"The Russians massacred Polish officers in the Katyn Forest?" Li Xiao took the telegram from Stewie's hand with some helplessness.

Lao Maozi still can't help it, they are barbaric in their hearts.

"Master Ao was very angry. These officers were sold for money. Besides, there were several marshals here, and the Poles promised to use the money to redeem them.

But now...!" Stewie was a little embarrassed.

He knows Master Ao's temper, and no one should care about the meat in his mouth.

Now that the money in his pocket has disappeared, he may be so angry that he may seek to bring bad luck to Ekaterina.

"Oh! Marshal, since he is a marshal, his body can be sold back. Let the Russians find the bodies of all those marshals and generals.

Get some good coffins, package them and sell them to Poland.

Tell the Poles that if you don’t want to give them money, the Russians will use it to feed their dogs.

As for the other officers, let the Russians pay for it.

The amount makes Master Ao want it!

Now when Catherine is begging us, we cannot let him go."

The commander-in-chief is the commander-in-chief, and he solved the problem in just a few words.

"The Poles sent an envoy to negotiate with us. What conditions does the Ming Dynasty want to withdraw its troops?"

Zheng Sen also came to Li Xiao's office. He was in charge of Honglu Temple, and this kind of thing was under his control.

"Withdraw troops?

Why do we need to withdraw our troops? With the Middle East being so virtuous, I even resisted using the expeditionary force.

Do you want to withdraw your troops now?

Haha, okay! Let them cede Warsaw to us. In addition..., Poland has several important ports."

“The main ports in Poland include Gdansk, Svennosce Port, Sopot, Gdynia, etc.”

Zheng Sen has obviously done his homework!

"Whatever, find two good ports and cede them to us. In addition, we will build a railway between these two ports and Warsaw.

The National Defense Forces of the Ming Dynasty have the right to station troops within 20 kilometers on both sides of the railway. The ownership of the railway is also completely owned by the Ming Empire.

Uh...! The demand for reparations is so wide open that it will drain the Polish treasury and have to bear debt for decades.

And...!" Li Xiao was still thinking about the terms, but Zheng Sen was already confused.

The Poles will never agree to such conditions!

This is simply a condition for genocide. The Poles also want to save face, okay?

"Commander, you...it is impossible for the Poles to agree to your conditions."

“What we want is that they don’t agree, and if they don’t agree, we have to continue fighting.

If we don't fight, how can we drag Napoleon into trouble? This battle will break the backbone of France and Prussia.

Our ultimate goal is to dismember all the big countries in Europe.

Under the witness of the Ming Dynasty, Europe will be divided into hundreds of small countries, just like they did in the Middle Ages."

Li Xiao pointed at the map of Europe!

There are several big countries in Europe, including Russia, Poland and Lithuania, the increasingly powerful Prussia, France, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland...!

Li Xiao looked at these huge countries, although these countries were just provinces in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Li Xiao knew how these countries would threaten Ming's hegemony when they developed!

These countries must be dismembered and divided into numerous small countries.

As long as a country is small, it will not cause much trouble.

Just like India now, if a figure like Qin Shihuang doesn't appear in India, Ming Dynasty will be able to control it forever!

Zheng Sen finally understood that Li Xiao's criterion for choosing his enemies was not based on any prejudice. His criterion was to be powerful!

As long as a country is strong, it will become Ming's opponent.

No matter what method is used, Ming Dynasty will dismember that country into several, or dozens of small countries.

As long as they become small countries, they will not threaten Ming's status.

It must be said that this is the most effective way to defeat the enemy.

Only in this way can the Ming Empire maintain its leadership position.

If this situation continues, the Ming Empire can rule the world forever, forever.

I have to say that the commander is indeed very thoughtful.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and others didn't dare to speak, so the office fell silent.

"Go ahead and do it. If Poland really accepts our conditions, Prussia will also feel uneasy!

If a tiger appears next to the bed, no one will be able to sleep peacefully.

Neither Bismarck nor Frederick were good at fighting, and the iron-blooded Prussia was also good at fighting."

"You mean... to drag Prussia into the war?

It was a country with a standing army of 500,000 people and the ability to mobilize an army of more than 2 million people.

Coupled with France, even if the First Army of the Expeditionary Force is so elite, it is impossible to resist it!

The Russian army, which has been hit one after another, now only has a strength of more than 400,000.

They were not even a match for the Poles!

Commander, don't forget that there is also Israel in Crimea. Israel now has a standing army of more than 300,000 people, and its will to fight is very tenacious.

Their infantry can compete with the Marine Corps in the Middle East.

We have to fight so many powerful enemies at the same time... This... this is a bit risky.

After all, our supply lines are very long. If the scale of the war is too large, consumption will inevitably increase.

The logistical supplies... will be difficult to guarantee."

Shi Dewei was shocked when he heard Li Xiao's grand plan.

He is the chief of general staff, and he knows the Ming army's family background very well.

The standing army together, including the navy and the newly established air force, amounted to only one million men.

The number of standing armies is even smaller!

The army has only four main divisions all year round. Although the establishment is different, the total number of troops basically does not exceed 400,000.

Although millions of troops have been recruited now, the training is not over yet. The Middle East still needs troops!

The number of men and horses used in the direction of Russia cannot exceed 500,000.

"My Chief of General Staff, you have overlooked one thing. That is time!

With the current national strength of our Ming Dynasty, it is not too difficult to recruit these millions of soldiers.

After all, our Ming Dynasty now has a population of more than 400 million. If we recruit one million people, the ratio of soldiers to civilians will be only 400 to one.

In other words, every four hundred people support one soldier.

But what is the total population of Prussia and France?

France has a population of 30 million, and Prussia has a little more, 41 million.

These are the two most powerful countries in Europe, and they are also our key targets this time.

The remaining countries like Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have populations of only two to three million, or even more than one million.

They wanted to gather an army of one million people, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians was thirty to forty to one.

In other words, their citizens need thirty or forty people to support one person.

At this point, our Ming Dynasty is ten times better than them.

Assembling such a large army will inevitably delay domestic food and industrial production.

The war is fought against industry, so they cannot let go of industrial production.

Those who can be recruited are more farmers.

In other words, if we drag them with us, their food supply will begin to be tight after a year.

If it takes three or four years, a fat person will become a thin person, and a thin person will be dragged to death.

Of course, this is the general strategy. Our purpose this time is to consume their national power.

Then, when the people in their country are dissatisfied, they will be dismembered!

Tactically, we will conduct elastic defense.

What is elastic defense?
To be continued...