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- Queciadini (Italian Renaissance icon)

The leaders of the five major families in the southern realm, this time, taking the opportunity of the Bai family's newly born two sword saints, gathered in the secret envoy of the Bai Mansion;

According to the custom, the heads of the five major families in the south would meet in secret every three years, but in the past, the meeting place was in San Sebastian of the Dragon family, and this was the first time that the meeting was held outside the secret room of the Dragon Mansion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it has only been more than two years since the last meeting, but the situation in our southern border is getting more and more serious. Long Teng, who was sitting in the first place, took the lead in saying these words to the other three family heads and Bai Haotian.

"Duke, it's not that we don't know the severity of the situation, it's that we really can't do anything!" Li Mubai, who was the weakest, couldn't help but complain: "Our family sent fourteen applications to the imperial capital to expand the army in two years, but they were all rejected!"

"So is our family. The Romanov beside Li Mubai chimed in: "Among the barbarians in the barbarian land, the powerful Roman City and the Eastern Alliance have newly risen, and we can't even carry out the simplest war of military expansion. ”

"As far as I know, the newly rising Eastern Alliance, their tentacles of influence have extended to only two hundred miles from our southern border, and if we don't prepare early, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control the situation in the future. Sun Kui, who has a calm personality, analyzed truthfully.

"I also think that the expansion of the barbarian power should not be underestimated, after all, their hatred with us cannot be solved by non-military means. Bai Haotian, who finally spoke, pointed to the map on the table and said, "Think about the origin of our southern border, it is not the territory of the empire. ”

"It is true that the southern border was not the territory of the empire before, but now it is an inseparable part of the empire!" Long Teng, whose face was full of determination, said in a sonorous and powerful tone: "Even if the empire wants to abandon the southern border, we will defend the southern border to the last man!"

"Duke, is there any rumor from the Empire?" The other four people who realized that Long Teng had something to say looked at each other and focused on Long Teng, while Bai Haotian frowned and asked.

"Alas......" After a long sigh, Long Tengcai explained helplessly: "I got two pieces of news from Duke Patel last month, and only then did I know the reason why the empire does not support our army expansion, and we will only be able to rely on ourselves in the south in the future. ”

Long Teng's attitude made Bai Haotian and the others feel a little uneasy, and after thinking for a while, Romanov asked Long Teng in an uncertain tone: "Duke, is the Sunset Fortress once again invaded by the Orc Empire?"

Hearing Romanov's question, the other three also turned their eyes to Long Teng, but Long Teng gave a reply that shocked everyone: "Not only the Orc Empire invaded Sunset Fortress, but the northern steppe tribes also launched a southern invasion war against the Empire. ”

"How is it possible?!" Li Mubai, who exclaimed in surprise, ignored the red wine that was overturned in front of his table, and said directly to Long Teng eagerly: "The grassland tribes have no border with the orc empire at all, how can they unite to attack the empire?"

"They didn't unite, it was just a war between the Orc Empire and the Empire, and as a result, the Empire's decision-making mistakes provoked conflicts between the steppe tribes and the Empire, which in turn led to a war between the Turkic tribes in the steppe tribes and the Empire. ”

"The empire's decision-making mistakes?" Bai Haotian on the side wondered: "What kind of decision-making of the empire can be wrong enough to cause a war? Moreover, it is still at war with the orc empire to trigger a war with the grassland tribes, how can His Majesty the Emperor be so unwise?"

"Yes. Sun Kui, who was becoming more and more dissatisfied, echoed: "With the strength of the empire, it is not a problem to deal with the orc empire or the grassland tribes alone, but at the same time to start a war with these two powerful enemies, isn't this forcing the empire to use all its forces?"

"Brother Sun, what you think is too simple. Long Teng took out a map of the territory of the Celestial Dragon Empire from his spatial ring, pointed to the northern border of the Celestial Dragon Empire and the Sunset Fortress near the Sunset Mountain Range in the east on the map, and analyzed:

"Since the start of the war with the Orc Empire, in addition to the 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd legions of the Empire stationed in the Sunset Fortress, the 22nd, 23rd, and 26th legions of the Empire near the Sunset Fortress have all rushed to reinforce them.

The 80,000 troops of the entire eight legions, plus the 50,000 supplementary recruits sent by the Imperial Military Department, and with the help of the perfect defense system of the Sunset Fortress, they could barely withstand the attack of the 200,000 troops of the Orc Empire, and they were unable to repel the army of the Orc Empire.

As for the border areas in the north of the empire, the 4th, 6th, 8th, 14th, 17th, 18th, and 19th legions stationed on the northern border could only be stationed in their own provinces, and the six new legions transferred to the north were only stationed in the Tianhe fortress.

The steppe Turkic tribes that invaded the north had more than 200,000 cavalry, and the empire's garrison corps scattered in seven northern provinces plus six reinforcement corps, with only 130,000 infantry, could only passively defend against the attack of the Turkic tribes. ”

"What about the three major knight orders and the four super legions of the empire, as well as the garrisons in other places?" As soon as Long Teng's words fell, Romanov, who was the best at commanding troops in battle, asked urgently: "Why don't these troops hurry up to reinforce the border and settle the war?"

"No one can be mobilized without the order of His Majesty the Emperor, the Praetorian Legion of the four super legions is the garrison of the imperial capital, and the other three super legions can only be mobilized by order of His Majesty the Emperor, and the Minister of War **Duke can only mobilize the standing legion. ”

Long Teng, who took the trouble to explain to everyone, didn't even have a chance to stop for a minute and heard Sun Kui ask again: "There are eight standing legions concentrated in the Sunset Fortress, and thirteen standing legions are concentrated on the northern border, so what about the remaining eleven standing legions in the empire?"

"Brother Sun, you are in a hurry. This time, without Long Teng's explanation, Li Mubai interjected: "Of the eleven remaining standing legions, we have five legions in the south, and there are actually only six legions that the empire can mobilize. ”

Of the six remaining legions, two are stationed on the border between the Empire and the Whitehorse Kingdom, one on the border between the Empire and the Realm of Chaos, and three on the border between the Empire and the Deman Kingdom and the Rhine Merchant Alliance.

Whether it is the five legions in our southern border or the six legions in other border areas, these legions are the armies that the empire must not use, and once these legions are transferred, then it is very likely that the empire will not face a two-front battle!"

Hearing Duke Longteng's explanation, the family masters in the secret room remained silent without saying a word, they really didn't expect that the situation in the empire had collapsed to such an extent, so why didn't the empire use the super legion and the knights?

Of course, compared with this question, they are more puzzled by what kind of decision-making mistakes have led to the current situation of the Empire's two-front warfare? Could it be that the decision-makers of the Empire have not taken into account what the two-front war means to the Empire?