The forbidden army left in a hurry, and withdrew from the forbidden area drawn by Qianye, and did not stay much after leaving the forbidden area, only a short rest, and then set off from the camp and returned to the royal capital. Thinking about it, after being forced to retreat by the naval artillery, Commander Xue didn't have the face to stay here longer, as for how he would complain to Nan Ruohuai after returning to the royal capital, Qianye didn't care about it, and he didn't care.

In the next few days, Tacheng suddenly had a strange phenomenon in the sky, as if entering the end of the world, and there were huge cloud vortices rotating in the sky all the time, making the people in the city suddenly think that the sky was moving.

When he was panicked, Xu Jingxuan personally came forward to inform the whole city, saying that this vision was caused by the cultivation of Lord Qianye, and there was no need to be alarmed. It's just that although people's hearts are fixed, heated discussions arise.

How many people have imagined that one person's cultivation can actually move heaven and earth?

In fact, Qianye himself was also very depressed, Zhang Boqian took all aspects into account when he revised the Taixuan Soldier's Strategy, but he didn't expect that Qianye had not yet faced the enemy, and only the force in his body would operate to attract heaven and earth on such a scale.

However, although the cultivation caused a commotion, there was an unexpected gain, and the news spread at an alarming speed, and the people in the entire territory under the jurisdiction of Tacheng worshiped Qianye as a god, which was even more fanatical than the original national teacher. Some people even think that they are the only people of Qianya, and they have nothing to do with Zheng Guo, and some people even begin to enthusiastically think about what the new country name should be.

With Xu Jingxuan here, the work of the Western Expedition was carried out in an orderly manner. Since the beginning of the conscription, groups of scouts have been sent out to gather the latest information on the dark races of the West. By now, the latest group of scouts had returned, hanging on a large map in the war room, marking the numbers gradually.

By the time Qianye finished a stage of cultivation and summoned the generals again, the large map was already covered with dense markings, and even a small tribal camp was clearly marked.

Seeing this clear and well-layered map, everyone who knows how to do it is amazed and admires Xu Jingxuan.

During this time, the new army was trained, and the mercenary generals also saw Xu Jingxuan's methods of leading troops, as well as the huge popularity in the western border. They are all on the line of life and death, and they naturally know what kind of soldiers can be used on the battlefield. In just over ten days, Xu Jingxuan allowed a group of inexperienced civilians to initially master the skills of basic warriors, and the order was forbidden. There is not a single general who does not like such a soldier.

Although most of the mercenary generals are from reckless backgrounds, they can survive in a neutral place until now, and no one is stupid to have such achievements, knowing who is really good at fighting, and who is just reading military books. It's a real game on the battlefield, and you won't live long if you talk about it on paper.

Xu Jingxuan stood in front of the map, unconsciously straightened his back, and his whole person's bearing became calm and confident, he pointed to a series of markers, and said: "This large corridor in the west is more than 500 kilometers long, with an average width of 90 kilometers, and the narrowest part is only 15 kilometers. From here, it turns north, and stretches another hundred and forty kilometers to the Emerald Sea, where the werewolves are stronghold. ”

He didn't say much about the Emerald Sea, but pointed back to the Great Corridor, "According to the latest information, there are a total of one hundred and sixty-six tribes of the dark race living within a hundred kilometers, with a total population of nearly 300,000. In addition, the dark race has built two large fortress groups here, and in addition to the two main fortresses, there are nearly twenty small fortresses or stone forts scattered around the perimeter. ”

Some of the mercenary generals had solemn faces, but several captains from the Song Dynasty had relaxed faces and said with a smile: "What age is it, and you still build such small fortresses and stone forts?

The mercenary generals also laughed when they thought that this was indeed the truth, and you sarcastically mocked the stupidity of the dark race with every word you said.

Qianye knocked on the table to silence them and continue to listen to Xu Jingxuan's explanation.

Xu Jingxuan's face was slightly red, and he explained: "We Zheng Guo have never had a fleet of this size, let alone a large ship that can withstand the bombardment of the ground turrets. In peacetime, the fleet is mainly used for reconnaissance, pursuit and destruction of remnants of the enemy, as well as field battles, and will not participate in siege cities. ”

Qianye nodded. He collected more than a dozen large and small floating ships from Zheng Guo, which were basically old models, lackluster and firepower, and did not have enough firepower to destroy the main turret of the city defense with one shot.

In fact, the design of Zheng Guocheng's defense cannon is quite distinctive, it should be specially designed to deal with the strong attack of the upper nobles of the dark race, it is powerful, has excellent defense breaking performance, and can almost blast open the belly armor of the battle cruiser.

But with a battle patrol in Qianye's hands, it was enough to change the rules of the whole game. The dark race's self-conceived front-line defense system has become vulnerable. After pulling out the small fortresses and stone forts on the periphery, the remaining two main fortresses will not last long.

Xu Jingxuan ordered two more maps to be hung, which turned out to be the structure and defense distribution map of the two main fortresses of the dark race. Although it is very rough, the façade structure is still clear, and the internal distribution is quite messy, but in Zheng Guo's previous situation, this is extremely valuable information.

Qianye glanced at him and nodded, "You have a heart." ”

Xu Jingxuan said: "My subordinates' wish for many years is to be able to build a large corridor and face the Emerald Sea. So I usually have nothing to do, so I collected some more information. ”

Qianye smiled slightly and said, "It's good to have this heart." Follow me well, and it won't be long before you get what you want. ”

Xu Jingxuan breathed a little heavier and bowed solemnly.

In the past, Zheng Guo's national strength was weak, and he had a vast territory, but most of his strength was consumed in internal fighting, and his strength was only equivalent to a county in the empire. With such national strength, even if there is a general like Xu Jingxuan, he is unable to penetrate into the depths of the Great Corridor, so he can only defend it and prevent the dark race from rushing out of the Great Corridor.

When Xu Jingxuan stepped back, Song Hui walked to the front of the stage and hung up a picture, and the mercenary generals below immediately frowned, all with bitter expressions.

Song Hui's diagram is intricate, densely packed with charts, numbers, and formulas. The mercenary generals are used to dealing with schemas, making them feel big when they read books, let alone dense numbers. As for the formula for combining numbers and words, it is completely a book from heaven, and no matter how carefully you look at it, you don't know what it is.

Even if it is a thousand nights, you have to carefully distinguish it to see that this is a chart of the current economic structure.

What is rare is that Song Hui not only included Zheng Guo's part in this table, but also included the neutral place and Ningyuan Heavy Industry. Qianye didn't remember that she had ever been to a neutral place, could she have been able to sort out such a complex and rigorous system just by consulting the information that came with her ship?

Song Hui briefly introduced the construction rules and uses of this model, which lasted less than five minutes. In fact, it's useless for her to say too much, she can't even understand Qianye, and the group of mercenary generals are even more dumbfounded, like listening to a book from heaven.

Xu Jingxuan is not much better, it is not bad for him to lead troops to fight, but this kind of financial management method from the core of the Song Dynasty, where can he understand it without any foundation?

Song Hui crossed the middle argument and reasoning part, and directly concluded: "With the current output of Zheng Guo Heishi and other energy sources, with the strength of the whole country, the annual output can be used to run our fleet for three months. But with the corridor area under current control, it is only one and a half months. According to the available information, the construction of new mines and refining equipment from now on will double production in about six months, and four times the current one in a year, but that is the end of it. In other words, either we will get more mines from Zheng Guo, or we will have to send fuel from neutral lands or even the empire itself. In doing so, the cost of transportation will be higher than the price of the fuel itself. ”

Qianye frowned, this time he went out to Yonglu, he prepared a large number of supplies, but he didn't expect that after the collection of Zheng Guo's fleet, the scale was nearly doubled, and the fuel demand was also more than doubled. Zheng Guo's old warships are not very powerful, and their energy consumption is not small, and they are all fierce beasts that eat black stones.

Now that the fleet can maintain its operation for more than a month, it must be replenished.

Song Hui waited for Qianye to think for a while, and then said: "This is just Blackstone fuel, and then let's talk about the supply of spare parts and the repair of the floating ship......

If you want to repair a floating ship, you naturally have to have a repair workshop, and you can imagine how big the workshop needs to be for the battle cruiser. To build a workshop, you need equipment, craftsmen, power towers, and the families of craftsmen...... And so on, just the rough outline, Song Hui listed more than 170 items, not counting the details under each rough outline. For example, there are more than thousands of important parts, and there are dozens of various consumables and models. There are so many of them, just thinking about it is a headache.

Fortunately, Song Hui finally concluded that most of them can be obtained in Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo will also have them if there is no dark race. Yonglu's own production is still quite diverse, and the quantity and high-end products are not comparable to the middle and upper continents, and there are still a lot of low-end resources. It's just that the force here is too chaotic, the local exploration and mining technology is not enough, and the production is not very good, so it can't attract foreign investment, so it has become what it is today.

Besides, even if there is no land, it can be transported from a neutral place or the mainland of the empire, but it is more expensive.

It turned out to be asking for money. Qianye understood, and was relieved.

Song Hui saw Qianye's thoughts, and said angrily: "It's not just about money. ”

"Then what else?" asked Qianye humbly, he had already been troubled by the pile of number formulas, and he really didn't want to read it again.

Song Hui patted the map and said, "Didn't I just say that Zheng Guo has most things." I really don't see any need to keep this Zheng Guo, why don't you just take it over? You have one-third of the territory, what's the big deal if you take another two-thirds. ”

Qianye didn't see that this Song Hui was still a complete war maniac. It's just that he has promised Nan Ruohuai to let him be King Zheng, and before Nan Ruohuai has no obvious dereliction of duty or bad intentions, it is not good to abolish him like this. And it is easy to occupy, but it is not as easy to maintain as Song Hui said, unless it is left after looting and slaughtering the city, there is a high probability that it will evolve into a law and order war.

Qianye thought for a moment and said, "Zheng Guo is such a big place, it's useless to occupy it all." Whatever we need, we will naturally snatch it from the hands of the dark race. From now on, we will start to prepare for the war in full swing, and in a week we will officially march west. In addition, Song Hui is responsible for logistics support, and she can coordinate the supply of all resources in our territory. ”

This is considered to be in power, but Song Hui is not very happy, and said: "I don't want to stay behind, I want to fight!"

No matter how big her breasts are, it is impossible for Qianye to promise her this. At that moment, Qianye ignored her complaining gaze, arranged other personnel, readjusted the authority to lead the troops, and announced the dissolution of the meeting.