The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 278 Make the Enemy Disappear

Ningcheng in the Inner Mongolia area in later generations, which is now Daningwei, is different from the endless flat grassland in people's impression.

The uneven hillside, like crumpled paper, adds more grass area.

Controlling Ningcheng is equivalent to controlling the throat of the grassland.

A continuous army, with various flags, mixed horse and infantry, and many vehicles, well-armored, fully equipped with weapons, exudes a smell that is not easy to mess with.

More horse scouts and sentries, wandering around the army, covering the march of the army.

There are different armies within the great army.

There were about 3000 people, and they kept separate marching teams, and soldiers and chariots were mixed together.

There are about seven hundred gunmen, and they use unique firearms.

Compared with the firearms used by the rest of the Ming army, the firearms in their hands are more slender and have an indescribable beauty.

In the team.

There were eight cannons, each mounted on a wheel, and four horses were required to pull them in front, and as it was often necessary to go uphill, even eight horses were sometimes used.

Eight horses can theoretically arm eight cavalry on this basis, and equipped cavalry equals more infantry.

Such eight cannons, only from this mode of transportation, can already be seen to be expensive.

Behind the gun body, there are also baggage vehicles for transporting artillery shells and supplies, as well as some soldiers called artillery.

There are dozens of smaller cannons, but there are many parts, and they are also transported by four-wheeled carriages and two horses.

The type of chariot is also different.

The chariot is flat, and there are thick wooden boards on the board. On one side of the board, there are several bayonets, which just correspond to the joints on the board.

There are also supporting wooden sticks and other things. When needed, these wooden boards will be quickly installed on the side of the chariot to form a "vehicle wall".

On the outside of the "vehicle wall", there are raised spikes.

There are countless small openings on the wall of the "car wall", through which the bird gunners shoot outside.

On the other side of the chariot a ladder can be lowered.

Each round, the soldiers stand on the vehicle board through the ladder, retreat after firing through the opening, and a new row of soldiers stand up and repeat this process.

On both sides of the chariot formation, there are spearmen to protect them, and there are sword and shield soldiers, rattan players and other types of arms in the chariot formation.

If scholars of later generations see it, they will recognize that this is the late Ming Dynasty. In Qi Jiguang's car formation tactics, there are some shadows of Sun Chengzong's car camp.

And there is also a cavalry team of hundreds of people, their weapons are firearms with thick heads and thin tails.

The front part is composed of three thick iron pipes, and the rear part is a slender wooden handle, which looks more like a whistle stick.

This firearm can fire three shots at a time, and if it is a close-range enemy, it will be honeycombed and there is nowhere to hide.

This team came from the Shixia Camp, one of the two Beiping armies that explored and tested new tactics and weapons.

Most of the main generals and mid-level generals of the two new armies came from Yanshanwei.

The chief general of Shixia Camp is Qiu Fu.

There were two teenagers who followed Qiu Fu and acted as Qiu Fu's personal guards. They were the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui.

night.

The army encamped.

More than a dozen high-ranking generals gathered in the big tent to report on various military affairs as a matter of routine. Tang Yun explained Zhu Gaochi's doubts.

Many things have their own regulations, and you can do things according to the regulations, and Zhu Gaochi doesn't need to worry about it.

Zhu Gaochi did not command indiscriminately, and unreservedly delegated the command power, because of Zhu Di's prestige, Zhu Gaochi was not worried about "power falling apart".

But Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but warn everyone.

"Although Daning only reported that the enemy was found, the size of the enemy and where it came from has not been found out, but I think it must be large in scale."

Zhu Gaochi told everyone present what happened in history, combined with his own speculation.

Not afraid of rebel forces.

These rebel forces jumped out and were wiped out one by one, then the grassland would be peaceful.

"Inspiring people with virtue must be based on conquering others by force. In the depths of the grassland, there are still many people who want to stand on our heads again and become our slave masters."

"Those people are not fools. When they are weak, they will flatter you and obey you. When they recover their vitality, or when you are weak, they will show their claws and claws, and they are bound to conquer you."

"Grandpa Huang's policy is too gentle in my opinion. Although it is in line with Confucianism, it is not in line with the nature of things."

Everyone was very surprised, and couldn't help but think in their hearts, it's not a good idea to say such a thing.

If the sage knew about it, it would be bad to attract punishment.

Tang Yun hurriedly said in a low voice: "The little prince is right. It's not that the saint's words are bad, but..."

Tang Yun had fought all his life, but he couldn't learn how to treat a deer as a horse. He didn't know how to argue for Zhu Gaochi's words for a while.

Zhu Gaochi smiled and looked at the crowd indifferently.

in the account.

At the place closest to the door curtain, there were two teenagers. They looked at the eldest brother nervously, and their eyes were full of admiration.

Big Brother is getting better and better.

In the past, he only dared to fight against his father, but now he even dared to challenge the emperor's grandfather. What else would the eldest brother dare not do.

Zhu Gaochi was very calm, and said with a normal face: "There is a famous saying in the far west, that is, the victor is not to be blamed."

"The other is that the righteous can use any means to achieve their goals. This process belongs to justice."

Western thinking fits human nature, and they conform to human nature.

Eastern Confucianism, of course, also understands human nature, and discussed human nature earlier than in the West. It developed from the perspective of the bottom, seeking to restrain human nature, and put spiritual and moral shackles on the rulers.

After all, power is in the hands of the rulers, and being able to develop a moral line in another way is already the limit of what the ruled class can do.

Although this is a "double-edged sword."

Let the rulers pursue morality, so the people should also pursue morality, right?

In the era of material abundance, Westerners began to be moral, full of benevolence and morality, because they not only had enough to eat, but also occupied the table and prevented others from serving it.

Their common people also understand the principles of Confucianism, and have the spirit of resistance in order to restrain the rulers with morality.

But Zhu Gaochi is very realistic.

The winners are indeed not blamed.

Daming is a loser and has many shortcomings, but Ming's policy is:
No matter how weak or weak the forces are, as long as they are willing to maintain peace, they can be granted official positions in the Ming Dynasty and obtain the supplies they want and need.

And Da Ming doesn't interfere in their internal affairs, no matter how they play internally, as long as they don't engage in acts of looting and rebellion.

Only on this point, Da Ming did countless times better than Yuan Qing, but it was useless and could not be recognized by others in future generations.

The way of the slave owner is what many people want.

"Our Chinese morality should be internal, not external. Anyone who is willing to stay in China is a Chinese and one of our own."

"Anyone who is hostile to China is an enemy, no matter where he is."

"Huozhen."

Zhu Gaochi shouted.

"Mo will be here."

The prairie general, Huo Zhen, took a step forward and clapped his hands.

"You are Chinese, the same as us, not just you, many people on the grasslands, they are also Chinese, everyone is their own, and Chinese morality is what they deserve."

"The contributions you have made to Ming Dynasty can be cultivated with the country."

Zhu Gaochi is not lying.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed many grassland nobles who practiced with the country. When Chongzhen fell, many grassland nobles lived in Beijing.

During the rise of Houjin, we fought every Mongolian tribe, because the Mongolian tribes did not recognize Houjin.

Therefore, even when Hou Jin had the upper hand, no Mongolian tribe had taken the initiative to choose to surrender.

Houjin himself shouted the so-called slogan of uniting Mongolia, which seemed to be so, but in fact it was only because the Mongolian tribes did not win Houjin, and they were all conquered.

Either perish or surrender.

Zhu Gaochi no longer looked at Huozhen, but looked at the rest of the people.

"Those who don't think they are Chinese and are hostile to China, then Chinese morality is definitely not for them."

"All of you here are my own people, the people my father and I trust the most, so I'm not afraid to tell you."

"In the Golden State, a lot of eunuchs from Japan are used."

"These large numbers of eunuchs are one of the key reasons why Golden State has developed so fast."

"The Japanese pirates are hostile to China and plunder in China, so I will never impose morality on them. I only have the cruelest means of revenge in the world, which will leave no future trouble."

"The same reasoning."

Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice: "As long as you think you are an enemy of China, this son will give Jinzhou means."

"Because I think I am righteous, the just will not be blamed, and any means of the just are also just!"

just now.

He used Western means. If China still declines in the future, I really want to see how some people in the East will evaluate his behavior.

Go the way of others and leave others speechless.

"Under the tribute book of the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether it is the people in the grassland or the people in the frontier, they have obtained the life they want."

"But there are also many people who want to become slave owners again. Compared with the enemies on the surface, they are more disguised. Using this policy, they regain their strength."

"30 years is enough for them to grow up."

"So this time, the enemy traces in Daning, I have [-]% certainty that it will be these newly emerging forces."

"On the battlefield, I have only one request for you."

Zhu Gaochi glanced at everyone, and said heavily: "Give the enemy the most painful blow and make them disappear!"

"promise!"

in the big account.

The generals stood up one after another.

The afternoon of the second day.

The army arrived in Ningcheng, and King Ning led the Changshi Mansion out of the city to meet him.

King Ning and Zhu Gaochi are the same age, but King Ning is the elder, and Zhu Gaochi wants to be called uncle.

"Nephew pays respects to uncle."

Zhu Gaochi led the two younger brothers, and the three brothers knelt on the ground on one knee.

"Get up quickly."

The young King Ning was very polite, and quickly helped Zhu Gaochi up. Zhu Gaochi stood up, and the two younger brothers behind him also stood up.

Then the generals of Daning came forward to meet Zhu Gaochi.

Most of them are from Peking.

King Ning has just arrived, and these people's hearts are more inclined to Yan Wang's mansion.

The most important thing is that every time King Yan goes out of the fortress, he will restrain his military power.

(End of this chapter)