Chapter 589 Gathering Stars
"Only when an eagle spreads its wings can it soar in the nine heavens; only when a dragon emerges from the abyss can it traverse the world."
Zhu Houzhao scolded his son: "Growing up in a deep palace, often accompanying women, knowing only benevolence, righteousness and morality, but not decisiveness in killing, he will not be able to achieve greatness."
"When Kai'er grows up, if we don't let him go out to experience and see everything in the world, how will he be able to take on such a big country in the future."
"Isn't it possible that the fate of Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Qizhen, two losers, is not enough to serve as a bloody warning example?"
Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Qizhen: Are you offended?
Regarding the cultivation of future generations, unlike Lao Zhu's wanton enfeoffment and Zhu Di's pig-raising policy, Zhu Houzhao had his own relatively mature thinking plan.
Throw a wolf cub into a pack of wolves, and the one who can stand out alive and has the qualifications to be the wolf king is the qualified heir.
The same is true for Zhu Qiyuan, and the same is true for my precious grandson.
What he wants is an heir with great talent and great strategy. No matter how bad he is, he must be a conservative leader, but he must not be an idiot like Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Qizhen who can only mess around and have a defective mind.
Knowing that Zhu Houzhao had made up his mind, Zhu Qiyuan could only nod his head and agreed, with a bit of luck in his heart.
I remember that he was thrown into the world by Zhu Houzhao and was thrown into the world. He often killed people and saw blood. He didn't learn to be like Zhu Houzhao. I didn't expect Zhu Kai to be able to do it either.
However, entering the world is completely different from being involved in officialdom. It is still unknown whether Zhu Kaihui will become like Zhu Houzhao.
"Kailer is my grandson. I care about him more than you do. Don't worry, he will be fine."
Seeing Zhu Qiyuan's expression turned bitter, Zhu Houzhao thought he was worried about Zhu Kai's safety.
When Zhu Qiyuan went to explore the world, he sent people to secretly protect him. Naturally, he would increase the protection of his precious grandson.
Although he has not yet been officially canonized and proclaimed to the world, Zhu Houzhao has already determined in his heart that Zhu Kai is the third generation successor of his Taiwu Dynasty.
When it comes to cultivating heirs, Zhu Houzhao and Lao Zhu have the same idea. As long as they are identified, they will devote all their resources to cultivating them.
The Taiwu Dynasty army led by Hu Dakui, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Li Jing has arrived at the Gray Prairie, and the allied forces of the Thirteen Dynasties led by Lao Zhu and Zhu Di have also gathered.
The two sides used Yingyue Lake in the gray prairie as the dividing line, and each set up camp and faced off across the lake.
Tens of millions to nearly 100 million troops were fighting, and the camps alone stretched for thousands of miles, like two winding dragons lying across the gray prairie, majestic and majestic.
Before the war actually started, the dull atmosphere of war had already enveloped the entire gray prairie. The aura of the iron-blooded soldiers soared straight into the sky. The terrifying power of killing was enough to shock the heaven and earth, move the underworld, and make ghosts and gods weep.
In the central military tent of the Allied Forces of the Thirteen Dynasties, the emperors and many famous generals of the Thirteen Dynasties gathered together to discuss tactics and strategies.
Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Houcong, Zhu Zaijing, Zhu Yijun, Zhu Changluo, Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Liu Bowen, Fu Youde, Deng Yu, Li Wenzhong, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Song Sheng.
Lan Yu, Xu Huizu, Li Jinglong, Tie Xuan, Sheng Yong, Pingan.
Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Jiang Gui, He Fu, Xue Lu
Zhao Fu, Yu Dayou, Li Rusong, Huang Degong, He Kegang, Zhao Lejiao, Man Gui, Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng.
The emperor gathered together and gathered the stars. No one was mediocre and no one was useless. They were all handsome in the world and heroes in the world.
And they gathered here for only one purpose, to defeat Zhu Houzhao and crush Zhu Houzhao's wolfish ambitions.
The sixteen dynasties of the Ming Dynasty were unified, and the interests of the Ming emperors were not the only ones to be harmed. Countless people would fall. Zhu Houzhao's harsh policies were unacceptable to the upper echelons of each dynasty.
Therefore, before coming here, whether it was Lao Zhu and other emperors, or a group of generals, or many forces in the country, they had all reached an agreement that Zhu Houzhao must be defeated, otherwise the game would be over.
With Zhu Houzhao's strength and ruthlessness, if he unified the Ming Dynasty, there is no telling how many people would fall under Zhu Houzhao's butcher's knife.
He went to farm and open up wasteland, and was assigned to mine. He couldn't do whatever he wanted, and he couldn't be a master.
Since Zhu Houzhao does not want to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, then everyone in the world will punish him.
In a large tent that is no less spacious than a palace, Lao Zhu, as Emperor Taizu, naturally initiated the topic:
"Zhu Houzhao's side is ready. If you have any opinions on how to fight this battle, it's okay to speak up."
His eyes traveled back and forth among the generals, and he was also thinking about who should be the commander-in-chief of this battle.
Xu Da?
Sapphire?
Zhang Fu?
Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the only ones who knew military strategy were Lao Zhu and Zhu Di. Both of them were emperors on horseback. Among the rest, only Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhanji were half of them. The others knew nothing about military affairs, but they also knew nothing about it.
Don't know much.
Lao Zhu and Zhu Di need to be on guard against the unpredictable Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Zhanji who have difficulty convincing everyone to obey their orders.
Therefore, these emperors are not suitable to command large armies in battle, and they can only choose one from a group of generals.
Xu Da, the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, a founding hero, is especially good at steady and steady attacks;
Lan Yu, a powerful general of a generation, with outstanding military exploits, brave and aggressive tactics, and the style of a champion;
Zhang Fu, who fought in all his life and rarely lost, was the well-deserved number one general of the Yongle Dynasty.
These three people are suitable to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces in terms of qualifications and strength, but who should be the commander-in-chief is enough for Lao Zhu to have a headache.
From a personal selfish level, Lao Zhu should have hoped that Xu Da would become the commander-in-chief, and so could Lan Yu. After all, Hongwu and Xiaokang wore the same pants during the two dynasties.
But Lao Zhu also understood that the Yongle emperors were on guard against him. If he explicitly recommended Xu Da or Lan Yu to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the Yongle emperors would definitely oppose it.
Everyone is afraid that after defeating Zhu Houzhao, Lao Zhu will turn his gun against them.
Therefore, Lao Zhu felt a slight headache.
Zhu Houzhao was not the only one to have this ambition to unify the sixteen dynasties of the Ming Dynasty. Old Zhu was also as ambitious as before.
After mastering the allied forces of the Thirteen Dynasties, we are not far away from unifying the Ming Dynasty.
He wanted to get involved in the command of the allied forces of the Thirteen Dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, but due to various reasons, he could not speak directly. Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
"A snake cannot fly without a head, and a bird cannot fly without a head. Before the decisive battle, we should also elect a commander-in-chief of the coalition forces to conveniently command the army and manage the war."
Zhu Di helped him with the questions that Lao Zhu had some scruples and couldn't raise.
I could see that Zhu Di was determined to win, and he seemed to have regarded the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces as his own, and he was determined to win.
In this war, the Yongle Dynasty sent the most troops. Except for Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, the other emperors were all from the Yongle lineage, and they were not close to each other, but were related by blood.
Therefore, Zhu Di felt that the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces belonged to him, the famous Yongle Dynasty general Zhang Fu, the British Duke.
Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qiyu and others would not turn their backs on him, Emperor Yongle, and support Lao Zhu's Hongwu line!
"We are waiting for the Thirteen Dynasties Allied Army. Each soldier has his own strengths and weaknesses, and his combat power is different. If each fights his own, we will be like a loose sand, which can be easily defeated by each one."
"On the contrary, if there is a commander-in-chief to form unified command and the armies of all dynasties cooperate with each other to fight, our chances of winning can be increased by at least 30%."
The thought that he wanted to say but could not say was brought up by Zhu Di, and Lao Zhu quickly echoed and expressed his agreement.
Chapter completed!