Liu Xingzuo glanced at Guo Dajing and mused: "If Guo Shuai wants to march overseas, I'm afraid it will take several years. The waves are thousands of miles away and it will definitely not work without a strong navy."
Guo Dajing nodded and said: "I have set a five-year plan. Of course, if five years is not enough, then ten years will be used. After all, I will set sail and dominate overseas."
Fan Hualong's eyes were shining brightly and he said loudly: "When Guo Shuai dominates overseas, don't forget the last general."
Guo Dajing chuckled and said, "Don't worry, you won't be lazy if the time comes. However, the minimum requirement for you is not to get seasick."
Fan Hualong felt relieved, let out a hearty laugh, and said: "The general has also been on a sea ship and can swim, so he must be qualified!"
Almost no soldiers in Dongjiang Town are seasick. This is related to the fact that they have been stationed on various islands since the town was founded. Whether they are going ashore to harass or rescue Liao people, they are inseparable from ships and must cross the sea to land.
Therefore, there are still quite good conditions for expanding the Navy and establishing the Marine Corps.
Liu Xingzuo, however, took a longer view and said: "If we want to fight for a long time in the southern climate, southerners are the most suitable. Northerners will inevitably be acclimatized."
Guo Dajing thought deeply and said, "That's true. But being acclimatized is also a process of adaptation. It doesn't mean that people from the north are not good at it."
Ancient people did not fully understand the causes of acclimatization, so they were very afraid of it and had a great fear of traveling to foreign lands.
But Guo Dajing knew that it was caused by the human body's low disease resistance in response to environmental changes, such as fatigue, changes in eating habits, mental stress, and changes in climate and jet lag.
Usually, most patients who are acclimatized can relieve their symptoms through self-adjustment without the need for special treatment. However, if the symptoms are severe, there are also symptomatic drugs to treat them.
Moreover, what Liu Xingzuo said makes sense. Guo Dajing's base was Liaodong, and his main force was the Dongjiang Army. But he focused on the whole country. All the Ming armies would be under his command, so there was no need to worry about not having southern troops to expand the territory.
Liu Xingzuo smiled and raised his head, toasted to each other, and did not discuss further.
He knew better and knew that Guo Dajing had listed the Zheng family as his enemy. There was nothing he could do about it. To show off his power overseas, the Zheng family was an obstacle that had to be overcome.
Unless Zheng surrenders to Guo Dajing and becomes his sharp sword. Obviously, this is impossible. Then, there is only one result left.
Why expand the navy, even at the expense of investing huge sums of money? Isn't it just to defeat the Zheng family, or to use it for their own use, or to directly perish.
Liu Xingzuo thought about it clearly and did not go into details anymore. After all, this was a secret that could not be told.
But he believed that Guo Dajing would definitely be able to do it. Just by the time limit of five or ten years he mentioned, he knew that he was determined and mentally prepared to endure it for a long time.
If he doesn't move, he will stop, but if he moves like thunder, Liu Xingzuo knows Guo Dajing's temper and temperament very well.
A moment of silence for the Zheng family. Although they are now extremely prosperous, they are already the strongest fleet in East Asia, and even one of the best in Asia.
"What this guy is best at is finding the enemy's weaknesses." Liu Xingzuo chewed the mutton and glanced at Guo Dajing with admiration, "Jianlu is like this, and Zheng is the same."
Guo Dajing didn't know what Liu Xingzuo was thinking. He was eating, drinking, chatting, and talked about disarmament and reorganization.
"Forty thousand cavalry and ten thousand marines, Dongjiang Town can only support so many troops in a few years." Guo Dajing smiled and said: "Now that the captives are destroyed, this kind of force is enough to protect the security of Liaodong.
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Liu Xingzuo nodded and said: "Forty thousand cavalry is indeed enough. You are talking about within a few years. In the future, will it be expansion or disarmament again?"
Fan Hualong was a little confused and did not hear such a hidden flaw in Guo Dajing's words.
Guo Dajing smiled lightly and said: "It should be an expansion of the army. It depends on the specific situation. With the garrison and militia here, Dongjiang Town can recruit a hundred thousand troops at any time to deal with emergencies."
A hundred thousand troops are enough to sweep across the country, right? Even if it's a little less, it won't be too much. Besides, we don't have to fight everywhere. As long as Chongzhen is controlled, the problem will basically be solved.
Do you know that the governors of the provinces are not even princes? Do you understand that Chongzhen is sitting on the dragon throne with no power or soldiers, and he is not even a puppet?
Liu Xingzuo laughed meaningfully, raised his glass and said: "With a few years of development, no matter how much it is, let alone one hundred thousand, it shouldn't be a problem."
"Did this guy see something?" Guo Dajing blinked and looked at Liu Xingzuo. The two of them stared at each other, both of them a little confused.
Fan Hualong's intervention relieved the embarrassment between the two of them and returned to the issue of disarmament and reorganization.
"Well, we will probably set up four military divisions. Initially, we want to divide them into southeast, northwest and northwest." Guo Dajing quickly sorted out his thoughts and said: "But there will be very few troops stationed in Liaodong, and there may even be no establishment."
Fan Hualong nodded and said: "If Liaodong is excluded, Dongjiang Town now has three general soldiers, who happen to serve as division commanders."
Guo Dajing smiled and said nothing. He might serve as the commander of the Liaonan Military Division, or he might just be in charge of the navy. Mao Wenlong could not lower his status. He was the general manager, so how could there be only one military division.
Liu Xingzuo laughed and said: "This is something that Mao Shuai and Guo Shuai have to consider. Let's just obey the arrangement."
Fan Hualong laughed twice, covered his face with wine, and stopped talking about it.
Guo Dajing only revealed that he would still discuss with Liu Xingzuo privately and strive to satisfy him. As for Zu Dashou, Mao Wenlong will arrange it.
They are all meritorious generals, so we should try our best to make arrangements so as not to make them complain. But this matter is really difficult to handle.
Fortunately, he still had the Marine Corps, which arranged Liu Qishi, Feng Xijian and other cronies to firmly control the army.
Liu Xingzuo can be considered a close confidant, but he seems to have no ambitions at sea. The Dongjiang Army cannot let go, and still needs its own people to control it.
In Guo Dajing's view, Jinzhou is actually more important. It is best for the garrison generals to be his own, and Liu Xingzuo is a good candidate.
"Since they are all cavalry, how do you think the ratio of lances and flying cavalry should be adjusted?" Guo Dajing shook off the more sensitive topic and consulted on professional issues.
The combat power of the Mongols was far inferior to that of the Jianlu. In his opinion, the training of the flying cavalry, which took a long time and required relatively high requirements, could be reduced.
Technological advances in firearms have enabled lance cavalry to undertake more combat missions. Being able to use muskets and ride horses is not a high standard and can be expanded at any time.