Chapter 29 Wei Guogong’s illness
It's not that Wei Guogong promoted mediocrity, but it was actually a very embarrassing situation for both the north and the south. The military reform had invalidated all previous experiences. Many things that had been taken for granted before, and even regarded as common sense, suddenly became different.
The lower-level generals are okay, they kill people with firecrackers and kill people with swords, they all kill people. Although there have been some changes, they, the big soldiers, just obey orders and follow orders. It's not a big deal.
The same goes for lower-level generals. They focus on the things in front of them and don't need to pay too much attention to other things.
But for senior generals, war is a completely different situation.
Today's military reforms are similar to Napoleon's military reforms. It can be said to transform the military from ancient times to modern times. That is to say, after Napoleon's military reforms, the West had an absolute military advantage over the Qing court. Although the anti-Japanese war was caused by the corruption of the Qing court, the differences in military concepts between the two sides were also very important.
Under such circumstances, Beijing could not arrange for twelve qualified military commanders, but it could at least fill up the staff. The staff's plan could only allow each army to maintain the lowest level of operation, and it was impossible to come up with any clever ideas. But he also won't make any big mistakes, just keep above the standard, and don't even think about any magical battles. Nanjing is more embarrassed than Beijing. Xu Da believes that the reform of the staff department is the top priority. But he couldn't make it complete. In other words, the Confederate generals did not even have a broken version of the staff.
It relies more on personal ability and one's own staff.
Among these people, Sheng Yong had the most contact with the Northern Army and knew the Northern Army best. It has been done quite well.
However, Zhu Yunwen didn't believe Xu Da's words.
When a person is prejudiced, he only believes what he wants to believe. rather than facts.
No wonder Zhu Yunwen thought so.
The founding army of the Ming Dynasty was so powerful and domineering that they were invincible in the world, but now the same army cannot defeat Beijing. Even if they can't beat them, that's it. Their combat abilities vary greatly. Being pressed down and beaten. Zhu Yunwen couldn't understand it at all.
He could only understand that there was something wrong with the general's level.
He didn't think that someone below was liaising with Beijing to carry out a big purge, which was sensible enough.
Knowledge is cursed, and the gap caused by the knowledge structure is difficult for outsiders to understand.
Zhu Yunwen found it difficult to understand. It was just firecrackers replacing swords and guns, and cannons replacing bows and arrows. Could it be that if he changed his weapons, he would no longer be able to fight? Even if he tried hard to understand, he had read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and at most he had read the Seven Essentials of Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Military Classics. What a change. If He Xi had not directly introduced some military experience and principles explored by later generations, such a change in tactical and strategic thinking would have taken more than a hundred years of melee to come up with.
In a sense, China's backwardness is not so much in the industrial revolution as in this military revolution.
Faced with the rapid changes in Western military ideology and technology, China has never caught up.
What really caught up was the Korean War. That was a war that used the most advanced technology and tactics at the time, and even brought great inspiration to future wars. .
Now it is difficult for Zhu Yunwen to turn this corner. So he pinned his victory or defeat on the former famous general, Xu Da.
Zhu Yunwen said: "Where is Xu Huizu?"
The people around him immediately understood and went to summon Xu Huizu.
After a while, Xu Huizu arrived.
Zhu Yunwen said: "Do you know about the war in Zhangde Mansion?"
Xu Huizu said: "I have heard about it."
Zhu Yunwen said: "Do you have any ideas?"
Xu Huizu naturally had many ideas. Xu Da had high hopes for Xu Huizu. In fact, Xu Da's training of Xu Huizu was also contradictory. On the one hand, Xu Da hoped that his children and grandchildren could live in peace. For three generations to be generals, military strategists were unlucky. Xu Da didn't like that his son was still leading troops to fight. On the other hand, Xu Da had no secrets about cultivating Xu Huizu's art of war. Xu Da had no reservations about his son's knowledge of things that were difficult for others to know. Bringing decades of experience in combat to
Thoughts about the war poured out, but I was afraid that Xu Huizu would not be able to understand them, and I was not afraid that Xu Huizu would learn too much.
This is also the mentality of most parents.
On the one hand, he wants his children and grandchildren to live in peace and contentment. He rationally believes that it is probably difficult for his son to surpass his own achievements in this life. The greatest hope is to live in peace and harmony and protect the family business.
On the other hand, he has unrealistic expectations for his son and hopes that his son will make progress.
He also wants to pass on his lifelong skills, and besides his son, who else can be the inheritor?
Xu Huizu naturally wanted to lead troops to fight. He had studied the past wars thoroughly, not to mention the ongoing war. He was very concerned about it. If he had anything he didn't understand, he would go to his father to explain it.
Naturally, he had a lot of thoughts about the war in Zhangde Mansion. He felt that Sheng Yong had problems in various aspects, and Jin Shengyu did not give full play to his advantages.
However, he is Xu Da's son after all, and he still has the political sensitivity he should have.
For example, he knew that the emperor was an idiot in military matters. This evaluation was not given by him, but said privately by Xu Da.
Only Xu Dacai didn't care about Zhu Yunwen's imperial authority.
Xu Huizu didn't dare.
Xu Huizu knew that the emperor called him here not to talk about the Zhangde Battle, or in other words, it was not just for this one thing.
Xu Huizu had a foresight and said: "The battle on the front line is unknown, so I dare not speak nonsense for fear of hurting the hearts of the soldiers on the front line."
When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he took a deep look at Xu Huizu and thought to himself: "Xu Huizu is the heir apparent of Wei Guogong after all."
But Xu Huizu thought this would solve the problem.
Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Indeed. I am very worried because of the unknown situation of the war. The battle reports from the front line are mixed, and I don't understand who is right. Could it be that the frontline soldiers have failed the country? Or am I guilty of something bad? Why are the frontline soldiers unwilling to do their best? Xu Qing, are you willing to go to Zhang De on my behalf and find out the truth for me?"
Xu Huizu was shocked when he heard this.
He could hear that there was something in these words, and there was something very wrong with this errand, but he was not Xu Da, and he did not have the confidence to say "no" in front of Zhu Yunwen.
Xu Huizu said: "Yes."
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In the palace of the Duke of Wei.
Xu Da looked very bad. Pale as paper. Lean back in the chair. He couldn't do it without leaning. There is a large piece of flesh on his back that hurts so much that he has tried many methods but nothing has healed. Even Xu Da has started using ***.
It should be noted that someone had suggested to Xu Da very early on that he should use this thing to relieve pain. But Xu Da knows that this thing destroys people's minds, and it can turn people into people who are neither human nor ghosts, so he definitely doesn't use it.
In his opinion, it would be better to die than use this thing.
But people are always in a process of constant slaps in the face.
If Xu Da recuperated by himself, even if he died, he would not use this thing. But after all, he supports military affairs. Even if he delegates many things to others, he still needs to make many decisions. It seems that it is just a matter of signing and stamping, but in fact it takes a lot of effort and brain power behind it.
Balance candidates in all aspects, compromise where necessary, and persist when necessary.
Xu Da needs a clear mind, and pain, extreme pain, will make it difficult for Xu Da to concentrate on thinking.
Just like now.
Xu Dapin read Zhu Yunwen's words, sighed and said, "He is asking me if I have failed the court?"
Xu Da only felt chilled.
It is true that Xu Da disdains Zhu Yunwen, but in the end he still misses Lao Zhu's affection. That’s all if you don’t leave the mountain. Once you leave the mountain, you naturally have to do things well, which is also a matter of being entrusted by others and loyal to others.
All the advice Xu Da gave Zhu Yunwen was not selfish at all. He didn't look at what kind of mess it was now.
Others don't know it, but Xu Da clearly understands that Nanjing seems to be doing well, but in fact, it lags behind Beijing in all aspects. Xu Da didn't know many things. but don't forget
, when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, Xu Da participated in the whole process. He understood very well how the national war should be conducted, and where was the victory or defeat of both sides?
