Chapter 47: Ten Years

After the entire Earl of Rhodes was turned upside down by Zhou Ming, it didn't take long for the Gran Leader, a monstrous monster, to appear in front of all the forces of the Warris Kingdom. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A rebellious place with only the supreme lord and no knights below.

A political system and a model of development of workers, peasants, and businesses are unconventional and even absurd.

A rebellious place where farmers are recruited and trained to build an army of farmers.

A rebellious land of rebellion, collusion with thieves, wanton plundering of other realms, and murder of noble lords and knights!

The nobles, peasants, and thieves on this rebellious land must be uprooted one by one at all costs, and the grass must be completely eradicated!

In ten years, seven encirclements and suppressions.

In the small kingdom of Wallis, there has been almost endless war.

But in the process of seven encirclement and suppression, the Gran Ling, who was in the center of the eye of the storm, was not only not smashed by one storm after another, but won all the seven encirclement and suppression battles!

The scope of the Gran Domain's control area has also expanded from the initial small Gran Territory to the entire Earldom of Rhodes, then to the Earls of Merlin in the north, the Counts of Bame and Yokan in the west, and finally to occupy half of the eastern part of the Warris Kingdom.

Seeing that the rebel forces were getting stronger and stronger, occupying more and more territory, and his own people and property were plundered by thieves and robbed, King Herian had to take out all the treasures in the treasury, and was willing to ask for help from the Chulin Kingdom in the west at the price of ceding four counties, and borrowed a knight order with 2,000 heavily armed knights cobbled together by the Chulin Kingdom.

Together with King Herrian, 3,000 barbarian mercenaries recruited from the northern savage kingdom, plus the few remaining 500 knights in the country, a terrorist army of 5,500 men went straight to the heart of the rebellious area - Grand City (Grand City, a city expanded on the basis of Rose Town and Grand Lord's Castle).

In this regard, Zhou Ming had already prepared, and in the area under his control, he issued a general convening order, and in less than ten days, he pulled out a huge army including 5,000 elite crossbowmen, 10,000 elite pikemen and 3,000 elite light cavalry, and advanced towards the decisive battle site.

Before the decisive battle, the "Ali Baba Thieves Group" of more than 3,000 people led by the great thief Jero had already taken the lead and wreaked havoc in the area controlled by King Herrian, cutting off the grain and grass transportation lines of the crusading army, and setting traps to ambush a large number of crusading soldiers on the march, causing heavy losses to his personnel and a sharp drop in morale.

The final decisive battle between the two armies was on an open and flat grassland, called the Tingen Plateau, where there were green and yellow grasslands within a radius of 100 miles.

Standing on a high ground, Zhou Ming, dressed in military uniform, saw the lineup of the king's crusading army on the opposite mountainside.

"10 cavalry phalanxes, about 2,200 people, 15 mercenary phalanxes, about 3,000 people, a total of more than 5,000 people, not too much of a challenge. ”

Zhou Ming pursed his lips, and in the face of this military force that was enough to destroy a small kingdom, he expressed his disdain.

Of course, he can say such big words, so he naturally has the confidence to say such big words.

One of the sources of confidence is the invincible tiger and wolf army in his hand, which has been built for 13 years and has not been defeated in dozens of bloody battles, but has become stronger and braver the more they fight.

This tiger and wolf legion, when they heard the battle, they were happy, as soon as the order sounded, they quickly assembled, and as soon as they went to the battlefield, they desperately snatched the heads, competed for military merits, and then from Zhou Ming, in exchange for the farmhouse, slaves, titles and bounties, everything was clearly marked with a price, a head corresponds to a reward, the head is limited, take more and get more.

Secondly, Zhou Ming's confidence comes from the good development momentum of Grand City and the surrounding control areas, agricultural output is rising year by year, the rapid development of industry and commerce is full of vitality, the population base of more than 150,000, and the incomparably prosperous market economy, so that the various taxes collected every year are enough to support an elite army of more than 20,000 people.

In addition, the year before last, he sent a group of thieves to occupy a medium-sized iron mine in the border area of the Iron Castle Kingdom, and the Grand Territory, which has a stable source of ore, used blast furnace steelmaking, and in less than two years, the steel output increased tenfold from less than 100 tons per year to 1,000 tons per year.

With enough steel, coupled with the excellent craftsmen recruited by Zhou Ming, the quality of the armor he provided to the Gran Ling Defense Army was naturally several grades higher than the original, such as the crossbow soldiers, and the steel crossbow with steel springs inside was fully replaced, the range was increased by 50%, and the lethality was doubled!

Spearmen, fully redressed, become heavily armed pikemen wearing plate armor and armed with steel spears.

As for the lightly armed cavalry, it is even more incredible, fully equipped with cuirasses and sabers, and after each knight is equipped with two small steel crossbows, the melee and long-range combat ability has been greatly improved, and even their own good mobility can be used, and under the same number of people, kite tactics can be used to kill the knights.

Therefore, whether it is the number of people, equipment, morale, logistics and other aspects, Zhou Ming, who is superior, has no suspense about the final outcome of this decisive battle.

"Brave soldiers, the time has come to gain military merit and glory, take the weapons in your hands and attack!"

Pulling out the saber at his waist, Zhou Ming gave the order to attack.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock......"

In the sound of war drums, the heavy line of troops moving down from the mountainside, like a row of walls, walked with neat steps, licked their dry lips, showed a cruel grin, and walked towards the "military merits" in front.

Under the sunlight, the shining iron armor and steel spear, like a wave of sweeping waves, rushed towards his weak "body", and many soldiers in King Herrian's crusading army trembled with fright.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Two torrents of steel, one large and one small, suddenly collided together, sparks burst out, blood soared, stumps were broken, and stars fell to the ground.

In this battle, the "Tiger and Wolf Legion" of Grand City completely annihilated this king crusade army of more than 5,200 people at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, and won the final victory in the counter-crusade battle.

After the Battle of the Tingen Plateau, Zhou Ming did not stop marching, but went west along the Bella River into the fertile Bella Plain, preparing to take the royal capital he had long coveted - the city of Woz.

However, not long after Zhou Ming's tiger and wolf legions besieged Watts City, and before they launched a general attack, a mysterious messenger from Gran City hurriedly sent a secret letter, he immediately stopped the military operation, announced the retreat of the whole army, and quickly returned to Gran City.

"Donnie, Donnie, be your lord, enjoy your glory and wealth, and I will help you develop your economy, train soldiers, and expand your territory...... You just have to sit back and enjoy what he has done, why do you want to do such a foolish toss? Indeed, I promised Baron Connor that I would not harm you, but you have done it to such an excessive, what reason do I have to be soft-hearted?"

Zhou Ming's calm eyes flashed with a trace of cold killing intent!