Section 501: On Protracted War (I)
"Do you know a lot about dragons?"
The man continued to ask in a low voice, his tone still calm, but Norman could make out some tremors inside.
Norman smiled brightly, "Of course. ”
Then he turned around again and wrote on the white cloth, saying as he wrote: "The dragon clan is known for its long lifespan, generally about one hundred and fifty years old, and every adult dragon clan has at least the magic strength of a white-robed mage, and at the same time, every adult dragon clan is at least equivalent to the golden knight of the human race. ”
When Norman said this, he also deliberately explained in a way that they could understand for those below who didn't understand the division of strength between mages and knights: "This is roughly equivalent to the strength of each adult dragon clan is equivalent to the sum of all the armed forces that a count can mobilize, hmm...... It's probably an army of 5,000 people with dozens of mages and hundreds of knights. ”
After the people below listened, there was a low exhalation and inhalation.
They only know that the dragon clan is powerful, but now they know that the dragon clan is so powerful, just a dragon clan needs to mobilize such a huge army to deal with it, no wonder those evil dragons in the story need the kingdom to send troops to encircle and suppress, and at the same time, they are even more desperate for the future of mankind.
A single dragon is so difficult to deal with, let alone a dragon clan that is too numerous to count?
The man didn't speak, and he didn't know if he agreed with Norman's words, or if he didn't know whether it was true or not.
Norman didn't dwell on this, and continued: "But at the same time, the fertility of the dragon clan is low, and because of the long-term predicament of the Northland realm, the number has not been large, and now the entire dragon clan only has about eight hundred dragons. ”
The man's eyes moved, and he seemed to vaguely understand what Norman was trying to say, but he was a little puzzled.
"How do you know that there are only eight hundred dragons in the entire dragon clan?"
Norman said as a matter of course, "Of course I know, because I am an old oracle like a vast star, but a great man," he said, grinning, "or do you think I lied just now?"
Of course, this answer could not satisfy the face man, he frowned, and was about to speak, but Norman preemptively said: "Not only that, but I also know that those dragons on the prairie are only the vanguard of the dragon clan, and the total number is less than two hundred. ”
The man's expression was stunned, and his words stagnated.
This guy can't run out of the prairie, right?
When Norman saw him like this, he thought so in his heart, but he didn't stop talking, and continued: "Besides, I don't know if your friend who survived the prairie told you that the leader of the group of dragons on the prairie is a blue female dragon named Miss Shen?"
The man was completely silent, not saying a word.
The identity of this Peng Keling nobleman is almost confirmed, even Miss Shen knows it? It should have been told to him by a mage who had survived the battle with the dragon clan.
To survive the battle with the dragon clan, the strength of the mage is definitely not ordinary, at least it must be a white robe. And with so much information about a white-robed mage, this guy is unlikely to even be an earl, maybe a duke.
Although the people present do not understand the general situation of the country, it is only because they lack information, but it does not mean that they are stupid. Now seeing such a conversation between Norman and the man, how can I not see that the man is not ordinary?
What's more, the man was in agreement with them about the situation of the war, which made them vaguely regard him as their spokesperson. And now the man was silent, obviously acquiescing to what Norman said was true, which made these people present unconsciously believe Norman.
Building trust was the beginning, but it was also the hardest step, and now Norman has taken a successful step.
Next, he didn't rush into what he really wanted to talk about, but talked about something that was out of touch.
"The population of any human city is far more than 800 people, but the entire race of dragons is only about 800, because their fertility is too low and childbirth is too cumbersome. The dragons have a very long estrus period, about three hundred years, but when they are in the opposite of a long estrus period, their estrus period is very inefficient, and most of the dragons are indifferent, and even in the estrus period, they can't raise much interest, which is diametrically opposed to humans......"
Norman was obviously talking about war, but when he was talking about it, it was really confusing to suddenly talk about the reproduction of living things. But the people below listened to these things that Norman said with relish, because they were close to life!
In the past, when we talked about dragons, they all talked about how powerful they were, how fierce they were, and where did anyone say how they coped?
And after listening to them all, these people also trusted Norman's "there are only eight hundred dragons" - they can't believe it or not, this guy can even say seven or eight kinds of postures when the dragons mate, it really doesn't seem like nonsense.
After Norman finished talking about the reproduction and living habits of the dragons, he saw the faces of everyone present and knew that he could continue.
"There are only so many dragons in total, and after so many years of domination and reproduction of our human race, how many people are there, how many mages, how many knights?"
Norman said, smiling at the raw man, with a look of "I'm too lazy to say, you can answer."
The man was silent for a while before he said, "The total population of the kingdom ...... More than 200 million. There was a faint light of hope in his eyes.
Ooh!
Norman sighed softly in his heart.
So much?
In fact, he and the Knights Templar didn't know what the total population of the United Kingdom of Augustus was, and this kind of information was either not enough for the class, or he was enough for the class, but he was on the run, or he had already run to the dragon clan to mix, so he didn't know, and now he knows that the total population of the kingdom is so much, which is more than the Templar Order deduced from the area of the continent.
"Exactly,"
Norman's answer to the man on the other side nodded, as if he had known it for a long time, "Out of so many people, pulling out 10,000 mages and 20,000 knights is not a big problem, right? Pulling out 4 million troops may be a bit of a problem, but at the dying moment of this genocide, I believe it will not be a problem." ”
"In other words, judging from the numbers, we humans can consume all these dragons with just a pile of lives. ”
Most of these people present didn't know the relationship between the army and the total population, so when they heard that only 4 million troops were needed to defeat the dragon clan, but the total number of humans was more than 200 million, they all immediately became excited.
In their opinion, 200 million excludes half of the women, and there are still 100 million men left, and then exclude the old and weak, how can there be 50 million strong men, right? Not to mention the 4 million army, it is not impossible to pull out 40 million, no matter how you look at it, it will win!
Only the man knew what a terrifying concept of 4 million troops was for the kingdom, and he really couldn't imagine it in normal times. However, as Norman said, at the last moment of this near-death genocide, 4 million people will be pulled out, and they are the kind of soldiers who can ensure the amount of training and combat effectiveness.
In other words, according to Norman's strategy, if Norman's information is correct, humans can really defeat the dragons!
But Norman, who had just given them hope, immediately dashed that hope.
"But as I said, war is not a simple math problem, and the dragons have many ways to deal with it, and the simplest and most beneficial one for them is to adopt slavery rule, mobilize humans, and even mobilize all kinds of alien races to deal with humans. ”