Chapter 115 The Rakshasa Kingdom Also Participated
The news from Monkey was quickly sent back. Sure enough, the top leaders of the two countries were meeting frequently, and some kind of agreement might have been reached. However, since no one else was allowed in during the talks, Monkey could only make a conjecture.
Gao Shaoyi immediately went to see Li Hongtang with this speculation. There was a garrison of the Daqian Empire's new army on the Daliao Peninsula. As long as they paid attention to the situation of the Rakshasa Kingdom's naval base, they should be able to get results.
"Take a look. It's almost as you predicted. The situation at the naval base has not been reported yet, but the training at the army base has suddenly stepped up in the past two days. It started about the day before yesterday, and live-fire shooting was also conducted."
Li Hongtang held a report in his hand.
They all know the situation of Rakshasa Kingdom. It is at the bottom among the six major powers and is slightly stronger than Dongdi Kingdom. However, Dongdi Kingdom has developed rapidly in the past two years. To put it bluntly, the two countries are between the two countries. The usual training of soldiers is almost all about fooling around, and live ammunition shooting is rarely carried out. After all, this method is too expensive.
"Isn't the Rakshasa Kingdom's navy taking any action?"
Gao Shaoyi said a little strangely that if there was to be interference, it would be the navy that took action first.
"As far as I know, the Rakshasa Kingdom maintains a third-rate fleet in the naval base on the Daliao Peninsula. Most of them are broken ships that have reached the end of their service life. Even if they are pulled out, I'm afraid it won't be of much use. What's more, the Rakshasa Kingdom is more passionate about land."
Li Hongtang was also very angry when he said this. In the past thirty years, the Rakshasa Kingdom has occupied millions of square kilometers of land in the north through various unequal treaties.
"You mean they won't cause trouble in Haicheng, but will cause trouble on the Daliao Peninsula?"
Gao Shaoyi frowned. The current strength is still too weak. If trouble is really caused on the Daliao Peninsula, then the Rakshasa Kingdom will gain a lot.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. They only occupied two coastal cities on the Daliao Peninsula, but we can all see their ambition. They want the entire Daliao Peninsula."
Li Hongtang remembered the unequal treaty signed with the Dongdi Kingdom. According to the treaty, the Daliao Peninsula should be assigned to the Dongdi Kingdom. However, due to the interference of the Rakshasa Kingdom, the imperial court took out 30 million silver coins, which was regarded as a transfer of the Liao Peninsula to the Dongdi Kingdom. The Daliao Peninsula was bought back.
It is said that it is in the hands of the imperial court, but in fact it is not within the sphere of influence of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
"How many troops do we have on the Daliao Peninsula?"
Gao Shaoyi didn't know much about the situation there, but Li Hongtang was very clear about the situation across the country.
"The six battalions of green soldiers should be of little use. The most useful one should be an infantry division stationed on the Daliao Peninsula."
The New Army was only established in the past few decades and is considered the most powerful army in the entire Daqian Empire. They all use thermal weapons, but there is still a gap compared with the Western armies.
"They are unreliable..."
What Gao Shaoyi said is also what Li Hongtang thought. An infantry division of the New Army has about 11,000 people, but due to short quotas, it can only have 89,000 people at most, and its combat effectiveness is not very good. Rely on them. Resisting tens of thousands of people from the Rakshasa Empire is simply a joke.
"I know they are unreliable, and we all know that the strategic location of the Daliao Peninsula is very important, and it is also the land of Longxing of our Daqian Empire. However, the Rakshasa Kingdom helped us take back the Daliao Peninsula. He also has various The conditions, especially in terms of garrisoning, strictly limit our numbers."
Li Hongtang said helplessly, who doesn't want to station more troops on their own land, but because of the interference of these foreigners, these lands are not ours. They have the final say on how many troops are stationed. This is also because the big The Qian Empire is simply too weak.
"Are you familiar with the Governor of Daliao?"
We must not watch the Rakshasa Kingdom take advantage of the situation. Maybe the Rakshasa Kingdom has already formulated a complete battle plan, and it is possible that the Rakshasa Kingdom has divided their respective interests with the Dongdi Kingdom, but in any case, this is sacrificing its own blood. How could Gao Shaoyi be willing?
Although this guy is just a governor of Zhili now, he regards the entire Daqian Empire as his own territory. I didn’t have that ability before, so you can bleed as much as you want. Now that I have a system, I can’t just watch you seize a place. Strategic location.
"What do you want to do?"
Li Hongtang looked at Gao Shaoyi with some surprise. From this sentence, he could tell that Gao Shaoyi might want to intervene in the Daliao war.
"From here to Daliao Province, as long as we find a few military columns, we can transport people there within two days. I don't want the Rakshasa Kingdom to take advantage of it."
Gao Shaoyi has already started working on the map, which has divided the areas that our army should defend. Now the cities along the Daliao Peninsula are under the control of the Rakshasa Kingdom. We do not have the ability to take them back, but it is impossible to let them They move on.
"Do you know that it is a capital crime for you to do this? It is a heinous crime to send troops to other areas without the consent of the court."
Li Hongtang coughed for a long time before finally saying this. Gao Shaoyi was too courageous.
"When did I say that I would send troops to other provinces? My people would go to the north for cold resistance training. You are the Minister of Military and Aircraft. Can't you even approve this? I saw it during the training. Foreign troops invaded our territory and slaughtered our people. Could it be that the soldiers under my command were holding fire sticks?"
Gao Shaoyi drew various lines on the map while looking for reasons for himself.
Northern cold resistance training?
Li Hongtang thought about this matter carefully and found that it could really work.
"How many troops do you want to transport there? Although the Governor of Daliao is my student, I can't let you do whatever you want."
Li Hongtang said very cautiously, saying that he was also very embarrassed. The army in the past was of little use. If there were too many in the past, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to cover it up by then.
"One group is enough. If there are too many, the railway won't be able to transport them."
Even though the opponent had tens of thousands of troops, after knowing the fighting power of foreigners in Haicheng, Gao Shaoyi didn't think those people were so scary. An elite infantry regiment of his own suppressing army could definitely kill them. Of course, he would have to add more troops. Send an artillery battery there.
Li Hongtang touched his beard and nodded. An infantry regiment is still okay. There are only a few thousand people anyway. He was about to agree. Who knew that Gao Shaoyi's next words almost made him vomit blood...??