Chapter 1,263: Soldiers Are Expensive and Fast

"Oh, I haven't heard the news that your two families are officially at war. What is the current situation? Is it a stalemate?" Lin asked with concern.

"That bitch who only knows how to play politics, what qualifications do you have to confront me when it comes to leading troops in war?" the old Duke said proudly. And in order not to be underestimated by the magician in front of him, he also planned to tell what he had done during this period as if he was offering a treasure. Said: "Don't you think that if two families raise blood flags for revenge, they will rush forward regardless of the situation until one of them is beaten to pieces?"

"Well, isn't that so?" someone wondered.

"Two grand ducal families are at war. If one of them is destroyed, the other will not be much better. The ones who are laughing will be the families who are not at war. Do you think that the hyenas who are still intact will be let go? A scarred lion?”

Lin was surprised and said: "There are really people who dare to take advantage of this kind of thing!"

"Why not? Even the old man sitting on the throne probably has the same idea. It's hard to say whether the loser can still exist. The winner must hand over a lot of money if he wants to keep the fruits of victory. part, to seek his approval. And other families will more or less secretly tear off a piece of flesh. If the winning party cannot tolerate such a thing, they have to risk the other party's rise on the grounds of damaging their reputation. The second war. The losses may be even greater, and it is not impossible to even be wiped out. After all, this kind of thing has really happened before."

"There are wolves in front of us, tigers behind us, and there are enemies on all sides." Lin sighed: "It seems that I didn't think well at the beginning and put the Grand Duke in trouble."

"Boy, it has nothing to do with you. If that damn bitch dares to commit that kind of thing, there will be no end between us. It's just that I didn't realize it until you said it. In fact, Risa All the actions of my family have been preparing for a war with me. But for the sake of the family, I must kill that hateful guy with the minimum loss. It is impossible to use everything in the family as firewood, without any Throw it unreservedly into the flames of war.”

"So, this period of time is considered preparation?" Lin asked.

"What preparations? We have already fought. It's just not in the form of fighting."

Looking at the old Duke's proud smile, it seemed that he had already gained the upper hand in the so-called 'competition'. So Lin asked curiously: "Can you tell me what the situation is, so that I can gain more knowledge? If it's confidential and it's hard to tell, then forget it."

Duke Kawei smiled and said: "There are no secrets. It doesn't matter if I tell you. I don't know if you know that the emperor has given orders to other families not to get involved in the affairs of my family and the Risa family. But the two great duke families It involves all aspects, how can we completely cut off ties with other families. The confrontation during this period is actually a political game to find allies. Maybe other people cannot send troops to intervene due to the emperor's order, but it does not mean that they are in other fields. No obstruction or accommodation.”

"Can you give me an example?"

"The simplest example is that the territories of the Risa family and I are not bordering each other. If the two sides want to fight, they will always send troops and supplies to the battlefield agreed by both parties. Since there is no border, they will go to other people's land. And that land Lord, I do not agree with the passage of other people's troops and supply convoys. Whether you agree or disagree, it has nothing to do with the emperor's ban. Because the emperor cannot separate me and Rizal and prevent the war between the two sides in the name of borrowing the ban. , that will only involve more. But agreeing or disagreeing has a very different meaning to me and the Rizal family. The route of the march and the length of the supplies will all affect the final result."

"That's right." Lin Xi thought about it and said, "But I feel that this kind of political confrontation is the area where the other party is good at. Well, sir, I don't mean to look down on you. Please don't get me wrong."

"Don't worry, kid, I'm very clear about what I'm good at and what I'm not good at. But sometimes, political considerations are not just about exchange of interests, there are other considerations."

"For example?"

"For example, if any lord is not blind and does not allow my army to pass, and I fight hard, who will cry? As long as I am not restrained by other dirty means, I will not make a fatal mistake, Kawei My family's army is stronger than that of the Risa family, and the same goes for having a few temporary opponents. In other words, in a head-to-head confrontation, I have a greater chance of winning in the end. So for other families, what will be the final outcome if they are on the wrong team? I don’t want to lose a pair of pants if I don’t get the benefits. So as long as my chances of winning are greater, there will be more allies.”

"So, the longer it is delayed, the more advantageous it will be for you, sir?" Lin said hesitantly.

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"That's right. As long as I can show enough strength, others will know how to choose. And if Risa wants to fight with me, he can only grit his teeth and continue to think of ways to expand his army. At least he To show that they can defend against me, even if they fight, both sides will lose. But those are meaningless in front of me, they just drag down their own finances. As long as I continue to have the advantage, those who were originally on his side will People will fall to me one after another, and the situation of victory and defeat will become more obvious." Kawei Gong said proudly.

In fact, what Grand Duke Kawei said was quite modest. The situation between Rizal and the Kavi family is even more exaggerated.

So far, the Kawei family has only established military camps on the borders of their territory, summoned vassals and assembled the family's standing army, and has not deliberately strengthened mobilization. The so-called standing corps is a militia dispersed throughout the territory as a daily guard.

From various places where troops were transferred, young and strong defenders were recruited from the local areas and trained as reserve teams. If the front line is tight, they will replenish their troops.

These actions were all done openly and openly in the sun. This is also because the Gwana Empire, as the birthplace of civilization, has already been quite mature in various development and transportation constructions. Coupled with the convenience of the forum, it is difficult to truly keep secret what the lords are doing. Especially this kind of military-level dispatch, no one dares to be careless.

Since you can't keep it secret, show your strength openly. It also allows people to see clearly which team they should be on, which will be most advantageous at the end of the war. This is the attitude of Mr. Kawei.

However, what was gathered was not just soldiers and war supplies, but also a large number of trucks and personnel carriers, as well as the oil to drive the cars. It's just that the number of vehicles at this stage is not enough to carry three legions and supplies. Therefore, the old man did not rush to attack. He just adjusted the coordination between soldiers and vehicles and figured out the best way to use them. These are also exposed to the eyes of others.

Coupled with the reputation that Grand Duke Kawei has established since his youth, he is not only good at charging at the forefront of the team, but the strategies he is good at are basically two moves: detours and attacks!

Even in the situation of fighting more with less, Duke Kawei is good at using intelligence to rely on the mobility of the army to eat up the small group of enemy troops before the enemy assembles a large enough number. Cannibalize the enemy in this way, and finally defeat them in one fell swoop. Or rely on mobility to penetrate into the weak points of the enemy's formation, then divide, surround and annihilate them. Or even go around the rear to take away the enemy's lair.

In short, in the past, by relying on the mobility of a single rider, Grand Duke Kawei became the undefeated God of War in the empire. However, what changes will occur when the mobility of horses is upgraded to that of cars? The New Year's Conference in the imperial capital at the beginning of the year gave all nobles a benchmark for judgment. From the territory of the Kawi family to the imperial city of Nineveh, the one-month journey was shortened to three days.

Maybe the number of three legions prevents them from being as fast as half of the Duke's Guards, so it would be better to have twice the marching time. This also means that Duke Kawei can choose the battlefield at will in the empire with well-developed transportation, and then kill all the troops stationed before the reinforcements arrive, and then leave calmly. Others can't even eat car farts...

Even if the old man chooses to go in a roundabout way instead of taking the shortest route. Knowing the opponent's destination, the reinforcements were too late to rescue them. Unless the location where the reinforcements are stationed is very close to the location of the attack, as an old man who is an experienced attacker, how could he not know where to find a better place to attack?

With this ghostly mobility, all the old strategic points become less important. The Rizal family's territory is like a fishing net full of holes.

If the Kawi family's new mobile army is fully formed, the Risa family's only defense method is to continuously increase troops and send them to various places and stockpile supplies for city defense. I hope that the Kawei family's army will lose strength while uprooting the defensive strongholds one by one, so that the Risa family can find an opportunity for a decisive battle.

To implement such a defensive method, it would require several times more troops than the three standing legions of the Kawi family. This, of course, greatly increased the burden on the Rizal family.

The Rizal family takes the initiative and attacks the territory of the Kawi family? This means that the empty rear area is waiting for the opponent to ravage it with its rapid maneuverability. Once the lair is taken away, will the attacking army still have morale?

Scorched earth tactics? Under the feudal system, would a feudal lord dare to ask his vassals to give up their territory, allow the enemy to wreak havoc, and protect the lord's core territory with all their strength? This will only bring about four words of consequences: betrayal and alienation. If the boss doesn't protect the younger brother, what obligation does the younger brother have to obey the boss's orders? Scorched earth tactics were impossible to implement under a non-centralized feudal system.

Conclusion: The Rizal family is finished.

Perhaps in the past, one of the two great ducal families was literate and the other was martial, but if they were to fight, the outcome would still be high and low. When a car was unveiled at the beginning of the year, all the nobles intuitively felt that it was a good thing, so they began to plot for it, which caused many troubles later.

At the beginning, no one thought about the extent to which a commander who was good at running and focused on high mobility could use a car as a weapon. But the conflict became clear, and after the two great duke families laid out their flags for confrontation, countless generals and military experts in the empire conducted military campaigns. It was shockingly discovered that the Rizal family could not come up with any good way to fight, so they could only retreat and wait until the Kawei family Beat yourself until you are tired.

But, how is it possible!

It's like two powerful warriors fighting each other. If you punch me and I punch you, who will be left standing in the end is anyone's guess. But if one party is extremely agile and the other party is as slow as a tortoise, no matter how hard they hit, they will not be able to hit anyone. If they attack casually, they may suffer a heavy blow due to their weak points being exposed. If things go on like this, it is not difficult to guess who will fall.