Chapter 316 Prelude to War—War Declaration

No matter how long he fought, as long as he could gain military exploits, he would be satisfied.

With Vaelin's tireless support, the Ridgeland gradually recovered from the turmoil.

But the losses in population and troops can only be done slowly, and it will take time to make up for it.

"Alas, the losses this time are too great. I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in this war."

On top of the city wall, Brian looked at the busy citizens with a lonely look on his face.

"Cousin, look at it a bit. This war is probably more tragic than you can imagine. It's a good thing that you didn't participate." Welin looked at Brian's expression and comforted him.

Brian, who has a big heart, quickly recovered, nodded and said: "Welin, you are right, I should be like Uncle Alcott, immersed in development for more than ten years, and after I have a certain foundation, Thinking about other things.”

"Pioneering and pioneering, without the hard work of the first generation, how could the second and third generations work hard?"

"I'm looking away now. If my generation can't be promoted to Viscount, then let my son or daughter do it."

Suddenly, his cousin's mentality changed so quickly that Weilin had not yet reacted.

Perhaps this severe injury made my cousin grow up a lot.

"Weilin, don't worry, I will return the things you gave me with your support to the Qixing Leader within ten years." With a sincere smile on his face, Brian opened his arms and hugged Weilin.

Weilin reacted and hugged his cousin: "Cousin, you owe me a lot of money. You can't pay it back if you don't work hard."

Brian said firmly: "I have three goals in the next ten years, get married, pay off the money I owe you, and finally make the Ridgeline prosperous. With Adrian's help, I believe I will achieve this goal."

"Remember to call me when you get married. I will definitely drink your wedding wine."

"I see."

……

On October 15th, the 16th Silver Knights returned to Cardero Province from the Brazilian A camp, gradually calming down the chaotic situation.

At the end of December, 120,000 troops from the Kingdom's Eleventh and Sixteenth Legions entered the Cardero Province, and the dwarf "robbers" disappeared.

The turmoil that lasted for a year came to an end, and the National Defense Force completed its mission and announced its disbandment under the order of Governor Olide.

On January 9731, 1 in the Glorious Calendar, a small demonic natural disaster broke out in White Rock City, Stone Mountain Province, in the western region of the dwarves. More than 1 demons "came out of their cages" and more than dwarves became half-demon.

Only the dwarf mountain god's divine descending, combined with three dwarf legends and an army of 200,000 dwarves, could stop this disaster from affecting the entire western region.

More than 300,000 dwarves died in this disaster. The population of Stone Mountain Province in the west of the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom dropped by 30%. The losses were not unbearable.

Thanks to the fate of the gods, this disaster was resolved within the dwarf kingdom, and no demons or half-demon escaped the fate of being purified.

But the wars that should happen will still happen. The Kingdom of Ilia and the Kingdom of Bahio will not stop the pace of war just because the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom suffered a natural disaster from demons.

On March 9731, in the Glorious Calendar, King Belgraf Silvis of the Kingdom of Ilia and Saint Anastasia of the Life God of the Kingdom of Ilia jointly signed the Declaration of War.

The nobles of the kingdom and the priests of the Goddess of Life are called upon to actively participate in the war and contribute their own strength to this war.

In Star-Moon Castle, Verin looked at the "Declaration of War" distributed from the kingdom to various nobles, and realized that the war machine of the Kingdom of Ilia was starting to operate.

"The war is coming, and the development operations must be started simultaneously to facilitate the reception of the population after the war."

Two days later, a meeting was held in Star-Moon Castle. In addition to Verin's fifteen guardian knights, there were also thirty consuls, officers or college teachers from the Praying Star Territory.

"Before the meeting begins, everyone should take a look at this document from the Royal Capital."

After hearing Verin's instructions, Kyle placed fifty copies of the "Declaration of War" on the table and asked them to pass them around one by one.

Five minutes later, Verin announced that the meeting had officially begun.

"There are three topics for this meeting."

"The first topic is the troops participating in the war."

Everyone held their breath and looked at Weilin with bright eyes, filled with anxiety and expectation.

"I will lead the army, with 3,000 people from the Star Prayer Battalion, 200 knights from the Fire Lion Knights, 200 knights from the Ice Bear Knights, and 40 Silver Wolf Knights, and then draw three brigades of 1,500 people from the second battalion. , were incorporated into the Qixing Camp and organized into the Seventh Brigade, the Eighth Brigade and the Ninth Brigade."

"One hundred and thirty priests led by Reverend Lavia accompanied the army."

"During Orlando's expedition with the army, Duke, the consul of Changlin County, acted as the consul of Xifeng County and presided over government affairs."

At the thirteenth seat on the left, Duke stood up and saluted: "I will follow your instructions, my lord."

"Orlando County is temporarily under Baird's jurisdiction."

"Yes, Lord." Baird accepted the order with a serious face.

No one has any objection to the first issue.

Immediately afterwards, Weilin started the second topic of the meeting, development matters.

"Starting from June this year, the third development of Qixing Ling will officially begin."

Except for a few people who knew the inside story, others were in an uproar and did not understand why a new round of development was started before the existing territory was completed.

However, they did not ask questions. The lord had his own reasons for doing this. As subordinates, although they had doubts in their hearts, it was not the time to question now.

Weilin had a clear view of everyone's performance, but he did not explain the reason.

He is a lord and has supreme power and status in Qi Xing. There are some things that people below do not need to understand. They can just implement them according to the requirements. If they are not qualified, they will be replaced directly.

"For the third time, Baird will serve as the general manager, Andrew will serve as the deputy general manager, and Alf, Adolf, Imogen, Orion, Greg and Dorsius will assist."

"Yes, Lord." The eight people stood up and saluted, saying loudly.

"The development direction this time is chosen to be in the south of Orlando County and the southwest of Xifeng County. The development area is tentatively determined to be 10,000 square kilometers. On this basis, the area to be developed can only be more, not less."

Verin set a bottom line, then looked at the fifth seat on the right and issued an order: "Raymundo, starting from June, I will give you two million gold coins to purchase slaves. "

"What to do, I guess I don't need to tell you in detail."

Upon hearing this, Raimundo replied respectfully: "Please rest assured, Lord, I will do my best to maximize the benefits of this fund."

"Well, sit down."