Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 226
Occasionally, someone secretly expressed that he was unwilling to work for their emperor for the pitiful little money every month and two porridge a day, and he was immediately scolded by his companions.

"Soldiers, work harder, the enemy's defense line is about to be breached, and the emperor is ahead." Just when the Ming army's defense line was about to be breached, Xu Dingguo came to the front line to boost morale.

"As long as we break through this line of defense, we can kill the treacherous ministers around the emperor and restore peace to the world." In order to strengthen the soldiers' fighting spirit, Xu Dingguo still told a set of lies that even ghosts would not believe.

But when the heavy infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion and other heavy infantry were gradually in a state of exhaustion, a brigade of auxiliary soldiers who had just been armed suddenly came from behind them.

Although the auxiliary soldiers had hardly experienced any battles, the comrades fighting in front of them greatly encouraged them and gave them the courage to fight the rebels.

"Fuck, why does Zhu Cihong still have soldiers?" Seeing these armed auxiliary soldiers, Xu Dingguo cursed viciously.

At this moment, his lieutenant general suddenly said, "My lord, those are the auxiliary soldiers that Zhu Cihong hastily armed. They are only wearing a suit of armor that looks good, but in fact they have no fighting power at all."

After saying this, the deputy general looked at Xu Dingguo with a smile, as if he was offering advice and taking credit for his own advice.

But he never expected that Xu Dingguo didn't reward him, not even verbal encouragement, but scolded him head-on and face-to-face.

"Do you think I don't know? It's up to you." Xu Dingguo scolded the lieutenant mercilessly.

He didn't have any scruples about reprimanding the lieutenant in front of dozens of soldiers, which would make him lose face and even hurt his self-esteem.

"The last general doesn't dare, the last general doesn't dare." The deputy general didn't understand what kind of temper Xu Dingguo had lost today, so he scolded him indiscriminately.

But Xu Dingguo was his chief, no matter how harsh the scolding was, he could only bear with it, and even apologized to Xu Dingguo.

After scolding his lieutenant general, Xu Dingguo turned around and put pressure on the soldiers who were fighting.

"Give me a little effort, don't leave any spare energy."

"Today is a moment of life and death. Either the enemy will die or we will die!" Xu Dingguo shouted loudly.

"I just contacted Azig, Prince Ying of the Qing army, and Wu Sangui, king of Pingxi. They will send tens of thousands of fine riders to support us immediately. Don't relax, or our previous efforts will be wasted."

Seeing that the fighting intensity of the soldiers fighting in front was gradually decreasing, Xu Dingguo secretly cried out that it was not good, and hurriedly brought out the reinforcements of the Qing army to motivate them and give them hope to persevere.

Fighting consumes a lot of physical strength. The swords on both sides come and go, and a few back and forth will consume more than half of a person's physical strength.

When Xu Dingguo was busy boosting morale, he didn't know that his lieutenant had secretly developed hatred and thought of revenge against him.

Xu Dingguo's lieutenant general was named Hu Huishi, and he served as the lieutenant general beside Xu Dingguo for a long time.

Seeing that Xu Dingguo was busy commanding and motivating the frontline soldiers at this moment, he came to a place slightly behind to connect with the soldiers who had no combat missions for the time being.

"I don't know if we can win the battle this time." Hu Huishi suddenly talked about the war.

"It doesn't matter, what the generals say, we just do it. Winning or not is not what our big soldiers should think about."

"Should be able to win, doesn't it mean that we and Dongping Bojia have more than 5 people?"

"There is also the Qing army, and if you add the Qing army, there will be tens of thousands of people."

"That's not necessarily the case. We're rebelling against the emperor. It would be strange if we could win."

"Why can't we win? Li Zicheng can invade the capital, but we can't defeat the emperor's army?"

The soldiers around Hu Huishi expressed their views one after another. Quite a few of them had no idea about the future of this battle. Many people thought that this battle might not be won, and some even believed that this battle would be lost.

All in all, not many people think that Xu Dingguo will definitely lead them to victory.

After all, Xu Dingguo was not a very prestigious person, and he had not grown to the point where he became a marquis and worshiped a general during the peasant wars in the late Ming Dynasty for so many years.

Hu Huishi, who originally had complaints about Xu Dingguo and was not very optimistic about Xu Dingguo, heard the words of the people around him, and became more determined not to be optimistic about Xu Dingguo.

But as Xu Dingguo's deputy general, his entire future and life are tied to Xu Dingguo's body. Whatever Xu Dingguo does, he will follow him.

So, if Xu Dingguo can't do well, how can he live well?

Got it!

Hu Huishi suddenly thought that he could betray Xu Dingguo, just like he betrayed Zhu Cihong. In this way, Xu Dingguo's future has nothing to do with him.

At that time, whether Xu Dingguo is defeated or killed by the Ming army, it will not affect his bright future for Hu Huishi.

Thinking of this, Hu Huishi decided to win over a group of people by his side, so that he could save his life on the battlefield where tens of thousands of people were fighting, and change his ways.

"Brothers, do you think the commander-in-chief is betraying the court?" Hu Huishi suddenly asked a fatal question.

If Xu Dingguo betrayed the imperial court, he was clearly against Xu Dingguo, but in the hearts of this group of simple big soldiers, fighting the emperor's people was betraying the imperial court and the emperor.

If we don't say that Xu Dingguo betrayed the court and went against the emperor, it must have been against his will.

After hearing Hu Huishi's question, everyone started discussing it again.

Because Hu Huishi was Xu Dingguo's deputy general and often handled military affairs on behalf of Xu Dingguo, in the eyes of many people, Hu Huishi was the shadow of Xu Dingguo, and his words could represent Xu Dingguo's will.

But these people didn't know that Hu Huishi had already developed hatred for Xu Dingguo, and he might stab him in the back at some point.

"Should count, or not."

"What you said is like farting, whether it counts or not."

"I think it counts."

"How dare you say such a thing."

"The commander-in-chief said he was on the side of the Qing emperor, so of course it doesn't count. There is nothing for everyone to argue about."

As before, those who are completely on Xu Dingguo's side are still in the minority, and most people feel that what they are doing now is a betrayal of the emperor and should be condemned.

During the time when Hu Huishi was talking with everyone, some people gradually discovered that Hu Huishi's words were simply disturbing the morale of the army and bewitching everyone.

But when the person who discovered this thought that Hu Huishi was Xu Dingguo's deputy general, he swallowed Hu Huishi's ulterior motives into his stomach.

(End of this chapter)