Chapter 1462 Zhang Jing’s Second Test and Comparison (Part 2)
“Now that the Japanese invasion situation is so serious, Mr. Zhu, what do you think about the suppression of Japanese invaders?” Zhang Jing asked again.
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an paused slightly. Zhang Jing's question was a very complex and huge one.
Jingnan Japanese pirates have entered the "big Japanese pirates" period since this year. The Japanese pirates who used to fight in small groups have become more and more numerous. They are numerous and attack cities and lands. They have reached the point of shaking the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiangnan. The danger is no less than that of the northern invaders who invaded the border for many years, and the Japanese invasion has also reached the level of "war".
Zhu Ping'an comes from modern times and knows that this "big Japanese pirate" rebellion will last for ten years before it is put down.
Therefore, "suppressing Japanese" is a complex, huge, and systematic proposition that cannot be explained in a few words, even in three to five days. However, since Zhang Jing asked, he must answer the key points based on history.
After all, Zhang Jing will dominate the Jiangnan situation for a period of time. The quality of his answers is directly related to whether he has the opportunity to appear on the stage during this period and the weight of his appearance, whether he is a passerby or a corner player.
“My lord, the right time, place and people are in our hands. If we launch a massive campaign to suppress the Japanese pirates, we will be victorious! As for the time required to suppress the Japanese pirates, naturally the shorter the better, and the faster we destroy the Japanese pirates the better. , but based on the actual situation, nowadays Japanese invasions are frequent, long-lasting, large-scale, large in number, and spread over a wide area. Our coastal defenses are in disrepair, our coastal guards are empty and our combat power is weak. I believe that annihilating the Japanese pirates cannot be accomplished overnight. It is difficult to achieve the goal of destroying the Japanese pirates in one battle. We need to treat it with caution, plan for it slowly, and concentrate our troops. , deploy troops and generals, attack by land and water." After Zhu Pingan thought for a moment, he cupped his hands and replied to Zhang Jing.
After hearing Zhu Pingan's answer, Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes, "Are you saying that it is difficult to quickly annihilate the Japanese pirates in a short period of time?"
"Yes. "Zhu Ping'an nodded, "Xiaoguan believes that the Japanese will be defeated, but it is difficult to suppress them urgently, so they must be suppressed gradually. "
Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes, tapped the table with his fingers, and raised his voice and said, "Japanese plagues are in our Jiangnan, and most of our government's taxes come from Jiangnan. If Jiangnan is unstable, the country will be unstable. Jiangnan Maybe, our government's money bag will be deflated, and the Japanese pirates will be wiped out. It is imminent! The Japanese pirates are unjust, and our government is righteous, and the time, place, and people are all in our government, so we can’t rush to destroy the Japanese pirates?”
“Xiaguan also hopes to destroy the Japanese pirates quickly, but from the actual situation Look, it's difficult." Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and insisted.
Although he looked at Zhang Jing with an oppressive and questioning attitude, Zhu Ping'an, who came from modern times, knew Zhang Jing's true thoughts.
Emergency suppression was the attitude of Emperor Jiajing and the cabinet, but not Zhang Jing’s. Zhang Jing was in Jiangnan, and he knew the actual situation in Jiangnan better than Emperor Jiajing and the cabinet. He knew the situation of Japanese pirates and was familiar with them. Regarding the Ming Dynasty's own situation, Zhang Jing was mature and prudent in his work, and his attitude was to gradually suppress , to suppress the Japanese with full confidence, and Zhang Jing also did this in history. Zhang Jing mobilized Guangxi wolf soldiers, dispatched troops and generals, concentrated superior forces, and only started to suppress the Japanese after full preparation.
Seeing Zhu Pingan insisting on his point of view, Zhang Jing's eyes flashed with an elusive look of appreciation.
Zhang Jing also asked Hu Zongxian these questions when he came to check Japanese pirate information and visit.
Hu Zongxian's answer at the time was: mobilize troops and generals. Jiangnan suffered an extraordinary Japanese disaster. We should break the ordinary pattern and mobilize troops from various provinces south to assist Jiangnan. We should concentrate our superior forces and vigorously kill them. The Japanese pirates must be severely defeated and the outsiders will not be able to peek into China. This is the way to solve it once and for all.
The two men's strategies to destroy Japanese overlap but also have differences, and Zhang Jing appreciates them both. Zhu Pingan prefers an overall view, while Hu Zongxian prefers specific strategies. Of course, Zhu Ping'an was more cautious about destroying the Japanese, while Hu Zongxian was much more optimistic.
It has been some time since Zhang Jing took office as Minister of War in Yingtian, and he has a thorough understanding of the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River.
This group of Japanese pirates is powerful and ferocious. The Japanese pirates are not unified, but there are countless groups, the big ones are tens of thousands, the small ones are hundreds, and most of them are thousands of people. The strongest among them is Wang Zhi. , who can command most of the Japanese pirates, followed by Xu Hai, who is powerful, second only to Wang Zhi in troops and horses, and there are more than ten large Japanese pirates such as Peng Laosheng. These Japanese pirates are scattered in the vast sea, sometimes gathering and sometimes scattering. It is really difficult to catch them all!
Several groups of Japanese pirates gathered together, with a large number of people, strong fighting power, and difficult to fight; small groups of Japanese pirates were also mobile and flexible, and difficult to fight. For example, the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu recently committed crazy crimes and were extremely arrogant. There was only one Japanese pirate. There are more than a hundred people, but they are extremely powerful and flexible. They commit crimes on the run and are hard to find, causing chaos everywhere
So, these Japanese pirates seem to be a mob, but they are actually formidable enemies that are difficult to deal with!
As for the combat effectiveness of the Ming Army in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Jing, as the Minister of War in Yingtian, knows very well that it is insufficient, very insufficient.
In such a situation, it is almost impossible to quickly annihilate the Japanese pirates. , Zhang Jing's attitude was also gradually suppressed.
If we want to exterminate the Japanese pirates, it is absolutely impossible to rely solely on the Ming army in Jiangnan. The guards in Jiangnan are weak. To put it bluntly, they are almost vulnerable. They have already lost the foundation of the country. The bravery of the time. If we want to destroy the Japanese, we must mobilize troops and generals from other places as Hu Zongxian said. As for the target of the deployment, Zhang Jing has already had an ideal target in mind. Unlike Hu Zongxian who mobilized troops from various provinces southward, Zhang Jing is more inclined to mobilize troops. Guangxi Wolf Soldiers.
That’s right, it’s the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers!
Zhang Jing had served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he knew the power of Guangxi's wolf soldiers. In the sixteenth year of Jiajing, there was a rebellion in Duantengxia, Guangxi. The Yao people in Guangxi attacked the city and killed officials, which then attracted many ethnic minorities such as Miao, Yao, and Zhuang to participate in the rebellion. The momentum was huge. Emperor Jiajing saw that the situation was serious and appointed Zhang Jing as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. After Zhang Jing took office, , after a hard battle, he finally put down the rebellion. During the process, he discovered the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers, a terrifying combat unit. The Guangxi wolf soldiers had little education and were illiterate, but they were brave and fierce. They caused a lot of trouble for Zhang Jing in his fight against the rebellion and left a deep impression on Zhang Jing.
Whether the Japanese pirates are tough or the wolf soldiers are tough, Zhang Jing thinks it is the latter.
If there were so many Japanese pirates in the Guangxi wolf soldiers, Zhang Jing felt that he might still be on the road to suppressing the rebellion in Guangxi.
There is a small incident that illustrates the fierceness of the Guangxi wolf soldiers. After Zhang Jing served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to quell the rebellion, he suddenly wanted to privately visit various places at the grassroots level incognito to see if they were convinced of the king's rule. It was safe, so he hired several Zhuang wolf soldiers from a Zhuang village to accompany him. On the road, a deer happened to jump out. These wolf soldiers chased it on foot with bare feet. They caught the deer with their bare hands, cut the meat and roasted it to eat. On the way, they met an eagle circling in the sky. A wolf soldier He took an arrow in his hand, shot it down and roasted it. One night, while staying in a small shop, I happened to encounter a group of robbers. Everyone in the shop looked frightened, except for a few Zhuang wolf soldiers who were able to take care of themselves. The robbers did not dare to come forward and fled.
In short, Zhang Jing had long planned to mobilize Guangxi wolf soldiers to go north to Jiangnan to participate in the suppression of Japanese pirates, but he just suffered from the fact that he did not have the power. Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of War in Yingtian, compared with the Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Of course, even if he has the power of the Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital, he does not have the power to mobilize troops. The Minister of War seems to be the official of the highest military command, but in fact, the Minister of War can control the promotion of military attachés, but cannot handle the deployment of troops. The Ministry of War does not have this power at all. In the Ming Dynasty, troop transfer was a very serious and sensitive matter that required a lot of procedures. In fact, it was decided by the cabinet. If you want to mobilize Guangxi wolf soldiers, you must get the cabinet's consent. Cabinet consent alone is not enough. The ceremonial supervisor's The eunuchs must also agree, and the Ministry of War is only the actual executor. (End of this chapter)