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Chapter 54 The enemy is lenient, and the storm is coming!
According to the previous plan, the Chang'an garrison division is not going to expand its army in a short time.

The plan can't keep up with the changes.

Facing the incoming [-] coalition troops, the strength of the garrison division is slightly insufficient.

"My lord, at the end of the day, the general proposes to expand the army appropriately." Yue Fei said.

"What's the reason?"

"First, the territory currently has a sufficient population, abundant supplies, and potential for military expansion."

This is the most solid foundation.

When the city guard brigade was expanded into a garrison division before, only [-] recruits were recruited, but the population of the territory increased by more than [-], which is far from fully exploiting the war potential.

The third wave of sweeps that the Red Flame Brigade is starting will bring nearly 2 people to the territory.

With the ordnance on the right track, there is no shortage of standard weapons and equipment.

There is no shortage of funds.

Not long ago, I received a ransom of 15 gold coins from the orcs.

"Secondly, war needs."

"With the current strength of the garrison division, it is not difficult to gather together to defend the city, but to defeat the invading enemy, the strength is seriously insufficient. And if the enemy cannot be severely damaged, the enemy is likely to make a comeback."

Yue Fei's meaning is very straightforward, if you want to fight, you must hurt the enemy.

"Third, it is needed after the war."

"After defeating the enemy's coalition forces, the tentacles of the territory can be extended to the surrounding counties, no longer limited to the one county of Huishui County. At that time, more troops will be needed to garrison in the wild."

Yue Fei thought very comprehensively, and he understood everything before, during, and after the event.

Obviously not a temporary idea.

Instead, I am always thinking about similar problems, so that I can quickly give suggestions.

"How to expand the army?"

There is no doubt that Tang Jing adopted Yue Fei's suggestion of expanding the army.

"The first is the Huben Brigade. We can consider expanding two to three heavy cavalry battalions. We need to consider solving the problem of horses and armor."

"Then expand three heavy cavalry battalions." Tang Jing made a decision on the spot.

For a cavalryman, the job transfer fee alone is as high as six gold coins, and a cavalry battalion costs three thousand gold coins.Coupled with the cost of war horses and weapons and equipment, the total construction cost is around [-] gold coins.

Three cavalry battalions are [-] gold coins.

Fortunately, Chang'an is not short of money right now. War horses can be purchased with gold coins. For armor, the glory points obtained during the recent sweeps can be exchanged for Mingguang armor.

"Furthermore, the infantry also needs to expand by four to five battalions."

"That's a trip?"

"That's the minimum requirement."

As the commander-in-chief of the garrison division, Yue Fei had to make a comprehensive plan.

"it is good."

Tang Jing nodded and agreed, "Then form a new reorganized infantry brigade, and you will be temporarily acting as the brigade commander. The former Red Flame Brigade Shaking Mountain Battalion is Tu Gang, and he will be transferred to the temporary brigade deputy brigade commander."

There is no suitable candidate for the brigade commander at the moment.

Among the barbarian warriors, the three brothers Tu Hong, Yun Shan and Hu Xiao were considered the best, and it was acceptable to serve as a battalion officer, but a bit reluctant as a brigade commander.

The most outstanding Tu Hong is currently only serving as the brigade commander of the city guard brigade.

Still have to practice and practice.

"The last general takes orders!"

As the chief general of the garrison division, Yue Fei was obliged to do so.

After the two had finished discussing the military expansion, Qin Shuang, who had been listening quietly, said, "My lord, are we too optimistic about the upcoming war?"

"How to say?"

Tang Jing, including Yue Fei, were very surprised by Qin Shuang's words.

"My lord, please imagine that once the [-] allied troops of the Aztec Alliance come here excitedly, but are frustrated when attacking Chang'an, will they choose to withdraw or continue to increase their troops?" Qin Shuang said.

"Increasing troops..."

Tang Jing immediately understood Qin Shuang's worry, and his expression became serious.

The reason is also very simple.

Until now, the Aztec lords have only a half-knowledge of Chang'an's strength, and it can even be said that they basically don't understand it. They only know that Chang'an's strength is much higher than that of the mainstream lords.

But how much more than that, in fact, there is no concept.

The simplest example, for the mainstream territory, if you want to form a battalion of troops and form combat effectiveness, you must at least upgrade to the township level.

Even at the town level, it may not be possible to maintain the operation of a full-staffed battalion.

Let's look at Chang'an again
On the surface, it is only a second-level township, but it has already raised an army of [-] people under its command, which is a height that many first-level territories of counties and cities will not be able to achieve in the future.

The gap is not a star and a half.

The development of Chang'an has long been freed from the restrictions of the territory level, and is completely in another dimension.

It can't be normalized.

Even so, the lords of the Aztec Alliance still assembled an army of [-], aiming to attack Chang'an in one fell swoop with absolute crushing force and end this weird national war.

But when the army was frustrated under the city of Chang'an and Chang'an's true strength was exposed...

"At that time, the Aztec lords' fear of us will reach an unprecedented peak. They will not be able to withdraw their troops, they will only continue to increase their troops, and they will conquer Chang'an at all costs." Qin Shuang said.

"That is to say, this national war will either not start, or once it starts, it will be life and death, and neither side will have a way out." Tang Jing's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's it."

"If that's the case, it's really a more careful deployment."

Yue Fei glanced at Qin Shuang first, and then said, "For example, we need to store enough food and grass in advance to prepare for the long-term siege of the city."

"It is also necessary to reserve enough funds and resources to ensure that troops can be added at any time." Tang Jing added.

Once the war breaks out, all communication will be cut off. He just wants to ask Zunlong Kingdom for help, but he may not be able to do it. He must make preparations in advance.

Things also suddenly became complicated.

"so…"

Seeing that Yue Fei was calm as usual, Tang Jing also regained his composure, "First, the Military Affairs Department, the garrison division, um, and then the superior, Mr. Shi Wu, will work out a general plan together, and we will discuss it in detail later."

There are too many things involved, and there is no way to finalize them on the spot.

"Of course, the military expansion plan discussed just now, including the aforementioned matter of setting up a coastal defense battalion under the City Guard Brigade, must be implemented simultaneously without delay." Tang Jing told Qin Shuang.

"understand!"

As the Director of Military Affairs, conscription is her job.

In this round of military expansion in Chang'an, three new cavalry battalions, five infantry battalions and one coastal defense battalion will be added. A total of more than [-] soldiers will be recruited, which is not easy.

.........

Tang Jing was not idle after seeing Yue Fei and Qin Shuang off.

He has his work to do.

First of all, all the crystal nuclei and weapons seized during the attack on the orc cottage by the Squad Brigade and the clearing of the wild camp by the Red Flame Brigade in the past few days were put on the market for auction.

And all of them are marked as only accepting food quotations.

Secondly, at the price of 8 gold coins per horse, buy war horses in the market for a long time.

No upper limit on quantity.

Although the Huben Brigade has only expanded three cavalry battalions this time, war horses are a strategic resource after all, and the price is also rising all the way. It is foreseeable that it will rise to ten gold coins or even higher in the future.

Taking advantage of the abundant funds in hand, it is natural to buy more.

Except war horses.

Tang Jing also purchased a large amount of forage through Gele and other grassland lord friends as strategic reserves.

After doing this, Tang Jing asked someone to send letters to the dwarf tribe and the elf tribe, inviting the two tribes to send businessmen to Chang'an to discuss a new round of trade.

He was looking forward to saying.

Chang'an's freshly baked glass products, beer and other commodities can be very popular among dwarves and elves.

thereby opening up new trade.

Once things really happened as Qin Shuang speculated, and the national war between Chang'an and the Aztec Alliance turned into a protracted war, then the Chang'an Ordnance Institute alone would not be able to meet the demand for weapons and equipment.

It is necessary to continue to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment from elves and dwarves as a spare.

anyway.

It has been more than ten days since the dwarf Bagg went out with the resource bag, and he has not returned yet.

If it wasn't for the increasingly close relationship between Chang'an and the Hammer Tribe, not long ago, the Hammer Tribe had sent more than a dozen dwarf warriors to join the entrapment brigade. Tang Jing would have doubted it, and Bage ran away with money.

Just thinking about it, the soldiers came to report: "My lord, the dwarf Bagg has returned and said he wants to see you."

"Is it such a coincidence?"

Tang Jing touched his face, wondering if he had learned some magical magic.

"Call him in!"

I'm still curious as to what happened to Bagh.

(End of this chapter)