Chapter 212: Peace
"Can you advance the matter of buying grain from the princess regent?" Marshall then threw out another possibility.
Whether it's the catch of the Andes inland lake or the capture of the northern fortress from the Kogel steppe, even if it succeeds, it will be a local food crisis that will be solved.
Whether it is fish or cattle and sheep, in the Andes Mountains, it is not convenient to transport.
Especially the northern fortress, where the mountains are more complicated, and the transportation of grain is very difficult, which occupies a lot of manpower and material resources of the Eternal Night Group Army, and they can solve part of it for their own use, as far as Amitabha Buddha is concerned, where can they expect it to subsidize the Eternal Night Group Army.
When you think of all the solutions you think of internally, you can only look at the outside.
The regent princess Sophia, who they had just hooked up with through Angie Bena, was undoubtedly a good choice.
Sean rubbed his forehead with a headache and said, "I can buy food, but how to transport them back?"
When there was a food crisis in the Eternal Night Army, Sean immediately thought of buying food from the regent Princess Sophielia.
It is not difficult to buy food from her hands, not to mention that the two sides have already crossed paths now because of the Spring Thunder Plan, even if there is no intersection, the Eternal Night Group Army buys food with real money, and Sophia has no reason to refuse.
Time washes away a lot of things, such as inheritance, such as historical traces, but also hatred.
Unlike the Odin orcs, who have always been in a strong position, limited by the geographical environment, the situation of the Andes people is declining day by day, even if it is at its peak, it can only scourge the Manyu military leader, and it has been in a weak position over the years, and has been pressed by the Manyu military leader.
Even if there are not many people in the Manyu army who remember the Andis people going out of the mountains to cause trouble, let alone the Byron Alliance, especially with the slave liberation movement, many former Andes slaves have become part of the Byron Alliance.
At best, many of the ruling class of the Byronic League looked down on the Andes, and regarded them as savage people in the wilderness, and hated and guarded against them.
But how to bring back the grain from the plains of Asia Minor is a big question.
At the beginning, Sean and Sophia negotiated the purchase of grain, which was based on the resumption of the Jacob River, and when the time came, plus the merchant warships prepared in advance in his hands, it was not too simple to transport the grain back to Andes Mountain.
But changes within the Andes Mountains completely disrupted the plan.
If you want to transport grain by land, it is only one aspect of time and effort, and the most important thing is safety.
To put it bluntly, in the Manyu military territory, the most valuable thing now is food.
In the year when the wind and rain are good, the Manyu military leaders may not be able to ensure the self-sufficiency of food, let alone the continuous war, the arable land is barren, and now many lords and nobles have to tighten their belts, not to mention those low-level lords, many of them have been unable to open the pot.
At the beginning, there was a small volcano sitting under the butt of the Four Water City, but now it is a super volcano under the leadership of the Manyu Army, which is a kind of torment for official forces such as Patlem and Philip, as well as for the slave rebels.
The rebellion of the slave rebels against the lords and nobles because of oppression and hunger at the beginning is now the same rebellion of those at the bottom because of hunger.
The so-called dreams and righteousness are far less important than filling the stomach.
It is an impossible task to transport a large amount of grain across the border, and when the time comes, there will be countless pairs of eyes, whether it is a field force or an official force, it is possible to directly transform into bandits and rob them.
Even among the many forces under the Manyu Army, except for Philip, the first heir in line to the throne with serious racism, including Patlem, who now has the Holy Aether Holy See as his backer, they more or less intersect with the Eternal Night Army and maintain an ambiguous relationship.
rob them and rob them, and they are not merciful.
In the final analysis, the two sides are only interested in each other.
But what is more important than a lot of food in this situation?
At most, in the process of robbing the Eternal Night Group Army, they took other names, and they turned their faces and didn't admit it afterwards.
Aristocrats are the most undisciplined and bottom-line creatures in the world.
In this area, Princess Regent Sophia obviously understands that when Sean proposed to buy food, her first reaction was to solve the transportation problem by herself.
Obviously, she was well aware of the virtues of these lords and nobles, as long as the interests were great enough, there was nothing they did not dare to do.
The name of her own regent princess, out of the plains of Asia Minor, the effect will be greatly reduced, and when you grab it, you will not be merciful.
Passing the buck after the fact is a common method used by these lords and nobles.
"Aren't you the best at this, let those people under the leadership of the Manyu Army help us carry food. ”
Being pushed by Chard, McGee, the skull-crusher, sulked for a while, and now that he heard a new question, he couldn't help but express his opinion.
Undoubtedly, it caused another wave of rolling eyes.
McGee said with an innocent face: "Aren't you calling every day, is the exchange of interests an invincible means between forces?"
"The exchange of interests also depends on the situation, for those forces led by the Manyu Army, what interests are more attractive than food? Let's let them transport grain, that is, meat buns and dogs, and there is no return. Marshall patiently explained.
"Okay, anyway, you are right to do everything, but if you can't do it, let's muddy the waters of the Manyu army and see if there is a chance to profit from it. "Although McGee the Skull Crusher has been growing, it is difficult to have any constructive opinions on this kind of matter.
This time it was directly ignored.
Fish in muddy waters.
Easier said than done.
Especially this kind of thing that takes advantage of many forces.
In addition to the right time and place, it also takes a little luck.
The most important thing is that they had just decided on the strategy on the side of the Northern Fortress, and it was impossible for them to take the initiative to provoke trouble on the side of the Manyu Army.
The Eternal Night Army does not yet have the ability to take advantage of both ends.
"Let's think about it in the long run, this is a backup option, multi-pronged, everyone works together to get through this difficulty, as long as we get through it, our future will go more smoothly. Sean waved his arm heavily.
"That's right, we have come all the way from thousands of people to hundreds of thousands of people now, so what can we do?"
"The Walled City Alliance is not our opponent, and the mountain Kentana barbarians are not our opponent, how can we bow our heads on a small food gap. ”
"There are countless people watching us below, we must not fall first, we must take the lead and tide over the difficulties together. ”
Everyone cheered up and lifted their spirits.
In addition to the strategic direction, we also pooled wisdom and discussed some things that were partially advantageous, and tried to make full use of the resources that could be used.
Looking down from the sky, the Eternal Night Army resembles an irregular mollusk.
Originally, the heaviest end was in the direction of Andes Inland Lake, but with the sudden change in the wind and clouds, the Walled City Alliance had agreed to a peaceful annexation, and the center of gravity began to shift.
A new round of screening work began, and a large number of manpower and material resources began to be transferred in the direction of the northern fortress.
Including the Walled City Alliance is also within the scope of screening.
The peaceful annexation of the Eternal Night Group Army to the Walled City Alliance is not a matter of replacing the military flag of the Eternal Night Group Army on the head of Sishui City, but a gradual process.
In addition to the diversion of refugees from the war, the Walled City Alliance now maintains its independence, and the relevant government policies are not directly applied to the Eternal Night Army, and are still presided over by Ban Hebrew at the original pace.
However, the Hebrews now have only executive power, not military power.
In addition to the small number of local armed personnel who maintained law and order, the army scattered by the mountain Kentana barbarians did not regroup, but the Eternal Night Army set up a recruiting point here, from which the elite part was selected and dispersed into various corps.
It won't be long before the excellent adjutants of the Eternal Night Army will train them into excellent Eternal Night soldiers.
As long as the best part of this part is swallowed, even if Ben Hebrew thinks about it more, it will be in vain.
It is worth mentioning that the bloodline stability of the mountain Kentana barbarians is far higher than that of the Andes.
According to the current screening and investigation situation of the Eternal Night Group Army.
In the environment with a high concentration of magic energy in the Odin Grand Canyon, six or seven out of ten Andes people will have unstable bloodlines and various complications.
Don't think this is a good thing, the Eternal Night Army is able to train a large number of warlocks through this.
This kind of external environment stimulus, the appearance of the bloodline is unstable, most of them are malignant, when the time comes, they can awaken into warlocks, I am afraid that there are only a few, most of them don't know what monsters they have become, and then the bloodline collapses, and they die miserably.
The failed attribution beasts of the Institute of Biological Anomalies are the best evidence.
The proportions of the mountain Kentana barbarians were the opposite of the Andes, only three or four out of ten reacted, and the situation was usually not too serious.
Interestingly, the mountain Kentana barbarians who reacted were usually not pure-blooded, and most of them still had Andys and Odin orcs in their veins.
This has become a new topic for the Institute of Biological Anomaly.
If they can solve this mystery, their research on the power of magic will go further.
Sean makes a bold assumption about this, is this situation related to the legendary origin of the warlock?
Legend has it that the ancient Andis did not possess the ability to cast spells, and it was not until they frantically purified the blood of an unknown creature into their offspring that warlocks appeared.
The bloodline of the Andes people is mixed with the bloodline genes of other species, so they are naturally more susceptible to the influence of external energy.
The Kentana barbarians, on the other hand, are indigenous people born and raised in Ashan, and their bloodline genes have become extremely stable in the long process of evolution, so they are naturally not easily affected.
However, this needs to be carefully verified.
After all, legends are the most unreliable, especially legends thousands of years ago, which are even more unreliable.
The war between the Eternal Night Army and the mountain Kentana barbarians of the Cliff Clan did not end with the annihilation of the invading army of the Cliff Clan, but just began.
But the battlefield is no longer Andes Mountain, but at the negotiating table.
There are outliers in any race, and Locke, nicknamed Daddy, is the outlier among the mountain Kentana barbarians.
In a race that likes to speak with its fists, people who are good at using their brains are, of course, outliers among outliers.
Before confronting Daddy Locke, Sean couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a savage with the body of a giant bear but as cunning as a fox.
Aside from his speech and personality, Daddy Locke is a standard Kentana barbarian, with a figure similar to that of a man-bear Yale, but in addition to a rock-like tendon and flesh, his body is also covered with all kinds of scars, both from fighting with people and from fighting with nature.
His hair has turned gray, and the corners of his eyes have obvious crow's feet, but his voice and the amount of food are still terrifying, just like his courage.
It does take extraordinary courage to run to the enemy's territory and negotiate with the enemy single-handedly, and it also shows in disguise that the other party's current situation is not easy.
With so many prisoners in their hands, the situation in the eastern mountains of the Andes Mountains has long been known to the Eternal Night Army.
The situation over there is now a bit complicated, the Cliff Clan's invasion of the Andes Mountains, in addition to the factor that Gegilde took the initiative to send to the door, there is also a bit of helplessness of their own, even if there is no Gegild, it won't be long before the Cliff Clan may build their own raft and cross the Great Lake to invade the Andes Mountains.
The hardships of Dongluan's living environment are only one aspect, since they have been able to take root here for so many years, there is no problem that the output here can barely feed them.
The crux of the matter is in the Kentana Icefield, his own cousin.
Although the Kentana barbarians have always looked down on the mountain Kentana barbarians and have always regarded them as mongrels, they have maintained a certain contact with each other for so many years, exchanging special and scarce goods - the Kentana barbarians are not completely incapable of communication and trading as rumored by the outside world.
As long as there are logical thinking races, there will inevitably be transactions, but the difference between backward and advanced, simple and complex.
However, such a bargain is obviously based on the balance between the surplus of property and the use of force, and when these two preconditions deviate, the only thing left is to plunder by force.
The people of the Kentana Ice Fields brought less and less trade to the barbarians of the mountain Kentana, and more of a naked invasion and plunder.
Fortunately, the barbarian clans on the Kentana Ice Sheet have never been very closely connected with each other, and large tribes of more than a thousand people are extremely rare, although the quality of the individual is stronger than that of most mountain Kentana barbarians, but the latter has a numerical advantage, and often fails to invade, but is annexed by the mountain Kentana barbarians.
The reason for this abnormal behavior of the barbarian clan is that the climate on the Kentana Ice Fields has been somewhat complex and changeable in recent years, and the two major food sources they rely on for their livelihood have problems at the same time, and they have no choice but to keep their clan alive by plundering the outside world.
Compared with other Kentana barbarian tribes who have no fixed residence, the mountain Kentana barbarians who live in a fixed place are naturally the first choice for plundering.
Compared with the Odin orcs, who are also nomads, the survival system of the Kentana barbarians is more fragile and less disaster-resistant.
In the past two years, the abnormal weather on the Kentana Ice Field not only did not show signs of getting better, but became more and more intense, and even those big clans were a little unable to bear it, and began to surge towards Andes East.
The most terrible thing is that the other side not only has the posture of being resident in the eastern mountains of the Andes Mountains, but also has a tendency to gather and unite.