On the general stage, Xue Hong was wearing light armor, his cloak was rustling in the biting cold wind, and he hung a sword on his waist, looking down at the soldiers under the stage.
"There are many ambitious people in the north who have repeatedly invaded our Ming border for more than a hundred years, and then killed the people in the north.
I, according to His Majesty's decree, are leading ten thousand cavalry and one thousand musketry cavalry. I want to send out more surprise troops. Do you dare?"
"dare!"
The generals under the stage roared like thunder. The soldiers were all very excited.
After all, I have heard for a long time that fighting with Hou Wenwen will definitely lead to meat. The generals who followed Xue Hong for the first time were basically upgraded due to their merit.
Even the low-level soldiers received ample reward money, and each of them married a wife. I heard that many of them even gave birth to children.
And the five thousand soldiers who followed Xue Hong to Japan were even more impressive. I heard that all of them stayed in Japan and became local officials and wealthy people, and each of them married several wives!
Xue Hong was very satisfied when he saw the high morale of the soldiers in the audience.
In ancient times, the most important thing about uniting an army was not sharing weal and woe, but clear rewards and punishments. As long as the rewards were in place, there would be people willing to sacrifice their lives.
Xue Hong ordered everyone to return to camp and rest for three days before setting off three days later.
Different from the other two armies, the mission of Xue Hong's army is not to attack, but to disrupt the opponent's deployment and implement hyena tactics... dig out the anus!
As the name suggests, the main force at the front is in trouble. It's time to steal homes and homes, and it's time to run out of food and supplies. Anyway, it's okay to do whatever it takes to be unethical!
Therefore, the soldiers assigned to Xue Hong by Emperor Longqing were all tough, tall and elite soldiers.
In addition, Xue Hong also has the responsibilities of guerrilla, taunting, attracting hatred, and forcing the opponent to fight with the main force.
After all, the other party is not stupid. The last time his pants were knocked off by Da Ming, he must not want to fight with Daming. There is a high probability that he will choose to be a coward.
But you can run away from Hu Tutu, but you can't run away from the Tumbling Bucket Garden! Nm, your army can run away, but is it possible that your city can still run away?
You're not going to fight, right? Someone's coming to break the city, and the Ming Dynasty's territory is 111...
If you play like this, the opponent will still be killed in the end.
There is no need to fight, even if you are besieging the city, you will not starve to death!
But what if you send troops to control it? What will be the result?
There are fewer troops sent, just to serve Xue Hong's troops.
If you send more troops, the main force of the Ming army will attack!
Regardless of Xue Hong's troops, they lost the city, the land, and the population and food.
There must be fewer people sent to intercept Xue Hong. They just fill the big hole and give Xue Hong credit.
If you send a large force to intercept and pursue Xue Hong, you will just fall into Emperor Longqing's plan.
In fact, this isn't really a strategy, it's just a matter of forcefully relying on strength to get past the opponent's face! It's barely considered a conspiracy.
All the art of war tells people how to defeat the strong with the weak, but in fact the most comfortable and optimal principle is to use the strong to bully the weak!
Xue Hong got off the general station and when he inspected the barracks, he found that many low-level soldiers were praying to God to bless them for killing the enemy, making meritorious service, and returning safely.
Xue Hong did not laugh at them for doing useless work, even though the immortals had passed away long ago.
Even in his previous life, Xue Hong's attitude towards ghosts and gods was just to keep a respectful distance. He would never laugh at superstitious people.
What kind of people are superstitious? There are generally three types.
The first type: the people at the lowest level who live the most miserable life are prone to superstition because they have no other choice but to pray to God and Buddha. This is their last struggle!
As a medical student in her previous life, Xue Hong saw too much helplessness.
Who else is superstitious? The second type is wealthy people. They are greedy for the wealth and luxury in this life and want it to be the same in the next life, so they pray to gods and Buddhas.
The last type is those who do bad things, with bad intentions but no boldness. They are extremely decisive when doing bad things, but they are afraid of this and that after doing bad things. It is ridiculous!
Xue Hong randomly picked a tent and walked in. The people in the tent were all strong men of seventeen or eighteen years old. They were all about the same age as Xue Hong. However, compared with Xue Hong, who had fair skin and handsome face, Yun Yun looked very handsome.
The difference between mud.
Seeing Xue Hong coming in, they all stood up and saluted: "I have met the Marquis!"
Xue Hong pressed her hands to show that there was no need to be polite, and then started chatting with a few people.
After talking to each other, Xue Hong learned that these people had become soldiers when they were fifteen or sixteen years old because they had no food to eat.
The parents at home basically starved to death, and they had no relatives.
Xue Hong asked them what their wishes were after becoming soldiers.
The answers from these soldiers were all kinds of strange, but they were basically the same.
Live, have enough to eat, marry, have children, and carry on the family line.
Among all people, those who wish to never have enough to eat in their entire lives are the ones who wish the most. And then there is the one who wishes to live...
Among these soldiers, there was an exceptionally strong soldier who was the only one among them who had an old mother. He joined the army just to support his mother.
Xue Hong didn't know what to do for a while, so he just patted everyone on the shoulders one by one: "Don't worry, brothers, I... will definitely bring you all back! I promise!"
Suddenly, a little soldier asked with a smile: "Master Marquis, can we finish the war so that our descendants will not be hungry and won't have to fight?"
Xue Hong didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while, but Xue Hong still smiled and nodded: "Yes. You are right! We must... get rid of all dangers that will harm our descendants! Regardless of them
how far!"
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In the capital city of Houjin, Chi, the leader of Houjin, died due to depression around the Lantern Festival.
His son, who inherited the throne of the country, actively carried out reforms and worked hard to study the technology of imitating Ming Dynasty firearms.
But because there is no Ming Dynasty's method of casting seamless steel pipes with liquid steel, and there is no formula for mercury fulminate. In the end, we can only imitate it and look nothing like it!
The gun that was finally made made no sound except the muzzle! It was like popping popcorn, and countless eggs were burnt...
After learning that Daming was preparing to perform the exercises himself, Ji made a decision that almost made Xue Hong jump with joy!
They decided to spend a lot of food, resources, and even cede land and population to seek help from the Romanov dynasty in the north, and jointly resist the Ming Dynasty.
Then the other party agreed...
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In the capital, things exploded because Emperor Longqing was preparing to send troops to the north, and the people were talking a lot.
But there are always people whose minds are not on state affairs.
At the end of a remote alley, there is a courtyard with three entrances. There are several maids and women sweeping the courtyard.
In the main room, a pair of white stripes are entangled together.
"Second Master... Nujia... Nujia, although I have a good appearance, in fact, my reputation and my heart are already dirty. Second Master, you... um~"