Chapter 1,562 War Preparations

When Marquis Balan was touring the hospital wearing a fear suit, everyone felt as if they were seeing the God of Death, and they were all frightened. He was afraid that the other party would stop on his bed and shake his head again.

But as long as the Marquis can pass, everyone feels inexplicably at ease. It doesn't matter if you haven't seen it before. You have to take a glance at it to feel this kind of peace of mind.

Therefore, the usefulness of this Marquise's stay is greater than anyone imagined. It also greatly strengthened the southern defense line of the Fengdi Mountains and the base camp's field hospital lineup. And in a relatively short period of time, the wounded in the hospital returned to the battlefield.

In the past, injuries were simply treated with magic or divine magic. When faced with serious injuries, the consumption of magic and divine spells may increase exponentially due to various unknown reasons, or even failure. This is also the difficulty in using these supernatural powers.

But with the use of medical skills, the injured body can be repaired to perfection. Magic and divine spells are only used to accelerate recovery in the final stage and do not involve the treatment part, so the consumption of both will be greatly reduced.

This is like why Mi Di insists that when using the resurrection spell, the corpse must remain intact and cannot be desecrated, that is, in a state of being fragmented or missing limbs. Because it is the most labor-saving to use resurrection when it is complete.

If only one hand or a head is left, it is not impossible to use the resurrection spell to completely resurrect the person. But this may be a miracle that can only occur if the Lord of Life comes in person.

In this way, with magic and divine skills as the backbone, and combined with medical skills to solve the treatment part, it can be said that as long as people are not shattered to pieces on the spot or die to the point of death, they can return to the battlefield without taking too long to cultivate.

This is a good thing for both soldiers and generals.

The importance of veterans cannot be overstated. For generals, ensuring and continuing the combat effectiveness of the army is more important than anything else.

What they are going to fight is not just one battle, it can be expected that it will be one continuous battle after another. It may last for decades, and may even require the last drop of human blood to be shed.

As for collecting corpse remains, cut off the intact parts, sew them into a "complete" person, and then use resurrection. Such an idea was proven to be unfeasible a long time ago.

Because the one who comes alive will not be a specific person. It is the result of the integration of the memory and personality of the original owner of all body parts.

The most common situation is that the person who survives will become a madman. In other words, this does not belong to resurrection, but should be classified into the category of necromancy, that is, the production of stitched corpses.

The details involved involve the soul theory of Lost Land.

All bodies retain memories of their previous lives. Reattaching other people's limbs to a disabled living person is like adding some parts to his complete soul that do not originally belong to him. But because the soul of a living person is inherently complete and in a strong position, it will not be easily contaminated by foreign objects.

But when stitching a corpse together, you don't just create an empty shell and stuff it with a complete soul. Things like ghosts and ghosts are undead creatures in the classification of Lost Land, and they are completely different things from souls. In more technical terms, ghosts and ghosts are flawed souls.

While the body parts are being sewn together, the soul also becomes mixed. It is not said which part's original owner can occupy a dominant position and dominate the revived sutured corpse.

In order to control the stitched corpse, the necromancer usually destroys the consciousness of the soul in the corpse, and then uses spells and laws to control its actions. Therefore, those who sew up corpses are either stupid or crazy, and cannot have the same consciousness as normal people.

Of course, after the stitched corpses wake up, their consciousness can be trained and gradually return to normal. But how long it takes to train and how to be considered "normal" is not easy to define.

Take Fen, the former lich and former demon king, as an example. Of the stitched corpses she created, only Stone, the stupidest, remains loyal to her to this day.

The other stitched corpses who were relied on as arms and appointed as personal guards all betrayed. Just because Fen retained too much wisdom for other stitched corpses.

This is why the use of resurrection has become so important at this time when medical skills are emerging.

In this era, we are still cautious and cautious. It's not just about finding some parts and restoring the integrity of the body to resurrect the person.

Back to reality, in fact, at the beginning, old Duke Kawei was opposed to his granddaughter staying on the battlefield. Even if the base camp belongs to the rear, it is still not safe enough in the eyes of the elderly.

However, he had exaggerated the reputation of his granddaughter before. With Marquis Balan sitting in command and without, the morale of the soldiers was basically two extremes.

Not to mention the people brought by my granddaughter, they are indeed capable. Compared with those little doctors who also have the name of doctor, the Marquise's team has more knowledge and can use their skills more flexibly to treat all the wounded.

And the most important thing is that my granddaughter seems to have broken out of the so-called "past" and reintegrated into the society where she interacts with people. At least, doing these things did not make her resist, and it also satisfied her self-confidence.

Isn't this better than living alone for the rest of your life?

So for such a trivial matter as whether it is dangerous or not, it is up to the grandfather to replace her dead father and eliminate all signs of danger.

After weighing the pros and cons, old Duke Kawei agreed to let his granddaughter stay. Of course, safety and protection have also been strengthened a lot. At least the Marquis Guards of Balan Territory, which had never been put to use since they were formed, were directly pulled over.

In addition to the number of people required to adhere to the establishment, their training requirements and equipment standards are all similar to those of the Duke's Guard. The requirement for their first mission was that it didn't matter if all the people died, their families would have their own families to take care of them. But the Marquise must not suffer any damage!

However, Old Kaweigong's worries, as well as most people's expectations and fears of being hurt, did not come true in the end.

Winter is over and spring is coming. As everything revives, the snow in the area around the Wind Emperor Mountains begins to melt.

Perhaps because of the curse of being close to the mountains, or simply because of the high altitude, the snow here did not begin to melt after the time sequence entered spring. Instead, it took some time.

However, the areas where the snow begins to melt are outside the scope of the curse, that is, under the foot of the mountain. All the built defense lines, tall city gates, and standing magic towers are within the scope of the melting snow.

As for the cursed mountainous area, there is constant wind and snow all year round. Even in summer, when the weather is the hottest on the plains, the wind and snow are still howling on the Fengdi Mountains.

But compared to winter, the power of wind and snow is still much weaker, and the snow is more like non-existent. As long as the wind and snow from the sky fall to the ground, it will not take long to melt, and eventually converge into gurgling water, then into streams and rivers, flowing down the river and irrigating the land downstream.

Therefore, if the coalition of demons and orcs wants to choose a good time to fight, it would be in spring. Because if we continue to wait, we won’t be able to wait until the snow stops on the mountain.

However, Old Kawei Gong and all the sergeants and soldiers who were on guard did not wait for the enemy's attack. Instead, they waited for news that surprised them.

The allied forces of demons and orcs moved, but not in the direction everyone expected.

They did not cross the Fengdi Mountain Range again and attack the defense line led by the Gewana Empire. They also did not look back and headed towards the still cold Sulitang Empire. Instead choose to go west!

Judging from the geography of the demon-occupied area, to the north is the Suritan Empire, which has a large area of ​​uninhabited land and is still in a cold winter climate. To the south is the Gwana Empire, which is densely populated but has well-run defense lines and dangerous mountains.

Fighting towards the north would not bring much benefit to the demons and orcs, and they would have to go head-to-head with an empire. Fighting towards the south may yield the greatest benefits, but the cost will also be the highest. Because this is not just a head-to-head confrontation, it's basically kicking the iron.

However, the directions they can go are not only north and south, but also east and west.

Whether heading east or west, they may have to cross large areas of uninhabited land and some difficult terrain.

For example, to the east is another small mountain range extending from the Wind Emperor Mountain Range. It is shorter in height, but there is no curse on this small mountain range. To the west, you will encounter a large river that leads to the sea. No need to ferry

, it is impossible to pass.

But as long as these terrain difficulties are passed, a large area of ​​land with rich population resources will follow. The countries on these lands were in the same original situation as the area they now occupy. There are many small countries, and there is no strong unifying force.

The reason why we chose the west over the east is because we can’t reach far from the east without encountering the third empire. That is the Haider Empire!

Precisely because the buffer area in the middle was not large, the Haider Empire sent people to join the battle early in the hope of attracting the enemy to other directions, or at least blocking them from outside the country's borders.

[In view of the general environment,

If you go west, you will eventually encounter the Vader military state, which is also in the imperial sequence, but the number and population of the small countries in the middle are several times that of the east. So considering the resources and difficulty of chewing, it is very reasonable for the coalition of demons and orcs to choose to march from the west.

So are people in the west prepared?

The actions of the alliance of demons and orcs were detected by the new fast airship troops who regularly ventured across the Wind Emperor Mountains. I'm afraid that in the human kingdom to the west, they don't know such news yet.

Although as soon as he got the news, he sent the news through the forum and sent an official envoy on an airship to the small country to the west of the demon-occupied area. But no one can guarantee how effective it will be.

These small countries did not do nothing during the more than a year before the war began.

The country's regular army may not dare to move without permission. However, young people in the country, as well as some adventurers, as long as they were willing, joined the original Southern Front of the Suritan Empire early and suffered a big loss.

If it weren't for the big river, I'm afraid that during the great retreat, the allied forces of demons and orcs would expand the battlefield to their doorstep.

Now the demon coalition forces are blocked by the defense line led by the Gwana Empire on the Wind Emperor Mountains. Then it is only reasonable for them to try to find a breakthrough in other directions.

In this case, the big river can no longer be regarded as a natural danger that cannot be broken through. And can those small countries that have lost strength before take up the important task of blocking the demon alliance after a short period of recuperation? It can be said that no one is optimistic about it.