Chapter 904: Two Generals

"So, what is the next direction of attack?" Bolt took a sip of red wine, and thinking of something, he asked.

"That depends on the navy." Wesley winked at Maluofu.

The red-haired Maluofu snorted and held his head high, "Once we annihilate the Yan Wang Fleet, any place along the coast is a direction for attack. Of course, I prefer to land directly in the waters off Yanzhou and strike straight into their Capital City."

Bolt nodded.

This was, of course, what he hoped for most.

This time, the Joint Fleet had a total of eighty-four Sailing Warships and forty-two Steamships.

Plus the fleet originally stationed in Dongtu.

They could assemble a total of one hundred and eight Sailing Warships and fifty-four Steamships.

This did not include the Sam Country fleet coming from the east.

If Sam Country could fulfill its promise.

Their Joint Fleet would possess one hundred and forty-four Sailing Warships and sixty-two Steamships.

With such massive power, he believed they would certainly annihilate the newly born Yan Wang Fleet.

"At that time, I hope we can drink red wine in the Imperial Palace of Da Song." Bolt clinked his glass with Maluofu.

Wesley chuckled softly, "Before the fleet acts, we still need to let the indigenous countries under our control provoke Da Song and drag down the Yan Wang Army; this will make it more convenient for us to invade Yanzhou."

He paused and said, "We have the south, and for the north, we still need to contact the Ross people."

"I will send someone to Tibet tomorrow," Bolt said.

Next, everyone participated in the banquet.

After the banquet ended, led by the generals from Britain and Frank, they held a meeting and determined the specific action plan.

From now on.

The Coalition from the Western Lands would be stationed in Tianzhu.

Within the next three months, the Tianzhu military factory must expand its production capacity based on the Steam Engines shipped in.

Afterward,

Provide firearms and Artillery to the indigenous armies under their control, instigate them to create incidents, and contain the Yan Wang Army.

At the same time, integrate and train the fleet, conduct reconnaissance on the Da Song seas, find opportunities for battle, and eliminate the Yan Wang Fleet.

To prevent unfavorable war developments, Trench fortifications must also be built in various colonies to facilitate future repeated struggles against the Yan Wang Army in the East Land Southern Region.

Having agreed on the strategy against Da Song, the generals of each country returned and began their respective actions the next day.

And when the Coalition arrived, there were pairs of eyes in the city of Calcutta watching all of this.

They collected the intelligence and sent it to Da Song.

At the same time, Yancheng.

Zhao Xu was responding to this hunt against Da Song step by step according to his own plan.

According to his orders, Dong An had set off three days ago for the four northern domains of Dongying.

Although he had only asked him to send a diplomat.

But because there were no diplomatic activities in Da Song at the moment, he was too bored.

So he personally took on the role of this diplomat.

Regarding this, Zhao Xu could only smile faintly and did not bother with him.

"Three days is enough for Dong An to reach Dongying; Dongying should also start to stir up Bolan," Zhao Xu said, looking at the map of Dongying in the Prince's study, pondering for a while.

He had only eaten half of this piece of meat called Dongying, and the other half was still at his lips.

In such a chaotic situation, he naturally had to swallow this piece of meat first before fighting the Western Lands countries that were hunting him.

Most importantly, by taking all of Dongying, Da Song would have one more blood transfusion pipeline.

Gaoli plus Dongying, totaling forty million people, was worth half of Da Song.

Just as he was thinking, Feng'er reported that Chang Wei, Qin Shan, and Guan Tong had arrived.

Zhao Xu nodded and let the three of them in.

"Your Highness."

After entering the study, the three of them gave a military salute to Zhao Xu simultaneously.

Zhao Xu returned the salute.

At this time, Chang Wei said, "Your Highness, through the selection within the army, the generals have chosen Qin Shan to serve as the Great General of the Azure Dragon Army and Guan Tong to serve as the Great General of the Vermilion Bird Army. This subordinate also believes that the two are capable of the task, so I specifically brought them here."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu looked at Qin Shan and Guan Tong.

The two immediately puffed out their chests high.

For this selection of the main generals for the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon armies, he did not make direct appointments.

Instead, he adopted a method of letting all the generals in the army vote.

This method could naturally reveal which general in the army had the highest prestige.

The result was also about what he had expected.

Over these years, Qin Shan and Guan Tong had the greatest merits, and they fought battles cleanly.

Naturally, the ones elected were the two of them.

"Since the two of you are the choice of the masses, then this King will entrust the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird armies to you. I hope you can make Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird live up to their names," Zhao Xu laughed.

Before pacifying the internal rebellion, Zhao Xu already had the idea of expanding the army.

After all, the family business was getting big.

Furthermore, after internal stability, the next step was to compete for colonies with the Westerners.

In the future, there would be a large number of markets stationed overseas to maintain the interests of Da Song.

This also requires soldiers.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, this general will certainly train the troops under my command into a fierce tiger," Qin Shan said.

"This general will certainly train the troops under my command into a mighty lion," Guan Tong glanced at Qin Shan and also said.

Zhao Xu shook his head; he knew the two of them liked to bicker.

So he said, "Alright, stop wagging your tongues. Go and coordinate with Old General Yang Feng now and head south immediately. The Ministry of War has already been recruiting soldiers for you for over a month. I will give you another month and a half to recruit soldiers and get the Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army up and running."

Right now, what he worries about most is the south.

The sooner the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon are formed into armies, the more at ease he will be.