Chapter 366 Empire Chaos (two in one! Seeking subscription!)

  Bruno arrived at Idar Public University in the morning of the next day, accompanied by Mundell and others.

  In order for the candidates to ensure that the answering process is not affected, the construction of Idar Public University was even temporarily stopped by Bruno.

  Mathematics is tested in the morning, which is also the most difficult subject in the minds of most candidates.

  Of course, the questions in the test paper are also more basic. Except for simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and geometric knowledge, the remaining major questions are all practical problems.

  Moreover, the proportion of mathematics in the official ape exam is not high.

  As for the slightly more difficult questions, they were all left by Bruno for the entrance examination of Idar Public University.

  Bruno from the previous life, only served as an examinee.

   And in this life, he walked lightly in the examination room, quietly observing the candidates with different expressions.

  Some people have obviously paid a lot and have a good idea of ​​the questions on the test paper.

  There are also a few people scratching their heads and cheeks, just want to try soy sauce.

  But Bruno is pleased that the education policy he promoted in the Principality of Idar has obviously achieved significant results.

  Even though there are some questions that do not, the spelling ability of most candidates is not too problematic.

At least……

  It should not be a big problem to screen a batch of available talents urgently needed by the Principality of Idar.

  Be aware that since the Principality of Idar annexed the entire eastern empire, Bruno’s grassroots administrators have been in a state of extreme shortage.

  There are even many civil servants who have multiple jobs and are busy every day.

But this is also no way. The original noble rulers in the area have fled the eastern part of the empire with their families. Bruno can only drive the ducks to the shelves, and drew more than one-half of the basic-level administrative personnel from Idar. In order to maintain the normal operation of the Principality of Idar.

  However, this situation is absolutely impossible to continue forever.

  The lucky ones who pass this exam will become a new batch of grassroots backbones in the Principality of Idar, and they will be dispatched to various working communities, towns and villages in the Principality of Idar, and they will be enriched in the official ranks of the Principality of Idar.

  ……

  Outside the examination room.

  It is not only Bruno and the examinee who have attached great importance to this official ape exam, but also the family and friends of the examinee.

  For all people who take the test, this test is definitely a turning point in their life. Whether they pass or fail the test, they will have a profound impact on their future life trajectory.

  During the examination, the police officers of the Idar Public Security Bureau set up a cordon outside the Idar Public University early.

  Family, relatives and friends of examinees gathered outside the examination room in groups, waiting for the news of the end of the examination.

  To be honest, they are even more nervous than many candidates in the examination room.

  The crowd gathered outside the examination room is not only the family members of the examinees, but also those bright-minded businessmen who have already caught this opportunity.

  Led by the Idar Chamber of Commerce, a large number of vendors set up banners at the school gate and started advertisements to sell their products to the family members of the candidates who were waiting outside the cordon.

  In Bruno's view, this situation is even quite a bit like at the end of the college entrance examination in the previous life.

but……

  There is a saying, although the family members of these candidates are uneasy and extremely nervous, but this is just a kind of ardent expectation for their relatives to get better development.

  Even if the desired result is not achieved, it is only a failed attempt. They still have a chance to start again, and their daily lives will not suffer too much frustration.

  These civilians who have experienced war and poverty are very clear in their hearts. Compared with the civilians who still live in the inland of the empire, their living environment at this time is really like that of the empire.

  ……

  When the people of the Principality of Idar turned their attention to the ongoing big test, the war that took place in the interior of the empire has lasted for more than half a year.

  And this also made ordinary people living in the interior of the empire miserable.

  Only those who have witnessed the war can personally feel the huge impact of the war on normal social life and experience the heart-piercing pain.

  The lives of the civilians in the Norman Empire were very miserable.

  In peacetime, they not only have to pay extremely heavy taxes to the noble lords who press on their heads, but they also have to bear the tithes allocated by the church.

  After paying all kinds of taxes and grains, there is not much food left in my hands.

  Now, the outbreak of war has increased the demand for food.

  Whether it is the people living in the actual control area of ​​the second prince Leyz, or the people living near the imperial St. Lawrence, more taxes have been apportioned over their heads.

  People in high positions demand food, wages and weapons from their vassals, and vassals demand food and wages from lower-level vassals, and these things will eventually fall on the common people of the Norman Empire.

  So, the people behind the battlefield are not much better than the people in the war zone.

  They may not have to face sharp swords and the fierce war, but the heavier taxes are enough to crush them and make the empire hungry everywhere.

Therefore, as soon as they see the private armies of the nobles enter the villages and towns and enter the manor, the civilians living there will tremble twice, shaking all over, for fear that the last grain of food in their pockets will be ruthless by the soldiers. deprivation.

Under such circumstances, more and more homeless refugees have emerged in the interior of the empire. They can only use grass roots and bark as their daily food, and they can only rely on their bare hands to interact with the forests. Fighting fierce beasts, wandering between life and death.

This is like a cycle. The more homeless refugees there are, the less tax the nobles can collect, and the more they will squeeze the people who are still struggling to support the common people. Our living environment is getting worse.

What is surprising is that not only the inland of the empire directly under the rule of the Norman royal family, but also the western part of the empire, where the Duke of Luen and Carter are heads, have also increased the tax apportioned to the people in the past six months. , Expanded a large number of soldiers and horses.

  In addition, the nobles in the western part of the empire even, like the Idar Principality, began to selectively accept some homeless people who had fled to the western part of the empire.

  But helplessly, although half a year has passed, the situation of the war has not gradually eased, but has gradually shown an intensifying trend!

Just over a month ago, the elite of the Empire in the hands of the second prince Ryze, even under the obstruction of tens of thousands of Imperial Guard soldiers, forcibly crossed the Albona River and formally stepped into the Central Plains, making the warfare The situation further expanded, and the situation in the interior of the empire suddenly became tense!

  In fact, the total number of soldiers owned by the two sides is not much different, and even the great prince Pitzman, who lives in the imperial capital, still has a certain number of advantages.

However, the army that was held in the hands of the second prince Ryze not only has the imperial marshal Teodoro Lawton, but also one of the best in the empire. They have experienced wars and walked on the battlefield. They are far from being cannon fodder. Dragon tactics can be compared.

  The defeat of the Arbona River blockade made Pitzman furious.

He not only sent the three guard divisions that originally guarded the capital of St. Lawrence to the Central Plains to build a line of defense, he even forcibly recruited more than 80,000 cannon fodder soldiers in the interior of the empire to garrison the soldiers of the Central Plains. The total number has increased to 130,000.

  The addition of the Imperial Guards Division finally made Pitzman’s army stabilized, forming a north-south confrontation on the central plain.

  ……

  Central Great Plains, late at night.

  Different from the brightly lit lights of the Duchy of Idar, the inland of the empire was shrouded in the dark night early.

  The stars in the sky are hidden behind thin clouds and flicker a few times from time to time, but the brightness of those stars is extremely weak, and there is no way to pass through the sky under the night sky, bringing the slightest mottled light to this land.

  The heavily armed Rez Alexander, wearing bright armor, sits in the camp with a serious face.

   On the right hand side of the second prince Ryze, the elderly Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton also had his eyes condensed slightly, with a serious expression.

  Although the army of the second prince Ryze was in a state of power during this time, conquering a large amount of land, winning steadily, and even pushing the front to the central plain in the heart of the empire, but Ryze did not feel relaxed at all.

  Ryze has a strong talent in balancing the interests of the powerful and powerful under his command. This is also the reason why many nobles have better senses for the second prince, Ryze.

   Even some time ago, he signed a disgraceful armistice agreement with the Odin Empire, but the second prince Ryze still received the support of the vast majority of nobles.

  But to be honest, Rez is not good at commanding operations.

Despite the help of Imperial Marshal Teodoro and the assistance of many famous Norman generals, the army under Rez still suffered heavy losses in the battle to cross the Albona River, and even paid nearly 10,000 casualties. !

  "How long can our food and grass support?"

  Although Rez already had an answer in his mind, he still confirmed it again and again.

   "No more than two weeks at most." Teodoro said in a deep voice.

  Rez’s army is indeed on the offensive, but, including Imperial Marshal Teodoro, Rez’s henchmen are clearly aware of a very serious problem, that is...

  Their food and grass are so heavy that it won’t last long!

  This is not because of transportation problems such as poor roads, but because...the northern frontiers of the empire have already been taken captive by the Odins, and a large amount of food has been looted.

  If it hadn’t been for Ryze to try his best to raise food and grass from various places, the army under his command would have faced more severe supply problems long ago.

  Having for half a year has reached the limit. By this time, no matter how much he squeezed, he couldn't squeeze even a drop of grain from the hands of the people or the nobles.

   On the other hand, Pittman, the prince on the other side, had suffered serious setbacks in the previous war, but Pittman controlled a large number of relatively wealthy areas in the central part of the Norman Empire, and had an extremely abundant supply of food and grass.

  As long as it can be delayed for another month, the situation on the battlefield will suddenly reverse.

   "I have sent envoys to negotiate with other noble forces, but neither the powerful aristocrats in the west nor the Principality of Idar in the east can provide us with food." Marshal Teodoro added.

  Hearing this, Rez couldn't help nodding.

  As a result, he had already expected that before the situation in the interior of the empire was clear, the old aristocrats in the west would certainly remain neutral and would not take their stand easily.

  As for the sudden emergence of the Principality of Idar...

   What made Rez feel especially speechless was that the goods received a huge number of homeless refugees during the war, which made the already abundant food in the eastern part of the empire become tense.

  Even if Rez promised Bruno the right to reign in the Regent Council, Bruno, as the Duke of Idar, still continued to solicit refugees and refused to provide food.

"In this case……"

  At this moment, Rez finally made up his mind: "Marshal Teodoro, the plan we have drawn up earlier can be implemented."

Hearing this, Teodoro Lawton took a serious look at Rez, and finally nodded.

  As Ryze finally made up his mind, the Norman Empire generals in the camp filed out, with solemn expressions, and the elite soldiers who had already been waiting for them began to take action.

  That's right!

Under the dilemma of running out of food, Rez finally abandoned the "noble principle" that the two sides had always upheld, and also gave up the idea of ​​competing with the prince Pittsmann's Imperial Guards in the frontal war. .

  Under the joint staff of Marshal Teodoro and others, Rez finally approved a war strategy that did not conform to the tradition of the nobility-night attack, fire attack.

  Due to the extremely hot weather, the Imperial Guard Division under Pitzman ~lightnovelpub.net~ anchored its camp in the mountains and forests.

If Bruno were here at this time, he would be very familiar with the scene before him, even familiar, after all... As a traverser from a flower planter, the four masterpieces "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not for nothing. of.

  Ryze’s soldiers were obviously unfamiliar with night operations, and it was the first time for such a night sneak attack.

  However, they never cared about the dignity and rules that were so important to the nobles. They only cared about how to survive on the battlefield and how to return to their families safely.

  So, when they realized that the war before them could be ended as soon as possible in this way, they couldn't help their eyes shining brightly.

   "Let the arrow!"

  Following the order of Marshal Teodoro, a rain of arrows flew across the sky with dense fire.

  Under the dark night, a fiery red light finally appeared.

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  (End of this chapter)