After checking the new buildings, new troops, and new technology that had appeared after the town center was upgraded. Finally, Li Sheng's gaze landed on the requirements for the next level in the Town Center.
In order to upgrade the town center from township to county, not only did it require 10,000 system residents, but it also required the size of the territory.
10,000 system population, a county's territory.
It was obvious that the upgrade of the town center in the future would require a lot of land.
It was not enough to have a population, they also had to have territory.
Li Sheng could understand this.
Even if the system didn't request it, he would still expand his territory.
Because even if he didn't take the initiative to expand his territory, after the territory reached a bottleneck, he would need more resources to break through.
At that time, he would be forced to expand his territory.
"A county, a county!"
Li Sheng muttered to himself repeatedly.
A county was neither big nor small.
Small counties had a few hundred square kilometers, while large counties could even have tens of thousands of square kilometers.
Of course, the system would not be so perverted as to require a territory of over 10,000 square kilometers before it could level up.
However, at least a few hundred square kilometers of land was still needed.
Li Sheng took out the map of Golden State Guard and kept looking around.
In the end, his gaze stopped on Lushun Peninsula, which was located south of Jinzhou Guard City.
Lushun Peninsula had a unique terrain. Some people called it the Peninsula, while others called it Lushun Island.
The reason for this was because there was an extremely narrow section to the north. The thinnest part at the east and west ends was only a dozen kilometers wide.
It was like a bridge that connected the Liaodong Peninsula.
On the south side of the land bridge, the entire Lushun Peninsula had an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers.
Seeing this, Li Sheng's eyes lit up.
As long as the bridge was cut off from the middle, the Lushun Peninsula would be completely locked down.
In addition, the Manchu Tartars did not have a decent naval force.
At that time, whether it was the Manchu Qing Tartars of Jinzhou Guard, Fuzhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard, or even the Manchu Qing Tartars from Shengjing City, they would be able to defeat the enemy.
There was only one way to attack.
That was to attack from the land bridge in the north.
The territory was only a dozen kilometers wide from east to west. Even if the Manchu Tartars mobilized an army, what could they do?
At the same time, they simply could not organize a large number of troops to launch an attack.
To Li Sheng, this was a strategic location that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
He could deploy a small number of troops to block the Manchu Tartars in the north.
What was even more amazing was that this strategic location had a ready-made checkpoint fortress.
That was the Southern Pass.
As long as they occupied the South Pass, they would be able to completely block the Lushun Peninsula and block the Manchu Tartars outside the Lushun Peninsula.
Meanwhile, the Manchu Tartars in Lushun Peninsula were completely wrapped up in dumplings. At that time, they would be meat in his mouth. He could make a move whenever he wanted!
Seize the South Pass, close the gate to beat the dogs, establish a defense line, and block the Manchu Tartars from going south.
In an instant, Li Sheng came up with a three-stage battle plan.
Moreover, it was a battle plan that cost the least amount of manpower.
It could be said that as long as they occupied the Southern Pass and defended it.
Then, the entire Lushun Peninsula, which was over a thousand square kilometers, would be his!
At the same time, with the South Pass as the core, he could set up an indestructible defense line with reinforced concrete.
Even the Manchu Tartars couldn't do anything to him.
Not to mention, the Manchu elites had all gone south to Bei Zhili. They would not be able to return without four to five months.
From a strategic point of view, taking down the South Pass would put him in an invincible position!
Even if the attack was insufficient, it was definitely more than enough to protect itself!
Apart from that, Lushun Peninsula, which was over 1,000 square kilometers, could definitely meet the requirements of upgrading the town center to a county.
This was a deal that killed several birds with one stone!
Li Sheng was tempted!
It could be said that in a short period of time, Li Sheng's courage seemed to have grown countless times as if he had eaten the guts of a leopard.
Before this, the 500 armed system peasants had attacked again. He only wanted to sweep through the Manchu Tartar villages, plunder some food and people, and expand the source of raw materials.
However, with the upgrade of the town center, the appearance of new buildings, new military units, and new technology, he became bolder.
It was also because the next upgrade of the town center required a large territory.
It made him take a step forward and his appetite became even bigger.
He had set his eyes on the strategic location of the Southern Pass.
At this moment, he wanted to swallow the entire Lushun Peninsula!
Moreover, Lushun Peninsula had an excellent location.
To the west was Northern Zhili, to the south was Jiaodong Peninsula, and to the east was the Korean Peninsula and Japan Island.
Even if Li Sheng finished developing Lushun Peninsula, he could still use these three directions, be it trade, colonization, or even occupation.
Obtaining a large amount of resources to supply the territory with its rapid growth, the demand for all kinds of resources was huge.
If the territory wanted to develop, it definitely needed a huge amount of resources.
This was the case without the system, and it was even more so with the system.
After obtaining the system, the development of hundreds of years would be compressed into a few years.
The need for resources was limitless!
It could be said to be swallowing the world.
Thinking about it, Li Sheng suddenly felt that Lushun Peninsula was really his place of prosperity!
Not only was the strategic location important, but more importantly, this place was occupied by the Qing Dynasty Tartars.
He could occupy it without any scruples.
He didn't have the conditions to use it in other places.
After all, the Great Ming Navy was still very strong.
This was the only place where he could bully the Qing Tartars for not having the naval power of the sea and treating the sea as the path to heaven.
"This is it!"
"Lushun Peninsula, I, Li Sheng, will definitely take it!”
Li Sheng immediately made up his mind and punched the map on the table.
He had made up his mind and set his strategic goal.
What he needed to do next was to prepare for battle with all his might!
Preparing for war wasn't difficult for the territory because from the start, the territory had been built with the Qing Dynasty as its target.
Li Sheng only needed to give the order and order the construction team to start work at full speed, building the new buildings that appeared after the upgrade of the town center one by one.
Then, he took out the stored food from the granary and recruited them one by one according to the types of troops he needed.
After that, he would increase the population of the system and continue to expand the scale of the territory's industries.
The most important marine fishery and military industry would continue to increase production and store war materials.
After the barracks were built, Li Sheng immediately recruited all the troops.
These specialized troops would be incorporated into the army and become officers for official military training.
While training the armed forces, they also increased the number of soldiers and expanded the scale.
A few days later.
The armed forces of the territory had completed their initial training and had officially formed their combat strength.
The combat strength here referred to the combat strength of large-scale battles with the cooperation of various military types.
As soon as his combat strength was formed, Li Sheng started to reorganize the territory's armed forces.
There were barracks and specialized combat troops.
It also meant that he had an unlimited number of officers to recruit.
At this time, he was going to establish a regular army in the territory.
It could not be called an armed force.
Only when the military power was standardized could the territory's combat potential be maximized.
Since the territory had developed to this stage, these were things that had to be done.
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