Chapter 427: Glory and responsibility

"Fools, you just think about the ease in front of you. If the West Odin Empire really eats the East Odin Empire, according to the nature of Ulaanbaatar, what will it look like? He will continue to satisfy a piece of Odin. Prairie? Maybe you want to become a man who dominates the whole continent? By then, do you think we can resist it?" General Pedro sneered unceremoniously.
The last words of General Pedro clearly pierced the scars of the generals present, and they were filled with indignation.
"Those in the south have been getting more and more excessive over the years. Every year, the amount of support materials is getting less and less. Let’s not say, what do you guys have sent? Those prisoners in the past, we have admitted, at least they are physically strong. Zhuang, sent to the battlefield and wandered around, one by one was more obedient than lambs. Now it’s better, either deaf or stupid, or lacking arms or legs, all go to the blood fortress. What we want are soldiers, who can go on the battlefield. Soldiers, not a group of disabled people eating idle meals."
"The year before last year there was a gap of five thousand troops, and there were eight thousand last year. From this year to now, the total number of people received is not ten thousand. If this continues, when the old man in our hands fights out, the blood fort will be broken. It has become an empty castle, with a strong defensive ability and no one to defend, what use?"
"In terms of equipment, there is no finished armor. We recognize it. The craftsmen we have accumulated over the years are not bad. As long as we have enough iron ore, we can build it ourselves, but the problem is that there is no iron ore. We can transport all the way up, we can't make iron ore on our own, let alone buy new armor, many armors that need to be repaired have not been repaired."
"Needless to say about the food, except for the little Sophia Liya who is oriented towards us, and the ones that are sent over can be seen in the past, what other people have sent over, there must be five catties of bran in ten catties of wheat. A pound of sand, is this something for people to eat? We are soldiers, soldiers guarding the side. In the eyes of those bastards, we can't even compare to beggars begging."
"These years are indeed thanks to Little Sophie Liya. She used to live with us and knows our difficulties here. But I heard that Little Sophie Liya has had a hard time recently. Those royal widows and children are I kept jumping, and attacking Little Sophie Liya the most powerful thing was the supplies she transported to us every year. Waiting for the little prince who is not closely related to us, and then these maggots will make trouble. Our greatest assistance is only I’m afraid I’m going to break more than half."
"If this is the case, our life will be even more sad, so why not let the little Sophie Liya remain the regent forever!"
"Don't say it's the soldiers below. Even if we all feel chilly, there are some wolf-hearted guys behind us. What's the point of keeping this side?"
"If it doesn't work, let's let go of the sidelines and let the cruel people outside rush in. Let these who have too many stable days know who is keeping them safe and let them have a stable life."
"Shut up, what kind of are you talking about? How dare you give birth to such daring thoughts? Even if there is more dissatisfaction in your heart, you can't say this kind of bastard, because it is a kind of blasphemy against the soldiers who died on the battlefield. Is a blasphemy against our sacred duty."
This complaint ended with a roar from General Esmond.
Shaun saw that the assistance provided by the other seven major families of the Byron Alliance to Broken Blood Fortress decreased over the years, and only existed in a bunch of numbers.
The generals who broke the blood fort experienced it personally.
There are as many as 200,000 permanent troops in the defensive line of the broken blood castle, let alone those who are in the training period.
Only by relying on this little output on the Fragmented Grassland, there is no way to maintain such a large army. It must rely on the support of the entire Byron Alliance.
In fact, compared to the peak period, the defenders of Broken Blood Castle have shrunk severely.
During the Odin Empire, the total number of soldiers stationed on this line was no less than 700,000 or 800,000 in a pack.
When Grand Duke Cedric first took over, the number of regular troops was no less than 350,000.
It sounds a lot, it depends on how long their defensive line is and how powerful the enemy they face.
The world only knows the Broken Blood Fort, as if Broken Blood Fort is the only entrance and exit of the Byron Alliance to the Odin Prairie.
But anyone who has been to Broken Blood Fort knows that this is not the case at all.
Broken Blood Fort can only be said to be the biggest gap, allowing Odin orcs to flood in like a tide.
In fact, the entire Fractured Mountain Range is not so dangerous. Those small holes are everywhere. Odin orcs want to infiltrate on a small scale. It should not be too simple, but it is not suitable for the large-scale invasion of Odin orcs.
After all, when Odin orcs use a large army, they need not only elite cavalry, but also a large number of herds accompanying them as rations.
Without this, it would be difficult for them to fight a protracted battle. Even if they invaded the Byron Alliance from other directions, they were also a group of gangsters and horse bandits, and they were easily besieged.
In fact, the Broken Blood Fort is only the most important point on this defensive line. The troops stationed here account for only one-third or even less of the entire defensive line. The rest are distributed on this line as a warning. post.
The fewer guards they cast out, the more likely it is that the Odin orcs will infiltrate, and the more damage they will cause to the Byron alliance, and they may even turn their heads back to outflank them.
Look at the enemies they face.
The news brought back by Captain Southell has already said that in just one tiger claw tribe, the number of combatable soldiers gathered has exceeded 30,000.
The Tiger Claw Tribe is only one of the eight core tribes loyal to the Tiger Clan of the West Odin Empire. Although the strength of these tribes is very different, the Tiger Claw Tribe can be ranked in the top three, but it will not be too much. Over the disparity, otherwise it would have been replaced by other tribes.
If all the core tribes can respond to the call of the Tiger Royal Court, and they gather an army of 500,000 Odin orcs, it should not be too simple, because the Tiger Royal Court itself has more than one hundred thousand kings and tiger guards guarding it.
Not to mention there are countless scattered small and medium tribes below. Once the royal court issues a summoning order for a total war, they will prepare their own weapons, horses and food, and under the leadership of their chiefs, they will actively respond.
It will not be difficult to gather an army of seven or eight hundred thousand by then.
Even if it is pigs, cattle, sheep, 700,000 to 800,000, it is overwhelming and boundless.
Not to mention the seven or eight hundred thousand strong Odin orcs. Even if most of them lack military training, their innate physical advantage is there, plus the natural magical abilities, every adult Odin orc is Possessing a fighting power that is not inferior to that of the Byron Alliance's Servants.
At the beginning, they were made as tools of war. In this regard, they do have a unique advantage.
Only one Western Odin Empire has such strength, not to mention the Eastern Odin Empire, which has a territory twice its size, and the army that can gather is only a lot more than them.
Of course, what is said here is only theoretical figures.
The two great Odin empires wanted to gather their forces and were limited by the vast area. The two great courts wanted to send all the war summoning orders down, and within a year or two, they could not do it at all.
Even if it is sent down, there is no way to synchronize it.
They can't just sit there waiting for the soldiers from the scattered small tribes to gather, right?
If you really did that, this battle hadn't waited for the fight, and the assembled army would first eat them and collapse.
The commonly used method of warfare by the Odin orcs is that the place of the war summoning order issued by the royal court is not a rallying point, but a point of war. For example, the target of their attack is the broken blood castle.
They directly designed this place as a rallying point, and Wang Ting gathered the forces of several core tribes and killed them directly here, converging with other tribes along the way.
The result of this usually turns into a refueling tactic. While fighting, other soldiers from the Odin tribe rushed to it, and some even the war has been over for a long time before coming.
This was caused by the delay of information. Not only did the Odin orcs exist in this situation, the Byron Alliance also existed, at least before the large-scale sale of the Flying Eagles led by the Evernight Army.
Odin's orc army is not uncommon, but it is usually not man-made, but natural disaster.
The large-scale natural disasters that broke out at the same time will make the soldiers of the Odin orc tribe who have no way to survive, unanimously go south, try to break through the blood fortress, go to the south to plunder, and help their tribe continue.
Eventually, a horrible troop will be assembled, and the Odin orc army will reach a terrible number.
Such coincidences are rare, and throughout the history of the Byron League, this has only happened three times.
But every time it was a crisis, it caused heavy losses to the defenders on the front line of Broken Blood Castle. In the cruelest time, the defenders of Broken Blood Castle did not survive. When the reinforcements of the Byron Alliance arrived, The Broken Blood Fort has been broken and changed hands several times.
Both inside and outside the city were filled with soldiers from both sides, especially in the direction of the Odin Prairie, where various corpses were piled up like a mountain.
Only a few people died in the war, most of them died from freezing, starvation and disease.
It's not without reason that Broken Blood Fort is called the Burial Ground by Odin Orcs.
The war between the two sides lasted for more than three hundred years. Countless soldiers of the Byron Alliance were buried here. There are also more Odin orcs buried here. This is also known as the land closest to death.
This is also the main reason why Grand Duke Cedric actively pursued the offensive instead of defensive policy after he took office.
With the dwindling force and the defense of such a long border line, the strength is somewhat stretched, and you must clenched your fists. Before the enemy has developed and grown, destroy them, thereby reducing the pressure brought by their group attack.
But what I didn’t expect was that doing so would relieve the pressure of Broken Blood Fortress, and at the same time, it also made the Byron Alliance’s Grand Duchess pay less attention to Broken Blood Fortress, and the materials to support them were shrinking faster, making their condition worse. , They can only attack more frantically, suppressing the enemy, while also plundering the opponent's wealth and maintaining their own consumption.
This is an out-and-out vicious circle.
This kind of thing, whoever put it on, is also grieving.
They fought with sweat and blood in the front, and while others were sitting in the back to enjoy their achievements, they couldn't even guarantee the most basic materials. What did they do?
The generals of the Broken Blood Fort continued to silence. Although Grand Duke Cedric did not speak, he already exuded a dangerous aura. Under his calm eyes, what was hidden was rolling magma, which would erupt at any time.
Soon in the military conference room, the sound of needle falling could be heard silently.
"Enough said?" Grand Duke Cedric asked coldly, his awl-like gaze slowly swept across the face of every general, and those generals who had just complained couldn't help avoiding it. His gaze, no one dared to respond to his words.
"Since everything is worth it, I will also talk about my own thoughts." Grand Duke Cedric did not furious, but said calmly, "You only saw the inaction of the nobles, but how I didn’t see those ordinary citizens. In order to support us, we would rather eat chaff and pick out the only little grain to support us? Why didn’t you see the old father who is thousands of miles away walking on foot In a few years, send your only son to your hands so that he can do his best to guard the border?"
"We are guarding, never those who are bad-hearted, but those kind-hearted ordinary people. When you say these irresponsible things, do you touch your conscience? Don't you feel pain? You are worthy of those who sent us People of high hope? We are here not only for the glory, but a responsibility. This is the responsibility of the Strache family for hundreds of years, and it is also your responsibility, even if there is no one soldier or one soldier in the future. , No one meter and one drop have been transported here, as long as I Cedric Strachey is still standing for one day, I will stay here, not for glory, not for responsibility, only for those who trust me."
There was no impassionedness, no rants, only endless plainness, he was just stating a fact.
But because of this, it made the generals enthusiasm one by one, and the dissatisfaction in their hearts was instantly washed away.
Yes.
The actions of those nobles and nobles really make them feel sick, but many ordinary citizens, especially those who have been harassed by the Odin orcs, think of their good, and send them here spontaneously every year. Food, sent my family’s children to join the army here.
Compared to what the Broken Blood Fort needs, the help they provide is so meagre, but compared to them personally, it is everything they have.
This is what they need to guard, and this is the reason for them to fight for it.
As long as one such person is still there, they should not complain.
"Not for glory, not for responsibility, only for those who trust us. As long as there is a breath of life, we will stick to it to the end." Those generals stood up one after another and swore.
"Sit down." Grand Duke Cedric waved his hand. "You are all brought out by me. I have no doubt about your character. Even if you have complaints, you will not do that kind of frantic thing. , But those maggots in the south have done a little too much in recent years. Lao Tzu doesn’t know them as well. They really think Lao Tzu is too old-fashioned to move. After the new year, Lao Tzu will take people and visit them family by family. They don't vomit the part they should give honestly, and Lao Tzu can destroy them without borrowing the hands of those barbarians."
When it comes to the last sentence, Grand Duke Cedric is domineering and full of strong confidence.
The eyes of the generals of Broken Blood Fort became bright and shiny, and they laughed loudly.
"Your Majesty, if you said that earlier, do we need to complain?"
"Your Majesty~EbookFREE.me~ You should have done this a long time ago. As long as your Majesty goes out, you will definitely squeeze out their shit."
"What do we want that stuff for? Yes, but also fat. It's better for them to fill in the vacancy in previous years."
"You are also greedy enough. As long as they can supply half of the quota stipulated in the Great Proclamation Chapter, we have the ability to make those savages unable to eat."
"Never mind the other supplies. The tiger mounts, the thundering horses, the flying eagles and the bladed carts must be done more. These are all rare good things that can see an immediate effect and greatly improve our existing soldiers. I heard that these things come from one family, and what Yongye leader, isn’t they calling for becoming the ninth leader? It’s best to make this happen, so we can just ask them. Supplies."
"You are more greedy than the other, the ninth army leader is so easy to achieve? People are not fools, they are all smashed by themselves, and when they turn their heads, they put a heavy burden on them. This matter is not so easy, I think It’s more appropriate to make a deal with the other party through Sophie Liya. I heard that she has been walking closely with Sophie Liya recently."
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