Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 53 Discussing Tactics (2)

"General Zimao is extremely brave and possesses literary and military skills. He will definitely be able to make great achievements in Korea." Zhang Xiao said.

"Thank you Zhang Shidu for your good words. Does Zhang Shidu have any inside information on the candidates for sending troops to aid the DPRK?" Li Rusong asked.

"General Zimao thinks too highly of me. I don't have any inside information. To put it bluntly, if Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't start the war in the end, I don't know whether I would have been guilty of deceiving the emperor. It's just that General Zimao has always been deeply respected. Your Majesty has great love, if there is really a war to aid Korea, you will definitely be the pioneer who will do your duty." Zhang Xiao explained. Anyway, I have read the script.

"By the way, Zhang Shidu, are you preparing to publish any masterpieces recently? I have read several of your books in Liaodong. Now that I am idle in the capital, I also want to read your new works." Li Chengliang asked.

"Recently, I am preparing to publish the illustrated hardcover version of "The Conquest of Mexico". The illustrations have been drawn and will be handed over to the bookstore for engraving and printing in the next two days. In addition, I am writing about the founding of the Prince Consort Timur. The history of the Kingdom of Samarkand. If you two want to read it, you can come to my study to take a look." Zhang Xiao said.

The host and guest entered the study. Zhang Xiao took out the illustrations of "The Conquest of Mexico" and the manuscript of the history of Timur's Empire written by himself, and handed them to the two distinguished guests.

"Uncle Ning Yuan and General Zimao are both battle-hardened. If there is anything in my book or this picture that goes against common sense in the military, please correct me. I will ask my servants to correct it." Tea." Zhang Xiao said.

"Zhang Shidu is really humble. The tactics of the Mongols in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" you wrote are still the same as those of Tuman Khan today. Even Tuman Khan's current methods are not as good as those of Genghis Khan. For a while. But I still love your book "The Conquest of Mexico". These illustrations are very good. I wonder which famous artist created them?" Li Chengliang asked.

"I commissioned Dong Xuanzai from the Hanlin Academy to do it. After all, not many people in the Celestial Empire know what the Francois and Aztecs look like. If those things in the book are not drawn, they may not necessarily look like what everyone imagined. Yes." Zhang Xiao explained.

"Although the weapons of the Francois are sophisticated, they are not magical things. They are swords, guns, armor, firecrackers, artillery, and cavalry. With just these few people, the Aztecs were destroyed. When I read this book, I spoke directly without fear of being blamed by Zhang Shidu. At first, I thought your books were just rhetoric. But then I read it a few more times, and I realized that Koch’s methods were so superb that he actually managed to become an outsider. You have a thorough understanding of the conditions of so many tribes in Mexico." Li Chengliang said with emotion.

"Cortez was able to succeed because he had a good opportunity. At that time, the Aztecs were also bullying other tribes, so these tribes saw that Cortez could fight, and they also wanted to use Cortez's hand to completely defeat them. Aztecs." Zhang Xiao explained.

"This picture depicts the food, fruits and vegetables of the Mexicans?" Li Chengliang pointed to an illustration showing the appearance of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops.

"Yes, they are all specialties of the American continent." Zhang Xiao said.

"Are these things suitable for planting in Liaodong?" Li Chengliang asked curiously.

"The places where these things originate are relatively humid and hot, but they can be grown in Liaodong. You have to control the planting season yourself. Now these crops are still in the hands of the Francois, and they should also be transplanted and planted in Luzon. Some, I don’t know if they have been introduced to Ming Dynasty now. So I drew the appearance of these crops on the illustrations to let everyone know what these are." Zhang Xiao explained. "The Francois have been expanding their land everywhere for so many years. Apart from Columbus and Cortez, are there any other famous pioneers who expanded their land?" Li Chengliang asked.

"In the Americas, there was another Pizarro who led more than a hundred people and launched a surprise attack to capture the king of the Inca country in South America. Then he took advantage of the situation to capture the Inca capital and destroy the Inca country." Zhang Xiao said.

Li Rusong on the side has not spoken, but is carefully reading the manuscript written by Zhang Xiao about the history of Timur's empire. Upon seeing this, Li Chengliang also picked up a manuscript and read it carefully.

"It's strange that Timur could think of using a similar trick as the Fire Bull Strategy to deal with the poisonous elephant soldiers of the Delhi Sultanate. The Delhi Sultanate claimed to have hundreds of thousands of troops, but it was defeated by Timur." Li Rusong saw the interesting things in the manuscript and couldn't help but speak.

"Yes, Timur used camels to carry hay, and then set the hay on fire and the camels ran around. Then the elephants of the Delhi Sultanate were frightened and ran around, but overwhelmed their own country's army. Although the elephant soldiers They have strong combat power, but elephants are easily frightened, which is also a very troublesome thing when using elephant soldiers." Zhang Xiao said.

"However, Timur's massacre of the city is very similar to the style of the Mongolian Western Expedition. As expected, the son-in-law of the Golden Family also followed his old father-in-law's family." Li Rusong said with emotion.

"Timur is indeed outstanding in military affairs, but he is also extremely cruel. If you look it up in history books, it may be that the Great Xia Helianbobo in the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms is somewhat similar to him, but Timur's achievements are greater than those of Helianbobo. Lian Bobo is much older," Zhang Xiao said.

"I think that the battle between Timur and Tokhtamysh, the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, was a happy one. He was able to march so far and defeat Tokhtamysh's 100,000 elite cavalry. Later, the city of Sarai of the Golden Horde was massacred. For so many years, the only one who could achieve such results in wars was Lan Yu. Emperor Chengzu failed to capture the main force of the Mongols during five personal expeditions. Not many of the famous leaders have been captured." Li Chengliang said with emotion.

"Uncle Ning Yuan planned to eliminate the Mongolian general Su Bahai and defeated the Mongolian tribesmen in Coco Mu Forest. He is also famous." Zhang Xiao said.

"Hey, I don't mention the bravery of a good man, but if your majesty was willing to give me unified command of Ji Liao's elite troops back then, just give me 50,000 elite troops, and I can completely flatten the nest of the Tuman Khan." Li Chengliang said.

"Ning Yuanbo is mighty." Zhang Xiao complimented.

"That's all, I have to admit my old age. Rusong, as my father has been in the main town of Liaodong for twenty years, the Mongols and Jurchens have beaten everything that needs to be beaten, and they have also faced hard things that need to be fought, but they have not been able to fight with the Tuman Khan. There was a duel between chariots and chariots and horses against horses. Later, the Tuman Khan lost Su Bahai, and Dong Kuli also led his troops to join Qi Jiguang. Now the Tuman Khan can no longer command the armies of the eastern Mongolian tribes. It is really a pity." Li Chengliang sighed with emotion. road.

"Father, don't worry. If I succeed the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, I will also go out to destroy the nest and achieve greater achievements for my father." Li Rusong said.

(End of this chapter)