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The left Privy Councilor Wang Qian excitedly entered the palace to report victory. Wu Sizang's unexpected takeover gave the upcoming Western Expedition a good start. The imperial court won Wu Sizang, not only would it no longer worry about the threat of Wu Sizang's Heshuote flanks during the Western Expedition. On the contrary, if the imperial court took over Wu Sizang, it could also go against the flanks to threaten the Junggar, and could even contact the Yarkand Khanate directly.

Liu Jun had already received news from the Feige Secret Report of the Jinyiwei and knew everything about Wu Sizangsheng. At this time, he was looking at the sand table, planning a completely different new situation.

"I already know, it's good news. Well, there's also good news. Ma Wannian just fought with Ahome again, and spread hundreds of miles to capture several northernmost cities in Ahome. Now, the south of Wusizang and northern Myanmar in Central and South have been connected. Now there is only a Naga Mountain Range. As long as we build a mountain road here to open up the barrier of the last 200 miles, the court's plain in Shannan will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the supply problem of Wusizang will be solved in the future."

"That's so happy." Wang Qian couldn't help laughing, not caring about the loss of manners in front of the king. He turned around and walked to the emperor and looked at the exquisitely crafted sand table. The court won consecutive victories in the Indochina Peninsula, and now it has wiped out the main forces of Annan and Dongxu, leaving only a few scattered soldiers to fight against the pacific. In addition, the imperial court's control over the Malacca Peninsula has been continuously strengthened. Now Nanzhang, Dacheng, Zhenla Kingdom and their small vassal states have been surrounded. As long as the court continues to use troops, these places will be suppressed and conquered.

It is really gratifying that the court has made such progress in the West of the Great Six.

The military is a group of militants. For the military, fighting can only reflect their value. Moreover, they are almost invincible now. Those indigenous states in the south are really not matched. It is really not difficult to use the elite professional army of giant cannons, muskets and artillery, and to fight those indigenous people who are still driving elephants with swords and arrows. The only problem is that the stall is too big and fights multiple wars at the same time, and they are just facing the problem of supply transportation.

"Your Majesty, since you have already gained a foothold on the north bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in the south of the mountain, I think you can send a fleet to pass by the sea and attack Bangladesh. If you can occupy the coast, establish a port base fortress, and then go up the Shuo River, we can completely destroy these small states in the west of the mountain ranges such as Bangladesh and Ahome, and then we can compete for power with the Mughal Empire in the west."

Liu Jun took out two cigars from the cigar box next to him, cut them with scissors, and handed one to Wang Qian.

"I can't eat a fat man in one bite, and I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. This South Asia sub-major 6 is not Nanyang, and it is also hidden and hidden. The Mughal Empire in the north and the Jinyiwei have also collected a lot of their intelligence. You should also know that they are at a strong moment now, and even the Ahome Dynasty, which we have just won a battle, is not simple. The Mughals are so strong that they have attacked thirteen times and returned without success. These Dai people are still very strong. We can conquer the Northeast this time, and we will get the opportunity to take advantage of the two tigers' battle. In the future, Ahome will definitely come to find this place. I guess that there will be a lot of battles in the future. It is unrealistic to destroy them immediately. After all, the court has to take care of other directions. There is no more troops there. Therefore, it is better to stabilize the territory we are now occupying for the time being."

Liu Jun saw the situation very clearly.

If you greedy for too much, you won’t be able to chew it.

The wealth of South Asia's sub-large 6 is not something to be blown away. If it can be occupied and colonized, it will be a very good supply of raw materials and even become the best place to sell goods. After all, there is a large population there.

However, the imperial court has not settled even the South China Sea and Central and South China, not to mention that there is still a tiger in the northwest to challenge the Han Dynasty.

The Mughals and Ahome, the second largest 6 in South Asia, are all local powerhouses and cannot defeat the big man, but they can still withstand a local army that deals with the big man.

"But it is feasible that you said to send a fleet to the Bay of Bengal. Don't think about swallowing Bangladesh in one go. You can seize one or two good ports to build a military port fortress, and then show it a little bit."

"Your Majesty, let me go to Bangladesh. I am willing to preside over the battle situation over there. There is no need for more. Just a squadron, I promise to take Bangladesh."

Liu Jun shook his head.

It is important to seize territory in Bangladesh, but it is not an urgent task. Moreover, it is enough to only require a squadron commander to take charge, so there is no need for a noble Left Privy Councilor to go there.

The Ahome Dynasty was relatively strong and basically occupied the vast majority of places in Northeast India in later generations. This kingdom even includes some other surrounding countryside, which were dominated by yellow people. In particular, Ahome, their upper class was the Dai people, who were established by the country that conquered the locals from Yunnan and Myanmar in the past. The upper class was Dai people, while ordinary people were brown people.

Even though the British later conquered the Turkish states in the Northeast such as Ahome and incorporated them into Indian colonies and after World War II, India also annexed these places, there was still a big difference between these people and the Indians to the west.

People in these northeastern countries are basically the same as those of the Chinese, and they all belong to the Mongolian race.

Myanmar, Uszang, and even Hua have a great influence in this area. As long as the Han army can defeat the local dynasty, it is actually not difficult to control this area, and it will not be much more difficult than controlling the chieftains in Myanmar or Yunnan.

Liu Jun pointed to the sand table, and first pointed his finger at the Lhasa in Wusizang, and then moved westward. From Lhasa in the former to Shigatse in the latter, and then to the west is the Ali Plateau in the northern Tibet.

This is a tortuous route. There is a complex and difficult winding between the front and rear Tibet, which is the Nimu Canyon in the middle of the Ya River. The terrain of the entire Hou Tibet area is more complex, and it is divided into five mountain valleys from north to south.

After leaving Tibet, it is the northern Tibetan Plateau. This is a more deserted place and extremely desolate.

But from here, you can reach the Pamir Plateau controlled by Yarkand, and after crossing the Kunlun Mountains, you can reach the Tarim Basin and directly reach Yarkand.

"The court was a casually laid out in Shannan, but he didn't expect that he would gain so much now. Now we have taken down Wusizang, which has helped the Western Expedition very much. We should take advantage of the great situation we have opened up and immediately follow this passage to sell arms to Yarkand, send instructors, and join them to equip and train the army, create more trouble for the Junggar people, and reduce some difficulties for our Western Expedition."

The situation of the Western Expedition was getting better and better, but Liu Jun was not careless at all.

The Junggar was quite powerful in history, and fought against the Qing Dynasty in its mighty prosperity for decades. The Junggar established a country a few years before the Jurchens entered the pass. Then, when the Kangxi period was the time, the two powerful people finally had a full-scale war. It turned out that they fought until the Qianlong period, and finally destroyed the Junggar, and fought for decades.

Kangxi personally conquered Junggar, but he could not say that he could destroy Junggar in one battle.

Therefore, Liu Jun was not careless. The Han Dynasty was strong, but there were still many unfavorable factors in the Western Expedition. The Expedition of 6th was separated by the desert Gobi in the middle, facing a powerful cavalry cluster, and there was no need to be negligent and careless.

It's already May.

The rainy season on the Indochina Peninsula has begun, and basically, the war on the Indochina Peninsula has entered a long period of rest. The imperial court's western expedition is about to begin. In this way, although the troops stationed in the Indochina Peninsula cannot be withdrawn, the pressure for the imperial court, especially those logistics supply departments, is greatly reduced.

Whether it is the supply of food and grass, the supply of weapons and transportation, it greatly relieves a lot of pressure. If wars are really started at the same time in all battlefields, there will be no problem for soldiers on the front line and military factories in the rear can deliver goods, but the pressure in transportation will be huge.

"The Western Expedition has not been in place. How was the Jiayuguan Forward Base built? Are there sufficient reserves of food, grass and ammunition?"

"When you go back to Your Majesty, except for Your Majesty's personal army, the rest of the troops have been prepared, and all the food, grass, and weapons have also been transported to Jiayuguan. In addition, the Mongolian princes in the north of the desert have also summoned their respective knights, warriors and entourages to prepare to attack."

Liu Jun nodded, "In the Mobei area, all the food and equipment that should be provided must be supplied in time. This time, as soldiers on the flank of the North Road, they have a heavy task and will provide restraining cover for their first phase of the Western Expedition."

A western expedition has been planned for more than half a year.

The Western Expedition was mainly composed of the imperial court's field army, and was equipped with mercenaries and garrison troops to assist in the attack. In addition, the Mongolian cavalry in the southern part of the Moon followed the three troops with the imperial court's field army as the main force. The Mongolian cavalry in the northern part of the Moon was an independent one, leaving the Jinshan in the northern part of the Moon, threatening the Junggar Basin to the north, and capturing the court with Hami and Turpan.

"Your Majesty, are our targets still Hami and Turpan this time?"

Liu Jun's young and strong hand clicked a few times on the Hami and Turpan positions, and said in a very firm tone, "The most taboo in combat plans is to change every day. This battle will not change the original plan. It is still necessary to take down Hami and Turpan first, and then leave some defense and reinforcement. In fact, part of it is withdrawn back to Jiayuguan. After we build Hami and Turpan into a solid forward base and reserve enough food and equipment, we will become us at that time.

A great springboard, everything is ready, the army half out of Jiayuguan, using Hami and Turpan as springboards, and headed straight to the capital in the Junggar Basin. After conquering, we made the case according to the law as before, leaving part and withdrawing part. After this new springboard is strengthened and stabilized, we jumped and attacked again. We continued to attack repeatedly and advance, and finally until we fought all the way to the coast of the Caspian Sea and the Volga River, conquering every Mongolian in the desert."

Liu Jun's strategic plan is fortress tactics and jumping tactics. By capturing pieces of land, then building solid fortress fortresses and constantly jumping forward. Each attack, the entire army attacked, and after capturing a target, it quickly withdrew most of the parts, which greatly reduced the logistics supply pressure on the front line.

In this way, although it may take a long time and two attacks may have several months of intervals, they can attack and defend. With these solid fortresses, you can attack and retreat and defend.

Even if the large troops were withdrawn to the rear for rest every time, the court would not have to worry about the Junggars' attack immediately.

The Han army was most afraid of was defense warfare, especially defense warfare with city protection fortresses. If the Junggars came foolishly to attack the city, then Liu Jun would still be reluctant to ask for it.

In fact, Liu Jun's tactics were also a bit helpless. After all, the Western Regions were not as good as the Central Plains, and it was difficult to satisfy the on-site supply of a huge Han army for continuous combat. However, the march was too fast and the supply could not keep up. The number of troops sent was small, and it might be difficult to have a great advantage to defeat the Junggar army.

Therefore, Liu Jun finally thought of the historical practice of Tsarist Russia conquering the Kazakh grasslands, fortress tactics. Fighting and building fortresses along the way, even if you are a big prairie, after you have these fortresses, the grasslands are covered with nails, and the cavalry that come and go like the wind will be divided, and it will be difficult to move around freely.

With these fortresses, the problem of supply supply for food, grass and weapons has been solved, and the supply lines have also become safe.

"We have to be mentally prepared. Maybe this Western Expedition will last three to five years."

"Three or five years?" Wang Qian was greatly surprised. He always felt that the Junggar was just a part of the Mongolians, and the Junggar was just a part of the Mongols in the West Mongolians. In the past, even most of the Khalkha Mongols in the north of the desert, or Tumot, Chahar, Korqin and other parts were not as good as those in the south of the desert.

The imperial court did not take much time, let alone effort to conquer the desert in the south and north.

The powerful Korqin was destroyed by the court without any effort. Now the court is stronger. If you fight a Junggar, you will have to prepare for three to five years?

"Your Majesty overestimates Junggar. The Hoshuote tribe has just been surrendered by us. That is one of Junggar's right-hand man."

"Never underestimate your enemy." Liu Jun said. "The Privy Council will check the pre-war preparations for the Western Expedition again. If everything is ready, then choose an auspicious day and the formal military expedition will be officially launched in the middle of this month."

Liu Jun still insisted on commanding the army in person, looking around, the most threatening around the Han Dynasty was the Junggar Kharos, Baturhuntaiji.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties managed and developed the Western Regions, the sacred Han Dynasty will once again set foot in the Western Regions.

This time, the Han Dynasty will no longer stop at the Tianshan Mountains, nor at the Pamir Mountains. The Han Dynasty's iron hooves will roll all the way west. The Ili River Valley, Qihe River Basin, the Tianshan Mountains, and the Hezhong area will move forward.
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