Chapter 111 The Day War Comes (Part 1)
Chapter 110 The Day War Comes (Part 1) On the southern foot of the Nove-Kamen Mountains, on the Armanche Plain.
The days passed by unknowingly, and the light green on the leaves gradually faded, replaced by an intoxicating dark green, like the skirt of a graceful dancer, swaying freely in the warm summer breeze.
With the arrival of summer, the temperature in the north of the empire gradually began to warm up.
Logically speaking, summer should be considered the most suitable season for human habitation in the northern border of the empire. A pleasant breeze blows against your face, refreshing yet warm, carrying the fragrance of flowers and plants and the moisture of the soil, making people feel refreshed and clear-minded.
Looking up, you can see the towering Novokuznetsov Mountains; looking down, you can see a field of golden crops with plump and heavy ears of wheat. In addition, the emerald green grass and brown dirt roads interweave in between, making it like a beautiful giant oil painting.
However, behind this peaceful appearance, the cloud of war looming over the northern border of the empire became increasingly heavy.
Even if the weather is good and the harvest is good this year, the grain produced by the Odin Empire this year is far from enough to support the population that has skyrocketed in recent years.
The grain output of the entire Armanches Plain accounts for 70% of the total grain output of the Odin Empire, but can only feed less than 60% of the population of the Odin Empire!
All signs indicate that such a huge food deficit will cause a terrible famine throughout the Odin Empire! Transferring the class contradictions that have arisen again in the country due to insufficient food supply has become the most important matter for the Odin Empire at present.
therefore……
On April 27, 537 New Calendar, Areo O'Sullivan, the youngest king in the history of the Odin Empire, suddenly revoked all powers of the Odin Empire Marshal Portia Mariano and appointed himself as the supreme military commander of the Odin Empire.
On May 6, 537 AD, Areo O'Sullivan, the king of the Odin Empire, finally issued an order, ordering more than 10,000 Odin Empire guards who had been stationed north of the Novkamen Mountains to cross the Novkamen Mountains and station their troops on the Armanches Plain.
This move also brought the total number of Odin's troops stationed in the Armanches Plain to a terrifying 40,000! ! ! For a time, the northern border of the empire, which was already on the verge of war, suddenly fell into panic of the coming of war.
The Norman Empire did build fourteen fortresses in the plains bordering the Odin Empire.
but……
The garrisons in these fortresses range from more than 2,000 to more than 1,000. Even the largest fortress in the north, Winter Fortress, only has more than 3,000 people stationed...
Even if you add up all the soldiers, there are only more than 20,000 of them! But looking at the Odin Empire on the other side...
The number of soldiers stationed in the Armanches Plain alone reached 40,000!
This does not include the civilians of Odin who can directly take up their swords and mount their horses when the war begins! Therefore, at this moment, the Odin Empire, where almost all the people are soldiers, has completely possessed the ability to break through the Winter Fortress.
Forty thousand versus three thousand...
If the war started at this time, the result would be self-evident.
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Norman Empire, Imperial Capital, St. Lawrence.
The Regency Council is located on the south side of the Royal Palace. This building, supported by ninety-nine light gray marble columns, can be said to be the most eye-catching building in the city besides the Royal Palace.
At this moment, in a room on the second floor of the Regency Council, an old man with a white beard was furious.
“Bang!”
A silver-plated wine glass was thrown hard onto the light red velvet carpet. Although it was blocked by the carpet, it still made a dull sound.
The old man with a white beard is named Yersin Paris, the Duke of Dorne, one of the five regent dukes.
Ever since the situation in the northern border of the empire became increasingly tense, he hurried to St. Lawrence, saying that he wanted to urge the reinforcements from all parts of the empire to hurry to the northern border.
"Assholes! They are all a bunch of assholes! It should only take seven days to get there, but they took me half a month to walk!"
The white-bearded old man was so angry that he jumped up and down! However... if we want to dig deeper into the reason, it is probably because the Dorin Territory, which is close to the Forest of Monsters, is only two days away from the northern border of the empire.
So, if the war situation in the northern border of the empire is unfavorable... then Dolan Territory will be the first to bear the brunt!
The military mobilization carried out by the Norman Empire during these days mainly consisted of two parts. One part was the imperial soldiers mobilized by the emperor.
And the soldiers who are now stationed in the fourteen fortresses in the northern border are imperial soldiers directly under the emperor.
The other part is the private army of the nobles dispatched by the Regency Council.
Ever since the northern border was shrouded in the shadow of the Odin invasion, the Regency Council issued a call to most of the noble lords, requiring the lords stationed in various parts of the Norman Empire to send part of their troops to help.
Almost every noble leader also sent out troops to help, but... the speed of these noble private armies was a bit slow...
Although they were all wearing shiny armor, riding tall war horses, with colorful flags behind them, they looked heroic and proud, and they looked up at people.
But...their speed can be described as a turtle's pace! The journey that was supposed to take seven days to reach took more than half a month, and the noble private army that was supposed to take a month to reach the destination simply stopped as they walked, eating, drinking and having fun along the way.
Most of these noble private armies that deliberately delayed the journey were sent by noble leaders in the southern part of the empire. If the northern part of the empire fights, what does it have to do with my southern border? After all, these southern nobles have never faced the pressure brought by the Odins.
Therefore, in their view, it was enough to have the northern nobles' private armies and the imperial soldiers on the front line, and there was no need for them to rush to join in the fun.
What's more, there are noble lords like Bruno who didn't send soldiers to help at all!
The crying child gets the milk!
Since the letter written by Bruno was sent to the Regency Council, although it only stayed on the desk of a certain member for a few seconds before being thrown into the trash can, it also made the Regency Council aware of the "unstable" current situation of Idar County.
In addition, the news that the Holy See was going to exempt Idar County from the tithe had reached St. Lawrence a few days ago, which made the noble lords of St. Lawrence believe the desolation of Idar County.
Idar County is so miserable!
Even the Vatican in Bethlehem knew about the miserable situation and desolation of Idar Territory...
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The author intends to take advantage of the few chapters before the release to quickly advance the side storyline. Although it may seem a bit watery, it is really a very necessary link! The author will try to combine the side storyline with the main storyline as soon as possible.
Second update.
(End of this chapter)
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