Chapter 306: The Decay of the Allied Forces
After communication devices were widely used in administration and military affairs, the flow of information in the War Committee became more convenient and faster.

After the three greenskin warlords were killed one after another, the battle report spread quickly throughout the war council in less than three days.

Even when the common people were listening to Feng En's live broadcast of various judgments and hearing the newspaper readers reading the battle reports posted on the bulletin board, they had no clear concept of the deaths of the three greenskin warlords.

At most, it can be compared with the previous resistance forces.

While the rebels took several months to kill one greenskin warlord, the War Council achieved the brilliant feat of killing three warlords in just over a month and taking over three territories.

The civilians could only get the idea that the War Council was more powerful than the previous rebels, but they had no idea how much more powerful they were.

Therefore, ordinary civilians did not feel anything about these war reports.

In their opinion, isn't it normal that the War Council is stronger than the rebels?
When the rebels were in power, they were struggling between life and death every day, wondering what to do with the next meal after the current one. But now, the War Council has just been in power for two years, and not only do they not have to struggle between life and death, they can eat their fill every day and can even save up some food.

They even had time to go to the bulletin board and listen to the newspaper reader tell some interesting stories.

Moreover, the nobles who usually acted tyrannically, their servants, bullies, and bandits who roamed around and committed robbery and murder have all disappeared completely, and there is a full sense of security.

Besides these, there were various public works springing up for their use.

Such good days can only be had when the War Council comes.

Although the uneducated civilians did not know the difference between the War Council and the rebels, they were full of confidence in the War Council just by the change in environment.

Therefore, in their opinion, the War Council that allowed them to live such a good life was countless times stronger than the rebels, so they were not too surprised about the battle results.

On the contrary, some people still find it a bit strange.

In the simple minds of these people, the War Council is at least a hundred times stronger than the rebels, right? But why is this record not so good? It is only three times stronger than the original rebels.

Of course, ordinary people’s thoughts are just ordinary people’s thoughts.

Only those commissioners from all over the world who understand the true power of the greenskin warlords will be shocked by these battle reports.

Although Roland was not quite satisfied with the casualties, as he felt that too many people died, some soldiers charged too hard and there was no need for them to die. At most they were seriously injured and needed to rest for a few days, but they ended up charging to death.

Did you know that resurrection costs a lot?

Moreover, the Fountain of Life is only so big, and the number of people who can be resurrected at one time is limited. With so many deaths, it will take a lot of time to resurrect them and wait for them to recover their combat effectiveness.

But, for the committee members, this sacrifice is not worth mentioning at all.

The greenskin warlord who could only be killed by Locke himself was killed at such a simple price?

The number of soldiers killed by the rebels in the previous battles against the greenskin warlords was more than ten times this number, not to mention that these soldiers could be resurrected.

Isn't it just spending more resources? This price is completely acceptable. At most, we can expand trade with the outside world, exploit the land, and get more food to sell.

Moreover, there are still a lot of resources left from the last major purge of local forces. Besides, doesn’t the committee still have some local forces that have not been dealt with?

Thinking of this, the commissioners in the commissioner province turned their attention to the local nobles and knights who had nominally surrendered to them.

One after another, the committee members kept writing to the Executive Committee, requesting another major purge to eliminate all the local nobles and knights who were nominally from the border area faction.

Like the members who followed the departure, those who remained within the War Council also had hope.

However, Roland vetoed all their applications with his veto power.

You committee members are still a bit too extreme.

After all, I originally joined the War Committee and was exploited by you in the past. Now I am scared into being obedient by the previous purge and trial. How can you just shoot me?

Of course, the main reason is that they have been exploited by the Border Region Faction for so many years that even if they were all killed, it would be impossible to plunder huge wealth like during the Great Purge.

As for land and authority, local officials had already taken away their remaining authority, and the remaining land was dispensable to the committee.

There's no need to just shoot them down.

After Roland's consolation and explanation, the twelve executive committee members who agreed with Tutu gave up this dangerous idea.

After pacifying the committee, Roland also transferred a thousand men from the legion in the rear to supplement the front-line forces.

Although the front-line troops were sufficient, Roland was still in the habit of replenishing the reserve forces on the front line to avoid having insufficient troops when they were needed.

In addition, Roland commanded the army to continue fighting on the front line, striking hard at each greenskin tribe.

In the War Committee, as the news of the battle spread, the hopeful committee members from all over the country became more active, and their work attitudes were high.

As the top leaders of the War Committee, their mentality also affects the situation of the entire War Committee to a certain extent.

As their mentality improved due to hope, the depressing atmosphere that had been pervading the War Council began to dissipate.

While the War Council was thriving, the situation of the Union Army to the south of the War Council was not so stable.

While the War Committee continued to export food and purchase large amounts of resources and materials.

The Allied Forces, which were close to the War Council, naturally got the biggest piece of the pie.

Therefore, the faction of the Allied Forces close to the War Council took the opportunity to resell and seek huge profits.

They moved the weapons and equipment and various resources of the coalition forces and sold them through trade with the War Committee in exchange for endless gold, silver and food.

After exchanging it for food, they would sell it to other people in the coalition army at a high price.

By relying on this reselling, the faction close to the War Council took the opportunity to continue to grow stronger.

Their semi-monopoly of commercial trade and their increasing strength also made their status in the United Army rise, which naturally greatly boosted their political ambitions.

As a result, they also joined the United Army's political power struggle surrounding Eleanor, which undoubtedly greatly intensified the political infighting of the United Army.

Moreover, as a large amount of food from the War Council poured into the United Army, the various factions successfully appeased the unstable rule under their command and were able to concentrate their efforts on political infighting.

The large amount of weapons, equipment and supplies flowing into the War Council also made it difficult for the coalition forces to replenish their military strength.

In addition, the greenskin warlords on the border rarely come into conflict with the United Army.

Therefore, the military forces of various factions on the border were secretly transferred to the rear and consumed in internal strife.

This undoubtedly caused the coalition forces' military strength to be constantly consumed in internal strife, and because it was difficult to replenish, the military strength was still declining.

The most important point is that due to the food imported by the War Council, each faction is able to mobilize more militia, which further increases the scale of the internal strife.

However, on the surface, the coalition forces seemed to have no problems.

In fact, as the huge wealth of the War Council continued to flow into the Union Army through commercial trade, the Union Army seemed to be thriving on the surface.

Nobles and royal families from all over the country spent money like water, buying up all kinds of luxurious and expensive items, building palaces, and competing with each other.

Grand banquets were held day and night, and countless fine foods were thrown away without even a bite being eaten.

As the leader of the Allied Forces, Eleanor did not stop this extravagant trend from rapidly sweeping across the entire Allied Forces. On the contrary, she even fanned the flames.

She hosted the most expensive and largest banquet of the entire coalition army. In addition to the banquet, she also opened a harem, collected handsome men from all over the country to fill her harem, and even spent a huge amount of money to buy a sun elf from the elven royal court from a slave trader in Sinnar for her own entertainment.

In addition to banquets, Eleanor also indulged in promiscuity in broad daylight every day. It was rumored that when she was handling government affairs, she would have sex with several concubines in her harem.

Rumor has it that Eleanor actually seemed to be considering building another luxurious palace complex for her own enjoyment.

Originally, most of the goods transported from Sinar to Donar were weapons and equipment and various supplies and materials. Now the proportion of these things has dropped by more than half, and the proportion of various luxury goods such as high-end furniture, high-end slaves, high-end food, desserts, etc. is constantly increasing.

If the War Committee had not also ordered various supplies and materials from Sinnar's caravans, the proportion of luxury goods would have been even more exaggerated.

However, although the United Army was plagued by extravagance, the countries of Sinnar were not aware of the problems of the United Army except for its internal members and the War Council.

On the surface, although the coalition forces' spending on enjoyment was not low, their apparent strength had been growing, and Eleanor would occasionally report some good news.

For example: So-and-so has made a breakthrough again, and so many extraordinary people have escaped from the green tide and joined the coalition army.

Therefore, in their view, although the coalition forces’ morale is not very good, they are still doing something after all.

The traitors they had planted inside the coalition forces were also bribed, so that they could only receive good news.

Therefore, although the caravans passing by had no good comments about the Allied Forces, the high-ranking officials of the Silver Empire did not care about these rumors. Based on the information from the insider, they still believed that the Allied Forces were a chess piece that could be used.

Therefore, the Silver Empire turned a blind eye to the extravagance of the Allied Forces.

In fact, the United Nations Army only has the brilliance on the surface left, and its true core can be said to be rotten.

The prevailing extravagance has corrupted the top brass of the Allied Forces.

Most of the increased military forces are for the sake of local stability. They recruit refugees into militia and give them food to eat. It is good enough if they are kept alive. Their actual combat power can be completely ignored.

The few soldiers they had were being consumed in the internal fighting. The coalition army was already completely ruined.

"The Union Army is rotten."

Zago put down his glass and cursed loudly at his friend.

"A bunch of insects who only know how to enjoy luxury! How can we build a good coalition army with a bunch of insects like them!"

While Zago was cursing the high-ranking nobles and knights of the coalition army, Mari, sitting opposite him, was silent, listening to his curses while calmly drinking the turbid wine.

"Kan'ozu isn't fucking dead yet, and the Green Tide is out there watching us. How did they degenerate into this shit now?"

Zago shook his head and drank the last of the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"boom."

He slammed the wine glass on the table and continued to curse loudly.

"What a bunch of insects! Do you really think Kan'ozu is so easy to kill? That rubbish is no match for you! How dare she meet him?"

"Zago, be careful with your words!"

When Zago turned his attention to Eleanor, the leader of the coalition forces, Mari immediately spoke up, interrupted him and gave a reminder.

"Be careful with your words? What the hell, she's just a piece of shit, that's all I'll say, eh"

Zago shouted as he filled his empty glass with wine.

Before he could finish, Mali threw a piece of bread at him, blocking his mouth.

"Okay, shut up."

Mali drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, slammed it hard on the table, and said.

"If you're just here to complain to me, get out of here right now."

Zago bit off a piece of bread and placed it on the table with his right hand. Then, while pouring wine for Mali, he spoke in a cautious tone.

"Mali, my good brother, I heard that you have connections with the north?"

"What do you want to do?"

Mali had just picked up the wine glass, but after hearing his words, he put the glass down without drinking it, glanced at him and said.

Zago sighed and said helplessly.

"I want to go to the north to take a look. I heard that the north is fighting the Green Tide again. I want to go and fight the Greenskins too."

Zago sat back in his seat and said with a somewhat melancholy tone.

"I joined the United Army before because I thought those guys in the north were too extreme. The United Army still has Eleanor. There is still hope. There is no need to be so pessimistic. But now, I think those guys in the north are right."

"Ugh."

Zago sighed.

Hearing what Zago said, Mari looked up at him and said in a shocked tone.

"Those guys in the north? Those lunatics who only care about revenge and want to bite the Green Tide a few times before they die? You want to join them? Are you crazy???"

Hearing Mari's shocked tone, Zago sighed again and continued.

"In the past two years, I haven't killed a single greenskin. I can't continue living in this muddleheaded way. I would rather die gloriously on the front line against the green tide than drown here."

Mali was silent. He drank his wine sip by sip without answering.

The room also fell into silence.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Mali put down his wine glass, looked at Zago in front of him, and spoke.

"I do have some connections with the North, and the North now welcomes anyone to join, but are you really ready?"

"The North is not as relaxed as ours. There are countless rules and restrictions. Can you really adapt to it?"

Zago nodded and spoke.

"I know. It doesn't matter. As long as I can beat the greenskins, I can accept any number of rules."

Mali sighed and said.

"I understand. Let's meet at the Chamber of Commerce in five days."

"There are seventeen people heading north this time. Don't be surprised if you see them then."

"what?"

Zago blinked and made a puzzled sound.

Mali glanced at him, took out an identity badge representing the War Council from his arms and placed it on the table, and said.

"In fact, I have been a member of the committee for a long time."

"When did this happen?"

Zago asked in surprise as he looked at the identity badge on the table.

"At the beginning of the year."

Mali said calmly.

"I joined the caravan at the beginning of the year. They agreed. After that, I discussed it with them and decided to stay with the coalition army first and contact other people to bring over those who are interested in joining the north."

"Originally I was planning to wait until this batch was delivered and then ask you if you were interested."

Zago was stunned listening to Mali's words.

Recalling the extraordinary people who had suddenly left before, Zago said hesitantly.

"Then Kanbei and the others left suddenly before, too?"

"Well, they all went to vote for the North."

Mali nodded, confirming his guess.

"I wonder why they left so suddenly."

Zago muttered.

"I knew they couldn't be scared and run away to Sinar."

"Okay, take this [Golden Law] back and read it."

Mali interrupted his soliloquy, took out a brand new copy of the Golden Rule from a nearby cabinet, placed it on the table and pushed it over.

"This is the regulation of the war committee. You can read it yourself and read the content about the death penalty carefully. Otherwise, if you violate it, the North is not the United Army and will not show mercy to you just because of your identity."

"I see."

Zago nodded and put away the [Golden Law] with some curiosity.

"Take it and get out of here quickly. Remember not to expose yourself."

Mali waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.

After hearing his words, Zago stuffed the [Golden Law] into his arms. After making sure it was wrapped in clothes and would not be discovered, he stood up and prepared to leave the room.

When Zago walked to the door and was about to leave, Mali suddenly called him.

"Wait a minute."

Mali's voice suddenly sounded from behind, and then an object was thrown by him and flew from behind to behind Zago's head.

"Eat it up, don't waste it."

Zago turned around and caught the object thrown by Mali. It was the bread he had just taken a bite of and placed on the table.

"understood."

Zago responded, biting the bread, opened the door and left.

(End of this chapter)