Chapter 511: The Troubles of Happiness
In the process of sweeping the army led by the Eternal Night, Sean also manipulated the Thunder Golden Eagle to carefully search the surrounding situation again, trying to find Christina's accomplices.
Unfortunately, nothing else was discovered, as if she had been alone all along.
Due to Christina's unexpected factor, the elite mixed army led by Sean did not make any extraneous complications, and after completing the original plan, they rushed back to the ruins fortress as soon as possible.
It wasn't until he stepped into New Malden Fortress that Sean breathed a long sigh of relief, and he completely ate this harvest into his stomach.
In the end, it was not the small gathering points that really put pressure on them, but the Kentana barbarians who had been captured by them, these people were all under anesthesia, and the men who occupied the Eternal Night Army led them by hand, and they had to be vigilant at all times, and they recovered from anesthesia.
After all, anesthetics have strong side effects, and they cannot be used in large doses continuously, otherwise even if they are captured, they will be crippled.
In the end, they still relied on ropes and small doses of anesthetics to control them, holding so many strong prisoners, the pressure was not ordinarily large, and the anesthetics were even more like flowing water, and they were used in barrels and barrels, even for the Eternal Night Commander, which was a big burden.
By the time they arrived at the fortress of New Malden, the harvest of the elite mixed legion from this hunt had also been counted.
Excluding Christina, a special captive, there are as many as four Kentana Barbarian Champion Knights alone, three of whom are from sea hunters, and only one is a nomadic Kentana Barbarian.
Among the Kentana barbarians they captured this time, the number of sea hunts was significantly more than that of the nomadic hunts, reaching five to one.
Knowing the conditions on the Kentana Ice Sheet, such a ratio is quite normal.
Sea hunting is more severely affected than safaris, and the southward speed of those who are severely affected is naturally faster.
The proportion of grand knights is still frighteningly high, there are two hundred and thirty-two, more than one-tenth.
As the Lord Guard, which gathers half of the elite of the entire territory of the Eternal Night Army, the ratio of the Great Knights barely reaches fifteen to one.
This is still the result of this time, with the help of the mage tower of the Northern Fortress, a group of new great knights have poured out, otherwise this proportion will only be greater.
This is just their scattered small and medium-sized tribes, in the permafrost steppe, in the war between the two large tribes, there are dozens of champion knights leading thousands of big knights to charge, it seems that it is no longer a legend and imagination.
The Kentana barbarians are the best in the world, and they really live up to their reputation, and in front of them, the mountain Kentana barbarians have dropped not one gear, but two or three gears.
When you think about it, it's not surprising that this is the case.
There is a shortcut to the Grand Knight and the Champion Knight that everyone knows.
That is to sharpen one's will through an extremely difficult environment, and let the body break through the limits.
And the Kentana barbarians have been challenging extreme environments since the moment they landed.
It's a challenge that will last their entire lives, not only against the harsh natural environment, but also against their own people, and if they slacken off, they die.
In other words, every Kentana barbarian who survives to adulthood is the elite of their race in its own right.
This can be seen from the captives, the limited number of women and children are all able-bodied, and the number of old people is pitiful.
Their high proportion comes at a heavy cost.
Compared to them, the barbarians of Kentana, who had retreated to the eastern mountains of Andes, had a tenfold better standard of living.
Without the tempering of life, even if they have excellent genes and roots, they are in vain.
It is not so much that the Kentana barbarians are strong, but that the Kentana barbarians living on the Kentana ice field are strong, and if they are thrown to the rich and stable Plains of Asia Minor or the Huayu Plateau, it will not take a few generations, and they are only afraid that they will collectively decline significantly, and they are not even as good as the Kentana barbarians in the mountains.
That's why, Sean didn't blindly blend with the mountain Kentana savages, allowing them to maintain a relatively independent half-safari, half-farming life.
Their prowess is largely due to their way of life, and when they become as tame as ordinary people, even if they have a strong physique, they are essentially sheep rather than shepherd dogs fighting evil wolves, which is more vividly demonstrated in the Kentana barbarians.
The remaining more than 2,000 people, most of them are also knight-level, but those who are not knight-level, there are very few, and even if there are, most of them are underage Kentana barbarians.
In addition to the original, the Kentana barbarian captives of the fortress of New Malden directly exceeded two and a half thousand.
The first thing the mixed elite legion did when they returned to the ruins fortress was to treat the wounded.
The Eternal Night Leader has reaped a great deal this time, and the price paid is also not small.
Even with their absolute superiority in strength and equipment, they still paid the price of one champion knight being seriously wounded, two grand knights and thirty-seven knights killed, and hundreds of soldiers wounded.
There is no perfect strategy in this world, especially in the ever-changing battlefield, any unexpected factor can cause the death of soldiers, and Christina is the biggest unexpected factor they encountered this time.
There are still the unlucky ones among the Kentana barbarians, and the Eternal Night Commanders are no exception, and there are always those who are unlucky, or misjudged.
The glorious victory could not hide the grief of the soldiers who lost their comrades.
The Eternal Night Commander has never shied away from this, celebrating victory and paying tribute to the soul of the heroes have always been viewed separately, and the latter is placed in front of the former.
Respect for the dead is also respect for the living.
This concept, with the increasing number of heroic souls buried in the Hall of Heroic Souls, has penetrated into the soul and bone marrow of every soldier of the Eternal Night, and being able to die bravely for the territory and to protect the homeland is the best destination and the greatest glory in their lives, and their families, their children and grandchildren, will be proud of it, and prosper, and take over their glory and responsibility.
They will not deliberately pursue this glory, but they will not be afraid, and when the time comes, they will gladly accept it, believing that their heroic soul will be reborn in the Hall of Heroic Souls, and will receive the worship of the incense of the people day and night, and continue to fulfill their duties in another way, guarding their beloved home and territory, and witnessing him create more miracles and move towards new glory.
Facts have proved that General Arnold's method of training troops in actual combat is indeed unique.
The composition of the Lord's Guard is the most complex in the history of the Eternal Night Warlord.
There is both the backbone of the rise of the Eternal Night Army, the former Andes Young Army.
There are also Andes people from the former Walled City Alliance.
The two have been integrated for too long, and they have almost assimilated in terms of values and knowledge, and it is difficult to separate them from each other.
At least those who came from the former Walled City Alliance rarely talk about this past anymore.
On the contrary, some of the young soldiers can't help but claim to be from this unique background, thinking that they are the descendants of the lineage, and they have a bit of arrogance that they themselves are not aware of.
Sean had long been aware of the existence of this emotion, and knew that it was not conducive to the unity within the territory, which would artificially divide people.
And the Eternal Night Commander is an out-and-out small race, although they once had the glorious history of the ancient Andis Empire, but their ancestors have already stinted their reputation, many times not only will not be their help, but will be counterproductive, they are now reduced to a small race is an out-and-out reality, if you want to develop and grow, you must take the route of multiracial integration.
Therefore, he took the de-juvenile militarization very early, but the effect was not very good.
Because no matter how hard he tries, he can't change their background, especially since the Boys' Army is his most loyal supporter, and he can't hurt their hearts with too drastic means, then the gains outweigh the losses.
After all, this sentiment is complicated, even if the source of their loyalty is a potential threat to racial integration.
After much deliberation, Sean has set out to change this with a new set of policies, and the Lord's Guard will be the best starting point for such a new policy.
In addition, there are the crocodiles and the Kentana barbarians, who have just joined the Eternal Night Army.
Even the Odin orcs have a squad.
Sean didn't want to make the Lord's Guard a unique sight for the Eternal Night Lord, as a symbol of their multiracial integration.
In this regard, Sean has always thought very well, including the lead flag they originally designed, their white mountain and black water flag, the background pattern is constantly increasing as their territory expands, and the latest version of the lead flag has included the Despair Swamp and the Andes Mountains East as the symbol of the crocodile people and the mountain Kentana barbarians.
Racial integration is by no means as simple as words, but from all aspects, all kinds of details, to form a common concept that everyone agrees on, when they regard the territory as their home, and the people here as their relatives and clansmen, the integration policy of the Eternal Night Army Leader can be regarded as a real success.
This unprecedented hybridity means that the newly established Lord Guard is full of factions, people of various races and legions, each holding together, plus they are all the elite of the original legion, all of them are arrogant, and they want to merge into a large whole like an iron plate, and burst out with unprecedented combat effectiveness, and the difficulty is not ordinarily high.
They consolidated in the northern fortress for almost a month, and basically did not see results.
But when it comes time to pull them into battle and face a unique enemy like the Kentana Barbarians, they will have to huddle.
Because with their individual ability, at the same level, it is difficult for them to compete with the Kentana barbarians, in the military formation, having absolute strength, means having absolute lethality, they must work together, with the strength of two or three people, to compete with them.
Just like General Arnold said, when they fought side by side, back to back, exchanged lives, exchanged blood, their feelings were naturally sublimated, and the previous small contradictions and small filths will become insignificant in the face of life and death.
The feelings accumulated by fighting side by side for three days are more effective than the usual years together.
The lord's guard has finally seen a little childishness, but if they want to become the legendary elite, they still need to shed more blood, suffer more injuries, sacrifice more lives, and use heroic souls and merits to forge their own military souls, that is the moment when an iron army is truly baked, and they are still too far away.
"These captives cannot remain in the Castle of Ruins, which will be a front-line fortress in the event of a full-scale conflict with the Kentana barbarians, and these captives are the greatest source of instability, not only because they may be combined with the outside, but also because they will take up a large number of the First Legion's manpower, and they must be transferred into the territory. General Arnold said at the military summary meeting.
"That's right, the ruins fortress doesn't have so many steel cells, one abyss will make us work hard, and the two squads will monitor in shifts day and night, if there are four more champion knights and a double peak with all kinds of means, our first legion will not have to do anything else, and we will collectively become jailers. McGee the Skullcrusher nodded in agreement.
Only one or two hundred Kentana barbarians were captured, and they didn't feel much yet, and it didn't matter if they were imprisoned on the spot.
Now that it has increased tenfold, it is a little dumbfounded.
The Fort of the Ruins is currently home to the First Regiment of the Eternal Night Army and its subordinate Engineer Corps, plus McGee the Skullcrusher's Independent Guards Regiment and General Yale's Special Thousand Men of the Mountain Kentana Barbarians.
Strictly calculated, these are three legions, with nearly 20,000 people, but they need to garrison large and small fortresses, but there are five, divided down, the main fortresses, the permanent population is less than 10,000.
If so many captives were thrown here, they would hardly have to think about attacking.
The lord's guards came to them, but they were only temporarily seconded, plus training, and they would be transferred away at any time.
General McGee doesn't count them when he reckons with them.
Not only military pressure, but also supply pressure, these Kentana barbarians had a better appetite than the mountain Kentana barbarians.
Don't look at the fact that there are only 2,200 or 300 people, the pressure they bring will be directly doubled.
After all, the Eternal Night Commander still wants to assimilate them, and having a full stomach is the premise of this matter.
Throwing them here is definitely an empty drain.
And this matter will become more serious as they continue to hunt and the number of captured Kentana barbarians increases.
It's the blissful annoyance of true happiness.
"You can't just scatter them into the territory like the Cliff Clan, these people are just temporary patchwork, they have no blood relationship with each other, no deep feelings, no unified leadership, and no deep relationship with our territory, and they don't even understand the language, and if they are scattered into the territory, they are scattered into countless time bombs, which is not only unsafe, but also creates more racial contradictions. General Dicron analyzed in a deep voice.
General Dicron once again used facts to interpret the champion knight's strong self-healing ability, the fatal impact on ordinary people, to him, three or two days of cultivation, you can be better, except for not being able to fight with high intensity, there is basically no big problem now.
His analysis was unanimously agreed upon by all the generals, including Patriarch Locke and General Yale.
The Kentana Barbarians look the same as the Mountain Kentana Barbarians, but in fact they are fundamentally different.
The Cliff Clan as a whole has been many years old, and they have deep feelings and bonds with each other, which separates them, but it is more convenient to manage them.
Even if they are dissatisfied with the military leader and want to resist, they must also consider whether the other clansmen scattered in the territory will be implicated because of their actions.
Not to mention that before this, the Eternal Night Commander had been laying the groundwork for several years, and in the hearts of the barbarians of the mountain Kentana, he had managed a glorious and tall image.
The Kentana barbarians are nothing, many are alone, and they have no scruples about doing things.
If you rashly implement the same strategy as the Cliff Clan against them, you will only bury hidden dangers for your own territory.
"The Lord's Guard will escort them all to the Northern Fortress, and I will find a way to settle them there. Sean pondered for a long time and gave his final opinion.
"All of them are placed in the Northern Fortress, and the pressure on the Lord is a bit too much, right? Once they break free from the cage, they will directly hit the Mage Tower where the Lord Lord is located!" General Dicron asked with a frown.
He wasn't suspicious of the Mage Tower's formidable abilities, but that the Northern Fortress was now too important to the Eternal Night Warlord, and that it should be as safe as possible to eliminate any security risks.
"The power of the Mage Tower and the magic of the spell are far beyond your imagination, since I dare you to do this, I am fully prepared, when you hit the road, there will be a magic prison put into construction, and when you get there, I promise that even if they have great ability, they will not want to make waves." Sean revealed a little bit of his confidence in this regard.