Chapter 49: The Princes Meet (Part II)
Kapok Zi said solemnly: "General rest assured, this special envoy will definitely let the three southern countries all evacuate the border of the ancient land country before dark today, if someone takes advantage of the chaos to capture the border city of the ancient land country, this special envoy's expeditionary force will destroy them mercilessly." ”
Coincidentally, as soon as Kapok finished speaking, a herald walked in outside the door, he first saluted the people in the house, and then said to the second prince: "Report to the second general, as soon as the morning dawns, the southland people withdraw from their positions, according to the news just sent by the scouts, the southland army has all withdrawn from our border!" ”
The second prince said with satisfaction: "Good! Order the soldiers in front to stand by! ”
The herald led the way out of the house, and everyone in the room had smiles on their faces.
Haidong smiled: "The king of Nandi is moving so fast, it must be that senior brother of mine who is in a hurry!" ”
The crowd laughed.
The treasurer retracted his smile and said to Kapok: "Prince's envoy, the withdrawal of the troops of the three southern countries is something that we expected. However, it is unknown whether they will take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack the border cities of our ancient land country in the future, and I hope that the prince's envoy can stay in Xizhou and continue to monitor the behavior of the three southern kingdoms. If the seafarers come in, all the soldiers and civilians of our ancient land country will definitely fight back with all their might, but it is possible that the three southern countries and the coastal country are just spectators from the sidelines, and they may even secretly join forces with the seafloor people to attack our ancient land national corps.
Therefore, in order to defeat the undersea people, the prince's envoy must not only provide our corps with advanced weapons as soon as possible, but also formulate effective measures to prevent other countries from passively resisting the war or even colluding with the undersea people secretly or openly. ”
Kapok looked at the treasurer solemnly and asked, "What kind of effective measures does Mr. Treasurer think should be needed?" ”
The treasurer said: "To deal with the above-mentioned possible chaos, the expeditionary force of the prince's envoy must have at least five legions with strong combat effectiveness, and they must be deployed to the central part of Xizhou before the seafarers start a war, such as stationed in Langcheng, where we are now located, so that not only can we provide emergency rescue in the event of an emergency on our front line, but also can immediately and effectively punish those Xizhou kingdoms who collude with the invaders." ”
The expression on Kapok's face relaxed, and he smiled: "Mr. Treasurer is very prescient, we have trained an expeditionary force of five corps in the prairie, and we can leave for Laixizhou in three months. In addition, although we will provide weapons to the five countries in the West Continent free of charge, there is a prerequisite, that is, we must agree that the headquarters of our expeditionary force must send monitoring and communication personnel to the front-line command headquarters of each country in order to unify and coordinate the battle against the people on the sea. We will only provide follow-on weapons and ammunition to those regiments that are fighting the undersea people. ”
The second prince said solemnly: "Ben will completely agree with the prince's envoy's approach, and in addition, Ben will ask the envoy if he has considered what will happen to your expeditionary force after defeating the people at sea?" Where will Xizhou go? ”
Kapok asked rhetorically: "According to the general's idea, where should the two go after the war?" ”
The second prince said: "I would have thought that even if the undersea people were defeated by us this time, they would invade the continent sooner or later, unless we could go to the underwater world and completely wipe them out." Therefore, this prince thinks that the envoy's expeditionary force needs to stay in Xizhou for a long time after the war, and when we Xizhou people learn to make more advanced weapons and have enough combat power to resist the future aggression of the seamen alone, then your expeditionary force will withdraw to the steppe.
In addition, the territory of the Western Continent after the war may have to be redistributed, and those countries that have made great sacrifices in the war deserve more compensation, and those kingdoms that passively resist the war or even collude with the people at sea must be severely punished, and they will lose their qualifications as kingdoms. ”
Kapok said without hesitation: "It is very reasonable to have rewards and punishments, and this envoy will convey the general's proposal to the kings of various countries!" Moreover, we must spread the idea of joining forces to resist the war in Xizhou, and mobilize the masses of people to support the war of resistance for the survival of the land people! ”
Everyone talked about the war for a while, and someone came to report that the banquet was ready, and the second prince invited the guests to the restaurant for dinner.
The conversation at the wine table was even more speculative, and Haidong asked Kapok with interest about the experience of several of their Heavenly King envoys after they parted in Jiuxian City more than twenty years ago.
Kapok Zi was in a good mood, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he was even more excited, and he vividly told how he and several of his companions went to Russ Star, and then how the ghosts and elves also went to Russ Star and took advantage of the chaos to control the Russ Star Security Department, and later fled to Bix, and so on.
The banquet lasted from morning to noon, during which news came from the borders of Shenhai and Minghai that all the legions of the two countries that had invaded the Gudi Kingdom had withdrawn from the borders of the Gudi Kingdom.
The rapid withdrawal of the troops of the three southern countries was expected by Jiesheng, who saw that Kapok Zi had eaten and drunk enough, and the story was almost finished, so he immediately stood up and proposed a strike to the second prince, saying that the time to meet with the poor brother was approaching, and Kapok Zi was going to leave for Xinnancheng to meet the king of Nandi as planned.
Before leaving Langcheng, Kapok took out three laser pistols from the chariot and gave them to Haidong, the second prince and the treasurer, and taught them how to use them.
After giving the heavy gift, Kapok said with a smile: "Please hide this gift on the three of you, and don't publicize it, otherwise other friends in Xizhou will think that this prince is not happy to favor one over the other." ”
After saying goodbye to the second prince and the treasurer, Kapok Zi and Jiesheng went to the command post of the First Corps accompanied by Haidong, Tie Lei was still waiting in the command post, and the four of them sat together to discuss the formation of the Qizhou Chamber of Commerce Corps.
Haidong said to Jiesheng: "Senior brother, senior brother, I have roughly calculated, according to the Qizhou children we have trained in Xizhou, as long as the Chamber of Commerce does a good job of persuasion and gives a heavy reward, our Chamber of Commerce Corps can recruit at least 6,000 soldiers, in order to save time and recruit enough people as soon as possible, we must gather these Qizhou children in the north and south at the same time, and then train on the spot to form the two chamber of commerce armies in the north and south."
Since the junior brother is going to take the prince and General Yagu to New South City, he will stay there for a while longer. We immediately sent people to send an urgent notice to the various chambers of commerce in the three southern countries, so that their children and soldiers could assemble in Xinnan City, and the junior brothers should ask the poor teachers and brothers to help prepare the barracks in advance to settle the soldiers who came to report in the new Nancheng, and I will send several instructors from the training camp to assist you in the training work.
The King of the Ancient Land would not tolerate so many of our soldiers operating in the ancient city, not to mention that there was no such a big place in the ancient city to accommodate so many of us for training. Therefore, the children of the Chamber of Commerce in the northern region of Xizhou will be placed by Mink and Tielei in the villages on the outskirts of the ancient city, and I will also send instructors to assist them in centralized military training.
Brother Wei agreed to you and the prince's suggestion, our Chamber of Commerce Corps will become part of the Prairie Expeditionary Force, and all of them will wear the uniforms of the Expeditionary Force and play the banner of the Expeditionary Force. After the weapons and equipment of the prairie arrive in Xizhou, we must first equip our Chamber of Commerce Corps, and after the start of the war, where the Chamber of Commerce Corps is deployed and the battle plan are completely subject to the orders of the expeditionary force. ”
For Haidong's suggestions and arrangements, Kapok Zi and Jiesheng were greatly appreciated.
Jiesheng said: "We follow the arrangement of the senior brother, we will use the relationship of the senior brother to persuade the king of Nandi to support the training and garrison of our chamber of commerce corps in his country, the new southern city is located in the center of the southern part of the Xizhou continent, and may be the battlefield of our final decisive battle with the people under the sea."
Moreover, the seafarers may be the first to attack the Westland, if the Westland City falls, the seafarers will drive straight into the ancient city, so Jiesheng also has to persuade the king of the south to let us finally garrison the chamber of commerce corps in Tiancheng, Tiancheng is the northern gate of the new southern city, which just echoes the corps of the elder brother of Langcheng a hundred miles away. ”
Haidong immediately agreed: "Senior brother is thoughtful! My legion will join the expeditionary force at any time if necessary. ”
Speaking of this, Haidong looked at Kapok Zi and said: "Prince, although the second prince and the treasurer are currently very determined to resist the war, but the king of the ancient land has always had the ambition to dominate the Xizhou, if the people of the sea first concentrate their forces to attack the ancient city, and the three southern kingdoms hate the king of the ancient land to the core, they may not be willing to send troops to rescue them at that time." In order to protect himself, it is very likely that the King of the Ancient Land will surrender to the people under the sea, and it is difficult to predict where the second prince and the treasurer will go.
Only our expeditionary force is the most reliable mobile corps, so we must have the best weapons and equipment. Even if the countries of the West cannot support each other at that time, our expeditionary force will still have enough combat power to save the day and turn the tide of the war. ”
Kapok Zi said solemnly: "I fully understand what Brother Haidong meant, if the Qizhou Chamber of Commerce can recruit six thousand soldiers with military training, our first fleet will be able to transport all gunpowder, guns and other military supplies, because the current situation in Xizhou is that there are a lot of corps, but there are too few good weapons." And the existing tanks in our steppes are all land tanks that cannot sail on their own, so our fleet capacity is very tight.
Moreover, the first shipment of cannons and chariots will be used to arm your Legion of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other nations will only distribute some of the guns and ammunition in proportion. In addition, in order to allow Brother Haidong and your Qizhou Chamber of Commerce to communicate with me and the military advisor and even Shanglin in the prairie in a timely manner, I will leave a soldier with a telegraph machine by your side at any time. ”