The Epsommiton region is located between the second and third waterfalls of the Naura River, and is already geographically located in the central part of the Yaqui country. Although Yaqui's main economic region is the vast plains of the lower Naura River, the rushing waters of the Naura River still bring life to the cities in the central region, and although the farmland here is not as fertile as that of the upper and lower regions, the area around Epsommilton is still the richest in the central Yaqui region.

The people here have always been well-fed and clothed, and the nobility has become extravagant. If it weren't for the fact that Yaki's frequent wars with Arubania gradually scavenged the land of its wealth, life would have been quite pleasant.

However, since Dils sent a large army of thieves, King Kadir III of Aki sent a large army to conquer but failed, which not only dampened Aki's spirit, but also caused the Epsommiton region to suffer huge losses - because the army passed through during the last expedition, Epsmilton, as the richest region in the central region, had to provide food and grass for the army, which made the already stretched Epsmilton finances even worse, and the nobles refused to lower their extravagant living standards, for which the people of Epsommiton complained, Officials are in a hurry. Fortunately, after the last defeat, Kadir temporarily died down and began to restore the domestic economy, after this period of recovery, Epsmilton finally eased up, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, Kadir this time again to conquer the Dils Mountains, and prepared to use the tactics of luring the enemy into the depths, set the battlefield on the Kulbaden fortress and the line of Mujili, where he was ready to use Yaqui's proud charioteers to defeat the main force of the thief army in one fell swoop. For this reason, Epsommilton suffered another attack: although the supply line was shorter this time, it increased the burden on the charioteers. A chariot requires two horses to pull, plus a samurai on the chariot. and equipped war slaves, the scale of their supply is larger than the last time. And this time the strategy is to defend and counterattack, if the thief army is not fooled and takes the initiative to attack, then it is still unknown how much supplies will be provided to this army. At present, the entire Epsommiton region has been turned upside down, and the main force of the Yaggee army has just passed through here to Kulubadon, collecting a large amount of food along the way, and then continuing to provide food and grass for this army, but the granary of Epsommiton is not a magical warehouse that can be constantly reborn, and the dwindling inventory makes the administrator Bodkar have a headache.

At 42 years old, Bodeka is a modest civil servant who can be the chief executive of either side at this age. Not only proved his own ability, but also because he was lucky enough.

Before the age of forty, Bodka was already known at the Yaqui court for his ability to handle finances, but he was not promoted to the official position, and he remained stagnant for more than a decade. However, Bodka did not complain like ordinary people, and he knew that Yaki was an official, and he understood that it would be more difficult for him to go further because of his low background, so he just worked hard to do his job, and finally won the favor of Prime Minister Usubu.

Fortune finally favored Bodecka, the last time he conquered the thieves. Usub made him the governor of the Epsommiton region, and because Usub saw his excellent execution skills, he chose the depressed Bodka in order to provide adequate supplies for the army. To this end, Bodka did his best to do everything he could, and until he was completely surrounded by Li Tianhao, the food of the expeditionary troops was always very sufficient. As a result, Bodelka escaped accountability after the incident.

To this day, Bodka's troubles make him regret his luck. There is only one reason why Bodka is so depressed, and that is the choice of commander this time - Tulayan, the son of Prime Minister Usubu.

I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate. Tulayan was the same age as Bodeka, but from birth, the noble son embarked on a completely opposite path to Bodeka. than bumping along the way. Bodka, who climbed to this point with difficulty, Tulayan in his life. The honor and status fighter who dedicated his hands to him became Yaki's general at a young age, although he himself can only be classified as a second-rate level at best in terms of martial arts and command ability, in the many wars he has experienced, there are people who deliberately send him the rich fruits of victory to be gently plucked by him, and all defeats have nothing to do with him, because the defeat is caused by the ineffectiveness of other generals, so Tulayan can really be called the only undefeated general in Yaki's army. Although everyone had a lot of complaints about this son and brother behind their backs, no one dared to openly express such doubts due to Usubu's power, so Kadir could not prevent Tulayan's status from rising. However, Bodeka was still puzzled by the appointment of Tulayan as commander, and it was impossible for King Qadir not to know that Tulayan was a vain general, and that the sending of Tulayan as the commander of the expedition against the thieves was due to Qadir's absolute confidence in the Yaki charioteers, or did he hope to use this unreliable commander to attract the thieves to attack? Or was Qadir planning to hide him by making Tulayan the number one commander of Yaki after his victory? Or did Qadir intend to weaken Usubu's power by allowing Tulayan to defeat the battle?

No matter how he reasoned, Bodka found himself unconvinced. However, compared to the consideration of this political position, it is still how to allocate food supplies for this army is more of a headache for him. This time, Yaki dispatched 200,000 troops, including 3,000 chariot troops, although this army has not yet all been drawn to the front line, but at present, more than half of the troops have reached the front line of the Kurubadon fortress, and the daily consumption of grain alone is as high as more than 300,000 servings, plus the consumption of cattle, horses, and slaves who transport these grains, the number is like a snowball. This number would be doubled once all the troops were in place, so Bodeka's most important consideration every day was where else he could mobilize food.

And the pompous gentleman Tulayan did not forget to give Bodeka a "generous gift" when he passed by Epsmilton: needless to say, the money and food wasted by the grand welcome party were not to mention, Tulayan's own 500 guards caused more than 100 cases of rape of folk girls in the local area, including the incident of rape and then murder, and Tulayan himself was not far behind and did a bad thing with the eleven goddess officials who served the moon god Kongs, and all this mess was naturally lost to Bodeka to clean up the aftermath.

The only good news was that Dils' thief army had indeed begun to move, and was marching with all their might to encircle Balmer and march on Giti. Although the attack came sooner than expected, it was a good thing for Bodeka, as ending the war quickly would free him from heavy work. This is also somewhat a reflection of Bodeka's perception that being in the rear of the war is not his business.

Just as Bodka continued his life-and-death battle with numbers and paperwork, another piece of news came. The news came as a bit of a surprise to Bodecka: the towns in the western part of the Epsommiton region had found traces of barbarian activity.

Because of the wealth of the Epsommiton region, it has long been the target of barbarian raids, but it is also because of the wealth of Epsommiton that a large number of forts have been constructed, for the barbarians who are small in number and not good at siege, although they covet the wealth in these forts but are helpless, in the past records, the barbarian raids on the Epsommiton region are numerous, but only a handful can win. Especially in the period since Bodecka took office, the barbarians have disappeared, so the signs of the barbarians' activities, and at this point in time, somewhat make Bodecka a little nervous. As a civilian, he was a complete amateur in warfare, so he didn't want to overstep his bounds, and after understanding the situation, he completely entrusted this matter to the military commander in charge of the garrison. The commander in charge of the garrison clearly had a strong desire to make a contribution, and soon gathered most of the city's army and marched westward. Although he felt that this was a bit too fussful, since he had been given carte bnctuary, it was inconvenient for Bodeka to say anything.

The bad news came on the morning of the third day, all the troops that attacked had been annihilated by the barbarians, and eight of the western towns had already been captured by the barbarians! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued......)