"Emperor Taishang, the last general thinks that we should follow the offensive route of the Yuan Dynasty all the way west, break the city when we encounter the city, break the army when we meet the army, fight steadily all the way, and advance slowly."

"Fart, taking the route of the Yuan Dynasty is completely the way to die."

"When Genghis Khan went west, he didn't consider the logistics problem at all, all of them were fighting to feed the war, our attack this time was millions of troops, and most of the way was desert Gobi, and the supply alone could bring us down."

"This is still without increasing the number of sick troops, according to our calculations, it will take at least 3 million troops to conquer the West."

"Old man Liu, have you ever thought about how many people are needed for more than 3 million troops to transport supplies alone."

"I'm fart, is Lao Tzu the kind of person who doesn't think about reality, don't we have a three-collapse army, with the carrying capacity and speed of the three-collapse, it can fully support the supply of the army, not to mention the airship troops with super transportation capacity."

"I'm sorry, what you think is weird, the equipment of the Three Collapse Legion doesn't need money, and the airship manufacturing doesn't need money, let me tell you, an old horseman, these legions move casually, and the golden beans are scattered on the ground."

Beiping, Imperial Palace, Kyushu Operational Command Room.

This is the top secret of the Ming Dynasty, and those who can hold meetings here are all trustworthy generals and ministers.

There is only one purpose for forming this place, to unify the world by marching westward.

Although there are still 10 years to go before the day when the imperial court decides to go to war, everything needs to be prepared.

Especially the old man and those elderly veterans, knowing that they might not live to that day, they decided to draw up the entire plan for the western expedition before they died.

Therefore, after the plateau war was pacified, Zhu Zhangui handed over the combat matters to Jianghuai, and returned to Beiping to study the plan of the western expedition with these veterans.

Of course, the main reason is to accompany the old man.

After coming back, Zhu Zhangui wanted to take the old man around and see the great mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, the old man was not interested at all, but wanted to make a plan to unify the world in the west, and do everything in advance for his fat son and his eldest grandson.

Zhu Zhangui couldn't resist the old man, so he discussed it with his father and established this Ming top secret, the Kyushu Operations Command Room.

Every day, after Zhu Zhangui helped his father deal with things, he came here to accompany the old man and the veterans to discuss the plan of the western expedition.

In addition to these people, Zhu Gaoxu, who was paralyzed at home and was about to be decadent, and Zhu Gaosui, who was idle all day long, were also invited over.

In the words of the old man, your two uncles have fought all their lives, and they may be almost poor in other skills, but they are still very sensitive to war.

Now that the two of them are crippled and powerless, you don't have to worry about the two of them making trouble for you, rather than letting them be idle and bored at home, it is better to let them participate in it, maybe they will encounter different sparks.

Zhu Zhangui naturally would not refuse.

As the old man said, the second uncle is paralyzed at home, and the third uncle doesn't even have a soldier except for a few guards, so he is still worried about this and that, so he, the prince, doesn't have to mess around.

The two people who were summoned to the command room, their originally decadent spirits, suddenly became excited, and they followed a group of veterans to discuss various battle plans and situations they would encounter all day long, chatting happily.

Today is August 12, which is a very ordinary day for everyone, but for Zhu Zhangui, this day is not ordinary.

Because in the historical record, the old man did not have this day, so he rushed over early in the morning and accompanied the old man to watch the old man.

However, seeing the old man chewing a popsicle in his mouth and holding a fan in his hand, discussing the battle plan with a group of veterans with great interest, Zhu Zhangui felt that his worries might be a little superfluous.

"Bang!"

The veteran, who was angry again because of the discussion plan, slapped the table, pointed to the old man opposite who rejected his plan, and roared angrily: "The surname is Xu, you say that my plan is not good, then you talk about your plan, I will listen to your high opinions." ”

"Peace of mind, peace of mind!"

Yu Qian, who was called over to fight on the side, hurriedly walked up with a plate of popsicles and persuaded the two old men who had already made a real fire to put out the fire.

The two old men secretly glanced at the old man, and saw that he was eating popsicles and looking at the sand table with great interest, and they didn't care about the two, so they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and one picked up a popsicle, glared at each other and ate it.

"Hmph, if you want to listen to me, that's okay, I'll let you open your eyes."

After taking a bite of the popsicle, the veteran surnamed Xu put away his folding fan, and Zhu Gaosui, who was right, waved forward, "His Royal Highness King Zhao, tell this old guy about our plan here." ”

Perhaps in order to create a different spark, the old man divided the veterans into two teams, one led by Zhu Gaosui and the other led by Zhu Gaoxu, and formulated a plan for the western expedition to see which one was excellent.

Originally, Zhu Gaochu should have come to speak just now, but Zhu Gaochu could only speak and couldn't stand up, so he let the second-in-command veteran lead him.

"Hehe, then I'll ask my father and uncles for advice."

Zhu Gaosui, who was watching the two old men quarrel with his hands behind his back, saw that it was his turn to shine, so he arched his hand at the old man and the veterans, picked up a command baton and began to explain.

"Here's the plan on our side."

In everyone's view, Zhu Gaosui pointed three locations on the sand table in front of him, namely Sarai, which is adjacent to the Golden Horde, and Bandar Abbas, opposite the sharp corner of Yemen, and the canal area.

"Our plan is to attack in three directions, with the 3,000 battalions of light cavalry as the main force of the attack. Its main combat mission was to follow the example of the Mongols, to penetrate into the enemy's interior, destroy its cultivation, disrupt the enemy's internal order, and provide cover for the front. ”

"We have decided that this part is led by Qian Yu, the commander of the Seventh Legion, this general will fight bravely and have the courage to fight, which is very suitable, and it would be better if another cautious veteran was sent to cooperate."

After finishing speaking, the command baton in Zhu Gaosui's hand slid down and pointed to the location of Bandar Abbas.

"Oman is already under our control, and this is the best place to attack the hinterland of the Timurid Empire."

"Our idea is to send 600,000 troops from here to attack by sea ship transport, and cooperate with the troops in the province of Asanxing, and defeat the Timurid Empire in one fell swoop."

"And more importantly, this place is close to the Three Provinces of Asanxing, our Ming Navy is the best in the world, there is no enemy at sea, food supply is not a problem at all, you can let go of the fight without worries."

With everyone nodding in agreement, Zhu Gao pointed down the Tianlong Canal.

"The Rocco Kingdom has launched an attack on the enemy according to the plan, and with our support, even if we can't win, it will be able to support until the day we launch an attack."

"The idea is to land here with 800,000 troops and build a large supply base in Jerusalem."

With a slight slide of his hand, Zhu Gao sneered: "The army is attacking north, completely cutting off the connection between Timur and the Ottomans. ”

"Our idea is that it is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers, and the two main forces of Allah's alliance are Osman and Timur, as long as one of them is done, the latter one Osman will be easy to fight."

"Solve the two largest forces in the West at the moment, and the rest of the small countries!"

Zhu Gaosui withdrew his baton, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Who can resist the pace of my Ming Dynasty." ”

He stretched out a finger and said confidently: "As long as the greatest opponent of the Alliance of Allah is resolved, within ten years, the world will submit to my Great Sun and Moon Banner." ”

"Good!"

The old man, who didn't say anything during the two waves of quarrels just now, couldn't help but shout hello after listening to Zhu Gaosui's battle plan on their side.

He turned his head to look at the side of the sand table, leaning on Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing on a specially made standing stretcher.

"Second brother, you are still too serious in the army, ignoring our powerful navy and the rising air force, which is still thoughtful to the third child."

Zhu Gaoxu, who has nothing to say now, laughed when he heard his father's words.

"Dad, the development of our Daming is too fast, and if you slack off a little, you won't be able to keep up with the rhythm."

"Hahaha..."

The veterans also burst into laughter.

"Little cub, what do you think of your third uncle's plan?"

The old man looked at Zhu Zhangui, who was accompanying him throughout the whole process, and wanted him to say what he thought.

Don't look at the lively discussion among these people, how to fight when the time comes, it still needs Zhu Zhangui to decide.

After all, on the day of the war, the old guys present, including him, are estimated to be halfway gone, and they can't help Zhu Zhangui if they want to.

Zhu Zhangui, who heard about the battle plan of the two sides, also pondered in his heart which one was more suitable.

When the old man asked, Zhu Zhangui already had a general idea in his heart.

"Second uncle, although their ideas are a little conservative, they are not without merit."

"The third uncle's plan is good, but he ignores the transportation capacity of the navy, and it will take at least 1~2 years to transport millions of troops from the Ming Dynasty to the attack site."

"We can afford to wait this time, but the enemy will not give us this time."

"Once the enemy discovers our intentions and takes the lead in leading a large army to attack, it will become a refueling tactic for us to send troops over."

"Regardless of whether we win or lose, our side will inherently lose the advantage of surprise attacks."

"So in my thinking, it's still to attack from the east, supplemented by Western assistance."

As he spoke, Zhu Zhangui took the baton from Zhu Gaosui and began to talk about his thoughts.

"The third uncle's injury to his ten fingers is not as good as the plan to cut off one of his fingers, and my thoughts are the same."

"However, the battle plan needs to be changed, not by sea, but by land."

"In my idea, Zhang Fu will form the main army and attack the Timurid Empire from the Asan area."

"On the plateau side, there is a plateau corps led by Jiang Huai, cooperating with Zhang Fu to advance westward."

"The Salai side was divided into two large armies, led by Qian Yu Deng Heng and two advance armies, starting from Salai and launching an attack on Sarimand, completely cutting off the connection between the Ottoman Empire and the Timurid Empire."

"On the other hand, the Marine Corps Corps led by Qi Yuan cooperated with the Roco Kingdom, broke north, and after joining forces with the two corps of Qian Yu Dunheng, blocked the rescue of the Ottoman Empire, and cooperated with the other two corps to completely annihilate the Timurid Empire."

"The navy cannot be idle, in addition to sending supplies and grass to the various troops, I plan to let the navy pass through the canal and enter the Mediterranean Sea to attack the Ottoman seaside cities, so that it will be completely chaotic inside, and have no intention of rescuing Timur."

"If necessary, an assault force will be organized from the Bandar Abbas side to break the Timurid Empire in one fell swoop."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhangui held the command stick in his hand and looked at the crowd: "Once the Timurid Empire is annihilated, the next step is to launch an attack on the Ottomans and strive to get the Ottomans within 5 years." ”

"If the national strength and the area under control are under control by then, I will order a further offensive to the west, and if the national strength is exhausted after several years, I will consider a temporary ceasefire and wait a few years before launching the final unification war."

After saying that, he looked at everyone.

"I know that everyone's desire for Daming to rule the world is urgent, but ruling the world is not as simple as eating a snack, even if you eat a snack, you have to take one bite at a time."

"People can't become fat by eating too much, and if they eat too much, they will either be strangled to death or choked to death, and we can't bring endless trouble to future generations for the sake of temporary honor."

"Bang Bang Bang..."

Zhu Zhangui's words fell, the old man clapped his hands with satisfaction, and the other veterans also nodded in agreement.

As Zhu Zhangui said, perhaps because they are old and anxious to rule the whole world by the Ming Dynasty, they ignore the question of whether the national strength can withstand it.

"Okay, so ...... specific plan"

The applause fell, and the old man had just opened his mouth to make a final summary, when a knock sounded outside the door, interrupting his speech.

"Emperor Taishang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Jerusalem urgently reports, the Ottoman Empire has launched a full-scale counterattack against the Roko Kingdom."

"Come in!"

Hearing that it was an urgent report from the West, the old man stopped his words and asked Hu Yu to hurry in.

After receiving the order, Hu Yu pushed the door and walked in, handed the telegram to the old man, raised his hand and saluted, and withdrew to the side to wait for the order.

Wearing the reading glasses that Zhu Zhangui had given him, the old man squinted his eyes and looked at the telegram.

The others held their breath and watched the old man wait.

"Change the sand table!"

After reading the general content, the old man waved his hand and led the person to another sand table.

A group of people came to another sand table cheering, and the old man handed the telegram to Zhu Zhangui, picked up a command baton and said to everyone: "Just yesterday, the Ottoman Empire has launched a counterattack against the Roko Kingdom. ”

"Omurad, this little cub is also poisonous enough, he saw the weakness of the Rocco Kingdom at a glance, and sent a large fleet to transport 30,000 elite soldiers to attack our canal and Jerusalem, intending to completely cut off the rear line of the Roco Kingdom, and then cooperate with the main army to annihilate it in one fell swoop."

"It's a pity that this little cub doesn't know that Qi Yuan let the detachment guard the side of the canal due to lack of manpower, and as a result, the fleet he sent over to attack directly collided, and the two sides fought, and retreated after a simple contact."

"Zheng He sent a telegram from there, considering the next situation, Qi Yuan's army may not be able to cope with it, and I hope that the imperial court will send another 1~2 legions, as well as a part of the naval fleet to assist in the battle."

"In addition, according to the information they received, the Ottoman Empire is also fierce enough this time, in addition to the 30,000 elite troops who raided, Omurad personally led 150,000 troops to meet Roko's army."

While the old man was talking, Yu Qian, who was in charge of making a start, quickly inserted the signs representing all parties into the sand table.

After the old man finished speaking, he also had the flag almost bad.

After the old man finished speaking, all the generals looked at the sand table, frowned and pondered.

The general surnamed Xu, who quarreled with another general at the beginning, touched his chin and said with a white beard: "The minister thinks that sending one or two legions may not be enough, although the army of the Rocco Kingdom has our soldiers trained, its combat ability feedback is not very good, plus there are many soldiers who are forcibly recruited, and the military spirit is not very stable." ”

"It's okay if it's all a tailwind, but if you bite a hard bone, it may collapse at any time."

"So in order to prevent us, a Western ally, from collapsing before we make a move, the minister suggested that the additional legions be increased to 4~5, and once the Rocco army has the possibility of collapse, we will immediately take action and forcibly control it."

"Then retreat to the rear line, establish a permanent defensive base there in Jerusalem, and fight a war of attrition with the Ottomans, depleting the Ottoman forces while delaying until the day when we are ready."

The rest of the generals all nodded when they heard this, and the old man also bowed slightly in acquiescence.

"Little cub, what do you think?"

The old man once again looked at Zhu Zhangui, who had finished reading the telegram.

Handing the telegram in his hand to Yu Qian, Zhu Zhangui said with a smile: "Grandpa Xu's idea is very good, and the grandson has nothing to add." Two corps were drawn from the army, two corps were drawn from the Marine Corps, and one local garrison corps was drawn from Quanzhou, and five corps were sent over. ”

"That garrison can defend the canal, and the rest of the legions are stationed in Jerusalem, which can support the canal side on the one hand, and prevent the collapse of Rocco's army on the other."

"In terms of the navy, after several years of construction, the first ironclad squadron has been formed, and my idea is to send them over, first, to deter the enemy, and second, to let them try sailing to see if there are any problems with the ship."

With a few simple words, Zhu Zhangui set the number of supports, as well as a simple battle plan later.

In the end, everyone discussed and supplemented, and the meeting was successfully concluded, and the veterans left the palace in twos and threes, bursting into hearty laughter from time to time on the road, obviously talking about something happy.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Zhangui did not let them go back, but sent someone to take their families into the palace, on the grounds that there was a family party tonight.

"Little cub, it's 15 in a few days, why are you holding a banquet today, are you going out again?"

Knowing that Zhu Zhangui was going to hold a family banquet, the old man had some doubts in his heart.

There are still a few days until August 15, how can a banquet be held at this time, does this little cub want to follow the army to the West and prepare for the banquet on August 15 in advance.

Zhu Zhangui looked at the energetic old man, and said with a smile: "No, I have no plans to go out in the past two years, as for why the banquet is held, hehe, grandpa is in very good health today, and his grandson wants to celebrate this, is this reason enough." ”

Hearing such an answer, the old man was stunned for a moment, laughed and patted Zhu Zhangui's head.

"Hahaha enough, enough, let's go to the East Palace, I haven't eaten a few dishes made by my granddaughter-in-law for a long time, and my mouth is greedy."

Tonight's East Palace was full of laughter, and a group of little ones sang and danced to the sound of drums in the banquet hall, celebrating Grandpa Tai's good health today.

Today, I was also busy with things in advance, and I also sat with the second and third brothers who I hadn't seen for a long time, chatting about the past.

Zhang, who is the queen, pulled two younger siblings and a few daughters-in-law, and whispered to the woman's family.

Zhu Zhangui and Zhu Zhanji were pulling Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui's sons, playing playing poker that had just emerged in Daming recently, while shouting for the loser to drink quickly.

The old man who sat in the first place and watched this harmonious scene couldn't help but smile.

He looked at the bright moon in the sky, which had begun to be half-round, and muttered proudly in his heart.

"Old monk, you really miscalculated, I, Zhu Di, am a wicked person, and my children and grandchildren are all good."