Realm of Power

"This is the news that has just been sent back. Carisu's 100,000-strong army at the Southern Wilderness Wall began to break out of camp this morning. At this moment, they have crossed the Sandstone River and are heading towards the royal capital. Moreover, our scouts are patrolling the royal capital. In the woodland to the east, a light cavalry scout of the Martin Liga people was discovered. It seems that Carisu The army and the Martin Liga people are preparing to launch a two-line attack on us." Looking back from the mottled low city wall of King Kalisu outside the window, Salton, the commander of the Empire's southern second army, solemnly handed over what he had just received. The report was handed to Lytle, the former number one Kalisu general who walked in, and said in a solemn voice.

"Impossible. Although I don't know why the Martin Liga people appeared in the east of the royal capital, I can be very sure that the light cavalry scouts of the Martin Liga people appeared in the east not to attack us from two fronts." Lytle's expression He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in denial with absolute certainty, "I know Ma The fighting habits of the Dinliya people, the Martinli people are known as the bloody storm from the Martinliya prairie in southern Europe. What they are best at is sneak attacks. If the Martinliya people have really sent out an army to come quietly, they will definitely He would hide himself instead of telling us so openly!”

"You mean, the Martin Liga people are trying to spread suspicion?"

Salton's stern eyes flickered for a moment. He also thought that Lytle was right. If the Martin Liga people really sent a large army, they should wait until the fierce battle between the Kalisu army and the Imperial Army was in full swing to suddenly kill them. Coming out will definitely cause the emperor to suffer a big loss, and it is not impossible to even determine the direction of the battle. Now the Kali Su army has just set off, and is still two to three hundred miles away from Wang Dudou. The Martin Liya people are so impatient to jump out and show their presence eagerly. This feels a bit self-defeating. After all, if I really thought that Martin's Tooth Army was nearby and watching with eagerness, so naturally Therefore, we cannot use all our strength to deal with the approaching Kali Su army." Just sending a few scouts to show their faces can contain half of our troops, so that we can only use half of our strength to fight against one hundred thousand Kali. The commander of the Soviet army, the Martin Toothmen, was very clever. "A flash of pain flashed in Lytle's eyes. With a look on his face, his voice paused, and he suddenly said with a stronger tone, "If I guessed correctly, the commander of Martin's Tooth Army may be the famous White Fox! If it is really this person, I'm afraid there will be some trouble!" Is the white fox you are talking about the same one that triggered the battle between Gang Fei and Feize? '

Salton chewed the name White Fox mentioned by Lytle in his mouth, walked back and forth a few steps, turned around and asked, he was not unfamiliar with the name White Fox. After all, he had also stayed on the Fraser Coast for two years. , had heard a lot about the causes of the war between the Gangfei Empire and Feize, and the most mentioned one was the White Fox. Salton's ears were already numb from hearing about it, but this time, he didn't expect that he would follow this Encounter with the extremely difficult white fox! If it is really this cunning white fox, then the appearance of the Martin Liya Army in the woodland east of the royal capital seems quite problematic!

"It should be him. If I'm not wrong, he should be the one behind the plan to advance northward to the Carisu royal family!"

Lytle sighed with a complex expression, "I have to admit that the white fox is quite familiar with the situation of our Kalisu. The dense forest area of ​​our Kalisu is hot and humid all year round, and the land area that can grow crops is extremely rare. Therefore, our Kalisu people's The main source of food is hunting, hunting various species in the dense forest. Animals come to eat, mixed with some plant fruits in the dense forest as supplements, but the entire Kalisu dense forest is so big, or when they first migrated here, the food was quite abundant, but with more than a hundred years of reproduction, the population has evolved from the initial migration. More than 1.6 million people came, making the population twenty times that of when they first arrived.”

"Such a huge population consumption will only overwhelm the Kalisu Kingdom. If the Kalisu Kingdom does not find a new way out, at most in another twenty years, the Kalisu Kingdom will suffer from a large area of ​​food shortage. Hungry and eventually occupied by the enemy, the white fox used this to persuade the royal family, and the white fox knew that as long as Even if I, a veteran soldier from Calisu, would starve to death for a day, I would never let the Martin Liga people enter the dense forest, so the White Fox directly approached the royal family, and finally used the royal family's help to squeeze out all the old soldiers from Calisu. Eradicate it, and finally encourage the royal family to move north, and they will not hesitate to bring the entire kingdom in! "

Lytle gritted his teeth in annoyance and said word by word, "This was told to me personally by the surrendered Calisu commander Elliot. Otherwise, just relying on the rebellion of a regional general, the Calisu military would take the initiative to hand it over." Military power? Is this why an old commander like Elliott is willing to sit back and watch the royal family reform the entire army, and watch each of his subordinates be dismissed or transferred out of the army? "

"If Carisu doesn't expand, there will only be a dead end!"

"And if Carisu wants to expand, the first thing that must be stopped is the war with the Martin Liga people. Otherwise, Carisu will not be able to expand to the north at all, not to mention the Ansers in the south who are constantly harassing them. Look at Carisu The royal capital, you know how deep Carisu's dilemma is. It is said to be the royal capital, but in fact it is only wide enough to build seven complete solid walls. If it were placed in the interior of the empire, it would be the size of a medium-sized city. , and as the capital of a majestic kingdom , the population of King Kalisu's capital is only 180,000, and the maximum number of troops stationed all year round is only 50,000, and the army still needs to provide half of the rations by itself, because even King Kalisu cannot afford 50,000. Army! ""It would be great if a road could be opened in the Kalisu Forest. As long as merchants can come in, in exchange for the rich products here, it shouldn't be a problem to solve the problem of food." Salton touched his chin with his hand, seemingly unintentionally. Said something to himself

"This is basically impossible. If you build a road in a dense forest, even if it is completed, it will be submerged by new shrubs in a short time." Lytle shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Kingdom of Carisu In order to protect themselves and prevent external forces from entering Kalisu, they never build roads in the dense forest, but in San Ten years ago, the Kalisu royal family also mobilized a large number of laborers to build a road from the capital of Kalisu to the Southern Wilderness Wall. In the end, more than 100,000 people worked hard for a winter, and a road was indeed built. , but as spring comes and everything revives, the road is soon overrun by growing shrubs."

"Just because Kalisu can't do it doesn't mean that the Empire can't do it. Don't forget, what the Empire is best at is building roads. The complex water network in Kalisu's dense forest is a road for the Empire. As long as Kalisu opens it up , Imperial merchants can quickly build a water network trade route in a short time!" Salton smiled slightly!

"If it was an imperial operation, it might really be possible."

Lytle also nodded in agreement. He has a deep understanding of the ability of imperial merchants to expand trade routes. He was able to turn the barren Fraser Coast into a prosperous place of commerce and trade in just two years, becoming the center of the empire. The largest trading center on the west coast of Barros in southern Europe is basically the result of imperial merchants. Lao, you must know that Southern Feize is not a country that is good at building infrastructure. After the empire took over, with the influx of a large number of merchants, there was almost no need for imperial officials to do anything. Imperial merchants quickly built roads on the west coast waterways. Construction work was carried out at the nodes of the road, and trading towns sprung up one after another.

A town sprang up in just three months, from a few dozen people to a market with hundreds or thousands of people.

For Lytle, a person from the Kalisu Forest area, it is like watching a miracle. As long as it is profitable, the imperial businessmen will show miracles. Look at how the imperial businessmen have transformed the business in just two years. The tentacles have extended to some wild places that the Barrow countries in southern Europe are unwilling to mention, and you can know how powerful the imperial merchants are." Then this is It is quite feasible. Salton stood in front of the window and glanced at the not-so-dense roofs of King Calisu. There was a touch of emotion on his face. "The Calisu area is not only profitable, but also It is a golden land, not only because the Kalisu Forest is rich in various specialties, but also because the Kalisu Forest is also recognized as the country of gemstones in South Oppa. The climate here is hot and humid. At this time, the land and minerals under the dense forest produced a very precious gemstone, green cat's eye, which is a specialty gemstone of the Kalisu dense forest. It is as green and flawless as the sea of ​​forest, and it is bright and shining in the dark night. , even if it is better than the best luminous pearl, it is a top-quality jewelry material that is crazily sought after by ladies from all over the world. Did you know? I once participated in a large-scale auction when I was in Oparo North. The finale was a string of green opal pendants from Carisu. Although there were quite expensive jewelry in the past, there was definitely no string of green opal pendants. The whole auction house went crazy, and the last string of green opals was priced at a sky-high price that I couldn't even imagine! "

Salton paused for a moment, withdrew his gaze and looked at the astonished Lytle. "Not to mention, the Kalisu Forest is also the gateway to the central part of South Europe Barrow. It is located between the west coastline and the central part of South Europe Barrow, and is only two hundred meters away from the west coastline. Yu Li, the distance from the central part is also more than two hundred miles. In other words, if the imperial merchants take the sea route south to the west coast, they do not need to enter the inland sea. The distance from the Kalisu Forest to the west of the central Barrow countries in southern Europe is longer than Walking religious order The two routes between China and the Eero Empire can save more than half of the time and distance. If such a gateway place is really open to imperial merchants, what will it be like? I believe you can also imagine ""I have always suspected, Your Majesty Or what you really want to open is not the road into Martin Liya, but this door!" Salton's voice rumbled in the office, and Lytle's eyes were even more frightening. If the Carisu area is really able to attract large With the approval of the imperial merchants, the problem of food shortage in the Kalisu area will be easily solved, and the Kalisu area will also usher in a period of great development. "Pa" The door of the office was pushed open, and an imperial officer walked with strong steps. walked in and asked for Dun stood at attention and saluted and said, "My lord, two hours after the main force of the Kali Soviet Army withdrew from the Southern Wilderness Wall, the Anser broke the agreement and raided the Southern Wilderness Wall. All the five thousand remaining troops of the Kali Soviet Army at the Southern Wilderness Wall were killed. The Anser army is attacking in the distance south The closest city to the deserted wall is Su Luo City! "Where is the main force of the Kali Su army now?" Salton was silent for a moment, raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "The main force of the Kali Su army is marching extremely slowly. Eight meters away from Nanhuangqiang The location is ten miles away, and a large number of civilians from Suruo City are accompanying them along the way! "The imperial officer said with a strange expression, the Kali Su army leading the civilians towards the royal capital really doesn't look like they are here to attack! , more like an escape!

"civilian?"

Salton looked stunned, looked at each other with Lytle, and said almost at the same time, "Let the scouts confirm immediately, is the Kalisu army leading civilians all the way towards the royal capital?" Two hours later, the scouts reported In response to the news, the Kalisu army is indeed encircling civilians from the direction of the Southern Wilderness Wall towards the royal capital, and the 100,000 Kalisu army is still chasing them. The Anser army that came came was fighting and moving. The number of the Anser army was still higher than that of the Kalisu army. The Kalisu army was fighting and moving. The situation was extremely tragic. There were dead people along the road. The Anser army had no control over everyone. The area they passed through was also subjected to an extremely cruel purge, killing all the Kalisu people. It was obvious that they were here to destroy the entire Kalisu clan, "Sir!"

Lytle looked at Salton with red eyes. After all, he, Lytle, was also a Calisu. He, Lytle, was no stranger to the ferocity of the Ansers.

The Kalisu people have been blocking the Ansers for ten years. I don’t know how many people were killed on both sides. They are already irresolvable. This time, the Ansers entered the territory of Kalisu and did not kill all the Kalisu people. It will not stop. If the empire does not take action, judging from the current situation, when all 100,000 Kalisu troops die, it will be the end of the Kalisu ethnic group. The only thing that can be thankful for is that the northern Kalisu are now If the empire controls it, at least more than half a million Kalisu civilians can be saved! Now the Kalisu Army and the Anser Army are fighting to the death. If the empire is willing to move south from the royal capital and expand the occupied area southward, even if it is just to protect civilians, who knows how many people can be saved!

Although the Anse people are ferocious, they may not dare to provoke the empire!

Salton's face was livid, and he shook his head with a wry smile, "I know what you want to say, but let the empire send troops. Once Martin's army really attacks the royal capital, the empire will be defeated miserably, and an army of one hundred thousand will be defeated by Martin's people." Cutting off the retreat in one fell swoop, "Perhaps what you said is true. The Martin Sharptooth Light Cavalry deliberately appeared in the east of the royal capital to prevent us from taking any rash actions, but we cannot afford such a bet!" "Then please allow me to leave the royal capital." Lytle also knew that such a request would be too embarrassing for Salton, but letting the Ansers massacre the Calisu people was something Lytle couldn't do, even if he only tried his best. You can protect one or two civilians. "You are a general of the empire. If you participate in the war without permission, you are participating in the war on behalf of the empire. Without His Majesty's will, do you know what the consequences will be? What's more, until now, the Kali Su army is still our enemy. ! Do you want me to risk a hundred thousand troops for the enemies of the empire? "Salton shook his head again, and his tone was even more ruthless. "Salton, you bastard..." Lytle's eyes were wide open, and his whole body was shaking with anger. He pointed at Salton. He didn't expect it. Salton is so ruthless, "Come here, arrest Lytle immediately!" "Salton's face was livid, and he ordered loudly toward the door. Several guards immediately rushed in and suppressed Lytle. "Letter insulted the superior officer wantonly. From now on, he will be deprived of his imperial general position until I report to your majesty. We will deal with him later, look at him first, and then send him to the newly recruited Sixth Flag Regiment for reflection."

"The Sixth Flag Regiment?" Several guards looked stunned. Is there such a flag regiment in the Second Army?

"It's the one we just recruited. The camp is the third one on the left outside the city. Do you understand? Assholes, what do you guys do for food?" Salton yelled angrily.

"Isn't that... the Calisu border guard that surrendered!" The guards looked shocked, 8)