Chapter 283: Unprovoked War
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, during which time Sahain's control and construction of Ellul Island has been basically completed, and a new city has appeared on this civilized and backward island, and Sawan named the city the city of Thor. Although many wildlings were initially opposed to building cities, as the modern way of life gradually became popular, the resistance of wildlings to cities diminished day by day.
Nearly one-third of the island's wildlings joined the army, and as the island's economy grew, so did the need for work, so in order to make Ellul Island continue to grow, Savin recruited soldiers to provide jobs, and with jobs, the wildlings became more and more dependent on the city, and now nearly half of the wildlings live in Thor's city.
In order to integrate in the future, Savin also ordered that in the future, the inhabitants of the island should not be called savages, but changed to islanders, and the island of Eroul was also renamed Thor's Island. Sawan sent a group of dwarven craftsmen from Haydonnis to the island and asked them to build a statue of the god of thunder and place it in the center of the city.
At the same time, Sahain also officially named the Savage Army the Thor Army, which is a private army exclusive to Savan and is not in the sequence of the Holy Cult Army. Ever since his quarrel with Main, Sawan has also realized the rift between himself and the church, but this rift is not something he can mend if he wants to.
In order to prevent a complete fall out with the Magic Guild in the future, Sawan had to make some preparations, and this Thor Army was his reserve force. Sawan drew a group of officers from his First Army to train and lead these savages, although the savages were physically strong and fought very bravely, but the discipline was too poor, they did not understand any tactics at all, let alone cooperate, and once the battle began, they rushed up in a swarm to fight indiscriminately, and such an army would be cannon fodder if it really went to the battlefield.
Swain ordered his officers to train the Thor Army in the strictest way possible, and Savien wanted to train this army into a special army, not just a regular army, otherwise it would be too wasteful of savage talents. With the island's affairs arranged, Sawan turned his focus back to Hydonis.
By this time, the war between Hortz and Lyanna had ended, and Hortz's Second Legion was a brilliant success, not only capturing the entire territory of Fellowes, but also expanding the size of the army to 60,000 men, making it the largest of the four legions. Lyanna's Third Legion also succeeded in capturing the kingdom of Krissan, but the process was more tortuous than that of Hotts.
Although the kingdom's army was quickly defeated by the Second Legion, the civilian armed forces fought for a long time, and finally fell apart due to a serious shortage of supplies. Both Hotz and Lyanna wrote to ask Sawin what to do with the aftermath of the two countries, and after much deliberation, Sawin finally decided to adopt the same strategy as Pesanis, replacing the king and keeping the original country.
At the same time, Sahain also moved the methods used in Hironice to these two places, and asked the nobles to take a public oath in the Great Church to obey the leadership of the church from now on. In doing so, Sahain was trying to distract the people from thinking that it was the Church that started the war, and on the other hand, he was making overtures to the Church that he had no intention of turning these countries into his own territory.
At the same time as the war between Hots and Lyanna, the Fourth Legion of Lothrian also completed the reorganization of the army in Pesanes, most of the nobles were deprived of military power, only a small number of guards remained, and most of the military power was in the hands of the Holy Army, so Lothrian's Fourth Legion also had more than 40,000 people.
When Savin saw that the war between the four sides was beginning to settle down, he wanted to focus on internal affairs, but Losrian, of Pesanise, suddenly sent an urgent report that Correa, a great power in the north, had launched an attack on the northern border of Pesanese. The news took Savan by surprise, and he read it several times with the report, never wondering how Correa could suddenly attack Pesanese.
Sawan immediately used the Transmission Crystal to get in touch with Cereya, and Sawan anxiously asked, "Celia, what's going on, why did Correa suddenly attack Pesanis?"
Seliya's voice was also a little anxious, and she replied: "I don't know much about this, I haven't gotten any news from my family recently, and I'm asking my family about the specific situation." ”
Sawin thought for a moment and said, "In this case, you can go back to Haydonis at once, and I will meet you for a detailed discussion." ”
Having ended the conversation, Savin paced back and forth in the study with some irritation, a big problem for Correa if he really wanted to annex Pesthanes. Correa is different from Hieronis and Pesanes, Correa is the number one military power on the continent, and fighting it is no joke, even if Savin is confident that he will not be defeated, I am afraid that he will have to pay a terrible price.
And the most important thing is that Savin didn't know why Correa was coming, and even Lothrian himself didn't know, Correa's attack came so suddenly, and there was no warning in advance. Pesanis and Correa have not had much of a frustration in their history, and their relationship is lukewarm, with few major conflicts of interest between them, so why would they go to war uncharacteristically this time?
Savan couldn't figure out Correa's true intentions, so he called Alvin and Larry, and the three of them had a small meeting. Sawan recounted Correa's attack on Pesanis, and Alvin and Larry were also taken aback, apparently no one expected this incident.
Larry said first: "My lord, could it be that there is some friction between Pesanes and Correa, otherwise this matter will not make sense." ”
Sawan shook his head and said, "Probably not, otherwise Lothrian would definitely write the reason, and looking at his letter, he wouldn't understand what was going on." ”
Alvin pondered for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the Holy Cult Army is too sharp, which has aroused Correa's jealousy, so he sent troops to test it. ”
Sawan listened to Elwin's speculation and felt that it seemed to have some truth, but it was also difficult to explain Correa's undeclared war, if he wanted to be tempted, he could use diplomacy and use force as soon as he came up.
The three of them discussed for a while, but they couldn't figure it out, and finally Savin said, "Okay, it's useless for us to guess here, wait for Celia to come and ask her." Now we have to discuss what to do about this?"
Larry said: "Naturally, we want to send an army to counterattack, first let Lothrian's legion resist the attack of the Correa army, and then transfer other legions to cooperate and annihilate the Correa army in one fell swoop!"
Larry's suggestion was naturally thought of by Savan, but now things are not so simple, Hortz and Lyanna's legions have just ended the war, and they are currently busy stabilizing the situation in Fellowos and Cressan, and once the troops are transferred, it may cause civil strife. The first legion can be mobilized, but it is not sure whether it can defeat the Correa army, the cavalry of the Correa army is known as the first in the mainland, that is not blown, and no matter which legion on his side, there are not so many cavalry to contend with.
Come to think of it, it would be unwise to rush into a field battle with Correa, and Savan was more inclined to defend first and then wait for an opportunity to launch a counteroffensive. Correa's cavalry was strong but not good at sieges, so as long as he relied on a strong castle, he believed that there should be no problem in defense.
Alvin also saw Savan's hesitation, so he said: "I think it's better to defend solidly, make sure you don't lose first, and then think about what to do next." I don't think it's necessary to be on the battlefield to solve this problem, we might as well consider starting from within Correa. ”
Larry listened to Alvin's words with some disapproval, but Saviin's eyes lit up, he sat up straight, and said, "Tell me, how to start from the inside of Correa?"
Alvin cleared his throat and said, "To start from the inside, you must first understand the internal affairs of Correa, Correa's situation is a little different from ordinary countries......"
(End of chapter)