Over the past thousands of years, many Central Plains dynasties organized large-scale northern expeditions to pacify the north. In the early Ming Dynasty, they organized more than ten northern expeditions, each time with more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the effect was not very good. Although every Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty was unstoppable and the tribes of the Mengyuan were rushing, they were unable to completely conquer the Mengyuan tribes.

The main reason is that the north is too vast, and the desert is as vast as a sea of ​​smoke, as if it has no boundaries.

The Mongolian and Yuan tribes could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, but they could run away. Once the situation was wrong, they would flee thousands of miles away. If you chase them, they would flee thousands of miles away. What can you do?

The transportation is not as developed as later generations. The transportation of the army's food and supplies is quite troublesome. It takes at least a few months to transport thousands of miles away. It is several months. Moreover, people are familiar with the terrain and may intercept grain halfway. The deeper they go, the more dangerous it is.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was unable to completely conquer the Mongolian and Yuan tribes in the end, and even the Ming Chengzu died on the way back from the Northern Expedition.

The Ming Dynasty finally produced a lord of revival. Could Emperor Yongsheng also follow the footsteps of Chengzu?

The most important reason why everyone in the imperial study was that they were full of solemn expressions was that they were worried about this!

The Lord of Revival is really rare. If Emperor Yongsheng follows the footsteps of Chengzu, what would happen to the Ming Dynasty?

The consequences are simply unimaginable!

The problem is that they cannot stop Emperor Yongsheng from the Northern Expedition, because the Northern Expedition was for the stability of the world. It is not only not a foolish move, but a wise strategy. How can I stop such a thing?

If you cannot stop the Northern Expedition, you can only stop the Emperor from leading the Northern Expedition himself.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Sun Chuanting, Ma Qiancheng, Qi Jin and others gritted their teeth and bowed: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to the north."

you?

What a joke!

Zhu Qizhuo did not look down on them, mainly because what he said about the Northern Expedition was different from the past, and these people were inexperienced.

He shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not that I don't believe you. I have decided to adopt a brand new method for this Northern Expedition, and you don't understand it."

Is there any way we don’t understand?

When everyone heard this, they looked surprised.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhuo simply asked: "Do you know why the Northern Expeditions in all dynasties cannot do their best?"

Who doesn't know this?

Sun Chuanting replied on behalf of everyone: "The main reason is that the front line is too long and the transportation of food, grass and supplies is difficult. Therefore, the Northern Expedition should only be quick to make a decision, which is not conducive to long-term combat. The tribes on the grassland also know this truth. Therefore, whenever the situation of the war is not good, they will flee thousands of miles away from the war. We have no choice but to retreat."

Indeed, there were many powerful Central Plains dynasties in history, and there was no problem in overturning grassland tribes. If someone didn’t fight you, you would have no choice!

Zhu Qizhuo nodded slightly, then said with a slight pride: "If the problem of transferring food and supplies is solved, then the Northern Expedition will not be a problem, right?"

Of course, as long as the problem of transferring food, supplies and supplies is solved, the Northern Expedition is simply not too simple.

The current Yongsheng Dynasty is unprecedented in its strength. Not to mention anything else, just the 160,000 elite troops, Jiannu and the Mongolian Yuan tribes combined cannot match.

The problem is, how to solve the problem of transferring food and supplies?

When everyone heard this, they looked confused.

Zhu Qizhu said with a slight pride: "Do you know the ship?"

Of course, everyone present knew that they had sat on the ship, whether it was a car, boat, ship or a giant ship.

Problem, this thing needs to be passed through with water!

There are not many waterways in the north to pass through steamers, at least not in the south and north of the desert. If there are, it would not be the Gobi Desert or the desert.

When everyone heard this, they still looked puzzled.

Uh, no one has seen a train, and it seems like a waste of expression after asking!

Zhu Qizhe said a little embarrassedly: "What I mean is to build an iron wheel truck that can run on land, just like a steamer, no need to push or pull a horse, just push it with a steam engine, and the speed does not need to be too fast. It can travel a hundred miles in one hour. In this way, it will take more than a thousand miles a day, and isn't it extremely easy to transport grain and grass?"

So that's what it means!

Question, how do iron wheels run on the road?

Song Yingxing couldn't help asking: "Master, the steam engine and the boiler together weigh more than a thousand kilograms. If you add food and supplies, tens of thousands of kilograms would be considered light. If you install iron wheels underneath, you can't even withstand the stone road?"

Zhu Qizhu nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, the road surface will definitely not be able to withstand iron wheels, so we need to use rails as support and lay the railway."

railway?

No one can imagine these days.

Sun Chuanting, Ma Qiancheng, Qi Jin and others all looked surprised.

Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others were full of excitement and full of interest.

At this time, everyone finally understood why Emperor Yongsheng called Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others to discuss the Northern Expedition. It turned out that he wanted to build an iron wheelbarrow, so Sun Chuanting, Ma Qiancheng, Qi Jin and others could not make this thing.

At this point, Zhu Qizhuo explained his intentions clearly.

Immediately afterwards, he assigned a task and said, "Boya, go to Liaodong in person, select a group of loyal Mongolian people and give it to Ning Gongzhang."

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and your enemy will never be defeated. Even if there is a train to transport food, we must know the specific location of the Mongol tribe. Otherwise, searching within a radius of tens of thousands of miles is no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

His meaning was to ask Sun Chuanting to select secret guards and leave them to Ning Choudan for training, and then send them to Monan and Mobei to investigate the enemy situation.

As for the loyalty of the Meng people's secret guards, there is no need to worry about this. In fact, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many Mongolian people have surrendered, the most famous of which is the Three Thousand Battalions, all of which are brave and warlike Mongolian cavalry, as well as Man Gui, a famous anti-Jin general in the Chongzhen Dynasty, who was also surrendered.

Immediately afterwards, he said to Bi Maokang and others: "Meng Hou, Chang Geng, Liang Fu, you will stay and develop an iron wheelbarrow with me."

When Bi Maokang and others heard this, they nodded excitedly, and they were just fine.

Finally, Zhu Qizhuo waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone will go back and prepare well. After the iron wheel and railway are built, we will start the Northern Expedition!"

This seems to be very easy, and it’s fine to say that the railway is just like that. Are trains so easy to build?

After Sun Chuanting, Ma Qiancheng and others left, Zhu Qizhuo brought Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing and others to Wenhua Hall.

At this moment, there are no people living in the imperial palace and imperial city in Peking anyway. He is planning to transform the imperial city into a train development base. The Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall in the palace are also empty, so he is the workplace of the development personnel.

He had ordered people to clear a huge room in Wenhua Hall and prepare a large square table and a pile of large white paper.

He actually didn't know how to build this train, but it didn't matter. He still knew the general structure and appearance. As for the structure inside, it would be fine to leave it to Bi Maokang and others. The function was clear and the general structure and appearance were also available. It should not be very difficult to develop.
Chapter completed!