One person counts short, and everyone counts long.

This sentence may be controversial, you can cite Zhuge Qin Demon, a colonel nicknamed Tinker Bell, or a lonely Hou who is as lonely as snow in life to prove that one person's wisdom can crush sentient beings.

However, it is indeed difficult to cite a counterexample to the saying that one person is poor and the strength of many people is rising.

Under the pressure of the tribe, Alex. Barov forcibly pushed through the all-out war mobilization order.

Not only able-bodied men of the right age, but even able-bodied peasant women were recruited in a centralized manner.

Contrary to what some might think, it was not the peasants and craftsmen who were sent to the front to the front, nor the peasant women who were stuffed with a hammer and pitchfork to work, but the nobles who did not belong to the Barov faction.

As the residents of Hilbride, who were the hardest hit by the war, they had a first-hand experience of the atrocities of the orcs, and the civilians who were forced to leave their homes did not care whether they were forcibly recruited by the Barov family, nor did they care about the rumors that the nobles had circulated in private.

What was once a slave of the Barov family, a slave all his life.

Everyone is not stupid, in this period of endless war, it is already a matter of good fortune that the lord in the castle is willing to care about your life and death, and he has something to eat when he joins the mobilization corps.

As for what happened after the war, you said that I was a slave, I was a slave, and I wouldn't run?

No matter how brutal the people of the Barov family are, they can't compare to the orcs who can eat people!

The common people have the most realistic and snobbish judgments, which makes the opponents of the Barov family somewhat helpless.

Controlling the people of the whole country is a very fulfilling thing, but it is also a very dangerous thing.

If they are left idle, there will inevitably be chaos.

If there is no food supply, they will rebel.

But they are given food and drink every day. Definitely not a small amount.

Although the Tarummere region was one of the hardest hit by the fighting, Bryll and Daronkel were still able to farm, and the alpine pastures and highland farms were able to produce normally.

Although there is a big problem with the overall grain reserves of the Alterac Kingdom, the grain in the territory of the Barov family is actually rich.

Add to that the empty promise of the Kingdom of Quel'Salas to allow the royal family of Alterac to buy grain.

The Grand Duke of Alex Regent, who had grain in hand, suppressed all the voices of opponents with a tough stance.

If you don't work, you can't eat, and all materials are planned to be supplied during the war, and those who do not respond to the all-out war mobilization order of the Alterac Kingdom are guilty of treason.

Under these three principles: The kingdom of Alterac flexes its muscles on a three-legged square table.

In the past, the lord wanted to recruit the people to build something, but it was difficult, and the people were all kinds of prevarication.

Now, do you want to eat?

Work.

Want to stay alive?

Obedient.

In special times, with special means, the kingdom of Alterac showed a kind of morbid prosperity.

Cities have been renovated, roads have been repaired, and mountain passes have been re-maintained. The wasteland has been reclaimed, the stones of the gravel field have been swept away, and the mountain lions that plagued the four wilds in the past have been hunted in a planned way.

In order to survive, Alterac's people numb themselves with an uncomfortable energy that they don't do anything.

"Carlos, you've pushed the family to a dead end."

In the Regency Hall, after dismissing the official guards, Alex said to his son tiredly.

"Even if we spring plough on time, until the first crops are ripe. It also takes four months. But our food reserves are only enough for two months. If there is going to be a big battle, then the consumption will be greater. There is no difference between a hungry refugee and a ferocious beast. Carlos, if you don't solve this problem, you will become a joke and you will lose that crown. ”

Alex actually did not approve of the all-out war mobilization plan from the beginning, and the Barov family, who held Brill, would be the winner as long as they always stood with the alliance.

Especially after the war. Food is scarce, and the Barov family, with its grain production area far from the war, will become a guest of all nobles.

But Alex couldn't argue that the all-out war mobilization order was indeed the quickest way to consolidate his son's authority.

So far, so good. And it will be good for two months.

"Father, do you know? I have a hunch that this war is about to reach a turning point. ”

Carlos stood at the window, looking at the distant landscape from a high vantage point.

"You mean the big battle in half a month? Ha, for more than a year, have there been fewer such big battles? There were many deaths on both sides, but the war continued. ”

Alex mocked the incompetence of the alliance with impunity without outsiders.

"Father, the tribe is not as strong as it thinks. They also have **, and they also have power struggles within themselves. Praise Anduin. Lothar, I think the alliance will last at least a year, and the orcs will definitely have problems before us. ”

Carlos's voice seemed a little distant, as if his body was here, and his soul had risen into the sky and was looking down on all beings.

"That's a good point, but it's pointless, we only have enough food for two months. The all-out war mobilization order is both a weapon and a shackle. Originally, we could have left those people alone, but once we responded to the call, we had to fill their bellies. ”

Alex was not interested in judging the general situation, because the Grand Duke was already exhausted by the tedious work.

"Father, we can't save everyone."

"Then you still ......"

Alex was interrupted by Carlos before he could finish.

"Because they have to save themselves."

"What do you mean?"

Alex seemed to understand a little, but he wasn't sure what his son was talking about.

"In this battle, Alterac will take on all combat missions in the central area of Hillbride."

"You want to!"

Alex's eyes widened suddenly, could it be that his son wanted to send the soldier to death!

"Yes, I'm going to create established facts. It's not just Tarummere, it's time to take the best of Hillbride into Alterac's possession. ”

Alex felt weird, happy that his son had not become so brutal and numb, and regretful that his son had not become so cold-blooded and ruthless.

"However, the food problem has not been solved."

Alex emphasized the issue with a frown.

"Quel'Salas's promise has reassured the people, but I am not optimistic."

"Father, I'm not optimistic either, I'm afraid that Quel'Salas is going to make a big mess."

Carlos tugged at his facial muscles and laughed.

"So, how are you going to solve the problem at hand?"

"Of course, the wise and wise Highness Terenus."

"Huh, that guy who seems to be generous and never loses money in business?"

Alex's teasing of Tyrenus also made Carlos laugh.

"Yes, father, the status of the family has changed, the surrounding environment has changed, the times, have changed. We have what Terenus wants, and he will do whatever we want. ”

Alex frowned in thought, then burst into rage.

"Rebel! Brill must not give Tyrenus! ”

"Swap Anhador and his daughter for Briel, plus at least 100,000 people enough food for a year, do you think Terenas will be exchanged?"

Carlos asked sincerely.

"Don't think about it...... Let me... Think about it. ”

Hearing his son's words, Alex calms down from his rage and falls into deep thought.

There was a knock at the door.

"Enter."

Carlos spoke.

After the door opened, the old butler Lusen. Sakhoff bowed to the two masters.

"The royal mage has sent word that Miss Illucia has arrived. Also accompanying him was Gianna. Ms. Prodmoor. ”

Carlos shuddered inexplicably. (To be continued......)