Chapter 881 Follow-up Strategic Plan
The invention of alcohol is of great significance to the development of their medical industry in Dazhou.
Although the war with the Liang Kingdom and later with the Greenskins has ended for the time being, don't forget that there is still a group of ratmen in the south who are continuing to harass their border.
Although judging from the current situation, even if he ignores them, according to the strength of Soros and the others, Zhou Xu feels that he can stably deal with the rat people over there for five or ten years.
But considering that on the rock wall, there are also unstable factors such as dwarves, greenskins, and even more other forces.
Zhou Xu still felt that it would be better to resolve the existing troubles as soon as possible.
Of course, it is probably too late this year.
This was not the first time that he wanted to get rid of the rat people who appeared in their southern territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but his plan could not keep up with the changes.
Although at this point in time, the season is still spring, at first glance, it seems that it is not too late to launch troops.
But the actual situation is not like this at all.
Most of the troops originally recruited to deal with the rat people have now been stationed in New Taipei District. The remaining one thousand troops have just been brought back to Xianyang by him in the past few days and are currently stationed in Xianyang. Outside the city, waiting for subsequent transfers.
From the perspective of rushing, these thousand troops set off from Xianyang City, rushed to the port at Green Forest City, took the waterway, got off the ship at the factory in the rainforest area, and then rushed to the southern fortress. This trip , no matter how fast it is, it will probably take a month.
Of course, the travel time is only a small problem. The key point is how much use can the support of a thousand human troops do when we want to take the initiative?
According to Zhou Xu's idea, on the premise that the southern fortress has mobilized troops in the rainforest area, he would feel confident enough to add at least three thousand more troops.
In this way, Zhou Xu was very straightforward and directly issued a conscription order to increase the number of troops by three thousand!
This time the excuse is easy to find. Didn’t they, the Great Zhou Dynasty, annex Liang State just last year and establish the New Taipei District?
Although the land area is not as large as the New South District, it is not much smaller. Considering the daily garrison, it is almost inevitable to continue recruiting troops.
As for the impact of multiple conscriptions in the past few years on the labor force in the New South District, it will all be made up by prisoners of war and immigrants from the New Taipei District, which is cheaper than the original labor force.
After clarifying the entire idea, Zhou Xu quickly wrote the conscription order and ordered the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to implement it.
“The recruits recruited this time will be uniformly arranged to be trained in the recruit training camp. After the autumn harvest, they will be dispatched by me.”
Obviously, Zhou Xu did not intend to rely solely on these three thousand recruits as reinforcements.
Although the individual strength of the rat people is weak, their group size is huge, and the rat tide is even more terrifying. Once they fight, it will definitely be a fierce battle.
It is true that new recruits need to be tempered on the battlefield, but at the same time, he must also ensure victory and casualties in this war!
If these reinforcements are all new soldiers, if something happens then, we may not be able to protect ourselves.
So according to Zhou Xu's idea, he would start to mobilize his troops after finishing the autumn harvest.
From these three thousand recruits, one thousand were taken out and exchanged with veterans from various armies.
At that time, adding the thousand troops stationed in Xianyang City, there will be two thousand veterans and two thousand recruits, a total of four thousand troops. They will rush to the southern fortress in the winter, and in the next spring, they will officially go there. The ratmen mobilized their troops.
He wants to use a strong enough force and the highest efficiency to completely destroy the rat people over there in the shortest possible time!
At the same time, the most important thing is that he must not make any mistakes in this wave of operations, and must win it steadily!
Under Zhou Xu’s special instructions, the Ministry of Military Affairs worked very efficiently, and various cities in the New South District quickly issued recruitment orders.
Thanks to the vigorous publicity by storytellers and the Propaganda Department, the people of Dazhou had long known that they had won the war, expanded their territory, and added the New Taipei District.
Under this premise, it is basically known to everyone that more troops are needed to station in new territories.
The people have been mentally prepared for a long time, and as people of the Zhou Dynasty, this is still a good thing for them. Not to mention that their military treatment in Dazhou is notoriously good.
As soon as the recruitment order was issued, long queues quickly formed at registration offices everywhere.
"I'll go, how long will this queue last?"
Looking at the long queue, a wood elf gasped, and then turned to look at the person who had already queued up. man.
"Captain, it's rare to have a day off, and you spend all your time waiting in line?"
Hearing this, the man who was called the captain also felt melancholy.
"What can I do? As soon as I came here, the queue was already like this. Now I can only wait in line first. And look behind me. I just came here, and there are more people behind me. There are dozens of people.”
"..."
What their captain said was really not an exaggeration, and the number of people queuing up continued to increase. None of the wood elves expected that when the conscription order was issued by Dazhou , the formation is so big.
Withdrawing their gaze, the wood elves looked again at the human man they called 'captain'.
"Captain, are you not going to work with the logging team?"
After saying this, the wood elves really felt a little melancholy.
From the time they first came to work in Green Forest City until now, the captain has always taken good care of them. Now that they learned that the captain was leaving, each of them became a little depressed.
When the captain saw this, he said very freely...
"It is definitely better to be a soldier. When the time comes to go to the battlefield and achieve military exploits, I might still be able to hang out. As an officer, I will become a captain in the army when the time comes!"
As he spoke, the captain laughed happily.
“But don’t think too much right now. Our Da Zhou can’t be a soldier if you want. This wave of recruitment will only recruit 3,000 soldiers. After I queue up and sign up, I have to take a test later, and only the top 3,000 people with the best test scores will be accepted. It’s not certain whether I can get in.”
Having said this, the captain even joked to himself.
"So you don't have to rush to say goodbye to me, maybe I'll be back as soon as I turn around."
The wood elves were still a little melancholy, but as soon as their captain said these words , everyone was amused, and immediately burst into laughter, and the whole atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and happy.
One of them even took out a bag of melon seeds from nowhere, and started cracking the melon seeds while chatting with their captain.
“Captain, you just said that being a soldier is well paid, how good is that?”
"Food and accommodation are included, and meat is provided for every meal. The salary is higher than now. After retirement, you will be assigned a job. And with a military ID, you will get preferential treatment wherever you go. Basically, you can get discounts in any store you go to. And..."
It was originally a casual question, but when their captain opened his mouth, they were stunned for a moment.
Recall their treatment and life in the logging team, and compare it with the treatment as a soldier.
“Damn! After such a comparison, it’s really better to be a soldier!”
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(End of this chapter)