Chapter Eighty-Six: Talking about Soldiers
Nie Xiaoman said: "Because I can't get rid of my boredom in the past few days, I found a copy of "Li Weigong Asks Right" to read, but I was always puzzled. It is said that the Japanese slave people are short and slender, not much bigger than the monkeys in Emei Mountain, how can it be such a group of mandrills, like ghosts, actually crisscrossing the south of the Yangtze River as if into a no-man's land. ”
Jing Mo looked at Xiao Man with a confused expression, obviously this old friend really couldn't understand what was happening at the moment.
Jing Heiyu nodded and said, "It's no wonder you're worried about this matter, in fact, I haven't understood it all along." However, in the past many days, I have been busy and have come into contact with many front-line soldiers. I have heard a lot of what they have to say, and after so many days of understanding and thinking, I have come to a little bit of experience. ”
Nie Xiaoman was very interested and said, "Oh, what insights have you come up with, tell them quickly and listen to them." ”
Jing Mo said: "This is just a little bit of my opinion, I don't know if it's right, you can also help me refer to it if I say it." ”
Nie Xiaoman said: "You just have to say, I'll listen." ”
Jing Mo Zhengse said: "It seems to me that the Japanese can enter a no-man's land under the resistance of my Ming army and people, relying on their own super combat effectiveness, they have three tricks. ”
Xiao Man listened quietly.
Jing Mo continued: "First of all, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese is extremely strong. Wakou's personal martial arts far surpassed those of our soldiers. There is only a very small number of people known as samurai among the Wakos, but they play an extremely important role, they are the core of the Wako's combat effectiveness, and they are often used as an elite for charging and rearing the palace. Often, a few such masters charged ahead, and after killing a number of our soldiers, our army broke and fled on all fronts. ”
"Well, I see, what else?"
"Second, the most famous weapon used by the Japanese is the Japanese sword. This knife is extremely sharp, its quality far exceeds that of our army's waist knife, and its length is also twice as long, and it often cuts off a row of our army's knives and guns in a fight. Coupled with the excellent sword skills of the Japanese Kou, the double knife was wielded, and the snow-white sword light caused a huge panic to our army. Secondly, the bow is longer than my one, the arrow is also long and heavy, the range is relatively short, and it is not easy to fire, but once launched, the hit rate is extremely high, and the power is also great. In addition, the pirates also used spears and throwing javelins. The spears of the Japanese are also much longer than the spears of our dynasty, as the saying goes, "an inch is long and an inch is strong", and our army actually suffered a lot of losses in the battle against the Japanese spears. ”
After hearing this, Xiao Man fell into deep thought, as if he was looking for a way to break the enemy. After a long time, he suddenly remembered and asked, "You just said two, and what else?" ”
"From a tactical point of view, the Japanese are good at dividing into small groups to move, are mobile and flexible, and often disperse, ambush, and detour with a small number of troops, and can actually encircle and defeat the superior forces of our army." Speaking of this, Jing Mo said again: "What I just said is the enemy's advantage, but in fact, there is also our disadvantage, which is the most deadly. ”
"Oh, tell me about it."
Jing Mo looked around, lowered his voice and said: "On our side, I also summarized three points, one of which is that the Japanese invaded Jinling City so easily before, not only because the Japanese invaders themselves have strong combat effectiveness, but also because our army is corrupt and weak, most of our army has no combat effectiveness, and even has no discipline. ”
Xiao Man nodded frequently, and Jing Mo continued to lower his voice and said.
Second, the traitorous minister Yan Song covered the sky with one hand, and his henchman Zhao Wenhua and other traitors and villains competed for merit and slander, and the generals such as Zhu Kun, Zhang Jing, and Li Tianchong, who had achieved military exploits, were actually killed, and the famous generals Yu Dayou and Tang Kekuan were almost executed and finally demoted. In this way, who is willing to fight for the imperial court? ”
Nie Xiaoman also lowered his voice and whispered: "I heard that the new governor Lord Hu is quite a capable minister, and he also has some help in the court. Can't Lord Hu rely on this to clarify the United States and return Jiangnan to peace? ”
"Since our Lord Hu, Hu Zongxian became the governor of Zhejiang, recruited and eliminated the leaders of the Japanese Bandits, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Chen Dong, Ma Ye and others, but the situation has not fundamentally improved. Because Governor Hu is not a general after all, he really kills the enemy with a knife and a gun on the front line, and he has to rely on generals who can recruit and fight habitually. ”
Xiao Man nodded and said: "Yes, this is called Dan to make Longcheng Fei, and not to teach Hu Ma to Yin Mountain." ”
Jing Mo was about to say something more, but was stopped by Xiao Man raising his hand. Xiao Man suddenly listened and said, "Well, someone is coming outside."
Jing Mo didn't hear any sounds, and thought to himself, could it be that Nie Xiaoman was very bored, and he just hoped that someone would come to relieve him, so that he had auditory hallucinations?
But Jing Mo listened carefully, and there was indeed a sound of conversation at the door. Then I saw Wei Pu walk in, holding a post in his hand. Nie Xiaoman's eyes lit up, and while glancing at Jing Mo proudly, as if suggesting that Jing Mo, the visitor, must have come to ask for help from him, he took a step forward to pick up the post.
Jing Mo also felt that if it was a familiar person who came to visit, there was no need to deliver the name card like this, and it seemed that Nie Xiaoman was about to have a chance to try his skills.
Nie Xiaoman said the word "please", and Wei Pu turned around and went out. Jing Mo came over to look at the post, and saw that the texture of the post was very chic and exquisite, with the words "Yan Dachuan" printed on the film, and in the lower left corner, there were four words "Wuxi, Jiangsu", but there was no title.
After a while, Wei Pu had already brought the visitors in. The man was nearly fifty years of age, with a thin build, his back was somewhat crooked, his eyes were blank, his face was pale and bloodless, and he had a short beard under his forehead, some of which were gray.
This person was wearing a cloud scarf on his head, and he was wearing a jade-colored round-necked shirt with black edges, and he was obviously dressed as a somewhat decent person. He entered the door, arched his hand, and stood still looking at Jingmo and Xiao Man, as if he didn't know which person to talk to.
Nie Xiaoman greeted first: "Mr. Yan, should you be looking for a contemptible person?" This Su Jingmo is a good friend of mine, and you have probably heard of it a long time ago. Please sit down, I don't think the old gentleman wants to see the teaching, it may not be very powerful, right? Xiao Man looked back at Jing Mo, and looked like he couldn't meet his expectations.
Jing Mo also felt that although this guest also had some worry on his face, there was no panic. What Nie Xiaoman expected was probably not far behind.
The visitor sat down slowly, and replied solemnly, "Lord Nie, how do you know that it is not powerful?" I think it's weird! …… Well, it should be said that it is scary!
The light in Nie Xiaoman's eyes flashed, and he said, "Well, really? What is it?
Yan Dachuan took out a piece of paper from his pocket and carefully handed it to Nie Xiaoman: "My lord, please take a look." What does that mean? ”
Nie Xiaoman leaned up, took the folded paper, and unfolded it. Jing Mo also leaned over to take a look. It was a common eight-line letterhead, with two strokes drawn on it, one on the left and one on the right, which looked like a man's beard, or a figure of eight, and the other looked like a figure of nine; In addition, there is no writing. Nie Xiaoman took a picture of the paper in the bright light, flipped it over and looked at it carefully, with a puzzled look on his face.
Xiaoman asked, "Who sent this to you?"
Yan Dachuan shook his head and said, "No."
"So where did this come from?"
Yan Dachuan said word by word: "I painted it myself." ”