Chapter 96: Father and Son's Thoughts (Part 1)

  This stone house is arranged like a combat conference room. Entering the interior through a simple wooden door, it is a rectangular stone house with a width of over 10 meters and a length of nearly 20 meters. The clean white stone walls around it are covered with maps.

  Along the edge of each wall, there is a desk filled with a large number of papers and documents. In the middle of the stone house, there are two long wooden tables, about 5-6 meters in length, on which are models of mountains, rivers, and grasslands.

  Now, by one of the large wooden tables, stood a dozen or so middle-aged Boomers who exuded an air of murder and slaughter. Most of these middle-aged Boomers were dressed in golden formal attire, with only two or three wearing earth-toned or fiery red robes.

  No matter what kind of Bimon they were, they basically all had a gold medal with a sword-like pattern on their chest, about the size of an inch, and almost all stood on both sides of the wooden table.

  Inside the house, there was only one exception, a lone figure standing north of the wooden table - Huang Jin Bimeng. This Huang Jin Bimeng, dressed in a golden uniform, with a high nose bridge, small eyes, and a tall and majestic physique, wore two gold medal pendants on his chest, each about an inch long.

  While many middle-aged men were whispering and pointing at the wooden model on the table, he just stared silently at a pass model in front of him.

  "Please, General, punish me for my tardiness." A moment later, a middle-aged man with a similar golden uniform, gold medal on his chest, and a slightly tall and slender figure appeared in the stone house. He walked to the front of Huang Jinbi, who was standing at the north end of the wooden table staring at the model, and bowed his head with a hint of guilt.

  In the kingdom of the beastmen, there is only one person who can be called Da Duwei, and that is Liu Yu's father, Gaiya Wei Lin.

  "You're about to break through to the mid-8th stage, during your closed-door training, right?" Gaia raised his head and asked the blond-haired man in a light tone.

  "Returning to the Grand Marshal, I have indeed reached the early peak of the 8th stage. It's also because I was in secluded cultivation that I arrived late. Please, Grand Marshal, punish me." The golden-robed monk bowed his head and replied in a low voice.

  "It's just a small matter, nothing serious. Besides, you've been idle at home for several years, it's impossible to keep the same schedule as when you were in the military." Gaius slightly raised his hand and gestured, and this golden-haired man stood up.

  "Thanks, Captain." After raising his hand, this Huang Jinbiao automatically stood up to the edge of the wooden table like other Huang Jinbiaos.

  "Now that all the idle and employed personnel of the Fire Fortress have arrived, let's begin. Ptolemy, you may speak first." After the golden-haired Bamont stood up, Gaia glanced at the numerous Bamont military officers around the wooden table.

  Then he spoke to a stout man in a brown robe with a big belly, who was standing beside him and was slightly shorter than the other Mongolian officers.

  "He is the Grand General." The middle-aged man, Tolomei, who was very familiar to Liu Yu, bowed slightly to Gaius and took out a document from his bosom to begin reading.

  The Military Affairs Department has compiled a report on the border battles over the past three months. Starting from two months ago, the Fano Border Patrol Team frequently and actively clashed with the Kingdom's Border Patrol Team. And starting from three days ago, we have received battle reports for three consecutive days that a small number of Imperial Guards appeared in the Fano Border Patrol Team.

  These guards, in conjunction with the patrol troops of the direct military divisions, have raided the kingdom's north and south patrols more than 40 times. Half a month ago, we asked several elders to go deep into enemy territory and found that at least two legions of guards appeared in Sas Province.

  As for Rhein Province, there were no Imperial Guards, but five cavalry legions were transferred from the northwestern border of the Fano Empire near the Elf Empire.

  "Ten days ago, one of our elders who was stationed at the border had a fight with a Douzun who was probing for information on behalf of Farnod, which proves that Farnod is making preparations for war." Ptolemy read the letter in one breath and then put it back into his bosom.

  Several middle-aged men beside Meng Bi listened to Ptolemy read the letter, their faces slightly changed. The military situation on the front line surprised them greatly.

  "Counting Sars and Rhein's originally stationed seven direct legions, there are now twelve direct legions and two guard legions on the front line of Fanord."

  Since Your Majesty's accession to the throne, in forty years, such a large-scale deployment of troops on the border of the Kingdom of Fano has only occurred twice, and what happened afterwards is clear to everyone.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to hear your opinions." Gaea immediately spoke up after Ptolemy finished reading the letter.

  "Elric, you first." After a moment of silence from the Bimon officer at the table, Gaia asked one of the younger golden Bimon officers among the many in the stone house.

  Return to Da Wei, under the consideration of subordinates, increasing troops is necessary. We have also dispatched most of the regular army to the south and north, but this is still not enough. The Empire of Fanuo will definitely attack at the beginning of autumn harvest.

  With their military scale, we should memorialize Your Majesty to prepare for national general mobilization. Once again gather all the old soldiers within twelve years in the clan, and order the Wolfman and Centaur tribes to also gather at least three million old soldiers.

  "Mobilize all vassal tribes to participate in the autumn harvest, and at the same time start transporting reserve military rations to the front line." The golden armor-clad officer fell silent for a moment before bowing slightly and responding.

  "Uh-huh, more specifically." Gaia nodded slightly after hearing that and asked another question.

  "This, I'd like to know which side of the Sas Province the Farnese Imperial Guard will appear on, whether they'll be spread out along the border or concentrated somewhere." The officer also asked back without hesitation, and he looked towards Tolemia beside Gaia.

  "The Imperial Guard is mainly in Sas Province, south of the central region." Seeing Gaya nod slightly, Ptolemy immediately replied.

  "Well, we should concentrate at least fifteen legions in the southern mountainous region, with the corresponding area responsible for defense, and prepare the centaur tribe's main force as a counterattack reserve, to launch a counterattack on the Rhine province at any possible time." This golden-haired Bammon officer seemed to have been prepared early, answering very fluently.

  "Defend in the south and attack in the north, that's what it means." Gaia summarized with a sentence in Eli, and the officer nodded in agreement.

  "Kain, you were in the North last year, tell us about it." Gaia didn't make any evaluation, but looked at a golden-haired Bimon officer standing to his left.

  "This, what Ery said is basically no problem, it's just that letting the Northern Centaur tribe counterattack the Rhine Province, I don't quite agree."

  There are now seven cavalry legions, especially the five cavalry legions transferred from the border of the Elf Empire, which are not easy to deal with. This counterattack is difficult to have any effect if it is carried out under low losses, unless we let a large number of centaurs die." The golden-haired Bammon officer named Cain paused for a moment and continued to speak.

  "I think the most secure way to fight this war is to defend on all fronts, especially in the south where there are dozens of mountain passes and fortresses, even if the Empire of Vanoa has its elite guard attacking, it would be hard to break through."

  "As for the north, we should send more troops to help defend. This golden-haired officer has always been humble in his responses, speaking with courtesy and reason."

  "What do you all think?" Gaia asked, gesturing to the blond-haired Bimon officer who was called "Cain" to stand up, and then continued to ask the Bimon officers present.

  "I've been idle at home for a long time and am not very clear about military affairs, so I won't speak rashly. I just want to ask how much military grain the kingdom has left. Now it's less than ten days away from autumn harvest, if we go to war, it's likely that the war will last until early November."

  The kingdom had mobilized millions of vassal tribes before and after, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the consumption of military rations for one day was also astonishing. The late-arriving golden Mongolian officer took over the topic proactively.

  "You can rest assured, last year's surprise attack on Sas Province, Ptolemy led the army to plunder the granaries of more than a dozen cities. These three years have been bumper harvests for the kingdom and there will be no problem with military rations until after the Beast God Festival. At most, those vassal tribes will eat a little less, but no one will starve."

  Gaia said these words not to the golden-haired Bimon officer, but facing all the Bimon officers in the house, obviously letting them all feel at ease.

  "Then, whether to defend the entire line or to defend the south and attack the north, please decide, General." The officer also understood what Gaiya meant by making them feel at ease, and voluntarily asked Gaiya to decide whose opinion to adopt.

  After the golden-haired Bimon officer finished speaking, Gaia didn't respond either, but beckoned to all the officers and turned around to walk in front of a huge map, pointing at the top middle part.

  "You see here is Emir's fortress..."

  "You see here is our garrisoned Emarbengan fortress..."