Zong Wang was worthy of being an ambitious man who wanted to seize the great treasure. He immediately accepted the advice of his subordinates. Not only did he no longer engage in promiscuity, he also issued an ironclad order that no one was allowed to molest the noble ladies of the Wu Dynasty in the future!
However, Zong Wang made a principled mistake.
There is a saying that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. The Jurchens are accustomed to enjoying the fine skin and tender meat of the noble ladies of the Wu Dynasty. Now you Zongwang gives an order and says that we are not allowed to go, so we will not go?
You, Zong Wang, have enjoyed enough, but we haven’t enjoyed enough. We are following you to the death in order to reap the benefits. You eat your own meat, why don’t you even let us drink the soup?
Before the Jurchens raised their armies, they were tribal.
The tens of thousands of Eastern Route Army troops were composed of different tribes, not all of them direct descendants of Zong Wang.
The more stringent Zong Wang's orders are, the more people from other tribes will disagree with him.
When opinions become louder, people's hearts gradually disperse.
Once the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.
Therefore, Zong Wang's order was tantamount to fart, and those who should be harassed by Wu Dynasty women were still harassed, and there was even a backlash.
Originally, no one dared to touch the queens, concubines and princesses of the Wu Dynasty.
It's no longer possible. Even a small officer dares to break into their tent and cause mischief!
Zong Wang was furious and directly slapped several guys who dared to challenge his majesty.
Unfortunately, this trick didn't work.
Not only was it useless, it also aroused even more resistance among various factions.
Under such circumstances, the Jurchen army finally arrived at Daming City!
Yun Chao asked Li Xing to let go and directly let Zong Wang return to Daming Mansion.
With an army of 500,000 people, Zong Wang's confidence was extremely high when facing the Ming Dynasty with only 60,000 people holding on.
Especially after he heard that there were 30,000 troops from the Wu Dynasty who had surrendered to the Jurchens in the city, Zong Wang's mouth twisted into a smile.
Even the millions of forbidden troops of the Wu Dynasty in Bianliang City could not stop the iron hoof of the Jurchens. A small Ming Dynasty, plus the surrender of the Wu Dynasty, only had 60,000 troops, trying to block the way of the 500,000 troops heading north. , It’s really the most ridiculous thing in the world!
As for bypassing Daming Mansion and returning directly to the north, not only did Zong Wang not think about it, but any normal commander would not do that.
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, one could not just go around the city.
If you don’t believe me, you can try a detour. I’m afraid you won’t even know how you died.
If all the nails along the way are not removed, the logistics and food channels will not be smooth.
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, without food and grass, there was no other possibility except failure.
This was true when the Jurchens went south, and it was no exception when they went north.
Being called an army of 500,000 people does not mean that it is truly an elite force of 500,000 people. Zong Wang is certainly not confused about this.
If Zong Wang just wanted to bring back his tens of thousands of Jurchen troops, and with light clothing and simple obedience, maybe it would be okay to go around the city.
If you still want to bring back the loot collected in the Wu Dynasty and walk around the city, it is a stupid and bad idea.
Should the spoils be placed at the front or at the back?
If we stay behind and the troops in Daming City attack from behind, should the troops that have already passed by turn around to rescue them?
Don't treat reality as a game. The army that has already passed by and the army that is in a hurry to go home is very difficult to make them turn around and fight with others again.
Even if they turned around and returned, the loot behind would have been ruined long ago.
Putting the loot first won't do either.
Once the army in the city makes a head-on attack, the entire army may be affected.
Once the forward troops collapse, the troops behind them will easily collapse with them.
In ancient wars with backward communications, there were many examples of entire armies collapsing due to the collapse of a small group of troops. Anyone who knows a little bit about history knows this.
The same goes for sandwiching the loot.
As they were walking around the city, the army in the city suddenly came out and attacked them halfway, destroying the weak link in the middle in one fell swoop!
In other words, when marching long distances, it is impossible to ignore the nearby strongholds and go around them directly. If we could go around, many regimes would have perished long ago.
Only in later generations, with the ability to resupply from the air, were certain superpowers able to use leapfrog tactics.
This is also a certain risk. Once the air superiority is lost, the army that leaps over will be easily eaten.
This is the truth. It’s good to be able to understand it, but there’s nothing you can do if you can’t understand it. War is not a simple thing, and it’s normal for ordinary people not to understand it.
All in all, if Zong Wang wants to return to his own territory safely and safely and bring back the loot he has worked so hard to collect, he must win the Daming City in front of him!
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Wang Shitou stood on the city wall, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the dark Jurchen army in the distance, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
No wonder the second brother repeatedly told him to be careful, the Jurchens really deserved their reputation.
Of course, Wang Shitou was looking at the Jurchen army, not the hundreds of thousands of civilians recruited.
The 50,000 elite Jurchens were as powerful as a rainbow. They looked more majestic than the hundreds of thousands of troops that Tong Guan had when he attacked Liangshan. They were no less impressive than the Yun Family Army!
When the Jurchen army set up camp, Wang Shitou became even more sad.
In terms of setting up camp, the Jurchens are obviously better and stronger than the Yun family army.
No wonder the second brother said that these guys are from the tribe and they are very good at setting up camp.
In this case, if you want to make a sneak attack, the possibility of success cannot be said to be impossible, but it is absolutely slim.
Forget it, let's just follow the second brother's instructions and fight a tough battle with the Jurchens honestly.
Wang Shitou was not idle in Daming Mansion during this period. He was reorganizing the city defense and the army at the same time.
Thirty thousand troops from the Wu Dynasty surrendered, the generals were sent to labor reform, and the lower-level soldiers were brainwashed and reorganized.
The current 30,000 troops surrendered by the Wu Dynasty are no longer the troops surrendered by the Wu Dynasty before. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are a low-end version of the Yun Family Army.
It's not that the nature of the Wu Dynasty's surrendered army is so good, it's mainly that the Yun family's ability to transform people is too strong.
The treatment of the Yun Family Army, the morale of the Yun Family Army, and the thoughts of the Yun Family Army, almost everything did not bring a huge shock to the surrender of the Wu Dynasty.
It was only after the Wu Dynasty surrendered the army that they met the Yun Family Army that they realized that there was still a Wu Dynasty army in the world that could eat three meals a day!
Only then did I know that there were troops from the Wu Dynasty who could get enough food and pay every month!
Only then did I know that there was an army in the Wu Dynasty that could get promoted and make a fortune just by relying on military exploits!
Only then did I know that there was an army from the Hu Dynasty that distributed food and fields to the soldiers!
Only then did I know that there is an army that provides support to the old and young for soldiers who died in battle!
Just known……
In short, the Yun family army brought too much shock to the Wu Dynasty's surrender.
It was like suddenly seeing a lighthouse in the distance in a hopeless night.
If the whole world was filled with this kind of army, how could I still suffer? If I could join, it would be worth dying!
