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Chapter 97 The Unrecognizable Situation

Suzhou Fu Railway Station.

Hua Pingan and several subordinates were seeing off Peng Ke.

After the elimination of several sects in the south of the Yangtze River, Peng Ke naturally had no reason to stay any longer.

Emperor Hongwu would not let him, the commander of the Jinyiwei, wander around outside if he had nothing to do.

"Okay, don't send it away, and see you when you return to Beijing at the end of the year to report on your work."

Penke waved his hand casually, not at all interested in this farewell scene.

When he left Beijing, the embarrassing scene of bidding farewell to his younger brother is still vivid in his mind.

When the train has reached the capitals of the provinces and the core prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, don't play this kind of thing that sends Wang and grandson there again, which is full of affection.

Taking Yan Qingbo with them, Peng Ke and Ah Hu boarded the iron train that was already burning hot and was about to leave.

Mo Xu did not go to Yingtian Mansion with Peng Ke.

He was left in Suzhou, and he would be responsible for recruiting followers for Peng Ke in the south of the Yangtze River. It was also a casual game of Peng Ke.

"Dip - beep - woo woo -"

The whistle sounded sharply, and the huge steam locomotive, pulling nine freight cars and three passenger cars, started slowly and left the platform.

Half a minute later, the train gradually accelerated to the highest speed, more than 300 miles per hour.

Converted into the unit that Penke is familiar with, it is about [-] kilometers per hour.

In fact, this is not the fastest speed of the Daming train at present.

The latest steam locomotive can already pull twelve fully loaded carriages at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

If you don't consider the maximum cost-effectiveness and only pursue speed, you can reduce the load on the cabin and run at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour.

Of course, the Ministry of Industry is not too concerned about the speeding up of the train.

A speed of [-] kilometers per hour is enough for Daming to use. Starting from Yingtianfu, no matter where it is in Daming, it only takes less than three days at most.

This is already very efficient.

On the contrary, in order to let the railway go into war, Moyuan kept slowing down the speed of the train.

In the past two years, Mo Academy has just developed an armored train that needs to be deployed by railway.

Although that thing looks similar to a train, it is fully armed to the teeth, and it is a weapon of war from beginning to end. It can be called a mobile arsenal.

It is the perfect interpreter of the multi-turret teaching.

Satisfy the teaching of multi-riveting steaming in every sense!

The appearance of the armored train was specially built for the northern barbarians, and it was a weapon of war for fighting on the Great Plains or grasslands!

It's already entered the industrial age, who would foolishly train cavalry to fight against the cavalry of the northern barbarians?
Since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty has been an agricultural society. When it comes to playing horses, how can there be Beiman who has lived on horseback for thousands of years?

Daming still has to rely on technology if he wants to solve the Northern Man!

According to Moyuan's experiments, the armored train is really good against the northern barbarian cavalry!
Whether it is for fire support or independent combat, an armored locomotive consists of an armored steam locomotive, three to five sections filled with turrets, and the first-generation machine guns that are still in the experimental stage.

No matter where it is deployed, it can face the group charge of thousands of cavalry!
The only disadvantage is that it is too heavy, which will slow down the speed. At present, it can only reach the speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

But this is enough, it is much faster than the northern barbarian cavalry
To the north of Ming Dynasty, there is a large piece of grassland and Gobi, which is very suitable for laying railways, and then deploying this armored train will squeeze the living space of the northern barbarians and drive them westward!
According to the plan formulated by Mo Academy.

Daming can completely expel the northern barbarians in stages.

In the past, the Central Plains dynasties could not completely occupy the grasslands, mostly because of the farming culture of the Central Plains, it was difficult to take root on the grasslands, and it was difficult to send inland supplies to the grasslands.

However, nomads live in no fixed place and can rely on large-scale cavalry. They can come and go without a trace, and it is difficult to be wiped out.

Even if the Central Plains Dynasty built a city on the grassland.

Limited by the lack of land that can be cultivated, too many standing troops cannot be stationed.

As a result, there was no way to resist the nomadic cavalry who came to fight the autumn wind every now and then.

Usually, the Beiman can only be beaten once, and then stationed in several important military towns on the grassland for surveillance.

Then the northern barbarian cultivated for 200 years, and then continued to make a comeback.

This situation has troubled the Central Plains Dynasty for more than 1000 years.

But it is different now.

Daming was able to work steadily and steadily, gradually laying the railway on the grassland.

As long as the railway goes, the armored train can come galloping, as a mobile fortress, firmly occupying the site.

As long as the city is built around the main railway lines and relying on the resources transported inland, the Ming Dynasty can completely build new cities on the grasslands, emigrate to the border, and carry out effective rule!
According to the 20-year plan for the Northern Expedition formulated by Moyuan.

As long as Daming digs fifty miles to the north every year, and then builds fifty miles of railways to firmly occupy the land.

It took 20 years to build a dense railway network on the grassland, completely turning the previously unruly grassland into an inseparable part of the Central Plains dynasty.

Just come to the bottom of the pot, and never give Beiman a chance to recuperate and make a comeback!
In front of the armored trains running all over the grassland, the Beiman, who had completely lost the high mobility they were most proud of, had to be completely encircled and suppressed by Ming Dynasty.

Or be forced to completely drive out of the grassland, go to the west to fight with those alien races, and fight for a living space!
As long as Daming spends 20 years steadily marching northward, the grassland with an area nearly two-thirds the size of Daming will completely become the inseparable territory of Daming!
Since two or three years ago, the armored train was developed and entered the trial period.

The large-scale Northern Expedition to the Northern Barbarians, which had stopped 20 years after Hongwu, began to rise again.

In the past two years, the garrison on the Nine Sides has received a lot of new equipment.

Hongwu's 25-year-old new percussion fixed-mounted rifle, steam chariot, established airship troops, large-scale war fortress...

Derived from the Great Wall, the construction of the railway to the grassland has begun under the protection of the army.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Emperor Hongwu was thinking about troublesome Beiman again.

And this time, it's not a small fight!

Sitting on the high-speed moving train, Peng Ke closed his eyes and thought.

Relying on his not-so-professional historical knowledge, such a large-scale northern expedition against the nomads in the north should have never happened in the history of his previous life.

This should be the butterfly effect caused by the Mohist Tianzong wizard who is suspected of being a time traveler, stepping on the accelerator hard on the road that was deviated from this world that was already familiar from the previous life.

Looking at Hongwu for 31 years, there are only three years left.

At this time, Emperor Hongwu wanted to launch such a large-scale Northern Expedition.

The future direction of this world has made Penke somewhat unable to see through.

As a time traveler, his greatest historical familiarity advantage seems to be losing.

Will Emperor Hongwu still die in the 31st year of Hongwu?

How many chain reactions will this Northern Expedition trigger?
The war in the north may change the situation in Hongwu's last years completely beyond recognition!

All the history that Penke knows may not happen, or even be completely changed.

This sense of insecurity of losing control made Penke a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)