In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Li Jinglong was a good-for-nothing, a good-for-nothing, and a second-generation heir.
However, Li Jinglong's 600,000-strong army was different.
These 600,000 soldiers were basically veterans who had followed him to conquer the world.
Even if they weren't, the new recruits that came in were still very strong.
They could not be treated like ordinary soldiers.
Especially the part of the capital camp.
They were elites that he had picked out from all the soldiers.
Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to know how Zhu Zhe was going to deal with these 600,000 troops.
Zhu Zhe's generals also wanted to know how to deal with so many people.
Zhu Zhe said leisurely,
"Li Jinglong brought out an army of 600,000.”
"They will definitely move slowly."
"In addition, our South Vietnam's road is rugged and difficult to traverse.”
"Li Jinglong will only be slower than expected.”
"Otherwise, they wouldn't have only reached our South Yue now.”
"In this way, the weakness of Li Jinglong's army will be exposed.”
Zhu Zhe had used Li Jinglong's army to replace the Imperial Court's army.
It was to reduce the psychological pressure that this army gave everyone.
No matter how stupid Zhu Yunwen was, he was still the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty.
In terms of name and law, it was not something that he, a vassal king, could compare to.
This was Zhu Yunwen's natural advantage. He couldn't compare with him.
The orthodoxy of this era was not the bloodline that the Ansa people talked about in the future.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the emperor was the true Son of Heaven, the spokesperson of the heavens in the human world.
Therefore, the only thing he could do was to minimize Zhu Yunwen's influence.
For example, they could say that the 600,000-strong Imperial Court army was Li Jinglong's army.
He deliberately ignored the existence of Zhu Yunwen and the imperial court.
Because compared to the Imperial Court, the pressure that Li Jinglong, this trash, brought to everyone was clearly much smaller.
"The morale of such a slow-moving army naturally won't be high.”
"This Prince is certain that Li Jinglong's army has already lost morale.”
"Once we launch a multi-directional attack, Li Jinglong's hands and feet will definitely be in a mess.”
"We can't look at each other."
"When the time comes, everything will be in chaos.”
"Do you think Li Jinglong knows which part to direct first?”
"Once they lose the initiative, such a large army will become a burden, not their advantage.”
"When the time comes, you'll only be facing a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.”
"What is there to be afraid of?"
"With such an army, let alone 600,000, even if there were another 600,000, what's there to be afraid of?”
Zhu Zhe said confidently.
Hearing Zhu Zhe's words, everyone's eyes all flickered with light.
This was the light of victory.
Especially these generals.
After hearing Zhu Zhe's explanation, not only did the doubts in his heart disappear completely, but he also felt that he had to be careful.
He was even full of hope that he could defeat Li Jinglong.
The 600,000 soldiers were nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs in everyone's eyes. They were not worth mentioning at all.
It was not that they had been brainwashed by Zhu Zhe.
It was because the way of war in this era was indeed like this.
Since they were chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang to be Zhu Zhe's guards, they were definitely not casually pulled out.
They must have gone through a round of selection. This was also the reason why Zhu Zhe was able to very easily pick out these five people from this group of people.
Even if they didn't have the ability of a real Great General, they still had a lot of knowledge and vision.
It looked like the army of Wuyang.
However, those who could really come into contact with battle were only those in front.
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind were mostly waving flags and cheering, as well as putting up a front.
Therefore, in this era, if the casualty ratio exceeded 30%, morale would collapse. It was not without reason.
That was because the 30% of those who died were people who could really fight and fight hard.
Someone like Yue Fei, who could fight to the death without retreating, could almost be said to be a unique existence.
This was also one of the reasons why Yue Fei was called the War God.
Unfortunately, Li Jinglong was not Yue Fei, and the army he led was not the Yue Family Army.
Everyone was not worried about this at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang was completely stunned by Zhu Zhe's analysis.
Unlike these generals, Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about Zhu Zhe's theory.
This was the case for most of the battles in history.
After eliminating the elites who could really fight with a surprise method.
No matter how many people there were left, they were just a motley crew.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but sigh. His son's understanding of the art of war was completely above his.
It had even far surpassed him.
If he were to face these 600,000 soldiers, he would most likely be like the Battle of Hongdu back then.
They relied on the city to defend themselves.
As the art of war says: ten times the siege, five times the attack, then divide the enemy.
When attacking a city, different methods of attack would be adopted according to the number of troops.
It was the same on the other hand. If they were to defend the city, they would make arrangements according to the number of troops and enemies in the city.
When the number of troops was about the same, they could even send out surprise soldiers to harass them.
When the forces were equal, they would rely on the city to defend.
However, judging from the current situation of the city, he should not have any good ideas other than defending the city.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this was completely different from the Battle of Hongdu.
The Battle of Hongdu was merely a battle between a few independent factions.
Everyone fought for territory based on their own abilities.
The city in front of him was facing the power of the entire Ming Dynasty.
And the invisible pressure brought by the orthodoxy of the imperial court.
Over time, Zhu Zhe would definitely lose.
But Zhu Zhe's words opened up a new train of thought for him.
If he had asked Zhu Wenzheng to ambush the water ghosts outside the city while he was guarding the city, he would have been able to kill the water ghosts.
Then, he covered the surface of the water with kerosene and other flammable materials until the battle was in full swing.
If he took advantage of Chen Youliang's lack of defense and ignited the kerosene, he would definitely be able to catch Chen Youliang off guard.
Once the kerosene was ignited, Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army would definitely suffer heavy losses, not to mention their vitality.
One had to know that Chen Youliang's army and supplies were basically all on the ship.
Without food, being a soldier was worse than being a bandit.
After Chen Youliang's army was forced ashore, they would burn his rations when he was unprepared.
Then these hundreds of thousands of troops would definitely collapse without fighting.
Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts were scattered. In his mind, he used Zhu Zhe's plan to quickly deduce the battle of Hongdu in his imagination according to Zhu Zhe's method.
He discovered that Zhu Zhe's method was extremely feasible.
According to this method, the Battle of Hongdu would not even need to last for a hundred days.
He also didn't need to worry about Hongdu when he was fighting Zhang Shicheng.
Zhu Yuanzhang was even confident that he could take down Chen Youliang within half a month.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel excited.
The way he looked at Zhu Zhe also changed.
A small use of the art of war could bring the fruits of victory so much earlier.
This kid really hid it very well. If it wasn't for Zhu Yunwen, this trash, this kid would have hidden it for the rest of his life.
It was fortunate that he had a "Zhuangzi".
To be able to cross time and space and see Zhu Zhe's performance on this timeline.
Otherwise, it would really be difficult for him to discover Zhu Zhe's formidable aspects.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt gratified.
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