Daming Crazy Emperor

Taichang is ready to go out again, and the army will soon gather in Wubei City.

The first batch to arrive at the Armed Forces City was the 30 soldiers from the Southeast Camp. They had already assembled near Dhaka City at the mouth of the Ganges, so they came relatively quickly.

However, they were there to assist Beidaying in guarding the defense line, not to really participate in the war.

A few days later, Cao Bianjiao also led 30 elite soldiers from the Peking University Camp to Wubei City by train.

They were the ones who really set off to take the Siberian Khanate.

However, it was still ice and snow over there at the moment, and the ships could not pass through at all, so they could only camp near Wubei City first.

The soldiers of the Southeast Battalion could take the train to take over the line of defense of the Beidaying Battalion.

Early this morning, Taichang arrived at the camp north of Wubei City.

Looking at the camp full of mountains and plains and the soldiers of the Ming army practicing in the cold wind, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

There is no way, the more than 20 grid cities in Wubei City are already full, and they can only be stationed in the farmland outside.

Fortunately, the temperature in Beizhili has risen to more than ten degrees at this moment, and the ice and snow have all melted. It is not too cold to be stationed outside.

Soon, Cao Bianjiao and Zhao Lediao came up with a group of generals.

After a while, they came to Cao Bianjiao's handsome tent.

Taichang took the main seat, and the generals of the North Camp and Southeast Camp lined up on both sides. Everyone was waiting for him to speak.

He looked at the map in front of him, thought carefully for a while, and then asked, "Bianjiao, what's the temperature outside the Great Wall now?"

Cao Bianjiao said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, it is still very cold outside the Great Wall. The ice and snow in the southern grassland have just begun to melt, and the northern part of the desert is still icy and snowy. It is estimated that it will take more than a month until the ice and snow line slowly moves northward to the territory of the Siberian Khanate. "

The soldiers of the Peking University Camp really worked hard. Almost half of the year was spent in the ice and snow.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "How many cities are there in Mobei?"

Cao Bianjiao said without hesitation: "Now there are two cities in Mobei, one is Mobei City near Langjuxu Mountain, and the other is Altai City near Altai Mountain.

These two cities can accommodate 10 people. In addition, we have built more than [-] acropolis that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. If we add the newly received Tsarist Russian strongholds, there will be about [-]. "

Well, it seems that Cao Bianjiao also knows that the temperature is too low for the soldiers to camp outside.

Two cities with a population of 10 people plus an acropolis with a population of about 50 people can just accommodate the [-] people in Beidaying.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "During the ice and snow, the Meng Yuan ministries will not gather troops to attack the city or the Acropolis, right?"

Cao Bianjiao nodded without hesitation and said: "No, Your Majesty, they can't camp outside in the ice and snow, we still have a kang in the Acropolis, so we won't be frozen at night.

If they come to attack the city or the acropolis in this weather, they are looking for death. We just need to pour some water on the city wall and wait for them to freeze to death. "

Well, it seems that as long as Saibei does not thaw the defense line of the North Camp, there will be no problems.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "How many war horses are there in the Peking Camp?"

Cao Bianjiao reckoned: "We have about [-] war horses requisitioned by the North Camp, and another [-] war horses are bred in the monan grassland where the climate is the warmest."

There are enough war horses, but there are not enough cities.

After the soldiers of the Southeast Battalion passed by, there were not only 30 troops.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Leader, you have counted, how many of the family members of these 30 soldiers are willing to accompany the army to garrison outside the Great Wall?"

Zhao Lijiao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if the imperial court really allocates one hundred mu of land or one thousand mu of grassland to each of them, all the families of the soldiers are willing to follow the army to garrison outside the Great Wall.

At the end of the statistics, the 30 soldiers plus their family members are about 200 million people. "

Well, the more people the better.

Taichang then asked again: "Bianjiao, where did you repair the railway?"

Cao Bianjiao said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, we have built the railway to Altai City near Altai Mountain."

Taichang nodded slightly, thought about it carefully, and then ordered: "Bianjiao, you send the report first, and order 30 war horses from the grasslands in Monan to gather in the Hetao grassland."

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then ordered: "Leader, you first take the train to take the train to station near the city of Xi'an, and wait for the horses on the Hetao Grassland to gather, then you take the train to the Hetao Grassland to receive the horses and practice hard.

At this time, you don't need to rush northward. After all, the soldiers of the Southeast Battalion are from the tropics and have never experienced the cold. If you rush northward, it is estimated that many people will suffer from frostbite.

You wait until the ice and snow in Mobei City start to melt, and then take the train to Mobei with your men and horses, and then drive all the way to Altai City, and then lead the army on horseback all the way to the north, and slowly destroy the cities and acropolis along the way. fill up.

In short, where the ice and snow have not started to melt, don't rush to rush there with your army.

Anyway, the ministries of the Mongolian Yuan will not be able to move until the ice and snow melt, so don't worry. "

Zhao Lijiao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang then confessed: "The main task of your army this time was not to fight against the Mongolian and Yuan tribes, but to guard the city, guard the railway line, and expand the city at the same time.

I will order the officials of the Ministry of Industry to bring the machinery for repairing the railway, and build the railway from Altai City to the north, and the guards along the way will be handed over to you.

In addition, you have to organize manpower to expand the acropolis along the way, and try to expand all the small officials to a city that can accommodate 10 people during this year's thawing period.

You don't have to think about building materials such as reinforced concrete, I will order someone to send them to you.

In short, you must hurry up and try to prepare everything during the thaw period of about half a year to accept the families of the soldiers of the Southeast Camp.

After you have expanded several cities, I will send boats to send the families of the soldiers of the Southeast Camp there. There are about 10 people at a time.

As for the grassland and arable land allocated to them, there is no need to worry for now.

During this period, their food was provided by the imperial court. When the Siberian Khanate was captured and the thaw began next year, they would be given grassland and arable land, so that they could grow food, herd sheep, and feed themselves. "

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Ratejiao still cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, you will lead the army to set off tomorrow, and first go to the Xi'an Mansion to be stationed, if you have anything to do, call by telegram."

It's not that simple to go out for a large army. It's not just a matter of people pulling it over. Food, grass, supplies, weapons and equipment, and even living supplies must be properly prepared.

Especially if you go to the alpine region in northern Saibei, you must prepare warm facilities such as barracks and charcoal.

Otherwise, it is not to go to war, but to go to death.

Taichang was still very concerned about this. In the afternoon, he summoned the prince Zhu Youxiao, the chief assistant of the cabinet Xu Guangqi, the second assistants of the cabinet Bi Maokang, Bi Zisu and the eight ministers to the Wenhua Hall for discussion.

After everyone sat down, he solemnly said: "Everyone, this time the army is going to the bitter cold place in the northwest.

I believe everyone knows more or less how bitter and cold the Northwest is.

Thousands of miles of Gobi, yellow sand all over the sky, frozen world, etc., the extremely harsh environment is almost everywhere in the northwest.

Therefore, we have to prepare food and supplies, weapons and equipment, as well as living supplies and heating facilities for the soldiers and send them there in time.

The total number of soldiers from the West Camp, South Camp, Beida Camp, Southeast Camp, and Nanyang Camp is 140 million. In addition, the family members of the soldiers from the Southeast Camp and Nanyang Camp total about 400 million, and they will gradually be pulled over.

We must first ensure that these people can eat well, live well, and not be frozen. "

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded repeatedly to show their agreement.

These millions of people have gone deep into the bitter cold to fight for the country, and the imperial court can't let them down.

Taichang glanced around slightly, and then solemnly said: "Jinghui, there are more than 500 million people, we have to prepare at least 600 million shi of grain every month, and they will not be able to be self-sufficient until next autumn at least.

In other words, we have to prepare food for them for fifteen or six months, which is about [-] million shi, and all must be delivered before October this year. Is there any problem? "

My God, [-] million shi of grain, and it will be transported to Central Asia and northern Saibei thousands of miles away within half a year!
If it was before the Taichang Dynasty, this kind of thing would have been impossible.

Not to mention [-] million shi of grain, even if it was transshipped, it would be impossible to complete.

In the past, Daming’s annual tax and food income was less than 500 million shi, okay, and the transshipment basically relied on manpower, and if the transshipment was tens of thousands of miles, it would be eaten up by the transshipment people on the way.

This time is different.

Bi Ziyan thought about it for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there should be no problem in raising [-] million shi of grain.

However, Weichen can only guarantee that [-] million shi of grain will be raised to the capital on time. As for the transfer to the northwest, this is really a bit difficult.

Because there is basically no shipping in the northwest, we can only rely on railways for transshipment, and a train can pull up to [-] shi of grain at most.

Please forgive me, the emperor, it is really impossible for us to mobilize [-] trains within half a year. "

This is indeed a bit troublesome.

Can't the Northwest be transported by ship?

This is not quite the case.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "In this way, I will mobilize [-] armed merchant ships and go to Dongyang Cheng to announce that the political envoy will go north to the Siberian Khanate, and I will pull you twice. no problem."

An armed merchant ship can also pull 6000 shi of grain, and [-] armed merchant ships can pull [-] million shi twice.

This time, more than half of it was pulled away, and the rest was naturally not a big problem.

Bi Ziyan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "No problem."

Taichang then confessed: "The bitter cold place in the Northwest cannot bear food alone, and meat is also needed.

Especially in Siberia, the cold weather, it is simply impossible not to eat meat.

Fish and meat can be salvaged by large fishing boats in Dongyang Chengxuan, ensuring that each of them has two to three catties per day.

There are beef, mutton, pork, chicken and other meat that you have to raise. Is there any problem in ensuring that each of them has two or three catties a day?
One person eats two or three catties of meat a day, that's more than fifty catties a month, and more than 500 million people eat nearly 3000 million catties a month!

This is too scary.

Bi Ziyan thought about it for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, beef and mutton can be purchased from the nearby Monan Grassland, and pork and chicken can also be purchased from the Secretary of the Political Envoy of Dongyang Chengxuan. This is the money. Libraries can be a bit unaffordable."

Money is a small thing.

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "You just need to make the bills. All the expenses for this expedition will be borne by the internal treasury. There is no problem, right?"

Bi Ziyan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "There is no problem, Your Majesty."

That line, continue on.

There are also supplies, weapons and equipment, daily necessities, and even rails, steel bars, cement and other materials.

Taichang spent an entire afternoon discussing with everyone before making the arrangements.

Seeing that it was getting dark, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, the discussion is over here today, everyone go back and make preparations."

After all, he was waiting to be driven back to the palace.

Unexpectedly, Prince Zhu Youxiao came up to him and asked cautiously, "Father, are you going to lead the army to attack the Siberian Khanate this time?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

Zhu Youxiao said carefully again: "Father, can you bring Lang'er with you, he is not young anymore, he is almost ready to start training."

Uh, train the grandson of the emperor?
He almost forgot about it.

Taichang was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly and said: "Okay, let Lang'er prepare well, and then I will go out with me."