"Your military should have information about the Western Xia Kingdom, let's talk about it, how many enemies does the empire have to face?"

This question is not easy to answer, because the military strength of the Western Xia Kingdom is indeed very strong, but when His Majesty the Emperor asked, Luda also had to answer.

"After the Western Xia Kingdom established itself, it adopted the system of twelve superintendent military divisions. Among them, the right wing of the Chaoshun Army Division is stationed in Keyimen, Helan Mountain, and guards Xingqing Mansion; The Pingxi Military Division of Guazhou is stationed in Guazhou, and the Yanjun Division of Heishui Town is stationed in Heishui City, Yanhai; The Montenegro Weifu Military Division is stationed in the ancient city of Black Mountain Hanjuyan in the north of the Yellow River in Hetao, and the Military Division of Baimaqiang Town is stationed in Lou Bobei.

The left chamber Shenyong Army Division is stationed in Xiazhou Mida Cave, Shizhou Xiangyou Military Division is stationed in Shizhou, Youzhou Jianing Military Division is stationed in Youzhou, Weizhou Jingsai Military Division is stationed in Weizhou, Xishou Baotai Military Division is stationed in the north of Roulang Mountain, Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division are stationed in Zhuo Luocheng on the side of the Kara River on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Ganzhou and Gansu Military Divisions are stationed in the hometown of Tang Shudan in Ganzhou, which are arranged on the border between the empire and Western Xia from east to west.

The total garrison strength of the military divisions is more than 500,000, and some have captured 100,000. The soldiers of the spirit and the refined ones are twenty-five thousand. The distribution of its troops and the task of garrisoning are: 70,000 people in Xingqing Mansion in Xingzhou are guarded. There were 50,000 troops stationed in Helan in the northwest and 50,000 troops in Xiping Prefecture in the southeast.

50,000 troops are stationed in Nanhongzhou, Baibao, An, Yanzhou, Luoluo, Weijing Mountain, Tiandu Mountain, which is located in the north of Rouwolf Mountain, that is, on the traffic artery from Lingzhou to Lanzhou, it is an important military base in the south of Xixia, it can be attacked, retreated and defended, and the strategic position is very dangerous. The southwest can attack the Xihe Lanhui Road, and the southeast can directly take the Zhenrong Army, Weizhou, Qingzhou, Huanzhou and its Jingyuan Road, which plays a pivotal role in the history of the Song and Xia wars in the past.

There were 50,000 soldiers in the Jianing Army of Youzhou in Zuoxiang, which were originally used to guard against the four prefectures of Dun, Yan, Lin, and Fu in the Song Dynasty, but now they are to guard against the empire.

70,000 people in the north of the Hetao, and set up the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division to prepare for the Jin State; The Gansu Military Division of Ganzhou on the right side garrisoned 30,000 troops to prevent the Tibetans and Uighurs.

It can be seen from this that the Western Xia's troops were mainly deployed in the triangle of Helan Mountain, Lingzhou, and Xingqing Prefecture with Xingqing Mansion as the center and the borders of the four neighboring areas. In this way, the capital was defended and the border defense was strengthened, and it can be said that both internal and external defense were attached, and the defense was rational.

Whenever there was something in the Western Xia Kingdom, it would gather from the east to the west; In the east, it is collected from the west point to the east, and the middle road is gathered in the east and west, which can be described as flexible mobilization and combat mobility. ”

After listening to Luda's detailed description of the number and distribution of troops in the Western Xia Kingdom, all the ministers present secretly frowned.

The small Western Xia Kingdom actually had more than 600,000 soldiers, and the actual number of regular soldiers in the empire was actually between 670,000, and the three major fleets of the navy of 150,000 had to be excluded.

Li Nan looked at Lu Da and Lin Chong, the two important ministers of the military, and asked, "How many troops can we mobilize?" ”

"If you don't count the patrols and reserves, it's not a lot."

Lin Chong explained: "At present, Han Shizhong's cavalry corps is still fighting against Yelu Dashi in Western Liao in Tibet, and the border between the north and Jin also needs one or two legions to defend, so in fact, the empire can only send out six infantry legions, with a total of 300,000 people.

Ruda added: "Although on the surface the empire can use not many regular troops, it is completely possible to recruit 500,000 patrol troops from all over the country. If the whole territory of the empire were mobilized, it could be supplemented by three million to five million new recruits, all of whom had undergone simple military training. ”

The two of them seemed to have long thought that Li Nan would ask this question, so they were well prepared, and handed the documents to the others as they spoke.

Li Nan carefully flipped through the information in his hand, he didn't expect that the empire could now recruit five million recruits in just a few years, it seems that after all these years of recuperation, the empire's heritage is becoming more and more sufficient.

Now that the number of enemy countries around the empire is decreasing, for example, there are no enemies in the south and east, so the situation is much better than when the country was first established a few years ago.

Now the main enemies of the empire are in the north and west, so it is enough to guarantee a regular army of 700,000.

According to the current total population of the empire, it is modest for Ruda and others to recruit five million recruits, but in fact, if it really comes to a critical moment, it is not a problem to mobilize 10 million army forces across the country.

And as the empire continues to grow and the population increases, it is conceivable that this number will continue to increase.

After reading the general information of the enemy and us, Li Nan said to the ministers: "There is no need to recruit new recruits for the reserves, the strength of the Western Xia Kingdom seems to be numerous, but it is too scattered, and the equipment of our army is much stronger than it. ”

Li Nan pointed at Varys and said: "The military's information is a little outdated, and the situation in Western Xia has become very bad in recent years, you can tell everyone the latest information." ”

Varys stood up, walked to the military map behind Li Nan, pointed to the garrisons of the various military divisions in the Western Xia and said: "The people of the Western Xia Kingdom have really had a bad time recently, first of all, because of the rare drought and natural disasters, which have made the grain in its territory unharvested, and because of the rise of the empire, it has lost its goal of fighting the grass valley.

Today, in order to survive, the 12 armies of the Western Xia Kingdom must grab enough food and materials, so some of them attacked Tibet, most of them invaded Mongolia and Jin, and some went to the Western Regions and Western Liao to rob.

Although the combat power of the Western Xia army is amazing, except for the Tubo people who are internally discordant, they are a soft persimmon, whether it is the Mongols, the Jin people or the Khitans of Western Liao, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

When the Tangut people raided the surrounding area, the number of elite soldiers of the Tangut army had been greatly reduced during the battle, and at present, they can still maintain so many troops, all because they are constantly replenishing new soldiers, so their combat effectiveness has become a lot weaker......"

In this era, there were no weapons of mass destruction, so it was actually the number of troops, equipment, morale and logistics that were fighting.

In this respect, although the number of regular troops that the empire can mobilize is small, it still has a chance to win against these Western Xia troops who can't eat, and the main problem at the moment is how to minimize its own losses.

Just when the imperial army and people strongly demanded war with the Western Xia, Emperor Li Nan made a public speech, saying that he would never tolerate what happened this time, and had officially declared war with the Western Xia Kingdom!

In fact, just before Li Nan made his statement, the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Empire, which had just returned victoriously in southern Xinjiang, and the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth armies of the Empire stationed on the border of the Jin State in the north also all took trains that ran through the country and quickly gathered on the border of Western Xia.

In addition to the 350,000 regular troops of the seven major legions of the empire, there were also 350,000 patrol troops who also rushed to Western Xia, and a major war between the two countries was about to break out!