My Italian: Chapter 134 Sudan invasion

Aduwa, an important military and economic town on the border of the Abyssinian Plateau, has always been stationed heavily because it is the best place to defend the enemy from the Red Sea.

And now, this place has also become the place where the Abyssinian Emperor Johannes IV hoarded the army. The army of more than 100,000 is distributed all over Aduwa, making it almost a large barracks, and there are soldiers dressed everywhere. people.

Since there are many soldiers, there are also many things to do. Stealing, fighting, molesting women, and many other **** things are not uncommon in Adua.

The officials in charge of public security were completely unable to take care of these troublemakers in the army. They had to ask the Emperor Johannes IV to send personal guards to severely punish a group of people, so as to make the atmosphere a little better, at least not to **** and molest in broad daylight When it comes to hooking up, I also know that I have to do it behind my back.

Speaking of the messes that the soldiers did, no one knows, but since these are all affiliated to different troops, and some people have only joined the army for less than a month, they lack fear of military discipline.

But then again, the Abyssinian army with a strong feudal atmosphere, it is strange that nothing happens.

However, the Abyssinian lord, His Majesty Johannes, didn't pay much attention to the troubles of the army, as long as they were overwhelmed, they were still needed to deal with the Italians after all.

However, when it comes to Italians, Johannes has a headache, because the Italians are late, which makes him a little anxious.

Wait a minute, the Italians won't come, making Emperor Johannes anxious?

That's right, His Majesty the Emperor just waited anxiously. Because it is easy to gather this army of more than 100,000 people, but it is not easy to raise this army.

As a feudal country, Johannes, as the emperor, cannot mobilize national supplies, and he also needs to consider the feelings of princes from all over the world.

You must know that this army of up to 178,000 people is divided into three parts. Among them, the army directly under his command is only 76,000 people. Among the remaining 102,000 people, there are 54,000 people brought by the princes and 4.8 people. Ten thousand people are made up of various tribes.

Since these troops came to fight in response to the emperor's call, the material problem needs to be solved by others. It is impossible for others to send troops and bring their own materials. Isn't this embarrassing.

Therefore, as the emperor, Johannes IV has been very big recently. If this Italian does not come again, he will hardly be able to support him with so many mouths.

It can also be seen from here how barren Abyssinia is, and the emperor who occupies nearly half of the country can't even feed an army of more than 100,000 people for two months. This also shows how powerful the industrial countries are over the agricultural countries.

But if you can't bear it, you have to eat it. As Emperor Johannes IV, he knows very well that this Italian is here for himself, and he will not let those troops go home because of this.

However, after waiting for a long time, there will naturally be different voices. No, at a new meeting, someone raised an objection.

"If this continues, how long will it take? It's the busy farming season, and the hearts of the soldiers will fly to their farmland."

At the banquet held by Emperor Johannes IV in the Governor's Palace in Adua, some people raised their own questions.

These words attracted everyone's attention, and Johannes IV, the emperor, fixed his eyes and saw that the Duke of Oromia was expressing his opinion. The duke's possession is in the southeastern part of the Abyssinian Plateau, and his strength is not weak, only weaker than himself and Menelik II of Shaoa. In the face of this local strength ranked third in the country, of course, Johannes IV could not ignore his opinion, and he also saw that other princes were moved after he finished speaking.

These conscripted armies are not full-time soldiers, at least more than half of them are semi-professional soldiers who cannot be full-time. These semi-professional soldiers who are busy farming and train in their spare time have always been the main force of the Abyssinian army. This is a custom handed down from ancient times.

Otherwise, according to the barren fields of the Abyssinian plateau, how can such a large army be maintained.

However, the advantage of such a semi-professional army is that the maintenance cost is very low on weekdays, and it can save the funds of the princes and nobles in various places. The disadvantage is also obvious.

And the Duke of Oromia obviously raised his concerns based on this situation.

But since someone raised an objection, there was someone who supported it.

After the Duke of Oromia made this statement, as Emperor Johannes IV, he knew that not giving a solution would lead to instability in the army.

"The Duke of Oromia is right. If you wait like this, the soldiers will not focus on the battle."

Johannes IV was the first to praise him, but then the subject changed. "However, the war between our country and Italy has only begun, and it is impossible to let him go home. So the soldiers need to be informed that the Italians are coming to conquer us and make us all their slaves."

"But just relying on this mouth won't solve the problem."

Faced with the words of Johannes IV, some people have different opinions.

"I know this too, so considering this, I can offer 6,000 cattle, 50,000 sheep, and 3 million kilograms of grain as compensation. However, the amount may not be much, and I still need your support."

Having said this, Johannes IV turned his attention to his son-in-law. As the emperor looked at himself, Menelik II, the lord of Shaoa, cursed inwardly, and made a righteous expression on his face. "I agree with the emperor's words. For this reason, I have decided to provide 3,000 cows, 30,000 sheep, and 1.5 million kilograms of grain as supplements. In addition, the conscripted soldiers in my territory will be reduced by half of the poll tax in the next two years. ."

That's right, since Menelik II is going to do it, he will put himself in a benchmark position, but it will be a bit of a pit for others.

Menelik II's words made the other princes secretly curse, but in the face of the joint statement of the two, others could only follow up. So you have 100 and 50, and the total amount of grain is nearly 10 million kilograms, and there are more than 80,000 sheep and 30,000 cattle.

Oh, and another 2,400 camels.

However, there are a lot of these materials, and they are distributed to everyone ~www.mtlnovel.com~ like peppering noodles.

But in the end it is still a piece of mind, I believe the following soldiers will understand this.

After grudgingly dealing with the problem of the army, as if God didn't want Johannes IV to have a good day today, an even more startling news came.

"His Majesty."

Prime Minister Matthias walked in quickly with a messenger. His face was extremely ugly, which surprised everyone present.

"whats the matter?"

Seeing the Prime Minister's expression, Johannes IV immediately opened his mouth and asked.

In the face of Johannes IV's inquiry, Prime Minister Matthias did not speak.

In the face of Johannes IV's inquiry, the Prime Minister did not speak, but the messenger on the side did. It's just that none of the people present thought that he would bring an amazing news. Except the Prime Minister, of course.

"Your Majesty, the sultans have invaded Motma, and Governor Yogudis asked me to ask for help."