Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

"Okay, the matter of the national debt will be left to the Ministry of Finance, and sufficient funds must be raised within one month." Without waiting for Taro Watanabe to refute, the dwarf locust agreed to the Prime Minister's proposal.

"Hiyi."

Since the dwarf grasshopper had expressed his opinion, Watanabe Taro naturally did not dare to refute it and could only agree.

"Now, tell me, how many troops does the Empire need to send to support the new country?"

Faced with this question, Muye Rongxian immediately said: "Your Majesty, although the Nanshan government is now only using 400,000 troops in Qiyuan, its overall military strength is far more than that."

"Therefore, I feel that we should transfer all ten newly formed divisions to the new country and defeat it in one fell swoop."

"Mr. Makino, do you know how much financial pressure the empire will face if it deploys ten divisions?" Upon hearing this, Saito Taro immediately retorted.

Previously, the entire army of the Little Locust Country only had eleven divisions. Ten divisions were just expanded and then all were sent to the front. Does the country need to continue to expand its army?

The army now has more than 500,000 people. If the number increases further, what will the military expenditure reach?

Makino Eikan shook his head: "Ten divisions only have less than 300,000 people, plus the five divisions of the new country, there are only more than 400,000 people, which is just on par with Qi Yuan's Nanshan Army."

"Saito-kun, we are fighting across the ocean. If we don't defeat the new country once and for all, how can we defend the land of Qiyuan?"

"It's easy for Makino-kun to say that. These are more than 400,000 people, and the supplies required to leave the mainland will be huge." Watanabe Taro also stood up and spoke.

"Is it worth it to have a Qiyuan Province in Xinguo?"

The dwarf locust has only been developed in the past few decades, and they are also an island country with limited resources and a weak financial foundation.

If Qiyuan had abundant resources or had already been developed, it would be reasonable to make such a big move. After all, the benefits would be seen immediately.

However, although Qiyuan is close to the sea and its economy is among the best in the entire new country, if it wants to develop its resources, it still needs continuous investment.

Not only that, it is necessary to ensure that future investments will not be destroyed by the new country.

Qiyuan naturally cannot meet this requirement at present, either in terms of geographical location or resource richness.

The little locust thought for a moment and said, "First send five new army divisions to support. During this period, we will speed up the preparation of supplies. After a month, we will send the reinforcements to the new country."

“After these five divisions go to the new country, they only need to firmly occupy Qiyuan and avoid conflict with the Nanshan government for the time being.”

"Hi." Although they were not very satisfied with the decision of the dwarf locust, everyone still bowed in agreement.

At this time, everyone was very conflicted. On the one hand, they coveted the fertile land of the new country, but on the other hand, they were unwilling to pay too much money and materials.

The little dwarf locust was more worried. He was afraid that after defeating the Nanshan army, the benefits he would get from Qi Yuan would not be as much as he had imagined. The effort he put in was not proportional to the reward, and this was the most uncomfortable thing.

Thinking of this, the little locust sighed and said, "My Lords, who should be in charge of the affairs of the new country from now on?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately became alert, as it was time for the power game again.

"Your Majesty, I recommend Sato Yuichi..."

"Your Majesty, Fujiwara no Takatake is a noble..."

The prime minister and ministers all nominated their favorite candidates.

Finally, Little Locust made the decision to let Sato Yuichi be in charge of the affairs of the new country. Of course, this would have to wait until the situation in the new country was temporarily stabilized.

"My Lords, I have decided to expand the size of the domestic reserve forces and form a reserve force of 300,000 soldiers to replenish the front line at any time or to expand the size of the troops. What do you think?"

People didn't have much objection to this, as it was just an expansion of the reserve forces, not a direct expansion of the army.

Although the reserve force will cost some money, it does not require the preparation of equipment for 300,000 people, and it will still be affordable after selling national debt.

After the meeting, the entire Dwarf Locust Kingdom was mobilized to prepare for the military expedition, supplies, and the issuance of national bonds.

On the second day, the new country arrived in Anmi County.

Early in the morning, the Nanshan Army launched a full-scale attack on the Asada Division.

The four artillery regiments bombarded continuously, and not only the positions outside the city, but even the Anmi County city was hit.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, I'm afraid Anmi County won't be able to hold out for long."

After the artillery fire outside the city stopped, Xi Yiduozhi and others came out of the anti-artillery cave, with obvious fatigue on his face.

Asada Motoji didn't look very well either. He went to bed very late last night and was awakened by the artillery fire of the Nanshan Army before he even woke up.

"Lord Xi Yi, send a telegram to Qi Chang immediately, asking when the imperial reinforcements will arrive."

"Hi." Xi Yiduo seemed to be hesitant to speak, and in the end said nothing. He responded and turned around to send the message.

Looking at Nishi Yoshida's back, Asada Genji sighed softly. He naturally knew what the other party meant. Their group had been abandoned by Qi Chang, and now they were stuck in a dilemma.

Although Qingzhou was in sight, they were surrounded and unable to break out. Their only hope was for reinforcements to arrive and break the enemy's encirclement, which would give them a glimmer of hope.

He was confident that as long as reinforcements arrived, they would not only be able to rescue him, but they might even be able to win the battle.

However, the idea is good, but the reality may not be as expected. First of all, he had a conflict with Ito Shifumi, and these reinforcements would only obey Ito Shifumi's command, and the other party would definitely not send reinforcements to rescue.

Secondly, the new people surrounded them. Who can guarantee that this is not a trap to attract reinforcements to encircle and annihilate the enemy?

Asada Genji's idea was right. At this time, in Qichang's new headquarters, Ito Mifumi was sitting in the main seat with a dejected look on his face, with two telegrams placed in front of him.

Qing Shuiqian, who came to report the news, asked in confusion: "General, how should the commander of the Yamauchi Division reply to them?"

Qingshui Qianyun couldn't help but shook his head. Judging from Ito Mifumi's appearance, he must have been sitting here in a daze for the whole night.

"Send a telegram to Yamauchi Hiroo. Yamauchi and Fujii Divisions, one division will stay at sea, and the other division will quickly land in Qingzhou. We must defend Qingzhou City."

"Hi." Qingshui Qianyun responded and immediately went down to send the message.

Looking at Qingshui Qianyun's back, Ito Mifumi had a complicated expression. He had received news from home that the top leaders were very dissatisfied with him and the dwarf locust had decided to replace him.

At the same time, he was told implicitly that the main reason was the change of flag in Heyuan, which made Ito Mifumi very unhappy.

After receiving the telegram from home last night, he had been sitting in his seat in a daze, and did not respond even when he received the telegram about reinforcements.

Ito Mifumi did not blame Qingshui Qianyun. After all, scolding him would not help. He was more worried about his future. As for Qingshui Qianyun, it would not be too late to deal with him later.

Now that the situation in Qiyuan has deteriorated, Ito Mifumi dares not take any other actions. He needs to stabilize the situation in Qiyuan, otherwise losing the entire Qiyuan will not only be a problem for his future.

The Nanshan Army not only had powerful firepower and elite soldiers, but was also strong in strategy and tactics. Even when the Asada Division was surrounded, he did not dare to rush to rescue it.

He was also afraid that the reinforcements would be surrounded by the Nanshan Army again. After all, there were as many as 200,000 Nanshan troops entering Qiyuan.

He had no idea of ​​the specific situation and the only thing he could do was to proceed steadily, guard the existing territory, and wait for people to come from the country.