"Recruit Zhu Dingguo back."
"Give the edict to the envoys of North Korea and send them back to North Korea. Tell them that Ming Dynasty is ready and ask the King of North Korea to recruit Zhu Dingguo back." "
"Give the edict to the envoys of North Korea and send them back to North Korea. Tell them that Ming Dynasty is ready, and let the King of North Korea wait for an opportunity to cooperate."
"Send a message to Su Polu and tell him that the imperial court is going to recover North Korea, and then leak the news about the North Korean envoy. I don't want our soldiers to see the North Korean family in North Korea."
"Tell Zhu Dinghai and ask him to send a group of troop transport ships to North Korea."
"Urge the Ministry of Industry and let them go all out to build the railway to Shaanxi and Ningxia first."
On April 1, the fifth year of Chongzhen, after seeing that the Ming Dynasty had not caused any trouble due to reforms, Zhu Youjian immediately ordered the launch of a plan to recover North Korea.
In the third year of Chongzhen, after Su Polu quietly sent the map of North Korea back to the Ming Dynasty, the combat plan against North Korea was already on the agenda.
If the imperial court had not made such a big move at that time and did not have enough money and food, North Korea would have returned to the Ming Dynasty long ago.
However, even if there was no direct attack, the imperial court still made three rough battle plans.
At the same time, a large number of granaries were built in Lushun.
In the past two years, although there was no deliberate hoarding of food, nearly 100,000 stones of food and grass had been accumulated, which was enough to deal with a medium-sized war.
According to the previous plan, when Ming Dynasty regained North Korea, it would send 100,000 elite troops.
But later, as the slave builders continued to focus their attention on Japan, the 100,000 elite soldiers were a bit wasted.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Dingguo is here."
After the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty were pacified, Zhu Dingguo was left in the capital to train military officers who were good at firearms warfare for the Ming Dynasty.
After hearing Zhu Youjian's order, Zhu Dingguo put down his work and quickly entered the palace.
"Bring it in"
"Big companion, take them out and guard the door later. No one is allowed to come in without my permission."
"As you command, Your Majesty."
"You have been paying attention to North Korea for so many years. How many soldiers do you think can take back North Korea?"
"Your Majesty's 60,000 elite troops plus 20,000 ordinary soldiers are enough."
“The total area of the Korean Peninsula is about 220,000 square kilometers, consisting of the mainland and 3,300 large and small islands.
Our purpose in this battle is to regain the mainland of the Korean Peninsula and force the other party to enter Japan.
The territory of the mainland is mountainous, with mountains and plateaus accounting for 80% of the total area. Once the opponent's large forces disperse, the imperial army will be contained.
In order to prevent us from being dragged into the quagmire of the Korean battlefield, we must follow the plan and strike hard. Squeeze the opponent's living space bit by bit and force the opponent to leave.
An 80,000-strong army needs 300,000 kilograms of grain a day. If transportation consumption is included, the daily consumption of grain is almost 400,000 kilograms.
Although the imperial court has been rich in the past two years, food has been relatively tight.
In addition, God has not given face to him in recent years, so Ming Dynasty still needs to keep enough food just in case.
Therefore, I believe that 80,000 soldiers are enough.
"Let's do this. I'll give you another 10,000 Mongolians. I'll give you 2 years.
You must ensure that Taiwan will be recovered by then, and you must not let the other side bypass your main force. "
"Master, do you want to immigrate to North Korea?"
"That's right. I told you before that there will be no less natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty in the next few years. So we don't have much time."
Emperor Chongzhen is a relatively tragic emperor. Since he took office, God has never given him face. The previous drought in Shaanxi was just an appetizer.
According to Zhu Youjian's understanding, there is another even more terrifying drought, the Chongzhen Drought.
The Chongzhen Drought refers to a severe drought that occurred from the tenth year of Chongzhen to the end of Chongzhen. Its long duration and large drought range are unprecedented in the past 500 years.
23 provinces (autonomous regions) in southern and northern China have suffered from severe droughts.
The main areas with drought and lack of rain are in North China, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong. These areas have been in drought for more than five consecutive years. Henan Province, where the center of the drought area is located, has been in drought for seven consecutive years, with the thirteenth year of Chongzhen drought being the most rampant. .
In the early stage of the drought event, the pattern was drought in the north and floods in the south, and the drought area expanded to the east and south year by year. After the 13th year of Chongzhen, rainfall in the north increased and it changed to floods in the north and drought in the south. During this period, plague was prevalent and locust plagues were rampant.
Although Zhu Youjian has been asking various places to build water conservancy projects and dig water wells in recent years, who knows how long these measures can last in the face of a severe drought in Chongzhen?
Therefore, Zhu Youjian must travel from Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong before the severe drought comes. Move out at least half of the people.
You must know that except for Shaanxi, these places are all areas with a large population in the Ming Dynasty.
Immigration is the task of half, let alone 30 million people.
30 million people is not a small number. Even if the imperial treasury is now sufficient, it cannot withstand it.
Therefore, immigration can only be carried out in batches.
According to Zhu Youjian's plan, next year, the navy will go all the way south and fight all the way to Australia.
The Army focused on capturing the Indochina Peninsula. The Mongolian army that surrendered to itself went all the way north and planted the flag of the Ming Dynasty in Siberia.
After all, although Siberia is definitely not suitable for human habitation, it is rich in resources. Now it is a land without a human owner, and nothing is taken away from it.
But before that, the Korean slaves must be driven into the sea. Even if they are not driven into the sea, they must prevent the other party from coveting even the slightest bit of Ming Dynasty.
After all, although the strength of Jiannu and the others is far less than that of Ming Dynasty, they should not be underestimated.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, two years is enough time. But what about immigration?"
"Don't worry, I will not forcefully immigrate unless necessary."
It’s hard to leave your homeland! Is it easy to immigrate if you want people to live in peace?
Half of them need to be immigrated.
Force is for sure.
But coercion has its disadvantages.
That is particularly easy to cause dissatisfaction among the people. Maybe there will be a civil unrest.
But now, Zhu Youjian can't control so much.
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"You run, you keep running!"
Near Pyongyang, a group of black cavalry were surrounding a fat man and laughed.
"Sir, I'm just an ordinary citizen with no money!" the strong man said with a bitter smile.
As the envoy of the King of Korea, he didn't know how he was discovered by the other party here. The Pyongyang area was not Su Polu's territory.
"Common people, whose family's common people can be so white? So strong? And even have horses to ride on?"
The leading soldier said with a smile.
Although Su Polu formed an alliance with Mongolia and Jiannu, would the hatred between the three parties just disappear?
Today you come to my place to grab noodles, and tomorrow I will go to your place to grab a sheep. Over the past few years, every once in a while, someone will make trouble for their former enemies.
Fortunately, everyone had to exercise caution and no lives were lost.
In this case, the higher-ups would just turn a blind eye.
