Qiming 1158

Chapter 1309 It's Better To Destroy Hangzhou

Zhang Shi's words directly hit Shen Gai's weakness.

Shen Kai knew very well that if they all left, the army would definitely surrender immediately and give up resistance. At that time, the Ming army would take Hangzhou effortlessly. It would be difficult for them to escape, so Shen Kai has been looking for people who are willing to stay and defend Hangzhou. .

He also didn't want Hangzhou to be taken down by the Ming army so easily. Once this super city built with the manpower and material resources of Jiangnan, once acquired by the Ming army, it would only make the Ming country even more powerful.

Ming Guo can easily use the city's resource radiation to control the entire southeastern coast, and will use a very fast speed to pacify the south of the Yangtze River. This is definitely not something Shen Kai wants to see. Shen Kai hopes to add more trouble to Ming Guo.

Unfortunately, no suitable candidate has been found.

These days, super-high school-level fools who did not participate in the imperial examinations, were proud of their youth, and cherished their country's kindness were really one in a thousand. He looked left and right, and Zhang Jin was actually the most suitable and almost the only suitable candidate.

The more troubled the world is, the fewer fools will be, and they will die very quickly. At the last moment, when all the fools are used up, they are all smart people, and then everyone is not far away.

So much so that Shen Kai even had a final plan before learning that Zhang Shi was going to stay.

"Jingfu, I'm not going to hide it from you, I really can't find it, so I already have other ideas. Since no one wants to guard Hangzhou, I will simply destroy Hangzhou. I plan to set fire to [-] places in Hangzhou, and directly Set fire to the city and cause great chaos to cover our escape from here."

Shen Cai had a firm expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "Those who achieve great things don't stick to the details. This is even more of a matter of life for us. Jingfu, don't think I'm cruel, it's helpless."

Zhang Shi was shocked.

He really didn't know that Shen Ging planned to do such a crazy thing.

He suddenly felt that his fist was hard, and he almost couldn't hold back and punch Shen Ging to death.

But he knew that it wasn't right now, it wasn't the time to kill Shen Gai, he couldn't reveal his identity, otherwise, he really wanted to hit Shen Gai now.

The city of Hangzhou has experienced several wars. Although it no longer has the huge population of one million people before the war, after more than two years of peace after the establishment of the Jiangnan Kingdom, the population of Hangzhou has steadily returned to the level of 70, and it is still a world-class city. .

Looking at the entire Southern Song Dynasty, not many cities have a population of this size. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, only a few central cities such as Zhongdu have such a population size, and such a prosperous city, you say that it is set on fire?
How many people are going to die?
How much economic loss will there be?

To be honest, Zhang Shi originally thought that Shen Gai would not have to die after the fall of Jiangnan Kingdom, and he could even persuade him to surrender and change his leniency, so that he could spend his old age in peace.

Shen Ji was nearly seventy years old, and he had never done anything inappropriate. It was not too much to trade his surrender for a peaceful old age.

In the end, Shen Gai could think of such an inhumane escape plan, using the entire city of Hangzhou and the lives of 70 people in exchange for the safety of himself and the bureaucrats.

Good guy, really good guy.

Originally, I thought that some of the scholar-bureaucrats had a conscience and could be saved, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Zhang Shi took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down the infuriating qi in his chest before slowly opening his mouth.

"Sir, why is this? Hangzhou was the former capital of the Song Dynasty, and there are still more than 70 people. If it is said to be burned, it will be burned. Why is this?"

"The great Song Dynasty is gone, so what's the use of Hangzhou? It's just to help the enemy! Burning it, destroying all the buildings, property, and people, will not only buy us time to escape, but also give Ming If the country causes more trouble, why not do it?"

Shen Gai lowered his face and said in a low voice, "I haven't told anyone about this, I have only told you, so Jing Fu, don't worry, if you want to leave, we can definitely leave, you don't want to think about those things. It's possible, let's go!"

Zhang Shi thought for a while and felt that he had to pay attention to the art of speaking.

"My father, for the sake of Da Song, will not change until his death. I can't do anything against his wishes. Since I can't protect Da Song, let me accompany Da Song until the last moment. Me, at the last moment, I will personally ignite the city of Hangzhou and destroy it together."

Shen Gai looked at Zhang Shi deeply, but didn't speak for a while, but his eyes became more and more severe.

Zhang Shi was silent, his expression did not change, and he looked at Shen Gai so calmly.

The eyes of the two met for a while.

Zhang Shi was a little nervous in his heart. He didn't know what Shen Ging would think of his behavior, or whether Shen Ging would believe him.

Shen Gai didn't want to believe that such a high-ranking official would really be willing to die for the country, but thinking about Zhang Shi's father Zhang Jun, and Zhang Shi's experience, he couldn't deny the existence of this possibility. .

So he finally sighed.

"King Fu, why bother?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shi relaxed a little, he realized that being able to say these words meant that Shen Ging had almost half of the probability that he believed that his motives for doing so were pure.

But this is not the time for the crisis to be completely lifted.

"Xianggong feels bitter, I don't feel bitter, Xianggong feels sweet, I don't feel sweet, Xianggong, there is a kind of person in the world who must have a happy mind in order to be happy in body, if the heart cannot be happy, the body will never be happy, can you understand? ?"

"Zi Feiyu, know the joy of fish, how can I know your joy if I'm not you?"

Shen Cai shook his head and said: "Jing Fu, if you are really willing to guard Hangzhou City and live and die together with Hangzhou City, then someone Shen will never forget you in this lifetime. People's evaluation of the Song Dynasty will definitely not be too ruthless."

Zhang Shi raised his brows.

"Do you agree with me?"

"What right do I have to question a person who is willing to live and die with the city of Hangzhou?"

Shen Kai sighed and said: "With your status and status, you can indeed call the army to obey your orders, but Jingfu, you must know that the Ming army's combat power is far stronger than ours, you asked the Ming country instructor to train me The matter of the soldiers, I heard that things are not going well?"

"Indeed, there are quite a few contradictions between officers and instructors. The Ming Dynasty seems to be quite courteous towards soldiers, and our army... Xianggong also knows it."

Zhang Shi pretended to smile and said, "Recently, there have been cases in the army that soldiers supported Ming instructors and resisted our army officers. This made me feel very embarrassed. If things go on like this, I'm very worried that we won't even be able to fight at that time. It's about to face the situation of the whole army defecting."

Zhang Shi said this matter so openly, but it surprised Shen Ging a little.

Someone mentioned this matter in his ear before, saying that they suspected that this was Zhang Shi's strategy of secretly cooperating with the Ming kingdom in exchange for his own safety after the Ming kingdom went south, so Shen Kai also suspected that Zhang Shi had the heart to join the enemy.

But since he said it so directly, he didn't shy away from it, it just means that he didn't expect this to happen.

Shen Kai's worries about Zhang Shi are disappearing.

"It's no small matter, wouldn't it be worse if the army got out of our control?"

"Indeed, I didn't expect such a thing to happen at first, I just hoped to borrow the training method of the Ming Kingdom. Facts have proved that the Ming Kingdom's military training is indeed very strong, and the soldiers trained by the Ming Kingdom's instructors are both military formations and archery skills. It’s still a big improvement in hand-to-hand combat.”

"But if your heart is not towards the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how strong you are, you will serve the people of the Ming Kingdom."

Shen Cai shook his head and said, "After spending so much money, it turned out to be a wedding dress for others. Can this kind of thing really continue?"

"This is also where my headache is. I already regret doing it a little bit, so I want to think of a way to drive out the Minguo instructors and cut off the connection between them, so as to ensure that the army is in our hands."

"Any plans?"

Shen Gai asked: "If we raised this matter, it doesn't seem to be very good? How will Zhongdu view this matter, and is there any possibility of doing it in advance?"

This is what Shen Ge is most worried about.

(End of this chapter)