"I plan to divide the troops into two routes, one is led by Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, and enters Annan from Guangxi, and the other is led by Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping, who is in Yunnan for a long time, and enters Annan from Yunnan."

As soon as Zhu Di's words fell, Jiang Xinghuo's opposition followed, causing several people to be a little surprised.

"Your Majesty must not order the Duke of Chengguo to lead the army to the south!"

"This"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Jiang Xinghuo meant.

It stands to reason that Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, is the most suitable candidate to lead the main force of the Ming army to the south to conquer Annan.

Why?

In addition to Yao Guangxiao, who has just been awarded the title of "Rongguo Gong", Jing Nanwuxun has a total of three dukes, namely Zhang Yu, the British Duke who has died in battle (his son Zhang Fu is currently Xin Anbo), Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi who is still alive, and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo.

Leading troops to fight is also senior, especially when leading the main force of the 200,000 Ming army.

Yao Guangxiao, the Duke of Rongguo, was sixty-seven years old and a civil minister, and he had to take the lead in changing the law, so it was impossible for him to lead the army to recruit Annan.

Therefore, it seems that the problem has become a choice between two options, Zhu Di chooses one from Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo.

But the problem is that the climate in Annan is very different from that in the north of the Ming Dynasty, with miasma, jungles and so on.

Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, is already in the year of the sixtieth year this year, let this veteran lead the troops to conquer Annan again, and if he is not adapted, then the star will fall.

Therefore, the seniority of seniority plus the use of subtraction to screen down, in the end is actually an answer.

Now he is the same age as Li Jinglong, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Neng, the thirty-three-year-old Chengguo Gong, who is in the year of fighting.

Zhu Neng, with sufficient qualifications, is the hereditary deputy Qianhu of the guard in Yanshan, Zhu Di's hardcore confidant, followed Zhu Di to the north to conquer the desert in his early years, and surrendered the Northern Yuan Taiwei Naier Buhua; When the army was in trouble, he led the troops with Zhang Yu to kill Zhang Yu, the political envoy of Beiping, and Xie Gui, the commander of the capital, and captured the nine gates of Beiping; Since then, Zhending, Zhengcunba, Baigou River, Dongchang, Jiahe, Lingbi, and crossing the river. Almost all the audience.

As for ability, Zhu Neng is one of the best generals in the Yan army, and he is also a handsome talent that Zhu Di can trust and take charge of alone.

If Zhu Di wants to choose who to hand over the main force of the Ming army, it can only be Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, and it will not be anyone else.

If Zhu Neng was left alone, with other marquises whose abilities, qualifications, and prestige were inferior to him, what would Zhu Neng think? Is Zhu Di really relieved?

No matter what, the conquest of Annan is also a veritable battle to destroy the country, although it is treated with the momentum of thunder and a lion fighting a rabbit, but after all, this is related to the main force of the 200,000 Ming army.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is Zhu Di's lifeline.

Therefore, Zhu Di thought about it for a long time and didn't understand why Jiang Xinghuo would oppose Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, to lead troops to recruit Annan.

"Why did Mr. Jiang say that? I think it's quite suitable to become a prince? Zhu Gaoxu also asked beside him.

But then, Jiang Xinghuo gave them a reason that they couldn't refuse, a reason that was enough to solve their doubts.

"In the future I saw before, Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, led the southern expedition, but before he arrived in Annan, he died of illness in Longzhou, Guangxi because of the unsuitability of water and soil."

Jiang Xinghuo added: "And the process of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Annam was very smooth, Hu Jiyak usurped the country, just like Wang Mang built a new dynasty, made a bunch of messy reforms, ambitious but aroused public resentment, as soon as the Ming soldiers arrived, the defenders of Annam fled. Therefore, whether the army of Annan is commanded by a famous general like Cheng Guogong is not the most important factor, as long as it is a general trusted by His Majesty, he can complete this task. ”

Obviously, although he has considerable trust in Jiang Xinghuo's ability to open his eyes to the sky, Zhu Di will definitely not be able to make a decision completely by relying on Jiang Xinghuo's words in such a major decision.

Seeing that Zhu Di was still a little suspicious, Jiang Xinghuo said simply.

"Jiang someone guessed that the water and soil are not adaptable, I'm afraid it's just an external cause, if we talk about internal causes, then Cheng Guogong has been fighting for many years, and I'm afraid he is extremely tired physically and mentally. Now living from the north to the south, it should be a little uncomfortable, but it is all covered up, no one can see it, Your Majesty may wish to visit it in person, if there are indeed some clues, just change the general, Daming still lacks generals who can lead the troops? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but think that tonight, it should have been a big banquet, but Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, did ask him for sick leave, on the grounds that he occasionally felt cold.

This couldn't help but make Zhu Di worried.

Zhu Neng is the prime general he values the most, after all, Qiu Fu is already an old man, although he still has the ability to continue to go to the battlefield, but if he doesn't have a choice, Zhu Di will not toss Qiu Fu anymore.

In fact, in the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, if it wasn't for Zhu Neng's death of illness on the way to Annan, then the leader of the first northern expedition to Mobei in the seventh year of Yongle would never be the sixty-seven-year-old veteran Qiu Fu, and if it wasn't for Qiu Fu's fainting and the annihilation of the whole army, Zhu Di would not have been left without a handsome person to use, and he would have personally conquered Mobei.

So, it's actually a chain reaction relationship.

Zhu Neng, who is much younger than Zhu Di, will not die, and Zhu Di does not need to be personally recruited many times.

However, Jiang Xinghuo did have a sentence that pierced his heart.

Does the Ming still lack generals who can lead the troops?

Daming has no shortage of generals, lack of handsome talents, or strictly speaking, lack of handsome talents that Zhu Di can trust.

Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu, Ping An, and Sheng Yong are all handsome talents who can take charge of themselves, but the problem is, Zhu Di can't believe it!

The latter three are now all thrown to the north by Zhu Di to rectify the border defense, and the middle-level generals under their management are all from the Yan army, and the source of soldiers is the guards and border guards from several major Sai kings, Zhu Di is obviously left alone.

The veteran Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng is also handsome, and he is now in charge of preparing for the war against the Jurchens.

Therefore, the only ones that Zhu Di can choose around are the second-class marquises.

But these marquis can command tens of thousands of troops, command the main force of 200,000 Ming troops, this kind of large corps combat, still lack experience.

Zhu Di didn't dare to take the main force of the 200,000 Ming army to train them.

But Zhu Di suddenly realized a problem: "No, wouldn't it be good for me to ask the national teacher directly?" ”

Zhu Di asked Jiang Xinghuo directly.

"In the future seen by the national teacher, who commanded the Ming army?"

"Zhang Fu." Jiang Xinghuo gave his answer.

Twenty-eight-year-old Xin Anbo Zhang Fu?

Hearing this answer, Zhu Di frowned deeply.

"Rong Zhen think again."

was originally a foolproof candidate for the coach, but now that he has encountered a "mistake", Zhu Di can't make a rash decision, so he put it on hold for the time being, planning to personally see the physical condition of Zhu Neng, the prince of Chengguo, and then make a decision.

Now that he has just sat down in the dragon chair, Zhu Di himself will definitely not move lightly, and can only let his trusted generals lead the troops to conquer Annan.

In Zhu Di's heart, the candidates for the coach have been decided for several battles to be fought in the future.

The final battle to cut the feudal domain must be done by Xu Huizu, Ping'an, and Sheng Yong first.

The plan of gradually eliminating the three Jurchen tribes with low military difficulty and high political difficulty, that is, first dealing with the Duoli Ministry, then deterring North Korea, and then dealing with the Huli Reform Ministry and the Towen Ministry, was handed over to the veteran Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng to implement.

led the Bei Japanese army to cross the sea to Japan, and Zhu Di planned to give Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, a chance.

As for the more distant expedition to Mobei, it was Zhu Neng or when the rule was stable, and he personally led the army.

Putting this question aside for the time being, Zhu Di continued to ask.

"What are the three strategies of the national division's public opinion warfare, except for the tired enemy?"

Hearing this, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Gaoxu also looked at Jiang Xinghuo curiously, looking forward to his answer.

"The second aspect is to confuse the enemy."

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "The so-called confusing the enemy, as the name suggests, is to confuse the enemy and make the enemy contemptible. ”

"It's similar to the principle of the art of war." Zhu Di bowed slightly.

"Public opinion warfare is indeed another form of warfare, and there are things that should be in war, and public opinion warfare also exists."

Yao Guangxiao asked, "Then how to confuse the enemy?" ”

"Make up stories that attract the enemy's attention and make them interested, and these stories seem to be beneficial to the enemy and can confuse the enemy, but leave a reversal in the story so that the same story can be used to attack the enemy later."

This is actually part of the content of intelligence psychology, Jiang Xinghuo explained in detail.

"For example, since the enemy used Wang Anshi's 'Zheng Xia begging for rain' when he changed the law as a means of attacking the law change to prove the correctness of the celestial and human induction, then we might as well take the initiative to publish a rumor story to inflate the enemy's momentum and make the enemy feel more and more that the victory is in hand, but in this story, there is something that can be reversed."

Jiang Xing Torch was inspired by his cousin Jiang Xuan, that is, the story of the three national teachers of Sun Wukong and Che Chiguo praying for rain and fighting in the yet-to-be-released "Journey to the West".

After listening to this story, Zhu Di and the others couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If this story corresponds to reality, who is the national teacher of Che Chi Guo? Who drove the Buddhists away for hard labor? Who's taking the initiative to bet on praying for rain?

On the surface, it seems that Jiang Xinghuo is satirizing Jiang Xinghuo, but once Jiang Xinghuo can reverse the situation, then whoever asks for rain will be the "Monkey King" who saved the people of Li from the drought!

"Whether it's tired of the enemy or confusing the enemy, it seems that in the public opinion war, they are all auxiliary means?"

After pondering deeply, Zhu Di looked at Jiang Xinghuo: "Then what is the killing move of the national teacher in the public opinion war?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo simply replied: "Break the enemy." ”

"The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes, aim at the enemy's weakest point in public opinion, and attack its vital point!"

Zhu Di obviously has no experience in how to carry out public opinion warfare, and if he had, he would not have been scolded by the Jiangnan gentry for more than four years.

But Yao Guangxiao understood a deeper meaning from Jiang Xinghuo's words.

Jiang Sheng, not only to solve the current Jingqing blood oath and the public opinion dilemma caused by the change of law.

And I want to take this opportunity to directly attack the science of science!

(End of chapter)