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After Emperor Ira launched a racial all-out war against the Taeyong nobles, Tengyuan's pressure did not decrease. The 100,000-strong army left behind by Xiaohu Connectivity cut off the connection between the Tairong Kingdom and its northern allies, causing him great trouble. Now he has no energy to take care of these 100,000 enemy troops, because he must regain the lost territory for the kingdom of Taiyong before the Ira people.

The Ira and the Taiyong kingdom are not allies, and if these lands are occupied by the Ira, then these lands are the Ira people. Because these lands were taken by the Ira people from the Taeyong nobles, they had the right to occupy them. The Taeyong Kingdom can get a pretext for declaring war because of this, but this family will not return the land to the Taeyong Kingdom.

Rather than being ruled by the Ira forces, the Taeyong people are more willing to accept the rule of the Taeyong Kingdom. As mentioned earlier, although the king of the Tayjon Kingdom, Mel, is a Leiting person, the Tayrong Kingdom still belongs to the "Tayrong forces", because the main race of the country is the Tayjong people, and the Tayyong people can still dominate the political direction, so the Tayrong Kingdom with the King of the Letin people still belongs to the "Tayjong forces".

Some people may ask, it is clear that Maier, who is a Laiting person, is the king, why can the Tayrong people lead the political direction of the Tajon Kingdom?

In one plane, there was a king who said something like "I am the state", ushering in an era called "absolute monarchy" and setting off a wave of imitation in a certain region. In the same plane, a certain country has developed the centralized system to the peak level, and the officials can only kneel when they go to court, and the people cannot participate in politics at all. In this case, the monarch can absolutely dominate politics, otherwise the power must be divided. Officials control part of the people, and the proportion of the two is related to the state system. The lower the degree of centralization, the less power the monarch has, and the more power is apportioned.

The degree of centralization of power in the new world is generally not high. Emperor Ira is a divine authority of the king, has a high prestige, and can also declare war on behalf of the Ira, but don't forget that the Ira Empire is a feudal system. The feudal system means that the monarch gives up part of the local power, which is already delegating power. The princes and kings held some local power, but they also had to decentralize power, and a considerable part of the power was delegated to the officials, who in turn delegated some of the power to the common people. In places that they could not directly control, such as Kamijin Prefecture, the princes and kings could only make them autonomous.

Although Emperor Ira was respected, he seemed to have great authority, and even a total war of races could only be launched by him. But in fact, the only war that Emperor Ira could wag, and which could be supported by the Ira, was a total war of races. If this were not the case, Emperor Ira would not have had to declare war on the Taeyong nobles under the banner of a total racial war.

But even if the monarchy and centralization are developed to the peak level, the monarch still cannot ignore the will of the people and act recklessly, especially when there is a strong foreign enemy, which is going to cause great problems.

Cheng Weilin, the county governor of Upper Present County in the autonomous territory, lost the support of the people because he ignored the will of the people and defected to foreigners, and because of the harsh government and indiscriminate killing, the people of Upper Present County were cold. Although the people of Shangjin County did not rebel, it can be seen from the war between Byronsburg and Shangjin County that no one in Shangjin County is willing to fight for Wei Lin except for the diehard loyalty of the Wei family. The territories except for the county seat and the city of Limi were surrendered without a fight, so that the Byronsburg army could attack these two cities with all their strength, and won the victory in the shortest time and at the lowest cost, and finally the Wei family died because of the will of the people of Shangjin County.

This is the end of ignoring public opinion and acting recklessly in the presence of foreign enemies.

As a native of Leiting, Maier is already vulnerable to rejection by the Tajon people. In this case, it is impossible for him to engage in any centralization. In order to prevent the Tairong people from thinking that he had incorporated the territory of the Tairong people into the Byron Kingdom, he did not even dare to send the officials of the Byron Kingdom to the Tairong Kingdom, and also let the former Tairong nobleman Tengyuan preside over the military and political affairs in the country.

The Tayjongs are in charge, which means that the power is still in the hands of the Tayon, and Mel is just a nominal king - at least for now. Therefore, there is no doubt that the Taeyong people can dominate the political direction of the Taeyong Kingdom, and the Taeyong Kingdom is also a pure Taeyong force.

In order not to be dominated by the Ira, the cities bordering the Ira forces voluntarily surrendered to the Tairong Kingdom, so that the Tairong Kingdom took over many territories outside the claim. Receiving these territories is not just a matter of accepting surrender, there are still many things to deal with, such as sorting out the territory and household registration, reorganizing and surrendering troops, and appeasing local forces. The Taeyong Kingdom does not have a cabinet, nor does it have a perfect official system, Teng Yuan has to personally review all kinds of documents, and he is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat.

The news of Gray and Yunxin's arrival in Byron City was delivered to Tengyuan on January 30, 137 New Calendar. Gray also wrote a handwritten letter to Tengyuan, briefly explaining his plans. He didn't tell Teng Yuan all his next plans, but only told Teng Yuan that he would transfer all the resources to Maier and fully support Maier's work.

On March 25, 137 New Calendar, Tengyuan received another handwritten letter from Maier. Maier said that he would take action against the 100,000 Xiaohu troops on the border line by the end of May this year at the latest, and that the Egus Kingdom would also send troops at that time, hoping that Tengyuan would be ready to fight.

The 10,000 recruits of the Kingdom of Byron will be able to complete their training in April this year. Salin had already made preparations for reorganization in advance, and he selected half of the officers and veterans from the original ten regiments and asked them to form ten half-sized regiments in advance. After the training of the recruits is completed, the recruits can be directly stuffed into the twenty regiments of the formation, and then it can be run into one for a short time.

At that time, the army of the Kingdom of Byron will reach 20,000 troops, and if it is a border battle, Ramogis can send 30,000 troops, which is the number of soldiers. In other words, Meier's side was able to gather 50,000 soldiers on the northern front alone. As long as Tengyuan sends another 50,000 soldiers, the coalition army will be able to reach a balance with the Xiaohu army in terms of strength.

Maier and Tengyuan did not know the specific strength of the Xiaohu army, and could only deduce that the total number of the Xiaohu army was close to 150,000. Before Xiaohu was connected and withdrawn, only enough grain and grass were brought for the return journey, and the rest of the grain and grass were sent to the northern front. The 100,000 Xiaohu troops were not stationed on the plains, but built fortifications that could be stationed for a long time on high slopes and near the water.

The general who led this army was a die-hard cronie of Xiaohu Liantong, who contacted the merchants of neutral countries before withdrawing the army, and regularly provided the general with enough military funds so that he had enough money to buy food.

Maier once sold grain as a neutral merchant with the caravan of the Kazuyan family, and the Ira coalition knew that they were going to sell grain to their opponents, but they still had to escort Mair and the others. Now that Maier has become the head of a country, he knows that the food of the Xiaohu Army stationed outside the border is provided by neutral countries, but he still has to send patrol cavalry to escort the merchants of these neutral countries, and this change of identity makes him feel very complicated.

The coalition forces could not determine the specific number of Xiaohu troops and the number of soldiers, in fact, the total number of Xiaohu troops was only a little more than 120,000, the number of soldiers was 100,000, and the number of civilians was more than 20,000. Among the soldiers were 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 auxiliaries, and these 30,000 auxiliaries mainly served the cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak.

When Xiaohu was under siege, there were a total of 40,000 cavalry in his hands. He directly divided 20,000 cavalry to the northern front, because only a sufficient number of cavalry could cut off the main lines of communication behind enemy lines. Xiaohu was not a moral person, he asked the generals who commanded the army to disguise the cavalry as horse bandits, and robbed the caravan when he saw it, so as not to prevent the coalition army from transporting weapons to Yaolin City through the neutral country caravan.

The officers in charge of the mission were scheming and forced their soldiers to kill all the people in the caravan without leaving anyone alive. After a long time, except for the caravan that provided food to the Xiaohu army, no caravan dared to take these roads, so that the purpose of connecting Xiaohu Lake was achieved.

As for the convoys of the Kingdom of Egus and the Republic of Bukin, the Xiaohu Army will attack them openly. However, after the Kingdom of Egus and the Republic of Bujin learned the news of the Xiaohu Army's northward movement, they stopped the supply delivery to Yaolin City, so the Xiaohu Army has not attacked the allied convoy so far.

The number of infantry was fifty thousand, and they were responsible for guarding the garrison. The commander divided his troops into five teams, each with 10,000 infantry, and stationed them on high slopes near the main roads of communication. These places were usually occupied by outlaws, and the commanders of the army destroyed these outlaws, occupied and expanded their camps, stationed their infantry, and assigned a certain number of men and auxiliaries.

The cavalry is always in a state of mobility, going wherever it is needed, and it is very convenient to rest at the nearest stronghold after performing the mission.

Since the enemy army was stationed in five places, only the cavalry was able to maneuver and support in a relatively short time. Mel can concentrate his forces and break the defenders of each of these strongholds. Therefore, there is no need for him to make the forces of the two sides equal, 50,000 soldiers are enough to deal with the situation of the battle. The reason why Maier asked Tengyuan to send troops was to let him contain the enemies in other strongholds and not give them a chance to reinforce them.

The Republic of Bukin had prepared the next expeditionary force, but Maier was in no hurry to get them to send them. After this battle, Mair will send the first expeditionary force of the Republic of Bujin and the expeditionary force of the Kingdom of Ogus back home, as the situation in the Kingdom of Tairong has stabilized by this time. The Kingdom of Egus and the Republic of Bujin did not participate in the war to grab territory, and the expeditionary force stayed in the Kingdom of Taeyong only to increase consumption, so it was better to let them return to China to rest first, which would not only reduce unnecessary losses, but also reduce the war-weariness of the allies, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It is worth mentioning that Maier does not plan to use a new rifle in this battle. The advantage of your own side is so great that there is no need to expose this secret weapon. And now Meyer only has 2,000 new rifles on hand, and the fixed one-round ammunition is one less round. Until a stable supply of arms is established, Meyer will not equip the army with new rifles.

On the way back to the city of Byrons, Meyer saw the new rifle in action several times. Taeyong elves use a line formation when fighting, as the Taeyong elves have not received formal military training, and shooting in a row is the best way for them to fight. Due to the dense formation, several Taeyong goblins were hit by stray arrows during the battle, but fortunately they didn't hurt the vital points, and Cherish's ability could easily heal their injuries.

Maier noticed this detail. He felt that the new rifles were fast to load, and although the accuracy was not high enough, the troops using the new rifles did not need to stand in a dense formation like the soldiers with front-loading smoothbore guns, and could stand relatively loosely, and even reload and shoot while moving.

This means that soldiers with newer rifles can have more formation variations and can use more flexible tactics. If the troops of the Kingdom of Byron were to be equipped with such weapons on a large scale, the size of the Kingdom's troops would inevitably change, and the way it fought would also change dramatically.

The new rifle is easy to operate, and people without any training can use the power of the weapon to a certain extent as long as they understand the principle of operation. This greatly reduces the physical fitness requirements of soldiers and also greatly reduces the time required for recruit training. This will increase the number of reservists in the kingdom and will allow you to replenish the troops on the front line more quickly.

At the same time, the troops with the new rifles are more dependent on logistical supplies than the old ones, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will decrease if the ammunition and replacement weapons are not replenished in a timely manner. The new rifle units, which have run out of ammunition, are not as effective as the old armies if they are not equipped with melee weapons.

Meier felt that before installing the new rifles, it was necessary to study the troop configuration of the new rifles and the tactics used by the troops, and not allow the troops using the new rifles to use the old establishment and tactics, which might cause unnecessary losses to the troops.

Mel had already asked Salin to do it. Salin selected two thousand young men from among the Ilibi boys and girls who followed Meir and formed an experimental army. He distributed 2,000 rifles and all the ammunition to the boys, and designated a clearing along a freshwater stream that flows into Yongfeng Lake as the stationing place of the unit.

The clearing was discovered in May 136 of the new calendar, when Nami had left the city of Byron with Meier, so it was not in her development plan. Yu Changnian originally wanted to build a new village here, but there was a serious shortage of labor in the country, and there were no suitable people to move to the city at that time, so the plan has been shelved until now.

When Salin was choosing a location for this experimental force, Yu Changnian remembered this undeveloped open space and recommended it to Salin. Salin was not polite, and directly sent the experimental troops over.

At present, the experimental units are still busy with the construction of the station, and have not yet officially started training and exercises. Salin estimated that the results of the experiment would be available in at least three months, when the border battle would have begun.