There are four new chiefs and three high priests who have recently joined, all of them are powerful men at the earl level. Some of them come from the Grand Corridor, and three of them come from the Emerald Sea. The ranks of those who come from the Emerald Sea are all Earls of the Garter, and their strength is obviously better than that of the Garter.
The one in the large corridor is a bit taller, and the tall werewolf chief with bright feathers on his head is the strongest one. The dark force aura is stronger than Eskar, and there are faint signs of breaking through the Marquis.
The powerful werewolves introduced by Eskar would all stand up and go out in line, kneeling on one knee in the direction of Qianye and touching their foreheads with their hands. This was their highest respect for the king.
From this point of view, the werewolf's attitude towards Qianye is far more respectful and loyal to Qianye than the mercenary generals. Even the arrogant turkey-headed werewolf chief looked like this. When he saluted
Not inferior to the others in piety, he returned to his seat and regained his arrogance. Some mercenary generals also saw this and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
After introducing all the newly joined werewolf warriors, Eskar said: "Your Majesty..."
Qianye raised his hand to stop him, "Don't use the title Your Majesty from now on."
Eskar was obviously in a dilemma and said: "But the tribe is used to it. After such a great victory, I can't stop them. Besides, it's only a matter of time before you become a king?"
Qianye frowned and said: "No matter what happens in the future, at least for now, I can't bear this title, so don't use it."
"Yes, Qianye... Sir." Eskar finally changed his title, and then said: "These companions are all devout people who sincerely want to follow you. They have already added your place on their respective ancestor altars.
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Qianye's expression became quite strange. In the empire, only the dead would be placed on the altar for worship.
As if Carol knew what he was thinking, she leaned into Qianye's ear and whispered in Qianye's ear: "The tribe of the Werewolf Ancestor Sect does have a tradition of offering sacrifices to the king. This is more secure than any other oath. Of course, you can't fall off the throne.
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Qianye nodded reluctantly. Although he still felt awkward in his heart, he also knew that this form of loyalty was recognized by all the werewolf tribes, and the risk of betrayal would become very small. Until one day in the future, Qianye would be betrayed by the new king.
Kill him and take his place on the altar, just like the Duke of Bones.
These three tribes were the first to pledge allegiance to the Great Tribe of the Emerald Sea, and it seemed that life under the Duke of Bones was not easy.
With these werewolves, Qianye's strength in Yonglu has greatly increased. However, how to use this power requires caution. At the same time, Qianye also had to completely give up his original intention to prevent the Great Corridor Tribe from putting himself on the altar of ancestors.
idea.
Piety is a higher level of loyalty. If you want to gather these werewolves under your command without causing trouble, keeping them pious is the best way. It is more effective and reliable than a contract written on parchment. This is another aspect of traditional power.
On the one hand, in order to maintain stability, Qianye can only sacrifice his own feelings.
Next, Qianye asked about the casualties and aftermath of the battle.
Since the formation of a mixed army of werewolves and humans, the Battle of the Emerald Sea was the largest and most brutal battle. The werewolf warriors in the entire Grand Corridor suffered casualties of more than 150,000, and the new army recruited and trained by Xu Jingxuan also suffered losses of more than 20,000, almost
Accounting for half of the entire New Army.
Correspondingly, the Emerald Sea Wolves suffered more than 300,000 casualties. Because their own treatment capabilities were limited, and the Grand Corridor could not provide redundant support, the Emerald Sea Wolves' tens of thousands of seriously injured people would all die one after another in the next few days.
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After the death of Duke Bone, the Emerald Sea Werewolves participated in the battle and most of the reserve troops surrendered. Now there are as many as 300,000 prisoners alone, and tens of thousands more werewolves took advantage of the chaos to escape.
According to the prisoners' confessions, there should be several werewolf troops arriving within a day's journey from here, totaling about hundreds of thousands. Once they get news of the defeat ahead, they will definitely flee back to their original tribe.
The best strategy at the moment is to immediately send troops to intercept and eliminate these werewolf reinforcements in the wild, thus reducing the pressure on the entire Emerald Sea in the future.
However, Qianye looked inside the house and saw that almost everyone, whether human or werewolf, was covered in injuries. He could not find anyone who could lead the troops, so he had to give up. Moreover, there were hundreds of thousands of prisoners outside, and they had to be dealt with quickly, otherwise an outbreak might occur at any time.
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The work of recruiting the Emerald Sea Werewolves was complex and meticulous, but it was implemented fairly smoothly.
The Duke of Bones went to battle, and all the large tribes in the core area of the Emerald Sea rushed out, only to be wiped out in one fell swoop. Those who escaped were scattered tribes near the battlefield. Tens of thousands of warriors sounded like a lot, but they were scattered in all directions.
Not to mention that Qianye had already recruited the main force of werewolves, even the werewolves in the Grand Corridor and even Xu Jingxuan's remaining new army could defeat the remnants of the army.
There are also some tribes in the fringe areas, although they have also received the call from the Duke of Bones, but some have a long way to go, and some lack enough military rations, so they cannot catch up with the war. For these tribes, as long as they are patient enough and willing to spend time,
Conquering them one by one will eventually calm them down.
In the next few days, Qianye would convene various meetings of various sizes every day, and they would often last for most of the day. He did not even have time to consolidate the realm of a god general. The placement, safety and food of hundreds of thousands of werewolves were all major matters, and they were also
Nothing could go wrong. It was not until he experienced it personally that Qianye realized that it was not easy for the officers in the logistics department.
After the big meeting that day, Song Hui followed Qianye back to his private area. Knowing that she had something to say, Qianye closed the door and waited for the next step.
"Do you really want to take in these werewolves?"
"What else?" Qianye felt that this question was a bit puzzling. With the Emerald Sea and the Grand Corridor, preliminary statistics indicate that the total number of werewolves exceeds 12 million. With such a huge number, conquering is naturally the best choice, otherwise once they turn hostile
, even if you kill, you must kill with mercy.
Song Hui said meaningfully: "There are twelve million werewolves here. In the past, it was because this land could not support so many werewolves that they attacked the Zheng Guo Fortress generation after generation."
Qianye nodded, "I know. But this land cannot support so many people in the hands of werewolves, but it is different in our hands."
No matter the Emerald Sea or the Great Corridor, the land's output is not enough to feed so many werewolves, so they have to expand and plunder the surroundings every year to maintain the lowest survival consumption. Among the surrounding forces, Zheng is the most bullied, so
He became the first choice for werewolves to attack. But in Qianye's view, just because the Duke of Bones couldn't do it, it didn't mean that he couldn't do it.
The werewolf tribe here is still at a primitive level, relying on hunting and extensive breeding. The farming technology is extremely primitive and backward. Not to mention incomparable with the empire, it is not in the same era as the Zheng State. As long as the introduction of suitable for planting here
With various crops and improved farming efficiency per unit area, feeding these werewolves will not be a problem at all.
Who says werewolves can't be vegetarian? The werewolves in the Great Corridor have proven that between starving to death and eating grass, wolves will choose to eat grass. And farming not only produces rations, but also mixed feed and high-quality pasture. High-quality pasture can
Doubling the output of animal husbandry will at least ensure that the soldiers can eat meat.
In just one or two years, this land will be able to support twice as many werewolves. In addition, if more investment is made to cultivate high-yielding crops that are fully adapted to the environment here, the number of werewolves that can be supported will continue to increase.
The only thing that needs to be solved may be the food problem during the transition period. But after this war, hundreds of thousands of elite warriors have been reduced. The food requirements of these warriors are much greater than that of ordinary werewolves. Even if they do nothing, they can barely survive this year.
On the other hand, Qianye can also choose to purchase food from the empire to fill the lean period.
But Song Hui didn't think so. Seeing that Qianye didn't understand, she simply said: "Have you ever thought about how many people can be fed if this land is full of human races?"
Qianye was startled, but he had never thought about this issue. His plans for the next one or two years were still based on the current situation and did not reach the stage of extreme assumptions.
Since Song Hui asked, a bunch of numbers quickly rolled through his mind. High-level warriors and strong men cannot be used as universal examples. If only ordinary people are considered, an adult's food intake is far less than that of a werewolf, and it is disproportionate to the body shape.
Less. An adult werewolf is about twice the size of a human, but its food intake is equivalent to four adults.
If Qianye is sure to feed 20 million werewolves, then it is not impossible to feed 40 to 50 million humans on this vast land stretching for hundreds of kilometers, or even more. However, the environment of the land is still difficult for ordinary humans.
It is disadvantageous to survive. People without the Force live here and their life span will be shorter than in the empire. But if the population is moved from a neutral place, there will not be much difference.
However, there is a deeper meaning in Song Hui's words. Qianye thought about it, frowned slightly, and said: "You mean, let me kill all the werewolves, and then use the human race to fill in the blanks?"
"There's no need to kill them, just expel them."
Qianye frowned even more tightly. Even for werewolves, such a large-scale migration means that countless people will die on the road. With werewolves in such a primitive tribal form, it is common for half of them to die during a large migration.
This is not much different from direct massacre.
Qianye sighed and said: "What's the difference between this and killing them? Song Hui, after all, these are ten million lives, can they be killed like this?"
"Those who are not from my race must have different minds! Besides, there is only so much land. If we support werewolves, we cannot support the human race. From the perspective of our race, of course we must kill all werewolves. How do you think Da Qin established a country?
How did it open up borders? The continent that the empire now occupies was not an uninhabited place one thousand two hundred years ago."
The middle continent is certainly not barren. The empire itself has its own unique resources, especially the territories controlled by the imperial family and clans. Many of them can be called anointed lands. It is the foundation of the dawn that is torn out of the dark world.
Qianye knew that what Song Hui said was true. The rise of the human race was full of sacrifices, and those bones and blood belonged not only to the human race, but also to countless dark races.
He was silent for a while and said: "I remember hearing a saying that since the power spectrum of this world is divided into dawn and darkness, it means that every ethnic group has the right to survive on the continent. To eliminate an ethnic group, dawn or darkness
Darkness will give birth to another one, so blind killing is meaningless. This is Yonglu, not the Empire or the Evernight Council. Maybe it can be different? Besides, these werewolves have sincerely surrendered and have proven their loyalty.
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Qianye paused and said frankly: "Under this situation, I really can't do anything."
Song Hui did not relax and asked: "How do they prove their loyalty?"
"The lives of two hundred thousand soldiers."
Song Hui had to nod and sighed: "Okay, even so. But what if they rebel in the future?"
Qianye said calmly: "What I promised them, I will naturally give it to them. If there are still people who rebel like this, do you think I will let them go? There are quite a few dark races who died in my hands in the past."
"That's good." Song Hui breathed a sigh of relief. She thought for a while and then asked: "Then what do you think about this country? Is it on the side of dawn or eternal night?"
This is a question that every kingdom must face. For whom is this country born and for whom does it fight? But this most basic question stumped Qianye.
In the squeeze between the two camps, there are many forces that claim to be neutral, but everyone knows the flaws. Those who can be truly neutral are either weak enough, strong enough, or the act of neutrality itself has enough benefits.