"Then next, we will have a larger war with the Rakshasa Kingdom, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to surrender and take the initiative to beg for peace with us!"

At the Privy Council's court meeting in October of the 16th year of the Tianqi revelation, Lu Xiangsheng, the Chief of the Privy Council and the Minister of War, agreed after the regent minister and the Chief of the Governor's Office, Zhu Xieyuan, said in the previous article.

Sun Chuanting, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, followed and said: "And the Rakshasa Kingdom will likely take the initiative to send troops this time. They will not be willing to hand over the fur and timber resources to me in the Ming Dynasty!"

"But we don't need to wait for them to come from East and West Siberia. We can continue to take the initiative and go north from Suzhou Wei to directly penetrate the heart of the Rakshasa Kingdom. Perhaps we can stop them from raising troops in advance, or directly threaten the vicinity of his capital."

Zhu Xieyuan said.

"But in this case, the vast territory in Turpan, Oirat and the remaining Tatars outside Suzhou Guards must be sinicized as soon as possible and become the territory of our Ming Dynasty. In this way, our Ming army can directly pass through the Altai Mountain here, along the Ertzis River, and finally pass the Ural Mountains, cross the Ural River and enter the large plain discovered by the Jinyiwei, and enter the capital of the Rakshasa Kingdom Moscow!"

Sun Chuanting said at this time.

"Then next, we will focus our military focus on the strategy of advancing westward from Suzhou Wei. The first goal is to recover Hami Wei and Hetao! The ultimate goal is to fight to Moscow City!"

Zhu Youxiao said this at this time, and then said to the ministers: "The state has lost a lot of territory due to its weakening power before. Fortunately, it has recovered a lot now. Next, all the lost must be recovered so that the prosperity of the country will not be disappointed."

"yes!"

Zhu Xieyuan, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Fu Zonglong and Zhou Yuji, five ministers who participated in the Privy Council's court discussion, replied.

So far.

The strategy of recapturing the Hamiwei and Hetao areas and expanding the territory west of the Suzhouwei began to be implemented through the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

The first is the military recruitment.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng suggested that the Ministry of War directly recruited the Chinese Mongolian soldiers and the Chinese Solon soldiers to form a larger cavalry as a cavalry corps advancing westward.

Because these people are born with superb riding skills, they now have the awareness that fighting for the country is a glorious thing after many years of Chineseization.

The Han army in Shaanxi, Jingji and Liaodong mainly recruited the brave guards and guard infantry to form infantry and artillery corps.

Zhu Youchao approved this and ordered the Ministry of War to reorganize a Western Expedition Army, which was composed of infantry, cavalry and cannons, and the Privy Council determined the time and corresponding plan of the Western Expedition.

The current military system of the Ming Dynasty has been changed to two military institutions: the Privy Council of the Grand Governor's Office and the Ministry of War.

Among them, the Privy Council is responsible for the dispatch of troops, the selection and appointment of military officers, command, military strategy resolutions, and military law trials; the Ministry of War is responsible for recruitment and training, logistics supply, and national defense propaganda.

And on the place.

Because the garrison system has long been in name only, and Zhu Youxiao has abolished the military household registration system and reformed the road guide system, allowing the civilians to go out (limited to the domestic market) and settle down freely. Especially now that the commodity economy has further developed, and after entering the steam era, there are even fewer people in each garrison. Even if there are still some, officers have become de facto landlords, while the soldiers of the garrison have become self-cultivated farmers or tenant farmers.

Therefore, in the 15th year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to completely abolish the system of vassals. Shaanxi Dusi was changed to Gansu Provincial Administration, Wei was changed to the prefecture, Thousand Houses were changed to counties, Hundred Houses were changed to townships or towns, and those with a large population were promoted to counties and re-entered households.

Because the court acknowledged that the hereditary military household land that had been annexed by the hereditary military officer family in the past dynasties was owned by it, and there were not many military households and the court had enough standing troops, so there was no big obstacle.

In addition, the Tianxia camp soldiers, that is, the professional soldiers recruited, were all reorganized into the Ming National Defense Forces.

As for the Guards, the Yong Guards, the Hu Ben Army and the Jinyiwei, the Xichang all belong to the Imperial Army, among which the Guards and the Jinyiwei belong to the Yulin Imperial Army.

The so-called Imperial Army is the army of the capital. It is not responsible for garrisoning the place, but only for going to expedition and guarding the capital.

The Western Expedition Legion, which is now in charge of reorganization of the Ministry of War, also belongs to the Imperial Army and represents the emperor to go on the expedition.

Only after the capture of a certain place will the Privy Council recruit the National Defense Forces to enter the defense of a certain place.

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"The army and horses were not moved before the food and grass came first. The Ministry of War proposed that the Western Expedition Legion formed this time had a scale of 120,000, so the logistics supply needed to be provided was not an easy task. It must be dispatched by experienced ministers, and this is not competent for the current Governor-General of Mo Meng in Jin."

Lu Xiangsheng spoke to Zhu Youxiao in the court discussion on the Western Expedition of the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said, "As far as I know, he has never advocated expansion. But what is helpless is that the court has to use him every time it advances to the outside world. He has also gained military merits. I hope he can get used to this life that is not what he wants but is therefore Jialu, and transfer him to the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu to be responsible for this matter!"

"Abide by the order!"

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Then, Zhu Xieyuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the position of commander of the Western Expedition has not yet been decided. In addition, the people who were in charge of the command of the war this time include Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji, and Qin Keqing, and I also asked the Holy One to terminate the war."

"Sun Aiqing needs to stay in Beijing to coordinate and train the backwards. Qin Aiqing is old and should not go to the northwest. Besides, in the future, it will depend on her. Zhou Yuji has also experienced it over the years and is in his prime. He is suitable for the expedition to the State Council, and he is the general seal of Dingxi, and ordered him to serve as the general. In the past, the State Council sent generals to the expedition to the expedition only, which was not enough to demonstrate the prestige of the country. They will be changed to generals and will be temporarily appointed to the governors of the Five Army Governors Office."

Zhu Youxiao ordered.

"Abide by the order! There are also the general instructors of the army, including Fu Zonglong, Zhang Tongchang, Huang Degong, Wang Qiaonian, and Yang Wenyue."

Zhu Xieyuan replied.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "Let Lu Aiqing serve as the other person himself, otherwise, except for Sun Chuanting, no one can control this general Zhou. In addition, the complexity of the northwest military use is that the ethnic group is complex and the religion is different. Some people must be brave and those who know how to restrain themselves."

"I accept the order."

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Next, the Privy Council officially determined that the time for the Ming Dynasty to go to the west was March of the 17th year of the Tianqi. The commander was Zhou Yuji and Lu Xiangsheng, and led 120,000 troops, using the Great Wall as the line, divided into two groups of north and south. After joining the Hetao team, they advanced to the Suzhou Guards and marched into the Hami Guards. The Southern Army was Han infantry and artillery, and the Northern Army was the Chinese cavalry.

At this time, there were still some small Mongolian tribes left in the Hetao area to settle here, so they were naturally no match for the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition Legion.

Therefore, when they knew that the large-scale Ming army had appeared, their leaders were panicked and hurriedly led their tribes to start migrating westward.

Outside the Great Wall along the way from Hetao to Suzhou Wei, there are many Mongolian tribes that have not yet been willing to be sinicized. These tribes have begun to migrate west on a large scale due to the Western Expedition of the Ming Dynasty.

The Chahar tribe, which had already migrated to Juhai, had to start migrating, and the leader of its tribe, Lin Dankhan, was quite depressed: "Damn the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I can't drive my Khan to the ends of the world!"
Chapter completed!