Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 68 Shocking the Kings

Zhu Di nodded.

But he was not as surprised as Zhu Gaoxu imagined, but was very calm.

"Your Uncle Ning is only two years older than you. When you were in charge of military affairs in Peiping, you defeated him many times in school competitions. Could it be that you could tell that he had different intentions?"

Looking at Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di said slowly.

"As far as the child knows, Uncle Ning has [-] armored soldiers and [-] chariots under his command, and the three Duoyan cavalrymen he belongs to are all brave and good at fighting. Moreover, after Uncle Ning became the vassal of Daning, he joined the uncles from the border areas to fight many times. Known for being good at strategy.”

Zhu Gaoxu looked worried and expressed his true inner thoughts in detail.

"If I hadn't been ordered by my grandfather to go to Peiping four years ago to take charge of military affairs, I'm afraid that Uncle Ning would have become the strongest among all the princes in this dynasty in terms of military strength. In such a situation, why wouldn't I worry about it?"

Zhu Di was not frightened by what Zhu Gaoxu said.

He paused and then explained: "Daning, at the entrance of Xifeng Pass, connected to Liao Town, and adjacent to Xuan Mansion, is a strategic location for the entire northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty. All the imperial court's troops sent out to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty must pass through this place. .”

"Because of this, your uncle Ning, whose fiefdom is in Daning, has also been paid special attention to by your grandfather, and his guard force has been specially strengthened. In addition to having three guards in accordance with the vassal standard, he also has an additional [-] soldiers and [-] chariots. . This is the reason for its strong military strength."

Zhu Gaoxu was full of doubts and didn't understand why Zhu Di wanted to speak for Ning Wang Zhu Quan.

But he didn't want Zhu Di's blind arrogance to reappear the history of civil strife caused by the Zhu family's descendants fighting for the throne.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it again and again and decided to speak out.

He slightly raised his head and looked at Zhu Di, with a solemn expression on his face and said, "Aren't you worried that Uncle Ning has evil intentions and raises troops to rebel?"

In fact, Zhu Di succeeded to the throne in accordance with Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict and had a reputation of righteousness. A mere Prince Ning could not overthrow the emperor, and even if he rebelled, he would never succeed.

Zhu Gaoxu has many years of experience in restraining military affairs, so he should not be more innocent than when he was a boy. However, he is a time traveler after all. It is human nature and inevitable to be wary of Prince Ning due to his preconceived ideas.

Zhu Di said disdainfully: "Just him?"

Even though King Ning Zhu Quan claimed to have [-] soldiers under his command, [-] chariots, and controlled the three Duoyan guards who were brave and good at fighting, he, Zhu Di, really didn't take him seriously.

"Don't forget, where does the huge amount of food and grass consumed by your uncle Ning Wang's soldiers and horses every day come from? Who are those three Duoyan guards? Why does he let his people follow him? Let’s risk rebellion together? Does he think the imperial court is weak and can be bullied, or am I too soft-hearted to kill him?”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu still hadn't figured out the stakes, Zhu Di didn't want to waste any more time and immediately asked a series of rhetorical questions.

After all, the side room where the father and son were staying was not far from the mourning hall. If someone caught them and spread the news, it would affect their image as filial sons and grandsons.

After the words were spoken, Zhu Di realized that he was a little excited, so he added slowly: "Don't worry about it. I know what the prince of the clan is like."

Zhu Gaoxu has been in charge of military affairs in Peking for many years and is familiar with military matters.

Hearing what Zhu Di said at this time was like a wake-up call, and he instantly realized that he had just fallen into a preconceived fixed mindset.

First of all, all the food and drink expenses for King Ning's soldiers and horses were provided by the imperial court.

And Zhu Di is the new emperor who succeeded to the throne in an upright manner according to the late emperor's decree, and his righteousness lies in it.

If King Ning rebels, it will be difficult to convince his soldiers with only empty promises of glory and wealth.

Secondly, although the three Duoyan guards controlled by King Ning were mostly cavalry and all were brave and good at fighting, they were not his private soldiers.

The Three Guards of Duoyan are composed of the Wuliangha people who returned to the Ming Dynasty. They are specifically divided into three areas: Duoyanwei, Tainingwei, and Fuyuwei. Because the Wuliangha people living in Duoyanwei are the most powerful, they are summarized as Wuliangha Three guards.

Therefore, the Uuliangha people of Duoyan Sanwei were hungry and red-eyed, and they would also send troops to rob the border residents of the Ming Dynasty. They had no bottom line at all. They were similar to the mercenaries of later generations. Whoever paid them would work for them.

Finally, Zhu Di had been the King of Yan in Peiping for decades and had many interactions with the middle and high-level generals of Duoyan Sanwei.

If King Ning rebels, then between the court represented by Zhu Di and King Ning, the three guards of Duoyan who bully the weak and fear the strong will definitely choose to surrender to the court. "Now that you understand, why don't you quickly lead the divine machine soldiers and go outside the city to scare the kings for me?"

Zhu Di quickly urged after seeing Zhu Gaoxu's expression of realization after being silent for several breaths.

Zhu Gaoxu Gong claimed that he was, took the token from Zhu Di, and quickly exited the side room.

Then, he left the West Palace and met up with Zhao Junchen who was guarding outside the palace gate. Then the two of them walked south quickly, passed through the back right gate and the middle right gate, and arrived at the newly-installed magic machine fleet of the imperial court under Wu Tower. Military preparation station.

Zhu Gaoxu showed Zhu Di's identity token as King of Yan and said: "According to the new emperor's order, five hundred soldiers of the Shenzhou fleet will be mobilized to follow me to the outside of the imperial city to welcome the kings into the capital."

Only people with the rank of chief flag officer and above are qualified to be on duty in the Shenji Army Arms Station.

Except for those who were ordered to patrol the palace, the rest of the soldiers of the Divine Machine Corps were stationed in the training camp of the Divine Machine Corps outside the palace on weekdays.

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, more than ten flag officers on duty today all walked out of the office and expressed their willingness to follow him on errands outside the city.

"Your Highness, I am willing to go!"

"Your Highness, I am willing to go too!"

"Your Highness, I am also willing to go!"

"..."

The reason why all the flag officers rushed to follow Zhu Gaoxu out of the city on errands was because Zhu Gaoxu had a huge share of the credit for the birth of the Divine Air Force.

In the 29th year of Hongwu, Zhu Gaoxu personally led the Ming army to defeat the Beiyuan army at Cheche'er Mountain, killing three thousand captive soldiers. Bolin Timur and other dozens of generals and more than five thousand soldiers were captured.

Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of the victory and advanced quickly, leading his army to conquer the city of Wuliangha Tu, and even captured the Northern Yuan general Ha Lawu alive. He captured more than [-] soldiers, countless cattle, sheep and horses, and returned with a great victory.

After this battle, Zhu Gaoxu's reputation spread far and wide beyond the Great Wall, and the key weapons that helped him defeat the Japanese soldiers - flintlock muskets and bird muskets - were exposed to the world.

During the Battle of Checheer Mountain, Zhu Gaoxu put forward the combat principle of "guns in the front and cavalry in the rear". The magical soldiers equipped with gunshots cooperated with the infantry and cavalry and played a decisive role in the battle.

When Zhu Di learned of this reason, he asked Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping to recruit a new team of warriors equipped with flint-haired muskets under the Jinyi Guards to guard the palace gate.

If the Song Dynasty was the embryonic period for China's use of firearms in warfare, then the Ming Dynasty was an era of great development.

In the Battle of Poyang Lake before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the army led by Zhu Yuanzhang used China's most advanced firearms at the time, such as "artillery, blunderbuss, rockets, fire caltrops, large and small muskets, large and small general barrels, large and small iron cannons, and magical arrows" , setting a precedent for using "ship guns" to bombard enemy ships in water battles.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the use of firearms. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he designated firearms as one of the standard weapons of the regular army of the imperial court.

Usually the composition of the Ming army is "ten guns, twenty swords, thirty bows and arrows, and forty spears", with firearms accounting for one-tenth.

Therefore, when Zhu Di asked for the establishment of warriors equipped with flint-haired muskets, Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed to Zhu Di's request, and named it the "Shen Air Force" and ordered it to be put under Zhu Di's direct control.

In addition, thanks to Zhu Gaoxu providing ideas for improving firearms to the craftsmen responsible for manufacturing firearms in the Bureau of War a few years ago, otherwise it would have taken at least another 100 years for the Ming Dynasty's firearms to be upgraded to the level of flintlock and bird muskets.

"You, you, you, and you, you."

Zhu Gaoxu selected five general flag officers and ordered: "You will follow me out of the palace immediately, go to the Shenji Army camp to mobilize five hundred soldiers, and then go on duty outside the capital."

The five said in unison: "Obey!"

The remaining flag officers who were not selected all cast envious glances at the five people.

"set off!"

Zhu Gaoxu raised his right hand, waved it forward with all his strength, and said loudly.

PS: Thanks to Brother Zichuan for the 300 points!grateful!
(End of this chapter)