Chapter 600: Unrepentant Old Man Is Still Present (Part II)
This oppressive style of play is actually very simple, the Ming first concentrated superior forces in the weak place of the Mongolian army to launch a surprise attack, tearing the defense line, and then all the armies of all roads turned from defense to attack, swallowing the main force of the Mongolian army that was caught off guard, and then taking advantage of the fact that the Mongolian rear army had no time to mobilize and was relatively scattered, directly rushed all the way and broke each one, so as to push the front forward as much as possible before the Mongolian army regrouped. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This was the case with the previous Mongolian southern expedition, the Ming army dragged the main Mongolian force in Sichuan and Shu, and then counterattacked on the two Huai, Jingxiang and other defense lines, when the Ming army broke into Heluo, even if the Mongolian army occupied an overwhelming advantage in Sichuan and Shu, it had to withdraw troops, not to mention that the battle situation in Sichuan and Shu was already deadlocked, and it was not known who killed the deer.
And this oppressive style of play actually requires very simple, as long as there is a strong enough army and money and food that can support the battle, it can be completely crazy and directly pushed directly under the enemy's capital!
Haidu knows very well that this kind of oppressive style of play, which is suffocating once launched, is actually not the beginning of Ye Yingwu's creation, and it really traces back to the source, the creator of this tactic should be the Western Jin Dynasty when the Wu State "broke through" the general Du Pre, and it was Genghis Khan Temujin, the founder of the Mongol Empire, who really carried it forward.
At the beginning of the Mongol expedition to the west, to deal with those vulnerable enemies, this method of fighting was adopted, and the enemies of the various city-states could not find the north at all, and the Mongol cavalry drank the Madanube with their heads held high.
It's just that feng shui takes turns, and the victim of this style of play will soon be Kublai Khan's turn, and Haidu knows that I'm afraid it's his turn now.
This is also a good proof of the financial and material strength of the Southern Barbarians, after all, the army they need to supply is definitely not a light cavalry, but a large army with a complete infantry and even firearms army system, which is much more difficult to serve than the Mongolian cavalry at that time.
But the Nanban still did it.
Since there is Ye Yingwu and Da Ming, the anger that this country and this nation have endured and repressed for three hundred years seems to be breaking out in one day, and the war potential they can launch has also been exerted to the extreme, the whole dynasty is like a huge giant, before it was sleeping, so it was slaughtered, and now it has completely awakened because of pain and shame, and anyone who has ever done it will pay the price of blood!
When a simple and honest people shows their blood, the whole world will tremble and submit to it.
Such an enemy gives people a deep sense of powerlessness.
Haidu climbed back on the horse in silence, it was not safe here, even Khotan was not safe, but he could not let himself fall into the hands of the Southern Barbarians, not to mention that it would be a great shame for himself, and the entire Γgedai Khanate might collapse with it.
If this continues, Mongolia will be wiped out!
Looking up at the sky, Haidu did not regret the decision he made, but he felt that he was still a step too late after all, if he could stop Kublai Khan's plan to go south earlier, I am afraid that the whole of Mongolia would not be so embarrassed now, and the giant in the south would not wake up so early.
But now it was useless to say anything, and Haidu could only silently pray that the heavens and Genghis Khan's spirits in heaven would be blessed.
"Haidu is leaving again?" Wang Jin put down the clairvoyance in his hand and squinted slightly, "Our people have already found Hotan City, just three miles west of here, Haidu estimates that there will be no rest after this." β
Standing beside Wang Jin like a javelin, it was the old general Gundam, but at this time, the old general's face did not have the slightest tired look, and there was a strong battle intent in his eyes, and he immediately sneered:
"We really have to thank Haidu for bringing us all the way here, otherwise I don't know if we will get lost if we go on according to the map. I wonder if the virtuous brother is interested in going with the old man to thank him in person? β
The two have been fighting side by side for a long time, and they have been commensurate with brothers, Wang Jin said with a smile at the moment: "The old brother has a life, and a certain An dares not to obey, but the old brother is already old, and it is better to sit in the back, look at so-and-so, and then give the sea to the old brother!" β
"The old man has been fighting all his life, and I am afraid that this is the last battle, do you still want to stop the old man?" Gundam's voice raised slightly, and he slammed his horse and rushed out first. The cavalry of the Tianxiong Army behind him all roared angrily and followed, rolling up countless smoke and dust.
Wang Jin immediately laughed and chased after him.
The cavalry of the Ming army, which had been waiting behind this hillside for a long time, poured forward from the hillside like a tide!
The old general did not wear a helmet, his white hair fluttered in the wind, countless cavalry rushed forward beside him, and red banners stretched out in the wind.
Hearing the sound behind him, Haidu almost subconsciously turned back, and his originally tired face was only left with a shocked look at this moment. The cavalry of the Ming army rushing down from the hillside was like a frenzy swept in, and the whole earth, the entire Gobi Desert, and even the blue sky shook violently in the galloping sound of the cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalrymen guarding Haidu's side looked at it and wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in their throats and could no longer speak, and their hands couldn't help shaking.
"It's falling! It's a crash! Haidu muttered.
In the next moment, countless cavalry completely submerged their few figures.
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Standing outside the Fuxin Palace, Ye Yingwu flicked the dust on his sleeve.
Zhao Yunshu looked at Ye Yingwu a little strangely, and couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of her lips, in her impression, her husband had never paid so much attention to his appearance, and he kept making small movements along the way. It wasn't so much that Ye Yingwu was sorting out his appearance, but that he was a little nervous in his heart.
Looking up at the Blessing Heart Palace, which was actually not big, and then thinking about the old man who lived in the Blessing Heart Palace, Zhao Yunshu couldn't help sighing, his husband was not afraid of the sky, and finally he was still afraid. Thinking about this old man's previous identity, Zhao Yunshu, who is a former Song princess, inevitably has mixed feelings.
Ye Mengding is a real former Song Dynasty minister, famous, especially he is upright, as long as the emperor does something wrong, he does not hesitate to point it out, and even often works against Jia Nidao alone, but Jia Nidao's mother knows that Ye Mengding is a virtuous minister, so every time Jia Nidao wants to depose Ye Mengding, the first person to stand up against it is Mrs. Jia, which always makes Jia Nidao helpless.
And one of the most famous things that Ye Mengding did was to oppose Xie Daoqing to listen to the government after Zhao Yu ascended the throne, thus directly smashing Jia Rudao's plan to take the opportunity to divide the imperial power and actually improve his power, so that the adult Zhao Yu could smoothly take charge of the government.
It's just a pity that Zhao Yu didn't have much interest in court politics, and threw everything to Jia Yidao, who was in the harem every day, and abandoned the complete power that Ye Mengding had tried his best to win for the royal family.
Zhao Yunshu knew very well that the Zhao family was sorry for Ye Mengding's efforts. And it is precisely because his father directly threw the national politics to Jia Nidao and indulged in flowers and wine, so the Southern Song Dynasty will gradually decline, and Ye Yingwu also took advantage of this opportunity to open up his own world with dazzling victories and iron-blooded wrists, and when Jia Nidao and Zhao Yu came back to their senses, Ye Yingwu had no way to contain it.
Looking at the man standing beside him slightly, Zhao Yunshu didn't know what to say for a while, this pair of father and son was really amazing. One almost used his own strength to support the Great Song Dynasty, and the other simply overthrew the Great Song Dynasty directly through the hands of the Mongols and founded a new dynasty by himself.
"What are you looking at?" Ye Yingwu said as he walked up the steps.
"NoΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· No. Only then did Zhao Yunshu realize that he was distracted, and hurriedly followed Ye Yingwu.
Ye Yingwu paused, with guilt in his tone: "Isn't it still a little uncomfortable?" β
I endured it for so long last night, but I still didn't hold back this morning, and I tossed Zhao Yunshu enough, although it has been half an hour now, Zhao Yunshu's face still looks a little pale, and obviously he hasn't recovered his vitality yet.
"It's fine." Zhao Yunshu waved his hand again and again, but Ye Yingwu still stopped and waited for her to step forward, and then reached out and grabbed Zhao Yunshu's hand.
Soft as jade.
Zhao Yunshu hesitated for a moment, but still let Ye Yingwu hold it, and said curiously while following him up the steps: "To be honest, the concubine hasn't seen the Emperor Taishang yet." β
Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment, since he destroyed the Great Song Dynasty with the help of Zhang Hongfan's hand, Ye Mengding was so angry that he didn't even come in Ye Yingwu's mansion or even the later Daming Palace, so naturally he and Zhao Yunshu had never met. Zhao Yunshu also knew very well that his identity was sensitive, and without Ye Yingwu or the rest of the people accompanying him, he had no reason to meet with these important ministers of the former dynasty.
"Daddy, after all, he's a stubborn old man." Ye Yingwu couldn't help laughing, if these old ministers of the former dynasty have one thing in common, it is admirable stubbornness, and Ye Mengding's stubbornness is one of the victories, and even he once resigned directly from the post of secretary of the military department because of Ding Daquan's government, and also resigned from the post of governor because of Jia Rudao's government.
As long as he disagrees with people who disagree with his political views, Ye Mengding will not cooperate with them.
Zhao Yunshu was silent for a while, everyone said that the Southern Song Dynasty perished because of the weak national strength, but Zhao Yunshu is now more and more clear that the weak national strength is actually just a pretext, on the basis of the same national strength, Ye Yingwu recovered the mountains and rivers that were lost in three hundred years, which is no longer the reason for the national strength, but the reason for the people. It is difficult for loyal people like Ye Mengding and Jiang Wanli to display their ambitions, and traitors like Ding Daquan and Jia Yidao take turns to come to power, this Great Song Dynasty, there is no reason not to perish!
"See Your Majesty, Concubine Niangniang!" The maidservant at the door of the palace saw the two coming up and hurriedly bowed down. And Ye Jie, who Ye Yingwu was very familiar with, walked over slowly, and when he saw Ye Yingwu, the old servant who had dedicated his life's work to the Ye family had trembling hands and slowly stretched out, but he immediately realized something, and he wanted to salute Ye Yingwu.
"Uncle Jie, don't do it!" Ye Yingwu hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man, Ye Jie is not only a servant to the Ye family, but also an indispensable part of the Ye family, a relative of the Ye family, for Ye Yingji and Ye Yingwu brothers, they are even equivalent to "father-in-law", for such an elder, Ye Yingwu has no reason to let him salute, "In front of you, a certain will always be the child who runs around you." β
"Wu'erΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Grown up again! Ye Jie's voice trembled.
And Ye Yingwu smiled, and didn't say much, every time he came back, Ye Jie had to say such a sentence, in fact, Ye Yingwu knew that he hadn't grown up, just the old man's ardent expectations. While he was lamenting and relieved that Ye Yingwu had grown up, he was also sighing that his years had dissipated.
Zhao Yunshu, who had been silent beside him, suddenly found that in front of Ye Jie, the faintly circling emperor and kingly aura on Ye Yingwu's body was no longer noticeable, even if Ye Jie was lying down, Ye Yingwu was like a child following an adult.
"Let's go in first, the old man just woke up, and he didn't know you were coming." Ye Jie didn't care about Zhao Yunshu beside Ye Yingwu, and turned sideways to get out of the way. He is now old, and even if he is on crutches, he can't walk too far, Ye Mengding and the Chen family no longer let him perform the task of housekeepers, after all, it is indeed a little powerless for Ye Jie.
But as long as he has free time, Ye Jie will still take the initiative to help the harem female officials clean up and deal with many affairs in the harem, it can be said that with the help of this old man who is not father and son with Ye Yingwu, but is better than father and son, the Ming harem can be so orderly.
Not long after Ye Jie left with the support of the maidservant, there was a cough in front of him, Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment, knowing that he didn't have to move forward.
Although Ye Mengding is also over the age of old, he looks better than Ye Jie's physical condition, after all, the old man was still alive and well a few years ago, and although he has experienced a lot in just a few years, he has not aged too fast.
"Who?" Ye Mengding squinted, as he got older, his eyes were a little bad.
Ye Yingwu hurriedly dragged Zhao Yunshu and bowed: "The child Yuanlie and his daughter-in-law Concubine Shu have seen Daddy. β
"Daughter-in-law Zhao asks her father for peace." Zhao Yunshu said softly.
When he heard clearly who was coming, Ye Mengding opened his mouth slightly, the crutch in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", staggered forward, and the whole person was about to kneel on the ground: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you can't do it, you can't do it, the old minister is a sinner, and you can't afford to be Your Highness!" β
Ye Yingwufei also stepped forward to support Ye Mengding: "Daddy, get up quickly." β
"You rebel!" Ye Mengding sighed.
I don't know when, this strong old man, his cloudy eyes were full of tears.
Princess Xin'an Zhao Yunshu, the bloodline of the Zhao family, this is what he has guarded all his life, and even now he is still doing his best to protect it.
"Your Highness, the old minister is incompetent, the old minister is ashamed of the first emperor, and the old minister deserves to die!" Ye Mengding muttered, if it weren't for Ye Yingwu holding him to death, I'm afraid the old man would have fallen to his knees.
Zhao Yunshu's heart ached like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, the crying old man in front of him, after being suppressed by Ding Daquan and Jia Yidao in every way, and after his ambitions dissipated with the wind, he was still loyal to the dynasty and the royal family who threw away his ambitions and buried his blood.
It's just a pity, it's just a pity, such a loyal minister can only cry here!
For the first time, Zhao Yunshu felt that the father in his heart was a complete sinner. It was not Ye Mengding who was guilty, not these stubborn old men, but the emperor who abandoned them! Zhao Yu is sorry for her, Wei'er, the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother are just trivial matters, what he is really sorry for is these brave and loyal ministers.
"Daddy, daughter-in-law can't be like this!" Zhao Yunshu knelt down straight in front of Ye Mengding, "Not to mention the previous things, everything that should have passed has passed, and what my daughter-in-law wants is just to live a peaceful life." Now it's Da Ming, not Da Song, and the daughter-in-law is now the wife of the Ye family, if the father kneels down to his daughter-in-law, how can the daughter-in-law be ashamed? If the father can't get up, the daughter-in-law can only kneel here! β
One word after another fell to the ground, knocking on Zhao Yunshu's heart and Ye Mengding's heart. And Ye Yingwu looked expressionless, but he was also relieved in his heart, this girl is not stupid in the end, otherwise it would backfire today.
Ye Mengding trembled slightly, slowly closed his eyes, and burst into tears.
And Ye Yingwu saw that he was no longer struggling, and hurriedly helped Ye Mengding to sit down on the chair. Ye Mengding's breathing calmed down after a long time, opened his eyes and said, "Yuan Lie brought His Royal Highness here this time, just to make it clear to the old man." β
Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment and nodded solemnly, while Zhao Yunshu also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, stood up carefully, and his eyes kept drifting on Ye Yingwu.
This guy has to fight poison with poison, if he hadn't reacted quickly just now, I'm afraid this game will be ruined.
Ye Mengding smiled bitterly, and just nodded at Ye Yingwu.
Everyone is his own, and looking at Zhao Yunshu's appearance beside Ye Yingwu, Ye Mengding also knows that he has nothing to say.
Obviously, Ye Yingwu dragged Zhao Yunshu over today to give himself an accurate attitude.