Chapter 386: Fighting a war is not that simple

Kong Youde's explanation made the ministers present dumbfounded, and even more red-eyed, according to Mao Wenlong's style of play, let alone Mao Wenlong, even any one of them can do it so easily.

The ministers no longer said that Mao Wenlong was fake, but some people felt that Mao Wenlong was too easy to win and too easy to fight, but they felt that they could also go up to replace Mao Wenlong, to ensure that they were more loyal than Mao Wenlong, to kill more enemies than Mao Wenlong, and to kill more enemies and kill more heads than Mao Wenlong.

Yang Gengai smiled helplessly when he heard it, he might have shown them those few maps of the corpse mountain and blood, it is estimated that it can frighten them, this group of guys, if they think they have a bargain, they will pick it up, and if they have interests, they will fight, but they have never considered that they are a civil servant, and they don't know anything about fighting, just after listening to other people's explanations, they feel that they can wave their hands, the spirit of Wang Ba is indiscriminate, the enemy is falling apart, and they can drive the enemy thousands of miles, restore countless lands, and they can achieve fame.

Yang Gengai listened to it for a while and felt bored, so he decided whether to "celebrate with the whole world", lest this group of "laymen" say something unreliable.

Indeed, because the war was still going on and the Dongyu had not retreated, this matter had indeed not yet reached the time of "universal celebration", and finally decided to publicize this matter in the Di newspaper, and publicize the great victory of the Ming Dynasty, so as to stimulate morale and show their strength.

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"The cabinet, the military department, and the household department will stay, and the rest will disperse......" Yang Gai said with some boredom. These ministers, from the beginning to Mao Wenlong in every possible way, to the end heard that it is so easy to fight, many people are eager to be the Mao Wenlong, and they all claim that they want to "go to the front" to serve the country, and Yang Reform is disgusting.

Mao Wenlong's battle, it looks infinite, it looks simple and easy, in fact, there are also many restrictions, it is still not omnipotent, the soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty still did not get rid of the routine of "turtle shell defense", but this turtle shell tactics have taken a big step forward, and in fact, they still can't take the initiative to attack, out of the city, out of the turtle shell, can the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty defeat the East in the field, this matter has nothing to do with Mao Wenlong's current scenery, if you can't attack, Just sit and wait for the enemy to attack, if the enemy can't attack his "turtle shell", it is a victory, so how can the wild boar skin detour into the customs in history be counted? Yang Gengai secretly celebrates that he is not the Chongzhen in history, it is too easy to be fooled, and it is impossible for this group of laymen to fool themselves.

Many of these ministers only saw the superficial scenery and the favorable side, but they did not see the loopholes in it, but they did not see the problems in it, blindly floating on the surface of interests, and refused to understand the deeper meaning represented by this matter.

The people who should leave are gone, and the rest are a few cabinets, the military department, and the household department, which is basically their own imperial party.

"Okay, you all know about Mao Wenlong, but what do you know? Can you see the problem here? Or rather, what advice do you have to mention? Yang said boringly. It's a pain to discuss professional issues with a bunch of unprofessional fools.

The remaining few people, basically all belong to the category of the imperial party, seeing the emperor's impatient questioning, it seems that killing two thousand enemies and killing nearly a thousand heads is not a happy thing at all, they all lowered their heads and began to think carefully about the emperor's words, and they all began to think carefully about what problems there were.

"Shi Shoufu, you say it first......" After waiting for a while, Yang Gengai saw that no one spoke, so he ordered, Shi Fenglai as the first assistant, was named by the emperor, the first assistant is the scenery, and he has the right, but sometimes he has to take responsibility.

Shi Fenglai thought about it for a long time, and he didn't see any problems from this, nor did he see a flower from this matter, his brain turned sharply, and he came up with a rhetoric: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now the eastern captives outside Zhenjiang Fort have not retreated, and they are still besieging Mao Wenlong, so the top priority is to send reinforcements as soon as possible, and be ready to support Mao Wenlong at all times, don't let this victory become a big defeat, as long as this victory is kept, it will be the victory of my Ming Dynasty, and it is especially important for my Ming Dynasty......

Shi Fenglai thought about it and didn't have any ideas, so he picked up what others had just said and used it to fry leftovers.

Yang Gai smiled, his first assistant, in terms of major events, really don't expect him to give him any ideas, if he wants him to say something in-depth, it's really difficult for him, although this is picking up what others have said, but it can be regarded as a place, and it is not off topic.

"Hehe, Shoufu is right, Mao Wenlong, I estimate that the Dongyu has not retreated, I am afraid that he is looking for reinforcements, so he has been surrounding Zhenjiang Fort, which is probably also related to the habits of the Dongfu, do you still remember the Battle of the Hunhe River and the Qi family's army? At that time, the Qi family army was a first-class strong army of our dynasty, with decades of undefeated records, but it gave a considerable blow to the Donglu in the Daling River, but no matter how heavy the casualties were, the Dongjia army has always been exhausted, why? Yang asked rhetorically.

Shi Fenglai raised his eyes and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, why is that?" ”

"Why? Isn't it easy? A force that poses a huge threat to the Eastern Prisoners, if the Eastern Prisoners can't wipe out this force, then, once this force is revived, how can the little strength of the Eastern Prisoners be consumed? Therefore, the Donglu is fighting for huge casualties, but also to wipe out the rest of the Qi family's army, so that the troops that threaten the Dongyu disappear from now on, although it was a huge casualty at the time, however, the Donglu put their morale, but the courage to fight against my Ming Dynasty was pushed to the limit, and what about me? Because of the demise of the most elite troops, it can be said that the morale, will, and courage have died out, and Dongyu's abacus is still playing well...... how many troops like the Qi family army are there? The dead and wounded were all gone, and not even a single seed was left, alas, ......," Yang said with emotion.

After listening to the emperor's explanation, Shi Fenglai also understood a little, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands,...... I understand, what Your Majesty means is that now my Ming Dynasty has reproduced a man and horse like the Qi family army before, this man and horse has a great threat to Donglu, no matter whether Donglu is from the morale, or for my Daming's courage and will to fight, Donglu must completely wear out Mao Wenlong's people and horses before he is willing? In other words, no matter what, Dongyu will send a large number of men and horses to fight Zhenjiang Fort again? Mao Wenlong: The fierce battle there has just begun? Therefore, this is also the reason why even though Dongyu died 2,000 people and suffered heavy losses, he still refused to retreat? Shi Fenglai suddenly understood that Mao Wenlong was not full of scenery, but full of crises and murderous opportunities.

"Well...... Shoufu finally understood, the courtiers all thought that Mao Wenlong was at ease, they all thought that it was easy to fight, they all thought that there was a cheap price to pick up, they all thought that they could replace Mao Wenlong, and they all thought that they could have countless military exploits casually, alas, ......, in fact, the situation is not a person who understands, who knows? Hehehe...... Mao Wenlong is holding the determination to die to defend Zhenjiang Fort, and the ministers of the court, there are actually people who say that they want to replace Mao Wenlong, alas, ......, the ignorant are fearless......" Yang Reform was helpless, and said with a sad smile, some people really do things, they are determined to die, and they are determined to become benevolent if they don't succeed; Some people only see the superficial scenery, only see the superficial achievements, and do not understand the internal causes and origins of things at all, only know the blind struggle for power and profit, only know the blind demolition of the stage, think about the side is Mao Wenlong's desperate bloody battle in Zhenjiang Fort; On the one hand, these ministers of their own dismantled the stage and attacked the difficulties, and Yang Reform's heart became sour.

Even some people in the imperial party, for this deep-seated thing, do not understand much, after listening to the emperor, only to know that the surface of Mao Wenlong, on the surface of the scenery of Mao Wenlong, on the surface of anyone can do things, in fact, hidden murder, the East has not retreated, probably as the emperor said, I am afraid that Mao Wenlong will be put to death, if he does not die, he will not stop, and Mao Wenlong, I am afraid that he has made up his mind to defend Zhenjiang Fort, I am afraid that he also has some expectations for these things, and after listening to the emperor's words, he is also shocked.

Everyone listened to the emperor's explanation, and their eyes became frightened, combined with the example proposed by the emperor, think about the bloody battle of the Qi family army in the Daling River, but it was exhausted by the Eastern Captives with huge casualties, in order to eliminate the army of the Ming Dynasty that threatened them.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, then the plan for today is to quickly reinforce Marshal Mao" Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was scared into a cold sweat by the emperor's words, in fact, he himself also had a little meaning just now, ready to use his imperial identity to ask the emperor for a favor, and also prepared to go to the gate to gild, who called the war so simple? When the emperor said this, he understood the strangeness of this, and only then did he understand the danger in it, and he was scared into a cold sweat, fortunately he didn't go, fortunately he didn't open his mouth, if he opened his mouth, in the eyes of the emperor, I am afraid that he is a "fearless" who fights for power and profit, and secretly dismantles the stage, it doesn't matter if he is looked down upon by the emperor, he is afraid that he will even have to take his life to Zhenjiang Fort, so he hurriedly spoke out to cover his inner panic. ,

"Hehe, that's for sure, I guess I guess, the head of the Dongyu has also received the news, and I guess that it won't be long before I go to Zhenjiang Fort...... By the way, Cao Huachun, is there any news from Lin Dan Khan now? Tartar head Huang Taiji is in trouble with him...... "Yang Reform's heart is still a little sour."

Cao Huachun is the intelligence head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and the intelligence outside the northern pass is under his control, although he is also on the platform, but he is a stake, and the emperor will not open his mouth if he doesn't ask. Seeing that the emperor asked himself, he said: "Back to Your Majesty, the latest news received by the slave maid is still just a few fights between Lin Dan Khan and Huang Taiji, Lin Dan Khan lost, and the east was restrained by our dynasty, and he did not dare to go westward with all his might, and I sent the news to Lin Dan Khan in advance, and Lin Dan Khan was prepared, so, so far, I have not suffered a big loss, but it is ...... to be at a disadvantage" Cao Huachun simply introduced the latest situation.

"Oh, I'm afraid that news will come in the next two days, there will definitely be a big battle, Huang Taiji is going to Zhenjiang Fort no matter what, in order to fulfill the promise to those Mongolian right-wingers, in order to hurt Lin Dan Khan, so that Lin Dan Khan does not dare to chase after him, he will always have to fight......" Yang Reform thought about it for a while, and came to a conclusion.

"Then Your Majesty, do you want to remind Lin Dan Khan?" Cao Huachun asked again.

"Remind now, I'm afraid it's too late,...... No, let's send someone to Liu Jishan to say, no matter what, the favor is ......, maybe it can catch up, but I can't say, by the way, I also told Liu Jishan that if Lin Dan Khan's loss this time is large, you can give Lin Dan Khan more material supplements, if Lin Dan Khan can counterattack the Dongyu, no, or go east to harass the Dongyu, our dynasty can also provide more materials, even weapons and ammunition......" Yang Reform thought about it a little, and made a decision, from a historical point of view, Lin Dan Khan is a cup of tools, support Lin Dan Khan to deal with Huang Taiji, Anyway, there are still some effects, but it is difficult to say how much effect there is, Yang Reform did not pin his hopes on Lin Dan Khan, it is a multi-party bet, if you win, you win, and it doesn't matter if you lose.

"Slaves obey orders...... "Promised Wang Chengen, Liu Jishan was sent by the emperor to be responsible for external liaison, although the official is not high, but the power is quite heavy, before, the contact with foreign states are the governors of the border areas, the governors, the right of military and political officials, but now, they all belong to Liu Jishan, a seven-grade petty official.

"As for Mao Wenlong's reinforcements, do you have any good suggestions?" Yang asked again.

Sun Chengzong thought for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Mao Wenlong scattered more than 10,000 elite soldiers on a battle line of thousands of miles, and he contained it in Zhenjiang Fort, although this has a miraculous effect, but Zhenjiang Fort is too small after all, and it can't accommodate too many soldiers...... If you invite the Dongyu army to attack, it will definitely not be able to defend, and the reinforcements are certain, otherwise, you will have to let Mao Wenlong withdraw from Zhenjiang Fort...... However, in this situation, I am afraid that Your Majesty does not want Mao Wenlong to withdraw from Zhenjiang Fort" Sun Chengzong saw the emperor asking, and no one agreed for a long time, so, came out and replied.

"Master Sun is right, I am indeed a little unwilling to withdraw from Zhenjiang Fort at this time, I want to withdraw, I have already withdrawn, and now I have won a game, the situation is favorable to our dynasty, no matter what, we have to fight, Donglu wants to grind Mao Wenlong off, why don't I want to drag Donglu to death?" Yang Gai said.

"Since His Majesty doesn't want Mao Wenlong to withdraw, and wants to drag the East Captives in this way, then, there is only one way left, and the reinforcements are divided into additional troops and increased materials, additional troops, and can be divided into nearby additional troops and sending new troops, although Mao Wenlong has scattered the elite, but there are still a lot of defenders at home, although they are not as elite as the soldiers, but relying on the defense of the city, I want to have the power of a battle, and increase troops from other places, and now it is suitable for His Majesty's new army, the new army is familiar with that set of combat methods, and can cooperate with Mao Wenlong better,...... If it is nearby, it can be reinforced as soon as possible, and if it is a new army, it will take a lot of time ......; In addition, the increase is guns, grenades, grain and grass, clothing, medicine, etc., these, once the war is stalemate, the consumption must be massive, Your Majesty, it is advisable to prepare in advance, it is best to transport it to Phi Dao in advance, and then transfer from Phi Island to Zhenjiang Fort, so that Mao Wenlong will not run out of food and ...... in Zhenjiang Fort, if the war can be dragged to the heavy snow and cover the mountain, then the Dongyu can be said to be defeated...... can reverse the situation of our dynasty and the Dongyu in one fell swoop, from the current forced defense to the ......point of attacking and retreating, Then the morale of the Dongyu will definitely ......plummet, and if the Dongyu is swept away, it can be expected......" Sun Chengzong said the matter clearly and clearly in one breath. ,

Yang Reform also listened to a real thing, this is roughly the same as his own thoughts, Mao Wenlong's battle to defend Zhenjiang Fort, it can be said that it is related to the strategic situation of the Ming Dynasty and the wild boar skin, once the wild boar skin can not grind off Mao Wenlong, then, the Ming Dynasty soldiers who continue to gain morale and experience from the war will quickly grow up, and when facing the wild boar skin in the future, there will be less fear, more courage, it will be a huge advantage, don't underestimate these morale and courage, many times, This little bit of stuff can have a bearing on the success or failure of a matter and on the direction of a war. And can not grind off Mao Wenlong, the wild boar skin must also be heavy casualties, casualties and morale must fall into the deep valley, the future war against the Ming Dynasty, it is very likely that there is a shadow in the heart, before the battle is cowardly, he disappeared this long, the impression of the war, can be described as far-reaching.

"What Master Sun said is exactly what I mean, I mean to increase troops to Zhenjiang Fort, not only to increase troops, but also to increase materials......" Yang Gai said here, and stopped again.

"Cao Huachun, how is the situation of the artillery over there? How much can be determined now? When Yang Reform talked about the gift of increasing troops, he thought of a practical problem, that is, the reason why Mao Wenlong defended Zhenjiang Fort was mainly based on grenades, but the grenades have a huge shortcoming, the attack distance is too close, if the enemy has long-range attack means, such as artillery and the like, it is more dangerous, and the grenade combat is specially designed for wild boar skins without large siege weapons.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are indeed some artillery pieces on the side of the Dongyu, not that the Dongyu themselves will cast, but captured from my Ming Dynasty over the years, the Dongyu itself only shoots horses, and does not like to use artillery, these cannons, there are Shenwei General Cannons cast in the early years of my dynasty, and there are some Franc machines, tiger squat cannons, but there are not many of them, and they have not been used for many years, and now it is a question whether they can be played, and furthermore, the people who can operate the artillery on the Dongyu side are mostly Han soldiers, and the status of the Han army in the Dongyu side is low, so the gunners on the Dongyu side are estimated to be not much, I'm afraid the level of the cannon is not very good, in addition, gunpowder is also a problem, Dongyu himself can't make gunpowder, and he has to rely on the craftsmen of the Han army over there......" Cao Huachun said all the way, telling all the information in his hand.

"Well, in this way, on the side of Dongyu, all the artillery that can be counted or known, whether it can be fired or not, is counted as a normal artillery, and as for the gunner, it is also counted as the cannon that Donglu will operate, and the artillery situation of Dongyu will be calculated to the maximum extent, I have to ...... just in case" Yang Reform thought about it, and said that the weakness of the grenade is that he is afraid of encountering the cannon, so Yang Reform must first figure out the situation of the wild boar's skin artillery and arrange it.