"The big pot meal is good, with plenty of ingredients and delicious taste. The generals and soldiers sit together and eat from the same pot, which shortens the distance, deepens the feelings, and improves the cohesion. This also coincides with the practice of Wei general Wu Qi and Wu Mu Yue Fei eating and living with the generals and soldiers. Write it down, and other military camps can follow suit in the future. It is not just a matter of form. The key lies in everyone, including the commander, practicing and eating from the same pot."
After Zhang Jing and his party finished eating the big pot meal, Zhang Jing made a few simple comments on the big pot meal and reminded the clerk to record it for future promotion.
After eating the big pot meal, Zhang Jing and his party got up and said goodbye.
As the sun sets and birds return to their nests, Zhu Ping'an stands at the gate and bows to Zhang Jing and his party as they return.
"The war potential of firearms is indeed worth exploring, but the way to use firearms is related to the life and death of soldiers and the overall situation of the army. Zihou, you need to be cautious and think twice before acting."
Before leaving, Zhang Jing said to Zhu Ping'an again that he was generally satisfied with the Zhejiang Army's pig and vegetable farming, camp discipline, officer training, and ideological education during his inspection of the Zhejiang Army's camp today. However, he still had doubts and concerns about Zhu Ping'an's tactical attitude of relying heavily on firearms, and he could not feel at ease.
Duke Wei could not help but wink at Zhu Ping'an from the side, "My dear nephew, it's so obvious. The governor's words and deeds clearly show that he is dissatisfied with your reliance on firearms. Just express your attitude, admit your mistake, and say that you will use firearms with caution and in a limited manner in the future. Isn't that all?"
However, Duke Wei was obviously flirting with the blind man.
Zhu Ping'an ignored the Duke of Wei's gaze, folded his hands, and replied to Zhang Jing with a serious face: "I will remember the Governor's teachings in my heart. Please rest assured, Governor, I will not treat the lives of soldiers and the overall situation of the war as a joke. Tactics are the means of war. The ultimate goal of tactics is to reduce bloodshed and sacrifice to achieve victory. The same is true for the use of firearms. Ping'an will not put the cart before the horse."
Zhang Jing stared at Zhu Ping'an for a few seconds before nodding without comment. He said expressionlessly, "It's good that you know what's going on."
Duke Wei could not help but sigh when he saw this.
In fact, how could Zhu Ping'an not understand what Zhang Jing meant, and how could he not understand the look in Duke Wei's eyes? However, he had to stick to his own way of using firearms. This was the butterfly effect that he, the butterfly of time and space, most wanted to create.
Although I came from the modern era and have hundreds of years of historical experience accumulated, leading troops in battle is far from enough. It is also closely related to my own talent. In terms of military strategy in deploying troops, the sense of capturing opportunities, decisiveness in making decisions on the battlefield, and invincible bravery, I am not as good as many people of this era, such as Zhang Jing, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Tang Shunzhi, Tan Lun, Tang Kekuan, Lu Tong, Li Tianchong, etc. Any one of them can fight better than me, and many of them can even beat me.
However, it took these talented people who were much more capable than themselves more than ten years, until the 45th year of Jiajing, to basically eliminate the Japanese threat.
On the cold weapon battlefield, one more or one less person would not make much difference. Even if I led 2,000 Zhejiang troops, I could not change the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war.
But when it comes to firearms, I have to put my hands on my hips.
It is no exaggeration to say that in this era, no one, whether in the Ming Dynasty or in Europe or Britain, can surpass him in terms of understanding of firearms, tactics of using firearms, and so on.
Although his understanding and use of firearms is only at the level of a younger brother in modern times, in this era, he is definitely at the level of a prophet.
Firearms are definitely a dimensionality reduction strike against cold weapons, and their potential is huge. During the Opium War, Britain used only 47 ships and 4,000 land forces to defeat the Qing government with a population of more than 400 million, forcing it to cede territory and pay compensation in exchange for peace. This is a good example.
Leading 2,000 Zhejiang troops fully equipped with firearms, and using firearms in a way that was far beyond that of the era, Zhu Ping'an joined the war against the Japanese invaders. He was confident that he could achieve some results, fully demonstrate the war potential of firearms, influence the attitude of the Ming army towards firearms of that era, and thus change the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war and eliminate the Japanese threat ahead of time.
In addition, the current period is a critical era for the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons. If we seize the opportunity, the flower-growing country will be able to soar to the sky and enjoy a prosperous national fortune. If we fail to seize the opportunity, the tragedy of falling behind and being beaten will be repeated.
Therefore, for his own sake, for the sake of the people living along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the flower-growing families, he must stick to the way of firearms. This is not only an opportunity for himself, but also an opportunity for the flower-growing families to change their destiny.
Zhu Ping'an's eyes were firm and he showed no sign of compromise.
Zhang Jing glanced at Zhu Ping'an, jumped on his horse, and the others followed suit, preparing to leave.
"Everyone, take care and have a safe journey." Zhu Ping'an bowed and saw them off.
"Any tactics cannot be separated from actual combat, otherwise it will be just talk on paper. You must act when necessary and stop when necessary. I will give you three days. After three days, the Zhejiang Army will march out and move its camp to Suzhou. There must be no mistakes. I hope you won't let me down."
After Zhang Jing turned his horse around, he turned back and said to Zhu Ping'an, ordering the Zhejiang army to move its camp to Suzhou three days later.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Pingan excitedly raised his head and said, "Yes, sir! I will not let you down."
Although the concepts of firearms were different, Governor Zhang still gave himself a chance and did not exclude himself from the overall goal of destroying Japan.
After all, Yingtian is a secondary capital and is relatively located inland. There are few Japanese pirates around it. Except for the daring Japanese pirates who attacked Yingtian once last month, there are no traces of Japanese pirates anymore. Moreover, after the attack by Japanese pirates last month, the vigilance around Yingtian has been increased, so even more daring Japanese pirates will not have the chance to replicate their "feat" of last month.
The Zhejiang army has little chance to display their capabilities here.
However, this is not the case with Suzhou. Suzhou is located in the delta where the Yangtze River meets the sea, relatively close to the coast, and is seriously plagued by Japanese pirates in the surrounding areas.
At that time, the four major Japanese chieftains, Xu Hai, Ma Ye, Chen Dong, and Hojo Michisan, had roughly integrated more than 40,000 Japanese pirates entrenched in Takulinchuan Shabao and other places in Songjiang Prefecture. They became arrogant and repeatedly sent troops to plunder and harass the surrounding areas, acting in an insolent manner.
Except for the troops of the great Japanese chieftain Wang Zhi entrenched in Ligang, Zhoushan, this group of Japanese pirates is currently the largest in scale and number.
Suzhou is not too far from this group of Japanese pirates, about one hundred kilometers away, and is within the range of their harassment.
Zhu Ping'an knew that Suzhou was an important part of Zhang Jing's plan to destroy the Japanese pirates, no less important than Jiading, Jiaxing, Wusong and other places. Zhang Jing transferred himself to Suzhou, which meant that he did not exclude himself from the overall plan of destroying the Japanese pirates.
Although he was dissatisfied with the way of firearms, he still gave himself a chance.
According to Zhang Jing's plan to destroy the Japanese, there is still some time before the war to destroy the Japanese is launched, so he transferred himself to Suzhou at this time.
I hope that during the window period before the war, I can experience small-scale actual combat, test the art of firearms in actual combat, and stop when necessary.
It can be said that it is well-intentioned.