Chapter 260: Mutual Calculations
Chapter 260: Mutual Calculations
Three forks.
As the name suggests, the intersection of three roads.
But this time it's not the road, it's the river.
The river is naturally the Jacob River, and the river is the Boton River, which was led out of the Manyu Army and emptied into the Jacob River.
The flow of the Boton River is not large, and there are dry periods for three or four months of the year, when the Jacob River is flooded.
Not to mention a big ship like the Inheritor, even the assault clipper is not suitable here, and if you are not careful, it is easy to run aground, but when the current is at its highest, it is still no problem to use a raft to go down the river.
It was summer, and the Carthusian army received the most rain, which was naturally the time when the flow of the Bolton River was at its highest.
Kelman crossed over and walked down the trail, one man and one raft down the river, three minutes faster than running on a galloping horse in the grassland, and it took only one day to get out of the mountain and re-board the Inheritor who was waiting here.
"Chief of Staff, did the trip go well?" asked Captain Donnick.
"It's going well, but Axmesser is an old fox and can't be fully trusted, and it's up to General Dicron to succeed or not. A hint of coldness flashed in Kelman's eyes, "I hope he keeps his word, otherwise it's really hard to say who calculates whom." ”
No wonder he was faintly dissatisfied, according to the original plan, he would be rerouted directly into the mountain and join Dicklon, but not long after he came out of Acmeiser's tent, he found that he was followed by a bunch of tails, so he could only take the second plan, go down the river, return to the Inheritor first, communicate through the mountain eagle, and command remotely.
Kelman's deal with Akmaiser looks very happy, but it is actually full of deceit.
Axmater had apparently wanted to find Dicklon's hiding place through Kelman, and his intentions were self-evident.
As long as the head of the snake can be cut off, the remaining remnants of the slave rebel army have nothing to worry about.
From here, it can be seen that Akmesser has always had his own little calculations, and he believes in himself more than he believes in the Eternal Night Leader.
It is difficult to say whether the other side will open the gap as planned, or take this opportunity to lay a trap and completely annihilate the remnants of the slave rebel army, hopefully not the latter.
Out of an abundance of caution, Kelman sent all the details to Dicron for discretion.
All of a sudden, the mountain eagle from the Andes Mountains shuttled back and forth over the Carthusian military territory, if you look down from the air, in the originally deserted deep mountains and old forests, countless figures came out of it, dragging their families with their mouths, and for a while, it was very lively.
Among these people, the remnants of the slave rebels who had come from the Manyu army were a minority, and more were the natives of the Carthusian army itself.
These people are a mixed composition, ranging from mine slave fugitives, robbers and bandits, to savages who have never been on the roster.
The Carthusian Commanders and the Andes Mountains are also dominated by mountains, but there are huge differences between the two.
The Andes Mountains, dominated by large mountain ranges, are criss-crossed, but they often stretch for hundreds of kilometers, the mountains are high and the ravines are also deep, the terrain is relatively single, and it is not so complicated, especially the mountain range that stretches down from the Sanset Peak, which is known as the world's first roof, and goes in three directions.
Heading northeast to the Kentana Icefield, the Coggle Prairie was created by melting snow from this section of the mountain range, where the Eternal Night's Northern Fort was built on the largest gap.
As soon as we went to the southeast, the Manyu army was leaning on it, the Carthusian army was bordering it, and the Despair Swamp was also in its shadow, and the two great rivers that originated in the Andes Mountains, Jacob and Danube, were on this section, and they were all four, and now they were the outward main artery of the eternal night army.
The last section rushes due west, and it is not as undulating as the other two, but it is longer than the other two combined, and it has a louder name, the Broken Mountains.
It is precisely because of it that most of Ashan's will be divided into two, so that the Byron Alliance will be in danger to defend, otherwise the current core area of the Byron Alliance, the Plains of Asia Minor, will be reduced to the land of Odin orcs.
The Carthusian military leaders are different, a small hill in the east, a small hill in the west, turn around and look, there are endless small mountains behind you, and then turn around, maybe it will become a small lake.
Coupled with the production of mineral resources, it is not a matter of one or two days, as far back as the era of the Elven Empire, after thousands of years of mining, many mountains have been hollowed out, and it is really a ravine.
The intertwining of natural and man-made factors makes the geographical environment of this place the first in Ashan, and the Kingsley family, who have been operating here for more than 300 years, do not dare to pat their chests and say that they have completely mastered this place.
They only have enough military power to control the big mines, some corners and dark corners, and that's powerless.
And the Kingsley family's harsh ruling policy is destined to cause many people to try to break away from it.
The remnants of the slave rebellion had been completely mixed with the local forces over the years, and Dicron had earned their respect for his temperament and ability, and when he told them that he would lead them out of this hell on earth and into a better life, the response was overwhelming.
In this era, the line between good and bad is very blurred, and many villages and towns are divided by their own people during the day, and at night they may become robbers who rob their homes.
In addition to the imperfection of the law and the weak sense of law, it is also because of the compulsion of life, sometimes only by using this method can they survive, and it is difficult to judge them from a normal moral point of view.
After receiving Kelman's summons from the mountain eagle, Dicron just glanced at it, threw it into the campfire, and ordered one by one to send the message out through the mountain eagle step by step.
After nearly ten years in the army, he has developed the character of no longer relying on others, especially his enemies.
Compared with the other party's sworn promise, he believes more in the double knife in his hand and his brothers, and uses his own hands to fight for everything he needs.
This taciturn commander prefers to replace words with deeds.
Ever since the secret meeting with Kelman, the messenger of the Eternal Night, the lights in Akmether's tent have been on all night for several days, and he has been sitting in front of the military map for hours.
In some ways, there are many similarities between Akmether and Dickron, two rivals they have never met, preferring to take everything into their own hands rather than promise.
Letting go of the gap and leaving the remnants of the slave rebels out of the Carthusian Territory was certainly a solution.
If you can take the opportunity to uproot the remnants of the slave rebel army and purge the rebellious army in your territory, it will be the real eternal trouble.
As for the promise to the Eternal Night Warlord?
He didn't promise anything all the while.
The problem now is, how to convince the other party that they have opened the encirclement?
Those little things that shuttle high in the air are really a headache, and their own army has nothing to hide in front of them.
The Carthusian army is not the Andes Mountains, and the remnants of the slave rebel army are not the soldiers and civilians of the Eternal Night Army.
There is a mixture of fish and dragons here, and the drama of betraying and being betrayed is often staged, and there is basically no information here that can be kept absolutely secret, and even Dicron was almost besieged to death several times because of the betrayal of traitors.
The Eternal Night Army leader supported the remnants of the slave rebel army and a group of mountain eagles, and it didn't take a month for it to be revealed.
But even if he knew, Akmesser was helpless.
These specially trained air elves are so high that even champion knight-level archers can't do anything about them.
Training similar aerial raptors and hunting them may be one way, but it doesn't happen overnight, and there is no suitable option.
After all, the Andes Mountain Eagle itself is a predator, not big or small, if you domesticate a large bird of prey, it is difficult to have their speed, if it is too small, the speed will come up, but it may become their mouth food.
No matter what Akmesser's calculations were, the Kingsley family's army began to concentrate to the east, consciously or unconsciously weakening the defensive force in the direction of the three forks to a certain extent.
Without this premise, the remnants of the slave rebel army led by Dicron would not have come out of the deep mountains and old forests at all, and even if Axmethur had more calculations, it would be in vain.
Rafts and rafts continue to flow down the Boton River.
It is said that it is a raft and a raft, it is all a compliment to them, many of them are freshly cut down trees, and the better ones have also repaired pruning forks, tied them with ropes, paved with animal skins, and more are a few tree trunks put together, and the forks and forks are all there, and they go down the river with their arms.
Fortunately, it is now summer, and even if you soak in the water at night, it is not very cold, otherwise I don't know how many people died in the middle of the road.
Rao is so, as the number of people going down the river increases, more and more people who fall in the middle of the river forever.
This is the normal scene of a long journey in this world, like the large-scale diversion of people like the Eternal Night Army, but the death toll is only a handful, but it is abnormal.
The army led by the Carthusian army and the army led by the Eternal Night Army has no way to set foot in it, but as long as they reach the fork of the road smoothly, they will be able to do something within their ability, in fact, they don't need more, a hot and full meal, a thin blanket, and a bowl of hot medicinal porridge, which can basically make them survive.
Sometimes, a person's ability to survive is even more tenacious than that of a cockroach.
For this work, the Eternal Night Commander is always familiar with the road.
"Get on the boat, all line up to get on the boat, take the family as a unit, try not to bring useless things, and when you get to the ground, we will distribute the most basic living materials to you, ensure that you have a full meal every day, have a hot kang head to sleep, and say that you are not allowed to bring large luggage, what are you doing with such a pile of broken animal skins? Throw it away, throw it all away. ”
"Master Jun, where are we going?"
"I don't even know where to go, how did you get here?"
"We watched everyone run out, and we thought there was a disaster, so we came down with them. ”
"You're really confused, but since you're down, it's a good thing, just like you're dressed, you're definitely not doing well here, wait a minute, and send you directly to the death of the paradise." ”
"What is a paradise. ”
"I don't understand the paradise, I've always heard of heaven on earth. ”
"Is it going to the Holy Land, Holy Ann?"
"I don't know what the Holy Ann's Land is like, but I know where we are sending you, and when you go, you can't get rid of it, so hurry away, the army of Akmesser will come at any time, and you won't be able to leave when you want to. ”
"After the executioner heard the rumors, he will definitely not let us go, these things outside the body, throw them away, as long as people live, it won't take long to create. ”
By the time the refugees fled to the fork, the Eternal Night Warlord had already set up an improvised port here, and the Inheritor had no way to dock, but there was no problem with the assault ships and merchant ships.
After a short rest, the refugees were stuffed into a pot-bellied merchant ship, full of boats, without the slightest stop.
As for whether any of these refugees were involved in the ill-intentioned situation, the Eternal Night Commander didn't care at all, and when they got on the boat and arrived at the land, they couldn't help it.
The unique geographical environment of Andes Mountain is destined that no matter how good and capable they are, when they get here, rats will fall into the oil tank, and no matter how many benefits they eat, they will not be able to climb out.
This was only the beginning, and soon the Bolton River was overcrowded, and both those who had received the news in advance or by accident because of their connection with the remnants of the slave rebels began to pour out.
Many people don't talk about the Eternal Night Commander, and even Dicron doesn't know who it is, so they follow down in a daze, and they get on the ship in a daze.
People have a herd mentality, and most people make this choice, and the chance of making a wrong choice is definitely small.
Of course, this is directly related to their poor situation, and if they can eat and drink enough, fools will run out.
"The general has an order, these rioters and thugs are all killed, killed, killed the enemy at three levels, rewarded with one gold, killed the enemy at the tenth level, and promoted the official to one level. ”
"Kill!"
"Kill! Kill!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Countless Kingsley family soldiers, like ghosts, appeared out of thin air, with a kill order, and killed the Bolton River.
The remnants of the slave rebels, who were on the way, were defenseless, and in just half a day, they were killed and bloodied, and the whole Bolton River was dyed red, and the river was blocked.
Akmaiser eventually chose to make a move.
More precisely, he was not prepared to spare the remnants of the slave rebels from the beginning.
He is hiding from the world, and to put it bluntly, he is not very clever.
On the surface, he was making the appearance of his main force moving eastward, but secretly he was pulling out the elites among them, and hid in the surrounding abandoned mines one after another, day and night.
The Eternal Night Army's reconnaissance eagles are also difficult to spot.
When the remnants of the slave rebels were paralyzed and began to migrate en masse, they took the opportunity to kill.
The remnants of the slave rebels had caused Akmesser to be in a mess purely because of their guerrilla tactics.
In a head-on battle, the Kingsley army had never feared them.
Just when Akmerse's ambush was launched, the remnants of the elite of the slave rebel army led by Dicron also gathered together one after another, and smashed Axmer's lair with great momentum.
Just as Acmetor didn't have a good heart at first, Dicron was on his guard from beginning to end.
On the other side of the Bolton River, it was not the remnants of the slaveless rebel army that entered the relocation, but most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and the real combatants were gathered by him.
Moreover, most of the remnants of the slave rebel army were in the first wave.
This wave looks dangerous, but it's actually the safest.
In order to paralyze them, to lure them all out, and to catch them all, Akmesser must give them a little sweetness.
If you want to catch a big fish, you have to take heavy bait.