Chapter 7 National Sage (I)

Wang Feiyu died and died of exhaustion on the banks of the Baishi River. Although he felt sorry for Wang Feiyu's talent, his death still made Mu Ying breathe a sigh of relief. Due to equipment and food and wages, the cracks between the old and new troops were already clearly visible, and Mu Ying was unwilling to let the cracks grow further.

‘If Wang Feiyu is not dead, what should I do afterwards’. Ask yourself under the lamp, Mu Ying secretly felt guilty for his own thoughts. He did not agree with killing prisoners and massacres, but killing prisoners and massacres can hit and defend the morale of one side to the greatest extent and make the future attack smoother. As the commander of one side, Mu Ying considers more serious gains and losses, not whether or not. What Wang Feiyu does is indeed not like a professional soldier. Perhaps Wang Feiyu's words gave his own actions the best footnote, ‘I used to be a man in the Jianghu…’ Wang Feiyu, as a man in the Jianghu, can consider the word "hero" more, rather than military pros and cons.

"Some things need to be done by people after all, and I don't want our descendants to live in hatred for generations." These words hit Mu Ying's heart. How can we make it clear for a while if who is right or wrong? Anyway, as a soldier, this kind of behavior is never acceptable. Mu Ying sighed and began to write a letter to King Yan Zhu Di on the desk. The matter has happened. The most important thing now is to minimize its impact. Wang Feiyu came from the Northern Army and at least gave him an explanation about his death. In addition, no matter how he made concessions, he had to please Fu Youde and let him agree not to pursue it. It is really difficult to be a deputy commander.

"In fact, when he raised his hand gun to Fu Youde, he had already killed himself. No army would forgive those who disobeyed orders and threatened the commander-in-chief." In the meeting hall of the Yan King's Headquarters in Liaoyang City, Xu Zengshou sighed and said in pain.

Mu Ying's credit was delivered to her for 800 miles, and it had been circulated by the people around the round table. Zhu Di had a blue face and said nothing. Li Yao and Li Shulin, the pair of live treasures who were about to fight when they met, also became depressed. Zhou Heng and Lin Huofeng, the civilian generals, usually had a good relationship with Wang Feiyu, and were even more sad.

"Oh"! Chang Mao saw that everyone was immersed in sadness or anger and took the lead in breaking the dullness. "If you want to say General Fu, is it impossible to let the Mongols atone for their sins? Yunnan's road is so bad. If they have been to cultivate for ten or eight years, it is not better to die than to live."

"Yes, isn't this a struggle with money? Our Zhenbei Army never killed prisoners, nor abused prisoners, let alone massacres. Those who are guilty will work and atone for their sins. Those who are not guilty will be your people. Whoever does heavy work will be killed or buys things from Peking will be like killing chickens and getting eggs." Some people began to condemn Fu Youde for massacres, which is really a bad idea. In the future, they will not tell the truth, but also cut off their own financial path. After dealing with merchants for a long time, the generals have become somewhat stinking.

"It is not so good to use people. Even though he knew that General Wang was injured, he still sent him to chase the enemy. If Feiyu was in the city and stopped it from the beginning, such a tragic thing might not have happened." Mei Yi was a little dissatisfied with Mu Ying. According to his inference, Wu Anguo's undermining was directly related to Mu Ying. His father was involved in the Hu Weiyong case, and the family could be said to be indirectly rescued by Wu Anguo. Although he did not dare to speak out to Mu Ying openly, he still felt that Mu Ying was too smooth.

"If you are not sent out, Brother Wang will take the initiative to chase Dalima. So many brothers are killed in the city. Brother Wang will avenge them even if he goes to the ends of the world." Xu Zengshou knew Wang Feiyu's temper. He came from a military family and thought that Wang Feiyu was more like a hero from the world.

"They won't hold him back. The people of the Pingnan Army are so careless. You can't tell that Wang Feiyu is seriously injured. After all, she still doesn't care." Zhou Heng said in a muffled voice.

"I think His Highness of Yan would prepare a book as soon as possible and bring back the other soldiers who borrowed from us. Look at what we have done in this battle. The Jinshan tribes and us have been hiding for a year. If everyone was there, they would have captured these Tartars to build roads." Ji Canghai considered more about the situation and finances in Liaodong. There was not much progress this year. Except for the base Su Ceyu established on the North Sea, which had a lot of financial gains and the wool textile industry that often shares in the wool textile industry is booming, others have made small gains in both military and economic terms. From high to low, many generals were drawn by Zhu Yuanzhang or borrowed by Weibei and Dingxi Army. The newly added officers have not yet adapted to the firearms to fight, and the strength of the Northern Army has been greatly reduced. Who doesn't miss the days of strong soldiers and horses?

"That's right, if you borrow it, you don't use it again, what's the point?"

"Yes, if General Wang was here with us, would he die young like this?"

As soon as the topic started, they turned to expressing dissatisfaction with the behavior of "dismembering" the Northern Army.

Zhu Di gently tapped the table with his fingers, stopping everyone from talking cluelessly. Everyone mentioned that these were things that he, the prince, could not control. He was much tired without the year of Wu'anguo, but through personal experience, he learned more and looked at the problems more deeply. Zhu Di knew that everyone wanted Wu'anguo to return to the team, so he also wanted to do this, but the father's emperor obviously wanted to undermine Wu'anguo and eliminate his power from the northern army. Zhu Yuanzhang was using his actual actions to teach his son a power lesson. It would be more difficult to get Li Ling, Wang Hao, and Zhang Zhengwu back. Now what Zhu Di should do is more practical. Today's top priority is to stabilize the morale of the Beiping department.

Clearing his throat, Zhu Di asked in a sad tone: "What do you say about General Fu Youde's memorial to the court, what do you say in the newspapers in Peking? Have you inquired about it?"

If he didn't ask who he asked, he would definitely ask the commander of the guard Zhang Zhengxin. Only when he was of similar age to Zhu Di, he could not be called a name or official title. The two of them were used to it, and he often called Zhu Di without being big or small.

"I asked," Zhang Zhengxin, who had not spoken just now, saw that everyone was looking at him, and replied in a low voice: "General Fu wrote a memorial to Brother Feiyu, saying that the scouts' brigade's military achievements were the first in these battles. It is said that he did not mention General Wang's disobedience and hijacking the commander. The emperor seemed to have learned some from other channels. How to deal with it has not been decided yet. He just asked Mu Ying to write a detailed memorial to write General Wang's merits clearly. However, Wang Bi and Jin Chaoxing, two generals who died in battle, were given titles and allowed their descendants to inherit. In addition to General Wang, the generals who died in battle, sent their coffins back to their hometown and buried them in a grand manner. The newspapers in Peking wrote the story of Wang Feiyu's capture of Puding City and chasing Dalima at night into a storytelling. Now tea shops are very popular. Everyone says he is a hero who shocked the Northern Army. This time, "Spring and Autumn" and "Xinbao" speak in unison."

It was Guo Pu who did it again, so he created momentum first. Zhu Di nodded secretly. Everyone was dead, so why bother to pursue him again? Without Wang Feiyu, half of Yunnan's country could settle so quickly? This time, the reputation of the Northern Army could be greatly improved. Guo Pu was a great sage. He knew to use the favorable side as much as possible and should learn it. Thinking of this, he slightly raised his voice and ordered: "Zhen Yao, copy a prescription for Chen Shitai's resurrection, and let the poster take it back to General Mu together with my reply. Also, let the latest musket, the farthest range, be transferred to 500 branches to Andong and the shipping company of the Zhou family, by sea to Lianzhou Prefecture (now Hepu County, Guangxi Province). My letter will state that General Mu sent people there to deliver it."

"This"? Zhen Yao hesitated for a moment and whispered: "The word Chen Shitai's prescription is our special secret recipe for the Northern Army. This year we exchanged this medicine for a large amount of silver to supplement military supplies. In Yunnan, there is a lot of Panax notoginseng. If the prescription is spread, our income will be greatly reduced in the future. Maybe even the medicine will be overwhelmed by theirs."

This sentence is very realistic. Five hundred extended muskets were built this year for special equipment for attacking troops. The range can be one and a half times as thin as the original one. The barrel is much thinner and the manufacturing process is much more complicated. In order to distinguish it from the original muskets, this musket is called a musket. Each one costs more than 300 taels of silver, and Zhenbei Army only ordered more than a thousand branches. Zhu Di was willing to spend a lot of money to give Mu Ying a gift. What is more precious than firearms is Chen Shitai's prescription for healing sacred medicine, which is equivalent to the future of the golden sore medicine of Pingnan Army to be self-sufficient, and the three Liaodong prefectures cut off a path of wealth.

"The money for the musket comes from the inner wing of the Prince Yan's Mansion. Just be honest, if you ask the quarrel, you can only hand over the holy medicine to avoid more people's casualties. In order to make the king's glory behind me, I will be happy to exchange for them. Listen, no matter who transfers from Zhenbei Army in the future, no matter how far I go, I will always be your nest here." Zhu Di said in a deep voice, his voice a little unhappy.

Seeing this, everyone was not willing to object. Zhou Heng looked at Zhu Di in admiration, his eyes turned red with emotion. He took the lead in standing up and reporting fists and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, King Yan, we thank you for your behalf."

"No need. If he did this in the Zhenbei Army, I would personally send him to the Military Law Office. You know what the result would be." Zhu Di's voice cold, which made the officers present shudder. "But he died in the Pingnan Army. Although this matter was reckless, it was our Zhenbei Army and we should not ignore it. This matter would be nothing. General Xu and Feiyu introduced several tribe members to join the army during his lifetime. Let's arrange it to your officer teaching regiment first. You are responsible for taking them well and making the Wang family shine. Also, the veteran general trained the officers selected from the Command Academy to quickly master our fighting style."

"Me? Okay, that's it!" Xu Zengshou was a little distracted and hesitated for a moment and replied. The officers' teaching regiment was specially set up by the Zhenbei Army to let the lower-level officers sent by the imperial court master the characteristics and tactics of the Zhenbei Army. Zhu Di's reason was that since they had all been trained by the military academy under the jurisdiction of the veteran General Xu Da, Xu Zengshou naturally had the obligation to teach them better. This reason made it difficult for Xu Zengshou to refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and stick to his hands. The new officers were sent continuously, and Xu Zengshou's disciples were endless.

Li Yao and others were Zhu Di's old subordinates. They knew that King Yan was righteous, and at this moment they secretly thanked him for following the right wise ruler. Giving this gift was equivalent to directly showing Mu Ying and Fu Youde the attitude of King Yan Zhu Di to the Wang Feiyu Qujing incident. Five hundred new muskets gave them enough face. No one would be unable to get over the most popular King Yan in front of the emperor. At that time, Mu and Fu's memorials should naturally turn big things into small things. As long as the two clearly stated that they would not pursue the matter, everything else would be easy, at least Wang Feiyu's family would not be implicated.

He also ordered his personal soldiers to send a large sum of silver to Wang Feiyu's family, and the insurance bank in Peking provided pensions according to the death benefits. Zhu Di ended the issue about Wang Feiyu. This round table style has been maintained in the Northern Army, and everyone is used to discussing matters like this. The letters written by Wang Hao and others who were transferred to other legions are full of nostalgia for this, and they also vaguely revealed that they were not successful under others. Some low-level officers had long begged King Yan to transfer himself back to the old army, and would rather start from the small army. Of course, Zhu Di also received many complaints from their bosses.

"Zhengxin, let the staff in the General Staff come in and tell you about the construction of various garrisons before the beginning of winter, including those storehouses. The Jinshan tribes have been tortured by us this year. He thought that running around would drag us down. We didn't have time to make a fuss in war horses, and it's up to him who can't hold on first." Xu Zengshou ordered Zhang Zhengxin.

After a while, several marching staff walked in and hung a huge map on the wall. Along the Huntong River (Songhua River), from south to north, Sacha River, Duoyan, Fuyu, Muliji, dozens of red asterisks connected into a line, like a noose, tightly tied to the land where the Jinshan tribes lived for generations. Each red star represents a castle, at the northmost point, two large red stars stabbed behind the Jinshan tribe like daggers, which were Weiqing Fort and Qubing Fort, where Su Ceyu's independent brigade was stationed. The scope of the Jinshan tribe's activities had been tightly compressed by the Zhenbei Army in the area of ​​Puyuerhai, surrounded on three sides.

Xu Zengshou pointed to the map and explained the current situation to everyone one by one. The generals from various fronts have only recently been transferred back from different fronts, and it is urgent to understand the overall situation. In winter, the Mongols were unable to launch a harassing attack, and the Northern Army was unable to concentrate their efforts to sweep. Both sides took advantage of the winter adjustment to prepare for next year's competition.

"The Jinshan tribe did not obey the orders of the Mongolian Khan to support the Goryeo people, and has been expelled from the Mongolian tribes. Therefore, when we attacked the Jinshan tribes this year, the Mongolian tribes on the east side of the desert did not provide any help to the Jinshan tribes on the surface, but the place in Liaodong is too large, and the Jinshan tribes' tactics of not contact are indeed very effective. Basically, they ran away after fighting and mainly used destruction. Through practice by local officials, the defense effect of this fortress is very good, and it can fully support our army's main force to help. In the second half of the year, this fortress caused the Jinshan tribe to suffer a lot..."

The fortress was designed in accordance with the suggestions of Western teachers of Peking Academy. It was located at a location with water sources underground. On average, one was built in a hundred miles per radius. The fort body was completely built with brick and stone structures, very closed, and only one passage could enter the fort. Usually, the residents of the fort cleared land, logged or fished or hunted on the surrounding land. When the Mongols attacked, everyone hid in the castle. The beacon tower at the top of the castle lit up wolf smoke on the grassland, which could transmit the signal far away. The food and weapons stored inside were enough to support the defenders to support the Zhenbei army stationed in the rushing. In peacetime, each fortress was not only the destination and trading point of the caravan, but also the office location of local officials.

Originally, the tactic used by the Kingsoft Army to attack the Zhenbei Army was to attack the Zhenbei Army, and the Mongolian tribe immediately gave up their homes. They avoided the main force of the Zhenbei Army, and then used the vastness of the grassland to roam to the side of the Zhenbei Army to harass. The nations on horseback came without a trace, which was really a headache. Last year, a small tribe living in the jurisdiction of the Suoye Mansion began to sway between the Ming and Jinshan. In the spring of the 14th year, the Zhenbei Army adjusted its strategy in time because of its decline in its own strength and adopted a step-by-step approach. With the fortress, the Jinshan tribe compressed the living space of the Kingsoft Army, which was slightly more effective than the field battle, and basically cleared the Jinshan tribe from the line of the Huntongjiang.

Seeing that Xu Zengshou introduced it almost, Zhu Di took over the topic, "Dear generals, I will recruit you back this winter to rest in Liaoyang. At the same time, I hope everyone will get familiar with their new subordinates as soon as possible. The beginning of next spring is the time for us to fight the Kingsoft tribe. I hope that by then, everyone will not graffiti on the face of Zhenbei Army."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, King Yan, as long as the grass is green next spring, we will never let the name of Kingsoft on the earth be on the ground."

"Yes, after the training, we had enough soldiers and food, just like we had a good time with His Highness and Marquis Wu at that time..."

Everyone responded with words and words, and began to inquire about the situation in the area where each other was responsible, and exchanged their experiences in combat with nomadic peoples.

Xu Zengshou looked at everyone's happy look, got up and retreated to the map room next door, quietly staring at the map north of Yinshan alone. He didn't want to sweep everyone's fun, but he was not optimistic about the battle situation next spring. According to Mu Ying's letter, the Mongols' artillery range was much further than before, and basically reached the level of light artillery on the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the attack power of the earthquake-stricken army was reduced. In addition, the terrain was not familiar with and the number of people was limited, so the control project was controlled.

The front area was a little difficult, and it was even more unrealistic to decide the country in one battle. The cold winter blocked the progress of both sides, which was a chance to breathe for the Zhenbei Army and the Jinshan Army. The Zhenbei Army was summarizing, and the opponent was also improving. Moreover, all strategies are based on the assumption that the Mongolian tribes did not intervene. After adjustments in recent years, the men on the grassland should have recovered their strength. Tugus Timur would not give up his tribe, nor would he give up his spy on the Central Plains.

The biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is that it is insufficient preparation for war. Except for the sea, among the several troops on land, the Zhenbei Army is relatively well prepared. The firearms of the three armies of Weibei, Dingxi and Andong have not been equipped in order, and it also takes time for the new and old officers to get in touch with each other. This year, the court rashly started a war against Yunnan, which is definitely not a top strategy. Although from a strategic perspective, it is imperative to recover Yunnan, no one will let anyone let it go and there is always a knife behind it, let alone the world's silver comes from Yunnan. However, the choice of time to send troops is obviously wrong.

The south belongs to the territory of Tuogustimur, and the peace agreement between the Ming and Mongolia is non-aggressive. Although the peace agreement will be torn apart one day by one of them, it should never be breached at this time. After all, the alternation between the old and new troops has not been completed, and the Ming Dynasty is not ready for a full-scale war. Once the war begins, from Daning to Liangzhou, the front of tens of thousands of miles will face the invasion of the Mongols. With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the position war rarely encounters opponents, and they are afraid that the Mongols will plunder for the purpose of destruction. In this way, I don’t know how many villages were destroyed by war and how many people’s families were destroyed.

"It would be great if Wu Hou could speak in front of the emperor, and he would definitely stop the action to recover Yunnan." Xu Zengshou thought unwillingly. Xu Da did not care about military affairs, Li Wenzhong only cared about the security of the capital and the inner city, and no one in the court could see that far away. The emperor was burned by his dream of devouring the world and wished he could see the army crossing the desert tomorrow and attacking Huanglong. The four auxiliary officials around him were not military at all. The Ming Dynasty, which was full of talents, was actually very scarce.

He wrote a letter to Puying and Lan Yu, telling each of them about his concerns about the current situation, and then prepared a generous gift for Feng Sheng with the gift of his younger generation, and asked someone to tell him that he thought there would be a crisis on the border next spring. After doing these things he thought he should do, Xu Zengshou slowly calmed down. He could not start from the overall situation, and repairing it partially was enough to do his best. Shaking his head, he thought to himself, "I hope I am worried about nothing, I hope. Wuhou, my brother-in-law, I hope you can make a comeback as soon as possible. If you are late, I am afraid that all your efforts in the army will be gone."

"Ah sneezed" Wu Anguo sneezed at home. It was winter. The lustful rain in Jiangnan made the weather outside wet and cold. The water stove in the room could not dispel the cold air in his heart. A silk hand was handed to his hand, and his warm little hand hugged him behind him. Liu Ling pressed his face against his husband's solid spine.

Wu Anguo heard about Wang Feiyu's death, and there was no sadness on his face. Only Liu Ling knew that his heart was very painful, so painful that he seemed a little hunched in the cold wind. The cold wind ruthlessly destroyed this man. Liu Ling didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only try his best to protect his back.

Patting his wife's little hand, Wu Anguo gently expressed his comfort. For more than a year, he watched his brother bleeding in front of the formation, unable to save them, and unable to resist attacks from all sides. This kind of life was really difficult. Fortunately, with Liu Ling accompanying him, the road between the two of them was always easier to walk hand in hand than alone, at least not so lonely.

"Ling, how are you doing in the palace today? Are you having fun chatting with the queen?" Wu Anguo tried his best to find some happy topics.

When he mentioned the palace, Liu Ling couldn't help but smile, his bright smile as bright as the sunshine after the rain. "Happy, several princesses surrounded me with eggs and honey to prepare that mask. Even the queen put on a cucumber skin on her face. She was accidentally seen by the emperor and was startled and scolded us for wasting resources and saying that you were not doing your job properly."

"I want to do my job properly, but I want to do it, are you willing?" Wu Anguo thought secretly that the ancients said that asking for land and houses was also inappropriate.

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