After the formation of the Royal Forest Guards, this round of army reorganization came to an end.
In this round of reorganization, other than Wu Qi and Xu Da, the two Divine Generals, who had been conferred the rank of Great General, the other generals had also been conferred titles. The standard was that commanders would be conferred the rank of Rank 2 General, while corps commanders would be conferred the rank of Rank 3 or Rank 4 General.
The commander of the Greedy Wolf Army, Meng Tian, was conferred the title of Second Rank General Pacifying Army.
The commander of the Flying Phoenix Army, Guo Ziyi, was conferred the title of second-rank general.
The commander of the North African Army, Chang Yuchun, was conferred the second-ranked General of the South; the commander of the Heluo Army, Yang Su, was conferred the second-ranked General of the East; and the commander of the Hedong Army, Zuo Zongtang, was conferred the second-ranked General of the West.
At this point, among the second-grade generals, the East, South, West, and North Generals, as well as the East, South, West, and North Generals were all in place.
Among the Suppressing Army Generals, Middle Army Generals, Upper Army Generals, Zhenjun Generals, Zhenguo Generals, and Southern Lieutenant Generals, only the Zhenjun Generals' position was vacant.
General of White Cavalry, General of Cheji, and General of Guard. Among the three generals, only Xu Chu was appointed as General of Guard. The positions of General of White Cavalry and General of Cheji were temporarily vacant.
These were the seventeen spots for second-rank generals. There were only three left.
Together with the three generals, Bai Qi, Han Xin, and Li Jing, and the six generals, Huo Qubing, Xu Da, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Li Mu, and Zheng He, the structure of the upper echelons of the Great Xia army was basically stable.
Of the Ten Great Generals of Huaxia, other than Wei Qing who died for his country and Wang Jian who was in Great Qin, the remaining seven returned to Great Xia.
After the reorganization, the remaining 710,000 soldiers were all included in the list of disarmament after the various corps made up for their losses and handed over to the Bureau of Military Affairs and Civil Affairs for placement.
This was the largest disarmament of Great Xia so far. Fortunately, the two organizations were already familiar with how to settle the soldiers who were dismissed. They were busy but not chaotic, and everything was orderly.
At the same time, this was also the largest increase in the number of troops the dynasty had ever sent. They expanded to five armies at once, totaling 1.75 million soldiers.
At this point, Great Xia's army alone had reached an astonishing 6.8 million soldiers. This was under the condition that Ouyang Shuo was constantly reducing the number of soldiers and controlling the number of soldiers.
Otherwise, the size of the Great Xia army would be close to 10 million soldiers.
The sixth year of Gaia was a year of explosive growth in the Great Xia's population. At the beginning of the year, the total population of the dynasty was only around 150 million, far from reaching 200 million.
Following which, a large number of players entered Great Xia, and the population of Great Xia quickly approached the 200 million mark.
In April, under the strong attack of the Silver Hand, Great Xia went against the wind and attacked on all fronts. In one fell swoop, they captured Johor, Piao, the three islands of Java, and Ethiopia, increasing their population by nearly 30 million.
What followed was the conquest of the Han and Qing Kingdoms, as well as the submission of the Jin, Sui, and Shu Kingdoms. Including the people of Jiangnan and Wannan Provinces, in just three months, the population of Great Xia increased by nearly 80 million.
One had to know that every Royal City had ten million citizens. Previously, the Battle Wolves had effortlessly taken down Jianye, but they had taken advantage of the situation. If not for Ouyang Shuo's other plans, he would not have let the Red Blood Army succeed so easily.
The Great Jin Dynasty was the third Lord Dynasty in the Hua Xia District, with a total population of 30 million.
From this, it wasn't difficult to understand why Ouyang Shuo decisively gave the order to stop the war and put all his effort into rectifying the internal affairs of the Xia Dynasty right after the war ended, even though the Xia Dynasty had only gained the territory of Hedong, Central Plains, Southern Anhui, and Jiangnan Provinces.
This was because the increase in population was too great, enough for Great Xia to digest for a while.
The large number of citizens gathered in the four Royal Cities of Luoyang, the capital, Quanzhou, and Chengdu had to be appropriately guided to live in the other counties.
In the past six months, there had been a continuous influx of adventurer players into Great Xia, as well as refugees from the various counties. According to the latest statistics from the Civil Affairs Bureau, as of now, the total population of Great Xia had reached 370 million. Compared to the beginning of the year, not only had it doubled, but there was also a slight surplus.
Before the end of the year, the population of Great Xia would easily exceed the 400 million mark.
During the reign of the Qing Dynasty, the total population of Hua Xia reached 4.3 billion, which set a new record in history.
If this was the standard to measure, the total population of Great Xia would soon break the historical record and reach a new height. Even so, the 6.8 million army was still a little too much for the dynasty to bear.
The largest army in history was the Ming Dynasty. At its peak, it was said that there were 2.8 million standing soldiers. At that time, the population of the Ming Dynasty was around 200 million. As everyone knew, the number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was huge.
Even with 2.8 million soldiers, the ratio of soldiers and civilians in Great Xia exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty. It was extremely terrifying.
In terms of the size of the army, Great Xia could be said to be unprecedented.
Even in the modern era of Huaxia, the size of the army at its peak was only around 6.5 million, which was still lower than the current size of the Great Xia army. With such a comparison, it could be seen what kind of financial burden Great Xia was facing.
Even so, Ouyang Shuo was unable to reduce the army.
This was because right now was the most critical period for the Great Xia Dynasty. Internally, they had to destroy the four-nation alliance and complete the great cause of unification. Externally, they had to deal with enemies from all directions and seize the initiative in the African continent.
In addition, they had to guard the monster nests. No matter which one it was, they needed the support of a huge army.
Reducing the army now was equivalent to digging their own grave.
Only after completely destroying the four-nation alliance and establishing a relatively stable center could the dynasty consider a round of reorganization of the troops deployed in the hinterland of Huaxia in order to achieve the goal of reducing the number of soldiers.
According to Ouyang Shuo's prediction, no matter how much Great Xia expanded in the future or how rapidly its population increased, an army of nearly seven million was basically close to a critical value. It was unlikely that it would really approach the 10 million mark.
The dynasty's future expansion also depended on the army stationed in Huaxia.
From this, it was back to the starting point. Only by destroying the four-nation alliance as soon as possible could Great Xia be completely free to go into battle lightly and actively expand outwards.
Otherwise, there was no need for Silver Hand and Azure Emblem to make a move. Great Xia might be dragged down by the huge military expenditure and then fall into the quagmire of war, cutting off its own path.
Therefore, the submission of the three nations was the most glorious period of Great Xia, but also the most difficult period.
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Gaia Year 6, October 6th, Shanhai City.
Royal City, Temple of Heaven Square. Nine Nine Cauldrons were lined up in a row. Each cauldron was three feet and six inches tall, according to the 365 degrees of Heavenly Cycle. The circumference was two feet and four inches, according to the 24 Qi of the political calendar.
On the cauldrons, there were mountains, rivers, trees, plants, insects, and fish, all of which were lifelike.
Two days ago, the Nine Cauldrons of the Shu Han Dynasty had already been sent to Shanhai City. At that time, Ouyang Shuo was busy discussing the reorganization of the army with the ministers and did not have time to care about this matter.
When the reorganization plan of the army was finalized, Ouyang Shuo rushed over.
The successful gathering of the nine cauldrons also meant that the S-level mission [Nine Cauldrons of the Great Yu] was completed. Ouyang Shuo wanted to know how these nine cauldrons would change.
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