After Balliard returned from the library, Balliard stayed in his dormitory and basically didn't go out except for going to Rize's class. He was carefully considering what to do when he returned to Jin.

Regarding the situation on the Jin side, Zerima, Marrow Seal City, and Vicoula have all fallen under Balliard's control. Together with the City of the Sun, Balliard now has four cities in his hands.

As a result, there are only two cities left in the area south of the Koharli River and north of the Titan Mountains that are not under Balliard's control. There is no doubt that after entering the Jin Kingdom this time, they will have to deal with those two cities.

We started with two cities, one was Garden City and the other was Nerimajie.

Among them, Garden City is not far from the City of the Sun. It is on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Kohar Lijiang River. That is to say, the relatively bad weather in that area is difficult to deal with. Seven days out of ten days are sandstorms, and the march takes up to three days.

I am afraid that I am destined to pass by but not come back, or even unlucky and arrive at Garden City before I die.

However, this kind of bad weather also means that it is difficult for Garden City to communicate with the outside world. Even if it goes along the mountains, the ancient beasts on the Targon Mountains are not so easy to survive.

If possible, Balliard felt that Garden City should surrender voluntarily in a gentle way, just like Vicoula, who voluntarily surrendered to the side of Jin.

Even if Balliard wants to train his troops, hone them through victory in the war, gather the will of his soldiers, and take the initiative to face the sandstorm, it is a bit irrational, and the soldiers will hardly have hope of survival.

Unless those soldiers have added will blessings to themselves through their own will, they can still hone themselves in the sandstorm, but if not, then I'm sorry, it's better to just die in the past.

As for Nerimajie, Balliard's intelligence network has not yet been extended there. However, judging from the terrain, it is somewhat difficult to get the Marquis of Nerimajie to join him.

He is not the Marquis of Garden City, nor does he have no escape route. Moreover, Garden City does not have no escape route at all. If he leads an army across the Titan Mountain Range, he can still escape with a life at a huge sacrifice.

But why bother? Balliard did not explicitly say that he wanted to kill the Marquis of Garden City. He even sent his men to express his goodwill to the Marquis of Garden City and expressed that he could accept surrender. Why did they need to flee from the Titan Mountains to Nerimajie?

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If he doesn't escape and surrender directly to Valliard, the Marquis of Garden City can still become a rich man. Even after Valliard, it is not impossible to reuse this guy. However, if this Marquis escapes from the Titan Mountains, the future will be very difficult.

It’s hard to say.

Maybe, the Marquis will never have a future. Without leading an army, it will be difficult to escape from the beasts in that area. After all, behind Nerimajie is Mount Targon.

The area near Mount Targon is the area with the densest concentration of ancient beasts on the Targon Mountains. It can even be called a forbidden area for humans. If you escape from that direction, the casualties will be very heavy.

This means that those soldiers may mutiny. At that time, the Marquis of Garden City could not even save his own life.

Moreover, even with a large army, they may not be able to survive in the hands of the beasts there. The beasts there are really just a group of beasts, not anything.

Such a group of extraordinary people. In this world line, in the absence of extraordinary beings, the beasts with extremely high average quality in the Titan Mountains are very difficult to subdue. If humans do not mobilize the military soul army, it is absolutely impossible to include the Titan Mountains into human territory.

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Nerimajie is different. It is located on the western edge of Shurima. If you continue north along the Titan Mountains, you can contact the princes of the North very safely. If you can also find a road to the sea, build a dock.

After that, it will be faster and more convenient to communicate with the princes of the North.

A merchant's ship can still sail along the edge of the Shurima continent from the coastal cities in the North to Antasil in the south of the Seal City, and then transport goods to the Seal City.

Not to mention those princes, the cities in the North are basically on the seaside, and only the cities on the seaside can avoid being invaded by the desert. Therefore, water warfare ability is a very key indicator to measure the strength of the princes in the North.

The ships of those princes are simply not comparable to the ships of merchants.

Nerimajie had communication with the princes of the north both by land and by water.

Communication on land allows the princes of Kalamanda to easily lead troops to support, and communication on water allows more princes to transport troops and support Nerimajie materially. As long as the Marquis of Nerimajie is willing, after obtaining

With the support of the northern princes, he can become the first strong wall blocking the road to the unification of Jin.

And once Nerimajie falls, people can evacuate safely or escape in advance without any worries.

Balliard has not yet made up his mind about this.

However, as long as the Garden City is captured, the New Kingdom can develop steadily for a period of time. In a short period of time, there is no need to worry about the attacks of various princes. However, if Nerimajie is not captured, the New Kingdom will be in trouble.

It is difficult to develop further.

In the area south of Kehar Lijiang, there is very little food, and there is not much land suitable for farming. Even if Weikaola has fishery and commerce support, and Xuyin City has commerce support, it will be difficult for the population to develop.

Balliard didn't even know if the combined population of the three southern cities he occupied was as large as the population of a city under the Duke of the North. Without a population, it would be difficult for the country to develop.

In troubled times, people are the most important.

With someone, Balliard can develop agriculture, develop commerce, and arrange a large number of workers to improve infrastructure. With someone, he can have more recruits, and with more recruits, he can select more and more suitable outstanding warriors.

Of course, the newly-minted country has another direction of development—advancing eastward.

But this road may be more difficult than conquering Nerimajie.

To the east is Yisu Oken, the new capital of the Jin State. Even though Zuoqiu Zhiming has died, the old nobles are still struggling with the issue of profit distribution, but it is still an internal struggle of a group. This group controls the shrinking Jin State.

To the east of the Miasma Jungle, the last force that maintains imperial power.

A conservative estimate is that there should be a military soul. What is the specific strength? After returning to the Jin Kingdom, I will ask Zhang Mingxuan. Zhang Mingxuan, the former head of the Zhang family, was once a high-level official in the Jin Kingdom and a high-level royalist faction. Regarding the royal family's retained

Power, if Zhang Mingxuan doesn’t know it, Balliard

No one else here can figure it out.

Even in the Miasma Jungle, Balliard has the Changeling men he has subjugated, as well as Jielan who is controlled by him, who can help him fight against Isuoken's army to a certain extent, but they have the army.

As for the Soul Legion, how can we fight with such a small number of shapechangers and Jielan who has not yet developed and grown?

Balliard is also very coveted for the large green areas in the eastern region of Shurima. The largest green flower on the Shurima continent is the area where Ishoorken is located, which is less than one-fifth of the Shurima continent.

In a small land, there should be more than 50% of the population of Shurima continent. What is that? That is the foundation of the empire.

It's a pity that the distance there is too far. Even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to perfectly control it. In addition, with the large population, it is difficult to screen everything in all aspects. Spies, traitors, etc. can be found in it.

After his subordinates caused trouble and captured that area at all costs, Balliard would not have many troops at his disposal.

At that time, Balliard's own authority will be completely destroyed by various conspiracies.

Of course, moving the capital can solve this problem. If Balliard personally guards the Isuokan area, he can easily find out any scoundrels, destroy the enemy's conspiracy, and then find all the lurking enemies, and

Will break the hands of those aristocratic nobles who put their hands in.

However, don’t forget what Balliard relied on to establish the new country. He relied on Sima Yi’s identity as the founding emperor, and as a symbol of this identity, it was the suspended City of the Sun, the abandoned City of the Sun.

Moving the capital to Ixoken was tantamount to denying its own authority.

Sima Yi never considered moving the capital during his lifetime, and even if he did not move the capital, he still conquered the Shurima continent. If Baliard had moved the capital to Isuoken, as the legendary founding emperor, Baliard's reputation would be greatly improved.

magnitude of decline.

And if we don't move the capital, but just clean up the tentacles of the nobles from aristocratic families every once in a while, it will also damage the prestige of Balliard to a certain extent. If there are young people who are looking for trouble, it means that there are people who are not afraid of Emperor Sima Yi.

Authority, but after repeated suppressions, some people are still seeking to cause trouble, and Balliard's authority will decline with repeated suppressions.

By then, the Isuoken region may have turned against itself.

What's more, there is a very vast area in Vicoula and Isuoken with no cities, only scattered villages. Balliard cannot quickly establish a defense line there. Once the Icathians launch an attack, they can

Easily cutting off the connection between the east and west of the Shurima continent, at that time, Isu Oken, which Balliard had fought so hard to defeat, once again fell into the hands of those noble families.

Did he deserve to do this? It was laborious and ineffective. It was because Balliard took the wrong medicine that he thought about capturing Ixoken first.

Therefore, his main goal still has to be to capture Nerimajie. Even if Nerimajie cannot be captured, he still needs to gain a period of development to build up various local industries, and the population will naturally increase.

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Chapter completed!