Chapter 298: A Harbinger of King Fu's Defeat
Although King Fu has been called the emperor, he is only a pseudo-emperor, so he is still called King Fu in the text, and he is too lazy to change it.
"Ying Longjun! Ying Longjun! King Fu gritted his teeth.
Although Ying Longjun has not yet killed Jiujiang, these days, King Fu is not having a good time at all.
originally thought that the people wanted it, and after ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, it made him enthusiastic for a while, but in an instant, it seemed that hundreds of people were rebelling against him, and every ordinary person regarded him as a great enemy of life and death.
Why dare those untouchables rebel against their masters! King Fu gritted his teeth.
It stands to reason that most of the ordinary people are tenants or servants of the landlords of various scholar clans, and King Fu represents the resistance of the scholar clans, and can indeed be said to represent the masters of a group of ordinary people.
However, King Fu forgot one point, where there is oppression, there is resistance, originally the imperial court did not issue a holy decree to force the land lease price, ordinary people can not see the road, there is no way, to survive can only choose to compromise, but now, the court not only decreed the compulsory land lease price, but also exempted from forced labor, how good this is for ordinary people, they see hope, see the hope of a happier life in the future, and naturally people rise up to rebel against the master who once exploited them.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong, rumors are spreading everywhere in the army, Ying Long's army is rushing to Jiujiang, Your Majesty will soon be defeated, the soldiers are panicking, and there were even a few deserters who broke away from the army without permission last night!" The advisor was a little frightened, and at this time he really felt that something was wrong.
"How is that possible! Who dares to spread such a rumor, and I'm going to widow those deserters last night! King Fu roared angrily.
King Fu firmly believes that he is the true son of heaven, hasn't he already ascended the throne to become the Hongguang Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how could he fail with an army of 300,000.
Yes, he knew that there was indeed a Ying Long army that was coming towards Jiujiang, but he also knew that this Ying Long army was just one of the six armies of the Ying Long army, only 20,000 people, and he had an army of 300,000, fifteen times that of this Ying Long army, what was there to be afraid of, not only was he not afraid, but he also had to rely on the absolute superiority of the army to annihilate this Ying Long army that dared to come alone!
"Yes!" The advisor hurried to deal with the matter.
At the same time, King Fu sent people to spread the word in the army, telling all the soldiers under his command that Yinglong's army did not come with 20,000 people, and they had an army of 300,000, so there was no need to be afraid at all.
Such propaganda seems to be able to reassure the military.
It's a pity that King Fu doesn't know that those soldiers who want to be deserters are not afraid at all, but they don't want to help King Fu anymore, they don't want King Fu to win now, but hope that the court wins, after all, they themselves are also ordinary people or tenants of the landlords of the Shi clan, if they help King Fu to work hard, they may be able to get temporary benefits, but in the future it will be their children and grandchildren who will suffer, and their descendants will still be enslaved by the landlords of the Shi clan, they don't want to do that.
Far from alleviating the phenomenon of soldiers fleeing, the phenomenon of soldiers fleeing has intensified.
"Brother, you were also forced by the landlord!" In an inconspicuous corner, several soldiers had secretly gathered here, one of them asking the other.
"But no, if it weren't for the old immortal Li Peel who threatened me with my mother's life, otherwise no matter how much military salary was given, Lao Tzu would not have come to be this bird soldier to work hard for these dogs!" The soldier gritted his teeth, Li Papi was a powerful family in their county, and his family was the tenant of the Li family, and he was exploited by the Li family all the year round, so he called the head of the Li family Li Papi.
Everyone has a bitter face, they don't have the same disease, the military salary given to them by the nobles is indeed very generous, but more importantly, those people have mastered the survival of their family, and they have to sell their lives.
"I really want to quit!" One of the soldiers said in a low voice.
"You're looking for death, if you are caught, you will be chopped alive, and you will harm the whole family!" Everyone was shocked, and immediately showed a look of horror.
Suddenly, everyone was silent, the consequences were too serious, they may not be afraid of death, but they are afraid that life is better than death, and they are even more afraid of implicating a family of old people who are not afraid of the military salary given by the powerful men of the scholar clan, but it is not enough for them to sacrifice their lives for this group of people who enslave them.
"Didn't you say that there is a Ying Long army coming, or when we fight with the Ying Long army, we will lie on the ground and pretend to be dead when we find an opportunity, if the Ying Long army wins and we get up and surrender, presumably they should not embarrass us." One soldier suggested.
"But that Ying Long army only has 20,000, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win!" Another soldier sighed.
"What are you worried about, if Ying Longjun can win, it will be the best, even if it can't win, it's a big deal that I can return to the team after the war when no one is paying attention, what are you afraid of, it's okay!" One soldier suggested with a smile.
"Yes, this brother is high!" Everyone nodded in agreement, this is indeed the safest way, not to have to work hard for that group of skins, and not to worry about affecting their families.
King Fu didn't know that most of the troops under his command didn't have much will to fight, and his morale was low, and he was still fantasizing about relying on the absolute number of people to annihilate the sixth army of the Yinglong Army that was killing Jiujiang, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Jiujiang, go down the river, and smash Nanjing City!
"Newspaper"
"Your Majesty, Ying Longjun still has ten miles!"
"It's a good time, spread my will, suspend the attack on Jiujiang City, I will destroy this Ying Long army first!" King Fu looked dumbfounded, he had 300,000 troops in hand, so he didn't put the 20,000 Ying Long army in his eyes.
The "dong dong dong" war drum beats, and the Fu Wang rebel army began to mobilize troops and horses on a large scale, preparing to encircle and annihilate the 20,000 Ying Long army that came to annihilate it.
King Fu is actually not a fool, he can see that the morale of the army under his command is low, and it seems that there is not much will to fight, it is precisely because of this that he wants to annihilate the 20,000 Ying Long army that came, and only by stepping on the prestige of the Ying Long army can he improve his morale.
It is true that the Ying Long army is powerful in the world, but only 20,000 came, and the Fu King is not afraid, you must know that in the Xuzhou War last year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty could cripple the Ying Long army with less than twice the troops, and even almost wiped out, it makes no sense that he Fu Wang is fifteen times more than the Ying Long army and cannot win, which Fu Wang has absolute certainty, only in how much he needs to pay.
"As long as the Ying Long Army is annihilated, it will be worth the cost!" King Fu's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, as if he had already eaten the 20,000 Ying Long army that came to him, he was really full of confidence, but King Fu didn't understand, and the strategists under his command didn't understand, today's Ying Long Army compared to the Ying Long Army before the Battle of Xuzhou More field artillery battalions have long been different from what they used to be, like a tiger with wings, and their combat power has increased greatly, although it is a pair of fifteen, but what the result is, only God knows!
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