Chapter 1662: Chapter 91: Shifting Dynamics
The internal political struggles of the Black Forest Kingdom did not affect the battles on the frontline.
Stimulated by continuous victories, the Allied Forces’ officers and soldiers fighting with the wind, showed a combat effectiveness not inferior to that of the Elite.
Within a short week, they completed the encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the Demonic Crocodile Army, cumulatively killing up to 350,000 enemy leaders.
“Order to be sent down, stop pursuing the remnants.
The entire army will rest for two days, then proceed to the new battlefield!”
It wasn’t that Hudson didn’t want to expand the battle results, but after a week of fleeing, the surviving Demonic Crocodiles had dispersed very seriously.
Continuing to hunt them down was indeed not cost-effective.
Rather than wasting time here, it was better to quickly head to the next battlefield to eliminate other invading Earth Core species.
As long as the scattered remnants of the Demonic Crocodile do not gather, they cannot form a major threat and can be left to the local Nobles to deal with.
“Marshal, what is our next target?”
Marquis Simon asked expectantly.
As a representative of the Black Forest Kingdom in the army, he was more eager than others to end the war.
Considering the bigger picture, the financial crisis of the Black Forest Kingdom Government was not a secret among the upper echelons.
If the war continues, financial collapse is just a matter of time, and at that time, the shareholders have to find ways to save themselves.
If internal negotiations fail, they can only start from scratch and rebuild a new system.
As a vested interest, he naturally did not want to overturn the table to bet on that uncertain future.
“Naturally, we attack whoever is closest first!”
Hudson responded reasonably.
Unlike the chaotic situation in the previous two provinces, the Black Forest Army was still exchanging blows with the enemy on several other battlefronts.
Now, with every enemy army defeated, a mobile force can be liberated, which can then be deployed on other battlefields.
Strategically speaking, the Black Forest battlefield was already a foregone conclusion.
Unless new forces get involved, the defeat of the invading Earth Core species is only a matter of time.
As the Human Marshal, Hudson’s focus had long shifted away from the Black Forest battlefield.
The Human Race’s counterattacks have begun, and except for a few battlefronts that continue to deteriorate, the balance of victory has tipped towards the Human Race.
For ordinary Nobles, the end of the war means victory, but for Hudson, it marked the further divergence of the various major powers of the Human Race.
The power gap between strong and weak countries is widening at an unimaginable speed.
More than two hundred years ago, there was indeed a power gap between the Ten Great Human Kingdoms, but the strong were only a few times stronger than the weak.
Even the strongest Kingdom’s comprehensive national power was not as great as the sum of the two at the bottom.
In the present day, this balanced development model has been completely disrupted.
The once bottom-ranked Warhammer Kingdom disappeared directly into the river of history.
Apart from the three major powers that are thriving, the other six kingdoms have had to implement reforms to save themselves due to various issues.
Coincidentally, this Earth Core species invasion weakened these six kingdoms the most, leading to an even greater power disparity between the major nations.
As for the smaller nations below them, they cannot even be compared. Even if they are eager to improve, their foundational stability limits them.
It wasn’t that Hudson looked down on people, but many small countries’ development prospects couldn’t even catch up with his Snow Moon Territory.
In the continental game, these small countries merely serve as foils, and overthinking would only lead to a disastrous outcome.
In the development history of the Continent of Aslante, as long as these small countries behave themselves, preserving their heritage is not difficult.
In the eyes of the major nations, the primary competitors are Different Races, and only after them come the major Human nations internally.
Countries surviving in the crevices are not on anybody’s radar.
At least before the Human Race exterminates the Different Races, large-scale internal annexation will not happen.
Deep down, Hudson is eager for the various countries to successfully reform and maintain a balance of power among the major powers.
However, this is idealistic, and realistically, each country’s reforms face significant challenges.
With such great losses in the war, when they can recover is unknown.
As the power gap continues to widen, ambitious figures will surely spring into action, and by then, the Human Alliance might not be able to hold the fort.
…
The successive obliterations of the Giant Centipede and the Demonic Crocodile Clan had a significant impact on the Earth Core species.
Some weaker species, after intense internal struggles, even chose to voluntarily abandon their territories in the surface world and retreated back to the Earth Core World.
Conversely, some Earth Core species grew increasingly frenzied, attempting to force concessions from the Human Race through victories on the battlefield.
Unable to defeat the Human Race themselves, they sought ways to drag others into the conflict.
With the lessons learned from the Demonic Crocodile Clan, many Earth Core species recognized the nefarious intentions of the Alien Coalition.
Knowing they had become pawns, these unwilling Earth Core species continually incited conflict between the Human Race and the Alien Coalition.
Even if there were no conflicts, they manufactured them, and in these already contradictory camps, the slightest spark could ignite a conflict.
Dwarf Kingdom, Ashen Castle.
Faced with the diplomatic notice sent by the Human Alliance, the fearless Dwarf King now found himself troubled.
As a primary supporter of the Earth Core species, over the past few months, they had sponsored plenty of weaponry and equipment for the Earth Core species.
Of course, most of these weapons and equipment fell into the hands of allies, and what truly reached the Earth Core were mostly obsolete scraps from various races.