The southern border garrison was mainly composed of Lizardmen troops led by Soros.
Over the years, since the Lizardmen troops had not been used in several major wars, they had suffered no wartime losses, and their population had grown rapidly.
On top of that, with the construction of the Bloodline Purification Pool, the first Half-Dragon Person unit on the southern border garrison's side had been fully established after some time.
Led by the fierce general Tash, who had now become a dragon, it was a Dragon Blood Warrior Corps consisting of five hundred Half-Dragon Persons.
In terms of its role, it had been modeled after their Great Zhou's ace unit, the Assault Camp. It was an all-purpose military branch capable of various forms of combat, including mounted and ground warfare.
Although the Dragon Blood Warrior Corps had only just been formed and its training period was still short, all of its members were southern border veterans who had served from the early Ratmen wars until now. Their strength was beyond question.
Combined with the enhancement of their Half-Dragon Person bloodline, their combat power was not to be underestimated!
Besides those five hundred Dragon Blood Warriors, Soros also brought four thousand Lizardmen troops. On top of that, there were two thousand human musketeers and artillerymen.
Aside from that, within the Great Zhou fleet led by White Butcher, after excluding the troops stationed on the tropical islands, there were still fifteen hundred Marine Corps troops.
That would definitely be enough in the early stages. If they became short on troops later, they could simply transfer more from the rear.
During this period, he had also relied on Ironclad Ship 001's outstanding mobility to make a trip to the tropical islands and bring Lin Youshu over.
Earlier, he had had Lin Youshu lead