Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

When Zhao Xu heard Lin Yi's words, he couldn't help but nodded, feeling that what Lin Yi said made sense.

But then he thought that Daxia had also organized and trained a new army before, but the facts proved that the new army trained by Daxia was vulnerable to the Western countries.

Not even comparable to the Sakura Country to the east.

"Yi'er, this military training has been going on since your great-grandfather was still alive. Every year I invest millions, tens of millions of silver dollars in it, but the results are not satisfactory."

"I wonder, Yi'er, how your training is different from before?"

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xu's words, he felt happy. He knew that Zhao Xu was obviously moved.

After all, as a monarch who wanted to revitalize Daxia, it was abnormal for Zhao Xu not to react after hearing his words.

The reason why he is asking this now is simply to test himself to see if he has the ability to train the new army well.

"Uncle, I think that when training soldiers, the soul should be trained first!"

"In the past, the training of new armies was nothing more than purchasing weapons and equipment from Western princes, and then letting these new armies learn how to use them."

"Such a new army has only its appearance but no soul. On the battlefield, it will hesitate to move forward even if there is a slight setback. Without its soul, its combat effectiveness is low."

"If I train troops, I will first train their souls, let the new army know why they are fighting, and forge their military souls. In this way, no matter in good times or in bad times, our new army in Great Xia will move forward without hesitation!"

"Second, at least organizing and training the new army, in the eyes of some people, is just a fat job that can make money. Just like Ding Xuanren before!"

"The navy before Daxia ranked first in the East in terms of the number of fleets and the quality of its soldiers. However, because Ding Xuanren alone embezzled the navy's military expenditures for his own selfish desires, the strength of the navy was greatly reduced. This led to the three The big defeat years ago.”

"As for my nephew, as a prince, I have no shortage of money or status, so I will spend every penny where it should be spent."

When Zhao Xu heard what Lin Yi said, he couldn't help but nodded.

This matter of Ding Xuanren can be said to be a piece of Zhao Xu's heart. After all, no one can accept such a thing.

At that time, Daxia's fleet could be said to be the largest in the east. The total displacement of the Sakura Kingdom fleet in the east was only one-third of Daxia's.

But with just one-third of the displacement, Daxia was unable to fight back. Two-thirds of the entire fleet was lost.

The northern waters are almost becoming the back garden of the Sakura Kingdom. Only the two small fleets in the south are still holding up Daxia's face.

Therefore, now that Zhao Xu heard Lin Yi's words, he felt that they made sense.

After all, as Prince Rui, Lin Yi can be said to have reached the pinnacle of a courtier, and he has no shortage of power or money.

If Lin Yi wanted money, he could just ask. As an uncle, could it be that he would not give Lin Yi money? Why should he go to organize and train the new army and find fault for himself?

Therefore, after hearing this, Zhao Xu actually agreed with Lin Yi to train troops.

But, where did the armaments needed for military training come from? In addition, how to solve the matter of John and Gaul?

"Yi'er, you also know that training troops requires weapons, and now that the Western countries have cut off arms transactions with me, Daxia, where did you get the weapons?" Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi and continued to ask.

"Also, John, what do you think about Gaul's request to negotiate tariffs?"

"Uncle, I have a solution for this arms issue. I have a friend who can get these arms." Lin Yi made up an excuse at random.

"Oh? Friend? Which friend? Why doesn't uncle know about it?" Zhao Xu's eyes flashed when he heard Lin Yi's words.

"Uncle, please don't ask further about this matter. My friend doesn't like others to know his identity, so he specifically told me not to reveal his identity."

"But my nephew promises that he can indeed get a lot of weapons."

When Zhao Xu heard what Lin Yi said, he nodded to express his understanding.

After all, everyone has some little secrets. Lin Yi has already said this, so it's not easy for him to ask.

All he had to do was ensure that Lin Yi wouldn't suffer a loss in the end.

"Uncle, as for tariffs, I think we can just refuse them."

"Reject? This John, Gaul is using this as a threat. Threatening to refuse is equivalent to starting a war. Do we really refuse like this?" Zhao Xu frowned.

"Uncle, that's John. The two countries of Gaul are trying to scare you."

"Uncle, please listen to my analysis. Whether it is John or Gaul, their countries are in the west."

"But the situation in the west is not peaceful now. Hans's national strength has increased greatly and he wants to challenge John and Gaul. Now the two sides are in the west. There is constant friction, and a war may break out at any time."

"So John, the two countries of Gaul have long since shifted their focus back to their own countries to deal with the rise of Hans."

"As a result, their military strength in the east is not strong, only ten thousand people at most."

"Suppose we, Bactria, reject John and Gaul's request and a war breaks out, then the first people to attack us will only be these [-] people."

"As long as we defeat them, John and Gaul will have no choice but to mobilize troops from home. As a result, it will be impossible to reach Daxia within three or four months."

"If there are any slight changes, it may even take half a year for them to reach Daxia."

"And in the past six months, I am confident that I will build a strong army. When the time comes, John, Gaul will die if he comes!"

"Okay!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but shout "Okay" when he heard Lin Yi's words.

"Yi'er, how many people do you think are needed to organize and train the new army? Where will these soldiers be obtained?" Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi and asked.

As soon as Lin Yi heard Zhao Xu's words, he knew that Zhao Xu had basically agreed to his proposal, and he felt happy in his heart.

"Uncle, the recruits for the new army will naturally be those from good families with a clean background. But now, in order to deal with the threat of war between John and Gaul, I think we can first select from the Beijing camp."

"There are currently about [-] people in the Beijing camp near Beijing. I think we can first form a division from them, with a scale of about [-] people."

"If my nephew's soldiers are trained well and he catches my uncle's eye, how about we expand the army then?"

"One division? That's okay." Zhao Xu heard Lin Yi's words and felt that it was more reasonable for Lin Yi to only have one division at the beginning.

Even if this division is not trained in the end, it will not have much impact on the defense of the Imperial Capital.

As for the first round of John and Gaul war that Lin Yi mentioned, Zhao Xu didn't think Lin Yi could catch up.

In his opinion, it would be good if the new army compiled by Lin Yi could be trained before the second round of war.

"Okay, since you have said so, Yi'er, it would be unreasonable if uncle doesn't support you."

"I'll ask Xi'er to go with you to the Beijing Camp to select people in a moment. As long as you like them, you can take them away." Zhao Xu waved his hand and said to Lin Yi.

"Then nephew, thank you uncle!" Lin Yi said to Zhao Xu with a smile on his face.