Ming Zuo

Can Xia Kingdom unify the world?
On this issue, everyone in the regime has reached a consensus.

The strength is enough, but the troops are not enough.

Internal calculations have been made within the regime. If they want to completely take over the territory of Ming Dynasty, they will need at least two million troops.

If external expansion is added, the force will at least double.

But training soldiers not only takes time, but also requires enough weapons and equipment.To build these alone, the resources Xia Guo currently possesses are definitely not enough.

Of course, if the standards were lowered and an army like that of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was built, the Xia Kingdom could easily afford it.

And even that kind of army, on the basis of existing force, is enough to unify the world.

But Xia Guo's goal is far from being as simple as taking over Daming, their eyes are on the whole world.

If you want to compete with other countries in the world, the quality of the army has to be considered.

This led to Xia Guo's military expansion speed being very slow.

Since the troops are insufficient, quickly defeating the existing opponents is not the optimal solution for Xia Guo.

"If you defeat the Manchu Qing too soon, once North Korea is unified, we will not have enough reason to interfere in the affairs here and bring this land under the name of China. Now keeping the Manchu Qing and creating divisions within North Korea will be harmful to us. more favorable."

Zuo Hua expressed his opinion.

This brand new angle made everyone fall into thinking.

Regarding how to deal with North Korea's affairs, in fact, everyone's ideas are always changing.

After all, this is the first time Xia Guo has participated in international affairs, and it is still exerting influence on an independent country.How to do it and to what extent will test everyone's wisdom and means.

In this regard, Zuo Menggeng is definitely not a master, so it is necessary to pool everyone's wisdom.

Now Zuo Hua re-analyzed the North Korean affairs, and immediately let Zuo Menggeng get rid of the fog, and his thoughts became clear.

"A stable North Korea is definitely not what we need. In that case, here is at most a vassal state of China, which can still enjoy itself, and cannot be the cornerstone for us to step into the ocean. Maintaining a divided North Korea will increase their internal conflicts, and eventually Complete qualitative change is our goal.”

In the current battlefield situation, if the Xia army maintains its offensive momentum, it will not be difficult to completely expel the Manchu Qing from the Korean peninsula.

But in that way, North Korea returned to a stable situation, and the people who held power were just replaced by Kim Sang-heon, Shen Qiyuan and others from Li Zhen.

Now that North Korea has regained stability, what reason does Xia Guo have to stay here?
What's more, after these days of contact, everyone has already discovered that traditional scholar-bureaucrats such as Jin Shangxian and Shen Qiyuan have deep-rooted interests.

Allowing them to hold power will only bring North Korea back to its original track, and all Xia's efforts will be in vain.

If the threat of retaining the Manchu Qing Dynasty exists, then North Korea will have to always be attached to Xia Guo's wings and operate with Xia Guo's baton.

When the time is right and everyone expects it, it will be very smooth for Xia Guo to become the master of this place.

If you want to create this situation, then you can't deal too much damage to the Qing coalition forces.Otherwise, the balance of strength will tilt, and the situation will be out of control.

Zuo Menggeng's thoughts surged, and the pattern of the Korean Peninsula in later generations appeared in his mind.

The Korean peninsula, divided between the north and the south, has become a gambling table for major powers to express their will, but instead maintains a delicate balance.

Xia Guo's purpose is of course different from the situation of later generations, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not a qualified opponent.

But this does not prevent him from learning experience and applying it to the current situation.

"If everyone has no objections, then let's slow down the offensive speed. Play slowly, take your time."

All of Xia Jun's top executives present here, since the strategy has been unified, naturally there is no objection.

This private internal meeting changed Xia Jun's original battle plan.

The coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty, who were still trekking hard in the mountains, did not know that they had escaped because of the change of Xia Jun's strategy.

Looking at the army advancing hard, Dorgon and Hauge were worried and were thinking hard about the solution.

After the unification was reached on the northern line, the plan was immediately notified to the east and south lines.

Liu Yiyuan, Bai Xiaoqi and the others understood, and immediately relaxed, no longer being aggressive like before.

At the same time, the transfer order was conveyed back to Shandong and officially delivered to the Fifth Division.

"After all, there are still too few troops. According to my prediction, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop the retreat of the Qing coalition forces. Future wars will definitely be stalemate."

In the division headquarters of the Fifth Division, discussions were in full swing.

This is also the tradition of Xia Jun.

Although they did not participate in the Korean battlefield, the troops on the front line always summarize the battle reports and pass them on to the brother troops for analysis and summary.

In this way, all troops can form a unified understanding.Once a unit is mobilized to join the battlefield, there will be no need to adapt on the spot.

Moreover, the brother troops are outside the situation, and in many cases the analysis can be clear to the bystanders, which is instructive to the troops participating in the war.

All the senior generals of the Fifth Division gathered together and discussed using the format of the Korean battlefield.

Among them, the most regrettable person is political commissar Hui Shanhui.

But there is no way, who said that the fifth division is a little brother.He has just joined the army, and he can only watch the brothers' army flourish.

The messenger rushed in, speaking much louder than usual.

"Report, order from the High Command!"

Division Commander Lou Fu was thinking about the situation on the Korean battlefield, when he heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback.But after receiving the transfer order, he laughed on the spot.

"Everyone, there is no need to talk about wars on paper. Everything is ready, and we are going to North Korea to show our skills."

When everyone heard it, they were pleasantly surprised.

"I just said that our fifth division has just been established, how could the high command prevent us from being tempered by the battlefield?"

Chief of Staff Zha Shubing tasted the connotation from the transfer order.

"According to Dongzhi's order, our combat areas are Jeolla Province and Chungcheong Province. There is no Qing army here, only some remnants of the North Korean puppet court. These remnants are not strong in combat, so they can just give us training."

Lou Fu is a veteran general, how could he not understand this truth?

"Don't underestimate the enemy just because the opponent is the North Korean army. They are fighting in the local area, and they are more familiar with every plant and tree than us. After arriving in North Korea, everyone must be careful. It is better to fight slowly than disrupt it. I understand. ?"

Being able to set foot on the battlefield, the fifth division is full of fighting spirit.

"understand!"