Although the Wolf and Weissbach families have declared war, it is not the Wolf family that says "I want to fight you" today and will push the gate of Mingxing City tomorrow.

In the semi-feudal and semi-industrial HRE Empire, the preparation for war was still relatively long. First, it was a righteous and bright declaration of war, and then it began to concentrate military forces in a wartime state, mainly mobilizing the huge group of vassals and knights under him, especially the extraordinary forces among them.

Before the war is declared, of course, the rumors will be released in advance, so that his subordinates can make at least pre-war preparations, such as material transfers and personnel transfers.

It's just that the principalities within HRE are not highly centralized after all, and undeclared wars such as Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II still can't do it after all, and the forces are too scattered.

Wolff is preparing for the game, and Weissbach is also preparing for the game. The rumors of the civil war have been let go for so long, and the chips in the opponents of both sides have long done basic statistics.

As soon as the war was declared, the lords in various places quickly recruited troops, and the physically strong lords were pulled out to form a militia, and the transcendents in the territory had already been recruited in advance.

The Physics Transcendent was assigned to the commando team as a captain, responsible for leading the ordinary militia in a battlefield charge; Some of the powerful physics departments and most of the psychic transcendents are grouped separately as special knife units to perform special tasks on the battlefield, such as gathering fire or sniping.

Of course, those who were incorporated into the army were all low-level transcendents, and high-ranking transcendents had long been treated as guests by the lords. Those who are willing to be generals are granted military authority to lead the team, and those who are unwilling to stay in the lord's mansion as a guest secretary, and then take action depending on the situation when necessary.

All of them were promised noble titles and fiefs, as long as the opposite family was killed, a large part of the cake of the plundered territories and subjects would belong to these transcendentals, even His Majesty the Emperor could not put their beaks, these people were destined to become the first transcendent nobles to rise by war in the country.

In addition to the strength within the territory, foreign aid is of course also indispensable. The major mercenary groups, swordsman regiments, and the military forces of some neighboring principalities were recruited at considerable prices.

At this time, of course, there is no need to be stingy with honorarium, after all, once you lose the civil war, you will almost inevitably go bankrupt, so that from Carinthia to Italy and Canada, the road security has improved a lot for a while, and what bandits and bandits in the past have now "abandoned evil and turned to good" and turned into xx mercenary groups to participate in the war.

"How does Lord Asker feel?" Looking at the soldiers training in the camp outside the city, Ludwig asked earnestly.

Brother-in-law or something, the previous misunderstanding was really embarrassing, and I won't say much after I understand it. However, the recognition of the Duke of Bavaria and His Excellency the Demigod seemed to regard this young man as a new generation of military talent, so Ludwig's attitude towards him was a little less warm, more respectful and admiring.

"Pretty much." Asker looked at the soldiers who were methodically conducting the detachment and gave a "decent" assessment.

There is a huge difference in individual strength in this world, so the source of troops is relatively good and bad. Recruits who have just enlisted in the army will be pulled by the recruiting officer to do the "** strength test", which is nothing more than running laps (testing endurance) and unarmed attacks (testing explosiveness).

Even for ordinary people at lv.0, there is a significant difference in the amount of extraordinary strength in their bodies. People in the city usually have a lower level of strength, and the more poor and remote places in the countryside, the higher the level of strength.

Asker even saw a hunter from the Akhnow Mountains, and with two punches, he deflated the iron stake with the thickness of his thighs, which was obviously mixed up by fighting extraordinary creatures in the mountains since he was a child, although he was not a level of transcendental, but in terms of pure ** strength, it was almost the same as the transcendent of lv.6.

Anyone with a strength less than lv.4 belongs to the so-called ordinary people, and will be incorporated into the regular army by the Weissbach family, and will be issued with a set of cloth armor with better defense than nothing, a HR100 assault rifle made by HR100, the most widely used in the mainland (similar to AK47 in reality, cheap and durable), and a 7.62mm bullet belt.

The role of the regular army is to go to the battlefield with a spear and make a sudden attack, no matter what level of enemy is rushing from the opposite side, just aim at the sudden attack, and leave life and death to fate.

** If the strength is higher than lv.4, it is more difficult to kill with a few bullets, and it belongs to the higher-level elite soldier sequence. In addition to HR100 assault rifles and ammunition, rudimentary and heavy body armor, ballistic shields and military steel longswords were also issued.

The battlefield task of this kind of elite soldier is to charge with a bulletproof shield, rush to the enemy's position against the opponent's sudden attack, and then annihilate the enemy's living force.

Due to the advantages in equipment and **, it is more difficult to kill them with an ordinary rifle in the case of hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, the battle between elite soldiers fighting conventional armies or guns is to pick up cold weapons and cut each other, anyway, both sides have strong ** that bullets can't penetrate, so just take the sword and cut it up, whoever has stronger physical fitness will survive.

Because of this, the formula for war in this world is far more complex than our real world. The mutual firing of hot weapons in the conventional army also follows the Lancaster battle equation, and the cold weapon combat of elite soldiers depends more on the quality of the soldiers, coupled with the intervention of extraordinary people with various bells and whistles, making the war extremely treacherous and changeable, this second occupies an absolute advantage, and the next second may be suddenly overturned, it is not impossible.

"Speaking of which, how is the quality of your soldiers? Compared to the other side? Asker asked.

"I'm not boasting, I definitely have more elite soldiers in Bavaria." Ludwig said, "After all, the Burgundian side, in the Tertiary period, was the so-called Extra-Mountain, Intra-Mountain Gaul, which was conquered by the ancient Solomon Republic very early. ”

"Now their civilization is more developed, the economy is richer, and the relative quality of the military resources is worse, and my Bavaria was only developed at the end of the Quaternary period, so it must have an advantage in this regard."

"In other words, they are more numerous and well-equipped, and the quality of the soldiers on your side is stronger." Asker concluded.

"Pretty much." Ludwig said with a smile.

He invited Asker to come to the parade and ask for his opinion, of course, not really to ask for advice, but just to put on a show and convey the attitude of the war to the other side.

Asker, of course, knew that in his heart. In the main plot of the original game, the emperor's camp won the civil war in the end, so the exchange and temptation of Ludwig also generously expressed his optimistic expectations for the war, which made Ludwig feel at ease.

"Actually, I'm not worried about a civil war with the Wolfs." Aske said frankly, "The key is that after winning the Wolf family, His Majesty the Emperor's prestige will reach its peak, and the next step is to go south to use troops, right?" ”

Going south and using troops against the Holy See can be regarded as a traditional art of the HRE Empire. During the reign of the current emperor and his father, he took advantage of the "Thirteen Noble Rebellions" in the city of Solomon** to lead a large army across the Alps and annex the Lombardy, which was still an independent country and submitted to the Holy See (that is, the current imperial Lombard Lord).

In the end, the then Pope John was forced to coronate him personally and signed the so-called "Otto Privilege Agreement", which stipulated that Pope Solomon must be loyal to the Emperor of the HRE Empire, and the successor of the pope was decided by the HRE Emperor, and the monarchy of the HRE Empire was higher than the Holy See's divine power.

This thing is simply a disgrace, as soon as the later Pope Innocent ascended the throne, he immediately overturned this agreement, directly causing the Holy See and the empire to break on the spot.

That is, the main plot of the game "Iron and Fire", and the beginning of a series of all-out wars in the world.

"That's right." Ludwig was worried. In all fairness, he still has the confidence to fight the Wolf family, isn't it self-defeating to fight the Holy See? A nuclear bomb is dropped, and no number of people are enough to die.

"At present, we can only take one step at a time."