Chapter 1230 I'll Pay 50,000

"The personnel issue... I need to return to the royal court to discuss with the ministers before making a decision, but it will definitely not be a small role that fills the numbers."

Imric has not yet decided who to send to the Old World to support the expedition, because Catherine has never told him about this matter.

Mazov did give Catherine a good idea. Supporting Kislev is a common practice in the empire. Karl cannot veto it. He also needs political achievements to maintain the stability of his rule.

The elves need no further explanation. They provide so much funding to the Guardian Army every year, just hoping that the north of the Old World will become a steel wall.

The dwarves' focus has now shifted from the Badlands to the North and the East, and they can't wait to settle their hatred with Chaos.

The most critical thing is actually the political situation in Kislev.

If the support is expressed in a proportional chart, explaining the expedition at the summit will make the Guardian Army's support for Catherine surpass the Great Orthodox Church.

The reason is simple. From any perspective, the Patriotic Army will be the absolute main force of the expedition. General Petrov thinks about how to expand the defense line day and night. Such a good thing will naturally not be rejected.

Constantine can also be happy. This is in accordance with the arrangement of the gods. Although it is a bit unpleasant to help the Patriotic Army, it is for Kislev.

Catherine is even happier. The iron rule of the Patriotic Army is that the alternation regulations are not allowed when the Tsar does not show obvious support for the Chaos forces.

In other words, even if the Ice Princess stays in Ossuan and cannot return to the court in the short term, the influence on her will be weakened to the minimum.

As for the lack of control over the army... Catherine has fully understood from Mazov's narration that no Tsar has achieved outstanding achievements in the past two hundred years. The most important reason is nothing more than one point.

Without changing their mentality, they all regard the Patriotic Army as a pawn placed by the elves in Kislev. They will obey and resist, but rarely have close cooperation.

Maybe I can think about it and let Petrov really secure the position of general...

With support from many parties, only Bretonnia has not expressed its position, and King Laun's response is not unexpected.

He first stared at Imrick, and finally looked at Katerin: "Bretonnia will organize knights to support this righteous expedition."

The appearance of a knight can also be called support. The really important thing is who is sent as a representative to show the importance of the expedition.

If Bretonnia wants to prove the strength of the Knight Kingdom in the expedition, it must send at least one duke, but now the dukes are once again in a crisis of faith, which is far more fatal than the lack of manpower, financial resources and materials.

Carl, the host, was happy about the positive response from all parties and made a decision: "Ludwig, as the best warrior of the empire, he will naturally lead the sons of the empire to support Kislev, just like Emperor Magnus. When the northern brothers are in trouble, we will always lend a helping hand."

Since Magnus is mentioned, White Wolf Boris should not get too entangled. His conflicts with Carl are mostly due to politics and religion, and the pious is the only emperor who has unified the north and the south.

Carl's implicit meaning is that this joint expedition will be like a great holy war, with the empire as the real leader... If Midden County now shows the intention of not obeying the emperor's orders, it will only show outsiders that the situation in the empire is not stable.

Personal grudges should not be elevated to the national level. This is the idea of ​​the Grand Duke of Midden County.

"Then make a statement first." Imrick rubbed the red-gold phoenix chess piece on the table and said calmly: "This time, the Phoenix Royal Court will provide 50,000 soldiers for the expedition... including 80 dragon princes and an ark flagship."

50,000?

The first person to be shocked was not Karl, but Thorgrim. He was very familiar with Kaler... Phoenix Court's style. Those who could leave Ulthuan to fight were not militiamen like filler babies, but highly professional regular soldiers.

Although 50,000 people were not a big problem for the size of the elves, this was just a joint expedition, so was it worth exaggerating...

50,000 people... must be the reserve army that could be withdrawn at any time. How many standing troops did Pointy Ear have now?

Thorgrim was in a dilemma for a while. He didn't have the confidence to withdraw 50,000 people. This was comparable to the population of some small mountain forts. Didn't Belegar dare to expedition to Eight Peaks Mountain with only 2,000 people?

It's not that he didn't want more, but the Angrand clan only had so many people.

The High King asked, regardless of his status, "Not militia?"

"What are you thinking, my High King, will I let the militia participate in a high-intensity expedition?"

Imrik did not lie. They are all professional soldiers, but the composition is a bit complicated. There are Asur, Druzy and Asrai. Generally speaking, the Phoenix King wants to unify the three spirits, not just for political reasons.

The three spirits have their own characteristics. Asur is orderly and obeys orders in battle. Long-term training has made their martial arts very exquisite.

Druzi is cold and bloodthirsty. It must be said that the Witch King has spent five thousand years to cultivate a race that is born only for war. With a little training and guidance, these white-skinned and black-haired elves can tear apart the enemy's line like a gust of wind.

Asrai is more flexible and straightforward...or barbaric. He can harass and attack with raindrops from a distance, and crush the opponent into minced meat at a distance. The only disadvantage is that he is a little fragile.

There is always a problem with the Starlight Furnace presided over by Lord Dais. No matter how powerful the magic is or how superb the skills of the incarnation of Vaal are, there is always a lack of iron.

Making arrowheads has already put the iron ore reserves of Athel Loren under a bit of a strain. As for high-consumption items like protective gear, it is better to make do with tree bark.

And conventional iron protective gear will seriously affect the efficiency of some combat units of Asrai... So the close-fitting Iselama silver scale armor specially provided by Caledor came on the scene. It is only a thin layer, but it can provide defense that is not inferior to conventional iron armor without affecting the speed of the wearer.

These 50,000 people are a scientific research experiment. Imrick needs a high-intensity war to test what the upper limit of the soldiers drawn from Nagareth, Caledor, and Athel Loren after years of hard work is.

50,000 people... This number may be a bit too much.

This is Karl's judgment. From Imrick's speech just now, it is proposed that the Phoenix Court, the Kingdom of Mountains, and the Sigma Empire must complement each other in terms of manpower, finance, and resources.

Now that Imrick has proposed 50,000 people, it means that the empire can only start with finance and resources, but Karl has proposed a railway plan.

This is a huge project that will not be completed in the short term, which means that… if the emperor’s palace finances can match the gold or resources of 50,000 people, they will have to rely on borrowing for a long time to pay for it. (End of this chapter)