Chapter 102 Dig deep holes and accumulate grain
Wearing only a pair of leather trousers, a bare blue-black upper body, and a thunder weighing a two-hundred-pound battle axe in his hand, he was simply a standard orc warrior. Under his leadership, a group of equally large, hairy Bicester warriors clenched the axe in their hands, and heavy blows fell on the bridge of a bridge in succession. The bridge, the size of a buffalo, groaned and finally collapsed, falling a 200-foot-deep cliff. Ray stretched out his hand in his mouth and let out a sharp whistle, and the migrant workers on the other side of the cliff made a giggle sound, shook their hands and left, while Ray took his five thousand bist men and began to cut down nearby trees.
Those towering giant trees that have grown for hundreds of years, full of two or three people hugging each other, under the slashing of these warriors with amazing brute strength, as long as a dozen axes, will fall to the ground with a bang, and hundreds of migrant workers will immediately run over, lift the huge wood with a 'hey' sound, and throw it into the deep cliff. Trees fell one after another, logs were thrown off the cliff, and in just three hours, the bridge had been listed as irreparable, of course, it was easy to repair a bridge from the other side of the cliff, because there was still enough wood there.
Ray grabbed his shirt and walked down the bridge with 5,000 Bicester men and 3,000 laborers, singing local slang tunes aloud. This was the thirteenth bridge they had destroyed, and there were seven or eight of the same teams as them, and their mission was to completely destroy the main transportation routes leading to the interior of the empire in the other provinces except for the Kaisen Province, forcing the criminals to pass through the passages they left behind. And near those passages, there are naturally layers of killing machines, in short, it will not be something that makes people feel happy.
Striding at the front of the line, facing the cold wind from the north and the snowflakes the size of a child's palm, Ray let out a loud sigh of emotion: "The two guys Lomart and Ingle together are the most insidious and despicable guys on the continent. More insidious than that little bastard of Karin... These two damn guys, after they die, their souls will definitely be taken away by the god of conspiracy. The two of them are really out-and-out villains, and I don't owe it to me to ensure that the two of them become high-ranking nobles, hahahaha... ”
The Bicester warriors behind Ray understood this, and they strongly agreed with Ray's assertion that those two guys were villains. Although they didn't know what the whole specific plan was, just because of a word from those two people, they let half of their team of brothers go into the mountains to cut wood in the cold weather, which was enough to prove that the two of them were bastards. If you were in the Bicester Empire, if you were in your own barracks, in this weather, everyone would have gathered around the campfire, nibbling on the oily roast lamb's thighs, and drinking the strongest mare's milk.
However, it is very comfortable to come out with this General Lei, although he is a member of the supreme commander of the Vatican Empire, but when it comes to heavy work, this general has always taken the lead, and these Bicester men have nothing to complain about.
A wild rabbit that was so cold that he ran out to find food suddenly appeared on the snow on the side of the road, and when he saw so many big men on the side of the road, the rabbit picked up a ball of dry snow powder and ran away quickly. Ray shouted, "Hold it, hold it, this damn little thing, what a damn little one." His body flew high, his right hand reached out, and a claw-shaped white-gold fighting qi flew out, accurately grabbing the rabbit's neck, and then retracted his qi and brought it to the palm of Ray's hand. Ray laughed and lifted the rabbit up for the warriors behind him to see, and those Bicester warriors looked at Ray with the highest level of fighting spirit one by one, and they were speechless.
The group descended to the plain below the mountain, in the manor of a huge rich manor, who was reluctant to beckon his servants to carry a large amount of grain out of the cellar. Under the command of several Vatican officers and soldiers, the servants poured the food on the ground, and then barrels of deadly poison were poured on it. The servants stirred the grain with sticks, repacked it into grain wraps, and put it back into the deep cellars. Not only the grain, but all the barrels in the manor were sprinkled with poison, and the wells were sprinkled with countless fine hair shavings, which were enough to make people and cattle bleed in the stomach.
The manor's preparations were at an end, and the lord of the manor left the manor with his family and servants with a few notes given to him by the Vantes. The slip recorded how much he had sacrificed, and the empire would give him a fifty percent subsidy after the war. And these manor owners of the Vatican Empire can also think of it, if they don't cooperate, then the sinners will come over, and their own grain and grass will still be snatched up by the sinners. Instead of letting the barbarians rob them of their hard-earned food and wine, it is better to use those materials to teach the greedy, savage, and brutal sinners a good lesson.
The Vants soldiers naturally belonged to Ray's team, grabbed a heavy tool, and continued to set off with Ray. In the northwestern provinces, this scene is constantly being staged. The destruction of the main communication arteries left only the two passages behind the 'Iron Fortress' and the province of Kaisen to give them access to the hinterland of the Empire. Destruction of equipment and facilities that may bring benefits to the offender, such as mine shafts and mining tools, etc. In fact, the mines are still being mined, but a large amount of fire has been buried in the mines, and if the war fails, you can destroy these things at any time and escape, in short, nothing will be left for the sinners. All the grain and grass were left in the cellar, but the wine, the fine noodles, and the large grains of rice were all mixed with the highly poisonous poison, and once they were in the stomach, there was no time to rescue them.
In order to make so many poisons, the 'throat sealing tree', which is a specialty of several mountainous areas in the northwest and can secrete highly toxic resin, fell into bad luck, and each tree was chopped down with thousands of knives, almost squeezing out the last drop of sap. In order to cooperate with this vicious plan, all the livestock in the provinces, except for the large ones that could migrate to the interior of the empire, all the other pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, etc., were slaughtered and made into air-dried meat, and naturally, a layer of poison was also heavily smeared on them. Tens of millions of dried pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks awaited the arrival of the sinners in the cellar. Even the slightly larger fish in the fish pond were picked up by the owner and made into preserved fish.
After proposing this plan, Jerry sighed, "This time, the loss of these provinces of the empire is great. The total loss, I take into account at least 300 million gold coins. It only if the sinners don't destroy the manor, and if they burn it, the loss will be at least fifty times greater. ”
Gaddafi banged heavily on the table and shouted loudly: "Then, we must not let them take a step forward in the 'Iron Castle', not a single step." As long as we can hold this place, there is no way for those sinners to enter the interior of the empire to wreak havoc, and our losses will only be those surplus food and grass. If we let them break through here, then the consequences can be imagined. ”
The commanders of the countries nodded slowly. The Van Empire is under the greatest pressure, they must not let any of the criminals pass through the 'Iron Fortress', and several other countries cannot gloat that if the 'Iron Fortress' defense line is breached, the criminals will sweep through the entire Van Empire like a flood, and then rush to the southern continent, and then it will be the end of the entire continent.
300,000 in the Smart Empire, 450,000 in the Wright Empire, 400,000 in the Darker Empire, 200,000 in the Rifle Empire, and 370,000 in the Ritter Empire, these are the five empires that have been carefully selected, and they have the most elite combat power they can come up with in the country. The combined number of mages of the Wright Empire, the Darker Empire, the Lev Empire, and the Ritter Empire has reached a total of 70,000 people, making the number of mages in the continental alliance far exceed the elves who have suffered heavy losses.
Around the 'Iron Fort', a defense line with a width of two hundred li and a thickness of one hundred and fifty li, making use of countless natural terrain and landforms, and setting up countless killing traps, has roughly taken shape. The most reassuring thing for the coalition army is that with all the mages working together to provide magical power, military camps with a length and width of Li Xu, and walls up and down to a hundred feet high, or pure fortresses used for war, have risen from the ground. The walls of these fortresses are all made of dirt, but with the blessing of earth magic, they are as strong as rock. This gives the entire line of defense an excellent defense against enemy onslaught. More than seventy of these forts were densely packed in the first column of the defensive line.
And the core 'Iron Castle', the city wall has also been vigorously blessed, although it is not as good as the wall of the 'Divine City', the blessing is divine power, but more than 200,000 mages have joined forces, and the magic power is also extremely impressive. The walls of the 'Iron Castle' have become much thicker, taller, and stronger than before, especially the kind of murderous traps and traps that the 'Divine City' is good at have reappeared on the walls of the 'Iron Castle'.
In order to resist the eighteen dragons of the sinners, a huge magic circle with a diameter of seven miles was built around the 'Iron Castle', which was carved below the ground with magic power and could not be destroyed by physical means. Once opened, the entire magic array will automatically absorb free magic elements to maintain its own operation, and the magic array control core inside the 'Iron Castle', a magic crystal the size of a small hill, which took a lot of effort to teleport from the Smart Empire, is enough to ensure that even if it is interfered by enemy mages, the magic array will receive enough magic support. By building thirty towers near the Iron Castle, not only can you erect a powerful magic shield, but you can also unleash powerful magical attacks against the eighteen dragons.
Everything is the embodiment of the most profound magical knowledge of the Smart Empire.
And the Van Empire itself, after sacrificing the lives of more than 2,000 craftsmen, the 200,000 catties of fire prepared in a hurry were transported to the 'Iron Fort' defense line, and what remained on the territory directly under the imperial capital of the Van Empire were hundreds of workshops and workshops that were bombed to the ground. As for other weapons, arrows, and other equipment needed to defend the city, etc., they poured in from the tide of the seven empires, and the most clever agencies of various countries also came to the 'Iron Fortress' defense line, and all kinds of the most vicious and vicious traps and mechanisms appeared on the defense line. In a sense, the defense line of the 'Iron Castle' is even stronger than the 'Divine City', except that the walls of the 'Iron Castle' are not blessed by divine power and cannot withstand the attacks of powerful magic.
Along with all kinds of supplies, there were 170 'Shadow Kill' troops from the Vat Empire, 90 from the 'Wild Beast' troops from the Bicester Empire, 110 from the 'Shadow' troops of the Smart Empire, 80 from the 'Floating Light' troops of the Wright Empire, 100 from the 'Shadow Eater' troops from the Dak Empire, 190 from the 'Dew' troops of the Levou Empire, and 130 from the 'Termination' troops from the Ritter Empire. For the first time, these assassination forces, which used to belong only directly to the emperors of various countries, appeared on the mainland on a formal and large-scale basis. Their command was all handed over to Hart, the current chief commander of the 'Divine City'.
No one knows if these combat forces are the full strength of those shadow troops, but no one dares to underestimate their strength. Their own fighting spirit possessed the level of gold rank four or above, coupled with the strange skills trained by various secret methods, so that they had the real terrifying power to take the head of the enemy in the thousands of armies in silence. The two exercise-style operations made Lei and them clearly see the horror of these fighters. Ray was snuck close to his body by the two Shadow Devouring troops, and put the poisoned weapon on Ray's neck, but Ray didn't react at all. At that moment, the faces of the commanders of all countries became extremely ugly, because they all knew that these people were the main force of the royal family to eradicate dissidents and supervise ministers, and their terrifying skills were revealed for the first time in front of everyone, could they not be surprised?
In short, these troops, who have unpredictable lethality and great power in various countries, have infiltrated the god-given grassland in groups of ten under Hart's dispatch, and their mission is to rob and kill the important people among the criminals, orcs, dwarves, and elves with all their might. Of course, Hart and the others made it clear that if they ran into the Hades, the best option was to escape.
Standing in an extremely dark corner under the city wall, Siddock, the Minister of War of the Van Empire, who had sent these 'shadow killing' troops to the city, asked Ray and Jerry in a low voice: "Do you have any other requirements? Your Majesty can do your best to meet your needs... Of course, Your Majesty also wants me to tell you that it is best to preserve your own strength in the war, and never put all the military strength of the empire into it, and we cannot guarantee that if the military loss of our Van Empire is too great, the other empires will do anything after the war. ”
Siddock smiled sinisterly, his withered face looking so sinister and cunning in the dim light of the distant torches. He whispered, grimly: "Seeing that victory is imminent, Your Majesty will never object to you using certain means to inflict losses on the armies of several other empires... It's best if their legions and mages are wiped out here, that's ideal. ”
Jerry nodded knowingly, and Ray lowered his voice and said dissatisfiedly: "None of this is a problem, but Lord Seedock, what is the matter with that military officer Oliver? He seems to have troubled a few of us, and he does not cooperate with our plan at all, and he will object to any of our troop transfer plans, because of his position, we have to respect his opinion, which is not a good thing." ”
Jerry sneered, "Lord Siddock, what the hell is this Oliver for, why would His Majesty send such a guy here?"
Siddock shrugged his shoulders helplessly and sighed: "He... He... In short, he was not sent by His Majesty. You can rest assured that you are far more important to the Empire than he is. If he is going to do something excessive on the battlefield, then I suggest you let him die in battle. Of course, arrange a glorious, decent death for him. This, too, is what Your Majesty means, but Your Majesty must give face to someone, and Oliver is the most favored person in front of that person recently, alas... ”
Jerry and Ray quickly exchanged glances, and they knew very well that the only person Shagru had to give face to was his uncle. The Prince Andrei, dressed like a gem mine. However, these things have nothing to do with them, as long as they know Oliver's origins, then they don't have to care about his opinion. I think it's just that Oliver has a good backer, taking the opportunity of this war to come to the front line to earn a little capital, so that he can be promoted and make a fortune. The reason why he found Lei's head and deliberately went against Lei was nothing more than jealousy, which is the most common villain mentality.
Naturally, they would never say these words, as long as everyone knew everything.
Siddock laughed lightly, tightened the cloak on his body fiercely, and said a little dissatisfied: "It's too cold here, much colder than the imperial capital... Two generals, you can just know what Your Majesty means, and although Your Majesty knows that he is loyal, he is afraid that when he gets angry, he will poke out all the things that should be said and what should not be said, and that is something Your Majesty is not happy to see. So, be flexible. When the sinners are defeated this time, Your Majesty will reward you heavily... If, if you do well, you all have a chance to become dukes. Now there are seven vacancies in the Empire, and many people are very angry. ”
After hesitating for a while, Siddock looked at Ray and Jerry carefully, and said in a voice that was almost inaudible: "You can rest assured, if you really can't do it, the empire still has a hidden armed force that has not yet been formed, and they will be your most powerful aid when the time comes." Of course, your hopes should not be placed on them, their number is too small, after all, there are too few people who are absolutely reliable. Siddock sighed, the troops he was referring to were the noble knights who were frantically practicing the 'Mad King Technique' from Thunder. The powerful power of the 'Mad King Jue', coupled with some inhuman training methods secretly circulated in the Van Empire's court, those knights already have perverted combat power, and the only thing to worry about is that they are too immature.
Siddock staggered and walked away, and from behind he looked like an overwhelmed old man. More than 100 of his guards flashed out from behind the corners of the streets, escorted him into a carriage, and left the 'Iron Castle' overnight to return to the imperial capital.
Ray looked at Jerry, who laughed, shook his head and whispered, "It seems that we have to frame a lot of allies before we can become dukes." Hmm, if the armies of the other six empires are all wiped out, and we only need to retain one-third or even one-fifth of the military strength, then the position of that duke, the two of us will definitely be in hand, Ray, do you believe it?。。。 Actually, I don't have much hope, after all, I want to inherit my family's position, but you are now a marquis, and with your military exploits, it is very possible to get a duke. ”
Ray grinned silently and slapped Jerry on the shoulder, and the two of them beckoned their guards over and turned towards their legion's station. If it weren't for Siddock's strong request, they would have been on the defensive line now, where would they sneak up to the corner of the 'Iron Fort' and tell Sidoc about these things?
The assassination team had entered the god-given grassland, which was completely different from the weather in Kaisen Province, where it was still cloudy and snowy, but the night here was quiet, with a bright moon in the sky and sparse stars blinking lazily. A faint, cotton-wool-like cloud haunted the moon, and those thin clouds, inlaid with a silver edge by the blue light of the moon, looked very crisp.
The warm wind blew, the dew on the blades of grass dripped, the grass made the sound of the grass rubbing against each other, and the occasional awakened beast let out a loud roar, and then it fell silent. On the grassland, there are many bonfires near and far, which are the lights of the new settlements of sinners, orcs, dwarves, and elves. In a short period of time, they have built simple but very practical castles on the grassland. The castle was made of thick logs and was well protected from wild beasts, and the sentries on the castle walls and the towering towers made it much more difficult for the coalition to invade. Ray's last massacre of three settlements was the strongest catalyst for these castles.
The wind blew slowly, and black shadows swept across the blades of grass. It was some shadow that was almost nihilistic, without any thickness, and would not attract the attention of ordinary people at all. They followed the waves of grass rapidly, silently, without making any movement, and even when they passed the insects that inhabited the blades of grass, the sensitive little insects did not notice anything abnormal.
Without any murderous aura, a lioness who suddenly woke up looked curiously at the rapidly passing shadow. The two shadows abruptly stopped and circled around the lion. The lioness didn't make any sound, but was picked up by a strange force, and after flying more than a hundred feet against the blades of grass, its neck made a subtle 'click' sound, and the body had fallen silently in the grass. The shadows continued to fly forward at a rapid pace, sweeping towards a wooden fort in front of them, which was more than a mile long and wide.
The Van Empire directly belongs to Shagru, the secret armed force of the palace, and the first squad of the 'shadow killing' force, the secret weapon used by Shagru to spy on those princes and ministers, used such a strange killing method as an opening to officially enter contact with the criminals.
The few sinners standing on the walls didn't notice anything at all, and the 'Shadow Kill' warriors swooped into the castle less than ten feet by their side. They discerned their direction in the darkest part of the city walls, and several of them gestured to each other, and flashed like ghosts towards a place with lights.
The ten killers of the first team of the 'Shadow Slayer' collided squarely with the iron plate, and the direction they were heading was the same place where the leaders of the highest-ranking sinners of the Stygian Dess were deliberating. This castle is the political and military core of the sinners now. At this moment, Styx was sitting upright at a large oak table, inquiring faintly about the current situation of the picture.
He changed into a golden armor, and there was a faint red flickering picture of fire on the armor, and he held a map of the continent from the 'Divine City' in his hand, and pointed and said: "Lord Desi, we have discussed, we don't need to force the defense line ahead. According to our brethren who sent out the light cavalry, they have recently been reinforced by millions of troops and tens of thousands of mages. Rather than destroy their line of defense, we should bypass them and attack the cities inside them directly. ”
Tu's father nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, Lord Desi, we all think that if we attack that line of defense, it will really outweigh the losses, the elven clan suffered heavy losses last time, and we have already suffered a big loss in the number of mages." If we wait until spring arrives in their land, we will attack again, and I am afraid that many people will have to be killed and wounded before they can rush through. Our plan is to get around and take advantage of ... ”
Hades interrupted him coldly: "Capture more cities while they are panicking, isn't it? And then take advantage of their demoralization to simply annihilate their brigades, don't you?" But we can't be sure that in other places, they don't have any troops at all. ”
"These maps, I don't think they are reliable, they only have a general terrain of mountains and rivers, but where they have castles, where they have garrisons, where they have supply bases, there is no indication at all. If we rush in recklessly, they will only entangle us with small troops, cut off our supply of food and grass, and clear the wilderness, and our warriors will starve to death and die of thirst in their land. And the troops that are now in front of us will close the gates and stab us in the back. At that time, what was the point of taking a few cities, and what was the use? They could have taken all the people, burned all the food, destroyed everything, and left us nothing to use. ”
"Hmph, let's wait to be beaten then, there are people attacking from all directions, and that is not a pleasant feeling. ”
Tu hesitated for a moment, poked his finger at the location of the 'Iron Castle' on the map, and said helplessly: "However, if we insist on attacking this defense line, I am afraid that our people will suffer a lot of casualties." When the time comes, we will not have enough troops to capture their interior. ”
Hades waved his hand lazily, and said a little angrily: "Tu, what is in your brain? Why can't you even understand such a simple truth? As you said, all their elite troops are placed in front of us, then, as long as we can crush those armies in front of us, the people of the entire continent will immediately fall into the despair and terror of the apocalypse. ”
Styx let out a hoarse, ugly laugh: "You know from the back of your head that what they propagandize to the people, we must be the kind of devils who eat people's hearts and drink human blood, hahaha, but their rulers have not found out that this propaganda has made their people uneasy and afraid. As long as we can annihilate the armies in front of us and those armies that can give the people a sense of security psychologically, their morale and their hearts will be completely destroyed by us, and they will no longer have any sense of resistance at all. ”
"At that point, all they could think of was to run away, and that was the only thing they could do. Hehehehe, our army, when the time comes, it will be enough to follow their team to chase and kill... That's absolutely enough, and we can easily take their land. And those who have fled their homes will put a heavy burden on other countries, and the desperation of the refugees, and the rumors that circulate among them, will plunge people in other places into the same chaos, and when the time comes, no one will be able to organize a force against us. ”
Styx laughed sinisterly, and said very carefully: "Moreover, these human beings who live in the land of abundance have a deep inferiority. They will obey the strong like slaves, and we can organize armies on the spot among those who are afraid of death, and arm them to fight for us... Ah, I have fought so many wars with humans before the War of the Gods, how can I not understand how despicable their nature is?"
Tu and his father's faces were a little unnatural, and the leaders of the orcs, dwarves, and elves were dancing and slapping loudly at Hades Deth.
Styx triumphantly said, "So, do you understand now? Moreover, I had planned for a long time that we could use one winter, of course, one winter on the land outside them, that is, four months to train our warriors and let them meet my requirements. Rest assured, with my plan, we could easily destroy that line of defense. ”
"We will easily destroy that line of defense, and all that remains is to follow their defeated army, and our victorious march will be enough. Of course, in order to ensure that we can successfully carry out my battle plan next spring, you must ensure a lot of things, you must work hard to prepare a lot of things, and victory will never fall from the sky out of thin air. ”
Tu nodded convincingly, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what do you need? What do you need to prepare? Tell me, I'll let the people prepare." ”
Styx looked at the ceiling with his head and began to calculate with his fingers. He hummed loudly for a long time, and then said: "Needless to say, the first thing must be a problem of grain and grass. Don't prepare too extravagant food and grass, don't prepare those things, your people are there to fight, not to feast. Therefore, it is enough to prepare the most basic materials that can ensure that the soldiers are fed, well-fed, and maintain their physical strength and energy. Well, grain and salted meat, I don't need anything else. We can hunt down enemies for long distances, so bacon is the only food that can remain incorruptible in the humid weather of spring. ”
Tu nodded, and with some difficulty, he wrote with a quill on a piece of parchment: "Okay, grain and bacon." Well, if you make salted meat, it's the kind of meat that has been processed with salt and tastes delicious, right? There is a lot of salt in the city behind, and as for fresh meat, you can ask the people to go hunting on the grassland. In this way, they can also maintain their body's ability to react, saving them four months of rest, and expending too much energy on the woman, when the time comes, they will not be able to walk. ”
Everyone laughed, and Styx shook his head lightly, and said with a smile: "That's right, you have robbed more than 100,000 people back, although you say that you want to work hard to increase the population of the tribe, but you can't let all the warriors' thoughts be put on that. Give them a month to impregnate the women who snatched them, and then they have to go hunting and training, quack... Let the men who have been robbed of them go to herd, to open mines, to make wagons. ”
Tu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What do you make a carriage for?" Do you mean something with four wheels and a plank on it, pulled by livestock or human power?"
Hades laughed, "Of course it's that tool. Figure, think about it, we're going to hunt down the damned people, our food, our replenished arrows, the magic crystals, what should we do with these things? Let everyone carry their burdens into battle? This is a stupid way you used to have when you didn't have many supplies, but now that we have abundant supplies, the soldiers must be freed from that burden, and the soldiers only need to be responsible for the battle. The carriage can help us transport the baggage we need, and the slaves we capture, they can be used as a transport team, hahaha, they are slaves... Figure, you use the method taught by Brad to calculate, a carriage can transport 500 catties of things, how many troops, how many mages, how many elven archers we have, how many supplies we need in two consecutive months of battle, how much is the total weight, how many carriages are needed, you have to calculate this?"
Styx snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "Don't frown, write down, you are the commander, then you must learn these things." If you want to fight those humans, you have to get used to them and learn how to fight. A competent commander-in-chief must pay attention to all aspects of the entire legion. Don't be lazy, you have to learn these things, you know?"
Tu frowned deeply and sighed silently, his head swollen from the task he had commanded. He nodded helplessly, and wrote down Hades Deth's request. The leaders of several tribes looked at the picture with a grin, and they thought triumphantly, "It's a good thing we didn't learn the culture of those damn humans from Lord Hades Brad, otherwise, wouldn't we have to have a part in these things that sound like a lot of trouble?" ”
Hades Deth deliberately pretended not to notice the reluctance on Tuna's face, he understood that Tu would be the patriarch of the entire sin clan in the future, the commander of the entire Allied army, and even he might become the king of this continent in the future, if he didn't teach him these things now, it would be difficult for him to deal with daily affairs in the future. As for the Hades themselves, although the hegemony of the continent seems to be extremely attractive, at least in the two thousand years after conquering this continent, the most important thing is to increase the population of their Hades and restore their own strength. You can let Tu and his descendants play with it first.
Styx smirked, he already had a full battle plan in mind, he was convinced that he would succeed in subjugating this continent, and now it was just a little bit of a foundation for his plan. He stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "Figure, remember, except for the carriage, there are other tools to be made." I'll give you the drawings when the time comes, and you will supervise the slaves and let them make some big tools of war. We can't just rely on the flesh of our people to fight the enemy, we also have to make our own tools, and I will choose the most powerful tools to draw the graphics during the Divine War, you can rest assured of this. ”
"There's a lot more to be done by those slaves, and this god-given grassland, rich in minerals, is buried less than two hundred feet deep in the ground. They're going to mine, they're going to forge all kinds of metals, I'm going to give the recipes, they're going to make all kinds of weapons that we need, and so on... Hehehehe, I suddenly realized that the benefits of a long life are too great, and I have a lot of ways to make divine weapons in my head, and I will definitely surprise those guys when the time comes. Hehehehe... ”
The leader of the dwarf clan clutched the wine glass in front of him tightly, looked at the Styx with small round eyes, and said a little excitedly: "If you want to talk about the craftsmanship of making weapons, our dwarven clan is famous. In the past, during the war of the gods, at least there were ordinary artifacts created by our race, but now we just forgot how those weapons should be made, as long as Lord Desi tells us those secrets, we are sure... ”
Before he could finish his words, Styx had already waved his hand to stop him from continuing: "Enough, enough, Thunderhammer, you dwarves were indeed the best craftsmen on the continent more than 100,000 years ago. But now, do you still know how to strike iron? Your hammer probably has no other purpose than to beat people, right? You don't know how to judge the heat at all, how to smelt alloys, these basic knowledge, you have forgotten, even if I give you the best weapon building secrets, you will not be able to make a kitchen knife. If we want to build good armor and weapons now, we must use human craftsmen. ”
Thunder Hammer took a big sip of wine, let the wine flow on his beard, and lowered his head a little gloomily. Hades shook his head gently, the dwarves have indeed degenerated, and their life in the Forgotten Continent has turned them into typical groundhogs, they will only burrow in the ground, burrow, and keep burrowing, but they have forgotten the most famous skills of their dwarf race, because in the Forgotten Continent, they have no conditions or need to build weapons, so they have forgotten everything.
Tu looked at Lei Hammer helplessly, shook his head and said: "Uncle Lei Hammer don't be too sad, these skills should be deeply imprinted in your blood." The elves grab their bows and arrows and become archers, and you, as long as you can return to the Golden Hills, will not be long before you will regain your honour and pride ... Human craftsmen, we will attack a few more towns in the past few months, and catch more people to come back, but those craftsmen, it is not easy to build good weapons. In fact, we already have an arsenal of weapons in the back city, enough for us to arm an army of two million people, so why bother building it?"
Styx looked at the picture dissatisfied, and admonished: "Fool, don't you know that those weapons will be consumed? For example, if the bow and arrows are shot out, and we don't have enough craftsmen under our hands, where will the new arrows come from? Hmph, picture, you seem to have suffered from the 'God Butcher' sword, those weapons will greatly increase the strength of the wielder, you don't know this, right?。。。 Don't talk about you, with my resurrected strength, although it is much weaker than when I was at the peak, it is not something that those people can resist, but I was also injured by them with an artifact, if our senior generals can all have a powerful weapon, when fighting, we will have a great advantage. ”
Tu suddenly realized, "Oh", "I see, the kind of weapon you are talking about? But ordinary craftsmen can't make it, right?"
Styx shook his head proudly: "Ordinary craftsmen naturally can't make such weapons, but what I want them to build is not similar to the kind of artifacts held by humans on the continent." What I need is an artifact with necromantic power that is built according to the secret method of our underworld, hahahaha, it's very simple, as long as there are enough souls to sacrifice, you can get a powerful weapon, but the requirements for materials and craftsmanship are a little higher. Hades looked triumphantly at the leaders of the tribes, and when he saw the coveted virtues of Bill the Minotaur, he couldn't help but smile conceitedly.
Astatuka didn't care a little about the dignity of the elven elven elder, and after gently biting the fruit and swallowing it, he shook his slender ears and asked, "So, Lord Deth, is it enough for us to prepare these things? don't we need to prepare anything else?。。。 Our people, you know, suffered heavy losses in the last siege, and they have a lot of magicians in the past few days, and I am afraid that we will not be able to resist their attacks by then... The number of necromancers of the Terran race has suddenly decreased by more than 20,000, and we have suffered a lot in terms of the number and quality of mages. ”
Styx pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, "That's right, Astatuka is right. We are indeed inferior to them in terms of the number of mages. But first of all, it is important for Astatuka to know that your people did not die in vain, at least they let us know how powerful the enemy is, and their sacrifice is very valuable. In particular, the power of their souls has been absorbed by us, which has greatly increased the strength of our underworld, which is also a contribution. Astatuka's ears twitched a little unnaturally, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way, how could the spirits who admired nature and harmony allow the Hades to absorb the souls of their dead companions?
"And the sacrifice of 23,000 necromancers has brought us eighteen powerful ghost dragons, Tu, you also saw their power last time, right?" Tu squinted his eyes and smiled, and he nodded in agreement with Hades Deth's words. A pillar of death light destroyed everything within a radius of five hundred feet, and this kind of power was really terrifying. And the dragons haven't done their best yet.
Hades Deth nodded: "Eighteen ghost dragons, in terms of direct destructive power, are much more powerful than twenty-three thousand necromancers. Of course, the necromancers of the Terrans have basically lost their foreheads, and except for their leader Tempus, only more than five hundred of the strongest necromancers are alive, but this is nothing. As long as you elves cooperate well with them, I will give you a 'Elemental Necromantic Legion' spell, so that those summoned necromantic warriors will have magical abilities, and their strength will be twenty times stronger than ordinary necromantic warriors, which will make our enemies afraid... Rattle. ”
"However, your losses must also be replenished. The mages of the elf clan are all adult elves.,Although the number of your underage elves is large.,But the power is too small.,But,There's a quick way.。。。 You should remember that during the Divine War, the half-elves, the half-elves who were finally eradicated by the combined forces of humans and elves... Astatuka, do you know what I mean? They can have a relatively strong magical power in just fifteen years, although not as powerful as adult elves, but if they are large enough, it will be a terrifying force... Ha, I still remember the time of the Divine War, the magic legion of the half-elf kingdom almost destroyed the ancestral spirit altar of your elf clan. ”
Astatuka's face was a little ugly, and he whispered, "Half-elf legions? this, this... Let's mix up the blood of our elves again?"
Bill slammed the table and shouted, "Old elf, what are you hesitating about? If the half-elves are really so powerful, if they can really have enough magic power in fifteen years, then you can let your people do a few more human women." Wouldn't it be better to control their minds from an early age and let them become slaves of your elves? Think about it, the children of your elf clan only have the strength of ordinary magicians at the age of two hundred and fifty, although when they are four hundred and fifty years old, their strength will suddenly jump, but your elves are really useless. ”
Portu Sharuka looked at Bill maliciously and laughed: "Enough, enough, Bill, don't laugh at Astatuka, the elves need half-elves, and after we occupy this continent, we also need those half-elves to help us rule this continent, so, Astatuka, your male clan, really need to work hard." We robbed more than 70,000 women, and we will send you 20,000 when the time comes, hahahaha... Bill, I seem to have heard some of the underworld adults say that you orcs also have hybrids on this continent, hahaha... ”
Bill's face was ugly, and his big nostrils exhaled a heavy ball, and he snatched the glass of Thunderhammer and poured it down. Styx laughed softly and said leisurely, "That's right, the half-blooded descendants of your orcs still exist, and the last time I was injured, there were five guys who had the potential to go berserk, but that time when they fought me, they didn't go berserk. Well, the strongest one of them also has a beast soul in his body... Don't forget, the Beast Soul Legion of the 'Divine City' seems to be the descendants of the Orcs, right? Unfortunately, the Beast Gods they believe in are on the side of the God of Light, otherwise we can all try to rebel against them. ”
Bill snorted a few times and didn't speak, and after a long time, he gasped and said, "Those half-blood miscellaneous fish, their combat power is too weak, compared to our real pure-blooded high-level orcs, their strength is too weak, and they are not our opponents at all. ”
Tu squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "But Uncle Bill, may I ask how many real pure-blooded high-level orc warriors are there in your Minotaur clan? They are all pure-blooded, but the high-level can't be said, right? The number is too small, even if it is you, thirty beast soul warriors can exhaust you to death... Actually, I think it's not just us Terrans, but you all need to increase your own population. Although the strength of the orcs is too weak, if their number can reach a limit, think of a million orcs, if we have a million orc warriors now, what is the broken defense line in front of us?"
Hades Brad interjected softly: "Moreover, everyone, whether it is a half-elf or a half-orc, their death will not damage the true strength of the various races, right? ”
Hades Scull laughed darkly, "Besides, the women of the continent that you have worked hard to mix the bloodlines of the entire continent are extremely powerful for our rule. When those human nobles, when their families have the blood of elves and orcs, what reason can they have to organize an army to rebel against us? On the contrary, if they only want their people to do this, the psychological blow to the human beings on the continent is not very heavy. ”
Hades nodded leisurely and said with a smile: "That's right, think about it, if we can't conquer this continent soon, then what does it matter if we delay time? Who is grandmother, think about it, those human leaders are probably still their relatives, can they be determined to kill their relatives?。。。 Even if they were able to do that, as long as we publicized it a little, they would become evil villains who would sacrifice everything to keep their position of power. ”
Everyone burst into laughter, and one by one they began to think about how many snatched women they would allocate to the orc clan and how many such questions they would give to the elf clan.
After arguing for a long time, Stygian Deth shook his hand and said with a smile, "Alright, now let's move on to the serious business. Figure, you remember. Among those who snatched it, ask Champers to pick and choose the humans who are suitable for learning magic, and select all of them, and let Champers control their spirits and turn them into necromancers. Even the weakest necromancer can manipulate thousands of undead warriors, and with the magic of the elves, he can also deal a heavy blow to the enemy, which is an important combat force, and you must not forget it. ”
"I sensed it on the Divine Grassland, and in the center of the Divine Grassland, there was a huge magic crystal mine, and I organized people to dig it out as soon as possible. Whether it's our team of mages, or crafting all kinds of weapons, or making all kinds of battle equipment, we all need those magic crystals, this is the most important thing, and we must solve it as soon as possible. Those captured slaves, they want to work hard. ”
There was a strange glint in Stygian's eyes: "During the war of the gods, the gods and humans used all kinds of powerful war equipment, but now, the humans on this continent seem to have forgotten the existence of those war equipment, which really makes me very incomprehensible." But that's fine, at least as long as we build a few of them, they won't be able to fight us. ”
"The most important thing is food and livestock. As I said earlier, there are a lot of live livestock in the 'City of God' to let those slaves graze, and I want them to use this winter to at least double the number of livestock, otherwise they will be killed. Hum... As for food, we can't sit back and eat nothing, the 'Divine City' does have a lot of grain reserves, which can be eaten for 20 years, but what about 20 years later? What if unfortunately we don't break through that line of defense? Or if we break through the line of defense, but they don't leave us a single piece of rice? Therefore, we have to produce our own grain, and the grain of the 'Divine City' can only be used as the last reserve, and we can't use it casually. ”
"Remember, a commander must be able to control his supplies well, so that his army will not be in danger of running out of supplies... You personally take people to the grasslands to reclaim wasteland and grow food, and your people, old people and women, and children who can't fight, let them grow food, all kinds of food... In the future, when we conquer the mainland, they may be lords somewhere, and they will at least learn to distinguish how the grain is growing in the field, and whether their own workers are slacking off. ”
Pictures are recorded one by one, his hands have become less trembling because of so many words, and his handwriting is much more fluent, and Tu himself is very proud.
Hades was silent for a while, as if thinking of something, and said, "Also, the most important and fundamental thing about morale is that all tribes, whether they are humans or dwarves, elves or orcs, must go to school. Brad, you organize them and start forming an academy to send me to school with the little cubs who spend their days fighting and playing with women. Let them learn the geography and history of the continent - of course, we ask them to know the history and culture, well, there is no need for a course in martial arts, but magic, let all the little cubs learn magic for me, this is a useful skill. ”
"Let them learn something, they will become the conquerors of the continent in the future, and they will not be able to appear in front of the people of the continent as a group of barbarians, which will be very detrimental to our rule. Let them learn what etiquette is, what grace is, what hypocrisy is, especially the last one, let them learn hypocrisy. The people of the continent will not accept our rule anytime soon, and in their eyes, we are a group of demons. Therefore, let those little cubs learn hypocrisy, even if they want to snatch each other's daughters, they must smile and act like a nobleman on their faces. ”
With a gasp, Stygian Deth laughed, "Yes, study, Brad, you go and work out a curriculum with Chanpers, and all the young people of all races will have to learn." The dwarves have to take additional lessons, and they have to learn how to build from the human craftsmen... This armor on your body is good, but if the dwarves resume their craftsmanship, this armor of yours will be at least a hundred times stronger. ”
Thunderhammer's beard curled, and he didn't say a word. His eyelids were beating suddenly, very fast, and he felt a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart.
Styx stood up, he shook his head and said, "Okay, let's all go and rest, Tu, starting tomorrow, I will teach you the knowledge of the battle formation, and you will train those under your command to become the most elite warriors." An army that does not know how to cooperate will never be able to win a battle. Well, we're going to have a couple more coordination exercises. It is necessary to give full play to the combat effectiveness of all ethnic groups. You should know what mistakes you made the last time we attacked the humans on the continent. Without cooperation, without cooperation, you are wasting the lives of your own people. When the elves were attacked in the sky, your people were still stupidly charging forward, and no one went up to cover them, it was really a mess. In the future, I never want to see anything like this again. ”
Several of the leaders and figures saluted to Hades and walked out the door gently. Styx looked at the few clansmen behind him, nodded, and after a puff of smoke, they flashed back to the 'Divine City'. The altar where Hades had been resurrected was taking on a new role, and the Underworld was praying to their god Hades to give them greater power.
The dwarf Thunderhammer walked out of the hut drunk, and staggered towards his house. There are 10,000 sinners stationed inside and outside this castle, 10,000 of the most powerful sinners, plus hundreds of thousands of troops from dozens of nearby settlements that may come to help at any time, this can be said to be the safest place in the entire god-given grassland. Thunderhammer simply felt that this was his own comfortable cave on the Forgotten Continent, and he didn't have to worry about wind, rain and beasts. Thunderhammer hummed the dwarven song softly, shook the wine glass in his hand with a grin, and the thought of the two barrels of good wine still hidden in his room made him almost burst out laughing.
Ten strange shadows twisted towards him as Thunderhammer walked into the shadows of the house. Thunderhammer shook his head a little heavy, put down the axe in his hand, and the big wine glass was also placed on the ground, seeing that there was no one left and right, Thunderhammer hurriedly approached the corner, unbuttoned his pants and began to pee. The head of the dignified clan, urinating in such a place, if the damn old elf saw it, it would definitely spread as a joke, and Thunderhammer didn't want to bother with this, so he leaned his body against the wall tightly, and no one nearby could see him at all.
The two members of the 'Shadow Kill' suddenly appeared, and the slender single-edged sword pierced into the heart of the thunder hammer. The drunken Thunder Hammer let out a terrible roar, and a fiery red fighting aura like a flame came out of his body, and he forcibly twisted his body, and after breaking the two long swords behind his vest, he struck out with two punches.
Two thick red fighting qi hit the two members of the 'Shadow Kill', but their bodies had already dissipated like clear smoke, and the air flashed again, and the arm of the thunder hammer was cut off in two. Thunderhammer let out a terrible howl, and he looked around angrily, but he didn't see any trace of the enemy. A long sword suddenly stretched out from the ground under his feet, sinking heavily into his lower body, penetrating his abdomen, and Thunderhammer's whole body shook and stood suddenly. A ray of sword light came out of the air, and a sword slashed off his head.
Figure and Bill were the first to arrive at the scene, and when the drunkard Thunderhammer was in a hurry to go home, the two of them were discussing how the sin and the orcs should work together, and when they heard Thunderhammer's screams, they rushed over, but only the body of Thunderhammer was missing the head. Tu screamed loudly and roared angrily: "Damn, you bunch of waste, you bunch of useless wretch, don't you even know that you let the enemy slip in? Lord Thunderhammer was killed by the enemy, you damn bastard... I'll kill you. ”
Tu rushed over, punching and kicking the sentinels who rushed to the ground, and the sentinels fell to the ground in horror, letting the heavy fists rain down on their bodies, not daring to move the slightest. Bill, on the other hand, drew his big axe and let out a bull roar at the sky: "Damn humans, you get out of here, you kill the dwarf, I'm going to kill you, you get out of here." Two big tears dripped from Bill's eyes, and he split open the wooden building next to him with an axe, and jumped wildly.
The members of the first team of the 'Shadow Kill' had already helped their two seriously injured companions and ran quickly to a distance of twenty miles. The counterattack after the attack of the Thunder Hammer caused the two 'Shadow Kill' fighters to be almost blown into cooked meat, but fortunately they ran fast, which left a trace of vitality. The people of the first team did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed back towards the 'Iron Castle', only those magic masters of the Holy Spirit Demon Guidance Group could save these two companions who were almost roasted.
And they weren't the only ones who did it, in the entire God-given grassland, dozens of assassination squads launched attacks and sabotage operations at the same time, and the flames and screams enveloped the entire God-given grassland. The news of the attack and killing of the generals continued to reach them, and the information that the settlements had been washed in blood was also sent back.
They were frightened, scared, and in a big mess, they were afraid that it was the coalition forces that suddenly entered the god-given grassland, and they began to wonder what to do. Tu instinctively felt that if the enemy now had an elite force of seventy or eighty thousand people rushing in, it would cause great damage to his own people. He hurriedly ordered the elite warriors to start the alert, and the inhabitants of the remote settlements hurried to concentrate on the fortress where they were located.
"Maybe it's a wrong decision to let the people live on the grassland now, but in this case, it's better for us to live together... Or should we go back to the 'City of God'? but if we stay there, many of our plans will not be able to be implemented. It seems that it is better to live on the grassland, but the clansmen must not be separated, and each camp must be protected by at least tens of thousands of elite soldiers. ”
As soon as I thought of this, less than three miles outside this castle, the red light that rushed to the sky reflected the entire grassland, and the huge shock wave caused one-third of the castle wall to be shattered into countless fragments, and they flew into the sky one after another. The whole ground was trembling, and they were thrown high and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
The leaders were stunned, and just rushed out of their room, with strings of magic crystals and skulls hanging from their bodies, Perth screamed, "Those damn guys, they, they blew up our magic crystal warehouse." I had 200,000 magic crystals in it, and they detonated them at the same time, damn them. ”
Styx had already teleported over with his own people, and he roared sharply: "It's not just your 200,000 magic crystals, but the five thousand elite warriors stationed there were also killed at the same time, and I feel the dense soul aura there. Those damn guys, they've sent weird squads to attack us, some really weird, but very powerful people. Their purpose is to assassinate our important people and destroy our material reserves so that we are unable to attack them. ”
With a wave of his hand, Styx Brad threw down a black-clad corpse, a member of the Second Assassination Team of the 'Terminators', who had been trapped by the powerful psychic power of Styx Des, who desperately attacked Styx in order to cover the escape of his companions, only to be killed by a single punch.
Looking at the monstrous fires in front of him, and watching countless torches flickering on the grassland, Shen Desi roared in a deep voice: "From today onwards, we must speed up the reserve of materials. The purpose of those people is clear, then we need to stock up on enough supplies to make their plans fail ... Figure, blockade the entire steppe, I don't want those weird warriors to cause more harm to our people... Well, maybe we should think about sending enough elite people to follow their example and attack them and break their defenses. ”
They nodded slowly, taking in the words of Hades Deth. In short, both sides have begun to prepare for the accumulation of combat power, and in four months, it will be up to who can make their strength stronger. And the four-month-long sabotage battle, which made ordinary soldiers regard it as a nightmare, also kicked off because of the death of Thunder Hammer. In four months, a total of more than 30,000 people on both sides died at the hands of the assassination team dispatched, and the invisible mental pressure made the soldiers on both sides on the verge of collapse...