Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

The next day, Mu Ying led the right army to launch an attack first, and as usual, Mu Sheng led the vanguard to charge the gate.Due to the accumulated experience in capturing the South Gate a few days ago, and the fact that the Yuan Army Xu believed that there were elephant soldiers defending the city and did not resist desperately, Mu Sheng led the army to take the South Gate very quickly.After the South Gate lost power, the Yuan army, as expected, sacrificed the killer elephant troops.

The low-pitched roar of a dozen elephants pierced the eardrums, and the Fireball Battalion had already been waiting in line. However, the artificially imitated voices and portraits during training were very different from the real giants, and many soldiers still felt a little timid for a while.

"The first column of the Firebolt Battalion, follow me!" At the critical moment, Xia Ziling's calm voice sounded, and he placed himself in the middle of the first column, which is convenient for commanding the entire battalion and sniping from the best position Like soldiers.

With a "bang", Xia Ziling shot out the blunderbuss, hitting the eyes of the elephant at the front. The elephant roared fiercely and pierced the sky, and began to rampage violently. The entire elephant soldier team was thrown into chaos.

As Xia Ziling shot out the gunpowder, the soldiers in the first row also fired gunpowder one after another.

After the first column finished shooting, Xia Ziling ordered: "The first column retreats, and the second column shoots."

The entire battalion of gunfire shot in an orderly manner, attacking continuously. Although the elephants could not be killed, the injured and frightened elephants could not move forward. In the city, the terrifying elephant soldiers were finally brought under control.

At the same time, the Chinese army led by Fu Youde also began to storm the North Gate.The defense of the north gate was slightly stronger than that of the south gate, and the north gate was not attacked until the fire gun battalion restrained the elephant soldiers.

Previously, Xia Ziling was worried that he had made a mistake in his judgment, so he still allocated a third of the Huobaobattalion staff to guard the north gate.However, it turns out that there are not many elephant soldiers in Puding City.Once the north gate is opened, where is the shadow of the elephant?Not only that, seeing that the city gate had been broken, the Yuan army fled one after another. Fu Youde's eldest son, Fu Zhong, led the army commander to drive straight in, and captured Puding Mansion and Daluhuachi Mansion in a short while.

Dalu Huachi Bori Tie China in Puding City committed suicide before being captured by the Ming army, and Wanhu Zhang Cheng did not have much affection for the Yuan court because he was Han. He had no choice but to send troops to resist the despotic power of that. Now that Boritie China died, he quickly led a group of officials and defenders in the city to surrender.

The Ming army lost nearly 2 horses in Puding City, and most of the soldiers hated Zhang Cheng, but Fu Youde did not.When Zhang Cheng led the crowd to kneel and surrender in front of the army, he took the initiative to get off his horse to help him, and treated him as a guest of honor, and invited him to the lobby of the government office to serve tea and talk for a long time.

Zhang Cheng is also a smart person, and he immediately informed the garrison in Puding City, the storage of money and grain, and other matters, in detail.

Fu Youde looked at the account books. Therefore, in the Yuan Dynasty, taxes were heavy, and the Mongolian nobles were profligate, and the local government was mostly unable to make ends meet. However, Zhang Cheng managed this frontier city in an orderly manner, and the official granary still had surplus.In addition, when entering the city, Fu Youde saw that despite the hard battle, the people in the city did not panic and fled. It was obvious that Zhang Cheng had already comforted him in advance, and the people also trusted the parent official so that they could survive the war. Daily life in the city continued as usual.

After learning about the situation in Puding City, Fu Youde did not bring down Zhang Cheng who had assisted Boritiechina in resisting the Ming army. Instead, he agreed to write a letter of defense for him, and still let him be the parent officer of Puding City.Zhang Cheng was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes, and vowed to devote himself to managing Puding well and pay off the merits.

In fact, it is Zhu Yuanzhang's idea to continue to use the old ministers. When the new dynasty was first established, it was the time when all the waste was waiting to be employed. Even in the six departments of the Central Committee, he also used many old ministers from the previous dynasty, let alone the local government.In order to avoid the war in Yunnan, Zhu Yuanzhang even sent envoys to agree to maintain the title of King Liang. These local officials will naturally be retained if they can be used. Fu Youde's army has come from afar, and there is no time to select a group of new ones for the conquered cities one by one. official.

Since Zhang Cheng was immediately appointed as a local official of the Ming Dynasty, he was familiar with the way, and he handled the post-war settlement in the afternoon. In the evening, he hosted a banquet in honor of the senior generals of the Ming army.

In this way, the feeling of fighting to the death in the morning and having a good time at the same table at night can't be more weird.However, everyone still understands the reason why the two armies are fighting each other and each is the master, especially since Zhang Cheng is still a Han Chinese, the dead are already dead, so it can only be regarded as for the sake of peace, and the hatred will disappear.

Although the food and drink prepared by Zhang Cheng was lavish, everyone was very tired today, and they were not very interested.

On an autumn night, the starry sky is clear and the full moon hangs high. Everyone has already fallen asleep, and a man in Tsing Yi sits in the corridor and plays his flute to the moon.

Mu Ying's military attire was still on, and when she approached, a deep voice broke the beautiful picture in front of her eyes, "Mu Sheng, if you have such leisure time to play the flute here, why don't you come to today's dinner party."

Hearing the old man's voice, Mu Sheng immediately turned over and got down. He looked handsome and handsome in the Tsing Yi Confucian attire, quite like a Confucian general.

"Aren't I afraid that Daddy and your old man won't welcome me?"

"Hmph, you also know what you did." Mu Yingying said with a trace of anger in his air.

Mu Sheng made great contributions in this battle, and his subordinates also suffered the most losses, so Mu Yingcai was even more angry.The right army did the hard work, but Fu Youde took the credit for it.

Although the final result proved that Mu Sheng's proposal was correct, the Ming army suffered very little loss in attacking the city this day, but...the father and son soldiers, his Mu Ying's son, stood in the opposite position to him, how could he pull Have a face.

"Father, you once taught me and my elder brother that generals should focus on the overall situation, wisdom, benevolence, faith, courage, and loyalty. As a vanguard in the army, the child can see the situation most clearly. The child only wants to use the smallest The quickest win at the cost."

Mu Sheng's eyes were open. This son was taught so well by him, which made Mu Ying feel a little ashamed. Sometimes people in high positions for too long will forget their original intentions.

Mu Ying sighed, and said: "Father is also for the prosperity of the Mu family."

As military generals, there are not many opportunities to make achievements in peaceful times. The three generals who went to Yunnan this time have the same rank. It is impossible to say that they do not have the heart to compete.Moreover, Mu Ying's considerations were indeed very prescient. This time when the class teacher returned to the court, Fu Youde was promoted to Duke due to his meritorious service, while Mu Ying was still a Marquis of Xiping until his death.

Mu Sheng smiled, "Father, isn't our Mu family beautiful enough?"

"Your father and I are the adopted son of the emperor. I fought with the emperor on the battlefield at the age of 16. No matter whether it is a marquis or a duke, no one dares to bully me. But after a hundred years, it will be different when your elder brother takes the title, not to mention you still have no title. Well." Mu Sheng has been excellent since he was a child, even more so than his elder brother, and even Zhu Yuanzhang loves him very much, but it is impossible to become a knight without his proud military achievements.

"Father, you think too much," Mu Sheng leaned close to his father's ear and whispered, "It's not like you don't know that the emperor himself made the duke, and the iron coupon of the alchemy given by the emperor is like a life-threatening talisman. Marquis, it may not be a good thing."

These words are very rebellious, but there is no one around, so it doesn't matter if the father and son whisper.Emperor Hongwu suppressed the heroes of the founding of the country, naturally he picked up the high title, what is the iron coupon to avoid death, the emperor wants to kill people, there are thousands of reasons, so what's the use of a dead thing.

Of course, as Emperor Hongwu's adoptive son, Mu Ying is different from others, but after a hundred years of Emperor Hongwu, who knows if the successor will miss his old love?The greater the credit, the more the tree attracts the wind.

What Mu Sheng said was straightforward, Mu Ying's face darkened, and she scolded: "You are not allowed to say this again." However, seeing that Mu Sheng could take it easy, he was relieved.

After all, Mu Chun wanted the hereditary title. He was eager for military exploits, and he was more concerned about his second son, Mu Sheng.

"Understood, Dad, I'm tired today, you should rest early."

Mu Ying patted her son's shoulder, said no more, turned and went back to the room.

"What? Did you get scolded by your father?" A magnetic and pleasant male voice came from behind. When Mu Sheng turned his head, he saw Zhu Chun, who was dressed in white, standing behind him with a smile.

"The king of Shu changed his career to become a gentleman on Liang, eavesdropping on other people's family affairs?"

"Of course I won't eavesdrop on your father and son talking in the room, but this is a corridor, it seems that no one has stipulated that I cannot come." Zhu Chun grew up with Mu Sheng, and he always spoke casually.

"Whatever you want, just don't disturb my mood." After Mu Sheng finished speaking, he sat down and prepared to continue playing the flute.

"Come on, are you still in the mood? Your flute is as sad as a dead relative. I can't listen to the howling of ghosts and wolves in the middle of the night." Zhu Chun paused, and said seriously: "Your adjutant Li Wei is in this battle. Did you die in the line of duty?"

Mu Sheng's eyes were filled with astonishment, and he answered after a few seconds: "Yes." Li Wei had followed him for many years, the first time he stormed the South Gate and narrowly escaped death, fortunately he escaped back, but unfortunately he died in today's battle.Of course, Li Wei wasn't the only one who died among his subordinates. As a vanguard, there was no other way for them to suffer the most casualties.

He is not a cold-hearted general, even his father didn't notice such an insignificant matter, it is rare for Zhu Chungui, the king of Shu, to pay attention to it.

"After the pacification of Yunnan, there should be no more wars in the short term."

"Well," Mu Sheng nodded, but as a military commander, no matter where he goes south or north, fighting is a matter of time, and he always lives with his head on his head. Thinking of this, Mu Sheng sighed: "It's better for you to be a leisurely prince." ah."

"Well, am I not in the army like you?" He doesn't want to go into details with Mu Sheng about the situation of the feudal prince and the expectations of his mother and concubine for him. Even if they have a good relationship, if Mu Sheng is unwilling to help Him, he won't force it.Although it is dangerous to lead troops into battle, it does not necessarily lose your head. As a prince, that is really like walking on thin ice.

"Go, can it be the same?" Mu Sheng curled his lips in disdain, "Forget it, since you're here, there's one thing I just want to tell you."

Zhu Chun nodded slightly, and Mu Sheng went on to say: "Xia Ziling invented the three-stage shooting method this time, and led the Huoba battalion to defeat the enemy. Don't forget to reward the meritorious deeds."

"As a Shangguan, you are not going to count this credit on yourself?"

"What good is this little work done to me? At most, a few taels of silver will be rewarded after the war. If it is counted on Xia Ziling, it is enough to be promoted two or three levels."

Zhu Chun smiled and teased, "You really care about him. What's the matter? Could it be that Xia Ziling gave you a gift?"

"If I need anything, wait for him to give it to you? King Shu, you are rich and powerful, so it would be quicker to ask you directly," Mu Sheng finished teasing, and then withdrew his expression, half-truthfully said: "I think he is a talent, you If you don’t like it, you might as well give it to me.”

"It's rare to meet someone you, Mu Sheng, like, but..." Zhu Chun paused, "Since you said you are a talent, how could I let go?"

In fact, he didn't doubt Xia Ziling's ability. Whether it was the prediction of Guo Huan's case or his performance in the army, he was very impressive. All he was worried about was his purpose.

If it is said that he is for the glory and wealth, among the many feudal lords, there are quite a few powerful and ambitious ones, and he, Zhu Chun, is used to keeping a low profile, so why does Xia Ziling have a crush on him?However, whether Xia Ziling has other plans can not be seen in a day or two, and Zhu Chun suddenly feels that this is not an insurmountable problem, and he can use it when he can. If Xia Ziling dares to betray him, then... The methods of the king of Shu will never be much better than those of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Then whatever you want," Mu Sheng paused, and said, "That day when the generals discuss matters, you stand by my side, thank you!"

If the king of Shu hadn't made the decision, the strategy of dividing the troops to attack the north and south gates would not have been settled so quickly.

Zhu Chun smiled, his eyebrows and eyes were handsome under the moonlight like a fairy, and he replied: "There is no need to say thank you between you and me."