Chapter 991 Anshi Rebellion

Li Hongzhang has been in charge of the construction of the Naval Academy for two months. For this reason, Beihai City has specially set aside a piece of land covering an area of ​​100 mu for the construction of the academy. Up to now, only a framework has been built.

Coupled with system updates, the construction progress will be further slowed down.

This is only a hardware problem, and what is even more troublesome is the allocation of teachers. There was a shortage of generals in the ancient Chinese navy, and there was little research on naval warfare. It was as difficult as heaven to find a group of qualified instructors.

However, the Naval Academy is the core of reshaping the navy, which is related to the improvement of the navy's overall combat quality. Ouyang Shuo summoned the admirals to discuss the matter this time, and asked them to recommend some talents to teach in the Naval Academy.

Since the establishment of the Great Xia Navy, it has experienced more than a hundred naval battles, large or small, and has trained a group of outstanding and thoughtful young naval generals on the battlefield, becoming the best instructor candidates in the Naval Academy.

"Don't be reluctant to let people go. Today you send an instructor to the Naval Academy, and tomorrow the Naval Academy can send ten or a hundred outstanding students to the fleet." Ouyang Shuo said to Shi Lang and other generals in this way.

The king has given such instructions, and these naval bosses can only reluctantly give up their love. Otherwise, just Li Hongzhang, who has just arrived and holds the title of Minister of the Navy, cannot cope with these naval giants.

In addition to selecting instructors within the fleet, Ouyang Shuo also entrusted organizations such as Black Snake Guard, Honglu Temple, and the Three Great Imperial Merchants to go to Western countries to recruit personnel by taking advantage of overseas operations.

Sprinkling a lot of money, and taking advantage of the prestige of Great Xia, they can still attract some foreign elites.

Great Xia is inclusive of all rivers, and being able to place a foreign general like Alvaro in a key position like the admiral of the Atlantic Fleet is enough to reassure those Western generals.

For some diehards, who were really very talented, Ouyang Shuo even secretly instructed Black Snake, "Even if it is a hard tie, I will tie it to Daxia."

As long as you come, you will not be afraid to surrender.

For the construction of the Naval Academy, Ouyang Shuo has worked hard.

There was no way around this. The ancient Chinese navy foundation was too weak, and the Great Xia was destined to compete directly with the sea powers. In order to shorten the gap, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to make a bad move.

In the next few days, around major issues such as the construction of the naval base, the preparation of the Naval Academy, and the adjustment of the naval establishment, ten generals gathered together to discuss the development plan of the navy.

Most of the time, Ouyang Shuo would come and listen in person. These generals are indeed not ordinary people. Many suggestions and ideas often make Ouyang Shuo feel refreshed.

With the deepening of the discussion, a grand blueprint depicting the future development of the navy is gradually taking shape, and every general involved in it is full of enthusiasm and high morale.

They seemed to foresee a mighty Imperial Navy galloping across the world's oceans, across all seas.

The ten generals went in and out of the summer palace every day, which naturally attracted the attention of interested people. Soon, the news that Da Xia called the admirals of the navy to discuss matters spread quietly in China.

Even some irrelevant issues have been dug out.

This was of course the result of Ouyang Shuo intentionally leaking the word that Great Xia really wanted to discuss matters in secret, with the vigilance of the Royal City, the strictness of the Summer Palace, and the secrecy of the meeting, how could outsiders know it.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to use this to send a signal to the outside world that Daxia's goal was outside but not inside.

Sure enough, as soon as the news came out, the players in China quietly breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing the "professional analysis" of the media, everyone gradually felt at ease. Before the start of the national war, there should be no civil war in China.

"Unanimously external!" has become the slogan of players in China.

The most intuitive reaction was that in the voting for the leader of the national war on the forum, Ouyang Shuo's votes soared all the way, breaking through the 10 million mark in just two days.

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Kyoto Province, Handan City.

"Is the old fox trying to smack east and west, or is he really planning to aggressively expand overseas territories?" [Difeng] received more detailed information than what was spread on the forum, but the more so, the more worried Dichen became.

This is called being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Peerless Fenghua saw it thoroughly, and said, "If Ouyang Shuo didn't want to lose the support of adventurers, he wouldn't release such fake news at such a sensitive moment."

"That's true, I'm a fan of the authorities." Daxia's attitude towards [Yanhuang League] is directly related to the final implementation of Plan Z, so it's no wonder that Dichen is concerned about gains and losses.

Fortunately, the recent developments are of great benefit to [Yanhuang League].

Once the national war broke out, [Yanhuang League] escaped disaster, and had enough time to implement Plan Z. At the auction, I accidentally got [Amulet of Merit], which shortened the preparation time.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

"It will be fine."

Di Chen looked out the window with full confidence.

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Annan District, Haiphong City.

Although Annan has long been unified, Ruan Tianque, the lord of Haiphong City, is not living comfortably. The source of all the unhappiness is the neighbor of Haiphong City, the Great Xia Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo's second ocean voyage, a "Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership Agreement Cooperation Framework", used both soft and hard tactics to tie Johor, Siam, Pyu and Ni to the Great Xia chariot.

In the Indian Ocean, the Padang Fleet of Java was given another lesson.

After Daxia's series of tricks, ASEAN, which was gradually integrated into one, fell into division again. Even Bi Wenlie, the lord of Chenla Kingdom, complained a lot about Ruan Tianque.

The shadow of discord hangs over ASEAN again.

But Ruan Tianque was really not reconciled. Without the backing of ASEAN, Annan, who lived next door to Daxia, would sooner or later become a piece of meat in Daxia's mouth and become the next Somalia.

There is an old saying in China: How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch.

At this moment, intelligence agents lurking in China suddenly sent information that Daxia was convening the admiral of the navy to discuss matters, how to prevent Ruan Tianque from being frightened.

Ruan Tianque frowned, and said to his general, Li Li, who is also a famous Annan general: "The intention of Da Xia's summoning of the navy is already obvious, and we are afraid that we will bear the brunt of it. This battle is inevitable after all."

Li Li was a middle-aged general who was once the king of Annan in history. He had a domineering air and said, "Since it is inevitable, let's prepare actively. If we really want to fight, we may not be afraid of them."

In the process of Haiphong City's unification of Annan, the territory's army has also expanded. At present, there are 300,000 regular troops, and counting the 800,000 forbidden troops in the royal city of Hanoi, the total is 1.1 million troops.

If the alien troops are included, the total strength can be doubled again, no wonder Li Li is full of confidence.

Li Li's eyes were only on Annan, but Ruan Tianque wanted to use external forces. Annan was close to Nanzhang and Zhenla, and his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Once Annan was in trouble, they could not stand by and watch.

Perhaps it was Annan, the Gaia update this time, launched a global alliance system, and Haiphong City immediately formed an alliance with Nanzhang, Chenla, Luzon, and Java.

In this battle, Annan was not powerless.

"If this battle is inevitable, then come on!" Ruan Tianque clenched his fists.

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The outside world is changing, but Daxia remains steadfast, holding naval meetings step by step.

This time, it was hard to get ten admirals together. In addition to discussing the development strategy of the navy, they also had to discuss Gaia's five-year combat goals in detail.

Needless to say, the Royal Fleet and the Yashan Fleet, Gaia's five-year key battle is to cooperate with the Dynasty Army to launch a war against Annan.

The Coastal Fleet will naturally focus on the national war in June.

In addition to attacking Hawaii, the Pacific Fleet also had to complete ocean voyages to South America and open up trade routes.

The target of the Indian Ocean Fleet is placed in the Lion Country.

The Lion Country is rich in gemstones and known as the "Pearl on the Indian Ocean". It is an important transit point on the Indian Ocean route, and its strategic location is very important.

The most important thing is that the Lion Kingdom and Tianzhu are only separated by the Palk Strait. The first group of outsiders on the island were the Sinhalese from Tianzhu.

For the lion country, the lord of Tianzhu may have coveted it for a long time.

Regardless of population or territory, Tianzhu is comparable to China and is one of the giants in Asia. It can be foreseen that if the Great Xia Indian Ocean Fleet wants to win the Lion Kingdom, there will be a fierce battle.

The goal of the Atlantic Fleet is to include South Africa as a subsidiary country of Daxia, and then use the triangle of Morocco, Somalia and South Africa as nodes to gradually penetrate the influence of Daxia into the African continent.

It can be said that the tasks of each fleet are not clear and require overall planning and coordination.

Just as the navy meeting was being held in full swing, on January 12, a system announcement suddenly sounded.

"System announcement: All territories in China have been promoted to first-level counties, triggering the campaign system, and the eighth battle [Anshi Rebellion] will officially start in three days, so stay tuned. Friendly reminder: Anshi Rebellion is a non-compulsory campaign scenario mission, only Territories that have been promoted to a first-level county are eligible to sign up."

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The last territory in China to be promoted to a first-level county city is the Shura City that kills the army.

Originally, the trigger condition for this battle should be to promote ten first-level counties, but there are only eight territories left in China, and Gaia can only flexibly adjust the trigger condition.

I don't know what the trigger conditions for the next battle will be, and what Gaia will set it to.

Gaia has regulations that a country that triggers a battle must have at least two lords. If a lord dominates the country like the ASEAN countries, the battle will automatically end.

The essence of the battle is the confrontation between the lords. Gaia will not turn the battle into a one-man show of a certain territory, let alone make the battle map a battlefield for the lord to collect merit points.

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Speaking of the Anshi Rebellion, it can be described as a household name.

To put it simply, the Anshi Rebellion was a rebellion war launched by Jiedu envoys An Lushan and Shi Siming against the Tang Dynasty from the end of Tang Xuanzong to the early years of Tang Dynasty Emperor, which lasted for eight years.

This battle was a turning point for the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, which prompted the Tang Dynasty to begin to have a situation of separatist regimes. Some people even joked that this was a turning point for the Central Plains Dynasty to turn from strong to weak against foreigners in the north.

"An Shi Rebellion? That's interesting." Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly.