Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

With the decisive retreat of the Andong Division, the Nanshan Army instantly lost its target and could only destroy the Asada Division first.

Facing the main force of the Asada Division, Zhang Wei mobilized the first and second divisions to surround the south and east of Anmi County.

The 3rd and 11th divisions did not hide either, and all of them surrounded the area, and were deployed by Zhang Wei to the west and north. The entire Anmi County was tightly surrounded by the four divisions of the Nanshan Army.

"Damn it, these New Country people are so cunning." Upon learning that the west and north were surrounded by New Country troops, Asada Motoji couldn't help but curse out loud.

Now he finally understood the previous plans of the New Chinese. They clearly had the ability to quickly eliminate them, but they chose not to do so.

This is to keep them fishing and lure out more dwarf locust troops. These people have a really big appetite.

The chief of staff beside him sighed and said, "Your Excellency, even if we are surrounded by the new people, we should firmly hold our ground."

"Counting the days, reinforcements from the country will arrive soon. As long as we hold out until the reinforcements arrive, we can counterattack the new people and defeat them."

When saying this, Xi Yiduozhi himself didn't quite believe it, but there was nothing he could do. He had to give the soldiers below him some confidence and boost their morale so that they could hold out longer.

"Lord Xi Yi, immediately send a message to the entire army, telling the soldiers that reinforcements from the country will soon land in Qingzhou. As soon as the reinforcements arrive, the New Kingdom's army will surely be defeated."

"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I'll go and convey the order right away." Upon hearing the order, the chief of staff immediately went down to make arrangements.

The announcement to the entire army that reinforcements from the country would soon land boosted the morale of the Asada Division.

At the same time, dwarf locusts were spreading in the country.

After receiving the telegram from Ito Sanefumi, Emperor Xiaochu summoned his ministers to discuss the matter again.

After passing the telegram to everyone, the little locust asked, "Gentlemen, what do you think of the news from the new country?"

"Your Majesty, seven divisions with nearly 200,000 people have been sent to the new country." Finance Minister Taro Watanabe was the first to speak.

"They gained nothing except losing soldiers and generals. Is there any need to persist in this battle?"

Taro Watanabe was not without his covetousness for the land and resources of the new country. As the Minister of Finance, his priority was naturally the issue of money.

After this military expansion, coupled with the transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies to the new country, the national finances could no longer be sustained.

Naturally, he did not support invading the new country at this time.

In the history of Blue Star, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the dwarf received a huge amount of compensation from the Dragon Kingdom, and developed the economy and built industries in the country.

Even so, the actual armed invasion of Dragon Country did not begin until the September 918th Incident.

After 918, although the small locust country had frictions with the Dragon Country every year and gained some benefits from time to time, the large-scale invasion also occurred after the July Incident, and even threatened to destroy the Dragon Country in three months.

It can be seen that unless you make full preparations in advance, the resources, money, etc. required to invade another country cannot be achieved overnight.

The small dwarf locust country in this world is different from the one on Blue Star. There was no Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in this world. Although the small dwarf locust country also bullied the previous dynasty, it was not as exaggerated as the compensation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver paid by Blue Star.

Therefore, the small dwarf locust country on the Diyuan Star is much weaker financially than the small dwarf locust country on the Blue Star.

But the madness of the little locust man is just the same.

Army Minister Makino Eiaki was very dissatisfied with Watanabe Taro's words and immediately refuted them.

"Lord Watanabe, the Empire has already invested so much manpower and resources. If we give up the new country without gaining anything, it will not only deal a huge blow to the morale of the front line, but also waste the previous efforts."

His meaning was very clear. Now the Dwarf Locust Kingdom has paid a heavy price.

Not to mention the loss of two divisions, even transporting so many soldiers and supplies to the new country would require a lot of manpower and material resources.

Although there were differences between the navy and the army, on this matter, the navy also supported continuing to send troops to the new country.

The Minister of the Navy, Taro Toyota, stood up, bowed to the little locust, and then slowly spoke:

"Your Majesty, if the troops rushing to Singapore return in disgrace, it will also cause a great blow to our international status. Our navy also supports continuing to send support to Singapore."

Originally, Makino Eiaki was very happy, thinking that the navy had changed its nature and would not sabotage their army, but Toyota Taro's next words instantly broke Makino Eiaki's defense.

"However, the army's performance in this battle was indeed not satisfactory. Why not let our navy also send a fleet to the new country and give full command of the war to our navy?"

"I believe that if the navy is in command, it will not suffer the same loss of troops as the army."

"idiot."

Makino Eikai cursed in his heart and quickly stood up to explain: "Your Majesty, the reason why Ito's army failed to make much progress in the new country is not because of poor command of the war, but because of the Nanshan government of the new country."

"Nanshan Government?" Although the little locust had heard of the Nanshan Government, he did not take it seriously.

After all, the new country's situation has changed in just one year. A year ago, the Nanshan government was just a force that controlled one province.

Although he has risen to rule over fifteen provinces, his development and expansion are too fast and his foundation is not solid. There must be many internal problems, so the dwarf locust does not take him seriously.

"Yes, it is the Nanshan government."

Makino Rongxian continued to introduce: "Fang Jian, the chairman of the Nanshan government, served as the county magistrate of Xinyuan County four years ago and concurrently served as the commander of the militia. In the same year, he defeated the warlord Ma Jincen and took over Nanshan Province."

"In the past three years, it has been developing Nanshan's economy, military, and internal affairs, building an industrial system, and establishing factories and schools."

"Last year, they occupied Nanchuan, which led to an attack from the northern government, but they were easily defeated. Later, the northern and southern governments combined more than 400,000 troops, but were also defeated by them."

Afterwards, Makino Eikaki introduced how the Nanshan Army defeated the warlords, annihilated the Komoto Division, swept across the new country and occupied fifteen provinces, and fought against the dwarf locusts.

"In fact, Ito-kun had already gained control of Qiyuan years ago, and all other forces in the new country were dealt with. Our crisis this time is all related to the Nanshan government."

"Baga." After hearing the introduction, the little locust was a little angry, and at the same time he also felt threatened by the Nanshan government.

The Prime Minister also nodded in agreement: "The Nanshan government is developing too fast. If we don't restrict it, I'm afraid it will become a big problem for us."

"Yes, in just four years, it has not only occupied half of the provinces of New China, but its attitude towards us is also unfriendly. If we don't take action when it is weak, it will be even more difficult to contain it in the future."

There are also many knowledgeable people in the Little Locust Kingdom, and they can easily see the threat posed by Francis Xavier.

Most people already have ambitions for the new country and do not want a powerful force to emerge in the new country, which would cause trouble for them to occupy the new country.

Most people had reached a consensus, and Watanabe Taro did not dare to refuse. He just said, "Everyone, where will the money come from to continue to increase the troops?"

"We need to dispatch a certain number of troops and mobilize a certain amount of supplies. Also, transporting five divisions to the new country will not only concentrate most of the domestic ships, but also consume most of the stored fuel."