Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 357 Chapter 357, Zhu Cihong inspired the army, Li Dingguo felt emotional
In the Ming army camp at night, the lights were brightly lit.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops are resting, the neighing of horses can be heard everywhere, and there are scouts watching quietly in the darkness.

Even such a large army is just a drop in the ocean in the prairie.

The grassland is different from the Central Plains. The cultivated land in the Central Plains can accommodate people to live for generations, while the people in the grassland are destined to be just passers-by, moving back and forth year after year.

Zhu Cixiang sat next to a fire, surrounded by a group of Ming army musketeers with reserved expressions.

Zhu Cihong took a bite of the leg of lamb in his hand, felt the deliciousness of the tender lamb, and said with a smile: "When I was in the palace, I was eager to eat meat every day, but I didn't expect that after I came to the grassland, I still miss the days of eating vegetables. .”

This sentence immediately aroused the curiosity of other people present, and a musketeer with a more lively personality couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, don't you eat delicacies every day in the palace?"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing: "If it's the emperor and prince of another family, then naturally there will be delicacies from mountains and seas every day. But you, father, know that it's very simple. Every day with the mother and the queen, one meat, one vegetable and one soup. It's over."

"My father always sets an example, and I, as a son, must follow my father's will, right?"

Many musketeers were also deeply moved when they heard the words.

A Musketeer said naively: "I thought His Majesty and the Crown Prince ate golden steamed buns every day in the palace."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing, and said: "Gold is poisonous, if you eat golden steamed buns every day, you will die in a few days!"

Not far away, Li Dingguo and Fang Gongqian stood side by side, watching the scene with different expressions on their faces.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh softly: "I have never seen such a noble person in my life, but such an approachable person."

In Li Dingguo's memory, not to mention those officials such as county magistrates and county guards, even some petty officials and even yamen servants in the county yamen looked at people with arrogance and wished they could Talk to people with your chin.

Such a person would not even want to sit and eat with ordinary people, let alone sit in such a friendly row and chat about family affairs.

Fang Gongqian nodded lightly, and said with certainty: "Your Highness is naturally different from those wastes. Your Highness is the unworldly sage who wants to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Dingguo was a little dumbfounded at first, but he quickly nodded vigorously: "That's true."

The conversation around the fire continued.

After the back and forth just now, most of the barriers in the hearts of the soldiers disappeared, and their enthusiasm for speaking increased significantly.

A Musketeer said: "Your Highness, you said we are retreating all the way, where exactly are we going to retreat?"

Zhu Cixiang laughed when he heard this and said, "Why, are you unhappy because we keep retreating?"

All the soldiers looked at each other, and it was still the Musketeer who just said: "Your Highness, you are serious. We are not unhappy, but we always feel that we are being chased by the tartars, which makes us unhappy."

Another Musketeer said: "Yes, my family is from the Jinan Prefecture. A few years ago when the Tartars came to Jinan, many relatives died in my family. My mother told me when she sent troops, so that I must fight hard." , kill a few more Tartars, and avenge your relatives."

This sentence immediately ignited the emotions of the others, and everyone scrambled to speak.

"That's right, I can't wait to use Tartar bones as fire sticks!"

"The Tatars are so abominable. If I go to Shenyang in the future, I will definitely kill every Tatar I see!"

Most of the soldiers of the Ming army present were from the north, and this place was also the place that was most harassed by the Manchus, so they all gritted their teeth when they mentioned the Manchus.

Zhu Cihong's expression was serious, and after listening to the musketeers' words one by one, he raised his hand: "Everyone, just listen to what I have to say."

Everyone suddenly became quiet.

Beside the fire, Zhu Cihong's face was illuminated by the dancing flames, flickering on and off, but the firmness in his eyes could be clearly seen by everyone.

Zhu Cilang said: "Everyone has enmity with the Tartars, why not this palace? Each of you is a citizen of Daming, and also a citizen of this palace. The pain you have endured is the responsibility of my palace and my father." Empathetic."

"I want to admit that there were indeed some problems in the Ming Dynasty in the past, which made the Tartars so arrogant, but those are all in the past."

"Now, we have taken the initiative and arrived at the homeland of the Mongolian Tatars, just to kill the Mongolian Tatars and turn them upside down."

"Next, we have to go to Liaodong, to Shenyang, and take over the old den of the Jianzhou Tartars!"

At some point, more and more soldiers of the Ming army gathered beside the fire, and they watched Zhu Cihong quietly, as if there were flames beating in their eyes.

Zhu Cihong's speech continued.

"But ah, fighting is not random, it's all about strategy. Are we retreating temporarily because we are afraid of the Tartars? Of course not."

"We are just trying to make the Tatars become careless and exhausted, and use time and distance to kill their fighting spirit."

"British Duke Zhang Shize, you all know, right? He is leading the Shanhaiguan army to attack the territory of the Jianzhou Tartars."

"Ten days and a half months at most, the news will reach the ears of the Jianzhou tartars here, and then they will be in chaos and become difficult to care about."

"Then, we will go out and kill them to death, giving them a lesson they will never forget."

Having said this, Zhu Cihong suddenly raised his voice.

"Everyone say, okay?"

After a brief silence, everyone shouted in unison.

"it is good!"

The fire was still burning, and the flames in the hearts of the Ming soldiers were also burning.

"Your Highness is right. We're not afraid of these tartars, we're playing tricks on them."

"That's right, we just want to make it difficult for them to look at each other from head to tail, we just want to make them cover their heads and unable to cover their buttocks!"

"Let's walk the tartar on the grassland for a while, it's like walking a dog, and it's very exciting!"

Bursts of laughter followed.

Li Dingguo's eyes widened with shock on his face, and he sighed for a long time.

"I didn't expect that His Highness, at such a young age, would be even more outstanding than those veteran generals when it came to inspiring military morale. It's really surprising."

Fang Gongqian stood beside Li Dingguo with a serious expression.

"General Li, your time with His Highness is too short. After you have followed His Highness for a long time, you will find that His Highness is omnipotent!"

(End of this chapter)