Chapter 721: The Dispute Between the Master and the Vice

Jinzhou, Liaodong

Sun Chengzong is writing hard at the desk.

"It has become a common practice for me to use literature and martial arts, but this method has many drawbacks. military generals lead troops, civilian officials train soldiers; Military generals command operations, civilian officials command dispatch; The generals defended the frontier, but the staff were all civilian officials; The general led the troops outside, but asked the court about the method of attack and defense.

Let's ask if this is the case for a long time, what is the use of military generals in the imperial court, why don't all civilian officials command the troops. Yes, I think this is the biggest drawback of my Ming.

Over the years, many people have been pondering, why has the Jiangning Army been invincible since it became an army? The old minister thought that in addition to the well-equipped soldiers who used their lives, the Jiangning Army did not have the restraint of civilian officials was the biggest reason.

Therefore, the old minister thought that I should give power to the military generals. Select people with strength and strategy to act as agents of frontier affairs and are not subject to civilian control. Don't care about their small victories and defeats, the task of the generals is to hold the pass, prevent the enemy from entering the Shanhaiguan without authorization, and then slowly regain the lost territory......"

"The Governor ......"

Just as Sun Chengzong was writing, a voice sounded at the door.

Sun Chengzong said without looking back: "Element, you wait a minute, the old man will write it in a while." ”

The person who came was none other than Yuan Chonghuan. I saw him say helplessly: "Governor, it's not that the last general is unwilling to wait, but an angel came from outside, saying that he wants to give you a decree." ”

"An angel came to the court?"

Sun Chengzong was slightly startled, and hurriedly said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and gather all the generals to welcome the angel." ”

Half an hour later, a middle-aged and slightly chubby eunuch handed over a holy decree to Sun Chengzong, and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Lord Sun, congratulations to Lord Sun, you can make great contributions to the court again." ”

Sun Chengzong took the holy decree and glanced at a Chinese officer beside him, and the officer hurriedly stepped forward to lead the angel to serve tea in the side hall next to the road.

Sun Chengzong held the holy decree in his hand, led the generals to the lobby, and after putting the holy decree respectfully, he said to the generals: "Everyone, Your Majesty's holy decree has been heard, I don't know what you think about it?" ”

Zhao Shujiao, who was already a little impatient, rushed to send it first and said, "Governor, this is a good thing." The Tartars have been showing off their power in our Liaodong for so many years, and this time they are finally going to do something to him, isn't this what we have been trying to do all these years but can't do? ”

Zhao Shujiao's words aroused the approval of some generals, since Yang Feng taught the Manchurians several times in a row. The Manchu people are not satisfied with 10,000, and the sentence that the Manchus are invincible has long become a joke, which also made the Ming army see the weakness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But the Manchu Qing was weak and weak, but it was still not something that the current Liaodong Army could eat.

After more than a year of respite, Huang Taiji has combed the Manchurian Eight Banners again, the total strength of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army is about 70,000, plus the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army, the total strength of the Qing Army is about 1340,000, such a force is not something that the Liaodong Army can gnaw.

Therefore, even if the generals of the Liaodong Army wanted to launch an attack to recover the lost territory, the two sides won and lost each other after a few battles, which also made Sun Chengzong and the generals of Liaodong realize that even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty was weakened, it was not something they could eat alone, and now this holy decree has made everyone see hope.

Jiang Ning Army, this is currently known as the existence of the strongest army in China, if they join, presumably they will be able to wipe out the Manchu Tartars who have been in trouble for decades in one fell swoop, right?

At the thought of being able to annihilate the original henchmen in one fell swoop, many officers, including Zhao Shujiao, became excited.

But not all generals have the same mind as Zhao Shujiao.

Zu Dashou pondered for a while before he hugged his fist at Sun Chengzong and said: "Governor, this appreciation has been said, let us launch a general attack on the Tartars with the Jiangning army, but the last general dared to ask, who is the main force in this battle?" Is it our Liaodong Army that listens to Jiang Ninghou or Jiang Ninghou who listens to you? There's got to be a priority, right? ”

"Huh...... Oh, yes! ”

"General Zu is right, this matter is a little difficult to do."

The generals also began to talk about it.

Everyone is an old soldier, and of course they are very aware of the importance of unity of orders when marching and fighting, and the most taboo thing is to order multiple doors. If everyone is not convinced, there is no need to fight this battle.

A voice suddenly sounded: "This is not simple, our governor has guarded Liaodong for many years, and he is extremely familiar with Liaodong, and he is also an emperor." Whether it is qualifications or position, it is the best choice for the commander, although the Marquis of Jiang Ning has a prominent status, but it is still a little worse than the governor, this coach should naturally be played by you! ”

Everyone saw that the person who spoke was a young man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, this young man had a tall posture and eagle-nosed tiger eyes, he was none other than Zu Dashou's nephew, Wu Sangui, who was the president of Qianzong at the time.

Seeing Wu Sangui standing up and speaking, Zu Dashou glared at his nephew and scolded: "At present, there are so many uncles and elders present, how can you allow a little Qian to speak, and don't retreat quickly!" ”

Seeing Zu Dashou scolding, all the generals present rolled their eyes, who are you scolding this guy pretending to be, who in the entire Liaodong doesn't know that you are cultivating this nephew as your own son.

Although Wu Sangui was scolded, he still stiffened his neck and said: "Although the last general is young, he also knows the truth that a snake can't do without a head, if I wait for the Liaodong Army to listen to the military orders of the guest army coming from afar, the last general will be the first to disobey!" ”

Watching the performance of the pair of nephews, there were also people next to him who said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "General Wu Xiao is so ambitious, it's just that it's useless to tell us about this, when Jiang Ningjun comes in a few days, you can tell Jiang Ninghou in person, maybe Jiang Ninghou won't compete with us for the position of commander when he is weak-hearted." ”

"You ......"

Wu Sangui's face couldn't help but turn red, don't look at him now swearing that he is confident, he really wants him to face the mighty Jiang Ninghou, let alone him, I'm afraid even his uncle Zu Dashou wouldn't dare to say that.

"Alright, stop arguing."

At this time, Sun Chengzong spoke, and saw him brushing his beard.

"It's just a commander's position, if the Marquis of Jiang Ning can lead everyone into Shengjing, what if this governor is his deputy? Besides, the Jiangning army is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing to be ashamed of if this governor is subordinate. ”

"Governor!"

Hearing Sun Chengzong say this, many people were anxious. This is not an ordinary battle between the main and the second, but it is a question of how much benefit can be reaped in the future.

Everyone knows that Shengjing is the nest of the Tartars, and if they really want to take Shengjing, the distribution of gold, silver, jewelry, slaves, beauties and even a lot of materials in it, there will be more famous halls inside, this is real real money, how can it be so easy to let it out.

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