Realm of Power

"Sura River, has someone from the empire contacted you?"

Seeing Sura River's attitude, the monarchs of the Grand Oasis showed excited expressions on their faces. It was not impossible to lean towards the Empire. It was better than sitting back and waiting for death. The Grand Oasis was a sandwich area between the Empire and the Kingdom of Aden. In fact, it was Life is also very difficult. Originally, we could take advantage of the unique geographical location to trade in Obarro and the Gulf of Aden. Some benefits were obtained by killing them all, and now with the Kingdom of Aden unilaterally closing the trade route, the number of caravans from the Grand Oasis to Oubalu has been reduced by 90%. Now the Kingdom of Aden has also restricted the purchase of materials, and there is no more traffic from the Kingdom of Aden. Filling in the supplies purchased in the Gulf of Aden is just relying on the weak production of the Great Oasis. It is basically letting the Great Oasis die.

You must know that the capacity of the large oasis is limited, this is the trump card of the Aden people

As far as the Siam Platform is concerned, the maximum population it can accommodate is only 40,000. However, because a large amount of supplies can be purchased from the Gulf of Aden, the total population of the Siam Platform is close to 100,000, which is six times more than the capacity. Ten thousand, almost twice as much, all of which were purchased from Aden. The population that has been supported, because of the material support of the Gulf of Aden, the thirteen major oases are frantically absorbing the population, such as the Siyamu Platform, almost all of them are in this situation, and some are even more serious, exceeding the carrying capacity by three times. These The over-capacity population is supported by supplies purchased from the Gulf of Aden.

It is conceivable that once the Kingdom of Aden strictly prohibits the flow of materials into the Grand Oasis, which far exceeds the population pressure that the Grand Oasis itself can withstand, the material reserves of the thirteen Grand Oasis will be quickly depleted without mercy, and finally the entire Grand Oasis will automatically Collapse, the desert is not the hinterland, completely eliminating the possibility of refugees fleeing. If there are supplies, the result of leaving the oasis without authorization will be death of thirst, starvation, or being swept away by a sandstorm. Therefore, in order to survive, the thirteen oases will immediately turn into the cruelest Shura hell. There are only so many people. If you want to avoid starving to death, you have to clear out the extra population.

The Great Oasis will fight each other within itself. The Kingdom of Aden can easily make the Great Oasis bow its head. The fact is so cruel! Looking at the entire continent, apart from the Gulf of Aden, the only place that can provide supplies for the great oasis is the Northern Hérault region controlled by the empire!

"Someone from the empire did find me."

Sulahe glanced at the monarchs of the Great Oasis with a cold gaze, and said very frankly that the person who contacted him was the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. If the empire could be opened up, the materials needed by the Great Oasis would be crucial to controlling the fertile land of the Northern Erault Plain. It is really nothing to the empire of Earth, not to mention that the empire still controls the largest outlet in the eastern part of the inland sea connected to the great oasis, the Port of Corninia."

"What are the conditions of the empire!" At this time, the monarchs of the Great Oasis did not care about face, and for a powerful empire, they had no such thing as face.

"The empire has promised that as long as we join the imperial camp, the Port of Koninya can be considered to be managed by our Grand Oasis Alliance," Sulahe said with a firm voice, his eyes flashing.

"What is the Grand Oasis Alliance?" A Grand Oasis monarch glanced at the others with a confused face. The other monarchs were also confused.

"Only when we announce the formation of the Grand Oasis Alliance, the empire will officially support us." Sulahe's words were like a huge stone thrown into a pool, and it immediately exploded among the monarchs of the Grand Oasis. The empire still has conditions, the monarchs of the Grand Oasis I feel like my IQ is being rubbed on the floor. Are you kidding me? Believe it or not, the establishment of the Grand Oasis Alliance was announced today. Tomorrow, the army of the Kingdom of Aden will raze their Grand Oasis to the ground.

"Sure enough, the empire just wants to take advantage of us!" Someone sneered, and others immediately silenced themselves. The atmosphere in the conference hall was filled with coldness.

"We are not children, do we still care about this? If we have no use value, why should the empire support us?" Sulahe raised his hand with a look of disdain. He had expected this situation, and the Grand Oasis had never Through the alliance, the strength of the Aden people will never allow the formation of an alliance between the big oases. Instead, they will mostly sow discord between them. In fact, the big oases The monarchs of the oasis also knew very well that it was impossible for the Aden people to emerge as a powerful force on the east side of the Gulf of Aden. He smiled and said unconcernedly, "The empire recognizes the Great Oasis Alliance as a kingdom. In other words, we are not As a vassal of the empire, we don’t need to pay the so-called contribution to the empire, and we can also get the co-governance and management rights of Corninia! "

"Are you saying that the Empire will hand over the management of Corninian Port to us?"

An older monarch of the Great Oasis suddenly stood up from his seat, his voice trembling slightly with excitement. The port of Koniniya was a burden to the west of the Kingdom of Aden, especially after the big explosion. The Port of Cornigna has been completely abandoned, but for the Grand Oasis, the Port of Cornigna is the life of the Grand Oasis Line, thinking of the prosperity of the past, all the great oasis monarchs took a breath. If they can really get the management rights of Corninia, the risk is worth taking. Only Sula River secretly sighed in his heart, the empire is the empire. , casually throwing out a benefit that is not even a bargaining chip is enough for the monarchs of the Great Oasis to refuse,

The monarchs have reached a consensus on joining the imperial camp

"It's not impossible to join the Empire camp. We can't blame the Aden people for not giving them a way to survive. But after all, the Empire is too far away from us. Once we express our support for the Empire camp, the Aden people will inevitably launch revenge. Don't forget, the Aden people The 100,000-strong army is with our brigade commander. That is not some second-line brisket force, but the real elite force of Aden." Someone said hesitantly,

Originally, the monarchs of the Great Oasis were still puzzled by the fact that the Kingdom of Aden still stationed such heavy troops after defeating the Eero Empire. However, as the Kingdom of Aden ordered the closure of trade routes and launched an eastward march with all its national strength, it now strongly wants to conquer Aden. The kingdom became the Aden Empire, The role of this 100,000-strong Aden army became immediately clear. This was a knife from Aden 1 placed on the necks of the monarchs of the Grand Oasis. It was nominally to assist the monarchs in defending the Grand Oasis and avoid the tragic situation of being invaded by the Ero Empire. In fact, it is essentially a big oasis of shock.

"I believe that the Aden garrison will be withdrawn soon, because Aden has begun to prohibit the flow of materials into the Grand Oasis. Unless the Aden people want these 100,000 troops to starve to death in the Grand Oasis, they will withdraw in the near future." This statement was recognized by other monarchs. If the Aden people withdraw these 100,000 troops into the country, the pressure on them to announce the establishment of the Grand Oasis Alliance will be much less. However, someone still raised a crucial issue, and that is time. The Aden people Time to withdraw! If the Aden people evacuated when the Great Oasis was on the verge of collapse, then even if the monarchs of the Great Oasis announced the establishment of the Great Oasis Alliance, they would be unable to reverse the situation!

"As far as I know, ever since the news that the Kingdom of Aden was to be promoted to the Empire came out, the Empire has been continuously gathering troops to the Corninia region." Sulahe said with a smile on his lips, and his voice paused with meaning. "And I believe it." The Kingdom of Aden must also have received this news."

"You are saying that the time when the empire attacks the Grand Oasis is the time when the Aden army withdraws from the Grand Oasis. Is that what you mean?"

Someone in the Great Oasis Monarch is keenly aware of the connection. If the empire attacks the Great Oasis, according to the agreement, the Aden army stationed in the Great Oasis will move towards Koniniya. This is completely opposite to the direction of the withdrawal of the Kingdom of Aden. It is equivalent to relying on the life and death of one hundred thousand Aden elites on the big oasis. For the Kingdom of Aden, which has decided to block the supplies of the Great Oasis, it is undoubtedly shooting itself in the foot. If the Great Oasis is destroyed, the 100,000 Aden troops will not be able to escape. Therefore, the safest way is to wait until the imperial army begins to expand. Before the attack, withdraw the 100,000 Adenian troops stationed in the Grand Oasis to the Gulf of Aden!

"What if the Empire really attacks the Great Oasis?" someone asked. It is the monarch of the Great Oasis located closest to Koninia. Once the Empire really attacks, his Great Oasis will bear the brunt.

"What do you think, how valuable is the Great Oasis to the empire?"

Sulahe smiled with an obvious mockery at the corner of his mouth, and the other great oasis monarchs also smiled suddenly. They really thought too much. Who wants a great oasis? Apart from the endless desert, the great oasis has nothing to do with it. Its only function is As between the continent of Obarro and the Gulf of Aden Roads exist, but apart from their commercial value, they are almost worthless. The empire has a vast and fertile territory. Even the fertile forestland in the central part of the Eero Empire was easily given to the management of the nobles in the south of Eero. There are only a dozen deserts in the What is there about the Grand Oasis that is worthy of the Empire’s heart?

No, unless the empire is interested in the sand in the desert, which of course is the most unlikely!

During the secret meeting of the monarchs of the Great Oasis, in a building on the Siyamu Terrace, he put down the quill still stained with ink in his hand, stuffed the report in his hand into a special cowhide bag, and then picked up the red seal After sealing the seal, a middle-aged noble took the secret report from the table with a serious face and handed it to the attendant who walked in.

"You can send that report to the capital!"

"Do I need to take a secret route?" Seeing his boss's excited and slightly red face, the attendant took the secret report and lowered his head and asked

"No, just send it back through the normal channel. As for the secret channel, I have laid out bait to attract them. They would not have thought that such an important report would be sent through the normal channel."

The middle-aged nobleman curled his lips with disdain and said coldly, the middle-aged man who wrote this secret report is named Lukdelph. This is a young nobleman from Aden who is over forty years old. He has a sophisticated mind and Absolutely loyal to the Kingdom of Aden, he settled in the Grand Oasis a year and a half ago. From that moment on, the Kingdom of Aden announced Completely give up Corniniya, give up all the eastern edge of the inland sea controlled by the Kingdom of Aden, completely withdraw the tentacles of the Kingdom of Aden from the direction of Obarro, and finally regain Corniniya after a bloody battle with a million troops. The corridor was given away, and there were also voices of opposition within the Kingdom of Aden.

However, these objections soon came to an abrupt end before the Eastern Expedition plan, which was strongly promoted by the kingdom's senior officials. Subsequently, the Aden army effortlessly opened up the situation in Central Asia and achieved brilliant results. The whole kingdom was inspired, but this did not This does not mean that the Kingdom of Aden has relaxed its surveillance of the Grand Oasis.

A year and a half ago, after the tragic million-level Cornonia battle, the top leaders of the Kingdom of Aden made plans to completely abandon the Great Oasis. The importance of the Great Oasis to the Kingdom of Aden determines the national policy of the Kingdom of Aden. The moment I tilted towards China, I completely disappeared. On the contrary, I was always on guard against the Grand Oasis and the Obaro Land. The only land gap connecting the two areas. Even when the Kingdom of Aden was devoting all its efforts to the Eastern Expedition in Central Asia, it still needed to station 100,000 elite troops in the direction of the Grand Oasis to prepare for unexpected events. For the Kingdom of Aden, it has become increasingly dissatisfied with stationing 100,000 elites in the Grand Oasis.

"The defense of the Great Oasis by one hundred thousand elites of the Kingdom is a huge waste. Moreover, the monarchs of the Great Oasis are extravagant and consume countless money and food from the Kingdom of Aden. If these materials, money and food are turned into military expenses, at least three to The size of the four corps, including the 100,000 elite troops stationed there, is 200,000 Aden troops."

At the royal meeting of the King of Aden, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Aden made an impassioned statement

Instead of supporting the Kingdom's eastward march, the Grand Oasis actually hindered the kingdom's eastward march and caused considerable trouble. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Aden stated that this was because the Grand Oasis had repeatedly bought large quantities of supplies from the Kingdom of Aden, resulting in There is a serious shortage of materials shipped to China and Libya. In order to supply In response to the 300,000 Eastern Expedition troops thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Aden can be said to be overloaded. Domestic supplies have been so tight that they are almost collapsing. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is about to vomit blood, but the Grand Oasis still has to purchase them from Aden. A large amount of supplies, completely disregarding the overall situation of the Kingdom of Aden's Eastern Expedition

Because it is a vassal state, the Ministry of Interior cannot take measures in this regard.

During the Eastern Expedition, in just over half a year, three ministers of the interior were replaced, basically one every month. This shows the great pressure on the ministry of the interior.

Hundreds of thousands of troops went on an expedition, asking for money, food, supplies, and rewards. The military marched forward with great success, and often reported good results. At the same time, they often scolded the Ministry of Internal Affairs in their reports, claiming that if it hadn't been for the inability to keep up with supplies, the army of the King of Aden would have been defeated long ago. They have occupied the entire territory of China and Belgium. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is almost crying because of the arrogance of the military. The supplies cannot be delivered to China and Belgium on time. Asia's best excuse is that the Minister of the Interior is not doing things well and the war cannot expand. It can also be that the rewards from the Ministry of the Interior have not been paid in place. This time the generals of the Kingdom returned to celebrate, and the accusations against the Ministry of the Interior have become even more fierce. In the past, They were still scolding each other individually, but now they are grouped together. The Minister of the Interior is like a professional who takes the blame.

In this case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs urgently needs an opportunity to reverse the situation, and the Grand Oasis is undoubtedly it.

After waiting for more than a year, the time has finally come to eradicate the hidden danger of the Grand Oasis. It is impossible not to be excited. Everyone has been chewing sand here for so long. Isn’t it just for this? The content of Rukedelf’s secret report "There are signs of instability in the Grand Oasis." He was dispatched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Grand Oasis to oversee supplies. The person in charge is actually the person who initiated the plan to completely blockade the Grand Oasis. He received a tip that the monarchs of the Grand Oasis gathered secretly. Although there is no clear evidence to prove that the monarchs of the Grand Oasis are suspected of treason, Rukdelph believes that , the kingdom's blockade of the Great Oasis has reached the bottom line of the Great Oasis monarch.

At least deep down in their hearts, the attitude of these great oasis monarchs towards the Kingdom of Aden is wavering. Rukedelf has already sentenced the monarchs of the Great Oasis to death in his heart. The Great Oasis is like the appendix of the Kingdom of Aden. Only by cutting it off can the hidden dangers be annihilated! This time, the Kingdom of Aden is about to be promoted to the Empire of Aden. Not only the Great Oasis will be affected, but also more than a dozen other vassal countries and forces. Intelligence reports from all aspects show that these vassal countries and forces have an impact on the promotion of the Kingdom of Aden to the Empire. The conflict is great. In this case, the kingdom needs an earthquake that can shock the surrounding Xiaoxiao!

The moth in the kingdom like the Grand Oasis should have been eliminated long ago!