There are five large fortresses in the empire area north of the Hengduan River, including the Far North Fortress. These fortresses, like the Far North Fortress, belong to the empire but are relatively independent.
There are twelve large fortresses on the northern defense line of the Byvost Empire, five on the north bank of the Hengduan River and seven on the south bank of the Hengduan River. Four of the seven large fortresses are controlled by the Clare family, while the Canterlot family, a rising aristocracy, controls the remaining three.
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During the war of resistance in the second year of the Divine Calendar, the empire was forced to abandon the five large fortresses and surrounding towns on the north coast due to the situation!
Including nearly 300,000 border guards and hundreds of thousands of people who did not relocate, they were all ruthlessly abandoned by the empire!
There are 300,000 border guards. On average, there are about 60,000 soldiers in the fortress. These troops, like the Far North Fortress, are mostly composed of passionate young adults from the north coast. They have been fighting on the front line against the orc invasion for many years! They
They made huge sacrifices for the empire, but were ruthlessly abandoned by the empire in the end. Although they all knew that this was a last resort. However, no one did not want to live, and no one was willing to be an abandoned son. However, they could not fill the huge logistical deficit.
, 300,000 border guards can only slowly wait to die!
The hundreds of thousands of people on the north bank who did not flee, after learning the empire's decision, just silently packed up and moved south.
Just when everyone on the North Bank was almost in despair, groups of grain teams from the west and from Dragon City arrived in the North Bank area!
These are the most important parts of Zhou Yunfei's changed plan!
The grain reserves in Longcheng were enough to feed nearly half a million people after the first two seasons of winter were harvested! However, Zhou Yunfei had not thought about using these grains to sell to the empire.
Yes, after learning that Karst City had been destroyed, Zhou Yunfei immediately became acutely aware that the fortress north of the Hengduan River would be facing a food shortage crisis, and the empire would not be able to produce so much food for a while! Therefore, he changed the plan he had made before.
Plan. After the Orc War is over, massively transport food and grass to support the five northern fortresses!
Some people may ask, why do we need support?
In fact, the very simple reason is that Zhou Yunfei wants to get the Wudou Fortress! However, it is not that simple. The plan formulated by Longcheng before was to use force to rob it. However, there is a premise for this, that is, the empire falls into civil war.
When the princes compete for the throne, that's when Longcheng takes action.
So the original plan was to be implemented at the end of winter and the beginning of spring next year. At that time, the empire was plunged into civil war, and the forces could not be distracted, which gave Dragon City the opportunity to snatch it.
But once this plan is implemented, Dragon City will lose a large number of active troops. So Zhou Yunfei has been waiting for a possible turning point. He has a hunch that the Orc War in winter is likely to cause a huge crisis for the empire!
As he expected, after the end of the Imperial War of Resistance, the empire was no longer able to take care of the northern fortresses. Zhou Yunfei decisively changed his plan and used peaceful means to win over and assimilate the five northern fortresses!
These days, if you have food, you will be the master! If you have food, you will have people!
Just as Zhou Yunfei expected, although it may take a little longer, you must know that once the system recognizes the Five Fortresses as tributary cities of Dragon City, then after the assimilation temple is established, this Chiguoguo bug will greatly shorten the time.
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For the soldiers and people of the five northern fortresses, Dragon City, which provides help in the nick of time, is like the last vine on the cliff in despair. They cling to Dragon City and follow Lord Zhou Yunfei's progress in order to realize it as soon as possible.
Strive hard for the four modernizations! I’ve gone too far...and brought it back!
For a person in despair, if you give him hope, he will regard you as a benefactor! The rations that will not make people starve to death completely make the people belong to Dragon City, and Dragon City also takes the opportunity to use large quantities of food when the ice melts in spring.
The ships transport the people from the northern fortress to Dragon City! Zhou Yunfei believes that within a year, these people will completely become citizens!
The 300,000 soldiers in the northern fortress were a bit troublesome. Since the number of troops in Dragon City was less than 50,000, Zhou Yunfei waved his hand and formed the 52nd Army. This army was also composed of civilians, and the 52nd Army was formed.
The 51st Army is the first civilian army led by Lu Meng. After a winter of training, it has gradually strengthened its combat effectiveness. They will take over the First Army to garrison Sais City. The First Army led by Xu Sheng and the First Army led by Zhao Yun
The Second Army was divided into five parts, each receiving five fortresses.
I have to mention here that when the eldest prince granted Zhou Yunfei the title and territory, he said that all the land north of the Hengduan River would be granted to Zhou Yunfei.
The original intention was to be north of the entrance to the sea on the lower reaches of the Hengduan River, but it was not marked in the document! Therefore, Zhou Yunfei shamelessly accepted five fortresses on the order of the royal fiefdom.
The five northern fortresses were already disillusioned with the empire at this time. Although they knew that the empire was helpless, it was an indisputable fact that they were abandoned. So when Dragon City came to take over, a large number of soldiers retired! In the end, 300,000 border guards
Less than 200,000 are left!
Among them were many aristocratic young men. They had joined the army with enthusiasm, but now they had to leave. The call of their families and the ruthless reality made these passionate young people bid farewell to Paoze with tears in their eyes.
In this way, Zhou Yunfei and Long Cheng took over the five northern fortresses in just ten days.
The empire who learned the news did not express any dissatisfaction, whether it was out of guilt or for other reasons. In short, Zhou Yunfei had completely controlled the area north of the Hengduan River! Of course, Zhou Yunfei valued it most.
It is still the last place on the upper reaches of the North Shore, the Far North Fortress!
It's a pity that he can't get involved now. The Far North Fortress will be a model for the future empire. When the empire is in its most difficult times, people need heroes in their hearts! Only in this way can we grit our teeth and persevere!
Rumors about the Far North Fortress have spread throughout the continent! Especially within the empire, everyone is talking about the attack and defense of the Far North Fortress a few months ago! Ian Sale, Bolt Cantelo
There are also some generals whose names are still alive! There are also more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000 elite fortress troops who sacrificed their lives! They used their own blood, flesh, and bodies to build the strongest northern fortress in the entire human race!
No one can hear this without being sad and crying, especially the thousands of wounded who turned their bodies into city walls, which makes people shed tears even more!
At first, after hearing the report in the imperial capital, the eldest prince burst into tears. He immediately announced that he would change the imperial decree, grant the fallen soldiers the same treatment, and seal the Far North Fortress Army: the Imperial Barrier!
In this way, the empire managed to persevere in the most difficult time by relying on the heroic image of the Far North Fortress. The famine did not occur on a large scale. The common people helped each other and the nobles from various places generously donated money, and finally got through it.
this cold winter.
And Longcheng has also gained a lot this winter.
Apart from the large amount of land obtained, let’s talk about the large amount of strategic materials resold through the Dragon City Chamber of Commerce, including salt! Weapons! Armor! Arrows! These strategic materials continuously flowed to the empire through the chamber of commerce, in exchange for a large amount of funds from the empire. Of course.
, the Dragon City Caravan used the guise of the Alton Empire Chamber of Commerce. After learning that the Alton Empire Chamber of Commerce sold grain at high prices, Zhou Yunfei acted on the basis that he could earn money while continuing to provoke the two countries. Sure enough,
In order to win the war, the empire swallowed up its humiliation and spent a lot of money to purchase these materials. And its hatred for the Alton Empire Chamber of Commerce increased bit by bit until the day it broke out!
Zhou Yunfei sneered and said: "This is just a little interest. Let the empire cause trouble for you first. I just hope you can survive until that day, otherwise it will be meaningless. I am very much looking forward to that day!"
The one who directed the attack on Zhou Yunfei and his party last time was the Alton Empire Chamber of Commerce, so Zhou Yunfei had a grudge against them and never wanted to cause trouble for them. However, Dragon City currently does not have the ability to directly eliminate them and can only use commercial and financial means.
Means to squeeze them further.
The vigorous winter war against the orcs is over. Both the orcs and the empire have suffered huge losses. It can be said that this is a war without a winner.
And it was this war that made all the alien races across the continent think about it. No one wanted to own the rich western plains!
Led by the war between centaurs and horses, it climaxed with the invasion of the orcs to the south, and ended with the failure of the elves' westward march. In the second half of the second year of the Divine Calendar, wars between humans and alien races occurred one after another.
In view of the fact that another holy war is about to break out, the five major human empires have sent envoys to discuss joint efforts to fight against the alien races.
This time, the meeting, known as the "Federal Covenant" in history, lasted for half a year! Each empire competed for their own benefits, and finally established the Human Alliance to jointly resist the alien invasion.
After Zhou Yunfei learned the specific situation, he shrugged indifferently and threw the report aside.
Zhuge Liang smiled and asked him: "Master, why are you so indifferent?"
"Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway. If you believe it, you will lose!" Zhou Yunfei sneered, not caring about this so-called covenant at all. Do you expect the Byron Empire to give up its dream to fight elves with you?
It would be righteous not to stab you in the back! Or do you expect the Nor Empire, which is in civil strife, to send troops? Where will he send troops? Should you bring the rebels to your empire?
In short, for various reasons, some people with some brains do not believe it, but as long as the people below believe it, it will be fine. The five empires are all counting on the emergence of this covenant to stabilize the increasingly turbulent mankind.
The social effects, at least for now, are pretty good.
People who don’t know the truth are always the best to deceive. The ancients are honest and don’t deceive me!