Chapter 62: The Wind Rises (5)
There are rebel Senat in the south, orcs in the steppe in the north, and the emperor is still at ease in the face of two strong enemies in the north and south at the same time, not only that, but the imperial capital has even begun to plan preparations for a counterattack when the war is still intertwined, General Orlando is ready to take this opportunity to defeat all the stubborn enemies in the way of the revival of the empire in one fell swoop, and at the same time integrate the power of all mankind to face the undead army that does not know when it will reappear.
For the upcoming big counterattack, Orlando held a comprehensive military conference in the barracks of the Royal Knights of the Imperial Capital, and those who were qualified to participate in such a meeting were only important figures of the southern forces such as Cassano, Free Paradise, and Mochizuki City, and Ryan was naturally among them.
Due to the importance of this meeting, the elven queen and the dwarf king also attended, but with their detached position, they naturally chose to observe, from beginning to end, they all did not say a word, and would never intervene in these internal disputes, but the two of them also reminded everyone of the prosperous scene when the empire was first established 200 years ago, and even Orlando, who was a holy knight, was excited, feeling that his efforts over the years were not in vain, and the revival of the empire was just around the corner.
At present, the Imperial Capital-Cassano Alliance has become a new political entity due to the addition of more allies, simply put, each force in this alliance has an equal status with the Imperial Capital, and each other is politically, economically, and even militarily independent, and the Emperor on the stronger side will not interfere in the internal affairs of other forces, and everyone is relatively independent. However, diplomatically, other forces must follow in the footsteps of the imperial capital, and when faced with foreign enemies, other allies are obliged to send troops to fully assist the imperial capital in the battle until the final victory is achieved.
This model is actually not much different from when the Holy Alliance Empire was first established, and even compared to the beginning, this new alliance is more lenient for the allies who join, and the ruling imperial capital will not bind the allies with all kinds of rules and regulations, because Orlando and others have already reached a consensus, and the appearance of the rebel Senate also proves this, so instead of trying to curb the development of others, it is better to try to develop yourself, as long as you ensure that the imperial capital is military, political, With huge advantages in terms of economy and magic, the other allies will definitely not betray the imperial capital, and the entire alliance will also increase the overall strength because of the improvement of the strength of each ally, and the various allies in the alliance will also become closer because of a lot of exchanges.
Such a covenant is definitely an ideal choice for the free heaven and Mochizuki City on the defeated side, at least Chilaviv and Clifford came to the imperial capital with the intention of ceding land and paying reparations at the beginning, but they got such a good result from Faras, so naturally there will be no objections. And for Cassano, this is also a very good result. After all, it is only a small area with a population of only a few hundred thousand, although it can be on an equal footing with the imperial capital when it has the special status of Ryan, but its own strength is too poor, only in terms of population, the entire Cassano is not as large as a large farm on the outskirts of the imperial capital, once Ryan is not in Cassano, then sooner or later this area will not be able to withstand the pressure of the imperial capital and become a vassal of the imperial capital, and even eventually become a city under the rule of the imperial capital, it is better to take this opportunity to fix this autonomous territory model that is dependent on the imperial capital and has relatively independent authority, which is also quite beneficial to the future of the entire Cassano。
All this does not seem to be very beneficial to the imperial capital, after all, they are the victors and deserve more loot, but if you think about it, you can understand the painstaking efforts of Orlando, Faras, and others. Now Faras has the power alone, but this country still belongs to the Fernando royal family in name, if the imperial capital really unifies the entire continent, then the prestige of Farras, the actual controller of the imperial capital's power, will reach its peak in an instant, and the little king is still young at this time, without any prestige at all, when the lord is weak and the servant is strong, the rule of the Fernando royal family is naturally in jeopardy, which is naturally what Orlando, who is loyal to the royal family, does not want to see.
On the other hand, although Faras is in power, she has no ambition to replace it at all, thinking that when Luke suddenly had an accident, Faras was forcibly pushed from the pampered eldest lady to her current position by Victor, she only wants to maintain the situation in front of her now, and has no further plans at all. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way back for Faraz, she would rather abandon her current identity and return to the carefree and adventurous life she had at the beginning, rather than intrigue all day long, struggling on the road to power.
Of course, there are also factors that belong to the free heaven and Mochizuki City, after all, no one wants to abandon their free identity and become a vassal of others, even if Mochizuki City and other southern forces are now succumbed because of the defeat, but sooner or later, there will still be Senate second, and then everything will repeat itself.
If there is no undead legion to watch, the imperial capital can still fight for three or five years of political turmoil and forcibly conquer the mainland by force, but now the tentacles of the demigod lich have touched all aspects of the continent, and at this time, the imperial capital has other actions, once it causes the resistance of the southern forces, it is equivalent to weakening its own strength, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, the current situation of the imperial capital becoming the dominant force of the Holy Alliance externally, weakening the imperial power internally, but still maintaining the majesty of the imperial family, is the best choice for everyone.
Having settled their relationship, the new Holy Alliance Empire immediately convened a formal military council, in which Freya and Reynolds were excited to attend, and Orlando slowly described the current situation on the continent and the current situation on the northern and southern fronts of the imperial capital in a very calm tone. Although the current imperial capital can easily block the attack of orcs and Sennat, it is still a little difficult to counterattack, after all, Orlando does not want this war to continue for a long time, so it is either resolutely defensive and consumes the enemy's strength, or it is necessary to use superior forces to destroy the enemy's resistance in one fell swoop, and completely solve the great problem of the Holy Alliance.
Based on this principle, Orlando decided to prioritize concentrating his forces to fight the orcs in the main decisive battle, after all, the main forces of the imperial capital are all in the north, and the offensive of the orcs is a greater threat to the imperial capital. At the same time, the other members of the Holy Alliance are all in the south, whether it is the mobilization of troops or the transportation of materials, it will take a while, just during this time, the first counterattack against the orcs, and when the orcs are driven away, the south is almost ready, just to launch a counterattack against Senate.
And no matter how annoying Senat is, but he is a human after all, his appearance is just a struggle for power within the human race, in a way, even if Senat unifies the continent, he will treat the people under his rule well, which is the foundation of his rule, and once the orcs become the overlord of the continent, I am afraid that the day when the human race will not turn over, it will become unknown whether the entire race can continue. Of course, no one has said this reason, and many things are well known to everyone, but it is not beautiful if it is really broken.
This strategy of first north and then south is in the interests of everyone, and naturally no one will oppose it, and after it was successfully passed, everyone immediately took action. Chiraviv of Free Heaven and Clifford of Mochizuki City rushed back to their territory overnight with a teleportation magic array through Cassano, and they began to secretly mobilize troops and supplies to concentrate in the predetermined direction, while Ryan was left behind, because the imperial capital needed his help for the next counterattack.
According to the information sent back from the Three Northern Forts, there are two powerful combat forces in the orc's army this time, one is the sickle chariot pulled by the mammoth war elephant. This killing machine appeared once four years ago, and based on bits and pieces of information, it was used by the orcs when they launched a quick assault on Sunrise City.
These sickle chariots move extremely fast under the traction of mammoth war elephants, and it is extremely terrifying for them to form a phalanx charge on the plains, mammoth war elephants have rough skin and thick flesh, and are not afraid of swords, axes, bows and arrows, and the bronze chariots covered with sharp scythes on both sides are quite heavy, and even the heavy rejection horses are directly overturned in the rapid gallop, and ordinary soldiers will be directly turned into pieces by the sickles, and they will die quite miserably. This time, General Sharic of the Three Northern Forts sent cavalry to harass and attack the orcs twice in a row, but all of them ended up in the counterattack of this mammoth chariot, and their existence made the vast savannah a forbidden area for human activities.
Of course, only this kind of mammoth chariot, Orlando is not particularly worried, after all, he has the Royal Knights at hand, as long as he finds the weakness of this legion, Orlando can personally lead this victorious legion to attack the enemy's Achilles heel, and it may not be impossible to defeat the opponent, but another new combat power of the orcs has to worry Orlando.
Orlando of course knows very well that Ryan and they had killed an ancient monster hydra before, this time the orcs went south and also brought the same ancient monster Beamon giant beast, although the number should not be much, but this kind of Beamon giant beast, known as the land overlord, is ten meters tall, its upper limbs are abnormally developed, its strength is great, and it often directly tears the prey into pieces, even an adult red dragon did not dare to take its edge lightly, in order to avoid the harassment of the Beamon giant beast, the dragon clan had to choose a steep cliff or an island far from the mainland to produce dragon eggs to reproduce, the power of the Beamon giant beast can be seen。
This is one of the reasons why Orlando is determined to have a main decisive battle with the orcs first, although it is not clear why the orcs will hold on to the humans in the three northern forts, after all, they can forcibly conquer those small fortresses by dispatching the Beamon giant beasts, General Charric has no power to compete with it at all, but the Beast Emperor did not do it at all, this kind of abnormal thing often means a bigger conspiracy, General Orlando has to defend, so he invited Ryan to launch an attack on the orcs together, and Ryan has been waiting for this day for 4 years since he escaped from Thor's Fortress, so he naturally went happily。