"There's no way there's a problem with the weather forecast!"
Faced with Duranden and Izali's complaints, Ellington TV Station's manager Marlene said seriously, "We've already signed a contract with the City of Silver's weather mages. We'll strictly follow the weather forecast. There won't be any mistakes!"
"But there really is a problem."
Karl looked at the complaint report with a headache. The TV station had only been in operation for a short while, and they were already receiving complaints from people they couldn't afford to offend. Duranden was the King of the Dwarves, and Izali was the Queen of the Elves.
"Didn't Tang En Majesty say before that it's because someone from the Gris Kingdom interfered with the weather? That's why it's affecting our overall layout."
Karl rolled his eyes and waved the paper in his hand. "According to Tang En Majesty's information, Duranden Majesty saw a compressed cloud fly over from the north of the Ambris Mountains. That's why it's snowing in the Dwarven Kingdom. The Emerald Forest's snowfall is even simpler. It's Master Eibron who interfered with the weather."
Marlene slammed the table angrily. "So, it's all the Gris Kingdom's fault! That's right! It's the Gris Kingdom's fault! "
"Even if you know it's their fault, you can't just run over and settle the score with them, right?"
Karl said helplessly. "I'm afraid the Gris Kingdom's snowfall this year will be even worse than before … Huh?"
At this point, Karl suddenly stood up as he remembered something very important. He immediately picked up the phone …
… …
Tang En hurried to the palace after receiving the call. "What's wrong?"
"I received a piece of news that might be important."
Aurelia gestured for Tang En to sit down and said, "Karl from your TV station suddenly reported to me that the Gris Kingdom might invade Ellington."
"What?"
Tang En almost jumped up as soon as he sat down. "Where did Stanley get his courage from?"
"It's not a matter of courage, it's a matter of habit."
Aurelia smiled bitterly. "Karl inferred from the news you gave him. I'm afraid the Gris Kingdom will have a snowfall this year."
Tang En immediately understood. "So there's a shortage of food?"
Aurelia nodded. "Yes, every time there is a snowstorm in the Kingdom of Gris and there is a shortage of food in the country, they will send troops to raid the neighboring border cities. These years, the cities on the border of Solant have suffered a lot. However, the unluckier ones are the Principality of Sila and the Principality of Ivalan between Gris and Solant. They suffer almost every year."
"And this year, someone was forced to change the weather. It's obvious that the situation is getting worse, so we have to be prepared in advance."
Tang En rubbed his chin and said, "That is to say, because of the blizzard, the army of the Kingdom of Gris is likely to attack the Sila Duchy and Ivalan Duchy to plunder resources?"
"That's right."
Aurelia said straightforwardly, "So I want to ask for your opinion."
"What's my opinion?"
"Considering that the Kingdom of Gris is our enemy, and the Sila Duchy and the Ivalan Duchy are essentially our territory, so no matter from which point of view, we should send troops to protect them."
Aurelia knocked on the table and said, "If we allow the Kingdom of Gris to plunder the Sila Duchy and the Ivalan Duchy, we will be supporting the enemy. At the same time, it will disappoint the people of the Sila Duchy and the Ivalan Duchy who want to return. It will be very detrimental to our rule."
"And preventing the Kingdom of Gris from obtaining food and supplies can weaken their strength. At the same time, we will gain the favor of the Sila Duchy and the Ivalan Duchy and be prepared to accept them in the future."
"Secondly, sniping the troops of the Kingdom of Gris can let us understand their overall strength and have a clearer understanding of the future battles between the two sides."
"To be honest," Aurelia spread her hands, "Father has always said that the people of the Kingdom of Gris are natural warriors. Although their population is small, their overall combat strength is very strong. They are a very terrifying enemy. But for so many years, we have not really fought them, so I don't know how strong the warriors of the Kingdom of Gris are."
"If we really go to war with the Kingdom of Gris now, I'm afraid the result will be hard to say."
"Huh?"
Tang En's face was full of disbelief, "Do you think those barbarians can win against us?"
"It's not that they can win, but even if we win, it will probably be a pyrrhic victory."
Aurelia explained very patiently, "After all, the natural conditions of the Kingdom of Gris are very bad. Children can be said to have been subjected to cruel training since they were young, so their fighting will is very strong and they are not afraid of death. Also, the ratio of the birth of the Apocalypse is very high, and their overall combat strength is very strong. More importantly, we don't know much about them. "
Tang En snorted at Aurelia's words. No matter how strong the warriors of the Kingdom of Gris were, they could not be compared to the current Irus Empire, especially the tank troops and the special mobile units equipped with magic-powered armors.
If their strength was really so strong, they would have unified the Prandal long ago, and would not have been holed up in the terrible conditions of the Kingdom of Gris.
However, Tang En still decided to respect Aurelia's wishes, he said, "Then we'll do as you say. Mobilize the troops nearby. If you need support, contact me at any time. I will let the soldiers of the Kingdom of Gris have a taste of the power of modern warfare."
"Having your approval is enough. I don't think we need to use your secret weapons now."
Aurelia said with a smile, "The Kingdom of Gris is out to get money for free. It's impossible for them to send out their elite warriors. I'm afraid that they will only send out ordinary soldiers. We will definitely win."
Although the overall quality of the warriors of the Kingdom of Gris was very high, the soldiers of the Irus Empire were not bad at all. Although most of the warriors were still ordinary, they could not compete with Tang En's wealth!
With a pile of Legendary-grade equipment, even a small soldier could easily become a god on the battlefield!
Other things aside, just an assault rifle coupled with special bullets was enough to make the Apocalypse Ones below Gold-grade suffer.
Although a Gold-ranked Apocalypse had amazing dynamic vision and dodging ability in battle, and could dodge or take a certain amount of bullets head-on, the problem was that bullets were cheap, and their stamina and blood energy were constantly being consumed. One could dodge a hundred bullets, or take a thousand bullets, but what about ten thousand bullets? 100,000 bullets? A squad of warriors firing at the same time could pour out thousands of bullets in just one minute. Which ordinary warrior on the battlefield could take it?
How much did 100,000 bullets cost? Less than 1,000 gold!
Exchanging 1,000 gold for the life of a Gold-grade Apocalypse One was simply too worth it!
Therefore, Tang En was very sure that if the two sides went to war, the Kingdom of Gris would only have a dead end!
But from the beginning, Tang En had never thought of using war to solve the problem. Looking at the current situation of the Ryan Empire and the Ronitan Empire, their economic invasion was stable and efficient. They could slowly annex those two countries without bloodshed. There would be no internal friction at all. How great was that!
Therefore, Tang En wanted to use the same method to deal with the Kingdom of Gris.
Thinking about how the people in that place did not have enough to eat or warm clothes, if he came to the west to help the poor and brought a large number of supplies to the countryside to give them warmth and let them feel the benevolence of a great leader and enjoy a truly comfortable life, would they not immediately bow their heads and directly submit to him?
Wouldn't it be wonderful to conquer a country without bloodshed like this?
Unfortunately, Tang En had overestimated the intelligence of the Gris people and underestimated their will to fight. He had also underestimated Stanley's ambition …
Just as Aurelia was considering which troops to send to strengthen the border defense, an urgent letter for help suddenly appeared on her desk.
The Dukedom of Sila had sent an urgent request for help. The Gris marauders had appeared!
At that moment, Aurelia did not have time to think about it anymore. She directly contacted Duke Taris — Nitro Irus — and informed him to send troops quickly to the Dukedom of Sila to provide support!
At this moment, the several armies of the Irus Empire were relatively scattered. Among them, the First Legion of the Empire, which was the Sword of the Kingdom Knights, was still stationed in the Alinx Military District. The Second Legion of the Empire was stationed around Alinx for training. The main force, the Third Legion of the Empire (excluding Ellington's elite troops), was stationed in the Great Rift Valley camp and had been fighting against the demons. Recently, the number of demons had decreased, but they were still endless.
The newly formed Fourth Legion of the Empire was undergoing personnel adjustments between the army of the former Solant Kingdom and the Solant Domain. After the personnel adjustments were completed, the former Solant Kingdom's army and the Fourth Legion of the Empire would be mixed to form the Fourth Legion and the Fifth Legion of the Empire, with 50,000 and 100,000 people respectively.
The Ellington Special Guard was currently divided into several units for training. The tank unit, artillery unit, infantry unit, cavalry unit, as well as the elite special mobile unit, which was being organized on a small scale and equipped with magic-powered armors. There was also the air unit that was being planned and established.
After several expansions, the total number of Ellington Special Guard had now exceeded 100,000 people and could be considered an army. It was a little strange to use the title of Special Guard, so Tang En planned to reorganize the Special Guard in the near future.
Of course, the main point now was that these troops could not be directly mobilized for the time being. The efficiency was too slow, so Aurelia could only transfer Nitro's troops.
The permanent army of Taris had more than 10,000 soldiers, plus the reserve army. If necessary, they could quickly form a huge army of more than 50,000 people. At the same time, Taris was the closest to the Dukedom of Sila, so it was most appropriate to find Nitro.
After receiving Aurelia's notice, Nitro did not hesitate and immediately sent 5,000 regular troops and 5,000 reserve troops to form a reinforcement army. They immediately set off along the highway to the Dukedom of Sila for rapid support.
On Tang En's side, he also began to prepare for both sides …
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