In addition, occupying Persia and the Arabian Peninsula is still not enough based on the troops currently stationed there.
Although Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui are currently reorganizing the original Mughal Empire's army, if they want it to eventually become a territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, they must have a strong sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty, and they still have to be sent from the mainland. Military strength is the best. Even their descendants are definitely stronger than the armies organized by the natives.
Based on this idea, Emperor Chongzhen began to mobilize his troops again. Both the army and the navy dispatched some troops.
Sometimes, Emperor Chongzhen was speechless. Unexpectedly, the matter of that man and woman turned out to be very attractive. Following the decree, all armies enthusiastically signed up to go to overseas territories. Especially the northern grasslands, as well as the northwest, southwest and other places, which are not particularly developed places compared to the entire Ming Dynasty, are the most active. Forget it, let you spread the branches and leaves for Ming Dynasty!
The Bukhara Khanate did not escape the disaster in the end.
On Hong Chengchou's side, after losing the pressure of Tsarist Russia's counterattack, he began to turn his attention southward. Whether it was to appease the original Turgut tribe or for the fertile land in the Volga River Basin, Hong Chengchou had no intention of letting go of the Bukhara Khanate from the beginning.
After the ice and snow melted, Hong Chengchou sent troops to attack the Bukhara Khanate, attracting a large number of troops from the Bukhara Khanate. Later, Wu Sangui's troops, who were notified by Hong Chengchou, stabbed the Bukhara Khanate in the back. Under a pincer attack from the north and south, the Bukhara Khanate was destroyed.
In this battle, let alone revenge, the soldiers of the Torgut tribe, who had been bullied by the Braha Khanate, put in a lot of effort. After they invaded the Bukhara Khanate, they were the ones who killed the most. In the end, there were still women and children left behind.
Basically, when Zheng Zhilong arrived in North America and wiped out the main Spanish force with Sun Chuanting, the Bukhara Khanate was destroyed.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay much attention to these. He had given Hong Chengchou this kind of power, otherwise everything would have been delayed by going back and forth for instructions so far away.
There was one thing that Emperor Chongzhen did not expect, and that was Tsarist Russia.
According to what Hong Chengchou finally found out, Tsar Alexei was indeed a capable man. Faced with a sneak attack by Sweden and Poland on the empty rear, after signing the Treaty of Fort Mingwei, he did not go back to fight with these people. The armies of the two countries were fighting, but he led the troops into Poland.
In other words, he doesn't care about his own country. You kill yours and I kill mine. It's a dead-end situation.
Maybe it was because of the mourning soldiers, or maybe because Poland had too few troops left in the eastern part of the country. I didn't expect Alexei to use this trick. After the Tsarist Russian army entered Poland, it was overwhelming and overwhelming, and the Polish side immediately returned to rescue the country. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by Tsarist Russian troops halfway, and the main force was crippled.
But no matter what, the Tsarist Russian army was first defeated at Minwei Fort, then rushed back to attack Poland day and night, and finally fought a decisive battle with the main Polish force without resting for a moment. Therefore, after this battle, the Tsarist Russian army finally ran out of strength.
In the end, Tsarist Russia and Poland ceased fighting and signed a treaty again.
Poland did not reap any benefits at all. Instead, the country was robbed one after another due to the labor and force. This was a huge blow to Poland.
The army was dispatched, and there was a lot of money and food. The people were already very dissatisfied. After suffering from the military disaster, many people no longer wanted to be oppressed by Poland and the Lithuanian Federation, and started to rebel like Khmelnytsky.
Originally, in history, the Great Flood era that started with Khmelnytsky's Rebellion finally happened in Poland and the Lithuanian Federation.
After the Swedish army heard about the war in Poland, they did not go to rescue Poland, but they were worried that Alexei, a madman, would fight for his life. Therefore, after capturing Moscow, they burned and killed it for three days and three nights. In the end, Moscow was burned to the ground, and then they retreated with their troops.
However, the towns near Sweden were still occupied. From then on, the Baltic Sea became Sweden's inland sea, and nothing happened without Tsarist Russia.
It can be said that in this melee, not counting the Ming army, the Swedish side gained the greatest benefit. Their new king, Karl X, also used this war to consolidate the royal power he had ceded from Queen Christina.
One thing Hong Chengchou didn't find out was that after Sweden heard about the chaos in Poland, it began to pay attention to Sweden again. Just like a hungry wolf, hiding aside, waiting for the best time to pounce and bite you hard.
Of course, Tsarist Russia is not much better.
This polar bear was also scarred and had no energy to do anything anymore. He could only go back to his den to lick his wounds. At this time, Alexei not only did not dare to tear up the Samara Fort Agreement, but was worried that the Ming army would not abide by the agreement and tear up the Samara Fort Agreement.
This is probably the case throughout Eastern Europe.
After Hong Chengchou understood this, he did not really need to tear up the Mingwei Fort Agreement and lead his troops westward. It's not that he doesn't want to open up more territories, but his troops are really limited. If he captures more territory and his troops are dispersed, he is afraid of accidents.
After all, there are too many unknown things for him in this strange Europe. He was not as confident as the emperor that he could win the battle absolutely. Therefore, he wanted to run Mingwei Fort well and slowly encroach on the Eastern European plains adjacent to Mingwei Fort. This was his plan.
In summary, at this time, it was not the strength of the enemy that limited Ming's pace of expanding its territory, but Ming's own limited manpower.
In this regard, the approach of the Ming Dynasty was completely different from that of the Genghis Khan era.
During the Genghis Khan era, there was crazy expansion. Although the territory occupied was extremely wide, the occupied areas quickly fell apart and split into many khanates without proper management.
Daming's side is a steady one. Conquer a place nearby, and move the people of the Ming Dynasty to become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, such as Annan, Dongwu and other places.
For those far away, they would divide the vassal states into vassal states and rule the local areas as vassal states of the same clan and clan, such as Tianzhu and the Americas.
Whether the method of Genghis Khan's era is better or the method of Ming Dynasty today is better. In the end, we still have to wait for the test of history. But one thing is certain, that is, even if Genghis Khan wanted to imitate the Ming Dynasty's method of opening up territories, he could not do it. Because his population is countless times smaller than that of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to learn from it.
Of course, although the Ming Dynasty has a population of nearly 200 million, it seems that the population is not enough after such expansion of territory. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be one step closer, such as Mingwei Fort.
In addition, there is another place that is even more lacking in population, and that is Australia in later generations.
This place, although in its original history, was more of a place where Western colonists exiled criminals. But, I have to say, this place is actually a good place. The whole world is in a world war, but Australia's direction is rarely affected.
If this place wasn't too far away from Europe and Europe's past population base was too poor, it would definitely be easier to immerse itself in development than North America.
The Ming Dynasty also wants to occupy this place, but just like America, it is too far away and the transportation is too inconvenient. In addition to having stronger control over it, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty in the future will have ambitions there. Powerless. Therefore, on the Australian side, it is better to enfeoff vassal kings.
After kicking out a few more vassal kings from America, the other vassal kings will all be kicked to Australia. The Ming vassal kings will basically be settled.
But right now, the most important thing is infrastructure! Without developed transportation, the territory is too vast, and it is really powerless. This is why the territory of China in the past dynasties was only that large. It is not that the previous emperors did not want to expand the territory.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not think too much and focused all his efforts on domestic construction.
Even though he has an eavesdropping system in hand and does not leave the Forbidden City, he can still know the world's affairs without being deceived by his officials. However, for Emperor Chongzhen, he obviously did not like staying in the Forbidden City.
As a result, Emperor Chongzhen’s footprints were left all over the Ming Dynasty.
Take a train directly to Guihua City, inspect the Hetao Plain, meet with Mongolian people, listen to the people's sentiments, and guide Mongolian officials on how to do things better.
This is unmatched by any other emperor. With Emperor Chongzhen's insight, every instruction can hit the mark.
In this Mongolian grassland, the first priority is to vigorously develop agriculture on the Hetao Plain. Potato cultivation has been improved to a higher level to fully ensure the people's rations during natural disasters. Second, Emperor Chongzhen also made a special trip to Baotou to inspect the iron mines and iron smelting conditions here.
In addition, he also inspected a circle along the Yellow River, found problems, solved them, and ensured that the Yellow River would not flood or change its course.
Later, when the weather turned cold, he took a train to the south to inspect the Yangtze River Basin. River defense was also a top priority. Regarding the infrastructure construction situation in various places, every time he went to a place, he had to listen to reports from local officials. If there were difficulties, he would solve them. If there were no difficulties, he would work hard to improve the infrastructure.
The railways that served as the transportation backbone of the Ming Dynasty were almost completed, reaching Guihua City in the north, Guangzhou City in the south, Tianshan Luntai in the west, and Kunming in the southwest.
Originally, according to Emperor Chongzhen's plan, the southwest railway was to eventually reach Dongwu's port in the Indian Ocean. However, the terrain in the southwest is too difficult to build a railway, and the cost is too high if it cannot be built. We can only wait for the results of the development of yellow explosives and then fight against nature.
Emperor Chongzhen took a train to inspect and requested that on the basis of this train transportation, railways and roads should be continued to be built and spread across the country like a network. No matter what you leave for future generations, leaving these things is the most practical thing.
