Lu Ming

Chapter 463

Sitting on the chair, Zhang Dongdong looked at the silent Sun Chengzong in front of him, and the bearded face which is rare among literati, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

As far as personal integrity is concerned, people who travel through time generally admire the old grandson as a man.In history, after Lao Suntou completely returned to his hometown and retired, in the 11th year of Chongzhen (1638), Houjin invaded Hebei and Gaoyang County was besieged.

Facing the besieging army, at the age of 76, Lao Suntou led his whole family and common people to the city to resist. Then the city was broken and captured, hanged himself to death, and more than a hundred members of the Sun family were killed at the same time.

In addition, Sun Chengzong's political integrity is still passable.Although he is a member of the Donglin Party, Lao Suntou basically doesn't get involved in those shitty political strife, but concentrates on improving the Ningjin defense line and opposing Houjin.

But when it comes to Ning Jin's line of defense, it's Lao Sun's fault.

Judging from the results, the Ningjin Defense Line and Guanning Army, which cost a huge amount of money, not only accelerated the financial collapse of the Ming Empire, but also failed strategically.

In fact, from the moment Hou Jin entered the customs for the first time, Lao Suntou's theory was tantamount to bankruptcy.Ning Jin's line of defense was bypassed, and it neither played an offensive role nor a defensive role, it was completely a display.

In military affairs, the usefulness of the protruding part is to attract the enemy's firepower, and to contain the opponent.

The so-called containment is not just about digging trenches and repairing the city walls and waiting for the enemy to deliver the head, but when the opponent intends to forcibly bypass you, the protrusion also has the function of cutting off the opponent's logistics and copying the enemy's lair.

This is the greatest significance of the existence of the salient: to make the enemy dare not go deep.

But in this Jisi change, the whole family of the Houjin army dispatched to the capital, and the Ningjin line of defense, as the salient part, did not attract firepower, and did not send even 5000 cavalry to raid Houjin's lair. After being forced, Jin returned to aid.

The defense was bypassed, and the attack did not dare to change home. What is the use of Ning Jin's defense?Everyone has hit the capital! ?
If in World War II, the Soviet army had already reached Berlin, would the German army still have legions in Poland?Isn't that a fool?The country is going to perish! ?
You can't expect your opponents to bump into the fort with their heads up every day. This strategy of shrinking behind the wall and waiting for fools to touch it is good if it works once.

Therefore, Lao Suntou's fortress tactics in the West Liao Corridor actually went bankrupt a long time ago, but it was only revealed in this war.

However, this is useless: the Ningjin Defense Line and the Guanning Army, which swallowed up the huge amount of money of the Ming Empire, have already spawned a huge related interest group, and now it is not just anyone who can revoke it, not even the emperor.

Don't ask, if you ask, you will die in the water.

Then a funny situation came into being: Daming spent more than half of his annual income, millions of taels of silver desperately filling the Ningjin defense line, while the Tatars would come to the capital every two years to wander around the capital, killing as far as the Shandong border, grabbing enough went home.

What does this line of defense prevent?
The answer is: our own people.

This can refer to the Kardashian family of later generations-every NBA player who was defended by Kardashian fell like a cliff.
Zhang Dongdong's long thoughts were finally interrupted by Sun Chengzong who made a decision.

After looking at each other tacitly with Ma Shilong, Sun Chengzong finally made up his mind and said decisively, "In this case, the old man will present the memorial today, and don't let the emperor wait in the sky."

As Sun Chengzong said these words slowly, the three people present nodded tacitly at the same time, and a vague agreement was reached in this way.

So far, the secret talks between the three parties have come to a perfect end.After that, everyone only needs to submit their own memorials. The content should be kept in the same general direction, and the small parts should be played separately. The emperor was very happy after watching it.

This ending was predictable.

For the two of them, Sun Ma, as long as the King Qin matter can be ended smoothly, they will be one of the biggest beneficiaries.There is no conflict of interest among the three parties in the general situation, and an agreement should be reached.

But things are not that simple.

To get Sun Ma right is just to get the strategic level right.As for the tactical level below, Sun Ma would not care about these things, and all problems had to be solved by the crossing people themselves.

So Sun Chengzong added another sentence before getting up and going out: "There is only one incident. Those people outside, Cao Chuan, you still have to get rid of one or two."

"Hehe, Chuanli understands, sir, you don't need to worry about it."

After the insider trading was completed, the bigwigs came from the back hall to the front hall.

The conversation took a long time, and it was almost noon.Then Ma Shilong announced the official conclusion to the waiting generals: the battle is over, and with the joint efforts of all of you, Ming has won a subversive victory.

During the whole process, General Cao played a huge role as a surprise soldier, eliminated many Tartars, and established an incomparable miracle.The two big brothers have decided to write to the court to ask for credit for General Cao.

After Ma Shilong finished speaking this set of Mandarin, he looked left and right, and shot out the death light of "whoever agrees, whoever opposes" with his sharp eyes.

All the generals in the hall were old foxes. At this time, they all nodded with smiles and twisted beards. They seemed to agree with the tone set by the boss, and none of them dared to jump out and pretend to be aggressive.

After all there are no fools.At this time, if you sing the opposite tune, it is not aimed at the person surnamed Cao, but against Sun Ma, which will easily lead to a super-saturation blow.

Seeing that there was no objection to his concluding statement, Ma Shilong nodded, then turned to the old grandson beside him and asked, "My lord?"

Sun Chengzong didn't say the classic "I'll add a few more sentences", but waved his hands bluntly: "The business is clear, let's serve some wine and food first, the old bone can't help being hungry. Cao Chuan, I heard that your family is rich. Could it be that you can’t even manage a meal? It’s also a celebration banquet.”

Cao Zongbing heard the words and hurriedly called people over, and ordered some wine and food for the adults.

However, after being interrupted by the old grandson, the hall entered the free activity session. The generals got up one after another and came to congratulate Cao Zongbing, and the atmosphere became lively.

However, the next moment, a long-awaited boot landed on the ground.Comrade Dashou, the ogre ancestor, came over to greet him, then smiled and asked casually, "I don't know how brother Pokong divides the heads of the Shuotuo department?"

"Brother Fuyu, what is the meaning of this?" Cao Pokong was full of doubts, blinked his eyes, and asked a little puzzled: "Divide? How to divide? Why do you want to divide?"

"Hehe, I don't know. Before Shuotuo's troops fled in a hurry, that was the cause and effect of all the older brothers who surrounded Zunhua and attacked the city in a deadly battle. After that, Shuotuo was defeated and fled, and was chased and killed by his brothers. He suffered a lot along the way. The bitter entanglement exhausted Shuotuo's troops, so Brother Cao went to the city to see his meritorious deeds."

"So the head of the Shuo Tuo Department should be more or less profited here, brother."

The lobby was completely quiet at the moment, the bustling appearance disappeared in an instant, and a needle could be heard.Sun and Ma, who were at the top, lowered their heads and held tea bowls to drink lightly, and had no intention of raising their heads at all.

This is normal operation.

The management method of the Ming army is based on size. Since Sun and Ma cannot represent the interests of the Guan Ning Group in this matter, they cannot prevent the other party from fighting for their own interests, so the old Sun can only hide at this time.

"Oh" Cao Zongbing heard this and understood.

He shook his head silently and smiled wryly.In the face of the shameless, ogre ancestor Dashou, who turned black and white, even if he had seen the "big world", the time-travelers from later generations would be laughed at.

Since this is the case, Cao Zongbing can only put on the face of a pirate king that he has prepared long ago.

The next moment, a certain person's face sank, and he pulled the sleeves of his robe with both hands, with a rude appearance of "revealing his original shape" and "distributing spoils in a counterfeit", and replied mockingly: "That Shuo Tuo received Lao Tzu's capture of Yongping." After the letter was reported, he immediately left the city and fled, how can he say that he was defeated by the siege?"

"Guan Ning's forward was blocked at the mountain pass for a full day by the broken soldiers left by Shuo Tuo, and then he was defeated by Shuo Tuo's back horse gun. wrong?"

"The scouts sent by Lao Tzu have witnessed all the above. Huh, if you can get the head by throwing away the armor and removing the armor, isn't it too easy?"

"Lord Cao, why do you say that?"

Seeing that the barbarian from the sea turned his face in an instant, and directly pointed out the matter, Zu Dashou lowered his face while feeling contemptuous: "Whether Shuo Tuo received the letter, who knows? It's just that the brothers worked hard to support Shuo Tuo." Thanks to the bloody battle, this allowed you to take advantage of the city of Santunying. Hmph, if you want to go there in vain, there is no way!"

"Hahaha!" Pirate Cao laughed three times after hearing the words, and then pointed to the outside school yard: "I can't argue with you. So, um. Well, if you want a head, just take it. Well, it's all there."

Seeing the outstretched finger and the sarcasm on his face, Zu Dashou understood that the other party was talking ironically: "Master Cao, you are not going to be reasonable? Hmph, if you want to swallow the credit of my brother Guan Ning's Hundred Thousand Brothers, how about that?" It's not easy either!"

"Tch, there are at least 20 brothers who eat with me on the surface of the South China Sea. Who are you scaring?"

"Cough, cough!"

Seeing that the scene was about to turn into a low-quality melodrama in which gangster bosses talked about numbers, the old grandson on the side couldn't bear it anymore, so he coughed twice: "They are all humerus generals who are trusted by the imperial court. How can they talk like this? If you have something to say, Stop talking nonsense."

Seeing the old grandson come forward, Cao Zongbing stopped talking nonsense, but said to Zu Dashou seriously: "In short, Master Zu, if you want to get credit from me by your words, it probably won't work. "

"I am a warrior, and my fame is only on the edge of the sword."

"I only have 500 men in this city. If you want 4000 Tartar heads, you just need to send troops to get them."

When Cao Zongbing said this, he raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at a certain general surnamed Zuo at the outermost corner: "It's better to have more people. If there are fewer people, I'm afraid it won't work. If you don't believe me, ask General Zuo."

"Absurd, how unreasonable!"

When Zu Dashou saw that the discussion had collapsed, he couldn't help but sullenly said, "General Cao, are you really going to make things difficult for me, Guan Ning?"

"Fuck you, the last person who dared to talk to me like that has already been fed to the shark by Shen Hai!"

"Hey, let's go!"

Zu Dashou's face was livid in rage, and with a wave of his hand, Hu La La led half of the Guan Ning generals out of the hall, even the old grandson ignored him.

At this time, Cao Zongbing was smiling, and after sneaking a glance at Lao Suntou, he was actually proud, "Now Lao Suntou will definitely write the matter of my falling out with Guan Ningjun into the memorial."

(End of this chapter)