Chapter 250: The Trade Wind from the North (3)
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For those who stayed in Burkner, they all knew that a new round of fighting in the north was about to begin, and they knew better why the Hansting Empire had no way to mobilize forces to sweep away these drows from the underworld. Because in the eyes of the Hansting Empire, the Drow of the underworld is a small problem, and the undead plague of Adogr is a big problem.
Of course, when it comes to the Golden Plains, the heart of the empire, Adogna can only be regarded as a minor problem. Even if the ghouls on the Golden Plains have been almost cleaned up, the subsequent negative situation still makes the royal family of the Hansting Empire have to contain a large number of troops in this area. Even if part of the army can get out of their hands, the bottomless pit of Adogr is still waiting for reinforcements to fill the pit! Therefore, the Drow Elf, which is very fatal to the player, is the invasion of underground creatures, which is defined as a local affair in the eyes of the high-level leaders of the Hansting Empire, that is, if Chen Kai and they can't handle it well, it is simply an imbecile.
No matter how much the family power of the aboriginal nobles jumped up and down, it was impossible to change this established perception, unless these nobles could persuade the imperial family to send more garrisons from the imperial capital, but that was almost impossible. If it is possible to mobilize the local part, then it is basically very, very difficult to mobilize the garrison of the imperial capital. Naturally, the mobilization here is not a small team of 500 people like the Central Knights, but a regular order of at least 3,000 people. According to the configuration of at least two auxiliary cavalry and five servant soldiers of one knight, the total strength of a regular knight order of three thousand is at least equal to the size of a regular legion, that is, twenty-five thousand.
A knightly order of this size is called a regular knight order or a knight legion, and for the four hundred knights organized by the player, it is just a normal ratio of the private army of a knight noble. The most important thing is that only the player will want to organize such an army, and only the player will bring their own equipment to join such an organization. If it is replaced by aboriginal nobles, even if they have the right to organize a knight order of four hundred people, they will not organize it, because there is no money. All knights' equipment needs to be paid for by the lord out of his own pocket, as well as their mount weapons, except for the player's Knights, which are directly recruited by the player. Not only does it not require the lord to pay for it. Many players even give money to each other in order to join a certain order.
For the knights of the imperial capital, there was only one lord of their lordship, and that was His Majesty, the emperor of the Hansting Empire. Although the Emperor of Hansting, His Majesty, is the master of the entire Hansting Empire, it is only in name. The territory he really controls is actually the territory around the imperial capital, and the military nobles who obey his command. Although some of the old nobles of the empire nominally obeyed the command of the emperor of the Hansting Empire, they sometimes disobeyed the yang and the yin, which was the biggest drawback of the feudal aristocracy, and the hereditary lords had very huge territorial autonomy. In fact, when the emperor's majesty of the Hansting Empire was still under control, some of the great nobles of the empire even dared to absolutely admit the other party's entry requirements in front of the emperor. Fortunately, there is basically no sense of nobility that is done now, and it is the most elite knights of the empire who are concentrated in the empire that cause such a strong deterrent.
It is because of their existence zài. So that the emperor of the Hansting Empire can sit on the throne, if any of the knights is too badly damaged, then the most nervous is definitely not the commander of the knights, but the one who sits on the throne of the empire. At the same time, if the military power of the local nobles was weakened, it would not be a bad thing for the Emperor of the Hansting Empire, but it would still be a good thing. As long as those who were weakened were not the nobles who supported the Emperor, then the Emperor of the Hansting Empire would definitely not shed a single tear for the dead soldiers. Because he knew very well that the soldiers were not loyal to their own emperor, but to their lord.
Of course, Chen Kai would never run to the emperor and say that he was loyal to him, not only Chen Kai himself did not believe this sentence. His Majesty the Emperor didn't believe it either. Even if his own twin brother and his prime minister Chen Kai made a lot of money, Chen Kai was still an outsider to His Majesty the Emperor. In fact, if it weren't for Prime Minister Capello, it is estimated that Chen Kai and them would not have been able to get the support of a small team of the Central Knights, although it seems that this support force was defeated in the end and ran away.
So from any point of view, the players and aboriginal lords of Hugodi have a very serious problem, which not only plagues these players and lords, but also the earls of the adjacent northern realms. For the Count of Hugawa, it was not easy for him to see the fall of Count Hugodi, but it was a pity that it was not long before he could be happy that the Demon Knight was wreaking havoc on Hugodi. This made his palm that had just been stretched out towards Hu Gedi have to be retracted, and it was not easy to wait until Count Hu Gedi was hacked to death by Chen Kai. The mining of the Gem Abyss has once again opened Count Hugawa's eyes to a golden avenue.
But now he sadly realized that his calculation was still too early, and the appearance of the drow elves caused him to lose a lot. Beihu Town, as an important water transport city supported by him, definitely didn't give up just by giving up, but even if he couldn't let go, when the news of the fall of Beihu Town came, he could only swallow the wine as bitter wine in depression. In the end, however, the Drow's power was confined to Hugodi, which was definitely good news for Count Hugawa. At the very least, he didn't have to use his own soldiers and those barbarians from the underground world to fight hard, and the continuous arrival of the Central Knights' results in Hugodi made the lord's mood a little more relaxed.
Unfortunately, the good mood did not last long, and when the news of the Drow Elves' reinforcement reached the earl's ears, he could not sleep again. Because the distance between Hugawa and the town of North Lake, which is occupied by Drow, is even closer than the town of North Lake to the town of Burkner, this is definitely very unfortunate news. The only fortunate thing is relative to the fragmented Hugodi that has been torn apart. Count Hugawa sat on a smaller territory than the entire Hugodian domain. But no matter how he said it, he was also an earl lord, and the troops and resources that could be mobilized would definitely not be comparable to Chen Kai. The most important thing is that Hugawa's military strength is not as strong as that of Hugodi. But it must be at least twice as high as the town of Burkner. With the number of Saint-rank powerhouses alone, Hugawa could stabilize Zhuo'er.
But for this count, it is not a matter of pride to have plenty of troops and strong strength, because he has many places to defend, and the troops are not only not sufficient, but even a little stretched. So if there is one more person who least wants to see the Drow increase in strength, then Count Hugawa can definitely be regarded as the number one. At the same time, the earl also knew better that if he ran to ask for help, he would not say anything, and even if he didn't do it, it would arouse the interest of His Majesty the Emperor. This interest is not a good thing. Rather, it could be a big bad thing that caused the Hugawa family's hereditary territory for nearly 400 years to be recovered. Therefore, in any case, the count did not want Drow's tentacles of influence to extend to Hugawa in the north, so when Drow's reinforcements arrived, it took less than half a day for the border between Hugawa and Hugodi, which had not had many garrisons, to increase nearly three times as many defenders and four times as many patrols.
For Chen Kai, the increase in Hugawa's border troops has nothing to do with him, because the town of Burkna is a bit far away from Hugawa in a straight line. Even riding an Andean horse like Lal would have to take four days to get there. If it was when Chen Kai and the others were chased and killed by Lord Hu Gedi and fled for their lives, maybe the time would have been shorter. Of course, that was when the roads were still intact, but in fact, the roads in Hugodi, especially the roads leading to Beihu Town, were basically destroyed by the player, especially those roads close to the player's territory. This is because the Players' Guilds, including the Iron Riders and the Zodiac, want this to stop the movement of the Drow troops. Give the guardians some respite.
Almost everyone who stays in Hugodi knows that a fishy wind is about to blow from the north, and it will definitely be a strong wind with the smell of blood. The Drow reinforcements and minotaur forces that arrived from the underworld would never run to the surface to graze, and the entire Hugodi sphere of influence could be reshuffled in a matter of days. At this time, the farther away from Beihu Town and the old city of Hugodi, the greater the chance of surviving, of course, the more soldiers on hand, the stronger the combat effectiveness, and the greater the chance of surviving.
For lords who were closer to Hugawa near the northern border. They had a good point to ask for help, but unfortunately, the earl, like Chen Kai, refused all those who came to ask for help, because the earl himself was worried that his territory would be targeted by the Drow. Compared to Hugodi, who was ravaged by the demonized cavalry of Count Hugodi and the Drows, the neighboring Hugawa was undoubtedly much richer. Of course, the Drow are not fools, they know that it is definitely much more difficult to attack an entire county than to play with those players in Hugodi, and even if you accidentally fold all of Drow's belongings into it.
As a result, the drow were very clear in their choice of targets, and they even excluded the player's territory, knowing that it was too annoying to want to resurrect the Travelers for the natives. These Travelers can turn the battle into a life-consuming war of attrition, and the player can definitely afford it more than Drow and the Minotaurs. But at the same time, the player's low combat effectiveness makes the drow not want to give up the territory of the player. After all, the two towns occupied by the Iron Riders and the Zodiac Alliance just form an isosceles triangle with the town of North Lake, distributed around the old city of Hugodi. If these two towns can be captured, the benefits for the Drow will definitely be more than just harvesting some food or military supplies.
Because once they occupy these two towns, then they can completely use the territory around the old city of Hugodi, and cut off the infiltration of other lords of Hugodi into this part of the area, and most importantly, it means that the drow underground has a huge territory on the ground that is no less than that of the city-states of the underworld. This is definitely an important feat for Prince Drow, because after capturing this territory, he will have no problem with the inheritance of the Drow Elven throne. As for whether or not he can keep this territory in the end, then it is not a matter for Prince Drow to manage.
So even though they knew that maybe the player's bone was not easy to gnaw, in the end, the drow elves still swung their butcher knives at the player with their minions, the minotaurs, and the few remaining monsters. To the despair of players of the Iron Knights and the Zodiac Alliance, the butcher knife did not fall on one town, but on two towns at the same time. What made them even more desperate was that none of the other player guilds that had been said to be good eventually sent reinforcements.
"Li Xiangrong! You TD asshole bastard! "Whether it is Feng Buyun or Qi Shaohuang, there is an idea of hacking Li Xiangrong, the president of the Xianghu Brotherhood, to death at this moment. Because from the analysis of the information they received, the last black hand to prevent other player guilds from sending reinforcements this time was this chubby middle-aged uncle.
Regarding the scolding from Feng Buyun and Qi Shaohuang in the video communication in front of him, Li Xiangrong had a very innocent expression on his face. But no one knows if his heart has turned upside down. Everyone knows that in Hugodi's acre of land, the other players' guilds are all contenders. If you want to expand the exhibition, then you have to squeeze others out, and this time Zhuoer's attack on the Iron Horse and the Zodiac Alliance is an opportunity for Li Xiangrong to squeeze the Iron Horse and the Zodiac Alliance out of Hu Goddi. Although this is a bit unauthentic, it can even be said to fall into the ground. Even after these two are finished. Maybe the Xianghu Brotherhood is about to face Zhuoer's soldiers, but Li Xiangrong knows that he still has hole cards, and the only price for this hole card is to sell his two opponents. Li Xiangrong did not object to such a thing, and even wished to do so.
"Lord Earl! You see, I did everything you asked for! When Li Xiangrong turned off the video, he immediately nodded to a person under the cloak behind his back and said with a bow. If Chen Kai could see the appearance of this person, he would definitely understand who he was. As the missing Viscount Kemdal, of course, the person who now occupies this body is definitely not the original fool Viscount himself, but the Count Hugodi who was rewarded by Chen Kai and them with a stone head.
"Don't worry! As long as you do it. The benefits will definitely not be less yours! "The voice that came from Viscount Kemdal's body was a very strange one, as hoarse as if two pieces of glass were scraping against each other. At the same time, if Li Xiangrong lifts this person's cloak, he will see that the other party's body is in a very strange state, half of the body still maintains the shape of a human, but the other half is a dry dead body. The only difference is that the dead body could not have horns on the door of their heads, and this earl now has a white bone horn on the top of his head. This is the image of the corpse demon of the Pale Abyss, though only half of its body shows this. But it also made Count Hugodi a half-human, half-corpse, half-demon being.
"Thank you, Lord Earl!" Although he was very frightened by such a strange voice in his ears, Li Xiangrong knew that the other party would definitely agree to his request. At the same time, he also knew that once he did this, the end would definitely not be much better, and his ending in the Hansting Empire had no other way to go except to delete the number and retrain, because colluding with the demon would end up miserable.
But Li Xiangrong is a businessman, whether in reality or in the game, he thinks he is a businessman, but in reality, he can't do business, and he can only call the wind and rain in the game. But he still considers himself a businessman, and the biggest rule of a businessman is to be a qiē for profit. With a 5% profit, capital is desperate; For the sake of 1% profit, capital dares to trample on the laws of the world; With a 3% profit, capital dares to commit any crime. Even at the risk of hanging. For Li Xiangrong, the profit earned by cooperating with Count Hugodi is definitely more than 300%, and may even be more, which is why Li Xiangrong will take a huge risk to make such a decision, and even sell the two allies Feng Buyun and Qi Shaohuang.
It was not difficult for him to betray the interests of his allies, especially when they were potential competitors. That's why he stopped the other player guilds from rescuing the two guilds, of course, the words he used were naturally to prevent the Drow from sneaking up. In the end, Li Xiangrong succeeded, and all he gained was the scolding from the video, and at the same time, listening to the tragic shouting and killing in the video, Li Xiangrong knew that it was impossible for his two allies to turn the tables.
So when Count Hugodi left his lord's palace, Li Xiangrong turned around and began to open the champagne to celebrate. And the two aboriginal maids who were very coolly dressed quickly lay down in his arms and kneaded their bodies for him. It's just that President Li doesn't know at all. The Count Hugodi gave him a very disdainful smile as he left his city, and this qiē was hidden under the cloak.
When the news of the fall of the Iron Horse City and the towns of the Zodiac Alliance reached Chen Kai's ears. At least five disappeared before the start of the fighting in the north. Chen Kai was also surprised that the two guilds could resist for such a long time, but what was even more surprising was that the player guilds in the north that had signed offensive and defensive alliances had all shrunk at a critical moment. Of course, he also knew that if they didn't shrink their heads, it would be impossible for the territory of the two player guilds to defend it, because the combined forces of Drow and Minotaur were more than 20,000 people, and the number was huge and the quality was even more terrifying, and the players who were completely suppressed were dead. For the fall of the two towns, no one reported any surprises, the only surprise was that the two guilds were able to hold out for so long without reinforcements. However, everyone could smell the disgusting smell of the message from the north, which was the result of the deaths of nearly 80,000 players.