As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in Longshan.
In fact, Song Ziyu has been making preparations in this regard for nearly a year.
However, in line with the principle of providing food first before troops are deployed, a series of things to be done in the early stage include but not limited to preparing food and supplies, equipping and training the army, building roads through dark areas and radiation zones, and establishing military depots and material support warehouses along the way.
Originally, these things were going on in an orderly manner, but suddenly they sped up, and without consulting anyone, so this decree caused quite a stir when it was promulgated.
In the conference room, Song Ziyu was following the suggestions compiled from various parties. In terms of the total amount, there was resistance, but the resistance was not as great as imagined.
After all, the city has developed to the size it is today, and expansion is inevitable. The difference is just a matter of which direction to expand.
Whether to advance westward or eastward is a big strategic issue.
Contrary to Song Ziyu's idea, most people want to expand eastward.
Because most of the major factions under Song Ziyu, whether they are the earliest followers such as Tang Jian and Chen Tianxing, or surrendered generals such as Zuo Zhen and Yu Ke, are from the east. It would be great to be able to fight back Guangzong Yaozu. .
Therefore, everyone is confused about Song Ziyu's idea of marching westward against all opinions.
In order to convince his confidants, Song Ziyu told everyone about the situation in the west, telling everyone about the difficulties and opportunities.
"To the west of us is the city-state of Milo, which is a country ruled by zombies."
Song Ziyu's words took the lead.
"Since this is a place where zombies rule, what are we going to do?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"What to do? As a human being, of course we have to do what we should do." Song Ziyu said righteously: "We have our historical mission! We must contribute to the survival of all mankind."
Song Ziyu spoke impassionedly, but the people below were uninterested.
Obviously, these topics are too high-end, and are completely false to many generals in Longshan, and they cannot understand everyone's climax at all.
Of course, Song Ziyu could not fail to see this situation, so Song Ziyu changed the subject and directly asked people to hang up the hand-drawn map, which was not very complete.
"This area is the only place we must pass on our way to Miluo City. It has many vegetation and animals that are not found in the wasteland, as well as large water source wetlands. Although it is plagued by radiation and occupied by wild beasts, once it is developed, We will receive countless resources," Song Ziyu said.
After hearing this, everyone became a little interested.
Then Song Ziyu pointed further west and said: "Here, there are a large number of human settlements and old city ruins. Here, I can find many factory sites including automobile production lines, steel smelting plants, chemical plants, military factories, etc.! As long as I get With these factories, equipment and production lines, we will quickly complete the transformation, from a city that produces only a dozen rifles a month, to an existence that is feared by the Northern Steel Alliance and even the Federation."
Song Ziyu's words are very confusing and completely capture everyone's appeal.
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd in the venue was excited.
"Then what are you waiting for? Damn it!"
“I didn’t expect such good things to happen.”
"I firmly support all the city lord's propositions."
"Me too!"
"Western Expedition!"
"Western Expedition!"
Song Ziyu looked at everything in front of him and felt it was so unreal.
Before they were driven by sufficient interests, these people did not understand the Western Expedition in every possible way, but when it came to the beginning of the Western Expedition, these people seemed to smell blood. The sharks all showed intense enthusiasm.
So taking this opportunity, Song Ziyu announced his request to recruit troops for the Western Expedition and issued orders for the deployment of garrison troops.
At present, Song Ziyu's army has its own composition. Song Ziyu is well versed in management and understands what kind of management should be carried out for what kind of people.
Therefore, when dealing with his core confidants Longshan soldiers, Song Ziyu did not adopt a tough and demanding attitude, but adopted the principle of volunteering.
The Longshan soldiers who volunteered to participate in the Western Expedition would each receive additional subsidies in addition to military pay every day. Even if the soldiers died in battle, the money would be allocated to their families on a monthly basis. Moreover, Song Ziyu also emphasized that sons inherit their father's legacy. If a soldier of his father's generation dies in battle, his son will have priority to enlist as a substitute.
Such generous treatment naturally made many Longshan soldiers willing to join the army in the Western Expedition.
This part of the army is what Song Ziyu relies on the most and is certainly the most at ease.
In addition to the loyal Longshan warriors, the second team was the 4,000 slave army brought from the Miluo city-state.
These slave armies are now living near Longshan. Song Ziyu gave them land and freedom as promised. They are freedom fighters outside Longshan... It is difficult to mobilize them again. After all, these people have found their promised land. land.
But Song Ziyu was not too worried. It might be troublesome if these slave armies were allowed to do something else, but simply letting them counterattack Miluo City-State was another matter.
Because Song Ziyu has a trump card, which is the "Save Home Plan"!
For those who have fled, the temptation to visit their homeland again is huge!
Especially being able to return to the city of Miluo openly, meet his family, take back his home, and seize the land occupied by zombies... For this reason, Song Ziyu specifically stated that as long as someone in the slave army is willing to follow him back, he will During the Western Expedition, priority was given to rescuing the families of freedmen.
Song Ziyu had reason to believe that slaves (free people) would follow him in the Western Expedition.
In fact, the situation is exactly what Song Ziyu thought!
When the mission to save their homeland was announced, more than 2,000 free civilian fighters expressed their intention to follow Soong Ziyu on the expedition. These people did not even need additional rewards, they just wanted to be able to return to their hometown to take another look.
In addition to the freedmen and Longshan soldiers, the third group that needs to be vigorously mobilized by Song Ziyu is the surrender of the Third Division, which has been arranged for land reclamation and training for the past year.
For these surrendered troops, recruitment is mandatory!
They could not enjoy the benefits of the first two sources of troops, but Song Ziyu still promised them that when the Western Expedition ends, no matter what the outcome, Song Ziyu will give them these Free surrender of troops.
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After a week of military mobilization and large-scale mobilization, Song Ziyu began to personally lead his army to the west!
Eight thousand fully armed troops equipped with firearms, long knives, and full sets of battle armor set out smoothly, accompanied by 10,000 "servant troops" who came from all over the wilderness to enjoy the autumn breeze, and 50,000 logistics personnel responsible for ensuring the army's foster care. force.
The action this time is no better than before!
It is definitely not easy to launch a long-term war, especially a long-distance war to seize territory. It is very, very difficult.
Starting from Su Zhen's Shoujiang settlement, we drove straight along the newly built highway. We had to cross hundreds of miles before we could enter the boundaries of the Miluo City State.
People who don't know how to fight have no idea how important logistical support is to an army.
A military genius like Zhuge Kongming, who appeared once in a thousand years, had to leave Qishan six times because of lack of food and grass. His successor Jiang Wei even made eleven northern expeditions to no avail.
This kind of thing that goes against destiny and cannot be done is entirely because the logistics supplies cannot keep up.
No matter how strong the army is, it will completely collapse once it is deprived of food for a few days.
therefore!
For this western expedition, Song Ziyu had been secretly preparing for a whole year.
The large army slowly moved out, with the advance team led by Zhang Song at the forefront.
This advance team is composed of carefully selected people, including old hunters and free folk guides who are familiar with this road of death, as well as elites who are proficient in mountain trekking.
The goal of the advance team is to protect the main force from mines.
After spending two days walking through the concrete pavement in the wasteland, the army marched into the mountains and disappeared into the mountains.
