Chapter 203 The Unwilling Zhu Di
Xu Qin did not understand what Yao Guangxiao meant and thought he was saying that he had leaked the secret.

Zhu Di cursed from the side: “You little bastard, don’t you know how important this is?”

“What’s important or unimportant? Doesn’t the Five Military Commandery have it? So many generals have seen the sand table. Can you ensure that they haven’t leaked the information?” Xu Qin said in confusion.

“Who told you that the Five Military Commandery has this?” Zhu Di said helplessly, pointing at the sand table.

“No?” Xu Qin was shocked and stared at Zhu Di.

“You boy, you are born to command battles. How did you come up with this idea? Come and talk to your uncle.” Zhu Di asked Xu Qin.

“Do we still need to think about it? The map is not intuitive at all. How intuitive is it to deduce here? Right? Is there really no Five Military Commandery?” Xu Qin continued to stare at Zhu Di and asked.

Zhu Di shook his head, and Xu Qin went to see Yao Guangxiao, who also shook his head.

Xu Qin touched his head and thought, I was careless. I thought the Ming Dynasty had such a sand table. So he said with a wry smile: “So do you want to play it? If not, forget it. If you are afraid of leaks, just destroy it.”

“You dare? And destroy it? Come on, you be the middleman, and let’s deduce it together.” Zhu Di immediately glared at Xu Qin and said, but Zhu Di also wanted to know whether Xu Qin could command the war.

Although it was a bit fake to test Xu Qin’s ability to command a battle in this way, after all, this place was different from a real battlefield, but Xu Qin was a good fighter and was also very brave, so Zhu Di believed that as long as Xu Qin could command a battle, he would definitely be a great general.

Soon, Zhu Di and Xu Qin were deducing here. The biggest advantage of the cavalry commanded by Xu Qin was its fast mobility, so Xu Qin began to send out small troops to constantly spy on the strength of the Ming Dynasty’s defense line.

After finding a loophole in the Ming army’s defense, Xu Qin launched a fierce attack and quickly broke through the Ming army’s defense.

Originally, Zhu Di thought that Xu Qin would attack the city, but he did not expect that the cavalry under Xu Qin’s command would burn, kill and loot, while attacking the Ming Dynasty’s food routes and food storage places, and then use small troops to cut off the Ming Dynasty’s defense line.

Originally, Xu Qin only brought ten days’ worth of food, but after robbing the Ming Dynasty’s food, Xu Qin had enough food to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and even launched a surprise attack on the Ming Dynasty’s cities, making it difficult for Zhu Di to defend himself, and he had to mobilize more troops from the rear.

When Xu Qin saw Zhu Di mobilizing troops from the rear, he quickly mobilized his own troops and began to infiltrate the rear, soon threatening Beijing.

Zhu Di had been taking precautions and secretly mobilized his troops to besiege Xu Qin’s cavalry. However, what Zhu Di did not expect was that Xu Qin led his troops to quickly break through the Ming defense line and return to the grassland.

Throughout this simulation, Xu Qin lost about 5,000 soldiers, but the Ming Dynasty lost more than 50,000 soldiers. The key point was that many cities were burned down by Xu Qin’s fire attack, and a large amount of food and supplies were looted.

These food and supplies caused huge losses to the border troops. It would cost several million taels to equip them with all the supplies.

“Okay, you are really slippery!” Zhu Di sighed when he saw Xu Qin leading the cavalry out. In his heart, he highly approved of Xu Qin’s command of the cavalry.

“Well, go on!” Xu Qin said.

“Continue? Isn’t this the end?” Zhu Di looked at Xu Qin in confusion.

“Are you kidding? I have money, food, and a cavalry army now. Is it over? I am going to drag down the entire Ming Dynasty defense line and then attack.” Xu Qin said to Zhu Di with a smile.

“This, what are you going to do next?” Yao Guangxiao asked Xu Qin in shock.

“It’s very simple. I will keep harassing the Ming Dynasty’s defenses and force them to mobilize their troops. I have food now, so I will rush in when I find an opportunity, rob them, and then leave. I just need to make sure my troops are not surrounded by the Ming Dynasty’s troops.

After a few rounds of this, the Ming border troops will collapse. Then I will find an opportunity to ambush the Ming army’s mobilized troops and kill a large number of Ming border troops, so that they will completely lose their combat effectiveness. I estimate that I can kill 300,000 to 400,000 Ming border troops.

Next year, I will mobilize another 50,000 troops to continue this game, using the food from the Ming Dynasty to support my war efforts. If I do this every year, the Ming Dynasty’s border troops will soon collapse. Besides, the Ming Dynasty does not have that much money and food to support this kind of war.

In two years, the Ming army will be exhausted and forced to shrink its defense line. “Xu Qin said to Zhu Di and others with a smile.

“You bastard, you have no good intentions.” When Zhu Di heard Xu Qin beating him like this, he started scolding Xu Qin.

“No one has good intentions in a war. Anyway, I am a cavalry army. My advantage is speed. Once I fight on the plains, I am almost invincible and can withdraw at any time. The Ming Dynasty has sent out cavalry. Hehe, I will not fight you head-on. I just want to set an ambush.

After all, we are causing trouble inside the Ming Dynasty, and you are the ones who are most anxious. My understanding is that we are disrupting the Ming Dynasty and consuming your potential combat power. “Xu Qin said to Zhu Di with a smile.

“You bastard, you take care of the defense and I will command the cavalry.” Zhu Di scolded Xu Qin.

“It’s noon, I’m going to eat!” Xu Qin said as he stood up. He had just commanded the cavalry, and it could be said that Zhu Di had no way to deal with it. He was also well-versed in military books, and with the experience of later generations, he could maximize the mobility of the cavalry and the combat effectiveness of the grassland Tatar soldiers.

“I won’t let you die of hunger.” Zhu Di was very angry and wanted to see how Xu Qin would defend himself. “I’m so hungry. I’m growing now!” Xu Qin stood up and said to Zhu Di.

“Get out!” Zhu Di had no choice but to wave his hands at Xu Qin.

After Xu Qin left, Zhu Di stared at the sand table, thinking about the movement trajectory of the cavalry commanded by Xu Qin just now, as well as the several sneak attacks he commanded. He really couldn’t defend himself.

“Your Majesty, this kid can be a general, but you must let him go to the front line to command the war. If he fights more battles, he will definitely be able to protect the border of our Ming Dynasty for decades.” Yao Guangxiao stood there and said to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di nodded and said, “This guy fights without any rules, and he never fights a decisive battle with us. It can be said that he has brought the ability of the cavalry to the extreme. Look at the encirclement and annihilation battles he commanded. As soon as I mobilized the army, they quickly withdrew, leaving me no chance at all.

But every time we fought like this, we suffered huge losses and never won on the battlefield. This was very demoralizing for the soldiers on the front line. How come this guy is so powerful?”

“Your Majesty can test how he defends himself later.” Zhu Di said to Xu Qin.

“We must test him. Next, let this kid fight a war on the grassland and let him command the cavalry.” Zhu Di nodded.

Xu Qin didn’t care. He got on a carriage at the gate of the mountain. Mu Feng saw Xu Qin coming and immediately set the table for the dishes. Xu Qin sat there and ate.

“Young Master, news just came from the capital saying that the Madam wants to look for you, and your two uncles seem to have been arrested as well.” Mu Feng said to Xu Qin who was sitting there eating.

“How could they be caught?” Xu Qin looked at Mu Feng in confusion and asked. Xu Qin’s two uncles had received education before and were civil officials. Moreover, they were appointed during the reign of Taizu. Their official positions were not high-ranking. They were just county magistrates in Yingtian Prefecture.

“I don’t know. My wife hasn’t found out either and she’s very anxious.” Mu Feng shook his head.

Xu Qin’s two uncles basically did not come to the house in recent years. His parents did not allow them to come. In fact, Li Jinglong also called them uncles and cousins.

However, the two uncles were not implicated by their own family and Li Jinglong’s family, but they did not have the opportunity to go up, so they have always been county magistrates, from the Taizu incident to the present. However, they have changed several places to serve as county magistrates.

Neither of them was even a scholar, they had just read a few days of books. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Li Jinglong and his father Xu Huizu, so he accepted their fate.

“Send someone with my visiting card to Prince Zhao’s mansion to ask about this matter and what crime my uncle has committed?” Xu Qin said to Mu Feng. Now he could only inquire for information.

However, Xu Qin also felt that it was not a big deal. After all, they were not real scholars and would definitely not be involved in the fire in the Eastern Palace.

Of course, Xu Qin also knew that Zhu Di wanted to clean up the officials in Yingtian Prefecture so that the prince could arrange officials to carry out the pilot project.

“Yes, young master!” Mu Feng nodded.

After eating, Xu Qin did not go to the sand table, but returned to his resting place and lay down to take a nap.

But Zhu Di couldn’t wait. After he and Yao Guangxiao finished their meal, they went to the sand table to wait for Xu Qin. When he learned that Xu Qin had gone to sleep, Zhu Di was furious and went to Xu Qin’s resting place in person.

Then I saw Xu Qin lying there, asleep.

“Sakyabao, Sakyabao, get up, do you still want to sleep?” Zhu Di stood at the door and shouted to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin raised his head dazedly, saw Zhu Di, and asked, “What are you doing? It’s noon, what are you doing instead of sleeping?”

“Let’s go and deduce!” Zhu Di came in and pulled Xu Qin and wanted to get him up.

“Are you sick? It’s the middle of the day and I want to sleep. How can I deduce with you if I don’t wake up? It’s such a brain-wasting thing. You old people don’t sleep much, but I’m still growing.” Xu Qin said to Zhu Di with dissatisfaction.

“Let’s go!” Zhu Di didn’t care what Xu Qin thought. Zhu Di couldn’t wait and wanted to see how Xu Qin defended himself.

“Your Majesty, uncle, how can you do this? I will go back home as soon as I wake up. I have things to do at home.” Xu Qin shouted to Zhu Di.

“What could be the matter?” Zhu Di said without turning his head.

“My two uncles have been arrested, and my mother is crying at home. I have to go and find out how serious a crime they have committed.” Xu Qin deliberately said to Zhu Di.

(End of this chapter)