Don't look at the situation on the front line, it seems that everything is good, but Weiss is bitter at the moment.

"These guys...... Why don't you see them so active when you recruit them?"

Weiss looked through the window of the King's Castle at the crowd outside, and asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer behind him without looking back.

The old Chancellor of the Exchequer sat down in his chair with exhaustion written on his face and sighed: "My Majesty, we still underestimate the impact of the total war on Falkenridge. ”

"This time it was almost a national mobilization, and all kinds of supplies had to be given priority to the army, which led to a significant decline in the quality of life of ordinary residents...... The war lasted not very short, and there were many small victories, but no one saw the key progress. So a lot of people are starting to get anxious. ”

"But what can I do?"

Vis casually tossed a fist-sized ruby aside—if it had been a few months ago, he wouldn't have done such a "tyrannical" thing, but now there were so many things to worry about that even the treasure couldn't soothe his mood.

"I didn't expect Stasi to invade the whole of Taukaba in such a short period of time, let alone the intervention of the two great powers of Hawar and Tadoya...... What's more, Sefi and Kore don't know who gave them the guts, and they actually plan to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie!"

At this, Vis seemed a little angry, for he found that the war had been out of his way, or rather that Ello had arranged it beforehand, and the strangeness made him feel a little frightened.

Of course, he also knew that Iroh was not a god, nor a prophet, and could not predict everything, but he had always been accustomed to listening to Iroh, and now that Iroh was gone, it was up to him to make the decision.

If it had been more than ten years ago, Weiss would not have cared so much, and just let the guards arrest or kill all the gatherers, anyway, he didn't treat them as his property.

But that's no longer the case, twelve years is enough time for Vis to see himself as the master of the country. In addition, in many places now, the whole body is affected by one trigger, and if there is a situation in the country, maybe the front line will be affected.

If the battle is lost on the front line, the situation may fall into a vicious circle, and Iroh will not let go of himself at that time!

The thought of the anger hidden beneath Elo's calm expression sent a chill through Vess.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ...... Now we can only speed up the advance of the front line and give people a little more hope. ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said what some generals thought, and in this situation, the only thing that can alleviate the discontent of the people is the good news from the front, but the Stasi army is really like an immortal bird, no matter how many are eliminated, the reserve army can quickly come up.

Vis believed that Falkenridge had already annihilated at least 100,000 people, a figure that would already be the nation's strength in some principalities, but Stasy was completely different, and it didn't seem to hurt his bones.

This is not to mention the rumored "volunteer army" that Tadoya plans to mobilize in the past.

Therefore, he had to admit that it seemed impossible to ease the people's antipathy to the war now.

The all-out war has already brought tens of thousands of casualties to Falkenridge, and these casualties are not wounds that can be healed by a few more bags of flour and a little more butter. Those families who shed blood and died are unlikely to rejoice in the victory on the front, and those who still have children fighting on the front line are unlikely to like the dividends brought by the war.

Under the continuous mobilization and conscription, the total number of troops reached nearly 300,000, and it can be said that most of the young and middle-aged men in Falkenridge were occupied. All the generals knew that the army could not afford a major defeat in such a situation, but there were obviously many useless tactics on Stasi's side, and it was not easy for Falkenridge to get off to a good start.

Now Falkenridge seems to have reached a dead end, and every front that has been planned must be fought and must be won. These wars that must be waged oppress Falkenridge are breathless, want to stop as soon as possible, and find that he can't stop the war as he wants.

Not to mention that the two empires of Hawar and Tadoya are also eyeing each other, not to mention Tadoya, even Haval, who is friendly with him on the surface, is also using the idea of hollowing out Falkenridge.

The hundreds of steam chariots that are now officially in the army are the most typical proof of this.

These chariots were all sold by Havar, albeit in the name of "friendship price", but this kind of alchemist's brainchild, even if it is already a dead model in Haval, is worth a lot of money - the price of buying them is that even Ves's dinner has to be cut.

But if you don't buy it, it's not okay, Stasi's Earth Dragon Knights are too strong, and when they fought defensive battles before, they could also use factors such as location and strategy to balance a little, but now that the army has entered the territory of Taukaba, fighting in different places has led to the Earth Dragon Knights having a home advantage.

Three days ago, a lone cavalry squadron was wiped out by more than a dozen Dixing Dragon Knights. If the steam chariot was not brought out to fight, Falkenridge would not have been able to contain the fighting power of this terrible army at all.

Not to mention the fact that the combined forces of Stasi that have now been annihilated on the front line are only a small fraction of the total. With the character of Grand Duke Jon, it is obvious that he will not surrender easily, and in this situation, Falkenridge can only continue to invest more combat forces to avoid a recurrence of the battlefield situation.

In other words, Falkenridge is still in an embattled situation, and he is still in an embarrassing situation that could be overturned at any time. Now the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands seem to be victorious, but in fact, as long as there is a mess in a certain link, the situation that Iroh has worked hard to manage will be reversed in an instant.

"Now this situation, we can only take one step at a time. Feeling a little disheartened at the thought of this, he walked back to his throne and said to the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a wry smile. He was only twenty years old this year, and he was just a child in the dragon clan, but he had to face this kind of situation that many adult dragons were unwilling to face, and he didn't know why he couldn't think of agreeing to Ello's request at the time, and it ended up being to this point.

Those who have been thinking about being kings and emperors from morning to night, who knows which of those leaders who have been famous for the ages is not a poor worm who gets up at dawn and goes to work at dawn and is still working overtime in the dead of night!

And his men weren't idle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Agriculture, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the intelligence unit that Iroh had assembled were all working at full capacity—even so, he woke up every day to find a table full of papers to review.

Think about the officers in the army again, the logistics supply, battlefield transportation, and tactical arrangement of hundreds of thousands of troops, and you will have an urge to collapse when you think about it. Now Falkenridge is no longer a homegrown operation, so even the work of arranging logistics and transportation is unimaginably large.

"There's no way, let the front line work harder, and try to separate Taukaba from Stasi as completely as possible. "Weiss has made up his mind, he seems to have only Taukaba here as a breakthrough at the moment, although even he is not confident that when he can completely defeat this country whose land area is no less than Falkenrich, "The steam chariot corps should not stay any longer, and cooperate with the infantry to attack as soon as possible." ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer held his chin and thought for a while, then nodded: "Now it seems that we can only find a way in this regard, obtain this big result as soon as possible, and then turn the power of Taukaba into our own use, so that we can give people an explanation." ”

"That's what I think, too!" Vess closed his eyes, "I hope the war will take a turn soon...... Stasi can afford to wait, and the two great powers can afford to wait, but we can't afford to wait!"

After a moment of silence, Weiss gave another order: "Let the foreign minister think of another way, and the Duchy of Weitz will see how many troops can be gained...... And to visit several other kingdoms as soon as possible, and to get a little help. ”

It's no wonder that Weiss is so pessimistic, the situation is so tense now, he is like dancing on a tightrope, and he can't afford to make a mistake.

Perhaps, the unfathomable Ello has a way to escape after the defeat of Falkenridge, but Vis himself is not sure. He wasn't sure if Iroh would be angry with him, or if Iroh would hand him over in order to preserve Falkenridge's strength.

In any case, Vesss can't afford to lose!