"Getting victory is the only purpose of war. To win, you can do whatever you want. Of course, what I said is the means of war. When your power is strong enough to defeat any force, you are certainly willing to fight a war face to face. And when you are in a weak hour and your strength is not enough to compete with the enemy, if you want to win, you have to think of other ways, rather than facing the enemy head-on. If you do that, there will be no benefit except dying vigorously, and winning the war is even more delusional."

Zhu Youlang said.

"I have only been established in Zhaoqing for four months, and I have only a few generals, and only a few soldiers. I have few battle formations. Not to mention confronting the powerful and fierce Qing soldiers, even compared with the pseudo-Shaowu Dynasty, I have no advantage. In the battle of Sanshui, the general Lin Jiading was wiped out, which is a bloody reality. In this case, I only brought 500 soldiers to Guangzhou. With the assistance of Zhang Aiqing and Chen Jisheng, I annihilated your 800 powerful soldiers, and then used 3,000 rural soldiers who had not passed the battle formation to resist your 15,000 elite soldiers under the city of Guangzhou. Why are you not convinced? Will I use these soldiers to fight you in a field battle with you?"

Zhu Youlang questioned Meng Wenjie.

Meng Wenjie couldn't speak.

"Also, when your troops arrived at the city of Guangzhou, I had already secretly ordered Lin Aiqing to lead his troops from Sanshui and quietly arrive at the Nanhegang Bridge through the Pearl River to set up an ambush. If it weren't for the planning, how could I block you? Will Lin Aiqing's army descend from the sky? This is to use the long-term plan and fight with your brain. Why are you not convinced?"

"Yes, my country has not been established for a short time, and its strength is still weak, and it is not enough to fight you with all your swords and guns. In this case, wouldn't it be stupid if you don't make good use of the favorable terrain such as strong cities, broad waters, and high mountains?"

"I only know how to do things recklessly, but I am not handsome. Meng Wenjie, think about it carefully."

Speaking of this, Dai Yilan handed over the cup, Zhu Youlang picked up the cup and took a sip. It was neither lukewarm nor hot, just right.

After saying this, not only Li Chengdong and other surrendered generals, but also Zhang Jiayu, Lin Cha, Wang Fuzhi and Chen Bowen were deeply impressed.

Yes, the emperor is called "planning and winning thousands of miles away", which is to win with wisdom.

"The general of sin is convinced!" Only then did Li Chengdong and other surrendered generals, including Meng Wenjie, convinced him.

"I said this not to boast about myself and show you what I want to show you, but to tell you my basic idea of ​​using troops. In the future, if you are outside, you must abide by these principles of using troops." Zhu Youlang said.

Li Chengdong was happy when he heard this. He heard the emperor's words, was he going to continue using himself?

"In general, there are so many things you can remember with your heart."

"First, we do not fight in the field with the Qing soldiers. We must use clever tricks to make full use of the terrain, climate and other conditions that are beneficial to us, and try every means to eliminate the enemy. The Qing soldiers are very powerful and cannot be completely eliminated in a short time. We must be prepared for a protracted war. At present, even for a long time, our main battlefield is still in the area south of the Yangtze River. The characteristic of this area is that there are many mountains and rivers. The Qing soldiers come from the bitter and cold areas in the north and are good at field battles. We must play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, fully utilize our strengths, and make the enemy's strengths unable to be displayed. This is the key to using troops."

"Secondly, we should save ourselves by killing the enemy. There are less than 100,000 real Qing soldiers, while we have more than 30 million Han people. Compared with the two, they are too small and cannot defeat us. Therefore, our principle is to kill more enemies, especially when we encounter a trade-off between fighting for territory and killing the enemy. In addition, we should preserve our strength, especially when sacrificing our lives or occupying territory, we should preserve our strength."

"Third, you must love the people. You may not know that I have named my Ming army the Ming People's Liberation Army, which means liberating my Ming people who were enslaved by the Qing people. The country belongs to me and the people. Since the Qing army entered the pass, my Ming people have suffered a lot of suffering, their wives and children were separated, their homes were destroyed, and almost every family has a blood and tears account. Not to mention these, just talking about the violation of human dignity and the humiliation they suffered is even more unfair. In the eyes of the Qing people, naturally, the Jurchens are the first, the Mongolians are second, and we Han people and other ethnic groups are the lowest, and we are in a state of enslaved. If you don't say anything else, just talk about you people."

"Tingzhen, I have never talked to you, but I know that after you surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, you must have been in a bad mood. Why do you say that? The contribution you made can be said to be very great. It is not an exaggeration to say that you have won the battle in half of the southeast. But what did the Qing court do to you? What is Tong Yangjia's contribution? What is his status? He is just a Jialazhangjing, why is he ranked above you? Isn't it because he is half a Jurchen and you are a Han Chinese?"

Li Chengdong was speechless when he said something. When he remembered his own affairs, he became more angry the more he thought about it.

"And you, Meng Wenjie, I don't know if you have ever dealt with the real Jurchens. I ask you, your official rank is a deputy general, a second-rank high-ranking official, but when you meet a Jurchen person with a lower status than you, do you dare to speak loudly? Stop talking about officers, do you dare to scold ordinary Jurchen soldiers? The answer is very simple, you dare not. Don't say you dare not, even a senior official on the side will not dare. Why is this happening? Isn't it just that the Han people are inferior to others?"

Meng Wenjie couldn't answer because Zhu Youlang might have said something, but if he was with the Jurchens, the Han people would definitely be angry.

"Your Majesty, the criminals empathize with what you said. When dealing with Manchus, they always domineeringly and look down on us and the Han people from the bottom of their bones. Not only that, they will suffer from the Manchus, and sometimes they will also suffer from the aura of their slaves. The Han people are not even as good as their slaves, and the humiliation is really hard to describe." Yuan Pengnian continued.

"I feel the same way. Do not do to others what I have no desire. I will give it to you. I feel the same way. Since we are both Han people and are both oppressed and enslaved, what reason do we have to treat the people well? And what reason do we have not to liberate them?"

"This is why I changed the name of the army to the People's Liberation Army. I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of the people of the Ming Dynasty. I cannot be indifferent when I see my people suffering."
Chapter completed!