Chapter 1001: Western Region Protectorate

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions!" Chen Hu was startled. read

After King Yan conquered Luzon, he established the Southern Territory Protectorate in Luzon.

The generals in the army are also spreading the news, and many people are envious of the navy.

Because this Duhufu is equivalent to Zhuque Qinglong and other troops, responsible for guarding one side.

There are even rumors that in the future, as the Dasong army expands its territory, other protective palaces will be established.

The White Tiger, Qinglong and other five armies will also change from just guarding the territory of Dasong to taking charge of a protective palace and supervising a wider area.

Therefore, he was really flattered when King Yan said that he would be independently responsible for the Western Region Protectorate.

This means that like Qin Shan, Guan Tong and others, he will be on his own.

Upon hearing this, Chang Wei and Yang Feng looked at each other and nodded.

They also agreed with Zhao Xu's decision.

It is not appropriate for the White Tiger Army or the Xuanwu Army to take charge of the Western Region Protectorate.

Because the terrain from the northern grasslands to the Western Region is very vast, but also very desolate.

Sometimes it’s even thousands of miles away.

Compared with the Fifth Army, which is mainly infantry, it is obvious that the Lancers in charge of Chen Hu are more suitable to govern the entire grassland, and at the same time continue to expand westward, expanding Dasong's sphere of influence to the countries in the Western Regions.

"You heard it right, I will put you in charge of the Western Region Protectorate. After this battle, the lancers of each army will return to each army. You will recruit some more soldiers to supplement your command, and the number of soldiers and horses will be 100,000, the cavalry will be 80,000, and the infantry will be 100,000. Twenty thousand." Zhao Xu smiled.

Like the Southern Region Protectorate, he planned to adapt measures to local conditions for the areas under the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protectorate.

Taking advantage of the cold winter season, let Chen Hu expand his army for training. In the spring of next year, he will let Chen Hu sweep across the grassland and capture the entire northern grassland before continuing westward to the western Tianshan region.

For this vast area, just like Nanzhanzhou, he would let the court send officials to directly administer it and completely merge it into Dasong.

Going further west is related to his strategic layout in Middle-earth.

Judging from the intelligence collected by the Fourth Academy, Ashur has been at war with a country called Tusman in the Western Regions in recent years.

In recent years, it has suffered successive defeats and lost a lot of territory.

It can be said that the entire core area of ​​Middle-earth is now controlled by Tusman, and it has the tendency to continue to invade.

This was one of the reasons why he was eager to establish the Western Region Protectorate.

Another reason is that with the advent of the power industry era and breakthroughs in internal gas and other technologies, Dasong will definitely have to face oil, an important strategic energy source.

Dasong is an oil-poor country. Perhaps because the industrial scale is not large and the demand for oil is not large, domestic oil fields can cope with it.

But as industry continues to prosper, this problem must be solved.

Dasong needs a stable source of oil energy and even needs to establish a safe oil input corridor.

In this case, he cannot allow such a restless force to exist in China.

As far as he knew, most countries in the current Middle-earth region were surrendered to the Tusman Empire.

The Tusman Empire can be said to be the real overlord of Middle-earth.

Even its old enemy Dayue Kingdom had to look up to him.

And this Big Moon Kingdom is a country in the contemporary Persian region.

"Your Highness, this..." Chen Hu still had some doubts and was worried that he was not qualified, so he declined.

Zhao Xu then told him his strategic purpose of establishing the Western Region Protectorate.

He understands Chen Hu and is unwilling to let him be a frontier official, but he will be the first to charge for him.

Sure enough, I learned that the Western Region Protectorate was so important.

After being silent for a long time, Chen Hu gritted his teeth and said, "His Highness entrusts such an important task to the general, which is a sign of trust in the general. To push it any further would be disrespectful. Please rest assured, your highness, the general will definitely give your highness a The Western Region where all nations surrendered.”

"Have ambition!" Chang Wei gave a thumbs up.

Yang Feng also stroked his beard and smiled.

He is old and is now willing to promote his juniors.

After talking about the Western Region Protectorate, Zhao Xu changed the topic and said, "This time the enemy's siege of Dasong is only over in the north, but it is still going on in other directions. Now it's time to turn our attention to the south. "

Chang Wei nodded, "This time the machine gun performed well in the Yongzhou battlefield. It can be provided to the Qinglong Army and the Suzaku Army to let them go on a killing spree and let Jiaozhi, Piaoman and the Western Turks behind them have a taste of their power."

"This is natural, but I believe that the war in the south will be more severe than the war in the north. We should be fully prepared before launching an offensive." Zhao Xu said.

If you include the servant armies of colonies such as Jiaozhi, Piaoman, and Tianzhu, it is obvious that the south has more troops than Beidi, and the equipment is better and the terrain is more complex.

In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, he believed that it was necessary to wait until the machine guns were installed and the number of metal bullets was sufficient.

Due to production capacity issues, these two cannot be satisfied in a short period of time.

Especially metal bullets.

This Yongzhou war basically used up the bullets accumulated by the War Department during this period.

So he pondered for a while and said, "Similar to the north, let the soldiers spend the New Year in peace, and at the same time let each army select a group of machine gunners to come for training."

"Old minister thinks so too." Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

He is in charge of logistics, has frequent contacts with Wang Ying, and understands the current situation of the Military Division.

Chang Wei also nodded.

Although he was eager to destroy the enemy, he also agreed with King Yan's philosophy of minimizing casualties.

Suddenly thinking of something, he said: "By the way, Your Highness, the Northern Di and the Western Regions are now under the charge of the Western Regions Protectorate, what about the Far North occupied by the Russians?"

"Let the Xuanwu Army take charge." Zhao Xu said.

The Western Regions Protectorate is responsible for the grasslands and the Western Regions, and the Xuanwu Army is naturally responsible for the vast Far North snowfield.

Normally, the two can still cooperate with each other.

However, these are all his plans, and he will have to go through a series of wars to achieve his goals.

After all, the enemies of Dasong will not easily spit out the territory they have occupied, nor will they sit back and watch Dasong expand its sphere of influence.

The four chatted for half an hour, and it was late, so Zhao Xu asked them to go back.

At this time, Yang Feng thought of something, stopped, and said: "Your Highness, this old minister wants to say something to the princess."

Zhao Xu showed a strange look, and seeing that Yang Feng had no intention of explaining, he nodded.

Yang Feng went for a while and then came back.

The three of them left the palace together.

Back in the bedroom, Zhao Xu just sat down when Yang Susu suddenly came over with a smile and said, "Your Highness, there is a happy event right now."

"What happy event?" Zhao Xu was puzzled.

Yang Susu smiled and said, "Prime Minister Liu is young and has met a good match. Is it a happy event?"

Zhao Xu became interested after hearing this.

Liu Fu has been with him for many years and has been his right-hand man and has undertaken a lot of government affairs for him.

He was so busy that he was not even interested in marriage proposals. Now he is finally moved?

"Duke, didn't you come to you just to ask you to be a matchmaker?" Zhao Xu asked.

Yang Susu nodded and was about to speak when she suddenly covered her mouth and vomited.

Zhao Xu was startled and hurriedly supported Yang Susu. Then he suddenly reacted, "Let's not talk about Liu Fu's happy event first. There is a happy event in the palace right now."