In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 219 Chasing the Ming Dynasty
Zhang Han came to the king's tent and heard Daming's reaction. He was not surprised at all, but smiled bitterly.

He had reminded the king at the beginning that if he really wanted to jointly trade with the Ming Dynasty, it would be absolutely impossible to directly send envoys to negotiate.

But under the banner of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, bringing tributes, and asking Emperor Chongzhen for canonization, only then can success be possible.

It's a pity that the king felt that it was too humiliating to actively request for canonization, and it was almost like surrender. He insisted on choosing an alliance between the two parties on the basis of equality. He only wanted to be called his brother, not his minister.

"Your Majesty, not only the Ming Dynasty, but also all unified dynasties of the Han people have always loved fame and not profit. In fact, as long as the king is willing to submit to the throne temporarily in name, and do business, recruit people, open shops and other specific matters, it is not important. In the same way , if the king is unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, even if the terms are more favorable, the Ming Dynasty will never agree to exchange what we have."

"Hmph! This is too arrogant. He thinks that other places outside of China are barbarians. He only focuses on his own three-quarter acre of land, but refuses to open his eyes to see the wider world. , but little did they know that the West has almost surpassed us."

After Zhang Han's explanation, Lin Rui also understood the mentality of Daming and Chongzhen, and immediately snorted coldly.

Self-confidence is good, but if you are too confident and proud, that is arrogance. Over time, you will think that you are the best in everything and become arrogant.

The result is that you always stand still and are eventually surpassed.

"The West that your Majesty refers to should be referring to the Franji people who came from the sea. Those people's firearms are indeed stronger than those of the Ming Dynasty, but in other aspects, it would be a bit..."

Zhang Han was obviously unconvinced and retorted carefully. He had obviously heard of those Franji people.

"Hmph, why, sir, do you think I'm being alarmist? Or am I trying to embolden others and destroy my own prestige?"

"I don't dare." Zhang Han looked frightened and secretly blamed himself for not being so direct just now.

"Let's not talk about anything else. The Franji people have been in China for decades if not a hundred years. However, as for the Ming Dynasty, has any one of them been to the Western world?
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Others know us well, but we can't even distinguish between their country and their country, and we don't know where they are. This alone is enough to be at a disadvantage.

Maybe you don’t know yet, but there is a country in the west called the Netherlands. No matter the land or population, it is not as good as our Chinese state, but they have tens of thousands of merchant ships and warships, traveling to all parts of the world, and every ship is It is several times larger than my Chinese warship, and it earns more than tens of millions of silver every year! "

Lin Rui was heartbroken until the end and hit the case hard.

"This...this, how is this possible?"

Zhang Han opened his mouth in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face, because Lin Rui's words had such a huge impact on him.

"Nothing is impossible. The Netherlands is just a small country in the West. There are several more powerful countries than it, some of which are as big as our own province in China..."

Lin Rui waved his hand and briefly talked to him about the current situation in Europe, asking him to open his eyes and stop limiting his thinking to the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty.

"Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading. Thank you so much for your explanation, so that students can now understand how big and colorful the world is...

As your Majesty said, the West is really China’s great enemy. If one day there is a figure like the First Emperor who unifies dozens of countries into one, then..."

It took Zhang Han a long time to come back to his senses, and then he bowed respectfully to Lin Rui. At the end, he was shuddering, with a look of worry on his face.

Obviously, what the scholars of the Ming Dynasty lacked was not knowledge and vision, but the unwillingness to open their eyes to see the world.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, there were still some far-sighted literati who saw the threat and advantages of the West and were willing to lower their profile to learn and understand it. Later, the Qing Dynasty became even more unbearable. Everyone put technological products in front of the emperor. , but was still ignored, and didn't open his eyes until he finally called.

"Sir, you can rest assured that they will not be able to produce a figure like the First Emperor. Generally speaking, China and them have their own strengths and weaknesses, and we are evenly matched." Lin Rui said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, what about the threat to Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Han also calmed down his thoughts and began to return to the topic.

"Then sir, do you think Chongzhen will really send troops to attack next year?"

"Since Chongzhen said it himself, in order to maintain the great power of Ming Dynasty, he will definitely mobilize a large army to send troops to Loop." Zhang Han said with determination without even thinking about it.

"It turns out that he, Chongzhen, refuses to drink a toast for the sake of face, but insists on drinking wine as a punishment. Then there is nothing to say. It doesn't matter if the alliance is broken.

I will lead the army to get the needed population, money and food. Anyway, this world is not the world of his Zhu family, nor is it the world of the gentry and landlords, but the world of all Han people.

When Taizu of the Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars and restored China, he deserved to be the emperor of the Zhu family. But today, the Ming Dynasty has lost all the support of the people and has lost its deer. Everyone can expel the Han people, so everyone can do what they want! "

Originally, Lin Rui planned to make a gentleman's agreement with Chongzhen. He would knock down the north of the Great Wall, Chongzhen would destroy the rebels, and the two sides would compete again to avoid being a fisherman in the end, but now don't blame him. Talk about martial ethics.

He knew very well how many kilograms the Ming army had.

"Your Majesty is wise. The top priority is to attack the Ming Dynasty and increase its strength. As for Liaodong Jiannu and Mobei Mongolia, after your Majesty replaces Ming Dynasty, they can be destroyed with a wave of his hand."

Zhang Han quickly bowed excitedly.He was not in favor of forming an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. Taking advantage of the current weakness of the Ming Dynasty, he did not seize the time to attack and destroy the Ming Dynasty. Once Chongzhen wiped out the rebels and concentrated on dealing with the Hua Kingdom, it was not certain who would win in the end.

After all, Ming Dynasty could afford to lose, but Hua could not afford to lose.

After making the decision, Lin Rui asked people to bring in the envoy sent by Huang Taiji.

It is impossible to join forces, but it is possible to turn hostility into friendship, so the two parties agreed not to invade each other within three years. Only Lin Rui and Huang Taiji knew whether they believed it or not.

After seeing off the envoy, Lin Rui decided to strike preemptively and not give Ming Dynasty a chance to gather troops, horses and food. He directly invaded Datong in winter, and then surrounded the area for reinforcements, wiping out Ming Dynasty's elites in Datong one after another, and finally directly destroyed Datong Xuanfu. annexation.

So all the civil and military officials were summoned.

In the king's tent, when they heard that they were going to attack the Ming Dynasty, all the generals were gearing up.

After all, the conditions in China are too difficult. As a senior general, he doesn't even have a house or a maid to serve him, so everyone looks forward to military achievements in order to improve his military rank and salary.

Especially Shang Kexi and Zhang Cunren.

Fortunately, Shang Kexi has brought all the wives and concubines he married in Liaodong.

But Zhang Cunren didn't even have a woman so far. Not to mention how frustrated he was, he wanted to run away if there was no more war.

On the other hand, the wives of the civil servants and the scholars on the side felt a little uncomfortable when they heard that the king was going to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Apparently they still had a sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

After explaining clearly the ins and outs of the war with Ming Dynasty, Lin Rui kicked out all the non-military personnel, and then pointed at the map and announced the battle plan.

"This war is related to the future and destiny of our country, so we must go all out. I plan to divide our troops into two groups, build plank roads openly, and attack Chen Cang secretly.

Along the way, the eldest princess led the main force to directly attack the Datong border wall, attracting the Ming army to defend the border wall with all its strength. The king led an elite partial division to quietly cross the river from near Piantou Pass, enter Shuozhou in one fell swoop, and then attack Yanghe directly to meet the main force. The army enters the border! "

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. After all, the most difficult thing was not defeating the Ming army, but how the army successfully broke through the Great Wall defense line.

After all, you can get it with your butt. At this time, the border defenses in Datong Xuanfu and other places must be on strict guard. It is almost impossible to make a sneak attack, and the casualties of a strong attack will be too high.

And this kind of plank road construction, secretly attacking Chencang, and sneak attacks from Piantou Pass are risky, but once successful, they can really catch the Ming army by surprise.

"Although the king's strategy is good, the risk of a sneak attack with a partial force is extremely high. The king is a man of ten thousand gold. The general recommends that the king and the princess lead the main force to attack the Datong border wall, and then select another good general to lead a partial force for a sneak attack."

"Yes, Your Majesty, what Mr. Zhang said makes sense, let's let the general lead the partial division to attack in a sneak attack!"

"Your Majesty, let the general go!"

As Zhang Han finished speaking, Huang Ben and Zhou Meng also reacted and immediately stood up to ask for help.

Even Shang Kexi and Zhang Cunren couldn't hold it back and stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to lead partial divisions for a sneak attack.

Obviously everyone knows that once a sneak attack is successful, it will definitely be a first-class achievement.

Na Muzhong was also worried about Lin Rui's safety and advised: "Your Majesty, you are now involved in the safety of China, why don't you go in person, let me go instead!"

"I'm even more worried about Madam going." Lin Rui first said softly to Namu Zhongsheng, and then looked at everyone and waved his hands.

"As long as there is a war, there is no risk without taking risks. Now is the time when our country is expanding its territory. How can I be greedy for life and afraid of death? This matter does not need to be discussed, I have made up my mind!"

Seeing Lin Rui's resolute attitude, everyone didn't mention it again.

In fact, Lin Rui didn't want to go in person, but he knew very well the level of his subordinates. The only one who could take charge of his own business was Shang Kexi, but he was 120 worried about Shang Kexi, so he could only roll up his arms and go into battle in person. A sneak attack, after all, he was already very familiar with that road.

Lin Rui then made arrangements. He led a cavalry battalion and two infantry battalions, a total of 15000 people, to attack in a detour.

Namuzhong led the remaining six infantry battalions, the longbow battalion, the firearms battalion, the cavalry battalion, and the remaining [-] traitor soldiers, totaling [-] infantry. At the same time, he issued a Class C recruitment order to all tribes. In this way, The cavalry can reach at least [-].

The chariot battalion, escort battalion, personal guard battalion, and the last infantry battalion were left behind and naturalized. Although the number of troops was a bit small, there would be no surprise attacks in winter, so Lin Rui was very relieved.

After he and Na Muzhong left, Zhang Xiuying was responsible for everything, and Zhang Han was left by Lin Rui to assist her.

(End of this chapter)