The capital city.

Wuying Hall.

Holding a memorial, Zhao Bingzhang strode into the Wuying Hall.

"Your Majesty, an urgent message from Guiling Province!"

Zhao Bingzhang placed the memorial in his hand in front of Li Xin and said, "The situation in Guiling Province is very good!"

"Yeah?"

Li Xin took the memorial and looked at its contents.

While watching, Li Xin asked, "It seems that Gu Shisan and his team went to Guiling Province, right? That kid is good! He did the best back in Changli County. How are they doing in Guiling Province now?"

"Reply to Your Majesty,"

Zhao Bingzhang replied with a smile, "According to the people who returned from Qingyu Trading Company, Gu Shisan and Zhao Shuisheng have successively captured the territories of Qincheng Prefecture and Lianzhou Prefecture. Moreover, they have already begun the work of allocating land and forming militia teams, with great results. As a result, the entire Guiling Province will be greatly shaken!"

"So fast?"

Li Xin was also somewhat surprised, but said with a look of delight, "But thinking about it, it makes sense. Li Ming and the others have already amassed a large army along the Yangtze River to guard against our southward advance. Naturally, their forces are very weak in the south and southwest!"

Mr. Zhao,

Looking at Zhao Bingzhang, Li Xin continued, "It seems that sending special operations forces south was the right choice. Perhaps we can even break through the current situation in the south first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Bingzhang nodded and said, "Perhaps it was based on this consideration that Gu Shisan and Zhao Shuisheng submitted this memorial. I have read the memorial. Gu Shisan and the others suggested that we continue to select key militia members, and even select some soldiers from the main combat forces, to go to Guiling Province to strengthen the province's forces and seize Guiling Province from the rear to expand our gains!"

"Take over the entire Guiling Province?"

Li Xin's eyes lit up as he flipped through the memorial in his hand.

After reading it, Li Xin patted the memorial in his hand and said with a smile, "Gu Shisan's suggestion is quite good. In his memorial, he also analyzed the enemy's troop deployment in Guiling Province. It seems he has put in a lot of effort to investigate. Judging from this point alone, they are quite good! They have the potential to lead independently! Give them some more time to grow, and they might become a great general!"

"His Majesty has a very good eye for people!"

Zhao Bingzhang laughed and said, "If Gu Shisan knew that His Majesty praised him so highly, he would definitely work even harder. In my opinion, considering his actions in Changli County and Qincheng Prefecture, Gu Shisan is indeed a rare talent. He is not only adept at military operations, but also at militia administration! Such a well-rounded talent is truly rare!"

"and,"

Zhao Bingzhang nodded and continued, "I agree with what Your Majesty said. Given time, Gu Shisan is very likely to be able to take charge on his own."

Moreover, the suggestions he made this time were excellent and feasible.

At present, the military strength of Guiling Province and even the entire south is extremely weak, which is an opportunity for us to open up the south!

Most importantly, we don't need to send out many troops to achieve unexpected results.

Achieve twice the result with half the effort!

Such a great opportunity should naturally be seized!

After expanding our influence in Guiling Province, and even Lingnan Province and Minyue Province, we will be able to alleviate the pressure in Huaibei, Heluo and other places.

At that time, it will be much easier for Liu Zheng and his group to travel south!

"Yes!"

Li Xin nodded slightly.

Li Xin naturally saw the benefits of this matter.

And most importantly, there is no downside to it.

It is foreseeable that, under the watchful pressure of the Divine Martial Army, as long as Li Ming wants to protect himself and the Jiangnan region, he will definitely keep his two or three hundred thousand troops together and will not send a large army south.

As long as they divide their forces, it means that the Divine Martial Army's opportunity has arrived.

Li Ming and his team will inevitably be defeated one by one!

As long as Li Ming and his forces do not split up, even if Huaibei and Heluo are in a stalemate, special operations forces and militia in provinces such as Guiling, Lingnan, and Minyue can take advantage of their superior conditions and the support of the maritime advantages of Qingyu Trading Company to gradually erode their territory.

Given time, as Guiling Province, Lingnan Province, and even Minyue Province and Huguang Province are gradually eroded and annexed, the area where Li Ming's troops can operate will become even smaller.

At that point, it will only be a matter of time before Li Ming and his men perish.

Therefore, no matter what choice Li Ming makes this time, it will not change his fate of destruction!

Adopting the suggestions of Gu Shisan and others, sending support to Guiling Province and other places could even be said to have accelerated the time of Li Ming's demise.

Therefore, Li Xin was naturally happy to see this result!

Mr. Zhao,

Li Xin said, "Gu Shisan's suggestion is excellent. I agree with his idea and will send support to Guiling Province and other places."

Moreover, they should be given significant support.

Although our main combat forces cannot spare many troops, there are still a considerable number of militia forces in various regions.

Moreover, the militia forces in Dongning, Liaodong, and even Xinluo and Jidong are no weaker than some new recruits.

In my opinion, we should integrate the militia forces in these areas, set up separate numbers according to the main combat force organization, select some key personnel from the main combat force to serve as officers, and deploy these militia forces in their entirety to various parts of Guiling Province.

Although these militia forces are not as strong as our existing main combat troops, they are still very powerful compared to the troops stationed in various parts of Lingnan Province!

This will greatly enhance our military strength throughout Lingnan Province, and Gu Shisan's plan can be realized sooner!

"Great! This is good!"

Zhao Bingzhang's eyes lit up.

He hadn't expected that His Majesty would actually make improvements.

The core members of the main combat troops were selected to form the officer backbone, and personnel were drawn from the militia to form a new force.

These new troops were deployed to Guiling Province.

This is indeed a deeper level than Gu Shisan had imagined!

Moreover, it is foreseeable that the effect will be even better!

Zhao Bingzhang quickly said, "Your Majesty, doing it this way will be more effective!"

"Not only that,"

Li Xin continued, "If we're going to do it, let's do it big. Gu Shisan and the others' experience in Guiling Province can be extended to Lingnan Province, Minyue Province, and other places."

We can also organize troops to provide support.

In addition, Qingyu Trading Company's merchant ships should provide them with more support.

There aren't any extra standard-issue guns or cannons for now, but we can give them a few more grenades and bombs.

In addition, grassroots administrative personnel were drawn from militia teams in various places to provide simultaneous support to Guiling Province.

This time, we must hasten the demise of Li Ming's forces!

"good!"