The moment Somalia was annihilated, the entire world was stunned.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Jack stood at the top of the walls of Liberty City and looked into the distance. He was speechless for a long time. How he wished that the territory with such deterrence and dominance was Liberty City.
"Soon!"
Jack muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming with ambition.
Liberty City had successfully been promoted to a capital city. Soon, the world's second dynasty would be born here. The establishment of the nation was the beginning of Liberty City's global hegemony.
The war between nations would no longer be a one-man show for the Great Xia Dynasty.
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Apart from Jack, William, Pushkin, Dilawa, Keisuke Honda, Park Shengji, Henry, and many other ambitious lords were stimulated by the Great Xia Dynasty.
On a global scale, many ambitious feudal lords were stimulated by the Grand Xia Dynasty, and all of them sped up the pace of becoming Dukes. They were not willing to let Ouyang Shuo act alone.
There should be a place for them on the global stage.
As Gaia's fifth year approached, an even more magnificent era was quietly approaching. The lords who missed this opportunity would lose the chance to compete on the global stage and gradually become a supporting character.
At the same time, the Great Xia Dynasty would face even more difficult opponents.
Gaia's fourth year, 5th August, Somalia.
Ouyang Shuo led the 3,000 Divine Guards to Mugu Town.
Yesterday, the cleanup of the Somali war was carried out exceptionally smoothly. They didn't even use the Monolith Army. The six lords were teleported away, leaving the territorial army without a leader, and they surrendered one by one.
As the Somali King was dragged out of the basement by the Dragonblood Cavalry, the hesitant Somali Imperial Guards also surrendered, and the Somali Coalition Army officially disbanded.
The war ended, and the unrest subsided. The restlessness of the people in the capital gradually calmed down, and they returned to their homes to prepare to welcome their new lord.
Di Qing ordered the opening of the granary and distributed all the food that had been collected to the people. Looking at the mountain of flour in the granary, the last shred of hope the people had for the king vanished.
"Too vicious! They actually let us starve with so much food. Their intentions are reprehensible. "
The indignant crowd clamored for the Somali King to be hanged. Di Qing naturally wouldn't fulfill their wishes. Only the King had the final say on how to deal with the Somali King.
The Somali King's actions gave the Great Xia a lot of time to appease the people of Somalia.
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Accompanying Ouyang Shuo were the Director of Discipline of the Bureau of Military Affairs, Gao Shun, and the former County Governor of Xing Province, Pei Ju. The reason why it was called "before" was because Pei Ju had already received a new assignment before he left.
The imperial court decreed the establishment of the Somaliland Province, with four prefectures under its jurisdiction. Pei Ju, the County Governor of Star Province, was appointed as the Governor of Somalilee Province, while Gu Xiuwen, the City Governor of Friendship City, was transferred to the County Governor of Star Province.
Pei Ju had been in charge of Xing Zhou County for one year and three months. He had firmly held the Strait of Malacca for Great Xia, greatly promoting the prosperity of Xing Zhou County's trade and trade, and also balancing the relationship with the neighboring ASEAN countries.
The strategic location and surrounding environment of Somalilee Province and Star State County were almost the same. The only difference was that the territory of Somaliland Province was much larger, and they had to face more enemies. The situation was more complicated.
Therefore, Pei Ju's transfer to be the governor of the Somaliland Province could be said to be a matter of course.
Gu Xiuwen was the same. From the earliest days of Beihai Village, to Beihai City, and then to Friendship City, Gu Xiuwen had always been in charge of the coastal cities. He believed that he would do just as well in Star State County.
Ouyang Shuo had always thought highly of this young and former official.
As for Gao Shun's arrival in Mugu City, he was in charge of the reorganization of the army. Gao Shun trained the soldiers well. Ever since he took office, he had almost completely remodeled the dynasty's reserves and guards.
Unfortunately, because Friendship City was isolated from the sea, Gao Shun had not had the time to rebuild the city's guards.
It was precisely because of this that the Friendship City's guards performed badly during the pirate attack. Ouyang Shuo was so disappointed that he even removed his position as the commander of the guards.
Gao Shun was also one of Du Ruhui's main assistants during the previous reorganization of the imperial court's army.
This reorganization of the Somali prisoners of war was the first time Gao Shun took on such a heavy responsibility. This showed that Gao Shun, this special general, was deeply trusted by Emperor Xia, Ouyang Shuo.
There were three reasons for Ouyang Shuo's action.
First, the number of Somali prisoners of war was relatively small.
According to Di Qing's preliminary statistics, the war in Somalia had a total of one hundred and twenty thousand prisoners of war. Among them, there were fifteen thousand local prisoners of war, sixty-five thousand imperial guards of the capital, and thirty-five thousand soldiers of the capital's territory.
Compared to the nearly three hundred thousand prisoners of war in Morocco, the number was indeed much smaller. This was mainly related to the fact that Somalia was sparsely populated and not a tactical problem.
In the war in Somalia, other than the last two flanks, there were almost no fierce battles. Therefore, the losses on both sides were relatively small, and it was within a controllable range.
Out of the one hundred and twenty thousand prisoners of war, excluding the seriously injured and unqualified soldiers, as well as the replenishment from the Somali Corps, the Atlantic Fleet, and the Dragon Blood Cavalry, there were only about eighty thousand that could be reorganized.
After careful selection, it was enough to reorganize a field army.
If the four counties of Somaliland were to set up a guard division according to the imperial court's usual practice, there would not be many people left, and it would be equivalent to fighting a war for nothing.
This was the second reason why Ouyang Shuo chose Gao Shun to be in charge of this round of army reorganization.
After some consideration, Ouyang Shuo came up with a bold idea. Other than the Somali Corps, there would not be any local guard division, and the province's defense would be given to the Corps.
The benefits of this were obvious.
The biggest benefit was that the number of soldiers had been reduced by nearly half, greatly reducing the financial burden of the imperial court and the local governments, and not letting their finances be dragged down by military expenses.
Somaliland had a population of less than two million. If they set up four guard divisions and added the Somali Corps, it would be equivalent to feeding an army of 1.54 million.
For a province that was already underdeveloped, the burden was truly too heavy.
The only problem he had to solve was, could the Somali Army replace the Garrison Division? After some consideration, Ouyang Shuo answered, "Yes!"
From the day the Somali Corps was set up, its name separated it from the other armies like the Dragon Stallion Army. It belonged to a special group, and it was destined to take root in Somaliland.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, the imperial court would not easily mobilize the Somali Corps to fight.
This also meant that the Somali Corps would be stationed in the province all year round, unlike the Dragon Stallion Army who could go on expeditions at any time. Since that was the case, the role of the guard division would be greatly reduced, and there would be no need for it to exist.
With a standing army stationed here, what was the point of having a guard division? There would be too many redundancies, and it would be enough for the counties of Somaliland to just prepare their reserves.
Du Ruhui and the others immediately nodded in agreement to Ouyang Shuo's suggestion.
Just like that, the matter was settled.
As for Moroca Province, which was similar to Somaliland Province, the four guard divisions that had already been set up in the province would not be disbanded, and the status quo would be maintained for the time being.
On one hand, Moroca Province had a large population, and the pressure to support the guard division would not be as great as in Somaliland Province. On the other hand, neighboring Algeria was supporting Moroca to form a kingdom in exile, which was also a scourge.
On the day that the Grand Xia Dynasty and Aljili met on the battlefield, the four guard divisions in Moroca Province would be able to quickly reorganize and form a field army to fight alongside the Moroca Corps.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo also planned to reform the guard divisions of the other provinces.
Ouyang Shuo did not intend to disband the guard divisions of all the counties at once, as that would be too impatient.
It would be best to start with the counties inland. These counties had no hidden dangers of war, and their defensive responsibilities were relatively light. The guard divisions could be reduced to guard brigades to guard brigades in order to reduce military expenditures.
The guard divisions would still be kept at the border, ready to reinforce the frontlines at any time.
Ouyang Shuo left the specific implementation to Gao Shun, and had the training bureau come up with a detailed plan.
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The third reason why Ouyang Shuo appointed Gao Shun to be in charge of this round of army reorganization was that he hoped that the training bureau led by Gao Shun would be able to play a more prominent role in the future army reorganization.
It could even be said that the training bureau would be responsible for the future reorganization of the army.
The field army that would be reorganized would be replaced by the Dragon Stallion Army, the Stalwart Tiger Army, and the Hidden Leopard Army. The elite "soldier kings" would then be used to form the Fourth Imperial Guard Legion.
The war in Somalia had exposed another flaw in the Imperial Guard Legion.
Previously, the Imperial Guard Legion only had one infantry legion to trap the Monolith Army in Royal City, and there was no rotation of troops. This time, arranging for the Dragonblood Cavalry to assist the Somaliland Corps in attacking Somalia revealed that a pure cavalry legion lacked flexibility in expeditions and was very limited in terms of tactical arrangements.
As such, the Fourth Imperial Guard Legion would be a mixed infantry and cavalry legion. It would also be equipped with musketeers and flying squads, becoming the first highly integrated mixed legion in the entire army.
As for the choice of legion commander, Ouyang Shuo had not made up his mind yet.
In the current Great Xia army, the only generals who had not assumed the position of legion commander were Cao Chun, Ma Teng, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chi, Wei Zhang, and Zhang He.
Among them, Cao Chi and Wei Zhang were the deputy legion commanders of the first legion, which was equivalent to legion commanders. As such, they were not included in the list of candidates.
Looking at it this way, there were only four generals from the three countries left.
The Great Xia army was filled with talented generals, but the scale of the army was also far greater than that of the other territories. It was more than ten times or even twenty to thirty times the size of the other territories.
After these few rounds of army expansion, the reserve of generals in the army was almost exhausted. In addition, they had gained nothing from the battle of Yishui, and other than Hua Mulan, no other generals joined the army after the war.
A field army with 70,000 regular soldiers would be a powerful force in any dynasty or generation. Ouyang Shuo naturally had to hand it over to a capable general.
The commander of the Imperial Guard Legion had to be even more convincing. If he were to appoint an ordinary general, not only the Imperial Guard Legion, but even the soldiers from the Stalwart Tiger Army and the Stalwart Dragon Army would also have objections.
This was because in the eyes of the Great Xia soldiers, the Imperial Guard Legion represented the trump card.
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