A ten-year-old child's question, Qi Jiguang is very confident to answer it with his forty-four years of life experience, even if the answer is not so complete and correct.

Qi Jiguang bowed his head and said, "The minister will solve your majesty's doubts." ”

"I have three doubts, the first doubt, when Qi Shuai pacified the south of the country, all the Japanese were beheaded and showed to the public, leaving no prisoners, and in the twelve years of fierce battles in Xuanfu Datong, Xuanfu Datong was released to the north, why is this?" Zhu Yijun asked his first doubt.

"Killing prisoners is ominous, killing the Japanese is not counted, the Japanese are extremely vicious, and they will be punished, otherwise there will be no peace in the Japanese trouble." Qi Jiguang first explained why he had to kill the prisoners after capturing the Japanese Invaders, killing the prisoners is usually ominous in the sense, but the Japanese Kou should be able to kill them all.

Qi Jiguang explained in detail: "Among the Japanese people, not all of them are Japanese people, there are only one out of ten Japanese people, these Japanese people, most of them are smugglers in the southeast and wealthy businessmen who secretly communicate with the Japanese country, and extradite samurai and ashigaru from the Japanese country. ”

Qi Jiguang fought in the southeast, and the war of the Japanese was fought one after another, and these Japanese were the backbone of the Japanese people, most of whom colluded with the southeast maritime merchants, and only by killing all these Japanese people who crossed the sea, the Japanese did not have the core, and they would not gather and make trouble.

"These Japanese are equivalent to our Ming generals?" Zhu Yijun tasted it carefully, and then understood what Qi Jiguang meant.

During the Chongzhen period, Li Zicheng can be said to have been defeated and defeated repeatedly, and he has been rebelling and losing, until Emperor Chongzhen ordered the removal of the three sides, that is, the guards of the three towns of Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu.

The peasant army and the heroes of the green forest in the Ming Dynasty all have their own limitations, one of which is that they do not have the organizational ability of grassroots officers.

Obviously, Zhu Yijun understands that these Japanese are probably grassroots officers hired by wealthy businessmen in the southeast, and only by killing the Japanese can they completely calm down the trouble.

"Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jiguang nodded, His Majesty understood very well.

It is these Japanese people who always make trouble when the wind is favorable, and leave others behind and run away early when the wind is against the wind, even if these Japanese people are captured, the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the southeast, with a little bribe, these Japanese people will be released and be the party to the disaster again.

Qi Jiguang also did not give the local gentry and wealthy businessmen a chance to bribe, and when they were caught on the boat, they tied stones on the boat and sank into the sea, killed and beheaded them in the camp to show the public, and pressed them in the dung pit and drowned them alive in the compost.

In short, the complicated things are simplified, and the Japanese people in the Japanese are directly killed, and there will be no Japanese trouble.

This is also the reason why Qi Jiguang has been disappointed many times, he refuses to go along with the local gentry, so the courtiers from the gentry have a way to pour dirty water on Qi Jiguang, the emperor is deep in the ninefold, where do you know the danger of the soldiers? Aren't you listening to the chatter of the officials?

Hai Rui was demoted and forced to become a senior because he investigated Xu Jie's corruption and ordered Xu Jie's return to the field.

Xu Zhenming was impeached in a series of chapters because Tuntian carried a bamboo bookcase into Beijing, and Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou killed the Japanese people.

"Qi Shuai is really smart!" Zhu Yijun couldn't help nodding and recognized Qi Jiguang's behavior.

"Then why did Xuanfu Datong fight, but he had to be released to the north?" Zhu Yijun is a little strange, fighting in the north and fighting in the south, even the treatment of prisoners is different.

Qi Jiguang said with great conviction: "The release of the northern captives is actually a kind of battle, the northern captives are captured, and after they are released, they have no intention of fighting, even if they are coerced and have to go south, but they play a role in agitation." ”

"After the capture of the rest of his life, when he returned to the north, he would not fight hard if he went south to fight, and he would also make noise in the army, and take others to steal and play tricks together, Jiajing forty years ago, the north captives could no longer fight for a long time in the south, and the battle was a little longer, and the northern captives deserted countless soldiers, and then the battle of Xuanfu Datong fell into anxiety."

In fact, this is a good opportunity to slander in front of the emperor, and it is also extremely reasonable to describe the truth of the release of the captives by the Northern Army as a Yin of the Jin Party.

But Qi Jiguang did not slander, let alone slander the border army of Datong, Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all good sons, merit is merit or fault, Qi Jiguang is loyal to his heart to do things, he does not want to deceive the emperor, this tactic is not uncommon, and the effect is obvious, destroying the degree of organization, that is, destroying the combat effectiveness.

"So." Zhu Yijun couldn't help nodding, the doubts buried in his heart were finally explained, and the treatment of prisoners revolved around the degree of organization.

Zhu Yijun asked: "I have the second confusion, the southern soldiers are mostly volunteers, the northern army is mostly guards, the southern soldiers are brave, and the northern army is defeated, is this a recruitment of soldiers is stronger than hereditary military households?" ”

"Not at all!" Qi Jiguang gave an extremely resolute answer, he waved his hand again and again and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Tang Ming abolished the military system of the palace, the military system of the world is corrupted, and the guard is rotten, and it is also a guard house, and it must not be abandoned lightly." ”

"I don't mean that." Zhu Yijun explained very patiently.

He just asked why there was such a big gap in combat power, instead of planning to abolish the nine sides of the guard, Chongzhen abolished the three sides, and directly abolished his own throne, Zhu Yijun had nothing to do, so he abolished the nine-sided guard, he could bite the fire if he had nothing to do, and the abolition of the military guard was looking for death.

Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief, he somewhat overreacted.

The ministers in the court always look at the military households, the nose is not the nose, the eyes are not the eyes, and he is also afraid that the little emperor will be shrouded in the tongues of the ministers every day, and he has the idea of abolishing the military guard, which is the foundation that really destroys everything.

Fortunately, Emperor Ming only asked why the gap in combat power was so big.

Qi Jiguang thought for a while and said: "The minister recruits volunteers in the southeast to practice, they are all miners, in fact, most of them are from the guards, the volunteers come from the guards, they are selected, they are not engaged in farming, and they are more familiar with military affairs, but these are not the main reasons, the southern soldiers are good at fighting, mainly because they receive full salaries, and it can even be said that they are okay if they don't receive salaries...... As long as you can eat enough. ”

"Food, food, food."

"Can you fight a war with enough food?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, slightly puzzled.

Qi Jiguang nodded very confidently and said: "It should be said that only when you can eat enough can you afford a hook and sickle, only then can you hold a bird gun, only then can you see the enemy clearly, and only then can you kill the enemy and win. ”

"The battle of the four passes of Xifengkou is all done by the northern army, not the main force of the southern army, the southern soldiers are mostly pressed into formation, the northern army is full, invincible, only the battle of Xifengkou is slightly dangerous, the southern soldiers are responsible for the encirclement, and the rest are all won by the northern army!"

Qi Jiguang did not put gold on the faces of his descendants, whose credit is whose merit, the northern army can fight, but if it can't fight, some people drink the blood of soldiers and don't give them food.

"Qi Shuai really uses soldiers like a god, and the Northern Army has such great feats under Qi Shuai." Zhu Yijun understood.

Look at the ten acres of land he planted, what he has done to himself, a little more sure, he is not doing useless work, sweet potatoes eat too much stomach acid, but that is too much to eat, to solve the problem of whether to eat or not.

It is undoubtedly a tyranny that you can win a battle if you have enough to eat.

But what Qi Jiguang said was the truth, the northern captives were already bitterly cold, the armament was actually worse than that of the Ming army, and the will to fight was not tenacious, so why could the northern captives go south and often break through?

The soldiers are hungry and can't even walk the road, fighting? If you don't mutiny, you can boast of loyalty and courage.

"I understand, some people don't want the Ming Army to win." Zhu Yijun's fingers tapped slightly on the armrest, and the Baoqi Hall was a little quiet for a while.

Qi Jiguang can win by leading the troops, but the generals of the Ming Dynasty cannot win.

Control variables, where went wrong, who in the end doesn't want the Ming army to win, it goes without saying.

Qi Jiguang chose to be cautious in his words and deeds, how to solve the matter of drinking the blood of soldiers, is a specific problem, it is necessary to sum up experience in practice, rather than talking about it, he replied to His Majesty, is to hope that His Majesty can know the loyalty and courage of the Ming soldiers.

To be more precise, the Ming soldiers, who stutter, can settle the country.

I don't even give me something to stutter, I'm afraid that there will be a big problem, Xingwen Kuangwu, I've been fighting for so long, I can't go on anymore.

Zhu Yijun did not have a specific discussion on specific issues, he is not in charge of the government now, he commands and orders indiscriminately, and does things according to his own wishes, that is, he is messing around, treating state affairs as child's play, he said with a smile: "The emperor is not a hungry soldier." ”

"I have the third confusion, the discipline of the southern army is strict, and the northern army is under the account of Qi Shuai, and the military discipline has changed, is there a trick in this?" Zhu Yijun asked his third question.

Qi Jiguang said with great conviction: "This is actually very simple, the generals regard the soldiers as their siblings, and the soldiers regard the generals as their hearts; The general regards the soldiers as dogs and horses, and the soldiers regard the generals as the countrymen; The generals regard the soldiers as mustard, and the soldiers regard the generals as enemies. ”

"The commander treats the soldiers with his hands and feet, and the general's words are effective, and he can command them on the battlefield; The soldiers regard the generals as their hearts, and the soldiers are naturally willing to obey, and they can be banned on the battlefield. ”

Zhu Yijun suddenly nodded approvingly and said: "That's it, so the Xuanfu and Datong guards, the military discipline is loose, the soldiers are scattered, the northern captives come to avoid the war and shrink and let the thieves plunder, and the northern captives go rampant, showing off their military power everywhere, it is something wrong with some people." ”

Qi Jiguang actually didn't want to offend people, but as far as he knew, he thought for a moment and said: "If the army is weak, if the commander is weak, the army will be weak." ”

Qi Jiguang is very good at talking, he didn't specifically name and scold, but he still agreed with His Majesty's point of view, which is equivalent to scolding a lot of generals.

As far as he knows, a big reason for the sloppiness of military discipline is deliberate, and the deliberate sloppy military discipline is to raise self-respect.

If you can't win the war, the people on the border can only seek refuge from the generals, and if you can't win the generals, you can work for a long time.

If you can't win, if you win, how can you make money?

The northwest, southwest, southeast, and northeast are all like this, such as Li Chengliang in the northeast, which is a typical self-respecting and defensive against the enemy.

Qi Jiguang has already said too much, and no matter how in-depth he talks about it, it is not what he should say as an earl of Qian'an.

Zhu Yijun received Qi Jiguang this time and gained a lot, at least affirming many things that he was not sure of before.

"Qi Shuai is going back to Jizhou tonight?" Zhu Yijun stood up, it was getting late, and if he delayed any longer, he would miss the time for Qi Jiguang to leave the city.

Qi Jiguang bowed his head and said: "The minister shoulders the responsibility of guarding the border, and it has been delayed for two days, and it can't be delayed any longer." ”

"Then I won't keep Qi Shuai more." Zhu Yijun said very regretfully, he still has a lot of questions to ask, but Qi Jiguang is a busy man, and he can only continue to find Qi Jiguang to solve his doubts when Qi Jiguang returns to Beijing one day.

"The minister retired." Qi Jiguang left the Baoqi Hall and headed towards the military road.

"Qi Shuai, Mr. Yuanfu is invited." You Qi had been waiting for Qi Jiguang outside the Xuanwu Gate, and when he finally saw it, he hurriedly rushed up.

Qi Jiguang handed the waist card of the Quanchu Hall on his waist to You Qi and said, "I'm afraid that in the future, I won't be able to go to the Quanchu Hall anymore." ”

You Qi's complexion has changed drastically!