Chapter 558: The Disadvantages of Capturing the Thief and Capturing the King

"Thank you, sir." Bai Siqi said.

"You're welcome." Qin An said, "In addition, the navy's weapons are mainly long-range. In particular, warships must use powerful weapons with a long range.

In a battle at sea, only two warships can fight when they are close, otherwise they can only stare dryly from afar.

Therefore, in ancient naval warfare, the first focus was long-range attack, sinking the opponent's ship before it got close.

The second is defense, the defense of the warship, and sometimes it is the fight for who is stronger in the ship.

Generally speaking, two warships will strike each other first, and if I'm stronger, then I'll run over them without any scruples, without giving the other side a chance to fight back.

In the case of equal strength, then it is the final decisive battle in the naval battle, that is, it depends on the soldier's own combat strength.

If you can beat the opponent, you win, and if you can't beat, you lose, it's very simple.

However, on the battlefield in ancient times, sometimes there would be a move to capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as the leader was caught, his subordinates would lay down their arms.

That's what I hate the most."

"Sir, the soldiers are under the orders of the general, and the general is captured, so isn't it natural for them to lay down their arms?" Bai Siqi said.

"That's a matter of course." Qin An scolded, "It's because of your thoughts, in the Ming Dynasty, the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty was pitted, and at the same time, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty were pitted, and the country was almost destroyed."

"What happened?" Bai Siqi said.

"The Ming Emperor personally led a large army to attack the Mongols, but was defeated and captured. Then every time the Mongolian army fought with the Ming Dynasty, they tied the Ming Emperor in front, so that the Ming army was afraid and did not dare to fight the Mongolian army at all.

In the end, the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty died so tragically at the hands of the Mongol army, what a humiliating thing." Qin An said.

"The Emperor is kidnapped." Bai Si frowned slightly, and said, "This is indeed a big thing that is not trivial, maybe there is really a worry about destroying the country."

"At that time, the Great Ming was in real danger, and the Mongol army had already reached the outside of the capital, but fortunately, someone in the court presided over the overall situation, and a new emperor was established, and finally the army and the people were determined to defeat the Mongol army.

But even so, for Daming, it is a great loss.

The originally powerful Ming Dynasty also went into decline because of this, and was finally destroyed by the Qing army.

If I had been there at the time, even if I had to destroy my nine clans, I would have killed the emperor first, at least the elite of the Ming Dynasty would still be there.

It can be said that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can die, the people of the Ming Dynasty can die, and I can die, but the elite of the Ming Dynasty cannot die, and the Ming Dynasty cannot die.

When you say that, you may think that I am a little rebellious and that I am not loyal to the emperor."

Bai Siqi was silent for a moment and said, "You are indeed a little rebellious, we pay attention to loyalty and patriotism, you are so disloyal and unpatriotic.

If the village chief finds out, I don't know what he will think."

Meng Xifan said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and patriotism have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone can give up their lives for the emperor.

Just like the elite of the Ming Dynasty, they are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, so when they see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they will throw a mouse bogey, and would rather be killed by the enemy than hurt the emperor.

This is a man of great loyalty, and he should be known and admired by everyone."

"You are right, we should worship and learn from those who are righteous. However, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism are also divided into situations.

Lao Meng, I know that you are a descendant of Mencius, one of the representatives of Confucianism, and I appreciate those understandings of Confucianism, which is a culture that has been passed down for thousands of years.

However, every era has its own Confucianism, and now it is a new era, so there is a new Confucianism." Qin An said.

"What the hell are you trying to say, sir?" Meng Xifan asked.

Qin An said: "Mencius once said that the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light. But later, everyone talked about loyalty and patriotism, but it was the most

Later, the country is the most important, the society is secondary, and the people are light.

And now, the country is the most important, the family is light, the people are the most important, and the community is secondary.

So every generation has its own ideas, Lao Meng, Lao Bai, you think it is important to be loyal to the monarch and patriotic country, I don't deny it.

Because I think so too, but when the life of the monarch will endanger the country, I will not hesitate to kill the monarch and save the country.

To put it mildly, if the death of an emperor can kill a million troops and tens of millions of people behind him, I will not hesitate to pick up the knife in my hand and cut off the emperor's head."

"Your remarks are a crime of deception, aren't you afraid of being killed?" Gan Mao said at this time.

Qin An waved his hand and said, "Don't tease. is also guilty of bullying the king, there is no emperor in the country, what kind of king is bullying."

"What?" The four of Gan Mao were suddenly shocked and looked at Meng Tian one after another.

Meng Tian nodded slightly and said, "Sir once said that there is no emperor in Huaxia now, and now the people are in charge.

Everything the state does is to do things for the people, and the village chief also knows that the village chief is also very relieved to learn that Huaxia is now very powerful.

The only thing that is not happy is that China, which was so powerful during the time of the First Emperor, was bullied two thousand years later.

was even almost wiped out by a small country like Dongying, do you understand the village chief's feelings?"

The four of Meng Xifan were silent for a moment, and began to speculate about the thoughts of the First Emperor Yingzheng.

"Old White." Qin An spoke again, "Just now I said that capturing the thief and capturing the king first is the best way to defeat the other party in ancient times.

Whether it's our side or the enemy, what will you do when this happens?"

"Me?" Bai Siqi asked rhetorically.

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, you, if you are the commander, what will you do if you are captured, and if you are a soldier, what will you do when you see the commander?"

Bai Siqi was silent again, this question is really very difficult to answer, no matter how you answer, it is wrong.

If you are captured, the normal situation is to have the soldiers all drop their swords and surrender. Just by saying that, he became the culprit of the killing of the soldiers.

If the soldiers are allowed to continue fighting, their lives may not be guaranteed.

If you are a soldier, if you surrender, you are a fool, and if you don't surrender, you are a traitor.

Either way, it's a dilemma.

Everyone else looked at Bai Siqi, waiting for his answer.

After a while, Bai Siqi replied, "I really can't answer this question yet, sir, how would you answer this question?"

Qin An didn't answer, but asked, "Do you know grenades?"

The crowd nodded.

The news of the grenade has been learned from Ying Zheng's mouth, and he plans to equip the whole army.

"If there's a grenade thrown here now, what would you do?" Qin An said.