Chapter 1007, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood
"Your Majesty, Liu Jin, the Minister of Civil Service, has arrived~"
While everyone was discussing the map, Liu Jin also came over.
"Liu Jin, you arrived just in time, come and take a look."
Seeing Liu Jin coming, Emperor Hongzhi also said hurriedly.
"Yes~"
Liu Jin nodded quickly, moved over, and looked at the huge Central Asia region.
There is no way. The Hezhong area is really too far away from the Ming Dynasty, nearly tens of thousands of miles away. Even though the Ming Dynasty has already built a cement road leading to the Hezhong area and established inns along the way. With the speed of 800 miles, Hezhong
It would take almost half a month for what happened in the region to reach the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, when it comes to what is happening in the Hezhong area, the decision-makers of the Ming Dynasty who are far away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty can only look at the map to speak.
Because apart from looking at the map to get a little idea of the situation in the river area, there is really no other way.
"This is the eight hundred taels of urgent memorandum received today. Please take a look."
Emperor Hongzhi handed another memorial to Liu Jin.
Liu Jin picked up the memorial and quickly read it. The memorial was written by Li Tian, the governor of Hezhong, half a month ago. The 20 armies of the Ottoman Empire pointed their swords at the Hezhong area with great momentum.
The slogan they used was that the Ming Empire was arrogant and ignorant and humiliated the Ottoman Empire’s envoys. They wanted to seek justice for the humiliated envoys of the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, they were also raising a banner that the area in the middle of the river has belonged to their Turks since ancient times. They called on all the people around them to
The tribes raised troops together to attack the Ming Dynasty and jointly resist the invasion from the east.
"Two hundred thousand troops!"
Liu Jin couldn't help but ponder after reading it.
The Ottoman Empire's 200,000 troops are obviously not an imaginary number, but a real 200,000 troops. Considering the Ottoman Empire's current strong national strength, they are capable of organizing an army of 200,000 troops.
"Twenty armies, the Ottoman Empire's army is still very powerful. It is probably the most powerful army besides the Ming Dynasty's army."
"Punched the Safavid Empire of Persia and trampled on the Teutonic Knights and the Knights Hospitaller in Europe. Their navy monopolized the waters east of the Mediterranean. Pirates often looted the coastal areas of France and Spain. All the countries in the Middle East were the Ottoman Empire.
vassal state."
"If this army in the Hezhong area cannot be stopped, our Ming Dynasty's operations in the Hezhong area will be in vain."
Liu Jin thought quickly in his mind. Hezhong was really important to the Ming Dynasty. It was the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to continue to advance westward. However, he did not expect that he would encounter such a huge challenge and test all of a sudden.
"Liu Jin, what do you think about this matter?"
Emperor Hongzhi saw Liu Jin deep in thought, looked at Liu Jin and asked.
"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire will have a war sooner or later."
"If our Ming Dynasty continues to expand westward, it will inevitably come into contact with the Ottoman Empire. At this time, the Ottoman Empire is powerful, ambitious, and has a strong desire to expand. It will inevitably have disputes with our Ming Dynasty, and war is inevitable."
"This time they attacked the Hezhong area. On the one hand, they wanted to seize the Hezhong area and expand their power to Central Asia. On the other hand, they also wanted to curb the control of our Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, they wanted to scare the monkeys.
All the countries and tribes of Central Asia.”
"However, it is obvious that they chose the wrong opponent."
Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.
"Hmm~"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads.
"Fortunately, we had already made preparations in the Hezhong area last year. There are 100,000 troops stationed in the Hezhong area itself, and another 100,000 troops stationed in the Western Region. We will expand the army by 300,000 later, just to cope with the possible coming
Challenge, I didn’t expect it to be useful so soon.”
Zhang Mao thought about it and said with a smile.
When the Ottoman Empire mission came to Ming Dynasty last year, everyone had already discussed the relationship with the Ottoman Empire and believed that there would inevitably be a war between Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire.
Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi said at that time that he would expand his army by 300,000 and add more troops to the Western Region and Hezhong. Now, as expected, it was just after winter, and the Ottoman Empire sent troops to attack the Hezhong area.
"Let's all talk about what to do."
Emperor Hongzhi asked, looking around.
"Your Majesty, of course we have to fight them. Since we have to fight sooner or later, let's have a good fight with them and let them know how powerful our Ming Dynasty is. As the saying goes, war ends with war. Only if we show our strong strength will they be able to fight.
I dare not have any unrealistic ideas about our Ming Empire."
Liu Jian stood up and expressed his stance.
Well, today's civil servants are more warlike than military generals, because there are many benefits if they win, and the generals bleed if they lose. They all understand that there are fewer and fewer civil servants who oppose war.
As for the rise of the Military General Xungui Group, this is a trivial matter, nothing compared to everyone's interests.
What's more, here in the Hezhong area, who doesn't have a few cotton plantations?
Last year, everyone who grew cotton in the Hezhong area made a lot of money. The climate in the Hezhong area is very suitable for cotton cultivation, with high yield and good quality. Everyone's cotton plantations in the Hezhong area have achieved high economic benefits.
Naturally, it is impossible to watch one's wealth being taken away by the Ottomans. He must be beaten, and he must be beaten hard.
"Yes, we must fight hard and teach them a lesson. If we can win, we can also take the opportunity to expand our Ming Dynasty's territory to the west coast of the Caspian Sea, and even expand to the Black Sea area."
"It is said that in the north of the Black Sea, this place used to be the seat of the Mongolian Golden Horde. The land here is the same as the land in Liaodong. It is very fertile. It is black soil, and the pastures here are very vast."
"If we can seize these areas, our Ming Dynasty can almost open the land road to Europe."
Li Dongyang also nodded. He pointed at the Black Sea and Caspian Sea areas on the map and circled them.
It is still very inconvenient for Ming Dynasty to communicate with Europe. They all communicate through sea routes. One route is to the east. The goods are first transported to Golden Continent and then transferred to Europe for sale.
There is also the route to the west, taking the South Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and going around the southernmost tip of Africa to Europe. Both of these routes are very far, and they are both sea routes, which are very risky. You can hear news of ship accidents every month.
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If traffic can be opened on the road, the safety will be greatly improved, and it will definitely be closer by walking than by sea.
This is still very important for Ming Dynasty, which has begun to embark on the path of capitalism.
Taking cloth as an example, the Daming factories that used new spinning machines and looms produced a very large amount of cloth. Although the internal market in Daming was huge, it became increasingly difficult to digest the huge output, and external sources had to be found.
markets to absorb excess cloth.
The European market is obviously a very important market.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the troops from the Western Regions should be mobilized to the Hezhong area. The forces from the Western Regions and the Hezhong area should be concentrated. The troops will be commanded by Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia. The total force will exceed 200,000, which is enough to deal with the Ottoman Empire's army."
Zhang Mao thought about it and put forward his own suggestion. He was in charge of the Fifth Army Commander's Office, and he had the most say in this military matter.
"However, the Western Region is unstable. There are many large and small tribes, many of which are nomadic tribes. Once all the armies of the Western Region are mobilized to the river, the Western Region may also become turbulent."
Li Dongyang thought for a while and said.
"We can deploy troops from Gansu, Qinghai, and Grassland to supplement the Western Regions to stabilize the Western Regions, and then deploy troops from the two capitals and thirteen provinces to supplement the three regions."
Zhang Mao thought for a while and added.
"That's not a problem."
When the others heard this, they nodded slightly.
There are now millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty. They are stationed in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, including the Western Regions, Hezhong, Grassland, Gansu, and Qinghai. There are a large number of garrisons guarding one side, and they can be quickly mobilized. Even infantry is now human.
Everyone is equipped with a war horse.
This is the current Ming Dynasty, which has strong financial resources. Of course, the more important thing is that the Ming Dynasty occupied many grasslands and produced a large number of war horses, which was enough to arm the Ming Dynasty's army.
If it were in the past, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty did not have enough financial resources to equip such a huge war horse. Even if it had enough money, I am afraid there would be no place to buy such a large number of war horses.
"800 miles urgent~800 miles urgent~"
Just when everyone was discussing how to deploy troops and generals to deal with the Ottoman Empire's attack, another 800-mile rush came over.
Xiao Jing, who was beside Emperor Hongzhi, did not dare to delay at all when he heard the voice, and immediately asked Xiao Huangmen to get it quickly.
Soon, someone from Xiaohuangmen presented the urgent memorial from Eight Hundred Miles.
Emperor Hongzhi took the memorial and read it very quickly. Then he couldn't help but throw the memorial in his hand and said angrily: "They are looking for death!"
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
When the ministers saw that Emperor Hongzhi was so angry, they asked quickly. Liu Jian even picked up the memorial and started reading it.
"The Ottoman Empire's army broke through five towns in the river area and carried out brutal and inhumane massacres in the five towns. A full 50,000 Ming people were brutally murdered in the five towns in the river area!"
Liu Jian read it quickly and then told the contents.
After everyone listened, they fell silent immediately, and they suddenly understood why Emperor Hongzhi was so angry. Emperor Hongzhi, who always loved his people like a son, would naturally be extremely angry when he saw this memorial.
"Your Majesty, we must retaliate tooth for tooth and blood for blood. If they kill our people from five towns, we will kill their people from ten towns, fifty towns, or one hundred towns."
Liu Jin's eyes were blood red, and he could imagine the tragic scene in the river area in his mind, and he immediately stood up and said angrily.
