Chapter 51: The Black Dragon Emerges from the Abyss
More than enough is too much.
This principle does not only apply in life.
Many war historians have this understanding: In the War of the Gods, the planning of the Western Emperor Alliance was not too little but too much. And these many calculations and plans are put together to achieve better results. However, at a certain time, after the planning of complex calculations is superimposed, the opposite effect appears, and even all the efforts at that time become negative.
- "The War of the Gods: A Study of War History" Chapter 51 The Black Dragon Out of the Abyss, whether it is Chi Aotian or Qingluo, Qu Jianhong or other Black Dragon Knights, officers and cadres of the small mercenary group will never think of it. In just one month, less than 5,000 remnants of the army were defeated, and when the desert empire, known as the place of death, entered and exited, and drank the Mississizi River again, it was already 30,000 majestic iron divisions, and the combat power of these 30,000 troops was comparable to the combat power of the previous expeditionary force in its heyday.
Of course, many officers and cadres are sure that if it were not for the Holy See's intention to overthrow Zoroastrianism, there would not be such a scene today. Speaking of which, the expeditionary force should really thank the archbishops of the Holy See.
After the blessings of the Fire God Temple were once again shrouded in the sky above the Desert Empire, everything became simple and orderly.
His Excellency the High Priest of the Fire God of Zoroastrianism declared, in the name of the Great God of Fire Shura, "In order to maintain the peace of the continents, the Holy Desert Empire shrouded in Zoroastrianism and divine grace has declared war on the Pseudo-Holy See, the Pseudo-Burmese Empire, and the Kofanos Continent. From now until then, until the enemy is completely destroyed, the Zoroastrians and the God-favored desert people will not make any compromises. ”
His Royal Highness Afuti, the new king of the Desert Empire, adhered to the will of the gods preached by His Excellency the High Priest, issued a general mobilization order for the national war, and immediately began to arrange a full-scale war against the culprit, the Holy See.
The general mobilization order, which later came to be known as "Burning in the Fire", was divided into three parts.
1. All reserve and mercenary organizations of the Holy Desert Empire will report to their respective places of registration from now on, and all male non-reserve citizens over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 will report to the tribal chiefs from now on.
2. All tribes, including chiefs and other nobles, set up regular combat forces, will report to the city of Mumbai from now on.
3. Send an elite army of about 20,000 to serve as the vanguard of the vengeful army under the command of Chi Aotian, a close friend of Zoroastrianism.
In a theocratic state, anything becomes simple and effective once the church is involved. In just 30 days, a total of 320,000 regular and paramilitary troops, including in the heart of the desert, had been assembled.
This should be a very interesting phenomenon: in the Holy Desert Empire, the heaviest recipients of divine grace are the large cities represented by the city of Mumbai, and the people in remote areas can only feel the presence of God when the Vulcan priest comes to preach the Gospel. However, in the thousand-year trial, the first to betray His Highness was the residents of big cities such as Mumbai, and in the heart of the desert, the people who had not seen the Vulcan priest for two or three hundred years had never complained about His Highness the Fire Asura, and they firmly believed that when they encountered insurmountable difficulties, Lord Hoshura and his messengers would come from afar to save them as before.
When a belief and a belief are passed on by the believers themselves through word of mouth, the body is established so that their descendants can feel the existence of this faith from the day of birth, without any priestly transmission. The power of this faith will surpass all else.
So, when the inhabitants of the heart of the desert learned the truth, these silent men silently took the best and probably the only camels in their homes, and converged like raindrops on the way, and finally appeared at the meeting places like huge waves crashing into the sky.
There was still a slight question about the general mobilization - which army would be allowed to start the war first with the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Legion.
In the past 500 years, with the rise of the Pan-Continent Overlord Amy Empire, the Frozen Continent and the Eminole Continent as a whole have entered a rare period of stability, although small-scale conflicts have broken out from time to time, but major wars between the empires have rarely happened anymore, especially on the Eminole Continent.
After several disarmaments, the total number of troops in the Holy Desert Empire was 110,000, and the regular troops belonging to the tribes were 100,000, with a total strength of 210,000.
According to His Majesty's wishes, the direct army of the eldest prince led by General Hussein and the direct army of His Royal Highness bin Laden, the former second prince, totaled 7,000 people. There is not much doubt about this among the chiefs. After all, these two troops made significant contributions in the rebellion in the city of Mumbai, in other words, if these two legions had not fought desperately inside and outside the city, by the time His Highness the God of Fire sent down the blessings, the city of Mumbai would have changed masters long ago. That is the great shame of the desert people.
His Majesty immediately incorporated the regular forces of his tribe into the advance force, which caused outrage.
In the past three hundred years, the Desert Empire has not fought a major battle, and troops at the regimental level rarely have a chance to receive honorary titles. In the first battle of the city of Mumbai, the direct legions of the two princes became famous in the first war, and after the war, they were also given the title of "Guards", and all the soldiers who participated in the war also had the title of Imperial Knights regardless of life or death. Now that the regular forces have been incorporated into the advance team, will His Majesty's tribe become a "guard" tribe if it continues like this? Is it that His Majesty's throne will simply be hereditary in the future...... Hundreds of other tribes, large and small, were just on the sidelines.
More importantly, all the chiefs knew that His Excellency Grand Duke Chi Aotian had promised that all soldiers and civilians of the Desert Empire who participated in the war could enjoy the right to divide the territory. Forget about ordinary desert empire soldiers, no matter how good things are, no matter how great the military achievements fall on the lowest soldiers, there is nothing left here. How could the chiefs of the hundreds of tribes, large and small, not understand the key to this-as early as three hundred years ago, the greatest source of income of the Sacred Desert Empire was not hand-made goods and camels, and the horse thieves who roared through the Huayu Plain would bring back yellow gold coins, fragrant beef, and beautiful women every time they went out. Later, because the Amy Empire signed an offensive and defensive alliance alliance with the Holy See, the desert people had to give up this piece of fat after suffering many heavy losses. Now, Grand Duke Chi Aotian is a powerful person who has the right to redraw the borders on behalf of the Redstone Emperor, and he can use this opportunity to occupy more space for his tribe, and the chiefs dare not talk loudly about this beautiful matter among themselves.
Cough...... It was really a matter of incomprehension, and the chiefs didn't want to think about how an older kid who was just 20 years old could get such a big power, even if he was the nephew of His Majesty Redstone. In the War of the Gods, this group of young people represented by Amy is really bold, if the interests are there, these young people will really take the jade seal of His Majesty the Red Stone Emperor and stamp it everywhere.
In the face of the criticism of more than 100 major tribal chiefs, His Highness Afuti finally had to make concessions - among the more than 250 tribes that had arrived in the city of Bombay, each tribe produced 2 warriors, held a desert warrior festival, and finally decided 20 winning tribes, and each of these 20 tribes sent 500 warriors to form a new legion and be incorporated into the advance force. If the tribe is relatively small and does not have so many warriors, you can hire warriors from other tribes to fight.
In order to let many chiefs dissipate their anger, His Royal Highness Afti even took the initiative to say that everyone was worried about the tribe of the current king, so let's do it, the king's tribe will not participate in the Desert Warriors Festival. Many chiefs were greatly relieved, after all, where is the strength, if they do not abstain, then the other tribes are equivalent to fighting for 19 places. "Allah bless you! With tears in their eyes, the chiefs kissed His Majesty the selfless King.
Ten days later, after dozens of rounds of selection, 20 tribes were selected – and the winners, with very few exceptions, were large tribes with a population of more than 3,000 people.
Oh...... That's right...... There is one thing that must be explained...... What made the more than 200 tribal chieftains extremely depressed and hurt in the end was that when General Chi Aotian waved his army south, the tribal chiefs found that they had been greatly struck by His Majesty the new king.
His Majesty's tribe did not participate in the competition, but the two Divine Guards used the ten days to double their combat power, and the target of the expansion was of course their own tribe warriors, and in the end, when the warriors of the king's tribe were not enough, His Majesty Afti was so ruthless that he also recruited the warriors of his mother's tribe to two Guards Legions.
"Grandma, this bastard king is a fox like his old man. The chiefs cursed in their hearts, but they could not say anything more. If His Majesty is offended, maybe the king will directly send the warriors of his tribe to the east of the empire to guard the coastline, which will be foolish.
Accompanying Chi Aotian's expeditionary force to the south were the four high priests of Zoroastrianism, after the rebellion in Bombay City, as one of the miracles of Shenze Online: all the surviving priests of Zoroastrianism suddenly jumped to the ability of super-level priests after two transformations. Even in the middle of the night, the High Priests of the Fire God were able to easily obtain the power of the gods of the Fire Star Palace, and were even able to summon the Immortal Bird (Phoenix), a sacred bird that only appeared in legends.
The Great Legion marches through the desert terrain with little secrecy to speak of. Chi Aotian was not prepared to hide it, before that, the expeditionary force had to avoid the encirclement and interception of the Western Emperor Group, which was really constrained by combat power, otherwise, with Chi Aotian's nature, he would never do such a thing. Right now...... The expeditionary force once again has a strong mobility and at the same time has the right to launch a campaign, and the follow-up reinforcements are no longer the herdsmen who have just put down the rake, all of which makes Chi Aotian have an idea in his heart at this time: "Battle, a battle will be won or lost." ”
Similar thoughts were beating in the hearts of the original senior officers of the expeditionary force.
Of course, these high-ranking officers didn't know that after more than half a year of running-in, the war machine of the Holy See had been refined with strange agility, and at the same time, the power displayed on this war machine was not comparable to that of a few months ago.