Chapter 652: From Bairders to Off

Staring at the map on the wall, Jian Chen pondered for a long time, he was so attentive that a cup of steaming flower tea poured by Esrena on the table slowly lost its heat in his thoughts.

And the actions of Esrena and other archangel beautiful secretaries are also lighter.

Chen Jian knew that fighting on the ground was different from fighting at sea, compared to naval battles, there were more factors that could affect the trend of the battle, and the fleet of the Entagri Empire was invincible across the ocean, but it did not mean that its land legions could do the same.

Although he has been planning for a long time, when it comes to the end, Chen Jian is a little unconfident.

People's psychology is sometimes so weird, when there is nothing, there will be a kind of barefoot not afraid of wearing shoes of the single-minded spirit, do things to move forward, and once you have more, the more you will be afraid of doing things, suffering from gains and losses, for fear of a heart, you will lose all your hard-earned belongings again.

Chen Jian was in such a state of mind at this time.

Because he knew very well that the traditional powers of the continent, such as the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom, which had been established for a long time, were not at all comparable to the four major lords of Negan that he had defeated before in Negan, who had only risen for a short time, because the war potential of the traditional powers was far stronger than those of the great lords of Negan who had divided one side.

This can be seen from the current situation of the countries on the continent fighting each other, such as the Erathia Empire and the Bracada Kingdom, which are currently fighting on two fronts and are at ease.

In fact, Morriel once put forward advice to Jian Chen for this matter, the Queen of the Dragon actually didn't want to start a large-scale foreign war in a hurry after just a year of establishing himself in Negan, she used her own experience to remind Jian Chen, she thought that Chen Jian could fight a short-term local war of scale, and he was sure to win, but if he wanted to devote all his strength to fight a full-scale war, he must think carefully and carefully.

After all, the situation in the Hammondale region is too sensitive now, whether it is the Erathia Empire or the Elven Kingdom, they are all angry for this land, and they are determined to win, at this time, the Entagre Empire suddenly has a military operation in Bairdes in the Hammondale area, and Chen Jian used to be the lord of Hammondal, and the two sides who are fighting have also had a holiday with Chen Jian, if they don't have any ideas because of this, it would be a strange thing.

It is conceivable that the Entagri army will have to face the unfavorable situation of engaging two powerful enemies at the same time.

Chen Jian's capital is not so abundant, a large-scale war is not only about strategy and tactics, the number of troops, but also about comprehensive national strength, just the logistics problem, it is necessary to invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, now Negan has just stabilized, and the queen of the dragon does not want to destroy the good situation that Chen Jian has finally created because of blind foreign wars, and foreign wars with two strong enemies at the same time.

In comparison, it is the most correct and wisest choice to let the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom eat dog in Hammondal, draining each other's strength, and the Entagri Empire watching the fire from the other side, waiting for the right time to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

It's just that Chen Jian doesn't agree with this view.

"You only think about all this from the perspective of interests, but you ignore people's hearts"

At that time, Chen Jianru said to Moryl.

"The situation of the empire today is actually fundamentally different from the situation you were back then, although you unified Negan back then, but the people's hearts were not attached, the foundation was not stable, people were afraid of your strong force and had to submit to you, but in private they had a different mind, so as soon as you were defeated, these people immediately took action, and your use of troops against the mainland back then was only your personal decision, and did not take into account the ideas of all parties and their related interests, but this is not the case in the empire now"

"From the intelligence gathered from Skynet, you should have noticed that now in Negan, in the Evermont Islands, in Baildes, there is a mood of war up and down, because we have not only given them firm faith, but also closely linked their vital interests with the strength of the empire, and now, our people are eager to spread the idea of the empire to every corner of the continent, and the soldiers are eager to prove the strength of the empire with their bravery on the battlefield, And the various interests are eager to get more benefits for them through the expansion of the empire"

"When morale is so available, how can we do nothing? In a sense, this is also a way to consolidate our dominance, and if we are to settle for a corner in order to secure temporary interests, we will only lose the popularity we have accumulated so hard, and in the long run, it will not be worth the loss."

"And from the outside, we have made such a big move, and we have established an empire with an ancient name, and we have designed the angel clan to defect to the Erathia Empire, and we are gathering people's hearts in Titalia with great fanfare, right now, we have made a big noise, those who are interested in joining us are watching, they are watching our next move, they are observing whether our strength is worthy of the name of the empire, if we don't strike while the iron is hot at this time, then our previous efforts, won't we waste more than half? On the contrary, if we can defeat the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom in this area, then our momentum will definitely rise again and be a little more optimistic, if we can snatch Hammondale back in this battle, so that the Elassia Empire and the Elven Kingdom will not dare to fight Hammondale again, the Entagri Empire will be truly recognized by everyone on the continent, and when the time comes, we will do something, of course, we will get twice the result with half the effort."

However, Jian Chen also knew that no matter how nice it sounded, if the Entagri Empire could not win on the battlefield, everything would be completely reversed, and the good things would become bad things, and the consequences would be even worse than if he continued to stay in Negan and watch the changes in the continent.

And if you want to fight back to Hammondale, it's not so easy to do, even if you really fight back, it's a question of whether you can hold it after that, a hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff, and the emaciated camel will still be bigger than a horse, and if you want to beat the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom, you don't dare to look at Hammondale with your eyes, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Therefore, Chen Jian's current goal is just to let the Entagrean army gain a foothold on the ground of Baierdes for the time being, and put on the posture of the Entagrui Empire officially entering the mainland, so that the world can understand the determination of the Entagrui Empire, and at the same time, he also hopes to use the method of occupying the ground of Baierdes to pave the way for his next plan to seize the Ofer region.

The Ofer region is now ruined, but there are still many resources to be mined, and according to the halflings, the land there is actually very fertile, but the Krigan people don't know how to use it.

This means that Chen Jian can greatly alleviate the huge logistical pressure that the Entagre army must rely on Negan to supply food when fighting on the mainland, although the one-way magic portal is convenient, but no matter how powerful Tren is, he is just a person, and it is inevitable that when there is a lack of skills, the undersea tunnel is not so easy to walk.

At present, the farmers who have been converted from the Negan lords have tasted the benefits of running farms, as long as some preferential conditions are offered, it is not difficult to attract them to come to the Tuntian in the Ofer area, which is actually a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, by opening a large number of farms in the Ofer area, the farmers have obtained real benefits, and the Ntagre army has also been given the convenience of supplementing food nearby.

In terms of labor, the situation in Tytaria is becoming more and more erosive, due to the dark canopy of necromancers, the swamp has now become uninhabitable, and more and more Tytarians have fled to the southwest of the swamp to seek refuge in the Taylasian Liberation Army, and after accepting the idea of racial equality, they have begun to become more willing to leave the swamp to live in Negan, and work on the farms run by the farmers can obviously greatly alleviate their livelihood problems.

At the same time, the war on the mainland has also begun to cause the emergence of some refugees, and the number of refugees will further increase as the war continues, and these refugees will also be the potential labor force that the Entagri Empire can absorb and send to the Ofer region.

Of course, in order to protect the relatively disadvantaged group of hired workers, so as not to become too outrageous labor squeezing and disharmony within the empire that advocates racial equality, Chen Jian must also further improve the relevant regulations on the relationship between farmers and employees, which are equivalent to the company and labor laws of the Ntagri empire, and this law has recently been a hot topic of discussion in Negan.

However, there must be a premise for all of this, that is, the Entagre army must be able to withstand the attacks of Erathia Emperor ** and Elven King**, and successfully gain a foothold on the ground of Bairders and the Ofer region.

Jian Chen's plan was to contain the enemy on the eastern border of the Erathia Empire and the Hammondale region with a large number of troops of Baildes, forming a state of confrontation, creating a relatively safe and stable external environment for the Ofer region, and then he could operate in the Ofer region with peace of mind.

What Chen Jian is now thinking hard about is how to achieve this strategic goal at the lowest cost.