Chapter 136: The righteous warriors are vigorous, and those who jump from the beam will be killed no matter how strong they are! (First update)
The wind in Peiping is wild.
The camp in Peiping was unusually silent at the moment.
No sound, no restlessness.
There is only endless silence.
Zhu Di didn't know when he got off his horse. He didn't hold a sword in his hand. The only thing he held in his hand was a riding whip.
Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Gong looked at each other with serious eyes.
How could they not notice that after Xia Zhibai's repeated inquiries, the atmosphere in the venue had changed.
Previously, all the soldiers in the camp were very disdainful and contemptuous of Xia Zhibai, but after Xia Zhibai’s continuous inquiries, perhaps Zhu Di, Qiu Fu and other generals still did not care, but the following The soldiers have been shaken.
Xia Zhibai cares about very subtle things.
Also very boring.
It does not involve any major military affairs, nor does it involve any military secrets.
It only concerns the soldiers, and only cares about the safety of the soldiers.
Xia Zhibai slowly walked to the high platform of the martial arts stage without anyone's permission, but Zhu Di did not stop him. He just watched Xia Zhibai walk up with his own eyes. He faced several people alone. Thousands of soldiers, all dressed in gray shirts fluttering in the wind, give people a sense of elegance and refinement.
Standing on the martial arts stage.
Xia Zhibai slightly cupped his hands toward Zhu Di and other generals, and then slightly cupped his hands toward the soldiers below.
He said solemnly: "It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders."
"You all come from military families."
"Basically, you all come from poor people. "
"Before you became military households, most of you had no land or houses, and were oppressed by local landlords, merchants, and officials. You also witnessed the tyranny of the Mongols with your own eyes. Under such circumstances, most of you have reached the point where you can no longer survive.”
"At this time, His Majesty's army has arrived."
"In other words, His Majesty's righteous flag has arrived, and many of you are in a hurry."
"Successfully surrendered to the army."
“That’s when you started your military career.”
“Who were you fighting for at that time?”
"For His Majesty today, for your own honor? Or to realize your own value?"
"Neither."
"At that time, you were fighting for yourself."
> "In order to overthrow the dark and cruel Baoyuan, in order to enable yourself to eat, wear clothes, own fields, and have your own house in the future, and all these, as long as you go into battle and kill the enemy, the court will reward you, so at that time You all strive to be the first, and you are not afraid of death, because you have survived the inhuman life.”
“Know that all this is hard-won.”
"Because of this."
"Under the command of His Majesty, the Ming Dynasty spent fifteen years to cleanse the heroes, quell the chaos, bring peace to the world, and achieve the goal of harmonious unity."
" In the same year that the Ming Dynasty was founded, Emperor Yuan Shun abandoned the capital and fled. The era of Mongolian rule in the Central Plains was completely ended. The Ming Dynasty regained its control over the area within the Great Wall, and the Sixteen Youyun States in China, which had been lost for four hundred years, were also recovered. "< br>
“But it was also from this time on.”
“Many people became tired and resistant to the war.”
"The new dynasty has been established, and the old land of China has returned. The Ming Dynasty can rely on the Great Wall to defend the world and protect the Great Wall from the Mongols. Why insists on the Northern Expedition? Many people don't know what the meaning of the Northern Expedition is, and they don't We know what the Northern Expedition is for, and we don’t even know what benefits it will bring to you.”
“Many people don’t say these things, but they do think so in their hearts.”
"Under such circumstances, the morale and morale of the military will decline."
"The combat effectiveness will naturally decline."
"Is there anything wrong with such an idea of being timid and avoiding war?"
"I can give you a very definite answer." I will sacrifice my own flesh and blood to fulfill the reputation of the general in the army and get some icing on the cake, but these rewards are simply not worth it for most of you."
The camp became even quieter.
Many soldiers lowered their heads, their eyes full of confusion and confusion.
Only Zhu Di clenched his fists and looked at Xia Zhibai with eyes filled with murderous intent.
Xia Zhibai is shaking the morale of the army.
Xia Zhibai stood tall and continued: "You are military households. The imperial court exempted military households from certain taxes and corvees in order to allow you to train while producing. When the imperial court needs it, you can directly Go into battle and kill the enemy with your sword in hand."
"But how many of you think you are soldiers?"
"I'm afraid there are few soldiers. Most of them are farmers."
Xia Zhibai glanced at the soldiers below calmly, but not many of them dared to raise their heads and look at each other. They all lowered their heads and stared at their feet, looking a little at a loss. No one dared to say anything. The questioning voices seemed to acquiesce in this statement.
Xia Zhibai smiled and said: "You are indeed not soldiers."
"At least you are unprofessional."
"What you are thinking about now is never about going into battle to kill the enemy. Throwing your head and spilling blood, but your wife and children are warming up on the kang, thinking about the farming season, thinking about the autumn harvest. There is actually no problem in this, because you joined the army to get these. Now that you have got these, what is left for you? , it’s not that important anymore.”
“It’s even dispensable.”
“It’s just that the court doesn’t think so.”
"The imperial court considers you to be soldiers first, and farmers second." "To some extent, you and the imperial court have certain antagonisms and conflicts, even contradictions."
" You don’t want to fight, even if you fight, you just want to defend your territory.”
“You don’t want to go out in the northern expedition.”
“Because you think you are just a farmer, working as a farmer in your spare time. When you are a soldier, you should not put the cart before the horse. ”
"Prince Yan has his own ambitions and ambitions. As their guards, you naturally have to participate in these rehearsals. But for you, it is just to accompany the prince to perform a scene. As long as you work harder, you will make the prince happy. , then everything is fine."
Zhu Di's face was ashen.
He couldn't accept this sentence.
"It's just that your idea is wrong." Xia Zhibai suddenly said.
"In fact, many people in the court today have the same idea as you. They feel that the Ming Dynasty has occupied the homeland of China and is also within the Great Wall. It can rely on the Great Wall to resist foreign enemies and reduce military attacks. Even reducing wars allows the world to have more time and energy for cultivation. ”
"This kind of idea exists in the hearts of scholars."
"But is it really true?"
Xia Zhibai smiled, his smile a little cold.
He said coldly: "This idea is naturally wrong."
"And it is completely wrong."
"If anyone in today's world least wants war, it must be His Majesty."
"But precisely because he does not want to have war anymore, His Majesty has to launch wars again and again. These two This sentence may sound contradictory to you, but it is not. It is just a different perspective."
"The Mongols did flee north."
"But Baizuzhi. Insects are dead but not stiff.”
“The Mongolians’ desire to spy on the Central Plains is not dead. There are still many landlords and powerful men in the world who secretly hope that the Mongols will come back and fight back to rule the world. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty There is bound to be another war with Bei Yuan, and it will not stop anytime soon.”
"It is indeed wonderful to defend against danger."
"But it cannot be done."
"You do have your own land and houses now, but these lands and houses of yours Where are they from?”
“Landlords, powerful men, officials, merchants, etc. from the past”
“Will these people be willing to be robbed by you? Grab these things back?”
"Of course they are not willing to accept it."
"Many scholars in the north miss the Mongols and even secretly help the Mongols, just to use the Mongols' hands to get back everything they have taken away from you. , so can the city be defended? "
"Because you don't know whether those people are enemies or friends."
"And the Mongols fled north. , but it is not completely destroyed."
"When the Mongols lick their wounds and go south again, with the collusion of the people in the city, they break the city, and then the north will turn into a purgatory. It will ruin your wives and daughters, occupy your fields, and destroy your houses. Are you willing to see this situation? ”
"I don't want to!" The soldiers below made a loud noise.
The words are filled with madness and murderous intent.
There is also overwhelming anger.
“The damn Tatars dare to rob my fields, I will fight with them.”
“Kill these damn Tatars.”
"" Yuan Qi, how can we tolerate the Mongols' invasion and trampling? That's why the imperial court is so insistent on the Northern Expedition."
"It would be better to fight it out, at least destroy it. It belongs to the Mongols.”
“You think you are fighting for the imperial court.”
“But you don’t know that the imperial court is also fighting for you. The imperial court can defend the Great Wall. After the Mongols go south, if you drive them out, the court will not suffer much loss, because the south will not be affected too much, but you northerners will be ruined. "
"Your preparations for war now are not just for the imperial court."
"It is also for yourselves."
"It is also for your descendants."
" If you don’t fight, they will fight in the future.”
“The Mongols will never give up their coveting of the Central Plains. Once they become stronger, they will definitely go south again, so the purpose of the imperial court’s Northern Expedition is to completely destroy them. The Northern Yuan Dynasty completely defeated the Mongols, so that the Mongols no longer dared to covet him. ”
"Strive for decades of peace for the North!"
"Do you know now who and what you are fighting for?"
"You are defending your country. . ”
“To prevent our descendants from being constantly disturbed by war.”
“To protect our hard-won fields and houses.”
"With the rise of righteousness and martial arts, those who jump from the beam will be killed no matter how strong they are, but they will be killed no matter how far away they are!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!!!"
(End of this chapter)