Chapter 761: Expand the army

September 27th was a good autumn day for Qingzhou. E novel www. 1XIAOSHUO. COM
In the city, scholars, merchants, and ordinary people lived and lived as usual, and there was no smell of war here.
But at this time there is another scene in the Yeejeong Hall. The battle report from Yizhou takes at least ten days. When the battle report arrives in Qingzhou, the current Yizhou has been besieged by the barbarians for ten days. It is still unknown whether the city is broken. number.
After receiving the battle report, Xiao Ming immediately summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to prepare for the barbarian invasion.
"The emperor, this time the barbarians must have conquered Songzhou with the Tubo. Otherwise, the barbarian army will not appear arrogantly outside Songzhou."
Zhan Xingchang said after he heard the news.
Xiao Ming frowned. Tubo was the most unstable factor in the southwestern border of Dayu. Since the founding of the country, Dayu has fought against Tubo on the border three times, with two victories and one defeat. The most recent war was ten years ago.
At that time, Luo Quan led his army and attacked Tubo's military camp at night, beheading 15,000 Tubo soldiers before scaring the Tubo army back.
Fiji sighed at this time and said: "The emperor, when the great ancestors set the capital of Chang'an to deter Tubo, the Golden Horde and other Pan-state barbarians, Qingzhou is now thousands of miles away from Tubo, and the intimidation of Tubo is far less than before. Now it is reasonable for Tubo to be bought by the Golden Horde."
Niu Ben was a little impatient for a long time. He said: "You civil servants are mothers-in-laws. Now the barbarian army has reached the foot of Yizhou City. For this plan, we can only send a large army to destroy the barbarian army under Yizhou City."
Pang Yukun said: "The officials thought that the purpose of the barbarians this time was to plunder. Winter is coming soon. The barbarians who suffered a few years ago must plunder enough supplies before winter comes. The battle report stated that the barbarians are mainly cavalry. Specializing in plunder is enough to see its intentions."
Ministers, every one of you is excited and generous. Compared with the Chengqing Palace in Chang'an five years ago, the ministers are more discussing how to confront the enemy, rather than being frightened and overwhelmed.
Xiao Ming was secretly satisfied with this change. Today's Great Yu Kingdom is very different from when Xiao Wenxuan was in power under his rule. The victories of several battles with the barbarians have changed the ministers' fear of the barbarians.
Looking at the ministers in the Hall of Discussion, Xiao Ming said: "Now, regardless of whether the barbarians are in trouble with the Tubo, the most important thing now is to drive the barbarians out of the land of Bashu, lest the thirteen prefectures of Yizhou are looted by the barbarians."
The incident of the barbarians using Tubo was really beyond the surprise of everyone in the court. At this time, Xiao Ming remembered that Kublai Khan had used Tubo to bypass the northern defense line guarded by the Song army to attack Dali. The events are quite similar.
After pondering for a while, he continued: "Immediately pass on my will, so that Lu Fei led his army of 20,000 to aid Yizhou, and Qi Guangyi led his army of 30,000 cavalry to go together, and we must annihilate the invading enemy."
"Yes, the emperor." Niu Ben said solemnly.
After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ming continued: "Although the affairs of the Yizhou Mansion are under the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department, all the Aiqings should provide full assistance and must not delay the war."
Civil servants such as Fiji and Pang Yukun immediately bowed, and they knew in their hearts that the current court is no longer the previous court.
Now the ministers above the court perform their duties, those in charge of government affairs only handle government affairs, those in charge of wars only fight wars, and those in charge of the law only care about the law.
Therefore, the war in Yizhou Prefecture is ultimately the responsibility of the Military Aircraft Department. All they need is to cooperate with the Military Aircraft Department to provide food and grass and recruit civilians.
The war was urgent, Xiao Ming didn't say anything any more, and assigned their respective tasks to the ministers. He let Niu Ben stay and the other ministers to disperse.
After everyone left, he said to Niu Ben: "This time you will transfer 10,000 Musketeers equipped with new firearms to Yizhou to kill the spirit of the barbarians."
Niu Ben's expression moved slightly. The 6,000-man Musketeers mentioned by Xiao Ming were all equipped with conscripts. In the past six months, the military workshop delivered a total of 15,000 conscripts to the army.
There are still a large number of muskets in the army that are being transformed in the military workshops, and they are preparing to slowly equip all the army in the country with this long-range rifled gun.
"Yes, the emperor." Niu Ben nodded heavily.
He could tell from Xiao Ming's tone how angry he was at this time. This Yizhou Mansion was originally known as the land of abundance, and it was an important producer of raw silk, grain, and tea in the country of Da Yu.
Moreover, the autumn harvest is about to come at this time. This toss of the Barbarians will hinder the recovery of Great Yu and also affect the foreign trade of Great Yu.
"Also, taking advantage of this war to allocate 20,000 troops to Huajue Island, I want to let the barbarians know that it is not just them who will burn, kill, and looting." Xiao Ming gritted his teeth hard.
He was caught off guard by the barbarian raid this time. Although he had always been guarded against Tubo, he also stationed a cold weapon force of 30,000 in Songzhou, but the barbarian’s 60,000 cavalry and 80,000 slave soldiers attacked. Next, these 30,000 cold weapons troops were vulnerable.
Niu Ben's eyes were sharp. He said: "The emperor, the old officials thought it was time to expand the army. The army of more than 100,000 can't defend the vast territory of Great Chongqing. Even if these troops cannot be equipped with firearms, it is good to use armor and swords. Otherwise, The Songzhou incident will continue to repeat itself."
Xiao Ming furrowed his brows deeply. At this moment, he deeply realized that it was easy to defeat the Great Yu State, but how difficult it was to hold the Great Yu State.
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In order to prevent being robbed by barbarians around him, he must build a circle of fortresses on the vast land of the country to prevent invasion.
Therefore, the local defense alone will consume a large amount of military expenditures in the country. This is one of the reasons why the dynasties have rarely expeditioned. Under the farming-based environment, there will be no money for domestic toss, and the expedition will only lead to Fading faster.
In contrast, Britain and the Japanese countries have no such worries. They don't need to defend the homeland at all. The army only needs to attack, and most of their attacks are looting.
To put it simply, fighting is beneficial to them. The richer they fight, the richer they fight.
"Then how many troops do you think Da Yu country should maintain at present?" Xiao Ming asked.
"If there were no firearms, the country of Da Yu would need at least 1.2 million troops. From the perspective of the old ministers, at least half a million troops are needed. More than 300,000 troops are used to defend the land and more than 100,000 troops are used for conquests." Said.