How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 347 : Two Hundred Thousand Troops You Must Be Joking

"This... is this real?"

After reading the contents of the letter together with Ileina, Elashia looked at Ileina in disbelief.

No... this has to be a joke, right?

The letter said... the north actually has a full two hundred thousand battle-ready soldiers?

What a joke!

This ans the Holy Kingdom's combined north and south forces total two hundred fifty thousand!

Even Elasia and the Iron Empire's soldiers combined don't have this many people!

"Uh... the letter has all the proper seals and codes, so it shouldn't be false intelligence."

"Besides... the Holy Court has already lost its mobilization and infiltration capabilities, so it's unlikely they could create false intelligence for us at this ti..."

"No..."

Looking at the outrageous content in the letter, Elashia didn't know what to say for a mont...

The reason Elashia had co at this ti was because the Blood Clan would launch "Operation Scythe" against the northern Holy Kingdom in half a year.

This "Operation Scythe" was just like its na—when the Holy Kingdom's resistance forces beca too strong, the Blood Clan would dispatch large armies for a massive sweep.

After the Blood Clan forces, which were much stronger than Northern Fire's ard forces, completed a large-scale sweep, they would imdiately choose to withdraw to Blood Clan territory, allowing them to suppress the Holy Kingdom's resistance forces with minimal losses.

This thod of usually relying on the Holy Court to deal with Northern Fire, then deploying Blood Clan armies to suppress them when Northern Fire developed enough to capture cities held by the Holy Court, was extrely effective.

Under this policy, Northern Fire's power in the north could never pose sufficient threat to the Holy Court and Blood Clan's rule.

It was precisely after obtaining this intelligence through secret channels that Northern Fire made the decision five years ago to move their main forces to the southern mountains...

In the ga, the Blood Clan would launch "Operation Scythe" against Northern Fire, which had grown strong in the northern Holy Kingdom, in half a year.

And under the policy of killing everyone with even the slightest suspicion, over a million Holy Kingdom people died in "Operation Scythe"...

From this data, you could see—Northern Fire's power in the north was definitely very strong, otherwise it couldn't possibly involve so many people.

But... who could have imagined it would be this strong?

An army of two hundred fifty thousand people...

"Uh... I think it might be like this..."

Looking at the incredulous Elashia, Ileina explained:

"Under the Holy Court's suppression and the mountainous terrain of the northern Holy Kingdom, Northern Fire's northern forces have very little contact and communication with each other..."

"For everyone, whether it's civilian life or warfare, they need to solve everything themselves..."

"And on this foundation, our branches in each location would desperately expand military forces, and under the influence of our land policies, people would naturally eagerly enlist..."

"So, having a relatively large number of soldiers should be... normal..."

"However... the resource-poor northern forces probably can't equip soldiers with very good weapons, let alone armor..."

Only after Ileina's explanation did Elashia realize an extrely important issue like waking from a dream—army quality.

Northern Fire's northern situation couldn't possibly allow them to equip soldiers with reliable equipnt!

Even the headquarters army's equipnt was so crude, let alone those northern branches...

And to gain advantages in combat, Northern Fire's northern branches almost indiscriminately accepted volunteers for military service...

And after just less than a month of training, these civilians beca soldiers...

Such an army, although having terrifying scale and able to perform well in past situations, might beco a disaster once assembled...

Thinking of this, Elashia sighed and said to Ileina:

"Sigh... I don't understand military matters either. Let's go find Miss Caroline and the others..."

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"This intelligence is probably problematic."

Looking at the unbelievable data in her hands, Adeline said without hesitation:

"The north counted two hundred thousand soldiers in total? Who would believe that?"

However, Caroline shook her head.

"How is that possible! Everything that should be there is there! How could there be problems!"

"If you don't believe it, you can carefully look at the handwriting on that letter..."

Adeline interrupted her speechlessly.

"No... do you know how terrifying the logistics team behind two hundred thousand military households would be..."

"Even fighting around base areas, you'd need at least three or four people to support one soldier..."

Just as they were discussing intensely, Ileina and Elashia walked in.

Seeing them enter, Adeline imdiately said:

"Princess Ileina... you should have also seen the letter sent from the north..."

Ileina nodded.

"Yes, Shia and I both saw it."

"Coming to find you... is precisely to discuss this matter."

Hearing Ileina's words, Caroline imdiately said:

"Then Your Highness... what should we do next?"

"Not to ntion whether these two hundred thousand troops are real... how many of these two hundred thousand people can we use?"

"Ah?"

Before Ileina could speak, Elashia was already confused.

"Why can't we use them?"

"If you're worried about logistics, I can help you solve that..."

Hearing Elashia's question, all three people present smiled.

Ileina smiled gently:

"It's not a logistics problem..."

"Armies aren't always better in larger numbers."

"These two hundred thousand people represent two hundred thousand troubles. We not only have to ensure their food and water, but also solve many thorny problems."

Caroline nodded seriously.

"Most worrying is the command problem... command chaos could cost us our lives..."

"Command problem?"

Elashia was stunned.

"Shouldn't they all follow your orders?"

Adeline smiled and nodded.

"Indeed... through our extensive political commissar system, we can indeed ensure branches follow our orders..."

"But the problem is... what to do further down."

"Northern Fire now has at least three to four hundred branches of various sizes in the north. They're all on equal footing with each other, and they have almost no contact..."

"No matter how capable we are, we can't directly command hundreds of corps... if all two hundred thousand people co up, it'll be chaos."

"Plus, many of these two hundred thousand are scrubs who were thrown into battle after less than a month of training. Having them fight Holy Court armies is fine, but having them fight the Blood Clan's powerful armies could be problematic. We can't let them all participate in the upcoming battle with the Blood Clan."

"Oh..."

Elashia nodded with seeming understanding.

"So what should we do?"