Chapter 635
Situ Yi-Yuan was a good person, but not a good general. He couldn't bear to the people in the city to be buried with him, so he handed over the decision to everyone. His subordinates all gave each other a wink, bowed to Situ Yi-Yuan a few times, and then left.
There is a saying that the only way to die is to die in the ages. Even ants live secretly, not to mention humans. Why do these people die when they live well?
As for the Ming Dynasty and the world are about to end, what does it have to do with them? Three hundred years ago, there was no Ming Dynasty? For thousands of years, the city flags changed on the Great Central Plains. The Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, you finished singing and I appeared, but what does it have to do with them, the little people? They still have to join the army, still have to farm, and still have to pay food. Who is the master?
The only person Situ had seen so many people actually chose to surrender to Liu Jun, which made him sigh, waved his hand, and told them to get out.
Their morale was not high, and the enemy reinforcements were coming continuously, and there were powerful things like red-clothed cannons, but their reinforcements were not sure where they were? They didn't know where they were, which made them feel confused.
Don’t these officials know the importance of Zhenjiang? They don’t know that even if Zhenjiang is lost, Nanjing cannot be defended? But why are reinforcements delaying?
You should know that when taxes are collected every month, they are extremely punctual and accurate. However, when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, these people are afraid of death, and they retreat.
Situ Weiyi sighed: "Everyone is like this, what's the use of me persevering alone? Why bother to bring the people of the whole city to bury with me?"
After Liu Bu sent Qian Qianyi to lobby the other party, many people thought that he was too risky and had a slight advantage. If the other party seized the money, what should he do when he was active?
Among the people of this era, Qian Qianyi is still a famous person, a very powerful person and an important person.
A famous figure in the world, even if he does not have any real ability, his reputation can bring many useful things to the Liu family army.
For example, literary leaders and Qingliu leader Qian Qianyi can defect to them, and others have no reason to refuse.
But Liu Bu had a different view. In Liu Bu's impression, later generations also heard of Qian Qianyi's reputation, but it came more from his beautiful wife, Liu Rushi. As for this person who was too cold and had itchy head, he didn't have much impression.
You should know that even the Qing Dynasty later had very low evaluations of Qian Qianyi. When he surrendered to them, gave up Nanjing City, and surrendered to the Jiannu of Manchu, these people were ecstatic. Who knew that this person was not valued later and did not get what he wanted, he secretly secretly sought a rebellion. Zheng Chenggong was his disciple, and he secretly supported and supported some forces against the Qing Dynasty.
This made the Qing Dynasty very angry and listed it as a treacherous minister. Even if the Qing Dynasty later perished, it was not rehabilitated, and history did not rehabilitate him, but instead nailed it to the cross of shame.
He is a shameless literati with no backbone and integrity. He is not the first or the last person like this. If he can't even persuade Zhenjiang City, it proves that he is not worth much. If he loses it, he will lose it. Just catch a few more. Liu Bu did not regard the Jinshi and these scholars of this era as elites and pillars of the country, but regarded them as ordinary people.
These people are so powerful that they are bragging. They are not just holding one head with both arms. Once they get up, they will still be afraid and afraid. Moreover, when they deal with things, they are just average. People should not have any shortcomings.
During the past ten years, the Liu family army has also cultivated many of their own people. Their abilities shown in all aspects are not in the hands of these people who have won the titles and high school Jinshi.
For example, each of the generals trained by Liu Bu can stand alone and become a very outstanding general, and the capable people trained by his family provide them with great convenience.
For example, their steward Liu Fuqi, who was in charge of the logistics work of the Liu family, was in charge of eating, drinking, defecation and urination for more than tens of thousands of years, and was in good order. Even in later generations, such talents were rare.
There is also Wu Fugui, the person in charge of Jiangnan. This person has a very bad reputation, but his ability is extremely strong. The ability of Liu's army to take root and penetrate so deeply in Jiangnan is also related to his business. After the battle of Wuyin, he has gone from open to secret and has been secretly presiding over the work.
This time, the Liu family army was able to quickly enter Jiangnan and mobilize so many supplies quickly, which is also related to the big boss's operation and operation behind the scenes.
The Liu family army dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to rush together like the wind, and their Xu Rulin was as fast as lightning. No elite official army of the court could do this, but they did it well and brought so many supplies. This shows that they have a lot of talents in all aspects to maintain and promote all this.
Otherwise, they would have a 100,000 army, and those who can fight, would not be able to gain such a prominent and majesty for them.
The reason why Liu Bu gave the other party an hour was mainly to prepare for their cannons. They mobilized more cannons to bring them to the battlefield and prepared to bombard Zhenjiang City.
They made up their minds to seize the world with Zhu Ming. Either you die or I die. If they are willing to surrender to them, they will definitely be treated as the courtesy of the guests, and they will have everything. If they still hold the Ming Dynasty, the rotten wooden board, he will not be weak.
The most important thing that Liu Bu learned after he was in the army for so long was that he was kind-hearted and did not control the army. He understood very well that his every move was related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in the Liu family. Any weak or concession decision could make them doom and there was a way to go.
Therefore, in many things, he cannot tolerate his kindness as a woman, and he cannot tolerate any hesitation.
Liu Bu is the commander of Liu Jun who is more than 100,000. He is carrying their hopes and the hopes of the Liu family. If the family suffers losses due to his weakness in character and some strategic mistakes, he will not be able to forgive him.
This world follows the laws of the jungle. To put it bluntly, it is a natural choice for the fittest to survive. The minimum rule is always followed, that is, success, king, defeat, bandits. If they fail, they will probably have a bad reputation and a bad reputation. How bad will their descendants live a miserable life?
I believe that the court will try every means to torture them and torture them, so that they will not have a good life.
Therefore, treating friends should be as warm as spring, and treating enemies as cold and ruthless as ice and snow, so Liu Bu also issued an order, that is, when the time comes, the cannon will be fired immediately. He made a promise that the other party refused to surrender, and then he would not seal the sword for three days when he would break through the city.
Liu Bu understood that his identity was the soul of the Liu family army and the hope of the three armies. He should have great authority. What he said was no different from the emperor's imperial edict. That was, once a word was expressed, it was hard to pursue. Although he did not have the name of an imperial edict, he had the reality of an imperial edict.
Even his words are stronger and more authoritative than imperial edicts. Now we need to know that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty are so unpredictable by these civil officials that the emperor sent the orders were actually understood as the central edict. Without the cabinet's attached notice, it is not considered an imperial edict. Even if it is an imperial edict, the civil servants have the right to return it. The more crazy the imperial edict you return it, the more famous it becomes.
Isn’t this a slap in the face of the emperor or the court? In the long run, the emperor and the court have any authority?
It is with authority that the emperor can rule the world and the people under one person, and if the authority is gone, how can he rule so many people and resources?
Like the current Emperor Chongzhen, he showed great diligence and love for the people and was very safe. Compared with his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, he was in heaven, one was a foolish monarch, and the other was a wise monarch, but he made the government affairs of the court a mess and the world was a mess.
This is because he didn't understand at all that he was the emperor and the noble god of the Ming Dynasty. He just wanted the entire court to obey him and make the whole world fear and respect him. But he acted like an ordinary person, and even expressed his mistakes on many major events and even blamed himself for his sins.
You should know that the emperor's authority is supreme, and the emperor cannot make mistakes. Even if it is wrong, it must be right. If you issue a decree for guilt in a peaceful and prosperous era, the court and civil servants will think that you are good.
But if you are in troubled times, with internal and external affairs and continuous military failures, and still issue an edict to blame yourself, this is to further weaken your authority.
Without the authority of the emperor and the court, the ministers will not be afraid of you or fear you. This proves one thing, that is, wherever their Liu family army goes, these people have lost their spiritual support and surrendered to them one after another.
Liu Bu knew that they would definitely take down Zhenjiang City. It was only time. Sooner or later, after taking down Zhenjiang, it was time for him to consider surrounding Nanjing City. This world must be a big city.
So when Qian Qianyi entered the city to persuade the other party to surrender, they were also sending advance troops to bypass the path and go to Nanjing for deep penetration. As a result, the city gate opened and Qian Qianyi led a group of officials and soldiers out.
Chapter completed!