Chapter 30 The Silent River Flows
If you view this war as a counter-insurgency war, it is one perspective. If you view this war as a war between two countries, it is another perspective.
Perhaps others are accustomed to the former perspective, but Xu Da is adapted to the latter perspective.
Although there were only a few battles between the north and the south in Hebei. It seemed like a small defeat in Nanjing, but Xu Da knew that this was wrong and could even be a prelude to a big collapse. It seems that the victory or defeat between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang was decided at Poyang Lake. In fact, it was already determined when Chen Youliang established peace and did not capture Nanjing.
Without him, Zhu Yuanzhang is a farmer, and Chen Youliang is a wave. If the stalemate between the two sides continues, Zhu Yuanzhang will have more potential. Wherever Zhu Yuanzhang went, he cultivated fields and accumulated grain. When Chen Youliang fought at Poyang Lake, Hubei was completely wiped out. So all the savings are gone.
In other words, Chen Youliang would perish if he failed to win at Poyang Lake. Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated at Poyang Lake. Although it was very dangerous, he was not without the ability to rise up. The last possibility is to continue the stalemate at Poyang Lake. Until Chen Youliang could no longer support it.
In fact, this is also true. The Battle of Poyang Lake was not one battle, but fought for many days in a row. Chen Youliang's troops could not hold on, so Chen Youliang personally attacked and died in the battle.
Even if he doesn't die in battle, he won't be able to defeat Nanjing.
Xu Da felt that the situation between Beijing and Nanjing was just like before. The Battle of Poyang Lake was just a nail in the coffin for Chen Youliang. Before that, Chen Youliang's situation was already bad.
In Xu Da's view, as long as Nanjing carried out military reforms, even if the Yellow River was lost and the battle line was pushed to the Huaihe River, it would be acceptable.
If it is not solved in the field, it will be defeated by the Northern Army. The problem that an army of the same size cannot defeat the Northern Army means that all other problems are useless.
These two problems correspond to two different directions. Faced with losing to the Northern Army in the field, this is a problem of organizational scheduling. Because of the staff department, the Northern Army is coordinating the operations of dozens of combat units. The efficiency was better than that of the Southern Army, and there were not so many factions in the Northern Army, or in other words, these factions did not dare to mess around under He Xi. Coupled with the supervision of the staff department, we dare not fail to execute orders when we meet them.
Xu Da couldn't solve the faction problem, he could only suppress it. After all, if Zhu Yuanzhang were to solve this problem, he could only go on a killing spree. There is no other way.
He could only establish a general staff modeled on Beijing's example. Thereby improving the degree of organization, but this is already difficult because there are not so many professional talents and there are other problems. There is nothing else to say. Let’s just talk about the staff issue.
A staff officer can draw drawings and understand mathematics. Tactical doctrine. Wait, there are naturally such people under Xu Da's command. But thousands. Such talents are a problem.
The same number of Southern troops was defeated by the Northern Army. This was a problem of grassroots officers, weapons and equipment, and training of soldiers.
Regarding this issue, Xu Da decided to establish a military academy to cultivate talents, select talents from the bottom, and other decisions to rebuild the Nanjing Camp. But this all takes time.
In Xu Da's opinion, Sheng Yong fought very well. In the area of Zhangde and Weihui, it would be winter after fighting for a few months. You can survive a year. If we spend more than half a year, the training in the Beijing camp will be better. Even if it is not as good as the 12th Army of the Northern Army, there are at least a few armies that can match it.
That's when it's time to fight back.
After all, even if Xu Da had countless clever tricks, he couldn't use them. Fu Youde's defeat was because Fu Youde was not as good as Ye Chen? no. Although Ye Chen has the appearance of a famous general, he is still much younger than Fu Youde. As long as Fu Youde has a few troops that can fight hard, it doesn't have to be able to defeat the main force of the Northern Army. As long as the stalemate can be maintained, Fu Youde may not have no chance of making a comeback.
However, none of his men are useful. What can Fu Youde do?
It seems that some people fall off the chain at a critical moment. It is accidental, but in fact it is inevitable. If reforms are not made, this kind of thing will inevitably happen in the future. It has even become a common phenomenon.
Seeing Xu Da's sad look, Xu Huizu said, "Father, why don't you complain about illness. Anyway, father, your health is really not doing well lately."
Xu Da smiled slightly and said: "Silly boy, do you think you can complain if you want to complain about illness at this time?"
Ye Chen's eyes narrowed. He had never heard of Sword Ancestor, but the name of Jian Tian Emperor was like thunder. He had also been in contact with Jian Tian Emperor.
His Ten Thousand Swords God Star comes from the Sword Heaven Emperor.
If that Sword Ancestor is really the master of the Sword Heaven Emperor, he must be very powerful.
Han Yan said: "The original world was the first world in the world. Later, for unknown reasons, that world was destroyed, and the Sword Ancestor also fell. His bones were buried in the ruins of the world."
"But Sword Ancestor's cultivation is incredible, he will not die so easily."
"I deduced that the Sword Ancestor was about to be resurrected. Half of the giant sword fell from the sky. That was a sign of the Sword Ancestor's resurrection."
"That half of the giant sword contains the Sword Ancestor's insights into the art of swordsmanship during his lifetime, as well as the incomparably mysterious original law, capable of killing torrents."
[A book-chasing book recommended to me by an old book friend I have known for ten years.
Zhu's people would bully honest people, so I was caught. As soon as I report my illness, you will go to Zhangde immediately, and there is a high possibility that you will not be able to come back. Not only will you not be able to come back, but the second and third children will also be imprisoned on various charges. "
Xu Huizu was stunned. He actually knew that there was a meaning behind the emperor sending him to show his virtue.
But he never expected that the meaning behind it was so vicious. Xu Huizu said, "He dares?"
Xu Da said: "Why don't you dare? It's not the Hongwu period anymore. I'm an old man. What ability do you guys have to fight against the imperial court?"
Xu Huizu's face was red, and there were countless changes in his eyes. Let him say it for himself at this moment, he didn't even know what he was thinking. Probably disillusionment.
Xu Huizu can be regarded as a contemporary of the Ming Dynasty. When he remembered, although there was no Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was already the King of Wu. He grew up amid the victories of the Ming Dynasty and was the most loyal generation to the Ming Dynasty. In Xu Huizu's view, this kind of loyalty is naturally loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang and loyalty to the Zhu family.
Although he knew that Zhu Yunwen had some thoughts about Xu Da, Xu Huizu felt deep in his heart that his father should actually serve the Nanjing court.
Now these are broken. Xu Da is already serving the imperial court, why should he push the Xu family to death?
The relationship between him and Empress Ma, the crown prince of Zhu Yuanzhang, was completely different from when he was in the palace, and they seemed to be a family.
Seeing Xu Huizu like this, Xu Da felt a little satisfied.
In fact, the matter is not as serious as Xu Da said, at least not serious. Zhu Yunwen wanted to destroy the Xu family. After all, Zhu Yunwen couldn't bear the backlash of this kind of thing.
Xu Da just hoped to make Xu Huizu less loyal to the court.
Although Xu Da had many private thoughts with Zhu Yuanzhang in his life, they remained loyal to each other on the surface.
Regarding death, Xu Da had already made an estimate. He didn't care whether he died early or late. He only cares about his son. Xu Huizu's skills, ability, and good heart were enough for him to survive in the court. The only problem was that he was too loyal.
Loyalty is simply poison to the top dignitaries.
Because the monarch and his ministers are always in a state of competition, a certain degree of loyalty is naturally required. After all, no one can stand the temptation to flip the plate. Because if you can lift the plate, others can also lift the plate. Cao Cao was in the first grade of junior high school and Sima Yi was in the fifteenth grade. But he really doesn't consider his own family at all. That kind of loyalty will kill his own people.
What Zhu Yunwen did was actually based on Xu Da's inability to flip the plate, which was what Xu Da said about bullying honest people.
As long as his son understands this truth, Xu Da doesn't care about other things.
Xu Da waved his hand and said: "You can go down, there is no need to go to Zhangde. I will go out to fight. By the way, my illness must be kept strictly confidential. Don't affect the morale of the army."
Xu Huizu said: "Yes."
After Xu Da waited for Xu Huizu to leave, he was silent for a long time and then told those around him: "Take all my medicines off and bring me the wine. I haven't drank for a long time."
"My lord, before leaving, Divine Doctor Dai ordered that you should not eat anything because of your illness, and alcohol is absolutely not allowed." said the maid next to you.
Xu Da didn't say anything, but raised his eyebrows. The maid immediately trembled, knelt on the ground, and said, "Slave, go now, go now."
When Xu Da saw the maid leaving, he suddenly felt a severe pain in his back. He took a breath and thought to himself: "Xu Da, you have made a difference, now you can only scare the little girl."
Don't look at Xu Da's kind-hearted appearance now, but he also killed countless people on the battlefield. Thousands of troops died in front of him without even blinking. He can unleash this kind of momentum without a maid, even as a battlefield general, he is also majestic. I didn't dare to take a breath.
While Xu Da smiled bitterly, he secretly said in his heart: "Zhu Chongba, what kind of situation have you created? I must ask clearly."
The more Xu Da thought about it, the more he felt that many things now were planned by Zhu Yuanzhang, which only harmed his old man.
