As soon as Ren Chunxiao said this, Xue Zhengshao's expression suddenly changed.
He thought that he had controlled this matter very well and no news was exposed, but he didn't expect that Ren Chunxiao still found out.
So he immediately looked at Ren Dejing and found that Ren Dejing looked bad.
His heart skipped a beat and he immediately explained.
"Prime Minister, the Prime Minister has a clear lesson. The loyalty of his subordinates to the Prime Minister can be learned from the sun and the moon. Quanzi is young and ignorant. He has been scolded and imprisoned by his subordinates. Moreover, there is no relationship between the two things!"
"Why doesn't it matter?"
Seeing Ren Dejing's expression getting worse, Ren Chunxiao felt proud and prepared to add fuel to the fire, so he said, "Your son admires rebellious ministers like Ao Daochong so much that he even burned paper money for him in public. This is very important to the Prime Minister." How bad is the impact?
Odaochong is a traitor! Your son admires the rebellious minister, maybe he is also dissatisfied with the Prime Minister in his heart? Um? If this is not dealt with in time, there is no guarantee that something will not be done to the Prime Minister in the future! If you are really loyal to the Prime Minister, why don't you learn from Jin Rixi? "
Jin Rixi was a favored minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Because he was favored, his son was also favored. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty doted on Jin Rixi's son very much and treated him very well, even better than his own son. As a result, Jin Rixi was killed. The son is spoiled rotten.
This son was so pampered that he was lawless and did not learn Jin Rixi's prudent philosophy of life. He actually attacked the maids of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and messed up the palace. Jin Rixi was frightened and thought that one day Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would be unhappy if this continued. , the whole family would be dragged down, so he killed his son with his own hands, and then confessed to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although he killed his son, he saved his family and showed his loyalty. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was heartbroken, he was helpless.
Ren Chunxiao's meaning is very clear - since he is loyal, why not learn from Jin Rixi?
In order to be loyal to the king, killing an unruly son is loyalty!
Xue Zhengshao was in trouble and couldn't tell.
He was over fifty, and he only had a son when he was in his thirties. If he really wanted to kill him, wouldn't he have no future?
Jin Rixi had three sons. He killed one and had two more sons. There will be endless descendants!
But Ren Dejing didn't care about this. He felt that what Ren Chunxiao said was very reasonable. Loyalty is not absolute, but it is absolutely disloyal. If you act like this, you are a hidden danger to me.
Then can I still trust you?
"Chunxiao is wise and considers Zhongchun. He has done a good job considering me. Just as Chunxiao said, take advantage of the Ming army's unstable footing and send elites to take the initiative to attack. Never let the Ming army get close to the imperial capital!"
Ren Dejing issued the order.
When Xue Zhengshao saw that the situation was not good, he felt that Ren Dejing would definitely be defeated and fall. There would definitely be no future. The imperial city would definitely be captured by the Ming army. This was for sure.
The next key thing is your own destiny.
Once Ren Dejing is defeated, he will definitely look to himself for advice. At that time, all the elites will be lost, and the imperial city will be a dead city. Even if he is weak, there is nothing he can do. If he cannot come up with a plan, Ren Dejing will definitely be harmed and buried with him. .
No, you have to run away in advance. Run away in advance while he is not paying attention!
So after Xue Zhengshao left the prime minister's mansion, he asked his family to pack up their belongings and prepare to run away.
He greeted the city gate officer with whom he had a good relationship and asked him to leave the door for him in the middle of the night. On the evening of the eighth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Hongwu, he secretly left Xingqing Mansion and fled towards Dingzhou, preparing to hide in the countryside for shelter. head.
He was right.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Ren Dejing sent his fierce general Li Zhiquan to lead an army of 20,000 out of the city to attack the Ming army in an attempt to defeat the Ming army in a decisive battle with the Ming army, which had not yet established a stable footing and was exhausted from long battles.
Among the 20,000 troops, there are 7,000 heavy infantry and 3,000 iron kite heavy cavalry, which are the last and true elites that Ren Dejing can produce.
Ren Dejing really put everything in here and did everything.
During Li Yuanhao's period, Xixia not only had powerful mountain heavy infantry, but also powerful Tieyaozi heavy cavalry troops. The Tieyaozi served as the emperor's guards in peacetime, and were the absolute main force in breaking formations in war.
[The iron kite rides on a good horse and is heavily armored. It cannot be penetrated by thorns. It is connected with hooks and ropes. Even if the horse is dead, it will not fall. When encountering a battle, the iron cavalry will be the first to break out of the formation. If the formation is chaotic, they will attack them. The infantry will advance with the cavalry.]
It can be seen from this that the armored heavy cavalry of the Xixia army will take on the more important task of breaking formations in battle. The armor is very thick and of high quality, so spears cannot penetrate it, and it is not effective to cut the horse's legs specifically. It is not easy to use. Powerful ability to break formations.
Generally, the army does not regard heavy cavalry as the main force in the formation, but the fully armed iron kite is the main force in the formation, and the infantry follows the heavy cavalry.
After Li Renxiao lost his real power, Tie Yaozi was controlled by Ren Dejing.
He may not be clear about whether the treatment of other troops is good or not, but for the Three Thousand Iron Kites, the treatment he gives is always the best. They have to eat and drink, and they also receive constant salary increases.
So now, Tie Yaozi has become his last and greatest hope to defeat the Ming army before it has a firm foothold.
However, when the Ming army marches, it always targets enemies for more than 20 miles, so when Su Haisheng knew that a Xixia army of about 20,000 people came to fight, it was a bit strange. He felt that he did not encounter strong resistance from the Xixia army all the way north. After a while, one came down.
Not only that, Su Haisheng also learned that there were well-equipped armored cavalry in this army.
At this moment, Su Haisheng immediately thought of the Iron Kites, Xixia's ace unit that he had learned about before.
"I heard that there are three thousand Iron Kites in total. The method of selecting soldiers is that after the father dies, the son will succeed. The armor is passed down from generation to generation, and each generation becomes the Iron Kites. They are the most trusted personal guards of the Emperor of Xia, but it seems that the most trusted The army cannot change the fact that Li Renxiao was bullied by Ren Dejing."
Su Haisheng said this to Chen Qian, the general beside him.
Chen Qian smiled.
"Thinking back then, one hundred thousand troops of the Yue family could not make Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty stand up straight. What does three thousand iron kites mean? Can three thousand iron kites defeat one hundred thousand troops of the Yue family?"
"That makes sense."
Su Haisheng laughed and thought what Chen Qian said made sense.
The country has really reached the moment of destruction. There are many reasons. It is the all-round collapse of the entire society. It is definitely not something that an army can save.
But then again, there is no way to save it, and the strong combat power of the Iron Harrier cannot be underestimated. After all, it is a heavy armored cavalry. Thinking of the past battle with the Jin Kingdom's heavy armored cavalry, Tiefutu, Su Haisheng was wary.
"Three thousand heavy armored cavalry are said to have very strong combat effectiveness and are very good at charging into formations. Even the Xia army took the lead in using these heavy armored cavalry to charge into battle formations. Our army is mainly infantry. If we fight in formation, there may be a lot of trouble. loss."
Chen Qian thought for a while and gave his own suggestions.
"Then it's better to pull the cavalry out alone to fight the Iron Kites, and fight the Iron Kites far away from the infantry. The infantry forms a formation and moves forward slowly to prepare for emergencies. If the cavalry can win, of course it's best. If they can't, it's best. , it is also convenient to retreat, Commander-in-Chief, the last general will ask for battle."
"It's not impossible for cavalry to meet the enemy, but... they are Iron Kites after all. Are you sure you can defeat them?"
Su Haisheng looked at Chen Qian.
Chen Qian smiled.
"Regardless of the iron kite or the bronze kite, in the final analysis, they are all heavy cavalry. Heavy cavalry cannot escape the problem of slow movement and unsustainable fighting. Without reliable light cavalry and infantry coordination, heavy cavalry fighting alone is tantamount to court death."
"This is reasonable, I agree."
Su Haisheng said: "But in this battle, our army does not have heavy cavalry. It only has one more armor than the light cavalry. If we really have to fight face to face, we will definitely not be able to defeat the heavy cavalry. You have to be careful."
"The general is willing to issue a military order!"
Chen Qian asked for a fight again.
After Su Haisheng thought about it, he nodded and assigned Chen Qian's 13,000 cavalrymen from his 15,000 cavalry. He would lead the 13,000 cavalrymen to fight against Xixia's ace Iron Harrier.
