Valley Emperor

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As soon as Deng Xide's words came out, Li Xuan knew what they were fighting for, didn't they just want to continue the Western Expedition and then enter Eastern Europe.

So Li Xuan just opened his eyes slightly, and then said: "In the past few years, there will be a second round of construction of water conservancy facilities, agricultural reform, and a second round of major railway construction!"

Li Xuan's words, when Deng Xide heard it, he almost directly said that he had no money, let him not open his mouth!

Although this result was expected, Deng Xide was still very disappointed. The army has been preparing for the third westward expedition since last year.

All kinds of battle plans are already perfect. With just one order, an army of more than 150,000 people can cross the Ural River and then enter the Volga River.

The battle plan is in place, the troops are pre-ordered, and there are no shortage of generals.

The only thing missing is the war money!

After all, when the cannon rings, gold is ten thousand taels!

No matter how awesome the army is, it can't launch such a large-scale campaign without money.

But just when Deng Xide thought there was no hope, Li Xuan suddenly said: "But the tax department said that next year's income should be greatly improved, and then it should be able to give you tens of millions more for the army. war costs."

"But it's only 50 million at most, is there more!" Li Xuan knew that whether it was the army or the navy, the lion's mouth was always open, and he would never be satisfied.

So let me explain first, it's only 50 million battle costs, and there's no more!

After hearing this, Deng Xide rolled his eyes and said, "Is this fifty million a year?"

If it is only a year's combat funds, then he Deng Xide does not matter, the big deal is to need funds in several years.

But Li Xuan cut off his illusion: "50 million at a time, and I will get the Volga River and the Don River at that time!"

At the same time, Li Xuan also pointed to the map of Eastern Europe on the table, and then pointed to the area where the Volga River and the Don River are near the intersection: "At least this Tsaritsyn must be controlled, so that the canal can be built here, together with the Volga River and the Don River. , and then connect the East China Sea and the Black Sea.”

"As long as this place is built and the canal is dug, then the army will be able to get supplies directly from the sea when it fights in Eastern Europe, especially in the Don and Volga river basins!"

When Deng Xide heard the words of the Son of Heaven, he was embarrassed.

He naturally knew about the canal plan between the Volga River and the Don River in the mouth of the Son of Heaven. In fact, this plan was proposed by the Army at the beginning.

However, it is simple to enter the Volga River, but it is not so easy to completely occupy the entire Volga River and the Don River Basin and ensure that the empire's warships can freely enter and leave the Black Sea.

After all, the cavalry of the Tatars are not vegetarian.

They must not be able to beat the Imperial Army on the frontal battlefield, but after so many years, the Tatars have long learned to be shrewd, and they have not played any frontal combat with the Datang Army in these years. They have always played cavalry harassment operations.

When fighting in Central Asia before, it was particularly obvious. The cavalry of the Tatars did not play any regular combat, but only attacked the transportation troops of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Western Expedition troops of the Tang Dynasty could only play the old way, all the way. Repair the railway.

Of course, even the Tatars were still being beaten by the Tang army all the way, which was a little more complicated, but it was just a little more troublesome.

So militarily, there is no problem!

The problem is, this war costs money!

And this 50 million is obviously not enough for the army to launch the third west expedition campaign.

When fighting Central Asia back then, the army spent hundreds of millions of dollars in war expenses!

From the current Ural River to the Volga River, it seems to be only a few hundred kilometers, but if you want to ensure the capture of the mouth of the Don River, then you must go all the way to Ukraine, preferably the land on both sides of the Kerch Strait, otherwise There is still no guarantee that warships can freely enter and leave the Black Sea.

And now the Ukraine region is already the main ruled area of ​​the Tatars.

In the early years, the capital of the Tatars was in Kyiv, but as they retreated on the eastern front and occupied the German region all the way on the western front, the front had advanced to Paris, France.

Therefore, the Tatar Golden Kingdom moved its capital to Berlin in Germany two years ago.

The Tatars are also aware of the crisis on the Eastern Front. In the past two years, in addition to desperately building the direction of the Volga River, in fact, they have already begun to build various fortresses on the west bank of the Dnieper River. Kyiv has become a large military camp and a fortress.

This means that the Tatars are not ready to retreat on the Ukrainian plains, and they intend to block the Datang Army here by virtue of their geographical and distance advantages.

In the early years in the Western Regions, the Tatars were beyond reach.

When it came to Central Asia, the two sides were actually half-hearted in terms of supplies and troop movements.

But when it comes to Ukraine, the Tatars can be said to be fighting at their doorstep, and the distance is no longer a problem for them, or even an advantage.

For the Datang Army, even with railway transportation, it is still difficult to go to Ukraine to fight!

In particular, Datang's ordnance weapons are becoming more and more advanced, and the dependence on supplies is getting older and heavier.

In the past, when using flintlock guns and smoothbore guns, buckshots and other bullets could directly fight on their own, and even solid spherical shells could be solved on the spot, as long as gunpowder was transported from the rear.

But now, the Datang Army, which has replaced the combined rifle and rear-loaded rifled artillery, consumes every bullet and every shell that can only be produced in those large arsenals, and then transported over long railway lines. .

The current east-west railway actually has a very small carrying capacity. In the Western Regions and Central Asia, both are standard for military railways. It was a block when it was repaired, but the transportation capacity was also small, and it was easy to damage and maintain. It is also troublesome to get up.

In order to solve the problem of transportation on the western line, the Army itself proposed a sea transportation plan, digging a canal between the Volga River and the Don River, and its direct purpose is also to solve the problem of supply transportation.

Allow inland ships to enter the Don River from the Black Sea, and then enter the Volga Valley through the canal.

The Army wants to supply more smoothly, and the Navy also hopes to connect the Black Sea and the East China Sea, so that the Navy's warships can enter and leave freely, so it also supports the Army's plan.

Then the army and navy sat together and discussed the excavation of the Suez Canal again.

It's just that Egypt is still under the control of the Ottomans. If you want to dig the Suez Canal, you must first occupy this Egypt.