Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was dreaming, he would never have thought that his Darming Dynasty would actually obtain first place on the Divine Armies Ranking in such a way.
Even though he had seen it with his own eyes, he still found it hard to believe. It was as if all of this was not real, but a dream.
When Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, he said in disbelief,"Dear ministers, are we seeing things? This Snowy Dragon Knight actually belongs to our Ninth Brother!”
At this moment, all the officials were still in shock.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the ministers came back to their senses.
"Your Majesty, you're not mistaken. The Snow Dragon Riders really belong to the Ninth Prince!”
"Congratulations, Emperor, congratulations, Emperor. Our Darming Dynasty actually obtained first place on the Divine Armies Ranking!”
"I didn't think that our Darming Dynasty would be able to surpass the Great Qin and Great Tang and obtain the first place on the Golden Rankings. Our Darming Dynasty is about to rise.”
The ministers said excitedly.
Even though they still found it unbelievable, they were more excited and shocked.
Although he had received confirmation from all the officials, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt like everything was a dream.
He stared at the information on the Golden Roll and muttered,"300,000 infantry, 200,000 cavalry, 300,000 navy, 100,000 artillery, a total of 900,000 soldiers.
I remember that when I sent Ninth Brother to Xining Prefecture to settle down as a vassal, I only gave him 90,000 soldiers. How could it have increased tenfold in just three years? Could it be that Ninth Brother has recruited soldiers?"
Faced with such confusion, Lan Yu quickly stood up and said,"Replying to the Emperor, our Darming Dynasty only recruits once every three years, and every time the recruitment is carried out by the Bureau of Military Personnel.
It was impossible for the Ninth Prince to bypass the Bureau of Military Personnel and recruit soldiers himself, unless he privately recruited soldiers from Xining Prefecture. However, based on this subject's understanding, it would already be quite good if Xining Prefecture could recruit ten thousand soldiers. It was absolutely impossible for there to be that many.”
Hearing Lan Yu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more confused. He frowned and said,"That's strange. Since he didn't recruit so many soldiers, how did he get so many soldiers?
900,000 elite soldiers, even if the Divine Arms Battalion and the Great Ming Navy combined, they still wouldn't have that many!
Not only that, the average combat strength of the Snow Dragon Riders was as high as 250 points. In other words, the combat strength of each of their members was close to that of a general! How did he do it?"
Hearing this, Lan Yu, Chang Sheng, and the other generals shook their heads.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked,""Minister Lan, if you were to train such an army, how many years would it take?”
However, Lan Yu shook her head and said with a bitter expression,"Your Majesty, if we were to nurture a Divine Army like the Great Qin's Tiger Master, I should be able to do so in less than five years.
However, it wasn't a matter of time before he could nurture a terrifying army like the Snow Dragon Cavalry. Even if he was given thirty years, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.”
Lan Yu said truthfully. One had to know that the Snow Dragon Riders were a group of iron-blooded warriors. Not only did they have a large number of people, but their combat strength was also abnormally high.
Wanting to build an army of 900,000 people was not difficult for Lan Yu.
However, it was impossible for him to raise the average strength of an army of 900,000 to 250 points.
It was already very impressive for one out of every 100 people to reach 250 points in martial strength.
If he was asked to train an army of 1,000 people with an average strength of 250 points, he might be able to do it.
However, it was simply impossible to train an army of 900,000 people with such high martial strength per person.
Hearing Lan Yu say this, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
He swallowed and exclaimed,""You can't even do it in thirty years? Then how did Ninth Brother do it?"
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was so shocked that he did not know how to describe his heart.
He knew very well how strong Lan Yu was.
Even if it was taken to Wan Chao, Lan Yu's ability could also be ranked in the top ten.
But if Lan Yu couldn't do it, how could Ninth Brother do it so easily?
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had ten thousand question marks in his heart. He really wanted to know, how did Old Nine suddenly become so powerful?
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Beiping Prefecture.
When Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, saw that his ninth brother, Zhu Li, was ranked first on the Divine Armies Ranking List, he was also shocked.
If it wasn't for the fact that this was the news announced by the Golden Roll, he wouldn't have believed it at all.
Even though he was happy that the Darming Dynasty's army was able to obtain first place.
However, after feeling happy, he suddenly felt a little jealous.
He looked in the direction of the capital's Ying Tian Manor and said with a bitter expression,"Father, oh father, I didn't expect you to give Ninth Brother such an iron-blooded warrior in private.
A total of 900,000 soldiers! When your son became a vassal, you only gave your son a pitiful hundred thousand soldiers.
Didn't they say that Ninth Brother was an illegitimate child? But why are you so biased towards him? It's as if Ninth Brother is his biological son and we are the illegitimate children!”
In Zhu Di's opinion, his father must have secretly given the Snow Dragon Cavalry to Zhu Li for his own selfish reasons.
Otherwise, with Zhu Li's ability, how could he build such a powerful army of gods?
Zhu Di wasn't the only one who thought this way. The other vassal kings had the same reaction when they saw who the Snow Dragon Knights belonged to.
Other than being shocked, he felt a little jealous after feeling happy.
After all, to be able to give them so many troops, it could be seen how biased their father was.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know what his sons were thinking. Otherwise, he would have said, You guys have misunderstood me. I didn't give the Snow Dragon Riders to Ninth Brother. I don't know what's going on!
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Great Qin, Xianyang Palace.
When Ying Zheng saw that the first place was actually from the Darming Dynasty, he was also dumbfounded.
In fact, he had thought that this group of Snow Dragon Cavalry must have been secretly nurtured by the Great Dynasty.
What he suspected the most was that this was the Great Tang's trump card.
He never dreamed that this army was actually Da Ming's.
At this moment, Ying Zheng's face was unusually solemn. He said in a deep voice,""I didn't think that the Great Ming Dynasty would have such a strong army of iron and blood. Zhu Yuanzhang hid it so well. This old fellow must be planning something.”
At this moment, for the first time, Ying Zheng felt a sense of crisis from the Darming Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, thousands of miles away, Li Shimin had the same reaction as Ying Zheng.
While he was shocked, he also felt a deep sense of oppression.
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On the other side, the Golden Roll was still being announced.
Everyone's eyes were still fixed on the Golden Roll.
Everyone wanted to know what kind of glorious battle achievements such a iron-blooded army had.
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