It turned out that Kublai Khan pretended to be the residence of the Chinese emperor. In the current Jingzhao Palace, Chen Dexing stood with his hands behind his back and walked a few steps from time to time. After seeing the Big BMW Head King Kong in the Heavenly Dao Temple, he returned to his front-line command post.

It is said that it is the command post of the front enemy, but it is actually thousands of miles away from the front enemy! As mentioned earlier, the target of this Western Expedition was Uszang, Yinxia Hexi and the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The combat area can be said to be unprecedentedly vast. The troops mobilized are also unprecedented.

In order to launch this expedition, the Ming army field troops were further expanded and reorganized. The "Six Armies", "Eight Banners", and "One Guard" became twenty-four infantry divisions, sixteen cavalry divisions and one guard.

Among them, the Ming army's infantry division included three infantry brigades (4,000 men per brigade), a musket corps (2,400 men), an artillery regiment (800 men and 36 cannons, 6 rocket squads), a cavalry regiment (600 cavalry equipped with light steel armor and bows and arrows, and cross-knife), an engineering regiment (about 600 engineers) and a baggage regiment (2,000 men). When full, the total strength of an infantry division was about 18,000.

The cavalry division of the Ming army consisted of a cavalry brigade (composed of two cavalry regiments) and a lancer brigade (composed of an ordinary cavalry regiment and a cavalry regiment equipped with a horse lance) and a cavalry artillery regiment (with 600 men and 18 2-inch cannons and 8 rocket squads). When full, the total strength of a cavalry division can reach 3,500 men.

The Guards include three Guard Infantry Brigades (like ordinary infantry brigades, one of which is stationed in the north and south, and one of them serves as Chen Dexing's accompanying guard), one Guards Musketeers Brigade (two regiments have about 5,000 people, and they are always equipped with the latest model of muskets), one Guards Cavalry Brigade (one cavalry regiment and one lancer regiment), one Guards Artillery Brigade (one artillery regiment and one cavalry regiment), one Engineers regiment and one baggage regiment. The total force has remained above 22,000 people all year round.

The twenty-four infantry divisions, sixteen cavalry divisions and one guard, when all full, had a total force of 510,000!

As for the original "Six Armies" and "Eight Banners", they were all abolished. The "army" is no longer permanent, but is temporarily set up during wartime as needed, and is used to command several divisions (there is no certain number of divisions commanded) and be responsible for combat in a certain aspect. The "flag" and "flagmen" have become a past trend together. Because the 60,000 to 70,000 Eight Banners soldiers who served in the Ming army. After years of war in the south and north, almost all those who are still serving in the army have obtained Chinese and lords.

In addition to the nearly 500,000 field troops, every province in the Ming Dynasty (including the two capitals in the north and south) has a guard brigade. Each prefecture has a guard brigade. However, these guard brigades do not have many standing troops. They are mainly responsible for managing the soldiers in the village and recruiting new recruits.

During this Western Expedition, the Ming Army dispatched a total of five infantry divisions, five cavalry divisions, guard musketeers brigades, third guard infantry brigades, and first guard cavalry divisions. In addition to the Third Guard Infantry Brigade, the rest of the troops were organized into the Army's Western Expedition Army, with Zhu Sijiu serving as the general of the Western Expedition Army, Wei Zhu Tats served as the chief instructor of the Western Expedition Army, and Zhang Jiu served as the chief of staff of the Western Expedition Army.

The day before yesterday, a military newspaper came. Zhu Sijiu's military headquarters had already entered Lingzhou. The core territory of the Dabai Gao Kingdom (Xixia) in the past was now all taken away by the Ming army without fighting. The front and back areas that were located in the north had also been recovered by the Ming cavalry. The Mongolian tribes stationed there had been north and surrendered to Haidu. It seems that the first phase of the Western Expedition Army can be completed successfully.

In addition to Zhu Sijiu serving as the general of the Western Expedition Army, for this westward advance, a Qing Tang Army and a Tibetan border army were also organized. The Qing Tang Army was composed of the vassal army of Shi Tianze, Wang Dechen and Guo Kan, responsible for seizing the Qing Tang land. The Tibetan border army was composed of the vassal army of Liu Zheng and Yu Xing, responsible for seizing the Sichuan-Tibet border area. The task of these two armies was to oppress Uszang to the basic Wei and Tibet area of ​​Tubo. However, it is still a icy and snowy plateau of Qing Tang Plateau. It is not the time for a large army to operate, so the Qing Tang and Tibetan border armies remained in the castles of several Tubo tribes they captured last year, waiting for the climate to warm up before continuing to attack.

The overall situation seemed good, but Chen Dexing was still a little anxious. Because he knew that what was going on now was a world war. The enemy was not the Lama of Uszang and the Mongols who were still young in the Hexi Corridor, but the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan, who was originally in Central Asia. He had suppressed the Golden Horde and the Ili Khanate, and the army that could be controlled was estimated to reach 300,000 to 400,000! Although the number was not as good as the 500,000 field troops of the Ming army, the weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness were definitely far worse. However, if the battlefield was placed in the Western Regions, Kublai Khan might not have no chance of winning.

Kublai Khan could also use a small number of troops to deal with the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions, and at the same time, he advanced westward with his main force to conquer Europe. Because the terrain of Central Asia is too wide, and most of the residents are Tianfang scholars who are not very friendly to the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty wants to gain a foothold there, there will probably be some twists and turns. The whole process will probably last for more than ten or twenty years.

When the Ming Dynasty pacified Central Asia, the Mongols were afraid that they had already gained a foothold in Europe. Chen Dexing, who is now in Jingzhao Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, doesn’t know what the European Union is like. The communication methods these days are somewhat torture for Chen Dexing, who has lived in the 21st century!

In addition, Uszang is also a trouble. The terrain here is vast and complex. The climate is not very suitable for the life of the Han people and the resources are limited. It is estimated that not many Han people want to live on the Uszang plateau. Although they can drive away Uszang's lamas by force, it is not easy to take over Uszang and then Chineseize it.

Moreover, with the expansion of the Ming Empire, the territory that the Han people needed to occupy was more than Uszang. Uszang seemed to have the worst living conditions among all the territory. I'm afraid no one would go to the plateau, right?

At Chen Dexing's lower head, Zhang Xizai sat quietly on the desk, looking at the documents and documents, including the number of military rations and materials transferred and stored, the number of civilians mobilized and organized, and the number of military households prepared to garrison the border in the Western Regions and Qingtang. He is now the chief of staff of the headquarters of Jingzhao Prefecture. The Western Expedition Army, the Qingtang Army and the Tibetan border army are all controlled by the headquarters of Jingzhao Prefecture. He is naturally a leader of staff. He also makes a lot of things. He also points a few strokes from time to time, and then handed them over to the staff behind him, asking them to transfer or archive them immediately.

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

"Is Qingtang's plan to immigrate to the military headquarters here? How many people are going to arrange to go to Qingtang's garrison? There is not much oil and water in Qingtang, so I'm afraid no one is willing to go?"

Zhang Xizai stood up, bowed, and said lightly: "Sage, there are only more than 800,000 soldiers who are still in Jiangnan. There are too many places that need to be immigrated. Mingzhou continent needs people, Northeast Five Liao provinces need people, Hetao and Hexi also need people, and even Sichuan is not even enough. Once the four feudal families are granted the title, they need to move military households from Jiangnan to fill it. It is normal for Us to hide in the barren land, and no one is willing to go."

Of course, the Ming Dynasty Army Department could order forced military households to go to the plateau, but the Army Department could manage military households but could not control the family members of the military households. If only military households went to the plateau, the family members would not be able to achieve the effect of immigrating to the real border.

In addition, the climate areas of the plateau are not suitable for human survival. That is, the northeast edge of Qingtang is OK. Other places allow those who are accustomed to living at low altitudes to ensure that the local environment is not suitable. Maybe a large number of people will die within a few years!

Chen Dexing was also a little embarrassed. It was easy for the Ming army to occupy the plateau, but it was not easy to stay on the plateau for a long time! There was no way to see Zhang Xizai, the think tank.

He sighed softly, then turned around and wanted to leave and discuss with Mo Yingniang.

Zhang Xizai coughed, and then attracted Chen Dexing's gaze. He touched his newly-grown beard and thought, "Sage, I have a way to make the snowy plateau last forever."

Chen Dexing glanced curiously, "Oh? Don't keep it in hiding, tell me quickly."

Zhang Xizai nodded, "Immigration to the real border is an old way left by the Han and Tang dynasties, but the situation of the Han and Tang dynasties is different from ours now. The Han and Tang dynasties face the West and the North are just between the powerful countries. But we have the power to crush. There is no need to rely on a large number of immigrants to the real border. The saints will not worry that His Highness the King of England will invade Uszang in the future, right?"

Chen Dexing shook his head, "What I am worried about is that the people of Uszang will not accept Wang Hua for a long time, and will cause changes sooner or later."

Zhang Xizai smiled, "This is actually easy to deal with."

"It's easy to deal with?"

"There are only 130,000 households in Uszang, but not so many. I estimate that there are 100,000 households, and a million people are almost the same. Some of them live in Qingtang and Tibetan borders, where people can live. There are probably no more than 500,000 people who truly live on the Weizang Plateau. I think that instead of immigrating to Uszang, it is better to move the people of Uszang out. Some simply immigrate to India; some grant land in the Western Regions, Hexi, Yinxia and Sichuan, so that they can live with the Han people... In fact, the Han vassal race is close to each other, and the blood relationship is not much different. Many of the vassals are descendants of the people of the Tang Dynasty who were plundered in the past. The saints can let them follow the way of heaven, keep the Chen rituals, and enter China again."

"Everyone from Uszang has moved out? What should I do if Uszang?"
Chapter completed!