Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 146 A Rare Opportunity

When the formations of the navy and land armies of the Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire were exposed in the future, the Sharad Empire, which was next to the former Cangyu Empire, and the Orensa Empire, which was next to the Ziyue Empire, suddenly became tense. In addition to these two countries, some countries are also very nervous.

On February 3013th, 130 in the Great Tang Calendar, in a hall of the Liuyun City Imperial Palace, the capital of the Liuyun Empire, Emperor Li Hong frowned and said to the Prime Minister Cao Ziliang: "According to the news sent by the intelligence department, the future Royal Palace of the Datang Empire The army has reorganized 52 infantry divisions and 120 garrison infantry brigades, with a total strength of tens of millions, and the Purple Moon Empire Army has also reorganized 33 infantry divisions and 1000 garrison infantry brigades, with a total strength of more than 2000 million, so that Su Yi has an army of more than [-] million in his hands, can he afford it?"

Su Yi did not do anything to the 130 field infantry divisions and 52 garrison independent infantry brigades formed by the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, and the 120 infantry divisions and 33 garrison independent infantry brigades formed by the Ziyue Imperial Army. Deliberately concealing it, Su Yi ordered the temporary secrecy only for the ten infantry divisions and one armored division of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire.

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang said in a deep voice: "I heard that Su Yi got a large amount of rice, flour and canned meat from no one knows where, not only stabilized the food prices of the original Cangyu Empire and Ziyue Empire, but also made a fortune. With a huge amount of funds, there should be no problem supporting an army of more than 2000 million in a short period of time.”

Emperor Li Hong frowned even tighter, "I'm worried that Su Yi, with such a huge army, will have any plans for our Liuyun Empire. Su Yi's set of ethnic theories can make the royal family of our Liuyun Empire, Belonging to some mediocre rulers of the Tang Dynasty, the Su family army just pushed out the Sharad Empire from the territory of the Cangyu Empire with this set of national theories not long ago, and then occupied the entire Cangyu Empire. How similar is the Cloud Empire to the original Cangyu Empire!"

After the Sharad Empire forced the Cangyu Empire to sign an armistice agreement that humiliated the country, the Liuyun Empire was afraid of the strength of the Sharad Empire. Before the Sharad army entered the Liuyun Empire, the Liuyun Empire signed a contract protocol.

The content of the agreement includes that the Liuyun Empire announced its withdrawal from the alliance of the four eastern countries and symbolically compensated the Sharad Empire with 1000 million taels of silver; In the 42th year of the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Empire had the right to garrison troops and administrative autonomy in these concessions; The railway station, the Sharad Empire has the right to garrison troops.

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, although our Royal Army of the Liuyun Empire has been expanded and now has the size of six infantry regiments and four independent infantry divisions, with a total strength of 200 million, the nobles' private The total army has reached 350 million, but compared with the army in Su Yi's hands, the strength is not a little bit worse, so I suggest that we should continue to expand the strength of the Royal Army of the Liuyun Empire, and at the same time call on all hereditary nobles, Also expand the strength of his family's army as much as possible, so as not to be caught off guard by the Tang Empire."

Emperor Li Hong said bitterly: "It is possible to expand the army, but the question is where will the money, weapons and ammunition come from?"

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is one thing that I haven't had time to tell you. The ambassador of the Sharad Empire in Liuyun City has contacted you. The Sharad Empire is willing to fully cooperate with our Liuyun Empire to prevent Threats from the Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire."

Emperor Li Hong's eyes suddenly lit up, "How does the Sharad Empire want to cooperate? Are you going to increase the garrisons in the various concessions of our Liuyun Empire?"

At present, the Sharad Royal Army has only deployed 30 people in the territory of the Liuyun Empire. It was originally an infantry regiment of the Royal Army of the Sharad Empire, but it has recently been reorganized into three infantry divisions.

After the Sharad Empire withdrew from the Cangyu Empire, it was no longer possible to directly reach the Liuyun Empire on land, and could only take the sea to deliver various supplies for the three infantry divisions. Although the Sharad Empire hoped to increase its troops in the Liuyun Empire, However, due to logistical issues, especially the supply of weapons and ammunition, the Sharad Empire has delayed sending troops to the territory of the Liuyun Empire.

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When Emperor Li Hong heard this, he immediately stood up from his chair, "What? Prime Minister, is what you said true? The Sharad Empire is really willing to give us so much armed ammunition to the Liuyun Empire for free?"

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true that the reason why the Sharad Empire gave us so much armed ammunition to the Liuyun Empire for nothing is actually to allow our Liuyun Empire to contain the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire, but this is our The Liuyun Empire is a golden opportunity, if our Liuyun Empire can seize it, it will immediately become a military power."

A hint of hesitation suddenly appeared on Emperor Li Hong's face, "But even with so many weapons and ammunition, our Liuyun Empire doesn't have that much money to support such a large-scale military expansion!"

"Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words. In addition to donating a large number of weapons and ammunition for free, the Sharad Empire will also give us a low-interest loan of 15 billion sand dollars from the Liuyun Empire. The interest is very low, almost equivalent to no money." Interested loan, and according to the ambassador of the Sharad Empire in Floating Cloud City, the loan amount can be increased a lot.”

Emperor Li Hong became excited again when he heard the low-interest loan of 15 billion sand dollars. According to the exchange rate, 15 billion sand dollars equals 30 billion silver dollars, which is enough to catch up with the financial revenue of the Liuyun Empire for seven or eight years.

"Good! Very good! Very good! With the loan from the Sharad Empire and the weapons and ammunition, even if our Royal Army of the Liuyun Empire expands to 500 million people, there will be no problem. At that time, even if the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire plus Thinking about it, we might not dare to provoke our Liuyun Empire casually, and once our Liuyun Empire Royal Army has 500 million people, we can even learn from those powerful countries in the world and take back the fiefs and armies of hereditary nobles, so that the entire Liuyun Empire Only the voice of our royal family is left in the Yun Empire!"

When Prime Minister Cao Ziliang heard that Emperor Li Hong mentioned taking back the fiefs and troops of hereditary nobles, he couldn't help but frowned slightly, but he didn't raise any objections, but continued: "Your Majesty, the Sharad Empire stationed in Liuyun City The ambassador also said that the Sharad Royal Navy is willing to donate the [-] iron-clad battleships, [-] old-fashioned medium-sized armored cruisers, [-] frigate cruisers, and [-] new-style torpedo boats to our Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire free of charge.”

The escort cruiser is a cruiser equipped by the navies of various countries decades ago. Its main body is a wooden structure. The escort cruiser has very little armor. These armors are not installed on the side of the ship, but on the deck. The power is too weak, and the navies of various countries have already eliminated such warships.

Emperor Li Hong was not overly excited when he heard that the Royal Navy of Sharad was willing to donate a large number of warships to the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire for free. , Our Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire is far from being the opponent of Su Yi's independent fleet. I heard that the independent fleet only has capital ships, and it has 75 super dreadnought battleships, 67 battlecruisers, 67 dreadnought battleships and [-] warships. A former dreadnought battleship, this is simply a set of desperate statistics."

"Your Majesty, do we still want the warships that the Sharad Royal Navy is going to give to our Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire for free?"

"Of course I have to, how can I refuse something for free! What's more, the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire only have two pre-dreadnought battleships and six iron-clad battleships. If there are thirty more iron-clad battleships, our Liuyun The strength of the Imperial Royal Navy will surge several times, but can the thirty armored battleships sealed up by the Royal Sharad Navy still be used?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the ambassador of the Sharad Empire stationed in Floating Cloud City said that the Royal Navy of Sharad not only regularly maintains the 35 iron-clad battleships that have been sealed up, but also replaces the 305 iron-clad battleships with new main guns. They are uniformly equipped with four 15mm main guns of [-] times the caliber, and the speed can basically be kept above [-] knots, so the thirty ironclad battleships still have certain combat effectiveness."

Emperor Li Hong nodded slightly and said: "The Sharad Royal Navy deserves to be the second largest navy in the world. The thirty iron-clad battleships it has sealed up are even stronger than the six iron-clad battleships equipped by our Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire. Some, I remember that the six ironclad battleships of the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire are equipped with 30 times the caliber of 280 mm main guns, and none of them can reach a speed of 15 knots. By the way, the Sharad Empire has produced so many It’s impossible not to ask for the benefits, right?”

"Your Majesty, the Sharad Empire has only one request. After the outbreak of the war, the Royal Army and Royal Navy of our Liuyun Empire must accept the command of the Royal Army of Sharad and the Royal Navy of Sharad."

Emperor Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course there is no problem with this. Once war breaks out, our Liuyun Empire and the Sharad Empire will be grasshoppers on the same rope."

(End of this chapter)