Chapter 798: Insight Into the Situation
"Your Highness, we found the seeds of the rubber tree. Read М" Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to search for the seeds of the rubber tree in the warehouse of Marka City after obtaining the information about the seeds of the rubber tree from the document.
Not long after, Pan Chang came back with an excited look on his face.
"In addition, I also released the people of Dasong who were imprisoned by the Portuguese and found the spies of the Fourth Courtyard." Pan Chang added.
Zhao Xu nodded.
He had to praise Xu Ke when he returned this time. If it weren't for Xu Ke's Fourth Courtyard, he would be in danger this time.
At the same time, this also indirectly shows that his huge investment in the Fourth Courtyard over the years was worthwhile.
The entire Yizhou was taken down, and Zhao Xu planned to leave 6,000 soldiers stationed here.
He also sent people to Yanzhou to let Liu Fu send officials to the south to establish a government office to govern Yizhou.
For thousands of years, there have been many people from Dasong who came to Yizhou. He saw many villages along the way from north to south.
As far as he knows, the entire Yizhou has at least one million people.
With this million people under his rule, Yizhou will become an important node on the sea trade route of Dasong, as well as a sea fortress.
If the Western Land Fleet wants to go north, it must first pass Yizhou.
Moreover, after taking Yizhou, he has connected Dongying, Ryukyu, and Yizhou into a defensive line.
This defensive line will be able to effectively prevent the fleet of Sam from coming 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 in the ocean.
Until the naval base of Dasong is built at the door of Sam, let them taste the taste of being attacked by others.
For hundreds of years, the warships of these Western Land countries have sailed on the sea, going wherever they want and bullying whoever they want in the East.
This era is coming to an end.
"In this war, the foundation of Marka City was basically not damaged. Three thousand soldiers are stationed here and in Lujiao City." After discussing the garrison for a while, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi made a bitter face, "Your Highness, if we continue to station troops like this, the Marine Corps will have fewer and fewer soldiers available. Can we let the Army station here?"
At present, they have 4,000 troops stationed in the north of Japan, 2,000 in Ryukyu, and 6,000 in Iju, so only half of the Marine Corps will be available.
Even so, most of the troops are still in Wufeng Island and Japan.
If there is any war again, there will be very few soldiers available.
"If you want to expand the army, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush. These soldiers are stationed in Japan, Ryukyu, Iju, etc., but they can be temporarily transferred when needed, and then transferred back after the war, right?" Zhao Xu glared at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi heard this and laughed twice, "I didn't think of this, but it's a bit troublesome after all, it's still convenient to expand the army."
Shaking his head, Zhao Xu thought about it.
The war in Jiangnan will probably take some time.
The Wu Kingdom, headed by the Liang family and supplemented by the Xie family, the Han family and the Wang family, is one.
The Dou family, which retreated to Yizhou, is also one.
In addition, there is a Fan family sitting in Yunzhou.
And the Franks who controlled Jiaozhi.
Therefore, even if the war in Jiangnan is over, the army's affairs are still heavy.
The royal family needs to garrison the south to guard against the Franks and the Ashur tribe that controls Tubo.
And after the Jiangnan incident, the threat from the north must be resolved.
During this period, while Britain was making frequent moves, the Russian Kingdom was also making a lot of moves, exporting a lot of firearms to Beidi.
The military instructors of the Russian Kingdom also appeared in the Beidi army.
Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties often perished in the north.
He would 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 maintain overseas interests in the next period of time.
"In this case, I will give you another 30,000 soldiers and expand the marines to 60,000." Zhao Xu said.
As for the number of troops, he only asked for enough.
If the situation worsens, the army will be expanded again.
It takes money to maintain an army, and it also requires young and strong people, which will affect development.
Due to the reform of the military system and the use of muskets, it only takes three months to train an army, so there is no need to maintain a large standing army.
Before the First World War, until the outbreak of the war, the armies of various countries expanded significantly.
In a few months, Germany increased its standing army from 790,000 to 5 million, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 450,000 to 3.35 million.
France increased from 790,000 to 4 million, and Russia increased 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, the Soviet Union and the United States both had standing troops of tens of millions.
Of course, this is a modern example, and there is another example in front of us.
It is Japan and the powerful families.
According to intelligence, when he launched an attack on Japan, Watanabe expanded the army significantly. Under his attack, the strength of the four southern feudal lords not only did not decrease, but increased to 600,000.
According to the captives, the military strength of Wu alone increased from 400,000 to 1 million.
This is only Wu's, not including the Xie family.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi was overjoyed when he heard this.
As a general of the navy, he was naturally happy to see more and more soldiers under his command.
After deciding this, Zhao Xu was not in a hurry to go back.
This time, Yizhou was captured by him, and he wanted to know how Wu would react, so he waited for the four courtyard spies in Lincheng to send the information here.
Three days later, the spy from the four courtyards delivered a piece of intelligence to him.
"The Wu Kingdom is moving its capital to Changcheng, Jiangzhou, and at the same time, it is forcing the people in the coastal cities to migrate inland, fortifying the city and clearing the fields." Zhao Xu read the letter and handed it to Zhou Yi.
This Jiangzhou is the contemporary Jiangxi, and Changcheng is the location of Nanchang.
In the contemporary era, 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 base in the south.
In Dasong, although Changcheng is not as rich as Liang's Lincheng, it controls important waterways and goods can reach Lincheng by water, so it can also be called one of the important cities in Dasong.
And Jiangzhou is mountainous, which is convenient for hiding soldiers.
It is understandable that Liang Kai chose this place.
Of course, in his opinion, this Changcheng is just a temporary capital.
If the war is not favorable, they will continue to move the capital.
However, it was a bit surprising that Liang Kai could make such a decision this time.
It takes a lot of courage and determination to give up the rich coastal areas and migrate inland.
"The powerful families know that they have no way to retreat, and now they are desperate." Zhou Yi was a little unhappy.
He was about to lead the navy to deal with the Jiangnan powerful families as he did with Japan.
Unexpectedly, the powerful families cut off his support and ran away.