Chapter 122: The Bandit Alliance
Erjian Yabian was busy preparing for the army. In Baildes, the dwarves in the mausoleum are "scattered."
The Dwarven King Hesfar is also a rare lord among the dwarves, with a thicker hair and beard than the people. The majestic dwarven king led the hill dwarves out of the elven kingdom and came to the barren Bairders, where he fought his way out of the undead and built a majestic stone castle. Let the dwarves of the hills have settled in peace and contentment in Baildes.
Although the legendary huge mineral deposits have not yet been discovered. But as the dwarves dug deeper and deeper under the stone castle, they still found a good amount of high-quality iron ore, which was turned into all kinds of weapons and armor by the dwarves' hard hands and excellent handiwork, and then sold by dwarven caravans in exchange for the scarcest food in Bairders and all kinds of favorite items of the dwarves.
In the troubled times, the arms business was quite prosperous, and the dwarves' exquisite handiwork made their goods in short supply, and the major powers and countries were willing to trade with the dwarves, exchanging food that was not rare in their eyes for various weapons and equipment tailored for them.
Therefore, the life of the dwarves in Bailders is quite freehand.
It was not until the sudden rise of the "dragoon" bandit regiment that the freehand life of the dwarves came to an end.
There are many bandit gangs in Baildus, and the caravans that travel from north to south make Bailders a mecca for bandits. Generally speaking, though. The robbers are just robbing money, and never indiscriminately hurt people's lives, if the killing is too ruthless, the merchants will not dare to take this road in the future, then all the robbers have to drink the northwest wind, sacrifice the basics, kill the chicken and take the egg, even the robbers will not do.
And the large dwarven caravans, which have always been guarded by a large number of powerful dwarven warriors, are even more reluctant to provoke the bandits.
First, these caravan robbers may not be able to gnaw, and secondly, the dwarves are also the land snakes of Baildus, which angers the hill dwarves, and if they send an army to clean up the robbers, then everyone's life will be very difficult.
Therefore, the dwarven caravans have always been unimpeded in Baildus.
However, the dragoon bandits were different from ordinary bandits, they were not only strong enough to rob the dwarven caravan, but also dared to kill all the caravan members without leaving them alive.
Oddly enough. They don't do this to the caravans of other races, and only treat the dwarven caravans, as if they have some deep hatred with the dwarves.
And what is even more strange is the speed of the rise of the dragoon bandit regiment.
The Dragoon Bandit Regiment is also regarded as the veteran bandit group of Baierdes, which has been established for several years now, but although the previous Dragoon Bandit Regiment has a majestic name, its strength is not strong, and it ranks quite low in strength among the many bandit groups of Baierdes, and it belongs to the kind of small role that others eat meat and they can only drink soup is not inconspicuous at all, the number is not large, and there is no fame. Usually, I only dare to choose some small caravans to start, and they may not be able to get in the way smoothly, which can be said to have been weak for a long time. And the leader of the dragoon bandit regiment. It's just a down-and-out human wandering magician named Philip. No one had ever heard of his amazing strength or ability.
But after the beginning of spring this year. The dragoon bandit regiment is unusual. Under the leadership of the suddenly wise and powerful Magician Philip, he annexed several bandit groups in the vicinity, large and small, and even defeated a nomadic tribe passing by Baildes, making the fierce nomads bow down to him.
After that, the dragoon bandit regiment was out of control, and began to rob large caravans that they had not even dared to look at before, and also went around annexing other bandit groups. The strength snowballed and became the most powerful bandit group in Baildus. And the word dragoon also began to terrify the passing caravans.
Up to now. Six powerful dwarven caravans have been wiped out by the dragoon bandits, and the dwarven king has sent an army to clear the bandits. also because of the underestimation of their strength at the beginning, they were defeated by the other party.
The Dwarven King envisioned five hundred heavily armed and well-trained dwarven warriors. It was enough to make all the bandit groups of Bailders scareless. But what surprised him was. The only force he imagined would survive to the stone castle was just over a hundred people, and the rest of the dwarven soldiers were all killed in the barren wilderness by the dragoon bandits. Then their bushy heads were cut off by the daring robbers, and a tall pyramid of dwarven heads was formed on the side of the road leading to the stone castle, and the top of the pyramid was formed. The banner of a dragoon bandit regiment fluttered in the wind.
This provocative act not only frightened the caravans passing by, but also completely angered the hill dwarves in the stone castle.
After listening to the accounts of the dragoon bandits from the defeated soldiers who had fled back to the castle, the Dwarven King found out. It turned out that this bandit group not only far exceeded his imagination, but also had more than 800 people, and was equipped with weapons and armor that had been exchanged for food and other materials for the dwarves. Now he is an accomplice of the robbers in the killing of dwarven soldiers.
This discovery made the dwarf king almost burst his blood vessels.
And this, the bandit group is not like the ordinary bandit group is a rabble, when they meet the enemy, they will only rush up and fight separately, they obviously accept a certain amount of military training, and when fighting with dwarf soldiers, they have a basis for advancing and retreating, attacking and defending well. They are not so much robbers as they are phi
If it weren't for the fact that all the information showed that this dragoon bandit group had existed for a long time, and the current leader was still the human magician named Philip, the dwarven king would almost have thought that some force was fighting the hill dwarves in the name of bandits.
Having a better understanding of his enemy, the Dwarven King re-dispatched an army of bandits, this time increasing his total strength to 3,000 men, and commanding his own army, the Dwarven hero Thorling, who had always been known for his prowess and skill.
With several times the strength and experienced commanders of the other side, the Dwarf King believed that this time the dragoon bandit group was definitely doomed.
But the result was once again unexpected by the Dwarven King, and although the dragoon bandits did not dare to engage Thorling's army, they were very cunning and hiding. Disappeared without a trace.
Thorling and his dwarven soldiers searched the wasteland of Baildus. They destroyed the lair of some bandit gangs, eliminated a lot of bandits, and fought with some undead creatures that suddenly appeared, driving them back to the depths of Baildus.
The entire area around the stone castle was jumped by Sogering's actions, but the dwarves just couldn't find any trace of their opponents, and the large number of dragoon bandits seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, as if they had never appeared in this land again, and the helpless Sogering had to return to the stone castle with the army and report his defeat to the dwarven king.
For the next period of time, the dragoon bandit group did not appear again, and there was no news from the other caravans that they had been sacked by this bandit group, which made the dwarf king optimistic that the other party had left Bairders for other places because he was afraid of the powerful dwarven army.
Although he was a little reluctant to let the enemy run away like this, the Dwarven King happily sent another caravan to start his arms business again.
But when the army was about to reach the border of Hammondal, it was once again slaughtered by a band of dragoon bandits that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and the goods were all stolen.
He found himself in a misjudgment and caused another casualty to his clansmen as a result. The dwarven king was furious.
Thorgering led his army to crusade against the damned bandit again, but just like last time, the dragoon bandit was gone.
Faced with the opponent who had repeated his old tricks, he felt that the dwarf king who was being teased was furious, and he sent several more armies, in cooperation with Sogering, to conduct a more rigorous search in Bairders, trying to find out where the opponent was hiding.
But the dwarves' fanfare turned out to be nothing for the dragoon bandits. On the contrary, the other bandit groups that ate in Baierdes suffered another catastrophe. These mildew creatures were swept away by the powerful dwarven army, and suffered heavy losses, dealing a serious blow to the development of Bairders' bandit career.
In the event that no opponent can be found. The dwarven king had no choice but to collect his troops, and after learning from the teachings, the dwarves began to arrange for the army to patrol the roads, and greatly increased the number of guards in the caravan to prevent a repeat of the incident like the last time.
At the same time, the Dwarven King also had to write to Empress Catherine, expressing deep apologies for her repeated delays in the delivery of orders, because the Empress had the purpose of subduing these hill dwarves for the use of the empire, so the empress not only hired a dwarven engineering team, but also ordered a lot of weapons and equipment from the hill dwarves, and the dwarf king recently sent a caravan. Seven or eight times out of ten went to the Erathia Empire to deliver the goods.
The two sides have business dealings, and there is more contact, and the favor will naturally be there, and the empress is slowly influencing each other's ideas. For now, this method is very effective, and after understanding the reason for the delay in the delivery of the goods by the Dwarven King, Empress Catherine, who saw the opportunity, immediately said that if needed, the Empire could send troops to help the Dwarf King eliminate these bandits.
The dwarf king was not very happy about this at first, because the dwarf king Jue's suppression of bandits and other people's help would inevitably be too underestimated, but then he thought about it, the hill dwarves have been a little weak since they broke away from the elven kingdom, and now if they can get in touch with the powerful Erathia Empire, it will be very beneficial to the future development of their own race, so he gritted his teeth and cheekily agreed, but he also walked to the empress and said that this kind of help is not necessary, I just don't want to refuse other people's kindness.
So this is why Mlak asked the empress to let Chen Jian send troops.
However, not long after Jian Chen set off, the dwarven king once again burst into flames, for no other reason, the caravan of the dwarf clan was once again robbed by the dragoon bandits.
In order to prevent further accidents, the dwarf king not only strengthened the number of guards, but also specially sent a thousand soldiers to escort them along the way.
The dragoon bandit group that appeared again was even stronger, this time their number had reached nearly three thousand, and for a bandit group, such a force was a little too strong.
The reason for this situation is also due to the fact that the actions of the dwarven army have also angered all the bandit gangs of Bailders.
At this time, the dragoon bandit regiment took advantage of the situation to shout the slogan of driving out the hill dwarves and establishing a bandit kingdom independent of the major forces in Bailders.
If there is a kingdom of Grina pirates on the sea, why not build one on the mainland. What about the kingdom of the Bairders bandits?
This heart-warming slogan made those who were afraid of the dwarves cleansing themselves again, and wanted to give the dwarves, one by one, a large number of robbers gathered around the dragoon bandit group, and a large alliance of many robbers appeared.
After a short period of integration. Three thousand of the most elite bandits bravely attacked the dwarven caravan escorted by heavy troops. Superiority in numbers and the well-equipped and appropriate tactics of the opponents. Let them win a big victory, although they failed to kill all the dwarves, but they also played the first battle of the prestige of the bandit alliance, and the leader of the dragoon bandit group in charge of commanding this battle, the magician Philip, also became a big hero in the eyes of the bandits, and a group of robbers who did not know what the art of war was regarded as the leader of the alliance, convinced.
The re-growth of the opponent made the dwarf king angry and frightened, he had to start to face this, more and more powerful, more and more difficult bandit opponents, according to the defeat of the army, the current bandits due to the rapid increase in numbers, has begun to appear a simple division of arms, they have formed archers, heavy infantry, cavalry, and even a small number of mage troops and air troops.
And the soldiers also reported that the bandits' ethnicity began to increase. No longer a simple Terran. Now among them are the big-eared monsters of Dia, the werewolves and lizardmen of Tytaria, and the cavemen, harpys, Medusa, and minotaurs of Negan.
There are too many gangs of bandits living in Bailds, and there are some people of all races who are willing to fall. Therefore, it is normal for such a situation to occur in the bandit group now.
However, the appearance of the Bandit Alliance still made the Dwarf King feel a hint of conspiracy, as if there was an invisible hand pushing the situation step by step, and now all this seems to be accidental, but it seems to be subtly linked.
But anyway. This newly formed bandit alliance and dragoon bandit regiment must be eliminated, otherwise the hill dwarves who cannot trade with the outside world can only have two rather bad endings, or obediently give up Bairders as the robbers wish. Find another place to live; Or you can just sit back in a stone castle and wait for the food to run out, and then starve to death.
Of course, the dwarven king will not sit still, and the brave dwarves are not even afraid of the elven kingdom, how can they be afraid of some robbers? Under his orders, the dwarven army of Stone Castle began to assemble, ready to fight the robbers to the death, and at the same time he was also ready to strengthen the defense of Stone Castle, in his opinion, no matter what the enemy's schemes are, as long as he holds the Stone Castle steadily, and then defeats the bandit alliance and the dragoon bandit group, the enemy's plan will be self-defeating.
The Dwarven King is not good at scheming, but he can solve problems in his own way. Didn't the opponent just want to drive the dwarves out of Bairdus? I just don't move the nest, see what you do?
If the opponent dares to storm the stone castle, it will be more in line with the dwarves' intentions, this castle is the result of countless efforts of the dwarves of the hills, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It will definitely give all the enemies who want to break it a taste of what it is to lose.
After leaving enough troops to hold the castle, countless dwarven soldiers set off under the personal leadership of the dwarven king, and this time the hill dwarves almost raised the entire clan. Vows to fight a battle. Let the Grand League of Bandits and the Dragoon Bandit Regiment understand. How serious and terrible the consequences of angering the dwarves.
The loud war cries of the dwarves resounded through the gloomy sky of Baildus, the barren earth trembled under the neat footsteps of the soldiers, and the torrent of steel divided into several paths, ready to attack the opponent according to the strategy of the dwarven king Hesfar.
The strong force ensured this plan, "The dwarven army is eating away at the living space of the robbers little by little, and the robbers are under the threat of the dwarf army. Fortunately, the dwarves' little short legs were not fast, and the robbers were able to retreat smoothly and were never surrounded by the dwarves. But they slowly approached the border between Bairders and Hammondale because of the pressure of their opponents.
The string of failures made the Dwarven King ashamed to tell Empress Caesarseline about the state of Byrdus, so he did not tell her anything about the Grand League of Bandits. The military operations of the dwarves are also not mentioned. It is only implicitly stated that the delivery date has to be postponed again due to the need to rush back to work, and I ask for the Queen's understanding.
The consequence of this was that Chen Jian and his party, who were rushing to Baierdes, had no idea about the current situation of the enemy they were about to fight, and they thought that the bandit group they were about to face was only more than 800 people. A relatively difficult group of bandits who are good at guerrilla warfare.
At this time, Jian Chen was even a little happy, because he found out about the so-called five hundred soldiers sent by Count Mrak. In fact, it was made up of three hundred griffons in the air force. It is made up of one hundred and fifty Imperial cavalry and fifty monks who are very good at the magic healing of the limb system.
These are all armies with strong combat effectiveness, not those spearmen and halberd soldiers in the emperor's ** team, I knew that Mrak would send such a strong lineup, maybe Jian Chen would not be so angry.
Therefore. Jian Chen's opinion of Count Demon Rak has changed slightly, although he thinks that this guy is sometimes quite annoying, but at least he still has a clear distinction between public and private, and he has not made any more stumbling blocks for himself.
Such a force should be more than enough to deal with some bandits, and the addition of the special Griffin Air Force. Not only can air supremacy be guaranteed. It is also possible to track the enemy's traces from the air, so that the opponent's guerrilla tactics may not work.
Chen Jian, who was a little happy, didn't expect that the strength of the enemy was completely beyond his imagination, and the huge danger caused by this was also approaching him step by step at this time.