Volume 5: The Elegant Tea Party (Remastered) Chapter 3: Nanhai Town
With the first trade winds blowing across the shore, the fishermen of the Ashwood Kingdom finally ushered in a good harvest. The trade winds from west to east allow them to easily follow the coast of the Kingdom of Ashwood all the way to the waters near the Arathi Heights, where the currents converge and make the entire area a famous fishing ground. More than half of the fishermen's annual harvest comes from there.
Equally happy were the sailors gathered in the port city of Mahachi, the kingdom of Ashwood, where the arrival of the trade winds meant that it would take them less than two days to reach the town of Nanhai, which was twice as long as before. Faster sailing speed not only means more efficient transportation, but also greatly reduces the probability of a carrier being attacked, and Naga and Fishman have few effective countermeasures against ships at high speeds.
This change was soon manifested in the expeditionary force in Nanhai Town. The number of soldiers who reach Nanhai Town by sea every day has increased dramatically, reaching more than 10,000 at its peak, of which nearly 30% are players. The victory in the defense of Nanhai Town convinced players that the expeditionary force would be the final victor in this war, and players who have always liked to hitchhike naturally chose to pick up the car as much as possible, even if it could only be hung on the back of the car.
Nanhai is becoming more and more like a large construction site rather than a town to live in. Hundreds of workshops for different purposes were set up, and large quantities of raw materials were transported by sea, which were then sent into chests of war materials, distributed to soldiers, or hoarded in warehouses.
The Jasper Mine has also been redeveloped, with players more than happy to make a makeshift cameo appearance as a miner and sell the ore to an unlimited number of expeditionary forces, which will then be transformed into a blacksmith and then bought back for a large amount of gold by the players.
A simple but effective model of economic operation was quietly established, and Tadelar found that he had nothing to worry about, so he reassured himself to hand over power to Raphael, and he took hundreds of high-ranking Light Priests to resurrect the soldiers and officers who had died in the defensive battles before.
"Greetings to His Highness Raphael, Banner Banner!" A stout young man, dressed in a slightly old looking knight's armor, greeted Raphael, "I have brought with me five thousand elites of the Banster Royal Legion, and my father's greetings to you!" The Royal Banster Regiment awaits your instructions! ”
Compared to the fallen prince Mordir, Lampon Banner is significantly younger, and it is said that Larry Banner had five sons and two daughters, the eldest of whom had already begun to learn how to govern the country with him, and the second son studied magic in Dalaran, the third son of the king, and Kermon was one of Mordir's siblings.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Prince! I am very sorry for the death of Prince Modir! Raphael replied with a chest touch.
"My brother, Prince Mordir has guarded the glory of the kingdom! I would also be more than happy to follow your orders! Caymon's face was filled with excitement and emotion, "Please don't blame yourself, Your Highness! ”
"Thank you again Your Majesty Larry Banner for your understanding and forgiveness! I'll send someone to arrange a camp and supplies for you, and if there's anything missing, let me know. ”
This is not the first time this has happened, in fact, since the end of the defense of Nanhai Town, Raphael has shown satisfactory talent and ability, those human kingdoms that were only willing to provide material support before have immediately become active. Anyone can see that the expeditionary force has passed the most dangerous time, and the next time will be to launch a counterattack on the Silver Pine Forest and put an end to the werewolf plague once and for all.
Therefore, except for a few countries that really have no spare strength to participate, other human kingdoms have sent a certain number of elites, led by members of the royal family, to Nanhai Town, following Raphael's arrangement, hoping to gain merit and glory in the next counteroffensive.
The Almerian Empire sent 20,000 people led by Princess Komel, of which nearly 10,000 were elite marksmen of the Almerian Empire, and Princess Komel herself was an archer with similar strength to Lana.
The Arnas Empire is not far behind, because Prince Rasfil is in Nanhai Town, so His Majesty Erinas has sent an additional 25,000 soldiers, of which 5,000 are the elite dual-sword fighters of the Arnas Empire, this fourth-order army is a special class unique to the Arnas Empire, they are armed with two sharp blades, wearing light but strong demonic beast leather armor, they can easily use the dual knives in their hands to kill any enemy in front of them. At the same time, Prince Rasfil has also re-replenished his escort team, including a heroic archmage.
Rana Sadalin was very pleased with his previous defensive battles, but his main focus was on helping the elves reclaim the Whispering Forest, so he only sent a team of 2,000 half-elven archers.
The same was true of the kingdom of Oberline, where Gilinus even rushed to the Whispering Forest in person, and only his nephew, Count Borynn, joined the expeditionary force with less than five thousand soldiers.
In contrast, the kingdoms of Raphinha and Banster are generous. The former not only sent half a naval fleet and nearly a hundred transport ships, and together with the navy of the Ashwood Kingdom, supported the supply line of Nanhai Town, but also transferred 4,000 griffins and the same number of sword and shield guards, plus each griffin was also equipped with an administrator and a hand, it can be said that the actual number of people sent by the Raphinian Kingdom was not much worse than that of the Armas Empire.
The death of Prince Mordir not only deprived Larry Banner of an excellent son, but also made the entire Kingdom of Banster regard those werewolves as enemies. In the end, the Banster Kingdom sent a full 40,000 troops to Nanhai Town, of which 20,000 were the regular army of the kingdom, and the remaining 20,000 were local guards contributed by various noble lords. Coupled with the arrival of Prince Kaimeng today and the elite of the 5,000 Royal Legions, the Banster Kingdom has become one of the biggest forces in Nanhai Town for a while.
The Duchy of Giraldine, despite its small size, did not flinch, and with the exception of Pyrrhine Giraldin, the only nobleman of the Duchy and the younger brother of the Grand Duke of Pearlman, Count Pierre personally joined the expeditionary force with his own personal guard.
Coupled with the newly replenished soldiers of the Ashwood Kingdom and the additional troops sent by the Bright Sect, the military strength stationed in the entire Nanhai Town reached nearly 150,000 people, of which the soldiers above the fourth rank accounted for a full fifty percent. In addition, including Tadelal and Dalton, there are seven Heroic Powers and one Legendary Tier (Pierre Giraldin).
And if you add the players who are active in the entire Hillsbrad Hills with Nanhai Town as the center, this number can easily exceed 200,000, and may even exceed 250,000.
The town of Southsea was turned into a complete logistics base by Raphael, and it also brought an unexpected change to the entire Hillsbrad Hills. Relying on the logistical support provided by the town of Southsea, the eager players attacked from all sides, not only clearing the entire Hillsbrad Hills, but even extending their tentacles to Shatter Ridge and Dunhold Castle. The Dark Pine Trolls still hold a firm grip on some of the mountain ranges where Shatter Ridge is located, but the Bloodcave Clans in Dunhold Castle are starting to feel the pressure from the players.
In particular, there was the orc chief Thrall eyeing him from the side, which made the Blood Cave Clan have to shrink their strength as much as possible to avoid irritating the expeditionary force in Nanhai Town.
"The material reserves have reached the target set at the beginning, the food can support 100,000 people to fight for a month, and more than 50,000 bandages, healing agents, and antidotes have been stored. The reserve of arrows is enough for the archers to guarantee five bases in a single campaign. Since Horbels was seriously injured and had to return to China to recuperate, and Rasfair was learning how to command his soldiers in battle with his personal guard, it was Pyrin Girardin who was now Raphael's adjutant, while his uncle, Count Pierre, the only legendary fighter in the expeditionary force, sat on the sidelines and looked at his nephew with satisfaction.
"What about the potion that Dalaran researched? Didn't Archmage Matthew say that he had developed a better antidote? "In terms of time, it was just the beginning of the Battle of Radre, and Dalaran's energy was focused on the Kingdom of Virgil, and for the South Sea Town, he only symbolically sent some mages to help, but Matthew Slen has been working tirelessly on the elixir to relieve werewolf infections during this time, and has obtained some more effective results.
Pilling flipped the page of the information in his hand: "Yes. Five days ago, the new agent ended in vivo experiments and began to enter the mass production stage. So far, about 3,000 bottles have been blended, and in two days it will increase to 5,000 bottles. The raw materials we have in reserve can be blended at least nearly 20,000 bottles, but because the number of alchemists is insufficient, the speed of blending is not very fast. ”
"Well, that's understandable." Raphael nodded, although the date of the expeditionary force's departure to the Silver Pine Forest was only a few days, even if the army left the camp, the work on the side of Nanhai Town would not stop there, and these supplies would continue to be produced to support the front-line operations. "And how's that going?"
"Ten thousand sets of standard armor have been made, and the day after the army leaves, a third of the blacksmiths will be escorted by soldiers to the front line, where a simple blacksmith shop will be set up to repair broken equipment."
"Good!" Raphael said happily, "It's been a hard time for you. His Highness Piling. ”
"It is my pleasure to serve you, Your Highness!"
"Please have someone inform Lord Tadelal and Lord Dalton, as well as Prince Rasfil." Raphael gave a list of names, the commanders of the various units of the expeditionary force, as well as a few heroic powerhouses, "and asked them to come to the town hall in three hours for a meeting, when the final departure time will be decided." ”
"I'll arrange it!"
Watching Pierin leave the room, Pierre, who was sitting in the seat, couldn't help but sigh, this girl did have very excellent talent and potential, even if she didn't look at the speed of her cultivation in the power of light, just this calmness, pampering and not being frightened, and arranging the complicated affairs of the expeditionary force in an orderly manner was enough to make her the best candidate for queen in the eyes of those kings. It's no wonder that her nephew willingly became her right and left hand, and was called by her.
Of course, Pierre didn't have a problem with that, and he was even happy to see Pierring and Raphael get better and better. As a legendary assassin, Pierre and Grand Duke Pearlman of the Duchy of Giraldine are brothers, and the relationship between the two is very harmonious. However, the Duchy of Giraldine was still able to compete with other kingdoms and not fall behind, and the presence of Pierre played a very important role in this.
Pierre, on the other hand, has little desire for power, preferring to walk in the shadows and enjoy the sense of accomplishment of killing a powerful enemy with one blow. At the same time, he has not yet married a wife, and it can be said that the nephew of Pyrin is no different from his own son in his eyes.
Raphael has long been accustomed to Pierre's presence, since the wolf king Nandus was forced to return to the shadow plane, Arugao, who was hiding in the Shadow Fang Castle, turned his focus to Nanhai Town, and during this time, werewolf assassins often entered Nanhai Town through various means to assassinate important people of the expeditionary force. Compared to others, Raphael's strength is the lowest, and her importance is self-evident, so as soon as Pierre arrived in Nanhai Town, he took on the responsibility of protecting Raphael.
Although Dalton is also a defensive powerhouse, his ability is more reflected on the battlefield, and the heavily armed Dorton can even fight a whole charging cavalry brigade in a short time. But as to how to find an Assassin, the Aegis guard was blinded.
Only the Assassins know the Assassins best! More than twenty werewolf assassins have died at the hands of the legendary assassin since Pierre took charge, forcing Arugao to abandon this approach and focus on summoning more Shadow Werewolves.
Three hours later, the town hall, which was big enough for a ball, was full, and everyone who had been notified had arrived, and no one was going to flinch at this time, or they would be laughed at by those who were watching it all.
As the supreme commander of the expeditionary force in Nanhai Town, Tadelar sat on the rostrum, but everyone knew that the high priest was just concerned about their faces, after all, letting a priest who was not yet a second rank be on top, and a group of heroic-level powerhouses were subservient, it was likely to make them feel uncomfortable.
Everyone knew that the protagonist of the meeting was the little girl standing next to Tadelral.
"Raphael, you report back to everyone about the next arrangement."