Chapter 154: Internal and External Troubles
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Yuan Huang is now very glad that he is wearing a mask, and any sadness will not be noticed by others. He was now dying, and because he was about to fight a defensive battle as soon as he took over the territory, he immediately convened an emergency council...... When I heard the report at the meeting, I was even more worried. In conclusion, both the troops and the generals are seriously insufficient to support a decent war.
He now knew that he had been referring to Nocton casually, and that the measure he had taken was to prioritize the restoration of order in the Guards.
"I would like to inform you, at present, we have completed the restoration of order in all the guards in the territory, thanks to the command of Miss Xiao Yuxiang and the strong cooperation of Shappi." Nocton said to Yuanhuang, "Originally, the population of the northwest commercial city was about 300,000, the city guards were 1,000, and the patrol guards were 2,000, but after this great migration, the population was only 120,000, and the city guards still left more than 850 people with little loss, but the guards basically moved away overnight with their families, and they were the first batch to run the fastest, and there are only more than 200 people left. โ
Oh, my God...... Only 10% of the guards who maintain social order are left?
"That is, we only have a thousand guards now?"
Yuan Huang couldn't help but hold his forehead. The Starfall Continent has a population of about 5 million, while the Fire Clan has a population of about 1 billion, and it is also the second largest continent in the world in terms of population and area. On the basis of this huge population gap, although it is known that the other side will retreat if it is not too serious about looting, the size of the force will not be too large...... I'm afraid there will be no less than tens of thousands. Let me fucking take a team of "thousand" against "tens of thousands" of enemies? When I'm a military wizard,! Military wizards can't do it!
I can fight eight or nine by myself, so I have to assume that the enemy only has 10,000 soldiers, and if I want to win, my 1,000-strong guard must be as good as me! What about funny?
"Don't worry, adults, we have the city walls, and the defenders have an advantage." Nocton could feel Yuan Huang's anxiety even through the mask, so relieved.
Ahh Yuan Huang has personally seen that a high-level fire mage can jump a thousand meters, and the top of the city wall is a fart! What's more, there is only a circle of walls here, ten meters high, and you can climb over with a ladder.
There are not enough troops...... Thinking of this, Yuan Huang suddenly thought of a brilliant idea! "There it is! Come on, give me a door-to-door conscription! From nine-year-old girls to ninety-year-old grandmothers, they all join the army! โ
"Your Excellency...... Now that we're all about to become a ghost town, throwing ten bricks and smashing windows is lucky, and being able to come out and scold the street alone. Hilde covered his face and said, "Still conscripted?" Next year's grain will definitely have to be purchased from other cities, and our production line will be completely cut off if we are conscripted, and we will not be able to buy paper to wipe our butts in a few days. โ
Yuan Huang stared at Hilde coldly, this brainless kid still spoke so sharply.
Gran took a few pages of the report and said, "My lord, there is a preliminary report on the strength of the nobles who are willing to support us. A total of five thousand soldiers. โ
"So little?" Yuan Huang was a little surprised when he heard this.
Gran looked a little embarrassed and explained, "Four thousand and five of them are from the Teleportation Emperor ......."
Damn it.
It's clear that you're going to play me to death!
None of the nobles had any intention of really helping the newly appointed Yuan Huang, in fact, they did work together to send assassins to assassinate the female mage of the Celestial Realm, and now they are watching the fire from the other side. The offensive in the Northern New World is tricky, but the Battle of the Fire Clan is expected to only burn and loot all the way from the landing, and the last stop is the northwest commercial city of Yuanhuang. If they continue to fight, they will encounter the difficult royal city, so they will naturally withdraw after a search. Therefore, the other nobles really plan to leave it alone, anyway, the war will not burn themselves. Of course, they sent a lot of reinforcements on the Northern New World, after all, they still understand the truth of the cold lips after the collapse of the country.
Yuan Huang didn't understand these politics, he just got angry and scolded the street.
Xiao Youxiang explained: "Other nobles have no choice. At this time, we encountered a two-front war, and they judged that the scale of the war on the Northern New World side would be more tragic, so they all sent troops to support Xishangjue. As for us...... It seems similar to say that it was abandoned. โ
"It's all because of this strange migration, there has never been a city in history where more than half of the residents moved out for no reason in a few days." Mobian sighed and said, "If it weren't for the lack of people, internal and external troubles, we could have fought with all our might." โ
This is a reminder of Yuan Huang. He stood on the table and asked, "Who found out, and why did they move en masse?" โ
Unexpectedly, Shar Pei silently raised his hand.
"Lord Yuyu Hanbed, according to the small inquiries from the brothers in the Dao, there are two main reasons - one is that the guards who were left behind, the low-level officials, and the brothers in the Dao secretly organized this great migration. Most of the people panicked when they heard the rumors about you, and then they basically went to either the Eastern Fortress City or the Western Fortress City, which had a lot of vacant dwellings due to the Greysparrow Incident. โ
"I knew it must have been Nicorid's doing!" Yuan Huang was so angry that his temples jumped, "What rumors?" โ
Shar Pei hesitated, and after a few seconds spoke, "Nicotid is rumoring that you intend to conduct a 'Judgment of Light' throughout the city. โ
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"What trial?"
"The Judgment of Light is the magic that you can use to distinguish between good and evil on your first day in office."
Yuan Huang couldn't help but support his forehead when he heard it. Nicorid is really good at making a fuss, I'm afraid he has already prepared other excuses to incite the people, and after seeing the lightsaber, he immediately changed it to a more real-time excuse. I'm afraid that even if Yuanhuang didn't cut anyone at that time, there would still be a big migration.
"The second reason is ......"
"Oh, don't spit out, I'm mentally prepared, just say it."
Shar Pei nodded, then pulled out a newspaper, "Your Excellency, read it yourself." โ
Well?
Yuan Huang took the newspaper and found that the headline on the front page a few days ago was actually about him - "The truth about the Sparrow incident!"
"Why is the hero who turned the tide in the Sparrow Incident: the celestial mage Yu Hanbed, completely immune to the attack of the Sparrow? The answer is simple! She is in the same group as the initiator Dong Shangjue! When the rain culvert appeared, she was immediately recruited by Dong Shangjue, and even had an ambiguous relationship with Dong Shangjue's son, and the relationship between her and Dong Shangjue couldn't help but be thought-provoking. The terrifying sparrow that slaughtered more than 100,000 people, but it was like paper paste in front of the rain culvert bed, it was too incredible, and he must have already known the weakness of the sparrow! Is there any other possibility of this weakness than being told to her by Dong Shangjue?"
High whistleblowing paper.
Syllable! Fall to the ground!
"Who is it?" Yuan Huang stretched out his hand and pointed to the people around him, and roared angrily, "The matter of 'having an ambiguous relationship with the son of Dong Shangjue' must have been revealed to the newspaper by the people around me!" Stand up for yourself! โ