Chapter 1001: No Blood Righteousness, No Supreme Grace

The ministers led by Zhang Juzheng and the Emperor had a disagreement over the issuance of banknotes. This disagreement finally ended with the Emperor compromising and continuing to issue banknotes.

The appearance of the disagreement was that the Emperor thought it was over-issued, while the ministers thought it was not, but the root of the disagreement was still the anchor point of the banknotes.

The Emperor looked at monetary issues only by looking at the currency itself and only by looking at the inflow of silver. This was no problem. The Emperor had to be responsible for the banknotes he issued;

The ministers looked at monetary issues not only by looking at the currency itself, and not only by looking at silver. This was also no problem. The ministers had to be responsible for the overall development of the country.

In the end, Zhu Yijun still yielded to the overall development. Even if this thunder of Great Ming banknotes really exploded in five years, and there was not enough silver to cash the banknotes, triggering a trust crisis, Zhu Yijun was also prepared. At that time, he could only rob the three major silver mine groups of Mexico.

Let the barbarians suffer a bit more, and let him, Zhu Yijun, the Emperor, bear the bad name!

The second core issue of this court discussion was that Zhang Juzheng expanded the scope of the big investigation. The purpose of the Grand Secretary's party purge of the Zhang Party was to conduct a major cleanup of the Great Ming bureaucracy as a whole. It is complex and has a thousand threads to talk about improving official governance, but to put it simply, it is actually metabolism.

Once the officialdom is a pool of stagnant water, no matter how good the system is, it cannot be executed.

This kind of metabolism is not only the replacement of the old by the new in terms of material, but also the replacement of old ideas by new ideas. If one still holds on to the old illnesses of the past, such as disciples and teachers, one will be eliminated and replaced by a new generation of honest officials who are recognized, do more, rise quickly, and go far.

Material is the carrier of thought. The replacement of the old by the new means the replacement of thoughts. Slowly, the atmosphere of the officialdom will change. Of course, the standards of good and evil can change with time, and the right and wrong of thoughts will also change.

Perhaps a hundred years after Zhang Juzheng, honest officials will become wrong, and disciples and teachers will become right.

Every time Zhang Juzheng takes action, his purpose is extremely strong, and he will not stop until he achieves his goal.

The third core issue of this court discussion at the end of the third month was the eight-way advance and the 240,000-strong army to pacify Bozhou. The imperial court had already endured this for a year! If it weren't for the great cause of conquering Dongyu in the southwest, Zhu Yijun wouldn't even be willing to give Yang Yinglong these two chances.

The reason for such momentum was that Qi Jiguang had told the Emperor a basic logic of game theory: an elephant and a mouse circling each other, and if one is not careful, one will sprain one's foot.

So don't circle with the mouse. If you want to fight, just kill it directly.

After the court discussion, when Zeng Shengwu left the Wenhua Hall, he talked to Liang Menglong for a long time. Liang Menglong was about to set off for Chengdu. Zeng Shengwu had rich experience in pacifying Jiusi and repeatedly reminded Liang Menglong never to have any softheartedness. If he didn't know whether he should do it or not, he should listen to General Liu Ting.

The Duke of Jiang'an, Liu Xian, and his son Liu Ting had been fighting in Sichuan for many years. Whenever these hereditary tribal chiefs had any movement, Liu Ting knew what kind of crooked ideas they were playing.

For example

This time, Luo Cheng and Wang Zhihan went to Hailongtun as envoys, and Yang Yinglong's son Yang Zhaodong ran out to chase and kill them. Liu Ting had already expected that such a thing would happen, so he arranged for people to respond in advance.

Liu Ting knew that these hereditary tribal chiefs would perform such a "father-son turning against each other," or subordinates or sons would do it. If it was done, naturally they wouldn't turn against each other. If it wasn't done, the son could be pushed out to take the blame.

Zeng Shengwu whispered: "This time being chased and killed, the Assistant Regional Commander Guo Cheng, who fought back and killed the thieves at Loushan Pass, was extremely brave. At that time, the tribal chief of the Duzhang barbarians, A Da, personally guarded Jiusi City. Jiusi City stood on steep cliffs and was quite steep. Guo Cheng led the crowd to climb the mountain and hang ropes, sliding into the city, breaking Jiguang Fort, then breaking Jiusi, and capturing the tribal chief A Da alive."

Liang Menglong then understood and whispered: "So brave, no wonder that Yang Zhaodong could only return in defeat."

"Also, the wild seedlings and cooked seedlings in the Ten Thousand Mountains are very difficult to deal with. When the army comes to suppress them, the thieves often scatter into the mountains and forests. When the army leaves, the thieves gather again. It is truly 'wild fire cannot burn it out, spring breeze blows and regenerates.' To suppress them, it costs millions, but not to suppress them, there will be no peace in the southwest. It is a dilemma."

"So, the imperial court and local yamens are always too lazy to pay much attention to them." Zeng Shengwu popularized the difficulty of these southwestern barbarians to Liang Menglong.

When the army went, they ran without a trace. Those thief chiefs occupied dangerous places. Hailongtun was a dangerous place that was more than a hundred zhang high and had only one road up the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the army left, they gathered again. This made the imperial court and local yamens have low requirements for these tribal chiefs: be stable, and the imperial court will not make things difficult for you. This Yang Yinglong was obviously not stable and even wanted to attack everywhere, so he could not be kept.

"Please teach me, Grand Secretary of War." Liang Menglong hurriedly said.

"Zhuge Wuhou once used bronze drums to suppress the barbarian frontiers. If the drums are lost, the barbarian luck ends."

"This rule applies to Dongyu as well. These hereditary tribal chiefs, whoever has more bronze drums is stronger, and whoever has bronze drums is the hereditary tribal chief. This thing is like the Heirloom Seal of the Realm that 'receives the mandate from heaven, and may it last forever,' and is a symbol of heaven-bestowed orthodoxy." Zeng Shengwu told Liang Menglong the most critical point of this battle.

Yang Yinglong, Yang Zhaodong, and these rebellious heads are not important. Taking away all the drums, these hereditary tribal chiefs of Bozhou will vanish into thin air. Even if Yang Yinglong luckily survives, he has no bronze drums, and no one will recognize him.

This Zhuge bronze drum symbolizes the heart of the people in the southwest, and it is the embodiment of the enemy's resistance will. When the army advances, the important thing is to take these drums away and kill the stubborn thieves. Without drums, these thieves cannot gather, and the Bozhou War can be thoroughly pacified.

This bronze drum is worth a lot in the southwest. The one with the loud drum sound is the best, which can be exchanged for a thousand cattle, and the second one for seven or eight hundred. With two or three drums, one can usurp the title of king. Beating the drums on the mountain top, all the barbarians will gather." Zeng Shengwu introduced the style of the Zhuge drum in detail.

The bronze drum is about two feet high and one foot eight inches in diameter, divided into the body, waist, and feet. The drum surface slightly protrudes from the edge, the drum wall is relatively thin, the body is slightly raised, the waist is contracted, and the feet expand outward like a trumpet mouth.

The center of the drum surface is decorated with a shallow relief twelve-pointed sun pattern. The drum surface and the drum body each have three relatively wide main halo circles, composed of cloud and thunder patterns, Xi patterns, egret patterns, etc. This kind of bronze ware with extremely cumbersome patterns cannot be made by wild seedlings or cooked seedlings themselves.

"Thank you for your teaching, Grand Secretary of War." Liang Menglong understood the key to this battle. Using war theory to explain it, this bronze drum is where the heart of the people lies, and it is the embodiment of the enemy's resistance will. When the army advances, the important thing is to take these drums away and kill the stubborn thieves. Without drums, these thieves cannot gather, and the Bozhou War can be thoroughly pacified.

"The Ministry of War has real objects. You go and see them before heading to Sichuan." Zeng Shengwu pacified Jiusi and obtained 93 bronze drums, one of the best of which was sent to the inner treasury. The Ministry of War has three Zhuge bronze drums. With real objects for reference, Liang Menglong will not let them go.

These were all Zeng Shengwu's experiences in pacifying Jiusi, all of which were taught to Liang Menglong.

After the court discussion, Zhu Yijun kept the Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng, the Second Grand Secretary Ling Yunyi, and the Great General Qi Jiguang to discuss the military affairs of pacifying Bozhou in the Imperial Study of Tonghe Palace.

"Does this battle really not need to send the Capital Battalion sharp soldiers to Sichuan?" Zhu Yijun asked for Qi Jiguang's opinion. 240,000 Han troops in the southwest, advancing from eight directions, Zhu Yijun was afraid that they would hinder each other and make a joke.

Capital Battalion sharp soldiers suppressing the formation, even if there is a joke, there is a way to bottom out.

"Your Majesty, sending them will be counterproductive. I don't think it's necessary." Qi Jiguang gave a clear answer. He knew that His Majesty did not understand military affairs, so it was very normal to think so.

Qi Jiguang explained in detail why it would be counterproductive. Sending the Capital Battalion to Sichuan, the Capital Battalion and the local Han troops are not in the same command system, making it even more difficult to coordinate. Competing for merit will become inevitable, and instead, it will create a bunch of unnecessary trouble.

Qi Jiguang said with a complex face: "If it's over in three months, that's fine. Once it drags on for years, I'm afraid the Capital Battalion sharp soldiers will fight with the local Han troops, which is equivalent to the imperial court's army fighting with its left hand against its right hand, and instead making a joke for Yang Yinglong to see."

"Will they fight?" Zhu Yijun said extremely surprised.

"They will." Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "They definitely will."

"When entering Korea to pacify the Japanese, the Great Ming Capital Battalion had 30,000, and the Liaodong Army had 40,000. They had conflicts, and not just once. The biggest time, 400 Capital Battalion sharp soldiers and 400 Liaodong Army soldiers fought. Each person received 20 military sticks, and they were still angry with each other."

"Yes," Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "definitely."

Sending the Capital Battalion to suppress the formation looks like bottoming out, but it is actually making trouble.

If the time is a little longer, the Capital Battalion will feel that they are from the capital and will definitely point fingers. The local army will naturally not be convinced and will secretly trip the Capital Battalion. There is no need to pacify Bozhou; just go for internal strife.

And if the Capital Battalion and the local army have a conflict, the Capital Battalion will suffer. In order not to be dealt with by military law, as long as they fight, they fight with bare hands. Armed fighting will be regarded as mutiny and will be beheaded. Fighting with bare hands only talks about blood and courage, not so much about coordination and collaboration.

The ranks are the easiest to fight with anger. The Capital Battalion sharp soldiers were so angry, but they had nowhere to vent, and finally, they all vented on the Japanese pirates.

"So that's it." Zhu Yijun was dumbfounded. He never intervened in specific command, but if he had intervened, these years, the Great Ming Army would definitely not have won so easily!

Zhang Juzheng and Ling Yunyi looked at each other, both lingering in fear. They were also relatively supportive of sending the Capital Battalion to suppress the formation, but now that Qi Jiguang explained it, they knew that it could not be sent. No wonder the Grand Secretary of War Zeng Shengwu refused without hesitation before!

Zeng Shengwu repeatedly emphasized that the southwestern Han troops are trustworthy. Not only can they be trusted not to hold troops and respect themselves, but they can also be trusted to win. Don't paint a snake and add feet, which will become harm.

Who is a fellow villager with the barbarians? Even if the Great Ming has been transforming Yunnan for two hundred years, this kind of thinking is still very common among the Han troops.

Eight-way advance, 240,000 Han troops, of which seven routes are mainly responsible for suppressing the formation and armed cruising, deterring tribal chiefs. The main force is only Liu Ting's 30,000. If the force is not enough, they will absorb soldiers from other routes to supplement and increase the force.

This Pacification of Bozhou War is more about showing off military power and winning a stable rear for the pioneering of Dongyu.

"General Qi, I don't understand some things. In the latest article on war theory, you said: 'Without blood righteousness, there is no supreme grace. Therefore, promote literature and suppress martial arts.' What does this mean?" Zhu Yijun asked about his recent doubts about reading war theory after the official business was finished.

He was not particularly clear about the term "blood righteousness."

"Blood righteousness." Qi Jiguang repeated this term with some hesitation. The reason he was vague was actually that he didn't want to say it so clearly. Although there were only two words, it was very heavy.

Qi Jiguang's face was a bit solemn and said: "Your Majesty rewards and punishes clearly, but in fact, the credit for this war is mostly taken by the generals, and the soldiers don't get much. 'One general succeeds, ten thousand bones wither,' not only the remains of the enemy, but also the sacrifices of the soldiers of one's own side."

"My Assistant Regional Commander Chen Dacheng has killed countless enemies in his life. His bravery and wisdom are by no means inferior to mine, but I became the Duke of Fengguo, and he is still my Assistant Regional Commander. Now he is old and has no chance to charge again."

If Chen Dacheng heard this, he would definitely point to himself with a face full of question marks.

Chen Dacheng had self-knowledge. He was not the material for a general. He had served as the Regional Commander of Jizhou, and later found that he couldn't handle various things at all.

These words were Qi Jiguang's self-humility, but in fact, Qi Jiguang was talking about the distribution of military merit. In war, most of the military merit was taken by the military generals, the assistant generals ate some bones, and the soldiers drank some soup.

But even so, this bowl of soup was very oily.

Qi Jiguang explained "blood righteousness" very clearly. The generals who occupy a ruling position in the army, if the soldiers don't kill the enemy side by side, there will be no friendship, and the generals will not treat the soldiers as human beings. Only then will things like deducting military pay and enslaving soldiers happen.

For a long time without war, where can the generals clearly feel that it is the soldiers who are using their flesh and blood to support them? How can they treat the soldiers kindly?

For a long time of peace, military preparedness is not prosperous. It is not only weapons and equipment, but also people's hearts and organizational degree. Suddenly encountering a major war, the general does not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not trust the general. If they fight, they will lose again and again, and collapse for a thousand miles?

This is "no blood righteousness, no supreme grace."

Qi Jiguang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, at present, the Great Ming has become what it was before. The Great Ming army is glorious and powerful, and the four barbarians bow their heads and dare not disobey. The Great Ming army has no place to use its martial arts. If you don't fight, there is no blood righteousness, and promoting literature and suppressing martial arts becomes inevitable."

Promoting literature and suppressing martial arts is not only a public opinion created by scholar-officials, but also an inevitability of the natural decline of the army's combat effectiveness due to the long-term absence of war.

For example, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Li Chengliang, Ma Fang, Liu Ting, and other generals who have been leading troops to fight for many years all know that the first priority of military generals is that they must not be greedy for merit and advance rashly.

Just this one sentence of "don't be greedy for merit and advance rashly," Li Rusong's ears were almost worn out, but before Li Rusong suffered losses on the Korean battlefield, he still didn't take this sentence seriously.

After a while, people will forget this iron law.

Without war, there is no blood righteousness between generals and soldiers. Generals will treat soldiers as slaves, the organizational degree of the army will decline, combat effectiveness will continue to slide, and various things like burning, killing, and looting will inevitably emerge one after another. Plus the public opinion of promoting literature and suppressing martial arts, this "suppressing martial arts" becomes inevitable.

"So, does preventing the promotion of literature and the suppression of martial arts rely on raising bandits to respect oneself?" Zhu Yijun frowned. According to Qi Jiguang's statement, only this path of raising bandits to respect oneself can be taken.

"Not necessarily." Qi Jiguang said very affirmatively: "For example, reopening the Western Regions, for example, Japan, none of them can be thoroughly solved in ten or twenty years. And the southwest at this time are all directions for using troops."

The Great Ming's pacification of Bozhou this time, this heavy punch, can only last for about twenty years.

Twenty years is the time of a generation. The next generation of southwestern tribal chiefs will forget the pain after the wound is healed, and they will have to come again. This cycle repeats, and combined with the reform of the land and the return of the flow, the Great Ming's royal transformation of the southwest can be carried out continuously.

His Majesty's grace will never be repaid, but it will be forgotten. As long as twenty years, it will be forgotten completely.

Raising bandits to respect oneself is a small path, mainly depending on the imperial court's strategy. If the imperial court does not want to expand its territory and chooses to calculate the lost land, the local army can only raise bandits to respect itself. But the imperial court's strategy is still to expand its territory, so there is no need to raise bandits to respect oneself.

The Great Ming imperial court is a prefecture-county imperial system, mainly depending on whether the Emperor has ambition. Once the Emperor is slack, the ministers smell the taste, and naturally they will try their best to create a scene of long-term peace.

In the Battle of Yingzhou, the Great Ming Wuzong Emperor and the Little Prince fought for five days outside Yingzhou City with hundreds of thousands of troops. The Great Ming did not achieve a complete victory. It was the Little Prince who cleaned up the battlefield, so in the end, the Great Ming could only count 16 heads for merit.

But in this battle, there was blood righteousness between soldiers and generals, and the Little Prince did not dare to go south for decades.

"So that's it." Zhu Yijun ended this discussion on military affairs.

"We retire." Qi Jiguang and Ling Yunyi stood up and retired.

Zhang Juzheng stayed alone, mainly to communicate with the Emperor about tax audit matters, including the internal cleanup of the Tax Audit Court mentioned by Qi Jiguang. Zhang Juzheng's rectification this time needed the Emperor's support. Without the Emperor's support, he would achieve nothing.

This huge machine of the Great Ming began to turn, actively preparing for the Pacification of Bozhou War. Even though Liang Menglong had not yet entered Sichuan, small-scale conflicts had already begun.

Yang Yinglong, he had someone behind him, not just himself, but a group of southwestern tribal chiefs who felt that Sichuan was empty and could take the opportunity to do things.

The Great Ming had a system to manage these tribal chiefs, and this time the rebellion of these tribal chiefs was not to rebuild the Dali Kingdom, but to hope that the imperial court's reins could be loosened a bit. For example, this investigation system that moves to behead, if Yang Yinglong succeeded, other tribal chiefs would not participate in the investigation.

If the imperial court won, they could only continue to go to Chengdu or Chongqing for investigation and be interrogated by the imperial court.

The Great Ming Army's early reconnaissance was not going smoothly. The wild seedlings hidden in the mountains began to frequently attack the scouts entering the mountains.

Liu Ting was very professional in fighting. He quickly adjusted his tactics, not rushing to decide the outcome in one battle, but formulating a step-by-step tactic, letting the cooked seedlings lead the way, and destroying all strongholds layer by layer.

Yang Yinglong has people behind him; it's not just him, but also a group of Southwest Tusi hereditary chieftains who feel that Sichuan is empty and they can take the opportunity to do something.

While the Great Ming was preparing for war, the Jinshan Kingdom Monarch Zhu Yiliu and the Jinshan Navy Regional Commander Luo Shangzhi started the first step of the military merit title land-owner system in February, conquering the barbarians. This first step was to open the road to the Maiden Bai Yin Mine and restore the mining of the small silver mine in Jinshan City.

A silver mine producing 3 million taels of silver a year was too important to the Great Ming and too important to Jinshan City. Gold could not be used directly as money, but silver could.

But the war was not going smoothly because the Jinshan Kingdom was fighting on two fronts, leading to dispersed troops.

"Must take good care of all the wounded soldiers, take out all the medicines left in the Lu Wang Mansion, and use them to treat the soldiers." Zhu Yiliu stood at the door of the wounded camp. He had just inspected the 20 wounded soldiers who were injured in this attack.

No need for others to tell him, Zhu Yiliu already understood the fundamental meaning of blood righteousness.

Look

At the wounded soldiers lying on the sickbed, with flesh and blood blurred and painful, Zhu Yiliu completely understood that everything he had was supported by the flesh and blood and lives of the Jinshan Kingdom people.

The Jinshan Kingdom and the Hopi people had another war because of the Maiden Bai Yin Mine.

The Great Ming wanted to open the road to the Maiden Bai Yin Mine, but was blocked by the Hopi people. And the Hopi chief demanded that the Jinshan Kingdom hand over his daughter, Ivemota. This woman was one of the ten thousand beauties in the Lu Wang Mansion.

These were all excuses and reasons. This was a war of survival.

"The Hopi tribe can win us many times, but they can only lose once." Luo Shangzhi said to Zhu Yiliu. These 20 wounded soldiers this time were because the Jinshan Kingdom suffered a small loss.

The reason for the loss was very simple: the Jinshan Kingdom's troops were insufficient. Luo Shangzhi and 1,500 naval soldiers were not in Jinshan City during this period, but at Changtan Port (today's Los Angeles), 1,400 li away by water.

1,400 li by water, sailing for five days, they arrived. Changtan Port had a superior geographical location, did not freeze all year round, rained 12 inches a year, had flat terrain, and the Great Ming pioneered 2 million acres of farmland here. Every 10,000 acres established a camp, and a total of 200 plantations were established in Changtan Port.

Luo Shangzhi went to Changtan Port to sit in town because a group of Mexican Governor's Office pirates wandered here. Luo Shangzhi had just wiped out the pirates and rushed back to Jinshan City without stopping.

This was why the Jinshan Kingdom was struggling at present: fighting on two fronts was too strenuous. But the threats from both directions had to be dealt with, even if it was the fierce Luo Shangzhi, he was a bit exhausted.

Barbarians have always been like this. Don't look at the establishment of the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance, but these small actions are absolutely indispensable. Barbarians are unreasonable. If they can rob, they absolutely won't do business properly. Only when they can't rob will they talk a little bit of reason.

Just as Luo Shangzhi said, the Hopi tribe only needs to lose once to lose everything. This is definitely not a lie, because the entire Hopi tribe is located in a basin, surrounded by towering mountains, and there is only one mountain road no more than seven li wide that can pass.

This mountain road is called Antigo Mountain Road by the barbarians, meaning the road of life. This road of life is also the only mountain road in and out of the basin.

Once the Jinshan Kingdom occupies this mountain road of life, the Hopi tribe can only be caught in a jar.

"Dismantle the ship guns." Luo Shangzhi thought of a way.

The Jinshan Kingdom was not without the strength to occupy the mountain road, but without enough firepower to hold the camps one by one. In the endless harassment, they could only retreat to Jinshan City.

Before the Lu Wang was enfeoffed, it was in a state where both sides could do nothing about each other.

Now it has changed. The Lu Wang has been enfeoffed and has more firearm support. This mountain road will sooner or later fall into the hands of the Great Ming.

"Dismantle the ship guns?" Zhu Yiliu pondered for a while, nodded and said: "It's not a dangerous move. Dismantle!"

The reason why they didn't dismantle it before was because they had to have conflicts with the Mexico Governor's Office and worry about coastal defense. Luo Shangzhi won in Changtan Port, which could win a buffer period. No need for too long, three or five months would be enough for the Jinshan Kingdom to build Zhenyi Pass.

Once Zhenyi Pass is built, the Hopi people will be grasshoppers after autumn and won't be able to jump for a few days.

Zhu Yiliu confirmed that the intelligence was true, and let the Jinshan Earl lead 1,000 people and 10,000 slaves to Zhenyi Pass.

Quan Tianpei sat on a donkey cart, holding a single-tube telescope in his hand, looking around constantly along the way, until he walked to the army station. These 11,000 people under Quan Tianpei did not receive any harassment.

Generals who fight wars must know how to fight wars. Quan Tianpei had to admit that generals who know how to fight wars are different.

The Jinshan Kingdom had worked hard for several years before, but couldn't take the mountain road, and couldn't build Zhenyi Pass, because Xie Ruixiang, who was in charge of the Jinshan City teeth soldiers, was a pirate by origin, fierce but actually didn't know how to fight, so the construction of Zhenyi Pass was constantly harassed by barbarians.

And Luo Shangzhi was completely different. He established enough sentry posts and small hollow beacon towers on the mountain road to deal with small-scale harassment by barbarians. Even if Quan Tianpei didn't understand military affairs, he could see some wonders.

The sentry posts and beacon towers on this mountain road were definitely not placed at will. If you hit the head, the tail will arrive; if you hit the tail, the head will arrive. As long as you attack one place, other places can support it, forming a horn with each other.

Quan Tianpei didn't see Luo Shangzhi immediately, because Luo Commander took the scouts and went to scout the enemy situation 30 li away. 30 li was the time for the army to react, which could achieve advance and retreat, and be at ease.

At dusk, the sound of horses' hooves was arrayed, and Luo Shangzhi returned from afar with the cavalry, and bursts of smoke and dust were raised behind the cavalry.

"Whoa!" Luo Shangzhi pulled the reins with one hand, used his waist and abdomen to lean back slightly, the horse did not rise, stopped steadily, and Luo Shangzhi turned over and dismounted.

When the horse stops running, the forelimbs jump high, which is called "rising." This posture looks heroic, but it is actually quite dangerous. And once the horse learns this posture, it is difficult to change, especially war horses. Once stressed and rising, it will bring more danger.

"The Jinshan Earl has arrived?" After Luo Shangzhi dismounted, he took off the bow and arrows on his body and handed them to the personal guards beside him.

"Arrived at noon, the earth master is already conducting surveying." Quan Tianpei said with a full face of smiles: "Luo Commander is worthy of being a hero of a hundred battles, taking the mountain road in one fell swoop!"

For Luo Shangzhi, this might be an insignificant battle in his life, but for the Jinshan Kingdom, this was a battle to determine the country.

Luo Shangzhi shook his head and said: "The Hopi people are not good at fighting. If there is a slight loss, they will flee at the sight of the wind, and then lurk, intending to harass. This battle to take the mountain road is just the beginning. Still need to be careful and vigilant to prevent the enemy from harassing."

Luo Shangzhi was not proud and complacent because of the initial victory. In this battle, the moment Zhenyi Pass was built was the moment of victory.

"How is Jinshan City?" Luo Shangzhi asked about the situation in Jinshan City. If Jinshan City was harassed by pirates, Luo Shangzhi could only give up Zhenyi Pass to rescue.

Quan Tianpei's face was slightly complex, and he whispered: "Lu Wang played a hand of empty city strategy. He made some wooden fake cannons and put them on the ship, letting the warships still patrol as usual. The Mexican pirates didn't know the reality, so naturally they didn't dare to attack rashly."

The Mexican pirates who had been bitten by snakes before didn't dare to bet that there were no shells in the Great Ming Navy's cannons. ===== CHAPTER 1002 =====

When a horse stops running, its forelimbs leap high, which is called rearing. This posture looks heroic, but it is actually quite dangerous. And once a horse learns this posture, it is difficult to change, especially warhorses; once they rear due to stress, it will bring more danger.

"Has the Earl of Jinshan arrived?" After Luo Shangzhi dismounted, he took off the bow and arrows on his body and handed them to the personal guards beside him.

"Arrived at noon, the geomancers are already

conducting surveys," Quan Tianpei said with a full face of smiles, "General Luo is worthy of being a hundred-battle hero, taking the mountain road in one fell swoop!"

For Luo Shangzhi, this might be an insignificant battle in his life, but for the Jinshan Kingdom, this is the battle that determines the nation.

Luo Shangzhi shook his head and said, "The Hopi people are not good at fighting. With a little loss, they immediately flee at the sight of the wind, and then lurk, intending to harass. Taking the mountain road in this battle is just the beginning. We still need to be careful and guard against enemy harassment."

Luo Shangzhi did not become arrogant because of the initial victory. In this battle, the moment the Zhenyi Pass is built is the moment of victory.

"How is Jinshan City?" Luo Shangzhi asked about the situation in Jinshan City. If Jinshan City were harassed by pirates, Luo Shangzhi could only abandon Zhenyi Pass to rescue it.

Quan Tianpei's expression was slightly complex, and he whispered, "His Highness the Prince of Lu played an 'empty city strategy.' He made some fake wooden cannons and placed them on the ships, letting the warships continue to patrol as usual. The Mexican pirates do not know the reality, so naturally they dare not attack rashly."

The Mexican pirates, who had just been bitten by a snake, did not dare to bet that the Great Ming navy's cannons had no shells.