1167 Three Warzones (1/2)

Chapter 1167 – Three Warzones

One must not look at Du Sijing being the only one promoted in this round of personnel appointment. There were new Prefecture Governors, while prefects numbered in the hundreds. It was a huge round of reorganization.

The promoted officials consisted of Country Magistrates and Prefects who did well in the official evaluation as well as officials from Johor, Piao, and Java.

Toward these local officials, as long as they were innocent and morally upright, the Imperial Court would use them.

Even to say that the Imperial Court made a rule for the newly established Hetao, Heluo, and Ethiopia provinces that amongst the provincial, prefecture, and county level officials, local officials had to take up a third.

If not, they would be unable to buy the hearts of the people.

As for whether these native officials would be promoted or eliminated in the next round of evaluation, it would depend solely on their ability. Even if they were demoted, they could not blame the Imperial Court for being unfair.

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Gaia 6th year, 5th month, 1st day, Shanhai City.

Within the Wuying Hall, Ouyang Shuo was vetting the plan for the new round of military reorganization. Grand Council Minister Han Xin, Military Affairs Minister Du Ruhui, and Privy Court Training Director Gao Shun were all present.

During this round of country war, they had a bountiful harvest on each of the four fronts.

In the Battle of Johor, out of the 120 thousand Johor guards and the 150 thousand territory army, apart from the dead, 200 thousand of them surrendered.

In the Battle of Java, as the Badong territory army did not resist too much, they only captured a total of 80 thousand people.

Next would be the Piao Country battlefield.

The Peacock Dynasty army did not do much, while the Piao Country army was really resolute. Of the 220 thousand imperial city guards and the 250 thousand territory troops, half of them died in battle, and only 230 thousand of them were captured.

The Ethiopia battlefield was where they captured the most prisoners.

500 thousand imperial city guards along with 500 thousand territory army troops were forced back by Great Xia. Through this battle, the Grand Council reached the conclusion that the African troops' combat strength was lower than that of the Asian armies.

This was an incontestable fact.

With no outside interference, 700 thousand out of the million Ethiopian troops were actually captured.

Seeing that, Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate and immediately ordered the release of half of them, arranging them to either retire, become bailiffs, or take up other roles.

The elite troops strategy of Great Xia had to go on resolutely no matter what.

There remained 860 thousand war prisoners. After deducting injured soldiers, soldiers that did not make the cut, and filling up for the casualties from all the participating troops, 600 thousand troops remained.

As such, the Imperial Court decided to promote the Luzon formation to Heluo legion corps, adding in three legions. The original Lieutenant General Zhang Han would become the Heluo marshal and be awarded Grade 2 Nanzhang general rank.

The southwest warzone had three border defense legion corps. The Hanoi legion

corps defended Hanoi Province and Hetao Province, Heluo Legion corps defended Luzon Province and Heluo Province, and the Nanjing Legion corps defended the vast Australia Province.

The three new Legion Generals of the Heluo legion corps would be from the war prisoner generals. One came from Johor and two from Piao, and they were all among the top historical talents of their respective countries.

Apart from adding in three legions to the Heluo legion corps, the remaining war prisoners could form one legion corps.

The Privy Court discussed with the Grand Council and suggested building a border defense legion corps in the mainland. First, it was to split the pressure from Tiger and Leopard Legion Corps, and secondly, it was to suppress the beast caves.

If not, with both the border and beast cave duties, the elite troops of both legion corps would easily have their hands full and would not be deployable.

They were able to participate because of the war exempt card.

Along with the 6th system update, Gaia was trying its best to make the game world as similar to the real world as possible. Overpowered items like the war exempt card would only become rarer and rarer.

When they searched the treasuries of Johor and the other countries, they did not find any eye-catching treasures.

Ouyang Shuo agreed with the suggestion of the Privy Court and the decision was made.