The Gangfei Empire has never felt such a crisis, even the fiasco of the war with the Falcon Empire, it has not been so nervous,

At the imperial meeting held in advance, the seven-year-old little emperor solemnly promulgated the battle plan of Fokodil, proposing to prepare to use the four directly subordinate legions as the main force to mobilize 300,000 troops in the Fokodil area and fight a decisive battle with the 200,000 troops of Islam that broke into the empire, "Only by repelling the Iranians can the empire have a chance to revivenation, otherwise, every qiē is empty talk" The seven-year-old little emperor showed a shocking feeling on his immature face," His Majesty's mention is very wise, and if he continues to be weak, the people of the empire will also question the incompetence of the soldiers!" "War Minister Andya expressed his support for this battle plan, and with him taking the lead, the attitude of the military changed, and although the four directly subordinate army commanders were a little unwilling, they also jointly expressed their willingness to carry out the order Since it is the order of the emperor's majesty, we will obey it!" Andia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes swept over the faces of each participant with deep meaning, it seemed that because of this battle decision, many of the originally hesitant faces finally showed a hint of relaxation, Andya looked stern and abnormal, Rubin Sark, do you see, this is the richest legacy you left to the empire, no matter the identity and position, Gangfei is a whole, when a race is facing a crisis of survival and death, differences and frictions will seem insignificant,

And the battle plan you left for the little emperor as a preparation is undoubtedly the best display platform in line with the identity of the young emperor, and does not require too much command ability, only as the promulgator of the battle order, no matter how much the emperor can play a role in this battle, whether it is victory or defeat, the entire Gangfei will look at this young emperor with admiration and no longer treat him as a child. Rather, it was an emperor-like expression of true respect, because in the face of national difficulties, this little emperor embodied the responsibility of an emperor, "In order to provide effective support for frontal battles, I think that in view of this form, it is imperative to organize the garrisons of the eastern provinces into an eastern army with a unified command structure." The military affairs department proposed to build yì, and the strength of the newly formed corps includes the garrisons of the provinces, the border guards transferred back from the southwest, and part of the four directly subordinate corps!"

After reaching an intention to gather forces in the Focodil area, Andya took the opportunity to throw out a long-awaited variant of the diversion bill, in this one. He skillfully covered up the hard flaw in the original diversion bill, that is, the resistance from the side of the directly subordinate legions, in fact, because as long as the Eastern Legion is established, it is actually equivalent to splitting the original four directly subordinate legions into two parts, large and small, invisibly, the Eastern Legion will become a large group army with strong military strength in the Gangnon-Imperial Army, but the internal factions are mixed, and this largest military group is destined not to go in the opposite direction of the emperor.

The room was silent. Some whispers vibrated in the air, not that no one could not see the true purpose of this mention, but many more. It's looking at the new legion of the Eastern Legion, a collection of half of the provincial garrisons of the empire, and a part of each of the four directly subordinate legions, what a big legion. Although it is a large consolidation, it is for many officers and generals who feel undervalued or feel that their future is bleak. It is undoubtedly exciting, because it means that they can jump out of the big dye vat of Kyoto and find a place in the relatively relaxed new army.

And the four major army commanders with interests chose to be silent after looking at each other a few times, they are all waiting, their eyes are on the throne of the commander of the Eastern Army, no matter how big the position of the four army is, unless they choose to rebel, it will be like this for a lifetime, but the Eastern Army is different, if they finally defeat the Istan in the war, the possibility of jumping to the marshal of the empire in one fell swoop is very high, for a soldier, that is his peak!

"Lord Andya's mention is very good, but the Eastern Legion is responsible for the arduous task of containing the advance of the Istans, which requires that the head of the Eastern Legion must be a very good general who can take on important responsibilities, and among the current imperial generals, I don't know who the Lord intends to send to the Eastern Legion" Marquis Yeerdo, the commander of the new Eighth Legion, asked a little nervously, he was not a Legion Commander from Kyoto, so he was most worried that he would be excluded from the candidates

"I think we can wait until after the battle of Fokodil!"

The corners of Andya's mouth smiled slightly, he threw the most powerful blow, the meaning of which is very obvious, who can be the most prominent in the battle of Fucordiel, who is the commander of the Eastern Army, as soon as these words came out, a gasping sound immediately sounded in the venue, not only the eyes of the four directly subordinate army commanders lit up, but the generals of the other units also cheered up, and everyone seemed full of confidence,

"What about the Kyoto side?" someone asked in a low voice, "The commanders of the four directly subordinate corps were transferred to the front line, and the generals also went to the front line, so what about the Praetorian Guards on the Kyoto side, the Praetorian Guards defend Xinjing, and the same responsibility is heavy." If this position falls into the hands of some unscrupulous people with hidden ambitions, then it will be a big trouble!" Andya bared his white teeth, "Don't worry about this, the candidate I am proposing is definitely loyal and reliable. I built yì, and the emperor personally assumed the post of commander of the Praetorian Guard. ”

The seats were shocked.

The seven-year-old little emperor's eyes widened, and he looked at Andya in disbelief, after all, he was only seven years old, even if someone pointed him out, he couldn't react to this situation for a while, and when everyone's eyes were focused on him, he realized that it was not a hallucination just now.

Before he could say anything, Marquis Doma, the commander of the Eleventh Army of the Empire, one of the four major army commanders, had already shouted loudly, "Lord Andya's construction is very good!

Yes, hand over Kyoto to His Majesty the Emperor, and no one has an opinion" The generals echoed one after another,

Only the commander of the New Fifth Legion, Marquis Leo, argued without knowing each other, "Your Majesty the Emperor is talented and intelligent, but he has no military experience, is it too reckless to command the Praetorian Guard?" Andia unceremoniously pushed him back, "Your Majesty the Emperor has become a generation of masters, everyone has seen it, and it is precisely because of lack of experience that it is more necessary to learn!"

Walking out of the meeting hall, Andya walked at the back of the crowd, because it involved the competition for the commander of the Eastern Army, or he had already begun to see other competitors,

After the meeting, almost all of the generals hurriedly walked down the steps, and there was no situation where they had to talk for more than ten minutes all the way as before, and Andya stopped after walking down the last step and was in front of the steps. He turned to look at the majestic palace hall on the steps, his eyes deep and thoughtful, when the supreme authority is spied on, there will be a lot of unexpected things, some ugly scum will come to the surface. Some local officials will defect to the enemy, some generals with heavy armies will become self-respecting warlords, some will rebel, some will betray, some will surrender, some will flee. War has always been a freak, no matter how ugly things can be produced in it, it may be even more crazy, morality is crushed, the law is trampled on, the upper and lower levels are subverted, the social order is gone, and a new chaotic era is coming.

"In that chaotic period, how can people protect themselves? The countless treasures left by the previous emperor could not be helped, and the title of heir was even more useless, and the only one who could protect the royal power was the army! Always be with the army, that's the safest. The departure of the commanders of the four directly subordinate legions from Beijing, and the control of the Imperial Janissaries belonged to the emperor, which once made people feel uneasy. It's already swept away like a leaf in the wind, but why, I still don't feel at ease!

October. The first snow fell in the north of Obaro, and the strings of war between the Falcon Empire and the Gallic Empire entered a lull period, and the advancing Falcon Army was already at the end of its strong crossbows, and the arrival of the cold winter made the Gauls even more convinced of this, in fact, Hukochili received the order of the fat man to suspend the attack,

The earth under the winter snow is silvery white, the cold wind blowing from the north seems to freeze a qiē, in the room with the burning red fireplace, the fat man signed his name on the first batch of 300,000 catties of iron ore rough stone sold to the Central Berean Empire at a high price, put down the pen, looked at the falling white outside the window in a daze, time is clear, unconsciously it is the fourth year that he has set foot in Obarro,

After years of fighting and the sacrifice of countless imperial soldiers, the empire completely established the position of northern hegemony on this main continent, but the war against the Gauls also seemed to lag behind.

Opposite him sat John Ed, the head of the Northwest District Business Alliance, this aggrieved business predator in the Northwest Region, a super businessman who had just swallowed more than a thousand acres of fertile cotton fields in the Northwest Region, and was also a legend in the business world, but at this moment, it was a rare pair of strict sù, this guy has a staggering determination, as long as he finds an opportunity, he will not hesitate to bet, but this guy bets on the right every time, and his ability to see the stitches is extraordinary, such as helping the Fei Ruo family, he finalized the big list of 30,000 border guards in winter military uniforms this year,

"Your Majesty, this year's military uniform standards are really difficult to achieve!" John Ed said with a bitter face, he took the risk to meet him, it was entirely because this year's winter military uniform procurement competition had just begun, and he found a potential big problem, as an important task of the empire in the business alliance, he immediately found a situation to report to the fat man, "The new standard of this year's winter military uniforms is severely cracking down on cotton and linen merchants!

"Whether the standard of military uniforms is high or not is not decided by you and me, but determined by the actual situation! This year's winter comes early, and it will last for three months, and the military uniforms are the first combat weapon to protect soldiers who are fighting in the snow from severe cold!" The fat man pursed his lips, closed the Wen Jiàn in his hand, and said in a calm tone. If it was a previous year, I wouldn't mind giving these interesting guys a bite to eat, but not this year, if you feel that the previous preparation was in vain, I can ask the Maumo family and Dyrance in the Northwest to help you digest some of it!"

"Your Majesty, the small one is not distressed about his own losses, but distressed that this military uniform standard will make countless cotton and linen merchants mourn!"

"Isn't it too strict!"

The fat man was slightly stunned, the main location of the empire is still in the north, under the severe cold, the earth is frozen for thousands of miles, the rivers are blocked, the inland rivers formed by the empire's trade lines are completely useless, and the speed of the freight carriage will also be slowed down by Yanzhòng, under normal circumstances, most merchants will choose to rest in winter, winter is the low tide period of imperial commerce, in order to stimulate domestic consumption and promote new growth points, often fat people will order the imperial military affairs department and the internal affairs department to purchase various war preparations in winter, build various facilities, mobilize the nerves of merchants, and let the empire's business smoothly survive the cold winter period。

However, this year's requirements for military uniforms are indeed too strict, and the personnel of the Ministry of Military Affairs who went to purchase them claimed that this year's military uniforms must be able to ensure that the combat temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius. John Edder, who thinks he is nine out of ten, is suddenly like a leaf in the autumn wind, tears streaming down his face, and he can't bear it, because the requirements of previous years are only to be able to fight at minus ten degrees, but this year it has doubled, and the filling military uniform is cotton, not something that will raise the heat by itself,

John Ed himself ventured to meet the fat man, and the cotton fields were considered to be a rapidly declining industry in the Northwest, with the establishment of a well-connected commercial trade route in the Southwest. Colored silk threads have begun to appear in the colors of the Falcon Empire's civilian clothing, which were previously only worn by nobles, and the status of cotton and linen has become more and more weakened

"It's not an exaggeration at all! The small ones don't dare to expire at all," John Ed said with a rare stern face, and said with a bitter mouth, "In June this year, many people have already taken advantage of the opportunity of low cotton and linen prices to buy cotton, and began to prepare for the winter military uniforms, and have been running around for three months in a row, buying cotton fields in the northwest region on a large scale, ruthlessly smashing half of their property, and building thirty uniform workshops in a row. There are not a few people who employ more than 1,000 people, and some have even stockpiled 30,000 sets of manufactured goods, just as His Majesty had to prepare before the war, and these cotton and linen merchants are doing the same thing."

A sharp look flashed in John Ed's eyes. The voice stopped, and he said boldly, "Originally, as long as the bidding for military uniforms began, tens of thousands of sets of military uniforms in the hands of these cotton and linen merchants would be pressed to the bottom. In terms of price, it can suppress many new predators, but this year, the Imperial Military Department is unusual. Suddenly, the standard of the winter cotton lining in the army's battle armor has reached the point of perversion, and the standard has been changed, and the painstaking efforts and financial resources invested by these cotton and linen merchants in the early stage have been completely and completely lost, not to mention that tens of thousands of sets of military uniforms that have already been made must be dismantled into a mess again, and the little thin name that these people have accumulated with great difficulty can be regarded as completely finished! There will be very few cotton and linen merchants who can survive this winter!

Hearing John Ed's words, the fat man stood up and pondered for a while, the list of winter military uniforms is fatal to the attraction of merchants, as John Ed said, it is entirely possible to prepare a few months in advance, although the local troops of the empire have just been reduced, the total strength is still 200,000, and the front-line combat troops outside are nearly 300,000, adding up to 500,000 people, such a list is smashed down, it is already more than 10 million lists, and it is called "the ladder to the wealthy merchants" by many businessmen

And the empire spares no effort in the winter protection of soldiers, in order to reduce the attrition of the army caused by the severe cold, winter clothes are the best cotton, in this regard, the imperial military department will never be stingy, many cotton merchants have made a fortune because of this, there have been scandals of using winter military uniforms to shoddy, the result is that the big businessman Tulunander who is responsible for supplying military uniforms was killed, and all property was confiscated.

Every winter, the big cake of the imperial army's winter cotton clothes is a tragic war for the cotton and linen merchants in the empire.

John Eddard's start is because he once climbed the line of Caesar Solon, and for several years in a row, he got the list of military uniforms of the Imperial Northern Army at a competitive price, and his assets have rolled to more than one million in a few years.

The Fat Man planned to fight against Gallic Kyoto in the winter, and as the top military secret of the Empire, it was impossible for the Fat Man to sue Sù John Ed,

The fat man looked at the map behind him, and was also thinking, in the past few years in Obarro, he found that the cold winter in Gaul was lower than that of the empire itself, and if the army wanted to continue to fight in the winter according to the predetermined plan, it was completely possible to encounter extremely cold weather of minus 20 degrees, so the fat man especially greatly raised the standard of winter military uniforms, indeed, to resist minus 20 degrees, for this era is still a little impossible,

With a little regret, the fat man thought in his heart, if only there was a force that could adapt to the cold!

The fat man was thinking about whether it was the withered Slavs who recruited some new soldiers, but finally denied it, because the Slavs had no soldiers to recruit, and the Slavs were finally placed in the Bergtu region of the southwest after that tragic migration, and after registration and statistics, there were less than 50,000 adult male Slavs, and they could no longer form a combat army,

Is it the whole winter watching like this?

The fat man is not reconciled, the recovery ability of the Gauls is still very strong, the foundation of a big empire is there, a winter, at least more than 200,000 mobilization, the empire has been delayed for 10 months in order to open up the line of Rasti, Danny, Gallic Kyoto, if you can't take Gallic Kyoto in one go, who knows what will happen......!