Chapter 1277

At the moment of dominating China, Ouyang Shuo's state of mind seemed to usher in another sharp change, becoming more remote and calm. His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the fog of time and see the unknown distance.

Ouyang Shuo's strategic vision can see farther than others without taking advantage of rebirth.

When dealing with the affairs of the empire, Ouyang Shuo also became more calm and unhurried, as if he had reached a state of "moving as fast as a mountain".

At this moment, the "Five Emperors' Manual" he practiced finally broke through to the tenth level, his body once again broke through the acquired limit, and was promoted to the first level of innate, ushering in a qualitative leap.

In order to cultivate to the tenth floor, Ouyang Shuo spent a full two years to rekindle his body.

It is conceivable that the further the "Five Emperors' Manual" is, the more difficult it is to practice, and even the promotion of each level in the future is calculated in units of years.

If you encounter a checkpoint and cannot realize your epiphany, it may even take several years for a single pass.

Just like this time, it took Ouyang Shuo more than nine months to be promoted from the ninth floor to the tenth floor, which is almost equivalent to the sum of the training time of the first eight floors.

If it weren't for this sudden change in mood, he might not have been able to get promoted.

Opportunity is really elusive sometimes.

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Taking advantage of the remaining seven years of Gaia, in the last half month, the Great Xia court quickly made a plan for the Mongolian Empire, setting the tone for the court to govern the Mongolian prairie.

The imperial court decided to divide the territory of the Mongolian Empire into two, and the headquarters area was established as the Northern Plains Province; the Wokuotai Khanate area, that is, the former Western Turkic area, was established as the Western Frontier Province.

The two provinces occupy a very large area, especially the Northern Plains Province, which spans from east to west. There are grasslands, highlands, and Gobi desert in the territory. Whether it is vertical distance or horizontal distance, it is the largest area of ​​the local province.

The province of Western Xinjiang is also not far behind. There are Gobi, mountains, and basins in its territory.

Ouyang Shuo unexpectedly selected the candidate for the governor of Beiyuan Province, Yelu Chucai, the former prime minister of the Mongol Empire and one of China's top ten prime ministers.

Ouyang Shuo did this after careful consideration.

For one thing, Yelu Chucai was not a Mongol, and had no blood feud against Daxia. During Genghis Khan's coma, it was Yelu Chucai who came forward to stabilize the situation and kept Hara and Lin from falling into chaos.

For Yelu Chucai, he had no choice but to serve the empire.

Second, Yelu Chucai has assisted the Khan in governing Mongolia for a long time. He has rich experience and has a high prestige among the Mongolians. It is very helpful for Yelu Chucai to be the governor of Beiyuan to stabilize the people of Beiyuan.

Based on this, Ouyang Shuo appointed this person as Governor of Beiyuan.

The candidate for the governor of the Western Xinjiang Province is designated as the Shou Jingjian of Shaowu County in the Southern Fujian Province. Jing Jian can also be regarded as a veteran of the empire. He once served as the director of the Supervision Department. Because he avoided guarding martingale, he was released as the governor of Shaowu County.

This time, he was promoted to the governor of Xijiang, which can be said to belong to everyone's expectations.

Whether it is Northern Plains Province or Western Frontier Province, a province like this is a border province with a vast territory and complex ethnic composition, the governor must choose that kind of powerful strongman.

Both Yelu Chucai and Jing Jian undoubtedly fit this trait.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of establishing the two major provinces, the imperial court also made an adjustment to the jurisdictions of the Northern Border Protectorate and the Western Protectorate to adapt to the imperial strategy, making the two protectors more worthy of their names.

A few days ago, the imperial court decided to separate the Northern Xinjiang Province and Yingzhou Province from the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate and put them back under the direct management of the imperial court.

In this way, the Protectorate of Northern Xinjiang will go down to the two major provinces of Beiyuan and Liaojin to unify the northern border of the empire. The government office of Duhufu will also be moved from Kyoto to Hara Helin in order to better guard the northern border.

This is a brand new challenge for the Northern Xinjiang Guardian Siege Lion.

Whether or not the northern border can be guarded and managed well for the empire is a test for Ouyang Shuo to the siege lion. Nostalgia.

On the basis of Xikang Province and Xihai Province, the Xijiang Protectorate was merged into the newly established Xijiang Province to unify the western border of the empire.

This also means that the burden on Xijiang Duhu is even heavier.

The three major provinces under the Protectorate of Western Xinjiang correspond to the Qiang, Tubo, and Mongolian peoples respectively. They also have a special geographical location and lag behind in development. It is not easy to govern well.

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After disposing of the Mongol Empire, Ouyang Shuo faced a bigger problem, that is, how to settle the 1.2 million "attrition army" and nearly 600,000 Mongolian cavalry prisoners of war.

The easiest way, of course, is to abolish them all.

But this is also the stupidest and most expensive way, and it is not on the table at all.

Especially the 600,000 Mongolian cavalry, although they surrendered, they were still rebellious. If they were released home, they would definitely become a serious problem for the empire to govern the northern border in the future.

Therefore, no matter what, we must find a way to restrain it in order to wear down its spirit.

For this matter, Ouyang Shuo worked with the Senior Advisory Council, the Privy Council, and the Military Aircraft Department to discuss over and over again. Starting from the overall strategy of the empire, combined with the needs of regional development, they finally came up with a combined plan.

First, make up the South American Corps.

The South American Corps led by Warrior Wolf currently only has two legions. Ouyang Shuo decided to select elites from the 1.2 million surviving "attrition army" to supplement the South American Corps.

As a matter of course, the South American Corps was promoted to the South American Army, and it was still led by the Wolf Warriors Group Army.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the strength of the South American Army, Ouyang Shuo specially transferred Yuchi Jingde, a fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, to the South American Army to serve as the commander of the Third Army Corps.

Second, form the South Asian Army.

The South Asian Army is a newly established group army, and it is also the first group army added after the empire threw out a disarmament plan. It can be known from the name that the South Asian Army is prepared for the future empire to conquer Tianzhu.

If nothing else, the empire will not expand its military for a long time to come.

The South Asian Army is commanded by the commander of the Fourth Corps of the Imperial Guard, a peerless general, General Wuwei, who was promoted to the post. In view of the increasing scarcity of the position of army commander, this can be regarded as Ouyang Shuo's compensation for this veteran.

The position of regiment commander that was vacated by Elai was promoted by Shan Zhu, the division commander of the Iron Armored Beast Cavalry Division directly under the Imperial Guard Army. In this round of disarmament, the Imperial Guard will no longer retain the independent establishment of the Iron Armored Beast Cavalry Division directly under it.

Shanzhu was "laid off" and was just promoted to the head of the army, completing a replacement within the Imperial Guard.

In addition, Cheng Yaojin, a fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, was also transferred to the South Asian Army as the head of the First Army Corps.

Third, the establishment of three major construction corps.

In the future, if the empire wants to attack the Romanov Dynasty in the north, it must base itself in the Northern Plains Province, and if it wants to attack the Persian Empire in the west, it must base itself in the Western Frontier Province.

In the same way, if you want to conquer Tianzhu in the southwest, you must base yourself in Xikang Province.

If these three frontier provinces cannot provide strong food and material support for the army alone, it is basically impossible to win by transporting food and grass from the Central Plains over a long distance.

If we really want to go to war, I am afraid that we will be humiliated because of the lack of food and grass.

If he was determined to transport grain and grass from the Central Plains, a big war might drag down the empire.

This is exactly the case, increasing the development of the three major provinces, and large-scale reclamation and border defense are more important than forming any group army, and it is also a prerequisite for the future expansion of the empire in Asia.

Without food and grass support, no matter how many troops stationed at the border, it would be futile.

In other words, until the food production of the three major provinces cannot reach a new level, the empire cannot station too large an army on the frontier.

Not to mention anything else, just the daily logistical support of the army cannot be done. In that case, not to mention taking the initiative to attack other dynasties, it is already good to be able to defend the frontier.

It seems urgent to settle the land and defend the frontier.

Based on such a strategic judgment, the three construction corps of Beiyuan, Xijiang and Xikang came into being.

China has always had a tradition of colonizing and guarding the frontier, especially in the Western Regions. It started from the Western Han Dynasty and went through the Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming, and Qing.

It has been followed to modern society, and the tradition of reclamation and frontier defense has not been broken.

Inspired by this, Ouyang Shuo decided to set up three major construction corps at one go, to accumulate food and supplies while cultivating and guarding the border, and lay a material foundation for the expansion of the empire.

According to preliminary calculations by the Privy Council, after supplementing the South American Army, forming the South Asian Army, and abolishing some wounded, there are still 1.2 million soldiers waiting to be resettled.

In this way, the three major construction corps, each with 400,000 soldiers, not only exceeded the general corps establishment, but even the group army could not catch up.

This is more than that. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the imperial court also allowed the family members of the soldiers to move to Tuntian District together to participate in production and construction when the conditions were ripe.

In this way, the size of the Construction Corps will at least double.

This is also necessary. With the current technological level of the empire, such a scale is not exaggerated. If there is an opportunity in the future, Ouyang Shuo will further expand the scale of the Construction Corps.

Only in this way can the three frontier provinces be revitalized.

Referring to the ancient system, the Construction Corps will be placed under the dual leadership of the imperial court and the Protectorate. During wartime, the Construction Corps will also be temporarily under the jurisdiction of the theater. When necessary, the theater can recruit the Corps to fight on the front line.

In this way, the candidates for the heads of the three major construction corps are very important and have rigid requirements.

First of all, if this person was from the army, otherwise, he would not be able to subdue such a group of rebellious soldiers; secondly, this person must understand some internal affairs and have certain management skills.

After all, the main task of the Construction Corps is to cultivate land, not to fight.

With such a screening, there are very few people to choose from.

Ouyang Shuo first delineated the most important of the three construction corps, and the one with the deepest history - the head of the Xijiang Construction Corps. Command Tian Dan.

Historically, Tian Dan was worshiped by generals, so he could naturally take on this important task.

Afterwards, Ouyang Shuo delineated the commander of the Third Corps of the City Guards, veteran Ma Teng, as the commander of the Beiyuan Construction Corps.

Historically, Ma Teng managed Xiliang to protect the environment and the people, and he could have taken on this important task if he wanted to.

The last commander of the Xikang Construction Corps, Ouyang Shuo designated the commander of the Second Corps of the Flying Bear Army. He was also a veteran, and he was Pei Renji, who was both civil and military.

Compared with young generals, the advantages of veteran generals in this respect are very obvious.

Being mature and prudent is not just talking.

So far, the placement of the 1.8 million troops has come to an end.

Next, Daxia will thoroughly sort out the affiliation between the theater and the group army, and clarify the empire's strategy, so as to lay the foundation for the future empire.