The King

  Chapter 408 I may not believe it, but you must believe it

  The Frankish Royal Palace.

  Looking at the representatives of the Farland Kingdom, Charles III was full of anger. Obviously reminded them before, not to make things big, but they just didn't listen.

   Now it's all right, everything is as he expected, and things have gotten out of hand.

  The day’s affairs came to an end for the time being. It was the face of the Alpha people for the Frankish Kingdom, so they didn’t continue to delve into it, but it didn’t mean the matter was over.

   Next, if everyone communicates well, the major incident can be reduced to a minor one; if the conditions cannot be negotiated, the final decision of the Human Race Alliance will be very unfavorable to the Farland Kingdom.

   No matter how big the trouble is, he has to help solve it. Who made King Flandre his younger brother! As the eldest brother, he has the obligation to clean up the mess for the younger brother.

   "Tell Philip, don't always be smart. I will take care of the aftermath for you today, but this is the last time!

   No matter what happens next, Baird I and Borent I must not have any accidents.

   And your idiot evacuation plan, stop it now. Is it true that all representatives of the House of Representatives in the Terran Alliance are dead?

  It’s okay when no one is watching. You several countries act together, and you may be able to cover things up with the help of your connections.

   But now because you idiots messed around and offended the Alpha people to death, they are waiting for you to make mistakes!

  Using allied troops as cannon fodder, putting the monarchs of neighboring countries under house arrest, and another crime of desertion, do you want to send yourself to the gallows with your own hands, just to feel comfortable? "

   Charles III said angrily.

  Deep in his heart, he had secretly regretted it. If he had known that things were so troublesome, he would not have spent a lot of money to push his younger brother to the throne.

  The benefits of this investment have not yet been seen, but the troubles have not stopped. From the initial kingdom building to the current situation, the family has paid too much.

  If you stop the loss now, you will lose everything. If you don't move, at least there is hope of recovering the cost.

   After all, it is not only the royal family that invests in the Kingdom of Farland, but also a group of dignitaries in the country.

  Originally, I just wanted to find a good job for my children, but I didn't expect the situation to develop too fast, and the mainland war broke out before it could gain a firm foothold.

  Additional investment is definitely not as important as one's own main business. The Kingdom of Frankish wants to give priority to the domestic battlefield, and the support it can provide to the Kingdom of Frankland is very limited.

   "Your Majesty, please calm down! What happened this time was completely accidental, and there will never be a next time!"

  The main reason is that the Alpha people are too despicable, they don’t admit to what they have done, and they bite us back!

  Especially Carliss and Houston, the two idiots, who had promised to stand with us in advance, but they turned their backs on the spot and caught us off guard..."

   It’s okay if you don’t explain it. Hearing what Earl Davis said, the anger in Charles III’s heart rose again.

"snort!"

   After a cold drink, he walked away directly. Deep down in his heart, he understood very well that these people's political inexperience was not due to their own abilities, but more because of their family positioning!

  The Frankish Kingdom is different from the Alpha Kingdom. The death rate of noble children is not that high. In order to prevent troubles during the power transition, they often focus on cultivating heirs.

  Other children can also share family resources, but the education they receive is not exactly the same. Many people have been trained in the direction of professional talents since birth.

  In their respective fields, these people are talents. The ability to comprehensively consider problems will inevitably be lacking.

  Located in the core area of ​​the human race, there are not many opportunities in the Frankish Kingdom. Even if you can go out to start a business, it is not a problem to be qualified as a small and medium-sized noble lord through temporary make-up courses.

   But the plan did not change quickly. Decades ago, no one knew that there would be a chance to establish the Farland Kingdom.

  A group of people who were supposed to be ordinary nobles in the kingdom were pushed to the fore by the torrent of the times to take charge of the destiny of a country.

  Suddenly in a high position, it cannot be made up for by making up lessons. If the world is peaceful, with the support of the Frankish Kingdom, they can also slowly learn experience at work.

  However, the troubled times came too early, and before they were ready, they ushered in the first international game, and were taught a lesson severely by the Alpha people.

  Charles III was unwilling to talk nonsense, because he knew very well that if he wanted to mature quickly in politics, he could only make people step on the pits.

  For example, right now, if the dignitaries of the Kingdom of Flandre cannot put away their desire to prove their abilities, they will not be able to mature politically.

  It is doomed to pay tuition fees, and it is cheaper to pay the fees earlier. What the Alpha Kingdom wants is cannon fodder, and they don't want the lives of these nobles.

  By using allies as cannon fodder as brutally as the Five Prairie Kingdoms, the Alpha people's next operations must have a lot of technical content, at least they will not leave any grounds for attack on the surface.

  …

   Similar troubles were encountered by Pius VII. It's just that because of the distance, he received the news a little later.

   There was no prior warning about the nonsense of not listening to persuasion, but there was no rush to output anger. He was also angry, and he was even more angry that the Alpha people didn't show face.

  Of course, the anger was not too great this time. After all, it is not a matter of a day or two for the Alpha Kingdom not to buy into the Holy See.

   "Is there any news about Josip and Jelacic?"

   Pius VII asked concerned.

  Having not received any news for a long time, deep down in his heart he already had an ominous premonition. Even if the team sent out is very strong, the strength of these people will still be greatly reduced when they reach the sea.

  If the enemy doesn't give them a chance to fight in close combat, most of the knights will have nothing to show their strength and can only be reduced to spectators in naval battles.

  The place where the fleet disappeared is close to the Alpha Kingdom. Others dare not do black hands to the people of the Holy See, but it is hard to say when they meet those alpha lunatics.

   "Your Majesty, we are working hard to investigate. Judging from the current situation, the team looking for the artifact may be in danger.

  According to the collected information, before the pirate fleet disappeared, it sank a warship of the Dalton family on the southeast coast of the Alpha Kingdom.

   Immediately afterwards, the main fleet of the Dalton family assembled, and even the dragon knight Hudson also appeared in the fleet.

   In order to compete for the dominance of the southeastern province, the Koslow family and the Dalton family had many conflicts secretly. Under normal circumstances, Hudson should not appear in the enemy's fleet.

   To get them to join forces, I am afraid that there is only a higher level of pressure.

   It is very likely that Josip, Jerachich and his party exposed their identities, attracted the attention of the Alpha Kingdom, and planned this operation.

   It is not ruled out that the appearance of the artifact attracted the prying eyes of the Dalton family and the Koslow family, and the two jointly planned the attack.

  The possibility of the latter is relatively small. The Koslow family is a master in Hudson, and the master of the Dalton family was also severely damaged in the last war.

  We have compared the strength of the two fleets. Although the fleet of the Dalton family has the upper hand, it does not have the ability to wipe out the Barbarian Pirates.

  On the vast sea, as long as you want to leave, most of the warships should be able to escape.

  If they are the only ones who take action, even if our people will lose, the whole army will not be wiped out.

   Only the Alphas sent more masters to join the battle. Just after the naval battle, a large number of strong men appeared on our ship, preventing the fleet from retreating.

  With the Dragon Knights, it is not difficult for them to send the master to the pirate ship.

  If our people have found the artifact, it is very likely that the artifact has now fallen into the hands of the Alphas.

  Combined with their dragnet search in the misty sea area, it is likely to be the last round of hunting and extermination of survivors.

  At least from all the information we have collected, no one has ever seen a ghost ship except for the fleet of the Dalton family! "

  Ulisey analyzed with a serious face.

  The truth or something, it all depends on the brain. In the business of collecting intelligence, it is impossible to do without an imaginative brain.

  My family members are missing, and there must be an explanation. In the absence of evidence, letting hostile forces take the blame is the best option.

  Deep in his heart, Ulisse had a premonition that this matter was done by the Alpha people, and the Hudson and Dalton families were the specific executors.

   It just so happens that the Holy See needs to help the Kingdom of Light to tide over the difficulties. However, a series of evidences that have appeared in the Alliance Parliament are very detrimental to the Kingdom of Light. The Holy See cannot directly come out to help them stand in order to avoid suspicion.

  Received by the Pope, Ulise, who was politically savvy, simply pinned the blame for the disappearance of the treasure hunting team on the Alpha Kingdom.

   Next, look for the bad luck of the Alpha Kingdom, which is the personal grievances between the two families. Helping the Kingdom of Light to relieve stress was completely accidental and coincidental.

"snort!

  Damn Alpha people, they have repeatedly provoked the majesty of my Holy See, this time they must be taught a lesson!

   Send an order to use the pretext of encircling and suppressing pirates to let our fleet move northward to put pressure on the Alpha Kingdom.

  If they don't know how to advance or retreat, and still want to block the route, then let our fleet continue to go north to help them encircle and suppress the ghost ship. "

   Pius VII said angrily.

  …

  In Canglan City, Marshal Hudson, who was supposed to ride a giant dragon to inspect the training of the army, was chatting with a group of nobles on the tower at the moment.

   A dragon roar pierced through the air, and Maxim started his day's inspection work.

  Compared with the huge body of the dragon, it is really not so easy to find out whether there is a dragon knight on it.

   Occasionally touch the fish, the people below will not notice. After all, a giant dragon is not a hardworking creature, and it is really embarrassing for the dragon to work alone without the dragon knight.

  In fact, Hudson took the dragon out every day, blinding the eyes of many nobles.

   You must know that the other three dragon knights on the mainland are either sleeping or doing mischief. When the dragon knight was not paying attention, the dragon went out to rob.

  Under the circumstances that the same kind are not at ease, Maxim, who seems to be a quiet and diligent dragon, has become an outlier among dragons.

  In the kingdom, Maxim has his own title—the most moral dragon.

  As for him reaching out to the kingdom for a salary, everyone expressed their understanding. For creatures with overwhelming combat power like giant dragons, everyone's requirements are generally not high, as long as they don't cause trouble.

  It is better to buy peace with money than to be robbed by a giant dragon. This guy never cares about the severity of his strikes. If he is killed or disabled, it would be a tragedy in life.

   "Hudson, how long will the soldiers' physical training last?"

   Count Oran asked casually.

   "Let's practice for another two or three months. When they can travel hundreds of miles a day with light clothes, they can barely start the next stage of training."

   Hudson replied calmly.

   This is not bragging. In the extraordinary world, even if you have never practiced, nourished by energy elements, the physical potential of human beings is far stronger than that in the technological world.

  The elites who have undergone rigorous training are all special forces in the technological plane. Traveling hundreds of miles a day is completely achievable.

  The elites in their own territory can guarantee a certain combat effectiveness even if they travel hundreds of miles a day, regardless of logistics.

  Of course, this kind of high-intensity march cannot become the norm. It's okay to come here for two days occasionally, if it's like this every day, unless he can train all the soldiers into knights.

   Just think about it, Hudson is satisfied if one or two percent of the soldiers can pass acquired physical training and reach the level of a first-order knight.

  Essentially, this is still in the groping stage. If you want to increase this ratio, the best way is to create a supporting practice method to actively absorb the energy between heaven and earth.

  Hudson has studied various cultivation systems on the continent of Aslante, but he is still far from creating a universal practice that does not require qualifications.

  Aristocrats have arrogance to commoners. In addition to status, cultivation talent is also an important reason.

  Hudson conducted a test in the territory, and the proportion of civilian children with cultivation talent is much lower than that of the noble group.

  Compared to the god-given blood circulating in the outside world, Hudson is more willing to believe that it is genetic optimization.

   Marriage within the aristocratic group, both parents have cultivation talents, and the children themselves are a combination of excellent genes.

   Those who have the cultivation talent focus on training, and those without the cultivation talent are directly eliminated. The survival of the fittest is selected from generation to generation, and the talents of the younger generations are naturally upward as a whole.

   "Two or three months is not very long. The only problem is that your military training method consumes too much material. We can persist in a short period of time. After a long time, everyone can't stand it!"

  Hearing Earl Oran's complaint, Hudson smiled slightly. He has heard similar complaints countless times, but everyone's bodies are still very honest.

  If it weren't for the kingdom's backing and the guarantee of supplies, Hudson would not dare to train soldiers like this. Including training his own private army in the past, the intensity was not so high.

  Forget about other supplies, meat alone consumes more than 200 tons every day.

  Looking at the meat supply provided by the Kingdom, we can see that the proportion of fish meat is getting higher and higher. Obviously, the production of other meats cannot keep up.

  In order to meet the needs of the army, the kingdom has issued decrees requiring local lords to organize manpower to expand pig and poultry farming.

  In fact, even if the kingdom does not ask for it, due to the increase in the army's meat demand, the nobles in various places will develop their own breeding industry.

  The upper and lower aristocrats took effect, and the big aristocrats started it up, worrying that the small and medium aristocrats below would not follow suit. Even if they don't know what it is for, their instinct will still make them choose to follow up.

   It can be said that Hudson alone has driven the unprecedented development of the kingdom's breeding industry. The only question is whether this enthusiasm can last forever.

  Anyway, Hudson is not optimistic about developing the breeding industry at this time. It has nothing to do with farming technology, but mainly with food.

  During the war, the kingdom had no surplus food to feed the livestock. Even if there is food in the warehouse, the nobles are reluctant to do this.

  After all, with the current price system, the price of beef and mutton is five times that of rye, and the price of pork is only three times more. Raising pigs with grain is a blood loss.

  Knowing that everyone is reluctant to use food and it will not affect the kingdom's war readiness, Hudson didn't bother to bother.

  The slower the growth cycle, the slower the growth cycle. Maybe in the middle and late stages of the war, they can still catch up with the slaughter of these animals.

  The worst thing is that these animals can be raised, and it can also slightly improve the food of the people at the bottom. Aristocratic gentlemen are reluctant to throw pork.

   "Everything to win the war!

  The hard times are only temporary. When the mainland war is over and the military pressure is not as great as it is now, our consumption will drop.

  If you're lucky, you might even get some windfalls. We can't afford to offend the elves, and the ghostly place where the ancient survivors stay is not worth plotting, but the orc prairie kingdom still has a chance to get a share.

  The Seven Kingdoms of the Prairie were destroyed by the orcs, and it is still unknown whether they can be restored. Anyway, now that we have fallen out with our neighbors, it doesn't matter if we offend a little bit more.

  Move the boundary line out, and the family will be divided into a county, which will be regarded as our military compensation, and it should not lose too much in general. "

  Hudson once again drew the cake.

  The strongest measure to improve the combat effectiveness of the army is training?

No!

  In Hudson's view, that is just the basic factor for normal performance. If you want everyone to perform at a super level, you still have to rely on painting cakes.

   This is a very technical test. Ordinary soldiers are easy to fool, and their appetites are not very big. Throwing some noble titles out is enough to make them desperate.

  But the great nobles in the kingdom are different. This group of people has good vision and brains, and Hudson dare not treat them as fools.

  Even if it is painting cakes, it is necessary to draw cakes that everyone can smell. People can see through the pure fake big space at a glance.

  So the elves and the ancient survivors must be ruled out, and only the prairie can make a plan.

  Although it is the land of allies, but now that everyone has fallen out, there is no need to be so polite.

  One family and one county, everyone has the strength to eat it, and at the same time, they can tie the interests of the kingdom's major forces to the border.

  When the neighbors are weak, this is the frontier base for external expansion; when the neighbors are strong, everyone can cooperate sincerely to face the threat of foreign enemies, which is a good choice for all parties.

   "Your Excellency, Marshal, are you so optimistic about this war?"

   Count Carles asked in surprise.

  Everyone is thinking about how to survive the crisis. Many people have made plans to go home and stick to the castle after defeat. It is really hard to imagine that their coach has already sharpened his sword to...

"Ha ha…"

   "Count Carles, risks and opportunities always coexist. As long as we fight fast enough on the battlefield, we can win this war.

  The Orc Empire has fallen, and the Seven Prairie Kingdoms are nominally seven countries, but the military strength of a single family may not be able to catch up with you.

   Such opponents, even the orcs were not able to destroy them in one fell swoop. Isn't that the problem?

   After defeating the Orc Empire, we are blitzing the coalition forces of the ancient survivors, and we have negotiated for the remaining elves.

  Anyway, we don't border with them. There was no hatred in the past, and the two sides have a basis for compromise. "

  Continuously fooling all parties, a lot of words have been said many times, and Hudson himself is about to believe it.

  The Orc Empire's slow progress on the battlefield is not only due to military strength, but also due to logistical pressure.

  How rich are the Seven Kingdoms of the Grassland, I am afraid that the mice will cry when they go, and the spoils of war are pitifully small.

   There is no need to fortify the walls and clear the fields, they themselves are "clear". For some orc races that eat grass, it is not a big problem.

  The local nobles and lords are not determined to fight to the death, so naturally they will not force the people to give the orcs extra meals.

   There was not much population in the first place, and once they spread out in the vast prairie, even fewer "vegetable people" were captured by the orc army.

  The lessons of the last war still gave the Orc Empire a memory. Considering the issue of internal unity, the five royal families also had to restrain themselves a bit, not daring to openly use the cannon fodder race as military rations.

   In addition to worrying about the loss of troops, they did not work as hard as before when attacking the city.

  Especially when he realized that the defenders were just trying to delay the time and give an explanation to the ethnic alliance, he was even less interested in attacking.

  Under the superimposition of multiple factors, the attack speed of the orc army seemed very weak.

   Regardless of the truth, if it comes to Hudson, the coach of the kingdom, it must be a sign of the decline of the orcs.

  Adhering to the principle of fooling each other, Hudson did not hesitate to brainwash everyone over and over again.

  The following strategies are all based on the premise of a quick victory against the orcs and a big victory. In case something happens on the battlefield, it will be as if Master Hudson didn't say anything.

   Judging from the current situation, there are still very few great nobles who believe in this judgment.

  The main reason is that these guys in high positions not only have good brains, but also have a bunch of think tanks behind them to help analyze, it is really not easy to fool around.

  Knowing that it was a scam, but still running to the party, in essence, I still have no idea and want to seek psychological comfort.

  Of course, these doubts were limited to the gathering of the great nobles, and everyone outside showed full confidence.

  Every time they go back, everyone will carry out the artistic processing of Ha's fudge Dafa and pass it on to their subordinates.

  In a word, they, the high-level kingdoms, can be suspicious, but the middle and lower nobles and low-level soldiers below must firmly believe that the kingdom can win the war.

  If you encounter setbacks on the battlefield in the future, it will be after everyone's joint efforts—the kingdom wins the war.

  Any questions or problems must be concluded with "the kingdom can win the war" for argumentation and analysis.

  …

   (Remarks: King Boshirent I of the Duchy of Shillong, a typo in the previous chapter has been revised)

  (end of this chapter)