This year, Ryukyu King Shangxian was obviously sad, but similarly to him, there was another person who felt that this year was a bit boring, and he was Sun Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Yongwei Battalion.
In the past few years, he had been guarding His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Zhu Cihong in the south.
Originally, this was a good job. After all, he was protecting the prince and became the prince's closest military commander. When the prince ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in the future, he will be a minister of the dragon and can be said to be the first among military generals.
Therefore, at the beginning, he was very satisfied with his situation.
However, slowly, his idea changed.
Previously, there were bandits all over the place, but they were slowly put down by the troops led by Duke Xingguo. The generals who followed Duke Xingguo continued to make military achievements and were promoted.
Zhou Yuji, who was still below him, was promoted all the way to earl, but he was still the same, which made him start to reflect on himself.
Especially this year, even Jianlu was pacified by Duke Xingguo. The generals who followed Duke Xingguo in the north and south were all made count, and Zhou Yuji was made a marquis.
As a result, he became anxious!
Sun Yingyuan felt that his ability to lead troops in battle was no worse than others, or even better than others. However, he has not achieved any military merits in these years. Although there are rewards for protecting the prince, as a soldier, of course he hopes to be granted the title of general, fight on the battlefield, and achieve great military exploits!
Now that the world is settled and there is no war anymore, after Sun Yingyuan escorted the prince back to the capital, he met Zhou Yuji, and he was inevitably moved and moved.
After thinking about it again and again, he couldn't sit still. If he didn't seize the opportunity, he would really waste his whole life. Even if the prince ascended the throne and became the first military general, he would not be worthy of his reputation without any illustrious military exploits. For someone who has the ability, he is still a bit disdainful.
Judging from the rumors at the end of the year, this is just such an opportunity. So, under the leadership of Zhou Yuji, he paid a visit.
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"The two of them came to wish me a happy New Year?" Zhang Mingwei was in his house. Hearing Lan Dibao's report, he was a little strange and said, "It's the New Year's Eve. If you don't want to celebrate the New Year at home, why don't you come to my place to wish me a happy New Year?" "
Of course Lan Dibao couldn't answer, but Zhang Mingwei could also guess that it must be related to Sun Yingyuan, because there was no intersection before. Zhou Yuji usually comes to pay New Year greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so this year it was brought forward, so there must be a reason.
Of course he would not refuse, so he went to the living room to receive the two guests who came to the door.
To be honest, Zhang Mingwei had already seen too many famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty, and most of them followed his orders, so he no longer had any new curiosity.
However, as for Sun Yingyuan, a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, although he had met Sun Yingyuan before in Jiangnan, he had never talked to him. Since he came to visit this time, he wanted to see what kind of person Sun Yingyuan was. !
After a while, the two came over.
Zhou Yuji was very familiar with Zhang Mingwei, so he was relatively relaxed. When he saw Zhang Mingwei, he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "My lord, have a good New Year!"
When Sun Yingyuan saw him, he quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "Happy New Year, my lord!"
"Haha!" Zhang Mingwei smiled, stretched out his hand to motion for the two of them to sit down, and replied at the same time, "Happy New Year!"
Lan Dibao offered tea and then withdrew.
Zhou Yuji glanced at Sun Yingyuan, then turned to look at Zhang Mingwei, and said with a smile: "My lord, the thing is like this, the old Sun is a little anxious, so he wants me to accompany him here, and wants my lord to help him take a look. Is there still a chance to make meritorious deeds! For example, when will the Japanese war begin? He wants to go to the battlefield!"
Sun Yingyuan was caught off guard by speaking so straight to the point and wanted to stop him. However, once the words were spoken, it was too late to stop them. Besides, this is what I came for in the first place, so why stop it?
Therefore, Sun Yingyuan lowered his head and rubbed his hands in embarrassment, not at all like a warrior on the battlefield.
But soon, after listening to Zhou Yuji's words, he raised his head. Although he was still a little embarrassed, he also said: "His Royal Highness, the last general said. His Highness, the prince said, you have to ask the Duke." Okay, let the general come over!"
Today, Zhu Cixi has not had the opportunity to touch the military power. He is mainly responsible for people's livelihood, mainly promoting high-yielding crops, collecting taxes and grain, and ensuring Sun Chuanting's logistics.
Sun Yingyuan is now regarded as the prince's man, and he comes to visit Duke Xingguo. Without Zhu Cixiang's consent, it will be a bit like changing the family, and it is likely to offend the prince. The Duke might also be concerned about the Prince, so he immediately made an explanation.
"Please give me some advice, Duke!" Sun Yingyuan said, then stood up with a serious and sincere expression, clasped his hands in a salute, and said frankly, "The general wants to go further!"
Being motivated is not a bad thing, Zhang Mingwei nodded.
Looking at the two people in front of him, he was actually a little emotional.
If he had not traveled through time, Sun Yingyuan would have died in the battle in March of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and Zhou Yuji would have died in the battle two years later, and there is no way he would have survived until now.
But now, both of them are alive and well, right in front of them.
I have to say that my time travel has affected too many people!
After coming back to his senses, Zhang Mingwei chuckled, motioned for Sun Yingyuan to sit down, and then said to him: "There must be a war against the Japanese country. But in the original plan, you are not suitable!"
As soon as he heard this, Sun Yingyuan became anxious. He stood up again and immediately argued: "My lord, I will never be afraid of death. Isn't it just to kill the Japanese? I can at least kill him with one knife." Three! In the battle at Fengyiping that year, 2,300 were beheaded and 500 were captured alive. King Hunshi and King Xiao Qin both surrendered. The last general...how could the last general be inappropriate?"
Despite his impatience, Zhang Mingwei still smiled calmly and said: "The Japanese are no better than the bandits back then!"
"..." Sun Yingyuan was stunned for a moment. Japanese people are no better than Liu bandits. Does this mean that Liu bandits are easy to kill but Japanese people are difficult to fight, so he is not suitable?
In this way, wouldn't it question his ability to lead troops in war? This is something he is proud of and can also be said to be the most proud of.
Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!
If it had been anyone else, Sun Yingyuan might have exploded, but it was Duke Xingguo who said this.
So, when he came back to his senses, he suppressed his anger and asked: "Why did the Duke say this? Those Japanese are all dwarfs. How can they be more difficult to beat than the original bandits?"
Zhou Yuji who was standing next to him didn't expect this when he saw this scene. He wanted to ease the atmosphere, mainly to appease Sun Yingyuan, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
However, when he saw that Duke Xing Guo was not annoyed at all, he felt relieved. He just listened and looked for opportunities to interrupt.
Zhang Mingwei still asked Sun Yingyuan with a smile: "It's true that the Japanese are all dwarfs. In terms of strength, height and arm length, they are definitely not as good as the Ming people..."
When he said this, a thought suddenly occurred to him: Aren't these Japanese people all dwarfs? Then let the Japanese go mining, wouldn't it be the best choice?
While talking to Sun Yingyuan at this time, Zhang Mingwei put the sudden thought behind him and continued to say to Sun Yingyuan: "But why was the battle to resist the Japanese and aid the Korean War so hard? The characteristics of the Japanese's battles are What, do you know how to deal with it?”
Upon hearing this, Sun Yingyuan was stunned. Because he had never thought about the questions asked by Duke Xingguo before, and for a while, he couldn't answer them!
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuji also turned serious and listened seriously. Not only because talking about military affairs is his duty, but also because he also wants to know the answer.
During the war to resist Japan and aid Korea, both of them were still young and neither participated in it. Therefore, regarding the battle at that time, there was only some hearsay information and was not certain. But now that Duke Xingguo said this, he must have an answer.
Sure enough, seeing Sun Yingyuan being questioned, Zhang Mingwei continued to say to him: "The Japanese's muskets and equipment are very popular. In the war to resist Japan and aid Korea, muskets were their advantage; while our Ming army's advantage was only artillery. That’s all. Proper use of muskets has great advantages over cold weapons.”
Having said this, he paused, glanced at Zhou Yuji, then turned to Sun Yingyuan and said: "In recent years, our Ming army has also begun to popularize muskets, and the equipment is still more advanced flintlock muskets. Some armies also have It is equipped with a rifled flintlock gun with higher range and accuracy. The fighting style of musketeers is different from that of cold weapons. And the army that restored Liaodong by the imperial court is already familiar with these, but are you familiar with them? "
"..." Sun Yingyuan was stunned by the question and couldn't answer.
His army also had musketeers. Not to mention the matchlocks they had when they went south, most of the troops came from cold weapons. The combat mode is of course the same as before.
At this time, he already understood why the Duke said he was unsuitable!
Although Sun Yingyuan was still a little unconvinced at this time, he had to admit that what Duke Xingguo said was indeed reasonable.
Although the Ming Dynasty won the original war to resist the Japanese and aid Korea, it also damaged its vitality and led to its rise from Liaodong as a captive!
Now that the Japanese mainland is about to be attacked, winning or losing the war, or even whether the war is easy or not, will definitely be more important.
Although Sun Yingyuan felt that he might not be able to defeat the Japanese, he had no idea how much it would cost to defeat the Japanese.
Facing the victorious Duke Xingguo, he did not dare to boast casually.
Thinking like this, Sun Yingyuan's mood suddenly dropped.
But who would have thought that at this moment, he heard Duke Xing Guo say to him: "But your coming here reminded me of something. Later I suggested to the emperor that you can participate in the war against the Japanese!"
