Because the distance was too far, Chongzhen still didn't know until now that the Holy See had actually organized a three-pronged eastward expedition army in the north, middle and south, with a total strength of more than one million people.
At this time, Chongzhen had just joined the 4th Army Division and arrived in Goa on the west coast of India.
Goa was originally a Portuguese colony, but since the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire concluded the Treaty of Delhi, the area within 50 kilometers of the Indian Peninsula automatically became the Ming Dynasty's overseas territory.
Therefore, Goa, which is adjacent to the west coast of the Indian peninsula, became the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the soldiers of the five and a half divisions of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Corps were in a hurry to return home and their combat effectiveness had dropped significantly, it was more than enough to capture the Goa Fortress with their absolutely superior strength and weapons.
At the end of the 26th year of Chongzhen (1653), Chongzhen led the main force of the navy and the 4th army division to successfully arrive at the port of Goa and joined forces with Zhu Cijiong and five and a half divisions of cavalry who had been stationed in Goa for half a year.
"Father, you are finally here. If you don't come again, these bastards will really rebel."
It is of course an exaggeration to say that the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Corps and the 2nd Cavalry Corps will rebel. Now the 110,000 soldiers of these five and a half divisions have become millionaires. Only fools would rebel.
It is true that these 110,000 soldiers can't wait to return home.
Although if you stay overseas and continue fighting, you are likely to make more money.
But the 110,000 soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Corps still wanted to return home.
"You know, I'm here, aren't I?" Chongzhen said angrily, "When I came this time, I not only brought 48 cruisers from the three major fleets of the navy, but also collected more than 500 cruisers.
Sailing ship, within two months at most, the officers and men of the 1st Cavalry Corps and 2nd Cavalry Corps can return home.”
"Father, have you thought about how to arrange these 110,000 soldiers?"
"I have already thought about it. Let them stay in Nanjing and become rich men according to their wishes."
Placing these 110,000 retired soldiers in Nanjing will not only greatly promote consumption in Nanjing, but also greatly change the composition of the Jiangnan gentry class and disintegrate the Taoist ideological system.
Of course, you can also create an advertisement for the Ming Army.
As a result, when the General Headquarters recruits soldiers again, more young people will enthusiastically sign up.
The father and son, surrounded by a large group of senior generals, arrived at Zhu Cijiong's prince residence, which was originally the residence of Alfonso, the Portuguese Governor of Goa.
"Father, why did you only bring 20,000 people here?"
"What do you mean, I need to bring 200,000 people here?"
"It doesn't take two hundred thousand, but there must be at least one hundred thousand."
After a pause, Zhu Cijiong spread his hands and said: "We have taken away 110,000 people, and it is enough to replenish 100,000 people. Otherwise, I will only have three cavalry divisions left in the entire Central Asia."
"Three cavalry divisions?" Chongzhen asked, "Where did the three divisions come from?"
Zhu Cijiong said: "The 5th and 6th Cavalry Divisions that are staying in Central Asia, as well as the 4th Army Division that you brought to Goa, my father, should simply be transferred to the cavalry, so that I will have at least three divisions."
"That won't work." Chongzhen said, "India must have an army to guard it."
"Then what should we do?" Zhu Cijiong asked, "With only two cavalry divisions left, how can I go west?"
Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "I came to Goa this time, and I was about to tell you this. Please slow down the Western Expedition in advance. Now our Ming Dynasty has occupied too many overseas territories, and the use of troops has been stretched. You cavalry are especially nervous.
So it’s better to digest it for a while before heading westward.”
"That's it." Although Zhu Cijiong was a little disappointed, he could understand it.
After two years of rapid expansion, it should indeed take some time to digest.
Chongzhen asked Jiang Tian to spread the latest version of the Ming Dynasty map on the table.
Zhu Cijiong looked carefully and saw that the territory of the Ming Dynasty had covered Korea, Japan, the Far East, Outer Mongolia, Siberia, Central Asia and the entire Southeast Asia.
This kind of territory is not inferior to that of the Yuan Dynasty in its heyday.
Because the Yuan Dynasty was unable to control the Japanese islands and Southeast Asia during its heyday.
Of course, it should be noted that the Ming Dynasty's assimilation of North Korea, Japanese islands and Southeast Asia is far from complete. So far, it has only achieved military occupation.
This means that the original Korean Kingdom, the Japanese Kingdom, and various indigenous kingdoms in Southeast Asia have all been destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty has achieved direct rule over these areas.
However, there is still a long way to go before we can achieve the ultimate goal of converting all the people in these areas into the Chinese race, leaving only Ming Dynasty Mandarin as the language, and only allowing Chinese characters to be written.
Chongzhen's estimate is that it takes about forty years for two generations.
This can be roughly calculated, taking Japan Island as an example.
There are currently 20,000 soldiers stationed on the island. Each of the soldiers has at least ten wives and concubines. Based on the average number of wives and concubines, each of them has five children. After one generation, the number of 20,000 soldiers can become 1,000.
Ten thousand, half of which are males, is half a million males. These 500,000 males don’t need to be as exaggerated as our parents’ generation. It is enough for each person to give birth to ten males.
Then after two generations of reproduction, the 20,000 soldiers would become 5 million.
By this time, the racial replacement of Japanese islands has basically been replaced.
This is true for the Japanese islands, and it is basically the same for North Korea and Southeast Asia.
Considering that within two generations and forty years, there will definitely be a population explosion in the Ming Dynasty, there will definitely be a large number of young people who have not inherited land from their parents pouring into the Ming Dynasty's overseas territories. Therefore, in terms of Japanese islands, North Korea and
The thorough integration of Southeast Asia will only accelerate, not slow down.
Zhu Cijiong asked: "Does the emperor want to re-divide the Army Zhentai?"
"Yes, the original divisions can no longer keep up with the times." Chongzhen nodded, "It must be re-divided."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "The original six towns will be retained, but the number of soldiers will be adjusted from the original 150,000 to 100,000, which will give an additional 300,000 soldiers."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Cijiong was puzzled: "Father, there is no danger in the country, why do you still have so many town soldiers? Why don't you just leave 10,000 people in each town?
, all the remaining 700,000 to 800,000 soldiers were mobilized."
"What do you know? What does this have to do with whether there is any danger?"
Chongzhen said angrily: "The 600,000 soldiers must be kept for seed production."
He really wants to be a seed, and is specifically responsible for creating humans for the Ming Empire.
In the future, the Ming Empire will need a steady stream of new reinforcements.
"The extra 300,000 soldiers will be used to set up a secondary town platform."
"So far, three platforms have been set up: Korea, Dongyang and Nanyang."
"There is also the Army's 4th Division brought to Goa, which will be used to set up Indian countermeasures."
"After this, we will also set up platforms for Mongolia, Tibet, the Western Regions and Central Asia."
Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't hold back anymore and said anxiously: "Father, can't it be used entirely to set up a town tower? A town tower is equivalent to a garrison force, but the Ming Dynasty can't just have a garrison force, it must have a mobile combat legion, right?"
Otherwise, we can temporarily set up eight secondary town towers, and the remaining 140,000 town troops will be supplemented by our cavalry regiment?"
"Jiong'er, you and your father want to go together. These 140,000 town troops are reserved as mobile troops."
Smiling, Chongzhen continued: "However, it's not enough to replenish all your cavalry corps. The navy must leave two infantry divisions, and at most one hundred thousand can be given to your cavalry."
"Deal!" Zhu Cijiong said, "It's such a happy decision."
Zhu Cijiong had already thought about it in his mind, and added these 100,000 troops, plus the two cavalry divisions from Central Asia, and Li Yan's division in Tibet could also be replaced, so there were still eight divisions.
Eight divisions, plus various servant armies, can still conduct a large-scale western expedition.
However, Chongzhen poured cold water on it: "It's better to forget about the Western Expedition for now. If you really can't stay idle, then go in another direction and attack the American continent."
"American continent?" Zhu Cijiong said, "But there is no opponent there."
"But the American continent is vast enough." Chongzhen said, "The Ming Dynasty will definitely have a massive population in the future, and it will definitely need vast land to feed so many people, so you take the cavalry to occupy it first."
While he was talking, Xu Wuniu hurried in and reported: "Your Majesty, King Ding, Abdullah has something urgent to see you."
"Abdullah?" Zhu Cijiong said, "Didn't Abdulla go to Mecca? Something big must have happened in such a hurry to come back. Invite him in quickly."
Abdullah was quickly ushered in.
As soon as Abdullah came in, he bowed to Zhu Cijiong.
"This is Gu's father." Zhu Cijiong pointed at Chongzhen and said, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
"It's His Majesty the Emperor." Abdullah was surprised and quickly knelt on the ground to pay the highest courtesy to Chongzhen.
After Abdullah got up after saluting, Zhu Cijiong asked: "What's the big deal when you turned back midway?"
"There is no wiser person than Your Highness." Abdullah nodded and added, "Your Majesty the Emperor, and Your Highness, something big happened. On the way back to Mecca, I met a fellow countryman who had just returned from Rome. He was with me.
I told you something important. The Holy See issued papal decrees to various Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox countries more than half a year ago, calling on countries throughout Europe to organize armies to launch the Second Crusade."
"Second Crusade?" Chongzhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"Is this happening?" Zhu Cijiong looked excited after hearing this.
Needless to say, Zhu Cijiong has almost become a war madman.
Now this guy just doesn't feel comfortable if he doesn't have a fight, and he's only happy when there is a fight.
After a pause, Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Then do you know how many troops the Holy See has organized?"
"I don't know the specific number." Abdullah shook his head first, and then said, "But I have been to Rome, France, England, the Netherlands and other countries, and I have a little understanding of various European countries.
My estimate is that the Holy See can at least organize an army of 500,000 people!"