To a certain extent, it is correct to secure the outside and the inside, and guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare behind enemy lines are even more correct.

But this correctness is based on certain special conditions, such as a large enough strategic depth.

The territory of the rabbit's family is big and wide enough, and even the territory of the Mao Xiong's family is large enough, even if he takes a step back, the territory of the third brother can make do with it.

England wants to play this tactic, it is basically a dream.

Especially what Cromwell didn't expect was that Daming really arrested all the English people - Daming's eyes are almost red now, and if so many English laborers are not arrested, do you want to use the people of Daming?

Under these circumstances, even if he deliberately ignored the fact that the English army was not popular with the English civilians, Cromwell's plan was doomed to come to naught after losing the mass soil on which he depended.

It's just that to the relief of both Cromwell and Charles I, the pace of the Ming army's advance suddenly slowed down.

From the perspective of Emperor Chongzhen, it is natural that he can't wait to bulldoze the whole of England in one day, but what is more fucked up is that in the Ming army, the psychological state of many guards is not optimistic.

The eunuchs sent to the army by the insider factory were ordered to secretly investigate after Shen Zhenjiang was given to commit suicide, and the results of the investigation were shocking.

The upper and middle levels of the army are better, and they can basically understand why Emperor Chongzhen gave Shen Zhenjiang to death, while the low-level generals and captains, especially the lowest soldiers, generally have sympathy for Shen Zhenjiang.

In other words, if it wasn't Emperor Chongzhen who issued this order, even if it was Zhang Zhiji, the head of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, it was very likely that there would be a lot of mutinies.

Shen Zhenjiang knew that he should die, and the soldiers of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard also agreed with this, but this was the perspective of the person concerned - his own family commander made the battle to disobey, so he naturally deserved to die.

However, in the hearts of other soldiers, they should have been rewarded for their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and serving the emperor, so why should they give death to such a loyal commander?

And the soldiers have not mutinied so far, the most fundamental reason is that Emperor Chongzhen has accumulated prestige over the years, and everyone in the army does not dare to have two hearts.

However, heavy pressure is not a means to solve all problems, if it were, Qin would not die II, Han would not die in Hengling, and Tang would not die in Anshi.

Therefore, this matter must be properly resolved, in addition to publicly explaining the ins and outs of this matter in the military newspaper, the eunuchs who were sent out by the insider factory are also busy like dogs - it is necessary to ensure that everyone in the army does not have problems with their thoughts.

In addition, it is necessary to carry out a normal army change, and it is necessary to draw enough soldiers from the Ming mainland to rebuild the Southern Imperial Forest Guard, and a lot of bad things have slowed down the pace of the Ming attack to a certain extent, so that Zhang Zhiji's prediction that he can pacify England a few months in advance has been broken.

Li Hongji was excited, although he didn't know why he always looked at the guy named Wu Sangui unpleasantly, but this did not affect the two of them to move forward with the army together.

In fact, the two guys, who are not good birds, got together, and in one way they simply smelled like each other - in the face of the situation of the English barbarians hiding in the mountains, the two immoral goods coincidentally chose to set fire to the mountains.

Wu Sangui, who was dressed as a standard commander of the Daming Guard, held up his sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at the small mountain bag where the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and suddenly sighed: "You say, what will happen if we set such a big fire in Daming?" ”

Li Hongji glanced at Wu Sangui and sneered: "If you have the guts, just try, the local government can't control you, but do you think the military law will spare you?" Don't forget, active duty soldiers break the law, but they will be tried by military! ”

Wu Sangui said: "Of course I don't have that guts, and I guess you don't either." That's why the opportunity to set fire to the mountain now seems so rare and refreshing. ”

Li Hongji said: "I'm sorry, I don't have much interest in burning mountains, in that broken place in Xinming Island, there are more mountains burned, and it's not bad for this small mountain bag." It's you, seize the opportunity to enjoy the pleasure of setting fire to the mountain, you won't have a chance to go back. ”

The consequences of the destruction of the environment, the Royal Academy has long come to a conclusion, and it is precisely because of this that it is also very clearly written in the "Da Ming Law and Criminal Law" that it is set on fire to the mountain, and the prison is sitting through - it is the real prison seat, as long as you go in, you don't have to think about coming out.

Li Hongji is better, Xinming Island is far away from the emperor Tiangao, in order to clear the barbarians of Xinming Island, and in order to mine those minerals, Li Hongji did not take his own killers to set fire.

It was Wu Sangui, who had no chance to experience the thrill of setting fire to the mountains in Daming, and now that he came to England to fight, Wu Sangui, who had the thrill of experiencing the excitement of setting fire to the mountains, would naturally not let it go.

As for how many people will be burned to death, or what kind of damage will be caused to England's environment, it is not on the scope of Wu Sangui's consideration.

England is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty now, and it will be the territory of the British government in the future. It's not your own thing......

After holding the reins of the horse and driving the war horse back a few steps, Wu Sangui spoke: "How many batches are these?" If these barbarians really do this, it will be disgusting enough, we can't burn all the mountains of England, right? ”

Li Hongji said: "What's disgusting, no matter how many barbarians there are, there are more of us?" If they change this kind of play to the people of the Ming Dynasty, then everyone will have a headache, but these barbarians are just such a little people, and they dare to play the strategy of dividing the troops and fighting chaotically, I'm afraid that the birthday guy eats arsenic and is tired of living? ”

Wu Sangui nodded, but said with a solemn face: "It's not a problem. The problem is the speed of our advance, and in any case we have to end the whole war in England before winter. ”

Li Hongji said: "What can you do in winter? ”

Wu Sangui said: "The winter was just a little better a few days ago, and last year's winter suddenly cooled down, and none of us know what the situation is here in England."

If we can't clean up the barbarians before winter, it means that we have to fight the barbarians in winter, and when the supplies and soldiers are replenished, it will be much more troublesome than now. ”

Seeing that Li Hongji nodded in approval, Wu Sangui continued: "Therefore, we must speed up the pace of advancement, and no matter what, we must pacify this war before the winter." ”

Li Hongji said reluctantly: "If you blindly speed up, what will happen to these barbarians?" ”

Stretching out his finger and pointing at the Englishman who ran out of the mountains, Li Hongji's eyes lit up a little: "A barbarian is five taels of silver, five taels!" ”

As if in order to increase the persuasiveness in his words, Li Hongji simply opened his palm and gestured: "Five taels of silver, how many big fat chickens can you buy?" How many girls can spread their legs? ”

Wu Sangui glanced at Li Hongji and snorted coldly: "What's the use of silver?" Can you eat or drink? Don't forget, we are in the army, where is there a place for us to spend money? Military merit, only real military merit is the first! ”

Li Hongji suddenly became unhappy.

Li Hongji doesn't care much about military merits, after all, his position is high enough in Xinming Island, and he has little hope of being transferred back to Daming, so military merits are naturally useless.

And the broken place of Xinming Island is not said to be the island does not die, in fact, it can be regarded as desolate, if it is not for the addition of some dingkou in recent years, Xinming Island would be even less populated.

Your Uncle Wu is in Daming, so it is naturally very good, so let you come to Xinming Island to garrison for a few years? If you don't take the silver, you can suffocate you!

Wu Sangui naturally didn't know what kind of bird was on Xinming Island, after all, he had never been to Xinming Island at all, but seeing that Li Hongji was so concerned about catching barbarians, Wu Sangui finally decided to cooperate with Li Hongji.

No one has too much of their own silver.

After pondering for a long time, Wu Sangui spoke: "Why don't you send someone to surrender?" ”

Li Hongji shook his head and said: "Those barbarians in England were originally going to be caught and sold, and if you surrender them and then sell them, it will really hinder your reputation." ”

Wu Sangui said: "Then what do you say?" I can't kill you, and I don't want to surrender you with a fake trick, so you can say, is there any good way to kill two birds with one stone? ”

Li Hongji laughed and said, "There are naturally good ways. It's just that we don't send people to surrender these civilians in England, we recruit their rebels.

Now the barbarians in England don't have officers and soldiers and rebels, as long as we send people to recruit those rebels who can't get along with the English court, and then buy more barbarians from them, won't all the problems be solved? ”

Wu Sangui hesitated: "Can that work?" No matter how stupid these barbarians are, can they still attack people of the same clan? ”

Li Hongji sneered indifferently: "Uncle Wu, what are you doing when you are these barbarian rebels?"

For the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty are the parents and villagers who gave birth to them and raised them, plus His Majesty loves the people like children, so naturally there is no blind soldier to provoke the people, but to protect the people everywhere. But these are the things in front of me,"

Stretching out his horsewhip and pointing at the English soldiers who were fleeing in all directions but were quickly captured by the Ming soldiers, Li Hongji continued: "Good!

Those English rebels can be the enemy of the English court when the two countries are at war, can you still expect them to have the English people in their hearts?

As long as they give enough benefits, as long as they don't sell their parents, wives and children, do you think they will care about selling their neighbors?

Don't be stupid, I saw a lot of barbarians when I was in Xinming Island, and the rude, righteous and shameless barbarians went crazy, and there was nothing they didn't dare to do! ”

Wu Sangui said: "If you say so, wouldn't we just recruit some of the rebels, sell them to them, and then buy the barbarians from them?" ”

Li Hongji said: "That's what it is. Whether it succeeds or not, it doesn't hurt to try first, it's always a big deal, it's just some munitions, it's not a big deal. ”

Hearing Li Hongji mention arms, Wu Sangui, who was already about to favor this plan, suddenly came back to his senses: "If you sell our arms, what will we use?" How much does it cost to transport supplies and arms from Daming to here, do you not know in your heart? ”

Li Hongji said with a sigh: "When I went to sea with His Royal Highness King Tang, I had long been clear about sea transportation, and I certainly knew very well how much it would cost to transport supplies and munitions from Daming to here. ”

Wu Sangui said: "Then you still dare to trade arms with the barbarians?" ”

Li Hongji smiled and said: "Uncle Chief, the arms in our hands can't be sold, and it's no problem to sell the arms in the hands of the barbarians, right?" Anyway, those good things are not of much use in the hands of the English officers and soldiers, so it is better for us to exchange them for barbarians.

As for the English rebels we recruited, we can arrange whatever name we want afterwards, and then sell them to the military government, and then those arms will come back, which is a good thing to kill three birds with one stone? ”

Of course, it kills three birds with one stone, Wu Sangui is not stupid, and of course he can see the hidden benefits in it.

The first benefit is to use the hands of the barbarians to clear the barbarians, which accelerated the pace of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to England from the side, and the second advantage is that these barbarian rebels.

The rebels, who are no different from the bandits, are also physically stronger than ordinary barbarians, and can be sold for a higher price.

In the end, these things will be returned to their own hands, and there will be no less military merit at that time.

This surnamed Li is really not a thing!

After secretly scolding Li Hongji in his heart, Wu Sangui said: "Then do as you say, send someone to contact the rebels in England in front, and then buy the barbarians from them." ”

As for whether it is a bit unkind and unjust to recruit the rebels and then find a reason to sell all the rebels, Wu Sangui and Li Hongji subconsciously ignored it.

Wu Sangui felt that these bad ideas were all made by Li Hongji, this kind of thing of giving birth to a son without a valley has nothing to do with him, he is a good person, and he helped his fellow villagers find the lost farming cattle when he was in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Hongji also thinks that these bad ideas are agreed by Wu Sangui, and he will bear half of the infamy at most, and when he was in Xinming Island, he helped his grandmother pass by, and he would hand over a tael of silver to the good people of the government.

The rebels in England who were hot-headed from watching "Gangster Tales on the Swamp" rejoiced.

What does it mean to do justice for God? What does justice mean in the hearts of the people? What do you mean by the will of the people?

Lo and behold, now it is!

Even the people of the Ming Empire admit that we are doing the right thing and want to support us, what does that mean?

It shows that the current England is rotten and needs to be overthrown by us!

It's just that why did the Ming Empire have to buy prisoners from us?