In a study room in the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in Xiushui City, Shen Du, the commander of the first division of the Fengwu Army, said to Shen Xiao, the envoy of the Fengwu Jiedu: "Father, now that the Zhou family has captured Linxing City and Tonghui City, it is equivalent to entering Zhenwei Town.

Since the Zhou family has entered Zhenwei Town, they should leave our Fengwu Town and withdraw from Ganyang City and Longshan City.

And I have to ask the Zhou family to withdraw from Ganyang City as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that Ganyang City will be implicated by the Zhou family this time.

The expeditionary force sent by the Silver Wolf Empire is already on the way. ”

Shen Xiao then picked up two telegrams from the desk and handed them to his eldest son Shen Du, "Both the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire have promised to ensure the existing order in Ganyang City.

We don't need to worry about the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary force attacking Ganyang City. ”

As the largest port city in the western part of the Han and Tang Empires, Ganyang City was also the most developed city in the western part of the Han and Tang Empires.

Shen Du hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, even if the Zhou family occupies Linxing City and Tonghui City in Zhenwei Town, I think the Zhou family will be in a catastrophe this time."

Do we have to plan for what will happen after the fall of the Zhou family?

At least Tonghui City must be eaten. ”

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and now the eyes of the entire Han and Tang Empires are focused on the Zhou family and the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire.

We're going to make some moves now, and we're going to get it down.

After all, the newspapers almost described the Zhou family as a hero who resisted the invasion of the Silver Wolf Empire, so let's talk about it when the Zhou family is really finished! ”

On the morning of February 10, at the dock of Jingsheng Port, Zhou Xiaorong walked down the suspension ladder of the large armored cruiser Pinghai, and Zhou Rui immediately greeted him.

This time, there were more than ten warships that arrived at Jingsheng Port with the large armored cruiser Pinghai.

In addition to the warships that were secretly withdrawn to Crescent Island, the remaining warships of the coastal defense fleet had all been concentrated in Jingsheng Port at this time, and even included the two ironclad battleships Zhenwu and Zhenji stationed in the fourth formation of the coastal defense fleet stationed on Xiwei Island.

After Zhou Xiaorong saw Zhou Rui, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Young General, your surprise is inevitably too big."

Originally, I thought that it would not be easy for our Zhou family to take Huitong City and Yiguang City this time.

Unexpectedly, the two largest cities in Zhenwei Town are now in the pocket of our Zhou family.

Even Zhenwei made Xu Wanpeng a prisoner of our Zhou family. ”

Zhou Rui said with a smile: "Second uncle, I didn't expect that the situation in Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion would be so bad.

This made our Zhou family almost bloodless, so we incorporated the descendants of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, and Linxing City and Tonghui City naturally fell into the hands of our Zhou family. ”

Zhou Xiaorong said with some sighs: "But it is too expensive to absorb the troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, which is a full 85 million silver coins!" ”

"Hehe, second uncle, then do you say it's worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it, with the two populous cities of Linxing City and Tonghui City, our Zhou family can really have a foundation.

It's just that the thought of spending 85 million silver coins at once, I still feel distressed enough. ”

At noon that day, Zhou Rui set up a table of banquets in the City Lord's Mansion to catch Zhou Xiaorong.

Zhou Rui has been living in the City Lord's Mansion for the past few days in Jingsheng City.

After eating, Zhou Rui and Zhou Xiaorong came to a study.

"Second uncle, the next step is to stabilize Linxing City and Tonghui City, as well as the adaptation of the 60,000 Zhenwei Army, I can only ask you Second Uncle."

Zhou Xiaorong came to Jingsheng City this time just to pass by, and then Zhou Xiaorong will rush to Linxing City to preside over all military and government affairs in Linxing City and even Tonghui City.

According to Zhou Rui's intentions, the seven descendants of the original Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion will be reorganized.

Among them, four infantry divisions will be mixed with the four garrison infantry brigades of the Ganyang Garrison Division.

The remaining three mixed infantry brigades will be mixed with the 22nd Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army of the Zhou family and the newly formed Xiangshi Garrison Brigade.

And the future establishment will eventually be on par with the original army units of the Zhou family.

You must know that the only division-level unit before the Zhou family, that is, the Ganyang Garrison Division, had a strength of 75,000 people, and the Zhou family's brigade-level troops were also as high as 17,000 troops.

Once these four infantry divisions and three mixed brigades are reorganized, the Zhou family's army will increase by more than 350,000 troops, and the total strength will be close to 500,000.

Zhou Xiaorong hesitated for a moment and said: "Major General, the original army unit of our Zhou family will be made into such a large establishment because of the lack of numbers.

Since the nominal Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion is under the control of our Zhou family, there will be no lack of troop numbers.

I suggest that when the original 4 infantry divisions and 3 mixed brigades of the Zhenwei Army are reorganized in the future, the establishment can be appropriately slimmed down, and the scope of the slimming can be expanded to all the army units of our Zhou family. ”

"Slimming? How to lose weight? ”

"It is best to control the division-level troops to about 30,000 and the brigade-level troops to less than 10,000.

Try to avoid a division commander or a brigade commander who can control too many troops. ”

Zhou Xiaorong's last sentence suddenly made Zhou Rui's heart move.

Although Zhou Rui has great trust in the existing senior officers of the Zhou family, as the saying goes, knowing people and faces does not know their hearts.

No one knows whether any of these high-ranking officers will betray the Zhou family for personal gain in the future.

After all, people are selfish, and in the face of huge interests, it is difficult for many people to resist the temptation, otherwise Zhou Rui would not have swallowed up the tens of thousands of elite troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion with money.

If it is implemented according to Zhou Xiaorong's plan to build a slimming down, even if a few high-ranking officers betray the Zhou family in the future, the losses can be reduced a lot.

"The second uncle is right, anyway, the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion has been taken down by our Zhou family, and I want a new number, which is just an official document.

Second uncle, you make a slimming plan for me as soon as possible, and after the matter with the Silver Wolf Empire is resolved, our Zhou family's army will be reorganized. ”

"Good! I'll get the optimized report as soon as possible! ”

"Second uncle, how is the situation in Ganyang City?"

"I have brought the 3rd Garrison Infantry Brigade, the Guards Regiment and the Fortress Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Garrison Division into first-level combat readiness.

Even if the coastal defense fleet temporarily withdraws from the Ganyang Military Port, the Cui family, the Chen family, the Pang family, the Dong family, and the Kong family in Ganyang City should not dare to act rashly! ”

It turned out that the coastal defense fleet gathered all the warships except Crescent Island to Jingsheng Port, and an important reason was that the representatives of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire found the Zhou family one after another.

The Zhou family's coastal defense fleet was required to temporarily withdraw from Ganyang City, so as to avoid the impact of war on Ganyang City because the coastal defense fleet was stationed in Ganyang Military Port.

Under the joint pressure of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire, the Silver Wolf Empire has made a promise not to launch an attack on Ganyang City for the time being.

However, the Silver Wolf Empire put forward a condition, there could not be a warship of the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet in the port of Ganyang City.

Zhou Rui didn't want the people of Ganyang City to be affected by the war, so he happily agreed to the demands of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire.

A cold light flashed in Zhou Rui's eyes at this time, "I hope that those five families can pop out at this time, and some things always have to be solved!" ”

Zhou Xiaorong shook his head, "Our Zhou family and the other five major families in Ganyang City are no longer at the same level after all.

Unless the five of them were dizzy, they shouldn't dare to jump out at this time. ”

Just as Zhou Xiaorong's words fell, Hu Yi suddenly walked in with a piece of paper.