In Yangxin Palace Hall, Zhu Houxin opened the system.
The system interface displayed:
Host, Zhu Houqi
Age: 16
Class: Emperor
The comprehensive national strength of Ming Dynasty, 30 million
Territory, 880 square kilometers
population, 40 million households, 90 million people
1.23 million soldiers, 70 thousand sailors
Treasury, 30 million taels of silver
Defense force, 5,000 cannons of various types, 150,000 warhorses, 5 million sets of armor, 50 million stone rations, 1265 ships of various types.
Neighboring countries:
Tartar, national strength of 8 million, can convert civilians into military forces, total of 1 million soldiers
Jurchen tribe, national strength 800,000, army 80,000
Japan, 6 million soldiers, 200,000 soldiers
Korea, 1 million troops, 100 thousand soldiers
……
The comprehensive national strength of the Ming Empire far exceeded that of its neighboring countries. Such a huge national strength should be used reasonably. If it was not used, it would be too wasteful!
After checking the country's strength, Zhu Houjiu walked to the Wan Guo Kun Map to check the overall situation.
To the north of the Ming Empire was the Tartar Empire. The territory of the Tartar Empire was very vast.
In the east, the Tatars were the greatest enemy of the Ming Empire.
The territory of Tartar was mostly cold and bitter. The cavalry of Tartar were brave in battle, but they did not have firearms and lacked strategy.
The northeast was bordered by the Jurchen. The Jurchen lived under the Changbai Mountain in the east of the Huntong River. It was adjacent to Koryo in the south, Shiwei in the north and Bohai Sea in the east.
The Jurchen were divided into three major groups, namely Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Savage Jurchen.
Among them, the Jianzhou Jurchen were the most powerful and had the potential to annex the other Jurchen.
Ever since the Spring and Autumn Period, the nomads in the north had been a major threat to the Central Plains.
The dynasty of the Central Plains was powerful, so they fled far away to the north of the desert.
If the Central Plains were in a chaotic war and the people were in dire straits, they would go south and covet the Nine Provinces.
Zhu Houyi wanted to end this historical state and completely defeat the northern nomads, bringing them into the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire.
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Datong Prefecture, the weather was freezing. 300,000 Tatar cavalry headed south, and Xu Feng, the commander of Datong, was on standby.
Xu Feng had already ordered a coffin to be built for himself, swearing to live and die with the Great Unity!
The morale of Da Tong Prefecture was greatly boosted, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were united against the enemy.
The Divine Arms Battalion, as the vanguard of the court's strategic mobility unit, was already on the way and would arrive soon. At that time, they would provide Da Tong Prefecture with the artillery ammunition they needed the most.
On the Great Datong Pass, the blood of the Great Ming soldiers boiled. They knew that their commander Xu Feng had already disregarded his own life and death. With such a commander, what did they have to fear!
Let alone 300,000 cavalry, even if all the millions of people in the Tartar Empire were to come.
They also had the courage to fight to the death. Even if the impregnable pass was broken, they would never retreat by even half a step!
The soldiers guarding the most important border fortress in the northern part of the Ming Empire were full of fighting spirit and morale!
After seeing the morale of the 100,000 soldiers guarding the city, Xu Feng, the commander of Datong, finally felt a little relieved.
Before this, he had been Gan Su's commander, guarding against the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions.
Datong Prefecture was indeed very strong. This was a city built by Zhu Yuanzhang during the founding of the country. At that time, it was to prevent the Northern Yuan cavalry from coming south.
As the descendant of the famous general Xu Da, Xu Feng was different from the other distinguished officials. He had always been fighting at the forefront, defending the territory of the Ming Empire.
When the Tartar cavalrymen marched south, he was most worried about the morale of his soldiers.
If morale was low, then even if the city was strong, it would be difficult to hold on, and it would be beyond redemption.
The Tartars had sent 300,000 people, while the Datong garrison only had 100,000.
The difference in strength between the two sides was three times, but in terms of combat ability, Xu Feng knew in his heart that it was probably ten times!
Because the Tatars had been hunting on horseback since they were young, their archery skills were very accurate.
And in the Ming Empire, starting from Zhu Zhanji, the cavalry had been on the decline.
In the past hundred years, the Ming Empire had been able to stand tall and not fall because of firearms.
Xu Feng decided to hold on to Da Tong. This was the best tactic to wait for fatigue.
Datong Prefecture had a complete arsenal of defensive firearms, including the Thunder God Cannon, as well as various other small cannons and firearms…
The Tartars did not have cannons, so how could they break through the city? A bow and arrow?
The news that the Divine Arms Battalion was about to reach Datong greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers guarding the city.
At this moment, Xu Feng was 100% confident that he could defend the northern gate of the empire.
If reinforcements from the other border passes arrived, Xu Feng would dare to attack the Tartars together with the Divine Arms Battalion of the imperial court!
On the city pass, Xu Feng, the commander of the Datong army, looked at the Tartar cavalrymen heading south in the snow and said disdainfully,"
"Do you still think that the current Ming Empire is still a cowardly ruler who makes big decisions? Do you still think that the Ming Empire's military strength is the same as before? It was too laughable! Too stupid!"
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Yangxin Palace Hall.
He had slept soundly last night, so Zhu Houzhen woke up early.
The sun was shining brightly outside the hall.
Since there was no court today, Zhu Houzhen changed into his usual clothes and walked to the windowsill to take a look.
At this moment, a eunuch quietly arrived and presented a secret letter.
This was a summary of public opinion sent by the East Chamber. Only the Emperor could read it.
The East Chamber monitored the officials and public opinion on behalf of the Emperor.
Now that there were wars on both land and water, public opinion was very important. Zhu Houyi was most concerned about whether there was anyone among the officials who tried to take the opportunity to deny the reform.
After all, the reform was forcefully pushed by Zhu Houjiu. Eighty percent of the officials were against it, ten percent were observing, and the last ten percent supported the reform but did not understand it...
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