Zhu Gaojie took a wolf hair from the pen holder, dipped it in cinnabar, and drew a curve on the map that looked like a bloody waning moon. Lan
"This line, from Ningxia Guard to Liangzhou Guard, Suzhou Guard, Shazhou Guard, crosses Shaanxi Xingdusi, with the Great Wall as a barrier and Jiayuguan as its confidant, it can gradually spread and encroach on the western part of the Hanhai."
Zhu Gaojie explained, "We will throw the King of Han to Yi Bu Ci Mountain to lead the charge. He will defeat a little bit, and we will chase a little bit behind."
Zhu Di frowned and said, "You mean, let the King of Han work for us for free?"
This sounds very much like prostitution. The king of Han fought hard in front and conquered some land, and the imperial army stole some from behind. It was shameless.
However, in the face of national interests, this cannot be called shameless prostitution, this is called strategic advancement.
Zhu Di saw blood for a while: "Can the King of Han agree?"
If he were the King of Han, if he was cheated like this, he would definitely be intolerable and fight to the death with King Qi. Lan
"I've said it before, he has no choice. If he doesn't fight forward, he has no choice but to go to prison."
Zhu Gaojie put his finger on the Gansu town of Xingdusi in Shaanxi Province. "We have an army of 400,000 in Xingdusi, Shaanxi Province. We can assemble the army in Gansu town at any time. If the King of Han does not move forward, then we will go directly from the big market of Heli Mountain." Send troops at Daokou, capture the King of Han, and force the Tatar tribe!"
Zhu Di raised his hand to interrupt: "Wait a minute, where did our 400,000 troops in Shaanxi Xingdusi come from?"
Including the Goryeo Dusi, Yingzhou Dusi, and Annan Dusi, there were a total of eighteen Dusi and Xingdusi in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Liaodong Dusi's army was the strongest, with a full 300,000 elite troops.
As for Shaanxi Xingdusi, although it is also an important military town, its total military strength is not comparable to Liaodong Dusi. After all, the Ming Empire's military center of gravity has always been in the northeast, not the northwest. The three eastern provinces of Liaodong, Jianzhou, and Goryeo accounted for nearly half of the total military strength of the eighteen capitals.
Zhu Gaojie said: "Dad, the situation is too small."
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"Why the Ming Dynasty has always regarded the Northeast as an important town? This is because the lessons left to us by the former Song Dynasty are too painful. The Northeast Army Guards the Sixteenth State of Yanyun with the Northeast Army Town. If the land of Yanyun is lost, the crest of the country will be lost." The beam was broken. In the end, we still have a fixed mindset, but we never realized that the world has changed."
Zhu Gaojie said with high spirits, "Now it is not a situation where the enemy invades and we defend, it is a situation where we invade the enemy's defense. The people who should be afraid of being invaded should be our enemies to the north!"
Zhu Di was far-sighted in the military, so he could naturally understand the meaning of King Qi's words: "You are saying that the Ming Dynasty's center of gravity in border towns should be transferred from the northeast to the northwest, and the elite troops stationed in Liaodong should be moved to Shaanxi. Xingdusi?"
"That's exactly what my son said."
Zhu Gaojie said, "The main task of the Liaodong garrison is to guard against the Jurchen tribes and the Goryeo Kingdom, and occasionally go to the coastal areas to attack Japanese pirates. Hundreds of thousands of troops have nothing to do. This Liaodong army was originally used to prevent the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Now The Northern Yuan Dynasty fell apart and became the three major forces of Oara, Tatar, and Ulyanha. We sent troops to attack Oara and Tatar one after another. They huddled in the north of the Hanhai and did not dare to cross. However, Ulyanha was afraid of the Ming Dynasty's national prosperity and shrank his neck. Da Ming is a dog."
"Under this situation, if we still focus the army on the Northeast, it is actually a waste of military resources. I know that my father wants to move the capital to Shuntian. At that time, Shanhaiguan and the three eastern provinces will be Shuntian's barrier and protect it. The capital of the country, but have you ever thought about this question, why does our Ming Dynasty have to station troops for defense when the Ming Dynasty is so strong?" Lan
"The enemy can go, so can I!"
"We will place our main force in the northwest, drive straight into the Yiwu Ci Mountain, cross the vast sea and approach Mobei, and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. Isn't that something we can do once and for all?"
Since ancient times, the Central Plains has always focused on defense when facing enemies in the north.
The main reason is that even if Mobei is conquered, there will be no resources to harvest. Huge military expenditures are spent to conquer a useless place. What is the purpose?
Picture his whole car full of cactus?
From a military perspective, Northwest and Liaodong each have their own advantages:
Putting the military focus in the northwest is equivalent to casting a spear for the empire, but it has flaws in defense. Lan
Putting the military focus on Liaodong is equivalent to building an indestructible shield for the empire, but it loses offensive mobility.
However, the country's resources are limited. Between spear and shield, there is only one choice.
Kings of all dynasties have chosen to seek stability, but Zhu Gaojie put forward a contradictory idea.
Use offense instead of defense, and kill all the enemies with spears, so there is no need to build a shield anymore.
Zhu Di said seriously: "Do you know how much manpower and material resources will be consumed if you follow your idea? Your move is no longer a simple transfer, but a change involving the entire Ming Dynasty's border defense!"
He originally thought that what Zhu Gaojie was going to say today was just about the King of Han, but the more he heard, the more something was wrong. From the vassal state of the King of Han, to the later Shaanxi Xingdu Division, now the entire border defense of the Ming Dynasty was involved!
King Qi is going to deploy the entire Ming Empire's army to make a big change! Lan
"The ancients often said that soldiers have no constant momentum and water has no constant shape. If we blindly respond to the ever-changing situation according to the eternal thinking, how can we survive forever?"
Zhu Gaojie said sternly, "If we blindly pursue stability, how can we create such a great river and mountains? If we only fight battles with a 100% chance of winning, what else will a good general do? Just pull a beggar from the street. He has become the commander-in-chief of the armed forces."
Zhu Di tapped the map on the table with his fingers and warned: "You are betting on the fate of the army, the fate of the country, using the entire Ming Dynasty's border defense as a bargaining chip. If I were a general, I would naturally be willing to give it a try, but I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can I entrust the life of the dynasty to you and let you bet the destiny of the dynasty on this gambling table with the world as a chessboard?"
This was the first time such a heated argument occurred between father and son.
Zhu Di trusted and liked King Qi very much. He was willing to leave everything to this impeccable heir, but he could not accept King Qi making such a risky plan and gambling on the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
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In his eyes, King Qi was King Zhu Di of Yan fifteen years ago.
Fifteen years ago, Zhu Di was so confident. Ling Ran believed in himself. As long as he wanted to, there was nothing he could not do. Whether it was a near-death battlefield or a life-and-death situation, Zhu Di believed that he could face difficulties. , easily crossing the abyss of endless darkness. Lan
But now Zhu Di can't do this.
Even a great hero will have his age one day. The older a person is, the more he seeks stability. Zhu Di is not a person who is afraid of taking risks. He is just unwilling to gamble with the Ming Dynasty. No matter how great the odds of winning are, he is not willing to gamble. .
"Dad, you are wrong, I am not betting."
Zhu Gaojie lightly closed his eyes and said, "I am already very familiar with this map. I remember every province, every prefecture, every county, every division, every guard post, and even every pass. In my eyes, every castle is not a map, but a lifelike river and mountain. I have deduced countless times in my mind how to fight this battle, how to win it, and how to fight it to reduce the losses. At the lowest level, after countless deductions, I came to the conclusion that-"
"100% chance of winning."
He closed his eyes and traced his finger across the map and said, "This is Jiayuguan."
"This is the place where barbarians are suppressed." Lan
"This is the high platform."
"This is Gansu Town."
"This is Shandanwei."
"This is Muyangchuan River West Fort."
"This is Bailing Mountain, which the locals also call Snow Mountain."
"here it is……"
Even though his eyes were closed, he could still mark every location on the map with his finger. He could even name the small castles that were not marked on the map, as if he were actually there. Lan
Without exception, he was right.
Even Zhu Di, who arranged these locations, did not even know the mountains and rivers better than King Qi.
Finally, Zhu Gaojie opened his eyes, and his eyes were like a sharp blade that could tear apart the soul, piercing the heart.
"Why don't men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?"
"Do you have any regrets?"
"You have no regrets."
...Lan
Zhu Di's lips moved slightly and he sighed: "After a person has experienced everything in his life, he feels that he is omnipotent after all the hardships. He thinks that he has something in his hand. He thinks that ginger is still hotter when he is old, but youth is still immature after all. .”
"But if a strong wind hadn't woken me up, I wouldn't have known that I had stepped into the quagmire. I thought I was a hero, but I didn't know that I had a cowardly heart. It's really ridiculous."
"I'm old and can't do it anymore."
"You are cowardly in your heart and cannot be the sword-wielder of the Ming Dynasty. King Qi, it's your turn."
Zhu Di turned around and walked towards the depths of the palace, leaving only a lingering sound that echoed in the empty hall: "The tiger talisman for all the guards of the eighteen capitals of the Ming Dynasty is here in the Qianqing Palace, and the jade seal of the Ming Dynasty is also here. , just take it, you have the final say on how Ming Dynasty should go."
His back was slumped until it was completely immersed in darkness.
He is old after all, with white hair and a hunched back. He is already nearly sixty years old. Lan
He had been a sword-wielder of the Ming Dynasty for fifteen years, and it was too cold at high places. He was a little tired.
Zhu Gaojie bowed towards the gradually disappearing figure, clasped his fists and said:
"I will definitely use all the strength of my humerus, and I am willing to die in repayment."
The old man said: "I use the heaven and the earth as a coffin, the sun and the moon as a series of jade, and the stars as pearls. Life is like floating, and death is like rest. Life is a dream, and death is sleep. I have no regrets. You are still young, if you want to If you have something you don’t have, you will do something you have never done before.”
“Just go ahead and do it.”
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"Beast!" Lan
"The King of Han is a beast, how dare he do that!"
"He dared to do such an immoral thing by changing the fiefdom into divided land. The King of Han really deserves to die!"
After the King of Han was released from Zhao Prison, he not only regained his royal title, but was also given great power. He couldn't wait to wield his sword against the vassals.
