Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, we found the rubber tree seeds. Read М" After obtaining the rubber tree seeds from the document, Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to search for them in the Marka City warehouse.

Not long after, Pan Chang came back with excitement on his face.

"In addition, the general also released the Dasong people who were imprisoned by the Folangji people and found the informants of the Fourth Academy." Pan Chang added.

Zhao Xu nodded.

He had to praise Tsui Hark when he went back this time. Without Tsui Hark's Fourth Hospital, 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 captured, and Zhao Xu prepared to leave 6,000 soldiers to station here.

He also sent people to Yanzhou and asked Liu Fu to send officials south to establish a government office to administer Yizhou.

Over the past thousands of years, a large number of people have come to Yizhou from Dasong. 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 these millions of people under its control, Yizhou will become an important node on the Dasong sea trade route and a maritime fortress.

If the Xitu fleet wants to go north, it must first pass through Yizhou.

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

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

Of course, his purpose is not just this.

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

Until the naval base of Dasong is built at the door of Sam's country, let them taste the feeling of being taken in by others.

For hundreds of years, the warships of these Western countries have been sailing on the sea, going wherever they want, and bullying whoever they want to bully in the Eastern countries.

This era is coming to an end.

"In this battle, the foundation of Malka City was basically not damaged. Three thousand soldiers are stationed here and in Antler City each." After discussing the garrison options for a while, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi grimaced and said, "Your Highness, if we continue to be stationed like this, the Marine Corps will have fewer and fewer available troops. Can we allow the Army to station here?"

Currently, they have 4,000 people stationed in northern Japan and 2,000 people in Ryukyu. With another 6,000 people left in Yizhou, only half of the Marines are available.

Even so, most of these troops are still being consumed on Wufeng Island and Japan.

If there is any war, there will not be many soldiers left.

"If you want to expand the army, just say it. Don't beat around the bush. These soldiers are stationed in Japan, Ryukyu, and Yizhou. But they can be temporarily transferred when needed, and can they be transferred back after the war?" Zhao Xu glared at Zhou. Yi.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi chuckled twice, "General, I didn't expect this level, but after all, there are some troubles, so it's easy to expand the army."

Shaking his head, Zhao Xu thought for a while.

The war in Jiangnan will probably last for a while.

The Wu State was headed by the Liang family and assisted by the Xie family, Han family and Wang family.

The Dou family who retreated to Yizhou was also the same.

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

and the Franks, who took control of Cochin.

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

The royal family's troops are needed to guard the south and guard against the Franks and the Ashur tribe who have controlled Tubo.

Moreover, when things happen in Jiangnan, the threat from the north must be dealt with.

During this period, while Britain was making frequent moves, the Ross Kingdom was also very active, exporting a lot of firearms to Beidi.

Military instructors from the Russian state also appeared in the Beidi army.

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

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

And this is also a tough battle to fight.

In this way, he will have to rely on the navy to safeguard overseas interests in the coming days.

"In this case, I will give you another 30,000 troops and expand the Marine Corps to 60,000." Zhao Xu said.

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

If the situation worsens, we will massively expand our troops.

Raising troops requires money and youth, which will affect development.

Due to the reform of the military system and the use of muskets, an army can be trained in just three months, making it even less necessary to maintain a huge standing army.

Before World War I, the armies of various countries did not expand significantly until the war broke out.

Within a few months, Germany increased its standing army from 790,000 to 5 million, and Austria-Hungary from 450,000 to 3.35 million.

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 standby.

Of course, this is a modern example, and there is another example before us.

It’s the Japanese and powerful tribes.

According to intelligence, after he launched an attack on Japan, Watanabe launched a massive military expansion. Under his attack, the military strength of the four southern vassals not only did not decrease, but increased to 600,000.

According to what the prisoners said, Wu's military strength alone also increased from 400,000 to one million.

This is only for the Wu State, not counting the Xie family and others.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi was overjoyed when he heard this.

As a naval 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 Wu Guoguo would react, so he waited for the intelligence from the Fourth Academy in Lincheng to be sent here.

Three days later, an informant from the Fourth Academy sent a piece of information to him.

"The Kingdom of Wu is moving its capital and is preparing to go to Changcheng in Jiangzhou. At the same time, it is ordering the people in the coastal cities to move inward and clear the country." Zhao Xu read the letter sent and handed it to Zhou Yi.

This Jiangzhou is 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 industry base in the south.

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

Moreover, Jiangzhou is mountainous, making it easy to hide troops.

It is understandable that Liang Kai chose this place.

Of course, in his opinion, this Changcheng was just a temporary capital.

If the war goes unfavorably, they will definitely continue to move the capital.

However, he was a little surprised that Liang Kai could make such a decision this time.

Taking the initiative to abandon the prosperous coastal areas and move inland requires a lot of courage and determination.

"The powerful people know that they have no way to retreat, and now they are desperate." Zhou Yi was slightly unhappy.

He is preparing to command the navy to deal with the powerful Jiangnan clan just like Japan.

Unexpectedly, the powerful clan came to drain the fire for him and ran away directly.