After escorting the fleet to the Snow Dragon Pass, Marcia did not stop long, but after a secret conversation with Baron Cook, he returned directly to the royal capital. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, before leaving, Marcia called Alyssa over and said something secretly. Later, when Alyssa looked at Rasen, her eyes were a little strange, and she occasionally blushed a little.

Although Luo Sheng felt some feelings about Alyssa's changes, he didn't care too much. After the reflection on the ship, Luo Sheng had a new idea for the future. There is no need to be anxious about the matter between myself and Alyssa at this stage, everyone gets along slowly first, and when they are really capable of taking on this responsibility, it is too late to do some things.

After returning to the Snow Dragon Pass for a little repair, Luo Sheng did not delay and came directly to the Snow Castle. During the time when Luo Sheng was moving with the fleet, the army of barbarians finally came to the Snow Dragon Pass. They uprooted the northern watchtower, the southern watchtower and other strongholds on the outer edge of the snow stop, and began to launch a tentative attack on the snow stop. When Luo Sheng arrived, the barbarians had just been repulsed by an attack.

Looking at the corpses accumulating under the Snow Castle and the dense camp tents in the distance, Luo Sheng frowned slightly. Although I don't know the exact number of enemies, just looking at the number of camps, the number of barbarian troops this time should be much more than expected.

"How's it going?, can you adapt to this kind of scene?" asked Baron Cook, patting Rason's shoulder as he glanced at the main barbarian force in the distance.

From a mother-like perspective, Marcia expressed her displeasure with Rasen's risky behavior, but for Baron Cook, Rasen's performance in the Fish-Man Battle was perfect. In this stop, Luo Sheng proved his strength and wisdom, and even his ability to save his life, so now Baron Cook has basically regarded Luo Sheng as a son-in-law.

"It's okay to adapt. But the number of barbarians is a little wrong, right?do they have so much grain and grass to support such a large army?" Luo Sheng nodded and asked with some doubts.

Although the scene in front of him was not small and quite bloody, it was nothing to Luo Sheng, who had personally participated in the bloody battle of the abyss. What Luo Sheng really cares about is the number of enemies.

These days in Xuelong Pass, Luo Sheng also learned a lot of war-related knowledge. The most important thing in the operation of the army is the supply of grain, grass and materials. Without the support of food and grass materials, even a team composed of professionals would not be able to fight for a long time. The amount of grain and grass basically determines the size of the army.

According to the information that Luo Sheng had seen before, although there were some relatively fertile places on the west side of the North Continent where the barbarians were located, on the whole, they were all bitter cold places, and there was rarely any surplus food in a year, and this was the main reason why they had to brave the severe cold every winter and go south to attack the Dulin Sect and the Snow Dragon Pass.

The barbarians went south to plunder because of lack of food, and naturally it was impossible for them to carry too much food, so generally speaking, the size of the raiding team was not too large, mainly the professionals in the tribe, supplemented by the tribal strength and mobility, but the number was not very large.

However, the dense camp tents and noisy crowds in front of them showed that the actions of the barbarians this time were completely different from previous years. At least in terms of the size of the troops, it is more than ten times that of previous years. Even if there is an element of multiple clans joining forces, this scale is completely beyond the normal scope. And the food and supplies needed to feed such a large army are by no means beyond the reach of the barbarians themselves.

"Of course the barbarians don't have their own house, but the Bright Sect has a lot of money. If there were no hard currencies such as grain, Luo Sheng, do you think the barbarians would help those people in the Turin Sect?" Baron Cook replied with a sneer.

Although the barbarians are savage, they are definitely not stupid, and they have no tangible benefits, and they will not act according to the will of the Holy See of Light at all. And if you want to move the barbarians, the Bright Holy See must pay some price in advance, and the food that is enough to support the barbarian army should be part of the price.

"But even if there is food, the barbarians won't work so hard, right? Looking at the current situation, even if the barbarians can capture the Snow Dragon Pass, I'm afraid they will lose half of their manpower. Is it worth it for the promise of the Holy See of Light?" Luo Sheng asked, still a little puzzled.

Judging from the corpses beneath the Snow Castle, the barbarians are now almost risking their lives to consume the Snow's defenses. This kind of siege method is extremely labor-intensive. Relying on the strong defense of Snow Dragon Pass, even if the barbarians can successfully attack the city, the price they pay will be staggering.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a leader in his right mind to consume the population of his own tribe for some other benefit. After all, the people at the bottom are the foundation of a nation. Without this foundation, even if you get some benefits, I'm afraid it won't last long.

"Luo Sheng, have you noticed the composition of the barbarian troops?" Baron Cook did not answer directly, but asked pointing to the corpses below the castle and the camp tent in the distance.

"The composition of the troops? The number of elites among the barbarians does not seem to be much, most of them are old and weak. Could it be that the barbarians are deliberately consuming these old and weak people?" Hearing Baron Cook's words, Luo Sheng's heart moved, and he carefully looked at the corpse left by the barbarian, and then looked into the distance, and seemed to understand something.

"Hmm. The situation of the barbarians is different from ours, and the area they occupy is limited in terms of production and the number of people they can support. It is one thing that they go south every year to loot and seize food and supplies, but in fact, there are also reasons why they consume excess population and keep the clan from collapsing. Baron Cook nodded and said calmly: "But even so, the population of the barbarians will grow slowly, so every few years, the barbarians will organize a large army like this and attack the south. If you can win, you can naturally get a large number of supplies to feed your clan. Even if it fails, it can consume a large number of people. If there are fewer people, there will be less consumption, and the clan will be able to sustain itself. This year, it was just that they took the opportunity of the support of the Holy See of Light to organize the team in advance. ”

"Is that so? It's really troublesome!" Luo Sheng frowned as he looked at the dense tents in the distance.

Although the Ymir Continent is a world where extraordinary strength is respected, it does not mean that the underlying combat power is useless. In fact, in a real war, there will always be a huge number of low-level combat forces. Like the Demon Legion and the Undead Legion, which are known as the most powerful in combat, the main force is actually the lowest level of inferior demons and skeleton warriors, and these low-level cannon fodder can also exert amazing combat power under the blessing and leadership of high-level existences, with an astonishing number.

At present, although it is impossible for the barbarians to provide powerful blessings and auxiliary means for their old and weak cannon fodder troops like the Demon Legion and the Undead Legion, they only need to send some elite leaders to provide some basic assistance, and these old and weak can also launch an attack on Zhixue Castle.

In the face of such a team, Snow Castle will never dare to take it lightly, and must use defensive measures to strike. After all, no matter how old and weak the barbarian is, he is also a warrior, and his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and no one knows what characters are hidden in the old and weak team. Once invaded by a hidden master, it is also a huge threat to the defensive fighters.

Therefore, in the round after round of tug-of-war, although the barbarians paid a lot of lives, they also consumed a large number of arrows, crossbows and other materials for defending the city. Moreover, through attacks from different angles, the barbarians basically figured out the defense system of Zhixue Castle, and when they attacked again, they could avoid the heavy and light, causing greater pressure on the defenders.

While Baron Cook and Rason were talking, dozens of tall stone throwers were launched in front of the barbarian team. After some preparation, dozens of half-human-sized stone balls flew up from the stone thrower, crossed a distance of thousands of meters, and smashed into the snow castle with a roar.

With a loud rumbling sound, the outer wall of the snow castle was smashed by stone balls. Even though the castle was built with a lot of solid magic, it was not able to survive such a powerful attack.

"I actually gave the technology of the stone throwing machine to the barbarians, and the Holy See of Light really made a bloody investment!" Looking at the busy craftsmen beside the stone throwing machine, a cold light flashed in Baron Cook's eyes.

Although the barbarians are theoretically also a branch of the human race, they have separated from the main human civilization a long time ago, established an independent civilization with shaman culture as the core, and then stubbornly survived in the harsh environment of the northland.

However, although the shaman culture helped the barbarians survive in the ice and snow of the Northland, the concept of revering the ancestors and following the rules of the ancestors in everything also brought the development of the barbarian civilization to a standstill. Coupled with the limited population that the Northland can bear, the barbarians must find a way to eliminate the excess population, and in the cruel survival elimination, the survivors are basically those who are good at fighting, or those who are full of fighting, and those who have the potential to help the progress of barbarian civilization will be eliminated in this cruel environment. So even though thousands of years have passed, the technical level and civilization of the barbarians have not made much progress.

And after the resurgence of the human kingdom, a technological blockade was imposed on the barbarians. In general, armor weapons and the like, the major kingdoms also turn a blind eye and allow some smuggling to barbarians. But something as complex and powerful as a catapult, which poses a great threat to human defenses, is absolutely not allowed to fall into the hands of barbarians. So it is self-evident where the stone thrower used by the barbarians in front of him came from.

"Do you need to go out of the city to deal with these stone throwers?" Looking at the stone ball that flew into the air again, Luo Sheng asked with some concern. Although the defense of the snow castle is strong, these stone throwers are not small. If you really let the opponent attack with their hands and feet, the snow castle may not be able to hold it.

"Don't worry, it's not there yet. Baron Cook waved his hand and said lightly.

As soon as Baron Cook finished speaking, a whistling sound sounded from above the snow castle, and then a dozen stone balls rose into the air and smashed into the barbarian's stone thrower. Although the shaman's wind totem intercepted slightly, the powerful stone ball smashed two stone throwers. Although the other stone balls did not hit the stone thrower, they also caused a lot of casualties to the barbarians.

"Be careful, the bloody battle is about to begin. ”