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Of course, Zhu Youjian had reasons to believe that with Ming's current technology, it was feasible to build a small experimental railway, but the transport capacity must be quite small, and it was impossible to build it all over the country.It may be possible to build a ten-mile road and pull a steam locomotive with two carriages.Then you have to run a few miles, then overhaul for a day, and then continue to run.

far away!

Since there was a shortage of horses, his eyes naturally looked north—Zhun Ge'er.

"Go, invite General Li Dingguo here." Zhu Youjian looked at Li Guangdi, this kid was not as smart as Xia Wanchun, he was a bit dumb, he didn't want the aura displayed by famous figures in history.

"Are you coming to the palace?" Li Guangdi asked cautiously.

"Forget it, Chen Tingjing, you go for a walk." Zhu Youjian was a little disappointed with Li Guangdi, he liked Chen Tingjing more.

"Okay!" Chen Tingjing replied very simply, and left in a hurry.It is recorded in history books that Chen Tingjing of the Kangxi Dynasty was very good at economics and was a capable minister in governing the country. Judging from his current performance, Zhu Youjian was determined to cultivate him.

Li Dingguo has been at home for a long time. Although he is named the vice principal of the military academy, he really doesn't know how to teach.This guy's ability is that he can't bring out apprentices, he can only rot in his own stomach.The only way for such a talent is to put him on the battlefield, not in the classroom.If you really want him to train students, it is better to send him a lot of staff.As for who can become a teacher, it depends on one's understanding.

"Sit down!" Zhu Youjian always had a feeling that he and Li Dingguo were too estranged, no matter how he tried to win him over, Li Dingguo was still very strange.

However, Zhu Youjian can be sure that Li Dingguo is not an enemy, at least in dealing with foreign enemies, he still understands righteousness, and the things Zhu Youjian explained are also done very well.

"The emperor sits first." Li Dingguo stood like that, and he didn't sit up until Zhu Youjian sat down.Zhu Youjian doesn't want to sit in this way, so he will probably stand with him all the time.

"I want horses, many, many horses." Zhu Youjian glanced at Li Dingguo and said.

"One hundred thousand cavalry, 20 elite infantry, 30 is enough!" Li Dingguo's expression did not change at all, and he stretched out his hand with three fingers, as if he had already guessed what Zhu Youjian was going to say.

"" Zhu Youjian was stunned, he didn't expect Li Dingguo to be sophisticated again.Needless to say, the guy in front of him has grown into a top general.

From his early twenties, although Li Dingguo was talented at that time, he was still a little immature, with a distinct personality in his work.Later, when he fought in the Northeast, Li Dingguo seemed too calm, and his vigor was reduced, but he was a little timid.But this is a normal performance. If a person wants to grow, it is also a spiral.But looking at Li Dingguo now, his skills are no longer inferior to anyone in the country.

Ming people don't speak dark words, since Li Dingguo has already guessed Zhu Youjian's thoughts, the emperor will no longer hide it.

"How?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"The infantry is battling at every step, and the cavalry is eaten by the enemy. Judging from the current strength of our army's [-] cavalry, no one in the world can beat it. The champion's style of play!" Li Dingguo was very proud, obviously studying the domestic military. Condition.

It must be admitted that Li Dingguo is really a military genius.If Daming was still the same as before, even if there were [-] cavalry, they would not be able to achieve much in the depths of the grassland.But what is the iron cavalry of the Ming army now?Improved horses, excellent equipment, and years of training.To put it bluntly, this is really the legacy of Huo Qubing's fine riding.One hundred thousand cavalry rushed to the grassland, and everyone could only retreat.

"Then why do you need 20 infantry? It's superfluous." Zhu Youjian really didn't understand Li Dingguo's thinking. Compared with the military strategist in front of him, Zhu Youjian and Maoyu were not counted.

"Rake! Plow the grassland again." Li Dingguo stretched out five fingers, made a rake, and hugged upwards along his knees: "A team of 2 people will be divided into ten teeth, and the cavalry will walk in the middle, looking for opportunities .”

"Then what if the other party learns from wild boar skin?" Zhu Youjian thought of the reason why the Ming army failed in the Battle of Salhu.

In fact, from the perspective of strategic deployment, Li Dingguo's idea was the idea of ​​the Saarhu Ming Army, but in the end the Ming Army failed.The Northern Expedition has always been difficult to fight, all because the opponent is cavalry, typical guerrilla warfare, fight if you win, and run if you can't win.The Han people do not have so many cavalry, and it is too difficult to rely on infantry to find opportunities for decisive battles.Even Wei Qing couldn't figure it out. Only when Huo Qubing adopted the same method as the Huns did he win a lot of victories.

"Only the two sharp weapons in the hands of the emperor can offset the enemy's advantage." Li Dingguo's eyes were a little wandering this time, obviously he was not 100% sure when he said this.

"What?" Zhu Youjian was curious.

"Radio and hot air balloons." Li Dingguo said.

"No, I can only give you these two things in hot air balloons, and the radio station is not suitable for showing up. I can follow you one at most, and you can contact me directly." Zhu Youjian directly vetoed it.Just kidding, now is not the time for radio to scale up.He has already heard Li Dingguo's thoughts. This guy has long seen the power of the radio station and wants to deploy the radio station to the military level, which Zhu Youjian cannot accept.

"You don't need the radio station, you just need 20 cavalry. No infantry." Li Dingguo said directly with a sinking heart.

20 professional cavalry, which is equivalent to all the cavalry forces in the entire Ming Dynasty.No infantry means that Li Dingguo has changed his style of play. He obviously wants to learn from Huo Qubing, and the scale is even bigger.Zhu Youjian fully believes that Li Dingguo has the ability to command 20 people, but leading the current 20 Ming cavalry, this military force is enough to fight to Europe.Of course, in the case of unlimited logistics supplies, if the supplies are counted, the combat power of these people has to rely on the military industry in Ming Dynasty.

"I'm not asking you to sweep the floor. What I want is a horse. If you make a move, if there are no people and horses, what do I want the grassland for?" Zhu Youjian said with a dark face.

He was really afraid that Li Dingguo would play Huo Qubing's tricks. By that time, there would be no people, no horses, and only grass left.

"The minister needs to take one person with him to the emperor's favor." Li Dingguo's expression was surprisingly calm.

"Who?"

"Prince Zhu Cihong." Li Dingguo said: "As the eldest prince, he can be inferior to a hundred thousand soldiers."

Zhu Youjian couldn't find a reason to object, because this was in ancient times, and going to the grassland as Zhu Cihong was indeed enough to appease the hearts of the people.

Chapter 7 and Three: One Account of Defense

War is never easy, especially for the party that launches the war, it takes a long time to prepare.

Zhu Youjian wanted to launch a final united war against the grasslands. Of course, it was impossible to start the war the next day as soon as he raised it. Even if Li Dingguo had a combat strategy, it still needed to be discussed in a small area.This is not a matter of a day or two, but before a final decision is made, military deployments can be made in advance.

The defense force deployed by Ming Dynasty is still in the north, and the heavy troops are all in the north. This is also the strategy of China for thousands of years. Who made our enemies always come from the north?The difference from before is that the original northern line of defense has now become five major regions, namely Northwest, Yansui, Chahar, Xilingrad, and Northeast.

The defense force in the Northeast is actually the smallest, with only three armies and less than 10 people.But the entire Great Northeast region is the most stable in the north.One is that there are no enemies in the north of the Northeast now, and the task of the troops is to suppress the bandits or drive away the invasion of bears; the other is that there are a large number of retired soldiers from the Boyer Army in the Northeast. The number exceeds [-]. It's not easy to mess with, it's soldiers when they are called up.

The most deployed army is Chahar, which has two cavalry armies and three field armies, with a population of more than 17. Among them, the first cavalry army is stationed in Chahar, and the sixth, eighth, and tenth armies of the field army are defending from Guisui. The first line to Zhangjiakou is the outer line of defense in Beijing.

The third cavalry army and the No.11 field army were stationed in Jehol, the purpose is self-evident, and at the same time they undertook the task of cavalry training.Whether it is Zhu Rihe, Xilingrad or Horqin, it is now the source of important horses for the Ming Dynasty. Half of the horse supply is undertaken here, especially the pack horses in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, which are mainly produced here.One-third of Ming's war horses are purchased from the grasslands, and two-thirds are self-produced in Queshan, Ningxia and other places.

Yansui stationed the 14th and [-]th Cavalry Corps, and at the same time deployed the [-]rd and [-]th Field Army Corps; the total strength is [-], but it has to undertake the defense of Hetao, and it is also an area where sporadic fighting has been ongoing.Because the Hetao has been the most easily contested territory since ancient times.The Zhun Ge'er Department never gave up its harassment of Hetao, and small-scale wars occurred almost every month.

Stationed in Ningxia is the Second Cavalry Army, mixed with the First Army, Second Army, and Third Army, with a strength of 15.The so-called mixed army is a field army on horseback. In other words, it can be a field army or cavalry.This is determined by the local environment.If there are no horses in the northwest, they can only nest in the border to guard the city.From the very beginning, Zhu Youjian gave Zeng Ying extra care, at least the luxurious configuration of one person and two horses.

Don't think that one man with two horses is very good. The real cavalry is one man with three horses. In addition to the two war horses, there is also a pack horse, which is responsible for transporting supplies with the army.The current requirement of Ming Dynasty for cavalry is to be able to attack and transport, to fight battles quickly, and to keep up with supplies.Under this guiding ideology, if a logistics supply unit is specially equipped, it is easy to leave the front.The best way is to supply supplies along with the troops. Wherever the battle is fought, the supplies can follow.Of course, it is the basic supply, and it is impossible to keep up with the complete supply.

Some people will say, since there is already a horse farm, why not equip everyone with a war horse?

This is an idea without common sense.The 20 cavalry that Daming now raises has emptied out all the war horses in the country.Simple calculations, 20 cavalry each with two horses, a total of 40 horses are needed.A horse can only give birth once a year. The life cycle of a horse is 30 to 16 years. It is a cub before the age of five, and it is an old horse after the age of 40.To have [-] war horses, at least [-] mares must be kept.If it weren't for Chahar and Horqin, where would Zhu Youjian get so many mares?

In terms of horse breeds, Mongolian horses are suitable for long-distance running, with cold resistance and endurance, but poor horsepower.The Hetao horse is a good war horse, and its output is small.There are horse breeds from all over the world in the Queshan Racecourse, but it has not yet formed a scale, and there is no time for 20 years, so don't think about making major changes.

It is precisely because of the large-scale cavalry that Daming is now able to safely hold the northern defense line without relying on large-scale infantry and the Great Wall defense line.When the prairie people wanted to go south to plunder, the cavalry of Ming Dynasty could respond quickly, and the opponent could not take advantage of it at all.However, it was not so easy for the Ming army to attack northward.

Think about the area of ​​the grassland and the population on the grassland. There are fewer troops attacking, which is almost equivalent to a trip, and the opponent only needs to avoid the sharp edge.And the number of attacking troops is large, so what if the opponent attacks the mainland in the opposite direction?Don't think that only Han people understand the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.Grassland warfare means you fight yours and I fight mine.Anyway, they only have a broken tent, which can be rolled up and walked away.And the city of your Han people will not move for ten thousand years.

This is why for thousands of years, only Emperor Wu achieved a complete victory in the Northern Expedition, and the later Qing Dynasty used the means of an alliance to close the grassland.Before we have enough remaining power, the distance we can attack will definitely not exceed [-] miles.Go any further, and you'll be waiting to be led by others for a walk!It’s still impossible to guarantee that the other party will spare you and take a bite behind you.

Now that Li Dingguo wants to take away all the mobile forces of the northern defense line, the northern defense line will be completely exposed to others.This is the time to test your determination. Zhu Youjian believes that Emperor Wu has also considered the same problem, but Emperor Wu is more determined to fight the Huns than anyone else.He would rather give up the northern line of defense, but also solve the grassland problem.

In Nanjing City, Zhu Youjian couldn't sleep all night.The entire world map was hanging in front of him, and his eyes were fixed on the north.No one in this world knows the size of the north better than him. As long as you pass Zhungeer, you can find a river leading to the Arctic Ocean.Zhu Youjian feels that he has little ambition, as long as Asia is Asia for Asians.

Among other things, Tyumen must be the Tyumen of Daming, where there is really a lot of oil.

"Long live, if you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you catch tiger cubs! What's more, we don't hold fire sticks in our hands now. If those rebellious officials and thieves dare to come, it's no wonder that they don't have to peel off their skin." behind.

"Why don't you rest? You are old, you should pay more attention to self-cultivation. Don't stay in the palace all the time, you can go around." Zhu Youjian helped Wang Chengen to sit down. This old guy is not in good health now, often My back hurts.

"I'm old! I can't go anywhere. It's just that Nanjing is more tidal than the north, and I still miss Beijing." Wang Chengen said.

"After this battle, there will be no war in the north. In the future, the development of Ming Dynasty will be in the south and on the sea. We can't be short-sighted. Can you understand?" Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen and said.

"This old slave is talking too much. But this time, will the emperor want to conscript himself?" Wang Chengen asked.

"I can't go to the grassland. That's Li Dingguo's business. But I still don't worry about the northern defense line. I want to help manage the food and grass. This is also a big deal." Zhu Youjian didn't lie to Wang Chengen.