The emperor is going to command the emperor in person again.＞≥

This news quickly spread to the ears of all officials in the capital.

At the beginning, everyone was half-believing and half-doubted, thinking it was unlikely. Everyone thought that the emperor wanted to personally conquer the Indochina Peninsula. The front line was very good. It broke the capital of Nanyue, the capital of Dongyu Awa, and the deputy royal city of Zhenla Puliango, the important town of Dongyu, and the important city of Dongyu, and the Ruan family royal city of Guangnan.

Is it good to not fight? Why is the emperor doing the personal expedition?

Is it going to fight against the Dutch in Southeast Asia? The Dutch are still guarding Java's Batavia and refuse to surrender. But it is said that Java's Matalan and Banten are willing to send troops to help the Han Dynasty attack Batavia?

When the news finally came out, it was said that the emperor's personal expedition was not the southern expedition, but the western expedition, and the officials all lost their voices.

Western Expedition? Who is the Western Expedition?

In the conquest of Junggar, in the conquest of Wei Lat, it turned out to be the Mongols of Moxi, but these Mongols stayed in the Western Regions honestly, and I have never heard of them crossing the border?

Some well-informed people helped everyone to solve their doubts at this time. It turned out that the Junggar had become the overlord of the Western Regions, punching Tsarist Russia and kicking Kazakhs. They were also preparing to destroy Yarkand. Even the Uszang and Shuot Gushi Khan who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty before, and the Turguts who had gone far away to establish the Khanate in the lower reaches of the Volga River, worshipped the Junggar Khan Baturhuntaiji as the Great Khan of the Weilath Khan, and they were willing to be the Little Khan.

So that's the news. It seems that these Moxi Tartars can really make trouble.

But the officials became more surprised. This was related to the great man with half a copper yuan?

What about Tsarist Russia, Kazakhstan, Yarkand, and even Uszang, what does it have to do with the Han Dynasty?

The attack between Baturhun Taiji and them is at most a dog bite. Anyway, the Western Regions are 108,000 miles away from the Central Plains. As long as they do not cross Jiayuguan, Jinshan Mountains, or Kunlun Mountains, they can fight them as much as they do.

But the Emperor of Han wanted to lead the army to fight in person, and the people of Lat in the Western Expedition.

So, many officials found it too strange. Could it be that the emperor was a little tired of staying in the capital and wanted to go out to be majestic?

In this matter, the Beijing officials unexpectedly agreed with each other, thinking that the Western Expedition Lat had doubts about dogs and rats being meddling in other people's business.

Some officials were more blunt, what was there in the west of the desert? Desert, plateau, yaks from Wusizang, raisins from Turfan? That thing is missing from the Han Dynasty?

The great Han Dynasty had a desert north and south, and there was no shortage of cows or horses at all. There were many milk and fur.

If you have that leisure time, it is better to try to kill the natives in Central and South China and destroy the island barbarians in South China. How much fertile land in Central and South China, the spices and minerals in South China are so good to be included in the pocket.

It seems that the officials of the great man are more pragmatic and not sloppy now, and everyone cares more about practical gains.

To put it bluntly, these officials think that there is no oil and water in the west of Moxi, and it is impossible to make a war, and they may lose money.

Liu Jun didn't know whether he should be happy or happy after hearing the Dongchang report. But at least he was not dissatisfied. After all, these officials were very pragmatic and did not say they were afraid of war, but they just thought it was not worth it.

Disgusted with martial arts and fear of war, this is the most terrifying thing.

The Han Dynasty fought for years, but almost all fought against foreign countries and won consecutive victories. Not only did it expand its territory, it also brought many war dividends. From officials to ordinary people, it was not afraid of war or war.

However, even the seven prime ministers and counselors did not support the Western Expedition and even opposed the in-person expedition. Even though the officials in the entire capital thought that the Western Expedition should not be, Liu Jun ignored their opposition.

The founding emperor always had such strength, especially for an emperor like Liu Jun who held absolute power, the opposition of the Prime Minister's participation in politics could not change his decision.

Fortunately, the military generals were surprisingly silent, and they did not join in the fun with the civil servants. The emperor said they would fight, so they would fight, and the emperor said they would fight in person, so they would fight with the emperor.

They will fight wherever the emperor pointed.

They do not interfere in political affairs, but they do not need to pay attention to civilian officials in the military affairs and war affairs.

"I feel like I'm just going to be stubborn and self-righteous now."

At the Military Affairs Office meeting.

Liu Jun shook his head and smiled at the face of a group of generals who counseled military affairs and those generals attending the meeting.

The Left Privy Councilor Gao Gao, the Prime Minister and the Military Affairs Officer Wang Qian, lowered his head to the emperor. In this team, he undoubtedly stood in the wrong team.

The right Privy Councilor Zhang Shan smiled and said, "We military laymen do not understand the governance of the country, but when it comes to war, those civil servants are also outsiders. Now the court is talking about people's livelihood and economy, and these civil servants are almost tempted by money. In war, in addition to expanding territory and fighting wealth, we also have to defend our country. The rise of Moxi Mongolia so rapidly, as the generals of the empire, we must guard against it before it happens."

"Moxi Mongolian's strength today must not be underestimated. If we cannot destroy him before he is full of wings, we are afraid that it will become a conscience to our great man in the future."

Many civil servants only saw that there was no oil and water in the west of Mo, but they could not see the rapid expansion of Weilath.

Just like during the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo dominated Liaodong and seriously threatened the Central Plains dynasty. Both Yang Jian and Yang Guang and his son were interested in conquering Liao, but many officials opposed the conquering Liao, believing that Liaodong was outside the pass and could not threaten the Sui Dynasty. Even after the Sui Dynasty was destroyed, they even put the blame on Yang Guang's conquering Liao.

Although the destruction of the country of Sui was indeed related to the conquest of Liao, Goguryeo did seriously threaten the Central Plains at that time. This was also until after the establishment of Li Tang, Li Shimin also wanted to conquer Liaodong in person. Moreover, after Li Shimin's death, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi also used troops to Liaodong for many years and finally destroyed Goguryeo.

The senior generals all expressed their full support for the emperor's expedition to the West.

"I will personally fight for this Western Expedition." Liu Jun stood in front of the sand table and spoke directly, "My strategic layout is only twelve words, first north and then south, first late and then, slowly advance and fight quickly."

The terrain of the Western Regions is like a huge gourd, wide in the south and narrow in the north.

Therefore, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack in the northern border, and it is easy to attack and difficult to defend in the southern border.

The biggest problem when fighting in the Western Regions is that the Han Dynasty's navy cannot play a role, and the supply and transportation is also a problem. If the Han Dynasty directly takes over the northern border, it can be a logistics base to march into the southern border, and can move forward and retreat freely, and cut off the possible support from Tsarist Russia.

But the two things are slow and slow, and the two are due to the long journey of the Western Regions and the difficulty in logistics supply.

The slow advance is to ensure logistics, and the urgent battle is to quickly defeat the rebels. No matter how rich the Han Dynasty has, it can fight a large-scale decisive battle. Logistics and food are not a problem, but the pressure on transportation is also extremely great.

This war is different from any previous battle, and it will be a great battle.

In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, Liu Jun was preparing to mobilize a large army, with fewer troops and no chance of winning at all. Today, Wei Lat is the overlord of Central Asia. It is probably no problem to mobilize 300,000 to 400,000 troops. The Han Dynasty took the initiative to attack and fought away, and there were few soldiers and not enough people to get stuck in the gaps.

Liu Jun is preparing to transfer the Han army in three cities, with 60,000 elite troops, and 20,000 guards to protect the troops. This time, 80,000 elite field troops will be dispatched.

In addition, the Mongolian princes in the north and south of the desert will be summoned to lead their troops to the expedition. Liu Jun is preparing to conquer 100,000 Mongolian cavalry to fight. In addition, 60,000 Japanese troops in the two towns will be summoned to fight.

Another 100,000 local garrison troops in the northwest were transferred to transport military equipment and food.

The entire army will reach 340,000 troops, and the army will be divided into three routes. The commanders of the three routes have been selected, and the three generals, Fu Shan, Liu Yunsheng, and Zheng Zhilong, will unify the route.

The core strategic ideas of combat have been formulated, but the specific tactics are still under the responsibility of the General Staff Office in charge of Cai Yuan.

"Give you four months to prepare, and all the troops will leave Jiayuguan next summer. Before that, the Ministry of War will be responsible for preparing food, grass and equipment, the General Staff Office will be responsible for collecting military information, formulating tactics, and the Fifth War Zone will be responsible for mobilizing troops and dispatching generals."

The attack time was chosen in summer, because the autumn was tall and the horses were fat, which was most beneficial to the nomadic Mongolian tribes in the Desert West. However, in summer, just after one winter and one spring, the cavalry had not yet returned to its peak.

After the Military Affairs Office meeting ended, Liu Jun left Fu Shan alone and said a few words.

"You haven't seen the Grand Master since you came back, have you?"

"Back to your Majesty, yes."

"You are the personal disciple of the Taishi. When the Taishi was wronged, you led hundreds of students from Shanxi to Beijing to rescue. The relationship between your teachers and students is well known. Even if he is now a cabinet assistant, you don't have to worry so much. You should still go around. After you leave the palace, go to the Taishi's mansion to meet the Taishi, have a meal with him, and also talk to the Taishi about the necessity of the Western Expedition."

Fu Shan brought two jars of Shaoxing daughter Hong to Yuan Mansion. The wine was the imperial wine, and the emperor asked him to bring it with him.

Yuan Jixian was reading a book in the study room. When he heard that his disciple Qingzhu was visiting, he stood at the entrance of the study room wearing a cloak, waiting for Fu Shan to come in.

Fu Shan was carrying two jars of daughter Hong in one hand and two lotus leaf bags in the other.

He walked in slowly, stood in front of the door and smiled at the teacher.

"The imperial wine given by Your Majesty is the real daughter of the 18th year. This is the five-spice beef and dried fragrant that I bought on the way."

Yuan Jixian took it and said to his subordinates, "Take the beef and cut it off, put the dipping sauce on a plate, cut it off the dried fragrant food, and then take two cups."

The family cut the beef and dried scent and put it in and then left.

Yuan Jixian poured wine for his disciples and looked at him up and down, "I have become thinner and stronger after a year of command of the army."

"It's really a training man when leading troops outside." Fu Shan smiled.

Looking at his favorite student, Yuan Jixian was very moved. "I remember that when I was studying in Shanxi, I was so lucky to accept you as a disciple."

"It is true that students can be blessed to join the teacher's disciple!"

Master and disciple look at me and me, but I look at you, but I don’t know where to start for a while, and I can’t help but remain silent.

"You were originally a student. From now on, I recommend you to join the army with Your Majesty. Since then, you have always been the right-hand man in command of your Majesty. In a blink of an eye, you have become a member of the secret envoy of the court to the local governor. You have become a member of the Qingzhu, do you plan to withdraw from the military and political affairs and transfer back to civilian positions?"

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Yuan Jixian said, "I am fifty-five today, you should be thirty-three this year, right?"

"Yes, I'm thirty-five years old this year."

Yuan Jixian nodded, "I think it's a pity that you stay in the military. With your talents, you should be transferred to a civil service. If you are interested, there will be a suitable position in the cabinet now. The Minister of War is vacant to be a virtuous person. I think you are very suitable. With your civil and military talents, you are Your Majesty's brother-in-law. If you serve one or two positions, you can serve as the secondary assistant. When you finish two positions, you will be only fifty years old and you can take over the important task of the auxiliary."

"Thank you, my teacher, but Your Majesty has given me the position of commander of the Western Expedition Army."

"His Majesty has decided to fight the West?"

"Yes, Your Majesty will lead the imperial army to personally fight. Next April, the troops will leave Jiayuguan, and the planned troops will be 340,000."

Another silence.

Yuan Jixian sighed, "No one can change what Your Majesty has decided. Qingzhu, do you really think this battle must be fought?"

Fu Shan pondered for a while before answering, "Yes, the Junggar power has expanded too quickly and has annexed Kazakhstan. If he is allowed to destroy Yarkand, he will inevitably invade the east. Now we will not lead to others first, but we will be controlled by others later!"
Chapter completed!