In the conference hall of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the generals sitting side by side straightened their waists, their eyes did not dare to squint at all, like two rows of statues, a war report from the southern coast was placed at the end of the long table, the face of the Imperial Marshal, Minister of War Marcos, was as white as paper, and the staggered hands placed on the report trembled slightly,

"What do you think of this battle?" Marcos asked in a deep voice, his eyes were cold, the whole conference room was silent, no one dared to speak, only the sound of the wind blowing through the hall was quiet, at this time, who dared to take the lead? The generals were really frightened this time,

The core of the battle in the south, the great fortress of Bawuni, which was garrisoned by 60,000 elite troops, ended with such a funny ending, and it was still being discussed here how to make the invincible Falcon Emperor break his head on the road to the southern coast, and his face was disgraced, and he turned around and received a sad battle report from the south

The 60,000-strong army was crushed by the emperor with 10,000 troops, the southern barrier Badeni Great Fortress was lost, and the fraternity Casa, known as the master of defense, was killed in battle

"How is that possible?

The generals were completely stunned in the face of this military report, and all kinds of questions and confusion filled everyone's minds.

In order to block the Falcon Empire's southward advance in this battle, the empire invested all its reserve troops, a full army of 60,000 people, guarding the strong fortress, waiting for work, fighting to the death, even if it is a 100,000 Falcon Army, it may not be able to break through so quickly, but the bright red battle report is clearly written, the 60,000 army with a large fortress was defeated by the 10,000 Falcon Army in one day...... If this kind of thing were not the result of rigorous war reports, the generals would think that it was a joke of whom, and who would believe it! Who could have imagined it! Every thing here is stimulating the nerves of the soldiers who are not just and non-soldiers

"Ahem. Don't you have anything you can do?"

Marcos's eyes swept over, and when he saw the generals' lowered heads, he snorted a little dissatisfied, and his old palm, which was full of green muscles, slapped it heavily on the battle report, "The battle in the south is about the future of the empire." Although we have lost the fortress of Bawuni, we have not yet reached the point where it is completely irretrievable, as long as our army accelerates the speed of the invasion of Putao, we can completely turn the tide of the war before the Falcon Empire takes control of the entire southern coast, but we can't sit idly by and watch the Falcon Army advance south!"

"My lord, we still have 20,000 troops on the southern coast, and the commander is Lord Andya, and my subordinates think that it is better to ask Lord Andya to take over the battle behind! Fight as a reserve!" A Gangfei general hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "If it is difficult to defeat the Falcon Army advancing south, but it is only necessary to delay, the role that local troops can play may be greater than that of regular troops!"

"Yes, the opposing army is good at guerrillas, and Lord Andya is also very experienced in warfare, if the two can work together, they will definitely live up to the hopes of the Empire," another general said in a consistent voice. It's a little weird

"Mobilize the local army and let Andya face the double Falcon Army with 20,000 troops?"

Marcos' eyebrows were raised, his hand tapping lightly on the table, he knew that Andya had been appointed commander of the South Coast from the new position. Many generals were dissatisfied, but these generals did not forget to deeply stab Andya in the back at this time, which was a little unexpected to him.

There was silence for a while. Marcos raised his head and said in a condensed voice, "This method is good, but the combat effectiveness of the local army is worrying...... Over-reliance. Will it backfire?"

Before Marcos's voice fell, a general stood up and said in a righteous tone: "My lord, I request that my position be adjusted to command the local army!

"Yes, my subordinates have also asked to be transferred to the local army!" Another middle-aged general stood up and said in a spirited voice, "Even if you die in battle, it's better not to suffocate here!" "My lord, please transfer the junior to the local army" The generals sitting side by side kept standing up, their eyes eager

"You all ask to go to the local army?" Marcos's eyes narrowed slightly, and there were so many of them!

For such a situation, Marcos did not express surprise, the blood of soldiers should be so hot!

The north has fallen, many generals have become nominal commanders, and the southern military faction of the empire with troops has its own system and generals, and will not accept the intervention of these northern generals for the time being.

1.12 The lessons of the incident are there, and if the resentment of the military is not properly handled, it will turn into a bloody conflict.

The blood of the soldiers is hot, they can burn the enemy, and they can also burn their own people, and finally Marcos mentioned to the emperor that in order to make these generals feel that they were not left out by the empire, he used these generals to set up a general war room, which was responsible for the arrangement and planning of various battles, and the emperor agreed, "Okay, I will also go to His Majesty to report this matter, and my earnest requests, I will present them to His Majesty one by one!" Marcos stood up from the bench with a satisfied face, his eyes swept over the generals who were standing in almost a row, and his voice was trembling, "I don't have anything else to say, I just hope that when the empire is in danger, you can abandon your past suspicions and fight for the empire with all your might! Transferring to the local army is your own request, and the empire can give you a position, but the rest is up to you!" The generals replied neatly, the roof of the hall with a sound shook, the body was as straight as a sword, it was good to be able to give a position, most of the generals were from the background of wealthy families, they were evacuated from Xinjing in the north, and the gold coins they took away were piled up in more than a dozen carriages, they were not short of money, what they lacked was the opportunity to spend money

Coming out of the conference room, Marcos took a deep breath and looked up at the gray-white sky, the rainy season was coming, and there was a chill in the wind, "I hope this is not a wrong decision" Marcos shook his head, hurriedly walked down the steps at the door, and stepped into the carriage waiting outside, the news of the defeat in the south has reached the ears of the emperor, the emperor needs an explanation, the empire needs an explanation, and the biggest difficulty facing the empire now is the lack of troops.

Although the Southern Army has 200,000 people, it is actually not enough at all, the empire needs more troops, but the forced recruitment of southern soldiers is afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the southern army factions, and the collapse of the 60,000 army just gave this opportunity, at this time, let these northern generals go down to develop the local army, and the southern army can not put forward any opinions, and the empire's troops on the southern coast are now only 20,000 troops of Andya can still be used, in the face of the Falcon Imperial Army that is pressed from both sea and land, Andya, who only has 20,000 troops, is useless even if he is possessed by the god of war。 What's more, his opponent is a true god of war.

If the empire can use the local army to make the falcon emperor deep in the southern war situation and unable to extricate himself, this is a victory in itself, and it will be a booster for the morale of the empire's troops that have fallen to the freezing point, in front of the little emperor, Marcos recounted this plan: "You mean to let the generals go down and expand the local army to make up for the lack of imperial troops? The little emperor timidly played with the emperor's seal in his hand, blinked his eyes, and asked with some uncertainty,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer cries every day that he is poor and says that he has no money all day long. There is no money, and the crying children have heart disease

Now the empire is about to counterattack Putao, and tens of thousands of troops have already been deployed, and less than half of the military rations needed have been gathered.

The nobles who fled the empire Xinjing were busy bringing gold, silver and jewelry, and almost half of the empire's financial resources were taken away by carts, but no one would have thought that there was no food. It's useless to have a lot of money,

Just after winter, there is not much leftover food on the market. The nobles who have long been aware of the fact that something is wrong have been swept away, there is no grain on the market, and the grain trade has also stopped because of the war on the Putao side, and now it is miserable, the price of grain has risen several times a day, and it is still hoarded in the hands of those powerful wealthy families, and the army has no food and what kind of war is there to fight. The Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs has already issued an order to expropriate it on the spot, that is, naked robbery. "This is something that the generals need to consider, the Empire gives power to the generals, and the generals give the Imperial army, it's as simple as that" Marcos said with a normal expression, he knew that as long as this request was passed, the rumors about his incompetence in the recent period could be stopped,

Because he will completely obtain the full support of the military, the military will be involved in all parties, and his position will only be more stable. "Army, how many troops?" The little emperor's excited tongue licked his chapped lips, a little nervous, his eyes were green, the recent anxious situation has made the little emperor fully feel the pain of insomnia, although the war is so far away for his little head, the numbers on the battle report, the definition of victory and defeat, for a child who grew up in the deep palace, is far less touching than seeing the flowers swaying and blooming in the spring breeze,

But for the word army, there is still a lot of feeling, in just one year, the empire withered like this, isn't it a lack of troops? If the empire has enough troops, the Falcon Empire dares to fight itself? If there are enough troops, the Istan people dare to fight themselves? What if...... The poor child, hailed by Rubinsark as a natural king, was now only interested in armies and gold coins, and if Rubinsark had known that the little emperor had been polluted like this, he would probably be able to jump out of the grave. "The total population of the Gangfei Empire is more than 40 million, and the northern region where the population is concentrated has been lost, and the total population of the south is also more than 17 million, with such a population base, it should not be a problem to pull out a reserve of one million people, anyway, it has already reached such a point, how can you also fight" Marcos predicted with great certainty, deliberately exaggerating a few points, "Million army!"

Sure enough, the little emperor's eyes lit up and he was scared, and his small mouth became O-shaped, without any hesitation, what are you waiting for! The little emperor felt that he was energetic again, the Falcon Empire, the Istanbul Empire, these bastards who gave him a toothache all day long, trembling in front of the million army of the empire, just the little emperor trembled and picked up his seal and stamped it heavily on the request,

Marcos cautiously put the report in his hands and quickly left, the generals still waiting, "The Empire's million-strong army...... Haha!" the little emperor laughed fanciously in his study, and in the face of this request, his little head did not realize what it meant, and allowed the generals to develop the local army, and the emperor, as the central power, lacked the power to control it,

The Lord is weak and the branches are strong!

If Rubinsark had been there, he would have thrown the report on the ground and angrily denounced "this is a chaotic country." This is the difference between the two most representative rulers of the last days of the Gang Fei Empire, Rubin Sark was an outstanding soldier and a politician with a great vision, and his eyes were always on the future of the empire.

Marcos, on the other hand, was a soldier, a pure soldier, and even if he occasionally showed something, he still did not get rid of his military nature, and the starting point of his consideration was to deal with the current predicament of the empire. Lacking political foresight for the future of the empire, like a carriage driver speeding on a difficult mountain road, Marcos finally let go of the centralized power of the empire that Rubinsark had been working for and resolutely refused to let go......

In the south of Gangfei, the great fortress of Baenwu, where the southward army of the Falcon Empire, which defeated 60,000 elite Gangfei elites in World War I, gathered. The vast area in front of the fortress covered with corpses had been cleared, the corpses had been buried, and the blood-stained earth was still unnaturally miserable, as for the trench where the fire was set on fire. The corpses inside were burned to ashes, and the dry-black ditch was like a layer of frost, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and the fat man stopped his horse in front of the fortress drawbridge. In the distance, a black-armored scout cavalry was galloping forward, reining in his horse and jumping off his horse twenty meters away from the fat man. Holding a battle report, he flew over, "Your Majesty, the urgent report from the Putao!" The scout cavalry said in a loud voice, and a guard went over to take the battle report and handed it to the fat man, "Has it started?" The fat man took the report with a calm expression, spread it out and glanced at it, "Your Majesty, is it ......" Hu Keqili asked curiously next to him, "You can see it yourself!" The fat man handed the battle report in his hand to Hu Keqili next to him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly

Hukochili took the battle report, his eyes swept over, and he took a deep breath in astonishment, "No, the Gangfei army has just broken through to the north of Putao, and slaughtered more than 17,000 civilians in Brent City and 5,700 civilians in Rachel...... Even if you know that Gangfei will take tough measures this time, you can't wait ......!"

"According to the intelligence, the Congo Empire has 60,000 troops breaking into Putao this time, and the military rations they carry are not even half of what they need!

"Going north, aren't we going south?" Hu Keqili raised his head and said, "Your Majesty took the southern barrier in one fell swoop, and the strength of the Gangfei Empire on the southern coast is only 20,000 people, and this is the opportunity to take the southern coast in one fell swoop, why ......" "Haha, that's because attacking the southern coast is a scam!" The fat man grinned at the corners of his mouth, raised his horsewhip in his hand and pointed to the undulating hills in the distance, and said coldly" The Imperial Navy defeated the Alien Navy, and the Aliens compromised, and the southern coast of Gangfei was already in the Empire's pocket.

If it is necessary to occupy it, it can be easily reached by transporting troops from Putao directly with the fleet, and there is no need for me to personally command the battle of the southward advance, forcing the Gangfei people to assemble an army to block it, making it so vigorous that everyone thinks that we are aiming at the southern coast of Gangfei, but in fact, this qiē is just to deceive the Gangfei people."

"Your Majesty means that our target is not the southern coast at all!" Hukochili was stunned, where was that? Even he, the imperial general, was confused, not to mention Gangfei

"Not bad!" the fat man paused, glanced at Hukochili with a pensive face next to him, and said. Have you ever thought about it, our army marched south, and the Gangfei people immediately sent troops to Putao, and almost all the reserve troops were bet on Putao, because the Gangfei people thought that our army was pouring out of the force, and the Putao area was empty and defenseless, but the Gangfei people forgot that the troops in Putao also pressed all their troops, and now in front of my 40,000 troops is a defenseless land.

Gangfei Chaotang is completely fried this time, the generals of Gangfei are silent one by one, and the ministers are anxious to turn around.

They had just received news that the 30,000 Falcon Empire's infantry were delayed, and the 10,000 Falcon Empire's most elite guards cavalry were advancing in a straight line like arrows from the string, aiming directly at Besuka, the location of the Gangfei court.

The Falcon Army occupied the southern fortress of Bawuni in one fell swoop, defeated 60,000 blocking troops with a small number of troops, and the news of the defeat of the blocking battle had just come, this explosive news shook the entire court again, and the Falcon Army's southward legion turned into a northward legion, from the southern fortress of Bawuny to Besuka, the distance between the two was five hundred miles, even if the fastest report was sent to the Gangfei court, the iron hooves of the Falcon Empire's guards cavalry had already stepped like a storm through the Alavi Mountains less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Besuka City. The other party's advance can be described as a god speed, "How many troops are there in Beisuka at present?" The little emperor asked the military in a panic, "Your Majesty's Praetorian Guard is 3,000 people, and the garrison is 5,000 people" Marcos, the imperial marshal and military minister, has an extremely ugly face, and said in a deep voice, "In view of the current form, please prepare for the last resort and move again!" "Move ...... again" The little emperor's face was full of resentment (to be continued......)