.Twenty-nine, Prelude to the Storm                                                                                                                       

As an important member of the greedy Western colonizer, you cannot be so upright and passionate about being so crazy!!!

This extremely ridiculous message made Feili's brain almost crash for a moment, and she almost thought that it was her excessive fatigue, which led to auditory hallucination.

But after just a moment, he had already understood what was going on, and immediately asked Ms. Zena with a serious expression, " , the domestic situation in the local area has intensified to this extent?"

But, it's almost the same. The time for the two sides to officially showdown is getting closer and closer, and we can basically say that we have entered the outpost stage."

Ms. Zena's face was also very cold, and she also signaled Charlotte to find several confidential documents that were narrow and gorgeous from her briefcase. "Due to the Goddess of Wealth and Trade, the strength comparison between the two sides has reversed again. The guys in the south are all red in anger.

She sighed helplessly, and at the same time she spread out a brief map of the land of the Naserel Empire and explained the current domestic situation to Feili. Overall, both the north and the south are actively working hard to prepare for the civil war.

The fuse that is likely to detonate the imperial civil war soon is the collapse of the common foreign enemy and the collapse of internal balance.

Since its revival, the Second Empire of Naserel has long been under the framework of the republic system. The three-party church organized by the magic goddess Mistera and the dark girl Elis, the god of knowledge in the drylands, Ogma, the so-called "three troikas", jointly dominate the central government in the northern region. As for the political situation of the various autonomous regions in the southern region, there are all kinds of strange things, from monarchy, democracy to the unity of politics and religion.

The north and south of the empire maintain a fragile and subtle cooperative relationship. The main factor in maintaining and promoting the unification of the empire is to restore the elf kingdom that was the massive counterattack against the human civilization world, that is, the "elf attack"

In order to resist the elves sweeping across the sea like waves from the west and south, many small human states on the Feren continent that were difficult to independently fight against invasion had to closely revolve around the flag of the second empire of Naserel, which had just been revived in the northwest of the mainland, and join the empire in the form of a dominant rule in exchange for military protection and cooperation. At the same time, it maintains its own high independence and uses all means to fight against the unified attempt of the central government of the empire. It is generally similar to the relationship between the Japanese shogunate and the vassal states. However, it is even more unstable. Fierce conflicts often break out due to taxes, military expenditures, and occupational district divisions. In recent years, it has become increasingly serious, and the root cause of the disintegration of the country has long been planted.

When the Elf Army was in a hurry, although there was constant friction within the empire, it had not fought much. However, after the Elf Kingdom Sheng repeatedly couped and civil strife, which led to his own collapse, the Second Empire of Naserier, as the old opponent, had not even had time to celebrate the victory. The internal contradictions that had been covered by the pressure of foreign invasion were like a steam boiler with a lid removed and exploded!

The north and the south began to fight intrigue and stand aside. Local rebellions and riots spread rapidly. In the central government, at least in name, the southern opposition subverted the regime through legal means. In the "three horses" of the ruling alliance, Ogma, the marginalized god of knowledge, suddenly turned against the south, resulting in the loss of the central faction's election and had to retreat from the throne of the imperial ground officer. The southern separatists then nominally controlled the central government and won the first round of victory.

However, the central factions in the north also responded quickly and threw an olive branch to the church of Yajin, who was still waving wealth and trade, which was still shaking. They quickly pulled it onto the chariot and formed a more powerful new "three troika". The Southern Separatists suffered a fatal blow, which was basically under the control of the Nirkin Church. This prosperous republic with prosperous trade since ancient times has always been an important funder for the Southern Separatists. Once the Yajin Church turns against it, the Confederate will immediately be in danger of financial collapse.

Moreover, the two major powers of Taesel and Kalinshan, which were recently seized by the elves from the elves, are now essentially within Am's sphere of influence. Even if the population and resources are not considered at all, just adding up the land of these three countries will be equivalent to one-quarter of the land surface area of ​​the empire!

If love and justice were filled with the world in the dark medieval era where ordinary heroes and in distress were all over the world, then according to the current world, magic and money are higher than all.

The combination of money and magic is the most powerful force today. Any magic is a very, very expensive thing. If there is not enough money, no matter how powerful a magician is, it is just a waste.

As a result, as one rises and the other falls, the Southern Alliance, which was already at a relatively disadvantage, was cut off nearly half of its strength. Before the immortals could even recover from the joy of winning the election, they had once again fallen into a desperate situation with a bleak future.

Only, so far, the control areas of the Northern Alliance include all overseas colonies, the Silver Moon Federation in the northwest inland, the entire western coastal area from the Ice Wind Valley to Kalinshan, most of the darker territory cities, as well as the Khan Chinmanso United Military Region on the eastern border, and the independent autonomous regions along the Moon Sea with Santilborough as the center. The total area is equivalent to the name of the imperial territory, but the general environment is harsh and land is poor. More than half of the land is uninhabited mountains, glaciers and deserts, and the population accounts for only about the country. If the Negin Church did not turn against it, this number would have to be further reduced to a level of insufficient irrigation."

Ms. Zena pointed out one by one on the map, and brought most of the territory of the Naserel Empire into the northern camp. The current basic territory of the southern camp is centered on the alliance between the Kingdom of Cormier and the Republic of Sambia, and won over the independent city-states on Hantu and the Dragon Coast. In addition, after winning the election, the areas around the Shadow Sea just occupied were not as strong as the country. However, they included many densely populated and prosperous places with great economic status. In addition, they also controlled the central government of the empire and had the advantages of insider operations and great power. On the contrary, the northern armies were divided into east and west parts. In addition, the poor transportation conditions made it difficult to effectively echo each other."

"But this is still far from enough to offset the huge advantage of the North!"

Feili looked at the map a few times and made her own judgment on the strength comparison between the north and the south. On the land, it was about the mouth: "It was about the population. So what is the situation in terms of the most critical military strength?"

"Theoretically, it is still our absolute advantage in all aspects."

Ms. Zena said lightly, "Although the central government has been lost in theory, relying on its deep influence for centuries of continuous rule, the north still has a basically complete central military system, mainly the nine regular field corpses that survived after the war, as well as all the central naval fleets stationed on the outer seas, and can mobilize up to about one million local militias and auxiliary corpses."

However, although the South won the general election, it failed to obtain the support of any regular army of the imperial army. At their hands, only the Kingdom of Cormier, the Republic of Sambia and a series of other autonomous militias and local armed forces, with a total force of only 200,000. Moreover, the practical experience is lacking, training and poor equipment level. The only advantage is that it successfully instigated most of the Fallen Star Sea Fleet and obtained the control of the sea in the inland sea. But this is not much use in a possible civil war. There is no barrier between the territory of the north and the south.

"Since the country is now in such a sure win, why should we stand up until now?"

Hearing this, Feili couldn't help but reach out and scratched her head, feeling a little confused, "The north has an absolute advantage in military strength and material resources, and its advantages in actual combat effectiveness are even more obvious. It seems that as long as a short-term decisive battle is fought, the power of Nanyi's separation can be completely wiped out."

"This is, on the one hand, it is concerned about moral factors and political influence. After all, the South controls the great power of the central government. There are a considerable number of pacifists on both sides, and they do not want the empire that has just shown signs of rising to be broken by the civil war. Moreover, the war-weariness of the people in the domestic people continues to rise. If we take the lead in provoking the civil war for no reason, it will easily lead to adverse changes in the morale and people's hearts; on the other hand, there are still a large number of unstable factors within the Northern Alliance, and it is not easy to use foreign troops before the cleanup and integration work is completed."

Ms. Zena explained to Fili that due to the sudden turn of Ogma, the god of knowledge, the originally iron-clad central government territory has now shown signs of falling apart, and even when the north and south showdowns, it is still not very united. The church of Nirkin, the goddess of wealth and trade, has been working with the Southern Separatist Alliance for many years, and there are also powerful potential forces inclined toward the enemy within its influence."

Her fingers drew in the area near the headquarters of the God of Knowledge Church, and then pointed it in the Komanso Forest in the east. Moreover, although our northern camp is strong, there are also many doves who oppose civil war. They believe that since the strength of the two sides is so different, the southern dominions will definitely not dare to seek death and take the initiative to provoke a civil war without any chance of victory. Therefore, we have a full hope of taking the peaceful route to regaining the central government in the next election, rather than letting the core hinterland of the most prosperous country be cremated into scorched earth by war. However, these doves have forgotten the key point that the temptation of power will make people lose their minds!

Now, the major powerful factions in the northern camp are still hesitating between war and war, but the southerners who have mastered the central government are already eager to fan the flames everywhere: instigating the thirteen states of Xin Naserier to break away from the imperial independence, and the elves that funded the Komanso Forest to rebel again, gather heavy troops to enter the empire and intimidate the Congress." The methods have become so bad that they completely disregard the will of the people.

They even secretly sent small troops to various places with the name of the Lansendel Church and the Tyre Church to directly participate in the rebellion and turmoil in various places to cause greater turmoil and destruction. The naval fleet sent to the Far East to carry out destruction is one of them. The purpose is to destroy the profitable Far East Jianshushang, Jiaao, and Hunshan. "It is said that reading is good and you can't go outside. The country has been facing a collapsed commercial economy! In order to combat dissidents, this so-called small-minded government simply ignores the minimum face, responsibilities and morality!"

This is also a normal phenomenon in political struggle. The key is that the north is too cautious, and Feili muttered in his heart. As a great man in another plane once said, when seeking peace in struggle, peace exists; when seeking peace in compromise, peace perishes. Therefore, when the northern camp that has the advantage is still hesitant and intends to seek peace through compromise, the Confederacy has begun to "seek peace through struggle"!

Of course, when the conditions are not met at all, choosing to fight by force is not necessarily a wise move.

However, in this way, the separatists in the south are indeed crazy, and the Tyr Church, the god of justice and order, and the Lansendel Church, the Lord of Morning, who stand behind them, are also completely crazy. And they are very stupid. The Tyr Church, which is in charge of the legal clergy, openly tramples on the imperial constitution and provokes civil war; while the Lansendel Church, who claims to be kind and kind, is deliberately trying to put the national economy into bankruptcy, making the whole country more hungry and cold. This is simply for the sake of the illusory power in front of us, and is destroying the foundation of its own survival and development. But I still can't understand. Where did this fleet go to sea from?"

Feili asked with a frown, and at the same time reached out to spy a diagonal line on the map. According to what you said just now, from Ice Wind Valley to Kalinshan, the entire western coastal area is on the side of the northern camp. All the outer sea fleets are under our control. The south only has a part of the Fallen Star Sea Fleet. How did this fleet that is currently damaging in the Far East enter the outer sea ocean? It would never have moved and used dozens of dragons as coolies to hang warships over hundreds of miles of land, right?"

It is somewhat similar to the Medium Sea of ​​Euroon on Earth. In the middle of the Feren continent, there is also a vast inland sea, which is said to be caused by a meteor falling, so it is called the Sea of ​​Falling Stars.

However, unlike the Mediterranean Sea on Earth, the Fallen Continent's Sea of ​​Stars is strictly just a huge saltwater lake. There is no natural waterway to connect with the outer sea.

Therefore, the navies of all countries along the coast of the Star Sea are actually fleets in bathtubs. Only the Elf Kingdom has dug a simple canal to the outer sea and ocean on the narrow ground that blocks the Star Sea from the Steam Lake. But now the canal is the hardest hit area of ​​the Dwarf uprising, with forts, mines and digging dams everywhere. Even the Elf Kingdom's own fleet cannot pass safely, let alone other countries.

Only, you missed a very critical place, small and inside.”

Ms. Zena sighed and replied, pointing to the headquarters of the God of Knowledge Church located in Candle Castle above the Candle Castle on the coast of the Sword Sea, it has an independent small fleet, and before the northern camp could take time to guard, it took many followers from the fleets on the sea. It would not be very difficult if they wanted to piece together twenty large ocean-going sailboats.

In order to solve this nail located in the hinterland of our side, we have mobilized three regular field corps and several militia organizations. A total of about 30,000 people have been siege against Zhubao. In order to avoid becoming a "existence fleet" and stayed in the port before the official war started, the Southern Navy trapped in Zhubao simply took all the ocean-going merchant ships in the port, gathered some troops gathered in Zhubao in advance to break out and go to the Far East to carry out secret missions. Because the level of the other officers and soldiers captured was not enough, the specific details and combat plans are not yet known yet."

Speaking of this, Ms. Zena quickly put away the simple map of the Feren continent on the table, then replaced it with a military map of Kuzakra, and took a lot of shots on the southwest edge of the island country. According to the information interrogated from the prisoners, this Naseril fleet has been operating based on the Kagoshima Port of the Satsuma clan as a base, and has close contact with the inverse forces in various places. Not only the Kumanotan Battle not long ago, but even the earlier rebellion incident of the Choshu clan was inseparable from it...

Therefore, after winning the Battle of Maguan, Admiral Perry bit the tail of the opponent's fleet and chased the sea outside Kagoshima Port. He urgently recruited the squadron stationed in the Xianglong Empire to assist in the war, hoping to participate in the battle. Our army could barely deal with the enemy in front of us, but if the enemy gained a foothold, it would be possible to attract larger reinforcements from the country, or simply join forces with the elves of the Far East Sea, the Imperial Far East Army would be a little short of strength."

Only, alas, Admiral Perry seems to have done a little too much in this matter

Feiri's eyebrows were almost tied up for a moment. With the current total strength of only a few thousand, it may be possible to win several naval battles. But if you want to go ashore to defeat the powerful Satsuma family alone, you may not be able to catch them. Since Admiral Perry has locked the mastermind behind the chaos, at least one of the masterminds of a certain rear guard as the Satsuma family, why not apply for more reinforcements from the shogunate? Although the combat power of the shogunate army is really cold, it can still share some firepower and casualties, and mobilize some local forces on Kyushu Island. Moreover, the largest heavy army group in the shogunate is currently in the construction of Changzhou, which is not too far from the Satsuma family.

Only, this, "When the news came back to the Yokohama Concession, the remaining personnel of the Imperial Far East Army decided to temporarily block the information from the shogunate before the clear result of the Battle of Kagoshima. Even I found out through some private relationships."

Ms. Zena answered a little embarrassedly that the Edo Makita can barely maintain its dominance with the support of our country's military force. If the current turbulent situation is exposed, our biggest backer has long been partially broken and on the verge of disintegration, and the central government of the imperial government is even openly supporting the anti-shog faction, the situation in the Japanese island country may immediately deteriorate again. Not only will the shogunate will be absolutely panicked, but the downward forces in various places will also be motivated, thereby strengthening various sabotage activities. The so-called walls are pushed to everyone, and in that case, the situation on our side will be even worse."

No wonder Edocho Prayer sent someone to collect the house at this time, but it turned out that he was just kept in the dark,"

According to general principles, if the shogunate party really received such bad news, they would be afraid immediately and treat the only giant bear army available in the area around Edo as their ancestors.

Faced with such a situation, Feili couldn't explain clearly what she felt.

The practice of the Empire's Far East colonial authorities was actually not a big mistake. It was completely in line with the general laws of most bureaucracies in the world, that is, if you can delay any difficult problems, you will continue until you can't continue. But there are many things in this world that can't be solved by pretending to be an ostrich and delaying time. Even if the concession detains the messenger and blocks the news, won't the enemy proclaim it?

Even though the warriors of the Japanese island country are rigid in mind and do not know the power of public opinion war, among the traitors who come from Naserel and have experienced the "act of corruption of the image of gods", there will definitely be a few people who know the mystery.

Therefore, this news cannot be blocked for long. Instead of closing your eyes and burying your head in the sand to pretend to be an ostrich, it is better to confess everything to your allies. Let’s mobilize all the power of both sides to find a way to deal with this difficulty first.

But after all, it is the same if it is not in his position and not in his politics wherever he puts it. No matter how many problems the colonial authorities in the Far East of the Empire were, no matter how hard an outsider like him, no matter how hard he pointed his fingers, he just sighed silently again, and at the same time he was thinking about how to get a batch of weapons and ammunition as soon as possible. Seeing that the place was getting worse and worse, the Giant Bear Legion had many veterans in a hundred battles, but he dragged a bunch of empty guns and a half-waste giant ship, which really made him feel at ease.

In general, as a guest army that lacks foundation in the local area and is vaguely guarded and restricted, the Giant Bear Legion has no way to take the initiative to do anything before the matter is about to come. Ms. Zena and her embassy that do not have much real power are almost in the same situation. If you can find ways to strengthen some of your own defense measures, you will almost reach the limit.

,,

However, today seemed to be testing Feili's heart ability. Just as he noticed that the sunset was setting outside the window and twilight was coming, and he was planning to invite Charlotte and Ms. Zena to go to the officers' cafeteria for dinner, there was a sudden "bang" sound. The infantry commander and pseudo-loli of the Giant Bear Legion, Lieutenant Colonel Feton, panting and rushing in. His face was wrinkled as if he had been maliciously owed millions of debts, and followed by the same ugly face of the Kuroshima Hitomi.

Then, before Feli came to his senses and scolded his rude behavior, Lieutenant Colonel Fedon rushed to the front of his desk. He said another explosive sensational news today in anger.

"Just just now, a terrible bad news came from the market, and the entire Edo Castle was shocked!"

While he was yelling at everyone in a very tender voice, he kept wiping the gurgling sweat flowing on his forehead with a white handkerchief. "A large-scale rebellion broke out in Kyoto, and thousands of Satsuma troops sneaked into the city to launch a surprise attack! In addition, Emperor Hitoki also issued an order to publicly declare the Edo shogunate as the "Korean enemy" and issued a decree to the whole country, calling on all vassal states, temples, and tyrants to raise troops to the fall of the bank. "This country is probably about to fall into a full-scale war!"

Hearing this, Feili was stunned at first, then her eyes turned dark, what kind of disaster day is today? Why are all the bad news together? And Gu is more powerful than this life. Could it be that he really wanted to exercise his heart function?

He smiled bitterly and rubbed his tangled temples, feeling like a group of crows flying by on his head, flapping his wings.

However, for some people who are currently stranding at the scene of war and are deeply trapped in the center of the vortex of misfortune, the things that "swoosh" over their heads are far more than a few unlucky crows."

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