An army of millions! Even Zhu Cijiong, who has always been eloquent, was frightened by this number, except for the last war to seize South Asia, the rest of the wars, the Ming Dynasty has not invested so many troops at one time.

He really wanted to tell Lu Xiangsheng that South Asia is different, there are three sides to the sea, and it can be transported by sea and land, whether it is the army, grain, grass and baggage, there is no need to worry about transportation.

Although this Siberia is also bordered by the sea in the north, the sea is a sea of ice and snow, and it is good to be able to pass for four or five months a year.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong said a little weakly: "You don't need so many troops, right?" “

Before Lu Xiangsheng could speak, Qin Liangyu spoke first, and she analyzed in detail: "Even if Tsarist Russia has no reinforcements, we must invest at least 500,000 troops, because the territory of Siberia is too vast, and we are not as familiar with the terrain there as Tsarist Russia, for the sake of safety, we must advance on all fronts, otherwise, as soon as they jump behind us, cut off grain and grass, and even occupy such an important pass as Manjingwei, then the army on the front line will be in danger." The emperor has also analyzed that the enemy definitely has reinforcements, so while we are advancing on the whole front, we must also prevent them from concentrating their superior forces to break through each one, so that the million army is already small. “

Cao Wenzhao also nodded and said: "We must also consider the enemy's combat effectiveness, Wei Han once said to the last general, the Rakshasa soldiers are different from the enemies he has encountered in the past, their will is very tenacious, once they go crazy, they are also ruthless characters who are not afraid of death, how to describe them?" It seems to be made for battle! “

Fighting Nation! Zhu Cijiong suddenly remembered this very famous title in later generations, indeed, Tsarist Russia is very tenacious in fighting, they either don't fight with you, once the fight starts, the will is quite terrifying.

When the famous madman in later history fought against Tsarist Russia, he invested 3 million troops for the first time, and 5.5 million troops one after another, but as a result, he was defeated!

Of course, the current Tsarist Russia is far from being as powerful as the later generations, but he is not as reckless as the madman in the later generations.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong nodded slowly and said: "Okay, just invest a million troops, this battle must be won, Siberia must be won, otherwise it will not be enough to deter the great powers, let alone relieve the hatred in my heart!" “

Now that we've decided to use a million-strong army, it's time to consider which legions to call.

Now there are only four regular legions and 400,000 troops assembled on the front line of Zhenzhen Hewei and Manjingwei, and they are

the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard under the command of Qin Liangyu;

the Guanning Army commanded by Cao Wenzhao;

the Dongjiang Army commanded by Mao Wenlong;

the Liaodong Army commanded by Man Gui;

In other words, there is still a gap of 600,000, and the Tianxiong Army commanded by Lu Xiangsheng must be transferred, even so, there is still a gap of 500,000, where will it be transferred from?

The Ming Army now has a total of thirteen regular regiments and six reserve regiments, and the reserve regiments don't need to think about it, it is okay to defend the fortress, and they will be exempted from officially participating in the war, because they have few weapons and equipment, and they can only have combat effectiveness with the help of the artillery in the fortress.

So can the rest of the regular legions be transferred?

Zhu Cijiong asked Cao Huachun to get a map of the legion's garrison and discussed it carefully with everyone.

First of all, there is the 1st Rank Army.

The Qin army commanded by Sun Chuanting can't move, because there is only one legion in the entire western Ming Dynasty, and it is not very stable over there, and the remnants of Meng Yuan are still ready to move.

The First Army of the Expeditionary Force commanded by Hou Shilu could not move, but the Persian Safavid Empire near Kandahar was transferred, and if the First Army of the Expeditionary Army was transferred, the Persian Safavid Empire would definitely have an idea, in case they were instigated by the great powers and went crazy to attack the South Asian subcontinent, then South Asia would be in danger.

The Second Army of the Expeditionary Force under the command of Qin Yiming could be considered to be transferred back, because there are still three reserve legions stationed there in South Asia, and the reserve corps may still be a little short of going to the battlefield, and it is not a problem to suppress civilians.

Then there is the second-class legion, it seems that only the Dingliao army commanded by Qin Gongming is still stationed in the Eurasian Canal in the second-class legion, and now the forts and forts over there have been built, but it is not necessary for the second-class legion to be stationed, it is okay to change to a third-class legion, which one is the question?

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to Nanyang, because there were the Wuwei Army commanded by Li Mingfu and the Second Army of the Frontier Army commanded by Ma Xianglin.

Nanyang is relatively stable, because it was almost all the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty, and the people did not have any sense of resistance, but it cannot be ruled out that a few people took the lead in rebellion.

After thinking about it, everyone came up with a way, and if the army is not enough, use the navy to make up for it.

Now Dongfan is no longer the front line, which means that there is no need for the Naval Reserve Corps to be stationed there, and the Naval Reserve Corps can be transferred to Luzon, the Old Port and the Haiphong Port of Annam.

In fact, Xingcheng Port cannot be regarded as the front line, it is completely enough for a Nanyang naval division to be stationed there, and the South China Sea Fleet can be transferred to Siam and Donghu to garrison, in this case, there should be no problem in the entire Nanyang region, and the Wuwei Army and the Second Army of the Border Guards can be completely transferred.

After discussing for a while, everyone simply asked the Wuwei Army to guard the Eurasian Canal and exchange the Dingliao Army under the command of Qin Gongming, and the Second Army of the Frontier Army under the command of Ma Xianglin was directly transferred to Zhenzhen Hewei.

In the end, there were only two third-class legions left: the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard Army commanded by Shi Kefa and the First Army of the Frontier Army commanded by Cao Bianjiao.

The capital and the eastern camp are the core of the Ming Dynasty, and it is definitely not possible to have a regular legion, so the second legion of the Praetorian Guard will not be able to move.

The First Army Corps of the Frontier Guards can be considered, because Liaodong is now considered a large rear, and it is enough to transfer a reserve corps to garrison it.

It just so happened that the Shaanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Hong Chengchou and the Shanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Zuo Liangyu were still stationed in the Monan grassland in turn, so it was simply decided that Zuo Liangyu would command the Shanxi Reserve Corps to garrison the Monan grassland, and Hong Chengchou would command the Shaanxi Reserve Corps to garrison Liaodong, so that the First Army Corps of the Frontier Guards could be transferred.

The transfer of the legion was discussed, but the total number of legions was only nine legions, and an army of one million could only be regarded as enough, so could an army of 900,000 make do?

This is a key battle in the face of the great powers, and it is obviously impossible to make do, but what should I do if the regular corps is all transferred? Is it necessary to transfer a reserve regiment?

This is obviously not good, and in the end, Zhu Cijiong gritted his teeth and simply formed a regular army.

The weapons and equipment of a regular legion, the Ministry of Industry Arsenal can still be quickly put together, in terms of personnel, just directly transfer the elite of the six reserve corps, as for the main general, Yang Zhong's performance in this Manjing guard battle is enough to go down in history, and there is no problem at all to promote him to be a chief general.

In this way, Zhu Cijiong formed a third-class legion, which was named the Loyal and Brave Army, to praise and cherish the memory of those brave and brave Ming warriors who were brave and fearless in the defense of Manjing.