XXIII. Changes in the situation
The triumphant return was immensely welcomed, and this victory turned their fortunes around, and everyone could finally relax and get away from the chaos of war. They are just civilians, who can shed their blood for the Empire, but it is also a moment of critical survival, and they still want to live a stable and prosperous life.
The relevant statistics were handed to Li Xi's desk, the seized grain and other food totaled 130 tons, most of which were mainly grain, and nearly 5,000 weapons that could still be used were collected, ready to be rebuilt, but the armor was much less, only a few hundred pieces could be returned, and the rest were tattered leather armor, but Li Xi didn't want it, he always felt that picking up the corpse felt like a beggar. Other iron ore, copper ore and silver ore also have more than a dozen tons, and the nezumi do not have very good refining skills, so most of the hoarding is ore. Gold and silver treasures are the focus of the harvest, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of gold coins, which is a large amount of wealth, and the treasury is full at once, which can be regarded as laying a foundation for the future.
And the casualties of this expedition are negligible, just more than 100 people, so Li Xi counted the population and troops, which is really not unknown, and I was shocked that the population has reached 7,800 people, and the number of troops has reached 5,960 people. There are 14,000 people who have come and gone, and this food is still not enough! Is this Nima playing with me? Not to mention that in mid-June, 20,000 immigrants came, and the food for a whole 34,000 people! This is not counting the more than 10,000 rat people and cavemen! For a while, Li Xi only felt that life was hopeless! Everything was a floating cloud!
Spit and complain, Li Xi still can't ignore it, this is also his helplessness, for the sake of the war he can only recruit troops, and he doesn't necessarily have to call them suicide if they don't die, how brain-dead is this to do this! Since there is still not enough to eat, then continue to rob it! Anyway, after the strong army is finished, don't blame me for being so violent, it's all forced by God!
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With the spies and ministries scattered around, the situation of Sadoron spread. The coalition army was attacked by humans, causing great chaos, and the various departments were killing each other, and finally even Sadoron was wiped out by humans, so far more than half of the more than 60,000 people of Sadolon and the coalition army were killed and wounded, and the rest of the baggage and materials were lost, and a farce was staged alive.
Although no one regards the so-called rabble as a strong enemy, there are 60,000 people, excluding the old and weak, women and children, and there are 30,000 capable fighters, so that there are only 10,000 or 20,000 left.
In this regard, the strength of human beings once again attracted the attention of all parties, especially the high-end combat power, which surprised everyone. On the battlefield where Sadolon was finally exterminated, nearly 1,000 bronze warriors appeared. In other words, except for the royal court, no one can get so much high-end combat power.
Looking at such a powerful human being, the various ministries that were still thinking about it have stopped a lot. But the threat of human beings can't be ignored, but no one will be this good person, and it is not their duty to exterminate the rebels and protect the rat people, and for a while, many tribes remembered the benefits of the royal court again, and sent people to ask for help. Compared with the previous face, now it can be described as a big surprise, and the irony is very ah!
However, the request for help did not wait, but it was the mobilization order of the royal court.
The mobilization order, as the name suggests, summons all the nezumi to prepare for the needs of war, which is also the way that the nezumi royal court has been handed down, in order to work together to fight against foreign enemies in the event of life and death. This is equivalent to the clarion call for the nezumi to launch a final counterattack, which is generally not to be used lightly, but it is important to use it. Therefore, no matter what the grudge is, all the nezumi must unite and immediately set out to defend their country.
This also explains why the royal court is so indifferent to the follow-up matters, the large-scale invasion of the kobolds has restrained all the power of the royal court, since he is respected as the royal court, it is his duty to protect the country and the people.
In fact, the invasion has never been interrupted, and it has become more frequent in recent years. However, the royal court has always been able to deal with the invading enemies independently, and from time to time will send court texts to promote their martial arts and strength. Therefore, most of the nezumi have long stopped caring about the threat of kobolds, because there is a powerful royal court to resist everything.
And this mobilization order shattered their dreams, there was no time to fight for power, the form was already extremely dangerous! They believed that no royal court would joke about this, and for a time all the tribes were mobilized, and groups of warriors rushed to the front, for themselves and for the country.
Levst, the representative of wisdom among the royal generals, at this time he could only huddle in the fortress on the border, waiting for the day when the city fell. On the morning of May 21, 1015, the royal court guard on the border patrol was suddenly attacked, and the 100-man squadron was wiped out in an instant, followed by the 15,000-strong kobold vanguard army, and the border guard point fell instantly.
Immediately after Wang Ting's quick response, the First Frontier Regiment went to the battlefield in an instant, and the troops of tens of thousands of people simply stopped the decline with their lives, but Wang Ting's follow-up troops were delayed, so that the First Border Regiment finally died in battle, and the situation on the border was out of control.
Levst finally arrived late with the 2nd and 3rd Frontier Regiments on 23 May, but he could only trap the fortress of Mont Monza, intending to delay the enemy and buy time for the follow-up troops. But the follow-up enemy army far exceeded his estimate, at least 30,000 kobolds were already stationed under the city, and there were follow-up troops coming, the entire fortress was besieged, and the other nearly 40,000 troops had continued to march forward, and his delay was a joke from now on.
And the beginning of this joke is the tragedy of the younger brother of the contemporary Wang Khan, Sives. The deal with Asqi was all handled by Levst, and while Askey broke the contract and his ambitions swelled, he did not push too much, he knew that the dog jumping over the wall in a hurry was a sign that the fish was dead. If it weren't for the appearance of humans, he might have wiped out Sadolon in one fell swoop, nipping his ambitions in the bud. But with the human pawn, the best solution is to let them contain each other, not to mention that both have their own needs, and they don't need to pay too much attention to the plan. Who knew that the sinister idiot's younger brother actually instigated Wang Khan to send a court message, saying that the majesty of the royal court was inviolable, and the shameless people deserved to be punished, and then he gave Asqi a stir and made him carry the black cauldron. Although there is nothing wrong with this, do you think everyone is stupid? Under repeated pressure, people will go to extremes.
So before he could extinguish his mouth, Asqi unsurprisingly shook out the truth of adding oil and vinegar, and in an instant, the royal court stood on the opposite side of all the tribes. The alliance of Watuwa and Sost, which was not far away, mobilized most of the troops to wait solemnly at the border, and it happened that the news of the kobold's invasion was also transmitted, so the royal court couldn't care about what the villain said, after all, the kobold were a big problem.
And the foolish brother was unwilling to withdraw his defense and rush to the front, saying that Watuwa and Sost were next to his territory, and he could not let his people suffer from the calamity. And the armies subordinate to the royal court are also facing the tribes on the border, and it will take time to rush back. So there was a fierce quarrel at the meeting, and at this time Wang Khan was already very dissatisfied with his precious brother, and immediately ordered to send Wang Tingting Guard, but was strongly opposed, this is the army that has always guarded Wang Khan, and it is easy not to send it!
In the end, the bastard agreed to send troops under pressure, but he didn't leave for two days, which led to the destruction of the 1st Frontier Regiment. Seeing this, he may be afraid of Wang Khan's blame, so he moved a lot faster, handed over the 2nd and 3rd Frontier Regiments in his hands, and only then did he have Levst's late reinforcements.
In fact, it is not a coincidence, the royal court has a total of eight border regiments and a court guard, which is the existence of a regular army, a total of 83,000 people, although the rat people are all soldiers, and they can play with a weapon, but the actual combat power is really not flattering. Except for the legions of the two younger brothers, the other four are distributed on the long border, and the other two were originally stationed in the royal court. If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, Sives's troops would not have been used.
Here we have to analyze the border terrain of the rat people, from the original half of the current only three, also thanks to the current terrain. The Monza Mountains stretch across the plains of Sardinianland, and the kobolds' territory is mostly mountainous, while the vast plains are in the hands of the ratmen. At that time, it was also relying on the danger of the mountains that he was able to defeat the kobold and keep his race. But there are always ups and downs in the mountains, but most of them are narrow and dangerous paths, which are not enough for a large army to pass, and only a small number of troops can block the road and not advance an inch. However, there are still four areas that resemble large breaches that can be navigated, which is also the lifeblood of the rat people.
Therefore, the four corps are stationed on these four roads, and the fortresses are densely guarded. The direction of the current attack is the largest gap in the plain, and the royal court has also established a large rear here, in order to facilitate support and defend the border.
Due to Sives' delay and lack of judgment of the battle situation, one of the border regiments has already been destroyed. Fortunately, the two frontier regiments sent by the expatriate rushed back to the royal court in time, so that the raided 40,000 kobolds did not succeed, but except for the center of the royal court, everything else had fallen into the ravages of the enemy. The militia was also defeated, many civilians died in the war, and the prosperous royal court area instantly became a purgatory on earth. The royal court was not without action, on the one hand, it was urgent to strengthen the armed forces in the court, and on the other hand, it was to launch a mobilization order and summon all the ministries to quickly come to support.