Odis looked at Bazel's letter and learned that the king was sending a special envoy to invite him to serve as Minister of Defense.
This was clearly a response to the rumors that Odis had spread earlier. If they went to Azshara now, it would demonstrate the king's wisdom, and Odis would have a share in any future victories he achieved.
If he doesn't go, then it will be seen as Odis being unwilling to help Azshara's people, and all the previous rhetoric would be for nothing.
Odis put away the letter, smiled, and said, "A trivial skill."
He then ordered Long Ze'er to lead a group of men disguised as bandits to hijack the envoy's convoy.
The official statement was that the negative consequences of the Remnburg government's previous neglect of banditry in the western provinces were becoming apparent, and that the bandits, upon learning of Remnburg's defeat, even dared to rob the king's special envoy.
As for Odis, since he did not see the king's envoy, he also did not see the king's appointment.
The problem was solved, and it also provided new material for understanding Remenberg's previous political mistakes.
In the days that followed, Odis, having received a written promise from the Church of the Earth Mother, handed over the soldiers of Feneport at the Krish Pass to a bishop of the Church of the Earth Mother.
Just as Odis had predicted, the Kingdom of Feneport had secretly used "travel" to take away most of the extraordinary beings, most of whom were officers.
In other words, the officers all fled, leaving these soldiers behind.
Odis was certain that these people would have little fighting power even if they returned home, and no matter how excellent the commanders they were assigned, they would not be able to be controlled.
Moreover, the "Lingbo Cannon" must have left them with psychological trauma, and after they return, they can also help spread the "Wotai State Terror Theory" to demoralize the enemy.
Therefore, Odis was happy to let them return home and even thoughtfully prepared three days' worth of food for them, because the road south of the Krish Pass had been completely destroyed, making their journey back extremely difficult, and they might not be able to return home for another day or two.
Therefore, sufficient food is needed.
The Church of Mother Earth is also pleased to facilitate the return of these believers. This is a responsible act towards the believers and will allow them to have a more devout faith in "the Great Mother".
Only the Fenneport government was reluctant, but since the people had already returned, they obviously couldn't be driven away.
Isara, the capital of Reynoldsburg.
The city went into battle the day after its southern defenses were breached.
Young and middle-aged people in the city began to be sent out in batches to dig trenches and build fortresses outside the city.
That morning, as usual, the people were working under the supervision of soldiers.
Beep~
A whistle suddenly sounded in the distance.
Everyone looked bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
The supervising company commander immediately yelled, "Hurry up, you bunch of idiots! The Feneport shells are about to fall, and the trenches aren't even dug yet!"
A young man seemed to realize something, straightened up, and glanced south.
A long queue appeared at the edge of his vision. The queue was so long that he couldn't see the end of it, giving him a great sense of oppression.
"A Feneporter!" the young man couldn't help but exclaim.
Thump~
The young man was hit by the butt of a rifle, fell forward, and almost fell over.
The overseer soldier shouted, "Don't stop! Nobody's going back until this entire position is dug up!"
Backlund, Joewood District.
Inside his rented room, Klein, preparing for his promotion to Sequence 3, heard a newsboy outside shouting, "Extra! Extra!"
The western front at Remenberg achieved a great victory.
Klein was taken aback. The so-called western front was just the location of Wotai Prefecture, wasn't it?
He quickly changed his appearance and went to the street to buy a newspaper.
Unfolding the newspaper, he quickly saw words like Governor Odis and Krish Pass. However, the newspaper's description of the battle was rather vague, only stating that the commander of the Remnburg army cleverly used artillery to destroy the enemy's camp, thus causing the complete defeat of the Feneport army.
Klein put away the newspaper: "Could the 'Red Angel' evil spirit have already gone to Remburg?"
The Earl of Hall's mansion in Queensback, Backlund.
Audrey Hall saw the news of the victory in western Remnantburg in the newspaper, and she also noticed that there was a special article about Mr. Odis Gar in the second edition.
Many people were reminded of the ambassador from Remnburg to the Kingdom of Loen because of this introduction.
During the War of Remnburg, this ambassador frequently appeared in major newspapers.
What people didn't expect was that this diplomat would be so tough.
Audrey also noticed that the newspaper mentioned Odis's military commander, but did not mention his specific name.
She believed that he must have been one of Odis's important subordinates.
Compared to the rapid collapse of the southern defenses, this victory seems all the more precious.
According to the newspapers, Odis had no government troops at his disposal, only the state guard he had assembled, yet he managed to hold off the enemy's frontal assault.
At a ball that day, Audrey noticed that because of Odis's victory, nobles and politicians had a new assessment of Remburg's fighting strength, and some aid proposals for Remburg became easier to pass.
Audrey took a deep breath and smiled; Odis had officially entered the politicians' field of vision.
The first "data processing center" has finally been built. According to the original design, its appearance is that of a large troop transport vehicle.
The core component is an 18-sided "smart cube," which can process an exponentially larger amount of information.
It can easily command up to 30,000 "extraordinary puppets" within a range of 60 kilometers. If it is placed at a high position, the range that can be commanded can be increased by 20 to 40 kilometers.
This extraordinary device has been kept under top secret from its research and development to its production.
Because if the enemy knows of its existence, they will definitely focus their attacks on it and will first try to locate it, which will be very troublesome.
To provide some cover for the "data processing center," nine troop carriers were also prepared.
Each troop carrier can transport thirty extraordinary puppets because they can stand closely together during transport.
If transporting ordinary soldiers, it would be impossible to transport so many people at once.
After experiencing the "Data Processing Center," the "Red Angel" demon was very satisfied with the command system and immediately dismissed all officers in the "Extraordinary Puppet" unit.
To Medici, those human officers were nothing more than a burden to the "extraordinary puppet" force.
"Give me three days," said the "Red Angel" evil spirit. "I need to familiarize myself with this command system."
"Three days later, we can launch an attack to the east."
Odis nodded: "Okay, I will try my best to gather intelligence about the Eastern Front."
After concluding his meeting with the evil spirit "Red Angel," Odis returned and first wrote a letter to Bazel, instructing him on what kind of intelligence to gather.
Then Odis entered a state of invisibility, "reappeared" as Suzaku, flew to the outskirts of Azshara, and began to use "flight" to observe the battlefield.
Currently, Azshara's defenses are relatively solid, mainly because there are too many previous battle examples to learn from. Even if most of the Lunburg soldiers have only participated in colonial battles and fought against the local kings of the southern continent, they can still set up a solid defense by flipping through the history books.
At this point, the battlefield was mostly in the southern suburbs. The Remnburg garrison dug many trenches and continued to dig them during lulls in the fighting.
Some fortresses were also built, but due to the haste, the number of fortresses was not large, and they were easily attacked by enemy artillery.
There were many makeshift fortresses, each equipped with a machine gun, which could defend a large section of the defensive line.
But these fortresses are always targeted by enemy artillery and extraordinary beings.
When Odis arrived, Feneport's bombardment had just ended, and the infantry were launching an attack.
The Remnburg soldiers fired from the trenches, halting the enemy's advance. After the Feneport troops, suffering heavy casualties, reached a certain position, they immediately set up mortars to launch more precise strikes against the enemy positions.
Many Remburg soldiers were eventually killed in the trenches, which allowed the Feneport infantry to charge forward.
This was different from the meat grinder-like positional warfare that Odis remembered, especially those mortarmen, who must have been extraordinary, as their accuracy remained high even with obstructed vision.
This created a gap in the Remburg position, allowing them to rush into the Remburg lines.
A fierce hand-to-hand combat ensued, and as the fighting progressed, the extraordinary individuals on both sides took turns attacking, making the battle in the trenches increasingly brutal.
Odis watched for a while but did not intervene to help the Lenburg soldiers. Although they were outnumbered, this defensive strategy prevented them from engaging in large-scale battles, which actually masked their disadvantage.
Moreover, Feneport's army was already running out of steam, so this positional battle would eventually be fought for 10 to 20 minutes before Feneport's army was finally defeated.
If you manage to push the enemy back, it's best to follow up with a round of artillery fire, and then launch a counter-offensive.
However, based on Odis's observation of the Remnburg artillery positions, it would be difficult for them to bomb the camp of the Feneport army, let alone launch a counter-attack.
Odis flew to Lirota in the south, which would be their main target next.
He observed quietly from the sky. Fennepot had built this place into a large logistics base. Many wagons departed from here to head north to Azshara, while many wagons came from the south to store supplies here.
After personally observing the situation, Odis returned to Wotai and wrote letters to Bazel and Celt, beginning to spread the news in Azshara that Governor Odis would be leading troops to support Azshara.
This news surprised the people of Azshara, because just a few days ago they had received news that the king's envoy had been robbed by bandits and had fled back in disgrace.
Clearly, the king's order failed to reach Odis.
It is said that the king was furious about this!
At this point, some people began to criticize the Remnburg government for its previous inaction, knowing that there were so many bandits in the western province, yet never sending troops to suppress them.
Everyone was overjoyed to hear that Governor Odis was coming to provide support.
Although the war has only been going on for a few days, everyone has already had enough!
They all hoped that Odis could defeat Feneport's army and lift the siege of Azshara.
The sudden cold snap caused a thin layer of fog to rise over the plains of Remburg.
However, the people around Lirota were conscripted by Feneport's army early in the cold wind to move and unload supplies in the city.
Everyone was reluctant because the job was unpaid and they had to bring their own food.
But not going is not an option either; getting beaten up is certain, and there's even a possibility of being shot.
Just as they were preparing to enter the city from all directions, the rising sun finally appeared, illuminating the earth and dispelling the thin mist.
Just then, someone suddenly asked, "Look, what's that?"
The crowd looked in the direction he pointed, towards the west of the city, where they saw ten enormous creatures rapidly approaching the city.
No one had ever seen such a thing before. It looked a bit like a carriage, but it didn't have horses pulling it, and it didn't even have wheels. It was suspended in mid-air, about one meter high.
Beep~
At that moment, the whistles of Feneport's army sounded, and the civilians saw them jump into bunkers and trenches, preparing for battle.
Lirota had no walls; Feneport only set up fortifications on the roads leading in and out and dug trenches on both sides of the roads.
The people of Remburg then realized that the Remburg army had returned.
But instead of being happy or excited, they fled in panic or searched for cover.
After all, bullets don't distinguish between Rembrandt and Fenerbahce.
The soldiers in Fenneport shouted at the crowds, saying they were blocking the shooters' view.
But then an officer shouted, "Drive all these people to the front of the position and let them take the bullets! Let the people of Wotai know that there are civilians from Remburg on the front lines!"
The soldiers all looked at the officer with surprise.
Although they would beat up Remberg people at will, sometimes rob them of their property, or assault Remberg women, they never thought of asking these Remberg people to take bullets for them.
Some soldiers noticed that the officer looked strange; his eyes were wide open, and his face showed both surprise and fear.
He practically shouted, "You haven't been to the western front, so you don't know how powerful the cannons in Wotai are!"
"Go quickly and let them know that there are Rembergers on the position, so as to prevent them from shelling."
These were officers who had been secretly rescued from the Krish Pass. Just as Odis had predicted, the "Lingbo Cannon" had left them with psychological trauma. At the time, they did not have a direct experience of it at night, but the day after they entered the pass, they saw the area that had been bombarded by the cannons of Wotai.
There was no way anyone could have survived such an explosion!
Therefore, even though these officers were rescued early because they were extraordinary individuals, they were unable to adjust their mindset and enter the front line to fight immediately.
Thus, the officer who had narrowly escaped death was assigned to Lirota to be in charge of logistics.
But when he saw the pupil-less eyes and straight sword markings on those ten enormous creatures, memories of fighting on the Western Front flooded back.
Like a nightmare, it struck: "Quickly, execute the order!"
He drew his pistol and fired a shot at a fleeing Remenberg man: "Go back! Get to the front of the lines!"
His eyes were bloodshot and saliva was flying everywhere, making him look like a madman.
The soldiers had no choice but to obey orders and drive the Remnburgers back to their positions.
The people of Remnburg were so frightened that their legs went weak. In front of the Feneport army's positions and bunkers, they watched in terror as those behemoths came to a stop.
Then several people nimbly jumped onto one of the troop carriers, which was raised slightly to become a temporary command post.
The one who seemed to be the leader had a face from the Southern Continent. Even though they were far apart, the fiery red mark between his eyebrows could be seen.
Then the troop carrier arrived in front of the command post and slowly landed on the ground. Many soldiers got off from the back and unloaded a lot of weapons from the vehicle.
The soldiers of Wotai Prefecture then lined up in an orderly fashion in front of everyone and began their charge.
But their numbers are far too small; they only seem to number around two hundred.
The people of Rembrandt looked desperate, thinking that the other side had no intention of caring about their lives and was about to rush over their houses. Many people thought of their families and burst into tears.
But soon, the people saw that some of the soldiers from Vientiane province climbed to the top with the agility of monkeys.
Although this is the suburbs, there are still a few three- or four-story buildings here.
Soon, many Wotai soldiers stood on the rooftops of those buildings, skillfully assembling weapons, and then the sound of "bang, bang, bang" echoed.
The Remnburg civilians instinctively lay down, and whistling shells passed over their heads, blasting the Feneport soldiers in the bunkers behind them into a chaotic mess.
At this point, the Fenerbah soldiers hadn't fired a single shot because the enemy was still beyond the range of their machine guns.
Soon, the people of Remburg, who were lying on the ground with their heads in their hands, felt a cold sensation on the back of their heads. When they looked up, they saw a scene they would never forget.
The soldiers of Wotai ran faster than the fastest horses and faster trains. With their amazing jumping ability, they nimbly leaped over the people of Remburg, always landing perfectly to avoid those lying on the ground.
At this moment, gunfire erupted from Feneport's position. Although the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" played a good suppressive role, many enemy soldiers were still hiding in the trenches.
The people of Remburg thought they were seeing things; the Wotai soldiers at the forefront had been hit several times but continued to charge without even uttering a cry of pain.
Almost instantly, they had reached the front of the trench.
Ta-da-da?
Their guns were shorter than those of Feneport's army, but they were automatic, and Feneport's troops in the trenches were almost all killed in a single volley.
After that, Feneport's army began to rout. The extraordinary officer who had been rescued from the western front was the first to run. The soldiers in the bunkers were also stunned by the charge of the "Wotai soldiers" and followed the officer and turned to run.
The next step was to occupy the high ground and send signals to the temporary command post.
While the people of Remburg were still somewhat bewildered, nine troop carriers and the "data processing center" vehicle had already arrived.
The "Red Angel" demon, still standing on the roof of the car, looked at the people of Remburg on the ground and said, "Are you lying on the ground playing the role of corpses?"
Long Ze'er, who was standing nearby, quickly said, "The commander means that there's nothing for you to do here, so you should leave immediately."
He pointed to the insignia of an eyeless man and a sword on the chest of his uniform and smiled, "Remember this insignia. We are soldiers of Wotai State, here to retake Lirota City!"
"If anyone is injured, they can be brought here and we will provide the appropriate medicine."
Those were, of course, "extraordinary medicines." They carried a large quantity of medicines for treating external injuries and fractures, which the "extraordinary puppets" obviously didn't need; they were distributed to those who needed them.
The people of Rembrandt quickly got up, bowed in gratitude, and then immediately left, sharing this truly amazing experience with everyone they met on their way home.
Odis looked at the letter that Longzel had sent from the front lines. The operation went more smoothly than expected. In just over half an hour, they had completely captured the city of Lirota and seized a large amount of military supplies.
The "Red Angel" then began driving away the city's inhabitants, preparing to defend the city and engage in street fighting with the enemy.
After reading the letter, Odis thought to himself: This tactic is extremely vicious!
Because the "Extraordinary Puppet" can leap from building to building on both sides of the street while carrying weapons, it is very agile, while the enemy can only advance through the streets.
The advantage of the "Extraordinary Puppet" can only be broken by a sneak attack from an enemy's Extraordinary Being.
However, Odis sent his most elite extraordinary subordinates this time, and also planned to build a "teleportation array" in the city so that if the extraordinary forces were insufficient, they could provide support at any time.
After reading Longzel's letter, Odis led two thousand "extraordinary puppets" and set off. In order to support the military operation in Lilotta, Odis would lead his army to recapture the western province of Lucerne, squeezing out Fennepot's army from the southwest and forcing them to retreat eastward.
Odis's operation went smoothly, and the Feneport army only symbolically deployed a small number of troops here.
Odis then immediately organized the "extraordinary puppets" and the local people to dig trenches and build bunkers in preparation for the enemy's counterattack.
However, the probability of the enemy counterattacking here is not high; the main pressure should be on Lirota City.
Inside the city of Lirota.
The "Red Angel" evil spirit stood atop the building, watching the combined attack launched by Feneport's army from the south and north.
Through the nearby "data processing center," he knew the location of each "extraordinary puppet" and could issue commands to them, or to captain-level puppets, without speaking, relying on his intuition.
Following the intentions of the evil spirit "Red Angel," "Extraordinary Puppet" allowed enemies from both sides to enter the city, and then used "Extraordinary Machine Gun" to strike them from a pre-set ambush area.
Once the Feneport soldiers had taken refuge in the buildings on both sides of the street, the "Extraordinary Puppets" threw "Extraordinary Grenades," which directly blew the buildings down.
With attacks from both sides failing, Fenneport's artillery began shelling the city streets.
This was what they considered the most effective means of attack at the moment. This was the case before this battle, because before this, the "Red Angel" evil spirit had not used the "Spirit Wave Cannon".
As the "Lingbo Cannon" position began its counterattack, the "Extraordinary Puppets," who had already calculated the location of the enemy's artillery positions, destroyed the enemy's artillery positions in just two salvos.
That day, Feneport's army did not launch any further attacks.
As night fell, the evil spirit "Red Angel" believed that the enemy would definitely launch a sneak attack. At this moment, Odis's bluebird messenger delivered a letter.
After reading it, the "Red Angel" evil spirit said coldly, "These cowards, they're just leaving already?"
He had originally thought of many tactics that only "extraordinary puppets" could use, and he was prepared to turn the city into ruins, but they actually withdrew like this!
The position outside Azshara.
As night fell, the sentries in the trenches carefully observed everything in front of the position.
Feneport's army had launched night raids more than once, and the battles that took place at night were always so shocking.
There is no moon in the night sky tonight, so we cannot see the specific situation in the enemy camp.
However, you could see their campfires and hear sounds like horses neighing, but by the latter half of the night, there was no more activity.
At dawn the next day, the sentry saw through his binoculars that the enemy camp appeared to have been emptied.
At this point, the officers also noticed something amiss. They were pointing at the enemy camp from the trenches in small groups. They didn't understand why the enemy had chosen to retreat when they had such a significant advantage.
The people in the city also heard the news and went to the city walls or the tops of buildings to observe, and sure enough, they saw an empty camp.
They were also very puzzled: why did the enemy suddenly withdraw? Was this a trick by the enemy?
At that moment, the newsboy's voice gave the people the answer: "Extra! Extra! Governor Gar has captured Lilotta, recaptured Lucerne, and forced Fenneport's army to retreat!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then rushed over to buy the newspapers.
Unfortunately, the newspaper did not describe the specific details of the battle, only stating that the troops of Vauthäus raided the logistics base of Fenneport's army and engaged in fierce fighting with the enemy there.
However, the enemy failed to recapture the city, and their supply lines were cut off, forcing them to retreat.
Cheers erupted throughout Azshara.
Conrad I, who was in Rehnborg Palace, also saw the newspaper.
With a livid face, he questioned his subordinates: "Why did Feneport's army retreat so soon? Where are their demigods? Where are their angels?"
"Could it be because Odis slept with Dennis's mother? Otherwise, why would they withdraw their troops?"
Dennis II is the current King of Fenneport.
The reason for Fenneport's withdrawal was certainly not what Conrad I "guessed".
According to the intelligence obtained by Odis, the reason why the Feneport army withdrew was because the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess had changed its attitude towards Odis.
At the outset of the war, the Church of Mother Earth indicated that it would not support the war for the time being.
The Fenneport royal family launched the war only after receiving accurate intelligence that the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was not very enthusiastic about the current battle.
As they had anticipated, in the early stages of the war, Lenburg's southern defenses crumbled, and the Church of Knowledge quickly retreated, easily reaching Azshara.
Although the Western Front suffered a defeat, the losses were still acceptable to Fennepot; he could simply avoid provoking Odis for the time being.
After all, he only controlled three states, which didn't have much impact on the overall situation.
Just then, the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess suddenly brought back several thousand prisoners from Odis and revealed to the royal family of Feneport that Odis actually had a plan to attack Feneport.
Whether Odis's plan was true or not is another matter, but the fact that the Church of the Earth Mother had somehow completed negotiations with Odis sent chills down Dennis II's spine.
The Fenneport royal family has angels, but they know very well that if angels are deployed, the Church of Knowledge will not stand idly by and will certainly deploy angels as well.
Denis II held a meeting that lasted a day and a night, and finally decided to retreat from the east, via Masjid.
During their retreat, they spread rumors that Oedipus had achieved such a great victory that he was preparing to replace Conrad I, in an attempt to sow discord between Conrad I and Oedipus.
Little did they know, this was not a rumor, but something Odis was actually doing.
After following Fenneport's army and driving them out of Remnburg, Odis began to reclaim lost territory. However, since the governor and other officials had already fled the reclaimed areas, he immediately appointed a new governor.
At the same time, "Red Angel" and other evil spirits were dispatched to take over the southern defense line and build a new defense system.
Odis then settled in the city of Lilotta and began to oversee the post-war reconstruction work in the south.
In fact, it was thought that the war would end in just over half a month, and the Feneport army hadn't even had time to transport away the looted goods.
However, Odis wanted to take this opportunity to complete the process of wealth redistribution. First, the land was nationalized and then given to farmers to cultivate, no longer belonging to the farm owners, and the farmers had no right to buy or sell it.
Secondly, under the pretext of "wartime," they temporarily took over the industry and commerce of the recovered areas using "state capitalism."
When Conrad I, in the palace of Azshara, heard about Odis's policies, he was terrified, because they completely disrupted the political landscape of Remnburg, leaving no place for nobles and the wealthy.
Moreover, Odis neither came to Azshara nor made any demands on the royal family; he simply stayed quietly in Lirota.
This was the part that Conrad I found most unbearable.
At the same time, there was a strong call throughout Azshara, from officials to ordinary people, for Odis to come to Azshara to serve as Minister of Defense.
Conrad I was somewhat helpless; Odis had no choice but to accept his appointment.
This stalemate couldn't go on forever; Remnburg might very well split in two. Eventually, Conrad I lost his patience and sent an envoy to invite Odis back to the capital.
The envoy had not yet returned, but the conversation between Odis and the envoy had already spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Odis questioned the envoy: "Why send me to Azshara? Are you going to send me to Backlund, giving Feneport's army another chance to attack?"
Odis then stated his political demands: "Reorganize the current inefficient Remnburg government and completely separate royal power from political power."
The people realized that Governor Gar had lost faith in the King because of his past experiences. This garnered widespread sympathy.
Radicals immediately expressed their support for Odis, and even conservatives suggested that they could talk to Odis.
They knew very well that Odis now commanded an elite force capable of driving away Feneport's army.
In the days that followed, Conrad I repeatedly summoned his advisors to discuss countermeasures.
That day, after his staff had all left, Conrad I suddenly felt a sense of dread.
Then he saw Odis appear in his office.