965 Eagle Legion Corps Is Born (1/2)
Chapter 965 – Eagle Legion Corps Is Born
10th month, 30th day, Shanhai City.
Along with the battle ending, the various casualties and war prisoners in the various regions were calculated. Then they were handed over to the Privy Court and then over to Ouyang Shuo.
The final numbers, after making up for the losses of each group, retiring the wounded, and building the three provincial Garrison Divisions, actually reached 680 thousand forces.
680 thousand men could form up nine full legions, and they would still have 50 thousand to spare.
After discussing with Du Ruhui, Ouyang Shuo decided that apart from filling up the Leopard Legion Corps' 1 legion and the three missing legions from the City Protection Legion Corps, he would build one more legion corps - the Eagle Legion Corps.
As for the remaining 50 thousand, Ouyang Shuo did not form a new legion. Instead, he just sent them to Fallen Phoenix City.
The news that the members of the Yanhuang Alliance were expanding their armies had reached Ouyang Shuo's ears. Fallen Phoenix City was surrounded by Handan City and Asura City, so it had no choice but to expand.
Luckily, the Feng Family was a family comparable to Di Chen's family. After Feng Qiuhuang took over the helm, she also took over their resources and connections. Large-scale player recruitment was not a tough thing.
There was only one thing - Fallen Phoenix City rarely started wars recently. For them to expand, they needed to choose militia from their reserves to train, and the efficiency was lower than choosing straight from prisoners.
Of course, the Yanhuang Alliance also faced similar problems.
The 50 thousand troops sent out by Ouyang Shuo were really precious to Fallen Phoenix City, and it could let them easily build up a legion. It could be considered his gratitude for her help this time.
After all, Fallen Phoenix City had helped him for this battle but had gotten nothing in return.
Even though they were allies, and he was good friends with her, he would not take advantage of her like that. If he really did that, he would just be destroying their relationship.
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Apart from war prisoners, the biggest catch from this war was a batch of civil servants and officials.
Not to mention Strategy Saint Zhang Liang and God General Li Mu, who were the biggest catches. Apart from that, there was Wei Yan, Caiyun Zinan's Wang Li, and I am Called Big Bad Wolf's Li Guang.
Apart from these famous ones, there were eight other historical generals and 10 historical civil servants. Although they were not as famous and were among the worst of the King Rank talents, it helped to solve the current problems that Great Xia was facing.
It would not be a problem for the eight generals to become Major Generals, and the 10 civil servants could become governors, while those worse ones could become prefects or work at the provincial office.
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In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo met with the Cabinet, Privy Court, and Grand Council to discuss personnel appointments.
The first thing to announce was the arrangements for the generals. The newly formed nine War Fighting Legions were a huge burden on the dynasty's finances, and it pretty much spent all their expendable gold.
Even if they did not need to complete their digestion of the three provinces, Great Xia had no ability to fight on. Hence, stopping they could only stop the wars.
Close to two months of war had used up close to three million gold worth of resources and finances.
When one fought a war, one was fighting wealth.
This was only the war expenditure. After the war, the new equipment for the legions, building camps, logistical bases, compensation amounts, all of that reached close to five million gold.
The Great Xia military system was already really perfect. Logically speaking, changing equipment was not a difficult matter. The difficult part was that to change equipment on such a large scale required ocean amounts of iron ore.
If they continued to use the ore at such a rate, the iron ore within their territory would not be able to last for three years.
After this round of military organization was completed, Great Xia would have six full legion corps, three independent formations, six full squadrons, an Emperor Squadron, and 14 Garrison Divisions.
Considering everything, they had close to 3.33 million troops. It looked terrifying, but such a number was necessary to defend a huge area like Great Xia.
And to maintain such a huge army, the salary alone would cost 1.5 million gold per a month. If one considered rations, equipment usage, and the like, the amount would cross three million.
If it were not for their prosperity in trading and huge tax returns, they would not be able to sustain such a giant army.
Hence, there was such a saying that without finances supporting, a strong army was just a dream.
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11th month, 2nd day, Great Xia announced a series of general appointments.
God General Li Mu was expectedly appointed as the marshal of the Eagle Legion Corps and awarded the title of Great General. At the same time, he became a part of the Grand Council, entering the core of Great Xia.
Name: Li Mu (God Rank)
Title: Top 10 Generals of China
Dynasty: Warring States (Zhao)
Identity: Eagle Legion Corps Marshal
Occupation: Special General
Loyalty: 78
Command: 97