Qiming 1158

Chapter 1454 Who gave them the courage?

According to the information provided by the spies, the Ming Kingdom can basically determine that the strength of the Khwarizmo Kingdom is not an opponent of Xiliao at all.

They had zero chance of success against Xiliao alone, so the Khwarizimo country could only immediately contact the Skynet Army spies in Xiliao to ask them for help.

His Majesty the Emperor Ming should also not want to fight Xiliao and their group of vassals and dogleg tribes alone, right?
His Majesty the Emperor Ming should also really want a helper who can share the offensive pressure for him, right?
Although the country of Khwarizm is a bit stretched, it still has a little strength. If it really wants to launch an attack, it is absolutely impossible for Xiliao to turn a blind eye.

Therefore, as long as the Emperor Daming dispatches troops as soon as possible, he will be able to realize the strategy of attacking from east to west and destroy Xiliao in one fell swoop!
To be honest, when Su Yonglin heard the news, he felt that he had encountered some particularly inferior scam.

And he felt that these Khwarizm people were a bit too shameless. At this time, when Daming sent troops, was it to share the pressure for them, or did they share the pressure for Daming?
Maybe it's both.

However, if Su Yonglin really wanted to attack and destroy the Western Liaoning, he really needed to occupy the Congling Ridge to improve the frontier defense of the western frontier and make the frontier defense complete.

Although the state of Khwarizm is stretched, it is not bad to use it as a presence to share the forces of Western Liao.

According to the analysis of the intelligence by the Ming court, it was learned that in addition to the force of its own clan, there were three vassals of Xizhou Uighur, East Karakhan Kingdom and West Karakhan Kingdom that followed suit, as well as large and small vassals. Hundreds of small tribes armed with arms.

If they really want to fight, the monarch of the Western Liao Dynasty, Juerhan Yelu Pusuwan can order hundreds of medium-sized countries and tribes in the entire Western Regions and Central Asia to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Kingdom has only itself in the Western Regions.

This is not a huge threat to Daming.

But then again, after careful evaluation, the General Staff Headquarters always believed that Xiliao was a paper tiger, and it would be broken if it was poked. The ability to order the Western Regions was meaningless in the face of the Ming army's large-scale attack.

And should I say or not, Xiliao seems to have never paid attention to the military movements of the Ming Dynasty. Su Yonglin has accumulated grain and military supplies in the border areas on a large scale, and there are frequent mobilization of troops. Xiliao seems to have no response to these things.

The spies said that they had never heard of this kind of news in Xiliao, and even the returning merchants rarely mentioned it, so the officials of Xiliao didn't pay attention at all.

Why is that?
Don't they believe that Daming will attack them at all?

Or what is the basis?
Did the vast Gobi Desert give them such courage?

Not to mention, maybe the vast Gobi Desert has given them such courage.

Although Daming and Xiliao are bordering countries in theory, the bordering part is the Gobi Desert, a plateau that is inaccessible and arid and lacks water. Agricultural production is impossible. There are only very few oases, and most areas are completely unsuitable for human survival.

Therefore, when Jin Guo wanted to crusade Yelu Dashi, it failed because of the long distance and poor logistics. Yelu Dashi wanted to launch a counterattack, but also failed because of the long distance and poor logistics.

Perhaps it was precisely because the "efforts" of these two-way rushes failed, that the Western Liao regime turned a blind eye to the actions of the Ming state and brazenly prepared to launch an attack on the Khwarizm state.

After this possibility was raised by Su Yonglin, it was widely agreed at the military conference, and the military staff with considerable experience all thought it was a very possible and very reasonable speculation.

It is probably because of this reason that the Western Liao side thought that the Ming Kingdom could not pose a threat to them, and thus started a war with confidence, ignoring the eastern defense area.

Because the vast Gobi Desert is a natural defense zone.

But they overlooked a crucial factor.

"With the extremely rough grass-roots governance and mobilization capabilities when the Golden State was first established, it is indeed difficult to fight across the Gobi Desert, which is thousands of miles away. They do not have the grass-roots mobilization ability to achieve the military and combat materials that span thousands of miles. put.

In the same way, although Yelu Dashi was very wise and powerful, Xiliao is more like a tribal alliance, not a country in our impression. In this case, Xiliao can provide him with quite a lot of logistical strength. It is limited, and it is not enough to support his thousand-mile expedition. "

Xin Qiji stood in front of the crowd, pointing at the Qianli Gobi Desert on the map and talking eloquently.

"The West Liao Kingdom is most likely due to the two failed attacks on each other, which created the illusion that Daming could not cross the thousand-mile Gobi Desert to launch the war against the West Liao Dynasty. They believed that Daming was at most the level of the Jin Kingdom, and it was impossible to compare the Jin Kingdom. stronger.

But they were wrong. Ming was far stronger than Jin. Not only did it have more powerful troops and weapons, but it 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, enough The supplies to support the 15 troops in the Western Expedition for one year are already in place. "

Xin Qiji said this sentence with a proud smile.

He's really proud, and he's incredibly proud of his involvement in creating and governing such a strong country and army.

The military staff and other civilian logistics officials were proud of it from the bottom of their hearts, but some Lin Jingchun-style guys felt a little bit distressed about it.

15 troops were dispatched across regions to the battlefields of the Western Regions, and the logistical materials and military expenditures required during this period were absolutely astronomical.

Although the Daming 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 can be consumed by seven to eighty-eight.

Therefore, Lin Jingchun couldn't help but remind Su Yonglin to let him pay more attention to this aspect.

Su Yonglin just smiled confidently.

"When I was still overhauling the Yellow River, I dared to launch wars many times, and there was no problem with the national economy, let alone now? With the improvement of Daming's current wealth distribution system and grassroots mobilization system, I have no idea at all. Afraid that we will not be able to achieve the final victory.

As for the impact on the economy, it will definitely occur. It is impossible to fight a war without affecting the economy, but we are fighting this war now to better revitalize the national economy and improve people's living standards. A war should be fought.

Taking a long-term view, the current military expenditure will give us the entire Western Regions, and will allow us to take back Congling, which will directly isolate the war from the Western Regions, and will protect the main production areas in the Central Plains from damage to a greater extent. , the potential benefit is an unimaginable number. "

Speaking of which, Lin Jingchun had nothing to say.

It just means that he has never reached the point where it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Every time Su Yonglin fights, he will be hollowed out, but he will soon be able to make up for this part of the expenses.

Lin Jingchun himself also found it interesting. He always felt that Su Yonglin's wars could wipe out the wealth he had accumulated so hard, but after each war, the wealth of the Ming state treasury would always rise, and he would always be more confident.

He is always worried that there will be emergencies that will lead to financial inability to spend, thereby causing social unrest, but the fact is that the climate issue has not been optimistic in recent years, but there has never been any social unrest that can affect the overall situation.

Only then did Lin Jingchun discover that it was the nationwide water conservancy projects and transportation construction that Su Yonglin had been leading all along, which created conditions for agricultural development and grain transportation, thereby reducing the impact of disasters.

(End of this chapter)