"You are gathering together again to discuss military affairs. This is a blessing for Liu!" All the generals had experienced staying in the General Staff Headquarters, so Li Jing was not needed. Liu Ji and the other two re-arranged their positions again.

So Li Jing immediately issued the first task of reorganizing the General Commander General Staff: "My generals, let's discuss, in the rotation stage, where should our army's first goal be pointed at?"

Since the decision has been made, it is better to determine the first goal of the round of war earlier, and it is more necessary to take advantage of this to get the generals together.

"Report to the General, Chief of Staff, the last general believes that he should take advantage of the victory at present." As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Huo Qubing stood up first. He clasped his fists and bowed and said: "There are a large number of enemy soldiers, and most of them fled to the West. The last general believes that the next target should be the West's 'Eight Sons United'."

"Report to General, Chief of Staff." After Huo Qubing said that, he sat down, Lu Su stood up at Di Qing's gesture and reported: "The last general also believes that he should take advantage of the decisive momentum to pursue the enemy, but..."

When Lu Su said this, he glanced at Huo Qubing, whom you also thought so, and then said, "But the last thing he thought should be done to the north and take advantage of the situation to subdue the 'Yili United', which had greatly reduced strength. Later, he would attack the 'Bernser Germany' in the east, or attack the 'Eight Sons' in the west, and it would be okay to discuss it again."

After all, Lu Su is a professional staff officer, and it involves it from the reasons to the subsequent reasons, which makes others have to accept the truth.

Subsequently, the other generals also made their own suggestions, but in general they were divided into two directions. One was to go north and subdue the relatively weak Yili Union among the coalition forces; the other was to attack westward, mainly to eliminate the enemy's remaining troops, but no one mentioned it when it went east.

The alliance against the Xia army this time is actually composed of three major alliances.

First, the "Yili Union" where the Xia army was located at this time was a force formed by a coalition of four viscounts in order to resist the Welcoming Met State. Later, two viscounts were added, three barons, a total of six viscounts and three barons.

The Yili United Army is estimated to have a total of about 300,000 troops. It is worth noting that the adjacent Baxter state to the north is the force of the "Garfield Chamber of Commerce", and its monarchy was also expanded with the support of the Chamber of Commerce.

The Garfield Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce south of the Baron River. It controls the right to issue currency on this territory and is of no difference in power. However, since the failure to fight against Xia, it has been restrained. Later, seeing that its surrounding territories are expanding, it supports the expansion of its territory where its base is located to the level of a monarchy.

The second is the "Bernser Germany" east of the Ely United. Its monarchy was Ibi Bernser, who was originally an earl. He established a monarchy after annexing other weak coalition territories around him. His troops were about 200,000.

To the east of Bernser Germany is a scattered union of a large group of territories. Because it has many waters and seas, it has excellent water combat power, which can only stop Bernser Germany's expansion.

The third is the "Eight Sons Union" in the west of Yili United. From its name, we can see that this is a joint force composed of eight viscounts territory, with a total of about 300,000 troops.

The total force of the three forces united was about 900,000. This time, the army of Xia State gathered more than 700,000, which was to use all their strength to fight, but in the end it failed.

The joint forces seem to have a huge number of troops, but in fact they are divided into specific territories, and in fact there are only tens of thousands of people. Most of them are auxiliary soldiers, and less than one-fifth of them are so-called "elite soldiers".

Because of this, after destroying more than half of the enemy's vitality, Li Jing and Liu Ji were able to pat their chests to ensure that there was no place in this place that the Xia army could not reach.

...

Two days later, Liu Ji received Yang Song's order to return to Xia Kingdom, and an order from Yang Song was handed over to Li Jing.

In Yang Song's order, in addition to letting Li Jing and the commander-in-chief he formed continue to lead the army to carry out tasks, he told Li Jing not to rush back the army immediately and maintain the status quo for the time being.

In the previous plan, when the second stage was reached, the Xia Kingdom's army would not have to maintain such a huge number outside the pass, but just let some of the troops that needed to perform tasks be on the front line. After all, the army outside can burn the national strength of the Xia Kingdom.

Although Liu Ji was unaware of the changes after receiving Yang Song's order, he could still think that some changes should have occurred in the Xia Kingdom.

After discussing with Li Jing and explaining it, Liu Ji rushed back to Tianqi City without stopping.

And the reason for this change starts from the second day of the decisive battle.

...

On June 23, 17th year of the Apocalypse, the day after the victory of the decisive battle, Xun Yu from the Executive Office entered the palace alone with a good memorial.

"Report to the king, I have important matters to report to me." Yang Song met Xun Yu in his study. After the other party greeted him, he submitted a memorial and said respectfully: "The country is expected to increase to about 25 million by the end of the year, and steel production is expected to achieve the ten-year target by the end of next year."

When Yang Song, who was about to read the memorial, heard this, put down this memorial and listened to Xun Yu's report attentively. It would be a long time to read this memorial, so it would be easier to listen to the other party's direct narration.

Xun Yu continued to report: "There are twenty-four counties, one hundred and seventy-three counties, and one thousand five hundred and sixty-nine towns in our country. All land tools that can be easily developed, including the southern wasteland, the Linhai Basin, the Apocalypse Plain, and the East China Sea islands have been developed."

The Xia Kingdom was able to develop to its current state in just over a decade, and a large part of it occupied the convenience of vast land.

In name, the Xia Kingdom actually occupied 2.6 million square kilometers, of which more than 500,000 of the Tianqi Plain, more than 1.5 million in the southern wasteland, more than 500,000 in the Linhai Basin, and more than 500,000 in the overseas islands. In addition, the land area of ​​Xia Kingdom is now.

When developing land, the Xia Kingdom chose places with slightly better terrain, such as water and land, and available natural resources around it, which is one of the reasons why the Xia Kingdom did not struggle to expand.

With many factors such as convenient railway transportation, strong power of steam engines, strong and effective court, a perfect compulsory education system, etc., the national strength of Xia State is very strong!

These are all what Yang Song knew, but he still didn't know why Xun Yu said these things and what the purpose was, so he continued to listen.

"If the population continues to grow, I infer that by the 20th year of the Apocalypse, the population of our country will reach more than 30 million. If we want to add counties and towns, it will not be as easy as it is now."

When Xun Yu said this, his tone changed and he suddenly became excited: "Beyond Shanhaiguan, there is a large enough land. I dare to hope that the king will expand his territory and become the people!"

So that's it! Yang Song finally knew what was sold in Xun Yu when he came to see him today - this was to ask him to annex the land north of Shanhaiguan!

Yang Song had thought of directly occupying the land outside the pass. After all, the reality in China was clearly placed in front of him. However, it was easy to occupy the land outside the pass, but it was difficult to defend.

After all, there is no natural barrier outside Shanhaiguan, so a huge number of troops must be maintained to defend the long border.

Moreover, the indigenous people outside the pass are also a big problem. When it cannot be kept intact, it is difficult for Xia State to directly raise his butcher's knife and make it straightforward.

Speaking of confidentiality, the confidentiality of land outside the customs cannot be fully controlled as it is now. At that time, whether it is a steam engine, a factory, a railway or the normal life of the people, customs, administrative systems, and even education, technology, etc. will be "publicly made public."

Not to mention the rest, this is the reason why Yang Songxia couldn't decide to continue to expand his territory. You should know that it was because he knew that there was a natural barrier in the north of the Linhai Basin that he decided to send troops to annex.

At this time, Xun Yu suggested that he expand the northern territory, which made Yang Song a little embarrassed. He also knew that it was a matter of time to expand, but he just couldn't make up this decision - this was the first time that Yang Song had such hesitation!

So Yang Song had no choice but to order Liu Ji to rush back from the front line, discuss with him and other important officials before making a decision. If the army hadn't really needed Li Jing to coordinate and command, he would have wanted to transfer Li Jing back.
Chapter completed!