633 History is Always Similar
The long-lost peace began to emerge in the Northland, and I don't know when it will end.
The Baltic Empire was the biggest winner of the Attila West Expedition, with three rich territories, allowing the Baltic Empire to completely replace the Attila Empire and become the largest country in the Northlands, spanning three regions.
However, the size of the territory was not representative of the power of the empire, especially in the three newly occupied territories, and there were many problems to be dealt with, and in Semiramis's vision, the most difficult to deal with was Rus, because in the steppes of Rus' there were still a large number of large tribes that did not submit to the empire.
The leaders of these large tribes all had their own ambitions, and after seeing the collapse of the Attila Empire, they all wanted to replace the Attila Empire and become the lord of Rus', and many of them saw the strength of the Baltic Empire.
The combat effectiveness of those centaurs, the advanced tactics they used, and the excellent weapons they wore all made them intuitively understand this, but the fire of ambition in their hearts would not be extinguished because of such a thing.
These leaders have a lot of wisdom, they know that their strength is not comparable to that of the Baltic Empire, but sometimes reason cannot control ambition, even how smart people are, after being blinded by ambition, will always do something very stupid in the eyes of outsiders.
For example, there is now a leader of the Jackals, who has charged at the centaurs in the middle of the night, and if it were the armies of other nations, they might have been routed by this sudden attack.
Thanks to the large amount of military theory knowledge in Alice's mind, even at night, there are good guards on duty, and there are open and dark guards, plus when the Baltic Empire is stationed, a well-functioning camp will be built according to the regulations.
In order to be able to defeat the Baltic Empire's army in one blow, the leader of the gnolls brought with him the best of the tribe, and at night, in the snow, it was impossible to detect these gnolls lurking silently with his eyes.
However, by the time they touched the traps around the camp, the centaurs were ready, and the centaurs on duty woke up their sleeping companions, and they got up silently, without making a sound, and were ready for battle.
As the gnolls approached the camp three hundred meters and were about to charge, three glittering arrows were fired into the night sky, and the light that exploded illuminated the entire camp as if it were day.
The gnolls were blinded by the sudden appearance of the light in front of them, and then a rain of arrows nailed the unprotected gnolls to the ground, and they were wiped out in a matter of minutes without even an effective counterattack.
As for escape, unfortunately, the moment they were exposed to the centaur's eyes, escape was not an option for them, and on such flat terrain, the Jackals were not as fast as the Centaurs, and they were not as fast as the arrows were flying.
The leader of the gnoll was obviously close to a legend, but before he could react, he was taken care of by the centaur and shot a hedgehog with the long arrow in his hand, but with the help of the hard armor imported from Jutland, he was not completely dead.
Enraged, the gnoll leader fell on all fours and quickly rushed towards the centaur, his speed was very fast, the centaur could only barely catch a few shadows, and in the face of the gnolls who had pulled up their speed, the centaur's hit rate began to decline.
However, the gnolls were still unable to kill any centaurs, because the other party's speed was too fast, and they kept a distance of three hundred meters from him, dodging the opponent's arrows in the high-speed running, and the gnolls spent a lot of physical strength, and in just thirty minutes, the gnolls had no strength to continue running.
On the other hand, the centaurs, they were still wandering around the gnolls with calm faces, except for the gnoll leader, all the gnolls turned into corpses and fell to the ground, with the passage of physical strength, the gnoll leader, whose body became weak, gradually cooled and extinguished the anger in his head.
He began to regret his recklessness tonight, and wanted to escape from here, as long as he could save his life, he could still take revenge on the Baltic Empire, but the centaurs would not let go of the culprit who disturbed their rest.
No matter how calm a person is, when they are woken up from a deep sleep, there will be some emotions in their hearts, and these well-trained centaurs are no exception, and they will not let go of the culprit who caused all this.
The gnoll man, who no longer had much physical strength, completely fell into prey, and the armor on his body was indeed very strong, but no matter how strong it was, it could not keep him alive in such an environment.
Weak points such as the joints where the armor connects, the eyes and nostrils, etc., are all targets for the centaurs, if the arrows can't penetrate the gnoll's armor, then use the more powerful javelin, and if the javelin is not enough, then use the mace that specializes in armor piercing.
The centaurs who came to the land of Rus to fight the war, they have all kinds of preparations in their hands, because as a lone army, they need to deal with all kinds of enemies, if they can't penetrate, then try blunt shots, if the flames can't work, then try acid, as long as they have not reached the legend and have overwhelming strength to cover up the weak enemies, they can find a way to deal with them.
Wearing sturdy armor, the gnolls did not escape the centaurs' hunt, and were eventually pinned to their feet with a javelin, and when unable to move, they were stunned by a mace and captured by the centaurs.
What awaits the famous gnolls will definitely not be treated mildly, and after squeezing all the intelligence and value out, the gnoll's head will become an ornament on the gates of the centaur camp.
Not just anyone has the qualifications to become an ornament, and corpses without noble status or great strength will only be thrown into the wilderness by centaurs and become food for wild beasts to bite.
These gnolls were all gnolls who disagreed with Hogg's ideology, and they were also loyal to Attila, so they were left in the land by Attila as a guard against possible enemies.
However, this loyalty was not as strong as imagined, and when the news of the defeat of Attila came, they chose to betray, or choose to follow the remnants of the Attila Empire, and wanted to gather people who were unwilling to convince the Baltic Empire and clear the Baltic Empire from the land of Rus.
[The land of Rus belongs to the Rus']
They are very clever to spread such ideas in this land, but the results are not ideal, the racial composition of this land is very complex, and there are contradictions between various races and tribes that are difficult to resolve.
If translated, this sentence can also be understood as "The land of Rus belongs to Rus, and only jackals/elves/humans are Rus. Equate the Rus with the gnolls, or humans, or elves, or some other race.
Of course, the actions of these people are actually expected by Semiramis, the plan has been made a long time ago, if there is no accident, these people will not be able to resist the attack of the imperial army at all, and there is no leader, only staying in the verbal union, it is completely scattered, and it can be easily broken by each one.
The unexpected ones were in Finland and Karelia, the two territories that Semiramis expected to be the most stable and willing to join the empire, because these two lands were the least disagreeable with Attila and the most infiltrated by the Baltic Empire.
However, it was not the people from there who surprised Semiramis, but the dragons who had returned from Scandinavia, and they had gone mad for their nests and treasures.
After all, the famine plague and the dragons killed by Attila are only a few, and there are still a large number of dragons who have successfully returned to their territory, and the dragons who find that their territory is still intact and their treasures are still intact have begun to relocate, and since they have been occupied by the Baltic Empire, this area has become unsafe.
In addition, the dragons, who found that their territory was empty and their treasures were gone, began to retaliate frantically, targeting various cities in Karelia and Finland, hoping to force the Baltic Empire to return their treasures by attacking them.
This is completely the assumption of these dragons, Alice this woman is a dragon in human form, no, in a way, this woman is more stingy than the dragon, it is definitely not easy to make her spit out the treasure that has been put in the cupboard.
The attack of these dragons completely angered Alice, even if she was not in her prime, and she was not the object of these dragons to provoke at will, just when Alice was about to take action herself, the calmer Semiramis stopped her.
The reason why Semiramis prevented Alice from going to Finland and Karelia was not because she had no faith in Alice, nor was she afraid that something would happen to Alice, but because she couldn't let a few dragons let other people understand Alice's situation, and she couldn't take such a risk.
What's more, this also involves a deeper problem of the empire, just some dragons, there are no ancient dragons with names and surnames, if Alice is just made of this kind of goods, then to a certain extent, it will appear that the army under his command is very incompetent, and it will also give everyone the impression that the empire only has Alice as a strong man, which is very unfavorable to the empire.
"You have a point, Semiramis, and I am not unaware of your concerns. ”
Alice, who had calmed down, put away her magic and jumped off the white dragon.
This white dragon is the one that Alice caught in Scandinavia before, it eats and drinks well in the castle, and has a group of warriors as sparring partners, so that it grows very fast, but the young dragon has a size that is not inferior to the adult dragon.
However, because this white dragon is raised as a pet by Alice and used as a mount, it is difficult to be reminiscent of a dragon in terms of personality, and it is completely a bit of a husky.
There will always be some inappropriate movements when they are not suitable, as if now in front of Alice and Semiramis, she puffs out her chest muscles, bends her waist, and does a move that she thinks is mighty, but actually looks very stupid.
Alice and Semiramis didn't care about the white dragon who committed two mistakes next to her, because in addition to when she was fighting, she made too many stupid mistakes in her usual life, but there was no way to care about them one by one.
"Have you calmed down?"
"Calm down, let's go back. ”
Alice and Semiramis left one after the other, leaving only the white dragon, who had not yet understood the situation, and kept her posture upright in the wind and snow like a fairy tale statue, until she was hungry.
"Karelia and the Finnish dragons, how do you solve them. ”
Alice asked, she didn't just want to kill the dragons this time, she wanted to get the dragons to submit if she could, she had seen the power of the dragon legion of the Attila army before, and if she could, she wanted to organize one for the Baltic Empire.
"There's always a solution, don't worry, Alice. ”
Semiramis patted Alice's hand and said.
"Let's get our armies over and cooperate with the spellcasters. ”
"This would be a great loss, these dragons are not the weakest white dragons, but the most powerful red dragons and the most cunning black dragons. ”
Alice voiced her worries, the red dragon and the black dragon are completely different from the white dragon, an adult red dragon can easily fight an army, can easily destroy a city, and the black dragon, known for its cunning, is the most difficult to deal with, although they do not have the power of the red dragon, but in terms of playing with intrigues, it is much more difficult than the red dragon.
"Children always need to grow up, and our army needs to accumulate experience, the experience of victory and the experience of defeat that is absolutely indispensable, even if it comes at a great cost. ”
"Alice, if we do meet Attila and really fight with Attila on the battlefield, you tell me if our army can defeat the other side of the army when you are entangled, if Skaha is entangled. ”
"If there is not a single army in our army that can deal with the dragon legion, if they tremble under the dragon's might, then no matter how good the tactics are, the best weapons are useless. ”
"How Upland was breached, how it was cornered, how it was destroyed, I think you know, with Sigmund pinned down, the balance of victory and defeat is actually predestined. ”
"Their so-called efforts behind them are only to inflict losses on the Attila army as much as possible, and for the entire battlefield, the situation of the entire war, it is completely insignificant, Alice, I think you should also know this. ”