My father is Jiajing

Chapter 141 Sixteen Words (Monthly Ticket Plus)

Outside Huangyu Valley on a dark and windy night, Zhu Zaigui, Teng Xiang and their men retreated towards Shixiaying as planned. This time their ambush was very successful. Except for two unlucky guys who were going down the mountain in the dark and tripped over some branches or stones, breaking an arm and suffering some skin abrasions, the rest of the people were safe without any loss.

Teng Xiang's little face was filled with excitement and excitement. He had never dreamed that he could make the brutal Tatars suffer such a huge loss so easily. Prince Yu was truly a man of great foresight!

Teng Xiang looked back at the Tatar bandits who were wading and bombing behind him, and saw the fire suddenly coming out from the direction of Pigeon Cave. He excitedly said to Zhu Zaigui: "Your Highness, it seems that the reinforcements from Pigeon Cave have arrived. Judging from the fire, they seem to be fighting fiercely. Should we turn back to help?"

Zhu Zaigui looked at Teng Xiang's excited expression, his eyes turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Stupid! How many Tatars are there? How many of us are there? If you turn around now, you will be stuck in someone's teeth, and you won't even know how you died."

After being scolded by Zhu Zaigui, Teng Xiang could not help but lower his head in shame. It was true that what he had just said was thoughtless.

Zhu Zaigui looked at Teng Xiang and sighed again, "It's not that I don't want to join forces with the reinforcements from Pigeon Cave, but because I know very well how strong the Tatars are. Although our ambush in Huangyugou seems to be successful, it is definitely not enough to injure these invading Tatars. As long as they react, they will soon burst out with stronger combat power."

"If we only care about the momentary success and miss the window of time for retreat, once we are caught by their cavalry, we will have no way out. Do you want me to die with these 2,500 brothers? What we need to do now is to keep a safe distance as much as possible, and then try to seize other opportunities. In this way, we can ensure a perfect victory in this battle."

"Moreover, the reinforcements coming from the Pigeon Cave direction are most likely infantrymen rushing along the Great Wall from Gubeikou. They must also lack baggage and weapons. If they can rely on the Pigeon Cave Great Wall that has been destroyed by the Tatars, they will still be able to fight."

"If they blindly gave up their advantage and came down from the Great Wall to fight, their courage would be commendable. They might cause the frightened Tatar troops to trample in panic and kill some invading Tatar bandits, but the outcome would be absolutely tragic. In the end, the Tatar troops would most likely come to their senses and chase them one-sidedly."

"And we have to continue to lure the Tatar army into the next ambush location. Otherwise, all plans will be disrupted. By then, the battle will lose its rhythm and they will unscrupulously plunder the counties outside the capital."

"Therefore, I must not ruin the entire plan because of a momentary impulse and let our victory fall short! Because the people in the suburbs of Beijing cannot afford to lose, and neither can we. So we must put the overall situation first and not let the rhythm of the war be led by the Tatars."

Zhu Zaigui's speech was long and his meaning was very clear. He would never turn back and join forces with the reinforcements that had appeared in Pigeon Cave to attack the now panicked Tatar army.

Because the risks of doing so are too great. If they are not careful, not only will the existing achievements be wiped out, but they will also be trapped in a desperate situation.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Zhu Zaigui did not believe that he would be lucky enough to escape from the Tatar cavalry who were good at riding and shooting. After all, real life is not like novels or TV dramas, where the protagonists are all indestructible cockroaches.

Zhu Zaigui was very clear that he was just a mortal. He would feel pain when injured, feel tired when exhausted, and be disabled if he lost an arm or a leg.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui would never be so arrogant as to lead 2,500 people to attack the main force of the Tatars on impulse and passion.

Because Zhu Zaigui knew that he was not the god-favored Huo Qubing, and that he was able to make the invading Tatars suffer such a great loss this time, all thanks to his pitiful knowledge of the future. If he was arrogant and thought that he could take on the entire Xiongnu with a few thousand people like Huo Qubing, he would be a fool who did not know his own limitations.

Teng Xiang lowered his head in shame, and finally asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Zhu Zaigui said: "We should walk slowly and keep a safe distance from the Tatars behind us. If they stop chasing us, we will send a group of people to look back and fire a few shots to lure them to chase us. If they keep chasing us, we will just run forward as fast as we can."

"Remember these sixteen words: if the enemy advances, we retreat; if the enemy stays, we harass; if the enemy tires, we attack; if the enemy retreats, we pursue. As long as you can comprehend these sixteen words thoroughly, you can become a famous general from now on!"

Zhu Zaigui painted another pie for Teng Xiang. After hearing the sixteen words Zhu Zaigui said, Teng Xiang seemed to suddenly realize something. He felt a flash of inspiration in his mind. He felt that as long as he grasped this light, he could really become the famous general that Zhu Zaigui said.

Unfortunately, history is neither fair nor just. As long as Teng Xiang was still a eunuch, even if he won a great victory on the battlefield, he would be brushed aside by historians using the Spring and Autumn style of writing.

Just like the eunuch Zheng He during the Yongle period, although he was brave and good at fighting and proficient in various military strategies, in the mainstream cultural circle, Zheng He was just a eunuch who followed the emperor's orders to show off his power in the West. As for his achievements, they would be directly ignored.

It was not until several years later that some people, in order to strengthen their cultural confidence and prove that their nation had made brilliant achievements before the Age of Navigation, dug Zheng He out of the archives of history and commemorated him as a pioneer of the Age of Navigation.

But if you miss it, you miss it. No matter how much you commemorate it, it can't make up for the fact that China began to fall behind and become conservative during the Age of Discovery. If later generations want to reverse this backward situation, they can only reflect on themselves, work hard, and strive for self-improvement to catch up with the gap.

Otherwise, even if you shout slogans until they are exhausted, even if you praise your ancestors as the wisest and most capable people of all time, it will not change the current backwardness and stupidity.

Therefore, if you want to maintain an advanced attitude, the first thing you need to do is to respect people, respect their abilities and achievements, rather than wearing tinted glasses and feeling good about yourself and gossiping about other people's identities and shortcomings.

Not only will this not make you look great, but it will also make you look like an ignorant and fearless clown.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui felt that if one day he could gain a certain degree of discourse power, he would definitely change the current concept of writing history, and those who should shine could also be presented truthfully in historical records without any prejudice, so that they could also receive fair historical treatment.

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