From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 189 Disposal of Diagonal Hooves

In addition to the casualties of the Far Travelers, the losses of other troops were naturally recorded.

More than 300 levies died, half of them were lost in the siege of the southern wall, especially the vanguard, who took the majority in the first two waves;

The other half appeared in the sequence of the "tunnel breakthrough battle" in the north. Some died in the early breakthrough battle, and some died in the later pursuit battle.

In addition, more than 40 middle- and lower-level officers died, most of whom occurred in the resistance officer corps under the northern wall, and the other half occurred above and below the southern wall.

Although the statement is cruel, some of these deaths are indeed a 'necessary price';

The other part, as mentioned before, is ‘unnecessary losses’ caused by various reasons.

But in any case, now that the matter has come to this, then the most important thing is to reflect on the punishment and reflection, to compensate and memorialize those who should be compensated, and how to deal with the follow-up.

Of course, all this will have to wait until the army returns.

In addition to these shortcomings and many things that need improvement, this battle also provided some inspiration to Nesta.

The policy of "separation of military and civilians" formulated in the early days does have merits, but in today's era, it seems to be somewhat outdated.

Judging from the area currently controlled by the trolls, if the policy of "separation of military and civilians" is to be implemented 100%, even if the regular army breaks its legs, it will not be able to fully control the security of all the land under its control.

Although the shamans have decided to surrender, they have not lost the caution they should have;

Except for the first day when they came together to express their desires in front of Cui Wenli, during the period of waiting, they had always maintained the presence of at least half of the shamanic power on the altar.

Maybe the other trolls didn't feel it and just thought it was a 'natural change', but he himself was quite aware of it.

Secondly, the elite legions of the Hornhoofs were almost completely wiped out. No member of the Ancestral Spirit Legion survived, and the Earthshaker Legion only had less than 200 damaged members left.

To this day, there are too many examples of Nesta’s many policies ending in failure due to this or that reason;

In order to ensure the implementation and stability of this order, new track construction plans have also been planned and approved;

That is, the "Headquarters-Toulon Line" starts from the headquarters, goes north along the Black River, and finally passes through the narrow valley and reaches the new city of Toulon.

And for this, we have to wait for new news from Juya.

The decisions of the Rune Council were quickly sent to the north along the previous communication channels, and reached the hands of the seven witch doctors and the giant tusk a few days later.

Since 'separating the military and the civilians' is not feasible, then turning around and 'hiding the troops among the people', with the headquarters only controlling the most elite standing troops and officers at all levels, seems to be a feasible idea?

The premise for the establishment of this resolution is that the Toulon Tribe clearly recognizes the status of the 'sect master' of the Ya Tribe in legal terms and fact, and voluntarily surrenders all their magic inheritance, including the 'ancestral spirits', and

All external intelligence available.

After pondering over the gains and losses of the tribe, he finally focused on the key points of the report, namely, the treatment of the 'surrender' of the horned hoof species, and the techniques mentioned by the witch doctors that were completely different from his own.

Above the power of magic.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for all this, and that is that the Toulon horned hoof species is really willing to surrender.

Nesta wrote and drew on the paper, and after preparing it, he took it to the "Military W Meeting" to discuss it in detail.

First of all, it is clear that after this battle, the "secular aristocracy" of the Toulon tribe (it was just a sign, not really aristocratic) was severely weakened;

The active part has become an elite 'quick reaction force' under the direct control of the headquarters, capable of being 'deployed at any time' and 'hit wherever pointed';

Now that there are "retired from active service", fresh blood should be regularly recruited from the civilian population to become recruits of the "quick reaction force" to fill the gaps in the combat force establishment.

The conscripts became regular participants in battles. During wartime, they gathered according to needs and fought under the leadership of their own officers. After the war, in addition to retaining some of the outstanding ones for further education, most of them were released.

They each came from small groups and continued their original lives.

Therefore, the headquarters will first build the two rail lines that were previously controversial in the planning, and then turn to the due north after accumulating more experience.

The Rune Council is more concerned about accepting the 'spell inheritance'. In order to avoid letting the shamans carry their knowledge with them, the ideas put forward by the witch doctors are softer;

Moreover, considering the actual situation that unless the business focus is immediately shifted and control of part of the black forest is given up, thereby projecting more sufficient power outside the pass, the tribe does not have the ability to immediately develop the "Tianci Plateau";

However, this line does not need to be started immediately. For a long period of time, the transportation capacity of Heihe River Shipping is actually enough to support the headquarters to maintain its influence on the Tianci Plateau.

Therefore, the final decision of the Rune Council was to retain the 'transformed' hornhoof species, allowing them to stay on that land to cultivate and recuperate temporarily, and to 'defend the territory' for the trolls under the supervision of the headquarters.

In addition, due to the repeated ravages of various types of catapults and the actions of trolls setting fire to the fields outside the city, the Hornhoof tribe also suffered heavy losses in terms of property;

Especially in the south, almost half of the crown wheat fields have been destroyed, and there may be a large food shortage this year.

The use of "conscripted soldiers" this time can be regarded as tearing off the last "fig leaf", making this outdated policy completely "bankrupt".

And the same is true this time. If you fail, you will fail. Anyway, you haven’t suffered too much loss, so let’s start looking for changes.

At this time, the expeditionary force had completed the control of the city of New Toulon. In order to avoid another killing, Big Tooth ordered the implementation of the most stringent 'curfew' and 'day curfew' policies in the city, allowing the horned hoofs to stay in the city unless necessary.

Next, just stay at home and don’t go out;

The same goes for those horn-hoofed species who have lost their homes during the war. No matter where they live for the time being, just don't appear on the street.

The witch doctors believe that the three proposals of the ruling government are unreliable and will only give up the land to possible "latecomers".

But regarding their arrangements, Nesta was a little hesitant. He didn't know what kind of arrangement could maximize the benefits.

There is no need for him to make up his own mind if one person is short of the other. Isn’t that why the Rune Council and the Executive Government were created for this purpose? Let them discuss it first.

As a result, new ideas gradually took shape in his mind

Regularly remove some combatants from active service, decentralize them to local areas to establish militia training units, and implement more formalized militia training in an attempt to avoid the negative situations seen in this war from happening again;

This measure has been well implemented with the help of the shamans. On the streets today, except for the troops patrolling the Yabu, there are almost no other different figures.

It was since then that huge loopholes had appeared in the so-called "separation of military and civilian" policy, and the "everyone in his own place" originally envisioned by Nesta became a utopia.

Thirdly, although the shamans participated in the war from beginning to end, due to their unique fighting method of never going to the front line, they were able to survive intact, and in the end they collectively made the decision to surrender.

In the end, the horn-hoofed civilians also suffered heavy losses;

They became militiamen and participated in the defense of the city. Nearly 5,000 of them died in battle, and most of them died in the "rage" in the north of the city.

The construction of this track will be relatively difficult, especially because the terrain between the mountains and the narrow land is very complex, and many situations that have not been encountered before need to be overcome.

Therefore, while the city of New Toulon was busy surrendering, taking over the city, and restoring stability, the headquarters held a discussion for a period of time on the issue of 'how to deal with the aftermath'.

As a result, the militia emerged and took over a large part of the security tasks in the rear, and actually bore the casualties on the defensive side instead of the regular army.

The opinions of the ruling government are relatively radical, and can be summarized according to the degree as 'massacre', 'driving away', and 'immigration'. Their ideas are self-explanatory, and there is no need for any unnecessary explanation. In short, they intend to return the 'God-given Plateau' to the tribes.

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In addition, outstanding officers are selected from among the soldiers to train officers and expand the "officer pool" of the headquarters. The goal is naturally to have as many as possible, even if there are hundreds or even thousands of headquarters.

Those various policies, the deviations, replacements and abandonments that occurred in the subsequent implementation process, could have made him regret and ashamed in the early days, but now Nesta's face has become thick enough;

He has been able to adjust his mentality changes in similar situations very well based on thoughts such as 'This is how I think' and 'These changes are under my control', and he is no longer subject to any other factors other than 'response'.

Interference from external useless thoughts.

After secretly cursing "Prodigal", Nesta didn't take it too seriously. The food output of the headquarters this year was sufficient, and it was more than enough to even support part of it in the past;

However, no good thing is free, and the horned hoof species must pay the necessary price for it.

The chief and his second son died tragically, thirteen of the seventeen clan leaders were killed, and the elites of each clan were also lost in the battle.

Of course, the chief priest has to show his face no matter what, and the expeditionary army cannot let him cause trouble on the altar, out of sight;

Therefore, after he obtained the promise of Big Tusk's "Sealing Blade", he led a group of shamans to leave the ancestral altar and began to assist the troll army in the city.

As for the other shamans, Big Tusk and the seven witch doctors, they were not too forced;

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the expeditionary force did not seek to set foot on the altar. They just blocked the streets to the left and right of the altar at a distance, making this place a 'no man's land'.

(End of chapter)