The imperial army left in a hurry, and kept exiting the restricted area marked by Qianye. After leaving the restricted area, they didn't stay long. They just rested for a short time, and then they broke camp and set off to return to the capital. Thinking about being forced back by naval guns, Commander Xue would have no face to stay here any longer. As for how he would complain to Nan Ruohuai after returning to the capital, Qianye neither cared nor cared.
In the next few days, the sky in Tacheng suddenly changed, as if entering the end of the world. Huge clouds swirled in the sky from time to time, making people in the city think that the sky was moving.
When panicked, Xu Jingxuan personally informed the whole city, saying that this vision was caused by Master Qianye's cultivation, so there is no need to panic. It's just that although people's hearts are fixed, heated discussions arose.
How many times have people imagined that practicing alone can move the world
In fact, Qianye himself was also very depressed. When Zhang Boqian revised the Taixuan Bingjue, he considered all aspects, but he didn't expect that Qianye hadn't faced the enemy yet, and the original force in his body could move the world to such a scale.
However, although the practice caused commotion, there were unexpected gains. The news spread at an astonishing speed. The people in the entire Tacheng territory regarded Qianye as a god, which was even more enthusiastic than the former national teacher. . Some people even thought that they were Qianye's only citizens and had nothing to do with Zheng Guo, and some people even began to think enthusiastically about what the new country name should be.
With Xu Jingxuan present, the work of the Western Expedition proceeded in an orderly manner. Since the beginning of conscription, batches of scouts have been sent out to collect the latest information on the dark races in the western region. By now, the latest batch of scouts had returned, hanging on the large map in the war room, with more and more markers.
When Qianye finished a stage of training and summoned the generals again, the big map was already covered with dense marks, even a small tribal camp was clearly marked.
Seeing this clear and well-structured map, everyone who knows how to do it admires it and admires Xu Jingxuan.
During this period of training for the new army, the mercenary generals also saw Xu Jingxuan's method of leading troops and his huge popularity in the western region. They have all come here on the line of life and death, so they naturally know what kind of soldiers can be useful on the battlefield. In just over ten days, Xu Jingxuan allowed a group of inexperienced civilians to initially master the skills of basic fighters, and he was ordered to forbid them. There is no general who does not like such soldiers.
Although most of the mercenary generals came from reckless backgrounds, no one is stupid to have survived in the neutral land and achieved such achievements. He knows who really knows how to fight and who is just studying military books. On the battlefield, it's the real thing. If you go on paper, you won't survive for long.
Standing in front of the map, Xu Jingxuan unknowingly straightened his back, and his whole demeanor became calm and confident. He pointed to a series of marks and said: "The total length of this large corridor in the west is more than 500 kilometers, and the average width is 90 kilometers. Kilometers, and the narrowest point is only 15 kilometers. It turns here and goes north, and it will extend another 140 kilometers to reach the Emerald Sea, which is the base camp of werewolves."
He didn't say much about the Emerald Sea, but pointed back to the Grand Corridor, "According to the latest information, there are a total of 166 tribes of the dark race living within a range of 100 kilometers, with a total population of nearly 300,000." .In addition, the dark race built two large fortress groups here, and besides the two main fortresses, there are nearly twenty small fortresses or stone castles scattered around the periphery."
Some mercenary generals looked dignified, but several captains from the Song Clan looked relaxed and said with a smile: "What age are you still building such small fortresses and stone forts? Isn't this for our gunners to train their heads? "
When the mercenary generals thought that this was indeed the case, they all laughed out loud, mocking the stupidity of the dark race.
Qianye knocked on the table to calm them down, and continued to listen to Xu Jingxuan's explanation.
Xu Jingxuan blushed slightly, and explained: "We Zheng Guo has never had a fleet of this size, let alone a large ship that can withstand the bombardment of ground turrets. Usually the fleet is mainly used for reconnaissance, chasing and destroying remnants of the enemy, and field battles. Participated in the siege."
Qianye nodded. He confiscated more than a dozen large and small airships from Zheng, basically all old models, lacking mobility and firepower, and not enough firepower to destroy the main turret of the city defense with one shot.
In fact, the design of Zheng Guocheng's anti-aircraft guns is quite characteristic. It should be specially designed to deal with the strong attack of the upper nobles of the dark race. It is powerful and has excellent defense-breaking performance. Can't stop the turret bombardment.
But with Battle Cruiser in Qianye's hand, it is enough to change the rules of the game. The first-line defense system that the dark race thought was impregnable became vulnerable. After pulling out the small fortresses and stone fortresses outside, the remaining two main fortresses will not last long.
Xu Jingxuan ordered people to hang up two pictures, which turned out to be the structure and defense distribution map of the two main strongholds of the dark race. Although it is very rough, the facade structure is still clear, and the internal distribution is quite messy, but in Zheng Guo's previous situation, this is extremely precious information.
Qianye glanced at him, nodded and said, "You really have a heart."
Xu Jingxuan said: "The wish of my subordinates for many years is to be able to open a large corridor and face the emerald sea. So I usually collect more information when I have nothing to do."
Qianye smiled slightly, and said: "It's good to have such a heart. Follow me well, and it won't take long for you to get what you want."
Xu Jingxuan breathed heavily and saluted solemnly.
In the past, the state of Zheng was weak and had a vast territory, but most of its power was spent on internal fighting. Its strength was only equivalent to that of a county in the empire. No matter what the official position was, the size of its troops and armaments was similar to that of a stronger county in the Qin Dynasty. . With such national strength, even a general like Xu Jingxuan is unable to penetrate into the depths of the Great Corridor. He can only defend and prevent the dark race from rushing out of the Great Corridor.
When Xu Jingxuan retreated, Song Hui walked up to the stage and hung up a picture. The mercenary generals below immediately frowned, all of them looked bitter.
Song Hui's picture is intricate, densely packed with charts, numbers and formulas. The mercenary generals are all used to dealing with graphics, which makes them feel overwhelmed when they read books, not to mention the dense numbers. As for the formula for combining numbers and words, it is completely bible, no matter how serious you look at it, you can't understand it.
Even Qianye had to distinguish it carefully before realizing that it was a chart of the current economic structure.
What is rare is that Song Hui not only includes Zheng Guo in this table, but also includes the land of neutrality and Ningyuan Heavy Industry. Qianye didn't remember that she had ever been to a neutral land, could it be that she was able to sort out such a complicated and rigorous system just by consulting the information on the ship
Song Hui briefly introduced the construction rules and uses of this model, and she only talked for less than five minutes. In fact, it was useless for her to talk too much, even Qianye couldn't understand it, and the group of mercenary generals were all dumbfounded, as if they were listening to heaven.
Xu Jingxuan was not much better either, he was good at leading troops to fight, but how can he understand such financial management methods that originated from the core of the Song Clan? It can also be heard that there are several rules related to military logistics.
Song Hui skipped the intermediate reasoning part and directly concluded: "With the current production of Zheng Guo's Black Stone and other energy sources, with the strength of the whole country, the annual output can supply our fleet for three months. But only with the corridors currently under control , it is only one and a half months. According to the existing data, starting to build new mines and refining equipment from now on will double the output in about six months, and quadruple the current output in a year, but so far. That is Said, either we get more mines from Zheng Guo, or we have to transport fuel from a neutral place or even the mainland of the empire. In this way, the transportation cost will be higher than the price of the fuel itself.”
Qianye frowned. He had prepared a large amount of supplies for this expedition to Yonglu, but he did not expect that after the conquest of Zheng Guo's fleet, the size would almost double, and the fuel demand would also more than double. Zheng Guo's old warships are not very powerful and consume a lot of energy. All of them are beasts that eat black stones.
Now that the fleet can still operate for more than a month, it must be replenished.
Song Hui waited for Qianye to think for a while, and then said: "This is just the Blackstone fuel. Next, let's talk about the supply of parts and the repair of the floating ship..."
If you want to repair the floating ship, you must have a repair workshop, and you can imagine how big the workshop needed by the battle cruiser is. To build a workshop, you need equipment, craftsmen, power towers, and families of craftsmen... etc., etc., just a rough outline, Song Hui listed more than 170 items, not counting every The detailed items under the rough outline. For example, there are more than a thousand important parts, and there are dozens of models of various consumables. So many things, just thinking about it gives me a headache.
Fortunately, Song Hui finally concluded that most of them can be obtained in Zheng Guo, and there will be no dark races in Zheng Guo. The production of Yonglu itself is quite diverse, and the quantity and high-end products are not comparable to the upper-middle-level mainland, and there are still a lot of low-end resources. It's just that the original force here is too chaotic, the local exploration and mining technology is not enough, and the production is not good enough to attract foreign investment, so it has become what it is today.
What's more, even if Yonglu doesn't have it, it can be transported from a neutral place or the mainland of the empire, but it's more expensive.
It turned out to be money. Qianye understood, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Song Hui saw what Qianye was thinking, and said angrily, "It's not just about money."
"Then what else?" Qianye asked humbly, he had already been given a headache by the pile of numerical formulas, and he really didn't want to read it again.
Song Hui patted the map and said, "Didn't I just say that Zheng Guo has most of the things. I really don't see why it is necessary to keep this Zheng Guo. Why don't you just take it over? You take it all." One-third of the site, and another two-thirds is no big deal."
Qianye didn't realize that this Song Hui was a war madman through and through. It's just that he has already promised Nan Ruohuai to let him be King Zheng, so it's not good to just abolish him like this before Nan Ruohuai has no obvious dereliction of duty or evil intentions. Moreover, it is easy to occupy, but it is not as easy to maintain as Song Hui said. Unless the looting and massacre of the city is gone, there is a high probability that it will turn into a security war.
Qianye thought for a while, and said: "The Zheng Kingdom is such a big place, it's useless to occupy it all. What we need, we will naturally grab it from the dark race. From now on, we will start preparing for the battle, and we will formally go west in a week. In addition, Song Hui will be in charge of logistics support, and can coordinate the supply of all resources in our territory."
This is considered to be the power, but Song Hui is not very happy, said: "I don't want to stay behind, I want to fight!"
No matter how big her breasts were, it was impossible for Qianye to agree to her. At that moment, Qianye ignored her mournful gaze, arranged other personnel matters, readjusted the leadership of the army, and announced the adjournment of the meeting.