The nature of war is varied.

There are the righteous and the unjust.

Punitive in nature, aggressive in nature.

conquest and plunder.

Obviously, the nature of the war that Wancheng Kingdom wants to fight Nanyuan Zhou this time should belong to the latter.

It is to obtain the land and population of Nanyuanzhou, take the other party's spiritual veins and resources, and achieve permanent occupation.

But to achieve this goal, a large number of troops will need to be mobilized.

For example, the 1,000 cities in Nanyuanzhou have an average population of 1.5 million per city, and with 1,000 troops per city, the Wancheng Kingdom must dispatch at least one million troops to achieve full occupation.

However, under the guiding ideology of the elite strategy, the standing regular army of the country of Wancheng is only four fleets and more than 300,000 people (all of them are monks).

The four major sects together also have tens of thousands of monks, which can be organized into a 50,000-strong army.

With the strength of these two pieces, there is no problem in taking Nan Yuanzhou.

The problem is to achieve long-term and effective occupation and management, and to extract a steady stream of benefits.

Like a python, it is easy to kill an elephant, but it is difficult to swallow it and digest it.

What to do?

The top management of Wancheng Country is also aware of this problem.

Seeing the joining city-states desperately waving the spirit coins in their hands, and through various channels, expressing their willingness to contribute money and efforts to help take down Nanyuanzhou, the high-level leaders immediately came up with a solution.

Civil power.

Borrowing the power of the people.

There are currently more than 1,000 cities in Wanchengguo, which is the same number as the cities in Nanyuanzhou.

These cities, even if they send a thousand troops each, can pull out a million troops.

And a thousand troops, for the cities of the Ten Thousand Cities, it is like a drizzle.

Don't say a thousand, it's easy to pull out 10,000...... It's just that the quality of the soldiers will decrease slightly.

Looking at the level of enthusiasm of the cities today, the mobilization work just needs to be nodd.

It is even necessary to carry out a certain amount of screening to avoid mixing fish and dragons and making it difficult to command and control.

Therefore, after some consultation and discussion, the high-level of the Wancheng Kingdom formulated five standards for various civil forces to join the expeditionary corps.

First, first of all, we must hand over the guarantee fund of 5 million spirit coins to enrich the national treasury.

2. The main leader of the civilian formation of the corps must have a national contribution of more than 10,000.

3. The number of civil legions shall not be less than 800 but more than 1,000, and they shall have their own weapons, food and grass, and the proportion of monks shall not be less than one-third.

4. Before going on the expedition, they must receive at least three months of regular military training.

5. After the expedition, they must obey the orders of the Wehrmacht, obey the commands, and be immediately demobilized if they violate the rules.

After these five articles were announced, the entire Wancheng country was jubilant.

Then various cities and all kinds of civilian legions sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Business in the arms market is booming, with armor, swords, Lingyuan pistols, Lingyuan guns, and high-powered bows and crossbows...... Almost all of them were sold out.

All kinds of military uniforms, military boots, and military accessories are also in short supply, and factories have to rush to produce them.

Even all kinds of military rations, high-energy biscuits and other foods with a long shelf life have been swept away.

In a month's time, at least 3,000 civilian legions were established in the country.

And all of them are a full army of 1,000 people.

Of course, the state gives only 1,000 targets, and at least two-thirds of them will be eliminated...... Only the elite will be selected.

Therefore, as soon as these civilian regiments were established, they immediately hired professional officers with high salaries and devoted themselves to high-intensity training in order to win the quota for the expedition.

It is foreseeable that the 1,000 civilian legions that were finally selected will not perform much worse than the regular army after they are invested in Nanyuanzhou.

Zhou Ming was amazed by this.

"This year's senior management is indeed very smart. ”

"A thousand civilian legions, just a guarantee, have gathered 5 billion spirit coins. ”

"The millions of soldiers, weapons and equipment, food, grass and materials, and salaries and benefits, do not want the state to spend a penny, and all are borne by private individuals. ”

Even so, the response from the private sector has been positive, with families actively participating, investing heavily in recruiting talents, and training hard for fear of missing the opportunity. ”

"In the face of this kind of force, which has been fully mobilized from the official to the non-governmental, Nan Yuanzhou is afraid that it will be finished soon. ”

Zhou Ming predicted that the war would end in a relatively short time.

And the losses of the Wancheng country will not be very much.

Some people may be worried about Nan Yuanzhou's high-end combat power.

For example, there are thousands of immortals in the Gudan period, and there are thousands of them in Nanyuanzhou.

Ancestors in the Divine Stage, there are also six or seven in Nanyuanzhou.

These are all forces that should not be underestimated, and they may bring damage to the country of ten thousand times.

It's just that the combination of Lingyuan battleship + air armor, tens of thousands of Lingyuan cannons, hundreds of thousands of Lingyuan guns, plus wireless telegraphy for instant contact......

Zhou Ming predicted that the casualties of the army of the Wancheng Kingdom would not exceed four figures.

Therefore, he still studied well in the academy and did not have to pay attention to these news all day.

……

Two months later.

End of January.

The academy is on vacation.

Zhou Ming returned to his hometown Hyun Qingcheng.

Immediately startled by the scene in front of him.

The entire Hyun Qingcheng has poured in millions of foreign populations.

The vast majority of them were soldiers, and a small number were businessmen who had heard the news, as well as people in various service industries.

Hundreds of civilian legions from various cities also gathered here to prepare for the selection.

The airport is piled up with more than 1,000 airliners.

The restaurants and inns in the city have long been full, and hundreds of thousands of people can only live in field tents, forming a huge barracks around Hyunqing City.

High in the sky, there are twenty-four Lingyuan warships every day, formed into a neat formation, carrying out combat readiness patrols.

Those monks who put on the armor of the air and wrapped their whole bodies flew at high speed in the air, with a fierce and majestic atmosphere.

The expedition is getting closer and closer, and there is an atmosphere of tension and excitement in the military camps everywhere.

……

Hyun Qingcheng, the city lord's mansion.

Inside the banquet hall where distinguished guests are entertained.

The Bai family was fortunate to invite Fan Yangzhi, a nearly sixty-year-old general of the National Defense Forces, who commanded the expedition this time, to Baifu as a guest.

Zhou Ming also attended the banquet and sat next to the old man.

In order to let Zhou Ming get acquainted with some big names, at the banquet, the old man strongly recommended his grandson in front of Fan Yangzhi and listed a lot of deeds about him.

For example, the construction of the 'Xuanqing Highway', the attraction of investment, the development of the economy of Hyunqing City, and then the deep cultivation of the Xuanqing fruit industry, the development of pot rabbit breeding...... The development process of Hyun Qingcheng for more than ten years, step by step, has the credit of this precious grandson.

And he had excellent academic performance, won the top prize in the college entrance examination, entered Daxian College to study, and during his study in school, he invented the Lingyuanbo cable telegraph and the Lingyuan typewriter.

Listening to these introductions, Fan Yangzhi didn't feel anything at first, and even flashed a trace of impatience, but when he suddenly heard the words "Lingyuanbo wired telegraph", his eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his head and asked Zhou Ming: "Lingyuanbo telegraph was invented by you, isn't the inventor a person named Zhou Yuan?"

"Zhou Yuan is my pseudonym, and my real name is Bai Feiyang. Zhou Ming explained.

"That's ...... so"

Fan Yangzhi nodded, and began to show great interest in the inventor of the "Lingyuanbo Telegraph", asking a lot of related questions, seeing that he answered fluently and explained the principle clearly and thoroughly, he no longer doubted, and looked at his gaze, and gradually became eager.

This young man is a rare talent and has great training value.

In order to take the school exam, he also asked him a few questions...... About this war against Nanyuanzhou.

"Can I win?" asked Fan Yangzhi.

"Like an adult beating a child, I will win the kingdom of all times. Zhou Ming replied.

"Adults beating up young children?"

This analogy made Fan Yangzhi laugh, but still asked him, "Why do you think so?"

Zhou Ming analyzed the national strength, scientific and technological strength, organizational strength, overall mobilization strength, and army combat effectiveness one by one, and came to the conclusion that the Wancheng country would easily win.

Fan Yangzhi stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly, his eyes were quite surprised, a sixteen-year-old boy had such profound insight and comprehensive analysis ability, which really impressed him.

The young man in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.

However, if the Wancheng Congress wins, anyone with a discerning eye who has a little understanding of the comprehensive national strength of the Wancheng State can come to this conclusion.

He wanted to hear something different...... It's better to have never heard of it.

So he asked: "Feiyang, as you said, the Wancheng Kingdom will definitely win, as easily as an adult beating a young child, but isn't there any potential hidden danger, and will not face any major losses? ”

"If there's a big loss, that's probably a good thing. ”

Zhou Ming's words were shocking, and he said with a worried face: "I'm afraid that Nan Yuanzhou will take it too easily, and the loss will be too slight, and all parties in the Wancheng Kingdom will taste great benefits, and from then on embark on a road of no return that constantly wags wars and fights all year round, which is a bad thing." ”

Desperate for militarism?

This word made Fan Yangzhi stunned slightly, and then said with a smile: "Feiyang, you are really worried." ”

Fan Yangzhi's heart was a little disapproving.

In his heart, he even hoped to fight more wars, gain more glory, and accumulate more meritorious deeds.

After all, he has been a peaceful soldier for more than forty years, and he has long had enough, so as soon as he saw that there was a meaning to swallow Nanyuanzhou, his mind immediately became active, emptied his mind, and used up his connections, so he took his third fleet and seized the opportunity to go to Nanyuanzhou.

In addition, the three fleets that didn't seize the opportunity, didn't they hate him to the core, and said bad things about him in front of the parliamentarians every day?

War is a rare opportunity, war can reflect the meaning of the existence of their soldiers, peace is the blessing of hundreds of millions of people, but it is the misfortune of soldiers who are eager to make meritorious contributions.

Therefore, if he can, Fan Yangzhi hopes that there will always be a war.

Until they, the servicemen, have built up enough merit or are tired of the war.

Until then, they really don't want the war to end prematurely.

Because of peace, it's so boring.