The news that nearly half of the soldiers of the Sanggan River Army were destroyed was a terrible news for Scambrai, who was eagerly looking forward to reinforcements. It was even more so for Lord Delaware. The hair of the once powerful former deputy prime minister of the empire turned white overnight.
Even when speaking, he could no longer maintain coherence.
In addition, by the summer of the ninth year of the Magical Calendar, the war potential of the Fanos continent has reached an unsustainable level.
According to data, in the past six years, Fanos Continent has sent a total of 1,520,128 expeditionary troops to Eminor Continent. Among them, 190,973 people died due to various reasons such as sepsis and hurricanes during the tens of thousands of miles of sea route, which is nearly
1.50% of the soldiers have not set foot on the Eminor continent at all. Such navigation losses are actually a very optimistic figure. Before the outbreak of the Pan-Continental War, ordinary caravans traveled between the Eminor continent and Fanos.
The proportion of navigation losses exceeds half, and in some years even exceeds 90%.
The main cause of navigation losses is typhoons. A large-scale typhoon will wipe out all ships on the sea for hundreds of miles. No matter how large a warship is, it has no meaning in the face of a typhoon. There are many reasons why the losses caused by typhoons can be reduced.
Simple: During the Pan-Continental War, the Fanos military kept more than three dragon knights on the sea route from the Eminor continent to Fanos at any time. They patrolled the sea conditions every day. Once a typhoon signal appeared, the dragon knights would all
Deploy and notify all fleets on the sea as soon as possible.
Corresponding to the above figures, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of indigenous residents of the Fanos continent is only about 150,000. Among them, there are about 2 to 3 million mature men aged 16 to 35. Another number is
It shows that in the ninth year of the Magical Calendar, the standing force of the mainland of Fanos was 190,735 people. Due to the fierce folk customs of Fanos, the major and small struggles between different races in various places have never really stopped. The highest authority of Fanos had to fight in the mainland.
Maintain a relatively small army.
After these numbers are compared with each other, anyone with elementary arithmetic experience can analyze the most basic fact - it is absolutely impossible for Fanos Continent to gather an iron-blooded army of the same size again.
Years of wars have not only resulted in a lack of manpower, but also an economic dilemma. The continent of Fanos is already barren and lacks all kinds of products. For this protracted holy war, the mainland of Fanos has been fighting for a long time in the magical calendar.
Strict food controls have been implemented for seven years—no residents are allowed to feed livestock with grain, and no residents are allowed to eat meat and rice and other war-controlled materials. Otherwise, they will be punished as war economic criminals.
More than a thousand residents of Fanos are tightening their belts to support this holy war. For them, returning to the rich and God-given territory is a silver human (at this time, they do not know that the orcs have such a hearing
The most wonderful dream in thousands of years is also their only motivation.
In the early days of the war, all the news received from Fanos Continent was very exciting. Even a ninety-year-old woman would wonder loudly: "Why didn't we attack the Holy Continent hundreds or even thousands of years earlier?!" Thus, the magic calendar
Seven years later, despite the fact that the Fanos base camp issued several gag orders every month, the depressing news of defeat still spread little by little. One bad news after another was like a tide, eroding the beast bit by bit.
In people's hearts, the once rock-solid continent of Fanos began to be corroded by the sea water, leaving holes one after another in invisible places.
The defeat of the Western Emperor Alliance is almost a certainty in the summer of the ninth year of the Magic Calendar. Many forces that had wavered and been waiting and watching, as well as nobles who were not deeply involved in the Western Emperor Alliance, are changing without leaving a trace.
In view of their own position, even smarter people began to send the grain stored in the cellar to the small mercenary group, Tongyunguan and other imperial armies, using facts to prove their firm position of white skin and red heart.
Some people have even boldly predicted that this war will end within nine years of the magical calendar.
According to this statement, the Western Emperor Alliance should have surrendered collectively long ago. But this is not the case. In the face of the plague and wolf-like enemies, whether it is Scambrai or Huayu Plains, facing hundreds of thousands of wolf-like empires
Elite troops, the hearts of the senior officials in the Western Emperor Cluster are as stable as a rock, especially the officers of the Western Emperor family and the Fanos Alliance. On the city walls of Scambrai and the fortress of the Flower Language Plain, you can see senior officers leading them anytime and anywhere.
With his own guards, he braved the plague that might attack at any time and performed his duties with all his heart.
"Sit back and wait" does not mean "waiting for death". More often, it means waiting for the opportunity to wait for the opportunity.
Dahino, Renault knows this truth, and His Majesty the Pope knows this truth even more. During the great summer plague in the ninth year of the Magical Calendar, the Western Emperor Alliance still had many things that needed to be exchanged for time and tens of thousands of human lives, such as
, the old and the weak died in the plague while the young and strong survived the plague and preserved their strength; for another example, in the face of the upcoming benefits, will there be a conflict between the original forces of the Eminor continent; for another example, in the end,
Will there be cracks within the powerful empire? Using similar methods, the Holy See has successfully subverted several dynasties. His Majesty the Pope has been working on this, and he hopes that this method will still work every time.
In the history of the Creation God Realm, there are countless similar historical materials such as Sands of the Ganges. The most famous one is Yue Fei, the god of war in the Middle Ages. Just before Lien Chan and Lianjie went straight to Huanglong, he was recalled by Emperor Ai for twelve gold medals in a row.
Died in Fengbo Pavilion
Therefore, His Majesty Neblev has always firmly believed that being able to share adversity but not happiness is one of the greatest original sins of mankind.
Nine years of the magic calendar passed day by day. Shortly after Daqingshan left for the Frozen Continent, Lord Chi Hantong once again handed over the command of Tongyun Pass to his eldest son Chi Changyun, and drove the wind dragon to the Northern Federation to meet His Majesty Red Stone; Ai
Mi sat in Moyada. After the handover of the plains on the south bank of the Sanggan River was completed, he learned that the elite troops in the Sanggan River war zone had escaped, and immediately directed the reserve troops nearby to successfully take over the major cities in the Sanggan River.
In February of the summer of the ninth year of the Magic Calendar, His Majesty Hongshi hosted a banquet of very high standards in the Ice and Snow Fortress in honor of Marshal Chi Hantong, Da Qingshan and the accompanying main officers. At the banquet, the monarchs and ministers were chatting and laughing, and the emperor repeatedly paid tribute to the generals with outstanding military achievements.
They toasted and even introduced to Ling Yun and Hu Erdu, who were not yet married, that the wealthy family of the empire was getting married.
Three days later, in order to commend the imperial soldiers who had repeatedly achieved unparalleled military exploits in the Pan-Continental War, His Majesty Hongshi once again issued an order of commendation and promotion. This is the famous "Order of Twelve Marshals" in the history of the empire.
Promote Shenglong, Chi Hanfeng, and Amy to the rank of general marshals of the empire;
Promotion to Fan, Lantian, Daqingshan, Chi Hanfeng, Chi Changyun, Bai Shaoling, Su Wen, clone to Imperial Marshal;
Promoted Horns to Imperial Marshal.
Three days later, His Majesty Hongshi issued a series of personnel transfer orders through the Imperial Military Affairs Department:
Grand Marshal Chi Hantong inherited his father's position and became the youngest Minister of Military Affairs and Chief of Wartime General Staff of the Empire in the history of the Empire;
Marshal Chi Changyun also inherited his father's duties and officially became the general of the Tongyunguan War Zone;
His Excellency Daqingshan, the Imperial Marshal of the S-class mercenary, is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Staff;
The Imperial Marshal, His Excellency Lan Tian, replaced Duke Fan and was transferred to the post of General of the Northern Federal Theater of the Empire;
Duke Fan was transferred to the newly designated Gyeonggi Theater General, and led the main force of the 30,000 Xueyue Army to land at the Floating Ice Port to reinforce the empire's local war;
The area of the original northern war zone has exceeded the pre-war imperial territory. In order to facilitate command, it was reclassified into four war zones, namely the Gyeonggi War Zone, the Sanggan River War Zone, the Shizi River War Zone, and the Jielin War Zone. Marshal Bai Shaoling took office as the general of the Sanggan River War Zone.
;
Amy, the former top military commander of the Northern War Zone; Grand Marshal Haber was promoted to the top commander of the mainland and general of the Lion River War Zone;
His Excellency Su Wen took office as the highest military commander of the Jielin Theater;
In addition to the three war zones, two new war zones, North and South Huayu, were established. Lord Horns led the reinforcements from the two dwarf kingdoms, moved closer to the Huayu Plain, and took office as the general of the northern war zone;
Chi Aotian assumed the post of general of the Huayu Plain South War Zone.
Just nine days before this new personnel order was issued, Duke Fan's seven fully loaded light and heavy infantry brigades had already boarded the ship. On the day Duke Fan received the personnel transfer order, he drove his dragon and rushed to Ai overnight.
Minor Continent, or to be more precise, when Marshal Horns saw the personnel transfer order, he also saw his successor.
"Your Excellency is really resolute, I admire you." Horns did not speak, and the Grand Duke of Lantian sarcastically sarcasticly said.
Fan, who is also a Duke, blushed slightly. In the first few years of the war, the Grand Marshal with the title of Viscount had many interactions with the small mercenary group, and even "blasted out" Mr. Amy, who is now the Grand Marshal.
"After passing the General's Mansion, faced with such questioning, Marshal Fan could only laugh: "Isn't it like putting out fires if we don't rescue troops? That's why we rushed here in a hurry."
Huh... Lan Tian snorted coldly. They are both marshals and generals of the Imperial Military Region. Lan Tian is not the slightest bit nobler than Fan in origin, and his qualifications are much older than Duke Fan, so he doesn't speak at all.
Scruples: "Your Excellency, you still know such a truth? What were you doing a few years ago? In the seventh year of the Magic Calendar, the Frozen Continent was basically pacified. I heard that the Xueyue Legion's establishment at that time had exceeded 70,000, and the number of local troops
The establishment exceeded 130,000. At that time, why didn’t we say that rescuing troops was like putting out fires?”
"This... we always have to train our troops." Duke Fan said seriously.
"It's okay, don't talk nonsense, pick your peaches." Grand Duke Lantian slammed the door and left.
Just like a human prince, Horns smiled politely at Duke Fan: "Don't take it to heart. Senior Lantian has always treated us like this. He was born mainly because he could no longer participate in the Scambrai offensive and defensive battle."
Sulky. Wind. Whispers novel. Now that Your Excellency is here, it just so happens that those who are besieging the imperial capital are basically regular troops from the current Gyeonggi War Zone, and they are all under your jurisdiction. Moreover, many of them are your old subordinates in the Western War Zone, so there will be no problem.
I will lead the dwarf troops to punish you early tomorrow morning... I wish you good military fortune."
After saying that, the dwarf greeted the copper hammer and other subordinates who were staring at Duke Fan with wide eyes and malicious intentions to leave the tent.
At the same time, in the Sanggan River War Zone, Amy met the new war zone general Bai Shaoling. No one could have imagined that this fantasy beast knight who was in the same year as Chi Aotian would be promoted to the same level as Chi Aotian in such a short period of time.
In a balance-level position, this is somewhat ironic.
Facing his immediate boss, Bai Shaoling, a wind dragon knight, had a humble smile unique to his subordinates when facing his superiors. An Qiu Sheng, who was also a wind dragon knight, stood behind Amy with a gloomy expression.
Looking through the personnel transfers, Amy, an S-class mercenary and the new generation mercenary king of the mercenary empire, always had a iconic smile on her face: "So, I have been promoted again?"
"Yes, your current position is equivalent to that of the Minister of Imperial Military Affairs." Bai Shaoling added with a smile. Then, the young dragon knight seemed to think of something again and patted his head: "Ah, how can I handle this?"
I forgot, speaking of the Minister of Military Affairs, here is the latest order from Marshal Chi Hantong."
Oh? Amy did not raise her head, and glanced at the letter: "Does the Generalissimo mean for me to supervise the battle in the Huayu Plain and strive for... Oh, the war in the Huayu Plain must be ended within this year?"
The smile suddenly froze on Bai Shaoling's face, and the young man stammered and asked subconsciously: "Your Excellency, what's wrong... Haha, it turns out that heroes have the same vision, and Master Chi Hantong really has a close friend."
Amy snorted noncommittally, continued to look at the personnel orders, and suddenly asked: "This order is the first thing Chi Hantong has done since he took office, so he rushed it out overnight. Otherwise, why?"
It will be sent to me by Your Excellency so soon,"
Bai Shaoling's face suddenly turned red. Before this, Bai Shaoling had interacted with Amy several times. In his impression, this young man of the same age had always been gentle, neither smiling nor talking. When he spoke, he spoke slowly and softly, looking like a good old man.
His appearance, now... is suddenly so sharp and wise that it is unacceptable.
The Wind Dragon Knight subconsciously clutched another canonization order in his sleeve.
Amy gave a meaningful look at the young man of the same age: "The Sanggan River War Zone has just returned to the empire and is full of waste. I really don't have any experience to teach you. Everything is exhausted." After speaking, he handed over his hand with a smile.
Farewell.
Bai Shaoling's ears were very sharp. Amy and An Qiu Sheng walked far away, but Bai Shaoling still heard a few words.
"Captain, isn't this... a clear case of killing a donkey and then borrowing a knife to kill someone else?" the thin Wind Dragon Knight muttered.
"Then tell me, who is to blame for this? If we gave all the credit to His Majesty, would these things happen? It was said before that you failed more than succeeded, but you are still not convinced. This is a lesson." Amy.
He said something meaningfully.
"Then... aren't I afraid that you will see it?" The Wind Dragon Knight was quite courageous and spoke frankly.
"No big deal, give another order, for example, allow a small mercenary group to establish a state on the Flower Language Plain. It is not the territory of the empire anyway. With a small whip and a small gold hook, there are many ways... Who can refuse to take the position?
Why are you so kind?"
The face of the Wind Dragon Knight in the room turned even redder...