After arranging the affairs of South Asia, Zhu Cijiong fell into contemplation on the map again, and now Shaanxi Xingdu Division and Siberia are facing the same problem, that is, the number of troops is not enough, there is no problem in defense, and there are no troops in attack.

Multi-front operations are indeed a headache, whether it is the number of troops or the supply of military grain and grass, have brought a heavy burden to the Ming Dynasty, now Siberia has not yet started fighting, the military department and the household department are already busy, and when the Siberian war starts, I don't know what to be busy with.

It's good to say a little bit about military food and grass, how vast the current territory of the Ming Dynasty is, and how rapid the development of agriculture and economy is, not to mention two million troops, even if it is three million, or even four million troops, it is not a problem, but it costs money to buy.

However, in terms of the number of troops, it is a bit stretched, and now the Ming Dynasty has fourteen regular army corps, five nailed in the Yeni River valley and cannot move, one is stationed in the Eurasian Canal and cannot move, plus the six who are fighting in South Asia and Shaanxi Xingdu, and the rest is only the first legion of the Praetorian Guard stationed in the capital and the second legion of the Praetorian Guard stationed in Dongdaying.

The capital and the eastern camp are the core of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no doubt that a legion must be left to garrison, that is, there is only one legion that can be mobilized now.

Generally, when the imperial army is on a personal expedition, Zhu Cijiong likes to bring the first legion of the Praetorian Guard, because the first legion of the Praetorian Guard is a first-class legion, and the second legion of the Praetorian Guard is only a third-class legion, and the combat effectiveness of the two legions is not half a star, and the combat power of a first-class legion is almost equivalent to two third-class legions, of course he tends to take the first legion of the Praetorian Guard.

Therefore, every time there was a big war, Shi Kefa stayed in the capital, and there was no chance to go to the battlefield.

It's the same this time, if you want to transfer, it will be to transfer the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard.

But where to transfer the 1st Janissary Corps?

South Asia is not needed for the time being, after the Ottoman army is pressed, the Persian Safavid Empire will definitely be in a hurry, and at that time, it should not be a problem for Hou Shilu to defeat the 200,000 Persian army near Kandahar.

Shaanxi Xingdu Division and Siberia are needed, but in these two places, it seems that transferring a regiment in the past does not have much effect.

Like Siberia, even if the First Army of the Janissaries is transferred over, there are only 600,000 troops, and what is the concept of 600,000 troops advancing on a front that is more than 6,000 miles horizontally? On average, there are less than 100 people per mile!

If Tsarist Russia is a weak country, they can't do anything to the Ming army just by rushing forward.

Problem: Tsarist Russia is a large number of great powers in the world, and with the support of the anti-Habsburg coalition, the combat effectiveness that broke out should definitely not be underestimated.

Now, according to Guang Daming's investigation, in the Siberian Plain, Tsarist Russia has stationed nearly 300,000 troops, and the Jinyi Wei spies in the Kazakh Khanate saw nearly 200,000 again, and the total of these two roads is 500,000!

To let the 600,000-strong army advance on a thousand-mile-long front, and to be ready for a surprise attack by the 500,000 Tsarist Russian army who are extremely familiar with the terrain, is purely to seek death.

There is no need to think about the Siberian direction for the time being, only defense, so can the transfer of a first-class army in the direction of Shaanxi Xingdu Division change the tide of the battle in the past?

Transferring the First Army of the Praetorian Guard over is absolutely easy to defeat the 400,000 Watt Thorn coalition army, but it is basically difficult to penetrate deep into the Western Regions, destroy the Tile Thorn, and force the Kazakh Khanate to surrender.

The Western Regions is not the world of the Ming Dynasty now, and the major powers or forces in the Western Regions, such as the Watts, the Kazakh Khanate, the Yuejibe, the Yarkand, and the Erenake, are all former Mengyuan forces.

If the Ming army penetrated deep into the Western Regions, and the Watts or the Kazakh Khanate united these countries against the Ming army, the three or four hundred thousand troops rushed in and might not be able to come back!

What to do? The Ming Dynasty seems to be in a stalemate, only South Asia may achieve certain results in the short term, and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division and the Siberian direction can only be passively defensive.

Is it just a stalemate? That's definitely not going to work, the mastermind behind this time is the anti-Habsburg alliance, who knows what moths they will come out of later, besides, if the Ming Dynasty is consumed in these places for a long time, Britain, France and the Netherlands and other powers will be able to take the opportunity to develop rapidly, they can imitate the steam engine, within a few years, it is entirely possible to develop more powerful than the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Cijiong stared at the map spread out in front of him, frowning again and pondering.

The conference table in front of him was covered with all kinds of maps, including the latest world map, the latest Ming territory map, the local map of South Asia, the local map of Siberia, the local map of Shaanxi Xingdusi, and the local map of the Western Regions.

Looking at it, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He looked at the railroad lines on various maps and roughly estimated them.

Now, the only way to get from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty to Siberia is to take a detour to Liaodong.

There are more than 1,000 miles from the capital to Liaodong, more than 1,000 miles from Liaodong to Nuer Gandusi, more than 1,000 miles from Nuer Gandusi to the Thanksgiving River Basin, and five or six thousand miles from the Thanksgiving River Basin to the Yeni River Basin!

In this way, it is more than 10,000 miles to transfer materials or troops from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty to the Siberian front!

What if you go to the Western Regions?

From the Central Plains to Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department is about more than 1,000 miles, from Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department to Hamiwei about 2,000 miles, Hamiwei further northwest extension, whether it is to the Yeni River Valley or to the Ob River Basin is only less than 2,000 miles!

In other words, as long as the railway is built to Hami, and then more than a thousand miles from Hami to the northwest, it will be possible to directly reach the Siberian front.

In this way, not only will the distance be shortened by half, but it will be possible to pass almost all year round, regardless of the ice period!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong's thinking gradually broadened.

If you don't have enough troops, then form a new legion.

The reason why he does not frantically expand the army is mainly because he is afraid that it will cause too much burden on Daming's finances in the future.

You must know that the total amount of military rations, grass, and salaries for a year for a 100,000-strong army is at least more than three million taels, and the first-class army cannot get five million taels.

In this way, a million army will consume about 50 million taels a year, two million is nearly 100 million taels, and 3 million is nearly 150 million taels.

In the past few years, he has used his own money to paste the treasury, because Daming's taxes can't support so many troops, and a country's taxes can't support the army, so what's it called? That's called recklessness!

He doesn't want to be reckless, and a country's taxes are not only used for military spending, many places need money, and if all taxes are invested in military spending, then the country will be in danger.

Therefore, in the long run, reckless military force is looking for death.

However, now, he is not reckless, but the anti-Habsburg coalition has a tendency to recklessly use force, and moreover, they not only use their own army, but also try their best to make other countries use force to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it just fighting for money, who is afraid of whom, what he has now is money, an army of three million, it is no problem to raise it for four or five years, expand the army, expand the army, and let them go back to Tuntian after the war!