king.

"Starting a war now, the imperial court is crazy!"

Looking at the official document in his hand, Chief Aedo couldn't help exclaiming.

Under the current situation, defending the border is dangerous enough.If a war breaks out between the two countries, the tauren family on the border will immediately face the test of life and death.

Half of this danger comes from enemies and half from allies.

Whether it is the enemy who strikes first, or someone in the empire who is holding back, they can kill the Tauren clan.

All the tribal chiefs present knew that the tauren in the Slit had no ability to decide their own destiny.

"I don't know if the imperial court has gone crazy, anyway, the war mobilization order has been issued, and we have no right to refuse.

What will happen after the war breaks out, no one knows.What we can do now is: find a way to hold on until the arrival of the imperial army.

Unlike previous wars, this time our neighbor is Hudson!
This person has never been defeated since his debut, and countless races in the empire have suffered a lot in his hands.

On the bright side, the Alpha Kingdom has only 12 troops stationed in the Near East, but with the addition of noble private troops from all over the country, this number can be doubled at least.

According to the Alpha Kingdom's own published data, the total population of the Near East region last year was about 350 million, and now it may exceed 400 million.

They use the national reserve force, and if a full-scale war mobilization is carried out, the total force is likely to exceed 50.

According to the information collected, Hudson, the frontline commander, has great power. In addition to governing the Near East, he can also control the twelve northern provinces during the war.

Theoretically speaking, even without national mobilization, the total force that Hudson can mobilize can easily exceed one million! "

After analyzing the strength in the hands of the enemy, Stark couldn't help secretly lamenting the rapid growth of the Alpha Kingdom's strength.

The human race suffered heavy losses in the North Continent, but the two remaining countries in the North Continent both reaped the dividends of war.

Both the territory and the population have achieved substantial growth.

The Alpha Kingdom seems to have suffered heavy losses in the past two wars, but in fact, after five years of recuperation, its comprehensive national strength has risen instead of falling.

Once the power of the whole country was able to mobilize millions of troops, now Hudson, the front-line commander, can mobilize millions of troops.

Of course, these are theoretical numbers.The mobilization of troops during a war has never been determined by the upper limit of troops, but is also restricted by logistics.

It's a pity that in this regard, the Orc Empire can't take advantage of it.Although the shipping technology of the Alpha Kingdom is not well developed, the sea transportation has entered the era of the thousand tons, and the carrying capacity of the largest merchant ship has even exceeded [-] tons.

The [-] tons of strategic materials in the cold weapon era are enough to consume a [-] army for several months.

Sitting in Crescent Port and enjoying the convenience of sea transportation, the consumption of the army supporting the Near East is not a problem at all.

This means that the Alpha Kingdom has the ability to wage an all-out war with the Orc Empire in the Near East.

"Stark, you invited us here, isn't it just to tell everyone: the Alpha Kingdom is very powerful?"

Chief Primrose on the side said angrily.

Apparently, he hasn't recovered from the last patriarchal election.To this day, Stark's superior position is still brooding, and even the patriarch doesn't bother to call him.

"Of course not!
Introducing the situation of the enemy is just to let everyone have a clearer understanding of the current situation between the enemy and the enemy so that they can make correct choices in subsequent decisions.

In fact, although the Alpha Kingdom is powerful, the military strength of the empire is also not inferior.

In terms of the total population, the combined population of the empire's various ethnic groups is at least twice that of the enemy.

When it comes to the limit of mobilization, all the people of the empire are soldiers.Except for children, all our clansmen can go to the battlefield, which is much more thorough than the enemy's national reserve.

In terms of numbers, the empire still holds the upper hand.But an empire is an empire, and we are us!

Although there are quite a few members of my tauren clan, due to financial and resource constraints, the number of armored elites trained is very limited.

Take the Tatim tribe as an example. There are 20 tribesmen, but only 3000 armored warriors, accounting for only [-]%. I think everyone's situation is similar.

It took so much effort to accumulate such a small family fortune, if it was lost, it would be a big loss.Under the current situation, directly confronting the enemy head-on is obviously not what a wise man would do.

......"

After listening to Stark's words, everyone's faces were ugly.

If the outcome of a war is determined by numbers, then the four royal families of the orc empire should be: ratmen, rabbitmen, pigmen, and frogmen.

In the Orc Empire, soldiers of the same race were also divided into ranks.Whether it is elite or not depends on whether it has armor or not.

Don't look at what Stark said was a mere [-] armored warriors, which is already a first-class configuration among the Tauren clan.

Even the Archibald tribe, known as the first tribe of the tauren, couldn't gather so many elites.

It is not that the Archibald tribe lacks warriors, the key is that armor is rare.

In the Tauren family, where it is difficult to get a single spear in hand, armor is a luxury.Not to mention iron armor, even leather armor is very limited.

On the battlefield, three thousand armored warriors can easily defeat tens of thousands of tauren soldiers without armor.

It seems to be an inadvertent example, but Stark is actually showing off his force, warning the tribal chiefs to be quiet, and he is not a paper chief.

"Stark, are you sure you can do this?

If the imperial court finds out, it will be a disaster for the whole family! "

Primrose asked solemnly.

The orc imperial court was able to rule the Quartet, relying on the means of thunder.Especially during the period of race wars, the result of the overt obedience and the overshadowed is the extermination of the genocide!
In past wars, lessons have been learned.

Without skin, there will be no hair attached.

When it comes to the survival of the race, personal grievances must be relied on.Primrose is just shameless about Stark's superior methods, and it hasn't reached the point where they will die together.

"Whether it is successful or not, we have to try. In this situation, we have no choice at all.

If we don't do this, I'm afraid we will be wiped out before the imperial army comes over.

With Hudson's style, it is impossible to wait to be beaten passively.Just wait, in a few days we will be able to receive news of the enemy sending troops.

Anyway, since the day we were assigned to the frontier, we have been reduced to the abandoned sons of the empire, why should we sacrifice our lives for them? "

After Stark sneered, the scene suddenly fell silent, and all the tribal chiefs weighed the pros and cons.

……

"You stupid pigs who have not yet evolved, get up and train!"

On the prairie, Graham skillfully brandished a whip to train his tribe.

I have to admit that racial talent is really important.Laziness is Pig's greatest enemy. Otherwise, as a close relative of the wild boar, the difference in strength between the two sides would not be so great.

Other races are cultivating painstakingly after obtaining the inheritance, but this group of pigs have to practice under the supervision of the whip.

Graham was about to explode with anger after struggling for several months before he barely mastered the basic training movements.

Compared with the golden pigs in the dream, these pigs are too broken.According to this kind of training, what year and month can we train into an army?

Ordinary pigs are useless, he already knew it in his heart.Expectations are not high, and disappointment is not strong.

What really made him angry was the order from the boss above to act as a liaison between the Tauren clan and the Alpha Kingdom.

Being able to take on this important task is not trust.From the beginning to the end, the people who came here communicated with him verbally, and did not leave any written documents. In case something was leaked one day, the blame for colluding with the human race would fall on him, the executor.

As a vassal tribe, Graham had no choice.If you don't accept the order, you will die immediately.

At one point, Graham wanted to inform the empire, explain everything clearly, and give Stark a hard blow.

After hesitating again and again, Graham dismissed this unreliable idea.If the whistle-blowing was so easy, the tauren would not have entrusted him with such an "important matter".

Leaving aside anything else, it is still a difficult problem to meet the high-level officials of the imperial court face-to-face.Don't say that a little Pig like Graham, even the patriarch of the Pig clan, is not qualified to directly talk to the high-level empire.

Even if he finds an opportunity and sees the high-level officials of the empire, what has not happened yet, and there is no evidence, how can he win the trust of others?
Even if the imperial court wants to deal with a big family like the tauren, it needs a convincing reason.Mere suspicion cannot convict at all.

The final result is most likely that the imperial court will use his head to knock the mountain Zhenhu, warning the tauren clan to work with peace of mind.

The scolding was mixed with the crackling of the whip, expressing the grievances in Graham's heart.

This is the tragedy of the Xiaozu!

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp.

Suddenly the whip stopped, and looking at the sunset on the horizon, Graeme fell into deep contemplation.

Recalling what happened in the dream, his eyes became firm, and a ray of hope slowly appeared.

Dangerous?

Starting from choosing to base ourselves on the frontier, we are doomed to be accompanied by risks.Compared with the risk of being cannon fodder, the risk of exposure is actually small.

Deep in his heart, there was a voice constantly reminding Graham to seize this opportunity.

After all, he is just a humble pig.No one in the imperial court doubted him.

When a race reaches a certain level of waste, the label of waste on the body itself is a kind of protection for itself.

Unless the human general is crazy, buying anyone is more valuable than buying a pig.

……

The pace of war is approaching, and the tense atmosphere of gunpowder smoke has permeated the entire land of the Near East.

With the announcement of Hudson's military order, the originally vibrant Near East suddenly became chilling.

Without too much interference, the lords from all over the country spontaneously began to fortify the wall and clear the country.Fortunately, the autumn harvest has been completed at this moment, otherwise everyone would have to die of distress.

In order to meet the war, countless noble lords reluctantly decided to cancel the winter grain planting.

Except for some vegetables near the castle, the crops in other places have been artificially eradicated.The nearby aquatic plants have also entered the harvesting period ahead of schedule.

Not sure how long the war will last, everyone can only increase the difficulty of the orc invasion in their own way.

Even if the heart is bleeding, no one hesitates at this moment.

The original slack militia team has all practiced, and everything is so logical, as if engraved in everyone's genetic bones.

Nervous emotions are always easy to pass on.The land of the Near East is preparing for war, and the neighboring provinces of northern Xinjiang are also affected.

Although no military orders have been received, military training in various places has become more frequent.

Followed by the kingdom's central provinces and southern provinces, everyone spontaneously followed suit and trained their teams.

It can be seen that the past ten years have not been in vain.The two consecutive wars taught the noble lords of the Alpha Kingdom to behave.

In order not to be beaten in the war, everyone has become shrewd now.Deeply realize: On the battlefield, other things are empty, only the strength in your own hands is to rely on.

Against the background of the whole country preparing for war, Hudson stepped into the Emerald Palace again.The hall is still the same hall, but the people in the hall have changed.

The eight-person meeting of the six giants + the king + Hudson still dominates the future destiny of the kingdom.

It's a pity that Hudson always feels uncomfortable without his two old partners, the old prime minister and the minister of military affairs.

As soon as they entered the hall, the two newly appointed ministers stood up from their seats to say hello, slightly diluting Hudson's dissatisfaction.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the Alpha Kingdom inevitably entered this stage.

The war that was about to break out interrupted the infighting in the court.Caesar IV, who had already grasped the handle and could continue to attack, could only be forced to stop.

"Marshal, tell us about the situation on the front line!"

Caesar IV said straight to the point.

One is born, the second is cooked.

After two major wars, he was no longer panicked by the new round of orc invasion.

"Your Majesty, the current situation on the frontline is generally controllable.

The orc army only started to assemble half a month ago, and it is expected that the main force will arrive at the front line next month.

The defenders have made preparations, and a group of noble lords have also begun to prepare for battle.The Near East Line of Defense was completed a few months ago.

If war breaks out, the front line can at least last half a year under the enemy's full attack, which is enough for the kingdom to dispatch troops.

The biggest problem now is the coordination of reinforcements from various places and the transportation of strategic materials after the war breaks out.

As far as I know, the kingdom's reserves of strategic materials are not enough to support a full-scale war.

The next priority for the government is to raise strategic materials and organize and mobilize armies from all over the country.When to reinforce the front line, it still has to be decided according to the actual situation! "

Hudson replied seriously.

It seems to be introducing the situation, but in fact the whole article emphasizes one important point: power!

Just the armies of the Near East and the northern borders, at best, would be able to protect themselves from the invasion of the orcs. To win the war, they still had to devote all their efforts.

The court has just undergone personnel changes, and Hudson has no idea about the capabilities of these new bureaucrats.

Anyway, they are all powerful ministers, so they should be more thorough and take over these complicated tasks together.

I don't know if it can guarantee the orderly progress of various tasks, at least at critical moments, Hudson dares to kill people.

When it comes to killing decisively, it must be more straightforward than these civil servants.This kind of killing is very important for deterring the bureaucracy.

In the previous two wars, the former prime minister and the minister of military affairs had personally slashed people with their knives in the process of coordinating supplies.

"Marshal, please rest assured!
All departments of the court will fully cooperate with the front line..."