Good morning Daming - Chapter 747: This is the real man

Chapter 748 This is the real man

boom!

A section of the top of the city wall suddenly collapsed, and both the enemy and our side who were fighting there were engulfed in smoke and dust.

"it is good!"

Biji was overjoyed and pointed his knife at the gap, "Attack immediately."

The general beside him said: "Wan Hu, we only have this reserve force left."

Biji looked back at the eight hundred people and said without hesitation: "Everyone, come forward!"

This is his last reserve and also his most elite subordinates.

When the eight hundred reserve troops rushed forward, the defenders were immediately in danger.

"Is that Prince Yu?" Now that a breakthrough had been made, Biji was in a good mood. He pointed at Prince Yu who was leading the civilians to charge into the city and asked.

"It's him." Prince Yu had already changed into the prince's attire, which made him too damn conspicuous. If Biji hadn't said that it would be best to capture him alive, he would have already become the target of the archers.

But even so, the palace guards around Prince Yu still suffered heavy casualties.

The enemy's attack became more and more fierce. A sergeant of the defending army suddenly shouted and turned around and ran away.

"Kill him!" a general shouted.

A flash of knife appeared and a head fell off.

An old soldier walked over silently, kicked the head down to the foot of the city wall, took a few breaths, and cursed: "Your Highness is killing the enemy, whoever dares to escape from the battlefield will be killed!"

When the defenders who had fought hard saw Prince Yu... they were all stunned.

The thin-looking young man actually led his men to rush forward.

And in front of us is the Ming Dynasty dragon flag.

The dragon flag representing the Ming Emperor!

The dragon flag cannot be insulted!

Can't lose it!

That’s the eldest prince!

If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Apart from Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, which emperor was so fearless and courageous?

The late emperor once encountered the enemy when he went out of the border, but it was just a small battle, nothing compared to this brutal fight.

If the eldest prince is like this, what should I be afraid of?

A soldier raised his arms and shouted, "For the Ming Dynasty!"

"For the Ming Dynasty!"

Inspired by the eldest prince's personal charge, the soldiers burst into action.

……

"Don't you worry about Prince Yu?"

Jiang Qingzhi was still standing in the yard. Yan Song had already gone back. Xu Wei had gone out for a meal and came back burping.

"I am worried, but I am not." Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of herbal medicine smoke, "Originally I did not intend to send Prince Yu to the battle. But Prince Yu took the initiative to ask for abuse and let Shitou practice his archery and horse riding.

Old Xu! I was thinking at that time that since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty was the most stable during the reigns of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu. Can you tell me why? "

Xu Wei said: "Both emperors fought on horseback, so they always used attack instead of defense against the foreign tribes on the grassland..."

"That's right and wrong." Seeing Xu Wei disagree, Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "To use attack instead of defense is one thing, but it is the foundation for the emperor to understand military affairs. Otherwise, if he doesn't understand military affairs, how can he use attack instead of defense?"

Xu Wei was so smart that he immediately understood the meaning of the words. "Yes, if the emperor does not understand military affairs and does not convince the soldiers, even if the army can defeat the foreign tribes, it is the credit of the civil officials. Tsk! In turn, the civil officials can use this to suppress the emperor."

Jiang Qingzhi nodded. "This is the current situation. Lord Xia and Zeng Xin wanted to get back on track, but ultimately failed. The situation is complicated, but your majesty's position is the most important."

The Jiajing Emperor was extremely intelligent, but he had a problem: he did not understand military affairs and did not have the same prestige in the army as the Taizu Gao Emperor and the Chengzu Emperor. If the restoration was successful, who would get the credit?

The mortal enemy, the scholar-officials!

Jiang Qingzhi felt that his guess was a bit too malicious, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was very likely.

"Secondly, how could Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu make their officials bow down to them? Emperor Taizu Gao killed civil officials like killing dogs. If Your Majesty did the same, what would the scholars and officials do?"

"I'm afraid... it's either treason or murder."

"So Your Majesty cannot and dare not." Jiang Qingzhi teased his cousin, "And the two emperors dared because they firmly controlled the army and the soldiers respected them like gods."

Xu Wei understood, "So the reason why Lord Bo asked Prince Yu to go to war is to train a horse emperor for the Ming Dynasty!"

"I don't expect to be an emperor on horseback. Besides, there will be no need for the emperor to lead frequent expeditions in person in the future." Jiang Qingzhi said: "The reform of the Ming army should follow the path of system, rather than treating the symptoms without addressing the root cause."

"System." Xu Wei took a deep breath. "My Lord, are you trying to turn the army into the emperor's... exclusive possession?"

"Change the word."

"The emperor's confidant?"

"That's not good either, forget it." Jiang Qingzhi smiled, "We want the army to be independent, but it can't become a force on its own."

“This requires imperial checks and balances.”

“Right, so this will take time.”

Emperor Jiajing was in good health, and Prince Yu, the lustful guy, also restrained himself a lot under Jiang Qingzhi's advice.

"Two generations of emperors are enough to accomplish this important task." Jiang Qingzhi's eyes were filled with longing. "Old Xu, when the emperor holds military power, the literati will have to bow their heads, but the emperor will have to rely on civil officials... In this way, the balance will be restored... This is the pattern."

Whether it was thousands of years ago or many years later, whether it was in the Central Plains or in a foreign country, the checks and balances between civil and military affairs have always been a major issue.

The military acting alone would bring about huge adverse consequences, and it was common in later generations for local warlords and even military men to control the political situation.

However, the consequences of civil officials suppressing military officers are more serious, and often cause a country's army to gradually weaken.

Therefore, checks and balances are king.

"But what if the Mohist School was more powerful at that time?" Xu Wei said with a smile, "Wouldn't that be a trap for you, Lord?"

Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "Do you think I'm working so hard just for my own selfish reasons? Old Xu, you underestimate me."

Jiang Qingzhi shook off the cigarette ash and said, "In my eyes, there is no such thing as Confucianism or Mohism. There is only..." He pointed outside, "This Ming Dynasty!"

"Then Prince Yu..." Xu Wei said worriedly, "Since Lord Bo has placed so much hope on Prince Yu, if anything happens to him at Luanling Pass."

Although Prince Jing also respected Jiang Qingzhi very much, he had the Lu family and the lineage of noble relatives represented by the Lu family behind him.

Compared with Prince Jing, Prince Yu, who came from a simple background, was better... well, not easy to control, but easier to transform.

"That's fate!" Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes. "I want to take a gamble with God! If I win, the Ming Dynasty will have an emperor who will be respected by the warriors again. If I lose, then I will... go to bed."

……

"Boom boom boom!"

Amid the explosion, the enemy troops appeared in the smoke.

"Throw!"

The gunpowder bag was thrown down again, but the enemy did not dodge or avoid it this time.

Boom boom boom!

In the smoke, the enemy rushed to the top of the city wall accompanied by the screams of their comrades, and most of the defenders who threw gunpowder bags were immediately hacked to death. "Kill!"

The garrison reserve arrived.

Chen Yi looked behind him and found that the place was empty.

He had exhausted all his means.

The same thing happened with Biggie.

Now the two sides are competing in will and perseverance.

Whoever can hold out to the end will win.

The city wall gradually fell into chaos.

Prince Yu was pulled to the back. He held his knees and gasped for breath while saying, "Let the city's strongmen come out, all of them come out."

A general said: "I'm afraid those people don't dare..."

"Tell them, if they don't dare now, will they wait to be hacked to death by the enemy later? Will they wait to watch the enemy humiliate their wives and daughters? Show your manliness, for the sake of your wives and children, follow me to fight! Go... to die!"

The general looked at Prince Yu deeply, then rushed down the city wall, shouting along the street with a few soldiers.

"In order to protect my family, wife and children from being humiliated and killed, I will follow His Highness to kill the enemy!"

"Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness Prince Yu is on the top of the city wall, and the fighting is going on now!"

"What? Your Highness Prince Yu?"

A door opens.

More doors opened and everyone looked towards the top of the city.

There was a fierce fight going on there, and the brutal atmosphere was suffocating.

An old man walked out of the house and said tremblingly: "Is it really His Royal Highness Prince Yu!?"

"That's... Dad, that's the dragon flag!" his son said, pointing to the top of the city wall.

The dragon flag represents royal dignity and no one dares to use it indiscriminately.

The old man shivered and held out his hand.

The son was stunned for a moment, "Dad."

"Knife!"

The son subconsciously handed the kitchen knife in his hand to the old man.

The old man raised his kitchen knife and shouted at the crowd, "That's the eldest prince. He's fighting for us. Your Majesty can do this to us, so how can we repay him?"

Everyone turned around and looked at this prestigious old man.

The old man shouted, "For the sake of your family, go! Kill the enemy with His Highness!" He kicked his son and said, "If His Highness can die, why can't we?"

"kill!"

The men rushed to the city, where swords and guns were piled up like mountains.

They threw away the kitchen knives or hatchets in their hands, picked up their weapons and rushed forward.

They don't understand any profound principles and can't say anything touching.

But they are the people in the world who understand that sentence best.

——Put yourself in others’ shoes!

If Your Highness can die in battle, so can we!

The Central Plains has always been a place where the upper classes follow the lower classes.

When those in power dare to lead the army in person to pursue the enemy and drive them north, the entire country and nation will burst out with a powerful will!

A scholar stood at the foot of the city, holding a long sword in his hand, muttering: "This is... this is a real man!" He raised the sword, "Kill the enemy, kill the enemy!"

On the city walls, countless people shouted, "For the Ming Dynasty!"

The enemy troops swarmed towards Prince Yu.

The common people, the guards, and the garrison soldiers also swarmed towards him.

Under the dragon flag, the young prince and his guards cooperated to kill a man, with a ferocious look on their faces, "For the Ming Dynasty!"

"The end of the strong crossbow!"

Under the city, Biji sneered, "The defenders have two gaps at the moment."

The people around him were stunned, thinking that there was only one gap in the top of the city wall!

Biji pointed at Prince Yu, "That's the biggest gap."

Whenever the enemy attacked Prince Yu fiercely, the defenders had to follow suit, and the troops in the other gaps were insufficient.

"Half an hour at most!" Biji's eyes were burning, "Inform the Khan, the army... Luanling Pass is in our hands!"

On the top of the city wall, Chen Yi roared, "Don't worry about it, just kill! Just kill the enemy!"

Since the situation is like this, let’s just die!