Chapter 218: The Food Problem

Two consecutive doomsday magic spells flattened the Dwarven army, and the Dwarven soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were then besieged and killed by the Krigan army that was unscathed in the rain of fire, and the main force of the Hill Dwarves was destroyed in this battle.

At the same time, the Stone Castle was under unprecedented onslaught, with the Cregan army under the command of Naamis and Salx attacking from both above and below the ground, and the entrance exposed by the dwarven army was also under attack.

Since the elite main force of the dwarven army has been brought out of the stone castle by Hesfa, the soldiers used for defense in the castle at this time are less sensitive, and they are all the original second- and third-line troops, and they are seriously lacking in combat experience, and they have to face. But it is one of the most elite armies in the kingdom of Ofer.

It was the Holy Demon Legion, which was made up entirely of the archdemons of the Krigan Clan.

Hesfa's biggest mistake. It was he who was too confident, and he misjudged the situation, and he did not leave enough troops and experienced and capable generals to defend his base camp, which led to the final defeat of the hill dwarves.

The unexpected annihilation of the main army and the unknown life and death of the dwarven king Hesfar dealt a serious blow to the morale of the castle defenders and accelerated the defeat of the dwarves in the hills.

The Holy Demon Legion can be said to shine in this battle, their proficiency in the Krigan Demon's racial ability teleportation and super personal combat power, let them repeatedly perform miraculous feats in the battle to attack various passages, under their leadership, the stone castle is slowly being conquered layer by layer.

By the time Jian Chen and Malchem were in a hurry to contact Horsfa in Hammondal, the Stone Castle had been overrun by more than half of the Cregans, and all the dwarves who could fight had joined the final defensive battle, fighting for their own survival.

In order to find out the truth of the matter, Chen Jian comforted Malkem while sending several scouts trained by Polly to spy on the situation in the Stone Castle.

"Malkem, we have no other way but to wait patiently, don't worry. Stone castles are not so easy to break! Maybe things aren't as bad as we think! ”

After Marchem left preoccupiedly, Jian Chen sighed and began to deal with the other one

With a large number of foreign refugees pouring into Hammondale, now Jian Chen has to face a problem that makes him quite helpless, and that is food.

Although Chen Jian, who has always liked to take precautions, is consciously stockpiling food, but the time is too short after all, and some time ago, the dwarves' large-scale purchase of grain also affected Chen Jian's purchase, the arms business is red-blooded, and the wealthy hilly dwarves can only use the word "refreshing" to describe the purchase of grain, although Chen Jian is now a little money, but he can't do the dwarf's degree, if it weren't for his lordship, the dwarves would be embarrassed not to leave him a little, Whether the merchants were willing to sell them was a question.

Therefore, Chen Jian did not have much food in his hands. Far from meeting the needs of the skyrocketing population.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have gone to Catherine in a rage.

But things are not out of the question. Because the elven army, after getting Kendall's approval, has passed through the White Cliff Pass and marched into Hammondal.

According to the secret agreement he had made with the Elven King, the army would bring him the supplies he needed, including a large amount of food in addition to the magical materials he needed to build the one-way portal.

Although there are many contradictions and conflicts between the Elven Kingdom and the Erathia Empire, they are always allies who also belong to the Holy Alliance, Chen Jian knows. Even if the Erathia Empire knew about the Elven Kingdom's assistance to itself, it would definitely not openly tear its face.

Whether it is Catherine or Kendall, they are very willing to be supported by the Elven Kingdom.

At this time, it is not beneficial for the empire to turn against the elven kingdom, and Chen Jian has already expressed his intention to get more supplies in order to migrate.

What Jian Chen did was still within the scope of the Empire and Catherine's patience.

However, this food can only be used for emergency relief. When Jian Chen asked for the food, although he already knew that a large number of foreign refugees would enter Hammondal, he did not know that the number of these foreign refugees would be so large.

If there is not enough food, no matter what everyone eats on Evermont Island, the possible commotion of the alien refugees alone is enough for Chen Jian to have a headache.

For Chen Jian, this is a big question of life and death.

Although an agreement had been reached with Tytalia before, Jian Chen was not too sure whether this deal would succeed, and it was not an easy task for so many supplies to be transported to Hammondal, and he would also face possible obstacles from the Empire.

After thinking about it, Jian Chen could only hit the head of the elven kingdom again.

But this time, Jian Chen didn't dare to take other people's things for nothing, just do this kind of thing once. If you anger the other party, you won't get any benefit

He decided to make the same purchase request to the Elven King as the Kingdom of Tytaria, and he also decided to secretly arrange a secret meeting between the Elemental Clan and the envoy sent by the Elf King when the Elemental Envoy saw it.

If you want to get benefits from others, you have to do something for them.

But of course, this matter had to be informed to the Elemental Clan first, so after Jian Chen made up his mind, he immediately joined forces with the Earth Elemental Monarch Edmund.

When he heard that Jian Chen was going to help the Elemental Clan form an alliance with the Elven Kingdom, the Earth Elemental Monarch almost didn't bite his tongue off.

"You mean to say that you have a good relationship with the Elven Kingdom as well? Did I hear me right? Your Excellency Chen Jian? Edmund asked anxiously. He found that the energy of this Hammondale alliance was really terrifying.

He didn't expect that Jian Chen would have a relationship with the Elven Kingdom, completely because the Elemental Clan had helped him a lot.

Jian Chen smiled and said, "Anyway, I can leave if I have a way, I don't know what you mean?" The Elven Kingdom is now at war, and if we can make a temporary pact with them to deal with the Kregans, I think it will be a good thing for both the Elementals and myself! At the very least, we must reach a consensus of mutual non-aggression with them, so as not to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings on the battlefield! ”

Edmund hesitated for a moment, a little undecided.

At this time, multiple powerful allies are undoubtedly a good thing for the elemental clan. However, if he repeatedly came into contact with other forces in this world, he was afraid of attracting the wrath of the elemental lord.

However, if you don't form an alliance with the Elven Kingdom, everyone will be on the same battlefield at that time, and if there is any conflict that leads to hostility, it is obviously not a good thing.

After thinking about it and seeking the opinions of other elemental monarchs, Edmund finally agreed to Jian Chen's request, but he said that the elemental clan and the elven kingdom could only form a temporary offensive and defensive alliance.

"Our relationship with the Elven Kingdom is limited to fighting together on the battlefield against the Krrigan demons. Cooperation in other areas cannot be considered for the time being! Edmund said to Jian Chen.

As long as they can achieve their own goals, what kind of alliance the two sides reach is not within the scope of Chen Jian's consideration, so Chen Jian has no objection to Edmund's request.

And he also believes that the elf king will not think about how to reach in-depth cooperation with the elemental clan as soon as he comes, and the most important thing is to make the elf kingdom and the elemental clan have a relationship.

At the same time, Chen Jian also took advantage of the elemental misunderstanding and agreed to his proposal, for the elemental clan, it was only beneficial to reach a basic non-aggression consensus with the elven kingdom, a powerful force that had directly joined the war against the Kregans. There is no harm in them, there should be no reason why they would refuse.

It was Jian Chen who began to blackmail the Elven Kingdom without consulting with the Elemental Clan.

After getting rid of the elemental clan, Jian Chen began to contact the elven kingdom again.

After receiving the letter from Jian Chen, the Elf King Parson couldn't help but be overjoyed, he never thought that this guy Chen Jian would know each other like this.

In Parson's eyes, the little materials that Chen Jian asked for were really not worth mentioning, even if it was twice as much, he would agree, not to mention, Chen Jian also offered to use money to buy the second batch of materials.

If only everything could be solved with money. That's what the Elven King is very happy to see.

After all, a castle that can be moved is a good thing that money can't buy, and although it's only a preliminary contact with the elemental clan, a good start is half the battle, as long as there is a way to get in touch. Things are easier to do.

And even if you can't get the secret of moving the castle. You can't sit idly by and let this kind of good thing fall on the head of the Elasia Empire, can you?

The Elf King was not too worried about whether Jian Chen would deceive himself, he had always been very concerned about the situation in Hammondale, and had also done a detailed investigation of Jian Chen, a human who had ruined his plan, and also had a general understanding of Jian Chen's predicament at this time.

And the Erathian Empire's wanton expulsion of aliens to Hammondale made the Elven King even more convinced of his judgment.

Therefore, the Elven King readily agreed to Jian Chen's request, but he said that the second batch of supplies would not be delivered to Hammondale until the first meeting with the Elemental Clan.

This condition is very reasonable, and Chen Jian naturally has no opinion.

The next day. Chen Jian asked the half-elf Pete to bring an army of thousands of men and a large number of improvised lords and alien refugees who were summoned to act as the people. A huge convoy was formed, and it drove out of the city of Hammondal, and set off towards the station of the elven army according to the agreement with the elven king. They were going to receive the supplies that already belonged to Jian Chen.

With these materials, not only can the food problem be solved temporarily, but the construction of one-way portals can be started and the relocation work can begin.

However, when to start migrating is a difficult problem that makes Chen Jian a little uncertain.