Chapter 1107: Yingzhou Province
"Looking at the situation, Great Xia is preparing to attack Kyushu. What should we do?"
At this stage, the real goal of Great Xia was revealed. They wanted to make use of this conflict to chase Great Zhou out of Japan.
If Great Xia managed to achieve their goals, Great Zhou would be totally trapped.
"How devious!"
Di Chen did not know when Great Xia started playing such underhanded tricks. What made him feel worse was that Great Zhou did not have teleportation formations in Kyushu and Shikoku.
The moment Great Xia exploded, Great Zhou would have no way to retaliate.
Great Zhou only had two paths in front of them. They could either give up the two islands or immediately send reinforcement troops to have a true battle. But if they sent reinforcements, they might not be able to make it in time.
Di Chen thought about it, and in the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!"
"Retreat?" Juedai Fenghua was a little astonished.
"That's right." Di Chen nodded, "Since we cannot defend, let's make a clean retreat. I want to see how Great Xia would attack two defenseless islands."
Juedai Fenghua nodded. Di Chen's method was the best of the worse.
No matter what, Kyushu and Shikoku were lost. When Great Xia occupied both islands, along with Korea, the Japanese region, and Yizhou Island, they could lock Great Zhou up.
"The future is a huge worry!"
Juedai Fenghua could roughly guess the deeper intentions of Great Xia. They wanted to slowly cut the branches of Great Zhou, cutting off their economic lifeline before giving them a final blow.
Facing such a patient and cunning hunter, what should Great Zhou do?
...
Just as the China region players were discussing, there were new developments.
As Great Zhou retreated overnight, the Guards Legion Corps who entered Kyushu and Shikoku smoothly occupied both islands without much effort. Due to Di Chen knowing his place, the Great Xia Squadron did not make things difficult for the Handan Squadron and allowed them to leave.
A huge storm was weathered just like that, stunning everyone.
Di Chen had taken a loss. Naturally, he would not be happy to let it end like that. He arranged people to go on the forums to complain as the victim, to say that Great Xia started the matter on purpose such that the China region would not have peace.
"His ambition is there for everyone to see. Everyone, please take a good look!" Di Chen said.
However, due to Zi Luolan's press conference, Di Chen's words had little effect. There were even people who mocked, "Look at what Di Chen is saying. Does he think the wilderness is a peaceful place? When did the Yanhuang Alliance become a little girl that was bullied."
'Haha~'
All of a sudden, laughter filled the ear.
To the China region players, as long as the two sides did not engage in all-out war, they would be fine with it. Even if they did, as long as they did not spend too much time and did not affect the overall strength of China, they would not worry much.
Everyone was selfish.
Unfortunately, Di Chen had forgotten that point and was just asking to be humiliated.
...
9th month, 18th day, Great Xia released their plans for Kyushu and Shikoku.
Ouyang Shuo decided to use them and Honshu as a foundation to upgrade the Yingzhou Prefecture into the Yingzhou Province, becoming the second Great Xia Province in the north.
Hai Rui, who was the Yingzhou Prefecture Governor, would be promoted to the Provincial Governor.
Other official appointments, apart from Provincial Governor, would be handled by the Cabinet and the Official Ruling Department. The current Great Xia did not lack talents and had many historical talents to choose from and promote to governor or other important roles.
Very quickly, Yingzhou Province would be able to get on the right path.
At the start, Ouyang Shuo wanted to take the chance to bring Hai Rui into the Censorate and make him the assistant minister and strengthen the lineup of the Censorate as a result.
That would be a promotion to Hai Rui.
However, after considering that the Censorate already had Wei Zheng and Bao Zheng, if he moved Hai Rui there, it might make the officials worry and affect the morale.
Furthermore, adding so many impartial people together might not have an additive effect. On the contrary, the characters of Wei Zheng and Hai Rui would make it hard for them to work together.
Thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo decided against it in the end.
Whilst they established the Yingzhou Province, the Guards Legion Corps would not remain on the two islands. Instead, they would leave the defenses to the Yingzhou Formation. They immediately boarded warships to go up north toward Beijiang Province to start preparations for the Battle of Jin.
If it were not to attack the Jin Country, Ouyang Shuo would not have activated the Guards Legion Corps. Not mentioning others costs, but just the teleportation costs to and from took up 700 thousand gold.
To attack the Jin Country, Ouyang Shuo was spending a lot of funds.
Due to Kangxi making contact with Jin Country right as he entered the wilderness, Ouyang Shuo realized that the Battle of Jin had to be soon, and it had to end fast.
"Things change as time passes!"
Who knows what type of changes would happen during the 6th year of Gaia.
One thing was for certain, the restrictions of Gaia on the NPC dynasties would get weaker and weaker, and there would be more and more room for Qing Dynasty to show their strength.
The current Qing only helped provide equipment and weapons. If they really participated in the battle, it would give Ouyang Shuo a huge headache.
Since the Qing Dynasty was so restless, why would Ouyang Shuo continue waiting?
As they say, "When one needs to act one has to act", the Battle of Jin officially began. The main force to attack Jin Country was the Guards Legion Corps led by Huo Qubing and the Yue Fei led Beijiang Legion Corps, a total of 700 thousand troops.
Speaking of which, one had to introduce the situation of Jin Country.
The Jin Country in the wilderness had around six million people, and all of them were from the Nuzhen race, which included hundreds of different sized tribes. Their military matters used the military and people combined system of the Mengan Mouke.
The Mengan led thousand men and the Mouke led hundred men.
Emperor Taizu of Jin led by Aguda had 300 families as Mouke, and 10 Moukes as Mengan. Although they were called different things, this was similar to the Mongol system.
Similarly, the Jin army mainly consisted of cavalry with infantry as secondary. Their cavalry had many horses for one soldier and each had heavy armor. Apart from cold weapons, they used cannons, handguns, and other firearms.
Like the Mongols, the Nuzhen tribe's mature men were all soldiers. Usually, they participated in farming, and during war time, they provided their own weapons and grain.
Hence, from their population, they could send out around a million troops. Compared to the 1:10 ratio in China, 1:6 being soldiers was a terrifying portion.
Facing such a Jin Country, it would not be easy to wipe them out.