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Chapter 230 A big deal in Korea

The navy and land forces are Chen Xun's advance reserve of force for future overseas expansion.

In the future, to complete the unification of the Central Plains, we can go inland to the west and north, and we have to go by water to the east and south. At that time, we must have amphibious forces capable of naval warfare and landing operations.

"You can go back and think about it carefully. Don't make a decision in a hurry." Han Shizhong must not have understood some of the trade-offs involved when he first joined Chen Jiajun. Chen Xun planned to arrange for someone to analyze it for him after the meeting before letting him make a decision.

"No need, Commander." Surprisingly, Han Shizhong seemed very decisive and directly gave Ke Lei a military salute of the Chen family: "General Ke, please take care of me in the future."

The word "care" does not mean "to take care of" in this era, but means "to greet and give instructions".

It can be seen that Han Shizhong placed his position very low.

"Where, where, my brother, I need you to give me more guidance from now on." Ke Lei was also tactful and not arrogant.

"Okay! Since you think so highly of me, Chen Jiajun, I, Chen Xun, can't be stingy anymore." Chen Xun admired Han Shizhong more and more. No wonder he was also a famous anti-gold general whose achievements were no less than Yue Fei's, but he was able to choose to retreat bravely in history. He did not end up like Yue Fei.

"From today on, you are the commander of the Chen family's Navy and Marine Corps with the rank of major general, General Han!"

The navy and land forces, which were originally planned to be established only in the Hebei Navy, were directly upgraded to become an independent service after Han Shizhong surrendered and Chen Xun returned the favor.

Originally, it was only planned to give Han Shizhong the rank of lieutenant colonel, but now he has been promoted to the rank of major general, which matches his military rank.

You know, Yue Fei was promoted to colonel after accumulating military exploits during this period.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your appreciation!!" Han Shizhong was excited.

He made the right bet. When making a decision, he adhered to one principle, that is, he had to cut off his own escape route and put aside all his little thoughts.

Sure enough, choosing to fully devote himself to Chen Jiajun has not let him down. From now on, he will be called a general and he will be worthy of the title.

In the next few days, Chen Xun sent Ke Lei and Wang Yuan away one after another. After a period of rest, Yue Fei's army began to attack several state capitals in the north based on Cangzhou.

During this period, Chen Xun wrote many letters to Lu Hui, Sun Zheng and Lai Qingyun, explaining to them the main strategic directions for the next period of time. At the same time, he coordinated the Ministry of Military Affairs and the General Staff Department to cooperate with the three group armies to complete the army expansion tasks.

At the same time, Gan Ping was sent back to Xuzhou by Chen Xun, and all the second batch of [-] recruits who had been trained in Xuzhou for two months were integrated into the Xuzhou Group Army.

The veterans of the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army who stayed in Xuzhou were basically promoted to officers, and were newly reorganized into the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, No. 13 Army, No. 14 Army, No. 15 Army, and No. 16th Army.

Counting the Sixth Army and Seventh Army in Cangzhou, the Xuzhou Group Army was expanded to eight armies at one time.

Correspondingly, the combat effectiveness of the six newly reorganized armies has also dropped sharply. Those veterans have never fought any tough battles, and the new recruits have never even seen blood, so their combat effectiveness is worrying.

It will not work without expansion. The entire Jingdong East Road, Jingdong East Road, the northern part of Huainan East Road, and the northern part of Hainan West Road are such a vast area that it will be a bit difficult to spread all the 8 newly reorganized people. It is estimated that many temporary personnel will have to be used by then. Recruited auxiliary troops.

On the first day of August, Chen Xun, who had rested in Cangzhou for almost half a month, finally led his army to re-enter Qingzhou. This time he re-entered Jingdong East Road with only one purpose, which was to "liberate" the Han people in this land. , so that they can feel the warmth of the military government's new policies.

Since the seventh year of Xuanhe, this land has been in chaos for more than two years. Even the wealthy local households have been harassed by soldiers and thieves from all walks of life.

The arrival of the Chen Jiajun made officials everywhere think that it was another wandering army that would come and go, and there was no strong resistance.Unexpectedly, Chen Jiajun came here for real this time. Every time he went to a place, he would stop to reorganize the local officers and soldiers, or send them home, select and retain them, and then leave one or two battalions of regular soldiers to cooperate with the military government. Civil affairs officials began to implement the New Deal.

Qiancheng, Linzi, Yidu, Weizhou, Changyi...

Chen Jiajun took a turn around the Bohai Sea and entered Laizhou. Passing by Haicang Town again, Chen Xun saw a surprising group of envoys.

"Korean people? What are they doing here?"

"They should be here to seek peace." Jia Tao replied. Recently, he has been following Chen Xun, handling intelligence work for Chen Xun.

Those who are close to the water tower get the moon first. This opportunity to serve closely makes Hong Bo from Hebei very envious.

"Seek peace? This Korea is really a loser!" Chen Xun sighed.

Later generations have heard about Goryeo's national policy of "big things", and now that they have experienced it personally, they have to "admire" that the leader of this small country really has a vision.

Since the founding of the country, this country has always adopted a "big deal" diplomatic strategy towards the mainland's political power. In other words, whichever political power is stronger, it will seek refuge with that political power.

Before, the Jin State was stronger than the Song State, so Goryeo betrayed its alliance with the Song State, defected to the Jin State, and declared war with the Song State. Even Chen Jiajun's commercial ships traveling to and from Goryeo suffered unfair treatment many times, and their ships were impounded and seized. Crew, the loss is not small.

The Kingdom of Jin asked him to organize warships to attack the Chen family's army, and the Kingdom of Korea sent ships to participate. It was probably because he wanted to flatter the Kingdom of Jin and fish in troubled waters and reap some benefits.

As a result, the combined navy of the three countries suffered a total loss in the first battle, and not even one of the warships sent by Goryeo returned. It is now August [-]th. It is estimated that Goryeo has figured out the outcome of this naval battle and realized that Jin is unreliable. Well, hurry up and send someone to sue for peace.

According to the memory of later generations, Chen Xun understood this country relatively well, and he would not sincerely seek refuge with any force.

Just recently, the Chen Jiajun belonged to the Song Dynasty. Goryeo formed an alliance with the Jin people and declared war with the Song Dynasty. However, the Goryeo Kingdom did not absolutely prohibit Chen Jiajun's trade.

He detained ships and people and spent money to redeem them, which shows that his surrender to the Jin Kingdom was an act of hypocrisy.

By the same token, seeking peace with the military government now must be an expedient measure.

If the military government really decides to dominate the Central Plains in the future, then the next step is to ask for an alliance.

If the military government is short-lived, he will not miss the opportunity to add insult to injury.

"Meet them and see what they can say." Chen Xun came to this world and had never interacted with the high-level officials of the Koryo Kingdom. This time he just wanted to experience it.

Soon, the Korean envoy who had been waiting in Haicang Town was brought over.

When the Goryeo envoy met Chen Xun for the first time, he immediately prostrated himself, and then paid tribute to Chen Xun on behalf of the Goryeo royal family.Taking advantage of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, the Goryeo envoy also sent a bunch of Mid-Autumn Festival specialties.

Looking at these rice dumplings and moon cakes, Chen Xun couldn't help but think of Korea's application for the Mid-Autumn Festival as a World Heritage in later generations.

(End of this chapter)