Chapter 155 Alliance changes, sharpening the sword!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 155 Alliance changes, sharpening the sword!
At the government affairs meeting, Tang Jing was not in a hurry to discuss the specific affairs of the territory.
Not to mention Wei Yang and Xia Yuanji, the two new directors have just arrived in Chang'an and are not familiar with the situation in Chang'an. Even the old man Xun Yu was only responsible for a small amount of affairs in the Department of Personnel.
Now that we have to take charge of the work of the five departments of the Administrative Department, there will definitely be a process of getting familiar with and adapting to it.
The most important thing is that this organizational structure adjustment, except for the newly established Industrial and Development Planning Department, is all upwardly controlled. Each department still performs its own duties and does not affect the normal operation of the territory.
There is really no need to rush.
………
Chang'an is sharpening its sword while stepping up efforts to deal with the aftermath, and the alliance is also not idle.
Crisis is present.
The alliance once again showed unprecedented "great unity".
First of all, it is to use the dual means of "food and household registration" to limit the dissent of the players' generals to the greatest extent and stabilize the basis for the survival of the coalition forces.
Then they worked non-stop to raise 500,000 coalition troops and stepped up their deployment on the preset defense lines.
in this process.
What attracts the most attention is the fate of Douglas, the current commander of the coalition forces.
The final result was very surprising. Douglas did not choose those popular provinces or popular lords, but chose to join Maple Leaf County, a deciduous province.
The deciduous province is located on the northern border of the alliance, to the south and north of the valley province.
There are four provinces in between.
This means that even if Dave, Lord of Maple Leaf County, wants to influence the coalition forces through Douglas, he will have little effect because of the geographical distance.
This is equivalent to giving reassurance to other lords of the alliance.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that "Snow Fox" Douglas's wisdom in life, through simple choices, consolidated his position as commander of the coalition forces in one fell swoop, and would never be challenged by generals such as Rogers again.
The "restrictions" on player generals are just a way to make up for the situation within the alliance.
Summing up the defeat in this battle, the alliance also realized a serious flaw——
The decision-making and discussion mechanism is too cumbersome and cumbersome.
Everyone has to speak out and have their own ideas, but in fact, everyone has their own opinions, which is completely scattered, making the alliance's decision-making slow and completely unable to adapt to the needs of war.
But the cultural genes of the alliance and the reality of "Star Bound" have determined that they cannot centralize power.
Finally, after several discussions, the alliance lords decided to use their best trick and recommend the establishment of a three-level council of counties, provinces and alliances from the bottom up.
Each county elects a representative to serve on the county-level council.
The county-level council elects one representative to join the provincial-level council.
The provincial-level council elects a representative to join the alliance council.
This forms a three-level decision-making and discussion mechanism.
Major decisions related to the coalition forces will be made jointly by the ten members of the Alliance Council + Douglas, the commander of the coalition forces, using a majority-subject voting mechanism.
The final result was not surprising.
The ten successfully elected alliance council members are basically the top ten lords in the alliance.
No. 1: Pelican County, Grant (Pelican County, River Valley Province)
No. 2: Xihai County, Gale (Xihai Province)
No. 3: Nashi County, Bulong (River Valley Province)
No. 4: Morgan County, John (Ica Province)
No. 5: Mark County, Mark (Bit Province)
No. 6: Ella County, Eric (Tara Province)
No. 7: Free County, Felice (Gama Province)
No. 8: Fengyuan County, Bess (Kazi Province)
No. 9: Honghu County, Lape (Great Lakes Province)
No. 10: Maple Leaf County, Dave (Dead Leaf Province)
No. 11: Beiyuan County, Simons (Beiyuan Province)
The only paradoxical thing may be that because Grant "occupied" Pelican County, he rose to the top of the league's leader rankings, but was not recognized by the league.
Although he was a champion lord, he only barely entered the River Valley Provincial Council.
It can also be regarded as a "punishment" for Grant.
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The establishment of the three-level council seems to have solved the problem of slow decision-making, but in fact there are still many hidden dangers.
First of all, the ordinary lords of the alliance still have objections to the establishment of a three-level council, believing that this will allow the great lords to further steal the power of the alliance and harm their interests.
It was only in view of external pressure that we had to compromise.
Let’s not mention the provincial and alliance levels for the moment, let’s just say that some of the county-level council members elected by each county already regard themselves as the “rulers” of their counties.
Why?
Isn’t this a joke?!
In the era of national lords, shouldn't the competition be based on territorial strength, but rather on winning votes in elections? Those lords who were not elected but claimed to be powerful may not be convinced in their hearts.
There are also undercurrents surging within each county.
In the end, it is very likely to evolve into whoever has a big fist and a hard fist, who can be elected as a member of the board of directors.
This is tantamount to promoting the alliance's competition at the county level in disguise.
At this time, many Aztec Alliance lords were envious of the lords of other Blue Star countries who could trade refugees in the market for much-needed level 3 crystal cores.
"Tang Jing, Tang Jing, why don't you also sell it on the alliance market?"
Secondly, if the representatives elected by the provincial council want to gain a firm foothold, they are destined to represent the interests of the province at the alliance council level and speak out for the lords of the province.
Otherwise, the position will be unstable.
By analogy, councils at the provincial and county levels have similar problems.
The final result is likely to still be a large group of people arguing with each other, evolving into a small group of people arguing with each other, and it will be difficult to truly form a correct decision oriented to respond to the crisis.
It belongs to traditional skills.
But in any case, compared to the previous disintegration, the successful formation of the alliance council is already a very remarkable progress for the alliance.
Even if there is a quarrel, the eleven people will do it behind closed doors.
It's better than a group of people arguing.
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After the Alliance Council was established, the first thing to do was to respond to the appeal of Douglas, the commander of the coalition forces——
Comprehensively enhance the strength of coalition soldiers.
The Battle of Chang'an can be said to have taught the Allied Forces and the Alliance a bloody lesson.
From the defeat of this war, the Alliance not only realized the importance of cities in cold weapon wars, but also deeply realized that the competition in cold weapon wars was not just about numbers of people.
Individual soldier strength is also crucial.
After all, "Star Bound" does not copy history, but adds a martial arts training system.
During the Chang'an counterattack, the first-order coalition soldiers were almost the same as civilians when facing third-order heavy-armed warriors. They were only massacred unilaterally. In one battle, nearly 200,000 coalition forces were killed.
If this were placed in a real historical environment, it would be absolutely unimaginable.
It happened for real again.
"If you want to fight against the Chang'an army, first-level soldiers have been reduced to cannon fodder. All coalition soldiers must transfer to second-level. If conditions permit, they must work hard towards third-level." Douglas said.
In the Battle of Chang'an, Tang Jing certainly gained a large amount of Glory Points. As for the coalition forces, they also gained some Glory Points because they caused a lot of effective kills. They can be exchanged for small batches of Infantry Armor and Mingguang Armor.
The 500,000 coalition troops, plus the coalition forces of Ika, Bute, and Tara provinces, as well as the local defense forces of the River Valley province, all combined, once again exceeded one million.
All of them have been transferred to level 2, and the cost of changing jobs alone is more than three million gold coins.
"The cost of changing jobs is quite a lot, but it's better than that. Let the coalition soldiers who were finally raised become cannon fodder on the battlefield and get Chang'an for free, right?"
Douglass made a simple calculation for the Union lords.
"This is not only a matter of the cost of changing classes. After all coalition soldiers are transferred to the second level, should they all be equipped with armor, shields, bows and arrows in order to maximize their combat effectiveness?"
"Compared to three million gold coins, these weapons and equipment are more difficult to raise." A lord said in embarrassment.
"That's my second point."
Douglas had already made plans and took over the conversation: "If we want to enhance the strength of the coalition forces, we must carry out a comprehensive update and upgrade of the weapons and equipment of the coalition soldiers."
"Iron armor must become standard equipment, otherwise we will still be reduced to cannon fodder."
"to this end--"
"I suggest that five to six weapons and equipment manufacturing centers can be established on a provincial basis, and local mid-to-high-level blacksmiths and pig iron and other materials can be gathered to forge weapons and equipment on a large scale and in a streamlined manner."
Douglas does have something special. He not only makes demands, but also gives solutions.
This is where Douglas differs from the previous two presidents.
Rogers, the first commander of the coalition forces, simply had no experience in cold-weapon warfare and did not know the true strength of Chang'an. As a result, he acted as cannon fodder and became the scapegoat.
Later, the city building plan was proposed, which was slightly conservative.
Grant, the second commander of the Union Army, was more than brave, but not careful enough, and he had hidden selfish motives.
Leading to the second disastrous defeat of the coalition forces.
Douglas has learned the lessons of the previous two presidents and learned to stand on the shoulders of giants——
"If you want to unite the army against Chang'an, you can make money first!"
A clever woman cannot make a meal without straw, and without a coalition capable of fighting a tough battle, Douglas would not dare to take on this job.
"OK!"
Gale spoke up at the right time, "As for the preparation of the weapons and equipment manufacturing center, it will be coordinated and promoted by the provincial councils on their own. There will be no unified and rigid regulations at the alliance level."
Anyway, there is no need to do it in every province, just do it if you are willing to do it.
If you don't want to, forget it.
Gale, John and other alliance council members wisely did not get involved in such affairs that could be coordinated at the provincial level, otherwise they would be accused by the alliance lords of taking power.
The decision-making power that should be delegated to the provincial level must be resolutely delegated.
Similarly, at the provincial level, decision-making power that should be delegated to the county level must also be resolutely delegated.
County councils cannot be left to idle.
Decentralizing power layer by layer and dividing the cake layer by layer is the way for the alliance to survive.