Yunxiang said: " Only five years ago, the scale of the bandits was afraid of the suppression of the barracks, and it was only a few hundred people, but in recent years, the new prisoners have spread the crisis faced by the empire to the colony city, and the bandits have also noticed that the five major military camps are more than capable of suppressing bandits, and they no longer abide by the bottom line of the law, according to the latest information, outside the range of the five major military camps, there are many bandit forces exceeding 10,000 people, and some bandit forces have begun to levy protection taxes on the villages and counties that can be controlled, and through taxes, these bandit forces have been able to steadily increase their strength。 But for the five major military camps, if they can lock down the bandits' activity area, it will be easy to eliminate them. In addition, although there are no bandits in the relatively large cities around the barracks, such as Kanghai Village and Shibaguan, the strength of organized gangs has reached the basic coverage, and their activities are very secretive, and it is difficult to obtain more valuable information. ”

Yuan Jian nodded and said: "These are not the point, as long as the Colony City is still a cold weapon world, there is no threat to the outside world, do you think, if we withdraw all the five major military camps or leave only a thousand people, and all the others are withdrawn, what will be the consequences?"

Yun Xiang frowned unconsciously and said, "If they all withdraw, Colony City will become a completely out of control chaotic era, and according to the current distribution of forces, there may not be a force that can stabilize the situation in a few decades." ”

Yuan Jian looked at Feng Zhan and Wen Feng and said, "What do you think?"

Feng Zhan looked at Wen Feng and saw that he didn't mean to speak, so he said: "Commander, I personally think that if you want to withdraw, you should withdraw cleanly, and you can't leave a little weapon or equipment in the era of science and technology, so that the Colony City can develop freely in the Cold Weapon Era first, and when we solve the crisis brought by the Yan Kingdom, we will immediately return to the Colony City and re-establish order." ”

Yuan Jian sneered and said: "Feng Zhan, have we established order in the Colony City for thousands of years? We just keep throwing the prisoners from the outside into it and leaving them to fend for themselves, the current order is all formed spontaneously under the deterrence of the military camp, but the main purpose of the military camp is to transport gold and silver energy out of the Colony City. If there is a leading figure in the city, it is possible to establish a relatively stable social order. Wen Feng, you say. ”

Wen Feng said cautiously: "Commander, I think the gold and silver mineral resources that Colony City sends to the empire every year are still very important, the current two major mining prisons are located next to the first and second military camps, and they have been very safe and stable through the transportation relay with the other three military camps, and they have contributed a lot of financial resources to the empire every year, if all the military camps are withdrawn, we will deal with the army of the Yan Kingdom, there will be 20,000 more people, and it is difficult to estimate how much it will work, but the income lost by the Colony City can equip at least 100,000 troops every year, which is real." ”

Yuan Jian nodded and said, "That makes sense, do you have any good suggestions?"

Wen Feng said: "I suggest that at this stage of the imperial crisis, in the Colony City, we only need to keep the income from mineral resources, and the rest of the bandits, gangsters, and self-defense forces are left to develop freely, we only need a small number of intelligence officers to understand the latest developments and progress, and prepare for the re-management of the Colony City in the future." ”

Yuan Jian said: "Then how do you say to arrange the existing military strength?"

Wen Feng said: "At present, the military camp is equipped with our relatively backward equipment, but there are also flying chariots, long-range weapons, and mobile turrets, which are for the Colony City, and the military camp of 1,000 people can easily crush 10,000 bandits." I think that each of the five military camps has 1,000 people, and the only task is to transport the gold and silver minerals transported from the mines, and the remaining 15,000 people are divided into 5,000 people to supplement the defense of the internal entrance of the Colony Ghost City, which can prevent the invasion of the Yan Kingdom, and can also make mobile arrangements for the movement of the Colony Ghost City, and 10,000 people will join the army that confronts the Yan Country, replace it with new equipment, and use it as a reserve army to be stationed on the only way after the Yan State invades the empire, between Tianhai City and Tianqing City. ”

Yuan Jian said: "This is a good idea, so let's do it, but the reduction and retreat of the military camp must be carried out in batches in secret, and the bandits and gangsters in the colony city must not be discovered too early." Wen Feng, you can do this matter and make a detailed plan. ”

Wen Feng hurriedly agreed.

Yuan Jian looked at Feng Zhan and said, "Feng Zhan, you continue to arrange for the people in Yanguo to hurry up the activities and get the latest weapons and equipment drawings, and at the same time, the people stationed in the major weapons factories should hurry up and supervise the research and development of new weapons." According to the current equipment situation, as soon as the Yan Kingdom goes to war, we will lose more than half of the country, and this result will make the emperor abdicate, and I will also step down. The Manggu is still dormant in various countries, once we start a war with the Yan country, the people of the Manggu will immediately use the salvation of the country to overthrow me, you know, the common people are easily instigated by these people, and I am unwilling to use force to deal with the people, the end is the loss of the land, I step down, and Chongyishan of the Manggu will immediately create an opportunity to take my place. ”

Feng Zhan hurriedly said: "I will definitely do it, but the strength of the Mang Group is not enough for Chongyishan to control the imperial military power, right? ”

Yuan Jian looked at the three of them coldly and said: "I'm just giving an example, once the Yan Kingdom starts a war with us, it will definitely find a spokesperson to control the rights of the empire, Chongyi Mountain is possible, each of you is possible, I can only be forced to step down in order not to lose more territory." ”

When the three of them heard this, they all wanted to confess their loyalty, Yuan Jian waved his hand to them and said: "I'm joking, you don't have to care, now everyone in the Moyuan Empire thinks that I have the highest power, and the emperor is also quite dissatisfied with me, thinking that I am a threat, but who can know, the pressure I am under is also the greatest in the whole empire." If I let go now, I believe that there will be no second person willing to accept this mess, including our emperor Ming Yi. ”

Yun Xiang said loudly: "Commander, we understand, you can rest assured, we will do our best to do everything you arrange." ”

Yuan Jian looked at him and said: "Yunxiang, you continue to observe the initiative of the major cities, although the Yan Kingdom wants to conquer the empire by force, but it must be a plan for them to surrender without a fight, under the current crisis, it is not excluded that there are city lords who secretly betray the country for their own interests, in addition, the monitoring of the Mang Group must continue, do not startle the snake, and understand the movement." ”

Yun Xiang hurriedly agreed, saying, "Chongyi Mountain's movements are under surveillance, and all the three sects and nine streams who have been in contact with him are recorded. The people who often follow around are young literati, and I don't find too powerful followers. ”

Yuan Jian said coldly: "Is Jiangchen also considered to have no strength?"

Yun Xiang didn't feel a chill down his spine, and he didn't dare to answer for a while.

Yuan Jian looked at him and said: "Yunxiang, Jiang Chen is a rich man in the empire, with countless wealth, he can equip Chongyi Mountain with an army of 100,000 people at any time, but he has no plans to do so, but it is still possible to arrange hundreds of mercenaries for him, you have to plan it, and closely monitor him without Jiang Chen noticing." can't let him be co-opted by Chongyishan. ”