After cheering for a while, the refugees turned around and walked towards a deserted village. Compared with the grim look that they had abandoned their homes before, these refugees were all happy at this moment. After all, no matter who they were, they were unwilling to give up their home business under such a forced situation.

"Leader, why do you say these words to them?" asked Ram, the adjutant who rushed to Valed, who was next to him.

"For the stability of the Count Abehrasin's Count." Vared replied: "If such things continue to happen, the people's livelihood of the Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count is declining and the economic conditions deteriorate. These situations are certainly going to happen. Therefore, the refugees that arise are not a good thing for the other three families or the Abehrasin's family. If they are allowed to lose, it is equivalent to releasing Sylvania's blood. But the cost of managing and relieving them is also very large."

"I understand what you mean. But this group of refugees is probably just a small part of the refugees caused by the green-skinned craze. There are more refugees left. What should I do?"

"Send officers, light horses and fast horses to send the villages and towns. Also, come with paper and pen, and I will write a letter to my father-in-law." Vared thought about it and made up his mind. He said to Ram, then he took the blank letter and magic quill handed over by Ram. After a moment of contemplation, he thought about it and thought about the content. After writing it for a while, he handed it over to Ram: "Transfer it to my father-in-law. Arrange people to explain the refugees in each village and town, and I will hand it over to you."

"Yes, leader." After Ram said that, he blessed himself with his flying technique and flew into the military formation, and shouted loudly the names of several smart and capable vampire officers. After seeing this, Vared nodded secretly, thinking that it was a rare good thing to have such a capable adjutant.

Vared's army was approaching the Blood Dragon Fort with great fanfare. Naturally, such news would not be hidden from others. In fact, Vared had no intention of hiding his military ideas. Before this, he had already written a letter to his father-in-law, Orah, the leader of the Blood Dragon Knights, which clearly stated that he would go to rescue the Blood Dragon Knights. At the same time, under Vared's instigation, the Ramiya and the Nirakochi family also sent a large number of main forces to the Blood Dragon Knights Fort to assist the Abel Hracin family.

This was discussed with the other two families after Vared formulated the strategy of developing the southern pioneering strategy and rescuing the Abehracin family. He originally wanted to accept it with such a strong force. But unexpectedly, the Grand Commander of Orah made a wrong judgment on this. So that nearly two hundred Blood Dragon Knights, including his parents and children, died. This was really a tragedy.

When Valed's 100,000 troops approached the Blood Dragon Knight Fort, he collected refugees along the way and repelled sporadic Goblin robbers. While leaving a small number of troops to guard the place, reinforcements from the other two families were also ready and headed towards the Blood Dragon Knight Fort - all this was exactly the same as what happened during the third Green Skin Invasion decades ago.

"This is really terrible." When the thought of the countless harms that the war brought to Sylvania, whether it was the vampire nobles or the human civilians, as long as the creatures living in Sylvania would complain so sincerely.

"What a great news."

Of course, this is the best news for forces outside Sylvania. They no longer have to worry about a complete and powerful Sylvania rising again and launching a terrifying, world-storming war. They will continue their cruel, endless war in the southeast.

"Did you see it? My friends, the Empire finally ushered in a good luck of his own." Magnus, the emperor of the Sigma Empire, said to his confidants with a smile: "I once thought about the worst situation. It was a unified and complete vampire country. While the cultists in the chaos in the North launched a full-scale invasion, they also launched an attack on the Empire. If the two forces were together, then it would be really hard for us to resist. But it seems that I was a little over-concerned."

His ministers were also smiling. Indeed, as the Emperor of the Empire said, although the Empire was strong, it did not have the ability to deal with two powerful enemies at the same time. In this case, Sylvania was trapped in another battlefield. Is this not a blessing to the Emperor of God? What could it be?"

"Okay, everyone, the biggest hidden dangers in the southeast direction have been eliminated. But we still cannot be careless because of this. The chaos in the north is us and the greatest enemy of all those who love justice. We must do our best to fight them back. Hollant, my friend. How are our army prepared?"

"The preparations are very good, Your Majesty. Our twelve legions, including the most elite Rick Guard, are all ready to go. The three kingdoms near the north also said that they had made a mobilization of the entire army. As for the other dukes, they also expressed their willingness to obey our orders. In this way, we can gather at least 300,000 troops on the northern line. The reserve force must be twice this number!"

"Very good." After hearing this number, Magnus smiled, 300,000, twice as much as 600,000. Then, it would be close to a million troops! Command such a huge army to defend human territory and justice and fight against heresy in the chaos of faith. Just thinking about such a thing makes people feel excited!

"So what about other combat readiness?" the emperor continued.

"The National Church, the Witcher Guild, the Imperial Mage Guild and the Imperial Engineer Academy. These institutions have promised to do their best to help us. At the same time, the major Knights of the Empire will provide us with military support."

"Very good, very good-so what about artillery and other arms?"

"Nunn's gun factory is producing the latest artillery day and night. We now have more than 500 artillery types in our hands. The latest muskets and ammunition are sufficient. A total of five million rounds of ammunition is enough for 100,000 musketeers to shoot fifty times in a row. And the rest of our weapons, including armor, guns and halberds, swords and shields, crossbows and bows and arrows, are also enough for our army to use."

"Very good." Magnus laughed: "We have enough army, enough elites and sufficient armed forces. Although these cannot guarantee that we will win, they will be the best guarantee of victory!"

After asking these things, Magnus looked at the prime minister of the Empire again: "Then it's your turn now, my friend. You know, how much does it cost to maintain a large army of large numbers and well-equipped."

"Of course I know, your majesty." The Prime Minister of the Empire, McLean, replied: "The rain this year is good, I think we will get a good harvest. Before that, I also checked the reserves of various important warehouses in the Empire. Except for a few warehouses that had certain problems, the rest were all well-functioning. In terms of food, we had no big problems. But..."

"But what?" asked Magnus.

"But our finances are probably a little problem..." McLean said.

"Financial? I remember more than three months ago, when I asked you, you said that our finances were in good condition." Magnus's words were a little dissatisfied, which made McLean feel a little nervous. So he quickly explained:

"I'm very sorry, your majesty. But three months ago, we had not started the armament. You asked me at that time that I reported to you on the budget for peacetime."

"It's true." Magnus nodded, agreeing with his prime minister's statement: "So, do you have any way to solve this problem?"

"It depends on the scale and length of the war, your majesty." McLean said: "If it doesn't take long, we can borrow some funds from some big merchants and large banks. But if it takes too long, I'm afraid there will be other solutions."

"The war with heresy is unlikely to be completed in a short time, my friend. Even you and I will not live a day when we see that scene." Magnus said: "Please tell me that I will make a decision depending on the situation."

"Yes, your majesty, I will definitely tell you everything." McLean said: "If the war situation is not long, then we can raise the funds needed through the following aspects. We can issue war bonds, increase tax burdens, and ask merchants and nobles to donate. Of course, all this will have a certain impact on our economy. So we must grasp the measurement."

"What about the near future?" Emperor Magnus thought for a while after hearing McLean say this, and then asked: "In the near future, in the early stages of the war, I need an additional military pay to reward my soldiers. This amount is roughly the salary of my soldiers for a month."

"A month..." McLean calculated a little: "My budget has emergency funds for special matters. I think this amount can still be paid."
Chapter completed!