There are many natures of war.

Just, unjust.

Punitive, aggressive.

conquering nature, and plundering destruction nature.

Obviously, the nature of the war in which Wan Chengguo wants to fight against Nanyuanzhou this time should belong to the latter.

It is to obtain the land and population of Nanyuanzhou, seize the other party's spiritual veins and resources, and achieve permanent occupation.

But to achieve this goal, it requires the use of a large number of troops.

For example, the thousand cities in Nanyuanzhou have an average population of 1.5 million per city. Calculated by 1,000 troops per city, the Wancheng Kingdom must dispatch at least one million troops to achieve full occupation.

However, under the guiding ideology of elite military strategy, the regular regular army of Wancheng Kingdom was only four major fleets, with more than 300,000 people (all of which were monks).

The four major sects also have tens of thousands of monks, which can be organized into a legion of 50,000 people.

There is no problem in capturing these two forces in Nanyuanzhou.

The problem is to achieve long-term effective occupation and management and continuously seize profits.

It’s like a python. It’s easy to kill an elephant, but it’s quite difficult to swallow it into your stomach and digest it.

what to do?

The senior executives of Wancheng Kingdom also realized this problem.

When they saw the franchise city-states desperately waving the spiritual coins in their hands, and through various channels, they expressed their willingness to contribute money and efforts to help win Nanyuanzhou, the senior management immediately came up with a solution.

Folk forces.

Borrow the power of the people.

There are currently more than 1,000 cities in Wancheng Country, which is equivalent to the number of cities in Nanyuanzhou.

Even if each city sends one thousand troops, it can lead to a million troops.

And a thousand troops are like drizzle for the cities in Wancheng.

Not to mention a thousand, it is easy to pull out ten thousand...but the quality of the soldiers will decline slightly.

Looking at the current enthusiasm of each city and mobilization work, it only requires nodding.

It even needs to conduct a certain screening to avoid the confusion of fish and dragons and the difficulty in commanding and controlling it.

Therefore, after some consultation and discussion, the top leaders of Wan Chengguo formulated five standards for various civil forces to join the legion of expedition.

First, you must first pay a guarantee of 5 million spiritual coins to enrich the national treasury.

2. The main leader of the civil army formation must have a national contribution of more than 10,000.

3. The number of civil legions shall not be less than 800 people or more than 1,000 people, and shall bring their own weapons and bring their own food and grass. The proportion of monks shall not be less than one-third.

4. Before going to the war, you must receive more than three months of regular military training.

5. After going to war, you must obey the orders of the National Defense Forces and obey the command. If there is any violation, you must immediately be dismissed and returned to your country.

After these five items were announced, the entire Wancheng Kingdom was in full joy.

Then various cities and various civil legions emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

The business in the weapons market is extremely booming, including armor, swords, Lingyuan pistols, Lingyuan spears, and powerful crossbows... almost all sold out.

All kinds of military uniforms, military boots, and military accessories are in short supply, so the factory has to rush to make them.

Even all kinds of military rations, high-energy biscuits and other foods with long shelf life were wiped out.

In one month, at least 3,000 civilian legions in Wancheng were established.

And it is a full army of one thousand people.

Of course, the country has only 1,000 indicators, which will eliminate at least two-thirds of them... Only elites can be selected.

Therefore, once these civil corps were established, they immediately hired professional officers with high salaries and devoted themselves to high-intensity training in order to obtain the quota for the expedition.

It can be foreseen that the 1,000 civilian legions selected in the end will never perform much worse than the regular army after they are invested in the Southern Yuanzhou.

Zhou Ming was amazed at this.

"The senior executives of this class are indeed very smart."

"One thousand civil legions, just one deposit, gathered 5 billion spiritual coins."

"The state does not spend a penny on the state, all the soldiers, weapons, equipment, food, supplies, and salary, and benefits, all of them are borne by the private individuals."

"Even so, the public response was still positive. All major families participated enthusiastically, invested huge amounts of money to recruit talents and trained hard, for fear of missing opportunities."

"Faced with this kind of power that has been fully mobilized from the official to the public, Nan Yuanzhou is probably going to be finished soon."

Zhou Ming predicts that the war will end in a short period of time.

And Wancheng Country will not suffer much losses.

Some people may be worried about the high-end combat power of Nanyuanzhou.

For example, there are thousands of immortals in the Gudan stage.

There are also six or seven ancestors in the trance stage.

These are all forces that cannot be underestimated and may cause damage to Wanchengguo.

However, the combination of Lingyuan Battleship + Air Warrior Armor, tens of thousands of Lingyuan Cannons, tens of thousands of Lingyuan Guns, and the wireless telegrams for instant contact...

Zhou Ming predicted that the casualties of the Wancheng Kingdom's legion will not exceed four digits.

So, he still studies well in the academy and doesn't have to pay attention to these news all day long.

...

Two months later.

At the end of January.

The college is on holiday.

Zhou Ming returned to his hometown, Xuanqing City.

Immediately I was shocked by the scene in front of me.

A total of millions of foreign populations have poured into the entire Xuanqing City.

Most of them were soldiers, a small number were merchants who heard the news, as well as various service industry personnel.

Hundreds of civil corps from various cities also gathered here to prepare for the selection.

The airport's supplies were piled up like mountains, with more than a thousand Airbus aircraft.

The restaurants and hotels in the city were already full, and hundreds of thousands of people could only live in outdoor tents. A huge barracks were formed around Xuanqing City.

Above the altitude, there are twenty-four Lingyuan battleships every day, arranged in neat formations and carried out combat readiness patrols.

The monks who put on air armor and wrapped their bodies in the air were flying at high speed in the air, with great momentum and majesty.

As the war is approaching, there is an atmosphere of tension and excitement everywhere in the military camps.

...

Xuanqing City, the city lord's mansion.

In the banquet hall where distinguished guests.

The Bai family was fortunate to invite the general of the National Defense Forces, the nearly 60-year-old general Fan Yangzhi, who led the expedition to the Bai Mansion as a guest.

Zhou Ming also attended the banquet and sat next to the old man.

In order to let Zhou Ming get to know more big names, at the banquet, the old man strongly recommended his grandson in front of Fan Yangzhi and listed a lot of stories about him.

For example, building the "Xuanqing Highway", attracting investment, developing the economy of Xuanqingcheng, and then deepening the Xuanqing fruit industry and developing the breeding of pot-pot rabbits... The development process of Xuanqingcheng for more than ten years has been one step at a time, and it has all the contributions of this precious grandson.

Moreover, he had excellent academic performance and won the top scorer in the college entrance examination. He entered Daxian Academy to study. During his studies at school, he invented the Lingyuanbo wired telegraph and Lingyuan typewriter.

Listening to these introductions, Fan Yangzhi didn't feel anything at first, and even a hint of impatientness flashed. But when he suddenly heard the word "Lingyuanbo wired telegram", his eyes lit up and immediately looked up and asked Zhou Ming and said, "Did you invent the Lingyuanbo telegram? Isn't the inventor a man named Zhou Yuan?"

"Zhou Yuan is my pseudonym, and his real name is Bai Feiyang." Zhou Ming explained.

"So that's what it is..."

Fan Yangzhi nodded and began to show great interest in the inventor of the "Lingyuanbo Telegram". He asked many related questions. Seeing that he answered questions in a smooth manner and explained the principle clearly and thoroughly, he no longer had doubts. When he looked at his eyes, he gradually became eager.

This young man is a rare talent and has great value in cultivating.

In order to take the exam, he also asked him a few questions... about the war to conquer Nanyuanzhou.

"Can I win in Wancheng Country?" Fan Yangzhi asked.

"Like an adult beat a young child, I will win in the country of Wancheng." Zhou Ming replied.

"Adult beats a young child?"

This metaphor made Fan Yangzhi laugh, but he still asked him: "Why do you think so?"

Zhou Ming analyzed the national strength, scientific and technological strength, organizational strength, overall mobilization strength, and military combat effectiveness one by one, and concluded that Wan Chengguo would easily win.
To be continued...