12 days later, Xishui Port, the base camp of the Burning Wheel Expeditionary Force.

The entire campaign phase of the Burning Wheel came to an end. It is unlikely that the crippled enemy will again form an offensive group in the short term.

But there was no way to attack further. The logistics of the fleet promised by His Majesty the Emperor are still on the way. So – Celestial Tour: Now is the time to tighten regional control and at the same time absorb the people of this region.

These people are ready to be organized on the spot, and then they are divided into groups to build roads and factories. - Zhou You: What does Lao Tzu have money? It's really not enough, I can still borrow it. Now everybody likes to lend me money.

Although Xiahong Island is a commercial intersection and has a developed economy, it is too small, and a large city with a layout of millions of people has to be in the coastal area of the land. The location of the river port is just the entrance to the river, which is why Zeyuyu chose this place for the landing a few months ago.

There are boring aftermath deals to deal with, and there are also some interesting occasions.

In their post-war review, the students repeatedly discussed the contrast between their own assault and the large-scale decisive battle on the frontal front of the Empire and the rebels in the north.

These leather boots, uniforms, military hats, and students with operating systems on their arms gathered in front of the strategic map, using weapons to review the battles of the Celestial Tour, and compare them with the current battles of the Northern Front of the Empire.

As the wooden pole moves around the wargames, these white-gloved teenagers argue back and forth like secondary school students discussing war strategy games. Holding notebooks with each other to record.,It's very serious.。

"There is too much space between the opposing team."

"They don't have a sectional defense of the rear supply line, and the battle line is stretched too long to cut off from here."

"Heavy firepower and infantry are out of touch!"

"By the way, the opposing attack is not well prepared. The deployment was scattered, and when responding to the attack, it failed to effectively concentrate firepower to counterattack. ”

……

in this war.

These students all realized that the aristocratic army on this continent was very vegetable, and their own side could fight more with less. This is because the organization is tight, the information channels are smooth, the corps has good coordination ability, and its mobility capability is fast enough.

And now, the Gu nest controlled by a group of five of them is developing information reconnaissance and practicing the movement speed of the corps towards the actual combat ideas just now.

Population resources are accumulating, and students and non-commissioned officers are growing.

Just as the Burning Wheel was growing, the Celestial Tour was more cautious in observing the changes in the political situation on the mainland.

Because at this time, Ran Lun is already a chess player. Compared with the past, every move now has a wide impact.

……

After this battle, the first thing that was determined was the attitude of the imperial family.

Now on the continent, it is still the largest authoritative group.

Zeuyou is attached to the royal family, and the procurement of raw materials in various regions is quite stable. After all, each family does not look at the face of the burning wheel, but also the face of the royal family.

Of course, after fighting this war, it also has the authority to ensure the supply of raw materials. In other words, the suppliers of raw materials should now also consider the risk of the fuel wheel hitting the door.

At this stage, it is mutually beneficial for the Burning Wheel and the royal family. It's not good for anyone to fall out.

On this basis, the other goals of the two sides are deviated.

First of all, on the side of the burning wheel:

The students will certainly not pin all their hopes for a stable supply of materials on the stability of the royal family. There are too many uncertain factors in the future situation on the mainland, and the burning wheel will inevitably become bigger, but as long as it is big enough to a certain extent, it will inevitably cause fear from all parties, including the royal family. For example, the Feather-winged Flame Locust family is now very afraid of flying solo.

And on the side of the Empire:

As a partial teacher, the emperor is very satisfied with the performance of Zhou You. Of course, after seeing that Zeuyou began to shrink due to insufficient troops, the emperor was even more regretful. This feeling is the same as ordinary players watching professional players make mistakes and the results of battles are not crisp and enjoyable.

This mentality of the emperor is understandable. Since the beginning of the Southern Front, his second brother has been very tenacious, and his idea of a short-term solution to the war has been bankrupt for a while. And now the strategic flank has opened a big hole, so that the emperor has once again raised the hope of a quick solution to the war. Sometimes, a glimmer of hope can turn a person into a gambler.

The Emperor wanted to urgently complete this counterinsurgency and deter the Quartet. It should be for this reason that he is so generous to the universe.

However, once this strategic goal is accomplished, after stabilization, it will naturally choose to continue to reduce the feudal domain.

Therefore, how much His Majesty the Emperor praises the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Burning Wheel now, how many reins are prepared in his heart.

……

After the 18th, the situation became clear.

On the afternoon of the 12th, the Emperor held a meeting with the liaison officers sent by several troops (the generals were all in the Gu Nest and could not attend in person). The various units were asked to step up their attacks, and at the same time announced that they would give more logistical fleets to the Celestial Tour.

The emperor officially regarded the battlefield opened up by the Celestial Tour as the second main battlefield. A promise to the Celestial Tour. Although it did not raise the title of Zeyu, the promised territory of Zeuyou on the southern route was extended to a radius of 100 kilometers, which far exceeded the countydom and even comparable to the territory of some marquises.

That's motivation, and then there's control.

His Majesty the Emperor will send his cronies, General Genghe, to take the Gu Nest south to cooperate with the Celestial Tour.

The ploughing river is also the seed of the old emperor, and his mother is the maid of the mother of the eldest prince. The cloth seed ability of the old emperor in the previous life was not covered.

Zheng Xin is the son-in-law, and Genghe naturally wants to serve Zheng Xin as an attendant. There are many concubines like him in the empire, and only the best can become the core of the concubine. Of course, if the concubine dies, this kind of concubine cannot be replaced.

Under the concept of aristocracy paying attention to the priority of the family. The name of the concubine is not right, and the appeal is insufficient. Even if all the emperor's children died, the surviving concubines would not be able to make the dukes and marquis in the country bow their heads and recognize their legitimate inheritance.

Of course, not absolutely. If a concubine can have the absolute power to subdue other nobles, he can also inherit the throne. This happened hundreds of years ago during the Hong Leong Empire. Of course, if you subdue other nobles, you won't actually admit that you are a concubine, but change your biological mother's information and change yourself to a concubine.

……

When the Empire's decision reached the Stream Harbor.

Zhou You just happened to get a secret letter from the prince in the rebel army.

This prince is also in a state of great headache now, he didn't expect that he was just making a "small move" on the turf, and his eldest brother would come directly to thunder if he didn't agree with him. I didn't expect that the eldest brother had such a strong appeal in the world, and the little viscounts in remote areas were crazy and blew up their back doors.

A large number of vassal families in the south now have a tendency to waver. He suddenly felt that the territory he had been running was not as stable as he imagined.

While the prince is now in a hurry to stabilize the situation, he has persuaded the side of the universe to sow discord with such words as "the general's great talent", "the pseudo-emperor's lip service is not enough", "the name is reward, but in fact it is moderation".

Zhou You smiled, and after reading the secret letter to the Imperial Envoy, he burned its contents, and then threw the envelope to the Envoy to take back, saying that it was absolutely impossible.

When asked by your own students why they did this.

"He has no credibility—credibility is not a vain that cannot be judged, but depends on what the subject can vouch for. The Emperor now has the upper hand, and he is about to lose his credibility, and he will face more challenges than the second prince, so the situation will take a turn for the worse, so he has something to vouch for his credibility.

And what can that prince do to vouch for his credibility? If he warns me now, and says that he will take revenge, and then causes some trouble for me, he still has the credibility to do what he says. But now, such an attempt to provoke with empty words and provocation to achieve the goal, heh, this is the next work! Such a person should get rid of the relationship as soon as possible, and don't get involved in the relationship, so as not to tarnish his credibility. ”

December 26, 106 of the Holy Gu calendar.

The situation on the mainland is slightly clearer, and the Battle of Light Volcano has come to an end. His Majesty's army of the Emperor broke through the first line of defense of the rebels with 60,000 casualties.

This is more like 'crushing', under the endless heavy artillery bombardment, the rebel side did not have the will to stabilize the line of defense and collapsed ahead of schedule.

Gu worms are not afraid of death. Abandoning the defensive line, in fact, the nobles on the rebel side wavered in confidence after learning of the landing in the rear and the defeat without knowing the losses.

The vassals of His Royal Highness the Prince, who were defeated by the Celestial Guerrilla, constantly shirked their responsibilities in order to cover up their incompetence. And they were excusing themselves, but the information they spread shook the upper echelons of the rebels.

If it was three hundred years ago, the army of ordinary humans in the Hong Leong Empire. The commander can kill the leading officer at any time. And the soldiers under his command were incorporated into death squads, and they did not dare to disobey. But now every nobleman has his own exclusive Gu Worm Legion. Gu worms do not have the fear of being humans, and if they want to punish these nobles, the swarm under their command will be fearless to hinder them.

Therefore, these nobles who could not be killed and could only be reprimanded disseminated information very freely, so much so that the influence of 'leaflets' was created.

……

And at this time on the frontal battlefield of the Empire.

His Majesty the Emperor's legions, the main battle corps, also gradually achieved major victories.

All sorts of bugs are crossing rivers and trenches at a rapid pace. Rebel corpses have formed piles on both sides of the river. The heavy artillery that had been blown up and the heavy bugs that carried it in motion were toppled to the ground, flowing with a large amount of highly flammable blood, creating a unique weapon on the battlefield.

……

Bugs now replace the human infantry, seemingly squeezing humans out of the battlefield, but humans can't escape the destruction of war.

A large number of cities are out of order, and human beings, as animals that only think about themselves, are not suitable for super-large-scale social coexistence,—— only the interests of modern society can allow human beings to live in groups. When there is no social collaboration for the common good, the city becomes a dark forest, because everyone is an object to be robbed, and everyone is an opponent who has the potential to rob himself.

In the territory of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, a large number of cities have burned, and groups of humans have fled from the cities with their poor belongings.

Humans, a weak and insignificant species, always cautiously retreat to the side when they look at the war worms rampaging on the road.

How sad it is to be in such a scene.

However, the current aristocracy does not seem to be interested in considering empty morality.

They are gathering resources, food, metals, fuel, and even young women are vital morale-boosting materials that need to be looted. As for the common good of the human species, alas, they seem to have forgotten about each other.

Of course, there are still people on this planet who have not forgotten.

Starting on the 18th, the operation of the base was completely handed over to the students, and he took responsibility for the resettlement of the war refugees.

In the city's defense area, simple bungalows were erected urgently. Separated by boys, girls and children, the people were publicly disinfected and then crowded into the bunk beds. The emperor gave the ship to the burning wheel, and the sea tour has been completely used to transfer civilian supplies.

Drilling rigs are constantly drilling on the seabed to complete the construction of geothermal energy towers. The power grid is also being built along the coastline to supply electricity to urban areas.

This amount of electricity has completely exceeded the current Gu Nest's needs to produce weapons.

This is used to plan cash-for-work, that is, to arrange a large number of people to go to the assembly line for production.

Zeyou has a lot of supplies in his hands, but distribution is a problem.

First, there aren't that many civil officials who make a fair distribution; Second, because the allottees are in a state of weakness and dare not speak out, corruption is very likely to occur.

Workers' organisations can solve this problem.

The interests will allow some Xia Hongdao to accept the idea of capital to participate in management. Of course, their aim was to dig the first pot of gold with cheap labor.

Workers, on the other hand, work with the people they work with to uphold this rule of fair distribution.

Of course, this is all on the blueprint, because it takes three months to train workers, and a few months to the power grid.

……

The "non-business" of the tour naturally caused the anxiety of the imperial envoys here.

After being deceived by Zhouyou last time, he was very 'angry' to protest Zhouyou's concealment (in fact, he complained about why Zhouyou didn't ventilate himself, he was here to pull the relationship). It can be regarded as having an eye on the preparation of the port and the war materials to judge whether the sky is ready to launch a further large-scale attack.

When he found out that half of Xia Hongdao's transportation capacity was used for civilian resources, he was sure that Zhou You really didn't plan to take the initiative to attack this time, but did what he said to save the local people.

In the eyes of the imperial envoys, he was a very upright knight who 'responded' to the call of the imperial family and resolutely 'mercied' the civilians who were victimized in the war.

"However, now is not the time to exercise chivalry, as long as the rebellion can be suppressed as soon as possible, the people can quickly end this suffering!" The Imperial Emissary called for the Celestial Tour. But it had little effect.

Zhou You only agreed to increase the intensity of patrols in the outside area.

The envoy could only sigh - to wait for the arrival of General Genghe's corps and continue to develop this strategic direction.

……

And Zeuyu didn't care much about those confrontations with the imperial envoys.

Because my heart was very heavy with new discoveries. In the past few days, a large number of aerial reconnaissance have carried out detailed statistics on the inland areas.

He also rummaged through a large number of seized documents.

It's a fantastic way to search: in a special room, Zeus lobbied for a word, and asked the captive nobles to sit in chairs and find out all the entries in the parameters.

Zeusyou: This human flesh search engine is really easy to use.

After checking a large number of literature, Zhouyou determined a fact: on this land, Gu worms have formed a very efficient ecological chain, and this ecological chain is constantly increasing its rejection.

For example, the blood crystal ant, which was edible by humans, is now slightly toxic, and only symbiotes can be exempted from toxicity. If an ordinary person who is not insects does not do any treatment, after the age of 40, various complications will occur due to the accumulation of metal elements in the body. (This toxicity is about the same as half a pack of cigarettes a day.) ）

On the other hand, Ranlun is very concerned about this kind of thing right now.

Preparation for algae production has now begun to stabilize the grain. Of course, the current process still uses semi-permeable membranes for extraction.

In the whole world, Gu worms seem to be systematically completing a kind of squeezing and exterminating native creatures. Most of the species are dead, and humans seem to have been consciously selected after being selected as the lucky ones.

Zhou You looked at the color section of the ecological distribution of various low-level Gu insects on the map, and felt extremely heavy.

"How do humans win ecological control of this world?" ”

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