Daming Military Empire

Chapter 325 Straight to Siming Mansion

At this time, Annan actually built artillery, and there were Dutch people behind him, which already gave Zhu Cijiong a headache, but the news that came back from Meng Gen’s mansion gave him even more headaches. According to Wang Zhengnan’s report, the Donghu Dynasty also had A small amount of artillery and a small amount of muskets!

What is going on here must be investigated clearly, Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered to investigate with all his strength.

This is actually not difficult to check, Wang Zhengnan quickly found out, because the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company set up branches in Donghu at the same time in the first year of Chongzheng!

No wonder the Donghu Dynasty is so vigorous. It turns out that they have hooked up with the European powers long ago. If the Dutch and the British did not give them benefits, how could they allow them to set up branches in their own territory? They buy muskets and artillery!

All this forced Zhu Cijiong to overthrow all the original plans and start over. The so-called "lion and rabbit also need to do their best", not to mention that Dong Hu and Annan are not rabbits, and it seems that they must go all out.

He spread out the latest military deployment map of Ming Dynasty on the table and studied it carefully.

To be on the safe side, at least 40 troops should be sent to deal with Donghu, and at least 20 troops should be sent to deal with Annan. That is to say, the army alone would have to send 60 troops. , must go by land, and also consider the issue of food and grass supply. Wanli’s Ming-Myanmar War is a lesson. The mountain road is rugged, the river is rushing, and the transportation price of rice and stone is as high as a thousand gold!

It must be an exaggeration to say that a stone of rice costs a thousand gold. It means that the cost of transporting grain and grass in the borderlands of the West Antarctic is extremely staggering. It is not very difficult to solve this problem. Just repair the railway directly, just now The railways in the Monan Grassland have been built, and the Dongcheng District of the capital has also been built. There are many laborers to repair the railways, and with the mining of iron and coal mines in the Monan area, there is no need to worry about the problem of steel. Now the only The thing to consider is the line problem.

Zhu Cijiong carefully studied it on the map. It is unrealistic to directly build the railway to Menggen Mansion. Yunnan is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the vicinity of Menggen Mansion is even more steep and densely covered with ravines. With the current technology of Ming Dynasty, it is impossible Maybe repair the railway.It is relatively simple to build the railway to Siming Mansion in the north of Annan. Although there are many mountains there, they are not very high mountains, and there are few gullies. It should not be very difficult to build. The most important thing is Siming Mansion. The government is close to the coast, and it is possible to build a port and combine sea and land transportation, which is more secure.

As for the army, the Dingliao Army and Wuwei Army must be brought with them, because this time the railway will be built first and then the war will start. These two legions have gained experience in railway construction.

Then, the Tianxiong Army and the Guan Ning Army should also be taken, because they are both first-class legions and [-] cavalry are stationed east of the capital to guard the prisoner, as long as the infantry is recruited, it will be enough to transport it by rail. day thing.

In the end, Zhu Cijiong decided to take the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Guards together for the expedition. Needless to say, the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guards has always been his personal guard. As for why he brought the Second Army Corps of the Border Guards, it was mainly Because Ma Xianglin was the Xuan Fu envoy before, he was going to deal with those chieftains this time, and bringing him along would be very helpful to understand the situation of the chieftains.

As for the other legions, Sun Chengzong still led the Liaodong Army and the Dongjiang Army to guard the northern border. With this Lord Zhen Guo in the northern border, he would be safe. He planned to transfer the Qin Army back to Shaanxi, which is the northwest frontier. It would be impossible without a strong army. The First Army Corps of the Frontier Guards was transferred to garrison the Beida Camp. As for the three reserve armies, let them garrison the Great Wall and Bastions in the northern border, as training.

The personnel were fixed, Zhu Cijiong began to issue edicts, and people from all walks of life set off one after another. Zhu Cijiong did not order the 60 troops to start at the same time. At this time, the train would take the train to South Zhili at most. , It can’t be spread at all. So many people need to work at the same time to build a section of railway. You have to know that 60 million people can line up hundreds of miles even if they are tightly arranged in two rows. There are hundreds of miles of railways at the same time. dug!

He divided the personnel who built the railway into four groups. First, he transferred the Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy to transport the Tianxiong Army and 15 Manchu and Mongolian prisoners to Siming Mansion, build the port, and then build the railway from Siming Mansion to Guilin Mansion. The Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy then turned around and transported the Guanning Army and 15 Manchu and Mongolian captives to Guangzhou, and built the railway from Guangzhou to Guilin. South Zhili, together with officials from the Ministry of Industry, set off from South Zhili to build a railway bridge along the line to the south. Finally, the Wuwei Army escorted 25 peasant army prisoners to take the train to South Zhili, starting from Jinling and going all the way to Guangzhou. .

As for the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Guards, they will gather in the capital first, wait for the railway to be repaired, and then take the train directly to Siming Mansion.

With this transfer, the whole Daming was busy:
The Tianxiong Army, the Guanning Army, and 30 Manchu and Mongolian captives began to gather at Dongdaying, while the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy also began to gather at the port of Dongdaying. The sea is also densely covered with warships, and all kinds of food and supplies are frantically gathered. People, horses, supplies, etc. get off the car and get on the ship.

Dingliao Army and 25 Peasant Army captives also started to board the train and rushed to South Zhili. For a while, the entire railway line from Northern Xinjiang to South Zhili was full of trains full of Ming troops and prisoners, nonstop day and night, whistling And pass.

The Wuwei Army also escorted 25 captives and began to gather at the North Camp. They had to wait for the Dingliao Army's batch to be transported before leaving for South Zhili.

In addition, the machinery factory and steel factory of the Daming Royal Machinery Group also began to rush to manufacture trains and rails day and night. Trains were built one after another. There were more and more trains on the Jinjing Railway, and rails were cast one by one. There are mountains of railroad tracks all over the clearing!
In addition, the provinces and state capitals along the way have also begun to prepare stones and standard sleepers. Mountains of materials are piled up everywhere along the planned railway. Development has immeasurable benefits.

Zheng Zhilong may be the busiest at this time, because most of the food and grass for the Ming army and the prisoners who built the railway this time had to be transferred from the area under his jurisdiction. That is more than 100 million horses, and the amount of food and grass needed can be imagined. He is so busy that he is more tired than robbing a large caravan when he was a pirate. No matter how big a caravan is, it is impossible to carry food and supplies for millions of people!
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