Stannis swallowed, he remembered the bloody battle in the snowfield, the black and oppressive Chaos people were not afraid to press their positions to death, and if it weren't for the Rhodoks' wonderful transformation of the crossbowmen into melee infantry to close the gap, they would have been wiped out. On the other hand, the Erathians, who had lost their cavalry, had a very unsightly exchange ratio against the Chaos people when they had far more soldiers than the Rhodoks, and they needed Stanis's troops to support them.

"So that's why I've asked you to help train my army and plan their formation so that I can give you a helping hand in the battles that follow. ”

Hansen thought the same way, he patted the thick stack of manuscripts, and said to him: "These are all sketches that we explored when the Rhodoc Legion was established, and the information in them can help you, from the assignment of duties in the smallest ten-man team to the formation of the legion of thousands of people at every turn, the information you need is contained in it, and I believe it can help you." ”

I didn't expect the other party to give him this big gift as soon as he came up, Stannis was overjoyed, he hurriedly took the large manuscript over, and glanced at it greedily, there were not only a lot of detailed words in it, but also meticulous drawings, including weapons, armor, formations, camping options, it was really a military encyclopedia of this era.

"Also, let me take the liberty of asking, how many numbered troops do you have now?"

Stennis said shyly, and he overreported a few more numbers, "I have a total of 250 people, all in the Baca Legion. ”

"Baka?"

"The meaning of thunder. He took the trouble to explain.

Hansen pondered for a moment, and then said earnestly, "I would venture to suggest here that you better expand into at least four troops, two for foreign battles and two for guarding your homeland. ”

"Why?" Stannis asked curiously, knowing that it costs a lot of money to expand a legion, not to mention that there are not so many soldiers, the money spent to build a top-down command and logistics system is a big piece of meat that makes him feel distressed for a long time.

"Because. Hansen gave his answer, "You're going to be on the front line soon." ”

"How can I be on the front line here?"

Stannis didn't react for a moment when he heard what Hansen said, although his territory of Qiweni was located at the junction of the Erathian Empire and the Ilisses Empire, but because it was blocked by the vast Black Forest, the large army could not pass through it at all, so the war between the Western Continent and Middle-earth would never break out here in history.

It can be said that the forest is the Great Green Wall that gives them great security.

"I'm safe here, how can I become a front line? The big army can't pass through, and even if someone tries to get through here, they'll soon be spotted because of the slow pace of the march, and I can use the Tiber to build a defensive line. ”

Hansen shook his head, "If it were that simple, our Thirteenth Legion would not have gone missing in the same coniferous jungle in the north, where they were ambushed and wiped out in the same ancient forest." Monsters can attack regardless of the terrain, so you'll have to keep enough troops to defend your home. ”

"What do you mean, Chaos Folks?" Stannis had seen the incredible fighting power of the Rhodoks, and it was hard for him to imagine that a legion's warriors could be wiped out.

Hansen stared at his face, and for the first time Stennis also saw the feeling of fear on the face of this courageous man: "...... You've heard of Kuroshio, right?"

Stannis nodded, "I've also heard that the appearance of monsters like the Chaos People is often a harbinger of the Kuroshio. ”

"That's right, I originally thought it was just a rumor, but when I received the real appearance of the legendary monster like the Chaos People, I realized that it was not a simple rumor, and after fighting with the corpse tide composed of them a few times, I realized that things were not that simple. So I immediately set out with my old friend Amuradin Furnace Heart to find out the news of the return of the Kuroshio Tide in the Dwarves' hometown of the Lonely Mountain, only to find that they were hiding a terrible secret, that the Dwarves had been fighting the Kuroshio alone for tens of thousands of years before the creatures on the surface knew about the apocalypse, and most of the underground cities they once spread across the continent had fallen. ”

"Kuroshio is back......" Stannis didn't expect that in the eyes of the people of the Western Continent, they thought that these were rumors used to scare children, but they were true.

Hansen nodded, "Yes, the Kuroshio has never left, they have been flowing under our feet, and the dwarves have been silently fighting against them, and now they can't stop them from oozing out of the earth like pus. ”

"Is this also the reason why their Mithril Dynasty was destroyed overnight?"

"That's right, the Bronze Age also ended with the Kuroshio, so let's act quickly before it's too late. ”

"That's why you suddenly declared a truce with the Empire when you had the upper hand. Stannis suddenly remembered that Rhodok had suddenly announced his withdrawal from the Condor Empire at a time when he had won a series of battles and was willing to sign a treaty with the Empire, and at that time, the politicians of Erathia thought that there was civil strife in the nascent Republic of Rhodok, and they celebrated for a while. But I didn't expect these people who should be mortal enemies to take such a long-term view.

Stannis then said something that had been bothering him for a long time, "Then why are you looking for me? There are many powerful lords in the empire and the principality who can ally with you, isn't that what you desperately need?"

Hansen sighed, "We've tried to get in touch with all the lords, but alas, they've been blinded by hatred and can't see the greatest danger at hand. My Envoy of the Brotherly Republic, Rance Mengsk, even met with His Royal Highness the Duke, but he rejected our request outright, and even blocked our suggestion, insisting on sending an army to the mountains on the border between the two countries for a separate crusade, which would be tantamount to death. ”

Stannis knew that he was talking about the senseless white expedition, and it seemed that the Rhodoks did not know why that large group of people would carry out a death march that amounted to suicide, because they probably could not believe that the Duke was only using the hands of monsters to eliminate those who threatened them, and for the sake of so-called power, His Excellency the Duke would send thousands of people to death without blinking an eye.

"So, among all the lords of the Duchy of Tanis, it seems that you are the only one who can jump out of the hatred between races, which is also a point that I like and admire from the bottom of my heart. ”

Stannis was embarrassed by his praise because he did it because he wasn't an Erathian in the first place, and he didn't care about the alleged hatred.