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After a pause, Atlas continued: "On the northern continent, eight relatively large forces have gradually formed in the chaos of the previous five hundred years. In the war, these eight forces were evenly matched, winning and losing each other, and at the same time holding each other back and not allowing one to dominate. After annexing the other small powers that were sandwiched between them, the eight powers established their own states in the continent, which divided almost the entire continent equally. In the next few hundred years, there were constant small frictions between these eight countries, either today you fight me, or tomorrow I will fight others, but this friction is basically not very intense, that is, it is just a few thousand people to fight, and basically it does not involve the cession of territory. ”

"But large-scale invasions have not happened without incident. However, it seems that no one wants to see a monopoly on the part of a country that occupies a large amount of territory, which is usually subject to the unanimous intervention of the other six countries, and finally has to return the territory it occupies to its original state. Because of this, nearly a thousand years have passed, and these eight countries have continued to stop and stop. ”

"Later, perhaps because they were tired of war, they felt that it was more because the continent was more abundant, and people did not need to fight for resources. So, after a millennium, the eight countries finally signed a peace treaty en masse. They vowed not to go to war with each other and to coexist peacefully, while at the same time helping each other and developing together. ”

The eight nations then fulfilled their vows, and the livelihoods of the people, which had been devastated by years of war, recovered rapidly in the decades following the signing of the peace treaty. The entire continent has also developed well in terms of technology other than military, and the people have entered an era similar to the steam age on Earth. ”

Then, the little girl's tone took a turn, "However, not long after entering the age of steam, the self-confidence of one of the eight countries that had been peacefully coexisting suddenly swelled. They secretly tore up the treaty and secretly used steam power in the development of weapons. Of course, on the surface, they are still pretending to be business as usual, and they are communicating normally with the other seven countries. Since these countries have been peacefully coexisting with each other for nearly a hundred years, and they are not very wary of each other, and the country that is secretly researching weapons has done a good job of concealment, therefore, after a few years, the other countries have not discovered the conspiracy that that country is carrying out behind the scenes. ”

"Five years later, everything is pretty much ready. At an eight-nation conference that happened to be held in its own country, that country suddenly attacked, took control of all the heads of state and some members of the government from the other seven countries, and at the same time went so frantically that it did not declare war on these seven countries at the same time. ”

"In the past few years, that country has been concentrating on the research of various weapons, and the new generation of technology is being used. The weapon itself is highly technological. In contrast, the weapons of the other seven countries are still at the same stage as they were decades ago, and even the armies have only been symbolically retained, far less than the well-trained armies that that the country has secretly cultivated in the past few years. At the same time, with the arrest of most of the members of their respective governments, seven countries fell directly into anarchy, and it can be said that all but that one country was basically in chaos. Therefore, although the war was being waged against seven countries at the same time, the war went very smoothly. In just seven days, the seven-way army almost destroyed the defenses of other countries, while occupying nearly a third of the territory of each country, which had almost tripled. ”

However, the people of the other seven countries were not willing to be directly annexed by that country. In the shortest possible time, they re-elected their respective wartime leaders and then prepared to begin a counterattack. Of course, the gap in weapons cannot be bridged in a short period of time, so on the frontal battlefield, although it has been possible to organize a large-scale resistance, it is only a mantis arm as a car, and the army of that country is still raging at a rapid pace. ”

"And then? Could it be that these seven countries were directly wiped out? Spred asked casually.

Shaking his head, Atlas continued: "Although it is said that the country is fighting very smoothly on the frontal battlefield, and it can be said that it has not encountered any obstacles at all, however, there are particularly serious problems in their rear. ”

"Rear?" Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, and suddenly remembered a similar scene in his heart, "It's from the local people." ”

"Brother Captain is right." Atlas replied, "Although the country's army has occupied a large area in a short period of time, they have not left many men to defend it in order to attack more efficiently. And although the people in the occupied areas did not dare to openly resist the enemy with advanced weapons, they kept resisting behind the scenes. For example, they set traps in their patrol routes, poisoned their food, and even some daring people carried out sneak attacks on those garrisons at night. Coupled with the fact that there were fewer people stationed in the first place, it was impossible for them to notice all the situation, so the losses of those troops who remained were more serious than those on the frontal battlefield. ”

"Seeing that the situation in the occupied territories is not good, the country has even sent some militias with simple training to it, but this bad situation has not been alleviated, but has become more chaotic. Those militias were not regular armies in the first place, and there were even more negligences in patrolling. It is not uncommon for the first patrol to pass safely but the second to be attacked. Moreover, many of the sneak attackers have experience, and instead of directly killing those who patrol, they find a way to seriously injure them, so that the garrison personnel will have to dedicate a part of their people to take care of those who are seriously wounded. ”

"In this way, the war has fallen into a very strange situation. Ahead, the country's armies were advancing at breakneck speed, but the occupied areas behind them were eroded. It can be said that although those areas are nominally occupied territories, the actual control is not in the hands of the occupying country, but in the hands of the local population. It was at this time that the remaining seven countries also thought of ways to deal with the sneak attack troops. ”

"Vertical wall Qingye?" A word suddenly popped out of Zhou Xin's mouth.

"It's the vertical wall Qingye." The little girl on the screen nodded, "They found out that the source of supply for the sneak attack troops came from the plundering of the occupied areas, so they took the initiative to withdraw the direction of the sneak attack troops, and at the same time took all the food away, even if they couldn't take it, they burned it." In this way, a very large vacuum was formed in front of the sneak attack troops. Of course, this did not come without cost, as the seven countries ceded almost two-thirds of their territory. ”

"This method really slows down the advance of the sneak attack troops, and even if these no-man's lands are occupied, the sneak attack troops can only wait for supplies from the rear without getting supplies. Oh, by the way, at this time, they did not have a means of transportation that could fly in the air, and that country was in the inland region of the northern continent, so the transportation of supplies could only rely on land transportation. However, since convoys had to pass through occupied territories, sneak attacks became common. It can often take two or three days to successfully deliver a day's worth of supplies to the front line, and it can take even longer. ”

Seeing this, the sneak attack force simply turned back and began to clear the resistance in the occupied area. With the addition of a large number of regular troops, a large number of rebels were eliminated at first, but this caused more fierce resistance from the local population, and the means of resistance became more hidden. In this case, most of the army was completely dragged into the occupied zone, which gave the seven countries a lot of buffer time. ”

"In the ensuing war, the country that was attacked fell into a strange circle. Often, the rebels in the occupied areas have just been cleared, but after leaving the occupied areas and heading to the front, a large number of rebels reappear, and the front-line troops, who are unable to obtain supplies, have to return to the occupied areas again to clear out the rebels, but at this time these rebels often hide again. The cycle goes back and forth, and those sneak attacking troops can only slowly consume their energy in the exhaustion of running back and forth. ”

This chaos lasted for almost a year, and in the end the country still controlled only its original territory. At the same time, during the year, the country concentrated all its forces in military production, which also aroused the resentment of many of its own people. Similarly, during the year, the seven countries that had been given a little respite began to gather and divide their work to develop their own military technology. They have also gone from being powerless at the beginning to being able to inflict some casualties on the armies of the attacking countries, of course, these seven countries still do not have enough military strength to drive the invaders out of their own territory. ”

Suddenly, the country that was attacked was in a very embarrassing situation. On the one hand, they don't want to give up the large area they have occupied, but this area cannot be really controlled by the resistance of the rebels; On the other hand, the troops on the front line could not continue to advance, but it was impossible to retreat. The leaders of that country knew in their hearts that since they had made this choice, they would either completely occupy the entire continent, or all that awaited them was destruction. Therefore, they had to desperately produce a large amount of supplies for the troops at home, and the whole country was almost tied to the chariot. ”

"After another two or three years, the war between the two sides is still in this half-dead state. At this time, due to years of fighting, the economic strength of that country had already seen a significant decline. In addition, the other seven countries have also made great strides in weapons research, and are able to resist effectively even on frontal battlefields. Of course, they still did not want to give up the vast land they had now occupied, and wanted to draw a boundary with other countries based on the actual occupied areas. ”

"After a few more months, even the people of their own country have begun to clearly express their opposition to the war to the government, and the situation of the front-line troops is indeed no longer able to continue fighting, so the attacking country has no choice but to initiate peace talks again. However, because during this period of time, the weapons of the remaining seven countries have been further developed, and they have been able to fight back and forth with the front-line troops of that country, and when they received the request for peace talks, they directly refused at the first time, and at the same time, these seven countries launched a counteroffensive against the attacking country almost simultaneously. ”

"The outcome is almost inevitable, and it is almost impossible for one country to compete with the other seven countries in the same level of weapons. In just one month, the Seven Ways Sneak Attack Force was completely wiped out one after another, and then each country quickly reclaimed its previously occupied area. However, even though they had succeeded in reclaiming their territory, the anger of the seven countries did not subside, and they counterattacked into the sneak attack on the country. Due to the years of conquest and the fact that almost all the troops were deployed on the front lines of the battle, the country had no effective resistance at all, and in a very short period of time, the entire country completely fell. ”

After the fall, the new heads of the seven countries simply gathered in the capitals of the occupied countries to discuss what to do with that country. Eventually, with the support of the people of the Seven Kingdoms, they decided to completely remove the country from the northern continent, and the Seven Kingdoms divided the territory of the country equally. Since then, the northern continent has entered the era of the Seven Kingdoms. ”

"With that country as a counterexample, in order to prevent this from happening again, the remaining seven countries have also become vigilant and have begun to secretly reserve their own strength. However, while his military strength has made great progress, his ambitions are also slowly growing. As a result, after a period of time, the seven countries returned to the previous state of constant friction, and the peace treaties re-signed by the seven countries after the war became almost a dead letter. ”

"Sure enough, I was bitten by a snake once, and I was afraid of the well rope for ten years. The original good situation on the mainland was destroyed in this way. Hearing this, Zhou Xin couldn't help but shake his head, "Atlas, what happened next?" ”

"This state of occasional friction lasted for almost two hundred years, and then the northern continent was invaded." The little girl's next words surprised everyone.

"Invasion? Is it from the Southern Continent? Dart asked.

Atlas nodded, "Big brother is right, it's from the Southern Continent, but in order to let you understand what happened, we'll talk about this later, and now let's talk about the history of the Southern Continent first......"