I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 446 Development Game
"Is my brother really going to lead the army?" Zhu Houxun said helplessly, "It's already August, winter is coming, and the Emperor's birthday is coming soon. Can't you stay in the capital for a while longer?"

"It's already August, so we have to hurry up. I'm determined to make this Mongolian Khan." Zhu Houzhao said.

"Brother, have you really thought about it?" Zhu Houxuan said seriously.

"I have made up my mind!" Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

"In that case, I will fully support my brother," said Zhu Houxuan.

"Good brother!" Zhu Houzhao immediately smiled happily.

"How many people does your Majesty plan to take with him to the battle?" Zhu Houxuan asked.

"I plan to bring all the cavalry stationed and repaired near the capital, a total of more than 13,000 cavalry. I will not bring the infantry, as they are not very useful."

Zhu Houxuan quickly calculated in his mind, and then said: "The food and grass stored in the four states of Hetao are sufficient."

"That's good! I feel relieved when you say this." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

"I will transport another batch of weapons and armor to the Hetao area. I think they may be useful," Zhu Houxuan suddenly said.

"Weapons and armor?" Zhu Houzhao was stunned by Zhu Houxun's words, and he looked at Zhu Houxun with some confusion.

"These are the weapons and armor selected from the Beijing camp," Zhu Houxuan reminded with a smile.

"Beijing Camp." Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, "You think the time is ripe now."

"Originally I didn't think the time was ripe, but my brother is suddenly going to lead the army in person to seek justice for the Mongolian victims. This will definitely bring the time much earlier."

"That makes sense!" Zhu Houzhao became even more excited, "I can finally have a Mongolian army!"

"Royal brother, everything still needs you to go there and make an on-site judgment. If it doesn't work, just wait a little longer," Zhu Houxuan said hurriedly.

"Okay, okay, I get it. Don't worry, I definitely have an idea in mind." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said.

The two were talking about re-arming the naturalized Mongols. They had discussed this matter many times before, and Zhu Houxuan had even prepared the weapons and equipment to arm the Mongols.
In fact, this batch of weapons and equipment was obtained after the Beijing Camp was cleaned up. Although the Beijing Camp was in disrepair, it was once the central army after all, and there were still many weapons and equipment that could be used. However, the Guards would definitely not look down on these weapons and equipment, so Zhu Houxuan ordered people to carefully select 40,000 to 50,000 sets of weapons and equipment from them.

The most important of these equipment is of course armor. In the era of cold weapons, armor was a combat power multiplier. The armor among these equipment are all standard cloth armor of the Ming army, which are much more sophisticated than those used by the Mongols.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houxun also discussed whether there would be hidden dangers in giving the Mongols so many weapons and armor, but in the end they came to the conclusion that as long as they did not equip the Mongols with hot weapons, they could give them anything else.
Because the technology on the battlefield was constantly changing, the power of the Ming army's muskets, whether they were infantry muskets or cavalry flintlock pistols, was enough to penetrate all kinds of armor equipped by the Ming army, and some were even excessive.
The emergence of muskets was destined to eliminate armor on the battlefield. The reason why the Guards were equipped with armor in large quantities was because the existing muskets had a too slow firing rate, and the main enemy they faced was the Mongols, whose bows and arrows had a much higher firing rate than muskets. If they were not equipped with armor, they would soon be shot into hedgehogs. If the Ming army's opponent was also an army that mainly used firearms, or if the Ming army was equipped with firearms with a high enough firing rate, then the Ming army would definitely not be equipped with armor, and only a set of cloth uniforms would be enough.

Because of this, the two did not care about equipping the naturalized Mongols with a large amount of armor. If the naturalized Mongols were equipped with these armors, it would be a force multiplier for them against foreign enemies. However, if the blade was turned inward, the muskets equipped in large quantities by the Ming army would teach them a lesson. Under the shooting of large-caliber muskets, there would be little difference between wearing armor or not.
"Brother, you are really thoughtful!" Zhu Houzhao patted Zhu Houxuan on the shoulder and said, "But brother, you also have to start preparing for next year's war supplies."

"Next year's war supplies?" Zhu Houxuan raised his eyebrows. He was not surprised. "How do you want to fight next year?"

"I am very dissatisfied with the recent battles of the Guards. They are too passive. They have better weapons, equipment, training and logistics than the Mongols, but they are beaten everywhere and have been led by the Mongols. They have never been able to gain the upper hand." Zhu Houzhao's face became gloomy.

"Brother, please calm down. The soldiers have tried their best, but the grassland is the Mongols' home ground after all," Zhu Houxun hurriedly persuaded.

"I know that the soldiers have worked very hard and have not slacked off, but the main problem is not this, but the mistake in strategic thinking," Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice.

"Now the offensive and defensive situations are different. If the enemy goes ahead, we can go ahead too. Then why should our army passively defend against the Tatars' southward advance?" Zhu Houzhao's voice was sonorous and powerful.

Zhu Houxuan stared at Zhu Houzhao blankly and said, "My brother, what do you mean?"

"Attack instead of attack, use offense instead of defense, he fights his and I fight mine!" Zhu Houzhao waved his sleeves violently and said with a sharp look in his eyes.

"The Mongolian naturalization policies you introduced will continuously attract Mongolians to come south and submit. They will also bring a lot of intelligence about Mongolian tribes. Our army can use this intelligence to proactively go deep into the grasslands to attack those Mongolian tribes. Mongolian cavalry is highly mobile and can avoid fighting our army and repeatedly pull them away, but those Mongolian tribes can't run fast!"

"In this way, we can not only capture more Mongols, but also make the Mongolian army too busy to look south! Seize the initiative in the war and push the battlefield to the Tatars' control area..." Zhu Houzhao looked at the map on the screen with deep eyes...

"Are these what your royal brother has thought of recently?" Zhu Houxuan was really surprised.

"Yes, I have been studying the military reports from the north recently..." Zhu Houzhao said calmly.

"My royal brother is indeed a famous general!" Zhu Houxuan said sincerely.

Zhu Houxuan was now increasingly discovering that Zhu Houzhao was very talented in military affairs.

On the platform he built for Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao grew a lot, made more and more progress, and displayed more and more dazzling brilliance...

This made Zhu Houxuan feel like he was playing a development game, and he felt that Zhu Houzhao was about to be upgraded to SR quality...

"Hahaha——" Zhu Houzhao laughed out loud. Zhu Houxun didn't praise him very often, but he would be very happy every time he was praised by Zhu Houxun.

Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. The reason for updating at this time is very simple. I worked overtime until 3 or 4 in the morning today and didn’t get home until then. I had no time to write. I wrote this chapter after I woke up. I will post one chapter first and then write the next one.
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