The King

   "Marshal, the reinforcements have arrived now, when will we have a decisive battle with the enemy?"

   Count Oran asked anxiously.

  Running over to inquire at such a time is obviously suspected of forcing the palace. He wouldn't want to, if possible.

  But people can't help themselves in the aristocratic circle.

  As one of the nobles in northern Xinjiang, if you want to get involved in this circle, you must stand with everyone.

   Due to Hudson's deterrence, a group of emerging nobles did not dare to make mistakes, and the Earl of Oran, who had a special relationship with him, was pushed to the foreground.

  The Earl of Oran had no choice, he had to do this early bird. If the other people come over, if the conversation breaks down accidentally, they might die accidentally on the battlefield at some point.

   Members of the Koslow family can also become "representatives", but the status of those small nobles is too low, and their words have no weight at all. The most suitable candidate is the Earl of Oran.

   "Your Excellency, you are so impatient!"

   Hudson said angrily.

   As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they ran over to urge him to send troops to fight the enemy. Who is the commander in chief?

  Since ancient times, those who violate the authority of the commander will not end well.

  After so many years of fighting in the South and North, Hudson is also used to seeing life and death, and his mentality has long been cultivated. The nobles in northern Xinjiang are quiet and obedient, and he will not be soft-hearted if they do something wrong.

   "Marshal, it's not that everyone is impatient, it's just that we can't hold it anymore!

  Evacuated in a hurry, we were forced to give up most of our property, and all the northern lords suffered a lot.

  It’s okay that it’s summer now, just build a grass shed and you can make do with it. In a few months, what will happen to the millions of people? "

   Count Oran explained with a sad face.

  It is not easy to be a noble lord. While enjoying wealth, one must also assume corresponding obligations.

  Organizing the retreat of the people in the territory is only the beginning of the trouble; after the evacuation is completed, you must also be responsible for the livelihood of the people in the territory.

  In fact, during the evacuation process, everyone has already paid a heavy price.

   In the process of fleeing for their lives in a hurry, not only lost a lot of property, but also lost a lot of lives. Nearly one-fifth of the people fell on the way.

   This is because the seven provinces of northern Xinjiang are all immigrants, and the proportion of the elderly and the weak is relatively low, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

  No choice, no matter how heavy the loss is, it is better than a group destruction. In order to cover the retreat of the people, the Kingdom's army also paid a considerable price.

  In the continent of Aslant, serfs also belonged to the private property of nobles. According to the general principle, whoever owns the wealth will guard it, and it is basically useless to expect the kingdom to rescue.

   Except for the help of the Kingdom Army during the evacuation process, the rest was basically handled by the noble lords themselves.

  Hudson understands the mentality of the nobles in northern Xinjiang very well. Every day when he wakes up, he thinks of countless mouths waiting to be fed, and no one can bear to sit and eat.

  Especially for some small nobles with limited family resources, if the kingdom cannot recover the lost land in time, the only way to wait for them is to sell the serfs.

  It is easy to sell the serfs, but it is difficult to replenish them. Territory without population, even if it is taken back, it has no value.

   "Your Excellency, if the Holliser family is in difficulty, the Koslow family can provide you with some help, but this cannot be a factor that affects the decision-making of the war.

  The current pain is only for a short time. It may be cruel, but there is always a way to solve it.

  If the kingdom is defeated, everyone's territory will be lost. Don't imagine that the Terran Alliance will take care of us, the times have changed! "

   Hudson said calmly.

  Taking venture capital from investors, and now that the business is successful, it is natural to give back to others.

   But this is limited to the Holliser family, and other nobles in the northern land have nothing to do with him.

  Hudson is not afraid of being picked on. The Koslow family is also a victim, and the branch of the family in northern Xinjiang has also suffered heavy losses along with everyone.

  The collateral branches are unable to bear the loss, so they can ask the family for help, and other nobles can follow suit if they want to.

   Except for a few families who broke their boats and ran to northern Xinjiang to develop, there were only a few grassroots nobles, and no family could support them.

  Compared to the entire northern Xinjiang aristocratic system, the proportion of these nobles is less than one-tenth of the total.

  If it is true to calculate the loss, the biggest loss should be the royal family. The territory of three provinces was lost at once, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were added to reach out for food.

  Caesar IV was not in a hurry, which proved that these losses were still within everyone's tolerance.

   After all, Kingdom's rich experience in being beaten can really train people's mentality. The capital of the kingdom fell more than once, not to mention only losing a few frontier provinces.

   opened his mouth, but Earl Oran didn't say anything in the end. Being able to get this promise is already good, but to continue this topic is to be disgusting.

  For the benefit of all my colleagues, it is obviously not worth affecting the relationship with my son-in-law.

  After hesitating for a while, Earl Oran, who seemed to have thought of something, said awkwardly: "Hudson, I really need your help.

  Other issues are easy to talk about, the key is that the price inflation in the Northland is too fast, a pound of rye can be sold for 18 copper coins, almost catching up with the price of beef! "

  The change of title also means that a public matter has become a private matter. The originally tense atmosphere suddenly eased down.

  The influx of a large number of refugees directly led to skyrocketing prices in the Northland, especially food prices.

   It is not an exaggeration that the price of rye is catching up with beef. The price of rye in the north is indeed approaching the price of beef in the southeast province, and you can buy three pounds directly if you replace it with fish.

   "Well, this is indeed a problem. I will interview the five northern dukes later and try my best to persuade them to come forward to curb prices.

  However, this may not be effective. The most important problem at present is the destruction of the port, resulting in a serious decline in shipping capacity.

  The situation on the battlefield is unclear, and no one can tell when the war will end.

   Keeping refugees in the North has been a heavy economic burden. It is better to send them back to their hometown first, and let them come after the war.

  Your Excellency, you can pass this suggestion on to the lords. It's up to them to listen or not, anyway, I can't guarantee that the war will end in a short time.

   Even if the orcs take the initiative to retreat and give up the land, I will not regain the lost land until I solve the logistics problems of the army! "

   Hudson said firmly.

  In order not to create a farce, they simply broke everyone's illusions. The current battlefield in northern Xinjiang seems to be a military problem, but it is actually a logistical problem.

  Nest in the current position, the kingdom can meet the material consumption of the army. Once it's out, there's no way to guarantee it.

   Even if the battle is won, there is no way to expand the results. That being the case, then simply spend it with the orc army.

  The army of the kingdom consumes a lot, and the army of orcs also consumes a lot. The productivity of the Alpha Kingdom is stronger than that of the Orc Empire.

  At this moment, the kingdom blocked the orc empire on both sea and land lines, almost eradicated the smuggling trade, and it was difficult for the orcs to continue to obtain supplies from the outside world.

  Of course, if they can pass through the Forest of Despair, they can also go to the Ice and Snow World to do business with the tribe of the ancient survivors.

   But just buy food. If there were surplus food to sell, there wouldn't be so many ancient survivors who would have evolved into omnivores and ate fresh grass and leaves instead.

  Unless all the orcs changed to eating dirt, as long as it took a year or two to delay, there would be no need for the kingdom's army to attack, and the orc army itself would be dragged down by the logistics.

   If you can drag the enemy to death, there is no need to attack. Hudson, who has already made great achievements in battle, is not bad at defeating the orcs now.

   Not taking the initiative to initiate a decisive battle does not mean doing nothing. Direct reckless consumption, the kingdom will also suffer heavy losses.

  The finances were rescued from the brink of bankruptcy with great difficulty. If the war dragged on for a year or two, the custody of the kingdom's finances would go bankrupt directly.

  In fact, what Hudson was waiting for was not the collapse of the orc army, but the completion of the expeditionary army's rest and replenishment.

   To deal with the orcs in the nomadic era, an elite cavalry is really important. Hudson didn't want to use infantry against cavalry on the vast prairie.

  …

   Suffering years are always long. It was another two months in a flash, and the army of the kingdom was still huddled in the city, no matter how provocative the orc army was, they ignored it.

  At the beginning, under the propaganda of the officers, the morale of the orc soldiers was high, thinking that the human race was afraid of them.

   But gradually the situation changed. No matter how high the morale was, it sometimes let down. The pressure on Duke Daniel was increasing day by day.

  At the military conference, the dissatisfaction among the officers of various ethnic groups continued to rise, and more and more people criticized his strategy.

   The several emperors who originally supported him gradually wavered under internal pressure.

   "Marshal Daniel, we have all retreated five hundred miles, but the enemy still hasn't made any movement. There is no way to retreat like this!"

   Yingrenhuang said helplessly.

  The enemy will not take the bait, no matter how many arrangements they make, it will be useless in the end.

  The heavy logistical pressure has made all ethnic groups breathless. Even if the five royal families uniformly rationed supplies, they could not meet the needs of the army.

   But the orc army did not dare to disband.

   Today is different from the past, the current five royal families work together to barely suppress the enemy. Once dispersed, that is the beginning of disaster.

  Don't want to be defeated one by one by the Alpha Kingdom, they can only stand firm.

  If there is no threat to survival, after recovering the lost land, they should disband the army and go home to have a baby.

   There is no real benefit to smashing the Alpha Kingdom. To dominate the mainland, this dream has long been awakened.

   "There is no way, the internal pressure cannot shake Hudson's determination, and the defense of the Alpha Kingdom is too tight. I have sent troops to test several times, but have not found a loophole.

   There is almost no hope for a frontal attack and breakthrough. If they use the excuse from the Principality of Moxi to attack the Alpha Kingdom in a detour, there is some hope.

  It's just that with the current military strength of the empire, it is too dangerous to divide the troops. If the roundabout attack fails to break through quickly, it is very likely that the remaining army will suffer a major defeat.

  If everyone is willing to take risks, we can design a plan to pretend to divide our troops and see if we can draw the main force of the enemy out of the city wall. "

  Daniel explained solemnly.

   In the battle between the strong, the simpler the tactics, the better. Fancy tricks will only make the situation worse.

   Allowing the refugees to evacuate was originally a psychological attack strategy he prepared, but unfortunately the nobles in northern Xinjiang were not as "combat" as he expected.

  Under normal circumstances, the "nobles of the seven provinces" work together to exert pressure, and any commander will be affected.

  The psychological attack failed, and the auxiliary lure tactics failed again. When he proposed to lure the enemy again, Duke Daniel did not have much confidence.

  In the seemingly peaceful battlefield, the two sides have played games many times. He saw Hudson's plan, and Hudson saw through his deployment.

  Under the circumstances that no one can fool the other, the competition between the two sides is the comprehensive national strength. Whoever can't afford to make the first move will be in a passive position strategically.

  This kind of failure not only failed to defeat Daniel, but inspired his fighting spirit, but it also hit the confidence of the top leaders of the Orc Empire to win.

  The title of Hudson's "No. 1 General" was promoted by them for political needs. If there are too many lies, it will inevitably be affected.

  The "boosting" of the enemy finally became a reality. Is there anything more cruel than this?

   "Then try it, as long as you can lure the enemy out for a decisive battle, it is worth paying a certain price.

   If the Alpha Kingdom is not severely damaged, we will have trouble sleeping and eating!

   Marshal Daniel, don't take too much burden on you. The battle situation on our side is not good, but the progress of the allies is very good.

  In the central continent, the coalition forces formed by the elves and the ancient survivors have defeated the human coalition forces, and are about to join forces with the stone people.

  If things go well, the spheres of influence of the stone people, trolls, and three-eyed tribes will be connected with the alliance of elves and ancient survivors.

  According to the plan of the elves, they will also open up channels with the dwarves and cannibals in the future. As long as we defeat the Alpha Kingdom, the entire alliance will be connected in the future, completely changing the passive strategic situation of the alliance. "

   Beamon Emperor Alex encouraged.

  Politics is different. Even though everyone knows that the elf army is making good progress, after his exaggeration, everyone's emotions are still excited.

  If the territory of the alien alliance can be connected together, and whether everyone can communicate with each other and develop together, the situation will be completely different from the present.

   Not to mention immediately pulling down the human race from its position as the hegemony of the mainland, at least everyone’s genocide crisis is gone.

  The **** massacre of the Frankish kingdom in the half-orc kingdom frightened all the tribes, and no one wanted to follow in the footsteps of the half-orcs one day.

  The coalition formed by the elves and the ancient survivors was able to progress smoothly. The biggest reason was that the stone people, the three-eyed tribe, and the trolls were all desperately trying to hold back the enemy's main force at all costs.

   "Report!"

  When all the orcs were rejoicing, the urgent battle report outside the camp interrupted everyone's good mood.

   "Five Your Majesties, something is wrong!

   There was an urgent report from the rear that an enemy army landed in Bimon Port (New Port) three days ago and entered the prairie..."

   Before the orderer finished speaking, Daniel grabbed the military newspaper and checked it immediately.

  The more he looked at the content above, the more surprised he became. After regaining Beamon Port, they did not destroy the waterway for the future economic development of the Orc Empire.

   It was just such a small mistake, but I didn't expect it to lead to big trouble. Tens of thousands of ethnic cavalry landed from Beamon Port and carried out a frantic slaughter on the prairie.

   Not only the defenders stationed in Beamon Port were wiped out, but the nearby orc tribes, big and small, also fell ill.

  The young and the strong are fighting on the front line, and the old and weak who stay behind are no match for the enemy at all.

   What angered Daniel the most was that the enemy had landed two days ago, and they only received the news now, missing three full days.

  On the battlefield, three days is enough to change many things. An uncontrolled enemy army came in, and the damage it could cause was unimaginable.

  The losses mentioned in the battle report were ambiguous, but Daniel knew that the actual loss was far greater than what was described in the battle report. After all, this game was lagging behind.

   The rear has encountered trouble, and the impact on the frontline army is huge. Daniel gritted his teeth angrily and said, "Hudson!"

  At this moment, he already regarded Hudson as the enemy of the wolf in life. He did not plan in advance that the enemy would launch an attack from the sea, which became his biggest mistake since joining the army.

   "Your Majesty, the current situation is critical. In order not to shake the morale of the frontline army, we must immediately block the news!"

   After being reminded by Daniel, the five emperors also realized the seriousness of the problem. The old nest has been taken over by others, who is in the mood to fight!

   But war is such a thing, and family members are not allowed. Even if the nomadic race can carry livestock, the farming race among the orcs cannot carry the fields.

  Even if they bring their family members by force, water and food are still big problems. After all, there are too few orcs who can eat soil.

   "Marshal Daniel, you give the order! What to do next, just implement it according to your ideas."

   Xiong Renhuang took the lead in expressing his opinion.

  Now is not a good time to fight for command. How difficult Hudson is, he feels the deepest. Faced with such an enemy, Xiong Renhuang thought he was helpless.

  If you can’t handle it yourself, let someone else do it. Daniel and Hudson confronted each other for three or four months. Although they didn't achieve any impressive results, at least they didn't suffer much.

  Of course, the urgent battle report just received does not count. Otherwise, it is not a matter of suffering, but of blood loss.