The mountains on the west side of the Centaur Hill stretch for thousands of miles, and the mountains are composed of large and small hills, hundreds of meters high and dozens of meters low, they are layered on top of each other, forming a barrier to each other, like a labyrinth. In the windy season, as the most colorful time of the year, the maple forest is like fire, the hemlock tree is golden, the sea buckthorn all over the mountains still maintains a deep turquoise, all kinds of color blocks reflect each other, the forest is dyed, colorful.

Bishop Pero stood on a hill, but had no intention of admiring the mesmerizing beauty.

Below this low hill is the gap that connects the Centaur Hill to the Everglade. At that time, 40,000 Ant-Man poured into the Centaur Hills through here, poisoning the southern territory of the Kingdom of Gambis, and even affecting the central and southern parts of the kingdom, causing thousands of soldiers to be killed and wounded, and more than 100,000 people were affected.

At this moment, more than 5,000 young people are distributed on the 1.2-kilometer-long gap, digging and transporting mud, moving stones and building walls. Although the walls have been closed, they are only more than 6 meters high, and they do not serve a defensive role at all.

Bishop Pero shook his head repeatedly, secretly annoyed, but helpless.

Two years have passed, and the northern and central gaps in the Centaur Hills have been closed. Although the completion of the fortress is still far away, the 35-meter-high walls are enough to withstand Ant-Man's attack. Only the southern gap in the wall was never completed.

The Yorks mobilized 10,000 young men to the south, only 3,000 were building the walls, and the rest of the 6,000 were busy digging artificial lakes, building a six-kilometre long canal, and they even helped Viscount Randall dig two stream reservoirs.

The manpower arrangement was not reasonable, which led to the slow progress of the fortifications. If the manpower is concentrated on repairing the fortifications first, the wall is now at least 20 meters high, and it will take another four months to completely close the gap.

Bishop Perrault was well versed in the Yorkist family's streams and reservoirs and the new farming and pastoral system, and he admired the achievements of the new farming and pastoral system. However, no matter how well the production and construction are done, without military defense support, it is just a dune castle. In the event that the Ant-Man army suddenly arrives in the city, these constructions are not going to come to naught. When the time comes, the lords can take refuge in the fortified castles with their family members, while most civilians can only flee and be displaced.

Bishop Perrault repeatedly asked the House of York to pay attention to the issue, but they simply ignored it.

In fact, Perot is very clear about the reason. Even if the Ant-Man army breaks through the southern gap, it will be the southern lords and south-central lords of Gambis who will suffer first. In the final analysis, there are no iron resources in the southern part of the Centaur Hills, and the central and northern territories are the core areas of the York family.

A little more than a month ago, the House of York triumphantly invited Bishop Perrault to the completion ceremony of the artificial lake. After reading the invitation letter from the House of York, Pero was angry, but Sylvia could not afford to give face, but he insisted on inspecting the progress of the fortifications first, in order to express the strong dissatisfaction of the church.

"Most people think that Ant-Man has been badly damaged and that it will take at least ten years before he can organize another large-scale attack. But there's no guarantee that this will be the case!"

Pei Luo pointed to the busy young man below and asked, "If the Ant-Man army comes again, this low city wall will definitely not be able to stop it!

With a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, her golden hair pulled into a noble bun, revealing a beautiful and white neck, and her eyes were as gentle as water, she stood there without saying a word, showing the gentleness and elegance of the noble lady to the fullest.

Laughing without saying a word is also an attitude.

The ant tide swept through the Centaur hills, and the York family suffered huge losses. Five castles were destroyed, farmsteads and pastures were lost, the Fanged Legion was disabled, more than 1,300 elite soldiers were killed in battle, more than 2,000 were seriously wounded, and three knights and more than 20 probationary knights were also sacrificed.

In order to build fortifications, the House of York had already exhausted its strength. More than 50,000 young and strong workers are paid food and shelter, and each person is paid 3 gold soles per year. In two years, the York family paid 00,000 gold soles, the cost of logistics and supplies was 400,000 gold soles, plus the investment in production reconstruction and army training, the total expenditure of the York family exceeded 1.2 million gold soles.

The wealth accumulated by the York family for thousands of years was exhausted, and it borrowed 500,000 foreign debts. But that doesn't end there.

Walls are not a substitute for forts. The construction of the three giant fortresses was no small undertaking, and even if they were to be built separately, it would take 30,000 hired men, nine years, and at least 200,000 gold soles per year. If the York family does not engage in production and construction and achieves self-sufficiency as soon as possible, they will be completely mired in debt and it will be difficult to turn over.

Bishop Pero was dissatisfied with the Yorks' disregard for the big picture, and Sylvia was equally dissatisfied with the Church.

In the face of the threat of Ant-Man, the Gambis royal family has shown sincerity. They subsidized the York family with 100,000 gold soles, exempted them from the worship of the centaur hills for 20 years, and also paid for the construction of the fort. You must know that the cost of mining stone and transporting it thousands of miles to the Centaur Hills will cost at least 1 million gold soles.

What did the church do?

Some supplies were brought in without pain, and the total value did not exceed 60,000 gold soles. It is a joke to exempt the tithes for three years, and in the first three years, how can the people and horses produce in the hills? Look at the support of the Church for the Sassan Empire. 60,000 holy warriors are helping the Sassanian people to open up the northern wilderness, providing the Sassan Empire with an interest-free loan of 2 million gold soles, and the aid materials are innumerable, which can almost replace all of the Sassan army.

In contrast, Centaur Hills is simply the treatment of an illegitimate child!

Take into account the overall situation: help me pay off the debt of 500,000 gold soles first, and then we will talk about the overall situation!

In fact, everyone knows that the accumulation of thousands of years of the church is not that it cannot provide more assistance. It's just that the White Tower camp is losing and retreating, and the paladin camp has a greater advantage, and they want to consume Gambis's vitality in this way.

Sylvia doesn't care so much, in her eyes, the York family is the big picture!

Sylvia could ignore Perot, but Nicole, as the lord of the land, had to take care of the face of the Bishop. After all, with the comfort and medical assistance of the priest, these young men can work with peace of mind.

Nicole explained: "Your Excellency, the southern gap is the shortest, only 1,800 meters long. Next year, we will mobilize another 20,000 young people and increase the number of employees to 30,000. In a maximum of 6 months, the walls can be completed. After a pause, she said confidently: "Moreover, we have 20 trainee knights and 500 experienced veterans here, and they can quickly organize 10,000 young men and women to stop the Ant-Man army for 3 months." ”

"With 3 months as a buffer, our York family can mobilize more forces to repair the walls and defend against Ant-Man, and the Southern Lord will also send troops to assist us. You don't have to worry about the safety of your population. ”

Ant-Man is not afraid of death, and there are many of them, even if the Golden Knight falls into the ant tide, there is a great danger. In the face of such an enemy, the role of the knight is not great. However, it is also a fool's dream that 10,000 young and strong militiamen want to resist the Ant-Man army for three months with a 6-meter-high city wall. Bishop Pero did not express disdain, he muttered, "Your Excellency Phenice, I have read Father Uri's report, and he admires your fire defense tactics very much, and thinks that it is easy to destroy 100,000 Ant-Men?"

"Of course!" Nicole said proudly, holding Victor's arm, "This is Victor...... Well, it was Viscount Randall who designed the defensive tactics!"

"Oh, what kind of defensive tactics has Lord Randall devised to destroy hundreds of thousands of Ant-Men?" asked an old nobleman in a scholar's robe.

Tacitus, the master scholar of the Silver Tower, is well versed in architecture, foundry, and history. He was a good friend of Master Edwin, and he was asked to create Nicole's Adamantite Armor. This time, Edwin specially invited Tacitus to represent the Silver and White Tower in the completion ceremony of the reservoir, and also asked him to witness the extraordinary achievements of the York family that can go down in the history of the White Tower.

Everyone's eyes converged, and Victor was slightly embarrassed, he was in a strange position.

Originally, Sylvia was the heart of the crowd, but she insisted that Victor be by her side. Then, Nicole didn't care about Sylvia's attitude at all, and also held his arm tightly. In this way, Victor has Sylvia on the left and Nicole on the right, and the situation of hugging left and right makes him the center of attention. Victor has never liked to be noticed, and more than a dozen young White Tower scholars cast envious and jealous glances from time to time, which made him even more unhappy.

I just hugged left and right, what's wrong?

Victor was heartbroken, held Sylvia's slender hand, and said lightly: "Destroying 100,000 Ant-People is a bit exaggerated, and it is still possible to block them for three months." ”

Sylvia smiled at Victor and let him take her hand. The knights of the York family all looked like they were taken for granted, and the young scholar's gaze changed from jealousy to admiration, and only Nicole pouted dissatisfiedly.

Tacitus's eyes lit up and he asked, "Oh, Lord Randall, can you introduce me?"

Sylvia smiled and said, "Let's do it live." I'd also love to see the fire defense tactics in action. ”