"Due to the gradual defeat of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, now the Tatar Mongolia Duoyan three divisions, Horqin Division, Chahar Department have been returned to Jiannu, if the Ming Dynasty goes all out to the north to build a slave, the Mongolian departments may send cavalry to destroy the grain road, and even cut off the connection between the Liaoxi Corridor and Shanhaiguan, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty was wrapped in dumplings, and it must be chaotic without a fight, that is, the next battle of Sarhu, Daming can not afford to be injured. Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wants to go on a northern expedition, it must first go out of the Xifeng Pass and surprise attack the three Mongolian Duoyan Divisions. If the Duoyan tribe is conquered, the army will be stationed on the spot to protect the grain routes and passages of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and then go out of Shanhaiguan with heavy troops to build slaves in the Northern Expedition. "Zhu Youzhen's analysis is broad, because in a specific war, battlefield conditions are constantly changing, and yesterday's allies may become enemies today, and yesterday's enemies may become allies today.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief can only give a rough idea, and the specific war strategy still needs to be played by the officers participating in the battle. However, now Zhu Youzhen is just a prospect for the future of the Ming Dynasty, just like the outline of a novel, and it does not need to be concretized.

"Your Highness, can the Northern Expedition be victorious? Besides, the Northern Expedition of the Great Army needs to consume a lot of money and food, can the Ming Dynasty support it? Li Chunye is more and more impressed by Zhu Youzhen's strategic vision, but only strategic vision is far from enough, and the Ming Dynasty must also have the strength to defeat Jiannu. At present, the current situation in Liaodong is that the Ming Dynasty barely maintains the existence outside the pass, and the defense is still insufficient, let alone the elimination of Jiannu. "I wonder if His Highness's experience in exterminating the Japanese in Shandong can be used in Liaodong?"

"With the current tactics of the Ming Dynasty, of course we can't exterminate Jiannu." The current Liaodong front, the Ming Dynasty relied on the absolute superiority of the number of troops, barely held a few cities, and tenaciously showed its own survival, but the army of Liaodong could not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, and with the infantry of the Ming Dynasty against the cavalry of Jiannu, the Ming Dynasty had no possibility of winning at all. "The riding and archery advantages of the nomads are incomparable to those of the farming peoples. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to defeat Jiannu in the field and grasp the military initiative in the Liaodong battlefield, it must rely on firearms. ”

"Didn't the army in Liaodong have firearms? At least seventy percent of the firearms of the Ming army were in Liaodong, including the Hongyi cannon. ”

"Relying on these firearms, you can only make the Ming army lose faster, be injured more, and die more miserably." In front of Li Chunye, the secretary of the military department, Zhu Youzhen couldn't say more, so he had to leave him a little thin noodles, but he despised him fiercely in his heart. "Although these fire# guns are easy for soldiers to master, their range is not as far as Jiannu's bow and arrow, their accuracy is not as high as Jiannu's bow and arrow, and their firing speed is not as fast as Jiannu's bow and arrow. It would be good to use these firearms to let the soldiers fight, and it would be good to maintain the current situation, but if I went to the front line to command, I am afraid that such a result would be a luxury. ”

"Your Highness Nayi......" Li Chunye was confused by Zhu Youzhen, and felt that Liaodong had no reason to be optimistic. But what Zhu Youzhen said was very reasonable, so he couldn't refute it.

"Improved firearms. Concentrate on the best craftsmen to make better firearms. The range of these firearms must exceed that of Kennu's bow and arrows, and my firearms can shoot him, but his bow and arrows cannot reach me. With this kind of weapon, the infantry of the Ming Dynasty had the strength to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with Jiannu. ”

Zhu Youzhen already has a flintlock pistol in his mind, but he doesn't know how Bi Maokang is studying now.

"Can craftsmen make such firearms?" Li Chunye is a secretary of the Ministry of War, and he has a certain understanding of the Ming Dynasty's firearms manufacturing. In the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen are military and must rely on military salaries to live. But the imperial court has been in arrears for a long time, and those craftsmen who rely on military salaries for a living are afraid that they have almost escaped, and who still has the heart to study firearms?

The Ming Dynasty is now caught in a vicious circle, the imperial court has no money to pay soldiers and craftsmen outside Liaodong, and the craftsmen have no income, so they have to flee in large numbers to fend for themselves; Without advanced firearms, the war in Liaodong would be unfavorable, and the imperial court could only rely on the number of soldiers to make up for it; And the larger the number of soldiers, the more pay is needed, and there is no pay elsewhere. In fact, Daming's current finances are beyond their means.

"Yes, craftsmen can make the right firearms at a time." Zhu Youzhen knew that Bi Maokang was the founder of the Daming Suishou pistol, and now he created better research conditions for him, his research and development speed would be faster, and he would definitely not make the flintlock pistol after the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

"Craftsmen can make excellent firearms, and these firearms can defeat Jiannu in Liaodong, how sure is Your Highness that?" Li Chunye has little confidence in the craftsmen, but he believes that Zhu Youzhen will not open his mouth, this is a major military matter, related to the survival of the Ming Dynasty, as the king of letters, he will never joke with his own life and the safety of the entire royal family.

"Ninety percent." Zhu Youzhen knew that Li Chunye was testing himself, which was probably the most critical question to determine whether Li Chunye fully believed in and supported him, so he answered very resolutely and expressed great confidence.

Li Chunye didn't speak, he looked at Zhu Youzhen quietly, every time Zhu Youzhen surprised him, he looked at Zhu Youzhen with this kind of eyes, hoping to see the answer he wanted to know from Zhu Youzhen's face.

But Zhu Youzhen's face was nothing but perseverance. He didn't believe that Zhu Youzhen had found the answer from the book again. He was born as a civil official, a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and a well-read book, but there were never the answers that Zhu Youzhen said in the book.

Every time Zhu Youzhen made a decision that he didn't expect, he gave him an unexpected result, which was what he hoped for the most. He didn't plan to doubt Zhu Youzhen anymore.

"Your Highness, and then? I mean, after defeating Jiannu. ”

"And then? Then, of course, the withdrawal of troops, Da Ming needs to recuperate. The current Ming Dynasty is already very weak, and it is impossible to completely annihilate Jiannu and Mongolia through a single war. But while cultivating and recuperating, Daming also has to do two things well. Since Li Chunye believes that Da Ming can develop a firearm that is enough to defeat Jiannu, then Li Chunye will completely trust his own words, no matter whether he can become his ally in the future, at least he will not become his enemy.

Crossing this critical threshold, Zhu Youzhen was secretly excited in his heart, Li Chunye was very likely to be his first political and military ally.

"What two things?" Li Chunye was very appreciative of Zhu Youzhen's words, although he was the secretary of the military department, he was born as a civilian official, and he didn't like to fight in his bones. Zhu Youzhen's policy of recuperation and recuperation is very right for him.

"The first is to control the north and prevent Jiannu and Mongolia from growing stronger. From Xifengkou to the north to build the road, recruit the slaves, Mongolian Zhuangding labor, along the road every thousand miles to build a big city, the Ming garrison, by the Ming and the northern nomadic tribes to bear the military salary, so that they can really contribute to the development of the Ming Dynasty. If three large cities can be built outside the pass, the Ming Dynasty's administrative area will extend three thousand miles to the north, which will not only open up the territory, but also initially solve the border troubles of the nomads. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had already defeated Jiannu, and I believe that they had no reason or confidence to object. Of course, Zhu Youzhen didn't want to weaken Jiannu, thinking of the cruelty of Jiannu in later generations and the destruction of the science and technology and culture of the Han nation, he really wanted to exterminate Jiannu.

Li Chunye's face was expressionless, I don't know if Zhu Youzhen's words were too shocking, or if he felt that he was too ignorant before.

Jiannu, who has given Daming a headache for more than ten years, was solved by Zhu Youzhen in a few words, which is as simple as soaking pee. Jiannu is not the two thousand Japanese in Shandong.

However, the Japanese also defeated the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in Shandong, and Zhu Youzhen, with only 6,000 soldiers, was able to completely annihilate the Japanese invaders, and as a result, even the strongest Liaodong army in the Ming Dynasty may not be able to do it.

Li Chunye is still a little skeptical about defeating Jiannu, but now the entire Ming Dynasty has no good way to deal with Jiannu, since there is no way, even if he has a small doubt, he can only choose to believe in Zhu Youzhen, except for believing in Zhu Youzhen, Daming has no way out.

"Your Highness, what about the second thing?"

"The second is to form a navy to defend the Daming Sea Frontier. Xiyi has invaded eastward, and the island of Taiwan, which hangs alone overseas, is occupied by Hongmao; The Franco-Robot deceived and occupied the trench mirror of the mainland of Guangdong; Most of the Ming vassal states in Nanyang were invaded and occupied by Xiyi. The small country of Nanyang, or the country that was destroyed, or was exterminated, always hoped for the rescue of the Ming Dynasty. The trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, although the Ming Dynasty did not support these vassal states, but Xiyi still wanted to invade the Ming Dynasty. Without a navy, the Ming would not be able to keep Xiyi out. "The Ming Dynasty has no sense of the sea, the land is already big enough and rich enough, who still has the energy to manage the ocean?

Zhu Youzhen came from later generations, and of course knew the importance of the ocean. If you don't take advantage of the current occupation of these islands, the Han nation will be blocked by the first, second, and third island chains in the future, and you will be a sinner of the Han nation.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, Europe already knew the importance of the sea, so they began to set off a craze for islands all over the world, whether in Asia, Africa or the Americas, as long as they found the islands, they all occupied first.

"However, Your Highness, Taiwan is not the land of the Ming Dynasty in the first place. As far as Lao Chen knows, Taiwan Island was originally called Dongfan Island, and it can be seen from the name that this is a place outside the world. Taiwan is just the name of pirates such as Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi along the coast. Li Chunye felt that he could finally offer advice, and it turned out that this young prince was not omnipotent.

I have never seen a traitor, but I have never seen such a high-sounding and irrefutable sale, and he actually helped the Dutch to fight for the ownership of Taiwan.

If there was international arbitration at this time, Li Chunye would not hesitate to stand on the side of the Dutch and unconsciously betray the territorial interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen also had to admit that what Li Chunye said was the truth, and the Ming court did not exercise effective management over Taiwan, and even regarded Taiwan as a burden in order to avoid disputes with local pirates, and did not recognize it as the territory of the Ming Dynasty at all.