If it were other times, Li Guodong would have to say a few words, but he knew in his heart that it would be absolutely impossible to take him with 80,000 people to occupy Mongolia.

Mongolia has a very large land area, and the people are scattered all over the place and there is no long-term gathering place, so it is several times more difficult to get it down than inland areas.

"How many soldiers are needed?"

Now the entire Ming Dynasty is well-off, so even if Hu Qiang made an excessive request, Zhu Cilang could agree now. This is completely different from the Northern Expedition, and I don’t know how much he is richer than that time.

"At least 150,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry."

After a while of thinking, Hu Qiang said this. If he had followed his figure, most of the soldiers around the capital might have to take away, which would have been unsafe for the capital.

After all, after His Royal Highness returned to the capital, what he needed here was absolute safety, but this place was occupied by the Qing people for so long, and many people around him still missed the Qing Dynasty. Who knew what they would do, so it was necessary to keep a certain army.

Moreover, Hu Qiang said it very clearly that at least so many troops could pacify Mongolia. If there were any problems in the middle, the number of these troops would continue to increase.

"Your Highness, can you consider whether the use of military force against Mongolia is too rapid today? The northern part of our country has just entered the stage of resuming production. The court has invested a lot of food and salary. After the army entered the grassland, I never deny the combat power of our army, but the logistics is too heavy."

Although Fan Shenyan is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, everyone knows that it is mainly because this young man Fan lacks qualifications, otherwise he would have been the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

In the past year or so, this little man has sorted out the Ministry of Revenue in an orderly manner. Whether it is the army or the common people, they are very satisfied with the work of the Ministry of Revenue. Therefore, everyone will carefully consider what this little man said.

When it comes to the army of the Ming Dynasty, everyone knows that the combat effectiveness is super strong, but when it comes to the logistics of the army of the Ming Dynasty, everyone also looks bitter.

The various materials needed are too heavy. According to the calculations of some people before, a soldier must have at least half of the laborers in the rear to transport various materials.

If I go to the grassland to fight, I am afraid this number will increase. If I can defeat Mongolia by then, I will have to drag down the entire court.

If you don’t take charge of the family, you don’t know that the firewood, rice, and rice are precious, Zhu Cilang understands this very well. The court is indeed rich now, but fighting in Mongolia is different from fighting in inland areas.

At that time, spending money is like flowing water. If it is not indirect, these hundreds of thousands of troops will be in the loss. It is important to recover Mongolia, but it will take at least half a year to relieve the situation.

Originally, Zhu Cixuan wanted to take this opportunity to regain Mongolia, but Fan Shenyan's words also made Zhu Cixuan calm down. After taking down the capital, Zhu Cixuan also felt a little arrogant.

It seems that he looks down on all the enemies of this era, but he knows his own family background. Unless Zhu Cilang leads the imperial army in person, he can exchange various materials locally.

There is no need to transport on the road, but Zhu Ciyang also needs to be in charge here in the capital. It is impossible for Zhu Ciyang to take people with him every time he fights in the future.

"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, the Mongolian army approached twenty miles of the Great Wall."

Someone from outside came to report the news from the north. Zhu Cixuan had just ordered that all military news could go directly to the conference hall.

"What Lord Fan said makes sense. For the time being, we cannot be greedy for merit and advance rashly, but the Mongolian cavalry in the north of the capital cannot spare them."

When Zhu Cilang said this, all the civil officials were relieved, and they were afraid that Zhu Cilang would be red in his eyes. In anger, Hu Qiang led his army to conquer the entire Mongolian grassland, which would be very likely to drag down the entire Ming court at that time.

Now that we only deal with the tens of thousands of cavalry in the north, there is nothing to worry about. At most, there is only a supply line of hundreds of miles, which is completely acceptable to the current court.

Dorgon has been listening to these news all the time, and now this guy regrets it. It turns out that the weakness of the Ming Dynasty was the logistics supply line. If they had been able to run around like Haoge, they would probably have a way out. Staying in the capital was indeed a bad idea.

However, Dorgon is now tied to the Ming Dynasty, and his people are already preparing to find a place to live. If Dorgon has any ideas, he may not be able to take it away alone. Can he still succeed with just a commander alone?

Beacon Tower in northern Beijing.

"Company Commander, why haven't reinforcements come over yet? These Mongolians are getting closer and closer. If we only rely on us, we may not be able to resist them."

The soldier Xiao Zhou rubbed his hands and said, although this guy was a veteran, he felt a little relieved when he saw the neatly arranged tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry in the distance.

"Put your heart in your stomach. There are more than 7,000 people in our Great Wall defense line alone. Could it be that they can run over? In addition to our more than 7,000 people, more than 60 cannons are ready. As long as they dare to rush forward, we will let them know how powerful the cannons are. We used to attack, but now we are fighting defense. Don't you have 120 bullets in your hand? Stop fighting later, you can solve eighty of them by yourself, and one soldier solves eighty of them, and then settle the accounts yourself."

Company Commander Fang of the Infantry Company can definitely calm down. He has seen similar things before.

He was attacked in Qufu. At that time, Duoduo's cavalry was so beautiful. What could the final result be? We have killed them. In his opinion, they have strong fortifications, and these Mongolian cavalry in front of him are nothing.

Xiao Zhou's arithmetic level is not very good. Even if he uses all his toes, he can't count how many people he can kill if a soldier kills eighty people.

However, after hearing the company commander's words, this guy's heart has settled down, and these Mongolian cavalry will be within range later to see if they have the courage.

"Company Commander, look at the Mongolians who have come out. It seems that they want to talk to us."

Xiao Zhou's eyes were quite sharp. Sure enough, more than forty Mongolian cavalry came over, waving flags.
Chapter completed!