The Rima Mountain Tunnel, which was dug by the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byrons, took two years and eight months to complete. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Both countries used two methods, blasting and manual excavation, and since explosives had not yet been developed in the New World, both countries used relatively primitive gunpowder explosives, which were limited in power and easy to extinguish or delay the explosion at dark and damp construction sites. The demolition team of the Kingdom of Byron are all professional sappers and the operation is very standardized, but even so, the Kingdom of Byron still sacrificed 115 sappers in the tunnel.

This is true even for the Kingdom of Byrons, which uses professional sappers, and not to mention the Kingdom of Elt, which uses non-professional demolitionists. At the time of completion, the Elt kingdom said that they had sacrificed less than 400 people in the process of digging the tunnel, but the dark line that the kingdom of Byron had buried in advance gave the figure of more than 2,500 people, most of whom were slaves bought from foreign tribes.

On October 10, 160 years of the new calendar, the tunnel began trial operation. The two countries sent medium-sized convoys through the tunnels with torches. With an average width of more than 10 meters and a height of about 5 meters, the tunnel is arched and has supporting beams in the tunnel to avoid collapses.

The two countries took the narrowest mountain and excavated it, but the total length of the tunnel was more than 1.7 kilometers. If you take a detour, you will have to walk for at least eight days, and if you climb a mountain, you will have to walk for at least three days, but because of the high physical exertion, the consumption of food will be doubled. However, it only takes an hour at most to walk through the tunnels, and including the road to the tunnels, it only takes four hours to cross the Rimi Mountains without the need to consume additional food.

The cost of digging such a tunnel is not small for the two countries. The Kingdom of Elt used more than 30,000 laborers, and the Kingdom of Byron mobilized 5,000 sappers and 15,000 laborers, with a total of more than 50,000 laborers. However, after the trial operation, neither of the two countries mentioned the official opening of the tunnel.

The Elt Kingdom dug this tunnel to transport supplies to the troops who invaded the Kingdom of Byrons, and the Kingdom of Byron dug this tunnel for the same reason. In other words, both countries want to attack each other, but the Kingdom of Byron knows the intentions of the Kingdom of Elt, while the Kingdom of Elt does not know the intentions of the Kingdom of Byron and believes that the Kingdom of Byron is not aware of its intentions.

In the month the tunnel opened, Taylor was officially transferred to the Bluestone Palace Guarding Vault. In the same month, Taylor and Lan Xian were married, along with another fiancée.

In fact, as early as the day when Lan Xian hugged Taylor, Taylor was pushed back by Lan Xian. Interestingly, Lan Xian didn't know what to do after she stripped naked, and in the end, it was the experienced Taylor who guided her to do the rest. After that, the two confirmed their relationship, and then Lan Xian never mentioned the transfer of Taylor to the regular army.

Taylor's fiancée is also from Leiding, and she is separated from Taylor, knowing that her husband needs a woman by his side. She worked in the Qingshi Palace and couldn't leave, so Lan Xian, as a high-ranking military officer, was more free and could meet her husband's needs on a regular basis. In addition, Lan Xian's status is much higher than her, and it is not easy for Taylor to guarantee her to be his wife after accepting Lan Xian.

So she chose to accept Lan Xian and let Lan Xian hold a wedding before her. With the opening of the Rimi Mountain Tunnel, the already tense international situation has become even more tense and overwhelming. The army's natural holidays have all been cancelled, and even an officer of Lan Xian's level can only take five days of marriage leave when he gets married.

There have long been rumors in the Qingshi Palace, saying that maybe the war will break out tomorrow. In order to reassure Taylor and Lan Xian, she chose to let Lan Xian hold the wedding first, and she was the last. The decision turned out to be very wise. Without her humility, Lan Xian would have to wait until the war was over before coming back to get married.

On October 22, 160 AH, the day after Lan Xian and Taylor's wedding, the anti-Byronic Alliance siege officially declared war on the Byronic League nations. On October 23, the Kingdom of Byrons, the Kingdom of Tairong, and the Ilibi Confederate States issued a joint statement, and the three countries were officially merged, and the name of the country was changed to "Byrons Empire".

In fact, as early as a year and four months ago, the integration of the Ilibi Kingdom had been completed. Just three months ago, the integration of the Kingdom of Byron with the Kingdom of Tayron, the Kingdom of Ilibi, and the Goblins of Tajon had also been completed. However, the Byrons family did not announce this news, because what the Byrons family needed at this time was not strategic deterrence, but the enemy's initiative to declare war.

As the first side to declare war, the anti-Byronic alliance encirclement network has a good reason, that is, the Byronic alliance is too strong and seriously threatens the survival of other powers. But if it were the Byronic League, they would have no proper casus belli. At that time, the Byronic League will become a bully invader, which will provoke the people of the enemy country to revolt en masse, and greatly increase the difficulty of the conquest of the Byrons family.

If the anti-Byronic coalition encirclement network had taken the initiative to declare war and become the party that provoked the war, then the nature of the war would have been completely different. No matter how strong the Byrons family is, they will not be regarded as aggressors, because it was the anti-Byrons alliance siege network that first declared war. It's like a group of weak children challenging a powerful samurai who doesn't want to reveal their true strength, and being ruthlessly killed by the samurai, people will only think that the group of children are stupid, but they will not blame the samurai for being ruthless.

As the war progresses, the enemy people will gradually lose confidence in the ruler. With each defeat of the coalition forces, the war weariness of the people increases a little. When the people have had enough of the war, they will rise up and overthrow the stupid rulers. As long as one force breaks out into rebellion, it will set off a chain reaction in the siege, which will cause the entire siege to collapse.

If the Byrons family announced the completion of the integration in advance, the members of the anti-Byrons alliance encirclement network would probably be shaken and would not dare to fight. At that time, the Byrons family can only create an excuse for war little by little, and then fight one force after another, until the members of the encirclement network can no longer bear it and take the initiative to declare war on the Byrons family.

This is too risky, and there is a risk of being taken as an aggressor. In order to reduce the overall difficulty of the war, the Byrons family did not announce the news of the completion of the integration, and also released false news such as the integration of the Ilibi countries was not going well, just to lure the siege network to take the initiative to declare war, or to declare war without declaring war.

In fact, after the integration, Maier wanted to continue to use the name "Kingdom of Byrons". However, in view of the peculiarities of his throne, the cabinet ministers collectively suggested that Mel change the name of the country to "Byronic Empire" and change "king" to emperor, and the "royal family" to "royal family".

The word "emperor" in New Esperanto is not derived from the word "marshal", nor is it a new noun that a king took from an ancient legend and combined it. The word "emperor" in New Esperanto means "king of kings" and also means "the overlord of kings". The title of king of the Kingdom of Byron contains four titles, namely the title of King of the Kingdom of Byrons, the title of King of the Kingdom of Tayron, the title of King of the Kingdom of Elibi, and the title of the King of the Elves of Tayron. In order to embody these four titles of king, Mel needed a higher-level title, and the title "Emperor" was clearly the most appropriate.

Now that the title has been changed to "Emperor", it is only natural that the name of the country will also be changed, from a kingdom to an empire. Because according to the naming rules of the New Esperanto, the name of the country is determined by the title of the government and the supreme ruler. In a monarchy, if the title of the supreme ruler is king, then the state is a kingdom; If the title of the supreme ruler is emperor, then the country is an empire.

In fact, culturally speaking, only the Ira people in the New World would clearly distinguish between kingdoms and empires, because their form of government was like this. Other races do not have this concept, for example, a race that has been wiped out has dozens of empires, but their empires are generally not as large as those of the ancient people. It's just that they are a monarchy, and the supreme ruler is the emperor, so the name of the country is the empire.

Some races use the New Esperanto, such as the Dugu people, who refer to their allies as "emperors". Although he is called the "emperor", he is actually just an alliance leader who does not have much real power and has to work hard. Therefore, the state of King Dugu as emperor will not be renamed the empire, because he is still essentially a king, and the emperor is only a temporary title.

Therefore, although they are called "emperors" in the same way, the "emperors" of the Ira, the "emperors" of the Byrons Empire, the "emperors" of the ancient people, and the "emperors" of a certain extinct race are four completely different titles, and their meanings are also completely different. In the same way, the empire of the Ira Empire, the empire of the Byronic Empire, and the empire of a certain extinct race are also three completely different forms of state, which need to be studied separately and cannot be generalized.

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What is the strength of the integrated Byronic Empire?

Since Taeyong Elves don't have a census mechanism, their population is incalculable. Excluding the population of the Tairong elves, the total population of the Byron Empire exceeds 240 million, which is still the largest in the world.

In terms of productivity, excluding the Tajon goblins, which far exceed the modern level, the Byronic Empire can produce 15,000 Ilibi muskets and 2.6 million sets of ammunition per month; Thirty field artillery, ten of which attacked the city first; Field artillery uses 1,100 solid shells, 400 high-explosive shells, 100 howitzer shells, and 5,000 barrels of fixed propellant; First, the city artillery used 500 solid shells, 300 high-explosive shells, 2,300 fixed propellants, and 50 howitzers. This number will gradually increase over time. The production of conventional weapons and equipment can fully meet military needs, and there are sufficient war horses and abundant military rations.

In terms of the military system, before the integration was completed, the Byrons family carried out military reform. Brigade-level units ceased to be temporary, but became full-fledged establishments. Brigade-level units are divided into four formations, namely artillery brigades, musket brigades, regular brigades, and cavalry brigades, each of which is different in size and configuration.

The artillery brigade has two artillery regiments, one engineer regiment, one auxiliary regiment, one battalion directly under the brigade, and one brigade headquarters.

The musket brigade has three musket regiments, one engineer regiment, one auxiliary regiment, one battalion directly under the brigade, and one brigade headquarters.

The regular brigade has three regular regiments, one cavalry regiment, two auxiliary regiments, one battalion directly under the brigade, and one brigade headquarters.

The cavalry brigade has two cavalry regiments, three auxiliary corps, one battalion directly under the brigade, and one brigade headquarters, with a full strength of about 6,000 people, and the logistics are self-managed.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Byronic Empire had reorganized 480 brigades, including 10 artillery brigades, 60 musket brigades, 330 regular brigades, and 80 cavalry brigades, totaling 3.2 million men. There are also 4.1 million units that have not been reorganized, or because all the equipment is not in place, or because the training has not been completed.

Of course, this is a number other than the Taeyong Elf Legion. Before the outbreak of the war, Mair already had forty-five Tairong elf legions, totaling 1.8 million people, and sixty Tairong elf legions in training, totaling 2.4 million people.

On the surface, the number of troops provided by the overpopulous Tayjung Elves may seem too small, but don't forget that under the Elibi-Tayrong Elf military system, it is the female Ilibi officers, not the Tayjung Elves, who determine the number of Tayjung Elves in the Tayyong Elf Legion. If only 40,000 people and the weapons and equipment of one legion can be used to form a Tairong Goblin Legion, then Maier can pull out hundreds of Tairong Goblin Legions in a month.

Moreover, the Tayrong Goblin Legion is a super-modern force, even if they are temporarily smaller in number than the troops of other races, even if the troops of other races are added together, the combat power is multiplied by ten, and it is not comparable to Mayer's existing Tajon Goblin Legion.

At the outbreak of the war, the Byronic Empire had five million combat troops, and the total strength of the Allied Army would exceed five million and three million, including the troops of the Dugu Kingdom in several alliances. The total strength of the encirclement network alliance army is more than six million, and it has a certain advantage in numbers, but its combat power is definitely inferior to that of the alliance army.

In terms of intelligence, the Allied forces have obtained a figure of 8 million coalition troops, which is far more than the actual number. The Allied forces have obtained less than three million Allied troops, which is far lower than the actual number. Because of this, the coalition forces dared to take the initiative to declare war on the Byrons Alliance after learning that the Allied forces possessed two weapons of mass destruction, field artillery and first assault city artillery.

Of course, at present, the Allied forces only know that the Allied forces have field artillery that is easy to deploy, and that the artillery of a large caliber and seems to be accurate to attack the city first, but they do not know that the Allied forces have high-explosive shells and shrapnel shells. If they knew about the existence of these two shells, they would never have declared war on the Byrons League unless their brains were caught in the door.