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Zhu Houzhao was sullen, he already knew everything about the war in the northwest, including the fall of Xuanfu Town and the trapping of Shenxi in Tumu Fort, he knew everything clearly.

He originally hoped that Shen Xi could make achievements in the northwest, win face for him, and let him enjoy the joy of defeating the Tatars in the capital.

But it's a pity that the situation in the northwest is changing rapidly, and now Shen Xi is trapped in the Tumu Fort that has brought great shame to the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Dynasty thinks that Shen Xi has no chance to turn things around, and even coming back alive has become a luxury, which makes Zhu Houzhao feel extremely depressed.

"Mr. Shen's Wen Taowu strategy can be said to be a masterpiece of a generation, if this palace becomes the emperor in the future, he can assist me and achieve great achievements for thousands of years. The most important thing is that he can help me conquer the grassland and obtain immortal merits, and now that he is in distress in the civil fort, how can this palace help him? Do you want to tell your father and ask him to send troops and horses to the rescue? ”

Zhu Houzhao was worried, he no longer thought about anything to eat, drink and have fun, and when he returned to the dormitory after class, he concentrated on studying the sand table and tried to use his own methods to make suggestions for Shen Xi.

The idea is beautiful, but it is difficult to put it into practice!

Zhu Houzhao himself doesn't know much about military affairs, and he didn't even memorize the "Liutao" taught to him by Shen Xi, which made it even more difficult for him to turn the content of the major art of war books into practical use.

The "questions" given to him by Shen Xi in the "Wargame Deduction" guide book are more difficult than the other, and things on the battlefield can never be replaced by a sand table, there are too many factors in the right time, place, and people, and a small change on the battlefield may affect the final result.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't give up, he felt that he would definitely do no worse than Shen Xi...... At present, the topic he is doing is that a city fortress has 600 troops garrisoned, and it is besieged by 3,000 soldiers and horses, and he must find a way to solve the difficulty. The premise is that there are no reinforcements and no advanced firearms, so you can only rely on strategy to defeat the enemy.

Zhu Houzhao devoted himself to studying the sand table, and the sentence he muttered the most every day was: "Why are there so many things on the battlefield?" ”

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Jiaozi and other close servants wanted to give advice to Zhu Houzhao on the side, but they would be driven away by him every time, and Zhu Houzhao did not allow the eunuchs around him to spoil his "big thing".

After three days, Zhu Houzhao finally came up with a strategy that could hold the fortress, which was considered a successful completion of Shen Xi's problem, and he couldn't wait to record the experience he had summed up, find someone to send to Shen Xi, and let Shen Xi reverse the defeat according to his strategy.

"Father doesn't send troops to Mr. Shen, it doesn't matter, anyway, Mr. Shen has 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is enough, the Tatars will only have about 100,000 soldiers and horses at most, about twice as many as the siege of the city, even if the civil fort is in disrepair, it probably has a certain defensive capability, as long as Mr. Shen holds the city wall, he will definitely win!"

Zhu Hou was as clear as he had predicted all the changes in the battle situation.

Shen Xi's question is siege and siege warfare, and the final answer is that the defenders in the city have been holding the fortress, waiting for the enemy to continue to attack, and in the continuous attrition, the enemy is not enough to launch a complete siege battle, so as to win.

This topic seems complicated, but in fact, it is very simple to figure it out, Shen Xi conveyed a concept to Zhu Houzhao, when encountering a defensive battle where the enemy is strong and I am weak, there is no need to think about detouring behind the enemy, or sending troops to meet these things, and there is no need to think about breaking through. If the enemy attacks the city, then concentrate on waiting for reinforcements, if you can't use more brains on defense and kill more opponents, then the war is equivalent to failure.

Defense seems very simple, but in fact, there are many variables, Shen Xi taught a lot of defensive knowledge in the book, including focusing on defense, concentrating superior forces, preventing night attacks, waiting for opportunities to counterattack, etc., Zhu Houzhao also realized from this kind of virtual warfare that it is not easy for a commander.

Zhu Houzhao completed the defensive task "excellently", and then he made another difficulty.

It is easy to complete Shen Xi's "practice questions", but to summarize everything that happened in the previous deduction on paper, it is a very brain-testing thing.

Zhu Houzhao's logical thinking ability stays in the state of a teenager, even if Shen Xi has given him guidance in this regard, it still can't make him make a qualitative leap, and he lacks the ability to organize words.

"What a nuisance!"

Zhu Houzhao wrote several times by himself, but found that he couldn't truthfully express what he demonstrated on the sand table, and said a little anxiously: "It would be nice if Mr. Shen was here at this time...... Or other gentlemen can also ask them to help me record it in the book, and then pass the letter to Mr. Shen in Tumubao...... That's it! ”

Zhu Houzhao made up his mind to find someone to help him write letters.

"Mr. Jin is the most suitable candidate, but the problem is that tomorrow is not his class, it is Bachelor Liang who comes, and Bachelor Liang always has a straight face on weekdays, will he help me? If you don't help me and tell my father about this, then I may be unlucky again. Trouble, what a trouble! ”

Zhu Houzhao was eager to sort out what he thought of and hand it over to Shen Xi, but he didn't have the ability to express it in writing.

Zhang Yuan listened to it for a long time and volunteered: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know...... Can slaves give it a try? ”

"You? Do you know how to write? Zhu Houzhao frowned and asked.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgot, the books you wanted to read at the beginning were told to you by the slave maid after they were familiar with it first!" ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly smiled: "When you say this, this palace really remembers, yes, there is such a thing, you know how to read, you don't know...... With this little bit of knowledge, can you understand what this palace is saying? The palace can't organize its own records, so can you? ”

Zhang Yuan didn't dare to be reckless in front of the prince, so he hurriedly laughed: "Your Highness, isn't there a saying that everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high?" The slave may be a shallow learner, but he can refer to the prince, the prince may wish to write what he wants to write, first tell the slave and the maid, and see if the slave can understand what you mean! ”

Zhang Yuan really wanted to show himself in front of Zhu Houzhao, so that the prince could see his means and ability to act, so that he could be valued by the prince in the future, and even enter the celebrant eunuch.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, sighed quietly, and said, "Since you want to try, then try it, this palace is not sure that I can explain it to you!" ”

Waiting for Zhu Houzhao to really explain some of the things he understood, he found that things were not so difficult, although Zhang Yuan did not have any great talent, but he was clever, and he was a good hand at recording and bookkeeping, Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yuan were busy for a long time, and finally recorded the tactics he deduced in detail.

But soon encountered a thorny problem, Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to send the letter to Shen Xi.