Xia Xun smiled, and his expression suddenly stabilized. Zheng He could see clearly. At this moment, Xia Xun seemed to be a different person. The hesitation, hesitation, and worry about gains and losses that he had just shown slightly were suddenly forgotten. Zheng He has been waiting by Zhu Di's side. He is even more familiar with Emperor Yongle than the three princes. Xia Xun's current behavior is very similar to Zhu Di's attitude when things happen. No matter what he thought privately beforehand, once When things come to a close, he doesn't think about anything else except giving it his all.
Zheng He put down his tea cup, slowly sat up straight, and his expression became serious.
"The governors-general of the five provinces for the suppression of Japanese invaders will be promoted to their posts, and all the guards will be called upon to report for advancement!"
"Commander Chu Zezheng of the Songmen Guards was ordered to report for duty and pay homage to the Lord!"
"The commander of Jinxiang Guard, Cao Lei, was ordered to report for duty and pay homage to the Lord!"
"Haimen Guards Commander Yang Qiuge was ordered to report for duty and pay homage to the Lord!"
"Commander Fang Shize of Dinghaiwei was ordered to report for duty and meet with the Lord of the Ministry!"
"Ren Juying, the deputy commander of the Shuangyu Guards, has been ordered to report for duty and pay homage to the Lord!"
"Han Nuo, the deputy commander of the Taicang Guards, has been ordered to report for duty and pay homage to the Lord!"
The commander of the Sixteenth Guards had all their armors in full, and they called in one by one. They stood to the left and right. In a short time, the hall was filled with Generals Jiujiu.
After the last person reported in, Xia Xun asked calmly: "Is everyone here?"
The generals reported their names by name, and the military officer marked them one by one on the Ying Mao register. When Xia Xun asked, the military commander stood up after taking the case, cupping his fists and responded: "Go back to the headquarters, sir. Guanhaiwei Commander Chang Xiwen hasn’t arrived yet!”
There was an immediate commotion among the generals in the hall. Everyone knew that Shuangyu Guards had been framed. Xu Hu, the commander of Shuangyu Guards, was still recovering in Beijing. The person who was ordered to report was the deputy commander Ren Juying. And Shuangyu Guards was framed. The main reason was that Shuangyu Guards was framed. The participants are Taicang Guard and Guanhai Guard. Taicang Guard Commander Ji Wenhe and Du Commander Luo Yu died on Shuangyu Island at the same time. Now the deputy commander is also in charge of Taicang Guard.
Chang Xiwen, the commander of Guanhaiwei, was trying to frame his colleagues under serious suspicion, but because Luo Yu and Ji Wenhe died suddenly, he insisted on claiming that he was only under the command of Luodu and had no knowledge of the conspiracy and escaped.
Even so, this knot has been formed. Now that the auxiliary Duke Yang Xu has just taken office, he summoned all the generals, but he was the only one who was late. Is this intentional? In the commander's hall, the generals did not dare to whisper to each other. But the exchange of glances and the slightly heavier breathing revealed everyone's thoughts.
Xia Xun smiled faintly. He had expected that Chang Xiwen, the commander of Guanhaiwei, would be late, because Chang Xiwen was late and it was his fault. , since the commander of the Guanhaiwei has not arrived yet, the governor will first deploy the strategy for suppressing the Japanese to the generals. As for the Guanhaiwei, we will talk about it later!"
As soon as Xia Xun said these words, contempt suddenly appeared on the faces of the generals. The most disdainful thing among warriors is a coward. The majestic Duke of the country and the governor of the five provinces are nothing more than this. The awe-inspiring mood of the generals faded away. a bit.
Xia Xun acted as if nothing had happened and said loudly: "We are all warriors. We don't need to use the literati's meanderings. Let's get straight to the point. Suppress Japanese pirates. Suppress Japanese pirates. Since the early years of Taizu, we have been suppressing Japanese pirates. The more we suppress the Japanese, the more we suppress them. Now we are still talking about suppressing the Japanese. In fact, I think that is putting money on our own faces. Is that the suppression of the Japanese? That is the fight against the Japanese!"
Xia Xun pressed his hands on the commander's desk and said loudly: "One resists and the other suppresses. The difference between one word and one word is huge! The majestic Ming Dynasty and the mighty master have actually been reduced to the point where they can only resist. You are being kidnapped."
*Come to the door, a dying and rebellious bitch?"
These words shocked all the generals. It was not because they were frightened, but because they were surprised. What the Duke said... How could he be so similar to these ruffians?
Xia Xun continued: "Are the Japanese pirates difficult to deal with? Yes, they are difficult to deal with and difficult to deal with! When I say difficult to deal with, I don't mean that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can't defeat those pirates. The Ming Dynasty has only been in existence for more than thirty years.
The spirit of martial bravery is still there. When fighting, don't be afraid of the Japanese. So why are they so difficult to deal with? There are three reasons: First, the Japanese come from the sea, and the sea is thousands of miles away. It is impossible to guard against them. You can only commit thieves in a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves in a thousand days;
Second, the Japanese bought many scum, acted as their eyes and ears, informed the news, and even led the way for them, so they were very familiar with our territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there were many loopholes for them to take advantage of; third, the Japanese were greedy, and once they got benefits, many people would be shocked if they went back to tell the story.
If you are jealous, you will join the ranks of Japanese pirates one after another. If we kill a hundred Japanese today, we will attract a thousand Japanese when we turn back, and we will kill them all!"
What Xia Xun said was the truth. Although there were other reasons for the failure of the Japanese suppression, these three points were indeed the main reasons at that time. The senior officials felt more at ease after hearing this, but Xia Xun gave them first
Clearing the responsibilities makes them even more contemptuous. Isn't it just to use some gentle methods and say some nice words to coax the old men to fight for you? Military people read few books, but they are not too thoughtful, and no one does.
Silly, if you can conquer the hearts of generals in this way, then who can't be handsome?
Xia Xun continued: "The governor has been ordered to command the five provinces and work together to suppress the Japanese. I will start from these three aspects. The Japanese have ears and eyes, so I will attack their ears and eyes. The governor has already mobilized the Jinyi Guards to urge the provinces to inspect the envoys.
We must severely crack down on Japanese traitors. Once caught, we will punish them severely! Once the Japanese come ashore, they will become blind and deaf. They will not know where our soldiers are. If they go deeper, they will not even know the way back.
Since I can't guard against thieves for a thousand days, I will go out, attack the Japanese's lair, and take away their lair! As far as I know, most of the Japanese pirate's boats are not much better than a bamboo raft, and they are just for carrying people.
Things that cross the sea have very limited naval combat capabilities. The governor has received information that once a Japanese ship pounces on our Daming coast, each Japanese pirate will only bring three days of rations and three days of clean water. Their ships will not be able to carry more.
Are you arrogant to provide such supplies? But they succeed again and again! This time, I will show them how powerful we are. The governor has already established an ocean-going navy. Now they are training to watch the sea guards and will patrol the sea soon.
, once a Japanese pirate is encountered, how can the Japanese pirate's ships be a match for our Ming navy due to their crudeness and lack of supplies?
If they are not allowed to exist on the sea, they will have to retreat to their nests and wait for an opportunity. At this time, the governor will command the warships to attack the mainland of Japan and take them with them to their nests. But! Listen to me.
Clearly, to do all this, there must be a prerequisite, that is, they cannot get ashore, and once they get ashore, they will have nowhere to hide! And this is the responsibility of the generals!"
Xia Xun glanced coldly at the dozen generals standing in front of him and said: "I do not need you to concentrate your forces to suppress the Japanese pirates. I will follow my generals to chase the Japanese pirates. I have already followed the instructions of the generals.
The garrison has been divided into defensive areas. Within each defense area, a multi-level defense system is formed by regiments and civilians from villages, towns, counties, and governments. Each defends its own place, performs its duties, and only focuses on defending against the enemy.
, regardless of the enemy's movements.
And you, the officers and soldiers of the guard station, are responsible for pursuing, encircling and annihilating the Japanese pirates in your respective defense areas. Now, from villages to towns, from towns to counties, and from counties to prefectures, a horizontally and vertically intertwined message transmission network has been established.
, is like a huge spider web, but if there is any disturbance in one place, the news can be quickly transmitted to your guard post. Your responsibility is to pursue and annihilate the enemy within your own defense zone.
Once the Japanese pirates escape from your defense area, I don't need you to chase them. If you continue to chase them all the way, the entire defense system will be in chaos, and eventually it will evolve into the main force chasing behind the Japanese pirates, and they will lead them by the nose.
If the Japanese pirates escape into the defense areas of other guard posts, other guard posts will be responsible for the task of annihilation.
We cannot use the fastest speed to convey the news to all defense zones, and we cannot use the fastest speed to deploy our troops to the places where the Japanese pirates appear. Then, we will move locally and remain still as a whole. Wherever the Japanese pirates escape, we will move.
Get moving, I will make sure that the Japanese pirates will not be able to get supplies or grab anything anywhere, and they will not dare to stay or spend the night!
As long as they can't take advantage on land, they can be forced back to the sea! The sea is vast, and even if the governor's fleet is ten times larger, it will not be able to contain the Japanese pirates. But the Japanese pirates have so little drinking water.
and food, as long as they are forced to flee back to the sea, there is no need for us to pursue and intercept them, they will inevitably have to flee back to their nest, where our fleet will be waiting for him!"
After Xia Xun finished speaking, he ordered: "Give the generals the map of the defense area designated by me!"
The *** officer immediately took a stack of books from the desk and distributed them one by one to the various guards.
Xia Xun added: "There are clear records on the defense areas that you are responsible for. I suggest that before you see your own defense areas, you should first read the sixteen must-kill orders recorded above! Within your defense areas
If you fight bravely and inflict heavy losses on the enemy, I will reward you with the heads of the Japanese pirates. If you do not fight well, you can drive the Japanese pirates out of your defense area and prevent them from taking advantage of your defense area.
If you have not committed any crime, I will not punish you! If you do not fight effectively, neglect your duties, and allow the Japanese pirates to attack the city and plunder the village and loot the people, you will be killed without mercy!"
In order to deal with this troublesome Japanese pirates, Xia Xun changed the habit of other generals to control the overall command of the entire army, completely delegated power, and came to fight independently. But he fought independently by dividing detailed areas and clarifying merits and demerits.
Everyone has their own responsibility. In fact, what he is doing is a "fragmented responsibility system."
Under the communication conditions and maneuver efficiency at that time, if he played a game of chess, he would definitely follow in Qiu Fu's footsteps and fail again. But with this method, he didn't even need to consider whether there was any personal rift between the officers and soldiers in eastern Zhejiang and himself.
Grudges, powers and responsibilities are all decomposed and delegated. Unless someone has a sworn hatred against him and is willing to risk his life to drag him down, otherwise he must cheer up and fight with all his strength to fight for himself!
Xia Xun slowly glanced at the crowd and said: "As the old saying goes, God is watching when people do it! I don't know if God is watching. Even if God sees it, he can't tell me, so... I myself
Look! The governor has informed the people of all sides through the chief envoys of the five provinces that if you are in your own defense area, fear the enemy and fight timidly or have other thoughts, causing disaster to the people, whether it is the state, county, yamen, village
Officials, gentlemen and common people, as long as a complaint comes to me, the accused general will please take care of the funeral affairs first, and then come to see my governor's royal order flag and Shangfang sword. I am in charge of killing and not burying!
"
As soon as these murderous words were uttered, all the generals felt awe in their hearts. At this moment, the flag of the Chinese Army came in and reported: "Lord of the Ministry, Guanhaiwei Chang Xiwen wants to see you!"
***Hey, I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by here, leave a ticket. If your tooth is broken, you can kill it or bury it! ^_^***