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"It's finally here!"

Was he just pretending, or had someone predicted in advance that he would come here?

Before Hudson could ask, the shadow suddenly trembled and said crazily: "You are not him!"

"You're not him!"

…

Can we still have a pleasant conversation if we repeat this sentence over and over again?

"Senior, who is he you are talking about?"

Hudson couldn't help but interrupt.

As if realizing that he had lost his composure, the shadow swayed and said: "He, it's him!"

"wrong!"

"You are him and you are not him!"

…

Listening to Xuying's nonsensical words, Hudson was completely confused. He is not a student of philosophy, so the "it's him and not him" thing really makes Hudson blind.

But reason told him that there was no need to argue with a remnant soul. Especially in this mysterious palace, it is very risky to go against the owner.

"I didn't expect that it would be the end of the era in a flash, and one hundred thousand years would just pass by.

However, the current world rules are much more stable than those in ancient times, and there should not be so many terrifying monsters coming.

Boy, the time for the big purge is coming soon. If you don’t want to die, quickly become stronger!

Okay, it's time for you to leave. Don't disturb my sleep unless he really comes back! "

As soon as the words were spoken, a man and a bear appeared on the lake. Fortunately, Hudson reacted quickly enough and caught Bear Stearns' fur in time, otherwise he would have fallen into the lake.

He once again turned his attention to the island in the lake. The original island was sinking rapidly, and several ancient trees suddenly came to life and turned into tree guards, suddenly rushing into the underground palace.

Except for the rolling lake water, there was only one person and one bear left in the lake, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Now the only thing in Hudson's mind is: "The end of the era, monsters, and the Great Purge!"

Originally he wanted to ask for more information, but thinking of what happened just now, he really didn't dare to risk going over and disturbing the owner of the underground palace.

The continent of Aslant has always had legends of catastrophes that lasted for ten thousand years. After each catastrophe, the civilization of the continent would retreat significantly.

Many continental overlords have become sacrifices to the great catastrophe. From then on, their prosperity turned to decline, and they slowly declined.

Seeing one hundred thousand years approaching, deep down in his heart, Hudson had already guessed that this time would be unusual.

But the "Great Purge" was a bit too scary. A cleansing of all races on the mainland might cause countless races to disappear in the long river of history.

There are probably very few races that survived the last great purge safely. As for the races that appear later, it’s more like starting over.

Whether it is a native species or an exotic species, no one can tell.

Hudson couldn't even imagine what was hidden behind it.

It was all caused by luck. If he had traveled a few hundred years earlier or a few hundred years later, he wouldn't have bothered to worry about these problems.

It just happened that at this juncture, I had to face it.

The only good thing is that the Great Purge does not mean death. There are also many races that have survived and are even living well.

"Bear Stearns, is there any information about the Great Purge in your inherited memory?"

Hudson asked expectantly.

It can be seen from the murals that the Earth Bear clan also survived the last disaster. Such an important message, if no accident occurred, the ancestors would definitely leave a legacy memory.

"I mentioned something: Great Purge - Danger! I don't know which irresponsible bear it is. It doesn't know such important information. Please record it in more detail!"

Hearing Bear Stearns' complaint, Hudson secretly shook his head. Perhaps this is not irresponsibility, but inability to control oneself.

No matter what, my work this time was not in vain. Not only did he replenish his energy, he also accidentally got a glimpse of information about the Hundred Thousand Catastrophe from the prehistoric ruins.

Although you don’t know what enemy you need to face, preparing in advance is better than being unprepared.

Back in the military camp, Hudson's mind returned to the battlefield again. As the general manager of logistics, he has a lot of daily affairs to deal with.

The Duke of Kavadia led the troops to the expedition, and Marquis James coordinated with the major forces on the front line. There was no third deputy commander to share the deployment work in the rear.

Hudson dared to think about once again decentralizing power to the nobles below, but unfortunately he did not dare to implement it.

If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. Without an appointment from the kingdom, Hudson could not convince the public by appointing a person in charge.

If something happens accidentally, he, the coach, will be the first to take responsibility.

Looking at the progress of the various armies, Hudson quickly realized something was wrong. The resistance of the orcs was much weaker than expected.

Now those who come out to fight with the coalition forces are almost all local tribes, or orc tribes that have been relocated.

The armies of the five royal families have appeared in countless battles, and every time they attack, they are as fast as lightning. If they fail to succeed, they will immediately flee far away, and they will not fight the coalition forces at all.

Except for some small forces that had gathered together and suffered considerable losses on the battlefield because they did not cooperate closely enough, the large forces suffered almost no damage.

Cursing the orcs as "cowards" secretly, Hudson had to admit that the orc empire also had strategists.

The current situation is: every time the orcs retreat one mile, the coalition's logistics is stretched one mile.

The productivity of the orc tribes along the way is pitifully low. Even if they were all snatched away, it would be difficult to provide much supplies to the army.

Maybe the harder the coalition forces kill, the happier the enemy will be. The loss of a large number of vassal tribes seemed to weaken the strength of the Orc Empire, but it also eliminated the hidden dangers of the rule of the five royal families.

Under the pressure of the human alliance, the remaining orc tribes, no matter how reluctant they were, could only bite the bullet and join forces with the five royal families.

The enemy wants to exchange space for time. This is a naked conspiracy. Even if he sees it, there is nothing that Hudson can do.

No matter how the orcs respond, the war must continue. Without a sufficiently impressive record, the Human Alliance would not be able to close out.

"Where are Duke Pias's troops?"

…

On the front line, Duke Pias, who made a surprise attack on Fengyue Port, asked angrily: "What's going on?

Didn’t the people from the Holy See say that the main force of the orcs had already evacuated?

Why is there so many enemies garrisoning an unimportant port? "

I asked three confused questions in a row, but no one could answer.

The enemy was stronger than expected, and the task of attracting the enemy was successfully completed. The only problem was: the enemy was too powerful, and they caught his vanguard and beat him up as soon as they came out.

"Send someone quickly to inform Duke Cavadia that we need reinforcements!"

After reacting from the brief panic, Duke Pias gave a decisive order.

Retreating is impossible. To retreat at this time is to leave your back to the enemy, which can easily lead to a major rout.

The most effective measure is to form a formation to meet the enemy and stand firm and wait for reinforcements.

Suddenly, billowing smoke appeared in front, stinging Duke Pias's eyes. Fengyue Port was on fire!

"The enemy is destroying Fengyue Port!"

Realizing this, there was nothing Pias could do now. The failure of the surprise attack meant that he lost the initiative on the battlefield.

For a moment, he thought of "the Holy See". This mission was relatively secretive, and other than the kingdom's army, it was not notified to its allies.

However, there has always been a secret connection between the Northland nobles and the Holy See. In order to make the operation smoother, Duke Pias asked the Holy See for help.

The kingdom's army, except for the northern nobles who must have contact with the orcs because of their interests, the nobles in other regions cannot participate in the smuggling trade, so naturally they will not go to establish contact with the orcs.

Even if you want to leak the news, it will be difficult to pass the information to the top of the orcs in a short time.

This operation was a surprise attack. Now that an accident has occurred, Duke Pias's first suspect is the Holy See.

Almost instantly, Duke Pias understood that this was the result of the fruitless exchange with Bishop Simon.

The word "drag" made the Holy See realize that only by forcing them to a dead end can the two sides cooperate.

Fengyue Port was burned down, it was just a small thing. The key is that if the enemy destroys ports and waterways, that will be fatal.

If you want to repair the port, not only will it cost people and money, but the key is that it will take a lot of time.

In a short period of time, the strategic value of the port cannot be brought into play, and the success of this operation will be greatly reduced.

For other northern nobles, missing a piece of military exploits means at most they will lose a piece of cake during the carving up feast after the war.

But Duke Pias is different. The current coach is his family's mortal enemy. The hat of not being able to seize Fengyue Port intact will most likely be pinned on his head.

Don't expect anyone to help you. Someone has to take responsibility for strategic failures. Either he will bear it, or all the northern nobles will bear it.

With such a crime on his head, when the spoils are divided after the war, the Rocknard family can be kicked away naturally.

Realizing this, it was already too late.

When making a cake, everyone will complain that there are few people; when dividing the cake, everyone will complain that there are too many people.

Being able to kick out one family and share the cake is a good choice for all parties. We can't hope that everyone will sacrifice their own interests to help them?

No matter how good the friendship is, it's useless. Locknard is not at the end of his rope. He just misses one chance to share the cake, but it can't arouse everyone's sympathy.

"Damn it!"

After scolding angrily, Duke Pias had to swallow the rest of his words back into his stomach.

The affairs of the Holy See involve the "regicide" conspiracy, but you cannot tell your subordinates.

But deep down in his heart, he had already sent greetings to the entire family of the higher-ups in the Holy See. It was really deceiving, to actually force him like this to get into trouble with the La Lochnader family.

But the more this happened, the more unsure Duke Pias felt. The main reason is that the Holy See is such a deceitful ally. If you cooperate with them, you will be deceived if you are not careful.

No matter how much the king suppresses the Locknard family, they are still the largest family in the kingdom. At most, it is difficult to develop and grow, and it has not reached the point of death and annihilation.

But once the "regicide" leaks out, no matter what the final success or failure, the aristocratic group will not tolerate them.

With a big family and a big business, it was really difficult for him to make up his mind to participate in this high-risk, high-yield gamble.

…

In the Orc Empire, looking at the battle reports coming from the front line, the five emperors were also under great pressure.

"We can't go on like this. The enemy is attacking too fast. It will take time for the tribe to move. We must hold them back first!"

The Bear King said angrily.

Any strategy comes with a price. If the ordinary orc tribe gives up, they will give up, but their own people cannot give up.

Among the five major royal families, the Behemoth family faces the least pressure from tribal transfer. Because of the sparse population, the evacuation was completed first.

Next is the Yingren clan. Although they carry a lot of family property and cannot fly away, their population is not large and they have almost moved around now.

The remaining three tribes are in tragedy. Organizing a large-scale migration of millions of people is not fun.

Even though it was implemented as early as half a year ago. The tribes that have completed the evacuation now still account for less than half of the total population.

According to the current evacuation rate, they will have to struggle for at least another year.

We can't go any faster. The losses on the long journey would be huge. If we speed up any more, not many of the cubs in the tribe will be able to reach their destination.

But the human coalition forces were approaching fiercely, and the tribes along the way were useless, and there was no way to buy them enough time.

"We have destroyed Fengyue Port and temporarily stopped the enemy from transporting food by sea. We should be able to delay their advance.

But it's hard to say. With the strength of the human race, it would not be difficult to repair the port if a group of high-level magicians were gathered here.

Without a decisive battle with the enemy, there are only two ways to delay the enemy:

Either organize troops and continuously attack their army along the way, directly delaying their march.

Either arrange manpower to go deep into the enemy's rear to carry out sabotage and hinder their food and grass transportation. "

Alex said slowly.

The Behemoth clan has completed its evacuation, but now the Orc Empire needs to work together. Without their allies to support them, they would not be able to withstand the human coalition's attack.

"Emperor Beamon, aren't we already working on these two plans?"

The Bear King said angrily.

It did work, but the effect was not very good. Perhaps due to lack of experience or lack of strength, the teams sent out to carry out sabotage basically never return.

If you send people to attack the large army, you always like to be bitten by the enemy, and you can only bully the weaker teams in the coalition.

The sneak attack on grain and grass was even more tragic. Most of the teams could not even find the grain transport team, but they were discovered by the enemies in the sky and ushered in the encirclement and suppression by the coalition forces.

A very small number of teams have completed the lurking work. Unfortunately, the route of the enemy's grain transport team is not fixed. In many cases, they lie in wait for many days without seeing any trace of the enemy.

It was all caused by insufficient intelligence. After losing its air superiority, the orc army was restricted in every aspect.

"Don't look at me like that. The Yingren clan has done their best. Protecting the safety above our heads is already the limit. We don't have the strength to go deep behind enemy lines.

The enemy is the overlord of the continent. If our Yingren clan alone can suppress their air power, why should the human race dominate the continent? "

The Yingren Emperor glared back unceremoniously.

There's nothing to be ashamed of, they can't defeat the human race in the air; the other four races can't defeat the human race on the ground either. They are all losers, no one should laugh at anyone.

"What I mean is not a sneak attack on the prairie, but a small force sent deep into the Alpha Kingdom to conduct a sneak attack.

Everyone can see that the enemy is protecting the grain road to death. There is no opportunity to take advantage of it, and even if it happens occasionally, it will not have much effect on the overall situation.

The enemy's real weak point is their rear. The troops of the Kingdom of Alpha are all on the front line, and the domestic food transport team has almost no defensive force.

As long as our people sneak in, even a few dozen elite soldiers can destroy a food transport team!

The only problem is that the stakes are high.

If you want to wreak havoc in the heart of the enemy, each team cannot have too many people. Everything must be done by your own efforts, and you must not be bitten by the enemy! "

Alex explained slowly.

Frankly, this is not a good choice. Now sending a team deep behind enemy lines will basically lead to no return.

But for the current Orc Empire, sending death squads deep into the Alpha Kingdom to cause trouble has become their only option.

Regardless of whether the dispatched team can come back, as long as there is a commotion in the rear, it can affect the enemy's logistical supplies.

"Disaster!

The enemy had hoarded a lot of food and grass along the way, and sent people to cause trouble. If they wanted to affect the front line, it would be a few months at the earliest.

In a short period of time, we still have to find a way to tangle with the coalition forces. Unless a sneak attack can be organized to take away the enemy's food transfer station on the grassland.

But this is almost impossible. According to the intelligence we have collected, Earl Hudson is currently in charge of the transportation of grain and grass among the enemy forces.

Everyone is familiar with this person. Soldiers are the most insidious and cunning, and it is not easy to take advantage of his loopholes! "

Silver Moon Wolf Emperor said worriedly.

How could I not be familiar with them? When I mentioned the Hudson Beamon Emperor and the Bear Emperor, I almost exploded on the spot. The faces of the other emperors were also ugly, and their expressions made them want to eat Hudson alive.

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to try it! If the plan fails, we can only summon a large army to fight the enemy decisively, and rely on the big battle to delay time.

Regardless of the success or failure of the war, we will all suffer heavy losses. We can't beat the human race through attrition. Even if we wipe out all the enemy troops on the grassland, more enemies will come over.

The last resort is to retreat all the way, continuously lengthening their front line, and let the Human Alliance find that continuing this war will not be worth the gain! "

…

In the Emerald Palace, the news that the army occupied Fengyue Port and that the port was destroyed spread to the kingdom.

Along with this bad news, in addition to the apology letter from the frontline generals, there was also a solution proposed by Hudson.

To sum it up in one sentence, ask for help from the Human Alliance and organize high-level magicians to come and repair the port.

It is really embarrassing to let the high-ranking magician serve as a coolie to repair the port, but this is indeed the most effective measure at the moment.

The enemy destroyed the waterway and it took ordinary people to construct it. I don't know how long it would take to complete the project.

But it's different if it's a group of high-level magicians. If there is no suitable channel, they can use magic to create one.

For the benefit of the human race, if you want to persuade everyone to do hard work, it seems that you can really do it.

“Francis, the matter of requesting magician support from the Alliance will be left to your Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The speed must be fast. With their efficiency, reinforcements will not reach the front line without waiting for several months! "

Caesar III couldn't help but complain.

They all have something in common, and any alliance formed by multiple forces will not be much more efficient.

"Your Majesty, it is not enough to ask for the support of the magician. Since the interest rate was lowered, our bond sales have been hindered.

Judging from the current situation, this war will not end in a short time. With our financial reserves, we simply cannot last until the end of the war. "

Finance Minister Marquis Delgado said with a frown.

On the one hand, he lacked financial resources and on the other hand, the interest rates were high, and he was powerless.

Borrowing debt is fun for a while, but repaying it is a crematorium. As finance minister, Marquis Delgado's daily thought was about borrowing and repaying money.

“What are bond rates now?”

Caesar III asked with concern.

Bond sales were booming in the past, and everyone was rushing to buy them as soon as they were launched. More than 30 million in war bonds were sold out in just a few days.

After all, when the Alpha Kingdom printed bonds, it was already time for the human race to launch a major counterattack. The market is full of confidence and has no worries about default.

Ten percent risk-free bonds, the big aristocrats whose money is piled moldy in the warehouse, naturally don't mind taking it out and putting it to use.

"Four percent!"

Marquis Delgado said matter-of-factly.

It is also necessary to lower the interest rate. The annual interest on the debts alone is as high as more than three million gold coins.

If such high interest rates continue to be maintained, the post-war Alpha Kingdom will most likely be overwhelmed by debt.

The Moxi Principality next door is an example. Even if all the nobles in the country share it, the finances are still overwhelmed.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should give it a try. If the Alliance refuses to pay, let them help us sell the war bonds.

Tell us more about our difficulties, exaggerate our economic losses if necessary, and be sure to convince them that the kingdom's financial resources have been exhausted.

Without new infusions of funding, we will not be able to continue this war.

Tell the major forces in the alliance that after defeating the Orc Empire, not even an inch of the land kingdom captured will be taken away, and all will be used as trophies for them! "

Caesar III said proudly.