During the five years of the Great Disaster in the Holy See Empire, the number of citizens who died is unknown, and the number of souls that were intercepted by the Holy See during the battle is also unknown. However, those who were brought back by the secret troops led by the Eternal Night Army were sent to the

The number of the second world is known - 2,345,682.

This number far exceeds the total number of citizens of the Yongye Army who died in the five years of the great disaster.

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"In the East Aoding Grassland Immigration Area, 103,000 new immigrants were resettled last year. The planned nomadic herding has achieved initial results. So far, not only has it not asked for a single grain of grain from the territory, but it has fed thirty livestock of all kinds back to the territory.

Ten thousand head, we are confident that even if the year is not ideal, we will still resettle more than 100,000 disaster victims and feed back no less than 500,000 head of livestock."

"The reclamation area of ​​the Donau Plain has returned to 70% of what it was before the disaster. Although there have been several minor disasters this year, our grassroots personnel have done a very good job in preparation and actively led the people below to save themselves.

Most areas have made it through with their own abilities, and are now in the stage of harvesting grain. If no major accidents occur, the grain harvested here this year will not only be able to meet their own self-sufficiency, but will also be rich in storage."

"In the Andis Basin, 90% of cultivation has been resumed this year. However, the weather is generally dry, and most of the mountainous areas cannot be fully irrigated. The production has been severely reduced. It is difficult to achieve self-sufficiency this year, and food support needs to be mobilized from other places.

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"Last year in the Huayu Plateau, our newly controlled farming area increased by more than 300,000 square meters. This year we expect to be able to assist the territory with 80,000 tons of grain."

Just after the autumn harvest, the status of each area under the Yongye Army was immediately summarized to Sean.

Overall, the situation of the Yongye Army Leader has improved comprehensively. The shadow of the disaster years is moving away from them, but the shadow of the war is getting closer and closer to them.

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"Some people blame the hunger, war, and death we have experienced over the years on the true God. This is a treasonous idea. The true God is leading his own angel army. In order to protect our souls and not be tempted by the devil,

Fight not to be eroded by nightmares, not to be devoured by demons. Without the protection of the true God, the devil's conspiracy has long been rampant among us. Nightmares will erode our dreams and make us no longer peaceful in our sleep. The demons are even more

It will wreak havoc in the world. The true God has done so much for us, so why do we have any reason to criticize the true God again?"

"This disaster is neither the fault of the true God nor the fault of our simple and kind believers. All faults originate from the pagans in the east. This is the anger and punishment of the laws of nature for their blasphemy of natural magic. You see

Look at this tree, is this a product of nature?"

"Oh my god, how can there be a giant tree bigger than a town in the world?"

"This is an existence that goes against the will of the true God!"

"How much energy does it need to absorb to grow to such a big size? Is it possible that it is the culprit of our years of disasters, because it absorbs all the energy that originally belonged to our food?"

"That's not all. It is said that its underground root system is ten times or even a hundred times larger than that on the surface, and it is spreading at a terrifying speed. It has almost spread all over the Odin Grassland, wherever its root system reaches.

, the vegetation there will become extremely lush, even if there are disasters there like us!"

"It covers the entire Odin Grassland? How is it possible? How huge is the Odin Grassland? It is said that it takes a horse a month to run from south to north, and three months from east to west. No matter how huge the tree is,

It’s impossible to do this.”

"Under normal circumstances, of course it is impossible, but those pagans use evil magic to make the impossible possible. Do you imagine when did the disasters in these years begin? Think again, those evil

A few years ago, the pagans intercepted souls from the victims of the disaster in our territory. What exactly did they want to do? Where did the souls that they took away with evil magic end up?"

"What do you mean? All the souls taken away from us by the Eternal Night Army leaders were used by them as nutrients for that giant tree?"

"It is very possible that there is something in this world that the cultists who worship their lords as gods cannot do? Only in this way can it be explained that a tree bigger than a town appeared out of thin air.

And it grew so huge."

"My poor grandmother, my poor mother, even after death, her soul has no peace, and she is still enslaved and becomes the nourishment of a tree."

"Will my three children also fall into this situation? It is really evil. This is a kind of blasphemy. This kind of evil can never be forgiven."

"No wonder, no wonder, even in a year of disaster, the land of those pagans is still productive. This year is a year of great abundance, but our territory is still plagued by disasters. It turns out that everything is their fault. They have destroyed what originally belonged to us.

The food was stolen with evil magic. The food in their hands originally belonged to us."

"We must not sit still and wait for death. We must do something. For our food and for our relatives whose souls have been taken away, we must do something!"

"We want to take back the food that belongs to us and save the souls of our relatives, even if it means paying the price of blood!"

"We must use our hands to take back everything that belongs to us and destroy the source of destruction that brings us."

The sentiments are so surging. In the Holy See of Ether, it is not just one city or one place, nor is it formed in one day. Many deep-rooted ideas need to be repeatedly reiterated and guided by someone.

The top leaders of the Holy See Empire have been looking for external objective reasons in order to divert the empire's internal conflicts and their own inability to resist disasters.

In the past, this kind of scapegoat was usually carried by the secret society of witches, such as black magic, secret magic experiments, etc. Even the witches involved could not explain these mysterious things clearly, let alone ordinary people.

Most firmly believe it.

The Conclave of Witches has a bad reputation in many parts of the Byron Union. Although there are reasons for their own behavior, the bigger reason is the slander that the Holy See has been smearing for hundreds of years.

Now that the Witches' Conclave has been crippled by the Holy See, everyone in the Witches' Conclave from top to bottom is considering packing up and fleeing. They are no longer enemies on the same level, and using them as a target will obviously not be so convincing anymore.

The leader of the Eternal Night Army, who is rising rapidly and has surpassed the Witch Conclave in the use of magic, has become their new target.

Especially in many aspects of the Yongye Military Leader, even the people of the Yongye Leader feel that they are developing rapidly, and they feel a little out of touch with the times, let alone watching outsiders.

Not to mention anything else, just the Ashan World Tree will make all the believers of the Holy See who see it through memory images incomprehensible. This is far beyond the scope of their knowledge.

Under the conscious guidance of the higher-ups of the Holy See, the Ashan World Tree, which once sealed the space rift and had an indelible protective responsibility for the Ashan Continent, suddenly transformed and became the culprit of this disaster. All of this was caused by the leader of the Yongye Army.

And the result of their lord Sean's abuse of evil magic.

The leader of the Yongye Army originally sent soldiers to secretly sneak into the territory of the Holy See Empire, use soul gems to absorb the souls of the victims, and bring them back to the second world.

It has also been twisted into collecting soul materials for evil magic. The souls of the victims who were taken away by them are now probably imprisoned and even become fertilizer for the evil magic tree.

People at the bottom are often blind and ignorant, and are easily deceived by lies.

Especially for mysterious things that they don't understand, once they can't explain it with lies that they can understand, they will often believe it.

Although the Yongye Army Leader has been fighting back through public opinion, it has achieved little success. The Holy See Empire had already expelled all the people who participated in public activities of the Yongye Army Leader before the founding of the country. How could they allow their public opinion newspapers to enter the Holy See?

What about the imperial territories?

The Holy See Empire's method of attracting trouble from outside has indeed played a significant role. Within the Holy See Empire, the hatred against the leader of the Yongye Army far exceeds the hatred towards the top leaders of the Holy See Empire.

They attributed all the suffering they had experienced in the past five years to the leader of the Yongye Army.

This emotion reached its peak when the situation of Yongye Army Leader improved.

A big reason for this kind of emotion is the death threat brought by hunger.

They want to start a war for themselves, drag themselves out of the mire of hunger, and find a high-sounding reason.

Compared to the behavior of the Holy Ether Church, which wants to be a bitch but also wants to build a memorial arch.

The West Odin Empire is undoubtedly much cleaner and neater. When Ashan World Tree began to purify the East Odin grassland, the vegetation here became lush again.

There are scattered tribes that have begun to migrate here tentatively. Compared with high-sounding things, survival is more important in the minds of these Odin orcs.

The fate of these Odin orc tribes is obvious. The Eternal Night Army leader did not even dispatch regular troops, but was eaten by the brave and militant Kentana barbarian tribe, and became their vassal tribe to lead horses and herd sheep.

In the age of starvation, these tribes of Odin orcs who have become vassal tribes of the Eternal Night Army are not a bad thing.

As long as they keep their peace after surrender, they will usually be included as part of the planned economy. Although their lives may not necessarily be very good, at least they will not starve to death.

This year, the situation in the East Odin Grassland was obviously better than that in the West Odin Grassland. Ulan Bage could no longer hold back and issued an Eastern Expedition Order again.

But compared to their ambition to unify the entire Odin Steppe ten years ago, this time they came for survival.

Both the quantity and quality of the army are far behind what they have been in the past ten years.

During the Eastern Expedition ten years ago, the Theodin Empire claimed to have one million troops. In the early days, this statement was indeed true, but in the later period, it was definitely no less than this number.

The soldiers are mainly young and middle-aged Odin orcs who have been on the battlefield. They have lived and hunted in the Odin prairie for decades. Whether it is riding skills, archery skills or their own toughness, they are quite amazing. Therefore, against Dongao

During the Ding Empire, it was extremely powerful.

During the second march south, most of these elites were lost at the Broken Vein Defense Line, and the largest number of them were trapped and killed by the Yongye Army.

In this Eastern Expedition, the army led by Emperor Ulan Baz was mainly composed of Odin orcs who had grown up in the past ten years. Although they were as brave as their ancestors, they still lacked a lot in experience.

The quantity is only half of the last time, and the total number is only about 500,000.

Compared with the furious advance of the last Eastern Expedition, this Eastern Expedition of the Theodin Empire seems to be dragging its feet.

At the beginning of the year, when the ice had not yet thawed, the news that the Theodin Empire was preparing for another eastern expedition was known to the world, and it was not until early summer that they delayed their journey.

I dragged my family with me along the way. It was more appropriate to say it was herding than an Eastern Expedition. I walked extremely slowly. If it weren't for the royal tent of the Theodin Empire accompanying me, it would make people doubt the authenticity of this Eastern Expedition.

Not to mention the Military Staff Department, a specialized organization of the Yong Ye Military Leader, even those who have some knowledge of the overall situation in the Ashan Continent can easily analyze the psychology of the Theodin Empire.

Ashan continent is now divided into three parts.

In successive years of battles, the Theodin Empire, which had lost troops and generals, was the weakest.

On the contrary, during the five years of fighting against the great disaster, the Yongye Army leader who did the best was the strongest in all aspects.

The most important thing is that in the several battles between the Theodin Empire and the Yongye Army Leader, they failed to get a good deal, especially since the trend of the Yongye Army Leader in recent years has far exceeded the awareness of their senior leaders.

If they were not forced to do so, they would never want to provoke the enemy, the leader of the Yongye Army.

The Theodin Empire's current eastern expedition is more to show a gesture to its neighbor, the Holy Ether Holy See Empire, so that they can use troops against the Eternal Night Army with confidence.

One-on-one, both the Theodin Empire and the Holy Ether Holy See were wary of the leader of the Yongye Army.

If it's two against one, they still have a lot of confidence.

This kind of thing does not require any conspiracy at all. When the Theodin Empire made such a move, the senior officials of the Holy Ether Church naturally understood it and had no other way to go.

Because at this time, the war against the Yong Ye Army Leader was not determined by their needs, but by the situation in their territory.

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Odin Grassland.

The boundary of the East Odin Grassland.

The division of the East and West Odin Grasslands is artificial and has no obvious geographical markings.

Even experienced Odin orcs have a hard time telling whether they are in the West Odin Grassland or the East Odin Grassland. It was precisely because of the difficulty in demarcating the borders that the disputes between the East and West Odin Empires continued.

Now the two grasslands here have relatively obvious signs.

That is, from west to east, the vegetation becomes more prosperous as you go.
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