On the one hand, this change may have been brought about by what intelligence personnel call "spies". On the other hand, it also shows that not all high-ranking officials and generals in charge are incompetent.
I didn’t expect that Xiong Wencan was quite capable. Zhu Mingxia thought.
Originally, he was not very interested in capturing Xiong Wencan, but now he suddenly had a desire to capture Xiong Wencan alive to exchange his thoughts. Let’s see what top figures in 17th-century China like him thought of the Senate.
In the past few years, the elders have come into contact with many natives of this time and space, but most of them are common people at the bottom. There are very few senior officials and intellectuals. Although Zhao Yingong hooked up with Fushe in Hangzhou, the relationship between the princes of Fushe and him has always been superficial. Although they had a lot of in-depth cooperation in private, there was not much progress in personal relationships - ―It is difficult for elders to truly integrate into this circle.
Gao Shunqin has been under house arrest since he was kidnapped to Lingao. Over the years, the Senate has regarded him as a living specimen to understand the thoughts of traditional high-level bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty. All of his conversations have been recorded and analyzed in detail.
However, Gao Shunqin was just a patrol censor, and his level was completely different from that of a local official like Xiong Wencan. Although Xiong Wencan was criticized in later generations, he was still considered one of the capable officials in the late Ming Dynasty. What such a man thought of the Senate has been a question of interest to both the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Great Library.
Zhu Mingxia couldn't help but think of what the director of a certain county office said to him during the Qiongnan strategy.
"Camp Commander Zhu, have you watched BBC's "Walking with Ancient Humans"? At the end of the last episode, the host held a Homo sapiens baby and said: 'What if I took her back to modern society and raised her as a daughter? Big, she is no different from my biological daughter, either psychologically or physically. The difference between us and the indigenous people is not the difference between sapiens and apes, nor the difference between sapiens and Neanderthals. It's about how many The difference between modern people and ancient people after a century of scientific and technological development and social development. We can despise and laugh at their backwardness, not because we are smart, but because we stand on the accumulation of hundreds of years of human scientific knowledge explosion. Many people I feel that with hundreds of years of accumulation, we can easily become superior to others. But it is not so easy to become superior to others. The indigenous people are not ape-men, and the indigenous people can also learn. In many cases, we have to learn from the indigenous people in turn. Study. In fact, we are just resting on our laurels now, using the achievements of our predecessors to decorate ourselves, without any real sense of development and innovation. Moreover, many people now are not even active in plagiarism, and they look like they are muddle along. , still delusional that they are invincible. This kind of complacent mentality is unacceptable. If you continue like this for a long time, you will eventually suffer a loss."
Since the Guangdong and Guangxi strategy, Zhu Mingxia has a deeper sense of recognition of what he said at the time: The enemy is learning. Although it is obviously a clumsy way to learn, it still brings a lot of trouble to Fu Bo's army. On the contrary, we are all a little stuck in our ways. He thought about the many proposals for updating weapons that were constantly rejected, and felt a little unhappy. But when I think about the consumption of the army, I feel that the decision of the Government Affairs Council is reasonable.
Perhaps a more difficult battle would be more beneficial to the growth of the troops. Zhu Mingxia feels that the Senate now has a kind of honeyed confidence in war. Many people think that leading troops to fight is just like "Age of Empires". As long as the technology is several generations ahead of others, victory can be achieved easily without any worries, and there should be no casualties. and losses.
Up to now, not to mention the large casualties and losses, even if there is a slight setback in combat, there will be veterans who want to raise troops to investigate on the bbs, thinking that it is "incompetent command", and many people even doubt the naturalized civilian officers. His ability has risen to the level of negating the command of veteran officers.
This perfectionist requirement for war, requiring "question meetings" and "hearings" on trivial matters, formed a great backlash among the Fubo Army's officer class. Not only the veteran officers were very dissatisfied with this, but also returned Civilian officers also discussed privately: They believed that the chiefs "don't know the price of food and rice" and were "nit-picking".
Zhu Mingxia knows very well that there are too many uncontrollable factors in a war, and there is no such thing as a battle that is executed 100% according to the plan. Even in this time and space, they have absolute technical and organizational advantages, and they can win every battle. The losses were minimal, but every time after the war is reviewed, many omissions and imperfect implementations will still be found.
"We have to execute the plan as planned and win with zero casualties and zero losses. This is too difficult." Zhu Mingxia said to himself.
"What are you talking about?" Li Xu came over and asked.
"Nothing." Zhu Mingxia coughed, "How is the situation after the investigation?"
"Old Xiong is a real bargain!" Quan Xu said in a more serious tone, "The preliminary count of the Nanyang rifles abandoned on the battlefield is fifty-one. Including the ones we didn't find and those taken away by the defeated army, this unit has at least 100 Nanyang rifles. . A lot of ammunition was found on the bodies. It is estimated that each person was issued at least forty rounds of ammunition."
"Any other discoveries?"
"There are no other important discoveries." Xu Xu lit a cigar and said, "I can see that the Ming army has made progress."
"I feel the same way." Zhu Mingxia nodded, "The fight was very methodical."
"It seems that what the intelligence agent said about a spy is probably true." Xu Xu said, "This person may have served in our army. Look at the construction of this trench. It is definitely not something we trained." It may be dug like this--it is quite professional to set up longitudinal fire points at the entrance of the traffic trench."
"But we have no reports of officers missing at this time."
"Maybe it's a soldier or a sergeant." Xu Xu said, "It's also possible he's cheating his death. Things on the battlefield are ever-changing and it's impossible to control them 100%."
"That's what you said." Zhu Mingxia was silent for a while, "It seems that the enemy is getting stronger..."
"I think it's a good thing that the enemy is getting stronger. Now the army is fighting too smoothly. We are always fighting security wars, and the army will degenerate." Xu Xu said, "If you think about it, the army has not been as effective as it is now for several years. Are you going to fight in a big team?"
"There hasn't been a decent war since Shandong." Zhu Mingxia understood what he meant. A crushing public security war with long-term technological differences is actually very harmful to the combat training of troops.
"So I think it's acceptable for the battle to be more complicated, more difficult, and have more casualties. Including deliberately launching some complicated battle tactics - some people may think it's unnecessary, but I think it's okay - just treat it as real swords and guns. It’s an exercise.”
Zhu Mingxia laughed. He didn't expect that Xuancheng, an intelligence officer with a background in the navy, would have so many resonances with him. He nodded: "That's what you said."
He remembered that Quan was very unhappy in the Senate. In the past, he was ostracized by many senators because of some political issues. Although he did the military intelligence work that he liked, and his title was the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff, in fact, he was only close to working in a leather bag company. As a polished commander, many tasks were handled by the Foreign Intelligence Service, and he was considered an unknown figure among the elders.
However, his work is pretty good. The key is that every time he fights, he will go to the front line. From intelligence preparation before the war to post-war battlefield survey and prisoner interrogation, he will personally participate whenever possible.
However, it is rare to get honors in this line of work, and if something goes wrong, someone will quickly catch someone's eye - probably this is also a characteristic of secret work.
"You really can endure loneliness in this business." Zhu Mingxia couldn't help but say, "There are not many benefits, but there are a lot of opportunities to be criticized."
"The Book of Changes says, don't use the Nine Hidden Dragons. Now is the time for me to hide my strength and bide my time. The organization will remember me. Some people just like to spit, especially many so-called soy sauce party members who always like to talk about things that have nothing to do with themselves. I point fingers at things, but I accomplish nothing. I am not afraid of offending people. Many people were depressed in the old time and space. Do you think they can become successful after traveling through time? No, no, I have stayed in the workplace and found that no matter what Those who have no future in any unit are those who like to gossip. Those people are always talking about other people's faults, but they always don't know that there is nothing they can do without making mistakes. They, in the old time and space, were always afraid of making mistakes. , always timid, how can we not achieve anything? This kind of thinking also brings back the old time and space, so no wonder they are soy sauce. Look at those who dare to be the first, which one is not already in charge of one side? "
In Wuzhou City, although it was late at night, the city was very tense. The fall of Bangshan announced that the Guijiang River, another main channel from Wuzhou to the outside world, was blocked, and the roads to Hexian, Zhongshan, and Mengshan were cut off. Changzhou Island on the Xijiang Waterway, which is the only way to Teng County, has long been occupied by Kun thieves. As a result, the defenders of Wuzhou were in a desperate situation.
At this moment, the defenders and officials in the city are in a state of panic. There are not many defenders in Wuzhou City. Since the plan to burn the city was decided, elites including the East and West Mountain Counselors, the Middle Road Guards and other elites have retreated to Teng. County and He County.
The daytime bombardment and the fall of Bangshan both announced that Wuzhou would eventually not be defended. Although it was already late at night, the officials and soldiers were busy packing their bags and preparing to escape. The order in the city was getting out of control, and from time to time the noise of rioters and the cries of the people could be heard.
In Wuzhou City, which was besieged on all sides and in danger, Xiong Wencan was not panicked. He had expected the loss of Bangshan, and had already prepared the plan to burn the city. He also had hundreds of elite troops at hand, enough to cover his escape from the land route. Much of the food and money in the city has been sent out, and the main force has also left Wuzhou. The number of casualties among the officials, soldiers and civilians currently remaining in the city has no bearing on the overall situation.
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