Chapter 143: A Real All-Out War
However, even with such a strong strength, Iroh still has no intention of attacking the Vola Empire, at least not now.
One of the important reasons is naturally that the contract signed between Freewill and Emperor Constantine in the first place is worthy of the contract implemented by the ancient god Dra-Ismail as a guarantor, even in the faith exchange contract that was once regarded as "everything for sale" by Eloh, he could not find any treasure that could unilaterally break the contract.
Another reason is that attacking the Vola Empire is actually not very good for Iroh, at least it will do more harm than good.
Don't look at the fact that now Iroh has mastered the technology of creating the Abyss Clan, but now he is not regarded as the number one enemy, it is entirely because he has been letting UD-286 restrain the Abyss Clan, and try not to appear in front of ordinary people.
He knew very well why the Orc Empire failed back then, and the reason was very simple, that is, it caused the resistance of all other intelligent races in the Western Continent!
And now, as long as he doesn't cause panic in the Western Continent, he won't become the target of public criticism, at least he can delay the arrival of this time as much as possible.
The Western Continent is so big, and Iroh can only control the two forces of the Northwest Orcs and Falkenridge now, which is really not worth mentioning for all the forces in the entire Western Continent. The batch production method of the Abyss Clan, UD-286 has not mastered it, and even if it does, as long as you think about the results of the several undead disasters that the Western Continent has experienced, you will understand that sometimes quantity cannot crush everything.
All in all, differentiation and alliance are still the key means of Iroh, but as his strength increases, there are some things that he couldn't do or were inconvenient to do before, but now there are no restrictions......
Of course, before making a specific decision, Iroh still plans to take a look at what has changed in the past three years between the forces under his control.
You must know that for three years, Iroh has been almost hiding from the pursuit of the Celestial Wings, and even the decision to promise Natalie to return to Ikute Valley three years ago was temporarily changed by Iroh - according to the impact of the nuclear explosion at that time, if he returned to Ikute Valley, he would undoubtedly bring back a huge amount of trouble.
Although it is easier to have members of the Tokamak faction with you, it is not a long-term method after all.
Only when we are truly strong as we are now can we meet all challenges!
At the same time, thousands of miles away, in the castle of the king of Falkenridge, the new king capital Zakiv, Weiss habitually sighed.
He didn't know how long it had been since he had enjoyed the carefree days of his youth, although at his current age, he was considered young among the dragons.
It is not only political and military that worries him, but also some ...... Others.
Three years ago, Falkenridge followed the strategy left behind by Ielloh, and at first it was relatively smooth, with hundreds of thousands of troops entering the territory of Taukaba and quickly dividing the relationship between Taukaba and Stasi.
Although the two countries had reached an alliance during the war, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Grand Duke Jon was so eager for victory that he was desperate to extract Taukaba's blood, which caused the people of Taukaba to hate the Stasi to the bone.
Although the Taukaba soldiers would reluctantly obey Officer Stasi's orders when the Falkenridge army was not coming, as soon as the city was captured, the soldiers whose families were mostly in Taukaba chose to surrender.
However, the war, which seems to be going well, is actually just beginning.
Although Grand Duke Jon is an iron-blooded monarch who admires efficiency and power, it doesn't mean that he is a fool.
After his confident attack was frustrated, he learned his lesson in the shortest possible time, using a large number of young and promising generals, adopting a more prudent strategy, and even trying to calm Taukaba's emotions.
Of course, this last one is of little practical use, because Falkenridge has already done it first, and now Archduke Jon's approach is considered utterly hypocritical.
But it is undeniable that Stasi has indeed become stronger because of the change of Grand Duke Jon.
If this was what Iroh and Weiss expected, then a series of events happened next, but the strategy left by Iroh was completely wasted.
The first is the sudden attack of the Duchy of Sefi, in the name of "assisting the allies in revenge", the Grand Duke of Sefi directly dispatched 100,000 troops to attack the northern occupation area of Falkenridge.
And most of the army is pinned down in the territory of Taukaba, Falkenridge, at this time, it is naturally difficult to resist the attack of the Sefi army, even if Iroh has repeatedly pointed out to beware of the Principality of Sefi before leaving, but Falkenridge is also powerless - against Stassi will almost use all his energy, how can he have the strength to fight Sefi back?
So now, the northern border is held on by a small number of troops, and this fragile line of defense could collapse at any moment.
The Duchy of Kore is also unwilling to be lonely, although it is inconvenient for the Duchy of Kore to send a large force of troops directly into the war because of the distance, but this does not prevent them from sending a small number of soldiers to fish in troubled waters on the battlefield in the name of "mercenaries" or "adventurers".
And these battlefield-stirring sticks do play a big role - in muddying the water.
For example, a city in the north of Falkenridge that killed and injured more than half of its young and middle-aged people because of the war, under the mobilization of these nosy guys, directly announced its departure from Falkenridge and surrendered to the Duchy of Sefey.
But it's not without good news.
On the same day that the city announced that it had recognized the rule of the Duchy of Sefi, the capital of Taukaba was finally captured by General Igor, and the Taukaba forces inside laid down their arms and surrendered, along with the few remaining Stasi troops. Igor reached the pinnacle of his life, and after his victory on the battlefield of Taukaba, he entered the capital of Taukaba in a new steam chariot purchased by himself, and personally reviewed his army of hundreds of thousands.
Falkenridge can be regarded as in the limelight for a while, and the capture of the capital of Taukaba on the frontal battlefield is the best evidence to prove the official rise of this country, and it seems that it really has the momentum to completely turn over. It's a pity that this momentum didn't have time to last for a few days before it was completely broken by the successive events.
Three days later, with the help of a self-directed and self-staged "persecution of believers" incident, the Tadoya Empire officially launched the so-called "holy war" against the Havar Empire in the name of religious freedom!
In less than a week, a million secular troops and 200,000 cathars tore through the eastern defense line of the Havar Empire with lightning speed. Obviously, the Pope's determination and ruthlessness were far beyond Emperor Havar's imagination, and many Havar soldiers had to raise their hands and surrender to the Tadoya army that had slaughtered at their doorstep before they even figured out what was happening.
Of course, most people don't know that part of the reason why the Pope did this was because of the growing status of the metal dragons in the Chongshan camp.
In other words, the Pope not only wants the Holy See to be the first in the Western Continent in the eyes of adventurers, but also to make the Holy See the first in the Western Continent at the national level!
The Tadoya Army Group, which had long sharpened its knives, did not stop its aggression, but proved the determination and ambition of the Holy See of Dawn with a move that shocked the mainland - the Tadoya Empire, together with the surrounding kingdom of Simeng, and several powerful principalities, declared war on the Havar Empire and several countries close to the Havar Empire in one go, and at the same time pointed at the capital of Havar.
Before people could recover from this bombshell news, another equally shocking thing happened.
Three days later, in the early morning, the Havar Empire declared war on the Tadoya Alliance with the fastest reaction speed, along with the Kingdom of Doling, the Kingdom of Gruka, the Kingdom of Raitje, and several principalities.
A world war beyond Weiss's imagination has now broken out!
Now the situation in the western continent is very delicate, the camp with the Hawar Empire as the core has declared war on the religious group with Tadoya as the core, and the situation in which Falkenridge and Stasi were originally inseparable is a bit pediatric compared to this.
All in all, the situation in the Western Continent now seems to have become very complicated overnight. Although the Dragon Flame Empire still maintains a neutral stance, it is also privately friendly with the Minisk Kingdom, planning to push Minisk up as soon as one of the two empires falls.
The Vola Empire, which has the strongest military strength, did not make much move, and the Northwest Orcs launched several symbolic attacks, which made the nerves of the Vola Empire collapse very tightly, and also made other countries more assured of their position.
On the other hand, there are also some gossip that the Vola Empire has actually reached some agreements with the orcs, and intends to **** the countries together.
However, it is clear that these news are true, but they lack reliable evidence to support them, so for a while, ordinary people can't decide whether to believe it or not.
So, in the face of this kind of international situation that even Iroh has a headache to see, how can Weiss not feel annoyed?
As mentioned above, this is only one of the areas that annoys Vess.
In fact, Weiss was more concerned than the international situation that was relatively far away from him, and was the young man who suddenly came to him three years ago and called himself Salaka Statham.
This person who has now become a general, in fact, Weiss did not plan to hire him at all, after all, this person is unknown, and he does not plan to pass any formal investigation. However......
After perceiving a trace of the breath of an adult male red dragon deliberately released by the other party, Vis decisively changed his mind!