As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Whether for the Ottoman Empire or the Safi Empire, this battle cannot be afforded.

As for the Ming army, they also hope to take this opportunity to completely open up the Silk Road for communication between the East and the West.

If the Ottomans were afraid of being beaten, they would never be able to truly achieve this.

So they will do their best in this battle.

The only difference is that Li Dingguo had fully mobilized the desire for fighting among all Persians, which eased the pressure of the Ming army.

However, Li Dingguo did not take it lightly, but sent Liu Xingming and others to spy on the information as soon as possible.

Judging from the information I received, the Ottomans really planned to come here this time.

Since the destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire and replaced it, the Ottoman Empire has grown extremely rapidly, and few people have been able to keep up with his pace.

In just one or two hundred years, the Ottomans rose rapidly and established a super empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.

In this regard alone, there are indeed not many empires that can be compared with the Ottoman Empire during this period.

Unfortunately, Daming is one.

It is no wonder that the Ottoman emperor felt it was difficult to accept the defeat. After all, when an empire was booming, it always won. It was a sudden defeat or a defeat. No one could accept it.

Li Dingguo insisted on seizing the Ottomans' psychology and making a big fuss, causing the Ottomans to be damaging.

It happened that Liu Xingming came back this time, and Li Dingguo summoned the generals to start discussing countermeasures.

"Xingming, let's talk about the news you have received, how many troops have been sent by the Ottoman barbarians this time."

Nowadays, Li Dingguo is increasingly appreciating Liu Xingming, and he will basically use this person if he has the opportunity.

The purpose of doing this is to accumulate reputation for Liu Xingming and make his qualifications more complete.

By then, after 10 or 20 years, Liu Xingming will be able to succeed Li Dingguo and become the independent general.

The renewal of military generals is inevitable and will not be transferred by anyone's will.

This will happen whether Li Dingguo wants it or not.

Whether it is Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, or even Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi, they will eventually grow old. In this case, if they want to maintain the strong competitiveness of the empire, they need to continuously cultivate military talents.

The Imperial Ming Military Academy is of course a good choice. This military academy founded by His Majesty the Emperor can largely solve the problem of mass training of military generals.

But one thing is that the Imperial Ming Military Academy cannot be trained, that is experience.

The experience of military generals is accumulated through continuous accumulation, not achieved overnight.

Any famous general, even Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, or Yue Fei, was not a famous general from the beginning.

They finally became famous generals by accumulating experience after battles.

Li Dingguo is very clear about this.

The officers who graduated from the Imperial Ming Military Academy were not the case.

When they first graduated, they just knew nothing and thought they were full of talent and were familiar with military books.

In fact, when I really started fighting, I found that it was not often like what was written in books.

And even if you accumulate experience in battle, it is a complete state of two things: someone brings it or no one brings it.

Can my own nephews be the same as those of outsiders trained by the Huangming Military Academy?

Even if Li Ding's Congress raised the officers who graduated from the Imperial and Ming Military Academy, it would not be possible that they would give too much attention.

As for young people like Liu Xingming, Li Dingguo wished he could explain what he had learned throughout his life.

"Report to His Highness King Jin, this time the Ottoman barbarians will dispatch about 300,000 troops, which accounts for more than half of their imperial army."

Liu Xingming could also feel the respect and care of His Highness King Jin.

A righteous man dies for his confidant.

In addition to His Majesty the Emperor, His Highness King of Jin should have the highest regard for him, even higher than his own father.

So no matter what, Liu Xingming could not do anything that disappointed His Highness King Jin.

This time, Liu Xingming went forward to spy on the information about the Ottoman Empire, but Liu Xingming blocked his life and life.

They were even exposed for a while and were discovered by the Ottomans, and the two sides started a fierce battle on a small scale.

Although the Ming army team led by Liu Xingming successfully escaped the disaster in the end, it was a bit scary to think about it.

"Hiss, so much!"

Yuan Zongdi gasped when he heard this, and he couldn't believe his ears.

"They are crazy, even if they want to avenge their previous shame, they won't play like this."

Three hundred thousand army?

What is this concept?

You should know that even in the decisive battle between the Qing army and the Ming army, it would have gathered more than 200,000 troops, and the number of them was mainly used by the Green Camp soldiers.

Of course, there must be a shortage of mercenaries in the Ottoman army, but the number of 300,000 alone is surprising enough.

Yuan Zongdi's surprise made Liu Tichun sneer.

"Brother Yuan, you are just a place, but the people are too cowardly. 300,000? Not to mention whether the number he said is true, so what if it is true. It is not a problem for the Persians to raise more than 100,000. In addition, our army has more than 200,000, which is not less than the Ottoman barbarians. This battle has not been fought yet. Don't be more ambitious than others to destroy your own prestige."

Yuan Zongdi thought to himself that Liu Tichun had a strong son, and he became tough in his words.

If it were before, he wouldn't have jumped out and choked himself.

This is really suffocating.

However, he didn't plan to argue with Liu Tichun for a while, mainly because his son was not capable of comparing him.

Even if I feel uncomfortable, I can only pinch my nose and accept it.

"The army of 300,000 is not a small number, we cannot take it lightly."

At this time, Li Dingguo stood up and concluded: "We should still count all the checkpoints according to the original plan to ensure that everything is safe."

Li Dingguo has a big personality, but this does not mean that he does not pay attention to details.

In fact, Li Dingguo's attention to details is basically unmatched.

On the eve of the war, he would ask about every arrangement, ensuring that everything was foolproof.

Li Laiheng also echoed when he heard this: "His Highness of Jin is right. This time the Ottoman barbarians dispatched a large number of troops, so we should not underestimate them. However, there is one thing I have not figured out. If the 300,000 troops march at the same time, the pressure is conceivable. The Ottoman barbarians should be able to divide their troops, right?"

"Well, it's highly likely that they will divide the troops. This also puts forward considerable demands on us. If they divide the troops, we must divide the troops to garrison. There must be no trouble in any place, otherwise the Ottoman barbarians will be able to completely open up the situation with the point and lead the whole."

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Chapter completed!