Chapter 117: Returning to Beijing Again

The reason why Lu Bing fought in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was to attack the north and south separately and to cooperate with the north and the south. The previous sporadic battles had suffocated this group of young warriors, including the equally young general Tang Kekuan.

Looking at the continuous wars on the southern front, constantly creating victories and establishing meritorious deeds, the young men on the northern front have long been impatient. So they put all their foot into fortifications. The fortified fortress built is almost trained into a city wall, and the project has been repaired and reinforced, and then repaired after reinforcement, which can be called indestructible.

Yu Dayou on the southern front personally took command, led the troops to pursue to the north, and forced the Japanese to the range of Tang Kekuan's power step by step. As a result, the entire Japanese army was annihilated, and some large teams of more than 1,000 people resisted stubbornly, retreated into the mountains, and held on to the fortress to take advantage of the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain to carry out the most difficult struggle. Tang Kekuan was not busy attacking, blocking the mountain road at the bottom of the mountain and surrounding the Japanese on the mountain. The Japanese were virtuous, and few surrendered, either dying in battle, starving to death in the mountains, or dying of plague or wind cold because they drank too much mountain spring water, and their food was irregular.

By August of the 10th year of Jiajing, the coastal pirates were eliminated, and the Daming Naval Division was stationed on overseas islands for island chain defense. The coastal part was also defended by regimental militia, and it was difficult for the Japanese to invade under the unity of the city. Even without these, the Japanese would not have come, and since Jiajing's accession to the throne, Lu Bing has launched two large-scale battles against the Japanese and won both of them. The Ming army played a majestic and prestigious role. The enemy was terrified.

To be honest, in fact, the entry of the Japanese into China has something to do with Lu Bing, and it can also be said that Lu Bing prompted the beginning of this war.

That year, Lu Bing landed on the Japanese mainland. Drove the Ghost Tiger's men captured in the naval battle to the island, and on the grounds of chasing the wandering enemy, claiming that the enemy had stolen the Ming military uniforms and wanted to protect the reputation of the Ming Dynasty, he carried out both sea and land strikes, and attracted small attacks to the big force, causing chaos in the Japanese political situation. Then a series of measures looted Japan's wealth. Japan was already barren, and it was completely messed up for many years by Lu Bing. So far, there has not been a unified government.

Lu Bing's approach provided Zhu Houxi with a lot of capital to toss, so the large-scale selection of girls and alchemy continued to be carried out, and the funds were continued. It wasn't until four or five years later that there was a massive emptiness. That's when the Shen family and the Lu family started to think about it. In the same way, Japan has also undergone great changes, and the people have become even more miserable, and the so-called prosperity of the people suffers, and the people suffer the most.

When the people have no way to live, the first thing that comes to mind is nothing else. It's about living, it's as simple as that. In addition to the daimyo and generals who have heavy troops in the country. It's the common people who are as poor as themselves, and even the samurai who are slightly better, even if there is civil strife, there is nothing to rob of. In fact, the Japanese samurai have also suffered unspeakably over the years, and the days are not as good as day by day, and the original scenery has become a life that has not eaten the next meal now.

The daimyo and shoguns of Japan were very clever, and they knew that if they did not vent, the spears of the people would be pointed at them, and they themselves would be the target of plunder. Therefore, they launched a foreign war and preached the theory of hatred of the Ming Dynasty, thus successfully turning the contradiction between the enemy and us to the Ming Dynasty.

In the face of the rich Ming Dynasty, let alone a bad person, even a good person has to think about it, so a large number of Japanese people came to the Ming Dynasty in droves to plunder and became a Japanese coward. Before Jiajing, most of the Japanese were Han people who borrowed the name of the Japanese to rob, and in the early days of Jiajing, the rebels of the islands near the Ryukyus joined, and at the beginning of the ninth year of Jiajing, the Japanese became the real Japanese and the Japanese became the main force.

Lu Bing caused this disaster, whether it was intentional or not, but his actions did cause such a fact, and fortunately a disaster was extinguished by him. Of course, this is only a temporary extinguishment, and the Japanese of wolf ambition will soon be resurrected again, just a few years later, but this is a story for another time.

According to Lu Bing's idea, troops should be sent to Japan to completely eradicate his wolf ambitions. But Emperor Ming Zuxun said that he was not allowed to ask for it, so Lu Bing was not good at openly disobeying, even if Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi issued a holy decree, it had to be rejected, after all, this was established by Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty's four-sided territorial war was basically over, and Guangxi Gutian and the countries of the Western Regions were all in a melee. The Guangxi wolf soldiers and the Gutian rebels won and lost each other, and both sides were fierce and rushing routines. The Gutian rebels are more resourceful, but the equipment is poor, and Wei Yinbao and Wang Zhenhu have formed two completely different regimes, face to face, rarely cooperate with each other, and the strength is seriously scattered, Wei Chaofeng is even more insidious, it seems that supporting Wei Yinbao is actually sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and it seems that he wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

On the side of the Ming army, the wolf soldiers under the nominal jurisdiction also fought bravely, and the routine was to rush and kill and kill, and there was no technical content. However, the victory was that the armament provided by the Ming Dynasty was good, the grain and grass were also complete, and the soldiers were strong for a while, and they were on par with the Gutian rebels. But these have become the internal struggle of the Guangxi nation, and the Ming Dynasty no longer needs to consume strength, but only needs to be stationed on the border to defend. This is the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, waiting for the two tigers to compete and get injured.

In the northwest, the Turpan Khanate was divided between Lu Bing and the Yarkand Khanate, and the remaining regimes tightened the war situation and fought to the death. Contrary to Lu Bing's expectations, Yaerqiang was not destroyed, but became more and more courageous the more he fought, which is enough to be called Lu Bing's valued partner. Turpan was divided into three parts, and Yili was controlled by Lu Bing, and the Uzbek Khanate saw that the opportunity was not good and withdrew. Although the scuffle continues, it is still nearing the end.

When Lu Bing wanted to strengthen the results of the battle, there was a holy decree to announce Lu Bing's return to Beijing and let him assist in the brocade and clothing.

Lu Bing hurried back to the capital again, and on the way he got a detailed report from his spies, and it turned out that Zhang Xuan and Xia Yan pinched again. For Xia Yan and Lu Bing, this disgust even surpasses Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan is a villain, and Xia Yan is a Geng egg. As soon as they stare at the villain, they will die down, but Geng Dan will not, with their upright character, they hold the determination not to hit the south wall and not look back, and go all the way to the black. This kind of character is called rather bending than sticking to morality in non-war situations. But in wartime it became ignorant.

This temperament caused them to sometimes do something at an inopportune time, which made Lu Bing secretly annoyed. The battle was left to the others, but the troublesome Mi Thirteen never appeared again. It's as if they're going around the bend with Lu Bing. Ji Lianhong in Shandong didn't touch it, and Duan Qingfeng in Beijing didn't meet it either.

Lu Bing got a tip report in the Western Regions, found Mi Thirteen, but they quickly hid their whereabouts, and when Lu Bing was fighting in Gutian, they went around the coast to fight, if it weren't for the eighteen martial arts monks of Shaolin, I am afraid that Bai Yu would have to make waves again to turn the tide. Of course, the price paid by Shaolin is not small. A high-ranking monk was injured internally, and the abbot Wusu personally went into battle and broke an arm, but fortunately Lu Bing was able to heal him.

Further back. Lu Bing couldn't find Mi 13. The war situation entered a calm period, and Lu Bing was determined to focus his entire career on the development and secrecy of the Western Regions, and create his own hegemony and life-saving strength without harming Zhu Houxi. It is Lu Bing's purpose to be loyal to the country and not to pretend to be public and private, but most of Lu Bing's military and financial resources in the Western Regions were obtained by himself. This has nothing to do with Zhu Houxi. What's more, he regained the long-lost Jiayuguan and its surroundings for Zhu Houxi, which was also benevolent and righteous. People don't destroy heaven and earth for their own sake, that's all.

Lu Bing didn't rush back to Beijing this time, and things were not so urgent. Besides, the thirty hurdles have just passed, according to common sense, this is in the prime of life, and it is the time when all states have reached their peak, but their bodies already feel a little down. Lu Bing couldn't help but wonder if it was time to take a vacation for himself. It's been a lot of work. Lu Bing, who has been fighting, has never broken his major or minor injuries.

Zhang Xuan and Xia Yan are not the first time to fight, last time it was because of Xia Yan's sparseness, Xia Yan suggested that Zhu Houyu divide the heaven and earth from the etiquette of worship, most of the ancestors of heaven and earth worshiped together, Zhu Houyu ruled the country with etiquette, so he readily agreed. When it comes to the issue of rights, anything is very serious, for example, Xia Yan's matter is an act of fighting for power in Zhang Zhang's view, in Lu Song's words, Xia Yanxian has nothing to do to provoke Zhang Xuan to do, Zhang Xuan is a mad dog. Sure enough, the two pinched.

Of course, the final result was not what Zhang Xuan wanted, not only was the proposal to separate heaven and earth from sacrifice passed, but also the cabinet Huo Tao, who helped Zhang Xuan criticize Xia Yan, folded in and went directly to prison, with a worrying future. And Xia Yan because of this book, he entered the bachelor's degree, the official residence of the fourth grade, and continued his legendary road of promotion.

This happened in the ninth year of Jiajing, that is, when the all-out war had just begun, and at that time, Lu Bing blamed the two for being ignorant, and did not know that the government and the opposition were bent on all-out resistance against Japan. Now, in the tenth year of Jiajing, the two have been fighting each other again, and they have a feeling of never dying.

This time it was Zhang Xuan who took the initiative to attack, and he wanted to wait for Lu Bing to come back and treat Xia Yan well, but he didn't expect the battle to last for a year and a half, and Zhang Xuan really couldn't hold it back. So under his own deterrence, Zhang Xuan launched a wheel war against Xia Yan, observing Xia Yan's words and deeds in an all-round way around the clock, and once there were mistakes and things that were not done properly, he began to criticize.

Once or twice, the saint may protect Xia Yan, but after a long time, even if the saint knows that Xia Yan is deliberately rectified, he will have two thoughts, first, Xia Yan's popularity is not good. This point must guide the thinking of the saint, because bad popularity means that there will be no party and only one person who will be loyal to the saint, but it also means that he will not be able to be a person and have no leadership ability.

Second, Xia Yan is a troublesome person. If someone comes to sue every day, Zhu Houxi will be disgusted with Xia Yan after listening to it for a long time, for the relatively veteran Zhang Xuan, it is enough to make Xia Yan stink, once he loses his popularity in the eyes of the saint, killing Xia Yan is a matter of easy reach.

During this period, Zhang Xuan did a stupid thing in his heart, and he began to attack Confucius, saying that he was not worthy of the name of a saint. Most of the disciples in the world are Confucians, and in the officialdom, they also read the Four Books and Five Classics to gain fame. But at the critical moment, no one dared to speak, only worried about Zhang Xuan's own authority and the power of Lu Bing behind him, if Sage Kong was alive, he was afraid that he would die of anger.

The saint's protégés are not all nests, there is a young Hanlin named Xu Jie, he disobeyed Zhang Zhang, fought to the end, and found many loopholes in Zhang Zhang's arguments, just like Zhang Xuan found loopholes in Yang Tinghe's words back then, it can be regarded as feng shui in turn.

This made Xia Yan a joke, but Xia Yan was not righteous and did not lend a helping hand to Xu Jie, and Xu Jie was unable to fight against a big man like Zhang Xuan in an all-round way, so Xu Jie was assigned to the local government from a Beijing official and became a local official in Yanping Mansion, Fujian. Of course, compared with those who were killed because of their disobedience to Zhang Zhang, and those who are worse than death, Xu Jie's result is already lucky. (To be continued......)