Chapter 216: Coming
Expressing himself better, allowing himself to gain more trust, better integrating into the Eternal Night Army, and controlling more resources and rights is what Erickson wants to do.
The previous low-key does not mean that Eriksen has been pessimistic about everything and has no desires.
Rather, he was very aware of his situation, and used his time to dilute the background label he had originally carried, and learn to accept the unusual policies of the Eternal Night Army.
The biggest advantage of being a cold eyer is that Erikson can look at the Eternal Night Army group with a detached eye.
Although the Eternal Night Group Army has the belly of all rivers, the core set is not shaken at all, such as the basic policy of military and political classification.
Whether you come from a poor background or are of any other race, as long as you can accept this set, you can easily fit in.
If you can't accept it, even if you are in the Eternal Night Army, you are only a supernumerary appendage.
Why is the Walled City Alliance incompatible with the Eternal Night Army?
Why did the policy of the Eternal Night Group Army change so much before and after the alliance with the walled city?
In the final analysis, it is a conflict of interest of vested interests.
Many of the policies of the Eternal Night Group Army have fundamentally hurt those vested interests of the Walled City Alliance, and the price to pay for joining the Eternal Night Army is too great, and they will fight to the end unless they have to.
If it weren't for the barbarians of Kentana in the mountains who slaughtered a group of the leaders of the city lords of the Walled City Alliance, even if Ben Hebrew had the heart of peaceful annexation, there would be many obstacles inside, and the Eternal Night Army would have many concerns.
Compared with the simple mountain people, these vested interests cannot be said to be a good thing, but those vices are more, and assimilation of such people is time-consuming and laborious, not to mention, many times it is just a-stirring stick, which makes everyone disgusted.
In that case, the Eternal Night Army will be more cautious in its peaceful annexation in order to ensure its own purity.
Erikson did not force himself to accept this set purely in order to integrate into the Eternal Night Army, but in the past four years of study, he has developed a resonant sense of identity.
Especially the kind of medical policy that is vigorously promoted.
The epidemic is a source of fear that Erickson cannot avoid.
Erikson thought he had forgotten about it, but when he looked directly again, he realized that he was still so vulnerable.
However, he decided not to run away anymore, he had been running away for the first half of his life, but to no avail.
Therefore, this time he decided to fight head-on, even if he couldn't fight on the front line like Charles, regardless of personal life and death, he wanted to contribute his strength as much as he could.
The power of the individual is limited after all, and it can only be done by relying on the strength of the collective, and the Eternal Night Army is the collective that Erickson chose for himself, and he will do whatever it takes for the development and growth of this collective.
Because of the information held by both sides, the Silver Wolf Tribe was absolutely passive, and most of the arguments ended in Erikson's victory.
Throughout, Erickson has a principle in his hands, which is to maximize the benefits of the Eternal Night Army while also leaving a little life for the Silver Wolf Tribe.
It's not that Erikson is soft-hearted, it's the basic principles that the negotiations follow.
If the benefits are all for the Eternal Night Group Army to eat, the dirty work is all done by the Silver Wolf Tribe, they are fools who will nod, and even if they nod, they will end up being false and wronged, and secretly don't know what is bad.
Rather than this, it is better to put some interests in the clear, talk about it clearly, and when the time comes, everyone will have meat to eat and soup to drink, nothing more than less.
As for the relationship later, that's for later.
In fact, before Erikson's mission, the military staff of the Eternal Night Army had already set the tone, and some things were given a relatively broad bottom line and standards, and the rest was flexibly controlled by Erikson.
Even if it is the minimum given by the Eternal Night Army, it is to give up a part of the profits to the Silver Wolf Tribe.
The Silver Wolf Tribe Lakesh deeply felt how difficult the forces dormant in the mountains were, they were simply jackals that ate people and did not spit out bones, but there was no way to refuse, because the combined forces of the two major tribes of the evil wolf and the gray wolf had begun to assemble and march towards the Silver Wolf Tribe.
In the fierce battle with the Silver Wolf Tribe before winter, their losses were only much more than those of the Silver Wolf Tribe.
However, the two tribes are a little smaller than the Silver Wolf Tribe, but when they are united, they are overtaken, and when they are evenly distributed, the situation is better than that of the Silver Wolf Tribe.
In addition, unlike the Silver Wolf Tribe, there is still a nail buried behind him, except for a small number of elites left to prevent the Silver Wolf Tribe's sneak attack, the other herdsmen are fully stockpiling pasture, and the situation is much better than that of the Silver Wolf Tribe.
It is precisely because it is much better that the two major tribes of the evil wolf and the gray wolf will appear more proactive, ready to completely squeeze the old enemy of the silver wolf tribe to death in the Kogel grassland, and not give him a chance to rise again.
The evil wolf and gray wolf tribes have gathered a total of more than 30,000 Orcs who control the strings, which can be called exhausting the strength of the whole clan, except for the women and children who are disabled and left to take care of the cattle and sheep, all the men who are taller than the ruts have brought their own war horses and bows and arrows to gather.
In the Odin orcs, there is no mandatory service order like the Byron Alliance, just send the fastest cavalry to deliver the news of the war, and those qualified Odin orc herdsmen will turn out their best equipment, ride war horses, and respond to the call of war.
This custom is not only related to the bravery and warfare of the Odin orcs, but also to their relatively simple and barren life.
For them, war was not only a process of outward expansion, but also a process of overt plunder, both against the Byronic alliance and against the other tribes within.
While most of the spoils had to be given to the chieftains, the portion that was left behind and re-rewarded by the chieftains according to their prowess was enough to improve their lives.
In addition, there is another physiological factor that cannot be ignored - the Odin orcs seem to be better born than the Byron and Andes, not that the survival rate of babies is high, but twins, and even multiple births, are very common.
A qualified Odin orc mother has six or seven children in three years, which is a very normal thing, even if half of them die, there are two or three.
In many cases, what restricts the Odin orc family is not the question of whether they can give birth, but whether they have enough financial resources to raise them to adulthood.
Therefore, there has always been a rumor about the Odin orcs in the warlock world, that the warlocks of the ancient Andis Empire added fertility-prone genes to their bloodline in the process of creating them.
Some warlocks are engaged in similar secret research, wanting to decipher the mysteries and apply them to their own people.
Compared to the population explosion of the earth, in Ashan, the population is always in a state of inadequacy.
Even the most prosperous region of the Plains of Asia Minor in Ashan, where it is now, is a long way from saturation, let alone other regions.
The advance speed of the two major tribes of the evil wolf and the gray wolf is not fast, but it is not slow, after all, they are all two-horse or even three-horse controlled cavalry, and on the flat steppe, they advance a hundred kilometers a day, which is commonplace, and the line of fire is rushing, and two or three hundred kilometers is not a problem.
As a result of the victory, the two major tribes allied forces adopted relatively prudent tactics, using their own stronger force to press head-on.
Then again.
In the endless steppe, the strategies that can be used are nothing more than cavalry tactics such as running thousands of miles and outflanking.
The narrow terrain of the Kogel steppe directly abolished the tactics of roundabout outflanking.
As for the thousand-mile attack, it was a tactic that was performed by surprise, and both sides knew that there would be a battle after the beginning of spring, and they had already begun to prepare, so why take it by surprise.
On the contrary, it is better to have a head-on decisive battle, which is more secure.
But with the continuous advancement of the Evil Wolf and Gray Wolf Alliance, the leaders of the two major tribes still felt that the situation was a little abnormal.
They have already penetrated more than half of the pastoral area of the Silver Wolf Tribe, not to mention the main force of the Silver Wolf Tribe, not even half of the cattle, sheep and herdsmen of the Silver Wolf Tribe.
"Respected Blackclaw Chief, I have searched carefully, and the herdsmen of the Silver Wolf Tribe have already withdrawn, and the retreat is in a hurry, and many precious living materials have not had time to be taken away. An Odin orc sentinel centurion reported.
Compared with the relatively strict division of labor in the Byron Alliance, the army composition of the Odin orcs is relatively scattered, and the most primitive ten-necked, centurion, and thousand-sized names are used.
The composition of the army, which is literally, as long as the number of Odin orcs you lead has ten, you are qualified to be called a ten-commander, centurion, thousand-commander, and so on.
It's not that the title of captain is not there, but it is rarely used, because if the number of string control soldiers under his command reaches 10,000, he is usually a tribal chief, and he is above medium.
Among the Orcs of Odin, being able to have such a title is usually a symbol of strength, and if you want to get this position, you must have a strong enough fist, otherwise you will be directly thrown down.
"The old wolf Rakesh has been frightened by us, and he doesn't even have the courage to fight to the death, he is worthy of the great title of silver wolf, and it won't be long before this title will belong to us. The Blackclaw Chief had a look of disdain on his face.
He is the chief of the wolf tribe, with a very standard Odin beast body shape, five big and three thick, especially the upper body and arms, which are thicker than the lower body, and it is better to ride on horseback, if you dismount, it becomes a spinning top, and there is a feeling of being top-heavy.
If you look closely, most of the wolf Odin orcs have this problem, but this is not innate, but acquired.
Whether it is their own racial talent or racial characteristics (nomads), they pay much more attention to and exercise their arms than other parts, and they have war horses as a substitute for entering and exiting anyway.
On the contrary, the Odin orcs of the Leopard Clan, who are known for their own speed, are in a bit of an awkward situation.
Their racial talent in foot combat, the speed that bursts out in an instant, can make them the most feared warriors or assassins, and it is difficult to defend against them at the same level.
But the problem is that the Odin orcs are a people on horseback, and their racial talent advantage has been weakened to the extreme.
As a result, the Odin Orcs of the Leopard Clan have a strong reputation among their enemies, the Byron Alliance, and are synonymous with strength and fear.
But within the Odin orcs, among the eight major races, both the number of tribes and the voice of their voices belong to the tail of the crane.
And the wolf Odin orcs, whether in the East Odin Empire or the West Odin Empire, are ranked second, second only to the two major royal families of the lion and tiger in power.
"The more this is the case, the more you can't take it lightly, that old wolf is not a person who admits defeat so easily, maybe it is a conspiracy played by the other party. "It was an old Odin orc with a gray beard and hair.
By the side of the Blackclaw Chieftain, he was much shorter, but between sitting and lying down, he could still see the background of his youth, if he looked down on him because of old age, he would capsize in the gutter if he was a little careless, and when he talked about Rakesh, there was an indissoluble hostility and hatred between his eyebrows.
Able to go hand in hand with the chief of the evil wolf tribe, his identity is about to come out, the chief of the gray wolf tribe, Bilig.
"That old fellow Rakesh, he does have some small calculations, the decisive raid before the winter, it was indeed a bit unexpected for you and me, but the result was not like that, although it caused us a lot of losses, he himself also lost a large number of warriors, it is said that it has affected the grazing of livestock, and he has been injured and bleeding. Therefore, in the face of absolute strength, those small calculations cannot be the decisive factor, and in the end, it depends on who has a hard fist and who has more warriors. ”
The Blackclaw Chief looked back at the two tribal alliances with their banners waving and no end in sight, and his heart was filled with pride.
The 30,000 Odin orc warriors are slightly inferior to those large tribes, but compared to those small and medium-sized tribes, they have an absolute advantage, let alone deal with an old wolf that is scarred and bleeding for several years.
As long as you swallow the Silver Wolf Tribe in one bite, you can not only make your tribe stronger, but also be able to receive the name and ranch of the Silver Wolf Tribe in a proper manner.
In the eyes of the outsiders, the pattern of Odin's orc rule is chaotic.
In fact, there are still traces to follow.
Some of the more special tribal titles are not given by themselves casually, but are canonized by the royal court, linked to fixed pastures, registered in the royal court, and recognized.
Although this kind of canonization and recognition is useless most of the time, how to pinch it in private, but once you deal with the royal court, without this nominal title, it is really not easy to use - even if you have strong strength, you don't have a corresponding title, and you are still inferior in the royal court.
Having said that, this situation will basically not happen, as long as the ability is enough, those tribes will inevitably grab a title back.
This idea, like the noble concept of the Byronic Alliance, has been deeply rooted in the hearts of every Odin.
Silver wolf, evil wolf, gray wolf.
The three major tribes, don't look like they are only one word apart.
In fact, the Silver Wolf Tribe is the orthodoxy of the Eight Classics, and it is registered in the Lion Clan's Royal Court.
Evil wolf and gray wolf are their own names, and if it sounds good, it is a vassal of the silver wolf tribe, and if it is ugly, it is a wild force.
If the Lion Court has any big move, such as invading the Byron Alliance.
The war summoning order will only be sent to the Silver Wolf Tribe, and there is no such thing as a bad wolf or gray wolf at all.
There is only one way for the Evil Wolf and Gray Wolf tribes to join in, either under the name of the Silver Wolf Tribe or other big tribes, and participate in the name of vassals.
The result of this is that when the spoils of war are divided, they will be stripped of a layer of skin very ruthlessly.
When the Silver Wolf Tribe showed weakness, the Evil Wolf and Gray Wolf Tribe naturally would not let go of the opportunity to replace them.