Chapter 466: Choice

All in all, this time Xiao Mu didn't want to be an "enlightened monarch", nor did he want to "be good as a stream", going to the front line and standing on the city to personally supervise the battle was already something he had already decided, even if he knelt in front of him at the moment full of ministers who were over the age of sixties, but Xiao Mu's determination was not shaken in the slightest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Because Xiao Mu knew very well that with his own ability and level, he could not play any positive and positive role in this war from the perspective of tactics and strategy, nor could he provide any help, and he could not think of any way to break the enemy - after all, the only "genius plan" he had come up with before had basically been declared bankrupt, and Huang Taiji's Houjin army had not camped in the place where he had buried gunpowder, and there was no indication that Houjin's army would camp in the place where gunpowder had been buried in the future.

Therefore, although Xiao Mu is the nominal supreme commander of the Ming side in this war, he does not have any ability and method that can really have a positive impact on the war, so he can only stay in the palace passively, waiting for the final result of the war ahead, and then accept it with peace of mind, in fact, Xiao Mu did this two days ago, but in the end, the results he waited for were all disappointing, and he was fed up with this form of not being able to decide his own fate in person.

And if he wants to personally participate in this battle that can determine the fate of himself, Lin Yi and the entire Ming Dynasty, and at the same time avoid becoming the kind of pig teammate who "makes frequent tricks", Xiao Mu naturally has no way to interfere too much with the ministers and generals below in terms of tactics and tactics, so after thinking about it, Xiao Mu found that the only thing that can make him play a positive role in this war is only one - that is, his supreme identity and status.

Xiao Mu decided not to waste his only capital that could help by reading the war, and to make full use of this advantage - in this way, even if he did not play the desired effect in the end, he would not have any regrets.

After all, in the two days since the start of the war, the Ming side has suffered a lot of losses, and the daily losses are astronomical, and at present, the morale of the soldiers on the Ming side is low, and the Jin army has become more and more arrogant on the contrary, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides in the battle are clear at a glance, and the Ming army fighting with extremely low morale will undoubtedly suffer greater losses - and Xiao Mu obviously does not want to watch the soldiers of the Ming side die in vain, Unable to remain indifferent knowing that the Ming Dynasty would suffer losses beyond the normal level, for Xiao Mu, he only needed to go to the battlefield - even the most marginal area within the battlefield range, under the layers of protection, let the Ming soldiers who were fighting know their existence, which could greatly stimulate their morale and avoid many fearless casualties and losses caused by low morale.

And Xiao Mu himself because he only appeared on the extreme edge of the battlefield, and at the same time has strict protection, the possibility of danger is almost minimal, this kind of "relatively safe" "adventure" can be exchanged for the lives of many Ming soldiers, in exchange for the initiative on the battlefield, Xiao Mu feels that this is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal - what he pays is only less than the probability of danger, but he can really save the lives of I don't know how many soldiers, and every soldier who fights on the battlefield is the precious wealth of the Ming Dynasty, After all, this kind of elite soldier who has been fighting for many years is not something that can be cultivated casually.

But it is obvious that Xiao Mu's values are very different and different from the indigenous inhabitants of the Ming Dynasty, although he has traveled to the Ming Dynasty and became the emperor for a period of time, but Xiao Mu does not feel that his life is much more valuable than other people's gold from his heart, especially when his own safety is almost impossible to threaten to save the lives of many soldiers, which is obviously worth trying for Xiao Mu.

But for the original inhabitants of the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the large group of ministers who are kneeling in front of Xiao Mu at the moment, their concepts are almost completely opposite to Xiao Mu.

That is, the emperor is a symbol of the Ming Dynasty, and the entire country and society are tied to the emperor's body, and the lives of all the ministers, generals, soldiers, and people of the Ming Dynasty are not as important as the emperor's life -- although these ministers are all readers who have read the articles of the sages, the principle of "the people are precious, and the monarch is light" is more like an abstract slogan and concept for them, and cannot become the criterion and basis for their daily work.

Of course, Xiao Mu did not make this decision out of the noble idea of "the people are noble and the monarch is light", because even from the perspective of interests, gains and losses, gains and losses, such a naked and despicable "vulgar" perspective, it is definitely not a loss-making business to exchange his own little bit of danger coefficient for the morale of the whole army of the Ming Dynasty, the price Xiao Mu paid is only a little bit of dangerous possibility, but the harvest is the improvement of the army's combat effectiveness and the reduction of casualties. It also means that the expenses of the Ming treasury can be reduced, and it also means that Xiao Mu's throne can be more stable than now.

So all in all, even if all the ministers did not agree with this matter and tried their best to persuade the emperor, the emperor, who had always been "wise" in their hearts, did not listen to their advice this time, but very stubbornly chose a risky path, exposing himself, that is, the hope, sustenance and symbol of the entire Ming Dynasty to the range of the Jurchen bow and arrow.

Lin Ye can also understand the original intention and purpose of Xiao Mu's choice, but he is also not unreservedly and fully supported by his decision itself, after all, even if the possibility of Xiao Mu encountering danger is very low, but after all, it is not zero, and once Xiao Mu really encounters danger, then it will be a disastrous consequence for Xiao Mu himself, for Lin Ye himself, for the capital, and for the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, Lin Ye also knew very well that he had no way to make Xiao Mu change his mind on this issue, because Xiao Mu had said that if he and his roles and positions were reversed, he would make the same choice, and Lin Ye also brought himself into Xiao Mu's position in the past two days and thought about it, and found that this was indeed the case, that is, if Emperor Chongzhen crossed the Dao instead of Xiao Mu, he would also come to the battlefield in person- Since he would make the same choice, then he would have no reason to stop Xiao Mu's decision.