Daming Crazy Emperor

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen finally arrived, Taichang was quite happy.

He even took the emperor's grandson Zhu Cihong, Yuan Keli and others to the pier to greet them.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen couldn't be happier, as soon as the hanging ladder was lowered, they ran down quickly, the speed scared Zhu Cihong.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, Taichang smiled and introduced: "Longer, this is Zhang Zhiji, the Duke of England, and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo. They are proficient in various languages ​​and are familiar with various negotiation skills. You send them, sure."

Langer?

Grandson of the emperor!
This is the future emperor!
Hearing the words, Zhang Zhiji hurriedly flattered him: "Oh, it turns out to be His Royal Highness, the grandson of the emperor, no wonder he is so majestic."

Xu Yunzhen also hurriedly patted: "His Royal Highness, the grandson of the emperor, is handsome and intelligent at first glance, extremely intelligent, and will definitely be a generation of wise kings in the future."

Zhang Zhiji then flattered him: "His Royal Highness, do you like cats?

The nobles in Central Asia like to keep Persian cats. Persian cats are so beautiful. How about I get you two for you to play with? "

What are these?
Zhu Cihong was almost taken aback by these two guys.

Taichang shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Okay, don't flatter me, let's get on the boat and talk about some serious things."

After that, he lifted his foot and walked to the flagship.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen hurriedly followed.

Soon, they came to the conference room that had been arranged.

After Taichang raised his hand to let everyone sit down, he introduced seriously: "This time, our 90 troops from the North Camp, South Camp and West Camp attacked in three directions, and they happened to reach the border of Tsarist Russia one after another.

Tsarist Russia seemed to be terrified, not only hastily sent envoys to seek peace, but even negotiators.

We had no intention of attacking Tsarist Russia at this time, but since they have come to our door, we will naturally take the opportunity to blackmail them.

Otherwise, this great opportunity will be wasted. "

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded thoughtfully.

But Zhu Cihong couldn't help asking: "Grandfather, why don't we take the opportunity to take down Tsarist Russia?
Since they are so frightened, they must know that they are invincible. If we wiped them out in one fell swoop, wouldn't we lose a strong enemy? "

Hearing this, Taichang shook his head slightly, and then patiently explained: "Lang'er, as an emperor, you have to see the big picture.

We cannot destroy the overall plan for the sake of a Tsarist Russia.

At this moment, the European Continental Alliance has assembled nearly 200 million troops to go deep into the African continent, and there happens to be the Black God Army we trained there.

If they get entangled with the Black God Army in Africa and are unfamiliar with the place, they will definitely suffer a big loss.

Maybe the Black God Army can even take advantage of the advantages of geographical location and harmonious people to consume all their main force in Africa.

If we take the liberty to attack Tsarist Russia, it will be different.

They will inevitably abandon Africa and return to aid with all their strength.

At that time, the situation will be reversed in an instant, and it will become that we are not familiar with the place, but they have the advantage of geographical advantage and harmony.

Besides, cavalry is only suitable for fighting in the wild, and it is more than enough to deal with the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan who live on nomads.

Once it invades the continent, it will be different.

There are a lot of cities in Europe, and there are fortresses everywhere, just to restrain our cavalry.

Therefore, we cannot attack Tsarist Russia now.

We have to wait until the consumption in Africa is almost exhausted, and all kinds of new equipment are almost ready before we mobilize the army to attack the European continent. "

This explains it in enough detail.

Hearing this, Zhu Cilang nodded repeatedly and said, "Grandson understands."

Taichang immediately confessed: "Zhiji, Yunzhen, you should also pay attention. When negotiating, you can't let them understand our intentions, and you can't persecute them too hard, making them think that we just want to kill them. up.

You must grasp this degree well. "

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen nodded quickly when they heard the words, "I understand."

Taichang then pointed to the map on the table and said: "Our main goal this time is to take the opportunity to extort some land from others.

You see, here is the Ural Mountains, here is the Ural River.

Now we have almost controlled the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, and built three cities on the western side, and the passage through the Ural Mountains is blocked.

If we can blackmail a piece of the Ural River to the east, it will be easier to defend.

It is basically impossible for the European Continental Alliance to attack our northwest direction from land through Tsarist Russia.

Of course, we can't make it clear where we blackmail people.

After all, they didn't do anything to us, and we have to cede land to others for no reason, which is a bit unreasonable.

You need to find a suitable excuse.

How about it, do you guys have any ideas? "

This one.

Zhang Zhiji stared at the map for a while, and suddenly had an idea: "Your Majesty, I have seen the captured map of the Golden Horde. The Ural River, including the west and north, was originally the territory of the Golden Horde. .

Didn’t we defeat the Golden Horde? They occupied many places in the Golden Horde in Tsarist Russia. If we can be the territory of the Golden Horde, it is our territory.

Let's open the lion's mouth first, pretending to bite off a big piece, let them bargain, and finally we will take such a small piece, they shouldn't have any objections, right? "

Good guy, that's a great idea.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, that's a good excuse, just come here, and it's almost enough to blackmail the east of the Ural River."

At this time, Yuan Keli pointed to the map and carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, there is also this Caspian Sea, we have to guard against it.

After all, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire have many rivers leading to the Caspian Sea. If they use ships to transfer personnel and supplies, they can land anywhere on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. "

Uh, Taichang really didn't expect this.

The problem is that the sea here is an inland sea larger than that of Dongyang Chengxuan, with an area of ​​at least 40 to [-] square kilometers, and it is surrounded by not only Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire, but also the Persian Empire. Are you here?

Unexpectedly, Xu Yunzhen said seriously: "Your Majesty, we can blackmail the Ottoman Empire together.

Anyway, the Persian Empire had no muskets and artillery, and no warships, so we don't have to worry about it at all.

As long as we block Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire and prevent their ships from entering the Caspian Sea, there should be no problem. "

Even the Ottoman Empire?

Taichang was quite puzzled and said: "The Ottoman Empire is on the west bank of the Caspian Sea, how can we blackmail them, and directly send warships to blackmail them?

The problem is that there seems to be no river channel leading to the outer sea here, and our warships simply can't get in! "

Xu Yunzhen calmly pointed to the north of the Caspian Sea and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, there are not only the troops of Tsarist Russia but also the troops of the Ottoman Empire in this area.

I heard from the captives of the Golden Horde that they seemed to have been fighting for this area for several years.

However, later they seemed to reconcile suddenly, and even sent troops together to fight in the direction of our Daming Empire.

In other words, this area may be a buffer zone between them, or it may be an area they jointly control.

Master Sun and Master Lu just happened to have nothing to do at the moment, we can let them divide half of the troops to overwhelm them and scare the Ottoman Empire.

At that time, we will also pretend to be a lion and open our mouth to take this area. After they bargain, we will take a step back and ask their ships not to enter the Caspian Sea.

This problem should not be big, right? "

This problem seems to be not big.

However, even if they agree now, it doesn't make much sense. Once the war breaks out, so what if they directly send ships into the Caspian Sea. Anyway, there are no ships of Da Ming there, so what can Da Ming do with them?
Taichang thought for a while, and then slowly said: "We still have to find a way to let the fleet enter the Caspian Sea, otherwise we won't be able to stop them at all.

You just came over there, so you should be familiar with the terrain there, right?

If we dig a canal, can we connect the tributaries of the Hubei River and the Ural River? "

This seems unlikely.

Zhang Zhiji shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu and Lord Sun have almost seen all the maps seized by you. The Ural Mountains are between the tributaries of the Hubei River and the Ural River, and it is impossible to connect them with a canal.

However, when we rushed to take the boat, we found a long and narrow valley to the south of this tributary of the Hubei River.

Moreover, there is a small Aral Sea to the east of the sea.

If we can dig a canal all the way south from this valley, we can almost connect to the Aral Sea by digging six or seven hundred miles.

The west bank of the Aral Sea is only [-] miles away from the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and there is a basin in the middle, so it should be no problem to dig a canal there. "

My God, the two canals add up to thousands of miles.

If European countries heard this, they would definitely roll their eyes and call Xu Yunzhen something wrong.

Taichang listened, but his face was full of contemplation, and he had no intention of cursing at all.

He thought about it carefully, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, the sea here is very important, maybe we can open up a second battlefield here when we start a war with the European Union in the future, so that the European countries can't take care of everything.

No matter how difficult it is to build this canal, we have to dig it through! "

Yuan Keli looked at the map, and couldn't help sighing slightly: "It's a pity that this canal can't be completed in a few months, otherwise, we can drive the Spike and Flying Dragon into the Caspian Sea to avoid the ice here." It's closed.

Judging from the position of the Caspian Sea, even if it freezes in the north, it is impossible to freeze in the south. "

This is indeed a pity, because Xibo Province will start to freeze in more than a month at most, and they have to drive all the ships back, otherwise the ships will be frozen here and cannot move.

The question is, this time is an important period of negotiations with Tsarist Russia and even the Ottoman Empire, how can he go back?

Taichang thought for a while, then sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, why don't you lead the fleet back first, leaving behind ten Flying Dragons and a hundred Spikes, and all the other ships will go back. broken."

Yuan Keli couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words.

But Zhang Zhiji quickly suggested: "Your Majesty, we can actually take the Flying Dragon and Spike to the upper reaches of the Irtysh River. I heard from Mr. Sun that it is very hot there, and it is unlikely that it will freeze in winter." sealed."

Yes, there are mountains over there to block the cold current and there are many deserts nearby. The temperature is very high, and it is unlikely to freeze in winter.

Alas, this stall is still too big, and it will not be able to take care of it in a while.

He even sent the map to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chengzong, so that he knew almost nothing about the situation there.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then said decisively: "Decree, order Jiandou and Zhisheng to organize the maps of Central Asia and send them over.

In addition, Jiandou was ordered to lead the 30 elite troops of the Western Day Camp to station on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, making an offensive gesture to frighten the Ottoman Empire. "