Great Xia took the initiative to stop the war, but no one was happy about it.
Everyone knew that once Great Xia finished digesting the two million soldiers that had just joined, it would be time for them to launch a war to unify Huaxia.
Just the thought of it was enough to make one shudder.
As October entered, Ouyang Shuo entered an unprecedentedly busy state.
Conquering a large territory, receiving over two million troops, and obtaining the allegiance of several tens of civil and military officials had become the most important matter in Ouyang Shuo's heart.
For the next few days, if Ouyang Shuo wasn't summoning the cabinet ministers to discuss matters, he was going to the Grand Council or the Privy Council to hold meetings, or he was looking for the ministers to discuss matters alone. He was so busy that his feet couldn't touch the ground.
It was only on the 5th of October that things started to take shape.
The first group that Ouyang Shuo made arrangements for was the group of civil officials. Although Great Xia accepted the allegiance of three dynasties, the real increase in land was only three provinces, so the arrangements were relatively simple.
Xiong Ba was relieved of his post as a Grand Secretary of the Secretariat of Management and was officially appointed as the Governor of Minnan.
Minnan Province was adjacent to Jiangnan Province. Ouyang Shuo naturally wanted to observe whether or not Xiong Ba would secretly influence Jiangnan Province after he settled down in Minnan Province.
This was Ouyang Shuo's first test for Xiong Ba.
The former Governor of Minnan, Xun Yu, was transferred to the Cabinet of Ministers and became the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers. The advisor Fazheng, an old minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, also entered the Management Pavilion.
However, Fazheng was appointed as a scholar of the Cabinet of Advisors.
The lineup of the Minister Pavilion had always been luxurious, but now it was too strong. Other than the Palm Seal Grand Scholar Zhang Liang, there were also the Grand Scholar Jia Xu, Pang Tong, and Xun Yu, the Grand Scholar Chen Gong, Ju Shou, and Fa Zheng.
Apart from Zhang Liang, they were all top-notch strategists during the Three Kingdoms period.
Ouyang Shuo was already considering how to bring out the role of the Minister Pavilion and not let its talents be left idle.
The position of Jiangnan governor was held by Gao Ying, an old minister of the Sui Dynasty. Another old minister of the Sui Dynasty, Su Wei, was appointed as the Governor of the East River Province where the Great Jin Dynasty was located.
The Twin Walls of the Great Sui were placed in an important position.
His father, Yan, was relieved of his position as the Governor of the Central Plains and transferred to the Governor of Southern Anhui. Feng Qiuhuang took over as the Governor of the Central Plains.
The situation in the Central Plains Province had basically stabilized, and with the imperial court taking over Wannan Province, the Central Plains Province had reestablished contact with the imperial court.
As an old subject of the Han Dynasty, it was somewhat inappropriate for Lord Yan to remain in the Central Plains.
By arranging for Feng Qiuhuang to take over as the Governor of the Central Plains, one could see how much hope Ouyang Shuo had for Feng Qiuhuang. The Central Plains Province was the central region of the Central Plains. If the Central Plains were governed well, then Feng Qiuhuang would be a great merit.
Apart from the appointment and removal of the governor-general, the appointment of other government officials was mainly the responsibility of the cabinet. The general principle was to let the government officials of the Han, Jin, Sui and Shu four countries, including the government officials of Jiangnan Province, cross their posts and hold posts in different places.
This was a tedious task that would probably last for several months.
After deciding on the governor-general, Ouyang Shuo temporarily put aside the matter of the civil officials and focused on preparing for the largest military reorganization in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty.
It was too much for one's eyes to take in.
It would take a lot of effort just to sort out the composition of the 2,290,000 soldiers.
In the battle of Luoyang, they captured 120,000 Han soldiers. Because Wei Qing died for his country, there were no talented generals left.
In the battle of exterminating the Qing, they captured 320,000 Qing soldiers, but they didn't have any talented generals.
In the battle of the Jiangnan border, they captured three hundred and fifty thousand Ming soldiers. They obtained the divine general Xu Da, the imperial general Chang Yuchun, and the two king-level generals Deng Yu and Feng Sheng.
After the Great Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Zhan Lang, Xu Da and the other generals finally stopped resisting and surrendered to the Great Xia.
The Jiangnan Province surrendered to the Great Xia Dynasty. They obtained the Conqueror's Army of 300,000 and obtained the divine general Wu Qi.
The Great Jin Dynasty surrendered to the Great Xia Dynasty. The Imperial Guards and the Blazing Flame Army had a total of 340,000 and obtained the five generals Guo Ziyi, Meng Tian, Ran Min, Wang He, and Zhou Bo.
The Great Sui Dynasty surrendered to the Great Sui Dynasty. They obtained the five generals Yang Su, He Ruobi, Han Qinhu, Yu Ju Luo, and Yu Wenshu.
The Shu Han Dynasty surrendered to the Great Xia Dynasty. They obtained the three generals Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Jiang Wei.
It was impossible to keep such a large army. A portion of it had to be reduced. Otherwise, even with the financial resources of the Great Xia Dynasty, they wouldn't be able to sustain such a huge military expenditure.
Moreover, out of the 2,290,000 soldiers, the Imperial Guards alone accounted for 1.65 million, which was 72%. They included the five countries, Han, Qing, Ming, Sui, and Shu. A large scale reduction was inevitable.
With the current situation of the Great Xia Dynasty, the reorganization of the army was no longer a simple military issue or a numbers game. It was related to the future strategy of the dynasty.
They had to determine the direction of the dynasty's expansion and the enemies they would face before they could decide on the reorganization plan.
In short, they had to be guided by their needs.
The only way to describe the enemies of the Great Xia Dynasty was to "make enemies of the whole world". In Asia alone, there was the Mongolian Empire and the Romanov Dynasty in the north, the Persian Empire in the west, the Arabian Empire in the west, the Peacock Dynasty and the Gudo Dynasty in the southwest, and Java in Southeast Asia.
The whole world was even more lively.
Other than the Indian Empire, the Maple Leaf Dynasty, the Dawson Dynasty, and the Mayan Dynasty in the American continent, the Gangdor Dynasty, the Spanish Dynasty, the Gaulish Dynasty, the Germanic Dynasty, and the Caesar Dynasty in the European continent. The Egyptian Dynasty and the Banto Dynasty in the African continent were all over the world.
If these dynasties could be united, even three Great Xia Dynasties would be destroyed.
However, Ouyang Shuo was a person who was unwilling to accept the current situation. He was stubborn and determined to destroy the cake of the Silver Hand and the Azure Badge in order to establish a new order in the future Hope Planet.
It could be imagined that the future gaming world would be as lively as before, or even more so than before.
With such a large number of enemies, it was impossible to destroy them one by one. Ouyang Shuo wanted to destroy the two major organizations, the Silver Hand and the Azure Badge, as a whole and not all the individuals in the organization.
Accepting the Xiong Ba family was based on such a strategic consideration.
Ouyang Shuo temporarily identified three main breakthroughs. The first was the Peacock Dynasty and the Gudo Dynasty in the southwest. Considering the existence of the Ashoka Dynasty, this was the most difficult point.
The second was the Persian Empire in the west.
If he could take down the Persian Empire, he could deter the Arabian Empire in the west, the Caesar Dynasty in the northwest, and the Romanov Dynasty in the southwest.
The third was the African continent.
In the next year or two, the African continent would be the focus of the world. It was also the frontline for the Great Xia Dynasty to wrestle with the Silver Hand and the Azure Badge.
Among the three breakthroughs, the one that needed to be strengthened the most was the African continent.
At present, the Great Xia Dynasty had only deployed the West African Army and the East African Army in North Africa. Not to mention the future war in Africa, it was impossible to take down the East African territory.
The thirteen countries of East Africa took up 12% of Africa's total area, with a total of more than ten million players.
If the Great Xia Dynasty wanted to take down East Africa, it could not use less than a million troops. As such, the first step of the military reorganization was to target the African territory.
Ouyang Shuo decided to establish the dynasty's fourth war zone — the African war zone. He would establish the African war zone command to oversee the war in Africa. The primary goal was to take down the East African territory within a year.
As such, the imperial court decided to add two armies to the African war zone, namely the Ravenous Wolf Army and the North African Army. The Ravenous Wolf Army was a regular field army, while the North African Army was part of the border defense system.
With the continuous expansion of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to change the previous military designation. After the Soaring Dragon, Bright Tiger, Leopard Tao, Soaring Eagle and Flying Bear, he added the Ravenous Wolf Army.
As such, Ouyang Shuo decided to cancel the designation of the guards. There were two reasons.
Firstly, the guards were originally planned to be the dynasty's first purely firearms army. However, with Gaia greatly increasing the military strength of the generals and soldiers, firearms and cold weapons coexisted and became the trend in the army.
As such, a purely firearms army was of little value.
Secondly, the establishment of the guards was to strengthen Ouyang Shuo's direct army, so as to prevent an army that was weak on the inside and strong on the outside.
However, with the continuous expansion of the Great Xia Dynasty, the scale of the army, especially the border defense army, was rapidly expanding. No matter how Ouyang Shuo strengthened his direct army, he was unable to change the situation of being weak on the inside and strong on the outside.
The only way was to impose reasonable restrictions and restrictions on the war zone.
Furthermore, with the continuous expansion of the territory, the imperial guards were like a firefighting team. They would be teleported to the southwest battlefield and then to the southeast battlefield. It was a waste of money and effort, so it was not desirable.
As such, it was better to strengthen the war zone's construction and guard every strategic direction. It would prevent the imperial guards from coming to the rescue in every battle. This way, the war zone could have a long-term plan.
Due to this, Ouyang Shuo decided to cancel the guards' designation.
After all, the only corps of the guards had already been split into the various field armies. The cancellation of the guards' designation only required the Privy Council to go through the procedures once. There was no loss.
With the cancellation of the guards' designation, the three generals, Zuo Zongtang, Ceng Guoquan, and Oda Nobunaga, were all included in the reorganization of the army.
The commander of the Ravenous Wolf Army was assigned to Meng Tian, the former commander of the Great Jin Imperial Guards.
Since Meng Tian, Shi Dakai, and Di Qing, the three commanders of the North African war zone, weren't top-notch generals, Ouyang Shuo assigned the Ming Dynasty's fierce general Chang Yuchun as a supplement.
Zhao Yun and Oda Nobunaga were assigned to the Ravenous Wolf Army, while He Ruobi and Wang Ci were assigned to the North African war zone.
In this way, the African war zone had Chang Yuchun, Oda Nobunaga, and Shi Dakai, the three generals who were familiar with firearms. This arrangement was also based on the judgment of the future global war.
The European and American dynasties were very proficient in the use of firearms. The African war zone couldn't be at a disadvantage right from the start.
In view of the fact that the African war zone was far away from the dynasty's central command, many decisions needed to be made independently and in real time. Ouyang Shuo also assigned a commander and a military advisor to the African war zone.
The commander of the war zone wouldn't be the commander of the army, and the military advisor would be a professional military advisor.
The first military advisor of the African war zone was Pang Tong, a top-notch strategist who had resigned from his post as a scholar of the Cabinet of Advisors. As for the commander of the war zone, it was beyond everyone's expectations.
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