Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 881 Subsequent Strategic Plan
The invention of alcohol has great significance for the development of their Great Zhou medical industry.

Although the war with Liang State and even the later war with the greenskins have temporarily ended, don't forget that there is still a group of ratmen in the south who are continuing to harass their border.

Although judging from the current situation, even if we ignore them, based on the strength of Soros and others, Zhou Xu feels that he can deal with the rat people over there steadily for five to ten years.

But considering that there are dwarves, greenskins, and even other forces on the rock wall, there is also the unstable factor of other forces.

Zhou Xu still felt that the current troubles should be resolved as soon as possible.

Of course, it’s probably too late this year.

This was not the first time he wanted to get rid of the ratmen that appeared in the southern border of their Great Zhou, but plans could not keep up with changes.

Although it is still spring at this point in time, at first glance, it seems that there is still time to mobilize troops.

But the actual situation is not like this at all.

Most of the troops originally recruited to deal with the rat people have now been stationed in the Xinbei District. The remaining one thousand troops were just brought back to Xianyang by him in the past few days and are now stationed outside the city of Xianyang, awaiting subsequent deployment.

From the perspective of travel, these 1,000 soldiers set out from Xianyang City, rushed to the port of Green Forest City by water, disembarked at the factory in the Rainforest District, and then rushed to the Southern Border Fortress. This trip would take about a month even at the fastest speed.

Of course, the travel time is only a small problem. The key point is that if we want to take the initiative to attack, how useful will the support of these one thousand human troops be?

According to Zhou Xu's idea, as for the Southern Border Fortress, having already mobilized the troops from the Rainforest District, he would feel confident enough if he could at least send another 3,000 troops.

In this case, Zhou Xu was very decisive and directly issued a conscription order to increase the number of troops by 3,000!
This time the reason is easy to find. Didn’t their Great Zhou just annex Liang State and establish the New North District last year?

Although the land area is not as large as the New South District, it is not small either. Considering the daily garrison, it is almost inevitable to continue recruiting soldiers.

As for the impact of the multiple conscriptions in recent years on the labor force in the New South District, all of them will be made up by prisoners of war and immigrants from the New North District, who are even cheaper than the original labor force.

After sorting out the whole idea, Zhou Xu quickly wrote the conscription order and ordered the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to implement it.

"The new recruits recruited this time will be sent to the recruit training camp for training. After the autumn harvest, I will arrange for their deployment."

Obviously, Zhou Xu did not intend to rely solely on these 3,000 new recruits as reinforcements.

Although the individual strength of the ratmen is weak, their numbers are huge and the rat tide is even more terrifying. Once a fight breaks out, it will inevitably be a fierce battle.

It is true that new recruits need to be tempered on the battlefield, but at the same time they must ensure victory and casualties in this war!
If these reinforcements are all new recruits, I'm afraid we won't be able to cover them if something goes wrong.

Therefore, according to Zhou Xu's idea, he would start mobilizing troops after the autumn harvest.

One thousand of these three thousand new recruits will be selected to be exchanged with veteran soldiers from various local troops.

At that time, together with the one thousand troops stationed in Xianyang City, there will be two thousand veterans and two thousand new recruits, a total of four thousand troops. They will rush to the southern fortress in the winter, and in the early spring of the following year, they will officially attack the rat people there.

He must use sufficiently strong forces and the highest efficiency to completely destroy the ratmen tribe over there in the shortest possible time!

At the same time, the most important thing is that he must not allow any mistakes in this wave of actions and must win firmly!

Under Zhou Xu's special instructions, the Military and Political Department worked very efficiently, and the cities in the New South District quickly issued conscription orders.

Thanks to the vigorous propaganda efforts of storytellers and the Propaganda Department, the people of the Great Zhou had already known the news that they had won the battle, expanded the territory, and added the New North District.

Under this premise, it is basically known to everyone that more troops are needed to station new territories.

The people had already prepared themselves mentally, and as citizens of the Great Zhou, this was a great thing for them. Not to mention that the treatment of soldiers in the Great Zhou was well-known to be good.

Once the conscription order was issued, long queues quickly formed at registration offices across the country.

"Oh my god, how long will this line last?"

Looking at the long line, a wood elf gasped and turned to look at the man who had already lined up.

"Captain, you're spending the entire day queuing here while you have a rare day off?"

Hearing this, the man called captain also felt melancholy.

"What can I do? I just got here and the line is already like this. Now I can only wait in line. And look behind me, I just got here and there are dozens more people behind me."

"..."

There was really no exaggeration in what their captain said, and the number of people queuing continued to increase. None of the wood elves had expected that the conscription order issued by the Great Zhou would involve such a large-scale event.

Retracting their gaze, the wood elves looked back at the human man they called 'Captain'.

"Captain, are you not going to work on the logging team anymore?"

Having said this, the wood elves felt a little melancholy in their hearts.

The captain had been taking good care of them ever since they first came to Green Forest City to work. Now that they knew the captain was leaving, they all became a little depressed.

Seeing this, the captain said very casually...

"It would definitely be better to be a soldier. When I go to the battlefield and make achievements, I might even be able to become an officer and become a captain in the army!"

As he spoke, the captain laughed cheerfully.

"But don't think too much about it now. We in the Great Zhou don't allow anyone to join the army if they want to. This wave of conscription only recruits 3,000 people. After I queue up to sign up, I have to go back and take the test. Only the top 3,000 people with the best test scores will be accepted. It's not certain whether I can get in."

At this point, the captain joked to himself.

"So you don't have to rush to say goodbye to me. I might come back in no time."

The wood elves were originally a little melancholy, but as soon as their captain said this, they were all amused and immediately started laughing. The whole atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and cheerful.

One of them even took out a bag of melon seeds from somewhere and started chatting with their captain while cracking the seeds.

"Captain, you just said that the treatment in the army is good. How good is it?"

"Food and lodging are provided, meat is served every meal, and the salary is higher than it is now. After retirement, there will be a guaranteed job assignment. And with a military ID, you can enjoy preferential treatment everywhere. Basically, you can get discounts in any store you go to, and..."

It was just a casual question, but their captain's words stunned them.

Think about the treatment and life they received in the logging team, and then compare it with the treatment they received as soldiers.

"Damn! Compared to this, being a soldier is really the best!"

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