If the morale of the army is in chaos, it will be difficult to get together again.

Rudoni was just trying to make some attempts.

He now clearly recognizes the gap between the combat power of the two sides.

Even if Mangdoni sent three or five times the elite troops to block the attack, he might not be able to stop him.

What's more, the Qing army's dispersed morale is no longer in love with the war.

Fortunately, he had gathered some defeated soldiers through the drum beat, and it is not too much of a loss to retreat and run.

When the cessation is constantly affected, the chaos will occur.

"It is said that I will order the withdrawal of troops!"

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...

After controlling Xiangyang, the Ming army returned to Yiling and continued to advance along the Yangtze River.

Zhu Youlang is now becoming more and more confident and can't wait to rush to Jiangling to seize this important town.

When it comes to Jiangling, we must mention Zhang Juzheng.

This person should be considered the most famous Jiangling native in the Ming Dynasty.

The one-whip law implemented after he took power, the Wanli New Deal showed signs of revival to some extent.

Unfortunately, Zhang Juzheng died early, Emperor Wanli completely let himself go without restraint, and a series of measures have squandered the foundation laid by Zhang Juzheng.

Under this situation, the Ming Dynasty naturally began to decline. It was not completely unreasonable to later generations to explain that the death of Wanli was revealed.

The problem with Emperor Wanli was that he had to take care of everything, but he was a child who never grew up and needed to be coaxed by his ministers.

This created a deformed pattern. The emperor and the cabinet were bothered by each other, so Emperor Wanli started a strike and did not attend court for more than 20 years.

The party struggles broke out in the late Wanli period, which had a lot to do with him only inquire about the government affairs.

Emperor Jiajing did a good job in this regard. Although he did not attend court, the court was not in chaos.

Unlike the Wanli Dynasty, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Donglin Party, the entire court was in chaos.

It can be said that Tianqi and Chongzhen were wiping Wanli's butts, of course, lack of personal abilities is also a big problem.

After all, Chongzhen had been the real power emperor for more than ten years, and it was unreasonable to blame his ministers when he was about to stop him.

In fact, Zhu Youlang sometimes thinks that one or two decisions of the superiors will affect the trend of the entire history.

Take the Yongli Dynasty as an example. There were too many opportunities to fight back. Unfortunately, they were all still in the womb.

What Zhu Youlang has to do now is to wipe his butt for the previous Yongli.

Hope it's not too late.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Jiangling City is very strong. Do you still need to use a coffin to blow up the city this time?"

Li Dingguo witnessed the effect of the coffin bombing in the city last time.

Although it is not very ideal, it at least plays a role.

At that time, the emperor always said that it was a matter of air tightness and asked Li Dingguo to buy some professional coffins.

Of course, Li Dingguo didn't understand what it meant to be insufficient air tightness, but he didn't dare to ask or say it, so he could only follow the order and do as he did.

Now dozens of coffins are placed on the boat, which is quite unlucky.

Li Dingguo still cared about these things, but when he saw that the emperor looked indifferent, he didn't want to say much.

"Well, I want to try it again. The last time I did make a temporary coffin with too big gaps and not enough airtightness. This time I bought a professional coffin and the effect would definitely be much better."

"Your Majesty, that hot air balloon..."

"Don't use hot air balloons for now. I'm going to use them for the sake of other purposes."

Zhu Youlang paused and said, "King of Jin, I have something I have always wanted to tell you."

"Please speak with your Majesty!"

Li Dingguo said in fear.

"The prince is not young, right? Why didn't the King of Jin lead him to lead troops to war and teach one or two."

As far as Zhu Youlang knows, Li Dingguo has always brought Li Sixing by his side.

Li Sixing did not leave much imprint in history, and this is the problem of Li Dingguo.

As a father, how can you not think about your son?

Even Zhu Youlang began to deliberately train the prince.

Revitalizing the Ming Dynasty is not a matter for a generation, either expelling the Tartars or revitalizing them, or restoring lost territory or revitalizing them.

This requires generations of efforts.

What Zhu Youlang hopes to see is that the younger generations can take over the mantle and be able to hold on.

Otherwise, what should I do when their generation grows old?

Wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty go on the old path of dilapidated again?

Li Dingguo's face turned red and showed a look of shame.

"It was my negligence."

He paused and said, "I will take that little brat to experience more."

“That’s good.”

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction.

A few decades later, it will be the stage for Zhu Cixuan, Li Sixing and Zheng Jing. At that time, you can see them as far as the Ming Dynasty can go.

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In Jiangling City, the prefect Liao Lin frowned in the government office.

The Ming army was unstoppable and conquered Yunyang, Xiangyang and Yiling, and was about to reach Jiangling.

He thought he had made a fortune, but now it seems that this is simply a bad place.

What should I do now?

If he abandoned the city and ran away, he would definitely not be able to escape death.

And family members will also be implicated.

If he sticks to the city, he will definitely not be able to defend it.

Even Xiangyang can’t be defended, why can he defend it? Just these ten thousand people?

"Dongweng, I have a plan to help Dongwen escape this disaster."

Seeing that the staff member Wu Liang took the initiative to offer advice, Liao Lin said happily: "Speak quickly and listen."

"Dongweng, what is the Ming army's plan?"

"Of course it's a city, money and food."

"No!"

Wu Liang shook his head and said, "Ruo Ming Army only aims to be a city. Why is it not enough to conquer Xiangyang and other places? Are you coming to Jiangling again in a hurry?"

"this..."

Liao Lin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The purpose is not money, but only a name.

"Is it the Ming army's name?"

"That's right!"

Wu Liang nodded with satisfaction.

He thought to himself that Dongweng was still very smart, and he could understand it at all.

"But what reputation can you bring to the siege of cities and land?"

"Dongweng, think about it. The Ming army has been huddled in the mountains in the southwest for years, and the people of the Central Plains have almost forgotten their existence. After holding it in for so long, they finally had the opportunity to come out of the mountain. Why don't they have a good sense of existence?"

Wu Liang said in a gentle manner: "In other words, the Ming army wants the people to remember them. Not only do they remember them, but also their goodness!"

Liao Lin suddenly realized, "It seems that this is the reason."

He paused and said, "What you mean is that only by fighting and attacking cities and camps can the army leave an impression of being invincible in the hearts of the people and win the hearts of the people?"

"That's right!"

Wu Liang shook his head and said, "The so-called people's hearts are actually a kind of follower. I will do whatever others do. Generally, how to follow the crowd, naturally, whoever is stronger will follow. The Ming army came out this time to tell the people of Huguang that they have the strength to compete for the world. Therefore, the Ming army would not stop at all, but would continue to fight and even use war to support the war."

Fight to support the war...

Liao Lin thought about these four words carefully and thought it made sense. He slapped his thigh and said, "Why didn't I expect it!"

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Chapter completed!