Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 229
What a great honor this is. In the 200-year history of the Ming Dynasty, the number of emperors' personal expeditions can be counted on the fingers, and the emperor came to the front of the battle to inspire the morale of the soldiers. Apart from Zhu Cihong, there were only two emperors, Hong Wu and Yongle. .

Although Zhu Cihong only said a few words and didn't give any actual benefits, but just like this, the soldiers were very excited.

Because they saw the emperor who was out of reach in the past, and were encouraged by the emperor himself.

As long as you are not an idiot, you will know that as long as they fight hard on the battlefield, the emperor will definitely see their military exploits. There is no possibility of any superiors greedy for your credit or rewards, because the emperor has already seen you fighting.

Just when the soldiers of the Ming army thought that Zhu Cihuang would continue to cheer them on, something unexpected happened. Zhang Peilun actually shouted at the soldiers of the rebel army.

"Soldiers on the opposite side, I am your emperor Zhu Cihong."

"I know that you were bewitched by the villains. As long as you turn your guns and attack the Qing army and other rebels, I will forgive your sins."

Zhu Cihong planned to use his speech to move these rebels. Those rebels could not be determined to rebel against Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing.

Although Zhu Ming treated the soldiers very harshly, the extra salary was not much, and the rewards issued during wartime were also very small.

But Zhu Ming is the court of the Han people after all, and the Zhu family has raised these armies for more than 200 years, so they have no reason to betray the court overnight.

There are still reasons for those peasant uprisings. After all, natural disasters and man-made disasters, coupled with the exorbitant taxes from the government, even if you are a machine that does not need to eat, you will have to pay for it from the beginning to the end of the year.

Even Zhu Cihong didn't want to blame the peasants who revolted. They were as inevitable in Chinese history as princes and generals.

Zhu Cixi still remembers that until the end of the 90th century, China almost led to a peasant uprising. He heard that in the late [-]s, some southern provinces even dared to bury their township chiefs alive in order to resist taxes.

The peasants couldn't survive the uprising, but what about those soldiers?
Maybe the imperial court will deduct their salaries, so that they can't even fill the stomachs of their wives and children, but at the very least, they can still feed themselves and barely survive, which is already very good.

Moreover, since Zhu Cihong prepared the army for war, he has strictly controlled the army's finances. Corruption can be put aside a little bit, and soldiers' salaries and rations can be deducted, but it is Zhu Cihong's high-voltage line.

"If you make achievements on the battlefield, I promise to honor you and treat you and other troops equally."

In order to get the rebels to rebel and let them fight for him, Zhu Cixiang did not hesitate to use himself as a guarantee.

When he said this, the rebels and the Ming army suddenly lowered their swords in unison, and they were all listening to the speech of Zhu Cixiang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"Really?" At this moment, the rebel army didn't know who that person was, but boldly questioned Zhu Cihong, and stared straight at Zhu Cihong.

If in the past, he dared to say this and do this, it might not be a crime to implicate the three clans, but it is very likely that he will be imprisoned and tortured, or even killed on the spot.

"Of course, as the emperor of the Han family, don't I, Zhu Cihong, have more credibility than the traitors and Hulu?" Zhu Cihong asked everyone loudly.

At this moment, Hu Huishi, deputy general of Xu Dingguo who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity. The emperor himself came to persuade him to surrender, and there was no better opportunity to show off.

So Hu Huishi found a few good friends who used to play, and asked them to talk to him, and they would repeat what he said.

As soon as Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Hu Huishi stood between the two armies and said to the rebel soldiers, "The Son of Heaven will always be our Son of Heaven!"

"Just now we were bewitched by the traitor Xu Dingguo. We were coerced by him to attack the Ming army and threaten the emperor. This is already a heinous crime, and it is a crime for the nine clans."

"But the emperor forgave our sins. May I ask, is there a better monarch than the emperor?"

The rebel soldiers present all felt that what Hu Huishi said made sense.

Even though Zhu Cihong is not the best monarch in the world, compared to his predecessors, Chongzhen, Tianqi, Wanli and others, Zhu Cihong is already very courageous and sympathetic to soldiers.

"We were the Ming army before, we are still the Ming army now, and we will be the Ming army in the future. Brothers, turn back and kill the traitors Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor!" Hu Huishi commanded the army like a leader at this moment. Xu Dingguo's subordinates.

The next second, a miraculous thing happened. After hearing Hu Huishi's words, the rebels under Xu Dingguo actually turned around and pointed their guns at Xu Dingguo.

Even some of the soldiers around Xu Dingguo turned their swords against Xu Dingguo. If it wasn't for Xu Dingguo's loyal soldiers, they would have been beheaded long ago.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Cihong couldn't help giving Hu Huishi a thumbs up in his heart.

If it weren't for his cooperation, although Zhu Cihong could influence the rebels and make them turn against him and fight for him, it would definitely not be as simple as it is now.

The reason is that Hu Huishi was originally Xu Dingguo's deputy general and had a high prestige in the army. Although he always carried out Xu Dingguo's orders and never made decisions, in the army led by Xu Dingguo, even the leadership Not really.

But this is not the case for the vast number of lower-level soldiers, because they usually cannot enter Xu Dingguo's camp, and they don't know who the various orders of the army are formulated for.

I only know that most of Xu Dingguo's orders are conveyed by him. Most of the time, Xu Dingguo is too lazy to do things that he doesn't want to do.

So as soon as Hu Huishi stood up, the soldiers under Xu Dingguo couldn't help turning their guns and aiming at Xu Dingguo.

"Traitor, you are all traitors, I am your commander-in-chief, how can you betray me!" Xu Dingguo couldn't believe that his army of [-] people were attacking him with swords because of Zhu Cixiang's few words.

It's a pity that he forgot that when it comes to traitors, among the tens of thousands of rebels, only he and Liu Zeqing can be regarded as real traitors.

These soldiers are just poor people who have been bewitched and coerced. Now that they choose to fight for Zhu Cihong, it should be said that they are reforming their evil ways, not betraying them.

Moreover, they were originally the Ming army, which belonged to Zhu Cihong's army, and now they are still under Zhu Cihong's command, but they do not accept his command, so how could they betray.

"Give up your resistance, Xu Dingguo. You and your reinforcements are vulnerable. Tomorrow's soldiers will crush all enemies, and you are no exception." Zhu Cixiang quietly came to Xu Dingguo's side and said to him with a righteous look.

(End of this chapter)