The military operation against Zamu Zamuhe was personally deployed and prepared to be personally commanded by Xu Shiyang, and the logistics base camp of this battle was Yanjing, so it was natural to receive the full support of the empire and a large amount of war resources.

Although according to the prediction of the General Staff, Zamuhe had less than 100,000 men left at this time, of which no more than 20,000 were armoured, in fact, he was not a very threatening opponent.

However, the Chinese army still amassed a relatively large military force.

First of all, the field army units that remained in the north and did not go south, based on the original units, formed 10 battle groups, and then used mobilized reserve soldiers to fill the shortfall in the troops.

In this way, the actual strength of each battle group is 8,000, and the total strength is 80,000.

In order to prevent the Mughal cavalry from wandering and threatening the interior, the northern borders of the provinces near Chahar were to be vigilant, and the militia was mobilized to defend their homes.

With the current proportion of guns and equipment and the degree of training of the Han militia, as long as they are not caught off guard, it will be difficult for the Mughurs with less than 1,000 people to capture any village, and if the Muguls gather more than 1,000 people, it will be almost impossible for them to hide their whereabouts.

If you can't hide yourself, then the cavalry that the empire has grown up year by year will be enough to kill all the Mughal herdsmen who have penetrated into the territory of China to harass and attack.

Of course, Chahar is not a hinterland, and the empire will not be as cautious about the Mughals as it is with Jiangnan as if they were entering a porcelain shop.

In this attack, it is natural that a large number of soldiers from the Tibetan State will participate.

Among them, the first to participate in the war were naturally the Khalkha, Korqin, Tumut and other Waibo Mughurs, who were also Mughu.

According to the requirements of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, the Khalkha departments sent 10,000 troops, Korqin 30,000, and Tumut 30,000, a total of 70,000 cavalry, which is almost equivalent to three out of one.

As the Kingdom of Fan, who had just been fortunate enough to participate in the Taishan Zen Ceremony, this was a great opportunity for the Mughurs to show their loyalty to the empire, and anyone who dared to despise this matter would be severely retaliated.

In addition, the one who wants to participate in the war is naturally Sauron, who is indispensable in every foreign war.

The Jin Kingdom had not been destroyed for a long time, and the hatred of the imperial people for the Jurchens still existed at this time, and the Sauron tribes, as split from the Jurchen corpse, still needed to use blood to prove that they would not become the second Jurchen.

And the empire also needs to continue to weaken Sauron's cohesion and the possibility of reunification of the tribe by sending Sauron's men to distant borders.

This time, the 990 hundred households of Solon in Waibo need to send 10,000 troops.

From past experience, the Lordon knew that these men would never come back—not because they were dead, but because they were going to defend the empire far from home.

In a place surrounded by aliens, the only thing the hunters of Sauron could rely on was the Empire.

For the hundred households, although the current life is much richer than when the Jin Kingdom was in the past (because the merchants of the empire did not buy any amount of Liaodong mountain goods such as furs, deer antlers, ginseng, and medicinal herbs), the empire always transferred people, and they were always unable to gather more people.

This makes the hundreds of households who regard people as wealth very unhappy.

But there was no way, the Empire wouldn't mind killing a few Sauron Hundred Households as an example.

The 80,000 soldiers from the Waibo Menggu and the Waibo Sauron should all prepare their own food, ordnance, and horses, and they will begin to assemble in May, and the General Staff will send people to inspect each unit.

The war against Chahar Mongyu would occupy most of the military resources of the field army, and Jiangnan, which had just been incorporated into the rule, also absorbed most of the strength of the field army like a sponge absorbing water - Xu Shiyang dispersed the field army troops at the Jiangnan county level, with dozens to hundreds of people in each county.

On the one hand, these people have to temporarily serve as grassroots cadres to cooperate with the administrative transformation work in Jiangnan, and on the other hand, they have to build a grassroots militia system and a reserve force system on this basis, and on this basis, they must suppress bandits on a large scale.

The banditry in Jiangnan is very serious - in fact, in Xu Shiyang's view, there is no place in this era where banditry is not serious, but some areas in Jiangnan are particularly serious (Jiangbei banditry was once more serious, but after the continuous eradication of the empire, it is much better now).

There should be two or three million people who are bandits, two or three million people who are bandits.

In addition, the complexity of governance in the Jiangnan region is much higher than that of Jiangbei, which was created by the empire, so the field army and the main reserve members basically have to concentrate in Jiangnan in order to maintain order.

In this way, the troops that could be used by Feng Sanhu for the southern expedition were obviously much less.

The core force of the Southern Expeditionary Corps actually consisted of only 8,000 men in a battle group of the army and 5,000 men in the navy and marines, totaling 13,000 soldiers and horses.

However, the General Staff is prepared to temporarily recruit some new recruits in Gui and Canton provinces to supplement the ranks - the structure of the officers is ready-made, and the Han people in Canton and Gui provinces are reliable enough, as long as the recruits are included in the ranks, equipped, and trained for a few months, this is a strong army.

There is time to train new soldiers, but now that the rainy season has entered on the Cochin side, which is the season of frequent diseases and mosquitoes, it is not suitable to launch large-scale military operations.

The attack will have to wait until this year's dry season (the thieves' invasion also started last year), and there is still almost half a year to go.

With the equipment and teaching level of the Chinese army, recruits can almost go into battle after three months of training.

If you are worried that the soldiers will be prone to chaos when they go into battle for the first time, Feng Sanhu can also use the cave to open the knife first, and use the battle to train.

The final structure of the Southern Expeditionary Corps was 63,000 men—8,000 veterans, 50,000 recruits, and 5,000 navy.

Another advantage is that the cave barbarians who did not follow the thieves last year can also provide some help - they are not required to fight, but they are more familiar with the mountainous terrain of the south than the Chinese army, and they are qualified as guides.

In terms of troops, the Southern Expeditionary Army needs to temporarily recruit and train troops, but in terms of logistics, because of its proximity to the prosperous Jiangnan, it is simply overdone.

With only 60,000 soldiers, it took only a few months to prepare enough grain and grass for 100,000 people to eat for two years!

You know, Feng Sanhu plans to use three to five months to completely solve the problem of Jiaozhi!

In addition, there are a large number of standing medicines to prevent mosquito bites and escape the heat, Huang'an specially prepared by the General Staff for the expeditionary force, horses for Feng Sanhu, and guns, cannons and sufficient ammunition for recruits.

There's even plenty of dried fruit in candies!

Judging from the supply alone, the level of the Southern Expeditionary Army commanded by Feng Sanhu is probably higher than that of the Northern Expeditionary Army personally commanded by Xu Shiyang.