Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2524 Resuming the Summoning, Two Gods and Three Days

The initial strategic plan of Wang Yu and his cabinet was to form a defensive line for the northern border and northeast of the Han Dynasty, consisting of Zhongxing Pass, Tianlang Pass, and the Beiping Road of the Eastern Barbarians.

By utilizing strategic passes and passes, they could minimize the military force that the Han Dynasty had to commit to in the north, thus freeing up more of their resources to deal with matters in the south.

With the entry of the Sun Kingdom, in order to resolve the Dongyi problem by the end of the year as originally planned, the Han Dynasty ultimately decided to activate its contingency plan, inviting Nurhaci into the fray, thus creating a situation where the Dongyi were besieged on all sides.

In this way, the northern defense line in the Han Dynasty's strategic plan would become four passes: Zhongxing Pass, Tianlang Pass, Shanhaiguan Pass, and Jianing Pass.

Although it was said that Beiping Road was ceded to Nurhaci, it was not a bad thing for the Han Dynasty.

Although Beiping Road is rich in mineral resources, it is still not as rich as the two passes and the two Guang regions of the Han Dynasty.

This road was merely icing on the cake for the Han Dynasty, but for Nurhaci, it was a lifeline in his time of need.

Nurhaci was not only a pawn in the Golden Horde's strategy to counterbalance the Tuoba tribe, but also a pawn of the Han Dynasty. If the opponent's strength was insufficient, then of course it wouldn't work either.

Their plan included ceding Beiping to Nurhaci, largely stemming from this strategic objective.

Furthermore, if Beiping Road were ceded to Nurhaci, Nurhaci would be able to play an even greater role for the Han Dynasty. He could not only hinder the Tuoba tribe when necessary, but also completely block the forces of the plateau.

From this perspective, it can help the Han Dynasty reduce the need to invest more resources in the northern and northeastern border regions.

The geographical location of the plateau has already determined that once a force unifies the plateau, regardless of its strength, if it intends to expand downwards, it will be absolutely disgusting.

The opponent's geographical advantage alone gave them absolute strategic initiative. Basically, they were the ones who could conquer, and no regime would willingly fight for control.

Without troop transport vehicles, coupled with problems from roads, weather, and high-altitude environments, even a dynasty's national strength wouldn't be enough to launch an attack.

Moreover, the long march was exhausting, with half the troops dying on the way. Once they finally reached the destination, they were plagued by various diseases caused by the geographical environment. How could they fight a war under such circumstances?

The key point is that even if we spare no effort to conquer it, the place is a poor and remote area, and it will be difficult to govern afterwards. Sending troops to attack there would be nothing but trouble.

Having Nurhaci cut off their connection with the plateau saved them some trouble. Once the situation in the Central Plains is stable, they can be dealt with again.

Therefore, after the war had reached this stage, the situation on the Eastern Yi side could essentially be declared over.

Next, Su Qin used diplomatic means to take these two passes from Nurhaci's hands.

Once this step is completed, the strategic plans of the Han Dynasty in the north and northeast will be fully realized.

With the problems in the north and northeast completely resolved, the Han Dynasty could finally focus its full attention on southward and westward expansion. Of course, given the current situation, southward expansion was a higher priority than westward expansion. Compared to the Great Wu in the west, the Great Qian in the south, although now under a nominal unified command, remained a weaker opponent.

"System, initiate the summoning. Use two God-level Talent Summoning Cards to perform two God-level Talent Summonings, focusing on martial prowess, and then perform three Heaven-level Summonings, focusing on martial prowess and leadership."

The last summoning itself summoned two god-level political talents, and in the subsequent interception and random summoning, new god-level political talents have joined.

Therefore, although three new territories were acquired, there were still high-level officials in charge of governance.

For grassroots officials, given the sheer volume of demand, it's impossible to place all problem-solving methods on the system; it can only be one of the methods.

The purpose of the Han Dynasty's educational reforms, aside from the ostensible pretexts, was, in its simplest and most direct way, to address the issue of officials during the expansion process, particularly the need for lower-level officials.

Once a territory is conquered, in addition to employing a small number of local figures to stabilize the local situation, a large reserve of officials is built up through educational reforms to avoid being hampered by local forces after the territory is conquered.

Within just a few years, the Han Dynasty had successively conquered all the territories of the Great Yan and the Zhao Song, and then tirelessly dealt with the Eastern Yi. It had even begun planning to move south. The confidence behind this success lay in this.

With enough high-quality talent as leaders, and a sufficient number of grassroots political talents as implementers, newly acquired territory can be digested in a short period of time without affecting the digestion process during the war.

Moreover, this is only after the Han Dynasty's education reform has been implemented for a few years. If it continues for a few more years, the Han Dynasty will completely embark on a virtuous cycle in this regard.

As for whether this set of educational reforms will be suitable after unifying the world, if it is not suitable, it can be changed later. What system can last for thousands of years? It is constantly being improved.

Although this reform was given various far-reaching significance on the surface, it still could not change its essential nature of serving the war.

Therefore, after taking control of these three regions, what Wang Yu needed was not governance talent, but rather military and command talent, in preparation for his next southward advance.

Of course, it would be best to have a few high-ranking naval commanders. Next, the Han Dynasty will officially enter a phase of large-scale naval development, with the Wu and Chu states in the south as hypothetical enemies.

In addition, a large-scale development of the navy is also needed to deal with the Sun Kingdom. At the very least, trying to defeat the Sun Kingdom with the current size of the navy would be tantamount to suicide.

The development of a navy is different from that of an infantry; the time required for their development is on a completely different level. Naval forces must be developed much earlier, sometimes even several years in advance.

If we wait until we're facing the Wu and Chu regions to start preparing at the last minute, it will be too late.

Yanbei was never the most suitable place to develop a navy. The most suitable place for the Han Dynasty to develop a navy was always the East China Sea.

With the East Sea Route in hand, plus the East Ping and South Ping Routes of the Eastern Yi, the Great Han now has the basic conditions for large-scale development of its navy.

"Ding, the first God-level Talent Summoning Card is being activated..."