Chapter 71: A Bad Situation

"Marshal Herman, may I ask the Human Empire, is it just the Spencer family who has declared war on us?" Chang Hao bit the two words of family very hard.

Swan Clan Air Marshal Herman looked at Chang Hao with some surprise, but he didn't expect that the young viscount did not panic on his face, but found the core problem.

"Yes, it's just the Spencers who declared war, not the entire human empire. Field Marshal Herman nodded.

All the nobles in the main hall, including Chang Hao, breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was only a family declaration of war, and it did not turn into a national war.

In the past few hundred years, there have been several foreign wars waged by the human imperial families under various names. The Human Empire has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, because if their family wins, they will naturally gain a lot as the victorious side. Even if you accidentally lose, the Human Empire can make a stupid attitude of "I don't know, I don't know, I didn't contribute to the trouble" on this matter, and then pay some insignificant compensation, and the matter will be revealed.

What gave the Human Empire this kind of capital and courage was their increasingly vigorous industrial ability and magical attainments, except for a few failures caused by conceit, the Human Empire in recent centuries can be described as invincible, from the first taste of sweetness to the later more greedy face, the situation has intensified.

Even if the Human Empire is so disgusting, many countries in Middle-earth still can't stop trading with the Human Empire, for the simple reason that it can't be stopped.

The industrial base of the human empire is too strong, from weapons and equipment to all kinds of luxury goods and works of art, which other countries cannot produce but are extremely desired.

It is precisely because of this abnormal relationship between supply and demand that the already powerful human empire dares to constantly challenge the bottom line of the surrounding countries in order to plunder the resources they need.

"Although this is only a unilateral declaration of war by the Spencers, there is no doubt that the Human Empire will definitely be behind it, and even the Desert Kingdom will be mixed in. Herman took a piece of information from the staff officer and said: "The Spencer family is one of the top powerful families in the Human Empire, and there are several mercenary groups stationed in the desert kingdom all year round. It is understood that the eldest daughter of the Spencer family married Rommel, the actual controller of the army of the Desert Kingdom, a few years ago. ”

Chang Hao sighed in his heart, it can't be the desert fox Rommel, right?

"Rommel is a god of soldiers, those mercenary groups of the Spencer family are trained under his command, and they are close to my orc kingdom, it is very likely that those mercenary groups will launch infiltration attacks on our borders. Herman said.

"Lord Marshal, what are the powerful mercenary groups under the Spencer family?" asked the eldest prince Simbak with his fingers crossed.

"The Blood Rose Mercenary Regiment and the Rock Wolf Mercenary Regiment. ”

Herman's brows furrowed slightly, "I have looked through the information of the last ten years, these two mercenary groups have no combat records, and we also lack information about them. The only thing that can be confirmed is that these two mercenary groups are at the wing level. ”

Quite a few aristocrats were already hiding their mouths behind the table and exclaiming.

Wing level?Isn't the two mercenary groups a full 6,000 people combined?

Chang Hao's face was gloomy as water, and his crossed fingers couldn't help but tremble.

He was full of less than 3,000 people, and his barely formed combat strength was only Spartan Bears and Pandaren Rangers, which added up to less than 300, and now he suddenly told him that there were 6,000 mercenaries armed to the teeth to kill him?

The maximum size of the regular army of the orc kingdom is the corps level, and there are five wings under the jurisdiction of a legion, that is, 15,000 people. And the Spencer family's move is a big deal for the two wings, almost equal to half of the legion, how rich is this?

And these two mercenary groups will receive help from the Human Empire, they will have the sharpest weapons, they will be equipped with the hardest armor, even the strongest orc warriors will not be able to take advantage of them.

It is not clear to the nobles what the Lords of the Light Field have, but the barrenness of the Varonian Wasteland itself is notoriously barren in the kingdom. It was a vast land, and no one would object to saying that it was the largest territory in the kingdom.

But with it comes the vastness of the land, which is difficult to take care of the defenses, and the long northern border is even longer than the coastline in the southern part of the kingdom, and even if a few elite legions are thrown into it, it may not be able to make a splash.

Moreover, Guangguang Ye said that it was a part of the northern provinces, but it was a bit far away from the center of the northern provinces, and it was difficult to reinforce or replenish.

"These two mercenary groups have the support of the Spencer family behind them, and now they have been trained by the god of war, Rommel, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, so it is better to let our God of War Legion have a hard fight with them, and let them know that the servants of the God of War are invincible!"

"My Erut, I know you are eager to fight, but this is a declaration of war by the family, it has not risen to the national level, and the national forces behind the two sides will not get too involved until they have really torn their faces. You know the rules. His Majesty, who had been silent for a long time, spoke slowly.

The powerful Legion Commander of Erut had no choice but to swallow his anger back into his stomach.

"Lord of the Bright Field, you are guarding the gateway of the Orc Kingdom, and the two mercenary groups of the Desert Kingdom are menacing, and you will bear the brunt of the attack at that time, what do you think about this?" King Rysack handed over the right to speak to Chang Hao, who had been silent.

He was the focus of the meeting.

Some people wait to see the joke, some people don't care about themselves, and only a small percentage of people care about what choice he will make next.

Is it a brave retreat from the rapids, or is it a hard shot?

"May I ask Your Majesty, the major legions will not be able to provide even a single soldier of support for the frontal battlefield of the Vironian Wasteland at that time, right?" Chang Hao said with a deep breath.

"Yes. The king replied in the affirmative.

"And what about reconnaissance support before the war?" Chang Hao's eyes lit up, "I don't think it needs to be said how vast the Varonian Wasteland is, even if I send out all the slaves and vassals in my hands, I may not be able to reconnoiter one-tenth of the land. If you don't have the ability to detect, you are blind, and you can't fight. ”

"What do you mean, then?" the king's tone loosened slightly.

"I need support from the Steppe Wolf Scout Squadron in the Northern Province. ”

Chang Hao suddenly got up and walked straight to the sand table in front of the king, the king motioned to a few staff officers who wanted to reprimand him not to stop him, he wanted to see what the young viscount had to do to break the deadlock.

Chang Hao picked up a few chess pieces representing the steppe wolf scouts and swung them around the northern border of the Vronian Wasteland, explaining: "The steppe wolf scout squadron is about 200 people, and I will arrange all of them near the border. The combined number of the two mercenary groups is about 6,000, and the movement of this scale will not be small, as long as the scout squadron finds signs of mercenary group entry, it will immediately retreat and report to the rear. ”

"And then you're going to take the initiative?" said Marshal Hermann with a frown.

"No, I'm not going to startle a snake. Chang Hao retreated all the scout chess pieces on the northern border, and then picked up a red chess piece representing Guangmingye's private army, and unexpectedly returned to the rear of the two mercenary groups in an arc.

"I will cut off their rear paths, and cut off their baggage and supplies from their rear. Chang Hao squinted, "The behemoth can't be eaten in one bite, so eat it one bite at a time." ”

"The number of the two mercenary groups is nearly 6,000, and the convoy loaded with weapons, equipment and food supplies is too heavy, and it must be a certain distance behind the main force, as long as you seize the opportunity to fight a time difference, not to mention the final result, but it will definitely make it difficult for them to move an inch in the bright field next!

Herman, as the marshal of the Swan Air Force, was a ruthless man, and he never praised any of his juniors, but today he was willing to make an exception for this.

King Rysack nodded, agreed to Chang Hao's request to secondment the Steppenwolf Scout Squadron, and continued: "This is indeed a good strategy, but in the end, you still have to contact these two mercenary groups, how can you win with such a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides?"

"So I dare to ask you for one more thing, Your Majesty. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"I also need a call-up warrant. ”

Chang Hao said with a serious face: "The kind signed jointly by the council and the temple." ”