83 Spring Assaul (1/2)

After completing the change of the military, Ouyang Shuo tossed out a large scale military plan. This plan was what he had thought of after being forced slowly into a corner by the six tyrants of Handan.

The appearance of the mountain barbarians allowed this plan to work out earlier.

If Shanhai Town wanted to protect its lead, he needed to make use of this advantage. Since he had already built such a strong mixed camp, he naturally couldn't let them be cooped up in the barracks.

Ouyang Shuo looked at the group of leaders and said,” I have a plan, let's temporarily call it the Spring Assault. Let's discuss and perfect it, everyone can raise their views. The plan was split into 3 steps. The first is the reorganisation of the military and raising of military strength. The second is to clean out all the raider camps in the territory. The third would be to go out of the territory and act as bandits. The objective of the spring offensive would be to improve the coordination of the army and also to amass a large fortune.”

The various leaders were obviously interested in this plan and asked eagerly, ”Sire, can you elaborate more?”

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head and said, ”Today is the 9th of March and to upgrade to a grade 3 town, we have approximately one month. We should make use of this time limit as a clock to reorganise the military and train it. How long do you think it will take to form proper military strength?”

General Shi thought for awhile and said, ”Out of the Mixed unit’s five squadrons, the first cavalry squadron was the earliest one that was set up. The second cavalry squadron had not been set up and the process from recruiting to class changing will take 5 days. The 3 infantry squadrons all have a certain amount of battle experience. What I'm afraid of is that the mountain barbarians in the 2nd and 3rd squadrons are too used to forest warfare and aren't used to plain warfare. They also need to get used to military life and added with the language barrier, I think we need 1 week to sharpen them.

General Shi's analysis was mostly correct, only that it wasn't an all round analysis. Ouyang Shuo reminded, ”General, don't forget that there's still the coordination between the different types of soldiers. We still need to liaise with the navy in Beihai Town. This spring offensive needs to make use of all our military power. If there's a need, the navy and the village protection squad from Qiushui village can join in. Against water bandits, the Beihai Town navy could be of greatest use.”

”Sire's reminder is correct!” General Shi said with remorse.

Ouyang Shuo said, ”Hence, I will give the army 10 days to sharpen. In these 10 days, you must complete 2 things.”

”Sire please tell!”

”The first thing was the money needed for the class change of the cavalry squadron. I'll tell you all something, the territory has no more money and we need you guys to think of your own ideas. No money and no food, go look for raiders. This thing will be done by the infantry and cavalry first squadron.” Ouyang Shuo looked at Lin Yi and Zhao Sihu.

”Sire don't worry, we will complete the mission!” The two of them stood up and said loudly.

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head and turned to the Military Intelligence Division's San Gouzi and Leng Qian, ”The second thing, we need to do a good intelligence gathering job. To strengthen the division, I'll expand the division to 50 people. You are in charge of the selection and training of the men.”

”Yes!” The two of them said excitedly.

”Apart from that, let Lei Xun continue following the Qingfu horses.” Ouyang Shuo added. Leixun was another go-getter in the division, and in this period of time, he had been coordinating with the Material Reserves Department at the opposite shore and catching Qingfu horses.

San Gouzi nodded his head to represent that he understood.

”The second step which are the bandits in the area, I don't need to say anything more. I will only give you a month, do you have confidence to complete this mission?” Ouyang Shuo said loudly.

”Yes!”

”Very good, the next and last step is the most important one which is being bandits out of our area. As opposed to inside our area, this is much more difficult. You must make sufficient preparation and I hope that when the time comes, not only will we gain anything, we will also not cause ourselves harm..”

This step was a more dangerous and advanced method. The reason why he made such a decision was in hope that they would quickly adapt to close combat and gain experience. As for the monetary rewards, they were secondary.

The leaders all agreed and were determined to win this battle.

”You have 2 weeks of time, whatever you gain, I can't wait to see.” Lastly, Ouyang Shuo said.

”Sire don't worry, we will complete the mission!”

After returning from the barracks, it was already 6pm at night and Ouyang Shuo returned to the barracks and went offline.