Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Meritorious Award

With the full cooperation of Natal and Vatini, the expeditionary force assembled faster than expected.

Before deciding to send troops, Aslan wanted to squeeze out the last bit of value from the grassland coalition forces.

In the guest house, Savannah looked at Aslan nervously.

Before that, she had visited Eletherina, the queen of elves, and got an accurate answer from her.

If you want Aslan to send troops, you must recognize Aslan's lordship and submit to the whole family.

In fact, when she came, Savannah also determined the bottom line of the clan. Both the grassland elves and the centaurs were willing to submit, but they demanded the same independence and autonomy as the Principality of Terina.

This negotiation was unexpectedly simple and easy, and the right to independence and self-government was passed very easily.

The Beifeng Prairie will become the Beifeng Autonomous Province of the Melo region. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the city of Melo, and in accordance with the provisions of the Melo Charter, various ethnic groups will establish autonomous areas based on the settlements, set up self-government agencies, and exercise self-government rights, enjoy the self-government system of being the masters of the country and managing the internal affairs of the ethnic groups in the region.

After receiving Aslan's definite answer, Savannah finally showed a rare smile on her face.

Looking at Savannah who was going away, the corners of Aslan's mouth rose slightly.

His real goal is not the two million people in the Northwind Prairie, but the resources contained in the vast Northwind Prairie. Now it has been confirmed that there are oil shale and oil. I remember there are several large coal mines and iron mines in the previous life. These will all be strategic resources in the future.

Industrial powers have long been measured by steel production.

As soon as Savannah left, Eletherina came. In private, she didn't look like a noble and glamorous queen at all. She just remembered to straddle Aslan's thigh and sit on him.

"Did you make it?"

Aslan put his arms around Elitherina's waist, and said with a smile: "With your help to lay the groundwork, I can't find a reason to fail."

"Hehe!" Eletherina smiled for a while, then suddenly said with a solemn expression: "I want to join the expedition this time, and there are five thousand elves."

Aslan nodded. After all, the scale of the enemies this time is too large, so it would be nice to have more combat power.

"good!"

After getting Aslan's approval, Eletherina gnawed at Aslan.

One night, after the two broke through the boundaries, they occasionally had a love movement together.

The two quickly rolled onto the big bed in the hotel.

After the defense of Melox, the United Army has expanded its strength to 600,000 after recruiting two new recruits.

After 100,000 troops were left behind in the Kex area and the Naris area, Aslan led the expeditionary force and set off for Union City.

This time, Aslan didn't even need to mobilize before the war. He just issued an order, and many soldiers took the initiative to act.

Because as long as you win the battle, you can get meritorious deeds, and meritorious deeds can be exchanged for fighting qi formulas and school qualifications, and the most important thing is to grant land.

As long as you have made great contributions in the war, you can exchange merits for fields.

This is definitely a huge prize in the era when 90% of the land belonged to the aristocracy. In addition to the high-yield agriculture in the Merlot area, as long as there is land, it is absolutely impossible to starve to death.

Once these soldiers have permanent property, these people will be closely attached to Aslan, and anyone who wants to overthrow him will encounter the most fierce resistance from those who gain.

This is also the reason why Aslan quickly brought the entire Melox province together after he took over.

It is not words and whips that drive people, but real interests.

At the same time, it also gave rise to the soldiers' enthusiasm for fighting. Just like this time, Aslan did not need any pre-war mobilization, and the soldiers spontaneously signed up for the war.

The 200,000 soldiers left behind were almost dying of depression.

Naturally, the Air Mage Brigade dispatched troops this time, and the Alpha Action Squad also dispatched 3,000 people. The heavily armored guards and the Valkyries still stayed in the Melo area.

These two troops are now the pinnacles of the Melo region. As long as they are still there, the Melo region will not fall.

Their merits are directly linked to the expeditionary force, after all, they are responsible for housekeeping and protecting the logistics line.

It was said to be a 400,000 army, but in fact, when they marched to the Changfeng Plain, the 50,000 Melo Army and the 30,000 Melo Knights also joined, and gradually reached the 500,000 mark.

Such a large-scale operation cannot be concealed at all, and soon news spread to the Ten-Party Alliance and the Kingdom of Cleveland.

It's just that the Ten-Party Alliance and the Kingdom of Cleveland have tacitly kept silent about this.

The Ten-Party Alliance had just lost a battle, suffered heavy losses, and was powerless, so it could only silently lick its wounds.

After all, the Province of Melox is still a member of the Kingdom of Cleveland in name, and the Kingdom of Cleveland will never send troops to the Province of Melox without righteousness.

Although no troops were dispatched, they maintained a high degree of concern about it.

When the expeditionary army passed through the Changfeng Plain, half-orc representatives from various half-orc farms brought more than a thousand people to join the army to accompany the expedition. They brought their own equipment, although they were all simple leather armor and rusty long swords, but one by one There is a strong fighting spirit on their faces.

All the half-orcs have received the news that the Ottoman Kingdom invaded the North Wind Prairie with all its strength, and then they will definitely step into the rich Melox Province.

This battle is no less than a large-scale battle of the defense of Melox.

Regardless of whether it is a human race or a foreign race, they are very concerned about this.

In the past two years of life, the half-orcs have confirmed that Lord Aslan sincerely accepts them as subjects instead of slaves, so that they are also willing to sacrifice their lives for the Lord.

Iron Hammer was once an ordinary half-orc. After two years of living with enough food and clothing, he evolved into a half-orc warrior by luck. Under the evil propaganda of the farm manager to the Ottoman Kingdom, he decided to take up Weapons assist the lord in battle.

The farmers of all the half-orc farms are carefully selected by Aslan. They are absolutely loyal, and they go to Merlot City to take political classes every once in a while, and then give classes to brainwash the half-orcs on the farm after returning. , Over time, half-orcs have basically become fanatical supporters of Aslan.

When Aslan saw these half-orc warriors, he was also very embarrassed, because he needed to consider the attitudes of other alien races, so he had not allowed the half-orcs to participate in any military training.

Now it seems that they are the most elite source of soldiers, just like the barbarian warriors, but sending a group of half-orc warriors with poor equipment to the battlefield is simply trampling on life.

"The good intentions of all of you are appreciated by the lord. The battle has not reached the point of no return. The lord will not let the people who have not been trained and armed with simple weapons participate in the battle. As the lord, I must be responsible for the lives of every lord. , Cardo, Teleman, you two bastards, take someone back quickly."

said Aslan loudly.