Taifu died suddenly, Zhu Cijiong was extremely grief-stricken, this culprit naturally couldn't be let go, if it wasn't for the sudden sneak attack on Manjingwei by Tsarist Russia, how could Sun Chengzong die!

Originally, Zhu Cijiong did not plan to compete with Tsarist Russia for Siberia, because this place is too cold, at least half of the year is the ice period, and there are a lot of places in the world with a better climate than this, why bother to rob Tsarist Russia?

However, now he can't care about so much, dare to invade Daming, dare to kill Taifu, how to maintain the dignity of Daming if he doesn't fight, and how to get rid of the hatred in his heart if he doesn't fight!

Of course, he was not so angry that he lost his mind, he must fight, but he couldn't be in a hurry, there were several powers in the world on the other side, and it was too far from the interior of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to consider the problem of grain and grass and baggage transfer for revenge.

The grain and grass and baggage of hundreds of thousands of troops are no joke, in this typical mountainous area, if there is no railway, the cost of transportation will be terrifyingly high, which is also the reason why some officials in the DPRK and China advocate negotiations, not that some people are afraid of the foreign powers, but that this battle is too expensive to fight.

If you want to spend less money, you must advance while building the railway like attacking the Mughal Empire, when the Mughal Empire was attacked, the eastern front arranged for 300,000 prisoners to build the railway, and it is basically plains, it is easier to build the railway, this side is all mountainous, to achieve that kind of advance speed, the number of people who build the railway must at least double.

Where did this guy come from? Naturally, the use of captives is the most economical, because they do not need to be fed, they are similar to slaves, as long as they are fed.

The Construction Corps and 500,000 South Asian prisoners add up to 600,000, but they are gathering near Kandahar to build the Eurasian Railway.

Moreover, Zhu Cijiong had already promised those captives that once the Eurasian railway was built, he would return them to freedom.

Thinking about it, it's still inappropriate to do this, and if you want Ah San to work hard, it's just a dream!

In the end, Zhu Cijiong thought of the army of a vassal state, the army of the five vassal states of Dongying, Korea, Annam, Siam, and Donghu added up to 600,000, and they had a salary, but the army was borne by the vassal state, and it was not necessary for the Ming Dynasty to pay for it, so it was regarded as military training, and they didn't need to fight anyway, and the guards of Liaodong had become veterans of building railways after a year of training, and they would just guide them when the time came.

After deciding on the personnel to repair the railway, the next question is the number of troops, is the current 300,000 Liaodong Army plus the First Army of the Praetorian Guard enough? That's a problem.

Zhu Cijiong personally felt that it was not enough, this still needed to be discussed, and he also had to use telegraph to deal with some state affairs, so he had to choose to leave Manjingwei temporarily and rush to Zhenzhen Hewei to sit in town.

Before leaving, Zhu Cijiong specially put a stick of incense on Sun Chengzong's coffin, and at the same time secretly prayed in his heart: "Taifu, when I build the railway to Manjingwei, I will raise troops to avenge you, and then I will come to your cemetery to worship." ”

Subsequently, he took Qin Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao and 50,000 elite horsemen of the Praetorian Guard to Zhenzhen Hewei, and as for Manjingwei, it was temporarily handed over to Mao Wenlong and Yang Zhong to guard.

He believed that with 100,000 elite horsemen of the Ming Dynasty, even if Tsarist Russia came to attack, it would be impossible to capture it in a short time.

There was nothing to say all the way, and five days later, Zhu Cijiong rushed back to Zhenzhen Hewei, and at this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Yuanhua had already received a notice to rush to Zhenzhen Hewei.

Zhu Cijiong ignored the fatigue of the march, and immediately convened a military meeting, which was attended by a small number of people, including Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Yuanhua, who mainly wanted to listen to Cao Wenzhao's specific introduction to the enemy's situation, and then use the experience of the other three to analyze how many troops were needed to occupy Siberia.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Cijiong immediately pointed to the simple map of Siberia on the conference table and said to Cao Wenzhao: "You first introduce the situation of the enemy army that you have learned so far. “

Cao Wenzhao rose in response, pointed to a mark hundreds of miles opposite Manjingwei and said: "This is the general stronghold of the Far East of Tsarist Russia, it seems to be called Yakuts, it is a large fortress, the number of people stationed in ordinary times is about 5,000, and here, here, here, we have found small fortresses, combined with the territory we have explored, it is estimated that the garrison of Tsarist Russia in the Far East should be about 200,000." Well, that's all we've found for now. “

After that, he glanced at Zhu Cijiong embarrassedly and sat down ashamedly.

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect Cao Wenzhao to finish the introduction so quickly, he nodded and comforted: "I don't blame you for this, the territory of Siberia is too vast, even if tens of thousands of people are sent to investigate, it is estimated that it will be difficult to complete the investigation." Now the situation is roughly like this, let's analyze how many troops are needed to take Siberia in one fell swoop. “

When everyone heard this, they fell into deep thought.

Soon, Lu Xiangsheng compared the north and south sides of Siberia on the map and asked, "How wide is the north and south sides of Siberia?" “

This Zhu Cijiong really didn't know, he couldn't help but look at Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao said embarrassedly: "This has not been specifically calculated, but according to the speed of the galloping horse, we estimate that this north-south width is not tens of thousands of miles!" “

"Hiss", Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

Qin Liangyu then asked: "Your Majesty, will Tsarist Russia send additional troops from the European continent to support?" “

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, he really hadn't considered this problem, now it seems that there is really such a possibility, he analyzed: "This possibility is very high, if you dare to attack the Ming Dynasty with only 100,000 horses, it is a big joke, the Liaodong Army alone went to 300,000, they should be able to find out, so, I estimate, they should have reinforcements." “

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he frowned and said, "This is troublesome, can the emperor predict the approximate number of reinforcements?" “

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and guessed: "To defeat the 300,000 army of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how arrogant Tsarist Russia is, it will organize at least 300,000 troops, so the number of reinforcements should not be less than 200,000, and according to their current national strength analysis, they can gather 500,000 troops if they die, so the number of reinforcements should not exceed 400,000." “

Sun Yuanhua then asked, "Your Majesty, do they have artillery?" “

Zhu Cijiong nodded without hesitation: "Yes, there must be, and, judging from the captured muskets, many of them are processed by machine tools, and it is unlikely that Tsarist Russia will have machine tools, so it is very likely that these guns were provided to them by Britain and France or the Netherlands, and it is also possible that the Netherlands and Britain and France will provide them with more advanced artillery." “

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, his brows furrowed, in this way, wouldn't it mean that there is almost no gap between the equipment of Tsarist Russia and the equipment of the Ming army!

Everyone pondered for a long time, and it was Lu Xiangsheng who took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, combined with the analysis of the current situation, Weichen feels that to take Siberia, at least one million troops are needed!" “