Zhu Di: My fourth son is a great emperor of all time?

Chapter 10: How can the fourth brother win when besieged by an army of 850,000?
Zhu Di looked impatient.

The fourth brother has too many secrets, and he knows very well what the fourth brother originally looked like.

But Zhu Di couldn't see through Zhu Gaoshuo at all.

Both Xunzhou in the past and Ganzhou in the present are desolate places, and both have been attacked by foreign enemies.

Under such circumstances, let alone succeeding in a rebellion, it would be extremely difficult to even build an army of over ten thousand men.

But how did the fourth brother manage to do it?
Moreover, the fourth son had clearly promised him that he wouldn't rebel against his eldest grandson.

But in the end, the fourth prince still became the Ming Zhongzu.

This means that he still rebelled and kicked his eldest grandson off the throne.

Is he really not afraid of the gossip and rumors from the world?
A hint of anger flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, clearly indicating his great dissatisfaction with Zhu Gaoshuo.

The news of the death of the Prince of Han enraged the world, and rumors circulated among the people that Zhu Zhanji was a tyrant, after all, he did not even spare his own uncle.

Because of the tragic death of the King of Han, the regional princes were all afraid that they would be next. What did their blood ties matter then?

"Is the eldest grandson trying to weaken the power of the princes?"

Zhu Di was all too familiar with this scene.

This time, however, the instigator changed from Jianwen to his beloved grandson.

In fact, after Zhu Di succeeded in his rebellion, he was also wary of the power of the vassal kings.

In recent years, they have also been secretly weakening the power of the vassal kings.

He was confident that by the time of Zhu Zhanji, the vassal kings would be able to quell the rebellion.

This policy of reducing the power of the feudal lords is good.

I just don't know what methods the eldest grandson will use to weaken the power of the princes.

Is it possible that they're going to follow that little bastard Jianwen's example and lure the princes to the capital before dealing with them slowly?

"Although the power of the regional princes was no longer what it used to be, Zhu Zhanji knew that if a war were to break out, it would inevitably give the various tribes of the grasslands an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Therefore, he planned to kill one person first as a warning to all the regional princes."

"Who else does this grandson want to kill?"

Zhu Di was shocked; his second son was already dead.

Who else is he going to kill?
The third or fourth child!

Even for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, there was no need to be so ruthless.

Zhu Di originally thought that it was nothing wrong for an emperor to be a little ruthless.

I am the same kind of person. As long as it can stabilize the imperial power, it is all worth it.

Through the sky, one could see Zhu Zhanji using his cruelty and cold-bloodedness on his own son. Zhu Di immediately felt that this emperor was not a wise ruler at all.

How can he be called a great emperor of all time?

Zhu Di quickly came to terms with it. His second son was born very early, and he had even taken Zhu Zhanji out to play from a young age. He showed no mercy to such a close uncle, killing him in a brutal manner.
The third and fourth sons were not close to Zhu Zhanji at all.

But he is also her uncle in name only.

It is most suitable for intimidating the vassal kings.

Who is it?
"Initially, Zhu Zhanji actually wanted to use Zhu Gaosui as a scapegoat, but by this time Zhu Gaosui was completely under his control and was doomed. In the end, he announced that his third son, Zhu Gaosui, would be imprisoned in the capital for the rest of his life."

"Then they planned to take action against Zhu Gaoshuo, who was then Prince Qi!"

"So they've finally made their move against the fourth brother?"

For some reason, Zhu Di felt a surge of joy and anticipation upon hearing these words.

"Come, Fourth Prince, let me see what methods you, the greatest emperor of all time, have that have earned you such respect from future generations!"

Zhu Di was filled with emotion.

At this moment, he increasingly felt that there was something wrong with his 'rule of the emperor'.

I want to see how the fourth prince approaches the ways of a ruler.

"It must be said that Zhu Zhanji was indeed a very powerful emperor. If he hadn't met his ancestor, he might have been an equally powerful emperor."

Zhu Zhanji seemed to have long recognized Zhu Gaoshuo's extraordinary nature and was far from careless, directly mobilizing an army of 600,000 to besiege Ganzhou.

An army of 600,000?
Good heavens, has this child gone mad?!
Zhu Di was well aware that, apart from the border troops in various regions, this was already the entire military force of the Ming Dynasty.

Such military strength could even sweep across the entire grassland.

He couldn't believe that the fourth brother could possibly win.

An army of 600,000 could easily raze Ganzhou to the ground in a single night. Moreover, Zhu Zhanji was not one of those generals who only knew how to talk about war on paper; he was a true expert in warfare.

Zhu Di also realized something: since his eldest grandson had mobilized so many troops, it proved that he had known about the fourth prince's strength for a long time and was on guard against him. This also proved that the contents of the Sky Curtain were indeed connected to the world they lived in.

"Zhu Zhanji needed a just cause for this battle. He didn't seem to be in a hurry to conquer Ganzhou, but the 600,000-strong army still completely blockaded Ganzhou."

Zhu Zhanji was waiting for his ancestor's reaction, but his ancestor was very clever at the time and pretended to be insane, trying to lull Zhu Zhanji into a false sense of security.

"He truly lives up to his reputation as my own son!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile wryly; this scene was all too familiar.

That's exactly how he looked when he faced Jianwen back then.

Four sons.

The first three were his most beloved.

In contrast, Zhu Di didn't really care much about his fourth son, Zhu Di, because of his background.

Unexpectedly, it was the fourth son who resembled him the most.

He truly experienced step by step everything he faced back then.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel proud.

"See? So what if he's a great emperor of all time? He's still just playing with what his old man left behind!"

Zhu Di knew very well that his eldest grandson was not a good-for-nothing like Jianwen.

Furthermore, given past experiences, feigning madness is clearly not a foolproof tactic.

"This is actually an age-old mystery. To this day, historians still don't know why our ancestors used such a clumsy method."

"Such a scheme obviously couldn't fool Zhu Zhanji. Ultimately, under intense pressure, Zhu Gaoshuo also chose to raise an army, and he launched the attack under the pretext of 'pacifying the rebellion'!"

Zhu Di was dumbfounded.

He even suspected that the fourth brother was deliberately imitating him.

It was actually a slogan used during the Jingnan Campaign.

The Jingnan Campaign was actually conceived by that old bald monk Yao Guangxiao.

The general idea is that the country and the monarch are in danger, so an army must be raised.

It was created to conceal its true intentions.

Zhu Zhanji was waiting for his fourth uncle to rebel. He was very confident that his fourth uncle would rebel under the heavy siege of the city. He was also waiting for this opportunity and seemed to want to defeat Zhu Gaoshuo head-on!
Zhu Zhanji personally led an army of 600,000 to launch an offensive on the main battlefield. Simultaneously, as a precaution, he even transferred troops from the northern border, with Xue Lu leading 100,000 troops in a flanking attack!

In the northwest, Chen Mao led 150,000 troops in a rear attack. In this battle, Zhu Zhanji mobilized 850,000 troops.

"Is he crazy?"

Zhu Di was shocked, and even somewhat angry.

Xue Lu and Chen Mao were both generals under his command.

Zhu Di was well aware of their abilities, as they had both accompanied him on his campaigns.

Chen Mao was stationed in the northwest to defend against the Tatars and Oirats.

Xue Lu's 100,000-strong army was also to guard the Mongol tribe of Uriyangkhai.

This easy transfer could lead to trouble!

However, Zhu Di also knew that his eldest grandson was such a leader, and that he was very bold.

The siege was carried out by an army of 850,000.

How exactly did the fourth brother win this battle?
Zhu Di racked his brains but couldn't come up with a solution.

Does this mean that the fourth brother lost this battle, and he only won it back later?

Zhu Di thought about it and realized that this possibility seemed more likely.

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