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Chapter 2088 The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop
  Chengying didn't want to get involved in the disputes on the mainland at this time, but it didn't mean that he didn't want external things to bother him. In the process of his development, the empire's struggle for hegemony also entered a fever pitch. A fierce rivalry had begun between the Rollin and Augustus families.

And the scope of competition has been expanded to the entire world scene. Now both of them have entered the finals. The troops of other nobles on the periphery need to surround them. At this time, they need to stand in line and choose one side. After joining, they must besiege the city of the other side. At the same time, after joining one camp and another A camp becomes a hostile party. If they meet each other, they will start a war with each other.

And this means that hatred has gradually subsided in these wars. The two cities that originally had no hatred for each other and did not need to fight to the death will also become enemies in such challenges. both sides.

Of course, there are also some relatively independent cities. They are all small cities and have little autonomy. If big cities are at war with each other, they even need to pass directly through them. That is to say, enter their city openly and then take a shortcut through their portal.

People in these small cities must cooperate with them. If they don't cooperate, they will directly attack their city, and then they won't even be able to retain this little bit of foundation.

On a certain level, they can survive simply because those powerful princes do not want to waste their troops on them when they are fighting for dominance. If they waste their troops on them and fight their real opponents, it will happen. May be at a disadvantage.

Considering their own gains and losses, they can only save these small cities, but that's all. It is impossible to gain any sovereignty in this process.

Even these big cities will send guards. Specially guarding the interior of the small city, preventing them from suddenly rebelling and cutting off their own logistics after letting them pass.

Although the situation faced by the princes in these small cities was miserable, they often did not dare to resist at all. Many princes who were able to obtain a noble title in the future had to humbly give it up in this way.

The victorious party thought that if they had helped them in the first place, they would entrust the small city where they were located.

Small cities that are generally used as roads. They are also remote cities, the type that are not particularly powerful. Even if the city is captured here, it has no important strategic value. The real role is to bypass the blockade from here when the strategic hub is completely blocked. After the real strategic location is captured, A small place like this is of little value.

The city where Cheng Ying is now located is also considered to be such an insignificant small city. Originally it was so remote that even if someone wanted to borrow a road, they wouldn't come to them. But there is no way. If an important strategic location is completely blocked, it will be a long detour. Sometimes you have to get through to them.

After all, their portal connects two different continents. That is, trying to cross over on land. It is necessary to cross the ocean by boat. Faced with this situation, even the attacking party with a distance of more than 500 miles can only choose to go from their side.

The Wilder family faces such a problem. They were now loyal allies of the House of Augustus. He was ordered to attack the Luo Lin family's remote city, which was the isolated one among the four cities.

Just head to the strategic location there. They have all been blocked by the Luo Lin family's allies. In this case, unless we attack those cities or knock them down, we will have no way to reach our destination.

The commander of the Wilder family looked at the map that had been drawn so far, and pointed the tip of his pen hard on the remote city.

They called this city Wasteland City, which meant that it was built on an extremely remote wilderness that no one wanted to go to.

"If we want to attack Luo Lin's rear, we can only pass through Wasteland City. It is impossible for us to attack the castle run by the Lister family.

Not to mention that we are not more powerful than their family. Even if it is stronger, engineering requires much more power than defense. Even if gunpowder weapons now make the city's offense and defense more difficult than before, the difficulty of different attacks may be reduced to a considerable extent. It’s not something we can defeat now. Even if we can defeat it, how much strength do we have to organize subsequent attacks? "

The staff officer couldn't help but frowned, not quite agreeing with this opinion: "Theoretically, we can indeed take a detour. But we have to cross at least five hundred miles of wasteland. It is too difficult to supply supplies across such a long distance. At a long distance, transporting food for one person requires eating three people's food on the way. Otherwise, even if we can get close to the city, the logistical pressure we face will make it impossible for us to besiege the city. They don't even need to send troops to support, they only need to be inside the city. Center the defense and wait until our logistics can’t sustain it.”

The commander shook his head: "You don't settle the accounts like this, and our logistics supplies don't necessarily come from ourselves. Although Wasteland City is remote, it also has its advantages. In such a remote place, no one can compete with them. , under their own circumstances, with less people and more land, they must have been able to have a good harvest of food over the years. They have abundant supplies, but they are alone. When our army is pressing down, they will inevitably have no choice but to open the city gate and let us Pass through it, and now that we have entered the city, we must dominate the city.

Then we can directly ask them to provide us with logistics. If we cross directly from here to the other side, although there are still five hundred miles before we can approach the next transfer point and finally be able to approach our goal, with the food reserves of Wasteland City, Definitely enough to supply us.

As for their unwillingness, I have also considered it. After entering the city, we only need to leave one force stationed inside the city. Guarding both sides of the portal prevented the troops on both sides of the wilderness from taking care of each other. Then you can easily control the city with a small number of troops.

In addition, we can also find relatives and friends of the city lord. Imprison and control them. If the city lord of Wasteland City doesn't listen to us, he can threaten the lives of his relatives and friends. If we win this war, everything can be made up for. In the future, if certain compensation is given to the city lord of Wasteland City, the relationship can be eased.

We can even ignore the issue of easing relations at all. As long as we are strong enough, Wasteland City can only choose to surrender.

If we win this battle, the Lister family will be surrounded by us on both sides. We can surround it at the same time in the cities on both sides of it. Such an encirclement and suppression will not take long before they will have no choice but to surrender.

As long as they can occupy the city where they are located, Wasteland City will not be a major transportation artery in the future. Do we still need to care about what they think then? "

Everyone immediately discovered that this plan was indeed very feasible, and they all agreed. So what if a small city in a remote area like this bullies them? They can't find a second city, so what's the chance of fighting back? After the plan was formulated, the army immediately set off in the direction of Wasteland City. Along the way, they passed a city where they borrowed their teleportation channel. The local city lord did not dare to say a word, so he could only open the city gate and let tens of thousands of troops pass. After all, the portals leading to the vicinity of Wasteland City were also relatively remote types, and there was no possibility of expansion around them.

However, the city lord still kindly reminded: "You may not know much about the situation in Garden City. You must be careful when passing by and be as polite as possible to the city lord.

The development of this city in the wasteland is much better than you think. Although the number of main cities has not increased, there is only one, but the population is already very large, although I have not counted it. At least it is certainly much more populous than my city. "

The commander-in-chief made no comment on such a suggestion. The population on the side of Wasteland City he wanted to come to was larger. It's a normal thing. After all, the area over there is so large. With such a large area, the refugees gathered in the wasteland are already a large population if they are collected into the city.

But he didn't know that the city lord here didn't dare to say more to him because of his majesty. In fact, the actual situation is even more serious. The prosperity and plurality of Wasteland City are far beyond their imagination, and it is even difficult for them to describe what kind of city it is. However, the opponent is too strong now, and it is inconvenient to say more. Wait for them After arriving at a place, you can naturally see the situation there.

The head coach of the Wilder family. Leading 50,000 cavalry, galloping in the wilderness, the smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves are like a sandstorm in nature, and the scene of blocking the sky and the sun is like the end of this era. There are very few legions that can block such an existence, and they are almost invincible in a field battle.

However, what they are facing is also something unprecedented in this era. As the cavalry advanced, a city could be seen far ahead, although there was no city wall. But the scale is not small at all. It was built near a mountain peak, and there are a large number of busy residents living in the city. Judging from the thick smoke coming out of the city, it should be a junction of coal mines and iron mines.

A large amount of coal and iron ore are transported here to be made into steel.

The commander-in-chief of the Wilder family had seen similar workshops before, so he wasn't too surprised. It wasn't until he got closer and discovered the scale of the workshop here that he couldn't help but sigh. The lord here did have a certain skill in the management of the territory. Various means.

"It seems that the territory here is indeed very good at smelting metals. Maybe there were famous families in the previous empire. In that case, things would be easier to handle. In addition to food, we can even ask them to provide us with certain weapons. ." The army marched straight in, heading towards the mining city.

The mining city is just a city without walls, and there are not many soldiers stationed there. Most of them are just stationed here for defense and maintaining law and order.

Faced with such a large number of troops, the city lord of this mining city did not intend to make any defensive moves. After all, the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves was too great, and resistance would only lead to death.

This made the commander of the Wilder family even more contemptuous of the military strength of this territory, which had such a powerful ability to smelt steel. Not many actually, train some soldiers. It would be a waste to leave this technology to them.

If he had such skills, all the cavalry on hand would have to be replaced by heavy cavalry, and then he would be invincible on the mainland. Even the Luo Lin family would not be able to compete with them in a head-on challenge.

But these are things for the future. The commander rode on his horse and announced to the city lord: "Tell your lords. The Wilder family's army will borrow your city's portal. Open the city gate and don't resist. Otherwise, , I think your city lord knows the consequences."

The commander-in-chief didn't even get off his horse, which was quite arrogant. However, the lord of this mining city could only be regarded as a minor figure in the entire territory, so he could only swallow his anger at this time.

"I will convey your request as soon as possible." After saying that, he came to the telegraph room and reported the news that the Wilder family's army had entered the territory.

Cheng Ying didn't expect someone to enter his territory so soon. This is different from the previous plan. It is still a bit early to show your trump card at this time, but it is impossible to let them pass directly.

How much wealth has been accumulated in your territory? As long as you are not blind, you can see. Seeing so much wealth, it is impossible for the other party not to be greedy. If you open the city gate, the other party will definitely use this excuse to completely occupy the hub city. Never underestimate the greed of the enemy. .

Chengying thought about it briefly. We have already made a decision that this kind of existence cannot be allowed to go unchecked. Letting them go will allow them to continue to be arrogant.

Faced with the situation at hand, the best way is to wipe out this entire army. It is best not to let anyone escape. In this way, the Wilder family will completely decline. As for the other families who didn't escape alive, they probably won't get too detailed information, so they can still develop with peace of mind for a while.

The best way to completely annihilate the enemy is to let the enemy penetrate deep into the core area first. If the enemy takes the initiative to attack, even if the opponent escapes, they will not be able to escape the coverage of the territory. In the end, almost all deserters will be caught. return.

On a certain level, this is actually an opportunity. The territory always lacks population. The more the industry develops, the more people it needs. If these 5 troops are captured, they will not be regarded as soldiers, but will be sent to the factory as prisoners. It's also good.

[To be continued]

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