Touring the battlefield and looking at the aggregated casualty figures, Hudson sighed.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither.

Last night's battle is the best portrayal. The situation of the expeditionary force was good, it was originally a sneak attack, and it was fought by the enemy's tired soldiers, and the casualties were only more than 2,000 people.

Compared with the glorious record of defeating 300,000 enemy troops, killing 120,000 and capturing 50,000, it can be called an "epic victory".

The losses of the kingdom's army were not large, but the defenders of Augustburg were miserable. As a decoy thrown out by Hudson, the defenders lost as many as 70,000 people, and almost all of them survived with wounds.

If it weren't for the fact that it was trapped in the inner city and had nowhere to run, such a casualty figure, the army would have collapsed long ago.

Of course, the 70,000 dead also included the loss of the outer city during the day. The battles were so connected that the defenders simply had no way to separate the troop losses.

"Arrange for someone to send the good news back! Everyone is waiting for a while, and they need this news to stabilize people's hearts. ”

Hudson said with a blank face.

War always requires sacrifice, and in order to win, it is worth paying any price. Being able to win at the lowest cost proves that the commander is qualified.

Instead of comforting the wounded hearts of the officers of the Duchy of Moxie, Hudson believed they would all be able to come out of it.

The casualties were heavy, and they were not worth mentioning at all in the face of good news. No matter how many troops are lost, the Duchy of Moxi will make up for them.

In the eyes of many princes and nobles, the loss of soldiers has always been just a set of cold numbers.

In particular, the defenders of Augustburg are still filled with a large number of Eastern Warhammer Kingdom routs, and now they are buried on the battlefield, maybe they still feel that a hidden danger has been eliminated.

"Okay, Marshal!"

Raquel replied immediately.

It can be seen that he has adjusted his mentality. Whether you are strong in your heart or really don't care, this is a necessary quality for a general.

Immersed in the heavy losses of the people under his command and unable to extricate themselves, it seems to be a matter of affection and righteousness, but in fact it is irresponsible.

The battlefield is ever-changing, and at any time, no matter what happens, the general must keep himself rational.

The "outcast attack" deliberately arranged last night, both of them tacitly did not mention it.

The city was broken by the enemy, and it was not the boss who deliberately exposed the flaws and led them into the city.

The truth can be hidden in the long river of history, and it is not necessary to put it all on the surface. Sometimes knowing too much is not good for everyone.

As for whether anyone will guess or not, it doesn't matter at all, the winner is not to blame.

Nodding his head, Hudson added, "The issue of prisoners of war has also been reported."

In addition to the hundreds of elven captives, I promised to abide by the ancient "Covenant of All Nations" and give them prisoner of war treatment, how to deal with the remaining prisoners of war is up to the two governments to negotiate!

Note: In order to politically induce the remnants of the ancients, it is not advisable to massacre prisoners. ”

The hatred of race wars is too deep, and unless one side falls completely, the fight will continue.

is powerless to change the overall situation, but the promises he made must still be fulfilled.

Even if everyone knew that the elven captives were valuable and could not be pulled out and cut down, Hudson would have to make a gesture.

The suggestion put forward later is actually a decision. The report is just a process to show respect for the top levels of the two governments.

From the moment he opened his mouth, the fate of the 50,000 prisoners of war had already been decided.

When it comes to the future of war, coupled with the weight of the "good news", it is impossible for any smart politician to refuse Hudson's proposal.

Of course, in addition to facilitating the implementation of political inducements in the future, the core reason for leaving these captives is that these ancient relics belong to a cherished race, not only are there few existing ones, but their fertility is also pitifully low.

In the entire alliance of the ancient relics, even the largest number of races, there are not a million clansmen.

Affected by the number of clansmen, no matter how much these small races develop, they have no ability to threaten the supremacy of the Terran race.

There are many races that have disappeared in the long river of history, and these small races with extremely low anti-risk ability may be cold at some point.

A major earthquake, a major flood, an extremely cold weather, and a cult raging...... Any major natural or man-made disaster may destroy them.

"Good news!"

"Victory at Augustburg!"

……

When the news reached Dappest, everyone's first reaction was not to believe it.

Yesterday Augustburg was still reaching out for help, and everyone also held a special meeting to discuss sending reinforcements.

Scalp tingling from everyone's gaze, Count Martins hurriedly explained: "Reinforcements have arrived!"

Last night the alien coalition entered the inner city, and at the most dangerous moment, Field Marshal Hudson led a large army to the battlefield and fought back against the enemy forces with the defenders of Augustburg.

In this battle, 300,000 enemy troops were defeated, 120,000 enemy troops were killed, and 50,000 enemy troops were captured, completely reversing the unfavorable situation since the beginning of the war.

But we also paid a heavy price for the casualties, and the number of casualties alone was ......."

Before the Secretary of War could finish speaking, George interrupted: "Stop!

Let's digest the good news first, and then we'll talk about the casualties later. ”

The war situation reversed so suddenly that if it weren't for everyone's good health, they would have to be scared out of the problem.

Relying solely on the defenders of Augustburg, even if they were all fought out, they would not be able to inflict heavy losses on the enemy.

But with the reinforcements of the Alpha Kingdom, then everything will be different.

The Duchy of Moxie is the famous place of Hudson, and his influence here is greater than in the Alpha Kingdom.

As a victorious general, no matter what kind of great victory, as long as it is put on his head, everyone can accept it.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, after this battle, the Principality's strategic passivity will be completely reversed.

It may not be long before we receive news that Field Marshal Hudson has set out to conquer the Eastern Warhammer Kingdom. ”

Prime Minister Hercheg said excitedly.

Originally, everyone was ready to fight on two fronts, but they never expected that as soon as Hudson made a move, he would get rid of all the enemy forces.

Although there were still hundreds of thousands of ancient relics on the front line of Augustburg, last night's battle fundamentally changed the balance of strength between the two sides.

The war was fought on the morale of the army, and before the reinforcements arrived, the army of the Principality of Moxi was disheartened by the rout, and its combat effectiveness could only play four or five points.

Now that the situation has reversed, it is the turn of the Ancient Relic Alliance to have a headache.

The morale of the army was frustrated, and the troops were scattered in various places to suppress the rebels. They can see such an obvious fighter, and it makes no sense that the commander of the front line can't find it.

At the beginning of the Counter Strike War, the battlefield shifted from the Duchy of Moxi to the Eastern Warhammer Kingdom. The northern provinces will have a chance to breathe, and the war potential of the principality will be preserved to the maximum.

If the counteroffensive goes well, it can also affect the front line of the Principality of Orton, forcing the enemy to withdraw troops to return for reinforcements, and the subsequent war will be easy to fight.

"It's not time to celebrate.

The Alpha Kingdom did not send many reinforcements this time. Nominally an army of 100,000, in reality it was only 35,000.

Although they are all elite cavalry, with such a small number of troops, they can only fight skirmishes in the field.

Marshal Hudson would not have left prisoners if he had not been forced to do so. You must know that the last time the orcs invaded, he didn't have a single captive left. ”

George shook his head and said.

In fact, it was he who thought too much.

The last time the orcs invaded, Hudson didn't keep prisoners, and that's because he couldn't keep prisoners.

The enmity between the Alpha Kingdom and the orcs is as deep as the sea, and the people below are eager to devour their flesh when they see the orcs, leaving the captives to fight against the officers and soldiers.

Coupled with the clear attitude of the high-level of the kingdom and the direct order not to take prisoners, Hudson naturally would not violate military orders for a group of orcs.

In the later stages of the war, in order to split the orc empire, Hudson deliberately spared the vassal races and beat them up.

If it weren't for the intervention of the Terran Alliance, Hudson was sent to engage in logistics and lost the dominance of the war, perhaps the orc empire would have been torn apart.

The same is true now, it seems that Hudson is fighting militarily, but in fact he is fighting political battles together.

It's just that this kind of play method does not conform to the mainstream of the Aslant continent, and there are no ready-made examples to learn from, and everyone didn't understand it for a while.

"Your Majesty is right, if the alliance of the ancient relics is only one enemy, we really have a great chance of winning the next war.

But in addition to this enemy, there are also elves who have just joined the war.

The three principalities of Cantru, Usda, and Fik have been suppressed by the elves for a long time, and their own military strength is limited, so they can't resist it for long.

Once the Three Kingdoms fall, it is very likely that the elven army will join forces with the ancient relics alliance in the Principality of Orton, which is the real test of life and death in the principality! ”

The Count of Renato poured cold water.

In order to stabilize the elven race, not only the Alpha Kingdom is working hard, but the Principality of Moxi is actually doing more.

The idea is very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel.

When it comes to ethnic strategic security, it cannot be achieved by diplomatic means.

"The threat of the elves is indeed a big problem, but now we have to solve the Ancient Relic Alliance first.

Count Martins, on behalf of the Duchy, you personally went to the front line of Augustburg, asked Field Marshal Hudson about the next strategic deployment, and by the way, calmed the hearts of the army.

What is needed at the front, the principality will do everything to cooperate.

If you can rush before the elven army arrives and hit the Ancient Relic Alliance hard, there will be talk about it later. ”

George said at a loss.

The victory was gratifying, but the deteriorating international situation still made him feel uneasy.

At one point, he wanted Hudson to lead reinforcements south, first to deal with the army of the Ancient Relic from the front line of Orton, so that when the elven army came over, no one would resist it.

Fortunately, reason prevailed in the end. The reinforcements of the Alpha Kingdom are not under his command, and it will be embarrassing if people don't buy the order.

The process is different, but the ultimate goal is surprisingly unanimous - to get the elven army away from the lake.

Deep down, George was even mentally prepared to wait for the end of the continental war to operate in the Terran Alliance, instigating the Alliance to carry out a strategic attack on the Elves.

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As the overlord of the continent, the Terran can easily cripple the opponent by taking action against any alien race.

Of course, dragons and sea can't be counted.

There are too many perverts in the former, and the living area of the latter is a forbidden area for human beings.

……

Emerald Palace.

Because of the distance, Caesar IV received the good news a little later, but the joy of victory remained the same.

The big victory at the beginning made the ministers who were still hesitant about this operation all change their words and sing praises.

In the face of victory, armed training has become a matter of battlefield raids, and in the mouths of the public, it has also become "improvisation and grasp the fighter plane".

There is no problem, and it is a classic example of war to launch a surprise attack while the enemy is in the middle of the siege and win a complete victory.

The clever nobles secretly took out a small notebook and recorded what they had learned.

These are the teaching materials for the future generations to learn. In the era when there was no military academy system to train officers, the training of officers depended entirely on the accumulation of experience of the older generation.

The heroes are all on the front line, and the celebration banquet is naturally provincial.

The current Alpha Kingdom is implementing a strategic ration system, and any extravagance and waste is not allowed.

These days, whenever you appear in public, everyone is brown bread and vegetables.

Affected by this, domestic entertainment venues, restaurants, and hotels have been hit hard.

You can't have both, and the implementation of any policy is inevitably a trade-off.

Anyway, most of the kingdom implements a tax package system, and if you want to cry, you will also cry with a tax package, and the commercial tax revenue of the treasury will hardly be affected.

As a vested interest, if you don't have the slightest dedication, then you don't have to do it.

"Everyone has seen the war report, what suggestions do you have for the handling of prisoners of war?"

Caesar IV said with a smile.

Hudson only asked that the prisoners not be killed, but did not say what to do with the prisoners. The troops on the front line still had to go on the march, and there was no time to look at the prisoners of war, and the follow-up work was taken over by the two governments.

"Your Majesty, the defenders of Augustburg have suffered heavy losses, and the hatred has just been formed, and this is the time when the anger is at its greatest.

If the Moses were to accept prisoners of war, they had to make sure that they could not use the defenders of Augustburg and the rams of the army to guard them.

Marshal Hudson did not bring it up, probably because he was concerned about the feelings of the officers and soldiers at the front. After all, they may need to cooperate in the subsequent battles.

You can test the idea of the Mossi people, and if they don't have special requirements, then the two countries will jointly send troops to guard them.

To be on the safe side, the kingdom should immediately prepare a batch of forbidden potions and give them to the prisoners of war. ”

The Archduke of Newfoundland proposed.

"Prime Minister, it's easy to talk about other issues. But the forbidden potion cannot be produced by the kingdom family, and there are 50,000 captives at the beginning of the war, and it is not known how many people will be captured in the future.

The number of cultivators among them, even if it was only one-tenth, required a very large number of forbidden potions.

The forbidden potions on the market, even the most rubbish, start at thirty gold coins. With such a large amount, even if the kingdom organizes production, the cost will not be less than ten gold coins.

The price of the high-grade forbidden potion for the strong is even more high.

What's more, in addition to cultivators, some races with special talents, we also have to give them medicine to reduce their physical strength, otherwise it will be too difficult to take care of them.

The kingdom's financial income is limited, and it is difficult to bear the huge amount of expenses added at once. ”

The Marquis delgado immediately objected.

The allies also have to settle accounts, and it's just a matter of helping to fight, and then there is no play if they help pay for it.

It's just that the Chancellor's proposal was not approved by everyone, and it is true that the kingdom's finances are scarce, and how can the Duchy of Moxi be rich during the war?

What's more, most of their magicians are now recruited to the battlefield, and the rest are also engaged in the production of military materials.

It's already difficult, and if you ask them to produce forbidden potions, no one can do it!

In the eyes of everyone, it is a miracle that the debt-ridden Duchy of Moxey did not go bankrupt.

If the Duchy of Moxi can't hold on, and the finances are bankrupt in the war, and the mess left behind has to be taken over by the Alpha Kingdom, it will be the real self-inflicted trouble.

"Marquis Delgado, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can communicate with the Moxi people about the issue of magic potions, but considering the actual situation, the required expenses are most likely to be paid by the kingdom in advance.

After all, in the current situation, we and the Mossi are both in loss and cannot care so much.

All questions will be discussed after the war. ”

Count Francis said helplessly.

No money is no money, and you can't expect to squeeze oil out of the poor ghosts. Talking about it after the war is purely a consolation word, and it is a miracle that the Mossi did not declare bankruptcy after the war.

Even the kingdom's finances will most likely go bankrupt after the war. In order to carry out this war, the Ministry of Finance has done everything in its power to amass money.

Some of the areas where the merchants were taxed were expected to be thirty or fifty years later. Even the tax package area of the aristocratic lords was pre-received five years later.

Even so, finances remain tight. There is no way, the mess left over from the last war has not been cleaned up yet. It's a new war again, and there aren't enough leeks!

The issue of rewards for military achievements was not even mentioned. It's good to drag it out for now, and then settle the settlement after the war, at least the Ministry of Finance can have more cash in hand.

In this regard, the aristocratic group is still conscious, and the big nobles themselves take the lead and lead by example, but no one makes a fuss.

If they perform well on the battlefield, officers from the nobility will even pay out of their own pockets for awards. In order to boost the morale of the army, everyone also worked hard.

The officers and soldiers who followed Hudson gained the most, but he came back from the enemy to share the spoils, not out of his own pocket.

"It's okay to deal with it after the war, but the new ones are sold separately, and we have to find a way to raise them.

It is impossible to throttle, then only open source remains. Either a war tax is added, or a year's worth of commercial tax is prepaid in advance.

You can see what you do, anyway, the Ministry of Finance is powerless. If there is a better way, the Ministry of Finance assures its full support. ”

Marquis Delgado said, spreading his hands.

Everyone wanted to open their mouths to refute, but they didn't know where to start. Historically, if a question is raised at this time, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will immediately be sent a thick list of expenses.

There is no doubt that the money was spent by the military. Strengthen the defensive line, train the army, raise strategic materials, and procure ordnance and equipment...... These are all things that cost money.

Even though most of the supplies were prepared from the country, it was still gold coins that were used for settlement. The goods within the scope of the obligation do not need money, but can be bought with money beyond the scope of the kingdom.

Everyone's profits can be turned into debts, but the production costs still have to be paid, otherwise no one can hold on to the loss-making business.

In the last war, the large amount of war bonds subscribed by the nobles of the kingdom basically came from this way. If you were to ask everyone to come up with a huge amount of cash at once during the war, not many would be able to do it.

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