Chapter 319: The Battleground
Even if Grand Duke Buck told his team of wise men that they could make concessions when the time was right, most of the time, they still clung to it.
There is no way, whoever lets them eat this bowl of rice, in order to help maximize the interests of the owner, take the initiative to release water, that is to ruin their reputation.
This kind of contact between Grand Duke Buck and Captain Stubin cannot be hidden from the eyes of those who have a heart.
When Stubbin's dragon wreck battleship sailed to the Fog Hidden Lake, the leaders of the Eternal Night Army and the elders of the crocodile clan gathered together.
"Grand Duke Buck's personal intervention will speed up the convergence of the Kingsley family and the Cummins family, and the moment an agreement is reached, it will also be the moment when we launch an attack, there is no doubt about it. Sean said as he threw a fried peanut into his mouth and chewed it.
It's not a formal meeting now, and my words and deeds are very casual.
All kinds of nut desserts are a must-have for this occasion.
Among those present, the worst is also from a big knight, and behind the strong strength, there is a good appetite and high consumption as support.
In a way, they are like hamsters, desperately hoarding food whenever they have the opportunity.
However, hamsters are hoarding at home, and they are hoarding in their own bodies, so they basically don't have to worry about gaining weight.
What Grand Knight will train for less than two hours a day?
There is no chance of growing fat on them at all, and it has long become an out-and-out leathery muscle.
Even Nitya, who has a longevity of 130 or 40 years old, has no taboos when it comes to eating, whether it is big fish and meat, or high fat and high calories, she can restrain it.
I have to say that the people in this life are more blessed than the people in Sean's previous life.
"My lord, where do you think they're going to attack from?" asked Archelder Webb.
The merger of the two forces of the Eternal Night Army Leader and the Crocodile Clan is not a simple matter of a single sentence, and many things are in the run-in.
Until then, the two sides still maintained a certain degree of independence, especially in the high-level aspects, so directly glued together.
After all, the war in the swamp of despair could break out at any time, and they didn't have so much time to reorganize and adjust.
On the side of the crocodile people, it is natural that the four great elders should be the leader.
"After repeated research by the military staff, the most likely target for them to attack is here. Sean stomped his foot, pointing to his feet.
"Brother Harbor?" asked Grand Elder Webb thoughtfully.
The ruler is long, and the inch is short.
Everyone has their own area of expertise.
Grand Elder Webb may be an excellent patriarch and a qualified coordinator.
But he wasn't a proper general, at least not in the eyes of the professionals of the Eternal Night.
Throughout the war between the crocodiles and the Kingsleys, many of their decisions were not wrong, but they were definitely not right.
When you shouldn't, take the initiative.
When it was time to take the initiative, he hesitated.
The only thing that can be done is the bloody sniping of the Kingsley family at the mouth of the Fog Hidden Lake.
But it can only be called decent, if it is replaced by the leader of the Eternal Night Army, it will not be so difficult to fight at all, not to mention, just pull out a few low-level officers, and you can come up with a variant trick.
For example, if you fill a warship with stones, dig it directly, and block the mouth of the river, you can use the lives of your own soldiers to block it?
It really can't be done, retreat the line of defense, and fight the Kingsley family on the Danube, in that case, surrounded on three sides, the fight will have a numerical advantage, and the casualty ratio will be closer.
Of course, many times Great Elder Webb was also forced to do so, and their way of ruling prompted them to make similar decisions, and the individual actions of many villages were beyond their control.
Not to mention personal military literacy, before this, tribal conflicts between the crocodile people, at best, were called weapon fights, and most of them were resolved through negotiations, which was the greatest significance of the existence of the Council of Elders.
Compared with the professionals of the Military Staff of the Eternal Night Army who are dedicated to military affairs, not to mention the wars that have occurred in recent decades, since there are historical records of wars, they have taken them out and repeatedly scrutinized and studied, it is really not a little bit worse, whether it is the overall situation or the grasp of the fighter plane.
But this is a good thing for the Eternal Night Commander.
Because in this way, it will be easier for them to firmly control the command of the war in their own hands.
"That's right, it's Brother Port. Sean didn't sell it, and directly threw out the analysis of the military staff, "This place may become their primary target for three reasons." β
"First, the fleet of the Cummins family, on the Danube, has an absolute advantage, attacking the brother port, can give full play to this advantage, even if you and I join forces, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight them on the water. β
"Indeed, the ships of the Cummins family, with their large size, high side, deep draft, and condescending, our warships are against them, and if they are against the castle on the water, it will be difficult to take any of them without paying ten times or eight times the casualties, and the only one that can be as long as it is the building ship in your hand, but the number is too small to help. Grand Elder Webber nodded approvingly, "If it were me, I would have taken advantage of this as much as possible." β
Although it was only a brief encounter, the warships of the Cummins family left a deep impression on them.
This kind of giant is by no means something that can be piled down by blood bravery.
Because castles are dead, they are alive.
If the momentum is not right, they will turn around and run away, and after resting, they will start again, and the casualties they paid at the beginning will be in vain.
It was precisely because of this realization that the Crocodile Council of Elders' confidence in resistance completely collapsed, and it had to fall to the side of the Eternal Night Army.
"Lou Ship and their big ship, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, if it is a head-on battle, Lou Ship does not have any advantages, this should be our future confrontation, try our best to avoid, play up the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, is the most correct choice. "Sean knows very well the advantages and disadvantages of his own ship.
Compared with the sea ship, the shallow draft is its fatal shortcoming, once a head-on collision occurs, the probability of the building ship being directly sunk is more than seventy percent.
"What about the second reason?" asked Archelder Webb.
"Second, it is the problem of traffic throat, if they can't take the brother port, no matter where they land, they will have to face the threat of our two joining forces, if they take the brother port, they can directly block the follow-up supply of the eternal night in the mountains, and then you only need to deal with your family, Akmesser is a commander with a very big picture, it is impossible not to realize it, before he was limited by the Cummins family's fleet and did not cooperate, now Grand Duke Buck is in person, this is an old fox who is proficient in the exchange of interests, as long as he is willing to pay enough price in exchange for the full support of the Cummins family, it should not be difficultγ β
Not only the Great Elder Weber, but also the other three Great Elders of the Crocodile Clan also bowed their heads and smacked for a while, and finally had to admit that Sean's analysis was reasonable and could not find the slightest fault.
Until then, they had not recognized the importance of the sister port, but now they fully realized it.
Once the Brother Harbor is taken by the Kingsleys, the Eternal Night Leader is blocked back into the Andes Mountains, and they are the only ones left, what can they do against the Kingsley family and the Cummins family?
At that time, there was no natural danger to defend, the water could not defeat the Cummins, the land could not withstand the flat push of the Kingsley hoplites, and they seemed to have to be driven into the sea.
The only thing to be thankful for is that some of the crocodile people's women, children, and children have been transferred to the Eternal Night Army, and even if they really fall into that situation, it is not considered an extinction.
But the question is, without them as the backbone, will the Eternal Night Leader still keep his original promise?
It's not impossible, but it's very small, and it's even more likely that this part of the Eternal Night Lords will be assimilated by them and become a part of them completely.
This possibility, just thinking about it, makes people shudder.
However, all of the people present are old foxes who have been through the storm for a long time, and they will not panic because of a speculation, and Grand Elder Webber still said very calmly: "What about the third reason?"
"Thirdly, out of personal revenge, we recently launched a tentative night raid on the Kingsley family's supply lines, not only burning more than half of their supplies, but also almost killing Grand Duke Buck. Speaking of this, Sean was full of regret.
The power of the ancient artifact is too strong.
That night, Grand Duke Buck, who was wearing golden armor, was like being invincible, his black powder cluster bombs were all thrown away, and the energy of the golden armor consumed was very small.
Afterwards, Sean and the two master-level warlocks in the territory conducted repeated speculation and research.
Grand Duke Buck, who was wearing golden armor, was not invincible in the true sense of the word, but was a little invincible in the special case of black powder cluster bombs.
In Sean's first sneak attack, he needs to be a master-level warlock to fill in the gaps.
It shows that the protective ability of the golden armor has an upper limit and can be shattered.
Then there is the formation of the protective cover, and there will inevitably be a gap in the connection.
Sean's interval bombing gave him a lot of time to prepare, if he could drop all the black powder cluster bombs at once as soon as he got his hands on them.
Grand Duke Buck brought the champion knight and mastery-level warlock guards with him, and his bones were already cold.
However, there is no regret medicine to sell in this world, and after that bombardment, Archduke Buck also became a frightened bird, not only strengthening the vigilance in the barracks, but also ordering the craftsmen to produce a large number of ballistae - specially for the air.
Apparently they had noticed that Sean was bombing them from the air, but it was not clear by what means.
Now Sean no longer dares to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance easily, let alone low-altitude bombing.
In addition, Archduke Buck is even more maze in the barracks, and there are as many as three handsome tents that look very luxurious.
However, Sean highly suspected that Grand Duke Buck did not live in any of them, but found a common military tent to nest in.
"A night attack, burning more than half of their supplies, almost killing Grand Duke Buck?" the four elders of the crocodile clan looked at each other.
Obviously, the Eternal Night Commander hadn't informed them of this information before, and for them, this sudden news was too exciting.
Sean said apologetically: "As an ally, this news should be notified to you as soon as possible, but there is a lot of undetermined news involved, so it has been postponed, a week ago, we had organized an elite team to carry out a night raid on their material transportation line, but I didn't expect Grand Duke Buck to be in the army, which led to our failure, but it was not all for nothing, in addition to burning nearly half of their materials, but also tested one of their hole cards, I don't know if you have heard of the ancient artifact?" β
As I said earlier, the relationship between the Eternal Night Leader and the Crocodile Clan is now more complicated.
They are closer than normal allies, but not to the point of being in a heart-to-heart relationship.
Many crocodile people moved to the Eternal Night Army to take refuge, not out of high-level voluntariness, but the bottom line led by the Eternal Night Army, and those who were forced by means had to pinch their noses and admit it.
But for military power, these elders of the crocodile clan have always refused to let go.
The Eternal Night Commander will naturally have reservations about this area, not to mention a special combat unit like the Night Leopard Marine Corps, and even the composition and combat mode of the ordinary legion, the crocodile people are also half-understood.
What's more, secret operations, the most important thing is to keep information secret, once the news is leaked, waiting for these special operators will be a deadly trap, before the operation, the fewer people who handle the news, the better, before the plan is launched, even the top leaders of the Eternal Night Army know about it, let alone the crocodile people who are like a sieve full of holes.
The four Great Elders of the Crocodile Clan were all smart people, and they didn't hold on to this point.
Nitya couldn't help but sit up straight and said, "The Ancient Artifact, the Golden Armor, and Grand Duke Buck actually used it as well, and it was really cautious." β
Sean's spirits were lifted, and he said with a happy face: "The old ancestor knows about the ancient artifact, if the old ancestor is talking about a golden armor that can easily use the magic energy shield, we should be talking about the same thing." β
"I know a little bit. Nitya had a solemn look on her face, "If it's really the Golden Armor, you have to be careful when you go head-to-head with them." β
"How much does the ancestor know about the ancient artifact? Can you tell us more about it? What is the mystery of this ancient artifact? The ancient artifact has not appeared for too long, and our understanding of it is all hearsay. Sean was secretly happy that he had finally found someone who knew the way.
There is an old man in the family, like a treasure.
This sentence is perfect for Nydia, no, it should be for the elderly master.
Not to mention that they have practical experience that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, they do not have the old dizziness and confusion of ordinary old people.
Again, for others, it is a myth and legend, and she may have faced it directly, and even played a role in it.
Nydia didn't answer Sean's question directly, but closed her eyes and pondered.
No one bothered because they knew that Nitya was rummaging through her thick memories.
Nydia's contemplation didn't last long, and she reopened her eyes and said, "The Ancient Artifact is the name of the Byronic people themselves, and in the Ancient Andes Empire, they have another name for the Battle Artifact, War artifact, because it has the powerful magic power to change the situation of a battle, its real power is not simply to provide protection for one person, but to provide magic-like blessings for the entire army, the golden armor of the Kingsley family, known for its defense, can be blessed with a golden earth energy shield for soldiers, with the heavy armor soldiers of the Kingsley family, they will be the hardest turtles in the world. β
Battle Artifact!
War Artifact!
Powerful magic that can change the tide of a campaign?
It can provide magic-like blessings to an entire army!
Many of the people present heard of this kind of thing for the first time, and they understood every word, but when they were connected together, they were a little confused.
This is simply a legend in the mouth of a bard, and it has nothing to do with reality.