第二十二章 火箭
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“那是为了什么?”
“为了让府城和堡寨的守军知道援兵已经到了,可以安心守城!“刘成的脸色变得严肃起来:”按说以鞑子的器械,肯定是攻不下城的,可俗话说‘外无必救之援,则内无可守之城’。城墙是死的,人心却是活的,新败之余,杜总兵又受了重伤。内地又和流贼打的热火朝天,要是人心散了,就算城墙有一百丈高,又有什么用?“
听了刘成这番话,杜固不由得连连点头。无论是东方还是西方,冷兵器时代的攻城战对于所有统帅来说都是一件让人头痛的事情,很多时候,逾年不克、尸于城齐都绝非夸大。而且此时的林丹汗下辖的察哈尔部,在塞外的近三百年时间让他们的手工业水平早已倒退的一塌糊涂,想要用武力将这些城寨拿下来简直是痴人说梦。只有攻击守城一方心理的弱点,才可能达到目的,而前天夜里对浮桥的那次大肆声张的袭击,无异是给困兽城中的明军打了一针强心剂。
杜固还不死心,继续坚持道:“大人。可那为何不继续从水路袭击鞑子呢?鞑子又没有水军,只有被动挨打的份呀!”
“有两个原因!”刘成压低了声音:“第一、火箭的存货不多了;第二、这么打我划不来!“
“划不来?我昨天夜里不过有四五个人受了箭伤,打死的鞑子少说也有好几百人,还烧掉了浮桥和营盘,这么大怎么会划不来?“
“你以为只有死人才算消耗吗?“刘成冷笑了一声:”你知道昨天夜里你用掉的那些火箭值多少银子吗?每根火箭就要一两银子!“
“这么贵?”杜固被刘成随口报出的价格吓了一跳,昨天夜里随便点点火就用掉了一百两白花花的银子,
“你知道贵就好!”看到手下的表情,刘成心中也不禁有些心虚,他方才为了提高效果把火箭的报价掺了不少泡沫,不过他还是决定要给杜固打打预防针。免得自己的心腹都在一些很关键的问题上还稀里糊涂的,那将来肯定要出大问题。想到这里,刘成将语气变得温和一些,问道:“杜固。你这次要求出外领兵,是不想落在脱脱不花他们后面吧?“
“大,大人!“杜固的脸顿时涨红了起来,他赶忙分辨道:”不,小人不是——“
“你不必说了!“刘成打断了杜固的辩解:”你一个武人,想要加官晋爵。封妻荫子这是很正常的事情,没有什么不好意思的,我既然答应你了,自然也不会因为这个怪罪你。但是有一件事情你要搞清楚了,什么才是自己的根基,安身立命之处!“
“根基,安身立命之处?“对于刘成的问题,杜固有些迷惑不解。
“不错,我记得我们第一次相遇,你还是个剪径的小贼吧?“
“呵呵!“听到上司提起了往事,杜固脸色微红,苦笑道:”小人那时眼拙,不识大人尊颜,幸好上天有眼,未曾伤得大人分毫,不然小人便是千刀万剐,也难辞其咎。”
“那我问你,你本是王师,为何沦落成了一个剪径的小贼?”
“这个——”杜固思忖了一会,答道:“朝廷欠饷,我等无以为生,只得从贼!”
“不错!”刘成点了点头:“你本是边军将士,杜国英、杜如虎叔侄更是朝廷武臣,可是军中无粮,就只有从贼。可见这朝廷名器也未必靠得住,没钱没粮,无论你是什么人,都得去做贼。“
听了刘成这番话,杜固沉默了半响,最后低声道:“大人教训的是,杜固能有今日,多亏了大人的栽培?“
“我不是这个意思!“刘成笑了起来:”杜国英以前是个千总,没有钱粮成了贼,后来跟了我现在已经是个守备,这一仗打下来至少是个都司,他这差遣虽说是朝廷给的,归根结底还不是他能打胜仗?可为啥他能打胜仗,贺虎臣、杜文焕却连战连败?难道是贺、杜两位大人将略不如他杜国英?我看杜国英换了那两位大人的位置只怕输的更惨,他能打胜仗还不是因为士卒兵甲犀利?能按月领到薪饷?衣食饱暖?可这些钱不是从天上掉下来的,还不是从厘金、商旅、工坊里边来的?“
杜固听了刘成的话,只觉得自己懵懵懂懂的,便低声问道“大人您的意思是?“
“我的意思是既然我们的根基并非朝廷,而是厘金、商旅、工坊,那打仗的时候就得多想想这些东西,而非就想着升官。你想一下,如果像你说的每天夜里从水路去袭击鞑子,除了靡费银钱外还有什么用处?毕竟我军也就六千兵呀!”
听到这里,杜固终于明白了过来。正如刘成方才说的,仅凭刘成现有的兵力,是不足以在野战中打败林丹汗,既然如此与其进行这种消耗战还不如据河而守,等待援兵为上。
待到杜固告退,刘成叹了口气,刚才说了那么多话让他感觉到有些疲惫,但有些话是必须要说的。崇祯五年在明末历史中是一个颇为微妙的时间段,大明帝国就好像一辆老旧的牛车,正在摇摇晃晃的向前缓慢的移动,不时落下一个破损的零件,众人都觉得世道不妙,但没有一个人认为帝国距离覆灭只剩下短短十二年。于是像刘成这样的穿越者就显得有些的尴尬,如果老老实实当大明的忠臣,觉得对不起自己的智商和见识;可要挖帝国的墙角做反贼呢?又害怕被掉下来的砖头砸破自己的脑袋。不过幸好自古以来搞小集团都是闻起来臭、吃起来香的,既然朝廷上面的大人先生们都党争的不亦乐乎,那刘成这一伙武人们搞小集团更是理直气壮,谁叫朝廷拖欠那么多军饷呢?
刘成可不只是想将林丹汗赶出河套便作罢,在他的心里还有一个更加宏伟的计划:以这次林丹汗的入侵为契机,联合草原上信仰格鲁派的蒙古诸部,将察哈尔部尽数消灭。然后借填补察哈尔部的被消灭后的势力真空,吸引蒙古诸部前来会商,借此机会,重新打通古老的丝绸之路,然后以此为基础建立一个联盟,将自己的触手一直伸到中亚乃至东欧。(未完待续。)
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