Daming Military Empire

Chapter 512 Raiders of the Western Regions
How many regular legions can Daming expand now?This actually does not depend on how much money Daming has now, nor does it depend on how much Zhu Cijiong wants to expand. It is mainly determined by the reserves and production speed of weapons and equipment.

Zhu Cijiong wanted to expand ten legions at a time, press them up, wipe out Wacha and Tsarist Russia, and then call it a day and let some people go back to continue farming.

However, expanding the army is not just about recruiting people. Forming a regular army must be fully equipped with muskets, cannons, horses, telegraphs, etc. Without these things, it will be no different from a reserve army.

Zhu Cijiong didn't know much about the reserve quantity of these things or the production speed, so he had to find someone to ask. Just in time, he also wanted to find someone to discuss the specific strategies of the Western Regions. Recruited.

Speaking of all the relevant personnel, in fact he can not recruit many, because almost all the senior generals have gone to the front line, and only Qin Liangyu and Shi Kefa stayed near the capital. Useless!

In the end, Zhu Cijiong simply recruited Qin Liangyu, Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua, Cheng Guoxiang, Shi Kefa, and Wang Zhengnan to discuss. There were only six people in total. He didn't even need to go to a special conference room, just hold the meeting in his study.

Except for Shi Kefa who was farther away, the others were all in the capital. Early the next morning, the six of them gathered in Zhu Cijiong's private study and began to discuss the strategy for the Western Regions.

Zhu Cijiong first briefly introduced the current situation, and then said firmly: "This time, it is obvious that the Anti-Habsburg Alliance is behind the scenes, trying to hold back or even drag down Daming, so as to gain time for development and fully catch up Super Ming. To catch up with Ming, they must expand their colonies, otherwise the economy and resources will not catch up. Therefore, we must end the war on the second or third front as soon as possible, free up our hands, and curb their subsequent expansion. "

Everyone here can understand what I said earlier. The gap between the European powers and Ming Dynasty in terms of military industry is not very big. The two sides are mainly fighting for economy and resources.

Now, the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty is simply unmatched by the European powers. Whether it is fighting for the economy or resources, they are not rivals.

Then, they can only catch up with Ming Dynasty by expanding abroad, frantically plundering colonies, and frantically plundering resources.

But the last sentence of ending the war on the second or third fronts as soon as possible is a little confusing to everyone. Everyone knows the situation on the third front. Except for South Asia, there is some hope that it will be resolved in the short term. It will be resolved, because Daming has no soldiers to send!

Of course Zhu Cijiong knew the problem, and he continued, "Now, the crux of the problem is that we don't have any more troops to fight on the two fronts, so I decided to continue to expand the army, as much as possible!"

Still expanding the army?Now Daming's regular army and reserve army have reached a terrifying 260 million. Except for the early days of the Ming Dynasty, when did the Ming Dynasty gather so many troops? I went to farm, because the national power of Ming Dynasty simply couldn't afford to support so many troops.

Now Daming's tax revenue can't afford to support so many troops. Cheng Guoxiang knows this best. Most of the military expenses in recent years have been transferred from the Daming Royal Nikko Bank. That's the emperor's own money. It's not Daming's tax revenue!
He didn't know exactly how much money the royal family's firms could earn a year, so he was always worried. If the royal family's firms were unable to make ends meet, it would be troublesome. You must know that it would cost tens of millions of taels a year.

Now when he heard that the emperor wanted to expand the army, he couldn't help dissuading him immediately: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude, I'm afraid this military expenditure will be difficult to sustain."

Zhu Cijiong raised his hand and said proudly: "Zhong Ruo doesn't have to worry, even if the army expands to a million, I can support it!"

When everyone heard the words, they all showed admiration. Throughout the dynasties, only the state supported the royal family, and the royal family has never been obedient to make money to supplement the treasury. They can roughly estimate how much military expenditure the Ming army needs in a year. That's at least hundreds of millions of taels, how much money does the emperor have to post in a year!
Zhu Cijiong really doesn't care how much money is posted in it, because this era is an era of the jungle, the stronger the army, the more colonies it will plunder, and the more colonies, the more profits it will make. In this way, the money spent will be profitable sooner or later return.

If there is no strong army, no matter how much money there is, it will be robbed by others.

The Qing Dynasty is a good example. More than one billion taels of silver were robbed by the great powers one after another. If these silver were used to expand the army, who was the opponent in the world at that time!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong said resolutely again: "Don't think about other issues for the time being. Now, Ming Dynasty must expand its army and suppress the great powers. How many troops to equip?"

Hearing this, Bi Maokang made a rough estimate, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "If you go back to the emperor, if it is a third-class army, it can probably equip 15 people."

It’s only 15, which seems a bit small, but it’s too much to deal with. Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, “Well, I’ll order the relevant factories to work overtime immediately. Within half a month, I’ll need weapons and equipment for two third-class legions.”

Hearing this, Bi Maokang hurriedly cupped his hands again and said, "I understand."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, pointed to the map of the Western Regions on the conference table and continued: "I have decided to use Wacha as a breakthrough point, break through the Western Regions passage, and directly attack the railway from Hami Weixiu to the Ob River Basin from the east and south. Tsarist Russia, take the whole of Siberia in one fell swoop!"

When everyone heard the words, their eyes lit up. The breakthrough point of Wacha is indeed good. If the railway can be built to the Ob River Basin, Tsarist Russia will undoubtedly be defeated.

However, the military strength seems to be a bit insufficient, Qin Liangyu couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, all the countries in the Western Regions are the remnants of the Mongol Yuan. If they unite, the 50 troops will be in danger!"

Zhu Cijiong nodded and sighed: "Yes, we have to guard against this. Come to Xian, how is the relationship between the countries in the Western Regions going?"

Wang Zhengnan hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, according to investigations, the Yaerqiang Khanate has the worst relationship with Wacha, because they are the descendants of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate that was wiped out by Wacha; Khalkha also has a relationship with Wacha. There have been conflicts, but there has been no friction in recent years; the Kazakh Khanate is relatively close to Tsarist Russia, and has also had conflicts with the Wacha tribe; as for the farewell to the moon, it seems that they rarely look north. "

The reason why Zhu Cijiong understands the relationship between the countries in the Western Regions is that he wants to fight a group first, because the strength of the Ming army is indeed not enough. If they go to war with the five countries in the Western Regions at the same time, they will definitely lose more than win.

Judging from the information collected by Jin Yiwei, the Yeerqiang Khanate should not help Wacha. Now that the Kazakh Khanate has been persuaded by Tsarist Russia to join forces with Wacha to attack Ming Dynasty, there is no need to think about it, it must be fought.

It is hard to say about the rest of Khalkha and Moon level, what should we do?Fighting together is still not enough!
(End of this chapter)