War is an armed struggle between countries, nations, classes, and political groups in order to achieve certain political and economic goals, and war is a special social phenomenon that has emerged in the development of human society to a certain historical stage. In the late primitive society, violent conflicts between tribes or tribal alliances were mainly caused by fighting for living conditions. With the development of the productive forces and the emergence of private property and classes, the nature of war gradually changed. After entering the class society, war has become the highest form of contradictory struggle between classes, nations and nations, states and states, and political blocs and political blocs, and has become a continuation of politics.

Historically, people have had different understandings of wars and their causes. For example, naturalist war theorists believe that war is rooted in human biological nature and the natural environment, and is a natural and eternal phenomenon. Religious war theorists believe that war is the "retribution" of God's will for man's sins. Racist war theorists attribute the cause of war to the difference between "superior" and "inferior" peoples; Neo-Malthusian war theorists believe that population expansion and hunger are the basic causes of war, and war is the fundamental means of regulating population; On the other hand, geopolitical war theorists believe that war is caused by the geographical environment, that is, the competition for living space. All these views belong to the idealist metaphysical view of war. They obscure the roots of the war in class society and obscure the war nature of class society.

Marxists adhere to the historical materialist view of war, believing that war does not always exist and is not eternal. War is only a product of the development of social productive forces and production relations to a certain stage, and Engels pointed out that after human society entered private ownership, "war has become a regular occupation." Lenin noted: "War is the continuation of politics by another means. Any war is inseparable from the political system that gave rise to it. Mao Zezi further pointed out: "Politics is a bloodless war, and war is a bloody politics." "When" politics has reached a certain stage of development, it can no longer go on as usual, so war breaks out to remove obstacles in the political road. "According to the Marxist point of view, the wars of class society are, by their nature, only just wars and unjust wars. All wars against the oppression of the reactionary ruling class, against foreign aggression, and for promoting social progress are just wars. All wars carried out by reactionary forces to suppress revolutions, carry out expansionist aggression against foreign countries, and hinder social progress are unjust wars. Supporting a just war and opposing an unjust war is the fundamental attitude of the proletariat and the revolutionary people toward war. The way to destroy war, the monster of human cannibalism, is to oppose war with war, against counter-revolutionary war with revolutionary war, against national counter-revolutionary war with national revolutionary war, and against class counter-revolutionary war with class revolutionary war. "War can only die if the whole world has abolished the system of exploitation and classes and states have died out.

——Introduction to Military Science, edited by Zheng Wenhan

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Eyalotis.

The city of craftsmen is currently under full martial law and is temporarily under military control. In the temporarily divided Ayalotis Military Region, the top commander is the Minister of War, Lin Gwini, a veteran of nearly forty years of military experience. He was already 60 years old, and after receiving the king's order, he still wore armor and rushed to the front, and his spirit was indeed commendable. It's just that anyone who sees him knows that he is too old to bear such a heavy responsibility.

Lingwynny's face was emaciated, and his cheekbones were raised high; The yellow skin on his face slackened and stacked into deep wrinkles, as if someone had carved them out with a knife; In addition to having dark circles under his eyes, he also has eye bags that can fit two fruits; His hair wasn't white before, but after receiving the report of the fall of Oscuria, he couldn't find a single black hair when he woke up the next day. The image was of course extremely bad, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it at all. He just sat in the city lord's mansion, day and night constantly looking through the battle reports sent from the front, and then sat down, pondered, and fought against the invisible enemy.

He was old, and he was still like a young man, violently draining his life force, like a candle on the table. The candles have been burned one after another, and the candle tears hang long on the edge of the candlestick, like miniature stalactites, which is very lovely.

"In the Necronomicon Paradise, our combat power is reduced by 50%, and the enemy's combat power is increased by 50% ......"

"Low-level potions don't work, druids' nature magic doesn't work, priest's low-level holy light magic doesn't work......"

"The morale of our side has dropped badly, the mood of the soldiers is generally low, and there are even desertion ......"

One difficult problem after another confronted Lindwinny, unseen and unheard of by him. Even with forty years of military experience, he has no confidence in the face of necromantic creatures - Orquila has never had any experience in dealing with them in his history!

He suddenly felt a pain in his heart, so he trembled his hands and took out a quick-acting heart-saving pill from his pocket. If I hadn't found out that I had a heart problem, I am afraid that I would not have turned into a civilian and returned to work in the military department, and there would be no military minister today. If I had been healthy, I might have been discharged from the army and become a blacksmith in Ayalotis, right?

Lingwynny smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling much better at heart. He got up and pushed open the window, trying to blow away the stuffiness in the room. When he saw the dim sky outside the window, he couldn't help but be stunned. There was a cold bitter feeling in my heart, could it be that the medicinal power of the quick-acting heart-saving pill was fully exerted.

The sun climbs and sets naturally at its apex, so that the day ends. At this moment, how many people look at the sunset and feel the same emotion as themselves? But no matter how much you feel emotional, the sunset will not stop for anyone, it will only fall and fall again and again, until it sinks into the darkness of despair.

"I'm old, I don't know how long I can burn for the country." Ringwynny rubbed his eyes and returned to his seat, continuing to concentrate on the report.

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Dolu Davis.

Because of the invasion of the necromantic creatures, the people were panicked, and when the people saw their acquaintances, they even looked miserable. This ominous atmosphere has been spreading in the city for many days.

Thanks to the necromantic creatures, the cities of Ayalotis and Lal Harenn are under military control, and caravans are no longer visible on the roads, so most of the shops in the city are temporarily closed, and those that are still open have backgrounds and doors. The streets were deserted, and even the beggars and leper dogs were listless. When the wind blows, the leaves rustle and look very sluggish.

A horse-drawn carriage without any decoration rolled down the street and turned into a dark alley. There was also an unadorned carriage in the alley, and the coachman was sitting at the mouth of the alley, smoking a pipe without a mouthful. Even when he heard the wheels rattle, the driver did not turn his head.

The new carriage stopped. A chubby hand lifted the curtain and then came out with a round face - this is Sam, who also has a great voice in the aristocracy? Montgomery. He wore civilian clothes and a hat, and pulled his collar high for fear that someone would recognize him. If you look at him from a distance, others will only think that he is just an ordinary fat man. After the coachman helped him down, he ran to the other side of the alley and began to check that his nails were neatly cut.

"Hey, I'm here." Sam lowered his voice and said to the carriage opposite.

"Oh my God...... Why don't you hurry up? Want to be an exhibit here? An anxious voice came from the carriage.

Sam muttered and got into the carriage: "I thought that the relationship between you and me was so close that we didn't need to use 'you'. ”

In the carriage sat a middle-aged man with a restless expression. He didn't care about being polite with Sam now, clutched his handkerchief, and asked, "What the hell is going on with you asking me to meet in private?" Is there anything that cannot be said at the Council of Nobles? ”

"Of course, that is something that His Majesty cannot know! You know, every time he attends the Council of Nobles, I'm really tired of seeing that old face, hehe. Sam saw that the handkerchief was soaked with sweat and quipped.

"No kidding, Sam!" The middle-aged man's expression became more and more uneasy.

"You really don't have any sense of humor." Sam put away his smile and said, "The thing that you can't let Your Majesty know is naturally to prepare for the back road." ”

"The way back? What else can there be? Haven't you already asked the Holy See for help? ”

"They live on another continent, man! If you rush over, you'll run into sea monsters and storms, and you don't know how long it will be delayed. Sam's little eyes shot a fierce light, and he said viciously, "I'm talking about our situation!" It's not just about life, it's about the family, and even the entire aristocracy! Originally, our Orquilla existed by a game of many forces, soldiers, nobles and civilians hindered each other, but after the war with the necromantic creatures, do you think what the situation in the country will be? The soldiers are revered by the common people as heroes who fought bloodily, and the power of the military department will increase dramatically, and the weight of their words may be heavier than that of the entire noble council! ”

The other party thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, we can still use military funding to restrict their development." Without money, they can't expand their army, and they can't pose a threat. ”

"What Your Majesty wants is for us to threaten each other, if the military department loses its deterrent effect, will that be what Your Majesty wants to see? Although it is a tradition of the aristocracy to fund the army, it does not mean that the commoners cannot raise food! Do you think that without us, the bigwigs of the military department would cry so much that even snot flowed out? Wrong, very wrong! Not to mention Lal Haren, let's talk about Ayalotis, as long as half of the craftsmen are willing to take out the utensils they produce, they can arm an army of more than 20,000 people! Don't look at the old Remy who always disagrees with Lingwynny, now seventy percent of the civilian officials support the military department! ”

"What about the grain? Even if you have equipment, it's useless if you can't keep up with the food. ”

"Are you confused? Lal Harleen is a port city, and there are more than a dozen grain ships entering the port at any time. Your Majesty is even willing to give the state money to adventurers, do you still care about that little money for food, especially in this eventful season?! ”

"It seems that it is time to prepare for the back road. Does Your Majesty really want to do something to us? The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and asked.

Sam was stunned for a moment, sighed leisurely, and left the carriage: "When Karl gets out of the position of the lord of Osgilia, this question will not need to be answered by me." That's all for tonight, maybe I'll have to meet Karl...... The poor viscount must have been depressed at the sunset. ”

The carriage rolled away again, and the body swayed slightly. The sadness on the middle-aged man's face faded, and he smiled: "Hehe, the nobles really began to pull back." Your Majesty must be very happy to find such important information, right? ”

He lifted the curtains, and a silent raven whizzed out of the carriage and went against the wind.

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Two kilometers outside the city of Osgilia.

Bald Eagle lowered his binoculars and yawned, but was forced to stop halfway through the hit, and then coughed violently a few times. He touched his chest and cursed, "This damn cloud of death, is it necessary to turn me into a necromantic creature before I am willing?" ”

"What did you find?" The few people standing next to him are the leaders of the Living Players Guild. Everyone's faces were very unsightly, firstly because of the heavy clouds overhead, and secondly, because as the war gradually heated up, they finally saw the difficulty of necromantic creatures - this kind of thing is fierce and not afraid of death when it charges, and it is also a first-class difficulty to defend the city, so that people cannot break through.

"The temptation is over." The bald eagle got up and stretched. He casually tossed the telescope to one of the presidents, and said, "Necromantic creatures don't get tired, they don't get scared, they can act at will before they run out of soul points, so break their hands and feet, or simply kill them." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Advance in a skirmish formation, don't be idiotic enough to give the opponent the opportunity to launch the army skill; Push me out the artillery and ballista, choose a wall and smash it; Find necromancers who can use Necromancy and use soul wavelengths to interfere with their command, creating loopholes and opportunities; Organize priests and sacrifices, especially those who have military skills [Heavenly Rain], [Holy Light], and [Sacred Chant]; Paladins and druids are chosen as meat shields, they are not as severely slashed, but druids must remain in animal form; Melee classes can also take all kinds of throwing weapons, such as 'gas cans', 'military fire oil', and 'goblin grenades', as long as they can be thrown on the city wall. Musketeers and archers use [Accumulation] and [Arrow Rain] to suppress me in reverse, army skills ignore the rules of level protection, even if you take the initiative to attack low-level players, it will not trigger 'invincible', and can directly pull the opponent into a combat state; In this battle, the only useless ones are the assassins, who can fight with knives if they like, or stay and watch the live broadcast. ”

One president asked, "What about the timing of the attack?" ”

"Just while this group of wanderers is almost dead. After a long time, the June sunshine will arrive, and although I am not afraid of him, he will definitely have a back hand. The bald eagle yawned lazily, and said: "You should pay attention, this war is not only as simple as a conventional siege war, but also related to the clash of factions, and it will not be fought overnight, at least it will last for more than two days." In regular wars between guilds, the dead will be forced to go offline and wait until the war is over before they can go back online; But the enemy we are facing is a whole force, which is the equivalent of a national war between Orquila and the Dusk Empire, and the player can immediately run out of the respawn point and return to the battle line after death. Therefore, it is necessary to gradually and continuously accumulate advantages in order to win, so please be prepared to consume a lot of manpower and material resources. ”

The presidents did not answer immediately and fell into deep thought, but the bald eagle was not in a hurry, but yawned and looked at the battlefield. After a while, one of the presidents said, "I'm okay here." ”

"Me too."

"We'll do our best, don't worry."

Bald Eagle thought to himself: have you already calculated the ratio of input to output? Dare to make such a quick decision, it seems that the reward for the mission offered by King Olquila must be quite rich.

Guilds participating in wars and wanderers participating in wars on their own are two completely different concepts. Even if this is a crusade against the June Sun, the guild only sees the city of Osgiria. You should know that "building a system city by yourself" and "recovering a system city in the form of a mission" are two different concepts, the former will provoke the jealousy and anger of NPC forces (such as the kingdom of Olquila), but the latter can get the management and use rights of the city without worry. As several guilds that can call the wind and rain in the "gospel", they naturally know how to weigh the importance of the middle, and if they don't take advantage of this opportunity to occupy Osgilia, they are fools. If the city is a monster, they are the monster of the June sun.

In order to get the city and the abundant quest rewards, the guild leaders don't mind letting the scattered players and NPC forces take the lead, even if these people are exhausted. Humanitarianism? Justice? What the wandering players insist on is so naïve and ridiculous in the eyes of the Grand Guild, how can it be possible to use force for these monotonous terms. The guild leaders quite understand June Sunshine, because if they change to their own city to attack the necromantic player, they will be sorry for themselves if they don't slaughter the city; If it weren't for the clash of factions, the presidents wouldn't want to be hostile to the innocent June Sunshine. In a sense, there is no essential difference between these presidents and June Sunshine.

The essence of war is like this, the angry youth die on the battlefield, and the superior gains benefits. But that's none of my business, I'm just responsible for enjoying the war. What a lovely war!

The bald eagle was bored, yawned again, and even tears came out.