Chapter 34 Xu Da’s deduction of future wars
It's not good to turn over these things. Could it be that Xu Da wants to tell his son that you and I have secretly buried people in the palace and even arranged people outside the city gate. Once there is a change, Jin can lead the army into the city and kill that guy. , can you sail out to sea and escape overseas?
Isn't this bad?
Anyway, Xu Da was very embarrassed. No father is willing to admit that he is a hypocrite in front of his son.
What's more, Xu Huizu is a good boy, a good boy in every sense of the word. Xu Da was even more speechless.
As for the third child, Xu Zengshou.
Xu Da even had a headache. Xu Huizu was a good boy, but Xu Zengshou was a bad boy. Xu Da had a headache. It seemed that God had passed on his modest and gentlemanly temperament to his boss, and secretly passed on to Xu Zengshou his sinister ways that he had never revealed in front of others.
Although Xu Zengshou has never shown it publicly, who is Xu Da? The old fox among the old foxes of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes Xu Da couldn't help but beat Xu Zengshou, the third child, and showed his flaws. I wanted to pretend not to know, but I couldn't do it anymore.
But so what?
As children grow up, they have their own ideas. The boss only wants to be a loyal minister and filial son and repay the emperor's kindness. Even if he educates him again, it will be of no use. He may still become a disobedient son. Here to admonish his old father.
That’s all.
With the family status of the Duke of Wei, there are no bad intentions. Even if there are setbacks in the future, the new emperor, no matter which one he is, will not have any major problems for Xu Da's sake.
But the third child, no matter how he teaches me a lesson, is just submissive on the surface and sincerely changes his ways, but he will never change in private. However, if you don't want to change, just don't change. Can you be smarter about all kinds of underhand methods? You are the kind of person who doesn't understand what he does when he does bad things.
This made Xu Da helpless. The obedient son had no ability, and the sons who had a little ability were all disobedient.
So Xu Da didn't bother to see them.
Even if you see it, you won’t listen to it, you won’t change it after hearing it, and if you change it, it’s just pretending to deal with him, an old man. Makes sense again. Anyway, the Duke of Wei is not an ordinary family and does not need his sons to serve him personally. Moreover, their three sons are clumsy and have no ability to serve others.
However, Xu Da had to see his three sons this time.
Without him, Xu Da could sense changes in the situation, changes that might overturn his life's achievements.
Xu Da said: "Boss, go and get the map of Yu County from the bookshelf."
"Yes." Xu Huizu said. He immediately went to the bookshelf next to him. There were labels on the bookshelf, such as Hebei, Monan, Japan, Annan, Luchuan, Nanyang, etc. Xu Huizu quickly found the map of Yu County from the Shandong bookshelf and opened it immediately. .
This is a map that meets He Xi's standards.
Rivers, hills, contours, roads, cities, and villages are all present. This is a map completed by Jinyiwei and Qingzhang personnel during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang. Logically speaking, there are countless maps.
There is one map for the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, another for the Household Department, and another for the Imperial Household. In addition, the local chief envoys, prefectures, counties, and states only have maps for themselves and their subordinates. And I don’t know when, Xu Da made a copy at home.
Xu Da nodded to Xu Huizu. Xu Huizu immediately lifted up the white cloth on the table. It was a sand table, a very large sand table.
No need for Xu Da to speak.
Xu Huizu led his two younger brothers to make a sand table in Yu County.
With this skill alone, the three sons of the Xu family can be considered high-end talents in the Ming Dynasty. Without him, He Xi told Zhu Yuanzhang the concept of these map sandboxes and even war games. But there are not many people in the army who can do it, not more than a hundred.
After all, many veterans are old and despise new things. I think these talented people are good at gestures, how can they possibly fight?
Xu Da said: "You already know about the battle of Yu County, right? Let's review it."
Xu Huizu agreed, took out red and black chess pieces from one side, and compared them with the imperial palace newspapers, frontline military reports, Tang Shengzong's private letters, and of course, Tang Shengzong's subordinates' future letters to Wei.
Letters from the Duke's Office.
That's right, Xu Da is the biggest leader in the army. As long as he thinks about it, there is nothing in the army that Xu Da can't figure out.
Therefore, Xu Huizu clearly explained the contact between Tang Shengzong and He Xi, the beginning of the war, the advance and retreat, and the final defeat.
I don't know if Xu Da is mentally weak or if Xu Huizu's words are too boring and he is a little drowsy.
After Xu Huizu finished speaking, Xu Da said: "Tell me, why did He Xi win? Why did Tang Shengzong lose?"
Xu Huizu said: "I think the main reason why the old Marquis was defeated was that he underestimated the enemy. He didn't even know who he was going to deal with. Ye Chen is very talented in using troops, but he has never been sensitive to important court affairs. , without He Xi, he would not be in the position he is today even if he is not killed. He is loyal to He Xi, and He Xi also trusts him very much, and the army they brought is the Beijing Camp. The northern guards are choosing where to lead the army. But the old marquis rushed to his post without even recognizing his generals. How can we remain undefeated?"
Xu Da said: "Come, read this letter." Xu Da took out a letter from the letter. Xu Huizu frowned after reading it.
Xu Da said: "Did you see it? Old Tang was aware of it when he entered the ambush site. He just put his troops in the front. Otherwise, given Old Tang's character, how could he be in the back?"
It’s not that generals who can fight like to take the lead. But many generals who can win battles like this. It’s not that you don’t care about your own safety, but you need to get first-hand information so that you can make arrangements as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it will take time to wait for the rear troops to report in and then issue orders to make adjustments. The time difference between the two is likely to determine the outcome of a war?
Therefore, when fighting, taking the lead does not necessarily mean being reckless, but may mean being the commander in front.
As long as you don't really rush to the front line to start filming with others, the risk is actually not too great.
Xu Huizu said: "Then why is this happening?"
Xu Da said: "Because they didn't expect that a thousand households and the most elite cavalry would all be killed in the blink of an eye. Pay attention to the time. How long did it take from the beginning of the war to the death of all Tang Shengzong's vanguard?" Time. Don’t look at one person’s words, look at everyone’s words.”
Xu Huizu immediately went to read the letter.
Xu Da said: "Second brother, tell me why this is happening?"
Xu Yingxu hesitated for a while and said, "I don't know."
Xu Da sighed and said, "Third brother, what are you talking about?"
Xu Zengshou said: "It's the firearms in the north that are powerful."
Xu Da said: "Yes, firearms are powerful. Go and get all the firearms used by He Xi in this battle."
"Yes." Xu Zengshou agreed and found one from a pile of letters. It contains the detailed firearms configuration of He Xijun.
I'm sorry, but He Xi's subordinate is also the Ming army. Xu Da has been in Peiping for many years. How many people in these places are Xu Da's old troops. Moreover, He Xi makes firearms and lets the soldiers practice firearms. It cannot be hidden. After all, without training, it would be impossible to fight such a battle.
With so many people in the army, He Xi might have ordered secrecy to block the news, but that was only for people. For Xu Da, it is very likely that this letter was written by the person who carried out He Xi's confidential military order.
Soon, Xu Zengshou brought a variety of firearms, mines, grenades, flintlock guns, and various supporting items, bayonets, bullet belts, lead blocks used to make bullets, gunpowder bags, etc., placed on the On the table on one side.
Xu Da didn't look at it and said, "You are all familiar with these things, right?"
The three sons all nodded silently.
The brand name of Wei Guogong's Mansion is still very strong. As long as He Xi does not emphasize confidentiality and whoever leaks the project will die, as long as there is something new, someone will naturally send samples to Wei Guogong's Mansion and ask Wei Guogong's Mansion to taste it. He is not alone.
Chinese people shouldn’t understand too much about worldliness.
In the Duke of Wei's palace, things that others can't even think of or see, in their view, are just things that can be obtained by looking down on them, and they can only send more people to spread the word.
Xu Da said: "Boss, how do you think Ye Chen arranged his troops during the ambush battle?"
