If the morale of the army is in disarray, it will be difficult to regroup.

Soldoni was just trying to make some attempts.

He now clearly understands the gap between the combat power of the two sides.

As far as the kind of powerful impact displayed by the vanguard of the Ming army, even if Mandoroni sent three or five times the elite to block it, it may not be able to stop it.

What's more, with the sloppy military spirit of the Qing army now, no one loves to fight at all.

Fortunately, he had gathered some rout troops through the beating of drums, and it was not too much of a loss to retreat and run away now.

When the judgment is constantly suffering, it is chaotic.

"I'm going to order the withdrawal of troops!"

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After taking control of Xiangyang, the Ming army returned to Yiling and continued its advance along the Yangtze River.

Zhu Youlang is now more and more confident, and he can't wait to rush to Jiangling to take this important town.

Speaking of Jiangling, we can't fail to mention Zhang Juzheng.

This person should be regarded as the most famous Gangneung person of the Ming generation.

After he came to power, he implemented a whip law and the Wanli New Deal, which to some extent showed signs of renaissance.

It's a pity that Zhang Juzheng died early, and Emperor Wanli was free of restraints and completely let himself go, and a series of measures squandered the foundation laid by Zhang Juzheng.

In this case, Da Ming naturally began to go downhill. It is not completely unreasonable for later generations to explain that the death in Wanli is not entirely unreasonable.

The problem with Emperor Wanli is that he has to take care of everything, but he is a child who does not grow up and needs to be coaxed by his courtiers.

This created a deformed pattern, the emperor and the cabinet looked at each other and hated each other, so the Wanli Emperor simply went on strike and did not go to court for more than 20 years.

In the later period of Wanli, there were many party disputes, which had a lot to do with the fact that he didn't ask about the government.

Emperor Jiajing still did a good job of this, although people did not go to the court, but the court situation was not chaotic.

It's like the Wanli Dynasty, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Donglin Party, and the entire court is in a mess.

It can be said that Tianqi and Chongzhen are wiping Wanli's buttocks, and of course, lack of personal ability is also a big problem.

After all, Chongzhen has been the emperor of real power for more than ten years, and it makes no sense to dump the pot to his courtiers.

In fact, Zhu Youlang sometimes thinks that one or two decisions of the superior will affect the trend of the entire history.

Take the Yongli Dynasty as an example, there are too many opportunities to fight back. It's a pity that they are all stillborn.

What Zhu Youlang has to do now is to wipe his ass for the previous Yongli.

Let's hope it's not too late.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Gangneung City is very strong. Will you blow up the city with a coffin this time? ”

The last time Li Dingguo witnessed the effect of the coffin bombing the city.

It's not ideal, but at least it works.

At that time, the Son of Heaven always said that it was a problem of air tightness, and asked Li Dingguo to buy some professional coffins.

Of course, Li Dingguo didn't understand what it meant to be airtight enough, but he didn't dare to ask or say anything, so he could only obey the order.

Now dozens of coffins are placed on the ship, which is quite unlucky.

Li Dingguo still cares about these things, but seeing that the Son of Heaven doesn't care, he doesn't have much to say.

"Well, I'd like to try again. The last time it was indeed a temporary coffin, the gap was too large, and the airtightness was not enough. If you buy a professional coffin this time, the effect will definitely be much better. ”

"Your Majesty, that hot air balloon..."

"Don't use the hot air balloon for now. I'm of another use. ”

Zhu Youlang paused and said, "King Jin, there is something I have always wanted to tell you. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

Li Dingguo said in fear.

"Shizi is not young, right? Why didn't the king of Jin take him to lead the troops to fight and teach him a thing or two. ”

As far as Zhu Youlang knows, Li Dingguo has always taken Li Sixing with him.

Li Sixing did not leave too many traces in history, this is Li Dingguo's problem.

As a father, how can you not think about your son?

Even Zhu Youlang began to deliberately train and train the prince.

The revitalization of the Ming Dynasty is not a matter of one generation, either the expulsion of the Tatars is revitalization, and the recovering of lost land is revitalization.

It will take several generations.

What Zhu Youlang hopes to see is that the juniors can take over the mantle and be able to stand up.

Otherwise, what will happen when their generation is old?

Wouldn't Da Ming want to enter the old road of ruin again?

Li Dingguo's face turned red, revealing a look of shame.

"It's the minister's negligence."

He paused and said, "The minister will take that stinky boy to experience more." ”

"That's fine."

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction.

A few decades later, it will be the stage of Zhu Cixuan, Li Sixing, and Zheng Jing, and it will be up to them how far the Ming can go.

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In Jiangling City, Liao Lin, the prefect of the government, frowned.

The Ming army was like a bamboo, connecting Yunyang, Xiangyang, and Yiling, and was about to hit Jiangling.

He thought he had made a fat difference, but now it seems that this is simply a bad place.

What now?

If he had abandoned the city and fled, he would have died.

And family members can also be implicated.

If he holds the city, he will definitely not be able to hold it.

He can't even hold Xiangyang, why can he keep it? Just with these 10,000 people?

"Dong Weng, there is a plan, maybe help Dong Weng escape this catastrophe."

Seeing that Wu Yu, a staff member, took the initiative to offer advice, Liao Lin said happily: "Come and listen." ”

"Dong Weng, what is this Ming army's plan?"

"Naturally, it is a city, money and food."

"Definitely!"

Wu Yu shook his head and said: "If what the Ming army is trying to do is only the city, why is it not enough to conquer Xiangyang and other places, and the people who are in a hurry have come to Jiangling again?" ”

"This..."

Liao Lin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If the picture is not money, it can only be fame.

"Could it be that the Ming Army is famous?"

"Yes!"

Wu Yu nodded with satisfaction.

He said in his heart that he was still very smart, and he was able to understand it at all.

"But what kind of fame can be brought by constantly attacking cities and plundering land?"

"Dong Weng, you think, the Ming army has been shrinking in the mountains in the southwest all these years, and the people of the Central Plains have almost forgotten their existence. After holding it for so long, they finally have the opportunity to go out of the mountain, and they still have to brush up on a wave of presence? ”

Wu Yu said step by step: "In other words, the Ming army wants the people to remember them." Not only remember them, but also remember their goodness! ”

Liao Lin suddenly realized: "It seems to be such a truth. ”

He paused and said: "Do you mean that only by fighting all the time and attacking the city can the army leave the impression of being mighty and invincible in the hearts of the people and win the hearts of the people?" ”

"Yes!"

Wu Yu shook his head and said: "The so-called people's will is actually a kind of following the crowd. I will do as others would have done to me. And how to follow the crowd in general, naturally whoever is strong will follow whom. The Ming army went out of the mountain this time to tell the people of Huguang that they have the strength to compete for the world. Therefore, the Ming army will not stop at all, but will continue to fight, and even feed the war with war. ”

Feeding the war with war...

Liao Lin pondered these four words carefully, felt that it was very reasonable, and patted his thigh and said, "Why didn't I think of it!" ”

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