In August, major newspapers of the Ming Dynasty published a major news report that Tsarist Russia and the Kazakh Khanate invaded the northwest of the Ming Dynasty for no reason, assassinated Sengge, the leader of the Junggar tribe, attacked Yili, and slaughtered border tribes.

As soon as this news came out, a stone caused a thousand sensations, which immediately caused a strong reaction in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone denied the Russians.

First, students from all over the country criticized the large-scale parades based on the institutions of study, and then workers responded one after another. Finally, farmers held three-day parades in various places, denying the Russians!

The students put out slogans and wrote, "Resolutely protect our country, resist robbers, protect our country, and protect our compatriots!"

A student stood on the platform and shouted: "Russia is a greedy hungry wolf. It has invaded my Siberian land for decades. Now it is still deadly. It will invade my northwest territory, which will harm my people!"

"Friends, as part of the Ming Dynasty, we should contribute our own strength. Although we cannot go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, we can use our hands to produce military supplies for the country and provide logistical support for the frontline soldiers!"

"We must use our strength to tell those hungry wolves that those who violate our Chinese power will be punished even if they are far away from their hearts!"

This kind of speech can be seen everywhere on the land of the Ming Dynasty. They are supporting this national war in their own way.

All the people of the Ming Dynasty are excited and have expressed their determination to resist the West's intervention in the Southeast and the Russian invasion.

At the same time, the major governors' offices of the Ming Dynasty also wrote letters, firmly supporting His Majesty the Emperor to use thunder to attack all those who dare to invade the Ming Dynasty, and wait for the imperial court to dispatch and be ready to go to war at any time!

The military and people's hearts of the entire Ming Dynasty were mobilized by Zhu Cilang. It can be said that the military and civilians are united in fighting against foreign enemies!

In the major restaurants and teahouses in the capital, people exploded every day. People with insight made generous speeches and slapped the table to scold the Russians and Kazakhs.

However, at this time, Zhou Peigong, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, made a shocking statement, questioning the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

He said publicly: "Thousands of years of history have proved that the military strength of a dynasty was the strongest at the beginning of its establishment. As the combat effectiveness of the army continued to decline over time, no dynasty's military strength could escape such a law."

"Since the 11th year of Tianwu's expedition to Japan and pacify Annan, there have been few military use in the past decade. Most of the veterans who are good at fighting have been discharged. If the court sends troops from the Central Army Governor's Office and the Eastern Army Governor's Office, can they regain their glory and severely damage the enemy?"

Zhou Peigong's words aroused the indignation of military soldiers and also caused deep thoughts from some people.

Some people had a heated discussion on this issue, and some great masters even counted a "Chronology of Wars in China" for criticism.

This chronology counts the five emperors of the legendary era, and up to the current Tianwu Dynasty, with a total scale and historical evidence, and there are 3,344 wars every year.

Among them, in the 276 years from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the ascension of Emperor Tianwu, it experienced 578 wars, which was higher than 395 in the Spring and Autumn Period, and ranked among the highest in all dynasties!

Moreover, in several major prosperous times in history, the Yongle prosperous times in the Ming Dynasty ranked first with an average of 1.87 games per year. Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, launched nearly two wars every year! Only once in the five years of Wen and Jing's rule.

In the past twenty years of the Tianwu Dynasty, only about ten wars were launched. Of course, none of these wars were small-scale fights. Just destroying the country, five were destroyed, and all of them were hard food!

Unlike previous dynasties, half of the wars launched were busy pacifying the peasants' uprisings.

After the pacification of Annan in the 12th year of Tianwu, the Ming Dynasty only used troops against the southwestern chieftains, maintaining peace and development for nearly ten years. During this period, no peasant uprising occurred.

Finally, the author of "Chronology of War in China" summarized and criticized Zhou Peigong's "long-term discussion on peace and prosperity", and borrowed a sentence from Cao Cao in the fourth chapter of the "Sun Tzu's Art of War": "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and those who are good at doctors have no glorious reputation."

This means that those who are good at fighting may not necessarily have brilliant military achievements. The emergence of talents in the Ming army is the reason why they supported the prestige of the Ming army, eliminated all war risks, and made the Ming Dynasty peaceful and focused on development.

After hearing this, Zhu Cixuan had no time to listen to them nonsense, so he issued an order to be an envoy to go to the northwest to negotiate with the Russian army and delay the Russian army.

At the same time, he ordered the Eastern Army Governor's Office and the Central Army Governor's Office to reorganize the army and prepare for war. The commercial use of railways in various provinces was suspended and converted to military use, and military rations and materials were collected at Jiayuguan.

After more than ten years of development, there are at least two railways in each province within the Ming Dynasty. Although the train speed is slow, the main focus is day and night transportation, which can save a lot of time.

However, the army gathered around the world, and it is expected that 100,000 people would be dispatched from the pass, and it would take time to prepare horses and silver and money. The army alone would need more than 100,000 horses. This is a huge number and it would have to slowly drive to the northwest without railways.

The Ming Dynasty prepared very well for this national war, and it was completely based on the scale of the national war!

At this time, Zhou Peigong was writing a mansion in a hurry, preparing to send a newspaper tomorrow to criticize all the scholars. When he received the will from the palace, he was completely confused.

When the two countries were at war, he was asked to go to the northwest to negotiate with Tsarist Russia and use words to fool the Russian army. Isn’t this let him die?

Zhou Peigong spent every day in panic, slapped himself twice from time to time, regretting his amazing slutty words...

Until before leaving, his mentor Yang Shicong saw him off and said to Zhou Peigong: "I give you eight words: stabilize the enemy, come back alive, turn the salted fish over, and be prosperous and wealthy!"

After hearing what his mentor said, Zhou Peigong seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and his heart that had been hanging over the past few days finally came to rest.

After he understood the meaning of this statement, he immediately bowed and bid farewell to his mentor, and went to the northwest to prepare for a quarrel with the Russians!

In September of the 19th year of Tianwu, Wang Yuan, the son of Anping Marquis Wang Wannian, was besieged in Myanmar due to the British army's defeat in Myanmar and committed suicide in a foreign land. Li Dingguo, the commander of the Burmese conquest, was seriously ill due to the rainy season on the Indochina Peninsula. The Burmese conquest army fell into a quagmire, shocking the entire government and the country.

After receiving the front-line battle report, Zhu Cixuan, in addition to being extremely angry, began to seriously think about how to face an opponent like Myanmar with Western foreign aid and no longer treats Myanmar as a small thalian country.

In the same month, Zhu Cixuan appointed Pingyang Hou Xu Qingshan as the new commander of the Burmese recruitment, and issued an order to close Yunnan border trade. He also sent a naval fleet to block Myanmar's coastal areas and cut off the maritime support of the British East India Company.

From the incident where the son of Anping Marquis Wang Wannian committed suicide, Zhu Cihuang felt a sense of concern that these noble children could really inherit the aspirations of their ancestors in the future and continue to carry forward the power of the Ming army's good warfare?
Chapter completed!