing you from continuing to use troops. The place where you are currently using troops is north of Ninggu Pagoda. There are few people and no products there. The army depends on Logistical supplies. But at this time, the imperial court has no ability to provide military rations to more than [-] troops, so how can we not stop it?
I know that you are eager to make contributions, but there are many things that cannot be rushed. Liaodong is doing well this year, and when the grain is harvested after autumn, it will be able to maintain the cost of the army. Then it will not be too late to use troops. "

"Yes!" Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui hurriedly said.

Pointing to their teacups, Li Jing smiled and said, "We are both from the military. Don't be restrained. I'm not that particular. Drink tea and let's talk while drinking."

"Thank you, Marshal." Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui said hurriedly.

Looking at Zu Dashou, Li Jing smiled and said: "General Zu, although it's the first time we meet, I know you quite well, and I know your thoughts.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, at the Battle of Dalinghe, you surrendered with all your troops and supplies, and you have always been worried about this.

In my opinion, you don't have to mind this at all, let alone what others say about you.Those who say you have no backbone, in your position at the time, I am afraid that you will surrender before you run out of ammunition and food.

And you didn't really surrender, you faked your surrender, and then tried to escape.Afterwards, you led troops in Jinzhou, repelled Huang Taiji's attacks many times in Ningyuan area, and your actions also proved this point.

The art of war says that soldiers never tire of deceit.Surrendering the whole body by deceit, then regrouping, and fighting again with advantage, is the way to use troops. "

"Marshal!" Zu Dashou was inexplicably excited when he heard the words.

Li Jing sighed lightly: "Actually, it is not the reason why the soldiers in the front are defeated in many cases. I have analyzed the reasons with the emperor before. The main reason is that the court often uses civil officials to supervise teachers, and even sends eunuchs to supervise the army. These civil officials I have no military knowledge with the eunuchs, and I command randomly. How can I not be defeated in such a battle? If you lose too many battles, the soldiers will naturally refuse to use their lives. So I changed my previous practice and did not use civilian command."

Smiling, Li Jing pointed at Cao Wenzhao and said to Zu Dashou: "Wars are not like they used to be, right?"

Zu Dashou hastily cupped his hands and said: "General Cao is well commanded and dispatched properly, our army is invincible."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly said: "General Zu has won the award, Cao is ashamed and dare not take it."

Li Jing couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard the names they called during the conversation. This name is not quite right!

After pondering for a while, Li Jing suddenly realized that Zu Dashou used to be Cao Wenzhao's boss, but now he is under Cao Wenzhao's command.

And this time Cao Wenzhao brought Zu Dashou back to Beijing, probably because he was afraid that after he left Liaodong, Zu Dashou would go his own way, and he also wanted to order Zu Dashou for himself.

Well, Cao Wenzhao is his right-hand man, so I have to help him solve this problem.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said with a smile: "General Zu, I remember that Brother Wenzhao was still your subordinate back then, but now that Brother Wenzhao is your boss, you may not be convinced, right?"

Hearing Li Jing speak out his thoughts, Zu Dashou couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and hurriedly distinguished: "Marshal, I..."

Li Jing waved his hand, Zu Dashou hurriedly stopped talking.

Li Jing smiled and continued: "Brother Fuyu (Zu Dashou's character), you are brave in battle and have a good command of soldiers, but do you know why I don't want you to be commander?"

Zu Dashou hurriedly said: "The last general is not good enough to be the commander-in-chief of an army."

Li Jing shook his head, sighed softly, and said, "Your ability is beyond doubt, the reason why I didn't make you handsome is because you are too affectionate! You are often impulsive.

When Huang Taiji led troops to besiege the city of Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to rely on the fortified city to resist the powerful enemy, but was finally sent to prison by the emperor for questioning, and you led the troops to evacuate the capital in a rage.Later, Sun Chengzong sent someone to persuade you to lead troops to defeat the enemy and make atonement for Yuan Chonghuan. In order to save Governor Yuan, you led the army back, fought desperately, and finally defeated the powerful enemy.But Yuan Chonghuan inevitably died, and you never returned to Beijing after that.

Brother Fuyu, it is a good thing to value affection, but you were blinded by affection, and finally ignored the overall situation. You said, how can I let you be handsome?Brother Fuyu, do you know why the emperor wanted to kill Yuan Chonghuan? "

Zu Dashou said: "The emperor suspects Yuan Dushi to let Jian slaves into the pass, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."

Li Jing shook his head: "You're wrong. The emperor didn't suspect Yuan Chonghuan of collaborating with the enemy. Those who suspect Yuan Chonghuan of collaborating with the enemy are only those ordinary people who don't know the truth. This is just an excuse for the emperor to kill Yuan Chonghuan."

Zu Dashou was shocked when he heard the words: "Why?"

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Brother Fu Yu, because Yuan Chonghuan ignored the overall situation and did not consider the issue from a strategic point of view, he only wanted to preserve his strength.

Yes, the situation at that time was that the enemy was strong and we were weak, and Yuan Chonghuan planned to rely on the strong city to resist the strong enemy.From a tactical point of view, there is nothing wrong with this approach.

But Beijing is not Jinzhou, nor Ningyuan. Beijing is the capital of Ming Dynasty, and there is an emperor of Ming Dynasty in the city. Yuan Chonghuan sits and watches Beijing besieged, what does he think of the capital of Ming Dynasty?What do you think of the emperor?
Let me not say that Yuan Chonghuan put the safety of the capital and the emperor at risk, I only talk about the political impact of this incident.

The emperor spends nearly ten million taels of silver on Yuan Chonghuan's military expenditure every year, but Yuan Chonghuan actually allows the enemy troops to enter and besiege the capital. How do you let the common people all over the world think of the emperor?Most people would think, with so many generals in Ming Dynasty, how could the emperor appoint such an incompetent supervisor.Undoubtedly, the emperor's prestige was greatly affected by this matter.

The emperor trusted Yuan Chonghuan so much, but Yuan Chonghuan repaid the emperor in this way. You can imagine how the emperor felt at that time.If it were you, what would you do? "

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Let me tell you the truth, if Yuan Chonghuan was my subordinate, I would not spare him. Even if he didn't cut off his head, he would be dismissed from office and sent to prison. Therefore, the emperor took Yuan Chonghuan No fault."

Zu Dashou nodded silently upon hearing the words.

Looking at Zu Dashou, Li Jing continued: "And you? Because you are loyal to Yuan Chonghuan, when Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, you abandoned the capital and led your troops to leave the capital.

Let me ask you, whose military salary are you taking?Did Yuan Chonghuan give it to you?
Your military salary is given to you by the Ming court, and it is given to you by the emperor of Ming.

Similarly, was it Yuan Chonghuan who promoted and reused you?

If you don't have the emperor's permission, can you sit in the position of chief soldier?
But when you led your troops to leave the capital, did you ever think about the emperor?Have you ever thought about Daming Jiangshan?You are so impulsive, how can I let you be the commander-in-chief of an army? "

When Zu Dashou heard this, sweat dripped down his forehead.

Li Jing sighed and continued: "Brother Wenzhao's ability is comparable to yours, but he has a big Ming country in his heart. From the perspective of his heart, Brother Wenzhao is more open than you, so I appointed him as the commander-in-chief, and he also It lived up to my expectations.

Duke Ouyang Wenzhong (Ouyang Xiu) of the Song Dynasty once said: There is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher.

It's better to be a general under Cao Wenzhao than to be a general under those civilian officials who don't understand military affairs?So, brother Fuyu, I hope you can let go of your grievances and unite with brother Wenzhao to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty together. "

When Zu Dashou heard the words, he got up and knelt down to Li Jing: "Commander, Zu Dashou is ignorant and ignorant. Now he has been enlightened by the commander. In the future, he will serve the country wholeheartedly and will never fail the teaching of the commander today."

Li Jing smiled and pulled Zu Dashou up: "Brother Fuyu, I'm very relieved that you can think like this."

Zu Dashou turned around and clasped his fists to Cao Wenzhao, saying: "Commander, Zu has offended me so much before, I still hope Commander-in-Chief Haihan."

Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists in return and said, "Brother Zu, Wen Zhao also did something wrong, please don't take offense."

Li Jing clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "That's right, the generals are harmonious, and the army is determined! It should be clear."

Zu Dashou looked at Li Jing and suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that Dashou knew the commander-in-chief too late. If he had been taught by the commander-in-chief sooner, he wouldn't have done many foolish things."

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "Brother Zu, it's not too late for you to know the commander in chief. If the commander in chief wants to open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty, you must have a place to use."

Zu Dashou clasped his fists heavily and said: "The final general will obey the command of the commander at any time!"

Li Jing smiled: "Brother Fuyu, your position is the Heilongjiang General. If you can't fight Heilongjiang, then you, the Heilongjiang General, may not be able to do it."

Zu Dashou was overjoyed when he heard the words: "The general understands."

Li Jing smiled and said: "But don't worry, I don't have any food for you now, so you have to wait. How about this, don't you have more than 1 cavalry under your command? Pull it out and talk to brother Wen Zhao Let's go around Mobei together."

Zu Dashou hastily clasped his fists and said: "The last general obeys orders."

Seeing Wu Sangui looking at him eagerly, Li Jing smiled and said: "Okay, you can take your cavalry with you."

Wu Sangui was overjoyed: "The last general takes orders."

"Father, what about me and Dingguo?" Sun Hutou asked anxiously when he heard the words.

Li Jing glared at Sun Hu and said, "You stay at home! It's just nonsense, you don't go to Mobei to see, familiarize yourself with the terrain, how to calm down Mobei in the future! Well, don't stay here anymore, and Go back to Dingguo to see your godmother."

"Father, I haven't seen you for more than a year, let's have a drink later?" Sun Hutou smiled.

"Get out, go out and practice for so long, but you haven't seen any improvement." Li Jing scolded with a smile.

Sun Hutou smiled, and saluted Li Jing together with Li Dingguo, and then hugged Cao Wenzhao, Zu Dashou, and Wu Sangui, and the two left the study hand in hand.

Looking at the sturdy backs of Sun Hutou and Li Dingguo, Li Jing sighed: "The children have grown up, and we are also old."

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "You are not yet forty, how can you be old?"

Zu Dashou also said: "That's right, I'm over 50 this year and I haven't grown old yet, Commander, you can't have such a mentality."

Li Jing shook his head: "It's too late if you don't accept it. I should buy you a drink when you go back to Beijing, but my body is really too much. How about this, the three of you enter the palace and greet the emperor. It is Daming's hero to pacify Liaodong, the emperor will definitely invite you to dinner. Brother Fu Yu, you will apologize to the emperor at that time, he is the emperor after all, and what you did back then was indeed wrong, and you should make an apology."

(End of this chapter)