Chapter 764 It's not that the enemy is too strong, it's that we are too weak(1/2)
There were actually many generals who could defeat Chongzhen during the dynasty.
It’s a pity that now, most generals either die in battle or surrender.
At this moment, only Sun Chuanting can still be used.
As for Zuo Liangyu, it is even better than the bandit army.
Li Zicheng's side has already started to farm, and at least it will not harm the people.
Zuo Liangyu is completely inhumane and is even more bandit than bandits.
Wang Xiao can't get rid of himself now. After all, if you want to save the Ming Dynasty, you must have to cheat. As a cheat, he can't get rid of him now.
And in a few months, when the Later Jin enters the pass again, he will stay to deal with the Later Jin.
If it weren't for this, Wang Xiao would have set out to go south to eliminate harm to the people.
When Sun Chuanting was called out from the Heavenly Prison, Wang Xiao also accompanied him.
"It's you..."
Sun Chuanting expressed his deep memory of the person who had suddenly appeared in front of him and told him about something he had said speechlessly.
"Sun Qing is familiar with the national teacher?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised.
"I've been to Tianzhu." Wang Xiao didn't want to talk about this matter more and directly changed the topic. "Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting is the most suitable candidate."
After Wang Xiao broke out of the Heavenly Prison, the prisoners trembled to find Wang Xiao’s information.
But the files were broken, and no news about Wang Xiao was found.
After repeated inspections, there were not many prisoners in the prison.
I wish you checked it many times and finally confirmed that Wang Xiao is a black man.
The jailers were all laughing crazy. They thought they were going to be finished and they were held accountable. Unexpectedly, they had nothing to do with them in the end.
That's right, although Wang Xiao has hit the Heavenly Prison all the way, since the Heavenly Prison document does not have his information, it has nothing to do with the prisoners.
"Sun Qing."
Emperor Chongzhen had not read the information of later generations, so he naturally did not know the importance of Sun Chuanting.
In his words, there was still a hint of doubt, "The national teacher recommends you to control the training of the new army, are you... okay?"
"It's OK."
Wang Xiao spoke first, "If he can't do it, no one in the Ming Dynasty can do it now."
"Sun Chuanting." Wang Xiao looked at him. "Now Li Zicheng's army is surrounding Kaifeng Prefecture, and the Later Jin Dynasty will enter the pass again in a few months. The emperor can provide you with as much silver, soldiers and food as possible. Can you win?"
After careful consideration, Sun Chuanting said, "Give me five thousand elite soldiers to defeat Li Zicheng. I can do nothing about the words of the Later Jin Dynasty."
Chongzhen wondered, "Why can 5,000 defeat Li Zicheng, 50,000 defeat the Later Jin?"
"Li Zicheng's troops are all mobs. If they win a game, they will retreat in full swing."
"In the Later Jin Dynasty, we have many years of fighting and experience. Even if we win ten games, we may not be able to defeat them in an all-round way. If our army loses one game, it will end up being wiped out."
He was indeed right. Li Zicheng's combat power was not the same as that of the Later Jin Dynasty.
If it was the early Chongzhen period, there were still some fights.
But at this time, let alone field battles, I can't even defend the city.
It’s not that the battles of the Later Jin army were so powerful, but in fact they were weaker than those of the former Huns, Rouran, Turks, Khitans, etc.
The real reason is that the Ming army is too bad.
In just a few months, it was impossible to train a strong army that could fight against the Later Jin field.
Most of the generals and civil officials who fought against the Later Jin Dynasty in the middle and late Chongzhen Dynasty died when they sent troops to fight in the field.
Over the years, from top to bottom, I have a kind of fear that comes from my heart.
Only Emperor Chongzhen was determined to defeat refugees and defeat the Later Jin Dynasty in field battles.
"There are 20,000 newly recruited soldiers in the military camp outside the city." Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It's handed over to you now. No matter what you do, I must first untie the siege of Feng and then retreat to the Jin army."
Faced with the emperor's persecution, Sun Chuanting wanted to say that his ministers really couldn't do it.
Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen's character has never changed.
"Don't worry." When Sun Chuanting walked out of the hall, Wang Xiao followed up and said, "I will help you."
Sun Chuanting was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, which was still the deepest part of the Heavenly Prison. Even though Wang Xiao’s news spread throughout the capital, it even began to be transmitted to Northern Zhili. However, Sun Chuanting, who was directly taken from the Heavenly Prison to the Palace, had no idea about this.
"What can you do?" He sighed, "Master, you should go back to the mountains to practice and wait for the troubled times to end."
"I am a Taoist master." Wang Xiao laughed loudly. "The Taoist priests in troubled times go down the mountain, and the monks in prosperous times open the door. When they are in troubled times, they should serve the country and the people without fear. If they practice, they will have opportunities in the future."
Sun Chuanting was moved and bowed, "The Taoist priest is noble, it's Sun's Menglang."
"It's okay, Taoism has always been low-key and doesn't care about these."
"I don't know what kind of help the master can do. If it's a fortune teller, there's no need to mention it. If the master is a medical master, please ask the master to join the camp to treat the soldiers' illnesses and injuries."
Wang Xiao thought about it and understood. While walking outside the palace, he smiled and said, "After General Sun returns home, he can ask his family about the major events in the capital recently. Then we will discuss it."
After Sun Chuanting returned home, he heard his wife talk about the land gods.
He asked three times in a row whether the practice of opening the game can summon the wind and rain.
After three times, Sun Chuanting received a definite response. He stopped eating and went straight to Wang Xiao when he went out.
Wang Xiao lived in the previous Zhou Mansion, which was Zhou Yanru's home.
After Zhou Yanru, a traitor who was recorded as a treacherous minister, was punished by heaven, Emperor Chongzhen exiled all his family back to his hometown and sent his mansion to Wang Xiao for a temporary residence.
When Sun Chuanting came, Wang Xiao was meeting guests.
He had no worries, so he directly invited Sun Chuanting to come in to meet the guests.
The Ming Dynasty did not have such rules, so when Sun Chuanting met Wang Chengen, he was a little embarrassed.
But no matter how embarrassing it, the emperor still needs to do what he told him.
Wang Chengen asked respectfully, "The emperor told the old slave to ask the national teacher. After Zhou Yanru was punished by heaven, who would be the chief assistant?"
Sun Chuanting, who was standing beside him, was extremely surprised. The emperor had to ask Wang Xiao what kind of trust he had when he was the chief minister.
But when he thought of the emperor's temper, he realized it.
Emperor Chongzhen had a middle-aged temper. When he trusted a person, he could trust him unconditionally and without bottom line.
Just like Yuan Dudu back then, he was originally just a seventh-rank official, but because he said he had a plan to pacify Liao all day long, he was trusted. It was not until the end that he couldn't hold on.
“It’s best to have someone.”
Without hesitation, Wang Xiao directly recommended "Ni Yuanlu, the current Right Minister of War, is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has outstanding abilities. No one is more suitable than him."
He naturally knew that Shikaofa was a good person, and he had no integrity, but his ability was worrying.
Moreover, Shi Kefa is now within the Ming Dynasty system and is only a minor rank.
Ni Yuanlu is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and a complete important official of the court. Although he was the chief minister of the cabinet, he was at least reasonable.
Shi Kefa, the levels are too different.
Wang Chengenlai naturally did his homework before.
After hearing what Wang Xiao said, I had an impression in my mind.
"I'll go and report to the Emperor Ming and take his leave."
After seeing Wang Chengen away, Wang Xiao looked at Sun Chuanting, "General Sun, what's the point of doing?"
Sun Chuanting's position was originally the Governor of the Three-Border, which was specially used to deal with refugees.
However, with Wang Xiao's joining, Sun Chuanting's current focus of work has changed to supervising the new army, and his current tentative title is the governor of the camp.
There is no problem with shouting for the general.
"National Master." Sun Chuanting bowed solemnly. "Do you dare to ask the national master what kind of immortal skills do you know?"
In Sun Chuanting's opinion, if there is really a magical art, he will be afraid of nothing.
No matter how many soldiers Li Chuang had, nothing would be left after the fire broke out.
The army generals of the Later Jin Dynasty could fight again and call for heavenly soldiers and generals to destroy them.
With the help of gods, why are you practicing soldiers?
"The general misunderstood." Wang Xiao explained patiently, "I am just an ordinary Qi training man, barely reaching the level of introspection. You said that the way to enter the altar is to call the wind and rain or something. But please forgive me for being helpless in other things."
Wang Xiao had just passed the first heavenly tribulation and officially opened the door.
But the time to get started was too short, and he had no other ability to actually use it except the book given by Brother Zhu.
Even that book is mainly about changing weather conditions, Qimen Bagua and so on.
Sun Chuanting sighed regretfully.
"Don't look down on people." Wang Xiao said with a smile, "I can do a lot."
To be continued...