Seeing everyone staring at him, Zheng Zhi felt a touch of bitterness.
Once you do it this way, there will be pressure even if there is no pressure.
"Now that you are the leader of the three armies, who else are you looking at?"
Yuan Yiyi rolled her eyes at Zheng Zhi.
"All right!"
Zheng Zhi smiled helplessly.
His fingertips were tapping on the table, and his brain was running rapidly.
After a while, Zheng Zhi slowly raised his head.
However, he did not tell his response, but asked: "How many troops are there in the Blood City?"
"Including my royal guards and warriors, there are 200,000!"
Yuan Yiyi was silent for a moment and said.
"Only two hundred thousand?"
Zheng Zhi frowned.
Two hundred thousand is quite a lot, but in the current situation, it is obviously impossible to fight against these rebels.
"Although the empire has developed well over the years, raising the army is too expensive. Once the army is greatly expanded, taxes will definitely need to be increased. This is contrary to the governing philosophy set by the late emperor, and I do not want to see my own people.
It’s been too hard.”
Yuan Yiyi was helpless to explain.
She said: "Nowadays, the total number of elites in the empire can't even reach a million. Of course, including the local armed forces in various counties and cities, there are also tens of millions. But at this critical moment, the strength of the local armed forces,
It won’t have much effect.”
Hearing this, Zheng Zhi nodded and said nothing more.
Indeed, although the number of local armed forces is large, firstly, their military quality is insufficient, and secondly, their weapons and equipment are too backward.
It should be noted that in today's Dongzhou, military warfare does not use cold weapons like other places.
Almost all are thermal weapons.
The prices of these thermal weapons are very expensive, especially the firearms above level three, one is equivalent to the annual expenditure of an ordinary family...
There is no doubt that Yuan Yiyi is a good emperor.
An army of millions seems like a lot.
But if you look at the vast Blood Underworld, there are really very few.
Which ruling force in the Eastern Continent does not have tens of millions of regular troops under its command?
In such a comparison, the military strength of the Blood Underworld Empire is really a bit...unsatisfactory.
Zheng Zhi turned to look at Shu Yunfei not far away: "Do you have statistics on the number of rebels from the Yelian Sect and the Blood Demon Clan?"
"According to reports from spies scattered throughout the empire, the number of followers in the Yelian Empire should be around one million, and the number of soldiers with firearms and military capabilities should be around 400,000."
Shu Yunfei didn't dare to hide anything and answered truthfully.
"so much?"
Zheng Zhi's eyelids twitched.
Zheng Zhi was not the only one who was shocked.
Everyone sitting here has a storm in their hearts.
This Karma Lotus Sect has been keeping a low profile for many years, but now it suddenly rebels. Its breadth of power, momentum, and strength are really shocking.
Four hundred thousand armed forces, this force is enough to easily defeat an ancient family.
These people are all armed personnel with live ammunition.
Shu Yunfei continued: "As for the Blood Demon Clan, according to the messenger who broke out of the siege from the Blood City, there are a hundred thousand of them, and these Blood Demon Clan soldiers are quite weird and are not living people. Although they cannot
They are invulnerable, but they ignore pain, and each of them is extremely powerful. Their strength is much stronger than that of warriors in the same realm, and they are even more difficult to deal with than zero monsters."
"this……"
The generals were dumbfounded again.
Bad news can be said to come one after another.
"The situation is very serious!"
There was also a solemn look between Zheng Zhi's brows.
"You should retreat and recuperate first. I have my own plans."
Zheng Zhi glanced at Yu Shu Yunfei, who was covered in wounds, and waved his hand.
Shu Yunfei was worried, but he also knew that his strength could not change anything.
After nodding, he retreated.
After Shu Yun flew away, the hall became completely silent.
The many bad news made these generals who were accustomed to big scenes feel a little overwhelmed.
"Actually, at present, we have two options."
At this moment, Zheng Zhi broke the dead silence.
Everyone looked at Zheng Zhi.
"First, directly abandon the Zhanxue Pass and return to the army's blood capital."
Zheng Zhi said the first method: "The two armies will join forces, and the 650,000 imperial elites will be enough to put down the rebellion."
"Absolutely not."
However, as soon as Zheng Zhi finished speaking, Yuan Hongtao immediately objected.
He said: "The Zhanxue Pass is the strongest barrier for our empire and the strongest barrier to protect the Blood City. It must not be lost."
"In addition, once this pass is lost, the ten counties after the Zhanxue Pass will be completely captured by zero monsters, and the hundreds of millions of people in the ten counties will also become zero monsters, and the empire will perish!"
What Yuan Hongtao said was not a joke.
If the army abandons the Zhanxue Pass and returns to the Blood City, then even if the imperial armies join forces, the enemies they will face soon will be the Zero Monster army, the Blood Demon army, and the Yelian army.
Just thinking about that situation makes my spine sweaty.
"That's right! We must not lose the blood battle. If we lose, even if we retain the strength in our hands, we will lose half of the empire. Without so much support, it may be difficult to win the subsequent battles."
Yuan Yiyi also added.
In a war, what is fought for is not just the military strength of both sides.
There are also logistics, financial resources, and soldier recruitment.
Although the other generals did not express their opinions, they nodded in unison.
And all this seems to be expected.
Seeing that the proposal was opposed by everyone, Zheng Zhi did not panic and said with a smile: "Then I will say the second one."
"Do you have any strategies to deal with the enemy?"
Yuan Yiyi looked at Zheng Zhi.
After spending many days together, she already knew a lot about Zheng Zhi's character. She could tell something just by looking at him.
"Yes, yes."
Zheng Zhi nodded, but hesitated: "But this move is a bit risky."
Of course he already had a way to deal with it.
However, this method of coping is also unacceptable.
And the reason why he said the first one was just to let everyone see the situation clearly and to pave the way for the second choice.
"At this moment, no matter how risky you are, you have to try."
Yuan Yiyi said.
"Zheng Shuai, please stop playing riddles with us."
Yuan Hongtao urged.
Everyone nodded and waited for the next step.
"Open up two battlefields, one for offense and one for defense!"