Chapter 31: Victory over the Imperial Court

He Xi listened to the sound of the Yellow River, and said to Ye Shen leisurely, "Do you think that the enemy's army is heading north, how should you deal with it?"

Ye Shen was silent for a while and said, "Those who can only retreat, at most, when they retreat, give them two or three ruthless blows."

Ye Shen's countermeasures, He Xi was not strange at all.

There is no other reason.

The difference in power between the two sides. Historically, the southern army was able to organize an attack of 800,000 troops, while the northern army of King Yan was greatly inferior in numbers, this is the reality. And the current situation, as in history, is very different, first of all, the number of people is different.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Goryeo and Japan, just talking about the implementation of pox, carefully calculated, pox has been implemented for more than ten years. This has greatly reduced the mortality rate in children, and it can be said that before the pox, ten children can stand four or five, which is already good. But after the pox, it is normal for ten children to be able to stand eight or nine.

Of course, this is the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and there are all kinds of contradictions in the upper class, even to an irreconcilable state, but for the lower class people, it is a decade of development, the price of various tools is cheap, the tax is not high, and the cost of land reclamation is reduced, etc.

The population of the Ming Dynasty has increased considerably.

Although the latest demographics have not yet begun. Even in a few years, it will not be possible to update population data. But He Xi estimated that the population of Daming had already touched the edge of hundreds of millions.

That's a lot more than in history.

With the improvement of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, this war will be larger than the Battle of Jingyan. The size of the Southern Army will be larger, but here in the Northern Army, the population ceiling is here, and 500,000 troops are the limit.

So, when the southern army marched north.

Ye Shen couldn't fight hard, so it was better to retreat to the Hejian defense line and hold it with a solid defense line.

He Xi said, "When the time comes, what will be the attitude of the Southern Army towards these prefectures and counties?"

Ye Shen's heart moved, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Your Excellency is clever. Admire it below."

Everyone is fighting in the army, whether it is the southern army or the northern army, they are essentially the Ming army, what virtue everyone has, Ye Shen also understands. Just as the three orders and five shen did not work, more than 100 heads were cut off, and the people below were obedient.

Is the Southern Army better than the Northern Army?

No, it will only be worse.

The moral bottom line in He Xi's heart is better than that of most people in this era. His standard for the army is the standard, so the Ming army in his eyes, military discipline is simply rubbish, but compared to the army in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming army is good.

Therefore, He Xi has strict military discipline and the idea of transforming the Ming Dynasty into a new army, while the Southern Army does not have a He Xi. Therefore, the military discipline of the Southern Army will only be worse than that of the Northern Army.

In addition, not everyone is so tolerant of local forces. And militarily speaking, they are also unlikely to be tolerant. The reason why He Xi was tolerant was because He Xi didn't want to guard these places in the first place. These are dispensable. But it was different for the Yugoslav army.

Even if the commander of the Southern Army, who understands the righteousness and loves the people, will not be liquidated because these places have surrendered, but when these many troops arrive at the Hejian defense line, they will not advance, and the necessary materials and supplies will be transported from here, and the conscripts and men will come from these places.

This will bring a heavy burden to the localities, and these conscriptions are much more harmful than the ordinary Ming army's failure to abide by military discipline.

It is to die.

In this way, it goes without saying that the people in these places are turned back.

Moreover, He Xi's failure to occupy this time does not mean that the generals will not occupy it. In the future, if the Southern Army is defeated, it is estimated that these places can be determined, and they are the kind of people who go up and down, die to the ground, and will not easily rebel.

It can even be said that the land north of the Yellow River is not important. What matters is the symbolism that these prefectures and counties bring to the back of their hearts. If the people on the battlefield are willing to join the northern army and not the southern army, the political significance will be very significant.

After all, the war between the two sides is essentially a civil war.

Zhu Yunwen's ascension to the throne seems to be in the hands of Zhu Yunwen except for Beijing and Liaodong

, but is that really the case?

No, Zhu Yunwen conspired with the scholars to take Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, and other places in his hands. It is the place where the power of scholars is relatively large, that is, the last remnant territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Boyan destroyed the Song Dynasty, he claimed that the soldiers were bloodless, which was naturally fake. But it was true that the scholars and doctors who surrendered in Jiangnan were trying to win over. And in these places, the losses in the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were not large, so the strength of the scholars had the upper hand. It is true that these places are really loyal to Nanjing.

But other aspects are different, in many places in the northwest and southwest, it is impossible to sit back and watch success or failure, but it is not easy to command places like Hong Wunian.

It can be seen from Nanjing's means of dealing with Qu Neng.

Therefore, it seems simple that local people are back-to-heart, but it is actually very important.

He Xi said, "If you understand this, I will go back with confidence."

Ye Shen said, "My lord, are you going back?" Immediately, Ye Shen felt that the joy in his tone seemed to be a little too much, and hurriedly said, "We can't do without the guidance of adults here."

He Xi said: "I'm here, everything I can do has been done, you just have to do what I say, I'm not here the same." And the real battlefield in this world is not here, but in the imperial court."

He Xi understands very well the reason for this war.

For him, if he just helped Zhu Xiongying ascend to the throne and nothing changed, this big battle would be lost. In the same way, the biggest problem in the scale of the war is not the victory or defeat in the war.

Yes, victory or defeat on the battlefield matters.

For example, this battle of Yuxian. All of a sudden, the world shook and gave the Northern Army more time, and there was already strategic room for maneuver. But the problem is that for both the North and the South, there is no problem in winning several battles or losing several battles. It is impossible to decide the life and death of both parties.

What really determines the life and death of both sides is the decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of people and millions of people, and at that time, it will not be just a military issue, but also the national strength that supports the military is also very important.

This is Ye Shen's battlefield. And not He Xi's battlefield.

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The news of Tang Shengzong's defeat reached the Jingshi.

The whole of Nanjing was stunned.

If Zhu Xiongying was called the prison in Beijing before, many people felt that it was a small problem in the inheritance of the throne, after all, China has a long history, and this kind of small problem in the succession to the throne is often used, which is nothing more than a spinning and spinning. Many people don't even survive for three months.

Not everyone has Xu Da Feng Sheng's strategic vision, and he feels that this battle cannot be easily settled.

And at this moment, the battle of Yuxian made many people start to think about this problem, although they did not think that the imperial court, that is, Nanjing, would lose, after all, the gap between the two sides was too big. They felt that the manpower and material resources of the imperial court were far superior to those of Beijing, and they were even more famous and famous as clouds and stars as rain.

Quelling the rebellion in Beijing is not a matter of holding a handle.

But this battle made them suddenly feel that it might not be so easy to take King Wu into Beijing.

This change in thinking is unacceptable to Zhu Yunwen.

The reason is simple.

Before, in the subconscious minds of the ministers of the court, Zhu Yunwen was the emperor, and Zhu Xiongying, the king of Wu, was a traitor, but now, in their eyes, Zhu Yunwen is still the emperor, but the king of Wu is the king of Wu. What does it mean, that is, Zhu Xiongying is a contender for the throne, not a traitor.

Don't underestimate this little change. The impact on the entire imperial court was enormous.

For the traitors, the court is naturally brave to take the lead in order to pacify the traitors. Seek credit, such as Tang Shengzong. But for King Wu, a contender for the throne, he has to think about another thing, in case, even in case, what if this King Wu is really on the throne?

Once many people begin to have this thought, there will be problems in the operation of the Nanjing Imperial Court, not a big problem, but everyone blames each other, wants to leave some affection, leave some buffer, even if the reason is devoted to the cause of counterinsurgency, people will think more about the cost.

These may not seem like them

The conspicuous things made the Nanjing Imperial Court, which was not very functional, even more sluggish.

There is no problem with one person's mind wavering, but a group of people's mind wavering, which is directly reflected in the atmosphere of the court.