Section 2177: Efforts Outside the Battlefield

The people of the two empires were going to be angry at this time. They never thought that such a thing would happen. They knew that the people from Cao's House would definitely stop them, but they didn't expect that the people from Cao's House would try so hard to stop them. In fact, the people in the Cao's House of Commerce have also seen clearly that the two empires will definitely not turn against themselves because of such a small matter. Of course, this is just a gamble. It's a very dangerous thing, but the people of Cao's House are obviously going to bet on this thing. How they bet this time depends on what the people of the two empires think. There are several people in the two empires. They have been bullied by the people of Cao’s House of Commerce every time. It’s okay for them to cooperate with Cao’s House of Commerce. There has never been such a thing in their country, but the people of Cao’s House of Business are not giving them face too much. It's only been a while, and everyone has to fight against them, especially when it comes to the affairs of the Southern Empire. The Southern Empire is not very useful now. If you don't bite off a piece of meat from the Southern Empire at this time Come on, I am sorry for the people of the Southern Empire. They all had wars in the past. In history, these three empires would often go to war. Even Li has been fighting frequently in the past few years. Yes, it’s just not on a large scale. Each time it’s in the millions. If there are more wars like this, it’s just a few county towns and at most a few county governors. If the two empires are united this time , the plan is definitely not as simple as a few counties, it is estimated that several provinces are possible. Therefore, the people of Cao’s House of Commerce will not let them succeed. Once a huge empire appears, Cao’s House of Business will have no good fruit to eat, and they may be solved by them in the end. Many wars in the world are the same. It is estimated that China was like this back then. If you wake up, you will die.

The Third Army soon sent a report to the headquarters. The headquarters is very supportive of their current strategy, but they also mentioned the threat in it, and they must not be allowed to fight. The Imperial Intelligence Department of the Southern Empire has already said so. We will try our best to let the high-level people of the Southern Empire quickly issue orders and let them cooperate with the army of Cao's House. After all, these twenty or so divisions are not of much use if they cooperate with the army of the Southern Empire. That's a completely different situation. It is hoped that the generals of the Southern Empire can unite the forces that they can unite. The situation is quite different now from the previous situation. In the past, the economy of the Southern Empire was stronger than that of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire, but it is a pity now. The Southern Empire is already a leg, and it is no longer as good as one of the two great empires, not to mention that the two of them are united. I don’t know how much they can get away from you when they unite. You have to see such a thing. Yes, although the people from Cao's House are the culprit of this matter, we are here to help you now. If you don't even understand this, you deserve to lose your land in the Southern Empire. The third army in the middle of the battle in the sky can be seen very clearly. It can be seen from their offense and defense. Although the army of the Southern Empire is brave, their weapons are really a little bit It's not good, their troops are all coming down from the front line, these weapons came without maintenance at all, you can see it when they are fighting with the soldiers of the Northern Empire, they Some of the knives and swords here are really broken, all because there is no maintenance after the battle. If your knives are broken and others are intact, then you must be the one who will die next.

The generals of the Southern Empire also saw the issue of weapons,

But they have no other way. The higher-ups always say that there is no money, and tell them that there will be no war in the northern border area. Now that the war is really coming, the things they said have not happened at all. , This kind of thing makes them depressed to death, there is no direct news sent to the capital, no matter whether it is the Ministry of War or the Taiwei, there is no news, and they don't know what those people in the capital are doing. Even if your political struggle is really that important, the land left to you by your ancestors is not important? The Southern Empire is located in the southern area of ​​the Warcraft Mountains, and the place where it meets the Warcraft Mountains is also very precious, although At a certain time, the beast tide in the Warcraft Mountains will bring great danger to people, but having said that, it can bring a lot of wealth in normal times. If the two major empires in the northwest directly take this If more than a dozen provinces give the pattern, then there will be no things inside the Warcraft Mountains in the Southern Empire. At that time, it will be too late for them to want these things, and they need to go to the other two empires. If you go to buy it, there will be an extra layer of tax, and all prices will rise accordingly. This is definitely not a good thing. At that time, the high-level officials of the Southern Empire will probably start to worry one by one, but that There is no such thing as regret medicine for sale at the time, even if you are in a hurry, what is the use? One by one, the teacher had to buy it from others, and the generals on the front line were all anxious to die. Although they all wanted to cooperate with the people from Cao's House, the anger in their hearts was still not smooth after all. Besides, the people from Cao's House have put up such a formation, are they going to join forces with us?

In the headquarters of the Third Army, today's battle is over. Commander Wu Cai brought a large number of military officers and some staff officers to study their battle situation today. Both the Western Empire and the Northern Empire sent out three hundred Wan's army has the same composition, with over a million cavalry, and the rest are infantry and archers. Among the cavalry, there are more pikemen. It seems that their battle today is a test. There will definitely be a full-scale attack tomorrow. The spies have already said that a large number of troops in the Western Empire have already paid their salaries. The one who found the soldiers' salaries saw the silver. The aggressiveness of these fighters is also different from the usual time. Everyone likes this thing. If you haven’t paid their salary when you are about to die, who will work with you? According to the scouts from Cao’s House, the scale of the battle tomorrow should exceed 10 million. Today, the attackers have 6 million troops, and the defenders have 3 million troops. It’s not tens of millions. , Such a battle can control the situation for the army of Cao's firm. At that time, a cannonball can basically solve this problem. But tomorrow's ten-million-level me may not have that ability. If I intercept the ten-million-level battle at the beginning, it will be no problem, but I missed the opportunity, and when they start the melee, I can only have one. There is a way. That's the stupidest way too. That is to attack the place where they fought the most. But that would offend people on both sides. In the end, they might join forces to deal with themselves. I would never do such a thing.

"Commander. Today some of our officers have basically mastered the offensive methods of their two empires. If we continue to observe tomorrow, I think this will be a bit bad. If it weren't for the whole battle today If there is a certain degree of tentativeness, I guess that the defense lines of the Southern Empire may be broken by them. The lack of weapons in the Southern Empire's army is indeed a big gap. They are no longer on the battlefield. According to the information we have received, they basically know what happened in the capital of the Southern Empire. Let me tell you, these high-level officials are simply looking for trouble. It’s not good when something happens. If something happens at this time, it can be said that the soldiers of the Southern Empire don’t know who they are fighting for at this time, and there is one more thing. They have not been paid for seven months. The soldiers are still in the capital, and it is said that they have not received letters from home for a long time. Some of the secret operations of the Western Empire have been mixed in, and some people even believe what they said about the massacre in the capital, although It is the officers of the Southern Empire who are looking for the news. It is estimated that the effect is not very great. Such rumors are spreading very quickly. We must help them tomorrow. Otherwise, if the defense line here If they are broken through, they don’t have any defensive line.” The chief of staff of the Third Army also came from the earth, and Li Cong asked them to come here to study, that is, he hoped that they could learn from the actual situation on this planet. Some of the military knowledge they have learned is combined. In the future, they will all need to be instructors in military academies. As for making meritorious service on the front line, it is impossible. They are all very precious.

"You're right. I also discovered today that many soldiers from the Southern Empire don't have the slightest thought of defending their homes and the country at this time. They can't be considered soldiers any more. They all seem to be walking dead. It's the same, the reasons you mentioned are also there. If I sacrificed my life in front and lost my life, those emperors would not care about themselves. My family members don't know what's going on. Such an army would have They just experienced one failure, and now they think that they cannot be their opponents. What many people think is that they have just been defeated by the people of Cao's House of Firms, and they are a little bit embarrassed on the battlefield. Seeing that their weapons are not as good as the people over there, they must have their own ideas in their hearts. It is normal to have ideas, but if this idea delays the opportunity to fight, it is not a good thing It’s over, let’s not talk about them, let’s talk about our own affairs.” The commander also sighed for a while, if this kind of army hadn’t been explained by his superiors, he really didn’t want to help them, and he bullied himself When the country came up, I didn't know how to defend my home and country, and I was thinking about internal turmoil every day. Even if such an army helped them once, it would be impossible to defend their country in the future. This is what everyone has to face That's true, but both the commander and the chief of staff are also clear that the whole matter is not up to the two of them to decide, and everything must be decided by the higher authorities. They are not small in front of these soldiers. They are officials, but in fact they are nothing, and they can be regarded as a little guy from the perspective of the above. Don't think that the two of them belong to very powerful guys, and the knights are nothing like that at all.

"Tomorrow I am going to make some changes to some things on the battlefield. The first is the position of our artillery. Now our artillery is in the innermost part of our barracks. There must be some problems with the range, so we will start tomorrow At that time, prepare the infantry defense at the outermost place, and then pull all the artillery over to me. This is a deterrent to them, and in the morning, they have to conduct drills, before their war starts. .Our drill is about to begin. All the artillery must fire more than five shells and attack one place in a concentrated manner, so that they can all see our abilities. Although they all know our abilities clearly. It's a completely different thing in my heart. It's just to let them understand. We're not just here to watch them, we also have our own abilities. If any of them feel uncomfortable, we can also advance Give them a try. The airship also has to go up and drop bombs in two rounds. Don’t think that we are wasting our bombs. It may be because of this reason that they all understand our capabilities and let them all know. It's not that simple. Everything has to be done very realistically. We won't be able to intervene in their battle tomorrow. If we get involved in a battle of tens of millions of levels, it will be a huge disaster for us. So tomorrow What we have to do is deterrence, and let our herald go over and tell their people, to control, let them figure it out by themselves." The commander said with a smile, these guys also need to think about it We have lost our minds, so who told you not to do it?

"Your Excellency, Commander, your strategy is fine, but what if the people of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire ignore our warning? Shouldn't we also prepare with both hands? My soldiers have all participated in the last battle In the battle of the Southern Empire, they are very vertical in this way of fighting. Although we do not have strong fortifications now, if they really get involved, they will not be our opponents. I am convinced, I wonder if the headquarters has such a plan for them not to stop us?" It was a division commander who was talking, this guy was promoted from a regiment commander to a division commander during the battle against the Southern Empire, and the army under him They are very good at defense. Their people used less than 3,000 people on the battlefield of the Southern Empire to contain more than 500,000 people in the Southern Empire. In the end, they wiped out more than half of them, and their side is only Less than 500 people were killed in battle, and other armies can basically reach this number, but the brothers who died in battle can't reach it, and many people will definitely die. He was also appointed by Li Cong to come here this time. I hope this The guy can learn more, the commander and the chief of staff both took a look at this kid, this is a good question, what you are talking about now is that people are afraid of your cannon, but if they are not afraid of your cannon , This must have an emergency plan, if not, how much loss on my side is a trivial matter, the most important thing is whether there is any loss on the senior management of Cao's Commercial Bank.

"Mr. Zhou said it very well. We must also have such an emergency plan. To be honest, our headquarters has already formulated this thing, and more than a dozen staff officers have rehearsed it many times. It should not be What's the problem, but this question was raised by Mr. Zhou, I believe Mr. Zhou should have his own plan, why don't you talk about how to deal with this matter, Mr. Zhou, how about it?" When this guy raised it, he I must have my own ideas in my heart, but I just have a general idea, absolutely not so detailed. Now that I hear the commander of the army group asking me, I can't say that I don't know, so I will lose face Where has he gone? The most important thing for a soldier is not his own face, but his own thoughts. If he shows his incompetence and wears it back, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people in his division will think that they are following an idiot. It's not a good thing for anyone. All these people feel depressed to death, but there are also many people who want to see the joke of Mr. Zhou. He is the number one in the army. A person who was directly promoted to division commander from regiment leader, and this was personally ordered by Li Cong. If such a person does not have any real skills, it is estimated that other people will not be convinced. Many people in the knight also said that at the beginning If his army was in that place at the time, the defense would not necessarily be worse than the guy in front of him. It's just that I didn't catch up with that good time. If I catch up, I'm sure it will be much better than what he did. Everyone who saw here looked at me, and this teacher who was only twenty-five years old also She blushed a little, but then she spoke out the plan in her heart.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I have a little opinion of my own. If it is not good, I hope you and the seniors can point out my shortcomings." When the guy finished speaking and saw the commander nodding, he picked up the The leader walked to the map on the wall, and the others followed him. Listening to this guy say, "The biggest advantage between our army and the enemy's army is our long-range strike equipment. In addition to artillery, our super chain crossbow is also very useful. As long as we can use it properly, we can occupy a huge At present, there are four commanding heights around here. We are currently trapped in the central position. They each occupy two commanding heights, one in the hands of the Western Empire and one in the hands of the Northern Empire. Two are in the hands of the Southern Empire. I guess they will start the battle tomorrow morning to occupy these commanding heights. It is definitely impossible for the people of the Southern Empire to hold these two commanding heights, so my plan is to use artillery immediately when we need to respond. Occupying these two commanding heights, that is, these two in the hands of the Southern Empire, if we can get a certain contact with the army of the Southern Empire, we can also directly send our troops to them. Our troops are very beneficial to our defense. They They are not fools, if this is the case, we can definitely seize the initiative of the entire battlefield." After hearing what he said, everyone focused their eyes on the two commanding heights this guy said, indeed, just told him The same as above, the two of the four commanding heights here are the most important in the hands of the Southern Empire. As long as they can be used relatively well, there will definitely be a starting point for them to rule the entire battlefield. I believe these people are not fools. They'll all know what they're doing.

"What you said is very good. Our plan also includes a plan to occupy these two commanding heights. Tomorrow, the 114th Division, which is your army, Commander Zhou, will quickly attack the enemy while we dissuade the enemy from listening. Take action, I can allocate half of the artillery and ten airships to you, they are used to provide fire support to you, you must lead your own army to take these two commanding heights in the shortest time, is there any problem?" Commander The official looked at these two commanding heights and said, in the whole plan, these two commanding heights are also the two most important points. The 114th Division can be said to be the most elite division among them, especially the extra teaching staff in them. The regiment, the combat effectiveness is very amazing, the most suitable for this kind of tough battle, Master Zhou looked at the people around him, and he also knew how his commander got here. In the army of Cao's House, your previous things can only be It represents your past and what you are like now. Everyone should take a look at it slowly to see if you can support yourself now. If you don't have that ability, they probably won't take a second look at you. It is also the reason why these people are still like this now. They are not fools, and they all hope to see what kind of situation the powerful teacher at the headquarters can use to gain a foothold on the front line and give them these things. Teachers, just take a look.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please rest assured that all the officers and soldiers of the 114th Division must complete the mission. As long as Your Excellency Commander tells us to hold on, we will be fixed there like nails." The guys were infected, and they all stood up neatly to fight well. For them, these things are a bit embarrassing now, but they have taken the lead in doing that. If they don’t do it themselves, wouldn’t they say that they Is it not as good as others? We are all soldiers. Why can’t we do what others can do? The rest of the things are not too important. As long as we occupy these two commanding heights and have artillery, condescending, No matter what kind of people they look like, it is impossible for these people below to escape. They will die in the artillery fire one by one at the end. It can be said that there should be no problem with this plan, but the people here basically ignore one thing. The biggest problem is the determination of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. If they just come here to see if there is anything they can eat like last time, they may be frightened by this plan. Even they went back without doing anything, but if they want to do what they want to do here, you must know that the greatest thing in an empire is their will, and the things they decide will not be changed. These people If they decide to stay here, they will never leave here in the future. In that case, all the troops will come up, what can the Third Army do? Maybe nothing can be done. In the end, the Third Army can only just get out of the way. Of course. It would be great if they could still run out at that time, if they can't, it can only be their own bad luck.

At this time, the high-level leaders of the Northern Empire and the Western Empire are also discussing this matter. They already feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. None of them wanted to lose this opportunity. If you miss this opportunity in front of you. This opportunity will be gone in the future, they can all see the weakness of the Southern Empire, and at the same time they are very envious of the strength of the Eastern Empire. Looking at the East Empire, although they showed their weaknesses in the battle with Cao's House, they recovered very quickly. What is the reason? This is because of their land or population. If we also have such a large land and population, we will get up quickly, and the confrontation with Cao's business is weaker in their eyes than before. Quite a lot. In the past, they would not have thought about this at all, because they all thought that the current matter was not so simple. If they really did that, they would all die in the end. The subjugated country, so now they have to strengthen themselves. They usually laugh at the Southern Empire, because they feel that the Southern Empire can't even beat the people of the Cao Family Firm, just a firm. , You can’t even handle such things, what are you talking about the four great empires, but now they also understand one thing, if it was not the Southern Empire who fought against the people of Cao’s House of Commerce, but them, they would not be the same now. Opponents of the Cao’s Commercial Bank will also sign a series of treaties with the people of the Cao’s Commercial Bank, and will also cede land to the people of the Cao’s Commercial Bank to pay compensation, accepting this kind of unfairness, so they must Just get everything done.

In dealing with this matter, the Western Empire and the Northern Empire also have differences. Of course, this all depends on some of their own matters. Take the Northern Empire as an example. In the past, the Cao Family Firm was located in the North. The empire started, and Li Cong's wives belonged to the little princesses of the Northern Empire, so people in the Northern Empire have to consider more things when doing things. Of course, these are secondary, and the most important thing is the Cao family. The commercial bank has already grasped the economic lifeline of the Northern Empire. If Cao's Commercial Bank is a little uncomfortable, it is estimated that the entire Northern Empire will be affected, so they feel that it is better to be honest with Cao's Commercial Bank. Speaking of which, the relationship between the people of Cao's House of Commerce and the Western Empire is also good. It is mainly because of Prince Zheng, the ruler of the Western Empire, that it is what it is now, but now Prince Zheng is no longer the ruler of the Western Empire. I have already gone out to travel around the world. Such people are not uncommon. They are all willing to go out and live their own lives. As for some things inside the empire, they don’t care about it. The most important thing is to improve their own power , I don't care much about other things, besides, because Wu Zuoxi is the most powerful among the first-class managers of Cao's House, and the relationship between this guy and the Western Empire can be said to have reached the level of daggers. Everyone in the Western Empire also hated this guy very much. It is precisely because of this reason that this guy was very depressed before and after, which led to the relationship between the two parties not being very good. It made Cao's House feel their threat, so the relationship between the two parties can be said to have dropped to a low point.

The negotiation between Cao's House and the Northern Empire is very good, mainly because they are relatives after all. Li Cong's wife is the princess of the Northern Empire. Speaking of which, Li Cong is also the son-in-law of the Northern Empire. It is not a good idea to persuade the Northern Empire to retreat For those who have not paid, just like now, Li Cong will provide the people of the Northern Empire with about 300,000 serial crossbows, 30 million crossbow bolts, and 200,000 grenades, because they don't know what the Northern Empire is holding these things As long as he doesn't use these things, it will definitely bring a threat to the people of Cao's house, so the number must not be too many, and the other is to lend money to the Northern Empire so that they can also form their own navy. Some of the decommissioned cargo ships of Cao’s House can also be sold to them. About 5,000 decommissioned cargo ships of Cao’s House have all had their engines removed and given to the Northern Empire. It’s not impossible for them to want to imitate such a huge ship. It’s possible, but it will take at least five years. It’s hard to say what will happen at sea five years later. The reason why Li Cong did this is to allow himself to have an ally on the mainland. The relationship between the emperor and the ministers and the Cao's firm is still good, at least there is nothing that can make them all conflict, since there is no such conflict of interest. Then it would be a good thing to join forces. They all knew about such things, so the Cao's Commercial Bank lent 300 billion silver to the Northern Empire so that the Northern Empire could form their navy, and the naval officers of the Cao's Commercial Bank used to serve as instructors for them. Of course, it is enough to teach them some superficial things. As for other things, I can only say sorry to you. We won't teach you all.

In addition to the first time, Cao's firm also ordered a lot of things in the Northern Empire. For example, some civilian products used in their army were ordered in the Northern Empire. These things cost about 50 billion silver in total. It would be good if all these things were made to order on the earth, but if they are made on the earth, they will be made. There is no good other than a little economic benefit. Now there are still political interests here. The 50 billion silver can at least stimulate several economic growth points for the Northern Empire, and at least let hundreds of millions of people in the Northern Empire have no worries about food and drink for a year. In order to get the order form from Cao's House, the merchants jumped up and down one by one, hoping that this thing can be confirmed quickly. The army on the front line of the Northern Empire has already said that, Just to meet the occasion, the Third Group Army has occupied the commanding heights of the North Empire without bloodshed. If we don't give them some benefits at this moment, we will feel a little bit hard in our hearts, because of this The matter, the Cao’s House of Commerce decided to hand over all these things to the Northern Empire, and there are other things, such as some meat in the army. The Cao’s House of Commerce can provide food for the army by itself, but everyone knows that this Meat is also very important. Cao’s House now has about 4 billion troops, and each person needs at least 300 grams of meat every day. It needs more than one billion kilograms of meat every day. This also needs to be given to the Northern Empire. Purchased for 100 Wen per kilogram, this day is 1200 Wen ago, and more than 100 million silver per day. Of course, there may be more. For the Northern Empire, this is not a small amount. of things.

It is good to negotiate with the Northern Empire, but it is not so easy to negotiate with the Western Empire. The Western Empire already knows the benefits that the people from Cao's House of Commerce have given to the Northern Empire. You will give in easily. You have given so many benefits to the Northern Empire, but we have nothing. What should we do about this matter? Are we going to leave after listening to you? In the end, we didn't get anything. There's no such reason, isn't it? Whoever it is, will feel unhappy in their hearts. There is nothing they can do about such a thing in front of them. The purchases of Cao's Commercial Bank can only be a little bit, and they can't continue to purchase. Just like those meats, what’s the use of buying too much, there is no such thing as a refrigerator in this era, if you buy too much, it will only be broken, and there are not many troops stationed in the Western Empire, it can only be It is enough for the garrison to adopt a little. The people in the Western Empire are very dissatisfied with this reply from the Cao's House of Commerce, so they politely let the people from the Cao's House of Trade come out. In the morning of the next day, they were ready to launch an attack according to the original plan, but to their dismay, the people from the Northern Empire actually retreated. People from a business firm, this fucking disrespectful thing, when they talk about people from the Northern Empire, knights should also think about their own, if your people have received so many good things Well, it is estimated that none of you will care about the life and death of the people of the Northern Empire. You may run faster than others, but our benefits are only so small.

The army of the Southern Empire received this news when they got up in the morning. They are not fools. Of course they know how much effort the people of Cao’s House of Commerce have put in in one night. Their barracks are already about to be breached by others, and they will never wait until this time. Their patrol team of about 1,000 people went to investigate near the commanding heights of the original Northern Empire. They saw that the people above were already I changed to someone from Cao's House, and I understood what was going on. It turned out that the army of the Northern Empire had already left, and then they sent several such patrols of 1,000 people to go deep into the Northern Empire. Go and have a look, and the result when they came back told them that the army of the Northern Empire had already retreated within their borders, and there were no people here at all. This is good news, but there is also a person who does not The good news is that the army of the Western Empire has already assembled. There are about tens of millions of troops ready for battle. The matter was also very surprising to them. Why did the people from Cao's House trade only with people from the Northern Empire? Why didn't the people from the Western Empire discuss it? Although they didn't understand what was going on here, the people from Cao's House saved one of them. A few generals took their generals' autographs to the headquarters of the Third Army, showing their friendship, and also said that this matter is our fault, and we will get along in harmony in the future. They are here to help us. If we still regard everyone as an enemy, wouldn’t we be able to distinguish between black and white? Such a thing must never happen to us Southern Empire people. (To be continued..)