Zhu Youjian had already understood Nizi's thoughts, and now it was just another confirmation...
Seeing Nizi turning around and leaving the main hall of Wansheng Palace, Emperor Chongzhen's brows were already knitted. He seemed dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to let out a long sigh.
"Why do you sigh, father?"
The voice of his nominal eldest son Zhu Cixuan rang in Chongzhen's ears. The future Great Khan of Mongolia had appeared in the main hall of Wansheng Palace together with his mother and concubine Wu Liangha.
Chongzhen turned to look at the two of them, and did not answer Zhu Cixuan's question. He just smiled and said: "Did you hear what I said to the boss? The boss's thoughts are in the New World, in the wealthy hometown in the southeast... ...It’s not in Mobei at all, let alone the Western Region. From now on, these two territories belong to you, mother, son and brother. Can you feel at ease now?”
It turned out that when the father and son Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cixuan were talking, Concubine Wu Liangha and Zhu Cixuan were eavesdropping in the corridor leading to Xinuang Pavilion from Wansheng Palace. Moreover, the mother and son were obviously a little uneasy about Zhu Cixiang, the heir to the Southern Emperor, and were worried that one day the Southern Emperor and the Northern Khan would attack each other again.
These two, especially Concubine Wu Liangha, have been leading troops since they followed Zhu Youjian, and the troops they lead are all at the world's advanced level. Of course knowing that the days of nomadic cavalry are gone forever!
Now the Twelfth Army in front of the Ming Army has begun to replace the bayonet and flintlock muskets... The flintlock muskets and the light and mobile field artillery can eliminate heavy armor and a variety of cold weapons, thereby allowing the infantry to become Be simple, efficient, flexible and durable.
Some people may imagine that Mongolian warriors use light arrows to kill and injure unarmored line infantry from a long distance, but Concubine Wu Liangha would not have such ridiculous ideas. Because a mounted bow cannot shoot far at all, and if you dismount and use a walking bow to shoot from a long distance, you will be bombarded. Although the solid bullets fired by the cannon may not kill many archers, they can fill the battlefield with gunpowder smoke, and the gunpowder smoke can cover the advance of the line infantry. Once the line of infantry gets close to the archers, a volley of fire can knock them out.
In addition, even if the line infantry does not fire artillery, under normal circumstances they will not be defeated by archers who dismount and shoot. Because the line infantry without armor is very mobile, the formation is tight and strict, and can move quickly on the battlefield. The mobility on the battlefield is not much worse than that of light cavalry. It is impossible to stand there stupidly and let the archers shoot. They don't wear dozens of kilograms of armor, so they can run on the battlefield for a long time, and even charge against the rain of arrows from archers!
The number of archers who can shoot accurately beyond the range of muskets is very small, and there are certainly not as many skirmishers who use rifled guns to cooperate with line infantry.
Therefore, the Mongolians who dismounted and fired on foot fired a volley, relying on firepower to cover and kill their opponents. When shooting long-distance targets, bows and arrows must use projectile technology instead of direct aiming. It is impossible to aim directly. Those standing in the front row can aim directly, but those standing in the back cannot see the target. How can they aim? Therefore, it is difficult for a group of dismounted archers to hit a fast-moving target with a thin array.
Facing such infantry, Imperial Concubine Ulyanha's camel corps and Mongolian cavalry had no tactical advantage at all.
And the advantages of the Ming army are not limited to this. They have large numbers, powerful artillery, and even the cavalry is more sophisticated than the Mongolian cavalry. The steppe cavalry has an advantage in the number of horses, but is at a disadvantage in terms of the quality of the horses. Because the grassland herdsmen manage a large group of horses by themselves, and they keep them free-range, it is impossible to engage in "arranged marriages." Therefore, their horses are free to fall in love and lead their hooves freely, and the breeding management is very lax.
Therefore, the biggest advantage of the Mongolian cavalry is actually its strategic mobility supported by a large number of horses... but the unarmored and lightly armed line infantry is not slow at all. If the speed of the artillery and baggage convoys is not taken into account, it is possible to march more than 100 miles in a day. Even if it carries light artillery, it can maintain a speed of 60 miles a day for a long time.
However, without carrying artillery, Wu Liangha's Mongolian cavalry could only march at a speed of about 150 miles a day, so their advantage was not obvious. If the Ming army has more than doubled the numerical advantage and can carry out separate attacks and combined attacks, the advantage of marching speed of about 50 miles per day will be offset.
Therefore, Concubine Wuliangha, who had been using troops for a long time and was well aware of the actual strength of the Ming army, knew that the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry had long been restrained by the Ming army.
However, the Mongolian army, which had a large number of guns and artillery provided by the Ming Dynasty, could easily sweep through the Western Regions... Moreover, the leader of the Oara Alliance, Oqiltu Khan, had married his daughter Princess Bumu to Zhu Cixuan, thus forming a large The Mongol-Ora Alliance, so the eldest son's upcoming Western Expedition will undoubtedly win.
The only person Wu Liangha, mother and son should worry about is the future "Southern Emperor" Zhu Cihong!
Now Zhu Cixiang obviously has no interest in the Western Regions and Mobei, so Wu Liangha and his son can finally go to the west with peace of mind.
In the main hall of Wansheng Palace, a huge map has been hung up by several eunuchs. Zhu Youjian, Wu Liangha, and Zhu Cixuan stood side by side in front of the map.
The name of this map is "Comprehensive Map of the Imperial Palace", which maps all the territories that Zhu Youjian ruled... to be more precise, it is all the territories that Zhu Youjian wanted to rule.
This is an extremely vast and picturesque country, starting from the Caspian Sea in the west, reaching the North Pole in the north, the ocean in the east, and the Southern Wilderness (Kangaroo Continent) in the south. Even the great empire created by Genghis Khan was slightly smaller than it. inferior.
In the past, there was no great event in the great Mongolian country, but there was no one who did not conquer the kangaroo country in the south! With the help of the Dutch East India Company, Zhu Youjian sent the Nanyang Navy to complete the voyage around the Southern Continent five years ago, and also established two thousand-household stations on the Southern Continent. One of them is located in the southeast of the southern continent and is called Jinshan Qianhusuo. The other is located in the southwest of the southern continent and is called Black Duck River Senhusuo. After having these two thousand households, Zhu Youjian openly included the entire Southern Wilderness Continent (the name Zhu Youjian gave Kangaroo Continent) into his empire.
So the greatest empire in human history has been born.
But Zhu Cixiang, the heir to the empire, had other plans...
Zhu Youjian looked at the map for a while, then turned to ask Concubine Wu Liangha and Zhu Cixuan: "Although my country is magnificent and beautiful, it is difficult to unite...Cixang's heart belongs to the sea, and he has no intention of going to Mobei, Western Region. How much can you two take?"
Is this going to separate the family?
Concubine Wu Liangha and Zhu Cixuan looked at each other with eager expressions - this was the Great Mongolia Headquarters, the Chagatai Khanate and the Ogedai Khanate, plus Shuchi Khan. A part of the country (Golden Horde)!
"Your Majesty," Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha still didn't believe it, "Are these really all going to the eldest son Cixuan?"
She specifically mentioned "the eldest son Cixuan". Zhu Youjian had three eldest sons, the actual eldest son Zhu Cixiang, the eldest son Zhu Cixuan and the eldest legitimate son Zhu Cijiong.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "The land under the jurisdiction of the General Military Division of Anxi is the end of the Ming Dynasty's western frontier. Monan and Dongdao grasslands also belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the rest are under the jurisdiction of your mother and son!"
"What about the vassal states that my father plans to place in Chuhe, Fergana, Samarkand, and Bukharin?" Zhu Cixuan asked again.
"Let these countries declare vassal status to you!" Zhu Youjian said, "Cixuan, after winning this Western Expedition, you must not return eastward. You must establish the Xijing of the Great Mongolia in the northeastern part of the Kipchak Grassland. From now on, you I will station myself in Xijing, Mongolia, and leave Helin to your mother and concubine to govern. In the future, I will use the crown prince to guard Helin... In short, we must firmly control the east and west capitals of Mongolia!"
"I understand!" Zhu Cixuan understood what Zhu Youjian was thinking and immediately said, "I will firmly control the Qinchak grassland and make it the territory of Jumong forever."
