Qiming 1158

Chapter 1102 Ming Kingdom also has merit
Six regiments, 60 main forces, extremely large and terrifying force.

This is the military power possessed by the Ming Empire, which has only been established for five years.

This overly powerful military force made Wu Lin frown and sigh.

When the Jin Kingdom was there, it did not have such a strong oppressive force and deterrent power, and the Jin Kingdom still had the grasslands in the north and Xixia in the northwest as a check, and it was still unable to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty with all its strength.

However, the Ming Dynasty annexed Xixia and conquered the grasslands. The north is basically stable, and there is no enemy who can contain them. Now all the forces can be sent to the Southern Song Dynasty.

But how could they have such a strong strategic reserve in the five years since the founding of the People's Republic of China?
Is Jiangbei really struggling to make a living for the people who were tossed by the Jin Kingdom?
Wu Lin was very puzzled.

"It is said that Jiangbei is dilapidated, the country is insufficient, and Jiangnan is rich, a land of fish and rice, and the people are rich. Speaking of it, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty should be more than the Ming Dynasty, but the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are only 40 at most, not more. , the Ming Dynasty has 60 soldiers in the dilapidated Jiangbei, is it really militarism?"

Yao Zhong shook his head.

"Otherwise? Apart from military aggression, are there other possibilities? There is no military aggression. With the ruins of Jiangbei, it can support up to 40 soldiers, but the Ming Dynasty has a full 60.

This has to remind me of the small and weak people of the Han Dynasty back then. When it perished, it had a population of 94 to support [-] soldiers and [-] officials. How terrible was it?Compared with Ji Han, the Ming Dynasty is probably even worse. "

Obviously, Yao Zhong didn't know how Zhuge Liang built and left Ji Han with a military and political system that could suppress the tyrants to the greatest extent and mobilize the people's power.

He didn't know why the Southern Song Dynasty, with a population of more than 6000 million, could only have 40 troops. Even so, the courtiers often cried poorly, saying that the cost of raising troops was too high, and the country's financial difficulties.

The generals don't understand these things, and they don't need to understand them. Of course, it's best not to think about understanding them at all, otherwise the Zhao Song family law is no joke.

Facing Yao Zhong's doubts, Wu Lin was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"In addition to this, there is another possibility, that is, they have a very strong control over the people of Limin, and can do things that we can't do... Have you read "Hong Wu Zheng Lun"? It's the one written by Su Yonglin This book has now been published in two volumes."

"You still see this?"

Yao Zhong said in surprise: "I heard that Lin'an has ordered this book to be banned, saying that Su Yonglin's slanderous words will confuse the public, and anyone who dares to read it will be executed, and the treatment is very strict.

The son of a fourth-rank official in Lin'an read this book and publicly declared that what Su Yonglin said was right, but his head was beheaded, and his head was still hanging on the city gate to show the public. As a general of the state, you have to be careful. what. "

"I know that as a general of the country, I shouldn't have said these words, but I always feel that it is wrong to do so."

Wu Lin sighed and said, "I have read both volumes, and I have to say that there are indeed some things that confuse the public. I can see Su Yonglin's brutality, but in other aspects, especially Su Yonglin's governance, there are really many things worthwhile. Da Song went to study, such as the pioneering work in taxation, I suggest you take a look at it when you have time.

It is said that the stone of the mountain can attack jade, the Ming country can destroy the Jin country, can successfully dominate the Central Plains, and even defeat the Song Dynasty many times, which is enough to prove that the Ming country also has merit. What he said was useless, and it was too biased.

I think that many of Da Song's difficulties may be solved from it. Since Su Yonglin has succeeded, it means that Da Song can also make some changes. What do you think? "

Having said that, Wu Lin gave Yao Zhong the two volumes of "Hongwu Political Theory" that he had obtained.

Yao Zhong hesitated for a moment, then took the two volumes and put them away.

"If the siege of Xiangfan is successfully lifted and the Ming army is repelled, I will naturally read it. If the siege of Xiangfan cannot be lifted and the troops will be destroyed instead, the Song Dynasty will probably have no future, so there is no need to read this book. Is there any face to surrender to the Ming Kingdom?"

Wu Lin was stunned for a while, then he smiled wryly.

"It makes sense, the Great Song Dynasty does not exist. As a general of the country, how can there be any reason to survive? If this battle is not won, Sichuan and Sichuan will definitely not be guaranteed, but before that, I will definitely fight to the end, and I will never survive. My Wu family is full of loyalty and loyalty."

"So, so be it."

Yao Zhong ordered his troops with some tragic emotions, and then led his troops to the Fengjie area with the support of the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy.

When he returned to Chuanshu, he was already faced with the situation that the Song army was defeated in the Jinghu theater, so that the peasant army of Jiangnan West Road occupied Yiling at that time. He relied on the advantage of being familiar with the mountain road to bypass the peasants. Taking advantage of the army, he successfully returned to Sichuan and Shu to transfer troops, and then prepared to kill a carbine.

When he returned with his army, he learned that Guizhou was also occupied by the peasant army. The peasant army used Zigui as a garrison point to deploy defenses everywhere, apparently to prevent the Sichuan and Shu army from going along the Yangtze River waterway to Jianghan to threaten the Ming army and the peasant army. the large rear.

Yao Zhong didn't find it very strange. After a while, it was not unexpected that Guizhou was occupied, but there was still a battle before entering the Jianghan Plain, which made Yao Zhong feel anxious. .

He didn't know how long his old men in Xiangfan area could hold on, and he didn't know if Wang Yan was strong enough. He was very worried about his men and hoped that they could support him until he led the army back to help.

The Ming army was strong, but the peasant army was just a mob, not in Yao Zhong's eyes. Even if they defeated the two Song armies in the Jinghu theater, Yao Zhong still looked down on them.

Because Yao Zhong also looked down on the Jiujiang army and the Ezhou army, they were two completely new armies, and their combat effectiveness was not even as good as the Ezhou army under Tian Shizhong. Say what kind of combat power there is.

What's so great about beating them?

With absolute confidence in the elites of Sichuan and Shu, Yao Zhong went out of Fengjie, marched by water and land, advanced to Guizhou, and then captured Badong County effortlessly.

The troops stationed in Badong County retreated as soon as they saw him coming, and there was no resistance at all. Yao Zhong was very happy and immediately entered Badong County.

Although all the residents of Badong County have been taken away, leaving only an empty city, Yao Zhong didn't take it seriously. He only felt that victory was in sight, and the enemy was fleeing in a panic.

However, when the vanguard sentry told him that he saw the infantry and navy troops carrying the Ming army's battle flag in front of Zigui County, the scale was quite large.

"The battle flag of the Ming army? Although there have been rumors before that the Jiangnan West Road Bandit Army and the Ming state have colluded, but the battle flag of the Ming army is blatantly displayed... No way?"

Yao Zhong was shocked and immediately thought of a possibility.

Xiangfan has been lost, he is late, and the Song Dynasty has already finished.

However, it was only June, and it was not even three months before the battle in Xiangfan. With the strength of the second city of Xiangfan, it was impossible for it to fall in less than three months.

It would take him three or four months to rush back to Sichuan and Shu to rectify the army. He hurriedly traveled day and night, exhausting the army, so he controlled the time. He led the army to come to help. It is already very fast.

The Ming army could not have captured Xiangfan in such a short period of time.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Yao Zhong is unwilling to believe this outrageous answer, so the next answer is already obvious.

Either the peasant army learned that his army was crushing the border, and played the Ming army battle flag to confuse him, or the Ming army sent a team of troops south to cooperate with the peasant army at the stall to attack Xiangfan, trying to prevent the Sichuan army from leaving Sichuan and disrupting the situation.

What a sinister intention!

Yao Zhong sneered and ordered the army to move forward slowly.

Through the report of the sentry, he learned that the army suspected to be the Ming army had a relatively tight defense. .

"It's just bluffing, our army is going down the water, they are going upstream, the tactics of war are condescending, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo. Although they are guarding the key points, but as long as our army's navy has broken through their navy, they will be able to land in their rear. If you directly destroy their land defenses, what else can they do?"

Yao Zhong knew his advantage at this moment.

The upstream hits the downstream, and the high hits the downstream.

The advantage is mine!

So Yao Zhong decided to take the initiative to attack, use the navy to break through the Ming army's water defense, and then land directly behind them, eating all the Ming army or the peasant army in one go!

(End of this chapter)