The commander of the African War Zone was none other than the current commander of the Southwest War Zone, Bai Qi.
Not only was Bai Qi stepping down from his post as commander of the Southwest War Zone, but he was also stepping down from his concurrent post as commander of the Dragon Stallion Army to head to the African War Zone.
The Bureau of Military Affairs and the Grand Council would be responsible for establishing the war zone headquarters.
On the surface, Bai Qi being transferred from the powerful Southwest War Zone to the remote African War Zone and being forced to leave the Dragon Stallion Army was a kind of demotion.
But when one thought about the future position of the African War Zone, a smart person would never think this way.
The African War Zone would be the main battlefield of the dynasty in the near future, and it would also be a place where battles would frequently occur. Given the complicated situation in Africa, Ouyang Shuo needed a trustworthy general to oversee it.
Someone had suggested that Wu Qi be appointed as the commander of the African War Zone, but Ouyang Shuo had rejected the idea.
There were two reasons.
First, Wu Qi had just submitted and had yet to gain Ouyang Shuo's trust. Placing him in the African War Zone, far from the dynasty's core, would not be reassuring.
The further a border general was from the core, the more Ouyang Shuo would need to trust him.
Second, the Greedy Wolf Army and the North African Army had been established in the African War Zone, and a large number of new generals had been appointed.
If Wu Qi was placed in command of the African War Zone, he would subconsciously group up with these new generals, which would be detrimental to the Imperial Court's control over the war zone.
Because of this, Ouyang Shuo had chosen Bai Qi over Wu Qi.
Of course, there was no need to doubt Wu Qi's abilities. Even among the Divine Generals, he was an outstanding existence. In view of this, Ouyang Shuo ordered that Wu Qi take over the position of commander of the Southwest War Zone with the rank of Great General.
The Southwest War Zone had already stabilized, and Wu Qi would not be able to form his own faction. He could only choose to assimilate into the Grand Xia system and no longer have anything to do with the Xiong Ba Clan.
Back when the Xiong Ba Clan had led the South River Province in rebellion against the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wu Qi had immediately led his troops to carry out his orders. This had left Ouyang Shuo rather apprehensive.
Accompanying Wu Qi was Advisor Chen Gong of the Southwest War Zone.
Ouyang Shuo took the opportunity to assign military counselors to the African Theater of Operations. He assigned all the military counselors to the four theaters in one go. Fa Zheng was the military counselor for the Southeast Theater of Operations, and Xun Yu was the military counselor for the Northwest Theater of Operations.
Thus, the only ones left in the Advisor Pavilion were Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, and Ju Shu. Among the three of them, Zhang Liang was in charge of the country, Jia Zhi was in charge of the army, and Ju Shou was the assistant of the other two.
Bai Qi was relieved of his post as commander of the Dragon Stallion Army and replaced by the commander of the Heluo Army in the southwest war zone, the second-rank Southern Lieutenant General Zhang Han. Zhang Han's Heluo Army commander was replaced by the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su.
The Dragon Stallion Army was one of the top armies of the dynasty, so it also could not be replaced by a new commander. One of the current commanders of the border guard had to be chosen.
In order to maintain the stability of the southwest war zone, Ouyang Shuo had Zhang Han as his target.
Among the commanders of the border guard, Zhang Han was a top-notch existence. Furthermore, he was from the same Great Qin as Bai Qi, so it was easier for him to keep the Dragon Stallion Army in check.
As for Yang Su, who had replaced Zhang Han as the commander of the Heluo Army, he was also a formidable figure.
Yang Su was born in the Hongnong Yang family, an aristocratic family that stood side by side with the Wenxi Pei family. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Su had served as the Cheji General and participated in the pacification of Northern Qi.
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su had been promoted to the position of Imperial Censor. As a Field Marshal, he had led the navy to attack the Chen Dynasty and become the Governor of Jing Province. After that, he had vanquished the bandits and defeated the Turks, becoming the Duke of Yue.
After Yang Guang had succeeded to the throne, Yang Su had led the army to quell the rebellion of the King of Han, Yang Liang. The famous' Eunuch Yang's Treasury 'had been created by Yang Su.
This person could be said to be well-versed in both the pen and the sword.
Only then did the adjustments to the African war zone come to an end.
Only after the African war zone was completed did Ouyang Shuo turn his attention back to China.
In China, the remaining four-nation alliance in the Central Plains was no longer a threat to Great Xia. Their current military deployment was more than enough to deal with them.
Ouyang Shuo was worried about the Mongolian Empire in the north.
This was especially true for the Northern Frontier Protectorate, which was the first line of defense against the Mongolians. With just the Northern Frontier Army and the Yingzhou Army, Ouyang Shuo would not be able to rest easy.
Following the submission of Great Jin, Hokkaido, which was previously part of Great Jin, had also been incorporated into the Yingzhou Province. The two legions of the Yingzhou Army were only enough to deal with the local defense of the province.
Due to this, Ouyang Shuo decided to add a new army in the Northern Frontier, the Fengxiang Army. It was also the second new regular field army after the Ravenous Wolf Army.
In the future, the Fengxiang Army would be stationed in the Liaojin Province, while the Northern Frontier Army would be stationed in the Northern Frontier Province.
The commander of the Fengxiang Army would be the former commander of Great Jin's Flame Army, Guo Ziyi. Thus, Meng Tian and Guo Ziyi, the two old generals of Great Jin, would be in charge of the Ravenous Wolf Army and the Fengxiang Army respectively.
It could be seen that Ouyang Shuo's kindness to Great Jin was indeed extraordinary.
As a regular field army, the commander of the Fengxiang Army was also a high-ranking one. The old general of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Juluo, the old general of the Jin Dynasty, Ran Min, the old general of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Sheng, and the old general of the Shu Han Dynasty, Jiang Wei, were all in the list.
All the commanders came from different systems in order to avoid clumping together.
Other than defending the Northern Frontier, Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to let his guard down for the Hedong Province, which was bordering the Mongolian Empire. He established the Hedong Army, which was part of the border defense system, to guard the Hedong Province.
Due to the current situation of the war, the Hedong Army was temporarily placed under the control of the Southeast War Zone.
The commander of the Hedong Army was the Qing Dynasty's General Zuo Zongtang. The old general of the Ming Dynasty, Deng Yu, and the old general of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Wenshu, were arranged to join the Hedong Army as the commander.
In history, Zuo Zongtang had led his troops to conquer the Western Region, so he had a good understanding of the local customs and practices. Ouyang Shuo had his own reasons for letting Zuo Zongtang be the commander of the Hedong Army.
With the addition of the Fengxiang Army and the Hedong Army, the northern defense line of the dynasty was basically stabilized.
If the Mongolian Empire dared to cross the border and enter the Central Plains to pillage, Ouyang Shuo would definitely let Genghis Khan know what it meant by the invincibility of the Great Xia's army.
The Ravenous Wolf Army, North Africa Army, Fengxiang Army, and the Hedong Army. The four armies had consumed 1.4 million soldiers, and there were still 890,000 soldiers waiting to be reorganized.
It would be a pity if all of them were dismissed.
In view of this, Ouyang Shuo decided to make use of this opportunity to establish the Yulin Royal Guards, which he had previously reserved, in one go to complement the Imperial Guards.
The newly formed Yulin Royal Guards was the most special army in the Great Xia army.
First, it had a special responsibility.
The Dragon Stallion Army, the Brave Tiger Army, and the other regular armies were designated for external expeditions, while the Northern Frontier Army, the Southern Frontier Army, and the other border defense armies were, as the name suggested, mainly to guard the borders.
The Yulin Royal Guards were different. Their main responsibility was to guard the monsters' nests.
With the continuous expansion of the Great Xia territory, the capital, Shanhai City, and the surrounding four to five provinces had already become the central hub of the dynasty. They were far away from the borders and safe.
In the future, when the four-nation alliance was eliminated, the central hub would continue to expand.
The duty of the Yulin Royal Guards was to guard the monsters' nests in the central hub. As for the border provinces, the border defense army would take care of them, and there was no need to deploy a specialized Demon Suppression Army.
Yes, the Yulin Royal Guards was a valiant Demon Suppression Army.
Second, the composition of the soldiers was special.
In view of Great Xia's consecutive victories, they had recently sped up the reorganization of the elite players in the capital. Even without Ouyang Shuo's request, a large number of guilds had already taken the initiative to accept the reorganization.
Anyone would realize that holding on to the towering Great Xia was more secure than anything else.
More than half of these elite players would be placed into the Yulin Royal Guards. According to the plan of the Privy Council, the ratio of combat players to the indigenous soldiers would be maintained in the Yulin Royal Guards.
In other words, the Yulin Royal Guards alone would absorb nearly 180,000 elite combat professional players.
Ouyang Shuo had already announced that the combat players recruited into the Yulin Royal Guards had to be the top existences in the Huaxia region. Ordinary experts wouldn't be able to join.
Correspondingly, the indigenous soldiers selected to join the Yulin Royal Guards would also be the elite of the elite. They were carefully selected from 2.29 million people, and the winning rate was 1 to 13.
There was a reason for such a high standard.
Ouyang Shuo's establishment of the Yulin Royal Guards wasn't only focused on the game world, but also on Planet Hope. This army would be the vanguard of Great Xia's conquest of Planet Hope in the future.
Therefore, from the beginning, they had to adapt to the barracks environment and learn military rules and discipline. They also had to accumulate experience in fighting with monsters and improve their actual combat ability.
Ouyang Shuo didn't tell anyone about this.
The commander of the Yulin Royal Guards would be Godly General Xu Da, who had the rank of general. Bloody Romance and Xie Siyun, the two big shots of the guild, took up the position of Vice Commander and learned from Xu Da.
The five legions had a similar arrangement.
The commander of the first legion, Ceng Guoquan, was the deputy commander of the Blood Shadow Alliance, and the leader of the Bright Moon Illuminates the River.
The commander of the second legion, Han Qinhu, was the deputy commander of the Rain Listening Tower, and the leader of the Sword Aura Thunderous.
The commander of the third legion, Huang Zhong, was the deputy commander of the Flowing Light Pavilion, and the leader of the Flowing Light Pavilion, Bi Songxian.
The commander of the fourth legion, Zhou Bo, was the deputy commander of the Falling Leaf Alliance, and the leader of the Luo Wuchen.
The only special thing was the fifth legion of the Yulin Royal Guards. Lin Jing was the commander of the legion, and there was an experienced general as the deputy commander to assist Lin Jing.
As Ouyang Shuo's aunt, Lin Jing was a direct descendant of Ouyang Shuo. Naturally, he had to be especially generous to him. He was also the eyes that Ouyang Shuo had placed in the Yulin Royal Guards, and he was in charge of monitoring the entire Yulin Royal Guards.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Ouyang Shuo let Lin Jing lead the fifth legion instead of the first legion.
Apart from the legion level, the divisions and brigades below had a similar arrangement of chief and deputy positions. Only at the battalion level would the players take on some of the chief positions according to the actual situation, and not all of them would take on the deputy positions.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo also said that this arrangement was just a temporary measure. As long as the players had the ability and could make contributions, the imperial court wouldn't set any additional obstacles on the road to promotion in the Yulin Royal Guards in the future.
Even if they had to replace Xu Da, Ouyang Shuo was happy to see it happen.
As soon as these words came out, the players were naturally excited. They were all proud people, and for the first time, a desire to make contributions rose in their hearts. Even their recognition of Great Xia also increased imperceptibly.
Ouyang Shuo's current ability was really good.
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