armyinform Chapter 357 Le Shi Jigong
Chapter 357 Le Shi Jigong
Chapter 357 Le Shi Jigong
Li Rusong watched this scene with an excited expression, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"No wonder my father asked me to learn the art of war from Ji Guogong and the strategy from Mr. Qingteng. Sitting in the rear, arranging troops and looking for opportunities to make a big one is more exciting than charging into the battle and cutting down the heads of owls!"
"This Burmese-Yi Dagon City looks quite rich, with so many granaries, and even a lot of Shwedagon Pagodas."
Li Rusong was still standing under the Dagon Shrine at this moment, talking to Yang Gao, the military supervisor and censor of Ji Gong, about his inner feelings at this time.
"As you said, I thought Myanmar was a barren land, but I didn't know when I went to the south of Myanmar. They actually have so many gold, jade and jewelry, and there are quite a few of them just handing over to the government as usual."
"What's more important is that there are quite a lot of good fields and fertile fields in the south of Myanmar!"
"However, in my humble opinion, since we can't stay here for long, we can only destroy the seedlings first, throw the corpses into the well, sprinkle all the fields with lime, and burn all the food that cannot be taken away. All the documents were destroyed, and the gold powder of the Golden Pagoda statue was hung up, and only the gold was brought back to the country!"
At this time, Yang Gao agreed vigorously and put forward his own suggestion.
After Li Rusong heard this, he glanced at Yang Hao. He felt that he was ruthless enough, but he didn't expect these civil servants to be more ruthless than himself. Then he hurriedly told his younger brothers Li Rubai and Zha Dashou who were in the army:
"According to Yang Yushi's will!"
"Yes!"
After Li Rusong ordered, he asked Yang Gao: "It stands to reason that Yang Yushi was born as a Jinshi. He didn't go out to the sea to serve in the army, and he can also be an official in the court. Why is he like us warriors, risking his death as a foreigner, to come here to make contributions?"
"Why, your military generals can go to sea to make meritorious service, but we civil servants can't?"
Yang Gao asked with a smile.
Li Rusong said with a smile: "Yang Yushi knew that I didn't mean it, but I didn't expect Yang Yushi to be so courageous and willing to take this risk. It stands to reason that if you civil servants can abide by the etiquette and morality, you will be able to make a great career! If you dare to be famous, Maybe sooner! Even if His Majesty is making great achievements now, and the father is not a filial son who has not been ranked for many years, there is no need to come to Burma to make meritorious deeds, after all, he will go to sea to conquer and escape from death!"
"You're right, it's logically so, but I'm from the same Jinshi, and my ranking is not high. If I don't come to Myanmar, I can only start as a county magistrate. Scholars apply to go to sea, and the first person to be appointed to the sea is a Beijing official such as the censor or the chief, no doubt if I come to Myanmar, I can naturally start as the censor or the chief."
"What's more, I, Yang Gao, are different from them. It stands to reason that if one comes from a Jinshi background, if one wants to have a successful official career, one can only be virtuous and courteous and have a good reputation in the country, but I am more willing to make meritorious service!"
"Because they are loyal to the propriety, and I am loyal to the country. In my opinion, it is useless to uphold the propriety in China. Even if I really succeed in my morality and words, I will eventually turn the Zhang family's land into the Li family's land. the fields of the Wang family and turn the property of the Wang family into the property of the Liu family; it cannot increase the wealth of the world at all;”
"So, I would rather die in battle here than be famous in the country. Even if I die in the future without a name, and even end up defeated, it is better than empty talk."
After Yang Gao laughed, he expressed his opinion to Li Rusong.
After hearing this, Li Rusong said: "It seems that Yang Fengxian is practical, which is really rare among scholar-bureaucrats."
Yang Gao said: "The Son of Heaven is magnanimous, and he accepted the teachings of the grand master without any intention of neglecting his merits, and even respected his words of emphasizing practical learning. Therefore, more and more people will respect reality!"
"Yang Fengxian is right! Otherwise, I wouldn't have the pleasure of washing the barbarians with blood today!"
After Li Rusong said, he said: "I want to set up a Beijing temple here, and write on the stone to remember this. I wonder if Yang Fengxian would like to write an article?"
"This is a matter of rewarding ambition and pride and becoming famous, how can you not want to?"
"It's more interesting than gaining some fame in China!"
Yang Hao said with a smile.
"That's good! I'll tell them to do this right now, Commander-in-Chief."
Li Rusong said with a smile.
Next, Li Rusong actually built a Beijing temple in Dagon City, and carved inscriptions on stones, and the engraved articles commemorate his meritorious deeds in conquering Dagon on behalf of the Son of Heaven and eradicating barbarians. The article was written by Yang Gao. write.
Li Rusong was very satisfied with this, and felt that he had finally done something as remarkable as Huo Qubing and Dou Xian.
Yang Hao was the same, and after finishing the work, he looked at his own article and said to Li Rusong with a smile: "This is more enjoyable than reading my own article at the end of the exam!"
"This should be a pleasure that princes in the court cannot experience."
Li Rusong also replied with a smile.
Then, Li Rusong looked to the north, and said to Yang Gao:
"I have ordered Ma Shilong to lead a battalion of pro-military guards and Yang Huan's Liaozhen soldiers and horses and Zha Dashou to lead the green battalion to go northward along the riverside plain and approach Awa. Burn the grain and step on the seedlings when they see it. When you see government offices, you slaughter them; when you see texts, you destroy them; when you see dikes, you blow them up.”
Yang Gao nodded and said with a smile: "In this way, it will be difficult for Myanmar and Barbarians to rebuild their rule next year, let alone invade our Ming Dynasty. Undoubtedly, it will be easier to destroy Myanmar."
"Exactly!"
Ma Shilong, Yang Huan, and Zha Dashou indeed led their troops to continue the sweep northward under the orders of Li Rusong.
Because the center of the world market in this era was Daming, the capital of Myanmar was set up in the north of Ava, which is near Mandalay in later generations, in order to facilitate the control of trade routes to Daming.
Therefore, the Burmese-Yi population is basically concentrated in the river plain near Awa.
The Ming army made rapid progress, especially the green battalion under Zha Dashou, who was the most active.
Although their salary is the lowest, the Jurchen barbarians of this era are cheap labor. For themselves, the salary given by the Ming court is already much higher than that given by their original chiefs, not to mention that they are not farming people. It is indeed more worthy of plundering the property of farming peoples.
Therefore, Zha Dashou's green battalion arrived near Awa first, and killed the most Burmese and Yi, especially the Burmese nobles and officials.
Because ordinary people are mostly in the countryside, they are relatively scattered, and they are good at hiding with the help of their familiarity with the terrain, but the nobles are mostly in the towns, and they are not active, and they don’t know the mountains and rivers, so they are more likely to be captured and slaughtered by the Ming army. .
It can be said that the sudden invasion of the Ming army into the rear of Myanmar was a precise strategic strike of this era, specifically to eliminate the ruling foundation within Myanmar.
"cut!"
Mang Yingli's uncle Mang Ruilu in Dongyu and more than 100 noble officials were escorted to the riverside by Cha Dashou's green barbarians on this day, and waited to be executed after Cha Dashou gave an order.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
These nobles and officials of the Mang family were all beheaded, and the bloody heads rolled into the river like soup dumplings.
At the same time, the food they hoarded and the collection of books in their own languages were also intensively ignited at this time, turning half of the sky red.
……
"What did you say?!"
"There are Ming soldiers and horses appearing in the south?"
Mang Yingli also learned the news that Li Rusong and other Ming troops had suddenly taken his rear, and stood up in astonishment.
"Yes, I dare not lie to the king, Dagon has fallen, and the third and fifth princes are all decapitated!"
"The iron cavalry of these Ming people is very fast, one of them rides like the wind, and now they have arrived in Toungoo!"
"Moreover, their artillery and firearms are also very powerful. We tried to concentrate our troops to recover the lost city, but we were defeated by their firearms."
General Pa He of Mang Yingli replied.
After hearing this, Mang Yingli murmured: "How could this happen? Why did the Ming army come to our rear?!"
(End of this chapter)