"Three thousand, no more. No matter how much, the quality cannot be guaranteed."
Chen Kan also stretched out three fingers.
It was just the numbers that came out of his mouth that made Zhu Di almost go berserk.
Three thousand a month, even if it takes a month to prepare for the army to set off, three thousand is too few.
If nine-tenths of the plan is cut off at once, who can bear it?
Fortunately, the glaring looks of a group of distinguished nobles in the scene made Zhu Di's anger dissipate a little.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Di said calmly: "I want ten thousand fire cannons. This is my minimum requirement. Three thousand is too few. The mountains in the southwest are high and the forests are dense. Too few fire cannons will not be effective."
Chen Kan shook his head: "Your Majesty, we really can't make 10,000 guns. The Ordnance Supervisor only has one production line. Even if we can add more production lines, there are not that many bowsmiths who know how to make fire guns. Even if I lead the weapons If the supervisor works overtime, if he can produce five thousand, it will be as high as the sky."
"Five thousand!"
Zhu Di's brows furrowed into a frown. Five thousand muskets could not play a decisive role at the critical moment. After all, the Ming and Annan sides combined to fight a large-scale legion of nearly 300,000 people.
Chen Kan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, in my opinion, the effect of fire cannons in the southwest rain forest is not that strong. There are many dense bunkers in the high mountains and forests in the southwest, and my Ming Dynasty's fire cannons are not strong enough to fight." It can penetrate thick tree trunks, so my suggestion is that instead of assembling so many muskets for the soldiers marching south, it is better to equip them with a few more artillery pieces."
Chen Kan's sudden suggestion shocked everyone present.
Zhu Di's frown slightly relaxed: "But the cannon is extremely heavy, and it is not easy to transport the cannon to the southwest."
Chen Kan spread his hands: "Why should we take the land route?"
Zhu Di was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Chen Kan's words instantly aroused everyone's interest.
Chen Kan stood up and walked to the shelf nearby, took the globe and placed it on the table in front of Zhu Di.
After sorting out his thoughts, he pointed to the position marked Annan on the globe and said: "Your Majesty, all generals, please see, Annan has a long and narrow terrain, a long coastline, and borders Yunnan and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty. Who stipulated that Li Jili and Chen Bingyunnan At the border, we can only attack from Yunnan?"
When Chen Kan asked the question, everyone present was stunned.
Yes, who stipulated that Ming Dynasty could only launch counterattacks from Yunnan?
Zhu Neng hesitated and said: "What does Marquis Jinghai mean?"
Chen Kan picked up his pen and drew a line on the globe, which was the route from the East China Sea to Nanyang.
Putting down his ink pen, Chen Kan said: "Li Jili and his troops on the border of Yunnan are clearly exposed. It is unjustifiable not to destroy Annan.
But if Ming Dynasty sends troops to attack, not only the southwest land route is far away, but the miasma in the mountains and forests in the south is like a natural chasm.
I'm afraid that Ming's army will be reduced by 20-30% before it can invade Annan. In this case, why don't we change our thinking? "
The people present were all famous generals, so they naturally knew that what Chen Kan said was true.
The biggest problem in the battle against Annan was not the monkey-like soldiers in Annan, but the miasma in the swampy mud rainforest.
It's just that most of their thinking is limited to the land. Even if the Ming Dynasty has a navy, most of the time it is just to escort goods and maintain the stability of the rivers. Few people will set their sights on the sea.
But now after being guided by Chen Kan, many people immediately noticed the red line that Chen Kan drew on the globe.
Zhu Neng murmured: "Li Jili is marching on the Yunnan border, and his country must be empty. If our Ming army of 100,000 troops lands from Annan itself, we will definitely be able to catch Li Jili by surprise.
If there is an attack in the country, Li Jili will definitely return to reinforce. When Li Jili returns, Mu Sheng can use the Yunnan army to take advantage of the situation and pursue them one after another.
If Mu Sheng could hold off Li Jili's returning army, he would have been sure to sweep through the entire Ping'an area in the shortest possible time. By then, under the attack of two parties, Li Jili's 200,000-strong army would be nothing more than a turtle in a urn. "
Zhu Neng's voice to himself was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone in the side hall to hear clearly.
All the generals' eyes lit up.
Sheng Yong took the opportunity to take over the conversation: "You can also land from Guangxi. Li Jili will send his troops to Yunnan. Let's land from Guangxi and swallow up Li Jili's 200,000 troops in a roundabout way. The backbone of the army will be lost. Annan will be inevitable." Watch the wind and fall.”
Chen Kan drew a line, and the generals began to discuss it enthusiastically, as if they had discovered a new continent.
Even Zhu Di couldn't help but pricked up his ears.
After all, naval battles have always been regarded as undesirable wars by the famous generals of the Central Plains.
The main reason is that there are too few means available. When a small ship encounters a big ship, it will be in trouble. It is basically impossible to fight for a turnaround, and there is no way to control the situation. There is no way to use conspiracy and conspiracy. There is no way for these famous generals with excessive IQ to achieve anything. Feeling, therefore, everyone subconsciously ignored this kind of battle.
But now, everyone suddenly discovered that naval battles could still be fought like this, and everyone suddenly became very excited.
Chen Kan's face was a little stiff.
Damn it, you took all my words away, what did I say?
It's a pity that Chen Kan is too young and has too few qualifications. Even if he has opinions, he dare not express them.
Of course, even if he revealed it, no one would pay attention to him.
The generals got into a heated discussion and completely forgot about Chen Kan, the instigator.
It was not until three o'clock in the morning that all the generals and Zhu Di were finally satisfied, and finally remembered that there was Chen Kan sitting beside them.
The generals looked at Chen Kan subconsciously and almost laughed out loud.
I saw Chen Kan lying on the table, sleeping soundly, with regular snores coming from his mouth and nose, and glistening saliva flowing out of the corners of his mouth, which had soaked a large area on the table.
When Zhu Di saw this, his face turned blue and white.
While they were discussing the battle against Annan in full swing, their son-in-law was sleeping. This was too disrespectful of him as the emperor and the famous generals of the empire in front of him.
Zhu Neng leaned close to Chen Kan's ear, and with his anger sinking, he summoned up all his strength to shout: "The soul is back!"
"Fuck!"
Chen Kan, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly lost all sleep. He jumped away from Zhu Neng with a look of caution on his face, as if he was a little girl about to be raped by a group of strong men.
Looking at Chen Kan who was in shock, a teasing smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Neng's face.
"Young man, you should know that an inch of money cannot buy an inch of time. Isn't it inappropriate to go to see Duke Zhou early in the morning and ignore so many uncles and His Majesty?"
Chen Kan came to his senses, raised his sleeve and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Why don't you sleep in the morning?"
Zhu Di's face turned dark when he heard the words he blurted out.
Zhu Neng also didn't expect that Chen Kan would ask him such a question, and he couldn't help but look thoughtful.
After a while, he suddenly smiled: "So, it seems that sleeping is more comfortable."
Upon hearing this, Chen Kan instantly looked like he had met a close friend in the mountains and rivers, and said happily: "Isn't it right? Duke Cheng Guo also thinks it's a pity not to sleep in such a beautiful morning?"
Zhu Neng nodded seriously: "It is indeed a pity."
"enough!"
Zhu Di's face was so dark that he couldn't even look at it. His skin color was already dark, but when Chen Kan made him angry like that, he looked dark and rosy.
Seeing that Zhu Di was angry, Chen Kan and Zhu Neng tacitly stopped talking.
Zhu Di looked at the saliva on the desk with some disgust, reached out and summoned a palace attendant, and asked him to change to a new desk, and then sat back on the throne.
Then he spent a few minutes to regain his composure, and then he looked at Chen Kan and asked, "As you said, I have already discussed your proposed maritime plan with several of my dear friends.
But now there is still a problem. Although the Ming Dynasty has many warships, it is still difficult to transport 100,000 people to Annan at one time. And the treasure ships built by Zheng He have not been tested by wind and waves. Do you have any good ideas? ? "
Chen Kan slapped his forehead and suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Who said we need to transport a hundred thousand troops there at once?"
Chen Kan's expression changed. You guys have been discussing feelings for a long time, but you haven't gotten any results, right?
Are you kidding me?
Chen Kan covered his head, suddenly having deep doubts about the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.
What kind of crazy plan would it take to transport a hundred thousand troops by ship?
Zhu Di frowned: "If you fart, let it go!"
Chen Kan said with a painful look on his face: "Your Majesty, the one hundred thousand troops you mentioned only have 30,000 real soldiers. Can't you just transport these 30,000 people directly? As for the civilians who transport the logistics, they are all sitting there." What kind of peasants do you need after the boat is gone?"
"Without civilian husbands, what would soldiers eat and wear?"
Another idiot question.
Chen Kan slapped his forehead: "My Majesty, the soldiers take ships, big ships. In addition to transporting soldiers, ships also have cargo holds that can be used to transport food.
Moreover, there are many fish in the sea. One big fish (whale) is enough to feed the soldiers on a ship for ten days and a half.
What's more, this time we are attacking Annam, the birthplace of Champa rice. Doesn't Annan, a big country in South Asia, even have enough food to supply an army of 30,000 people? "
After Chen Kan's explanation, everyone finally came to their senses.
Looking at each other, a trace of shame appeared on their faces.
When Chen Kan saw this, he couldn't help but curl his lips.
If he were a general under Taizu, he would not fail to consider these issues.
But considering that these generals in front of him were all brought by Zhu Di from Peking, they were used to fighting rich battles and were not good at water battles. Chen Kan decided to forgive their ignorance.
Sighing, Chen Kan said feebly: "Thirty thousand people are enough to sweep across the entire territory of Annan. The soldiers only need to carry twenty days' worth of food and grass with them.
Twenty days was enough for the soldiers to take a boat from Daming to Annan.
After the soldiers arrived in Annam, they did not need to care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. They only needed to quickly capture Thang Long City, the capital of Annam, so that the food and grass in Thang Long City could be used to support the war.
After capturing Thang Long City, he sent out scouts as quickly as possible to spread the rumor that the entire territory of Annan had fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty to Li Jili's ears. Li Jili was bound to be in chaos.
If the Marquis of Xiping is allowed to fight at that time, it will be easy to defeat Li Jili's army..."
