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Chapter 430

The early collapse of the grassland countries directly affected the immigration work of the Alpha Kingdom, and countless refugees were brutally murdered by orcs while they were still on the road.

The number of refugees who successfully arrived in the Alpha Kingdom was less than half of what was expected in advance.Especially those who immigrated by land suffered the heaviest losses.

Undoubtedly, in such a result, the coastal nobles took advantage of the most.

Sitting on the convenience of sea transportation, taking the lead in taking their share, more noble lords can only stare blankly.

In fact, now everyone can't take care of the trivial matters of "refugees".As soon as the Kingdom of Light collapsed, the military pressure on the provinces in northern Xinjiang suddenly increased.

Once again, he and the orc became neighbors. With the grievances between the two sides, it is normal for the enemy to kill him at any time.

The sudden change in the situation forced the kingdom to hold another military meeting, and even Hudson, the expedition general, was recalled to attend the defense meeting.

"The defense line in northern Xinjiang has not been completed yet, what are the guys on the front line doing?"

The prime minister, the Grand Duke of Newfoundland, yelled angrily.

As early as the rehearsal of the Continental War began, the kingdom restarted the construction of the defense line in the northern border.The kingdom allocates construction funds and materials, and the lords in the border areas are responsible for the implementation.

In this regard, the Alpha Kingdom is also rich in experience, and has already summed up a set of experiences.

The line of defense guards its own territory, so there is no need to worry about participants not working hard.Even if some small nobles are different, there are still governors and sheriffs watching over them.

All the lords in the border area are from the generation of entrepreneurs, and their ability is obviously not bad.

It is a pity that the progress of the defense line construction is still not as good as expected.

"Prime Minister, everyone has done their best. It's just that the human resources in the border area are limited, and there is not enough building materials nearby.

In particular, stone is the most scarce, and there are no quarries in many areas.We can only fire bricks instead, which virtually increases the process. "

Earl Albert spoke in defense.

These are real issues, and Hudson can testify that there is a real shortage of building materials in the border area.

But these are the faults of the lords themselves.Taking advantage of the defeat of the orc empire, the kingdom moved the border northward again and again.

However, after a group of fief nobles arrived, they did an even better job.

How much land is occupied by the specific circle, Hudson is not very clear.

Anyway, I heard that a baronie in northern Xinjiang is bigger than a viscount in the mainland, and the viscount directly surpasses the earl, and the earl can even catch up with some small provinces.

The most direct evidence is: the unfinished line of defense in the hands of Hudson has now become the kingdom's third line of defense.

Originally, the area was sparsely populated, but after such an expansion, human resources became even scarcer.

Of course, you can't blame everyone for being greedy.

Without the ability to foretell, no one knew that the continental war would break out so soon.

If fighting starts at night for decades, when the Seven Kingdoms of the Grassland gain a firm foothold, these areas will be the heart of the human race.

If Hudson worked hard in northern Xinjiang, he would not give up this once-in-a-lifetime expansion opportunity.

"Didn't they send labor to you?

What's more, the influx of refugees is also picked by you first.

Complaining about the lack of manpower now, why did you go there earlier?

Building materials are scarce, so build earthen walls!

Add some magic materials into it, arrange a magic circle, and the defense is also not low.

Don't you think it's ridiculous to take so much of the kingdom's budget and run away complaining now? "

Marquis Delgado snorted angrily.

To raise money for the front lines, the Treasury Department tightened its belt.Now that the results handed over are not as good as expected, he is naturally upset.

Facing the eyes of the powerful and powerful in the kingdom, the border governors of northern Xinjiang were like eggplants beaten by frost.

The lack of manpower and lack of raw materials are just excuses to shirk. In essence, the border nobles are too poor.

Everyone has no guts to deduct funds for the construction of the defense line, but diversion of funds has not rarely occurred.

Blind optimism in the early stage delayed the progress of the project.After the outbreak of the Continental War, everyone became active, but the huge construction project could not be completed in a few months.

The core thing is that the construction period is too tight, especially after the situation has become increasingly tense, the kingdom's requirements for the construction period have been shortened repeatedly.

"The problem of the defense line, let's stop here for today!

Thinking about it, they didn't do it deliberately. No one thought of the early collapse of the Seven Prairie Kingdoms.

Now change the strategy, put together some temporary lines of defense for the unfinished part, and focus on strengthening the defense of the core strategic nodes.

As a punishment for poor construction, the noble lords responsible for the construction were all stationed at strategic locations along the route. "

Hudson said indifferently.

What is the truth, he has no time to pursue.

Whether the defense line has been filled with water or not, whoever uses it knows.

If you cut corners, you will pay with your life.

Once the flames of war are ignited, all problems will be exposed.Don't look at Hudson's serious face on the surface, but deep down he is not panicking at all.

Several newly recovered provinces in northern Xinjiang were smashed, and the five nobles of the northern land took over.Starting from their territory, there are fortresses all the way to the king's capital.

It's only been a few years, as long as it's not a tofu project, it can definitely be used now.

What's more, after the outbreak of the Continental War, the noble lords along the way spontaneously organized manpower to maintain and strengthen the fortresses and castles within their own territory.

When the orc empire in its heyday came here, a few front teeth would be knocked out, let alone the orcs who are now seriously injured.

In contrast, the situation on the Western Front was more complicated.

"Marshal, the war on the northern front is imminent, shouldn't it be..."

Before Count Oran could finish speaking, Hudson interrupted: "The kingdom will naturally send reinforcements, but it must be done in an orderly manner.

The same force is distributed in various provinces and sent to northern Xinjiang, and the material consumption required is not at the same level.

The strategic materials raised by the kingdom are limited, only one-third of what it was before the outbreak of the last war.

Now all countries in the mainland are busy with their own wars, and they don't care about us at all.Next, we can only use limited strategic materials to fight an infinite battle. "

When it comes to the strategy of the kingdom, the old man's face is not enough.

Everyone can explode troops in a short period of time, but there is no way to explode strategic materials in a short period of time.

In order to win a war, some sacrifices are necessary.It's just that there are things that can be done, but definitely not said.

Deep down in his heart, he had the idea of ​​letting Beijiang be smashed, but in terms of specific actions, Hudson dared not show it at all.

Otherwise, all the nobles in the north could tear him apart.It's better to leave this kind of hatred thing to the "last resort".

The unfinished line of defense is just the No. [-] backer.Insufficient strategic materials belong to the No. [-] back-up man.

In the future, more blamers will appear, proving that it is not that Master Hudson does not work hard, but that objective conditions do not allow it.

"Marshal, since the strategic materials are insufficient, let's make a quick decision in northern Xinjiang!

Concentrate your forces first to defeat the orc army, and then..."

Before Duke Hiro finished speaking, Hudson shook his head.

"Your Excellency, when there is not much difference in strength, a quick victory is never one-sided.

Orcs are not fools, why should they fight us?

It is enough for them to hold back our main force and create time for the two major alien races on the Western Front.

Your Excellency is more familiar with the situation on the grassland than I am.If the orc army doesn't fight us decisively, is it possible for the kingdom's army to go deep into the prairie and fight them decisively?

Don't forget how much strategic material was consumed in the last war to counterattack the Prairie Alliance.

The Kingdom of Light has so little material reserves, what can we use to force them to a decisive battle?

What's more, we don't have time yet, and the situation on the Western Front may completely collapse at any time.With the strength of the Principality of Moxi, it can last for two months at most under the attack of the two foreign races.

The time left for the kingdom shall not exceed three months at most.

It takes one month to mobilize the whole country, another month for the army to assemble and rush to the front line, and it takes at least 20 days to return to the western front after the war.

If everything goes well, there is only ten days left for the army and the orcs to fight.

How to fight this battle? "

I don't know, I was taken aback.

Hudson's sentence "how to fight this battle" directly left everyone speechless.

The real situation will only be more serious than the theoretical deduction.

Estimated from the data on paper, the current military strength of the kingdom is almost the same as that of the orc empire.

Even if the people present had never led soldiers, they knew a little about military affairs by hearing and seeing, and they were very aware of the consequences of a hasty decisive battle with the enemy.

Hudson, the most powerful coach, said no, and the others were even less sure.

Duke Hiro raised the question at this moment, obviously because the nobles in the Northland could not bear the pressure and wanted him to find a solution quickly.

I just didn't expect that Hudson not only didn't buy it, but after conducting an in-depth analysis, he directly said: "How to fight this battle"?

There is no doubt that this question cannot be answered by everyone.If everyone knows how to play, it will not be Hudson's turn to take the lead.

At present, the central and southern provinces that are not affected by the war are mainly providing strategic materials for the kingdom.From the perspective of the kingdom, the safety of these provinces is far more important than the northern border.

Once there are changes in these rear provinces, it will be useless to fight well in northern Xinjiang.For a kingdom that lacks strategic material support, it is only a matter of time before its fall.

In fact, the pressure within the kingdom has always been there.If Hudson hadn't just won a great victory on the Western Front, the internal controversy would have been even greater.

Now no one criticizes his strategy. It is because the western front is too beautiful, and the battle loss ratio is hard to pick.

While the situation is deteriorating, it's not Hudson's fault.If the performance of the allies is not strong, it is a crime other than war.

Hudson rushed to the front line after hastily ending the meeting in the royal capital.Trying to put pressure on him to change the current strategy is purely overthinking.

No matter how many opinions the nobles in northern Xinjiang have, they can't change the fact that the orcs came to their doorstep.If you want the main force of the kingdom to gather north, you have to face the dilemma of insufficient strategic materials.

The two unchangeable real problems are superimposed, and many people have begun to suspect that the "first north and then west strategy" proposed by Hudson before is purely for the superiors to fool them.

Doubt is useless, the military's strategic tilt in the north is obvious to all.

Wang Guo spent a lot of money on the defense line. It is obviously not convincing to say that Hudson, the coach, does not support the northern line.

Apart from Hudson, the only person in the know is Caesar IV.It's just that everyone shared the spoils together, and he also played a disgraceful role in the strategic changes of the kingdom.

The current situation is deteriorating, so we can only suffer the noble lords in the north first.The risk is directly proportional to the benefit. How much fun it was to expand the enclosure before, and how much risk you have to take now.

If everyone is steady.Without occupying so much land, the current national defense pressure would not be so great.

On the Great Plains of Warhammer, Hudson led the expeditionary army to march forward swaggeringly. The alien troops along the way were fleeing in fear of slow reaction and losing their lives.

The Battle of Fort August destroyed the arrogance of the allied forces of the ancient survivors, and panic has spread among all the tribes.Especially for those races whose entire army was wiped out on the front line, all the information comes from gossip, and the impact is even greater.

A large number of troops gathered in the province of Deklas, and everyone felt a sense of security, but the morale of the army was still not high.

The common feature of small races is that everyone is close to each other.Either relatives or friends lived in the house, thousands of children and eight hundred died on the battlefield, and the whole clan would be shaken accordingly.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, kings of all races arrived at the front line one after another.More than 100 race kings, large and small, gathered to form a proper alliance of hundreds of races.

"The intelligence has been inquired clearly. The enemy claims to have an army of 3, but in fact it only has an army of more than 4, with a maximum of no more than [-].

The human race has only such a small force, dare to go to our territory to shout, and doesn't care about the alliance at all.

I suggest that everyone immediately raise their troops and surround and kill them on the Great Plains of Warhammer, so that the people can know how powerful we are! "

The giant king with a loud voice was the first to shout.

The hatred between his brows, coupled with his huge figure, looks chilling.

"There is no rush for revenge, the enemies have entered the Great Plains of Warhammer, and they will not run away for a while.

We know so little about the enemy, we know almost nothing except the number of troops and the commander in chief.

Who knows if this is the enemy's conspiracy to engage in a decisive battle rashly, don't forget that they are all cavalry.

On the plains, most of our races couldn't outrun the enemy's elite cavalry.

It seems that 20 are against more than 3 enemy troops. Maybe when it comes to the actual confrontation, the enemy will use high mobility to gain a local advantage.

The human race has a large population, so it doesn't matter if you lose tens of thousands of troops.But we can't, if we suffer another big defeat, I'm afraid most of the races present will not be able to bear it. "

After hearing the words of the Shadow King, the kings of all clans agreed one after another.Revenge is important, but race continuation is even more important.

Forcibly exchanged by the same human race, even if they win the victory, it is still a blood loss.

The pain in Fort Augustus has hurt the vitality of many races, and no one wants to come again.

"Then you can't wait forever!

The enemy's marching speed was very fast, and there were resistance armed forces along the way to provide them with convenience. Judging from the marching route, they obviously wanted to penetrate to the rear of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

If there is no blocking, the enemy will go straight into the Principality of Orton and attack the Southern Expedition Army with the army of the Principality of Moxi. "

The giant king said indignantly.

The matter of revenge must be done with the alliance.Without the help of allies, the thousands of troops of the giant family are not enough to fight the enemy.

After all, kings with different talents like him are very few among the giants, and ordinary giants have the largest number.

Purely in terms of strength, an ordinary adult giant is comparable to a low-level knight.

It's a pity that success is also in shape, and defeat is also in shape.The expeditionary army is equipped with a large number of magic crossbows. These big men with a height of several meters are living targets on the battlefield.

Only a few powerful giants can rely on their powerful defenses to ignore the enemy's tiny magic crossbow attacks.

After a little hesitation, the kings still nodded.The safety of the Southern Expeditionary Corps had to be considered. If they were flanked by the enemy back and forth, no one could guarantee that the defeat at Fort Augustus would not be repeated.

"The enemy is still nearly a thousand miles away from the Principality of Orton. According to their current marching speed, it will take more than ten days.

Another 30 troops have gathered in the rear, and it is expected that they will join us in five days. Coupled with the troops gathered from all over the country, our total strength will once again exceed [-].

To be on the safe side, after gathering absolute superiority in strength, we shall fight the enemy decisively. "

Seeing the Shadow King make a concession, he hesitated a little, and the Giant King nodded slowly.

For things like "revenge", the more troops the better.The current enemy is a famous general from the mainland, so we cannot be too cautious.

It's just that deep down in his heart, the giant king always feels that something is wrong, as if something big is about to happen.

……

As the army continued to penetrate behind the enemy, Hudson became more cautious.Not only did they arrange a large number of scouts, but they also asked Bear Stearns to wander around every now and then to see if the enemy's army was moving in this direction.

It's a pity that the reality is quite the opposite. Not to mention that the enemy's main force cannot be seen, the enemy doesn't even bother to arrange a small group of troops to harass.

Do more and make more mistakes, but don't do it well.

The enemy stood still, and Hudson was secretly worried.This time he brought all the cavalry, and he was not interested in attacking the city.

If the enemy remained motionless, he would really have no choice but to lead the army into the Principality of Orton, and flank the opponent's Southern Expedition Army with the Mossi.

But the problem is that in this way, the expeditionary force is also within the enemy's encirclement.If you can't make a breakthrough in a short time, you will also fall into the siege of the enemy on all sides.

……

"Three hundred miles away, the enemy has an army of tens of thousands of people, and they are converging towards the province of Deklas.

Bear Stearns, are you sure you read it right? "

Hudson asked in surprise.

The distance of three hundred miles is already a safe distance for two large armies, but it depends on what army it is.

Ordinary cavalry ran for three hundred miles and could directly lay down their horses, but the expeditionary army was different.

Possessing Hastelloy's magic potion, the horse can run for three hundred miles, and it can still be alive and well.

"Hudson, do you suspect that Ben Xiong can't count?"

Facing Bear Stearns' questioning, Hudson smiled awkwardly.There is no need to worry about the cub's mathematical talent.

Bear Stearns can understand the account book of "Bear Castle", let alone estimate the number of enemy troops.