Chapter 456: Damage control (1/2)
Chapter 456: Damage control
When the War Hounds’ southern fort was easily captured by the Southern Summer troops, the overall situation was decided and there would be no other changes.
So what if the millions of spirit beasts on the War Hounds Plains were all soldiers?
This world’s battles were never decided just by quantity!
Miracle Commerce’s thirty thousand berserkers could kill hundreds of thousands of enemies as easily as drinking water.The War Hounds’ strength had been consumed by the frequent infighting and after several large battles, how could they have anything left!
Moreover, these forces were not just an army, but rather their national strength.The War Hounds Kingdom was now very hard pressed, so how could they raise another army this big?The southern fort’s hundreds of thousand of troops all relied on the food they stole from the Southern Summer Country to survive on!
After the final hundreds of thousands of elite troops surrender, the War Hounds Plains had no soldiers or food.In comparison, Chu Tian had experts like clouds. Arnold led the forest locals to kill the prairie’s experts who could be considered first class experts in even in the Eagle Burial Country.
It was because of this that when Chu Tian attacked Imperial City, Arnold leading these people in a charge led to them not knowing who the new Fang King was in the end.When they searched for the Fang King, they found that he had already been killed by these people.
This pitiful War Hounds Kingdom Fang King had died a vexing death.Arnold did not even know he was a king, he just thought it was someone he could easily kill.
The entire Imperial Region, Cang State, and Furnace State were all recovered.
The War Hounds were completely empty lamps, how could they resist the well trained and well equipped Southern Summer army?
The War Hounds Kingdom had only lasted for half a year before they were disbanded again.The War Hounds Plains large tribes had suffered heavy losses, it could be said they went for wool and came back shorn.Most likely they would fall into disunity and began fighting each other like before, so it was impossible for them to regroup!
When they returned to the previous Southern Summer Imperial City.
The city no longer had the same liveliness that it had for hundreds of years.After that tragic battle where two Southern Summer Rulers had died and hundreds of thousands of soldiers lost their lives, there were hundreds of thousands that created a resistance army inside the city.
However, it was a futile effort.
After Imperial City fell, a third of the city was destroyed in battle and the population was reduced by a fifth.After the War Hounds took over Imperial City, they looted the entire city of all its treasures and resources, as well as turning all humans into spirit beasts slaves.Those that rebelled were all killed and the population was reduced by another fifth.
After the War Hounds failed in the south and they suffered heavy injuries to their armies, it was lucky that the previous Fang King had good insight, sending the elite Demon Wolf Cavalry into the Imperial Region.So although the army and the Fang King died in battle, the War Hounds still had enough strength to guard their rear.
The Eagle Burial Country had quickly sent a new king.
Because the fights of the warring kingdom were serious on all four sides with the Eagle Burial Country fighting at least eight countries at once, they did not have and strength to spare for a small country like the Southern Summer Country.This new Fang King couldn’t wait for reinforcements and learned from the failure of his predecessor, so he prepared for a long battle.
The War Hounds had enslaved several million humans to open farmlands for the War Hounds Kingdom on the prairies.He also enslaved several million humans to build the southern fort and fix the destroyed ports. Then he enslaved another several million humans to build equipment for their future battle.In order to not give the Southern Summer Country a chance to recover, he also frequently sent harassment teams to cause disturbances.
At least ten million workers were beaten to death, exhausted to death, starved to death, escaped, or killed for resisting.In short, this killed off at least half of the population again. The war, enslavement, and escape almost killed off all the young men.
As for the women?They were a bit lucky in this sense because the spirit beasts were not interested in human women, but that did not mean others were not interested.The War Hounds King had ordered large amounts of beautiful and young human girls to be sold to the northern countries to secure resources and funds, but because it was troublesome and took a long time, they didn’t sell many people, but it still reduced the population.
In short, during the half a year of war, the people could not make a living.
There were less than a fourth of the original northern population!
The old burnt Imperial City gates were open and the once bustling streets were filled with destroyed buildings.It stank to the heavens and looked very ragged. There were almost no adult males and the ones outside were all females, children, and old people.Each one was covered in rags, how did they still have the noble appearance of the Imperial City citizens? This was simply a group of beggars!”
“My king is finally back!”
“We knew the Southern Summer Country wouldn’t throw us away!”
“Long live Southern Summer, Long live Southern Summer, Long live Southern Summer!”
Countless beggars openly wept in the streets, creating a very moving scene.They were once the proud citizens of Imperial City who lived rich lives, but now their families had been completely destroyed.
The Southern Summer King had an awkward expression.
All of this came from the fault in the northern defenses, finally ending in the Imperial Region and the two northern states being given up on.The Southern Summer King used to be the Calm Martial Ruler, the commander of the nation’s army and the frontline’s highest commander. Everything becoming like this was a large failure of his duties!
“The War Hounds Kingdom is destined to be destroyed!”