Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Yes." Lin Yi nodded, and then continued: "You should all know the real situation in your own jurisdiction."

"The original core of the empire in the Western Region is the farthest border from the empire. Once there is a war, the empire has no way to provide timely support."

"Moreover, Gansu, which can provide you with immediate support, will take three or four days to reach the capital of the Western Region."

"During this period, the Western Region can only fight against the Rakshasa Empire and the John Empire alone."

"Moreover, the Western Region is located and surrounded by enemies on three sides. The situation is not optimistic."

"As for Tubo, it is located on a plateau. Even if the Xichuan Army can provide support as backup, in a short period of time, the Xichuan Army's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced due to altitude sickness when it arrives in Tubo."

Lin Yi expressed all his worries. Zhu Zhizhang and Wang Xu also nodded after hearing this.

"So, the prince wants us to keep it?" Wang Xu was silent for a moment and then said.

When Lin Yi heard what Wang Xu said, he still shook his head.

"Whether to defend or to attack, as I said before, this is all up to your own judgment. The battle situation is changing rapidly, and I am too far away from your jurisdiction to make a judgment."

"However, I am just saying this to remind you that your jurisdiction is very important to the empire and must not be compromised."

When Wang Xu and Zhu Zhizhang heard Lin Yi's words, they just nodded and did not speak.

To be honest, given Wang Xu and Zhu Zhizhang's personalities, they both advocate offense.

Moreover, if they can attack their location and attack it, it will be a disaster for both the Rakshasa Empire and the John Empire.

Why do you say that?

You will know just by looking at the map. Let’s talk about Tubo first. It is located on the plateau and you can overlook Tianzhu at the foot of the mountain.

Once the Tubo army breaks through John's defense line at the Tianzhu border, then for the Tubo army, there will be an endless plain ahead.

As for the Kingdom of John, there was simply no way to defend against the danger. To stop the Tibetan army, reinforcements must be mobilized from Southeast Asia.

In Southeast Asia and Tianzhu, John's country only has a total of 20 troops, and the rest are colonial divisions composed of Tianzhu people.

How much combat effectiveness these colonial divisions can have remains a question.

Therefore, as long as the Tibetan army breaks through the border defense line, the situation in Southeast Asia will be much better.

However, due to geographical reasons, Tubo's population has always been small, which resulted in the Tibetan army having only 6 people, about three divisions plus two independent brigades.

With such a small number of people, it would be difficult to defend John's empire, let alone attack.

As for the Western Region, if they can attack, they will be able to cut off the railway to Siberia, cut off Siberia's supplies, and create favorable conditions for the Far East battlefield.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the Western Region is far away from the core area of ​​the empire, and the external border is too long.

To the north and west of the Western Region is the Rakshasa Empire, and to the southwest is Tianzhu, the John Empire.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Western Region was surrounded by two empires. Once a fight breaks out, the Western Region may not be able to withstand the two empires joining forces.

Moreover, Lin Yi felt that even if the Western Region did not take the initiative to attack, the possibility of the Rakshasa Empire attacking the Western Region would be very high.

Why do you say that? The reason is also very simple.

According to the plan, the White Wolf Army on the grassland (an army composed of grassland tribes, mostly cavalry) will attack from Terte and Bayantes, like two sharp knives, penetrate directly into the heart of the Rakshasa Empire and cut off their Siberia Big railroad.

Once the Trans-Siberian Railway is cut off, the Rakshasa Empire will fall into a situation of insufficient logistics in the Far East.

At that time, the Rakshasa Empire must want to alleviate this situation, or in other words, want to reopen the large railway.

And since the main forces of the Rakshasa Empire are all in Europe attacking each other with the Hans Empire, they will definitely not be able to spare much force to attack the [-]-strong White Wolf Army.

Then their target will inevitably turn to the Western Region, which has fewer people and is closer to them.

After all, without the railway, logistics would be inconvenient. Naturally, the shorter the supply route, the better.

No matter how you look at it, the Western Region, which has a small number of people and is closer to itself, will inevitably become the Rakshasa Empire's first target.

They could even ask John's Empire for help when attacking the Western Region.

Similarly, there are many benefits to attacking the Western Region. Just by conquering the Western Region and then taking Gansu, you can directly attack the core of the empire, which will make the Rakshasa Kingdom and the John Empire excited.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Yi is worried about the Western Regions and Tubo.

After all, allowing enemy troops to invade one's own hinterland can easily cause domestic chaos.

Lin Yi did not want to bring the flames of war to the empire. Doing so would have a great impact on the empire and easily lead to war weariness.

Wang Xu and Zhu Zhizhang heard Lin Yi's request, and they also understood Lin Yi's worries.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will treat it with caution and make sure not to let an enemy cross the border."

"Even if we attack, we will make corresponding back-up arrangements."

Lin Yi smiled after hearing Wang Xu's words.

His current majesty has not reached the level of Pan Chengzhang, so when facing these frontier officials, he has no way to be like Pan Chengzhang. Therefore, he may use persuasion rather than orders.

Now seeing that Wang Xu and Zhu Zhizhang had listened to what he said, Lin Yi felt relieved.

"Okay, time is running out, so I won't leave you alone. You can get together with your friends and then go back to the station."

"The military situation is urgent now. When the war is over, I will entertain you at a banquet in the palace. Then you can drink with the open air."

"The prince is joking. This is our duty. How can we abolish public service for personal reasons? Zhizhang and I will return to the jurisdiction now and actively prepare for war."

After saying this, Wang Xu and Zhu Zhizhang stood up, saluted Lin Yi, Pan Chengzhang and Zhao He, and then exited the conference room.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of these two people?" After watching the two people exit the conference room, Pan Chengzhang looked at Lin Yi with a smile on his face.

As soon as Lin Yi saw Pan Chengzhang's expression, he knew that Pan Chengzhang was showing off his students to him, which made Lin Yi quite speechless.

At the same time, he was secretly cursing in his mind that when the military academy he proposed to establish produced some talents, he would show off in front of Pan Chengzhang.

But now, Lin Yi could only respond to Pan Chengzhang with a smile.

"Boss, these two students are really good. They have a good understanding of the overall situation."

As soon as he heard Lin Yi say this, Pan Chengzhang's face also showed a smile full of relief.

"Okay, Sir, you'll be happy for a while. We still have business to do." Lin Yi nodded at Pan Chengzhang.

Pan Chengzhang naturally knew what Lin Yi was referring to, so Pan Chengzhang put away his smile and put on a serious expression again.

Lin Yi nodded to Zhao He and motioned for him to call the next person in.

Zhao He nodded and walked out of the conference room.