New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

In this world, nothing is absolute.

For example, Zhu Xieyuan escaped, which enhanced the strength of northern Daming, but also allowed Liu Bu to draw enough strength to win Sichuan.

Before that, Liu Bu wanted to win Sichuan by relying on 10000 people under Liu Kang. Even if he could win it, he couldn't defend it.

Sichuan covers an area of more than 400000 square kilometers, with more than a dozen prefectures and more than 10000 people. If they are apportioned to these dozens of prefectures, their strength is quite weak, which is equivalent to none at all. This is the reason why they can't defend even if they can fight Sichuan.

Liu Bu knows a little, so he sent Liu Kang to lead the army westward to invade Sichuan. His first wish is that he can seize Chongqing, win the door to Sichuan, and then slowly make it.

Since Liu Bu has temporarily stopped using troops in the north and can draw out a large number of troops, he must give priority to consolidating in the south.

The current strategic pattern of the Liu family is quite good. After Liu Bu sent troops to win the battle of Yiling, their strategic pattern is unprecedented.

Daming's richest essence is under their control. The worst part is that Shandong is under their control. This is very close to the capital. This makes the heavy troops that the emperor has to deploy in Baoding and Tianjin to ensure that the enemy can not enter the two cities in Beijing.

What's worse is that the tax areas of Daming, Jianghuai and Jiangnan, have successively fallen into the hands of the Chinese army. Without these tax areas, Daming's income has further decreased, and it is very difficult to support so many troops.

There are many problems with the Chinese army. The main problem with the Chinese army is that they rise too fast. In a short time, they have annexed so many places. Even if they have strong force and can forcibly occupy these places, it does not mean that they can rule these places forever.

Now the Chinese army can control these places because they cooperate with local giants and powers, and the two sides share the interests of the world equally.

However, this practice of dividing the world equally between the two sides is actually not worth advocating. It is detrimental to the rule of imperial power. In the long run, it is easy to cause its own foundation to be unstable.

Therefore, the Liu family and their sons are also aware of a problem, which is that once they take out their hands, they have to rectify them internally.

The Chinese army can occupy these places in a short period of time, but it will take a long time to really control these places and bring the local people back to their hearts. There are so many loyal and righteous officials in the Ming Dynasty today, because after more than 200 years of cultivating scholars and expectations.

The Liu family will also start raising scholars and storing hope.

Therefore, after defeating Zhu Xieyuan, Liu Bu's strategic plan is to stabilize the situation in the South and confront the Daming strategy.

The current strategic confrontation is also beneficial to the Chinese army, because the Chinese Army controls rich places and places with heavy taxes. These places will soon have a steady stream of output.

They will not lack money, food or population, which is a prerequisite for the rise of a great power.

The Daming in the north is relatively miserable. They have lost all the heavy taxes and grain producing areas. They will worry about taxes and grain.

The lack of money and food is an extremely difficult problem. Not everyone is a demon like the Liu family. Only they do not regard Qian Liang as Qian Liang and can easily get a large amount of money and food. For the emperors and imperial courts in the north, this is a very fatal thing, which can not solve these things, not to mention the separation of the north and the south of the Chinese Empire, Even living is a problem.

In the northern Ming Dynasty, its strategic situation was far worse than that of the Chinese Empire.

His capital is located in the Yanjing mountains. Outside the Great Wall is Mongolia, their century old enemy. Outside Shanhaiguan is the post Jin State. These forces are very powerful and have the ability to subvert Daming.

Under the suppression of these forces and the Chinese Empire, Daming was surrounded by wolves, which was very deadly.

If it was said that Daming set the capital in the land of Youyan, it was the son of heaven guarding the country, which was very noble, but now it can only be described by Keng father.

The area where the capital of the Ming Empire is located is under the attack of the three forces.

As long as the other side attacks it at any time, it can crush it. What's worse, there is no grain here, and a large amount of grain must be transported in from other places. In the past, they used the strategy of canal to transport a large amount of grain for them, but now the canal has been cut off and the South has been occupied, so they can't use this one. They don't know where to transport so much grain for the capital, If these problems are not solved, they will not talk about the separation of North and South and their foothold. Their primary consideration now is actually the issue of survival.

After Liu Bu realized this, even if Zhu Xieyuan led more than a dozen troops to withdraw north, it was a tiger returning to the mountain, and there were endless future troubles, but he also knew that if the tiger ran to a barren place, where he could starve to death, he could not become a tiger. He was afraid that he would become a local dog.

In other words, the form of competition between the Chinese Empire and the Daming Empire has changed. It used to be a collision of military forces, but now it may be a competition for resources. In this regard, the Chinese army is already in the lead, and the advantages they have are beyond Daming's reach.

Therefore, many people expressed great anger and unhappiness at Zhu Xieyuan's flight into the north. Only Liu Bu realized this until now. Zhu Xieyuan's stay is not necessarily a good thing, and his escape is not necessarily a bad thing. In short, the Chinese army is faced with choices, and his choices will have unexpected consequences.

But now, all Liu Bu's plans are in his own imagination.

The Chinese Empire occupied so many rich places and was so rich that it was time for them to expand their army.

Although the current Chinese Empire has 200000 troops, compared with the northern Ming Dynasty, these 200000 troops actually do not have an advantage in terms of quantity, but they are all elite soldiers with better combat effectiveness than the other side.

But their father and son also realize that if they want to dominate the world, even if they have 200000 troops at the level of a small family, it is not enough. Even if they have 200000 elite troops, they will not share these 200000 elite troops in more than a dozen provinces across the country. A province with more than 10000 people is not strong.

Their father and son estimated that if they want to dominate the world, considering the places controlled by the Ming Dynasty, if they want to maintain absolute superiority, they must have at least 1.5 million troops if they are interested in the Northeast outside the pass; Interested in Mongolia; If you are interested in the remote western regions and Tianshan north-south road, you need more troops.

Therefore, after Liu Bu beat away Zhu Xieyuan, a great enemy, he had to consider other urgent problems, that is, to expand the army with all his strength.

The Chinese Army robbed the world, so they must ensure that they are strong enough to defend the world.

In a word, it may be ironic that they may have conquered the world with 200000 troops, but they can't rule the world with 200000 troops. Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army.

It is also the reason why Liu Bu feels that he is not in such a hurry suddenly. Since his opponent runs away, let him run. Anyway, sooner or later, there will be a war between the two sides. Today's Chinese army is still weak. When he expands to the level of millions, it is time for the other party to suffer.

Of course, this also gives Liu bu a headache. In the past, when leading a war, he had to think about a relatively simple thing, that is, to use all means and resources to defeat the enemy. Now he faces more problems, not only to defeat the enemy, but also to consider how to expand his power and how to rule the place.

Daming ruled this place for more than 200 years. In fact, they are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Until now, many people support Daming and work hard for them. After the demise of the original Ming Dynasty, there are still so many people trying to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. This is a problem.

Liu Bu knew the same thing. He occupied Daming's territory and defeated their army. It was only the first step. The second step was to compete with Daming for the support of the people.

Of course, they are also in a dominant place in the Chinese Empire to do these things. The main thing is that they occupy rich places, grain producing areas, have enough products and sufficient resources. Naturally, they can calmly do many things to buy people's hearts.

Daming in the north is relatively Keng father. The main problem is that they are short of money and food, which means that they can't carry out many things.

For example, the emperor and the imperial court don't want to collect taxes, but if they don't, the imperial court will perish, and there will be no food to send and no soldiers to use.

While both sides are competing for Mingxin and the world, on the one hand, they are light corvee and light tax to buy people's hearts, on the other hand, they are beating the bone and sucking the marrow and fishing with all their strength. We don't have to guess what the final result will be.

But for the Ming Empire, even if they knew the result, they had no choice, because they had to live first and then consider other things. This is the idiom "drinking doves to quench thirst". They knew it was poisonous, but in order to live, they had to drink to quench thirst first.

Liu Bu was aware of these problems before he found that I should not be in a hurry. I should digest the territory in front of me, expand my strength, and then play with them slowly, which is better.

This also made his actions relaxed and less nervous. He simply marched slowly, which allowed him to ponder some things and plan for the future. Liu Bu led ten thousand elite soldiers, changing from short cut to step and ride together, and advancing both land and water.

Liu Bu took a boat instead, and Ziqing's fleet escorted him.