Chapter 749 Defense Arrangements

On the New World side, the incorporation of various cities and the subsequent relief arrangements have long formed a system with a stable process.

As long as you follow the process and become proficient, the operation is basically not difficult, which means that Zhou Xu does not need to worry about the affairs of Xishan City and Anling City to a large extent.

But even so, he was still busy with the reports fed back from various cities and the documents sent from the Old Continent from time to time.

After finishing the last document at hand, Zhou Xu collapsed in the imperial study of the Xianyang Palace, stretched hard, and then walked towards the imperial garden outside.

After living here for a while, he found that it made sense for every ancient imperial palace to have an imperial garden.

He had been sitting at his desk for the whole morning reviewing documents and reports, and his waist felt stiff. The existence of the Imperial Garden gave him a place to walk, rest and take a breath after work.

But he was not just taking a walk. While walking, he was still thinking about the development of the situation.

Right now in the New World, the most urgent task, in addition to solving the food problem and making it self-sufficient as soon as possible, is to recruit soldiers.

It's not for fighting, but for garrisoning this city.

While ensuring the safety of the city, we must also prepare for other enemies that may be encountered in the future.

[There are a total of seven cities here, three of which are internal cities. Each city still needs a permanent force of 500 soldiers, not only to maintain daily law and order, but also to provide timely support to border cities in wartime. ]

[As for the four border cities, no, now they should be considered three border cities. The location of Huangsha City, after connecting to the Old Continent, has completely become an internal city. At the same time, under normal circumstances, this location is basically unlikely to encounter any external enemies. ]

[So, the actual situation should be to arrange 500 troops for garrison in each of the four inner cities, and 1,000 troops for garrison in each of the three border cities, for a total of 5,000 troops.]

Zhou Xu was walking while thinking about this matter in his mind.

Of course, this troop arrangement is only limited to defense. If we need to send troops out, this amount of troops will definitely not be enough.

But this is not a problem for Zhou Xu.

Because in his opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to protect the country and develop internally, and he has no plans to take the initiative for the time being.

But we must guard against possible enemies around us.

Putting aside other things, it is obvious that there are still places to explore beyond the three cities of Green Forest City, Anling City and Feiyan City, or the existence of other forces.

The Centaur mercenaries we learned about before are the best proof.

By this time, all of Yan Sheng’s territories had been conquered by him, but he still hadn’t seen them.

Later, he also specifically asked Jie Liancheng and Li Bowen.

But what they knew was very limited. They only knew that such a mercenary group existed.

After the war broke out here, Yan Sheng tried to contact the group of Centaur mercenaries, but he couldn't get in touch with them. He guessed that they had left the area.

After all, the Centaur mercenaries were just trying to make a fortune from the war. Yan Sheng had already unified this area, so when the Centaur mercenaries saw that there was no business for the time being, they naturally left.

They can't stay here forever, they also need to eat.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu asked Li Liancheng and Li Bowen how much they knew about other countries existing on this land. The two people's answers were very consistent. They knew that there should be other countries, but they had not come into contact with them.

As of now, the intelligence is pitifully scarce, so it is better to develop in a low-key manner first.

After returning to the imperial study, Zhou Xu immediately issued the conscription order to the New World.

It can be regarded as providing a new job for the people here, and it is a large job that can absorb 5,000 people.

After giving this order, Zhou Xu frowned and pondered as he looked at the new map spread out in front of him.

Considering the unexpected situations in the three border cities, shouldn’t he arrange three reliable generals to take charge?

A mere military general, without sufficient ability to command troops, will not be able to take charge at a critical moment. This will definitely not work.

For long-term garrison, the ability to command troops is the key.

"Shi Lei can be counted as one, Bai Tu? Should we count him as one?"

[Just looking at the panel ability, Bai Tu is undoubtedly qualified, but the problem now is that he has not achieved enough. Although he recently took over Xishan City, this task itself is not difficult. If he is directly assigned to be the general to guard the border, I am afraid that some people will not accept it. ]

The former Wei soldiers who surrendered with Bai Tu would certainly support him, but it would obviously be inappropriate to let Bai Tu stay at the border with those Wei soldiers all year round.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu had an idea in his mind, and then called Jie Liancheng over.

"Old Jie, tell me the truth, what do you think? Do you want to continue to be a general on the battlefield? Or do you want to go home and take care of your children?"

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Zhou Xu's question was very straightforward.

As a five-star level unrivaled warrior and the future top combat force, Zhou Xu would definitely be reluctant to let Jie Liancheng go back to take care of the children.

But as a childhood friend, Zhou Xu naturally had to consider his safety.

Charging into battle on the battlefield is ultimately life-threatening, and I guess his sister-in-law doesn't want her husband to take this risk.

Of course, all this depends on Jie Liancheng’s own thoughts.

Zhou Xu knew clearly that this guy had a stubborn temper and it would definitely be useless if he made any arrangements for him without authorization.

At this moment, facing Zhou Xu's question, Xie Liancheng was stunned at first, and then he spoke without hesitation...

"Hongxu, you know it well. I have wanted to be a general since I was a child. If you ask me to go home and take care of my children, I will definitely not be able to stay."

Having said that, Jie Liancheng obviously thought of something and quickly added another sentence.

"Oh, by the way, you also know how to lead troops. I can't do it. Just arrange a position for me that only requires physical action."

Before traveling through time, Xie Liancheng was a martial artist. What he said about not being able to stay was indeed true, but at the same time he obviously also considered his brother's situation.

The world here is not peaceful, and I don’t know how many powerful enemies I will encounter in the future.

Apart from being able to fight, I have no other skills. How can I abandon my brothers and retire early to go home and take care of my children?

After getting this answer, Zhou Xu nodded, and he understood what was going on. After sorting out his thoughts, he started writing the appointment letter.

(End of this chapter)