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Chapter 668 Inevitably
"Your Majesty's words are very true. I am obedient, and please give me your advice." After hearing the emperor's explanation, Sun Chengzong seemed to suddenly understand, and immediately asked the emperor for advice seriously. It seems a bit outrageous to conquer a country with a few cannons. It's arrogance, but when you think about it carefully, this seems to be the practical approach. The more Sun Chengzong thought about it, the more he felt that the emperor's words made sense.

"Actually, I will definitely encounter the cochin issue in the future..." Yang Reform thought for a while, and prepared some excuses.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, if I expand the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely encounter Jiaozhi in the future. This Jiaozhi is right next to my Daming, and it is the passage to the south. If Jiaozhi is not resolved, it will definitely not be possible to expand to Nanyang. , Hey... I think back then, our dynasty also established a chief envoy in Jiaozhi, but in the end we had to retreat and abandon this place... It is indeed as His Majesty said, if there is no one in our dynasty that is feasible, reliable, and appropriate , economic strategies and tactics, overseas expansion, and colonization, I’m afraid it will repeat the same mistakes!” Sun Chengzong understood that a strong military is not omnipotent. Wasn’t the army strong and horse strong when Emperor Yongle was back then?That is the elite soldier of a hundred battles!And there are still a huge number, but in the end, isn't the chief envoy of Jiaozhi revoked?In other words, appropriate, economical, and feasible strategies and tactics are actually more important than strong soldiers and horses.

"Exactly, reliable, appropriate, and economical strategies and tactics are indeed more important than many things. A strong military force cannot solve all problems. In the future, my Ming Dynasty will expand, and the place of Jiaozhi will be one of them. The place where my Ming Dynasty will expand must be It’s far more than just that place. If only Jiaozhi would involve tens of thousands of my Ming’s troops, the world is so big, how many troops will my Ming’s need to conquer and maintain those places? One million or two million elite soldiers? To support such an intense war, I am also looking forward to it and sighing!" Yang Reformed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is exactly that, considering that the world is so big, intercourse is only a small part of it. If so many troops are involved in this place alone, it is really wishful thinking for me to talk about expansion. It is really wishful thinking. ,... In this way, I am convinced of your Majesty's statement that a few cannons will conquer a country, and I feel more and more reasonable..." Sun Chengzong had already understood the meaning of the emperor's words.According to "Kan Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu", the world is really quite big, so many troops are involved in such a small area of ​​Jiaozhi, and it is really a joke to talk about colonial expansion.

"Hehehe, now Master Sun understands why I said Yuan Chonghuan is more suitable for naval warfare?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"This, I don't understand, please ask Your Majesty to explain." Sun Chengzong asked with a serious face. He understood what the emperor said about setting up a few cannons to conquer a country, but does this have anything to do with Yuan Chonghuan?Sun Chengzong didn't react for a while.

"Uh..." Yang Reform choked, Sun Chengzong really has no sense of humor!
"...Master Sun doesn't think that Yuan Chonghuan is better at shooting people with cannons?" Yang Reform said quietly.

"..." Sun Chengzong was dumbfounded again, Yuan Chonghuan is better at hitting people with cannons?Doesn't this mean that Yuan Chonghuan set up a cannon in Ningyuan to win the Jinning victory?The emperor is still joking about it!This... Although this matter is really not very good, there is no need for the emperor to use this matter to despise Yuan Chonghuan... Sun Chengzong began to break out in a cold sweat.

"...Master Sun, don't you think that Yuan Chonghuan is very good at building a fortress in a distant sea and an ocean, and then setting up a few cannons?" Yang Reform added a few more words, repeating his point of view.

Sun Chengzong could only stare at the emperor dumbfounded, his heart was sweating like a waterfall, the emperor was still "despising" that Jinning victory!It's been so long, the emperor still can't let go?Yuan Chonghuan has won great victories now, and he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War hand-picked by the emperor, which is completely different from what it used to be!

"Your Majesty is still worried about the great victory of Jinning?" Sun Chengzong thought of this, and said this, but he had no scruples, which was quite different from ordinary people.

"Hehehe, what did Master Sun think of? The great victory of Jinning is the great victory of Jinning. How can I be so worried about it? I'm serious. I have to learn from the barbarians in the war against the distant seas. Master Sun, how did the barbarians control the territory tens of thousands of miles away? Isn't it just to build a fortress and set up a few cannons?" Yang Reform said with a smile.

"...This seems to be the same..." Sun Chengzong wiped the sweat from his forehead, which seemed to be correct, Sun Chengzong now felt that the emperor must be telling a bad joke.

"So, Yuan Chonghuan seems to be quite good at doing this..." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"...So, His Majesty hired Yuan Ziru as Minister of the Ministry of War..., specializing in the battle of distant oceans and distant seas..." Sun Chengzong is now about to become "Genghis Khan".

"...Hehehe, what did Master Sun think of? Setting up cannons and building blockhouses are just one aspect of the ocean war. There are other reasons why I am optimistic about Yuan Chonghuan..." Yang Reform saw Sun Chengzong's demented Waterfall Khan , quickly explained.

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty..." Sun Chengzong was really defeated by the emperor's cold joke. Is this why the emperor made Yuan Chonghuan the Minister of the Ministry of War?

"Actually, cannons alone are not enough, and building fortresses is not enough, and Yuan Chonghuan's "scout warfare" must be added. In this way, it can be regarded as a relatively suitable, reliable, and economical strategy for deep seas and high seas. Tactics." Yang Reform explained with a smile.

Sun Chengzong's cold joke to the emperor just now froze his thinking. Now hearing the emperor talking about this, the frozen thinking began to gradually wake up, plus Yuan Chonghuan's "scout war"?This seems to be a bit interesting.

"...Your Majesty means that Yuan Ziru's tactics plus fortresses and cannons..." Sun Chengzong tried to ask.

"That's right, cannon warships and scout warfare can completely lose maritime trade for a certain country near the sea. They can blockade the sea, build fortresses to consolidate their own power, maintain maritime traffic, supplies, and protect the safety of trade. It can protect my Ming's ships from being disturbed, cut a nail into the land of other countries, and continuously nibble and replenish at one point, and finally achieve the purpose of occupation. Of course, which kind of place with a lower level of civilization is more suitable for this method? , if it is a country with a relatively high degree of civilization, it is still necessary to dispatch a large army to defeat their regular resistance, such as Jiaozhi..." Yang Reform said.

"...Your Majesty makes sense..." Sun Chengzong said, the emperor superimposed battleships, cannons, fortresses, and scouting battles together. Sun Chengzong felt that the matter of ocean battles was really a bit reliable, not that the emperor was talking coldly. joke.Sun Chengzong put these three things on Yuan Chonghuan again. Now Sun Chengzong doesn't think the emperor is telling a bad joke. Maybe Yuan Chonghuan is really good at these things; maybe Yuan Chonghuan is really good at naval battles; maybe It is true that as the emperor said, Yuan Chonghuan's water warfare is more promising for colonization, and the scouting warfare is something that Yuan Chonghuan did, so he must have a deep understanding.

"...For battles in the open ocean and the open sea, there is no need to spend hundreds of thousands of people on land, tens of thousands of horses. It is impossible for us to support the army for a long time to fight in the outer oceans. In the future, I will control places tens of thousands of miles away. Local areas can only control a large area with a relatively small force. In addition to the regular army, local inspections, and township soldiers are also a very important part of the force, and even private armed forces must be taken into account. It is impossible to cover everything on land and sea. On top of that, there is often a large area where there is only one regular force. Naturally, it can only be used for cruising, and it is impossible to stay in a certain place for a long time. Far sea colonization operations..." Yang Reform said.

"What Your Majesty said is true. Battles at sea, especially in the open ocean, are completely different from fighting on land. You must not use the methods on land to set up maritime affairs. Your Majesty is right... ..." Sun Chengzong nodded silently and said, he could understand the emperor's meaning very well. According to the current blueprint of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will continue to expand, and the territory will become larger and larger in the future. Naturally, it is impossible to suppress every place occupied by a large army. This is really impossible. Considering that the emperor supports less than 10 elite soldiers, he has already spent a lot of energy. If he supports hundreds of thousands of soldiers like this, it will really kill people. The fact is that if the Ming Dynasty wants to expand, it must Only a relatively small amount of troops can control a relatively large place. Undoubtedly, cannons and forts are a good choice. Undoubtedly, relying on forts to "cannibalize" the enemy is an inevitable choice, and the army can only use them occasionally. It can't support tens of [-] horses and horses to fight everywhere all the year round.

"...That's right! In reality, the cost-effectiveness ratio is more of a consideration in this battle in the ocean and the far sea..." Yang Reform said.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the cost-effective ratio?" Sun Chengzong didn't understand what the emperor said, so he asked quickly.

"It is to choose a balance point between cost and efficiency. If the cost is high, the speed of achieving the goal must be fast; if the cost is small, the speed of achieving the goal must be slow. If we spend as little money as possible, I can afford it. Under the premise, the only choice for overseas expansion is time, and overseas expansion must be a slow process..." Yang Reform explained.

"What Your Majesty said is very true..." Sun Chengzong said.

"Hehehe, so it is inevitable for a few cannons to conquer a country!" Yang Reform concluded.This summary is not a whim of Yang Reform, but a historical fact. The historical facts are here. It is too difficult to bypass history and start a new path.

"Your Majesty's words are really..., these words suddenly sounded a little arrogant, but they are also suitable for future ocean and open sea battles, and it is indeed a good choice to use them as our dynasty's ocean and open sea strategies and tactics... ..." Sun Chengzong now understands what the emperor means. This sentence suddenly sounds outrageous and arrogant, but when it is carefully extended, it is also real. It can be used as the future expansion strategy of the Ming Dynasty. Very good.

"It's good that Master Sun understands my intentions..." Yang Reform said with a smile, he seemed to have persuaded Sun Chengzong, and with Sun Chengzong's support, it would be easy to handle, and if Yuan Chonghuan was a supporter and executor, it would be almost the same That's right, if the high-level is settled, there will be no problem with strategy. With the new army and navy at the middle and lower levels, there will be no problem with implementing strategies and tactics. This matter can be regarded as basically finalized.

Sun Chengzong was a little numb. The words he talked with the emperor were only for a short while, but they determined the future of the Ming Dynasty for decades, or even one or two hundred years later.

The topic was a bit heavy, and the atmosphere became heavy.

Yang Reform also seemed to be in deep thought, walking forward slowly alone, and Sun Chengzong also seemed to be in deep thought, following behind.

quite a while.

"It's enough for Master Sun to know about this matter. For the time being, it's better to focus on the battle in the north. Don't let this matter distract you..." Yang Reform seemed to remember something, and ordered.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know the importance." Sun Chengzong replied immediately. It is true that there is plenty of time in the future for the strategy and tactics of the distant sea and the ocean. It can still be adjusted after a few years or decades. Put it on the decisive battle in the north.

"By the way, according to Master Sun, what is my chance of winning this battle?" Yang Reform suddenly brought up such a topic.

"...Uh, to report back to Your Majesty, based on the current situation, there is about a [-]% to [-]% chance of achieving the set goal..." Sun Chengzong said.The [-]% to [-]% mentioned by Sun Chengzong refers to the many goals set by the emperor, such as driving the eastern captives to the west, using the hands of the eastern captives to sweep the desert and grasslands, and completing the purpose of occupying the grasslands, and finally killing Lin Danhan and getting Lin Dan The seal handed down by the ancestors of Khan has obtained better legal authority and rationality for ruling the grassland. Of course, by the way, the Mongolian right-wing tribes are also within the scope of liquidation.The troops used included not only the elite core troops of the Ming Dynasty, but also the frontier troops at the border. Although they were not very capable, they could still prevent the Eastern captives and Mongols from knocking at the pass by relying on the city's side walls, creating conditions for sweeping the grassland. There is also the Royal Association Army.Achieving this goal is a rather complicated process. Even if the Ming Dynasty is not short of money, and has enough manpower and material resources to support this war, Sun Chengzong does not dare to set the odds too high. Of course, if it is only Solving Donglu is not a problem.

"Oh, [-]% to [-]% is not bad,...Does Master Sun feel that I am a little greedy? Too anxious to make achievements?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Your Majesty, the arrow is on the string, and we have to launch it! The situation on the grassland cannot allow His Majesty to wait any longer. In today's desert grassland, blood has already flowed into rivers, and corpses are scattered all over the field. If there is no result, there is no way to stop." Yes, and the result will definitely come out soon. Judging from the current situation on the grassland, if I do not intervene, Donglu will definitely dominate the grassland and desert. Lin Danhan is not the opponent of Donglulu chieftain at all. Donglu ruled the grassland, and the consequences are unimaginable! So, there is no way for me to stay out of the matter, and there is no room for choice. How can I afford to wait? I can only go on recklessly. Your Majesty, this matter I have no choice at all!!" Sun Chengzong said very firmly.

"Yes! I can't fight, I can't afford to wait! There is no other way but to face it..." Yang Reform said with emotion, this issue is basically not a problem, and the conclusion was reached very early Now that the war is coming, Yang Reform feels a little emotional again.

There was another silence.

"I don't know if Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have taken up the post, and I don't know if they are competent." Yang Reform sent another sigh, saying that he was emotional, but in fact, he was also asking for Sun Chengzong's opinion, a lot of words However, Yang Reform would never say it in front of people, for fear of venting the emperor's majesty, he would only talk to Sun Chengzong when no one was around.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's time to take up the post. Both of these two are people with perseverance and ambition. Naturally, they know the weight of this matter in His Majesty's heart. They naturally know the severity. They should go to the post without stopping... I'm afraid It won't be long before there will be good news..." Sun Chengzong said that his brows relaxed a lot, not as tight as before.

"Oh, hehehe, how did this happen?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, other ministers dare not say it, but I dare to conclude that Lu Xiangsheng will bring good news soon..." Sun Chengzong seemed to be smiling, and made a decisive judgment.

"Oh, hehehe, why do you see that?" Yang Reform asked.

"Your Majesty, don't you know? Why are you asking the minister? Although Lu Xiangsheng was born as a Jinshi and a literati, he was born with extraordinary talents. He is a material for a military commander. It's strange that he didn't lead people to fight on the battlefield when he took office. , leading troops in that place, going to the battlefield, entering the court, and subduing those arrogant soldiers is simply easier than eating. It would be strange if there were no good news..." Sun Chengzong said about Lu Xiangsheng, with a smile on his face. , became more and more obvious, and the words were a lot easier.

"Hahaha..." Yang Reform laughed out loud, and let Lu Xiangsheng be promoted to Datong as governor, commanding the New Army and the Imperial Association Army. Yang Reform also took a fancy to Lu Xiangsheng's "ability to fight" and endure hardships. The proud soldiers and warriors will definitely be surprised when they see Lu Xiangsheng's true face.As for Lu Xiangsheng's ability to control the troops, Yang Reform put 120 of his minds at ease. As long as he goes to the battlefield once, Lu Xiangsheng can completely control the troops there without a doubt.Lu Xiangsheng, who was eager to control the troops there, didn't need to think about it. He would definitely lead his troops to fight a battle.

Yang Reform and Sun Chengzong had been in a dilemma for a long time on the question of where Hong and Lu would go. Now when they mentioned this matter, they both burst into laughter. This time they really found a treasure.

(End of this chapter)