Although their relationship has not been fully publicized yet, almost everyone has confirmed that Aslan is likely to become the new master of the Griffin Empire.
The fragmented Golden Eagle Empire will eventually be unified under Aslan's leadership.
Although the Ryan family and the Griffin rebels still have the upper hand in the war, almost all observers and military experts believe that Aslan can easily defeat the Duchy army led by Duke Shilkov, and will also easily defeat the rebels led by General Hardaway.
Although the former has a large number of people and is powerful. Duke Shilkov often claims that the number of Lion Knights under his command exceeds 50,000. And everyone believes that even if this number is a bit exaggerated, it will be around 20,000.
Of course, these 20,000 could not all be knights, most of them were knight retainers with slightly inferior combat capabilities. However, even if they were knight retainers, they were still relatively excellent heavy cavalry.
As for those small country gentlemen who own hundreds of acres of land in the countryside farms, the number of elite heavy infantry they can provide is probably comparable to the number of Lion Knights of the Ryan family.
Farmers and hunters can provide some archers. At the same time, they can hire crossbowmen with strong crossbows from the southern city-states with money, which can also provide the army with sufficient long-range firepower.
In this way, under extreme mobilization, the Ryan family ruled by Duke Shilkov can mobilize 50,000 to 60,000 "elite" troops.
Of course, the word "elite" should be put in quotation marks. Again, under the original power system, these 50,000 or 60,000 troops were indeed not bad. But under the current power system, these 50,000 or 60,000 troops would be defeated by Tutu's mother when facing 10,000 or 20,000 Crusaders.
……
In contrast, the troops under the command of veteran General Hardaway are equally difficult to describe.
After Griffin carried out military reforms and established the Doppelganger Knights, a monkey version of the Crusaders phalanx, he no longer paid much attention to the feudal knights and infantry troops.
It is also because of this that the old general Hardaway has more troops under his command than the Ryan family.
After all, the Griffin family is stronger than the Ryan family.
Nearly thirty thousand Griffin Knights, especially a powerful unit of Griffin Knights, made the old general's rebel forces look mighty and majestic.
However, their infantry troops did not care about the rebels' propaganda at all - because the policies implemented by the Queen did not affect their power. In fact, when the economy became better, these small nobles, who were despised by the high nobles as "Junkers", could gain more benefits.
In fact, many of the Doppelganger warriors who were established earlier were descendants of lower-ranking nobles and gentry Junkers.
These gentry, who were rude and barbaric, had little knowledge, but were loyal, brave, cautious and obedient, and were the most important pillars that enabled Queen Theresa to hold on until this time.
……
In addition to the 30,000 Griffin Knights and their retainers, the old general Hardaway also has a mercenary force of 10,000 to 20,000 men under his command.
Because fighting is a skill that makes a living, if you don't fight well, you will really be defeated, so nowadays mercenary troops accept new things and new weapons faster than feudal knights.
Although few people can fully grasp the essence of the Morris Phalanx, many mercenaries have learned the combination of super spear phalanx + musketeers.
In the eyes of the old general, these new mercenaries who called themselves Langsnake mercenaries were a more reliable force than the traditional Griffin Knights.
As for the artillery units that terrified the rebels, they were provided by the dwarves.
Although the Golden Dwarves have made peace with the Crusaders, the conflict between the dwarves as a whole and the Crusaders has become even greater.
After losing the Durins, a very useful vassal, the decline of the Golden Dwarves is predictable. And it is not only the Durins under the rule of the Golden Dwarves who are constantly entering the areas controlled by the Crusaders and the Griffin family, but also the Durins under the control of other dwarf clans.
If we don't think of a solution, Durin and the others will soon run away.
This gave all the dwarves enough motivation to join the war as mercenaries.
……
In this way, with feudal knights, mercenaries with super spears and musketeers as the main body, and dwarf artillery mercenaries as the core, the overall combat effectiveness of the Griffin rebels looks pretty good.
The total strength of these two enemy armies exceeded 100,000.
In addition to the main forces mentioned above, many people "voluntarily" joined these two forces.
The Knights of the Golden Fleece of Lotharingia, the Knights-Errant of Lensenor, the Winged Hussars and Cossack Cavalry of the Kingdom of Wend all joined the anti-Griffin rebels as mercenary groups.
The southern city-states were willing to provide them with loans and mercenary services, allowing them to obtain more money and manpower.
If the situation was not right, perhaps their support for the Griffin rebels and the Ryan family would be further enhanced.
This is the situation Aslan is facing now.
Chapter 45 Wanting a Dragon VS a Dragon
Compared with the hundreds of thousands of enemies, Aslan and the Griffin army currently have only half the number of troops under their control.
Griffin, in his prime, could have led an army of 100,000. But half of the 100,000 stood on the opposite side, and half of the other half had been annihilated in the war a few months earlier.
So now, the Griffin army, which is on the defensive, can only mobilize about 30,000 troops after experiencing a series of defeats and betrayals.
Especially in terms of strategic situation, it is very unfavorable for Griffin now.
Because the enemy is too close to the imperial capital, which has great symbolic significance.
Once the imperial capital is besieged, or even without the imperial capital being captured, the Griffin rebels and the Ryan family will gain huge political points. In turn, Griffin's rule will be shaky.
Once the imperial capital is conquered, unless a miracle happens, Queen Theresa's reign will end. After all, who cares about loyalty these days?
If there is no reinforcement from the Crusaders, the above events are very likely to occur in the next few months. By that time, even if Aslan takes action, I am afraid he will not be able to reverse the situation.
"It's really quite dangerous. Fortunately, we still have time."
After surpassing him, Queen Theresa sighed like this after listening to Aslan bragging for a while.
The Queen's tone contained a considerable amount of fear and relief, and then, a strong sense of anger and resentment towards her enemies.
She was more angry at the traitors within the family than at her enemies.
Of course, Aslan could also imagine the anger of the Griffin rebels.
Through marriage, they swallowed up the territory that the other people had worked hard for generations. This behavior did make Aslan feel sad for about a second or two.
After all, Aslan chose the people's view of history, not the emperor's view of history. The most important thing has always been the people, not a certain family, let alone a certain emperor or a certain queen.
Unifying the human world to usher in a stable, prosperous, and peaceful era without war is what Aslan wants to achieve most. In the face of this ultimate great goal, some minor issues of personal morality are completely insignificant. If the war can be quelled earlier, the number of people who can survive and their future descendants will be astronomical.
In the face of such great justice, everything else that stands in Aslan's way is just insignificant scum like weeds on the roadside.
The Crusaders' entry into the Golden Eagle Empire and the unification of the Golden Eagle Empire under the Griffin Dynasty to form a truly unified empire is one of the most important links in Aslan's plan to unify the human world.
Those guys who stood against Aslan, whether they were Duke Shilkov of the Ryan family, with whom he had no friendship, or General Hardaway, with whom he had fought side by side and with whom he had some friendship, were the scum and weeds mentioned above.
……
Of course, the scum and roadside weeds themselves certainly don’t think so.
They will certainly resist and struggle with all their might, hoping to escape their fate, hoping to continue to maintain their wealth and glory, and hoping that the world will move forward in its original, chaotic direction.
"But this is not okay. This is absolutely not okay. I will not allow that to happen again."
Thinking of this, Aslan's eyes flashed with anger, and he used too much force when he was overtaking Queen Theresa. At the same time, he was still holding Theresa's neck, making Queen Theresa roll her eyes in various ways.
Of course, before this guy was really about to be beaten to death, Aslan calmed down and apologized to the Queen.
"I'm sorry, I got a little too excited."
At this moment, the Queen also showed her tenderness as a woman. She did not mean to blame Aslan, but gently reached out her hand and stroked Aslan's face: "It's okay, my warrior~ It's okay to be a little rough~"
Of course, Aslan couldn't really stand up and kick, so he still used gentle methods to do it.
Of course, there was no such concern when fighting Lady Melis. Although it was a bit subtle to say this, the green dragon's body was still quite strong. But when Aslan looked at Lady Melis who couldn't stop, he couldn't help but have such thoughts in his heart.
In other words, what would happen if I fought her in dragon form?
Maybe it was because he had violently attacked Skadi in the form of a dragon before, so in recent times, Aslan has been very interested in giant Papa.
Although Skadi was a giant girl in giant mode before, and now if that happens, Madam Melis attacks in dragon form, so the situation should be different. But shouldn't people have some spirit of exploration and adventure? Wouldn't it be too boring if life always remained the same?
Many times, changing one more posture, one more angle, can allow you to see different scenery and different happiness. Think about it, isn’t it very happy?
Mrs. Mellis: "I feel like you are thinking about something bad."
"Ahahaha, how could that be."
Facing Madam Melis who looked at him with a wary look, Aslan laughed and passed over the matter.
Of course, he didn't give up, he just ignored it temporarily. One day, Aslan will happily rebuild it so that Lady Melissa will also show a happy Ahegao in dragon mode.
……
And so, the day's events came to an end. Aslan fell asleep, hugged by his two daughters.
While Aslan was sleeping soundly, the rebels and the Ryan family fell into a long period of confusion and panic. Even without drinking coffee, he was so anxious that he couldn't fall asleep.
When Aslan led 30,000 crusaders into the imperial capital, all the rebels' strategic plans had failed.
From a macro perspective, the actions of the rebels and the Lion Legion are also part of the encirclement of the Crusaders and Griffins.
When the northern side of the encirclement was completely torn apart, the war itself had been decided.
Relying on the entire Northland, as well as the vast areas of Griffin and Norse, the armed Crusader Alliance has been invincible by continuously mass-producing troops and improving productivity. In this case, the rebels and the Ryan family need to think about what they should do next to save their lives.
……
In a small town called "Shanshi" on the front line of the imperial capital, the old generals Hadavi and Duke Shilkov, as well as their main generals and vassals, gathered together to hold a meeting to discuss how to end the war in a dignified manner.
They no longer dream of winning the war, they just want to sign an unconditional peace agreement to preserve their original wealth and power.
Of course, this would be equivalent to splitting the Griffin family, so they felt that if they were Aslan, they would definitely not be willing. But apart from that, they had no other ideas. At this point in the discussion, everyone was silent, and the situation froze. It instantly became very awkward.
Hardaway was still thinking about how to solve the problem, but Duke Shilkov's eyes flickered as he wondered if he could get Coach Aslan to forgive him if he cut off Hardaway's head as a gift.
Chapter 46 I'm going to be like this now if I give birth to a beautiful daughter
Everyone knew that although the Crusaders were now, in a sense, vassals of the Golden Eagle Empire, between Aslan and Theresa, Aslan was definitely the one who had the final say.
So if they want to resolve this war diplomatically, they need to start with Aslan. It's useless to ask Theresa. That woman must hate them both now. Even if they beg on their knees, they will die.
Thinking of this, Prince Shilkov felt secretly annoyed and thought to himself, if I had a beautiful daughter to give to Aslan, would I have ended up like this?
Although Aslan has been promoting humanism, cosmopolitanism, order and justice and other nonsense, but for the dark-hearted hero, everything Aslan said is bullshit.
So Aslan will definitely change his mind for the beautiful woman.
It's just a pity that not only are the daughters of Shilkov as strong as bears, but they are also bitches. Aslan wouldn't even accept such a woman, let alone give her to Aslan for peace. So this kind of delusion is just a delusion.
Compared to this delusion, it seems more feasible to kill Hardaway as a token of surrender in exchange for Aslan's pardon. Unfortunately, General Hardaway is not a fool. He has long realized that Hillkov is unreliable. So when he came to the meeting in Shanshi City, he was not only fully armed, but also brought an elite guard. At the same time, he ordered his own troops that if there was any situation, they should not hesitate and have no psychological burden to launch an attack on the Ryan Legion first.
Even if I am going to die, I must take the other person with me.
Only with such thoughts and awareness can you avoid being deceived and betrayed by the other party.
I guess Duke Shilkov on the opposite side thought the same thing.
In her heart, she silently complained about the old general Hardaway's caution, and complained about why she didn't have a beautiful daughter - although in fact, even if he really had one and sent her to Aslan, she would be brainwashed by Aslan and aborted in a minute, and would become someone who didn't care about the family's interests at all, and only cared about Aslan's interests -
However, after this, Duke Shilkov did propose two plans.
One plan is to nominate the heir of the Griffin family, Queen Theresa's cousin, to be crowned the emperor of the Golden Eagle Empire.
After that, they demanded Queen Theresa to abdicate in the name of the legitimate emperor of the Golden Eagle Empire. At the same time, they tried to use the trick of ceding territory and paying compensation to further win over other countries to become enemies of the Crusaders...
But the probability of this trick succeeding is really low.
Nowadays, looking around the world, the only country that can challenge the Crusader Knights militarily is probably the Jade Empire established by the dark elves.
All other human kingdoms, including the one founded by the Iberval elves, were still terrified by the powerful military force of the Crusader Order.
According to the current assessments of the combat power of the Crusaders and their own armies by various countries, even if there is a ten-fold or even twenty-fold gap in troop strength, it would be difficult to defeat the powerful Crusaders' army armed with gunpowder and magic.
Therefore, further and more in-depth reforms must be carried out in order to establish a legion comparable to the Crusaders.
In this process, the vested interests will inevitably have strong dissatisfaction and resistance. The feudal knights and nobles will inevitably have fierce conflicts with the newly formed Crusade-style army, and there is even a risk of civil war.
Under such circumstances, it would be too difficult to go to war with the Crusaders.
Everyone hopes that during the process of internal reform, the international situation will remain calm, allowing them to safely pass through this period of weakness.
So now, when the entire human world is calm, the possibility of getting foreign reinforcements to participate in the intervention is not impossible, but it is too low. And even if you try every means to get the other party to join your army, I am afraid it will cost a huge price.
So after a brief thought, the two felt that this was not a solution.
Rather than selling everything to invite foreign reinforcements, it would be better to find a way to send women to Aslan. He couldn't send a daughter, but he had plenty of pretty women. If he could send a few hundred pretty women to Aslan and make him show his black face, then Aslan would not come to beat them up, then this deal would be enough to make them do a spiral handstand on their knees and slide open champagne.
Although it doesn't work no matter how I think about it.
Although there are half-elves like Kulala who are nothing in Aslan's harem, the three most powerful people close to gods in modern times are all Aslan's concubines.
There is nothing he has not surpassed, he is a man who has seen the world. Elves and dark elves, giants and dragons, succubus Durin...
Two days later, it was said that Aslan found a few mermaids in the sea to lay eggs, and everyone could accept it.
Not to mention, he is the most beautiful boy in the world, and his lethality is so strong that not only women, but also many men become gay after seeing him. Sending a woman there is no different from throwing a meat bun at a dog.
"If not a woman, maybe we can give something else?"
"Something else...what exactly does it say?"
"How about the Imperial Crown?"
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