Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 985

[Chapter 985]

“The Protectorate of the Western Regions!” Chen Hu froze for a moment.

After King Yan captured Lu Song, he established the Southern Region Protectorate in Lu Song.

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

Because this Duhufu is equivalent to the Suzaku 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 Protectorate Houses will be established.

The White Tiger, Qinglong and other five armies will also change from just guarding the Dasong territory to being in charge of one side’s Protectorate and supervising a wider area.

Therefore, when King Yan said that he was allowed to be in charge of the Protectorate of the Western Regions independently, he was really flattered.

This means that like Qin Shan, Guan Tong and others, he will be alone.

Chang Wei and Yang Feng looked at each other and nodded after hearing the words.

They also agreed with Zhao Xu’s decision.

It is inappropriate for the White Tiger Army and the Xuanwu Army to take charge of the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

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

Sometimes there are even thousands of miles of no one inhabited.

Compared with the Fifth Army, which is dominated by infantry, it is obvious that the cavalry in charge of Chen Hu is more suitable to govern the entire grassland, and at the same time continue to expand westward, extending Da Song’s sphere of influence to the countries of the Western Regions.

“You heard me right, you are in charge of the Protectorate of the Western Regions. After this battle, the Lancers of each army will return to each army, and you will recruit some soldiers to add to your command. Increase the number of troops to 100,000, 80,000 cavalry, and 80,000 infantry. Twenty thousand.” Zhao Xu laughed.

Like the Protectorate of the Southern Regions, he prepared to adapt to local conditions for the areas under the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Taking advantage of the severe winter season, let Chen Hu expand his army for training. In the spring of next year, he will let Chen Hu sweep across the grasslands. After taking down the entire northern grasslands, he will continue westward and extend to the western regions of Tianshan Mountain.

For this vast area, like Nanzhanzhou, he will let the imperial court send officials to directly govern it and completely merge it into Dasong.

And further west, it is related to his strategic layout in Middle-earth.

Judging from the information collected by the Fourth Court, Ashur has been fighting a country called Tusman in the Western Regions for these years.

And in recent years, it has suffered repeated 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 still has a tendency to continue to invade.

This is also one of the reasons why he was eager to establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

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

Dasong is an oil-poor country. Perhaps due to the small scale of the industry and the small demand for oil, the domestic oil fields can handle it.

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

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

That being the case, he cannot allow such a restless force to exist in Middle-earth.

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

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

Even its old enemy, the Great Moon Kingdom, had no choice but to hold its breath.

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

“Your Highness, this…” Chen Hu still had some doubts, worried that he was not up to the task, so he declined.

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

He knew Chen Hu well, and he was unwilling to let him be a frontier official, but he must be the first to ask for him to charge forward for him.

Sure enough, I learned that the Protectorate of the Western Regions is so important.

After being silent for a while, Chen Hu gritted his teeth and said, “Your Highness entrusts such an important task to the last general, it is because of his trust in the last general, if he pushes it again, he will not know how to flatter him, please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will definitely give His Highness a ten thousand kingdoms.” Submissive Western Regions.”

“Ambition!” Chang Wei gave a thumbs up.

Yang Feng also stroked his beard and smiled.

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

After talking about the Protectorate of the Western Regions, Zhao Xu changed the subject, “This time the enemy’s siege of Da Song is only over in the north, but the other directions are still going on, and it’s time to turn our attention to the south. ”

Chang Wei nodded, “This time the machine gun performed very well on the Yongzhou battlefield. It can be provided to the Qinglong Army and the Suzaku Army, allowing them to kill and let Jiaozhi, Piaoman and the Western natives behind them taste the power.

” Naturally, but this king thinks that the war in the south is more serious than the war in the north, and he should be fully prepared before launching an offensive.” Zhao Xu said.

If you count the colonial servants of Jiaozhi, Pyuman, and Tianzhu, it is obvious that the southern army has more troops than Beidi, and the equipment is better, and the terrain is more complicated.

In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, he believes that it is necessary to wait for the machine guns to be installed and the number of metal bullets to be sufficient.

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

Especially metal bullets.

This battle in Yongzhou basically emptied the bullets accumulated by the Bing Zhansi during this period.

So he pondered for a while and said, “Just like the north, let the soldiers live a peaceful life, and at the same time let each army select a group of machine gunners to come to train.”

“The old minister thinks so too.” Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

He is in charge of logistics, and has frequent contacts with Wang Ying to understand the current situation of the Bingzhang 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 thought of something, he said: “By the way, Your Highness, Beidi and the Western Regions are now under the responsibility of the Protectorate of the Western Regions. What about the northern lands that the Ross people invaded?”

“The Xuanwu Army will be in charge.” Zhao Xu said.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions is in charge of the grasslands and the Western Regions, so the Xuanwu Army is naturally in charge of the vast snowfields of the extreme north.

Usually, the two can cooperate with each other.

However, these are his plans, and it will take a series of wars to achieve his goal.

After all, Da Song’s enemies will not easily spit out the territories they occupy, nor will they sit back and watch Da Song expand their sphere of influence.

The four of them chatted for half an hour, and it was getting late before Zhao Xu let them go back.

At this time, Yang Feng thought of something, stopped in his tracks, and said, “Your Highness, the old minister wants to have a word with the concubine.”

Zhao Xu showed a strange expression, and nodded when he saw that Yang Feng didn’t mean to explain.

Yang Feng left for a while, then came back.

The three of them left the palace together.

Back in the bedroom, just as Zhao Xu sat down, Yang Susu suddenly walked 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, meeting a happy marriage, is it a happy event?”

Zhao Xu became interested when he heard this.

Liu Fu has been fighting with himself. These years, he has really been his right-hand man and has undertaken a lot of government affairs for him.

He was so busy that he wasn’t even interested in talking about kissing, but now his heart has finally sprouted?

“Duke didn’t come to you just now to ask you to be a matchmaker, did he?” Zhao Xu asked.

Yang Susu nodded and was about to speak when suddenly she covered her mouth and felt like vomiting.

Zhao Xu was startled, and hurriedly helped Yang Susu, he suddenly realized, “Let’s not talk about Liu Fu’s happy event, there is a happy event in the palace right now.”

(end of this chapter)