Chapter 104: The Era of Wanton Warfare

Time flies, and it is three years.

The Alpha Kingdom's strategy of relocating people to the border has triggered a chain reaction politically that has surprised everyone.

The easing of relations between the two great powers of the Terran race has greatly promoted the unity within the alliance, and there have been no disputes in recent years.

Seeing that the contradictions within the human race have eased, the alien camps have also been affected, and the exchanges and ties between the various races have been continuously strengthened.

Anyone with a modicum of political acumen knows that this is the calm before the storm.

Referring to past practice, the more harmonious the internal relations between the two camps, the higher the probability of a continental war breaking out.

Feeling the pressure, all parties are constantly moving, and the wave of reform is wave after wave.

The conservative Alpha Kingdom has been extraordinarily single-minded, and has been implementing the strategy of relocating people to the border for three years.

Nearly 3.5 million young and strong people were conscripted one after another to go to the front line to open up wasteland and cultivate land to guard the frontier.

Hudson, as the commander of the front, also greatly increased his power at this stage.

It's just that he, the coach, is very low-key, and rarely hangs out at other times except for important military meetings.

The management of the tunbian serfs was directly lost by Hudson to the noble lords everywhere.

Whoever is in charge of the serfs will make a mess, and Hudson will only hold the serf owners and local lords accountable.

When the responsibility is put on the individual, it is natural that the world is peaceful. I don't know if there's a lid down there, but nothing has happened to Hudson anyway.

Farming when they are busy and practicing in their spare time is the life of these reserve soldiers.

The effect is very obvious, with the joint efforts of everyone, the migrated young people have achieved self-sufficiency in food.

Compared with when they first came, these young and strong bodies are obviously much stronger, and it can be determined that everyone has lived a good life in the past three years.

In order to appease the people's hearts, the food standards of the serfs in Tunbian have been raised by a grade compared with the original.

During reserve training, all soldiers were given 0.2 pounds of dried fish every other day as a supplement for meat.

If you're lucky, you might even get a bowl of broth.

In feudal times, this was almost the limit of what logistics could bear.

If it weren't for the fact that the kingdom's coastline is long enough and there are many natural fishing grounds, this treatment is definitely a luxury.

It can be seen that the nobles of the kingdom are serious about the destruction of the orcs.

"Those serfs who came over at the earliest, the three-year border mission is about to expire, notify the governors of the provinces to arrange for people to rotate!"

Glancing at the newly opened farmland, Hudson ordered directly.

The gathering of a large number of young people has promoted the development of the border areas, but it has also brought many problems.

One of the biggest problems is the serious imbalance between men and women.

If it weren't for the militarized management and almost no interaction with local residents, I don't know how much chaos would have been caused.

There is also a limit to relying on military law to deter.

The best option is to bring the family with you, but this is not possible.

3.5 million families, that's tens of millions. Such a large-scale migration is stressful for all parties.

What's more, labor is also needed in the rear, and the nest cannot be drained for the sake of the front.

If this is the case, the old nobles will probably suspect that this is a conspiracy of the emerging aristocratic group, and want to give them a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

Against this backdrop, a three-year rotation plan is the best solution.

Although it was a bit troublesome to toss back and forth, it could not only appease the morale of the army, but also enhance the military strength in the rear.

A large part of the reason for the full cooperation is that the reserve is able to receive Hudson's training.

The soldiers trained by Master Ha are more combative, which is recognized by the whole kingdom. Even if others copy it, they can't reproduce it perfectly.

While formulating a strategy to destroy the orc empire, the kingdom's top brass also considered external interference.

After considering many factors, everyone always felt that it was better to rely on outsiders than on their own, and finally unanimously decided to increase the military power of the kingdom.

The increase in agricultural output per mu, coupled with the superposition of the double favorable factors of vast land and rare people and large tracts of land that can be cultivated, has become the confidence for everyone to increase their military strength.

The plan was drawn up, and the responsibility for its implementation once again fell to Hudson.

According to the plan, all the young and strong people of the whole country will go to the front line and receive complete infantry training.

Theoretically, after this strategy is completed, the war potential of the Alpha Kingdom will be exploited to the extreme.

It is unrealistic to want to fight against the entire alien alliance, but the enemy is not monolithic, and it is impossible to intervene in full force at the beginning of the war.

After the enemy has made up his mind, he must first cross the territory of a few junior brothers before he can intervene.

The only alien race that can immediately intervene in the short term is the alliance of the ancient remnants who were crippled by Hudson, and half of the royal family's strength can stop them.

Hudson has assessed that at least within half a year of the outbreak of the Great War, the only main enemy that the kingdom needs to face is orcs.

Even if the intervention army is killed, it will not be a problem for these well-trained Tuntian soldiers to hold on to the city for a period of time.

In the worst-case scenario, the kingdom also has a year to clean up the orcs.

It may not be possible to destroy the orc empire, but there is still a chance to defeat the crippled orcs.

If you can't do it once, it's a big deal to toss a few more times, as long as the territory of the kingdom is constantly advancing, sooner or later it will be able to annex the orc empire.

What's more, the Terran Alliance is not an ornament, even if they don't do anything, the alien races in the Middle Continent don't dare to let the main force go out.

If there is really an internal emptiness, it is strange that the countries of the southern continent can sit still.

The current Terrans are at their height in the era of racism. On the issue of alien races, there is an unprecedented unanimity.

All races that could pose a threat to the Terrans must be erased from the continent. Some extremists even advocate the extermination of all alien races.

"Marshal, once the rotation starts, the soldiers I train now will all be ......."

Before Earl Albert could finish speaking, Hudson interrupted:

"The old doesn't go, the new doesn't come!

A group of Tuntian soldiers were gone, and new Tuntian soldiers were added, but what increased was the military strength of the entire kingdom.

At this rate, the kingdom's military power will surpass that of the Frankish Empire, and it is just around the corner! ”

Everyone can understand the truth, but it doesn't mean that they are willing to accept it.

The soldiers who have worked hard for three years to train are now all given to others to make wedding dresses, and they will definitely feel uncomfortable.

In addition to this, there are also contradictions between the old and new aristocracy.

The difference in strength between the two groups is huge, and the only advantage of the emerging aristocracy is that they have more opportunities to fight with Hudson on the front line, and the soldiers are more combative.

Standing on the standpoint of their own interest groups, they will definitely take the opportunity to provoke a big war and not let these Tuntian soldiers go back.

It's a pity that Hudson is a pseudo-emerging nobleman, in addition to being a big nobleman for a relatively short time and a somewhat shallow family background, his own strength is no worse than that of the old nobles.

Not to mention the treatment enjoyed politically, as the undisputed boss of the military, the proper core of the kingdom's power.

The troubles faced by the new aristocracy did not exist in Hudson, and none of the old nobles had ever troubled him.

Against this backdrop, Hudson naturally won't get deeply involved in the battle between the two factions.

Rather than this kind of infighting, he prefers to make cakes of the big kingdom and thus obtain excess returns.

His instincts told him that the true catastrophe had not yet begun. The invasion of the geocentric race in front can only be regarded as an appetizer at best.

From the outbreak of the war to the end of the war, the Terran Race had killed less than twenty strong people in the Holy Domain, and the strong people of the major alien races had died in battle, and it was not enough to make up thirty.

It is true that there are many troops killed by various races, but after the distribution of the forces, it will be inconspicuous.

Just a war of this level, how could the dragon clan in the ancient era, the elven empire at its peak, and the orc empire that was once in the sky decline all of a sudden.

As for the more ancient continental overlords, that is beyond Hudson's cognition, and the few known ones are not simple anyway.

When you feel the danger, the best way to deal with it is to strengthen yourself.

It is better to face disasters with the strength of one country than to face them alone.

In the previous expedition, he deliberately indulged his allies to steal his training methods, which was actually a means of countering the uncertain risks of the future.

After understanding Hudson's position, everyone's careful thinking suddenly died.

At this time, the orc empire had no intention of starting a war at all, and if it wanted to provoke a big war in advance, it could only be the kingdom side that made the first move.

Without the support of Hudson, the commander, to start a war with an army without authorization is to lose his head.

The rules protect the personal safety of the nobles, but only if the nobles themselves follow the rules.

If you die recklessly, you will surely die.

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In the past three years, it is not only the Alpha Kingdom that has changed, but also the countries of the continent.

In the wave of reform, countries are rushing along what they believe is the right path.

The most important characteristic is that more and more countries are embarking on the road of reckless militarism.

With the Alpha Kingdom as the leading elder brother, the four younger brothers did not hesitate at all, and directly chose to follow up.

On the one hand, we will carry out internal political reforms, and on the other hand, we will promote the militarization of the whole people.

The effect is very obvious, and the military strength of the four countries has increased significantly, but there has been no major improvement in the domestic economy.

It's not that the governments of the four countries don't work hard, it's mainly that the path they chose doomed all this.

The Alpha Kingdom is not good at economics in the first place, and since it has chosen Alpha, it is necessary to be mentally prepared for economic stagnation.

On the question of whether it wants military or economic choice, the five-nation alliance has chosen to give priority to the military.

In contrast, the reforms in the countries of the South Continent were varied.

Some countries choose to study the Frankish Empire, some choose to study the Kingdom of Ibya, and some choose to study the Kingdom of Alpha.

In more countries, three families study together, and in the end, they learn one of the three differences, which makes a mess of the domestic situation.

The Frankish Empire and the Kingdom of Ilibya, as the leaders of the human race, continued to maintain their lead over other countries, and the gap was even widened.

With the development of new territories, the economic development of the two countries has performed well in the past three years.

Compared with three years ago, the fiscal revenues of the two countries have increased by nearly 40 percent, which is very impressive among the mainland countries.

At the same time, the Alpha Kingdom's financial revenue was still in the recovery period, and it had just returned to its former peak.

The government has money in its pocket, and the military power of both countries has flourished.

Affected by the easing of international relations, the Alpha Kingdom opened up the export of war horses to the southern continent, and the two countries naturally became big buyers.

The Franks, in particular, were more fond of cavalry, and the ambitious Charles III directly announced that five cavalry legions and ten knights would be formed within five years.

For a large empire, 60,000 troops are nothing, but the problem is that they are cavalry.

The increase in military spending is by no means a fraction of a star. Even the wealthy Frankish Empire also needs a pain in the flesh.

If it weren't for the five-nation alliance, Charles III's wanton military expansion would actually be regarded as a reckless military force.

Once the plan is completed, the Frankish Empire will surpass the Alpha Kingdom in terms of the number of standing armies, becoming the largest of the Terrans and the largest on the continent.

The kingdom of Iblibby was a little smaller, and also planned to expand the five cavalry regiments, but the number of knights was cut in half.

There were two bosses taking the lead, and the countries of the southern continent inevitably followed.

As if to catch the bandwagon, governments have announced their own plans to expand their cavalry.

It's just that when it comes to implementation, the situation changes.

The two bosses are real money investment, and many small countries below are purely following the trend.

If you want to expand the cavalry, you must first have war horses. This first level alone stopped many people.

Now it's not a matter of money, it's a limited production of high-quality war horses, and the war horses of the Alpha Kingdom need to be prioritized for the supply of allies.

Under equal conditions, small countries will certainly not be able to compete with large ones.

Countries can't pull down their faces and make up the numbers with inferior horses, and the plans announced earlier are just plans.

Small countries can talk about it, but big countries can't.

Perhaps in order to prove that they are not in decline, the other three kingdoms of the Southern Continent also gritted their teeth and participated in the expansion plan.

The standard is very simple, directly refer to the number of cavalry in the vicinity of the overlord, and then follow it with a sword.

Affected by the wave of military expansion, even the Holy See, which had kept a low profile for a long time, announced the re-establishment of the Ten Knights.

The scale certainly can't be compared with the original, but the shelves are still erected.

Perhaps not wanting to provoke the countries, the Holy See did not use the banner of fighting infidels in this expansion, but used the political slogan of protecting the human race.

Secretly, the Holy See also sent someone to buy a horse from Hudson, and the result was naturally a trip for nothing.

There is no point in increasing the price, and selling a few more gold coins for a war horse is nothing to Lord Hudson.

When it comes to military trade, political interests always take precedence over economic interests, and the affairs of the enemy must not be done.

Hudson was reluctant to do this kind of business, and the nobles of the other kingdoms simply did not dare.

The Alpha Kingdom has its own Holy See, and then going to cooperate with the old Holy See who has been branded as a heretic by the Kingdom is a trade of life.

When it comes to religious orthodoxy, once someone reports it, if it is not burned at the stake, it will also be put on the gallows.

With buyers everywhere, no one wants to take a risk.

It is not possible to find a middleman, all countries attach great importance to the trade of war horses, and the nobles also purchase and ship in a unified manner.

didn't give them a chance to do so, which made the high-ranking members of the Holy See very hurt.

If you can't buy it, you have to raise it yourself. But if you want to scale up, I don't know how many years it will take.

The mainland countries are expanding their armaments and warfare, and the Falcon Kingdom, which is isolated overseas, is not idle. It's just that in the era when everyone was crazy about expanding the army, they chose to develop the navy.

Thanks to the development of maritime trade, the Falcon Kingdom has grown very rapidly in recent years, and it directly leads the continent in terms of speed alone.

After the government became rich, the navy, a gold-swallowing beast, swelled at a rate visible to the naked eye.

If you count the warships on the slipway, it is only a matter of time before the total tonnage of warships surpasses that of the Franks and Libya, and it is only a matter of time before it leaps to the first place of the Terrans.

In addition to the Terran countries expanding their armaments, the aliens are not idle.

The neighbors are expanding their armies, and the major alien races can only follow passively to fight.

Except for the elves in a corner of the country who were not greatly affected and did not feel it very obviously, the other alien races all felt threatened.

Among them, the most deeply felt is naturally the Orc Empire, watching Hudson train on the border, and the top leaders of the Orc Empire often fidget.

I want to choose to follow up, but unfortunately the productivity of the nomads dictates that it is impossible for them to raise an army that is out of production.

Even if it is a half-out army, once there are too many of them, it will be the same pressure on all ethnic groups.

The life of the serfs was bitter, and the life of the orcs on the steppe was even more bitter.

If it weren't for apartheid, I'm afraid Hudson would have beckoned at the border, and many small tribes would have cried over and asked for annexation.

As for hatred, that's secondary.

The world of orcs is constantly slaughtering, and everyone admires the strong the most. Whoever is the most powerful is the speaker of the Orc Empire.