Chapter 768: Sending troops to Diya's food crisis reappears

"The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop"

After meeting with the envoy sent by the academic necromancers, he returned to his study, looking at the huge map on the wall, Chen Jian was both happy and headache.

He never imagined that the complete set of policies and regulations on the rights and obligations of the undead in the Ntagri Empire, which he had formulated at that time, inspired by Tanan's immortal body, would bring him such a group of necromancers to defect now.

This time, the academic necromancer sent one of them to be a heavyweight as a messenger, Chen Jian and this person touched the Tulaone forest, and found the local Ntagre army to identify themselves, and then was transferred to Negan's necromancer After a deep talk, it has been determined that this incident is not a conspiracy set up by someone, these necromancers really want to defect to the Ntagri Empire.

Then through the latest news from the academic necromancer, he also has a clearer judgment on the strange actions of the Dya big-eared monster, although he doesn't know who is acting in the name of the Entagri Empire, but from the perspective of criminal psychology of the ultimate beneficiary, Chen Jian estimates that this matter is very likely to be inseparable from the Bracada side or the elven kingdom, and the elven kingdom is obviously more suspicious, because the guy who lured the big-eared monster king Mario is a female elf.

The two sides are now united, and are gathering forces with the goal of Yinfeng Fortress, trying to break through the blockade of the undead army on the border of Diya and enter the forests of Turalea.

Jian Chen felt that he had no reason not to accept them.

Because strictly speaking, this is the first time, without any means he has taken to persuade and woo, someone has taken the initiative to come to the door and want to join the Ntagri Empire.

This kind of thing, of course, has a special significance, Chen Jian believes that if this incident is handled by himself, then the Entagri Empire will be able to set a good example for those who want to join through this incident, so as to get more people to take the initiative to join in the future.

He vaguely remembered that there were many such scenes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms he had watched, and he also vaguely remembered the story he had read in another book about the story of a daughter buying horse bones.

What's more, the academic necromancers are not horse bones, but real horses that can bring real benefits to his Entagri Empire.

Moreover, the defection of the necromancer can also prove once again in a sense that the concept of racial equality in the Entagri Empire is not just words.

However, for this matter to succeed, the dispatch of the Entagri army is indispensable, as for the reason, it is also very simple, the action of the academic necromancer this time was not planned in advance, but it was hasty, and their original plan was not to start so quickly.

Although the academic necromancers had already had the idea of defecting to the Entagri Empire earlier, and had begun to take action, due to the suppression of the conquest faction, the number of these necromancers was not large, and most of them were scattered all over Diya.

But even with Naggs, the almost uprooted academic necromancers were still limited because they had no army at their disposal—Sandru had already kicked them out of the Deya army in order to prevent the academics from rebelling again.

This poses a problem for the academic necromancers.

They didn't have enough force to leave Diya with everyone.

Of course, some of them, with their good strength, could sneak out of Diya and flee to the controlled area of the Ntagre Empire, such as Nags himself, but in this case, the fate of those who stayed behind would be a bit unlucky.

Nags didn't have a good way to do this, and he couldn't just abandon those like-minded people.

At this time, Diya was suddenly in the situation, the army of the elven kingdom was overwhelmed, the big-eared monster clan rebelled, and then the battle of Titaria was lost, and the necromancers began a comprehensive rout in internal and external difficulties.

All this left Nags stunned.

Of course, he understood that this was a great opportunity for the academic faction to break away from Diya, but at this time, he had not yet completed the preparations for the academic faction to break away from Diya - for fear that his actions would be detected by the conquerors, Naggs was very cautious in his actions, so although most of the academic necromancers had been integrated by him, they were still stranded in various parts of Diya, and he had not even had time to send envoys to the Entagri Empire.

However, Naggs also knew that the opportunity could not be lost, and it would never come again, so although he was not well prepared, he still launched the operation immediately, he seized the opportunity of the death knight Hart to gather available forces in the east, first designed to take Hart, and then took over the undead army assembled by Hart, and then used these troops to capture the empty Yin Wind Castle as a stronghold for the academic uprising.

Then he began to openly gather academic necromancers from all over the world, sent emissaries to the Entagri Empire, and joined forces with the already troubled Deya Big-Eared Monster to strengthen his own strength.

But it still takes a while to gather the academic necromancers from all over the world, and it will take time for those big-eared monsters to gather together, but now Diya is a mess, and the academic necromancers are still the weakest of all the forces in Diya today, even after joining forces with the big-eared monsters, and what's worse is that because of the banner they played, they are hostile to Diya's other forces.

So what Nags means is that he hopes that the Ntagri Empire can intervene in the battle of Dia and open up a safe corridor from the east of Diya to the forests of Turalea, or send a small elite force to infiltrate Diya and use a magic portal to pick them up from the Castle of the Winder.

This is what Jian Chen had a headache for.

Jian Chen felt that with his own friendship with the Bracada Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom, these two strong enemies would probably not sit idly by and watch the actions of the academic necromancer and remain indifferent, at the same time, although the necromancer of the conquering faction was already in danger, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not make any radical moves, no matter what, the academic faction really provoked the necromancers of the conquering faction this time, in case they held the idea that I am not happy with you, don't think about it, and they will pull the academic faction back when they die, the situation of the academic faction, But it's quite dangerous.

In this case, if the Entagri Army wants to intervene in Diya, the number must not be too small, otherwise not only will it not be able to protect the necromancers and big-eared monsters of the academic school, but its own safety will be in question.

At the same time, it is not advisable to send a small group of elite troops to infiltrate Diya, inspired by the tactics of the Elven Kingdom in the last battle of Ofer, all the forces hostile to the Entagri Empire will not miss any opportunity to make the Entagri Empire lose the ability to use one-way magic portals, maybe there are already people waiting to see if the Entagri Empire will send Tren to Diya.

Therefore, the method of using a magic portal to pick up academic necromancers and big-eared monsters is not advisable, and it is too risky.

As a result, Chen Jian's choice was only to send troops to open up a safe corridor.

Chen Jian planned to let Christine continue to sit in the Tulaone Forest, and then send the big-eared monster Orison to lead an army of Entagri to attack Diya.

Orison was born as a Dya Big-Eared Monster, he was quite familiar with the terrain of Dya, and it was easy to deal with the Dya Big-Eared Monster Clan, and in the battle in the Tulaone Forest, he had also shown good command skills, enough to take charge on his own.

However, although there are candidates for the leader, Chen Jian is worried about the choice of the army.

There are not many garrisons in the Tulaone forest of the Entagre Empire now, but these troops have to defend the long and temporarily unsafe border, protect the safety of the city of the falls, and monitor the army of Rigner pirates, in fact, it is quite difficult, and most of these troops have just been deployed, and the army sent to Diya is indispensable.

Most of the other main armies of the Entagre Army are now deployed on the border line from Hammondale to Bairders, and similarly, these legions were only adjusted according to Chen Jian's defensive strategy after the war, and the overall deployment was completed not long ago, so Chen Jian did not want to use these troops.

And as soon as these troops move, it is a large amount of expenditure, or that sentence, it will affect the whole body, if the inherent pattern of the Ntagrui army on the border is broken, then it will be redeployed, it is not only the army that will move, but also the operation of manpower, material and financial resources that will follow, Chen Jian is now a little empty in his money bag, so he can save a little.

In the end, Jian Chen put his mind on a new legion that had just been reorganized.

This new legion was adapted from the Taylya Liberation Army brought back by Aedri, and Adria had to select elites from the Tetalya Liberation Army according to Chen Jian's request, and reorganize this regular army corps in advance.

This legion is very distinctive, because the main combat power of this legion is those Thor trolls who have defected from all over the swamp, this time, the Entagri Empire has almost included the Thor trolls in the Tytaria swamp, among which there are nearly 10,000 young and strong, all of them have been brought into the army by Bruce, a guy who wants to revitalize the Thor troll clan, and now, these Thor troll warriors who are already amazing in combat have been trained by Bruce to become more and more fierce, Armed with equipment designed for them by the Dwarves, they have honed themselves with the ever-increasing number of martial arts in the Gladiator Academy, and with their own unique racial abilities, they are definitely the face of death on the land battlefield.

And they have a strong ability to adapt, because they are infantry, individual combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and after training, they have also learned to work together, so no matter what kind of terrain the battlefield, they can deal with it easily.

And the terrain of Diya is complicated, except for the mountainous and hilly areas, the formation used by the Entagri army, as well as the cavalry and chariots, are not useful, and it is quite suitable to use the Thor trolls to fight.

What's more, although this army is dominated by Thor trolls, the other troops are also quite complete, with long-range troops cooperating with lizardmen longbowmen and crossbowmen trained by the Entagri army themselves, and a group of bipedal wyverns brought out by the beast trainers in the swamp in the flying troops - it's a pity that the poisonous dragon flies can't adapt to the environment outside the swamp, otherwise the Entagri army will add a big help, but the bipedal wyverns with stronger individual combat power don't have this problem.

With this legion as the backbone, and then mobilize some magician troops to act as a magical force, and transfer an elite army mixed with dragons and Cregan demons, and then draw a few well-trained ordinary legions from Negan's garrison to replenish the number, Chen Jianjue's want to enter Diya to open a safe corridor should not be a problem, and at the same time, just in case, he also made some fine-tuning of the defenders on the border of the Diya area, and if necessary, these troops can also cross the border to help friendly forces.

After arranging all this, Jian Chen looked at the budget list in his hand, and couldn't help but feel a big head again, because he found that in addition to the problem of money and some scarce materials, the food problem that had not plagued him for a while had appeared again.

In fact, this is also an inevitable thing, so far, he has only stayed in Negan for two years, in these two years, although he tried his best to develop people's livelihood and encourage production, but the time is still too short after all, and due to the war, the plan to turn the Ofer region into a large grain production area has been progressing very slowly, so the current Ntagri Empire is actually using the grain production of Negan to supply the needs of the entire empire.

Originally, this was nothing, Negan had an advantage, that is, the underground area was also amazing, and both above and below the ground, it could produce food, because many of Negan's unique crops could be cultivated underground, but the bad thing was that the population of the Entagri Empire had increased too much and too fast during this period.

From the Tytalia Swamp, Chen Jian almost abducted the remaining swamp dwellers to the Ntagri Empire, even if the swamp dwellers were severely killed and injured in the war, and the population was sharply reduced by several percent, such a population was still a rather staggering number.

There is also the population of the various ethnic groups in the Elven Kingdom, although Chen Jian only robbed the Tulaone Forest, but in fact, because a large number of Erri residents also fled to the Tulaone Forest, the current Entagri Empire actually received most of the population in the Elven Kingdom except for the Elf Race.

Although the elven kingdom has also been in turmoil for a period of time due to the chaos of Farouk, the population has not decreased much, so the population of this part of the forest dwellers is far more than the population of the swamp dwellers in the Tytalia swamp.

What made Chen Jian grit his teeth even more was that when the elves retreated, they almost swept away the food and materials stored in all parts of the Tulaone Forest, and even if they couldn't take it away, they would all be burned, so the Turalone Forest that Chen Jian grabbed was actually an empty shell that looked good and didn't taste good.

If it weren't for the unprecedented harvest in Negan last year, if it weren't for the fact that last year the Titarians opened up a lot of wasteland around Negan and planted a lot of emergency crops that can be harvested quickly, if it weren't for the abundant production at sea, if it weren't for the sea trade, Chen Jian, who likes to plan ahead, also bought a lot of grain from merchants on the other two continents during this time, and the current Entagri Empire might have fallen into a food crisis.

However, even so, the current food problem is still severe, and soon, after Jian Chen receives those Dya big-eared monsters, a group of Big Stomach Kings will be added to the Entagri Empire.

Until this year's autumn harvest, this problem will only plague the Entagri Empire, and now, it is only spring.

At this moment, Chen Jian finally understood why in ancient China, when marching and fighting, money and grain were always repeatedly emphasized, comparing grain with money, and he also understood why cutting off people's food was such an effective tactic at a time when productivity was relatively low.

There is still half a year to go, and the food problem will be initially alleviated.

Jian Chen had a headache.

Half a year is not a long time, it is not a short time, if the wind and waves are calm, maybe it will pass in the blink of an eye, but with the current situation of the Erathia continent, this half a year, I am afraid that it will not be so peaceful.

While he was worrying, there was a riot in the Ragnar pirate army in the forests of Turalia, and news of signs of instability came again.

"What's going on?" Jian Chen was inexplicable, the pirate army brought by Catarina had been relatively safe before, and he couldn't figure out why it was suddenly in chaos.

While she was wondering, Katarina came to the door.

Although Jian Chen mostly avoids this pirate princess on weekdays, but if something happens at this time, of course he will not hide anymore.

It's just that as soon as the two met, Jian Chen couldn't help but be taken aback by Katarina's current appearance.

Catarina, who appeared in front of Jian Chen, had completely lost her former demeanor.

Although she was still dressed in gorgeous clothes, the tiredness, haggardness, loss, confusion and anger revealed in her demeanor made her look like a different person at this moment, and her expression was in a trance.

Jian Chen even noticed that the pirate princess's steps were obviously a little frivolous at this time, and her body was trembling slightly.

What surprised him even more was what Katarina said.

"Your Majesty, this time, you must help me, otherwise, although the world is big, there will be no place for Katarina anymore."