Great time travel

Chapter 66, the beginning of the war

In an ancient society with underdeveloped transportation, the logistical pressure of launching a large-scale expedition was quite heavy.

Emperor Saushar wanted to send a huge army of tens of thousands of people to a distant battlefield. So many soldiers, horses, elephants, and pterosaurs had to eat and drink along the way, and the expenses were naturally staggeringly large. Died halfway, the overjoyed Emperor Soshar spared no expense to search for innumerable wealth and supplies from the broken and scorched land that had just experienced the war, and recruited all the strong men and soldiers he could get from the newly captured territory, Throughout the history of the entire Farmat continent, there has rarely been such a huge military operation—as many people as sand, as much gold as sand, and as much grain as sand, and finally merged into an unprecedented The huge army fully demonstrated the majestic heritage of the empire.

Millions of imperial subjects, busy like ants under the whip, patiently pieced together this expedition bit by bit.

However, there are still some technical problems that cannot be solved by wealth, violence and power alone.

Before the advent of railroads, the cost of transporting any bulk cargo over long distances was prohibitively high.If an ox cart or horse cart full of grain travels hundreds of kilometers, the driver and the cattle and horses pulling the cart will eat up all the grain in the cart. As for the eagerly awaited frontline troops, naturally No blessing to enjoy the food on the car. If you are lucky, you can split the car and use it as firewood to eat beef stew. If you are unlucky, you can only drink northwest wind.

According to the discussion and analysis of experts who study ancient military affairs on earth, during the long-distance expeditions before the advent of railways, if they did not get any supplies along the way, and there were no waterways to use, and they only relied on soldiers to carry food and grass, then they could at most Maintain the march for nine days.Of course, the army can bring oxen and horse-drawn carts, but the oxen and horses that pull the carts also have to eat.Even if you bring more ox carts and horse carts to pull grain, you can only go out for twelve to fifteen days.While this number is not absolute and is only indicative, given the huge differences around the world.But obviously, relying on land transportation to conquer an area where supplies are difficult is very difficult, and sometimes even completely unrealistic.

Um?And magic?This... If it is some high-magic plane that has invented the space bag, the ring, and the shrinking technique, as long as a magician can easily carry tens of thousands of tons of supplies, then the above-mentioned logistics and transportation problems, Nature ceases to exist.But the problem is that although there are some magicians on the Farmat continent, they are only a low-magic plane. "Space equipment" is a highly practical magic item necessary for home travel.

Therefore, in this way, water transportation has become the best choice for the ancient army to maintain logistics transportation compared to the expensive and limited transportation of horses and horses.But the problem is that Arnus Hill is not close to the sea, and there is no big river flowing through it, and the distance between the nearest seaport and Arnus Hill is about 200 kilometers. An untouched wilderness—that is, water transportation is not advisable either.

Under such circumstances, the only way for Saushar to feed his army before going to battle is to fish in the marshes, prepare food and grass near the battlefield, and eat wherever they go... So, this Along the way that a large army passed, it became a huge belt of destruction.Wherever the army passed, it was like locusts crossing the border. The food of the residents along the way was eaten up, their houses were expropriated, and they themselves became coolies with the army.Even so, the food stored along any road is far from enough for hundreds of thousands of troops to consume.In order for the army to at least have food to plunder on the road, Soshal had to divide his army into several roads and advance until it reached the city of Ita Rica, which was adjacent to the battlefield, before regrouping.

Then, after Emperor Saushar's royal driver came to the city of Ita Rica, although the citizens in the city did not dare to resist at all, they opened the city gate tremblingly, and sent representatives to present property to the emperor and beg for mercy on their knees.However, in order to meet the army's logistical needs, Soushar still brazenly ordered to "punish the city's traitors" and issued a massacre order against Ita Rica—the bloodthirsty soldiers rushed into the completely undefended city with grinning grimaces. The city blocked every city gate, and then used the method of bird hunting to wipe out the citizens.Although the frightened citizens are hiding at home, try to reduce their sense of existence and avoid getting into trouble.But the murderers broke in and massacred amidst the screams of the women... Every street and every mansion in the city was bloodbathed.All the men in the town were slaughtered, even the young boys.Women were sold as slaves, and the murderers of their relatives became their masters.The trees on the street were quickly covered with various heads...

Although it looks very barbaric, bloody, and inhumane, in fact, this is just a very common scene in the wars of ancient society, and it is also a custom and rule of the ancient army.All nations on earth did this until 400 years ago.

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Accompanied by thick smoke, mournful wailing and blood stains flowing on the stone streets, the city of Ita Rica fell into a purgatory of destruction

In the lord's mansion of Ita Rica City, Emperor Sausal, who was on the pommel horse, was tasting a bottle of brandy from another world while playing with several exquisite and luxurious gifts—these were originally the citizens of Ita Rica City. The money he had scraped together to buy his life still failed to buy his own life back.

In fact, as an overjoyed and impatient tyrant, Emperor Soshar originally planned to go straight to the hills of Arnus to settle accounts with outsiders once he had gathered all his soldiers and horses. He didn't want to do more in Ita Rica. Delay... But the problem is, such a thing is really impossible! !

As mentioned earlier, the location of Arnus Hill on the Farmat continent is a "barren wilderness located in the center of the civilized world", and the surrounding area of ​​the hill is barren and inaccessible.There is still a Romanian mountain range between the palace where Sausal stayed before and the Arnus hill.Although this mountain range is not steep, it is extremely wide, and it takes an ordinary person half a month to walk from one side of the mountain range to the other.

Originally, there used to be a direct and spacious royal road between the imperial capital and Arnus Hill, but now it was washed away by the monstrous flood that gushed out from the "gate".There are a few remaining roads that cross the Romanian Mountains, and the western exits are far away from the Arnus Hills. However, the mountain road that extends from the hinterland of the empire at the eastern foot of the mountains to the city of Ita Rica over the mountains is currently closed. It is the one closest to the end of Arnus Hill.

That is to say, if Saushar's army wants to go to Mount Arnus to fight against the aliens, they must first go to the city of Ita Rica for a walk - the other roads will be farther and more difficult.Moreover, before entering the battlefield, one had to camp and rest for a period of time, because carrying heavy equipment across mountains and ridges for so many days would consume a lot of physical strength of soldiers, horses and elephants, so it was not good to rest for a while. I can't breathe.

(Just like many Chinese writers, once they need to conceive a different world, they always habitually refer to their own motherland to set it up, and describe the foreign dynasty as "the north is the grassland, the east is the sea, the south is the tropical rainforest, and the west is the desert." In such an environment, American and British writers are also accustomed to writing different worlds that resemble their own hometowns. For example, the continent of Westeros in "A Song of Ice and Fire" is obviously an enlarged version of the island of Great Britain.

In the same way, the Farmat continent set by the Japanese in "Fantasy Self-Defense Forces" is actually a deformed version of Honshu Island. Mount Arnus is probably the location of Mount Yoshino in the southern part of Yamato, and the location of the imperial capital is equivalent to Nagoya. In other words, Rendell City is Gifu where Oda Nobunaga made his armies all over the world, Ita Rica City is equivalent to Nara, Elbe Fandom can be compared to Kii Fan, and Kyoto and Lake Biwa are crowded and disappeared by mountains and hills.The empire is essentially similar to the Tokugawa shogunate. The territories under its direct control are all in the southeast, the headhunting grassland in the northeast, and the various "foreign daimyos" in the southwest. )
In short, the hundreds of thousands of troops who have crossed the Romanian Mountains from the east must rest in Ita Rica for a period of time before they can resume their attack capabilities.For the grain and fodder consumed during this period, it is not feasible to rely on the rear for long-distance transportation across the mountains and mountains. Apart from ordering a part of the tribute from the noble territories in the west, they can only be searched from the city of Ita Rica... Fortunately, in a battle After the massacre, he finally found enough food and fodder from the city to feed the entire army for seven days.And the corpses of the citizens don't need to be wasted, they can be directly fed to those dirty pig-headed people as cannon fodder.

"...By the way, General Bodavin, the Southern Route Army commanded by Duran, has returned to his home country last month, right? Where has he gone now?"

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Saushar looked at the rough map spread out on the table, and casually asked a general.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, the [-] troops led by the King of Elbe just passed through the Schulz Forest on the border of Elbe and entered the Terililia Plain in the south of the Arnus Hill. road, so the speed of progress is very slow.”

The general Bodawen who was questioned by the emperor quickly replied, "...according to the last letter sent by His Royal Highness Duran, it will take at least eight days for them to reach the vicinity of Mount Arnus. contact with the armies of the people of the world."

"...Very well, let Duran's Elbe army fight against the aliens first, and see how capable the humans in these alien worlds are!"

Emperor Soshar raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "...As for our side, let's hold back for now and let the warriors relax in Ita Rica. I know they have been walking for half a month. The mountain road is already very hard!"

"...Yes, thank you Your Majesty for your tolerance and kindness!" All the generals present, including Podavin, hurriedly saluted and thanked you.

"...It's nothing, our next journey is still very long, we can't let the soldiers get exhausted from the beginning..."

Emperor Soshar waved his hand reservedly, "...This time, I am determined to fight to the end of the earth!"

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——In Soshar's view, besides punishing the aliens who entrenched on the hill of Arnus for this mighty western expedition, he also has a more grand and magnificent blueprint, which is the sweeping method The western parts of Ermatt Continent surrendered to the Empire in name, but in fact they were rebellious and basically independent separatist forces, re-establishing the supremacy of the Empire on the mainland, and letting everyone in the entire continent understand that the hegemony of the Empire is not due to Weakened by the civil war, the territory of the empire is still connected to the sky, and all lands where the sun falls are subject to the empire!
And Soshar also thinks that he will be able to achieve the above goals. After all, he now has such a huge army under his command. Countless soldiers and horses fill the avenues and fields all the way, extending all the way. To the distant horizon, crushing everything in its path with just one step.As long as the world's largest military machine is running at full speed, there is no opponent on the Farmat continent that can fight against it!
As the first stop of the journey, in the eyes of the arrogant Emperor Soshar, those outsiders on the hill of Arnus who do not know what is good or bad are just a small dessert at the beginning of a sumptuous meal, and the first one to be killed to stand on the ground. It's just Wei Wei's chicks... However, judging from the current harvest, it seems that there are indeed many good things worth coveting in the hands of the outsiders who came from the opposite side of the "door", and they are not the kind of paupers who lack oil and water...

While thinking this way, Soshar raised the wine glass on the table, and took another sip of the brandy that the businessman in Ita Rica got from the outsiders—it has to be admitted that this novel spirit It really fits Saushar's taste, making him addicted to drinking.

Unfortunately, not much brandy was seized from the city. There were only a dozen bottles in total, and they should be drunk in a few days at most... But it doesn't matter, after this battle is over, you can go to Mount Arnus The outsiders on the hill asked for wine, no matter how much they wanted, they had to give as much.

Of course, some other good things owned by people from other worlds are also worth searching for, such as those luscious candies that are crystal clear and colorful like gems, colorful silk that is so beautiful and smooth that it is indescribable, and mirrors, perfumes and jewelry that women like—see Seeing that a large box full of extremely bright and gorgeous jewelry from other worlds was searched from the city of Ita Rica, Sausal only felt that his original treasure house was eclipsed in comparison.

(Although they are actually some worthless zircon, crystal glass and aluminum alloy ornaments, the aborigines in the fantasy world can’t recognize them. If only in terms of visual effects, those tens of yuan a handful of zircon in modern society can’t be recognized. Clips may be more gorgeous than the red gold hairpins in ancient society.)
It can be seen from this that these guys from different worlds are quite lucrative, and after defeating them, they must be blackmailed hard!
Saushar was thinking about what he should ask the outsiders for as compensation and tribute after the victory in the crusade against Arnus Hill. At the same time, he remembered a rumor that he had just inquired: It is said that there are some hateful headhunting rabbits , also took advantage of the chaotic period of the civil war in the empire, somehow ran to Mount Arnus, hooked up with outsiders... Well, the army that went out this time is so strong and powerful, we must count new and old hatred together, in the While conquering people from other worlds, you must also make those female rabbits who refuse to be slave girls obediently submit to your crotch...

However, just when Emperor Saushar was so full of ambition and dreaming, he never imagined that he would never have the chance to see Mount Arnus again—because, some guys hundreds of kilometers away, After verifying his whereabouts, he was directly sentenced to death:

"...It has been confirmed that Soshal's royal driver has entered the city of Ita Rica? Very good, let the floating fleet carry the entire army of the urban management team to dispatch!"

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PS: I watched the movie "Pandora" about the Korean nuclear disaster, and I was deeply touched, but the ending is still too bright.Politicians are still moved under such irresponsible circumstances, which is seriously illogical, so I conceived a short dark story, which may be written after the end of this book:
A certain tropical island country built a nuclear power plant in order to develop its economy. Because of lack of money and technology, it had to let foreign companies build and operate it.As a result, in order to keep costs down, foreigners hired lay temporary workers to make do with it, cheating from top to bottom, all kinds of corruption and false reports, and finally there was an accident after a typhoon, and they shirked responsibility from each other.The government is focused on controlling public opinion and the media, leaving the rescue mission to foreign companies. Foreign companies don't want to be tricked, and they just sit back and watch, just shouting.In the end, amidst the clamor, the nuclear disaster continued to escalate, and the whole country was reduced to a radiation zone. Government officials had already fled. Most of the people listened to the government’s lies and waited to die at home. Only a few escaped. A hydrogen bomb eliminates radiation.

Then, as soon as the few surviving refugees landed, they received a hydrogen bomb bill from Russia. Since the island country officials swallowed overseas assets and fled, the cost of the hydrogen bomb had to be spread to each refugee, and each owed [-] yuan. U.S. dollars, those who can’t afford it will be sent directly to Siberian labor camps...