"We all know that although Persia is a big country, it has been weak for nearly a hundred years, and the strategic focus has always been on the west and south, there is no major conflict in Anxi, and our territory of Wuhe Town is located at the junction of the two countries, because the two countries are harmonious, this can be peaceful."

But now that Persia is being caught between the Seljuks and the Great Eclipse, it is likely to be destroyed. At that time, our neighbors will be replaced by Seljuks or Great Food, both of which have a strong desire to expand and pose a great threat to our territory. ”

"To deal with this crisis, on the one hand, we must continue to strengthen our strength, and on the other hand, we must establish a strategic posture in our favor on the periphery of the territory. That's the purpose of our invasion of Persia. ”

In fact, Pan Xiaogu only thought of these things in the past few days, before he was just thinking about how to complete the system task, so as not to become a salted fish, and he didn't think too much about the deeper strategy.

It was only after the mission conditions were met that he was prompted to take care not to lose his territory before the mission was settled, which made him re-examine the strategic environment of the territory.

What he said now is the result of the tireless study of the captured maps of Persia in the past few days.

Speaking of the captured map of Persia, Pan Xiaogu also found something in it that shocked him very much!

It seems that in the process of the earth's enlargement, the continental plates have been fractured and shifted, and the Arabian Peninsula and the Asia Minor Peninsula, which originally bordered the Persian Plateau, have actually separated from the Eurasian continent and become two independent continents, and the Caucasus region has also broken apart, making the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea directly connected into one, becoming a veritable ocean, rather than the world's largest inland saltwater lake in the previous life.

The map captured by Pan Xiaogu was only the part around Persia and not anywhere else, but I think those places have also changed.

It is no wonder that the Arab Empire did not destroy Persia and marched into Central Asia, it turned out that the land connection was interrupted, according to the Tang Dynasty history about the time recorded in the 'reign of the holy monarch, the land is thousands of miles wide', which happened to be the period of the Arab Empire's large-scale attack on Persia in history.

Pan Xiaogu can imagine that when the army of the True God Cult was about to set foot on the land of the Persian Plateau on horseback and camel, a vast ocean suddenly appeared in front of him, what a feeling of nesting grass was.

What's more, they set foot on the Persian plateau, and when they were fighting with the Persian army, an ocean suddenly appeared behind them...

It is this latter situation that has happened in the history of the new earth, as the good does not have bad spirits...

Returning to the original topic, after studying the map, Pan Xiaogu found that if he wanted to establish a relatively safe strategic environment for the territory, it was impossible to bypass a strategic point.

"To capture the city of Tous!?" After hearing Pan Xiaogu say the ultimate goal, all the officers were shocked.

You must know that as the capital of Khorasan Province and the former capital of Sassanid Persia, Tus is a giant city with a population of three or four hundred thousand people, the economic center and military center of northern Persia, and the most important seat of the Khorasan Governor's Palace in Persia!

After the officers exclaimed, they carefully examined the map of Persia displayed by Pan Xiaogu, and then had to admit that only by capturing the city of Tus could they 100% guarantee the safety of the new territories at the mouth of the valley.

Located in the valley of the Tus River, the city of Tus is an important passage from northern Persia to central Persia, and more importantly, the city of Tus is less than 300 kilometers away from the new territory in a straight line, and is connected by many land and water roads, once the city falls into the hands of the Seljuks or the Great Cannibals, their army can reach the periphery of the territory within ten days!

"But do we have what it takes to take Tus City now?" An infantry commander asked everyone's questions.

"I didn't say that we were going to capture the city of Tus now, the city of Tus is just the last link in our strategic defense circle."

Pan Xiaogu's words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief

"But the preparations have to start right away. First of all, we must continue to expand our strategic depth to the north and west, especially the towns on both sides of the Panyang River, and if possible, we must take control of the shipping routes of the Panyang River! ”

When the officers of the Nanjin faction heard this, they immediately became proud, especially the officers from the navy, who became even more elated, because in order to control the more than 1,000-kilometer river channel in the lower reaches of the Panyang River, the navy army would definitely have to be expanded on a large scale.

Pan Xiaogu glanced at these naval officers and continued

"The plan for the northward expansion must also be carried out, and it must be carried out first."

In a word, the officers of the Northern Advance faction were rejuvenated.

Pan Xiaogu saw that many people showed puzzled expressions, so he explained

"Whether it is to capture the towns on both sides of the Panyang River or finally to attack the city of Tus, a lot of cannon fodder is needed, so a lot of manpower of the steppe tribes must be plundered. The main purpose of the northward march is to expand the size of the servant army as soon as possible! ”

At this time, Lu Dingbang, who had been the most opposed to the northward expansion strategy, raised questions.

"Lord Thorn Shi, now the size of the 20,000-person servant army, we are already difficult to control, if we further expand the size of the servant army, I am afraid that those Hu people may rebel!"

Lu Dingbang was a relatively outstanding commander among the officers, serving as the battalion commander of the first battalion of the infantry army, but because he had previously commanded the attack on the Gilikreh battalion because of the excessive casualties among his subordinates, Lu Dingbang became a little depressed and rarely spoke in military discussions, and it was only recently that he improved.

The question raised by Lu Dingbang is very crucial, if you want to capture the city of Tus and hold it later, the performance of the servant army is crucial.

"It has been more than a month since the establishment of the Servant Army, and many of them have the intention of serving us, and the next step is to promote the status of these people, so that they can become small leaders in the Servant Army and manage the newly formed Servant Army."

Pan Xiaogu had thought about this issue for a long time

"Most of the wealth in the Hu tribe is in the hands of a small number of upper-class nobles, and the low-level herdsmen and herdsmen do not live well, and they can be fought for. These servant troops have been fighting with us for more than a month, and they have some understanding of the treatment of our soldiers, and those servant troops from the bottom are very envious, and I plan to take the tribe as a unit, and let these servant troops of the grassland Hu tribe return to the tribe to visit relatives, escorted by our own people, and after arriving in their tribe, we will mobilize the low-level herdsmen to overthrow the rule of the aristocracy, deprive those noble leaders of their property, and give all of them to these low-level herdsmen. ”

"This work will start in a month, after you go back today, mobilize officers and soldiers to contact those steppe people from the bottom of the background, on the one hand to understand the internal situation of the tribe, on the other hand, to find suitable candidates, when the mobilization is launched, let these people come forward to criticize the nobles in the tribe, mobilize the resistance of others......"