Realm of Power

The autumn night wind blew against him. The fat man got off the stationary carriage, tightened his collar, and walked up the steps in front of him. The two imperial guards at the top of the steps began to slowly open the door of the conference room in front of him. The fat man The steady and powerful footsteps made the entire air in the conference room freeze.

“All stand up”

The sound of people standing up in unison shook the entire conference room. All the imperial generals in the room stood up. The low-pitched discussion immediately stopped. All that was still could be heard was the sound of the autumn wind blowing against the trees outside. The fat man walked away. Entering, you will see standing on the left is the Imperial Northern Army led by Statunko who came from Gaul. Factions, standing on the right are the generals of the Central Army faction headed by Imperial Minister Hu Keqili, and Salon's Southwest Army is at the bottom. The number of people is definitely the largest at an imperial meeting, even if the former The conference room of Feishan Kingdom can seat hundreds of people, and at this moment, the entire conference room is almost full.

Regardless of which faction the generals are, at this moment, their eyes contain excitement and enthusiasm that cannot be concealed. It took the empire two full months to finally gather the invincible forces of the empire together. In such a situation, only There is only a regular meeting every spring. Just standing here, you can feel the fierce breath coming out of the entire emperor.

"Everyone, sit down!"

The fat man came to the most important seat in the middle and sat down. He glanced at everyone's hot faces and waved to everyone.

Many people believe that the emperor is at a disadvantage in the Battle of Istan because geographically, the core of the empire is too far away from the Istan region. It would take at least two to three months to mobilize troops. Because of this , the coalition forces of the six southern countries chose the Istan region as the battlefield to defeat the emperor.

In fact, everyone was completely wrong. It was true that the Istan region was too far away from the core of the empire, but the empire had been vigorously developing a road system. It played a role at this moment, especially the horse-drawn carriage method of troop transport that the emperor had already adopted when fighting Gaul, and he had perfected this troop transport technology. It is simply not something that these countries that have no concept of transportation lines can imagine. The most indispensable thing for the empire is carriages. Sitting on the vast northern grasslands, the biggest deal between the empire and the grassland people is horses, not just war horses. There are also a large number of pack horses. The various commercial carriages dragged by these pack horses are the foundation for the rapid circulation of the empire's commerce. It is impossible to calculate how many such pack horses the empire has. According to the scale of the empire's business, twenty people can be summoned at once. It is not too difficult to carry ten thousand draft horses;

Just as the emperor was playing a duel with the southern coalition forces in the Istan area, the main battle armies from various parts of the empire were already beginning to assemble, and all the pack horses used for army logistics were used. More than 300,000 imperial front-line combat troops were marching towards Feishan from the north of Obarro, the Gaul region, and the southwest region.

The news of the Southern Allied Forces' raid on the Empire in the Istan region has already spread. How could the Emperor, who adheres to the iron law of His Majesty Falcon's blood for blood and tooth for tooth, swallow this breath and follow the navy with all its strength into the waters of the Istan Empire? , in terms of the army, the calls for the emperor to send troops to punish are getting louder and louder.

Since the destruction of the Gallic Empire, the empire has not seen such a consistent scene for more than a year. Even Plais, who is no longer an important minister, wrote a secret letter bluntly stating the importance of the Istan region to the empire. I beg the fat man to capture the Istanbul region no matter what.

This is not just a matter of territory expansion, but an issue that determines the strategic direction of the empire for a century. Although the Istan Empire has declined to a point where it is about to be divided, in terms of land territory, it still has the right time and place. With a large empire running two thousand miles from north to south, with an enviable coastline and fertile land suitable for growing crops, with a complete political management system and a large population, it is still the most fertile region in the entire eastern part of Obarro. For countries like Aden and Ikar, where at least one-third of the land is desert, the land foundation of the Istan Empire is much better than theirs.

According to Plais, this is a natural support point for expansion. If the empire can control the Istan region, it can use it as the center, station heavy troops, radiate to the entire east and south, and expand the empire's influence to the greatest extent. limit, not to mention that the Istan Empire connects the north and the south of Oparo. The block territory is a veritable land bridge. Whether the southerners are going north or the northerners are going south, if they don’t want to cross the inland sea, they can only pass through the Istan region. This means that the empire only needs to control the Istan region. One day, the southern region of the Inland Sea will have to act according to the empire’s face.

Since Plais no longer serves as the adjutant general, his current position is the vice president of the Imperial College, specializing in teaching administrative management and training the internal affairs officers of the empire.

Compared with the large number of talents in the imperial affairs, the empire is still very short of talents in administrative and internal affairs. As a former adjutant of the empire, he is naturally very aware of this situation. When he is no longer holding an important position, this former adjutant is also working for the century of the empire. Considering the development, as the emperor's father-in-law and former deputy imperial official, he will naturally get a lot of high-level information about imperial affairs, but also because he has separated from his military status. , instead of looking at the North-South war that broke out in the Istanbul region with the perspective of one battle and one victory, Plais's statement showed a bit of outstanding farsightedness that surpassed everyone's eyes. Even the fat man did not think of this. On the above point, originally Fatty was just planning to defeat the Southern United Army, adopt a policy of slowly encroaching on the Istanbul region, and digest the Istanbul Empire bit by bit, but now it seems that this is not feasible.

As Plais said in his secret letter, defeating the Southern Allied Forces once and completely making the Southern Allied Forces give up on the Istanbul region are completely different things.

To defeat the Southern Allied Forces, Plais believed that His Majesty Falcon already had a plan. However, Plais proposed that in order for the Southern Allied Forces to completely abandon the Istanbul region, in addition to defeating them militarily, they must also strengthen their strength. To completely shock the south, they must let the south know that the strength of the empire is far beyond what they can contend with.

Not only can the empire defeat the southern coalition, it also has a lot of spare power to launch a more terrifying invasion war against the south. Only in this way can the south compromise obediently and give up its covetousness and ambitions for the Istanbul region, otherwise. The Istan region will become the center of the war between the north and the south in the next ten years, or even hundreds of years, and the empire will not take any advantage. Instead, it will become a big quagmire that swallows up the empire’s strength!

After defeating the Southern Allied Forces, they still had to show enough strength to force the South to compromise. Such conditions were not easy even for the Falcon Empire. After fully considering Plais's proposal. Fatty finally decided to upgrade this war to an all-out battle. This is not the assembly of a certain army of the empire, but the assembly of the entire empire's forces. The empire's goal is not to compete for a certain area, but a vast territory. The Istan Empire must not only defeat the south, but also truly capture Istan so that the south does not dare to covet it at all, even just for a glance. It hurts to the core,

After asking the staff officer to introduce the situation of the entire Istanbul battlefield, and also conveying what Plais said, the fat man closed the battle plan in his hand with a solemn expression, glanced at the silent conference room, and concentrated. He said, "This battle will be divided into There are two parts. The first part is to completely attract the main force of the southern coalition to Istanbul. This has been done. The second part is to completely annihilate the southern coalition in the Istan area and launch an invasion war in the south. This is what you want to execute. mission"

"Now. I'm going to announce the order!" The fat man's voice paused, and the generals' faces were shocked, and you could feel the air freezing a bit.

"Salton's Southern Second Army, as the first wave of troops, accompanied the transport fleet into the battlefield of Istan!" The fat man stopped and glanced at Salton, who had already belonged to the Empire's Southern Army. This former famous general in Germany is known as the disabled lion. He has bright eyes. He is wearing a straight black imperial uniform. His short hair is standing up. He looks very energetic.

Salton has always been known for its tenacity in combat. The most important thing is that the elite of the Nord army are basically in the Second Southern Army under his command. Although most people think that the empire's famous generals are gathered in the original Wikiia. In the army, but in the unification war with those continents, it is full of glory Compared with the decorated General Vikia, the Nord generals are also a very admirable group. The Nord heavy infantry used to be the most powerful infantry in the Ikadiva continent. What they are best at is attacking cities and demolishing strongholds. , just right to be the sharpest cone for the imperial army to charge in from the middle,

"yes!"

Salton stood up and said in response. His face seemed calm, but his eyes were flashing with red luster. The hands he held under the table were also trembling slightly. Finally, His Majesty Falcon put the heavy responsibility of the first battle on Above the Southern Army, this will be a moment for the Southern Army to forge its own glory. War is an opportunity for Nord soldiers to rise from the ashes. It is time to add a few more Nord generals in the light of the empire. As orders are issued one by one, the generals stand up one by one, and everyone in the entire conference hall The temperature is rising, and the generals' eyes are getting hotter and hotter.

The war between the North and the South has reached this point, and it has reached the point when the bayonet is really needed. His Majesty Falcon's habit has always been not to take action. When he takes action, he must nail the opponent's weak point and make the opponent turn over. There was no chance, and this time, the southern coalition base camp gathered 300,000 troops to rush When he went to rescue the remnants of the coalition forces trapped in Istan Kyoto, he would never have thought that the emperor would be so bold as to stab him across the middle and cut him in the middle. Varisien had already killed him once in Istan Kyoto, and this time, if If this knife really cuts through, even if the Southern Allied Forces don't die, they will be stripped of their hands and feet!

Where is the waist that this knife cuts into? The most important port in central Istan, Luni Port

The effects of the Imperial Navy's victory were beginning to show. The main force of the Imperial Navy, led by Dustrunke, finally succeeded in ambushing the Sealand Sea. In this battle, nearly 300 warships of the Southern Alliance were sunk and damaged. Led the fleet south and captured Port Cluny, the most important port in the central part of the Istan Empire, from the Southern Allied Forces in one fell swoop, completely cutting off any possibility of the Southern Allied Navy's northward advance. The victory of the naval battle directly established the reversal of the entire battle. Regardless of the hundreds of thousands of coalition armies, facing the nearly thousand miles of Istan coastline, hundreds of thousands of armies could only stare. Whoever controls the sea area will win. With the power to transport troops to the opposite side at will, now it is time for the empire to fully exert its strength. With this breakthrough point, the three hundred thousand emperor generals gathered in the Feishan area swarmed in

"Why not use the navy to transport them all?" Someone whispered

"Now invite people from the Military and Admiralty Department to come in! If you have any questions, you can ask directly! I have something else to do, so I won't delay everyone." The fat man stretched out his hand and gestured to the staff officer behind him. He stood up and walked into the side door of the conference room. Since the strategy After re-adjustment, the request of the Ero Empire also needs to be considered. The fat man made an appointment with the emissary of the Ero people.

Soon, several officers affiliated with the Imperial Navy entered the venue. One of the leading officers saluted the generals and said, "My lords, I am Losek, Commander of the Imperial Navy's Logistics Fleet. If you have any questions, please let me know." Ask me, and I will answer whoever can answer it. Before that, please allow me to explain that the Imperial Navy used four hundred transport fleets this time, but thirty The deployment of 10,000 troops to Istan will be a huge test for the navy's transportation capabilities. Even if the Imperial Navy's transport ships are fully activated, it will take two to three months to transport an army of 300,000 troops. Therefore, it will take two to three months to invest in the battlefield of Istan. Only 100,000 imperial troops can be transported through the navy, and they need to be divided into three batches, and it will take a month to complete them all."

"Three months... Is there anything left?" The generals present were shocked when they heard this. Some even rolled their eyes and asked other legions to fight for three months. It is estimated that the Southern Allied Forces have lost even their scum, so how can everyone get anything out of it? Military glory, such a big scene, waiting for three months is the same as giving up.

"Can the time be shortened?" an army general asked eagerly

"Shorten the time?" Losek was stunned for a moment and asked hesitantly, "What do you mean by shortening, sir?"

"Just speed up and transport us there within a week.

"This is impossible!"

The commander of the logistics fleet, Losek, had black lines on his forehead and shook his head. What are these armies thinking? No matter how big a transport ship is, it is great to be able to carry three to four thousand people. Moreover, the naval fleet also needs During the time back and forth, the Army was not familiar with the Navy, although they had a brief cooperation However, there are still two systems. As Logistics Fleet Commander Losek said, even if all naval transport ships are used, it will not be enough. There are too many 300,000 people. This is because the Imperial Navy has already used the waters in the northern waters of Istan. After controlling the time and building a large number of naval facilities,

In order to obtain assistance from the empire, Istan Kyoto has collectively packaged the ports and facilities in the entire northern Istan region to the empire, including the former emperor Thoradin I of the Istan Empire who spent huge sums of money to travel in northern Istan and the east. A series of naval facilities established by the province Shi, in order to build the navy of the Istan Empire, the talented Thoradin I spent a lot of money. After expansion alone, there are eleven ports that can dock large warships, and thirty-nine docks that can manufacture large and medium-sized warships. , and there are many large and small supporting facilities,

Hayera had long given the naval facilities in the Eastern Province to the Imperial Navy for use as a base. Now that the facilities in northern Istan have also been in the hands of the Imperial Navy, Dostelenko's main force of the Imperial Navy can be completely hidden until Heide It was only after the battle that Lan was exposed.

The generals were still quarreling in the conference room. The fat man had already arrived at a remote room. The guard opened the door. The fat man walked in and saw a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a nobleman of Eero saluting him respectfully and waving his hand. He said straight to the point, "I won't say anything ceremonial. Let's just say it directly. The empire can consider helping Eero, but what can Eero give to the empire?"

"Eero can temporarily withdraw the southern coalition forces!"

The Eromi envoy said with confidence that with such a large number of coalition forces, although the empire has a temporary advantage in the Istan region, everyone can see that the empire's advantage will soon be due to the heavy troop concentration of the coalition base camp heading north. Not only will it not There will be an advantage, and there may even be a chance of being surrounded If the Eero Empire can stop the coalition forces from advancing northward, the Emperor of the Falcon Empire must be overjoyed. If the special envoy knew that Fatty had just held a meeting and asked the Emperor to attack with all his strength, he would know to use this How ridiculous it is to make conditions,

"This condition makes no sense to me!" The fat man smiled faintly and waved his hand indifferently. Of course he couldn't say that if the empire wanted to annihilate all the coalition forces in the Istan area, how could it be allowed to withdraw (To be continued.)

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