Chapter 94, taking into account the overall situation
The dust settled, and the expeditionary force embarked on its way home. Compared with a spear when he came, when he went back, it was already a big cart and a small cart full.
There is no doubt that Hudson was not the only one who made a fortune. The nobles who came together also bulged their pockets. Even the ordinary soldiers below have a good harvest.
Concealing war booty is a bad habit that cannot be eradicated by the traditional army. Fortunately, the soldiers below had limited knowledge, and only some currency was hidden, mainly copper and silver coins.
Even the gold coins were touched only by a few brave soldiers. This is the great wisdom of the serfs at the bottom, and the huge wealth is a disaster for them.
In order to speed up the march, Hudson also imposed a cap on the amount of loot that all nobles could carry.
The unit of measurement was very rudely chosen: no more than one carriage for a viscount, no more than a quarter of a carriage for a baron, and no more than a tenth of a carriage for a knight.
Before leaving, the expeditionary force camp also held a large-scale commodity fair and staged a tearful sale. Including Hudson himself, he also sold a lot of loot.
The buyer is naturally the great nobles of the Principality of Moxi, and this kind of cheap and profitable business can only be done by the powerful lord.
War is like this, those who survive make riches, and those who die turn to dust.
From the beginning of the expedition to the present return, the expeditionary force has been in the Duchy of Moxi for almost a year. During the period, there were sadness and sweetness, bitterness and tears, and I experienced all the flavors of the world.
Looking at the thick list of the dead in his hand, Hudson's original joy was also lost at this moment.
As a successful person, he is both fame and fortune. With the title of "Marshal", he returned with glory and wealth.
But the price behind this is the more than 80,000 soldiers who fell in the expeditionary force, and even if you exclude the more than 60,000 people who died in the Battle of Dacias, more than 20,000 people fell for this glory.
Soldiers died a lot, and officers died just as much. Twelve hundred nobles of the kingdom have remained in a foreign land forever.
The hole was poked out by Crown Prince Caesar, but the aftermath fell to Hudson. Now he is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, and the families of the nobles who died in battle are in trouble, and his troubles are indispensable.
After some emotion, Hudson decisively closed the list. Some things can't be taken seriously, otherwise life will not be possible.
When I came, I wandered all the way, and the way back was already fifty miles a day. From a distance, you can feel a murderous aura, and you can see that the expeditionary force has been reborn.
The Moxies' ability to dig into the wall is still good. The expeditionary force originally numbered more than 114,000 men, but now only 76,000 people left with Hudson.
The aristocrats who have made meritorious contributions have basically chosen to emigrate across borders. All were forced out, and as survivors of the Battle of Dacias, their troubles were far from over.
If you lose a battle, you will always be held accountable. If you can't deal with Crown Prince Caesar, you can only arrest a few officers who escaped and give an explanation to the families of the dead.
Even if a new military merit is made later, it can only be exempted from official disposal, and they still have to carry the hatred behind the black pot.
The post-war reward did not have their share. It's obviously not his responsibility, but he has to carry the black pot, and the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes.
In this context, the Moxi people were slightly agitated, and it was natural to change jobs.
In fact, there is no need to return to China to feel it, and some problems can be seen just from the personnel appointments within the expeditionary force.
Most of the main positions in the army were promoted by Hudson's cronies. The aristocrats who have made meritorious contributions are all marginalized roles.
This was not a deliberate attempt by Hudson to suppress them, but out of political necessity. The appointment of officers needs to be reported to the royal capital, and the commander of the appointed tainted officers is also responsible.
In addition to these people, most of the aristocratic officers who had gathered from all over the mainland had also stayed.
There was no way, and although Hudson might have promised to report their merits to them when he returned to China, and to fight for their titles and fiefs, it would be just a blank check in the end.
The fiefdom given by the Mossi was immediately cashed in. Although most of them are on the front line of northern Xinjiang, they can't stand the nobles who are responsible for digging people to fool.
What orc empire is bound to fall, the Alpha Kingdom has regained its lost territory, and the Duchy of Moxi no longer borders on orcs...... And so on, so many theories that even Hudson was dizzy when he heard it.
The nobles jumped ship, and their private army naturally had to stay. As for the family's issues, the foreign affairs ministries of the two countries are responsible for communication.
The aristocrats in the country are thinking that the cake is too small and not enough to share, and some people are willing to take the initiative to vacate the place, and it is too late for everyone to be happy, and the obstacles basically do not exist.
The number of troops in his hands has decreased, but Hudson's control over the expeditionary force has been further strengthened.
In addition to the engineering corps of more than 8,000 people, Hudson's descendants expanded to more than 12,000 people, and the men and horses under the command of other members of the Coslow family also swelled to more than 13,000.
This does not include the reinforcements provided by the kingdom, and knowing that those people will be returned after the war, Hudson deliberately assigned them to other nobles.
Most of the soldiers replenished by their own families came from the Duchy of Moxi. After being plagued by the orcs, most of these people are homeless lords.
There is nowhere to go, and there is not much to worry about following the boss to the Alpha Kingdom to develop.
Compared to when they arrived, the number of troops has increased fivefold. The army was able to expand so quickly thanks to the children of those hundreds of families. It was precisely with a group of grassroots officers that Hudson dared to play like this.
The remaining tens of thousands of troops were either in the hands of the younger brother or commanded by nobles close to him.
A new political group with Hudson as the core has quietly formed, just waiting to take root and grow stronger.
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The Orc Empire, Emperor Beamon, who fled in a hurry, returned to the imperial court in embarrassment after going through hardships and hardships.
According to past experience, things should have come to an end when they reached this point.
The "old knights" who were attracted by the secret method of immortality had no intention of letting him go at all. chased all the way to the hinterland of the orc empire, and vowed not to give up if he did not achieve his goal.
It stands to reason that it is taboo for soldiers to go deep alone, and waiting for the army of the Alpha Kingdom to act together is the safest choice.
It's a pity that along the way, many old guys have fallen. It was not that he died on the battlefield, but because Shou Yuan ran out of oil and died.
This scene is too cruel for a group of old guys who are about to die.
The secret method of immortality is close at hand, and they can all fall down in advance, and many old guys who have their last breath left to support them are naturally unwilling to waste time.
If Emperor Bimeng could drag it in for three or five years, he wouldn't need to send troops to attack, and these old guys themselves would almost die.
It is precisely because they have not been able to live for a few days that this group of old men are particularly vigorous when they fight.
Once seriously injured, he decisively pulls people on their backs. made a lot of orc masters dare not come forward.
The enemy with the mentality of becoming a benevolent if he doesn't succeed is already terrible, but this group of old guys is still a powerful pervert.
Originally, he just went fishing, but unfortunately caught a group of big sharks, and Emperor Beamon was also very helpless.
The boat was overturned, the people were still struggling in the sea, and there was a group of sharks chasing after them, which was really overwhelming.
"The order went down, and all the Beamon cavalry were dispatched, ordering all the tribes to immediately bring all the young men to reinforce the imperial court, and the violators were exterminated!
Offman, you are responsible for organizing the evacuation of the old and weak of the clan from the Imperial Court. The speed must be fast, the bait we have arranged will not be delayed for long, and we must all evacuate before the enemy finds the location of the Imperial Court. ”
People can evacuate, but the royal court cannot give up. He had prepared so much in advance, and if it fell into the hands of the Terrans, all his efforts would be in vain.
Without the support of the secret method of life extension, his old arms and legs can go to see the beast god immediately.
The next battle of the imperial court is also a life-and-death battle for Emperor Beamon, and now he has no way out.
Relying on the army to kill the enemy is not a question of whether he can do it, but because he does not have enough time to gather the army of the entire orc empire.
The little troops left behind by the Guanghuang Court were purely to deliver food to the enemy. The situation has developed to this point, and Emperor Beamon can only hope for the legacy left by his ancestors.
Vaguely, he felt that he was afraid that he would not be able to survive this level. The secret method that can last to prolong life, such a thing against the sky, how can it be without a price?
Before cultivating, Emperor Bimeng knew that if he wanted to prolong his life successfully, it would not be smooth sailing. It's a pity that I miscalculated the difficulty of this.
Glancing into the distance, I remembered my youngest son hiding on the front line, and Emperor Beamon was a fire in his belly.
If it weren't for Alex's stab in the back, even if there were rumors of the secret method of immortality, it wouldn't have attracted so many old immortals.
Along the way, he found traces of many alien masters. The peeps of the Terran masters are only on the surface, and there are countless old immortals staring at him secretly.
"The High Priest would like you to take a trip and give Alex an order to return immediately to take charge of the situation. If you don't obey, then forcibly bring people out of me. ”
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Warhammer Kingdom, in the midst of the camp of Beamon. Crown Prince Alex is pulling the other four royal clans to discuss how to destroy the army in the enemy's city at the lowest cost.
As for his father's idea, he was no longer interested. There were more than a dozen orders urging him to return to China, but Alex still didn't see him.
The situation in the imperial court is dangerous, and the Beamon family is in danger. But it's better to be dangerous than dangerous.
Staying on the front line, he is still the crown prince who holds great power and is high; Returning to the imperial court, it is a medicine on the road to Emperor Bimeng's immortality.
The Terrans are attacking the Beamon Imperial Court at the moment, and Crown Prince Alex is not in a hurry, and the other four are even less in a hurry.
Destroying the living forces of the Warhammer Kingdom and reducing the strength of the Terrans' counterattack is all about taking the overall situation into account.