Hearing Zhu Zhen's words, Xu Da, who had just calmed down a little, suddenly had a gloomy expression. His gaze was as sharp as a knife as he coldly stared at the young man in front of him.
This was not the first time Xu Da had heard of losing this battle.
Previously, two people had come to this conclusion.
Moreover, these two people were people that even Xu Da admired. One was the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other was the wise man of the dynasty, Liu Bowen.
In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da did not dare to say that he could defeat the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang.
And Liu Bowen was even more knowledgeable and resourceful. He was compared to Zhang Liang of the Ming Dynasty.
There was even a saying among the people: " Zhuge Liang divided the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen unified the country. The former military commander Zhuge Liang, later military commander Liu Bowen.”
Could it be that the Sixth Prince in front of him had the same wisdom as Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen?
That was impossible.
How old was he?
She was the same age as Xu Miaoyun, only 14 years old. She had not even seen what a real war was like.
What right did he have to say such words?
Could it be that it was just a lucky hit?
"Your Highness Chu, why are you speaking so arrogantly?”
"The army has yet to move. Although you are a prince, I can punish you for disrupting the morale of my army!”
Xu Da was filled with killing intent.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao did not expect his sixth brother to suddenly say such a shocking thing.
He quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Sixth Brother, you're talking nonsense, right? Hurry up and apologize to Uncle Xu."
"Uncle Xu, Sixth Brother is young and ignorant. Don't lower yourself to his level.”
In history, Xu Da had never lost a battle in his entire life. He had won every battle. The only time he had lost was during this northern expedition, which was known as the loss of Lingbei.
Zhu Yuanzhang, this military genius, had long expected that he would not win this northern expedition.
In the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang did not advocate the northern expedition at this time, thinking that the time was not ripe.
This was because Northern Yuan still had powerful forces at this time. The famous general Wang Baobao was still alive.
The remnant forces of Northern Yuan had repeatedly invaded the border, and their tactics were very annoying.
They did not fight the Ming army head-on, but instead fought guerrilla warfare with the Ming army. When you hit him, he would run. After you left, he would come again.
Under such circumstances, not sending troops and focusing on defense was the wisest strategy.
Liu Bowen had the same opinion.
However, most of the generals, including Xu Da, advocated sending troops to attack and settle Northern Yuan in one go.
After careful consideration, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the opinions of Xu Da and the others.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang accept Xu Da and the others 'opinions even though he knew he couldn't win? That was the decision of a great emperor.
At this time, Great Ming was already a big country. As the ruler of a country, Emperor Hongwu could not show weakness to others, let alone Northern Yuan, which he had driven to the north of the desert.
Therefore, even though they knew that it was difficult to win, they still had to fight.
Thus, Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Xu Da came up with a nearly perfect military plan. They divided their forces into three routes to conquer the northern desert.
They did not win the northern expedition this time, but they still wiped out many Northern Yuan troops and made them suffer. They did not dare to invade the south for eight years.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, and the others had formulated such a perfect battle plan that it could be called a military art.
Even Zhu Zhen, who had been reborn, could not find a more perfect battle plan.
Of course, even though they had lost, this battle had also brought eight years of peace to the north. Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic goal had been achieved.
Therefore, Zhu Zhen had never thought of stopping this northern expedition.
However, there was no way he would follow Xu Da to war.
We're not going.
Zhu Zhen wasn't a bookworm, so he naturally wouldn't argue. He shrugged and said,""I'm just stating the facts."
"This is just my opinion on this northern expedition. I won't spread it around.”
"So, Uncle Xu, I won't go to war with you.”
With a few words, Zhu Zhen resolved Xu Da's accusation.
Xu Da wasn't prepared to let him off. He said coldly,"Since Your Highness Chu thinks that we won't win this northern expedition?”
"Then you must have your own reasons.”
"I would like to know, if you were to command this northern expedition, how would you deploy the army?”
Xu Da had the intention of testing Zhu Zhen.
If Zhu Zhen couldn't answer, or his knowledge was shallow, he could just reprimand him, point out his mistakes, and teach him a lesson on the spot.
The future father-in-law would teach his son-in-law, and the emperor and the crown prince would have nothing to say about it.
Zhu Zhen didn't think too much about it.
If you, Xu Da, want to ask, let's just say it. If you say it, it might be helpful after you go out to war. It can also be considered as helping our Great Ming Army.
"If I were to make the arrangements, I would appoint Xu Da, Duke of Wei, as the Great General, Li Wenzhong, Duke of Cao, as the Left Deputy General, and Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, as the Right Deputy General. They would each lead 50,000 troops and split into three groups.”
" General Xu is in the middle, out of Yanmen Pass, making a false impression of attacking Lin City, luring the Northern Yuan Army to the south so that we can wipe them out…"
"Left Vice General Cao Guogong, Li Wenzhong, will lead the east road out of Juyong Pass and attack Lin Lin through Yingchang Manor…"
" On the west, Duke of Song Feng Sheng went out of Jinlan to attack Gansu as the right deputy general. He was used as a decoy to lure the Northern Yuan Army to disperse their forces…"
"In the end, we will attack from three directions and destroy the Northern Yuan Army in one fell swoop.”
Zhu Zhen spoke with assurance.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao nodded his head in admiration.
At the same time, he was shocked.
His sixth brother usually did not show off his abilities. He did not expect him to have such knowledge. He was really a military genius.
He had followed his uncles for many years, but he could not come up with such a perfect battle plan.
How did Sixth Brother do it?
Zhu Biao looked at Xu Da in shock.
Xu Da's expression gradually turned grave. His eyes were as sharp as knives as he stared at Zhu Zhen.
He looked like an enraged tiger that was about to devour someone at any moment.
After a long time, Xu Da's eyes burned as he stared at Zhu Zhen and asked,"
"King Chu, who told you about this battle plan?”
For this northern expedition, he, the general of the Northern Expedition, had been thinking about the battle plan at all times.
What Zhu Zhen said actually coincided with Xu Da's thoughts.
One had to know that Xu Da had fought for half his life and experienced countless battles of all sizes before he had the current ability to use troops.
Xu Da was confident that no one in the entire Great Ming Dynasty could compare to him.
He did not expect Zhu Zhen to come up with such a plan.
This was obviously impossible.
Did Emperor Hongwu tell him?
Other than Emperor Hong Wu, Xu Da could not think of anyone else who had such military capabilities.
However, why would Emperor Hongwu tell Zhu Zhen about such important matters?
Could it be that he revealed it to the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and the Crown Prince told it to the King of Chu Zhu Zhen?
This was also unreasonable. Although the Crown Prince loved his younger brother, he was never ambiguous when it came to important matters.
"No one told me."
Zhu Zhen smiled faintly and asked," Could it be that Uncle Xu thinks that this plan is not feasible?”
How could such a perfect battle plan be rejected?
It's really too good. It's not something a young man like you can think of.
Xu Da still did not believe it.
He intended to continue giving Zhu Zhen difficult questions.
"Your Highness King Chu's battle plan is perfect.”
"If you were from Northern Yuan, how would you deal with it?”
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