The end of the military era

The traditional-class battlecruisers, that is, the 12 battlecruisers currently under construction in several shipyards of the Liangyan Empire, will have a full-load displacement of 35900 tons and a maximum speed of 27.5 knots.

装备3座双联装45倍口径380毫米主炮，18门45倍口径120毫米副炮，20门30毫米高射炮，24挺13毫米高射机枪，4具500毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 110 mm to 220 mm, the main deck armor is 60 mm, the main turret armor is 280 mm, and the crew is full of 1030 people.

Although the Xianyuan class and the traditional class of the Liangyan Empire lack a dual-mounted main gun compared to the battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns being built by several orc nations, their overall performance is still very good.

Zhou Rui learned that the Liangyan Empire was willing to help the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet build all-main-gun battleships and battlecruisers, and placed an order for 30 Xianyuan-class and 30 Traditional-class ships with a wave of his hand.

Prince Fan Pu said with a smile: "Father, the Zhou family is famous for its wealth.

Our Liangyan Empire just took advantage of the order of 60 warships to expand the shipbuilding scale of several shipyards, preparing for a larger-scale military expansion of our Liangyan Empire Navy in the future. "

Emperor Fan Yi shook his head and said: "Our Liangyan Empire is not as rich and powerful as the Zhou family. We built 12 Xianyuan-class all-main-gun battleships and 12 Traditional-class battlecruisers before, and we have already paid in advance for the navy's military expenditure for the next few years.

I think that the new large docks added by those shipyards may all be prepared for the Zhou family. "

Prince Fan Pu said: "Father, since we have formed an alliance with the Zhou family, the stronger the Zhou family is, the safer our Liangyan Empire will be.

As long as the Zhou family can afford silver coins, our Liang Yan Empire will help the Zhou family build as many warships as the Zhou family wants to build. "

One man was affectionate, one concubine was interested, and soon the Zhou family signed a formal military alliance treaty with the Liangyan Empire.

The core content of this military alliance treaty is the Zhou family and the Liangyan empire. Any invasion by other forces and countries is tantamount to declaring war on the other party.

In the Governor’s Mansion of the Forbidden Army in Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Zhao Shicong, the commander of the Xiuyitai, said to Zhao Rongguang in a deep voice: "Father, it has been confirmed that the Liangyan Empire and the Zhou family officially signed a military agreement on May 5th. alliance treaty.

Although this military alliance treaty is mainly aimed at the six orc nations, it is obviously not good news for the various forces of our Han and Tang empires. "

Zhao Rongguang frowned and asked: "I heard that in terms of the additional conditions of this military alliance treaty, the Zhou family purchased machinery and equipment worth more than one billion silver coins from the Liangyan Empire, and also ordered 30 battleships with full main guns from the Liangyan Empire. and 30 battlecruisers?"

Zhao Shicong nodded, "That's true. The cost of the 30 battleships with full main guns and the 30 battlecruisers is as high as more than one billion silver coins, which is very in line with the Zhou family's rich and powerful style of work."

Zhao Rongguang sighed and said: "Fortunately, the territory of the Zhou family is not yet bordered by the area controlled by the imperial court, so the imperial court does not have to worry about how to deal with the threat of the Zhou family for the time being.

By the way, how is the acquisition plan of Embroidery Tai in Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town, and Yongwei Town going? "

Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town are all located in the northeast of the Han and Tang Empires. After the imperial court annexed Pushan Town and Pingyue Town in the Northeast, Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town were established Formed the Northeast Alliance and became one of the eight major powers of the Han and Tang Empires.

The imperial court of the Han and Tang Empire, or Zhao Rongguang, the governor of the Forbidden Army, after receiving the assistance of the Golden Lion Empire, especially the annexation of Pingyue Town, expanded its strength very quickly.

So Zhao Rongguang set his mind on Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town.

Zhao Shicong hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, the families in Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town, and Yongwei Town have recently been very strict with the generals leading the troops.

Some of the generals that our Embroidery Station bought before were found out one after another, which made our Embroidery Station's plan to buy these three feudal towns very difficult. "

Zhao Rongguang said indifferently: "If the imperial court wants to take back Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town, it must rely on strong military power.

However, don't give up on your plan to buy the Embroidery Terrace halfway. When the Imperial Imperial Army sends troops, even if only a small number of troops in these three towns choose to defect, it will be a big blow to the morale of the troops in these three towns.

Correspondingly, for the Imperial Guards, it can boost morale. "

Zhao Shicong didn't live in the Governor's Mansion of the Forbidden Army now. After finishing his official business with his father Zhao Rongguang, Zhao Shicong left the Governor's Mansion of the Forbidden Army.

However, Zhao Shicong did not directly return to his mansion in Tiansheng City, but went to a mansion in the north of the city.

Zhao Shicong walked into the private house, and a beautiful woman greeted him, "Commander, why don't you come to my place today because I happened to make shark fin soup today."

Zhao Shicong stepped forward, put his arms around the woman's slender waist, and said with a smile: "I don't want to eat shark fin soup now, I just want to eat you!"

This beautiful woman is actually Liu Menglu who is married to Cui Tao.

In order to gain more power, Cui Tao, after bewildering Liu Menglu, personally gave it to Zhao Shicong, the commander of the embroidery platform.

As a result, Liu Menglu, who had been promoted to a senior martial artist, woke up early and almost killed Zhao Shicong with a single blow.

When Liu Menglu found out that it was her husband who gave her to Zhao Shicong, she almost lost all hope.

In the end, Cui Tao knelt in front of Liu Menglu, admitting that he was actually only interested in men, and hoped that Liu Menglu would be Zhao Shicong's lover because of the love between husband and wife.

Liu Menglu's disappointment with Cui Tao could no longer be described as disappointment, but Liu Menglu considered her situation and finally chose to leave with Zhao Shicong.

Zhao Shicong got Cui Tao's wife, but he never broke his promise to Cui Tao, and soon Cui Tao was promoted to be the governor of the embroidery platform.

But Liu Menglu was kept outside by Zhao Shicong and became one of Zhao Shicong's many lovers.

Early the next morning, after Zhao Shicong left the house where Liu Menglu lived, Liu Menglu washed and dressed, and then went out to go shopping.

In a shop selling rouge, when Liu Menglu was buying rouge, she quietly slipped a circled note to the proprietress of the rouge shop, and at the same time said in a low voice: "The imperial court is going to attack Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town, Yongwei Town has started."

Chapter 2 A Plate of Loose Sand

In a study room in the Jiedu Mansion of Eleven Towns in Ganyang City, Hu Yi reported to Zhou Ruihui: "Marshal, according to the information we have obtained from various sources, we can confirm that the imperial court has already annexed Jinggu Town and Zhongfang Town. And Yongwei Town's troop plan."

Zhou Rui frowned and asked: "Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town have now formed the Northeast Alliance. The combined forces of the three towns can at least gather more than 200 million troops. Now the imperial court has the strength to swallow them all at once. Are these three feudal towns?"

Hu Yi said: "Because Zhao Rongguang, the governor of the Forbidden Army who controls the imperial court, has received the support of the Golden Lion Empire in terms of weapons and funds, the Forbidden Army has now expanded to 70 infantry.

According to the establishment of 3 infantry divisions of the imperial army, not counting some miscellaneous troops, the imperial court already has 210 million imperial troops with relatively well-equipped weapons.

Considering that the military power of Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town, and Yongwei Town is too scattered, once the imperial court sends troops, if there is no external force to stop them, these three feudal towns may be difficult to resist the attack of the imperial imperial guard. "

"External force? Could it be Shuodong Town?"

Fox nodded, "Although Shuodong Town has not joined the Northeast Alliance of Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town, it will never sit back and watch the imperial court annex Jinggu Town, Zhongfang Town and Yongwei Town.

Otherwise, Shuodong Town will definitely become the next target of annexation by the imperial court. "

Zhou Rui shook his head and said: "Our Zhou family can't reach out so far now, and the focus of your next work is still the four feudal towns of the Southwest Alliance and the five feudal towns of the Northwest Alliance.

I hope that when our Zhou family sends troops to the Southwest Alliance and the Northwest Alliance, we will encounter less resistance. "

In fact, with the current strength of the Zhou family, it is enough to send troops to annex the other four feudal towns in the southwestern region of the Han and Tang Empire and the other five feudal towns in the northwest region.

But at present, the energy of the Zhou family is being dragged by the Silver Wolf Column. If a war to unify the southwest region and the northwest region is launched now, the Zhou family will be fighting on two fronts, which Zhou Rui does not want to see.

What's more, these nine feudal towns have already formed a military alliance against the Zhou family. Once the war with these nine feudal towns starts at the same time, the Zhou family will also have to bear a lot of pressure.

The total number of troops in the nine feudal towns may be more than 600 million.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. Sometimes you don't want to cause trouble, but someone will come to provoke you.

The Pingluan Copper Mine was originally a small open-pit copper mine located in Guannan Township, and its copper reserves were less than [-] tons.

Relying on the memory of his previous life, Zhou Rui knew that the Pingluan Copper Mine was actually the fourth largest gold mine in the world in terms of gold reserves, so he took the Pingluan Copper Mine into his pocket early on.

As the strength of the Zhou family became stronger and stronger, Zhou Rui's scruples about the Yanan Jiedu Mansion and the major families in Yanan Town became less and less, so a few years ago he began to mine a large amount of gold from the Pingluan Copper Mine, and The Pingluan Copper Mine was renamed the Pingluan Gold Mine.