Not long after, Ni Wenhuan arrived for an audience. The editorial office of Daming Forum was located in a room east of the Qianqing Palace gate. The emperor had no idea when he had the idea and came to summon him.
After entering the hall and paying homage to the emperor, the emperor said nothing more and asked a palace servant to pass the military report to Ni Wenhuan.
Ni Wenhuan read it through and roughly understood the emperor's intentions, but he was still not completely sure. So he tentatively praised: "Such a heroic battle is so moving to read. I wish I could fly to Liaodong and fight a bloody battle with the Jiannu..."
Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes and thought to himself: How can you see that it's so heart-wrenching? With your ugly appearance, you still fought a bloody battle with the Jiannu. I'd scare you to death.
However, Ni Wenhuan was really good at guessing the emperor's intentions, and that was exactly what Zhu Youxiao meant.
"Ni Qing, please have someone polish it. Make sure it's heart-wrenching and thrilling." Zhu Youxiao said, "I've learned a lot from listening to books recently. I want it to be written in a way that anyone can understand, whether they've read the book or not."
Ni Wenhuan quickly bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, I dare not disobey your instructions. I have been listening to storytelling recently, and it has been quite beneficial. The people of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of their wisdom or stupidity, love to listen to storytelling. It turns out there is a reason for this. It is indeed enjoyable for all ages and the refined and the common people."
"What about the Propaganda Department? How is the preparation going?" Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked.
Ni Wenhuan replied respectfully again, "Your Majesty, I have already identified several candidates in the capital, including Liu Mazi and Zhao Tiezui..."
Liu Mazi is not bad. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile when he heard this familiar name. He nodded and said, "Hurry up and get it done. I will assign you an errand."
Ni Wenhuan was overjoyed, but he humbly declined, saying, "I do not want to be sent out. I just want to be by your side and serve you like a dog or a horse."
You are a flatterer, a sycophant. However, I still want to use you, and I believe that you will implement the court's policies to the letter.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "I know what you are thinking. There is no need to be hypocritical."
After a pause, Zhu Youxiao warned: "You know what kind of officials I hate. Don't knowingly commit a crime and lose your head."
Ni Wenhuan was startled and quickly bowed in agreement, expressing his firm belief.
"There is nothing else to do, Mr. Ni, please take your leave!" Zhu Youxiao waved Ni Wenhuan away, thought for a moment, called Wang Tigan, and ordered him to instruct the royal weaving workshop to make a flag.
In addition to praising heroes, it is also essential to give honor to the heroic team. Zhu Youxiao could come up with several names like the Tiger Hero Regiment and this or that Hero Company at the snap of his fingers.
Since it did not retreat under the frenzied siege of the Jiannu army, which was several times its size, the name "Panshi" should be appropriate.
Zhu Youxiao was not satisfied with simply bestowing flags and names, but also wanted to expand the surviving warriors into a mixed brigade. All infantry were to be mounted on horses, equipped with a considerable number of artillery pieces, and a certain number of flying cavalry.
In this way, the mixed brigade with complete infantry, cavalry, artillery and logistics can act as an independent combat unit and carry out various military operations.
Liu Aita succeeded anyway. Liaonan defeated Daishan, and the Khorchin tribe was probably doomed to destruction. It is certain that the strategic situation of the Jiannu became even worse.
But the more this happened, the more Zhu Youxiao had to suppress his inner urgency, not be arrogant, and carry out the campaign of destroying the slaves and pacifying the Liao Dynasty steadily to the end.
You know, Jiannu's mobile force is about 60,000, but that's not the real total force of Jiannu. If they mobilize, Jiannu can still put together about 100,000 troops.
Therefore, the Jiannu army had suffered repeated casualties and its strength was greatly weakened, but it was still a relatively difficult task to wipe it out in one fell swoop.
The key point is that the Ming army in all directions, including the Ming army in western Liaoning, does not have an advantage in terms of manpower. If they advance rashly, they are likely to be attacked by the Jiannu with all their strength.
This year's war is almost over. If we want to launch an attack, it should be a good time before the beginning of next spring.
The factors that limited the Ming army from continuing to launch large-scale campaigns were weapons, equipment, and supplies. The equipment they could get was limited to the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in Liaodong.
The consumption of hot weapons was indeed huge. Zhu Youxiao grinned. After making a rough estimate in his mind, he thought that it was time for the Liaodong Ming army to end its military operations, concentrate on training, strengthen equipment, and stockpile ammunition and food.
In modern warfare, there is the concept of ammunition base. There was no professional terminology for this in ancient times, but there were methods to calculate ammunition and supplies.
Obviously, the Liaodong Ming army did not have the logistical supplies and material stockpiles to sustain a major war. However, it would take about half a year to prepare for the stockpiling, which would be exactly the time for Zhu Youxiao's planned major counterattack.
Continuous combat and constant consumption inevitably required large reserves of supplies. Although it was incomparable to the massive amounts of ammunition consumed in later wars, it is also important to note the huge gap in manufacturing and transportation at the time.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao could not act too hastily. Although the Later Jin had been weakened and had fallen into a passive position in the strategic situation, it was still not easy to completely destroy it.
Now, the two major problems left to Zhu Youxiao are: one is to ensure logistics and the supply of food and ammunition; the second is whether it is better to strive to drive the Jiannu out of Liaoning and Shenyang, or to sweep the periphery first and finally annihilate the Jiannu in Liaoning and Shenyang.
The first problem is relatively easy to solve. We can vigorously develop sea transportation and settle the Liao people in western Liaoning so that they can obtain food and supplies locally.
Zhu Youxiao also had a preliminary judgment on the second problem and had two options, which also required adjustments based on the actions of the Jiannu.
If the Jiannu cling to Liaochen and refuse to give up even the so-called "dragon's rising place", then we should surround and annihilate them;
If the Jiannu gave up Liaoshen and retreated to their old nest Jianzhou, then there would be nothing to say. You give up and I take, and we just need to continue oppression and attack.
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