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

Chapter 85: Leopard House Discussion
After spending half a day together, Zhu Houxuan felt that Zhu Houzhao was still quite naive. Bringing him to the Leopard House was like bringing a little friend home, and Zhu Houxuan wanted to take out all the good things for him to play with.

But at the same time, Zhu Houxuan was still a little disappointed. If Zhu Houzhao only treated him as a character who could only have fun together, that was what he didn't want to see.

Zhu Houzhao took Zhu Houxuan around for the whole afternoon, and finally brought him to a heavily guarded house in the Leopard House, where there were many people dressed as military officers.

As soon as Zhu Houxuan entered the room, he saw a huge map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall, especially the part of the nine borders, which was densely marked in red and blue.

Although this map may seem crude and inaccurate from the perspective of later generations, it was the first time that Zhu Houxuan saw such a detailed map of the Ming Dynasty after traveling through time.

Zhu Houxuan didn't say anything, but walked straight to the map and looked at it carefully.

He had a more accurate map in his memory, which could be used to verify each other.

"Hahaha, I knew you would like this, brother." Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and laughed.

Zhu Houxuan nodded without saying anything. His eyes were fixed on the map and he couldn't move them away. In fact, his powerful memory had already memorized the map. He just wanted to show his interest.

"It seems that this is His Royal Highness the Prince of Jing." A middle-aged man with a moustache, a strong physique and wearing a dragon robe asked.

"Yes, this is your brother, the Prince of Jing, who forged the Blood-Drinking Sword for me." Zhu Houzhao replied.

At this time, Zhu Houxuan pretended to have just come to his senses and looked at the middle-aged man, "Who is this?"

"My name is Zhu Ning, and I'm here to meet the emperor's uncle." The middle-aged man bowed and saluted.

Zhu Houxuan still couldn't accept being called the Emperor's Uncle. Whenever he heard others calling him that, he always felt like he had ears hanging down to his shoulders and hands below his knees.

Zhu Ning is Qian Ning, Zhu Houzhao's most valued adopted son.

"No need to be so polite." Zhu Houxuan said.

He saw a trace of fear in Qian Ning's eyes, and felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He thought Qian Ning wouldn't think he was here to win favor.

To be honest, Qian Ning really thought so, because before this he was the most favored person in front of Zhu Houzhao, and privately called himself "the emperor's illegitimate son." Now there really is a genuine royal member appearing next to Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao is so close to him, it is impossible for him not to be afraid.

"Yes, yes, yes, we are all family, no need to be polite." Zhu Houzhao also said.

"The emperor's previous memorial was so well written that my nephew felt his blood boiling after reading it." Qian Ning said in a familiar manner.

Zhu Houxuan smiled and nodded without saying anything.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became serious and pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Brother, do you know who I want to defeat the most?"

Zhu Houxuan had studied General Zhu's deeds in depth and replied, "A little Mongolian prince."

"My brother is my confidant!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, waved his arms and said: "One day, this general will personally lead an army of 100,000 to fight a decisive battle with the Mongolian prince at the border!"

Zhu Houxuan said: "I wish my brother a great victory."

If a civil servant heard this, he would definitely jump up with excitement at the words "personally leading the army", as the Battle of Tumu Fort had only been over for a few decades.

The tragedy of the Battle of Tumu was not caused by the emperor leading the army in person, but by the fact that the emperor treated the war as a joke. Anyone who fought in that way would surely be doomed.

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with Zhu Houxun's reaction. He said angrily: "The little Mongolian prince is so abominable. He invades the border of the Ming Dynasty every year. This general wants to follow the example of Taizu and completely wipe out the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty!"

The little prince Zhu Houzhao mentioned was the leader of the Mongol Restoration, the fifteenth-generation grandson of Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian Khan - Dayan Khan!

During the Hongzhi period, Dayan Khan seized the Hetao region from the Ming Dynasty and became even more powerful. "I will personally cut off the head of the Mongolian prince with my Bloodthirsty Sword!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly pulled out the Bloodthirsty Sword from his waist, and then looked at Zhu Houxun, "This will not disgrace the sword forged by my brother, right?"

"Then I will forge a few better swords for you, so that you can chop off more heads of the Hu chieftains?" Zhu Houxuan looked straight at Zhu Houzhao.

"Hahahaha——" Zhu Houzhao laughed out loud, Qian Ning beside him and everyone in the room also laughed.

After a long while, Zhu Houxuan stopped laughing and said to everyone, "I just like this energy in my brother!"

Then he turned to Zhu Houxuan and said, "You don't need to forge a new sword for me. This one is enough. I will definitely chop off a few more heads of the Hu chieftains for you!"

Qian Ning on the side felt an even stronger sense of crisis. He knew Zhu Houzhao very well. Zhu Houzhao was a man with strong habits of a nobleman. He was self-centered in everything, had no empathy for others, and did not care about other people's feelings. Now he actually loved the Prince of Jing so much, which made him even more jealous.

"I wonder if the emperor's uncle has ever read any military books?" Qian Ning suddenly asked.

"Yes!" Zhu Houzhao slapped his thigh, "My brother, have you ever read a military book? We have been discussing how to use troops against Mongolia all day long. If you are interested, you can join the discussion."

"Military books? Of course I've read them!" Zhu Houxuan raised his eyebrows and said. As a time traveler, he might not be familiar with the current tactics. However, when it comes to strategy, he can beat everyone now. Various videos and articles in later generations have analyzed the military and political issues of each dynasty.

"Then I, nephew, will ask my uncle for advice on how to use troops!" Qian Ning said hurriedly, with a sinister look in his eyes, as he was waiting for Zhu Houxun to make a fool of himself.

"The art of using troops is very simple." Zhu Houxuan knew Qian Ning's thoughts clearly. "To sum it up in one sentence, if you can win, fight. If you can't win, retreat!"

"Hahahaha——" Qian Ning burst into laughter, and the military officers around him couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zhu Houzhao didn't laugh, but frowned.

Qian Ning was overjoyed. What military tactics do you know about this sixteen-year-old kid? Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? You are so embarrassed now!
"The emperor's uncle's military strategy is really brilliant. He thinks the same as the thugs on the street. They usually act in the same way." Qian Ning was relentless and vowed to severely suppress Zhu Houxun's image.

The military officers around burst into laughter again.

Zhu Houzhao frowned even more tightly, but he didn't say anything. He was somewhat unhappy about the joke that Zhu Houxun made by pretending to know everything.

"But didn't the Mongols use this tactic to repeatedly defeat our Ming border troops?" Zhu Houxun said slowly.

The laughter in the room suddenly stopped.
What Zhu Houxuan just said, "Fight if you can win, retreat if you can't win," is actually an important principle of mobile warfare summarized by the instructor. He advocated that in battle with the enemy, one should avoid the enemy's strengths and attack their weaknesses, and strive to take the initiative. Under the guidance of this idea, the army of later generations constantly mobilized the enemy in the movement, making it reveal its flaws, and then looked for opportunities to fight a war of annihilation with superior forces in a local area, and finally won the final victory.

The teacher's words may seem simple, but they directly point to the essence of the problem. If you think about it carefully, the more you think about it, the more it makes sense to you.

Everyone in the room was in this state. It sounded ridiculous at first, but when you thought about it, you found that all the strategies of war could be applied to this one sentence. This simple sentence contained infinite truths.

Qian Ning's face darkened and Zhu Houzhao's brows relaxed. With their intelligence, they both understood the profound meaning of this sentence.

"My brother's words can be said to be a return to simplicity and truth, and they fully reflect the principles of military strategy!" Zhu Houzhao put his arm around Zhu Houxun's shoulders.

This action made Qian Ning even angrier.

"The Mongols don't know any military tactics! They just rely on their large numbers and fast horses, so our Ming army can't catch up with them!" Qian Ning said angrily.

Zhu Houzhao and the officers around him nodded in agreement.

Zhu Houxuan looked at Qian Ning and laughed in his heart, and continued in a slow tone: "It is not impossible to solve this problem. Maybe we can try the method of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing."

Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I finished writing these two chapters last night, and was going to slack off this morning to polish and revise them before posting them. However, I had a lot of work to do today, and I couldn't find a chance to revise them. I was so busy that I didn't even have a break at noon, and I only found a chance now. I'm sorry, everyone.

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