Chapter 20: The Great Hengcheng Conference
Zheng Bin and Qi Mi were named by Cheng Lei as the "Base Construction General Headquarters", almost except for the training of soldiers and fighting, most of the other things are under the control of this general headquarters, and Qi Mi also serves as the head of the residential area, and the deputy head of the district is served by that Bailey.
Although Qi Mi may not be able to go to the residential area for a few days, everything in the residential area must be reported to him. At this time, he set a rule for Bailey, if Bailey did not report various things to Qi Mi, Qi Mi would warn and even punish him in his own way.
The residential area is now well managed by Qi Mi and Bailey, and the thousands of acres of land to the east of the base have been completely reclaimed by the refugees in the residential area who are now the civilians of the base after they were assigned to them by the Duke of Dozan.
In the process of reclamation, some residents found that there was a phenomenon of oozing oil on the ground, although it was not very much, but it also attracted Cheng Lei's attention. After a while, if the war is over or when it subsides, he will go to the West to find professionals to explore whether there is really oil in this area.
The inhabitants have now grown a season of food, and although the yield is not high, they are barely able to meet the standard of self-sufficiency. They were all forced from the southwesternmost part of the Scorching Sun Federation to this easternmost place by drought, and now they can eat enough, and the absence of war is their greatest hope.
According to those who have recently been to the southwest, it has become part of the southern battlefield after the famine and the invasion of Balono. Now it is thousands of miles away, and it is not possible to meet a living person after walking for more than ten miles, and this refers to ordinary people.
The residents were amazed when they heard this. After all, it is their hometown, and they feel sorry for their hometown. But they all have no worries about their food and clothing now. I feel very happy to have land to grow and to eat. Compared to those who lost their lives in famine and war. They are indeed happy.
It was the Lion King Base that gave them the capital to live, and it was the Lion King Army that became their guarantee and dependence. Therefore, the civilians in the entire residential area are all grateful to Cheng Lei and the Lion King Army, and now they have completely regarded the Lion King Base as their home, if the Lion King Base is in trouble now, they will protect the safety of the base even if they risk their lives.
These are those ordinary people, they are simple and kind, and if they give them some favors, they will do everything possible to repay them. Of course, the Lion King Army gave them more than a little favor, so they cherished the Lion King Army as much as they cherished their own lives.
The information of Daheng City and the information of Silverstone City arrived on the same day. When the Sabins Corps reached more than 100 kilometers west of Daheng City, it was ambushed by 3,000 cavalry of Daheng City. The loss of nearly 1,000 men in the Sabes Corps overnight was a great trauma. Moreover, due to the defeat of the Serenf Corps before, the soldiers of the Scybins Corps also had a fear of the "steel monsters" in the last war, and after the "baptism" of the cavalry of Daheng City, they lost a lot of people, and all the officers and soldiers were war-weary, because they felt that the land of Daheng City was a curse, and the death curse of all the Baronou troops.
Commander Sabbins was losing his temper in his command at this time: "How can you let the morale be so low, where is the arrogance in the southern battlefield in the first place? Tell you again and again that you must maintain your morale. You must maintain morale, but look at it, now those soldiers are wilting all day long, will they go down to fight Daheng City in this state? ”
One of the battalion commanders stiffened his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander. The soldiers were also so sluggish after hearing about the defeat of the Serenfu Corps. After that day, so many people were killed and killed by the sneak attack, although we also killed and wounded many enemies, but it still had a great impact on our morale. ”
Sabbins became angrier and said, "If something goes wrong, you need to find the cause in yourself." To emphasize what to do on those objective grounds! Are you blind to me? Don't I know those little ninety-nines in your hearts? One by one, you guys are trying to use morale to discourage me, and you're scared of running into those steel monsters! ”
"Tell you. To be honest, I'm scared too! But the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, since we have eaten this bowl of rice. Then we have to be worthy of our jobs. Also, fighting for the Balen'ou Empire, the southern battlefield is now in a stalemate, and if the eastern battlefield can't open up the situation again, the domestic hawks who support our army will step down. At that time, it's impossible to say whether those of us who are soldiers will be able to eat! ”
Another battalion commander asked, "Hasn't the domestic trend passed some time ago?" ”
Sebins said with a serious face: "It doesn't hurt to tell you something, the trend of some time ago does seem to have passed. I heard from the commander of the higher corps that although the murder of the conservative bigwig has been decided, the conservatives are now seeking support from the West, and many Western empires, including the World Federation, have become disgusted with this war, because the war has greatly affected their interests in the East. ”
"Although the domestic government is still actively mediating, if this war cannot be won, not only the domestic hawks, but also those of us who participated in the war will become the sinners of Baren'o! Although Baron'ou was strong, he could not win a war of any size, and the consequences were unimaginable. ”
The camp leaders all looked thoughtful, and they were also planning for their own interests. However, in front of Sebins, they all looked excited, shouting that they must reorganize their morale after they go back, boost the morale of the soldiers, and make a deep reflection on the incident of being raided by the cavalry of Daheng City, and it must become a sharp sword inserted into the heart of Daheng City!
After the battalion commanders dispersed, Sebins fell into deep thought. The current situation is very bad, although those battalion commanders say good things, who knows what they really think in their hearts! Even Sebins himself did not have a bottom in his heart, according to intelligence, there were thousands of troops in the city of Daheng. If the Sabins Legion wants to take the Great Heng City, it is simply impossible to accomplish it.
Sebins immediately made the decision to report the attack. And in addition to the 3,000 cavalry, the army sent by Daheng City will also add many of those "steel monsters". In this way, the superior corps commanders who are still in the southern battlefield will not be so harsh on him, after all, they have encountered those unknown and dangerous guys. It is said that after the retreat of the Serenfu Corps, a few hundred men remained and returned to the southern battlefield. Under Serenf's strong explanation, although he was removed from all positions, he was not killed after all.
If it were another time, I am afraid that there would be only one fate after the fiasco of Serenf, and that would be to send him to a military court and then pronounce the death penalty!
What Sebins is quite puzzled about now is that he did not see the iron-based tribe that made the Serenfu army sink into the army, and the vast grassland in front of him was deserted until the city of Daheng. Where did the iron-based tribe go? Although Sebins was a little glad that they didn't show up, he was still afraid of what he would do if the Tieji tribe suddenly appeared and came to the aid of Daheng City! After all, the iron-based tribe is the real reason for the demise of the Serenfu Legion!
Lion King Base, Headquarters.
Cheng Lei got the news that Dahengcheng had fought with the commander of the Sabes Corps and was victorious. He was very happy in his heart, after all, now that the status of the Lion King Army in the Liedong Federation had been completely determined, if Daheng City was really broken by Balunou, then I am afraid that it would be another world, and the Balunou people would definitely not be as easy to talk as Mo Geda.
The second piece of bad news was bad news, the Barono army west of Silverstone and the captured army of the former Sun City they had gathered had exceeded 20,000.
The strength of the Liedong Federation on the side of Silverstone City was less than 20,000 in total, and the casualties on both sides were heavy after several major battles. However, there was a steady stream of reinforcements on the Baron'ou side, and they could not use the captives they had previously contained. However, the Liedong Federation has no troops to replenish at all, and the threat to Daheng City is also very great. There is no room to send troops to Silverstone again.
The Great Heng City had not received any money from the city-states until now, because Mo Goda only wanted to let others share his power after the war. Now Daheng City is only relying on the strength of one city to fight against the army of Balunou, and the financial and material resources can no longer keep up, and now there is no ability to continue to recruit troops. Because their financial resources are already insufficient, the cost of this is not planned at all.
Mo Geda had no choice but to issue a convening order, summoning all the military forces in the Liedong Federation to Daheng City for a meeting. It is planned to draw a part of the army from the various military forces and put it into the two battlefields, and the Lion King Base is naturally among these military forces.
Of course, Cheng Lei was unwilling to send troops to charge Mo Geda. However, their Lion King base is indeed in the territory of the Liedong Federation now. Although Mo Geda did not have jurisdiction over the Lion King Base at all, Cheng Lei also knew that if he did not go to this meeting. If you don't help Mo Geda, you will be under strong public opinion pressure from the Liedong Federation.
These public opinion pressures are now under the rapid development of the Lion King Base can not bear, under the pressure of the fear that those big commercial banks and all aspects of the forces do not dare to cooperate with the Lion King Base temporarily. At that time, Cheng Lei and they will become alone, although they are now rich in food and various materials, but they can't bear so many people to eat and chew, if the nearby cities dare not provide all kinds of materials to the Lion King base, their lives will be very sad.
Of course, Cheng Lei found Zheng Bin to discuss with him, Zheng Bin looked at Cheng Lei, who was at a loss, and only said one sentence that made him pause, that is: "Recruitment!" ”
What does this mean? At present, there are a lot of refugees and defeated soldiers from the cities near Sun City who have fled to the Liedong Federation, and most of these people are still struggling to survive. The army that recruited them for urgent training, and then sent to Daheng City as the base of the Lion King, must not be able to say anything to anyone.
They immediately sent a team of nearly 100 people to all the cities of the Liedong Federation to search for those refugees and defeated soldiers. Especially those defeated soldiers, they are used to being soldiers all day long, and now even if they are given a piece of land to solve the problem of eating, they can't do it. People who are used to holding the barrel of a gun and let them get a hoe again, such a big change can't be changed for a while. What's more, they are outsiders from the Liedong Federation, who can be so merciful to give them land to plant?
Some time ago, after the large-scale cement plant of the Lion King Base was fully launched, the Lion King Base can be said to be making money every day. Because most of the cement needed to build that deadly fortress in the country of Itos alone was provided to them by the cement factory of the Lion King Base, at least for a long time in the future, the Lion King Base will no longer worry about financial resources.
Speaking of being able to sell cement to the country of Itos, it is thanks to Xing Chenghui, although some unpleasant things happened to him and Cheng Lei, but he still has the right to sell cement. Now the demand for goods in other places is not large, and Xing Chenghui has a deep-rooted network in the country of Yitos, so he easily sold most of the cement produced by the Lion King base to the country of Yitos.
After Balunou cut off the road to the west, Xingjiamen's oil mining business has been cut off, and now cement has become the main source of income for Xingjiamen, and there is no one. Xing Chenghui has often come to the Lion King base to talk to Cheng Lei recently, and Cheng Lei is of course very happy, because he knows the truth that many friends have multiple roads.
Two days later, Cheng Lei came to Daheng City for a meeting as a representative of the Lion King Base. It was the first time he had come to a city-state other than Silver Tower City, and the architectural style of Daheng City was no different from Silver Tower City, except that Daheng City was much larger and more prosperous than Silver Tower City. The crowds of people coming and going at the gate of the city are endless, which is also the reason why many people in some large and small villages in the north of Daheng City want to enter and leave Daheng City.
Cheng Lei sat in a command vehicle, and then the guard platoon went to Daheng City in an armored personnel carrier. When he arrived at the gate of Daheng City, Cheng Lei got out of the car, because he saw that the city gate was under martial law due to their arrival, and everyone was forbidden to enter and exit. The common people had gathered a mile or two away to watch them and whisper something.
Jin Jie led someone to greet him from the city gate, and he was very enthusiastic as soon as he met: "Mr. Cheng, I miss it very much after saying goodbye last time." I didn't expect you to come to the meeting in person, I thought it would be good if you could send Mr. Zheng here! You've worked hard all the way! ”
Cheng Lei thought to himself that this kid was really considerate enough to speak, no wonder Mo Geda could make him the number two person in the military department of the Liedong Federation, the chief of the general staff! Cheng Lei immediately smiled and said: "Chief of General Staff Jin, you have to greet you personally, and you should work hard for the cause of the Federation!" ”
Jin Jie despised Cheng Lei's words very much from the bottom of his heart, how can it be much more comfortable to come in a car than to ride a horse, this Cheng Lei is really not modest, and he climbed up the pole! (To be continued.) )