Chapter 3713 The Old Duke’s Plan

On the blue planet, the most essential difference between nuclear-armed countries and non-nuclear-weapon countries is not the presence or absence of nuclear weapons, but the presence or absence of nuclear deterrence.

Even non-nuclear countries can still occupy a place in the world by declaring themselves to be nuclear countries and expressing deterrence to their surroundings from time to time.

This is called nuclear deterrence.

By analogy, on the battlefield of the national war in Zephyr Continent, the presence of the army, especially the army watching eagerly, is also equivalent to nuclear deterrence.

As long as you dare to move, I dare to move.

The difference is that this situation is not always valid in different countries.

If there are two countries that are evenly matched, such as Ai Rui City and York City, this strategy is effective.

And if the strength of the two countries is very different, this method will be ineffective.

For example, today's Airey City and Wychburgh.

Although Darsay City is much stronger than Fort Vicky in terms of strength, it has not yet reached the point where it can easily defeat Airey City and surrender. But Fort Wych has this ability.

Therefore, the Dashay City army did not have any advantage over the Fort Vicky army, and it could not constitute a sufficient deterrent.

Therefore, if Fort Vicky is really determined to join the war, the army in Dashay City will not be able to sustain it for a few rounds and will be completely wiped out.

Yes, not defeated, but completely annihilated.

Perhaps the number of the Fort Vicky army would be smaller than that of Dasha City, but it would not be difficult to destroy this blocking army from Dasha City.

This is what Master Dewey told me when I was chatting with him.

But out of humanitarianism and to maintain balance, he would not take action easily.

I asked Master Dewey, does the garrison in Dashai City consume a lot of money on a daily basis?

Master Dewey said it was not small, but still within the acceptable range.

I really want to say that you, old man, are so humble. Based on the current national strength foundation of Fort Vicky, not to mention an army, even a hundred and eighty armies, the expenses for a few years and more than ten years are more than enough.

If calculated based on the reserves of the royal treasury, Fort Vicky is far inferior to Moonlight City. After all, the royal family of Moonlight City were once the rulers of Zephyr Continent. Although they were later overthrown and the royal treasury was plundered, before that, there were They quietly moved a lot of money to unknown places, and after settling down, they secretly moved the treasures to Moonlight City.

To be honest, the wealth of Moonlight City is not just accumulated by several generations, or even dozens of generations. It is the result of the joint efforts of hundreds of generations, or even hundreds of generations.

Although in terms of royal wealth, Fort Vicky is not as good as Moonlight City, in terms of national wealth, the heritage of Fort Vicky is on par with Moonlight City.

Moonlight City mainly relies on the forestry industry to make profits, while Fort Witch relies on the ore and ore extension industry to make profits.

Some people may ask, how does the ore industry compare with the forestry industry? The latter is a renewable resource, but the former is a non-renewable resource. Once it is dug out, won't it be time for Vitchburg to find another way to make a living?

In fact, this is not the case. The ore industry of Fort Vicky and the forestry industry of Moonlight City are renewable resources. Although the regeneration speed is not as fast as the forestry, it can still meet the demand.

The country has money, and unlike Moonlight City, which needs to divide part of the money and distribute it to its people, then Fort Vicky has another way to choose, and that is war.

Almost every year, Fort Vicky allocates part of its funds for war reserves, and this part of the war reserve funds is stored in the treasury and is not allowed to be withdrawn for use except in years of famine.

Because of this, Fort Vicky's war funds can be said to be extremely generous.

Therefore, once a war breaks out, Fort Vicky can fight to the death with the armies of other countries without any scruples.

Because the funds for the war are abundant, not only that, but the pensions are also very large, which can at least satisfy several generations of people.

However, the top management of Fort Vicky would not be so reckless and would not gamble with the lives of several generations. After all, adventurers are the capital of everything. Once there is a fault among the adventurers, it will definitely shake the foundation of the country.

Shaking the foundation for the sake of fighting is simply not worth the gain.

Then I asked Master Dewey, when do you plan to participate in the National War?

Master Dewey told me that he would have to take another look at the situation.

Although the current ruler of Dasay City, the old Duke, is unethical, the battlefield situation in the national war is still in a state of balance. As long as the balance is not completely broken, he will not let the army attack rashly.

In other words, once the balance is broken, Master Dewey will take action to restore the balance of the war scale.

Look, this is the style of a powerful country.

But having said that, one reason is also because countries are tired of war.

After all, once humans lack interest in something, it will lead to a negative attitude and lazy behavior. In short, all kinds of negative emotions will multiply.

At this time, even if we encounter an army that is ten times or even a hundred times smaller than our own, but has high morale and sufficient energy, and the strength of the army is much stronger than our own, then this war will not need to be repeated. After fighting, just surrender.

Obviously, in this national war, the army of Wychburg played such a role.

I asked Master Dewey, did the old Duke not know this, so Zeng Bing tried so hard to try to influence the scale of the war with his personal power?

Master Dewey said that the old Duke must know about this, but because he knew about my relationship with Master Dewey and contacted him and me, he felt that even if his army was defeated, Fort Vicky might not send troops to help him. Rather than relying on others, it is better to rely on yourself, so I decided to use my own strength to control the scale of the war.

But relying on one's own strength to control the scale of the war, one thing still needs to be done, that is, not to be too radical, because being too radical will make all countries resentful of Dashai City.

Not only that, but it would also make the old Duke a public enemy.

Not the public enemy of Dashai City, but the public enemy of the entire Zephyr Continent.

The old Duke was not stupid and would definitely not push himself into that position. Therefore, he adopted a milder but definitely unfriendly war strategy - slowly increasing troops.

Only by doing this, even if the worst plan fails, he and his family will not be able to survive in Dashai City at most, but they can move to other towns and continue to thrive.

Of course, there is no need to think about becoming an official, not even a noble. After all, no country will allow a traitor to become a noble, especially a traitor from a foreign race.