After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao immediately stood up and came to the map, fixing his eyes on the place marked with the Irtysh River.
"The Rakshasa Kingdom is finally going to launch its troops!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao said this, and then ordered: "The Privy Council should prepare for war immediately!"
"yes!"
Sun Chuanting replied.
"It's not a good thing to have a big country in the north. It must be destroyed!"
Lu Xiangsheng started talking at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Yes! Although expansion in the south is more beneficial, and naval warfare saves more troops than land warfare, if the north is not stable, the entire Ming Dynasty will be threatened at any time. These years, you and He Guogong have been in Anxi The Duhufu stationed fields to raise troops, and the imperial court also repeatedly suppressed extravagance, accumulating wealth in the treasury and the hands of the people, so that today the country is prosperous, the people are prosperous, and the financial resources are strong! But we cannot learn from the Song Dynasty. If we have strong financial resources, we will not strengthen the army. Sui Gong in exchange for peace!"
"What your Majesty is saying is that it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes a while to use it. In recent years, the imperial court has not been idle in terms of military affairs. It has even been deploying troops to the Anxi Protectorate for training. So far, Southwest has not sent troops to Uzang. Open up the land connection between India and our Ming Dynasty."
Sun Chuanting replied at this time.
“Looking at the entire world, the current basic situation is:
The Rakshasa Kingdom in the north does not want to see the Ming Dynasty expand in Siberia and the Western Regions;
Over in India, the Mughal dynasty is still hanging on, and its demise is not far away;
In the south of the Ming Dynasty, there are many vassal states. Some of them have become rich, but they are not very powerful yet;
Korea and Japan in the East have agents of the Ming Dynasty. Although they are quite powerful, they are just borrowing the power of the Ming Dynasty;
There is no threat to the northeast! "
"It can be said that destroying the Rakshasa Kingdom first is the most necessary thing!"
Zhu Youxiao said.
"To completely destroy the Rakshasa Kingdom, we need to take a long-term approach and don't rush!"
"Just like the destruction of India, you can't eat it in one bite. You still have to advance step by step, occupy a land, build a city, transform a tribe, and move a group of Han people to settle. Military occupation is the first, and civilization is the occupation. Only by doing this can we completely become the land of my Han family after many years!"
Lu Xiangsheng said.
"The current standing army of the Ming Dynasty is quite large. In addition to the national defense troops used for defense in various places, there are a total of 500,000, and they are all originated from the Guards of that year. They are the Ming emperor's army, orderly from top to bottom, and with strict military discipline. , with excellent equipment, and more importantly, with a high cultural level. They are either from noble clans or pure Han Chinese from an innocent family. They have a strong sense of honor. However, if so many soldiers go to destroy the Rakshasa Kingdom and defend the cities in various places, , it will not be enough, and it may be defeated by the Rakshasa Kingdom who are familiar with the local geography!"
Sun Chuanting also followed up and said: "So, I am thinking whether we can take advantage of the Rakshasa Kingdom to take the initiative to mobilize troops to attack us, and use it as a plan, and strive to destroy its main force. In this way, we can annex the Rakshasa Kingdom in the future." The Kingdom of Cha is a little more certain!"
"This is a way. I order you to be the governor of the three sides, control the armies of the three sides of the east, north and west, and let the governors of the provinces cooperate with you. When the time comes, you first go to the Anxi Protectorate and discuss with Duke He. The plan is to annihilate the main force of the Rakshasa Kingdom on a large scale, severely weakening its vitality, and thus mobilize the entire country's army!"
Zhu Youxiao spoke to Sun Chuanting.
The next war between the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasa Kingdom was considered a national war, and in this case, Zhu Youxiao had to temporarily delegate power, allowing a commander like Sun Chuanting, who was good at commanding large armies and strategic arrangements, to temporarily have great power.
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"Let's go further and map out the geography near the mountain in front. It will definitely be useful in the future."
The fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo should be the first member of the Ming Dynasty royal family to come near the Ural Mountains.
At this time, under the escort of Wu Ya, the sentry officer of the Western Expeditionary Army of Anxi Protectorate, he stood by a small river not far from here, looking at the Ural Mountains in front of him, and said to Wu Ya stand up.
"Um!"
Wuya nodded.
Zhu Cizhuo couldn't help but glance at Wu Ya, and then walked towards the Ural Mountains.
Wu Ya followed, holding the gun tightly in her hand, and glanced behind her from time to time.
But just then, Wu Ya looked back for a few times, and when she turned her head, she found Zhu Cizhuo standing in front of her, still staring at her.
Wuya couldn't help but feel flustered, then lowered her eyelids, and stopped without speaking.
"I might as well call you mute!"
"Don't you know how to dissuade me? This place has gone deep into the hinterland of the Rakshasa Kingdom and is very dangerous. Moreover, the Rakshasa Kingdom is still frequently sending troops here?"
Zhu Cizhuo said angrily to Wu Ya, then turned around and continued walking into the Ural Mountains.
Wu Ya still did not speak to persuade Zhu Cizhuo to go back, but continued to follow Zhu Cizhuo with her own troops.
Therefore, Zhu Cizhuo immediately crossed the Ural Mountains and came to the Volga River Basin.
"It's so warm here!"
Zhu Cizhuo asked Wu Ya as he spoke, "What do you think?"
Wuya said "hmm".
When Zhu Cizhuo saw that she just hummed, he had the urge to spread Wu Ya's red lips.
But Zhu Cizhuo still held back. He was worried that he would anger Wu Ya and cause an accident to the prince.
"Thermometer!"
At this time, Zhu Cizhuo gave instructions to the people accompanying him.
The Ming Dynasty had developed instruments for measuring climate temperature long ago, so Zhu Cizhuo could naturally measure the climate in these places now.
"The temperature difference between the east and west of the Ural Mountains is huge! If you didn't come here in person, you wouldn't know. If the Ming Dynasty wants to raise troops in the Rakshasa Kingdom in the future, it will be fine as long as they cross the Ural Mountains."
Zhu Cizhuo said and continued to observe for a few days. After finding out the grain storage point of the Rakshasa Kingdom in the Volga River, he started to prepare to return to the Anxi Protectorate.
"There's the sound of horse hooves!"
However, on his way back, Zhu Cizhuo encountered a large number of Rakshasa soldiers, so he spoke to Wu Ya nervously.
"Prepare for battle!"
Wu Ya then spoke and issued the latest order.
Zhu Cizhuo took her arm and shouted in a low voice: "What kind of fight are you going to do? I know that in your dreams you always want to fight with the Chahar people who have taken refuge with the Rakshasa people in order to avenge your relatives! So, you are eager to Follow me deep into the territory of the Rakshasa Kingdom and find a decisive battle with the Rakshasa people. Even if they all die in battle, it doesn't matter. Bi has been staying in the Anxi Protectorate to look after the family and the courtyard. As for the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty completely wiping out the Rakshasa Kingdom, you feel that this has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter to you. Even if you and all of your men are killed, it won't affect the overall situation! However, people can't be too selfish. Have you ever thought about the relatives of these people under your command? You can't bear to let them die in vain, and To make his relatives sad?"
"Besides, I don't want to die here!"
"I!"
Wu Ya looked at Zhu Cizhuo in shock and was about to speak when Zhu Cizhuo said first: "Go into the mountain immediately and go back along the mountain! The key is to send back the picture I drew!"
"obedient!"
Zhu Cizhuo added something to Wu Ya as he spoke.
Wu Yaming glanced at him angrily.
Zhu Cizhuo raised the corner of his mouth slightly and got on the horse first.
"Mount your horse and enter the mountain!"
Seeing this, Wu Ya had no choice but to mount her horse and gave a loud order.
"yes!"
Then, all the Ming troops who followed got on their horses and galloped towards a mountain called Sayanling.
"There's someone ahead! Chase after him!"
At this time, the Cossack sentries from the Rakshasa Kingdom also rode over and discovered Zhu Cizhuo and Wu Ya.
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