The small town of Nora.

There was a long queue at a grain drop-off point.

Everyone dragged their families and pushed wooden carts, holding sacks and IOUs, and stared at the soldiers in front of the counters.

"What are you doing here, old gentleman?"

A heroic child dressed in plain clothes made of precious fabrics, who looked to be about 13 years old, asked curiously to the old man in his 60s at the end of the line.

The old man glanced at the child when he heard the voice.

He saw the fabric of the child's clothes, and then said with some envy: "The rich family doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and the army on the east coast borrowed 3 stone of grain from my family, and my grandson and I are about to get it back." ”

"I've heard about this too, can these troops be returned?"

"Of course. ”

The old man looked prescient and said: "The east coast is the orthodoxy of our dynasty, and when the army on the east coast asked my family to borrow food, I knew that they must be an honest and trustworthy army, so they were quite cooperative. ”

"It seems that this East Coast army is really good. ”

"It's not just good, it's just a teacher of benevolence. ”

When the old man saw that the line was still long, he complained to Vega: "It's just that I hate those rebels of the great prince and plundered our grain, and if there is no Vega General Gao Yi, we don't know how to spend this winter if we don't even repay double the grain with interest." ”

"Old man Constan, that's not what you said in the first place. ”

A middle-aged man in front of him said: "I remember that when the East Coast army asked you to borrow food, you scolded them for being inhumane bandits, and even organized people to rebel against them, because you seemed to have been in prison for a few days for this matter. ”

"What do you know about a young man? Can you take angry things seriously?"

The old man's face turned red, and he rolled up his sleeves and said imposingly: "Now I am the most loyal supporter of General Vega and the East Coast Army, what West Bank Army, what Great Prince is just a group of rebels. ”

"Old man Constan, you've finally been smarter. ”

The middle-aged man laughed: "Your Majesty Xiya is the orthodox dynasty, and the army on the east coast has borrowed and repaid, and it is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness." I gave them double the amount of food they had to pay back to me at the critical moment when my family was left with no grains, and saved my family, and when I had finished receiving the borrowed food, I signed up to join the army to thank General Vega for his kindness. ”

"You are also the eldest of the eldest, what can you do if you die on the battlefield. ”

The middle-aged man snorted and said: "Old man Constan, you don't even know the name of the victorious division and the legendary general, so you are embarrassed to call yourself a loyal supporter of General Vega? ”

"No defeat in battles big and small?"

The old man couldn't help but show admiration in his eyes: "I heard that General Vega is only thirteen years old, the same size as my grandson, and his family has fought countless battles, and he is powerful in all directions, and then look at my grandson, who is also well-behaved and clever, but this comparison is ...... immediately."

Shaking his head, the old man knocked his grandson's head in hatred.

Vega was a little embarrassed to be praised, and interjected when he saw this: "Old gentleman doesn't have to be arrogant, I see that your grandson is well-behaved and obedient but lively and active, and his future achievements will definitely be no less than mine." ”

"Of course. ”

The old man said arrogantly: "My grandson can't become a second ancestor like you in the future, when he grows up, I will send him to the account of General Vega, if he doesn't make a name for himself, see if I don't discount his leg." ”

“......”

Vega didn't know how to answer this.

So he bowed and said, "Then I won't bother the old gentleman, and I wish your grandson a bright future in advance." ”

With that, Vega turned and left.

At this time, a guard team walked over, and a major general and division commander led by him hurriedly ran over and saluted: "Report to the commander, there is an urgent report from the front line, and the battle situation in the Black Gold City has changed abruptly." ”

Vega took the battle report and glanced at it.

His face changed, and then he said, "You let people continue to carry out the supervision and random inspection work to ensure that every civilian in these nine cities has food to eat, and I will return to the city of the boulder to preside over the overall situation." ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

This guard came and went as fast as it came, and did not leave any commotion at the scene.

But the old man and the middle-aged man witnessed all this, they looked at each other, opened their mouths as if they wanted to say something, but they couldn't say a word.

Just hit after today.

The old man, whose name was Constan, said that his grandson had been praised by Vega, and although most people regarded it as a joke, he still enjoyed it.

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The City of Great Stones.

Due to the receipt of the battle report from the Black Gold City, Vega ended the patrol supervision and public opinion survey work ahead of schedule, and returned to the Black Gold City to preside over the overall situation, after all, this war report is related to the war situation on the entire West Bank.

So what exactly is written in this war report?

According to the information in the battle report, the Imperial Army once again invested the forces of two armies in the battle of the Black Gold City, and the fierce offensive finally forced the West Bank Army to abandon the Black Gold City and shrink its forces back to the Donbu City.

Besides.

Under the pretext of punishing the dynasty for not keeping its promises, the imperial army occupied the city of black gold and took all the cities in the upper reaches of the West Bank as its own, and pointed its sword at the middle reaches of the West Bank, and the power of the Great Prince was already shaky.

Vega walked towards the sand table.

With just one glance, you can see the entire situation in the West Bank.

The upper reaches are all under the empire, and a total of 500,000 soldiers have been invested in 4 army groups and 1 air army on the west bank.

The middle reaches are still controlled by the Grand Prince's regime, but the main force is only 300,000 left, and these 300,000 are not only to prevent the imperial army upstream from continuing to move south, but also to prevent the downstream Vega from going all the way north.

The entire lower reaches are under the control of Vega.

Not only did he take advantage of this opportunity to make a huge increase of 200,000 recruits, but he also incorporated 50,000 main forces and 60,000 reserves, bringing the total strength to an astonishing 310,000, and had a large number of supplies, and also organized a small air force.

In a nutshell.

In the land of the West Bank, the empire is the strongest, and the plan is not small.

Vega can be ranked second, not that his combat power has surpassed the Great Prince's regime in an all-round way, but that he has the most adequate supplies and the safest environment, as long as he is given enough time, he can pull up a million-strong army.

At the bottom of the list is the power of the Great Prince.

Although it is superior to Vega in terms of combat effectiveness, the midstream region is also quite rich, and self-sufficiency is not a problem. But there was the Empire to the north and Vega to the south, and he was caught in the middle, and if Vega and the Empire attacked at the same time, it could be completely destroyed in an instant.

The west bank of this dynasty has formed a three-legged trend.

Vega no longer took the power of the Great Prince in his eyes, but set his eyes on the red chess pieces representing the empire on the sand table: "This is the Holy Dynasty, this is my back garden, the empire, you better control your own hands." ”