Looking at the civil and military ministers gathered together, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, not to mention anything else, just these generals, each of them represents an army of 100,000, if you count the army of the vassal state, now the army alone exceeds the total strength of the heyday of the Ming Dynasty!

However, he was not complacent because of this, Tsarist Russia is one of the few powers in the world, and he has the support of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other powers behind him.

The so-called "lion fights rabbit, but also with all his strength", not to mention that in the face of an equally majestic polar bear, not only can he not underestimate the enemy, but also the civil and military ministers below can not underestimate the enemy, so he warned at the beginning: "Everyone, over the years, all the wars, except for the first few against Jiannu, the others seem to have won relatively easily, do you think that the Ming Dynasty is invincible in the world?" I tell you, it's far from it, like this time to face Tsarist Russia is a superpower with a territory about the same size as the Ming Dynasty, although they are far from the Ming Dynasty in terms of population, but, in terms of weapons and equipment, they are not weaker than the Ming Dynasty at all, and they also have Britain and France and other powers behind the support, so the Ming must go all out in this battle, and avoid pride, complacency, and even underestimation of the enemy! ”

When Zhu Cijiong just talked about the first half, there were indeed many people among the civil and military ministers sitting there who showed their intention to underestimate the enemy, how strong is the current Ming Dynasty, is there still an opponent in the world?

When Zhu Cijiong said the second half, the faces of these people changed, the invincibility of the world does not mean that one country can single-handedly challenge the whole world, they all understand this, besides, is Tsarist Russia really so strong?

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhu Cijiong directly said to Lu Xiangsheng on the right: "Take the map." “

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he immediately got up and answered the order, took a scroll about the width of the conference table from the side, placed it horizontally on the table, and slowly unfolded it.

Everyone present didn't need him to explain, and when the scroll was unfolded in front of him, he took the initiative to help push it, and soon, a huge map was displayed in front of everyone.

This is a map of Eurasia, other countries are only marked with a name, only the Ming Empire and Tsarist Russia have made detailed markings, of course, there are still many places in the territory of Tsarist Russia are blank, because the Ming army has not yet explored there.

When the map was fully unfolded, Zhu Cijiong immediately stood up, and everyone naturally stood up with a brush.

Zhu Cijiong didn't ask everyone to sit down this time, but turned around and took the ash rod handed by Lu Xiangsheng, and then pointed to the bottom of the map and said, "This is the current territory of the Ming Dynasty." “

This is naturally very familiar to everyone, and the current Ming Dynasty has basically restored its heyday territory, and there is a large piece of South Asia, which can be said to be unprecedentedly strong.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong pointed to the top of the map and said: "This is the current territory of Tsarist Russia. “

Although they have been mentally prepared for a long time, many people still show a look of surprise, there is such a huge country in this world, and the Ming Dynasty is not even half the size of it before it expands!

Zhu Cijiong then said earnestly: "This Tsarist Russia is not the small and weak countries we faced in the past, they have successively defeated the powerful Golden Horde and the vast Siberian Khanate, and their military strength can be described as extremely strong, so we must not underestimate the enemy." “

At this time, no one underestimated the enemy, and some people even showed frightened expressions, such a powerful country, and even the support of the great powers behind it, did the Ming Dynasty do it?

Zhu Cijiong put the strength of Tsarist Russia out not to scare everyone, but to ask everyone not to underestimate the enemy, and now it seems that the effect is almost the same, and it will be counterproductive to grow the morale of others and destroy their own prestige.

He then analyzed objectively: "Of course, Tsarist Russia alone is not comparable to the Ming Dynasty, in terms of population alone, all the powers of the entire anti-Habsburg alliance combined cannot compare with the Ming Dynasty, and the advantage in population is also an advantage, we have more people, that is, more troops, which they can't compare!" “

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, yes, the population of Daming is so much that it is terrifying, and the army of Daming is even more terrifying, I am afraid that he will be a ball!

Zhu Cijiong continued to encourage: "They also have a big disadvantage, that is, there is no railway, no train, whether it is the transportation of grain and grass or soldiers, it is a big difference compared to Daming, so as long as the tactics are used properly, we will definitely be able to defeat them." “

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads, this advantage in transportation capacity is a big advantage, such a huge territory, it will take at least a few months for the reinforcements of the great powers to rush from the European continent to Manjingwei, but the railway of the Ming Dynasty will be repaired to Manjingwei in ten days, and at that time, the transfer of troops from anywhere will not exceed half, even if the European powers are behind the support, what if they rush over, even if people can rush over, can the grain and grass keep up?

After the comparison of the strength of the two sides was roughly introduced, the next step was to discuss the specific tactics, Zhu Cijiong directly stuffed the ash rod into Lu Xiangsheng's hand, and said loudly: "Okay, let's start discussing the specific tactics, and Jiandou will first introduce the preliminary plan to you." The proper use of tactics is the key to our victory in defeating the enemy, so we must enthusiastically put forward any good opinions and suggestions, boldly put forward them, try our best to eliminate all problems and hidden dangers, and strive to formulate the most perfect tactics. “

Now it has become a norm to hold meetings and discuss before the war, and everyone is accustomed to it, and it is precisely because each tactic is formulated in detail that the Ming army can obtain the maximum gain with the minimum loss in the previous wars.

Of course, in the face of those small and weak countries, it is possible to win by directly crushing the past, but if there is no detailed tactics and indiscriminate fighting, the loss of troops will not be only so little, not to mention anything else, just a Mughal Empire, if it was hard at the beginning, it would be strange if the Ming Dynasty did not fight and was greatly injured.

Lu Xiangsheng is also a leader in the previous wars, the use of strategy and tactics has long been perfect, he took the ash pole, pointed directly to the map and said: "Our goal in this battle is to take the whole of Siberia, such a vast territory, the biggest problem is the transportation of grain and grass, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, there is no grain and grass, the army does not talk about fighting, survival is a problem." However, Hengtan is in front of us in the Siberian mountains and the Siberian plateau, and it is difficult to ensure the supply of the army by manpower to transport food. Therefore, we are ready to use the old methods of the South Seas and South Asia, advance by railway lines by land, transport grain and grass by train, and also use warships to transport grain and grass from major rivers, advance by land and water, and take Siberia in one fell swoop! “