Chapter 557: The Elves Go South
Most of the territory of the Blue Frost Kingdom is covered in ice and snow, and the environment is extremely harsh, and they have no abundant products and no way to farm. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The inhabitants of the kingdom still maintain a very traditional fishing and hunting life, and the population of the entire Blue Frost Kingdom has remained at about 200,000 for a long time.
This is only equivalent to the population of a province in the Lionheart Empire, which does not match its vast territory, but combined with the environment of the Blue Frost Kingdom.
It is a miracle that 200,000 people can survive on such a land, but at the same time, the harsh environment and the difficult life are made.
It also tempered the perseverance of the people of the Blue Frost Kingdom, and one thing worth noting is that the Blue Frost Kingdom has a high proportion of troops.
Although the Blue Frost Kingdom only has two standing armies, the Elven Army and the Patriotic Army, if it is in a wartime state, it can raise an army of 80,000 people.
This proportion accounts for forty percent of its population, which is a very staggering number, and it is not an exaggeration to say that all the people of the Blue Frost Kingdom are soldiers.
And at this point, the Lionheart Empire has twenty provinces and a population of more than four million, making it the number one power in the Miracle Continent.
Both in terms of productivity and military strength, it was extremely outstanding, and before the civil war of the Lionheart Empire, its standing army was nearly 100, that is, 200,000 people.
This is already equivalent to the total population of the Blue Frost Kingdom, but if you calculate the proportion, the proportion of the army is about one-twentieth.
This is a very healthy number, of course this was before the Civil War, after which the Lionheart Empire's military power suffered a great depletion.
Especially in the south, the battlefield of the Rose Plain suffered heavy losses, and the empire's military strength is now less than one-third of its heyday, which can be called dismal.
The Demok Confederation in the south, known as the mainland's largest economic power, had an active federal system that fostered commercial prosperity.
In terms of population, the Demok Federation is roughly on par with the Lionheart Empire, with a population of nearly four million, but it is somewhat lacking in military power.
Due to the special conscription system of the Demok Federation, the number of their standing army has been maintained at the figure of 100,000 for a long time, and the calculated proportion is only one-fortieth.
This number is obviously a bit low, but it shows the idea of the Dermok Federation, they have no ambition to dominate the continent.
They prefer to make money in business and live a better life than to fight and fight, which of course is the opinion of the lower classes of the people and craftsmen.
As for whether the bigwigs in the Senate are also sitting and thinking like this, it is a matter of not knowing, and the advantages and disadvantages of the three major forces are obvious.
The Blue Frost Kingdom has a strong army, almost all of them are soldiers, and the Dmork Federation has a strong economy, as if it is sitting on a gold mine.
And the Lionheart Empire, which originally occupied both advantages, suffered serious losses after the civil war, and its military strength could no longer be compared with the Blue Frost Kingdom.
It is also beginning to lag behind the Demok Federation economically, and even has a tendency to stagnate in a state of stagnation, which would be strange if it was not coveted.
Since the elven army is named after the elves, it is not a bluff, it seems to be more capable of bluffing, in fact, this army really has elves to fight.
Elves are full of magical powers, and can give soldiers the blessing of attack power and armor, and even repair wounds, but the elements cannot, and the functions are different.
The Elven Army has four major elemental legions, namely the Wind Legion, the Fire Legion, the Earth Legion, and the Soft Water Legion, which belong to the large legion.
The so-called large army is that in addition to the main battle soldiers, there are also troops responsible for auxiliary and cooperative operations within the legion, and the large army has an establishment of 4,000 people.
That is to say, the total number of soldiers in the entire elven army is sixteen thousand, and elves are not available to every soldier, in fact, elves are rare.
In the entire land of the Blue Frost Kingdom, the number of elves is only more than a thousand, and the number of elves assigned to the elven army for coordinated operations is two hundred.
Spread out evenly among the four elemental legions, each with fifty elves, this number seems a bit shabby at first glance, and it is not worth mentioning at all.
But you must know that elves can often exert amazing combat abilities in war, and often one elf can withstand at least a hundred soldiers!
The elven army from the Blue Frost Kingdom is definitely an opponent that all generals on the continent are unwilling to face, and it can be called the grave of famous generals.
However, the elven army has not fought on the continent for many years, and their existence has gradually become a long-standing legend, and the young people are no longer afraid.
Only a handful of silver-haired men in their mid-sixty years old would know the horrors of that army.
Now this elven army, which has not been on the continent for many years, is crossing the northern steppe and moving south quickly, and they are like thunder!
"It's been years since I've set foot on southern soil, and it's so nostalgic, and even the smell of the air makes me feel comfortable. ”
The second man of the Elven Army, the Legion Commander of the Earth Legion, Tibers, stroked his very delicately braided beard, enjoying the smell of the grass very much.
"The smell of horse manure in the air does make you feel comfortable, but the south isn't as warm as I thought it would be, and it's still snowing. ”
There weren't many people in the elven army who could openly dismiss Tybers, and Storm was one of them, and he looked impatiently at the sky.
Snow was still falling in the sky, which annoyed him, who was known as the Blade of the Kingdom, and waved his hand to slap the snowflakes in an attempt to drive them away.
"It's winter, isn't it normal for snow to fall, and this is only the south in our eyes, and for those mainlanders, it's still a very northern position, and when we reach the interior of the empire, it's almost spring, and the weather will get warmer and warmer. ”
A man in his fifties squinted into the distance, he knew the south very well, and he said it with a sense of non-anger and self-preservation.
Storm, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, also obediently shut up after he spoke, because this person was the commander-in-chief of the elven army.
At the same time, he is also the commander of the Roushui Legion, Fared, who is the soul of the entire army and the most respected general by the soldiers.
"Are you finally going to use force against the Empire? I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time, this is a good time to lay a meritorious service, we want to attack the royal capital in one go, so that these southerners can see our strength well!"
Storm was in high spirits, after all, he was still young, less than thirty years old, and he was eager to establish a great feat that no one had done before.
"Fight to the royal capital, we can easily defeat the enemy's legions, but attacking the city is really not what we are good at, our main task is to respond to the call of the little emperor and help him put down the rebellion, right?"
Tibers shook his head, they lacked siege weapons and could not conduct large-scale siege warfare.
"Quelling the rebellion? I don't know what kind of enemy our enemy is, so let's look forward to it for now. ”
Faryd's deep gaze looked into the distance, and the army marched rapidly.