C134 The Power of a Lord
The First Prince of Sea Heaven Empire, Wilkliff, is a military-like prince, and is very famous in the army. He was supported by the various armies of the empire. With the support of the northern and western legions of the empire, as well as the numerous northern border armies and the private armies of the various city lords, he occupied the vast west and fertile land to the west and north of the imperial capital. It was the most powerful of the three sides.
Second Prince, Jonard, was an extremely shrewd politician. He had used a large number of political means to force the First Prince out of the imperial capital. In the end, he had turned the tide from his initial defeat and obtained the support of the eastern army, the Royal Guards, as well as the various city lords and maritime armies of the eastern region. His military strength was close to two million, and he was facing off against his big brother on the Three River Plains to the west of the imperial capital.
The Welsley Sea, which had obtained external aid from Black Heaven Empire, was Fourth Prince's name. He had obtained the support of the Southern Army Corps and some of the Southern Border Army Corps. He had nearly one million soldiers and occupied the fertile land in the southern part of Haitian.
Among the three, Second Prince and Fourth Prince were relatively strong in terms of economics and strength. They each occupied the most fertile eastern and southern parts of Sea Heaven Empire. Although the First Prince's military strength was similar to Second Prince's, the western part of Sea Heaven Empire had always been barren and mostly occupied by barbarians and beasts. The economy was not very good, but if it wasn't for Second Prince's political means being too high, the advantage of fighting for the throne would still be very obvious.
As the eastern region was constantly invaded by barbarians and orcs in the north, there was almost no war in the eastern region. The western and northern regions occupied by the First Prince were mostly occupied by barbarians and orcs. Soldiers often fought in wars, so Second Prince's two million soldiers could not be compared to the First Prince's military strength.
However, Second Prince's political methods were truly amazing, forcing the First Prince to make some compromises. The confrontation between the two sides would continue, and both sides would look at the southern region occupied by Fourth Prince at the same time. The land here was fertile, and there were only a million soldiers. Whether it was the First Prince or Second Prince, whoever occupied this place would become the final winner.
The First Prince's economic strength would skyrocket if he obtained the southern region. Second Prince had almost no chance of winning if he sent his troops to the east. If Second Prince obtained the south, his economy would rise, and he would be able to suppress the First Prince economically. As time passed, the training of the soldiers would not be a problem for him to win.
But as the saying went, a dog in a desperate situation would jump over a wall! Fourth Prince could not withstand the pressure from his two brothers and actually asked Sha Mannsi, who was in Black Heaven Empire, for help. Sha Mannsi was also thinking of opening the source because of his financial situation. Both sides agreed immediately. Sha Mannsi received financial aid from Fourth Prince. He waved his army of five hundred thousand to come and help. He also deployed hundreds of thousands of follow-up troops on the border between Haitian and Black Sky.
With the help of the elite soldiers of Black Heaven Empire, Fourth Prince was very confident. Although he knew the principle of blocking the tiger from the front door and releasing the wolf from the back door, as long as he could resist the two big brothers and even obtain the highest authority in the entire Sea Heaven Empire, it was not a big deal for him to give away land and money.
When Wilkliff and Jonard got the news that Fourth Prince Welsley borrowed external help, they also stopped at the same time. At this point, the Sea Heaven Empire already had three parts of the world.
Of course, places like the Lami County also became the focal point of many major powers. Although this lousy place did not have many soldiers and people, there was still a dragon knight like Tianchen. Wilkliff and Jonard both wanted to recruit Tianchen, but because of the Bloody Sun Army's intention, Welley immediately increased the speed of his military operations against the Lami County. Of course, it was good to recruit him, and he didn't mind if he couldn't recruit Welley. If Black Heaven Empire wanted to fight Lami County, then let's fight. The Zhonghua City wasn't the Suode Castle. It only had fifty thousand soldiers. Even with Tianchen's dragon knight, in their opinion, it would not be able to withstand the combined attack of five hundred thousand soldiers from both sides, right?
Tianchen looked at the various information on the situation in his hands. The chaotic situation made Tianchen's head feel like it was about to explode!
The First Prince and Second Prince sent out letters of solicitation, and Fourth Prince even sent troops to force them to surrender! Five hundred thousand! What a large sum of money! With so many soldiers, why didn't they attack the First Prince and Second Prince? Even if the First Prince's forces were strong and powerful, they still wouldn't be able to defeat him. There were already five hundred thousand soldiers from Black Heaven Empire that were sent to Fourth Prince's front line. If they added this army of five hundred thousand soldiers, It wouldn't be difficult for them to take over Second Prince's territory, right?
Looking at Hank and Acre, who were waiting for orders, Tianchen said. "This time Fourth Prince sent 300,000 soldiers and borrowed another 200,000 soldiers from the Black Heaven Empire's Bloody Sun Army to attack. You guys see how to defend?"
Everyone looked at each other in dismay. How could they defend? Ten times the number of soldiers was really difficult! Everyone was in a dilemma. This matter was really hard to say. Before they could figure out what Tianchen was thinking, This military operation seemed to have stopped at strengthening the defense.
However, just defending alone, no matter how strong the fifty thousand troops were, they could at most hold up against two hundred thousand enemy troops. The scale of the five hundred thousand enemy troops, there was no such thing as a simple victory in the history of Kaya Continent. Of course, if there were experts above the Saint level coming to help, or any other special circumstances, that would be a different story.
Hank sat in his seat and stretched out his hand to greet him. "Lord Marquis, this time there are a total of sixty-five thousand soldiers in our city. In addition to our soldiers, there are also nearly seven thousand scattered soldiers from a few small cities in the Lami County near the Suode Castle who have been defeated. If we are just counting the number of soldiers, I would like to gather all the soldiers and citizens in the city. They should be able to withstand the regular attacks of the enemy for more than a month, but this time, the enemy has the help of the newly established mages from the Magic Guidance Group of the Bloody Sun Army. There were also the newly formed Griffin Knights from the Griffin Camp, but we only had a small number of mages. If we don't include the marquis and Carl and Archmage, I think we can only hold on for ten days at most!"
Tianchen turned his eyes to Acre. Acre was not only the captain of the guards, but also in charge of the special teams, such as the mage and assassin groups.
Acre said, "Master, there are more than six thousand members of the guards. Carter Bristead organized a group of mages to form the Magic Group, but there were not many of them. There were only about five hundred of them. Niger Jones also formed a group of assassins. There are only a hundred of them. The rest are Silver Knights and Swordman. . . "
"Although there are five hundred members in the Magic Group, only about three hundred of them can actually attack. The rest are priests with spa and light magic," Carter added.
Tianchen nodded. He had already understood the situation when he just came back. Although Carter hid it very well, his academic level could not be concealed. When the Magic Group was established, Tianchen had been secretly urging the mages to dig out more of Carter's background. As expected, during this period of time. . . Carter's profound knowledge had conquered all the mages of the Magic Group, and the number of mages that joined the Magic Group had also increased. In less than a year, he had started from nothing. It had reached the number of over five hundred people.
After all, a mage group was not something that could be formed just because they wanted to. The apprentices below were not counted. They were members who could officially enter the mage group. They had to be at least at the level of an intermediate mage. Otherwise, they would not have any offensive power at all. If one counted the apprentices and beginner mages, Tianchen's mage group definitely had more than a thousand people. However, Tianchen felt that it was better to have nothing than to have nothing. It was one level lower than a group of senior mages. If they lowered the recruitment threshold, then they really would not have any offensive power. For example, the Magic Guidance Group of the Bloody Sun Army mainly consisted of advanced mages. The rest of them could only become apprentices and unofficial members. It could be seen how high the standards for a mage division were on the continent!
If it wasn't for Dawn knowing Carter's true strength, Tianchen wouldn't have dared to lower his level to recruit mages. With Archmage in the group, those intermediate mages could easily break through from intermediate to advanced. It had to be known that the reason why many people stopped at the level of intermediate mages was because they did not have a good teacher to teach them. With Archmage's guidance, breaking through was only a matter of time.
"En, how are the members of the mage division now?" Tianchen asked Carter, staring at him with strong anticipation.
Carter hesitated for a moment and said, "The mage group now has 539 official members. Among them, 136 are Intermediate, 294 are Advanced, 93 are archmages, and 16 are Magisters, including me. . . "
Everyone, including Tianchen, sucked in a breath of cold air!
What kind of Magic Group is this! It could even be promoted to the Magic Guidance Group! The Bloody Sun Army only had about 80 archmages and 10 magisters. Although the rest were all advanced mages, the number of archmages and above was not as many as the Magic Group that Tianchen had just built.
Although Tianchen already knew the specific situation from Bonn, it was from Carter himself. This is my Magic Group! If others knew that there was a senior Archmage among them, the entire empire would be shocked. If there were more advanced occupations, then this Magic Group would be equivalent to two or even three legions of the Magic Guidance Group!
Tianchen calmed himself down and waved his hand to stop the others in the study. He turned to Acre and asked, "How is the combat strength of the lord's guards?"
Acre had just calmed down from his excitement. When he saw Tianchen ask, he quickly answered, "Master, there are five thousand guards in the Lord's Guards. There are about three thousand and four hundred Intermediate professionals, one thousand and two hundred Advanced professionals, three hundred Knights at the Great Swordman level, nearly a hundred Earth Level fighters, and ten Advanced Earth Level fighters. "
Fortunately, there was a precedent for the Magic Group. Everyone was not shocked by the number Acre gave them. At least some powerful Dukes could have such combat strength. Warriors were not as rare as mages. After some hard work, they could still become Advanced professionals!
Tianchen had a smile on his face. This was his strength! He had taken in all kinds of hidden forces that were scattered around after his father's death. He had sent some of the forces that had been exposed to Bonn to the Royal Guards and the Magic Group through various channels. Not only had their strength increased by a lot, but he had also sent some of them to the Magic Group and the Royal Guards. In addition, with Carter and Acre, these two outstanding commanders and commanders, the strength of the Royal Guards and the Magic Group had increased to a whole new level.
Now that these strength were announced to the high-ranking officials of Zhonghua City, it also had a strong effect of scheming! Not only did they let the people in the various systems who did not belong to each other understand the true combat strength of the Zhonghua City, but they also let them know that although the number of soldiers in the city was a little low, it was not impossible to defeat five hundred thousand enemies.
"Don't forget. There's also me, the dragon knight Lord! Haha. . . " Tianchen ended his speech in a humorous manner.
Everyone was stunned. Only then did they realize that their Lord also had this humorous side. They laughed together with Tianchen. That's right! They still had a Lord of dragon knight! Hmph hmph, is 500 thousand soldiers really that great? Even in the face of such a powerful force in the Zhonghua City, they would still be smashed to the point of bleeding!