Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 148 This is the Staff Department
Zhu Qi could be considered to have found a general who left his name in history in the early Ming Dynasty.

Although the name of Ma Yun made Zhu Qi a bit of a joke, in history, his contribution to the Liaodong War was indeed indelible.

Although Ma Yun is just a little general now, after Zhu Qi split up with Lan Yu.

The best choice is to follow the original historical route and appoint Ma Yun as the general. After all, there is nothing wrong with it.

Zhu Qi knew the truth in his heart, and even walked lightly, as if carrying a gust of wind.

From the looks of outsiders, His Royal Highness King Liao has a plan in mind, and the chances of winning are in his hands!
Without saying a word, Zhu Qi immediately summoned his subordinates and held a military staff meeting as usual!
It was the first time Ma Yun fought with His Royal Highness King Liao, and he was still a bit unfamiliar with the term military staff committee.

But thinking about it in my heart, I guess it is no different from the general discussion in front of the station.

It's nothing more than looking at the map, planning, arranging tasks and the like.

Thinking like this, Ma Yun followed His Royal Highness King Liao into the battle meeting room vacated by the Penglai official office.

After sitting down and waiting for a long time, I saw several other young generals walking in.

The ones who walked in were none other than Xu Zengshou, Li Qi, Li Jinglong and Zhu Di who had been following His Royal Highness King Liao's wars.

It can be said to be the four heavenly kings under the command of His Royal Highness King Liao, with an unshakable iron configuration.

Of course, at present, they are only responsible for making suggestions and arranging logistics and training.

To really lead troops to fight and charge into battle, other brave generals who are good at fighting will do it.

Ma Yun saw that His Royal Highness King Yan was also coming, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Then I saw that none of these four had empty hands, but instead they were holding thick notebooks one by one.

What is this for?Could it be that the four of them are here to record the strategic process?
Ma Yun didn't know very well, just as he was about to sit down, he saw another person walking in from the door.

Isn't it the famous sincere uncle Liu Bowen!

Ma Yun knows that Liu Bowen is working under the command of His Royal Highness King Liao.

But he didn't expect to meet this legendary figure so soon, Ma Yun hurriedly stood up again, saluted Liu Bowen and shouted "I have met Uncle".

Liu Bowen also returned the salute, and then sat down.

Just like Zhu Di and others before, Liu Bowen also carried a thick notebook in his hand.

Liu Bowen, a seasoned and resourceful person like Liu Bowen, shouldn't have to record the meeting process, right?

Ma Yun was completely confused, but seeing that everyone was carrying notebooks, even His Royal Highness Liao Wang took a thick notebook from the guards behind him.

Only Ma Yun himself had nothing in his hand, which made Ma Yun a little at a loss.

Could it be said that carrying a notebook is a rule under the command of His Highness King Liao?
Ma Yun has also heard some scholars say that "a good memory is not as good as a bad pen", but this is a war, not a study, and it is too solemn to bring a notebook or something?

This is what Ma Yun thought in his heart. It was not until the official start of the staff meeting that Ma Yun finally understood what these people were doing with their notebooks.

I saw His Royal Highness King Liao ask someone to take out a map, and then Li Jinglong began to report on the current situation of the Daming Navy.

In addition to the extremely accurate number of large and small ships, even the number of crew members on each ship is extremely accurate.

In terms of logistical supplies, it also details the supplies needed for each ship to sail for a day.

Li Jinglong even calculated the time required from Penglai to Shizikou, the closest port in Liaodong.

Not only the time of sea voyage, but even calculated.

If the troops from Naha gathered in the Liaoxi Corridor rush back to the Liaodong Peninsula as quickly as possible to defend, it will take about [-] days.

Of course, these are only theoretical data.

But with theoretical data, many things come in handy.

For example, within these fifteen days, how many cities can be seized, and where is the safest place to build defenses.

And when doing these deduction, it is not what Jack Ma knows, and the judgment is based on the experience of the generals.

Instead, according to the terrain, distance, marching speed, and logistical supplies, after detailed mathematical calculations, it was finally shown on the map of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Liu Bowen drew a line on the map with a charcoal pencil.

This line consists of three cities forming a line of defense.

And these are the three cities that the Ming army needs to occupy as soon as possible after landing in Shizikou.

Then it is to see how the battle situation develops fifteen days later.

According to Ma Yun's past experience, it is almost time for the combat meeting to be held here. As for how to fight after occupying the three strongholds on the front line, it must be judged according to the actual situation.

As for deciding on a strategic policy in advance, in Ma Yun's view, with so many uncertain factors, it is simply impossible to formulate a complete tactical plan in advance.

This battle, at least for several months, might be fought next year. Is this something that can be planned in advance?

But what seems impossible to Ma Yun, in Zhu Qi's view, is indeed a matter of course.

Although Zhu Qi doesn't know much about military affairs, at least he has been in Daming for so many years now, and he followed Xu Da three times.

It is more than one time to get close to the battlefield.

His tactical literacy is already much stronger than the average person.

And judging from Zhu Qi's experience in later generations, isn't it the duty of a consultant to plan out a strategic policy several months in advance?

Therefore, from the very beginning, Zhu Qi asked Zhu Di, Xu Zengshou and others to not only detail to precise figures when planning a strategy, but also list the planning process with arithmetic.

And some plans are divided into one, two, three, four, five, six, etc.

In other words, before the battle begins, all possible events and variables must be taken into consideration.

This is what the real staff should do.

The modern staff department is essentially a place to play math games.

They have no contact with front-line wars, but they can rely on superb and precise mathematics and accurate intelligence to plan all kinds of unimaginable and wonderful tactical cases.

The General Staff, which emerged during World War I, began to shine during World War II.

Don't think that this is just talking about war on paper. What is talked about on paper is just simple tactics and art of war.

But the "mathematical game" of the staff department is all about talking about data, and there is no such thing as mysterious and mysterious.

Ever since, in front of Ma Yun, I saw Zhu Di, Xu Zengshou and others, and began to work hard to calculate...

(End of this chapter)