Chapter 60: The Gathering of Storms

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In addition, by the summer of the ninth year of the magic calendar, the war potential of the Phanos continent had reached the point where it was unsustainable.

According to the data, in the past six years, the Fanos continent has sent a total of 1520128 expeditionary troops to the Eminole continent, of which 190973 were killed due to sepsis, hurricanes and other reasons in tens of thousands of miles of sea, that is, nearly 10 percent of the soldiers have not set foot on the Eminole continent at all. Such sailing losses were already a very optimistic figure, and before the outbreak of the Pan-Continental War, the proportion of sailing losses between ordinary caravans between Eminole and Fanos was more than half, and in some years even more than ninety.

The most important loss of navigation is a typhoon, a large-scale typhoon will sweep away all ships on the sea for hundreds of miles, and no matter how large the warship, it will have no meaning in the face of a typhoon. The reason why it was able to reduce the damage of typhoons was very simple: in the Pan-Continental War, the Fanos military stayed at any time more than three dragon knights on the sea route from Eminole to Fanos, and they inspected the sea wind and waves every day, and once a typhoon signal appeared, the dragon knights would all be dispatched to notify all fleets on the sea route as soon as possible.

Corresponding to the above figures, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of indigenous people in the Fanos continent is only about 150,000, of which about 200~3 million are middle-aged men aged 16 to 35. Another figure shows that in the ninth year of the magic calendar, the standing army of the Phanos continent was 190735 people - due to the fierce people of the Phanos continent, the small fights between different races in various places have not really stopped, and the supreme power of Phanos has to maintain a relatively small army in the territory.

After cross-referencing these figures, anyone with rudimentary arithmetic experience can analyze the most basic fact - it is absolutely impossible for the Phanos continent to put together an iron-blooded army of the same size.

The years of war are not only a lack of manpower, but also an economic embarrassment. In order to fight this protracted crusad, the native of Phanos has implemented strict food control as early as the seventh year of the Magic Calendar - prohibiting any inhabitants from feeding livestock with grain, and prohibiting any inhabitants from eating war control materials such as meat and rice, otherwise, they will be punished as war economic criminals.

For the more than 10 million inhabitants of Phanos, they are tightening their belts to support this holy war, and for them, returning to that rich heavenly realm is the greatest dream of the Silver Humans (at this time, they did not know that the orcs have such a wonderful sounding unified name), and it is also their only motivation.

At the beginning of the war, all the news received by the Fanos Continent was so inspiring that even the ninety-year-old woman would ask loudly: "Why didn't you attack the Holy Continent hundreds or even thousands of years earlier?!" and seven years after the magic calendar, although the Fanos base camp would issue several gag orders every month, the frustrating news of the defeat still spread little by little. One bad news after another is like chΓ‘o water, eroding the hearts of the orcs little by little, and the once rock-solid continent of Fanos has opened holes corroded by the sea water in places where it cannot be seen.

The defeat of the Western Emperor Alliance, in the summer of the ninth year of the magic calendar, is almost a sure thing, many forces that have been shaken and have been waiting and watching, as well as nobles who are not deeply involved in the Western Emperor Alliance, are changing their positions without a trace, and more smart people began to send the grain in the cellar to the small mercenary group, Tongyun Pass and other emperor ** teams, using facts to show their firm position with white skin and red hearts.

Even, there are already bold predictions that this war will end in nine years of the magical calendar.

According to this statement, the Western Emperor Alliance should have surrendered en masse long ago. And this is not the case, in the face of the plague and the wolf-like enemy, whether it is Scambrai or the Flower Language Plains, in the face of hundreds of thousands of wolf-like imperial Jing Rui troops, the hearts of the middle and high-level of the Western Emperor Monarch cluster are as stable as a stone, especially the officers of the Western Emperor Monarch family and the Fanos Alliance, on the walls of Scambrai, in the fortress of the Flower Language Plain, you can see the senior officers with their guards braving the plague that may pounce at any time and perform their duties wholeheartedly.

"Sitting" is not "waiting to be killed", more often than not, it is waiting for the change, waiting for the opportunity.

Dahaino and Renaud know this truth, and His Majesty the Pope knows this truth, in the summer plague of the ninth year of the magic calendar, the Western Emperor Alliance still has many things that need to be exchanged for time and tens of thousands of human lives, such as the old and infirm dying in the plague and the young and strong surviving the plague to preserve their strength; for example, in the face of the upcoming interests, will there be a conflict between the original forces of the Eminole continent; and for example, will there be cracks within the most powerful empires- Using a similar approach, the Holy See has succeeded in overthrowing several dynasties, and His Holiness the Pope has been working on this matter and expects it to be tried and tested.

In the history of the creation of the divine realm, there are countless similar historical sources such as the sands of the Ganges. The most famous is Yue Fei, the god of war in the Middle Ages, who was recalled by Emperor Mourning for twelve gold medals and finally died in the Storm Pavilion just before Lian Zhan Lianjie smashed the Yellow Dragon.

Therefore, His Majesty Nebrev has always firmly believed that it is one of the greatest original sins of mankind to be able to share in hardships and hardships without sharing blessings.

Nine years of the magic calendar passed day by day, and not long after Daqingshan went to the frozen continent, Lord Chi Hantong handed over the command of Tongyun Pass to his eldest son Chi Changyun again, and drove the wind dragon to the Northern Federation to meet His Majesty Redstone;

In the summer and February of the ninth year of the magic calendar, His Majesty Redstone hosted a banquet at the Ice and Snow Fortress to entertain Marshal Chi Hantong and Daqingshan and the main officers accompanying him. At the banquet, the monarchs and ministers talked and laughed, the emperor toasted the generals with outstanding military achievements, and even introduced the imperial magnates to the families of the imperial magnates to be married to Ling Yun and Huer, who had not yet been married.

Three years later, in order to reward the emperor's ** who had repeatedly made unparalleled military exploits in the Pan-continental War, His Majesty Hongshi once again issued a commendation order and a promotion order, which was the famous "Twelve Marshals Order" in the history of the empire.

He was promoted to Generalissimo, Chi Hantong, and Amy, and Fan, Lantian, Daqingshan, Chi Hanfeng, Chi Changyun, Bai Shaoling, Su Wen, and Klung, and Horns was promoted to Imperial Marshal.

After another three ri, His Majesty Hongshi issued a series of personnel transfer orders through the Imperial ** Ministry of Affairs:

Generalissimo Chi Hantong succeeded his father as the youngest Minister of Military Affairs and Chief of the Imperial Wartime General Staff in the history of the Empire; Major Marshal Chi Changyun also succeeded his father and officially became the general of the Tongyunguan Theater; appointed His Excellency Daqingshan, Marshal of the S-class mercenary Imperial Marshal Daqingshan, as the emperor** The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Affairs concurrently served as the Deputy Minister of Staff of the Province; His Excellency the Imperial Marshal Lantian replaced Duke Fan and was transferred to the Northern Federal Theater of the Empire; while Duke Fan was transferred to the newly divided Gyeonggi Theater General, leading the main force of the 30,000 Xueyue Army to land from the Ice Harbor to reinforce the empire's homeland; the area of the original Northern Theater had exceeded the area of the empire's territory before the war, and in order to facilitate command, it was re-divided into four theaters, namely the Gyeonggi Theater, the Sanganhe Theater, and the Lion River Theater. In the Jielin Theater, Marshal Bai Shaoling was inaugurated as the general of the Sanggan River Theater; Generalissimo Amy Haber, the former supreme military commander of the Northern Theater, was promoted to the supreme commander of the mainland and the general of the Lion River Theater; His Excellency Su Wen was appointed as the supreme military commander of the Jielin Theater; in addition to the three major theaters, two new theaters of war were set up in the north and south of Huayu; His Excellency Horns led the reinforcements of the two dwarf kingdoms to move closer to the Huayu Plain and became the general of the Northern Theater; and Chi Aotian was appointed as the general of the southern theater of the Huayu Plain.

Just nine days before this new personnel order was issued, Duke Fan's seven light and heavy infantry brigades were already on board, and on the day Duke Fan got the personnel transfer order, he harnessed his dragon and rushed to the continent of Eminole overnight. More precisely, when Marshal Horns saw the order for personnel transfers, he also saw his successor.

"Your Excellency is really resolute, admire and admire. Horns didn't speak, and the Grand Duke of Lantian sneered coldly on the side.

Fan, who is also a duke, blushed slightly, in the first few years of the war, the generalissimo with the title of viscount and the small mercenary group had confessed many times, and even "coaxed" His Excellency Amy, who is now the generalissimo, out of the general's mansion, in the face of such criticism, Marshal Fan could only snort: "Isn't this like saving soldiers like fighting fire?" ”

Hum...... Lantian snorted coldly in his nose, he was also a marshal and a general of the Imperial Military Region, and Lantian was not a little more noble than Fan in terms of origin, and his qualifications were much older than Duke Fan, so he had no scruples at all: "Your Excellency still knows such a truth? What did you do a few years ago? In the seventh year of the magic calendar, the frozen continent was basically pacified, and I heard that the establishment of the Xueyue Legion at that time had exceeded 70,000, and the establishment of local troops exceeded 130,000, at that time, why didn't you say that saving soldiers was like fighting fires?"

"This ...... You have to train your troops. "Duke Fan is serious.

"It's okay, don't talk nonsense, pick your peaches. The Grand Duke of Lantian slammed the door and left.

Like a human prince, Horns politely smiled at Duke Fan: "Don't take it to heart, Lantian has always been like this to us, he is mainly sulking because he can't continue to participate in the Scambrai offensive and defensive battles. Since Your Excellency is here, it just so happens that the besieging of Didu are basically the regular troops of the current Gyeonggi Theater, and they are all under Your Excellency's jurisdiction, and many of them are Your Excellency's old subordinates in the Western Theater, so there will be no problem in thinking about it. I'll set out early tomorrow morning with the dwarven troops...... I wish you all the best luck. ”

After speaking, the dwarf beckoned the brass hammer and other subordinates who were staring at Duke Fan with wide eyes and malice to leave the big tent.

At the same time, in the Sanggan River Theater, Amy met the new theater general Bai Shaoling. No one could have imagined that this Phantom Beast Knight in the same year as Chi Aotian would be promoted to the level of He Chi Aotian in such a short period of time, which was somewhat ironic.

Facing his immediate boss, Bai Shaoling, the Wind Dragon Knight, had a humble smile on his subordinates' face that was unique to his superiors, while Dark Qiusheng, who was also a Wind Dragon Knight, stood behind Amy, his face uncertain.

Looking at the personnel transfer, Amy, who is also the new generation of mercenary kings of the mercenary empire, always has a sign xing smile on her face: "So, I'm promoted again?"

"Yes, now the position of the Lord is equivalent to the position of the Minister of the Emperor's Affairs. Bai Shaoling added with a smile, and then, the young dragon knight seemed to remember something again, and patted his head: "Ah, how did I forget this, speaking of the Minister of War, there is also the latest order of Generalissimo Chi Hantong." ”

Amy didn't look up, and her gaze drifted over the letterhead: "Does the Generalissimo mean that I should supervise the battle of the Huayu Plain and fight for ...... Oh, is it necessary to end the war in the Plains of Flower Language within this year?"

The smile suddenly froze on Bai Shaoling's face, and the young man stammered and subconsciously asked, "Your Excellency, what's the matter...... Haha, sure enough, the hero sees the same thing, and Lord Chi Hantong really has a bosom friend. ”

Amy snorted noncommittally, continued to look at the personnel order, and suddenly asked again: "This order is the third fire of Lord Chi Hantong's new official, so let's rush it out overnight, otherwise, how could it be sent to me by Your Excellency so quickly?"

Bai Shaoling's face turned red. Before this, Bai Shaoling and Amy had dealt with each other a few times, and in my impression, this young man of the same age had always been very gentle, not smiling or talking, speaking slowly and softly, looking like a good old man, and now he ...... But suddenly sharp and wise to the point that people can't accept it.

The Wind Dragon Knight subconsciously clenched another canonization order in his cuffs.

Amy glanced meaningfully at the young people of the same age: "The Sanggan River War Zone has just returned to the empire, and everything is in ruins, and I really don't have any experience to teach, so everything is tiring Your Excellency." After speaking, he smiled and said goodbye.

Bai Shaoling's ears were very pointed, Amy and Dark Qiusheng walked far away, and Bai Shaoling still heard a few words.

"Commander, this ...... Isn't it obvious to unload the mill to kill the donkey, and then borrow a knife to kill the person?" muttered the skinny Winddragon Knight.

"Then you say, who is to blame for this? If we give all the credit to the Great Majesty, will these things happen? Amy said meaningfully.

"That'...... Aren't you afraid that you will see it?" the Wind Dragon Knight was quite bold and outspoken.

"It's a big deal, one more order, for example, to allow the small mercenary group to open a state on the Huayu Plain, anyway, it's not the territory of the empire, with a small whip and a small gold hook, there are many ways...... Who can refuse such kindness from the superiors?"

The dragon knight in the room blushed even more.