Chapter 234: Phantom Shooter
With the army in the hands of Dacomar and Mozali, and the dwarven slaves in the hands of Pantony and Kavanagh, Benjamin's biggest problem now is how to solve the logistical problem of supplying nearly 4,000 men.
A whole day of military meetings was held, mainly around the issue of material supply, but there was still no result. The irritated Benjamin got up and walked to the side of Blue Fairy, Daniel, Nicole and Noah, who were attending the meeting, and asked, "This king heard that the original Fuxing City was just a wild land, and bandits were rampant, but it only took a few years for Higg to establish Fuxing City, and it shined!" You were all involved in the construction of Fuxing City to a greater or lesser extent, and it must have been difficult at that time, and Higg must have been brainstorming! But after a day of meetings, and you didn't say a word, is it true that the Marichen problem cannot be solved in your eyes? ”
Nicole said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although a few of us attended the meeting, but after all, we are outsiders, many things in the forest country are not the same as Alasia, and the situation between Fuxing City and Marishen is also different, Fuxing City is an open city, with developed and convenient land and sea transportation, and Marishen is a closed base camp, and this characteristic of concealment requires that Marishen cannot have developed transportation, and it is impossible to concentrate a large number of materials and transport them without the protection of the army without attracting the attention of the major forces, so, Our opinion may not be in line with Your Majesty's requirements! ”
Benjamin was furious and said, "If you have any opinions, you can just say it, what outsiders are not outsiders?" The generals here have no way to do it themselves, you say what you think, which of them dares to say more? Lan Xian'er, you said, you are not an outsider, Xige and this king are nephews and uncles, and you have a lot of connections with Princess Jenny, why should you have concerns? ”
Lan Xian'er said with a smile: "Your Majesty is angry, it's not that we don't want to say it, it's just that the movement is too big, I'm afraid that the generals can't stand this suffering!" ”
"Hahaha!" Benjamin laughed and said, "If the country is ruined, is there any suffering that anyone here can't endure?" You don't have to worry about anything, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
"Good!" Lan Xian'er stood up and said, "Since Your Majesty wants us to say it, let's make a few suggestions!" First of all, the Marishen was demilitarized, all military facilities were demolished, and the barracks were renamed civilian houses! ”
Benjamin said in surprise: "Demilitarization? Demolition of military facilities, conversion of barracks? This is a military stronghold! ”
Lan Xian'er continued: "Your Majesty, there are many ways for the army to conceal, and there is no need for such a clumsy concealment method!" Your Majesty can guarantee that even if the supplies can be delivered, there will be no enemy spies to probe in Marishin to investigate the situation? An army of more than 3,000 people, gathered together, without the layers of protection of the first elf king Cross, how long can it be hidden? ”
"So what can be done to stay hidden for longer?"
Lan Xian'er said: "I visited the former site of the wolf smoke system established by Higg and Shante in Fuxing City, at that time, in order to resist the enemy's attack, Hig and Shante divided thousands of square kilometers of land on the Gaodel Hills into fifty areas, established a wolf smoke system for information exchange, and divided the army, no, it was still a group of bandits at that time, into pieces, and divided them into various areas, so that the enemy had nowhere to hide, but they had the opportunity everywhere, which is really wonderful!" Your Majesty must have used this system simply in the mountains of Pamela, so why can't you also divide your army into pieces, divide them into ten teams, twenty teams, go to the jungle, establish bases respectively, and exchange information through the wolf smoke system? First, they can use local materials for their own troops to solve the problem of part of the military rations, second, to avoid the assembly of large troops from being snooped on by the enemy, and third, each team can often be imaginary enemies of each other and train in actual combat! ”
Seeing the stunned gazes of all the generals, including Benjamin and the others, Lan Xian'er just smiled and ignored them, waiting for them to slowly digest what they said!
Benjamin thought for a long time before he said, "Is that to give up the Marison base camp?" ”
Lan Xian'er smiled: "Give up the base camp? How is it possible, not only can't you give up, but you also have to recruit more dwarves and build a lot! The army is gone, why give up? Give the base camp to Pantoni and Kavanagh, build Marishen into a dwarven tribal village, Pantoni has shown his face in front of Auguston, then let Cavani be the tribal chief! Hehe, Your Majesty, a dwarf who builds his own tribal military uniform always has to build bridges and pave roads, and transport supplies and materials, right? In this way, wouldn't the supplies and food procured from outside be able to enter Marishin in the name of justice? Chief Kavanagh, if His Majesty agrees, you can even move the Desi family here as a whole, you might as well make Marishen your own family territory, and the dwarves you absorb will automatically become members of the Desi family, I think, no one will object to becoming a member of the Golden Family! In this way, with the help of these dwarves of the Desi family, I think Marishen will soon become a powerful logistics base for His Majesty! And Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much about the problem of funds, as long as you build a wine workshop and use wine to exchange the dwarves for the materials you need, it can be said that you can kill multiple birds with one stone! ”
Benjamin reflected on what Blue Fairy said, and suddenly realized: "You mean, let the dwarven tribe be used as a cover disguise, in fact, Marishen's base camp has just changed its appearance!" ”
Lan Xian'er continued: "Each family has its own clan guard force, so you can also let Pantony form a dwarven army here, not too many of them, enough to cooperate with three thousand elven archers!" Your Majesty, you yourself have said that the recovery of the elven clan of the Forest Country is not an overnight thing, you must work steadily and steadily, first let yourself have a foundation, and then you can fully unfold, otherwise, Your Majesty will be struggling to rely on this 3,000 guards without logistics and support! ”
Benjamin answered, "Blue Fairy, Daniel, Nicole, and Noah, can you four do this king a favor?" ”
Lan Xian'er smiled: "What does Your Majesty want us to do?" ”
Benjamin said seriously: "This king wants the four of you to be the executive officers of Marishen's transformation, and you don't have to go through the king's consent to do anything. ”
Daniel smiled: "Your Majesty just wants to tie the four of us to Marishin?" Although His Majesty has given us enough power, Marishen may not have the same sense of belonging as the generals and His Majesty, so why does Your Majesty think that we will do our best to do things? Just by the camaraderie between us? Since Your Majesty has become the king of elves, you should know that there is no eternal friendship, only eternal interests, if Your Majesty can't do this, it means that Your Majesty is not ready for how to govern the country! ”
Benjamin said: "If you have any other requirements, just mention it, I will not bargain!" ”
Lan Xian'er said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty said so, it is an admission that you owe us a promise, but we haven't figured out what we need Your Majesty to do for us, and when we think about it in the future, we will tell Your Majesty, in short, it will not embarrass Your Majesty, and it will not damage the national interests of the Forest Country!" ”
Benjamin was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Okay, as long as you can solve Marishin's problem, this king promises you a promise!" ”
Lan Xian'er smiled and said, "Okay, a few of us will immediately draw up a plan and present it to Your Majesty at this time tomorrow!" ”
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The first thing to do is to set up a wolf smoke system and teach everyone to recognize what the various wolf smoke signals mean. The three thousand elven archers were divided into fifteen squads, plus the more than three hundred guards brought by Benjamin from the Divine Beast Fence to form an independent team, and the entire Marishin force was divided into sixteen squads, with Marishen as the center, and was divided into different areas. This matter seems simple, but it will take at least half a month to complete the site selection and establishment of the wolf smoke system.
The second is to set up a brewing workshop for the dwarves and teach the craft of winemaking. Because the fermentation of the brewing material takes time, even with the help of a magician like Daniel, the fermentation time takes half a month before it really enters the distillation process.
The busiest of all is Noah, who needs to upgrade all of Marishin's elven longbows, use the unicorn's mane brought from the beast fence, replace the existing bowstrings, and after the replacement is completed, each bow will be tested by the elven archer before being adjusted. After adjusting dozens of bows, Noah left these things to the dwarves around him to do, while he went into another workshop and studied his own things!
Ten days later, all the more than 3,000 elven longbows were adjusted and equipped in everyone's hands. The Elven Longbow with a changed bowstring, because the bowstring used is the mane of a unicorn, this bowstring is extremely flexible, firing several arrow magazines in a row, it will not slacken, and the range is longer, and more importantly, this bowstring will not change much like the original bowstring in rain, snow, or under the scorching sun, and it is easier to maintain and carry.
Because Higg named the Phantom Bow after replacing the Tree Elf Bow with the mane of the real Divine Beast, Benjamin also called his three thousand Elven Archers and more than his three hundred guards Phantom Marksmen. According to the plan, these phantom shooters were divided into sixteen teams, carrying half a month's worth of supplies, and marched to various areas that had been selected, and deployed around Marishin.
Pantony is responsible for relocating the entire Desi family here, and recruiting new dwarves to Marishin, who he wants to turn Marishin into a new territory of the Desi family, a new tribal village. Although the dwarves are of low status, they are natural craftsmen, and they are also born with a good temper, and each dwarf has his own little coffer, and they never seem to worry about money, as long as they can provide them with wine, they are not afraid that they will not pay for you to exchange it.
The area around Marishen is a wolf smoke area of the Phantom Shooter, and Benjamin's more than 300 guards are assigned to this area, but Benjamin himself needs to lead these guards to conduct actual combat exercises with the Phantom Shooters in the other fifteen other regions.