Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Soon, Zhao He led Fan Shaozeng into the conference room again.

Lin Yi looked at Fan Shaozeng's chubby and naive face, and Lin Yi felt happy.

However, you must not be deceived by Fan Shaozeng's appearance. Although he looks harmless and even a little naive, his ability to deal with enemies is also very good.

Lin Yi had relatively few troops before, so in the battle to regain the territory outside the pass, he could only use Fan Shaozeng, who was disliked by the military.

Fan Shaozeng seized this opportunity and played very well in Yizhou.

They completely annihilated the troops stationed in Yizhou of the Sakura Kingdom, unleashed the momentum of the Dongchuan Army, and achieved the results Lin Yi wanted.

After regaining Yizhou Island, Fan Shaozeng also obeyed Lin Yi's request and stayed stationed on Yizhou Island, and helped Yizhou Island train two qualified mountain divisions.

As we all know, the Dongchuan area is inherently mountainous, and the soldiers who came out of there were born with a pair of iron feet, and it was easy to climb uphill and uphill.

With the weapons and training methods provided by Lin Yi, the Dongchuan Army directly became one of the few professional mountain troops in the empire.

And they are still jungle and mountain troops adapted to the southern rainforest.

In fact, since that time, Lin Yi has been making plans for Southeast Asia.

Later, considering that the Dongchuan Army would still have to return to Dongchuan in the future, and Yizhou would also need troops to garrison, Lin Yi asked Fan Shaozeng to form two new divisions composed of Yizhou ethnic minorities on Yizhou Island.

Fan Shaozeng received Lin Yi's order that he did not need to return to Dongchuan for the time being. He did not complain and stayed in Yizhou for more than ten years.

A capable and loyal subordinate will be liked by all leaders.

In fact, Lin Yi also knew that the reason why Fan Shaozeng obeyed his orders like this was mainly because the Dongchuan Army had been excluded by the military headquarters.

After he surrendered to him, the military headquarters changed from its normal state and began to pay attention to the Dongchuan Army. All supplies were directed towards the Beijing camp.

Lin Yi didn't mind and wouldn't blame the military department for their previous actions. After all, this kind of thing was inevitable. During the Chinese New Year, there are only so many material rations.

If more is given to local armies like the Dongchuan Army, the material rations for the troops directly under the imperial court will be less.

Coupled with Fan Shaozeng's temper, it seems normal for him to have supplies withheld.

However, Lin Yi felt that such a thing must not affect the empire's plan, otherwise, he would be held accountable.

"Come on, Shaozeng, sit down." Lin Yi waved to Fan Shaozeng and motioned for him to sit down.

Fan Shaozeng smiled innocently and sat down directly on his seat.

"Commander Fan, you're fine." As soon as Fan Shaozeng sat down, Pan Chengzhang next to Lin Yi said.

There was no way, Pan Chengzhang still had to take the initiative to say some things, because it was him who made the decision to withhold supplies from the Dongchuan Army in the first place.

But now, Fan Shaozeng has become Lin Yi's man. There are some misunderstandings that need to be clarified.

"Pan Gong, you are well." When Fan Shaozeng saw Pan Chengzhang taking the initiative to greet him, he responded quickly.

In these years on Yizhou Island, he has also thought about some things clearly. This person, sometimes, has to learn to be humble.

The aura he had before was indeed not a long-term solution in the officialdom.

Now it seems that Pan Chengzhang wants to reconcile, and Fan Shaozeng is naturally willing to reconcile with Pan Chengzhang.

"Commander Fan, the military department did something wrong in the past. I hope Commander Fan will not bear grudges against the military department. The military department also had difficulties at that time." Pan Chengzhang said slowly while looking at Fan Shaozeng.

"What did Mr. Pan say? I did something wrong before. I am here to apologize to Mr. Pan. At that time, Mr. Pan really didn't know how high the sky was. I hope Mr. Pan can forgive me for being frivolous back then." Fan Shaozeng heard that Pan Chengzhang If so, he immediately stood up and said to him.

Lin Yi also smiled lightly when he heard that the two had resolved their grievances for many years.

"Okay, everyone is working for the empire. If there is any problem, just put it out in the open." Lin Yi looked at the two people, and then turned his eyes to Fan Shaozeng.

"Shaozeng, do you know why I asked you to stay?"

After hearing Lin Yi's words, Fan Shaozeng immediately understood that Lin Yi was not looking for him just to reminisce about old times.

In addition, Lin Yi had just assigned him a task at the meeting. Fan Shaozeng immediately understood that Lin Yi asked him to stay because of the task assigned to him before.

"Your Majesty, are you referring to the landing in Siam?" Fan Shaozeng asked.

Lin Yi nodded, and then continued: "The Kingdom of Siam has always been a vassal state of the empire, but since the John Empire and the Gallic Empire extended their hands to Southeast Asia, Siam has become less honest."

"Siam today has been swinging between the Empire and the John Empire."

"If it were another country, the empire would not want to cause trouble now, but Siam's geographical location, as you know, it guards the main road from Malacca to the South China Sea of ​​the empire, so Siam must stand on the side of the empire."

"At the same time, in order to disperse the forces of John's empire and reduce the pressure of attacking from the north, the empire is considering landing in Siam in the south." Lin Yi said slowly.

Fan Shaozeng nodded when he heard Lin Yi's words.

Even if Fan Shaozeng doesn't understand strategy, he still knows how difficult it is to attack Southeast Asia from the southern part of the empire.

There are dense jungles along the way, there are countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and there are almost no roads. This is a very severe test for troop transportation and logistics.

Moreover, in the north, there are several large rivers blocking the way forward. Without ferries or other equipment that can cross the rivers, it is impossible to cross these rivers.

These rivers and primeval forests formed a barrier. If the empire wanted to cross these, it would have to pay a heavy price.

In the south, although there are river obstacles, other conditions are much better than in the north.

After all, Siam's development focus has always been in the south, and the road conditions alone are better than one level.

Moreover, if the empire suddenly attacks Siam, it will encounter very little resistance in the early stage.

It was even possible that he could force Siam to surrender before John's empire could react.

Once Siam surrenders, he can use Siam's domestic transportation network to quickly come behind the John Empire and the Gallic Empire and launch an attack on them.

Having said this, I have to mention that the transportation network of the Kingdom of Siam is the best in all of Southeast Asia.

And the reason why he has such complete communication is because the Kingdom of Siam swayed between the empire and Europe.

In order to control Siam, both sides continued to support the construction of the Kingdom of Siam.

Therefore, this created a situation where the transportation network within the Kingdom of Siam was the first in Southeast Asia.

After Fan Shaozeng listened to Lin Yi's explanation, he knew that it was his turn to express his stance.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Mr. Pan, there is not a single coward in our Dongchuan Army. We will definitely be able to capture Siam, open up a second battlefield for the empire, and attract the attention of the John people for the empire's army."