It turned out that Kublai Khan pretended to be the residence of the emperor of China, and now in the palace of Jingzhao Mansion, Chen Dexing stood with his hands in his hands, walking a few steps from time to time. After seeing the big BMW head King Kong in the Heavenly Dao Temple, he returned to his former enemy command post.

It is said that it is the command post of the former enemy, but in fact, it is thousands of miles away from the former enemy! As mentioned above, the goal of this western expedition is Wusizang, the west of the Yinxia River, and the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The area of operations can be said to be unprecedentedly vast. And the mobilized troops are also unprecedented.

In order to launch this expedition, the army field troops of the Ming Dynasty underwent an expanded reorganization. The "Six Armies", "Eight Banners", and "One Guard" became 24 infantry divisions, 16 cavalry divisions, and 1 Guards Army.

Among them, the infantry division of the Ming army consisted of three infantry brigades (4,000 men each), a musket regiment (2,400 men), an artillery regiment (800 men and 36 cannons, 6 rocket squads), a cavalry regiment (600 cavalrymen armed with light steel armor, bows and arrows, and horizontal swords), an engineer regiment (about 600 engineers) and a baggage regiment (2,000 men). At full strength, the total strength of an infantry division is about 18 thousand people.

The cavalry division of the Ming army consisted of a cavalry brigade (consisting of two cavalry regiments) and a lancer brigade (consisting of an ordinary cavalry regiment and a cavalry regiment equipped with horse lances) and a cavalry artillery regiment (with 600 men and 18 2-inch cannons, and 8 rocket squads). At full strength, the total strength of a cavalry division can reach three and a half thousand people.

The Guards consisted of three Guards Infantry Brigade (like ordinary infantry brigades, one brigade was stationed in the north and south of Beijing, and one brigade served as Chen Dexing's accompanying escort), and one Guards Musketeer Brigade (with two regiments of about 5,000 men. It is always armed with the latest models of muskets), a Guards Cavalry Brigade (a cavalry regiment and a lancer regiment), a Guards Artillery Brigade (an artillery regiment and a cavalry artillery regiment), an engineer regiment and a baggage regiment. The total number of troops remained above 22,000 all year round.

These twenty-four infantry divisions, sixteen cavalry divisions and one Guards corps, at full strength. The total number of troops has reached 510,000!

As for the original "Six Armies" and "Eight Banners", they were all revoked. The "army" is no longer permanent. Rather, it is temporarily set up according to needs in wartime, and is used to command several divisions (there is no certain number of divisions to command), and is responsible for a certain aspect of the operation. And "flag" and "flag man" together have become a thing of the past. Because the 67,000 or 70,000 Eight Banner soldiers who served in the Ming Army, after many years of fighting in the south and the north, almost all of them who are still serving in the army have obtained Han nationality and sergeants.

In addition to the field army of nearly 500,000 people, each province of the Ming Dynasty (including the north and south of the two capitals) has a town guard division, and each state capital has a town guard brigade. However, these brigades did not have much standing army, and they were mainly responsible for managing the soldiers in the township and recruiting new recruits.

And this time the expedition to the west. The Ming Army dispatched a total of five infantry divisions, five cavalry divisions, the Guards Musketeer Brigade and the Third Guards Infantry Brigade, and the First Guards Cavalry Division. Except for the 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade, which was responsible for protecting Chen Dexing, the rest of the units were incorporated into the Army's Western Expeditionary Army, with Zhu Sijiu serving as the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, Wei Zhutar serving as the chief instructor of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Zhang Jiu serving as the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army.

The day before yesterday, there was a military report that Zhu Sijiu's military headquarters had been stationed in Lingzhou, and the core territory of the former Great White Gaoguo (Western Xia) was now taken by the Ming army without a fight. Further to the north, some of the front and back sets have also been recovered by the Ming cavalry troops. The Mongol tribes who were stationed there before have all gone north to join Haidu. It seems that the first phase of the Western Expeditionary Army's operations can be successfully completed.

In addition to the Western Expeditionary Army, of which Zhu Sijiu served as a general, for this westward advance, a Qingtang Army and a Tibetan Border Army were also organized. The Qingtang Army consisted of Shi Tianze, Wang Dechen and Guo Kan's feudal army, which was responsible for seizing the land of Qingtang. The Tibetan border army, on the other hand, consisted of Liu Cheng and Yu Xing's feudal army, which was responsible for seizing the Sichuan-Tibet border area. The task of these two armies was to oppress Wusizang into the basic Panpan Tibetan area of Tibet. However, now the Qingtang Plateau is still covered with ice and snow. It was not the time for the army to fight, so the Qingtang and Tibetan armies were still stuck in the castles of several Tibetan tribes they captured last year. Wait for the weather to warm up before continuing the offensive.

The overall situation seems to be good. But Chen Dexing was still a little anxious. Because he knows that what is going on now is a world war. The enemy was not the Lama of Uszang and the few Mongols in the Hexi Corridor who were still finally Kublai Khan. It was Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of the Mongols, who was originally in Central Asia. He has already suppressed the Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate, and the number of troops under his control is estimated at three or four hundred thousand! Although the number is not as good as the 500,000 field troops of the Ming army, the weaponry and combat effectiveness are definitely far behind. But if the battlefield is placed in the Western Regions, Kublai Khan may not have a slight chance of victory.

Kublai Khan could also use a small number of troops to maneuver around the Western Regions and the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time advance westward with the main force to conquer Europe. Because the terrain of Central Asia is too open, and most of the residents are Tianfang Christians who are not very friendly with the Ming Dynasty. If Da Ming wants to gain a firm foothold there, I'm afraid he will have to have some twists and turns. The whole process is afraid that it will take more than ten or twenty years.

By the time the Ming Dynasty pacified Central Asia, the Mongols were afraid that they had gained a firm foothold in Europe - Chen Dexing, who is now in the Jingzhao Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, does not know what happened to Europa. The means of communication in these years are somewhat of a torture for Chen Dexing, who has lived in the 21st century!

In addition, Uszang is also a nuisance. The terrain here is vast and complex, the climate is not very suitable for the life of the Han people, and the resources are very limited, so it is estimated that not many Han people want to live on the plateau of Wusizang. Although it is possible to drive out the lama of Uszang by force, it is not easy to take over Uszang and then sinicize.

Moreover, with the expansion of the Ming Empire, the territory that the Han people needed to occupy was not only Wusizang. And Uszzang seems to have the worst living conditions in all the territory. I'm afraid no one would want to go up to the plateau, right?

At Chen Dexing's next head, Zhang Xizai sat quietly on the desk, looking at the files and newspapers, including the number of military rations and materials transferred and stored, the number of mobilization organizations of the people and Ding Zhuang, and the number of military households preparing to garrison the border in the Western Regions and Qingtang Tuntian. He is now the chief of staff of Jingzhao Mansion, and the Western Expeditionary Army, the Qingtang Army, and the Tibetan Border Army are all under the control of Jingzhao Mansion, and he, the chief of staff, naturally has a lot of things. From time to time, he would make a few strokes, and then give them to the staff officers behind him for immediate transfer or archiving.

When the staff officers beside Zhang Xizai all withdrew for a while, Chen Dexing slowly turned around and looked at Zhang Xizai.

"Is the military department's immigration plan for Qingtang coming? How many people are going to be arranged to go to Qingtang Station? There isn't much oil and water in Qingtang, I'm afraid no one wants to go, right? ”

Zhang Xizai stood up, saluted, and said lightly: "Sage, there are only more than 800,000 soldiers left in Jiangnan today. And there are so many places that need to be immigrated. There are important people in the Mingzhou mainland, Wuliao Province in the northeast, Hetao and Hexi, and even the population of Sichuan is insufficient. Once the four feudatories were sealed and left, they also needed to move military households from Jiangnan to fill in. It is normal that no one wants to go to the barren land of Usz. ”

Of course, the Ming War Department can order the military household soldiers to go to the plateau, but the War Department can manage the military household soldiers, but it cannot manage the military household families. If only military households go to the plateau, and their families do not follow them, it will not achieve the effect of immigration.

In addition, the climatic areas of the plateau are not suitable for human survival. That is, the northeast edge of Qingtang is okay, and other places let those who are used to living at low altitudes go to protect the water and soil. Maybe a large number of people will die in a few years!

Chen Dexing is also a little embarrassed, it is easy for the Ming army to occupy the plateau, but it is not easy to stay on the plateau for a long time! After seeing Zhang Xizai's think tank, there is nothing to be done.

He sighed softly, and then turned around, wanting to leave to discuss with Mo Ying Niang.

Zhang Xizai coughed, and attracted Chen Dexing's gaze again, he touched his newly grown beard, and thought: "Sage, there is a way that is not a way, so that the snowy plateau can be peaceful for a long time. ”

Chen Dexing's curious gaze swept over, "Oh? Zhang Qing don't sell it, let's talk about it. ”

Zhang Xizai nodded, "Immigrating is the old way left by the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the situation in the Han and Tang Dynasties is different from ours now, and the Han and Tang Dynasties are only between the two of them against the powerful countries in the West and the North." And we have the power to crush. There is no need to rely on a large number of immigrants to go to the real side. The saint will not be worried about His Royal Highness invading Uszang in the future, right? ”

Chen Dexing shook his head, "What I'm worried about is that the people of Wusizang have been disobedient to the king for a long time, and sooner or later something will happen. ”

Zhang Xizai smiled, "This is actually easy to do." ”

"Easy to do?"

"There are no more than 130,000 households in Wusi, in fact, there are not so many, and the minister estimates that there are 100,000 households, and a million people are about the same. Some of them live in Qingtang and Tibet, where people can still live. It is estimated that there will be no more than 500,000 people actually living on the Weizang Plateau. The minister felt that instead of immigrating to Uszang, it was better to move the people of Uszang out. Some simply immigrated to Tianzhu; Some were granted land in the Western Regions, Hexi, Yinxia, and Sichuan, allowing them to live together with the Han Chinese...... In fact, the Han clan is close to each other, and there is not much difference in blood. Many of them are descendants of the people of the Tang Dynasty who were plundered in the past. The saints can let them worship the way of heaven, observe the rites, and then enter China. ”

"All the people of Uszang have moved out? So what about Uszang? ”

Zhang Xizai shrugged, "Isn't it too peaceful if there is no one?" Or you can keep a road into Tibet, arrange some residents along the way, and then build a fort to guard the border of Tibet. Send some troops from the Central Plains to defend in turn. The rest of the places have given up on being a no-man's land. (To be continued......)