Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 852 Shock 2
Soon after the naval battle at Jilonggang, the three brothers Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, and Zheng Zhibao returned to Xiamen, ready to pack their bags and settle in Nanyang.The battle of Jilonggang shocked them incomparably. The overwhelming artillery fire of the Denglai Navy in the naval battle made them realize that the Denglai Navy had already shown mercy in the battle of Haitan Strait, otherwise they would be scumbags. There was nothing left, and in the land battle, the sailors of the Denglai Navy fought against ten and wiped out [-] enemy troops at a small cost, which made them even more dumbfounded.The tyrannical Xiyi was beaten so badly, let alone his useless army.This battle almost dispelled their last sliver of ambition to make a comeback and compete with Heluo's new army. The three brothers all made up their minds. From now on, they will find a job in Nanyang, become a carefree rich man, and let their nephews Work hard in the new army of Heluo and strive to get ahead.

If I can't beat you, I can join you, and I still have a chance to stand out!
But when the news of Yang Menglong's assassination came, the situation changed again.Zheng Zhibao excitedly said to Zheng Zhilong: "Brother, this is a great opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Zheng Zhilong was expressionless: "Good opportunity? What's the good thing?"

Zheng Zhibao's eyes widened: "The assassin surnamed Yang is likely to die, and the main force of Heluo's new army has also withdrawn. This Fujian is the world of our Zheng family again! As long as you stand up and climb up, big brother!" Huh, there must be followers like clouds! Now that Xiyi has been wiped out, as long as Denglai navy is bought over with high-ranking officials and rich salary, our power will be ten times stronger than before, or even a hundred times! Where can we find such an opportunity? !"

Zheng Zhihu was also a little moved by what he said, and said, "Yes, brother, this is indeed a good opportunity!"

Zheng Zhilong remained silent.

Zheng Zhibao was anxious: "Brother, you are not really willing to go to Nanyang to be a mediocre rich man, are you? We have worked hard for half our lives to get to where we are today. Are you really willing to give up such an honorable position, this career?"

Zheng Zhilong was silent for a long time and whispered: "Look, let's look again..."

Zheng Zhibao stomped his feet anxiously: "Brother, don't miss this opportunity. If you hesitate like this, you will miss the opportunity!"

Zheng Zhilong said: "You don't understand... Yang Menglong was assassinated, and the entire Heluo New Army was red-eyed, waiting for someone to jump out, so that they could tear him apart to get rid of the anger in their hearts. Whoever jumps out first will die. The more you live, the faster you die!

Zheng Zhibao recalled the indomitable and invincible terror of the Heluo New Army on the battlefield, and involuntarily fought a cold war, not daring to press anymore.Although Yang Menglong has fallen, his army has not yet fallen. As long as an order is given, this terrifying army will tear all the enemies into pieces by virtue of their advanced equipment far beyond this era and their incomparable fierceness and tenacity. Fragments!
Zheng Zhilong is worthy of being a hero of the generation, and he has a keen sense of power. He knows that the Heluo New Army is looking forward to someone jumping out to kill him, so that he can kill a chicken to show the monkey... or kill a monkey to show the chicken, he will not Stupid enough to jump out and be that chicken!

So, let's look again, look again, think again, think again, study again, think again, think again...

On the second day after Yang Menglong was assassinated, Zheng Zhilong fell ill. He was so sick that he was bedridden and unable to speak.Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao thanked the guests behind closed doors, and stayed by his side day and night without seeing anyone. They blocked several groups of people asking to see him.

After learning the news that Zheng Zhilong was bedridden and thanked guests behind closed doors, the battered Li Yan let out a long sigh of relief.It seems that Zheng Zhilong is more sensible than he imagined, it's okay, it's okay!As long as Zheng Zhilong doesn't move, there won't be too much trouble in Fujian. As for those civil servants in Fujian, he can deal with them with one hand!He wrote a letter and handed it to Shi Lang, saying: "You take this letter back to Xiamen, and give it to Admiral Zheng. You must hand it to him personally! You tell him, if he has any ideas, please Read this letter first, think twice before acting!"

This is almost like "don't say that you are unforeseen".

After reading this letter, Zheng Zhilong became even more ill.Not only did he become more seriously ill, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao also fell ill, packed their luggage and boarded a boat to seek medical treatment in Nanyang.Many people in Zheng's group originally had other thoughts. Seeing the boss like this, they couldn't help sticking out their tongues, and quickly retracted their hands and feet.

Seeing this, Pang Yong, who rushed to Xiamen to discuss important matters with Zheng Zhilong, couldn't help being disappointed.But there was nothing he could do. The three brothers had all gone to Nanyang, and Zheng Chenggong was still in Taiwan. If he wanted to make trouble, he couldn't find anyone to take the lead, so he could only scold Zheng Zhilong angrily: "Trash!"

When the news reached Shandong, Wu Sheng was startled. He called the leader of the Cao Gang immediately and asked face to face, "Did you do it?"

The leader of the Cao Gang turned pale and kept saying: "Unjust! Unjust! The Champion is a good official who benefits the poor people. Although our Cao Gang is a bit unruly, we all come from poor families. We know what is good and bad, so how can we attack him?" Woolen cloth?"

The deputy gang leader also said: "Yes, we still hope that the champion will recover Liaodong, and then immigrate to Liaodong to get a piece of land, so that future generations will no longer have to live in the canal, and suffer this hardship! How can we cut off millions of brothers by ourselves? To have a better future, do such stupid things!”

The consumption of water transportation is huge, which is an extremely heavy burden for the country, but the benefits that water workers can obtain from water transportation are actually very few. Most of the benefits of water transportation are monopolized by dignitaries and gentry, leaving it to What he worked for was injuries and illnesses caused by years of high-intensity physical labor and a meager salary that could barely support his family.The vast majority of water workers look very strong, muscular, and have endless energy, but the skin is blue, not at all shiny, the joints are thick, and the bones are slightly deformed. This is the result of years of overdrawing the body. Workers do not live to be 35 years old, and they are considered old if they can live to 40 years old.This job is so hard, and the rewards are so meager, as long as there are other ways to live, the devil is talented, to have a piece of good land to cultivate, to work at sunrise, to rest at sunset, to be self-sufficient, I don’t know how much better than living on the canal where it goes.

Wu Sheng said: "I hope it's not you... You go back and stabilize all the water workers. Don't let them mess up. Once they mess up, it will be troublesome!"

It is indeed very troublesome. Now there are terrible rumors circulating among the Cao workers, saying that some people suspect that the assassination of Yang Menglong was carried out by the Cao Gang. The main force of the Heluo New Army is coming from Henan to kill all the millions of Cao workers and avenge Yang Menglong... ...It has a nose and an eye. The water workers were panicked. People kept escaping. The water transport was greatly affected. The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal was on the verge of paralysis. This further aggravated the panic. It was like a plague, completely out of control.The gang leader and deputy gang leader summoned the branch leaders and told them to take care of their subordinates and stop listening to and spreading rumors. Otherwise, the gang would deal with it, but the effect was not ideal. Panic spread on both sides of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and could not be dispelled.

Lushun, who was just across the sea from Denglai, soon got the news, and the Dongjiang Army's hearts suddenly fluttered.With the support of Yang Menglong, the Dongjiang army was able to get enough food, put on new equipment, and gradually controlled North Korea, gradually restoring the territory occupied by Hou Jin.Everyone knows how important that seemingly unreliable guy is to the Dongjiang army. Without his support, the Dongjiang army would have been driven to Phi Island to eat turf, starving to death and no one cares!Now he has been assassinated, and his life and death are uncertain. Once he falls, will the court let the Dongjiang Army develop like it did in the past two years? I am afraid that those civil servants who regard the Dongjiang Army as a thorn in their side will immediately swarm up and maintain the Dongjiang Army. Is the Dongjiang army and people's life and death industry divided up? What to do? Do they have a way out?
When Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he was furious and drove everyone out of the Chinese military tent, and the sound of him smashing things could be heard from far away.You can't blame him, he's under too much pressure. The Mongols were driven by natural disasters, and they rushed towards the border in waves, trying to break through the border, turning the world of luxury and money in Senai into a sea of ​​blood, and turning them into a sea of ​​blood. The pain he suffered was transferred to Daming!The [-]-day heroic army fought a bloody battle with the hungry wolves pouring in like a tide on the border that stretched thousands of miles. This fight lasted from spring to autumn, and the fight became more and more tragic.All the factories in Damingdo, where the Tianxiong Army made a fortune, are running at full capacity to produce all kinds of military supplies. Some of the newly established factories in Xuanda are also making the same efforts, but the production speed is far behind the consumption. In order to continue to maintain the strong combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army, it is necessary to fill the growing gap with blood transfusions from the army.The modern army is very dependent on industry. Industrial strength determines combat effectiveness. Once industrial production cannot keep up with front-line consumption, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, it will be impossible. If the Heluo New Army is in chaos, stop blood transfusions to the Tianxiong Army , the Tianxiong Army will soon lose the initiative, and the consequences will be disastrous.Now he is about to take the entire Hetao area into his pocket, open up thousands of miles of territory for Daming and build an unbreakable line of defense, but at this juncture, news of Yang Menglong's assassination comes!This gentle Confucian general was so angry that his roar could be heard from far away: "How dare they do this? How dare they do this!"

Everyone was silent.

Zu Dabi, who rushed over after hearing the news, originally wanted to go in, but when he heard the roar, he stopped in his tracks, looked at each other, and shook his head.Lei Shisheng sighed: "If you don't get assassinated sooner or later, you will be assassinated when you are about to regain the Hetao Plain and open up commercial sea routes. Those bastards are really good at timing!"

Zu Dabi also sighed: "Champion Hou is too easy to trust ordinary people. I have reminded him several times to pay attention to his own safety, but he just can't listen..." He punched the wall angrily, and let out a deep growl: " Those bastards will die if they don't hold us back for a day!"

Lei Shisheng said: "I hope he can turn bad luck into good luck. What I am most worried about now is that the Heluo New Army will fall into chaos because of this. We have to rely on them to provide part of our supplies to meet the needs of the front line. If they are in chaos , we are very passive!"

Zu Dabi said angrily: "When will we let go and have a bloody battle with Jiannu and Tartars!?"

Lei Shisheng smiled bitterly: "It will never be possible...for no other reason than because we are Ming Dynasty's generals and Ming Dynasty's army!"

Everyone present bit their lips hard.

Yes, they will never have the chance to let go of their hands and feet and fight the enemy happily.

Not since the Northern Song Dynasty!

There will always be so many superiors interfering in the command of the army for various inexplicable reasons. Civilian officials who do not know how to fight at all become commanders-in-chief, and military generals can only play the role of echoers, telling them to go south and not dare to go north, let them withdraw They didn't dare to fight, and in the end, not to mention the command, even the food supply was crushed to death.Winning battles means that the civil servants command well, and losing battles means that the army is afraid of death. In short, civil servants will always only have credit and no guilt. No matter how badly they ruin the situation, nothing will happen!But the army does not have such a good life. If a general is defeated, the general will be held accountable or even cut off his head; , That is the privilege of the literati, and the humble warrior should not go in and pollute that piece of land.If there is a strong army, they will suppress it like crazy, dismantle this strong army to pieces, and kill the commander who created this strong army—one "unnecessary" is enough .They are so afraid of the army, they would rather let the country perish than destroy the last army that can fight, just because they are afraid that the warriors will threaten their status!
Daming learned the rubbish of the Song Dynasty and carried it forward. After Emperor Yongle, the Ming army never let go of the opportunity to fight the enemy.

Just because they are the army of Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)