Daming Military Empire

Chapter 458 Revenge
The Tai Tuo died suddenly, and Zhu Cijiong was extremely sad. Naturally, the culprit could not be let go. If Tsarist Russia did not suddenly attack Manjingwei, how could Sun Chengzong die!

This hatred must be avenged. Originally, Zhu Cijiong did not intend to compete with Tsarist Russia for Siberia, because this place is too cold, at least half a year is frozen, and there are many places in the world with better climates than this. Why bother to compete with Tsarist Russia?
However, now he can't care about so much, dare to invade Daming, dare to kill the Tai Tuo, how to maintain Daming's dignity if he doesn't fight, how to relieve the hatred in his heart if he doesn't fight!

Of course, he was not so angry that he lost his mind. Fighting is a must, but he can't act too hastily. On the other side, there are many great powers in the world, and this place is too far from the inland of Ming Dynasty. For revenge, we must consider the transportation of food, grass and luggage. question.

The food, grass and supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops are not a joke. In this typical mountainous area, if there is no railway, the transportation cost will be extremely high. This is why some officials in the DPRK and China advocate negotiation. It is not that some people are afraid of the big powers. It's that the battle is too costly to fight.

If you want to save money, you must advance while building railways like attacking the Mughal Empire. When the Mughal Empire was attacked, 30 prisoners were arranged to build railways on the Eastern Front. Moreover, there are basically plains. It is relatively easy to build a railway, but this side is full of mountains. To achieve that speed of advancement, the number of people building the railway must at least double.

Where does this person come from?It is naturally the most economical to use captives, because they do not need salaries, they are similar to slaves, they only need to be fed.

The construction corps and 50 South Asian captives add up to 60, but they are gathering near Kandahar to build the Eurasian Railway.

Moreover, Zhu Cijiong has already promised those captives that once the Eurasian Railway is completed, they will be freed. Could it be that they are going back on their promises and let them build the railway in northern Xinjiang?

After much deliberation, it was still inappropriate to do so, and wanting Ah San to work hard, it was simply a dream!
Finally, Zhu Cijiong thought of a legion of a vassal state. The total number of legions of the five vassal states of Dongying, North Korea, Annan, Siam, and Donghu was 60. They had salaries, but the salaries were borne by the vassal states and did not need to be paid by the Ming Dynasty. Money, it's training soldiers, and they don't need to fight anyway, and the guards in Liaodong have become veterans of railway repair after a year of training, so it's enough to guide them when the time comes.

Once the personnel for railway repairs have been determined, the next step is the question of the number of troops. Is the current 30 Liaodong Army plus the First Army of the Imperial Guard enough?This is a problem.

Zhu Cijiong personally felt that it was not enough. This still needs to be discussed. In addition, he had to use telegrams to deal with some state affairs. He had to choose to leave Manjingwei temporarily and rush to Zhenzhenhewei to sit in town.

Before leaving, Zhu Cijiong specially put a stick of incense on Sun Chengzong's coffin, and at the same time prayed secretly in his heart: "Teacher, when I build the railway to Manjingwei, I will raise troops to avenge you, and then I will come to your cemetery to sacrifice bye."

Afterwards, he took Qin Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao, and [-] cavalry from the imperial guards to Zhenzhenhewei. As for Manjingwei, he temporarily handed it over to Mao Wenlong and Yang Zhong.

He believed that with the [-] elite riders of the Ming Dynasty, even if Tsarist Russia attacked with all its strength, it would be impossible to take it down in a short time.

There was nothing to say all the way, five days later, Zhu Cijiong rushed back to Zhenzhenhewei, and at this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Yuanhua had already been notified to rush to Zhenzhenhewei.

Regardless of the fatigue of the march, Zhu Cijiong immediately held a military meeting. There were not many participants, only Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Yuanhua. Let's analyze empirically how many troops are needed to occupy Siberia.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Cijiong immediately pointed to the simple map of Siberia on the conference table and said to Cao Wenzhao: "You first introduce what you know about the enemy's situation."

Cao Wenzhao responded, pointing to a sign a few hundred miles away from Manjingwei, and said: "This is the general stronghold of Tsarist Russia's Far East. It seems to be called Yakuts. It is a large bastion with about 5000 people stationed at ordinary times. People, and here, here, here, we have found small bastions. Combined with the estimates of the territory we have inspected, Tsarist Russia should have about 20 troops stationed in the Far East. Uh, that’s all we have found for the time being. up."

After all, he gave Zhu Cijiong an embarrassed look, and sat down in shame.

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect Cao Wenzhao to finish the introduction so quickly, he nodded and said comfortingly: "It's not your fault, Siberia's territory is too vast, even if tens of thousands of people are sent to investigate, it may be difficult to complete the investigation. The current situation This is roughly the case, let’s analyze how many troops are needed to take Siberia in one fell swoop.”

When everyone heard this, they fell into contemplation.

Soon, Lu Xiangsheng gestured to the north and south sides of Siberia on the map, and asked, "How wide is Siberia from north to south?"

Zhu Cijiong really didn't know about this, he couldn't help looking at Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao said in embarrassment: "This has not been calculated specifically, but according to the speed of galloping horses, we estimate that the north-south width may not be tens of thousands of miles! "

"Hiss", Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but gasped when he heard this.

Qin Liangyu immediately asked: "Your Majesty, will Tsarist Russia send more troops from Europe to support?"

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback when he heard the words. He really hadn't considered this issue. Now it seems that there is such a possibility. He analyzed: "This possibility is very high. If only 10 people dare to attack Daming, then It's a big joke, the Liaodong Army alone has gone to 30, they should be able to find out, so, I guess, they should have reinforcements."

Qin Liangyu frowned and said: "This is troublesome, can the emperor predict the approximate number of reinforcements?"

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and guessed: "To defeat the Ming Dynasty's 30 army, no matter how arrogant Tsarist Russia is, it will at least organize an army of 30, so the number of reinforcements should not be less than 20. It can gather 50 troops, so the number of reinforcements should not exceed 40."

Sun Yuanhua immediately asked: "Your Majesty, do they have artillery?"

These guys seem to have taught Jiannu to cast and run. Zhu Cijiong nodded without hesitation: "Yes, there must be. Moreover, judging from the captured muskets, many of them were processed by machine tools. It is unlikely that Tsarist Russia has any." Machine tools, so these guns are likely to be provided to them by Britain, France or the Netherlands, and the Netherlands, Britain and France may also provide them with more advanced artillery.”

Sun Yuanhua frowned when he heard the words. In this way, doesn't it mean that there is almost no difference between the equipment of Tsarist Russia and the equipment of the Ming army!
Everyone pondered for a long time, but it was Lu Xiangsheng who was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, based on the analysis of the current situation, I feel that to win Siberia, at least a million troops are needed!"

(End of this chapter)