Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 861

It has to be said that, just as Zhu Yuanzhang said, Yao Guangxiao did take his temper into account.

But this is actually not difficult to guess. Just think about how many people have died at the hands of Lao Zhu over the years, and you will know what kind of personality he has.

Once the artillery incident breaks out, it goes without saying that none of the people involved will survive.

So after listening to what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Wei Wu agreed in his heart.

I'm afraid it's just as Zhu Yuanzhang said, taking advantage of the handover period to plant a large number of spies in Taiyuan.

Once the Northern Yuan Dynasty is ready, it will be easy to enter the Ming Dynasty directly from Taiyuan.

However, just when Wei Wu and Zhu Yuanzhang were thinking this, Zhu Biao on the side interrupted with a puzzled look on his face.

"No! Dad, Xiao Wu, if Yao Guangxiao is really as you think, then he exposed himself too early!"

"According to Xiao Wu, it will take time for the Northern Yuan Dynasty to master the steam engine and rifled flintlock rifle, and it will also take time to manufacture them."

"Exposing Third Brother's affairs now would go against his purpose of stalling for time to allow Bei Yuan to develop!"

Indeed, as Zhu Biao said, at this stage the Northern Yuan Dynasty was definitely not ready to go to war with the Ming Dynasty.

Once the imperial court realizes that Taiyuan is a breakthrough point, it will definitely make full preparations in advance.

After hearing Zhu Biao's question, Wei Wu was silent for a moment and then slowly said:

"It's still a matter of time!"

"Oh?"

Wei Wu's words caught the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, and they all fixed their eyes on him.

At this time, Wei Wu turned to Zhu Biao and asked a question.

"Brother, in a war between nations, how long would it take to reach the capital of the empire?"

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and remained silent for a while before speaking:

"National war is never a joke. Even when there's a huge disparity in strength, the time will probably need to be calculated in years."

At this point, Zhu Biao suddenly revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment and continued:

"Xiao Wu, are you saying that Yao Guangxiao ignored the progress of the Ming Dynasty's attack on the Japanese pirates?"

"That's right!"

Wei Wu nodded and continued with a smile:

"Yao Guangxiao was incredibly intelligent, his calculations were meticulous, but he was only human, not a god. As long as one is human, they are influenced by their inherent thinking."

"A war involving two countries, in his mind, is the same as what his eldest brother thinks. No matter how big the difference is, it will still be measured in years."

"Perhaps in his plan, by the time the Ming Dynasty completely defeated the Japanese pirates, the Northern Yuan Dynasty would have already prepared everything."

At this point, Wei Wu's face was filled with confidence, and he said with a hint of pride:

"However, no matter how carefully planned, changes are inevitable, and my existence is that change that was beyond his plan."

"Not only did the navy take down Heian-kyō ahead of time, but I also got information about his layout of the artillery inscriptions!"

"So it's not that he exposed the information in advance, but that his plan didn't go as smoothly as he expected."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao did not care about Wei Wu's boasting, after all, he was telling the truth.

If it weren't for Wei Wu, Lan Yu might not have been able to survive until the day when the imperial court sent supplies, let alone capture Heian-kyo.

No matter how smart Yao Guangxiao was, he could only make the plan more tolerant of errors, but he could not predict the future.

It was even more impossible to guess that it took the Ming Dynasty only a few months to capture the Japanese pirates' Heian-kyo, setting the tone for victory in the war.

Just as Wei Wu said, he was indeed a change beyond Yao Guangxiao's plan that he failed to grasp.

This also gave the Ming Dynasty some opportunities to turn passivity into initiative and find ways to take back the initiative.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao immediately turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Dad, since Yao Guangxiao didn't deliberately expose it, we must make arrangements for Jindi as soon as possible."