According to the information provided by the spies, the Ming Dynasty can basically determine that the strength of the Khwarezm Kingdom is not the opponent of Xiliao at all.
The possibility of their success against Xiliao alone is zero, so the Khwarezm Kingdom can only immediately contact the Skynet Army spies in Xiliao and ask them for help.
His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty probably doesn’t want to fight against Xiliao and their group of vassal states and loser tribes alone, right?
His Majesty the Ming Emperor should also really want a helper who can share the offensive pressure for him, right?
Although the Khwarezm Kingdom is a bit stretched, it still has some military strength. If it really wants to launch an attack, Xiliao will definitely not turn a blind eye.
Therefore, as long as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty sends troops as soon as possible, he will definitely be able to implement the east-west attack strategy and wipe out Xiliao in one fell swoop!
To be honest, when Su Yonglin learned the news, he felt that he had encountered some particularly inferior scam.
And he felt that these Khwarezm people were a little too shameless. If Ming sent troops at this time, would they be sharing the pressure for them, or were they sharing the pressure for Ming?
Maybe it's both.
However, Su Yonglin really wanted to conquer Xiliao, and he really needed to occupy Congling, improve the local western border defense, and make the border defense complete.
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Although the Khwarezm Kingdom is stretched across the border, it is not bad for being used to share the military strength of the Western Liao Dynasty.
According to the analysis of intelligence by the Ming Dynasty court, it was learned that in addition to the military force of its own people in Western Liao, there were also three vassal states that were following suit, namely the Xizhou Uighurs, the Eastern Karahan Kingdom and the Western Karahan Kingdom, as well as large and small Hundreds of armed tribes helped.
If a fight really breaks out, the Western Liao monarch, Ju'er Khan Yelu Pusuwan, can order several medium-sized countries and hundreds of large and small tribes in the entire Western Region and Central Asia to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty only had itself in the Western Regions.
This is a huge threat to Ming Dynasty.
But then again, after careful evaluation, the General Staff Headquarters always believed that Xiliao was a paper tiger that could be broken with a poke. The ability to command the Western Regions was meaningless in the face of a large-scale attack by the Ming army.
Moreover, it should not be said that Xiliao seemed to have never paid attention to the military trends of the Ming Dynasty. Su Yonglin accumulated large-scale grain and military supplies in the border areas, and there were frequent troop mobilizations. Xiliao seemed to have no reaction at all to these matters.
The spies said that they had never heard of such news within Xiliao. Even the merchants traveling back and forth rarely mentioned this matter, so Xiliao officials did not pay attention at all.
why is that?
Do they not believe that Ming Dynasty will attack them?
Or is there something to rely on?
Did the vast Gobi Desert give them such courage?
Not to mention, maybe it was the vast Gobi Desert that gave them such courage.
Although theoretically the Ming Dynasty and Xiliao are bordering countries, the bordering part is an inaccessible, arid and water-scarce plateau Gobi Desert, where agricultural production is impossible. There are only a few oases, and most of the areas are completely unsuitable for human survival.
Therefore, when the Jin Kingdom wanted to attack Yelu Dashi, it failed because of the long distance and lack of logistics. Yelu Dashi wanted to launch a counterattack, but it also failed because of the long distance and lack of logistics.
Perhaps it was precisely because these two-way "efforts" failed that the Xiliao regime turned a blind eye to the Ming Dynasty's actions and brazenly prepared to launch an attack on the Khwarezm Kingdom.
After this possibility was raised by Su Yonglin, it received widespread approval at the military meeting. Military staff officers with considerable experience believed that this was a very possible and very reasonable speculation.
It may be because of this reason that Xiliao believed that the Ming Dynasty could not pose a threat to them, so they felt free to launch a war regardless of the eastern defense zone.
Because the vast Gobi Desert is a natural defense zone.
But they ignored a crucial factor.
"With the extremely rough grassroots governance and mobilization capabilities when the Jin Kingdom was founded, it was indeed difficult to launch operations across the Gobi Desert, which was thousands of miles away. They did not have the grassroots mobilization capabilities to realize the deployment of troops and combat materials across thousands of miles. Deliver.
In the same way, although Yelu Dashi was very wise and capable back then, Xiliao was more like a tribal alliance, not a country in our impression. In this case, Xiliao could provide him with considerable logistical strength. It was limited and not enough to support his thousands-mile expedition. "
Xin Qiji stood in front of everyone, pointing at the Thousand Miles Gobi Desert on the map and talking.
"The Western Liao Kingdom is most likely to have the illusion that the Ming Dynasty cannot cross the Gobi Desert to launch a war against the Western Liao Dynasty because of these two failed attacks. They believe that the Ming Dynasty is at most the level of the Jin Kingdom and cannot be compared to the Jin Kingdom. Stronger.
But they were wrong. The Ming Dynasty was far stronger than the Jin Kingdom. It not only had more powerful troops and weapons, but also had logistics and material transportation capabilities that were absolutely beyond their imagination. The material concentration in Hexi Province and Guanzhong Province has now been completed, which is enough Materials to support the 150,000-strong army's Western Expedition for a year have been put in place. "
Xin Qiji said this with a proud smile.
He was indeed very proud of his role in creating and governing such a powerful country and army.
The military staff officers and other civilian logistics officials are also sincerely proud of this, but some guys like Lin Jingchun are a little distressed by this.
When 150,000 troops are deployed across regions to the battlefield in the Western Region, the logistical supplies and military expenditures required during this period are absolutely astronomical.
Although the Ming Dynasty's treasury has strong reserves and is really very rich, after this battle, it is estimated that the reserve resources and funds that can be used at any time will be exhausted.
So Lin Jingchun couldn't help but remind Su Yonglin to pay more attention to this issue.
Su Yonglin just smiled confidently.
"When we were still overhauling the Yellow River, I dared to launch wars many times, and there were no problems with the national economy, let alone now? With the Ming Dynasty's current wealth distribution system and the improvement of the grassroots mobilization system, I have no idea Worried that we won't be able to achieve final victory.
As for the impact on the economy, it will definitely occur. It is impossible for a war not to affect the economy. But the reason why we are fighting this war now is to better revitalize the national economy in the future and make people's living standards higher. So this war The battle must be fought.
Taking a longer-term view, the military expenditures currently being spent will get us the entire Western Region, and will also allow us to take back Congling. This will directly isolate the war from the Western Region, and will protect the main production areas in the Central Plains from damage to a greater extent. , the potential revenue is a number that we can hardly imagine. "
Speaking of this, Lin Jingchun had nothing to say.
It's just that he is definitely not at the point where a clever woman can't make a living without rice. Every time Su Yonglin goes to war, he will indeed be depleted, but he can soon make up for this part of the expenditure.
Lin Jingchun himself found it interesting. He always felt that Su Yonglin could wipe out all the wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate during wars. However, after every war, the amount of wealth in the Ming Dynasty's treasury would always increase, and he would always feel more confident.
He is always worried that emergencies will cause financial inability to spend, thus triggering social unrest. However, the fact is that the climate issue has not been optimistic in recent years, but there has never been any social unrest that would affect the overall situation.
Later, Lin Jingchun discovered that the nationwide water conservancy projects and transportation construction that Su Yonglin had been leading had created conditions for agricultural development and grain transportation, thus reducing the impact of disasters.
