Chapter 1462： A Second Examination of Zhang Jing (Part 2)

Chapter 1462 The second examination of Zhang Jing (2)

"Now the situation of the Japanese invasion is so serious, Master Zhu, what do you think about the suppression of the Japanese?" Zhang Jing asked again.

Zhu Ping'an paused for a moment when he heard the words. Zhang Jing's question is a very complicated and huge one.

Jingnan Japanese pirates have entered the period of "big Japanese pirates" since this year. The Japanese pirates who used to be small and troublesome have flooded up, with a large number of people and siege cities. They have reached the point of shaking the rule of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty. The northern captives who invaded from the border, the Japanese invaders have also reached the level of "war chaos".

Zhu Ping'an came from modern times and knew that the "big Japanese pirates" rebellion would last for ten years before being put down.

So, "suppression of Japanese" is a complex, huge, and systematic proposition. If you can't explain it in a few words, you can't finish it in three to five days. But since Zhang Jing asked, you have to answer the key points based on history.

After all, Zhang Jing will dominate the Jiangnan situation for a period of time. Whether he answers well or not is directly related to whether he has the opportunity to appear on the stage during this period and how important his appearance is, whether he is a passerby or a corner.

"Returning to my lord, the right time, place and people are in our dynasty. If we increase our efforts to suppress the Japanese, we will surely win! As for the time required for the suppression of the Japanese, the shorter the better, the sooner the Japanese pirates are wiped out, the better. However, considering the actual situation, Now the Japanese invaders are frequent, long-term, large-scale, large-scale, large-scale, and our coastal defenses are abolished, the coastal guards are empty, and the combat power is weak. The officials secretly think that exterminating the Japanese pirates cannot be achieved overnight, and they want to do it overnight. Fighting against the Japanese is really difficult to achieve, and it needs to be treated with caution, plan slowly, concentrate troops, dispatch troops and generals, and attack by land and water." After thinking for a moment, Zhu Ping'an clasped his hands and replied to Zhang Jing.

After listening to Zhu Ping'an's answer, Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes, "You mean that it is difficult to quickly wipe out the Japanese pirates in a short period of time, isn't it?"

"Yes." Zhu Ping'an nodded, "The lower officials think that the suppression of the Japanese will surely win, but it is difficult to suppress them urgently, so we must gradually suppress them."

Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes, tapped the table with his fingers, and raised his voice, "The Japanese plague is in my Jiangnan, and most of my dynasty's taxes come from Jiangnan. If Jiangnan is unstable, the country is unstable. Jiangnan Uncertainty, my dynasty’s money bag will be flat, and the eradication of the Japanese pirates is imminent! The Japanese pirates are unjust, our dynasty is righteous, and the time, place and people are all in our dynasty, so we can’t rush to suppress the Japanese pirates?”

"The lower officials also hope to wipe out the Japanese pirates quickly, but judging from the reality, it is difficult." Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and insisted.

Although Zhang Jing looked oppressive and questioning, Zhu Pingan from modern times knew Zhang Jing's true thoughts.

The urgent suppression is the attitude of Emperor Jiajing, the attitude of the cabinet, but not the attitude of Zhang Jing. Zhang Jing is in Jiangnan. He knows the actual situation in Jiangnan better than Emperor Jiajing and the cabinet. Zhang Jing is mature and prudent in his work, and his attitude is to suppress the Japanese gradually, and suppress the Japanese with full confidence, and Zhang Jing also did this in history. Zhang Jing mobilized Guangxi wolf soldiers, dispatched troops, concentrated superior forces, and fully After getting ready, we started to suppress the Japanese.

Seeing Zhu Ping'an's insistence on his point of view, Zhang Jing's eyes flashed an elusive admiration.

These questions, Zhang Jing also asked Hu Zongxian when Hu Zongxian came to check the information and visit of Japanese pirates.

Hu Zongxian's answer at the time was: dispatching troops and generals, Jiangnan suffered an extraordinary Japanese disaster, and it should break the usual pattern, transfer soldiers from various provinces to the south to help Jiangnan, concentrate superior forces, and vigorously suppress and kill Japanese pirates. It is a once and for all way to get rid of the idea of ​​foreign barbarians peeping into China.

The strategies of these two people for eradicating the Japanese overlapped but also differed, and Zhang Jing appreciated them all. Zhu Pingan tends to look at the overall situation, while Hu Zongxian prefers specific strategies. Of course, Zhu Ping'an was more cautious about exterminating the Japanese, while Hu Zongxian was much more optimistic.

Zhang Jing has been serving as Minister of the Ministry of War of Yingtian for a while, and he has a thorough understanding of the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River.

This group of Japanese pirates is fierce and fierce. The Japanese pirates are not unified, but there are countless branches, tens of thousands of big ones, hundreds of small ones, and most of them are thousands of people. Among them, Wang Zhi is the strongest, who can command most of the people. The Japanese pirates, followed by Xu Hai, are powerful, second only to Wang Zhi in soldiers and horses, and there are more than a dozen large Japanese pirates such as Peng Laosheng. These Japanese pirates are scattered in the vast sea, sometimes gathering, sometimes scattered, it is really difficult to catch them all!

Several bands of Japanese pirates gathered together, with a large number of people, strong combat power, and difficult to fight; small groups of Japanese pirates were also flexible and flexible, and difficult to fight. For example, the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu, who committed crimes insanely and were extremely arrogant recently, only had more than a hundred people. , but they are extremely powerful in combat and extremely flexible. They run around committing crimes, and their traces are hard to find.

Therefore, these Japanese pirates seem like a mob, but they are actually formidable enemies!

As for the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Jing, as Minister of the Ministry of War of Yingtian, is very clear that it is insufficient, very insufficient.

In such a situation, it is almost impossible to quickly wipe out the Japanese pirates, and Zhang Jing's attitude is also to gradually suppress them.

If the Japanese pirates were to be exterminated, the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River alone would never be able to do it. The Weisuo army in the south of the Yangtze River was weak, and to put it bluntly, it was almost vulnerable. If you want to destroy the Japanese, you must dispatch troops from other places as Hu Zongxian said. As for the target of the transfer, Zhang Jing already has an ideal target in his mind. Guangxi wolf soldiers.

That's right, it's Guangxi wolf soldiers!

Zhang Jing has served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he knows the strength of Guangxi wolf soldiers. In the 16th year of Jiajing, the Duanteng Gorge rebelled in Guangxi, and the Yao people in Guangxi attacked the city and killed officials, and then attracted many ethnic minorities such as Miao, Yao, and Zhuang to participate in the rebellion. , After a hard battle, he finally put down the rebellion. During the process of suppressing the rebellion, he discovered the terrible fighting arms of Guangxi wolf soldiers. The Guangxi wolf soldiers had no culture and could not read big characters, but they were brave and ruthless, and they were very sturdy. They caused a lot of trouble for Zhang Jing's road to counter the rebellion, and left a deep impression on Zhang Jing.

Whether the Japanese pirates are sturdy or the wolf soldiers are sturdy, Zhang Jing thinks it is the latter.

If there were so many Japanese pirates in Guangxi wolf soldiers, Zhang Jingjue might still be on the way to suppress the rebellion in Guangxi.

There is one small incident that shows the strength of the wolf soldiers in Guangxi. After Zhang Jing served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to quell the rebellion, he wanted to visit various places at the grassroots level in private on a whim to see if they obeyed the king, but he was worried that the road would be unsafe. Several Zhuang wolf soldiers were hired in the village to accompany them. On the way, a deer happened to jump out. These wolf soldiers chased them barefoot, walked like flying, caught the deer with bare hands, cut up the meat and roasted it; on the way, they met an eagle hovering in the sky, a wolf soldier With an arrow in his hand, he shot it down and roasted it to eat. One night, when I was staying in a small shop, I happened to meet a group of thieves. Everyone in the shop had a look of fear on their faces, except for a few Zhuang wolf soldiers who were able to take care of themselves.

In short, Zhang Jing had long planned to transfer Guangxi wolf soldiers north to Jiangnan to participate in the suppression of Japanese, but he suffered from the fact that he did not have the power. Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of War of Yingtian, compared with the Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital, he is a minister of the Ministry of War. Of course, even if he has the power of the Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital, he does not have the power to dispatch troops. The Minister of the Ministry of War seems to be the officer of the highest military command organization, but in fact, the Minister of the Ministry of War can manage the promotion of military attaches, but he can't do it when it comes to the transfer of troops. The Ministry of War has no such power at all. In the Ming Dynasty, the transfer of troops was a very serious and sensitive matter, requiring a lot of procedures. In fact, there was a cabinet decision. If you want to transfer Guangxi wolf soldiers, you must get the approval of the cabinet. The eunuchs must also agree, and the Ministry of War is only the specific executor.

(end of this chapter)