When Strogonov left Beijing with a large convoy, his mentality towards the Ming Dynasty had changed from awe to contempt, in his eyes the victor should be high, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so weak, first he told a bunch of bullshit truths, and then gave rich gifts.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao also showed a sly smile on the city tower, secretly thinking that the more things you bring, the easier it is to attract thieves. In addition, the thousand-man team responsible for escorting Strogonov was a spies selected from the Duoyan Sanwei, and the main purpose was to spy on the intelligence of the countries in the Western Regions along the way and prepare for the Western Expedition.

As for the joint Tsarist Russia to send troops to attack the northern Xinjiang Jungar Department, the Ming Dynasty did not have much hope, and it still needed its own strength to strike iron, at best, it was just an opportunity to show off its force and deter Tsarist Russia's ambition to expand eastward. At this time, the Ming Empire became stronger and stronger through the implementation of the New Deal, the treasury was full, the army was strong, and it had enough strength to support an external expansion, so as to divert the internal contradictions intensified by the New Deal. In addition, the elimination of the Dzungar Khanate could not only extend the power of the Ming Dynasty to Central Asia, but also restore the Silk Road, spread the civilization of the Central Plains, and enhance the influence of the Chinese cultural circle.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao was full of confidence and decided to go on an expedition to northern Xinjiang was that in addition to his solid income, he also had a deep talent reserve. After several battles outside the Guan, southwest, and southeast, the imperial court has undergone fundamental changes. In addition to black-bellied veterans such as Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao, there are also Han Xi, Zhou Jiamo, Zhang Wenda, Yang Lian, Huang Kezhang, Li Banghua and other officials. The Military Aircraft Department is headed by veterans such as Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, Zuo Liangyu, Yuan Keli, and Yan Mingtai, and the new generation of generals such as Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Degong, and Cao Wenzhao are also rising.

These people are the strongest kings on the land in this era, and they are the top elites whether they govern the country or lead troops. In addition, the navy is also a four-way divergence, and the regular army includes Shang Zhouzuo, Nan Juyi, Shen Yourong, Xiong Wencan, Mao Wenlong, Zou Weilian, etc., as well as Zheng Zhilong, Yan Siqi, Li Dan and other Jiangyang thieves. In addition to employing European experts in firearms, such as Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Li Zhizao, Sun Yuanhua, etc., are also maturing day by day. The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty implemented the idea that education should start from the baby, not only found Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo, but also found Yu Chenglong, Zhang Huangyan, and Shi Lang who were breastfeeding.

The fault tolerance rate of this lineup is very high, as long as the Ming Dynasty no longer blindly tosses party battles, and pulls out one casually, it will be able to turn the tide. Most of their deeds have a place in the books of history, and here we will only briefly talk about Zhang Huangyan and Zou Weilian.

Zhang Huangyan was born in 1620, a native of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, and a famous hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty. There are not many people who know him, but Yue Fei and Yu Qian, who are the "Three Heroes of West Lake", can be said to be household names, which can also show the respect of the world for Zhang Huangyan.

In 1664, Zhang Huangyan saw that there was no hope of regaining his sight, and after disbanding the rebel army, he went into seclusion on an island. In July of the same year, due to the betrayal of traitors, the Qing army crossed the island in the middle of the night, and he was arrested with Luo Zimu, the attendant Yang Guanyu and others, and was later killed in the Bijiaofang in Hangzhou. Before his execution, he refused to kneel and be killed, sat on the ground and sighed: "The country is great, but it's a pity to fall into the bloody flesh!" ”

Because he was born late, when the general trend of the Ming Dynasty has gone, although the rebels in various places insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, they failed to form a unified force, so his deeds are not vigorous, we can feel his loyalty from his posthumous work "Man Jianghong • Huaiyue Zhongwu".

The rise and fall of the fingers, the hatred of the north and the south and the yellow picture disappear.

Just a few lonely loyalists, ice clear and jade.

Zhao Xincheng is raining on the side of the Qiang flute, and Li Ling is on the platform.

The miserable blur blew out the jade pass, and the sound was poignant.

Han Palace Lu, Liang Yuanxue.

Double Dragons are gone, and they are gone.

The rest of the ministers struck angrily, and the spit pots were all missing.

Haojie swallowed the white phoenix marrow, and drank the blood of the yellow sheep.

Try to arrange the clouds to hold the heliocentric, suing Jin Que.

Zou Weilian, whose name is Dehui, is a native of Longgang Village, Tanshan Town, Yifeng County, Jiangxi Province. His life is very wonderful and can be summed up in eight words: angry rebuke of the eunuchs, fight against the Dutch. The eunuch is Wei Zhongxian, after the fall of 9,000 years old, a large number of "good officials" who love the country and the people emerged, but Zou Weilian did not disdain to do this kind of villain behavior, here is only about how he fought against the Netherlands.

In the third year of Chongzhen, due to the landing of the Dutch Empire in Taiwan, occupying the Penghu Islands, and constantly harassing the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, Zou Weilian was promoted to the imperial history of the left capital, governor of Fujian, and was ordered to repel this group of Hongmaoyi. After he took office, he was upright and resolute, and resolutely refused to accept private gifts from officials under him, and soon Haiphong took on a new look and his morale was greatly boosted.

In the third year after taking office, he personally supervised Zheng Zhilong's army to attack the pirate Liu Xiang's lair and cut off the wings of the Dutch. The following year, he made a bloody alliance with the generals and marched by land and water, besieging the Dutch army entrenched in the center left (Xiamen). The morale of the Ming army was high, all of them took the lead, because the Dutch were well-equipped, relying on hundreds of warships to resist stubbornly, the battle was very fierce, it lasted eight days and eight nights before the king of Yi was captured, and countless captures were captured, and finally the Dutch were chased beyond the East China Sea.

The Chinese nation is great, but also suffering, from the battle of Zhuolu to the **** plane collision incident in 2001, countless martyrs with their lives to defend this sacred land. There has never been a quiet time in the world, but there are people who are silently carrying the weight behind them. There are countless national heroes of the Ming generation, and there are countless heroes like Zou Weilian who have done great things and left a small name.

To get back to the point, when Strogonov left the Beijing Division with the dream of making a fortune, Zhu Youxiao immediately returned to the Qinzheng Hall to deploy the next battle plan. Seeing so many elites gathered together, he often laughed out loud in his dreams, thinking that even if he died one day, these people would still be able to lead the Chinese nation out of the lost path of history and continue to lead the world at the peak of human civilization.

"The Rakshasa people are greedy and murderous, and the way to the Western Regions is far away, and most of them will be fierce and unlucky. It's just that they are burdened with the mission of forming an alliance between the two countries, what do the secretaries think? ”

As the commander of the Royal Army, Sun Chuanting had a lot of feelings about the war with Tsarist Russia this time, and was the first to say:

"Qi Song Shengshang, in the first battle of Yizhou, our army occupied the right time and place, and had an absolute numerical advantage, although in the end all the Rakshasa people were annihilated, but the casualties of our army were also very large, which shows that their use of firearms is far stronger than ours. Now that the Holy Lord wants to form an alliance with the Rakshasa Kingdom, the humble general thinks that he can take the opportunity to send a group of high-achieving students from the Army Academy to observe and study, and improve the strength of our army. ”

At the beginning of the battle of Wonder Mountain, Sun Chuanting personally led 50,000 royal troops to surround Strogonov, using wheel tactics to fight in turns, and it took dozens of days to divide the enemy army into two parts, and was forced to surrender after running out of ammunition and food. Although it is explained that the army has the reason for training, it has also paid a one-to-one price of casualties by fighting more and less, and if it is a frontal encounter with equal numbers, it is estimated that the battle will be even more tragic.

Zhu Youxiao regretted the dead officers and soldiers, and he knew very well that although the army had switched to using firearms, the specific tactics and training skills of the soldiers still needed to be improved. It is gratifying that the generals did not blindly be complacent, but saw their own shortcomings, and decided to learn from the outsiders with an open mind, and this change in concept will lead to a qualitative change in the Ming army. ”

When Yan Mingtai first entered the Military Aircraft Department, he couldn't help but be a little nervous in the Diligent Administration Palace, which was full of talents. He wanted to be humbly an observer, but he was suddenly asked:

"Yan Aiqing, as the overseer of Liaodong, can you share the harvest of this battle with everyone?"

He saw that the little emperor was looking at him with encouraging eyes, and he mustered up the courage to reply:

"The old minister has a humble position, and he does not dare to show his ugliness in front of the saint and all the lords. It's just that I heard that this group of Rakshasas burned and looted on the Mongolian steppe, and the tribes were eager to eat their flesh raw, and now the court has rewarded so many gold jewels and silk satin, I am afraid that it will take some twists and turns along the way, and even worry about their lives. ”

Everyone looked at this military upstart in astonishment, thinking that the imperial court meant to form an alliance with the Rakshasa Kingdom, and sent a team of 1,000 people to protect their safety along the way, but now you hint at allowing the Mongols to retaliate, you are really clever, and you don't know how high the sky is. They thought that Yan Mingtai would be refuted, but seeing that Zhu Youxiao did not say anything, they suddenly fell into the clouds, and they all remained silent and watched the changes.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhu Youxiao said slowly:

"Yan Aiqing's plan is feasible, so that the hatred between the Rakshasa and the Mongols will inevitably intensify, so that there is no need to worry about them joining forces to deal with our dynasty. When these robbers, who regarded wealth as their fate, returned to Moscow in shock, they would definitely persuade the tsar to conclude an alliance and jointly send troops to destroy the Dzungar Khanate. ”

Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi once persuaded that the Zungar Khanate was more than 3,000 miles away from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no threat of border troubles, so it was not suitable for labor expeditions. Now that he heard that the little emperor was going to unite with the army of Tsarist Russia to attack on two fronts, he knew that he had made up his mind, and it was inconvenient to come forward to stop him. In fact, Zhu Youxiao also knew that the gains of this expedition outweighed the losses, and once it failed, he might repeat the mistake of Emperor Yang of Sui's great achievements, but if he considered the future of the nation, even if he took his own life!

His determination stemmed from a conflict between the two major military empires of the Tang and Arabia, known as the Battle of Talas. This battle can be described as a showdown, but unfortunately there are few records in authoritative books such as "Tang Calendar" and "Zizhi Tongjian", and only some information can be found on the Internet.

The two sides did not make a feud in this war, the Arab Empire did not take the opportunity to crusade eastward due to the field ability of the Tang army, and the Tang Dynasty gradually withdrew from the Western Regions due to the Anshi Rebellion, and foreign sects began to enter this land, and even during the two Song Dynasty, they directly wiped out Buddhist countries in the form of holy wars. By the Yuan Dynasty, many of the ruling factions of the Golden Family had converted to foreign religions, and most of them, with the exception of Kublai Khan, had a contemptuous attitude towards Han culture and Buddhism. Under their promotion, the Western Regions officially became the territory of the most advanced civilization.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were still the main threat, and Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and other generals to the west to conquer the Northern Expedition while living with the people. After the martyrdom of Chengzu Zhu Di, in order to resist the Tatar invasion, the Beijing division went to Beijing, and since then the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty has been in the direction of Xuanda and Jiliao. Later monarchs were all the kings of Shoucheng, but they did not solve the border troubles in the north, which eventually led to the separation of South Vietnam, and even the troubles of the Japanese and Jianlu, which made the Western Regions always wander outside the Chinese cultural circle.

In the eyes of everyone, the Western Regions is just a barren land, and there is no need to reopen this ancient Silk Road after maritime trade. However, in Zhu Youxiao's view, the strategic value here is very great, which is why the Han and Tang dynasties must set up a capital protection mansion here. In addition to isolating the Mongolian steppe and further weakening the pressure from the north, it was also possible to trade overland with Tsarist Russia. This will inevitably lead to the armed intervention of the Ottoman Empire, and even the Persian Sawi dynasty will be involved, and Tsarist Russia will definitely send troops to protect this road to prosperity. As long as this stagnant water can be muddled, the Western Regions will fall into years of civil strife, and there will be no ability to expand eastward. At that time, the Ming Dynasty would be free to conquer the Wa Kingdom, and then send sailors to control the Strait of Malacca and drive out the European colonists and several sultans there.