Chapter 143 The Empire's Bright Moon

On the road leading to Xiling from Luojing, a torrent of people rolling forward.

Because the number of accompanying civilians, mules, horses and supplies vehicles was too large, the northern legion's march was very slow. Even with a flat and wide large road, they could only walk 80 miles a day. At this speed, it would take at least twenty days to travel from Luojing to Xiling. Now, ten days have passed and it is only halfway through the road.

Meng Hu, who was eager to return home, couldn't wait. The Western Expedition was about to be imminent, but the recruits of the Western Legion were seriously lacking in training!

More importantly, Meng Hu was worried that Zhao Qinghan and Qi Diaozi would not be able to suppress the scene, so he had to rush back to Xiling as soon as possible.

Meng Hu found Chongshan and entrusted all the two thousand imperial guards assigned to Meng Ke to the Western Legion and fifty students from the Military Academy to Chongshan, allowing them to follow the team of troops from the Northern Legion to act together. Chongshan could of course understand Meng Hu's eagerness and nodded in agreement at the moment.

After arranging everything, Meng Hu took Zhang Xingba, Huang Dan and two hundred cavalry guards to leave the brigade, and rushed back day and night.

Capital of the Galaxy Empire, the city of wind and snow.

The City of Wind and Snow was originally named Fengdu. Because it is located at the northern end of the Middle Earth World, it is covered by ice and snow for eight months all year round. Over time, it has become the nickname of the City of Wind and Snow, but its original name has gradually been forgotten. Later, the seventh emperor of the Galaxy Empire directly changed Fengdu to the City of Wind and Snow.

Compared with Luojing, the capital of the Glorious Empire and Xijing, the capital of the Mingyue Empire, the scale of the Snow City is much smaller, and the buildings in the city are far less than that of Luojing. Xijing is as magnificent as that of Xijing. In addition, the total population of the Galaxy Empire is incomparable to the two adjacent empires in the south. The Mingyue Empire has the largest population base, with more than 70 million, and the Guanghui Empire also has more than 60 million people, while the Galaxy Empire has only more than 3 million people!

The Galaxy Empire's land area is very vast, but there are quite a lot of Gobi and deserts in the land, as well as vast grasslands. Therefore, most people in Galaxy make a living by grazing, and only residents close to the Snow City make a living by fishing and hunting, because the sea is on the left of the Snow City, and the vast primeval forest is on the right.

The ancestors of the Xinghe people actually migrated west from the Great Wilderness. In terms of blood, the Xinghe people are not actually Middle-earth people, but a branch of barbarians. They have lived in Middle-earth world for a long time and have established their own country and civilization, so they are not willing to admit that they are descendants of the Barbarians.

Because the Galaxy Empire is located in a cold place, most of the residents of the country have retained the brave and warlike nature of nomads. Every male begins to learn skills such as riding, shooting, fighting, and wrestling from the day he can walk. Therefore, men in the Galaxy Empire can fight and dismount and grazing. They are both hardworking herders and natural warriors.

It was these hardworking and brave nomadic warriors who won the reputation of the Kingdom of Cavalry for the Galaxy Empire.

The entire Galaxy Empire has a population of more than 3 million, but it has more than 500,000 light cavalry and is also organized into ten legions. However, these soldiers are usually herdsmen, and only when fighting wars will gather in front of their respective nobles' tents and form combat units such as squadrons, brigades, corps, and divisions. However, the legions of the Galaxy Empire generally have only two divisions.

The Galaxy Empire Army has both the bravery and good fighting of the barbarians and the military art of the Middle-earth people. It seems that it should be invincible. In fact, it is not the case. The Galaxy Empire has been established for more than five hundred years, but it has never been able to cross the Great Barren Mountains and go south to Middle-earth. The biggest reason is that they lack powerful heavy infantry!

The Galaxy Empire did not lack the resources to form a cavalry legion. They had a large number of war horses and inexhaustible pastures. They didn't have to worry about the supply of war horses. The herdsmen just needed to carry swords, stepped on their horses and gathered together, and that would be a complete light cavalry legion.

But it is not enough to form a heavy infantry legion. The heavy infantry legion requires a large amount of strong armor, a large number of longbows, a large number of spears and shields. The resources in the Galaxy Empire are extremely scarce, and iron ore is particularly scarce. It is impossible for them to provide the army with so many heavy armor and weapons and equipment!

Because of the lack of powerful infantry, every time I head south to Central Earth, the Galaxy Imperial Army had to plunder and return to the north.

In addition, over the past five hundred years, the Glorious Empire and the Mingyue Empire have emerged in many famous generals, but the Galaxy Empire rarely appears in fewer famous generals. This is mainly related to the population base. The Galaxy Empire has a small population and even fewer aristocrats who are literate and educated. Therefore, with the same chance of becoming a talent, the Galaxy Empire may be much smaller than the two empires in the south.

Therefore, when the news of Qin Changwei's assassination was sent back to the City of Snow and Snow, Qin Lan, the Emperor of the Galaxy Empire, was furious and furious.

Qin Lan had high expectations for the eldest son of the emperor, Qin Changwei, and sent Qin Changwei to the Glorious Empire and took the opportunity to stay at the Royal Military Academy of the Glorious Empire as a martial arts tutor. This was deliberately arranged by Qin Lan. The purpose was to let Qin Changwei get in touch with the military doctrines of the Glorious Empire and eventually grow into a famous general who can compete with Situ Rui and Chongshan!

The army of the Galaxy Empire is the best army in Middle-earth world, but the general of the Galaxy Empire is still inferior to the two neighboring countries in the south. Qin Lan is an aspiring emperor and vows to change this situation. But now, Qin Changwei is assassinated and his plan for many years is immediately turned into a bubble.

Although the Feige's letter sent back in detail clearly stated that Jia Wudao had disappeared secretly, Qin Lan also believed that Qin Changwei's death was inseparable from the aide Jia Wudao, but Qin Lan still kept the account on the head of the Guanghui Empire. In the death of Qin Changwei, Qin Lan lost not only a prince, but also a plan for the development of famous generals that he had planned for many years!

If it weren't for the cold weather and the heavy snow that frozen most of the empire, Qin Lan might even have poured all the troops from all over the country to move south.

But even so, Qin Lan would never give up. It is impossible to dispatch troops from all over the country, but it is still possible to assemble more than 100,000 cavalrymen.

The detailed work of Fei Ge's letter has been clearly stated in the letter that the century-long war is about to take place between the Glorious Empire and the Mingyue Empire. The Northwest Legion and Northern Legion of the Glorious Empire have been transferred to the western provinces. The defenses of the Northwest and Northern provinces are extremely empty. If you don't take advantage of the situation, will you wait until the two empires have finished fighting before sending troops?

The spies who spy on the news are always omnipresent. No matter how responsible the intelligence personnel of the Guanghui Empire are, they will never be able to completely eliminate the spies lurking in Luojing in other countries. Just two days before Qin Lan received the Feige's letter, Qiu Fengjin, the emperor of the Mingyue Empire, also received the Feige's letter from Luojing, and learned the latest developments of the Guanghui Empire Army.

Qiu Feng Jin did not dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly rushed to Qiu Yutang's Yuewang Mansion.

In the hall of Yuewang Mansion, Qiu Yutang fell into a long silence after reading Feige's letter.

Seeing Qiu Yutang's beautiful eyebrows slowly frowning, Qiu Fengjin's heart began to sink. Now even the emperor girl felt it was difficult. The situation facing the empire was really serious. At this moment, Qiu Fengjin really regretted it. He shouldn't have agreed to Situ Rui's plan for the Eastern Expedition at the beginning, alas.

Seeing Qiu Yutang not speaking for a while, Qiu Fengjin couldn't help asking, "Imperial sister, is the situation serious?"

Qiu Yutang sighed softly and replied bitterly: "Brother, the situation facing the empire is not serious, but very serious. There is no money or food in the treasury, and the recruits need training. What's worse is that the legions are scattered in various states. It is impossible to complete the assembly without three months, but the enemy will come in half a month!"

Qiu Feng said anxiously: "Don't General Situ still has more than 200,000 troops under his command of the Eastern Expedition? Even if he cannot defeat the invading more than 500,000 Guangxi Empire Army, there should be no problem with resisting for three or five months, right?"

Qiu Yutang shook his head sadly and said, "The more than 200,000 Eastern Expedition army fought for several months. Until now, it has been exhausted and exhausted. Moreover, there are many wounded soldiers in the army. The truly warable army is probably only more than 100,000. With these tired troops with more than 100,000 morale, how can they be defeated by fighting with more than 500,000 morale-heavy imperial troops?"

"What's worse, once the more than 200,000 Eastern Expedition army of General Situ was destroyed, from Qingzhou to Zhongzhou, the empire would have no soldiers to adjust and no generals to send. The Guanghui Empire Army would be able to advance straight into Zhongzhou. Although Zhongzhou has imperial guards and guards guards, the situation of these two armies should be clear about the situation of these two armies. There are less than 50,000 veterans who have actually been on the battlefield, and the remaining tens of thousands are all new recruits. If they really go to the battlefield, they will be vulnerable at all."

"This..." Qiu Fengjin's face turned pale in an instant, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What should I do now?"

Qiu Yutang pondered for a moment and continued: "The most important things are two things now. First, the more than 200,000 Eastern Expedition Army of the Old General Situ must not fight the Guanghui Empire Army head-on. It can allow the divisions to distribute troops to resist the guard and gradually shrink, and to slow down the speed of the Guanghui Empire Army as much as possible."

"Yes." Qiu Fengjin nodded repeatedly, "What about the second thing?"

Qiu Yutang said: "The second thing is that Zhongzhou, Yunzhou and Yingzhou immediately enter the wartime rationing system. No matter civilians, no matter honors, no matter the powerful, no matter the main priests, all the rations will be filled into the national treasury. After the officials of each prefecture and county will leave the minimum rations necessary for survival according to Dingkou, all the excess will be taken to Xijing! If there are illegal vendors hoarding goods, or if there are powerful priests who are disobeying the empire, they will be severely punished and not loaned!"

Qiu Fengjin nodded repeatedly and asked with some concern: "That prince, you?"

Qiu Yutang sighed and said, "The empire is facing life and death, so how could the younger sister stand by? Brother, you just need to handle those two things well, and leave the rest to the younger sister. Although the Guanghui Empire Army is in a big position, they are delusional if they want to destroy our Mingyue Empire!"
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