Chapter 558: The Disadvantages of Capturing the Thief and the King
"Thank you sir for your advice," Bai Siqi said.
"You're welcome." Qin An said, "In addition, the navy's weapons are mainly long-range. Especially warships, they must use weapons with great power and long range.
When fighting at sea, only two warships can fight if they are close to each other. Otherwise, they can only stare at each other from a distance.
Therefore, the first focus of ancient naval battles was long-range attacks, sinking the opponent's warships before they could get close.
Second is the defense power. The defense power of a warship is sometimes a matter of which ship is stronger.
Generally speaking, the two warships will hit each other appropriately first. If mine is stronger, then I will directly crush them without any scruples, without giving the other side a chance to counterattack.
If the enemy is evenly matched, then it will be the final decisive battle in the naval battle, which will depend on the strength of the soldiers themselves.
If you can beat the opponent, you win; if you can't, you lose. It's very simple.
However, on the ancient battlefield, sometimes there was a way to capture the thief first. As long as the leader was captured, the subordinates would put down their weapons.
This is what I hate the most. "
"Sir, the soldiers were ordered by the general, and the general was captured, so isn't it natural for them to lay down their weapons?" Bai Siqi said.
"It's just a matter of course." Qin An scolded, "It's because of your thoughts that during the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's strongest army was trapped. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops were trapped, and the country was almost destroyed."
"What happened?" Bai Siqi said.
"The Ming Emperor personally led an army to attack Mongolia and was defeated and captured. Then every time the Mongolian army fought against the Ming Dynasty, they tied the Ming Emperor in front, making the Ming army too timid to attack the Mongolian army.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty's most elite army died tragically at the hands of the Mongolian army. This was such an aggrieved thing. Qin An said.
"The emperor was kidnapped." Bai Siqi frowned slightly and said, "This is indeed a very important matter, and it might really lead to the destruction of the country."
"At that time, the Ming Dynasty was indeed in danger. The Mongol army had already reached outside the capital. Fortunately, there was someone in the court who took charge of the overall situation and established a new emperor. In the end, the army and the people worked together to defeat the Mongol army.
But even so, it would be a heavy loss for Ming Dynasty.
The originally powerful Ming Dynasty also declined due to this, and was finally destroyed by the Qing troops.
If I had been there at that time, even if my nine tribes were to be destroyed, I would have killed the emperor first, at least the elite of the Ming Dynasty would still be there.
It can be said that the emperor of Ming Dynasty can die, the people of Ming Dynasty can die, and I can die, but the elite of Ming Dynasty cannot die, and the Ming Dynasty cannot die.
If Lao Bai says this, you may think that I am a little rebellious and that I am not loyal to the emperor. "
After Bai Siqi was silent for a moment, he said: "You are indeed a bit rebellious. We value loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but you are not loyal to the emperor and unpatriotic.
If the village chief found out, I don’t know what he would think. "
Meng Xifan said: "Since ancient times, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone is willing to give up their lives for the emperor.
Just like the elites of the Ming Dynasty, they were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so when they saw the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they would rather be killed by the enemy than harm the emperor.
This is a man of great loyalty, and everyone should know, admire, and learn from him. "
"You are right, we should worship and learn from those who are loyal and righteous. But loyalty to the emperor and patriotism also depends on the situation.
Lao Meng, I know that you are a descendant of Mencius and one of the representatives of Confucianism. I admire the understanding of Confucianism very much, which is a culture that has been passed down for thousands of years.
However, every era has its own Confucianism. Now is a new era, so there is New Confucianism. Qin An said.
"Sir, what exactly do you want to say?" Meng Xifan asked.
Qin An said: "Mencius once said that the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least. But later, everyone talked about being loyal to the king and patriotism, but in the end
Later, the country was the most important, the country was the second, and the people were the least.
But now, the country is more important, the family is less important, the people are more important, and the country is the second most important.
So every generation has its own ideas, Lao Meng, Lao Bai, you think loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is important, I don’t deny that.
Because I feel the same way, but when the moment comes when the monarch's life and death will endanger the country, I will not hesitate to kill the monarch to save the country.
To put it bluntly, if the death of an emperor can kill millions of troops and tens of millions of people behind him, I will not hesitate to pick up the knife in my hand and chop off the emperor's head. "
"Your remarks are a crime of deceiving the emperor. Aren't you afraid of beheading?" Gan Mao said at this time.
Qin An waved his hand and said, "Don't be ridiculous. It's the crime of bullying the emperor. There is no emperor in the country anymore, so why should we bully the emperor?"
"What?" Gan Mao and the other four were immediately shocked and looked at Meng Tian.
Meng Tian nodded slightly and said: "Sir, he once said that there is no emperor in China now, and now the people are in charge.
Everything the country does is for the people, and the village chief also knows that. The village chief is also very pleased to know that Huaxia is now very powerful.
The only unhappy thing is that China was so powerful during the time of the First Emperor, but was bullied two thousand years later.
It was even nearly destroyed by a small country like Japan. Do you understand the mood of the village chief? "
Meng Xifan and the four others fell silent immediately, and began to speculate on the thoughts of the First Emperor Ying Zheng.
"Old Bai." Qin An said again, "I just said that to capture the thief first, capture the king. This was the best way to defeat the opponent in ancient times.
Whether it is our side or the enemy, what will you do when this happens? "
"Me?" Bai Siqi asked.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, you, if you were the commander, what would you do if you were captured? If you were a soldier, what would you do if you saw the commander?"
Bai Siqi was silent again. This question was really difficult to answer. No matter how you answered it, it would be wrong.
If you are captured, the normal situation is for all the soldiers to put down their swords and surrender. Just by saying this, he became the culprit for killing the soldiers.
If the soldiers were allowed to continue fighting, their own lives might not be guaranteed.
If you are a soldier, if you surrender, you will be foolishly loyal; if you do not surrender, you will be a traitor.
No matter how you choose, this is a dilemma.
Everyone else looked at Bai Siqi, waiting for his answer.
After a while, Bai Siqi replied: "I really don't know how to answer this question. Sir, how would you answer this question if you encountered it?"
Qin An didn't answer and asked, "Do you know about grenades?"
Everyone nodded.
The news of the grenades has been learned from Ying Zheng, and he plans to equip the entire army.
"If a grenade was thrown here now, what would you do?" Qin An said.
