The kingdom's army is massing in large numbers, and the orcs are not idle.

On the one hand, the various ethnic groups sent troops to suppress the civil strife, and on the other hand, they organized large armies to prepare to meet the enemy.

In order to increase the odds of victory, the Orc Empire adopted a strategic contraction, not directly clinging to the border, but moving the tribes in the border area inward.

To be precise, when tensions began, tribes in the border areas began to migrate spontaneously.

The tribe that was slaughtered by the Terran army in front of them was slow to react.

……

Inside the Command.

Looking at the simulated sand table, Earl Gulen, the chief of staff of operations, pointed to a small flag and calmly introduced:

"The main force of the enemy army is gathering eight hundred miles away, and the intention is very obvious, that is, to lengthen our logistics line.

And this is just the beginning, with the start of the big war, they may continue to retreat.

A typical space-for-time tactic, the last time the Alliance besieged the Orc Empire, they relied on this trick to escape.

The enemy now chooses to repeat the old trick, which means that they have no better choice but this last option.

In the next war, we must not only destroy the enemy's main force, but also ensure the smooth flow of logistics and transportation lines.

The strategic goal is simple: drive the enemy out of the steppes and trap and starve them to death in the backwoods of the east!

……”

Tactics need to be shown, but strategy is open.

The strategic plans of the orcs, the strategic goals of the kingdom, are no secret.

A clear strategic goal is the direction that everyone is striving for, and as for the final effect, it is purely an imagination.

Starving the enemy to death and trapping them in the middle of nowhere, that's just an ideal state.

Lack of resources does not mean that there are no resources, it is nothing more than a more difficult life and a difficult development and growth of the race.

The stomach of the orcs has long since completed its evolution, and it is nothing more than being able to eat meat on the grassland, but can only eat grass, gnaw on bark, and leaves in the mountains and forests.

In nature, the transformation from a meat eater to a vegetarian is inevitably accompanied by a decline in individual combat effectiveness.

In less than five years, the brave orc warriors will become the people of the wilderness who are running for a living.

The living environment is harsh, and the speed of reproduction will definitely be affected.

For the orcs, once they lose the savannah, they embark on a path of no return that continues to decline.

With the hatred between the Alpha Kingdom and the orcs, it will not leave them any chance at all.

Retreating into the mountains and forests, it can only survive for a while.

Even if there is nothing to peep into, the war between the two countries will not end.

In addition to interests, there is also a thing in the world called hatred.

"The basic situation, now everyone knows.

The kingdom has decided to go to war with the Orc Empire, which, if nothing else, will be the starting point for a new round of continental wars.

To tell you the truth, the kingdom needs to fight on three fronts this time.

The Eastern Front is the main battlefield, and our mission is to attack, attack, and attack again until the orc empire is crippled.

The pressure on the western and southern fronts was very high, leaving us with less than two years.

If conditions permit, this time we will pursue a quick solution.

Now give me the order, and divide the army into four routes, and follow the ......"

At the same time as the order was given, Hudson drew four lines on the sand table.

In addition to the sea attack, the remaining three roads are stuck on both sides and in the middle of the savannah, like an octopus claw about to devour the entire orc empire.

"Now I announce the appointments:

The commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army was Count Albert, with three cavalry legions, fifteen infantry legions, one crossbow legion, one artillery legion, and twenty-five auxiliary legions.

The commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army was held by the Marquis of Medel, and the troop configuration was the same as that of the Northern Route Army.

The commander-in-chief of the sea was Duke Gaspar, with three cavalry regiments, five infantry regiments, one crossbow regiment, seven auxiliary regiments, and the First and Second Fleets of the Kingdom Navy.

The Middle Route Army is under my personal command, with ten cavalry legions, thirty infantry legions, two Warcraft legions, three crossbow legions, three artillery legions, and fifty auxiliary legions.

……”

A series of personnel appointments were announced, and the eyes of countless people in the command became hot.

The level of the position does not matter, the key is the allocation of troops.

For the sake of generals, there is no one who does not want to command thousands of troops, and this war directly fulfilled the wishes of many people.

I am not afraid that there is no army command, but I am afraid that my ability will not be able to keep up, and I will not be able to command a large corps to fight.

The Alpha Kingdom's legion is very regular, with a total of 10,000 troops.

In particular, after Hudson came to power, he further standardized the establishment of the legion and created a three-level legion system.

In order to enhance the ability to mobilize in wartime, these corps are usually not fully staffed in peacetime, but the officers are overstaffed.

After the outbreak of war, only enough soldiers need to be replenished, and one legion can become multiple legions in an instant.

This system was not only used in the standing army of the kingdom, but was also emulated by the noble lords everywhere.

Being able to pull out more than two hundred legions in one go, in addition to the expansion of the kingdom's standing army, the contribution of the noble lords in various places is also huge.

The main battle corps is composed of the kingdom's standing army and the elite of the noble private army, and the remaining auxiliary corps is mainly the tuntian soldiers.

There is no doubt that the dispatch of so many troops to participate in the war is obviously aimed at destroying the country.

In order to prevent the orcs from counterattacking, there are also large reserves in the border area.

After the excitement, everyone keenly discovered that the kingdom's troop allocation had undergone earth-shaking changes from the past.

The most obvious is the proportion of cavalry, far more than in any previous war.

Nineteen cavalry regiments, a number that no one dared to think of ten years ago.

If it weren't for the increase in productivity, this army alone would have been able to directly destroy the kingdom.

Even now, raising this cavalry unit is a lot of pressure for the kingdom.

Unlike the previous separation of ordinary cavalry and knights, Hudson made an adjustment this time, and each cavalry regiment was equipped with a knight regiment.

The purpose is very clear, which is to increase the attack power of the cavalry legion in order to maximize the speed advantage of the cavalry.

If it weren't for the fact that the size of the Warcraft Legion was too small to be split and used, Hudson preferred to use the Warcraft Legion as the main force to attack the fortification.

There were no walls on the steppe, and it was completely the best battlefield for cavalry.

It was decided from the very beginning that this war was the home of the cavalry.

Unlike the previous calculations of men and horses combined, the cavalry corps at this moment is a cavalry corps of 10,000 people in the true sense.

The current cavalry corps can withstand the previous three cavalry legions.

Not only are the soldiers well-trained, but all the horses are also carefully selected crossbreeds of Warcraft.

Whether it is explosiveness, endurance, or gravity, it is the top in the continent.

In addition to the extensive use of cavalry, the emergence of the crossbow regiment and the artillery regiment was an epoch-making change.

If it weren't for Hudson's successful experience in the intensive use of magic crossbows and magic crystal cannons, he might not be able to carry out such a large-scale military reform.

The resistance did not come from the army, and with Hudson's prestige in the army, it was not difficult to gain the support of the generals.

The point is that these things are too expensive!

Whether it is a magic crossbow or a magic crystal cannon, it is a big "crystal" swallower.

Every attack is all about money.

The kingdom's own production of magic crystals cannot support the consumption of many large crystal swallowers, so it must be purchased in large quantities from the outside world.

In order to gather enough magic crystals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been running around for the past year.

Agreements were reached with more than 20 Terran countries, and the official even went down to smuggle trade with foreign races in person, so as to make up half of Hudson's demand.

The most direct consequence is that the price of magic crystals in the mainland has directly doubled.

The Ministry of Finance said: I can't afford it, I really can't afford it!

The increase in the total amount of debt is the most telling thing.

No matter how much pressure the military exerts, everything that can be borrowed has been borrowed, and what can be owed on credit will never be paid in cash.

Grass-roots officials cut their salaries, and high-level bureaucrats directly slapped blank slips. Even the salaries of front-line generals like Hudson were in arrears.

All kinds of official banquets that can be held have been canceled, and those that must be held have been lowered.

In order to raise money, the royal government imposed three war taxes and even added a special tax.

It's really special, and it's levied directly on the main fixed point of the rich. A group of big aristocrats, including Hudson, became the main contributors to the tax money.

Such an abnormal "special tax" can collect the money, and naturally there is compensation.

But that was after the war, and now the public statement is: donate!

There is a slight discord with the emerging aristocracy, and their own pockets are not rich, so they cannot afford to mix in this high-"consumption" game.

Personnel appointments were announced, and the next most important thing was to run in the team.

Hudson had experience commanding a million-strong army, so it was not a big problem to operate, but the other three commanders did not have such confidence.

was able to stand out from many generals, mainly because of the relatively good performance of the three of them in the suppression of the invasion of the geocentric race before.

There are a few similar excellent generals in the kingdom, but they are not on the Eastern Front.

In the eyes of the high-level leaders of the kingdom, Hudson personally commanded the Eastern Front, and they were basically already in control, and the Southern and Western Fronts were what they were most worried about.

As the boss of the Interracial Alliance and the oldest race on the Aslant Continent, no one dares to underestimate the strength of the Elven Race.

In order to enhance the chances of victory, it is also a logical thing to arrange for more outstanding generals to go over.

After all, the main force of the kingdom is on the eastern front, and most of the second- and third-level legions on the western and southern fronts are inferior in combat effectiveness.

……

Time passed day by day, and the eyes of the entire continent converged on the Alpha Kingdom.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the international situation knows that this powder keg of the Aslant continent is about to explode again.

In the past 300 years, every time a continental war broke out, it was inseparable from the Alpha Kingdom.

The difference is that in the previous wars, it was the Orc Empire that ignited the fire first, and now it has become the Alpha Kingdom that provokes trouble.

Anxious waiting is always the most painful.

The kingdom's army was slow to move, causing a lot of orc high-ranking people to be on the edge of their seats.

According to the original plan, they were preparing to lure the enemy deeper, and then strike the logistics line to drag down the Alpha Kingdom.

In order to make the plan more realistic, the orc tribes deliberately sent a large number of troops to suppress the rebellion, showing that they were exhausted.

However, the Alpha Kingdom, which has always been noble and fast, has been extremely slow this time.

Obviously, a large number of troops have been gathered, but they are not attacking on the border.

Even if they sent people over to provoke them tentatively, they only attracted a small force to encircle and suppress them, and there was no sign of anger at all.

In the middle of the camp.

"The enemy seems to have seen through our plan, and Hudson is the most vicious in his use of troops, and he will certainly not be led by our nose.

The plan to lure the enemy has failed, so gather your forces quickly!

If we continue to drag on here, the pressure on all ethnic groups is too great, and we do not have the ability to fight a war of attrition for a long time. ”

The Silver Moon Wolf Emperor said with little interest.

Whoever provokes the continental war can do it, but they can't act as the first bird.

Within the Anti-Terran Alliance, there are too many forces dissatisfied with the Orc Empire.

Passive involvement in the war, the allies are not good at saying anything, if they take the initiative to do things, it will be different.

Everyone is trying to avoid war, and the first shot at this time is to fight against the allies.

In addition to this reason to convince yourself, the more important thing is to take the initiative and not see any chance of winning.

The reversal of the balance of power between the two sides has led to the transposition of the dominant power in the war.

Luring the enemy deep is already the biggest risk that everyone can bear, and it is also the most likely to win.

"Wolf Emperor, the enemy is delayed in action, is it possible that he is waiting for us to assemble?"

As soon as King Beamon's guess came out, the faces of all the orc leaders turned gloomy.

In the vast steppe, it is very difficult to find the main battle of the Orc Empire.

If you want to dodge, maybe the war will last for three or five years, and the two sides will continue to play a game of hide and seek.

From the standpoint of the Alpha Kingdom, instead of searching around by yourself, it is better to wait for the orc army to assemble by itself.

Sometimes slow is fast.

If you want to fight quickly, you must kill it with a single blow and destroy its main force.

Theoretically, it would be very difficult to encircle and annihilate their main force, but the enemy was the Great Demon King.

Think of Hudson's series of horrific records, most of which seemed impossible to win.

In the end, they not only won, but they won very beautifully.

A guy who is good at creating miracles, it seems that it is not impossible to create another miracle.

What's more, the Orc Empire is not peaceful inside, the invaders of the Kingdom of God have not been dealt with, and a guy related to the gods is still taking a group of Terran Sanctuaries to do things on the grassland.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was the truth, and cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of many orcs.

It was almost a loss, and he fell for Hudson's tricks.

After the good fortune, then the troubles.

Seeing through the enemy's calculations does not mean that they will be able to find a proper way to deal with them.

Dividing troops to delay time seems to be a good choice, but war is fought with money and food.

has been tossed for so many years, and the blood of the orc empire has long been released, and the life of all races is not easy.

Fifteen years ago, when the five royal families dominated the empire, the vassal races accounted for 95 percent of the population.

At this point, the vassal race accounts for less than 40 percent of the empire's total population.

On the one hand, it is because the big clans in the country have joined the power center, which has led to the growth of the ruling group; On the other hand, the situation is too bad, and countless weak races have been eliminated.

In an era when the vassal race accounts for ninety-five percent, it is natural to toss casually.

Even these cannon fodder can be used as food, but not anymore.

Continuing to use the previous method, it is estimated that these weak races will soon disappear from the prairie.

In fact, many weak races have chosen to leave the grasslands and enter the mountainous areas where supplies are scarce.

The situation on the steppe was chaotic, and the orc higher-ups were powerless to stop this spontaneous migration.

It's all about running away when you can't get by, and there's no point in killing chickens and monkeys.

Hunger overcomes fear, and sending troops over to intercept it is nothing more than a matter of fighting a battle.

Won the war, continue to migrate; The battle was lost, and the tribe perished.

If you stay, you will die, and there is still a chance to survive, this kind of multiple-choice question is very easy to do.

The more oppressive it is, the more vassal tribes flee.

In the case of limited "cannon fodder" or "reserve grain", everyone must save some money.

"There's no need to guess, Hudson is unpredictable.

Until the dust settles, no one knows his true calculations.

The enemy didn't do anything, and we messed up first, which is the real defeat.

simply ignored it and continued to carry out according to the original plan.

We can't afford it, and the enemy can't afford it.

The elves have been mobilized, and if it drags on for a long time, the elven army will appear on their backs.

Feed the news back directly to your allies, let them know the enemy's sinister intentions, and urge the elves to speed up by the way. ”

The Bear Man Emperor patted his head and said.

Playing tricks with Hudson on the battlefield, the odds of winning are too low.

If it weren't for the impact, he would have liked to tell his colleagues: the Great Demon King's brain is not on the same level as theirs, and there is no need to attack the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings.

Since you don't have the confidence to defeat the enemy head-on, then follow the plan and go around in circles with the enemy on the steppe, constantly delaying time.

Leave the task of defeating the enemy to your allies.

Perhaps by doing so, the losses of the various races will be very heavy, but the probability of success is high.

When you can't find a better solution, the stupid solution is also a solution to the problem.

"Emperor Xiong is reasonable, the more critical he is, the more he must calm down.

The enemy wants to delay time, so it will be consumed with them, and we will admit the heavy losses!

Taking advantage of the competition of patience, it is best for us to find a way to solve the internal hidden dangers of the empire first. ”

The Eagleman Emperor said ruthlessly.

If you want to go outside, you must first settle inside, otherwise the orc empire will not be able to integrate at all.

……

Just as the orcs were discussing the specific plan, an urgent battle report came, making the scene silent.

The army sent to encircle and suppress the invaders of the Kingdom of God was defeated, and the troops involved in the battle suffered heavy losses.

The invaders, whom they regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, did not stay where they were after their victory, but migrated eastward with their controlled tribes, preparing to leave the steppes.

The situation of the empire's territory is not a secret to the orc leaders.

At this time, the enemy migrated eastward, obviously preparing to escape into the mountains, forests, and plateaus to avoid the next big battle.

If it weren't for the Terran army pressing the border, then without any hesitation, everyone would definitely immediately send troops to intercept it.

It is true that the eastern part of the empire is mostly poor and remote, but these areas also have the advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Once the orcs decline, this backwooded land will be the last habitat for them to continue their racial heritage.

"We have to do something, once these invaders take control of the eastern and northern parts of the empire, there will be no way out for everyone!"

The Wild Boar King, who couldn't hold his breath, was the first to speak.

These invaders of the Kingdom of God are too hateful, not only disrupting the Orc Empire, but also jumping out at a critical moment to cut off their back road.

"It's late!"

"We underestimated the strength of the enemy, which led to a crushing defeat of the encirclement army.

Most of the main forces of the empire are gathered here, and if they want to send troops to intercept them in a short time, they can only draw troops from the large battalion.

The Terran army is eyeing us, and if we divide our forces at this time, it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of it.

The distance of eight hundred miles was a lot for the infantry, but it was nothing for the cavalry.

Judging by the intelligence gathered, the Alpha Kingdom deployed about two hundred thousand cavalry in the border area.

In the hands of Hudson, how powerful such a huge force can be exerted, everyone knows in their hearts.

Once the troops are divided, our plan to lure the enemy is likely to turn into a large-scale death!

The invaders cut us off from the back road, seemingly a disaster, but also an opportunity to consolidate the empire.

There is no way out, everyone can only work together and concentrate all their efforts to win this war! ”

After the Eagle Emperor's words were finished, the scene instantly became chaotic.

There was a lot of arguing between those who supported and those who opposed the division of troops, and for a time the two factions actually became deadlocked.

Not everyone has the capital to fight the battle.

Internal integration is easy to say, but complex to operate.

One of the most important characteristics of a multi-ethnic country is that it cannot suffer defeats, or at least lose battles consecutively.

If the beast god is alive, then it is very simple. An oracle can solve the problem by relying on a common religion.

In godless times, then there needs to be a leader with a high enough prestige.

Since the death of the old Beamon Emperor, there has been no such person in the Orc Empire.

The fact that the various ethnic groups are able to sit down in meetings and make decisions with relative efficiency is already a sign of looking at the bigger picture.

……

A few hours after the orcs received the news, Hudson had the same information in his hands.

His intuition told him that the leaders of these invaders of the kingdom of God were not simple.

It is not easy to decisively abandon the prairie and retreat into the poor countryside.

Especially in terms of timing, it is excellent.

Earlier they wanted to run, but the Orc Empire wouldn't let them go; If they run away later, the kingdom army will not allow them to leave.

From the analysis of the information in their hands, these invaders of the Kingdom of God will have the strength to defeat the encirclement and suppression army tomorrow.

But in order to wait for the opportunity, he insisted on holding back and concealed it from a group of orc leaders.

"The order is passed, and the officers and soldiers on leave in the army will immediately cancel their vacations and return, and seven days later, the four-way army will attack on all fronts!"

The situation has changed, and it is no longer appropriate to continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and it is the turn of the kingdom's army to play.

……

(End of chapter)