Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 781

[Chapter 781]

“Your Highness, I found the seeds of the rubber tree.” Obtaining the seeds of the rubber tree from the documents, Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to look for them in the warehouse of Marka City.

Not long after, Pan Chang came back with an excited expression on his face.

“In addition, the last general also released the Dasong people who were imprisoned by the Frangji people, and found the eyeliner of the Fourth Court.” Pan Chang added.

Zhao Xu nodded.

He had to praise Tsui Hark when he went back this time. Without Tsui Hark’s Fourth Court, he would be in danger this time.

At the same time, this also shows from the side that his huge investment in the Fourth Academy over the years is worthwhile.

The entire Yizhou was taken, and Zhao Xu planned to leave 6,000 soldiers to station here.

He also ordered people to go to Yanzhou and asked Liu Fu to send officials south to establish a government office to govern Yizhou.

For thousands of years, a lot of people came to Yizhou from Dasong, and he saw many villages along the way from north to south.

As far as he knew, the entire Yizhou had a population of at least one million.

With this population of one million under its rule, Yizhou will become an important node on the Dasong sea trade route and a sea fortress.

If the Xitu Fleet wants to go north, it has to pass through Yizhou first.

Moreover, after taking down Yizhou, he was equivalent to connecting Dongpu, Ryukyu, and Yizhou into a defensive line.

This line of defense will be able to effectively prevent Sam’s fleet from coming from the east.

Of course, his purpose is not limited to this.

He will continue to use this line as a springboard, continue to expand into the deep sea, and fully seize the islands occupied by the Kingdom of Sam in the ocean.

Until Da Song’s naval base is built at the gate of Sam’s country, let them taste what it’s like to be housed by others.

For hundreds of years, the warships of these western countries have sailed at sea, going wherever they want, and bullying whoever they want in the east.

This era is coming to an end.

“In this battle, the foundation of Marka City was basically not damaged, and 3,000 soldiers were stationed here and Antler City each.” Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi after discussing the deployment of troops for a while.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi put on a bitter face, “Your Highness, if the Marine Corps continues to be stationed like this, there will be fewer and fewer soldiers available for the Marine Corps. Can the Army be stationed here?”

At present, they are stationed in the north of Dongpu with 4,000 people. , 2,000 people from Ryukyu, and 6,000 people left in Yizhou, leaving only half of the Marine Corps available.

Even so, most of the troops are still being consumed on Wufeng Island and Dongpu.

In the event of any war, there are really not many soldiers that can be drawn.

“If you want to expand the army, just say it straight, and don’t go around the bush. These soldiers are stationed in Dongpu, Ryukyu, Yizhou, etc., but they are temporarily transferred when needed, and they can be transferred back after the battle?” Zhao Xu stared at Zhou Zhou. Yi.

Zhou Yi laughed a few times when he heard this, “The last general didn’t expect this level, but after all, there are some troubles, so it’s better to expand the army.”

Shaking his head, Zhao Xu thought about it.

The war in the south of the Yangtze River is likely to last for a while.

The Wu Kingdom, headed by the Liang family, supplemented by the Xie family, the Han family and the Wang family, is one.

The Dou family who retreated to Yizhou is also one.

In addition, there is another Fan family who lives in Yunzhou.

And Frank who controlled Cochin.

Therefore, even if the war in Jiangnan is over, the army’s affairs are still very heavy.

It is necessary for the royal family to guard the south with the army to guard against Frank and the Ashur tribe who controlled Tubo.

Moreover, if something happened in the south of the Yangtze River, the threat from the north must be resolved.

During this period of time, while Britain moved frequently, there was also a lot of movement in the country of Ross, and a lot of firearms were exported to Beidi.

There were also military instructors from Ross State in the Beidi army.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty often died in the north.

He will never allow a huge force to occupy the northern part of Dasong.

And this is also a tough battle to fight.

In this way, for the next period of time, he will have to rely on the navy to safeguard overseas interests.

“Since this is the case, I will give you another 30,000 troops to expand the Marine Corps to 60,000.” Zhao Xu said.

As for the number of troops, he only asks for enough.

If the situation worsens, then massively expand troops.

Raising soldiers requires money, and it also requires youth and strength, which will affect development.

And because of the reform of the military system and the use of muskets, it only takes three months to train an army, and there is no need to maintain a huge standing army.

Before the First World War, until the outbreak of the war, the armies of various countries were greatly expanded.

Within a few months, Germany increased its standing army from 790,000 to 5 million, and Austria-Hungary from 450,000 to 3,350,000.

France increased from 790,000 to 4 million, and Russia from 1.2 million to 6 million.

During World War II, the scale of military expansion was even more terrifying. At the end of World War II, both the Soviet Union and the United States had tens of millions of troops on hand.

Of course, this is the modern example, and there is another example at hand.

It is Dongying and the powerful clans.

According to intelligence, after he launched an attack on Dongpu, the Watanabe case expanded its troops on a large scale. Under his attack, the strength of the four southern feudal domains not only did not decrease, but increased to 600,000.

According to the captives, the military strength of Wu alone has increased from 400,000 to one million.

This is only from the Wu country, without counting the Xie family and others.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Zhou Yi was overjoyed upon hearing this.

As a navy general, he is naturally happy to see more and more soldiers under his command.

After deciding on this matter, Zhao Xu was not in a hurry to go back.

This time, Yizhou was captured by him. He wanted to know how the Wu Congress would react, so he waited for the informant of the Fourth Court in Lincheng to send the information here.

Three days later, the eyeliner of the Fourth Court delivered a piece of information to him.

“The state of Wu is moving its capital. It is preparing to go to Changcheng, Jiangzhou. At the same time, the people in the coastal cities are being forced to move inward, to strengthen the walls and clear the country.” Zhao Xu read the letter and handed it to Zhou Yi.

This Jiangzhou is the contemporary Jiangxi, and Changcheng is the location of Nanchang.

In contemporary times, Tengwang Pavilion is located in this place.

During the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Nanchang’s economy was very prosperous and developed, and it was once the largest shipbuilding base in the south.

In Dasong, although Changcheng is not as rich as Lincheng of the Liang family, but because it guards important waterways, goods can reach Lincheng through waterways, so it can also be called one of the important cities of Dasong.

Moreover, Jiangzhou is mountainous, which is convenient for hiding soldiers.

It was understandable for Liang Kai to choose this place.

Of course, in his view, Changcheng is just a temporary capital.

If the war is unfavorable, they will continue to move the capital.

However, Liang Kai was a little surprised to make such a decision this time.

It takes a lot of courage and determination to voluntarily abandon the rich coastal areas and migrate inland.

“The powerful people know that there is no way out, and now they are in a hurry.” Zhou Yi was slightly upset.

He is preparing to command the navy as if dealing with Japan, the opposing Jiangnan faction.

Unexpectedly, Shizu took him to the bottom and ran away.

(end of this chapter)