Chapter 388: Mountain Barbarians and Gold Mines

13 February, Rock Castle, 2nd floor conference room. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Lorist tapped the map of the family territory hanging on the wall with a slender stick: "You have all heard the situation of the mountain barbarian tribe introduced by Mayor Dubof. In terms of overall combat strength, 100,000 mountain barbarians are not as good as a frontier ranger regiment commanded by Grand Duke Fisabrun. Whether in terms of organization or armament, our Norton family's armed forces have formed a crushing advantage over the mountain barbarian army. In the past, we didn't go to trouble these mountain barbarian tribes, mainly because they didn't go down the mountain to provoke us, and the other is that we didn't have time to go up the mountain to play hide and seek with them.

But now that they are here, it is said that there are still more than 100,000 troops, and perhaps they still think that we are the scattered lords of the Northlands in the past, the army of 100,000 mountain barbarians, and they will think that they can swagger and carry out armed marches in the Northland. But for us now, they are just a dish, the fish delivered to the door, and we should sharpen our swords and see where to start slaughtering. ”

Lorist's statement caused a burst of laughter from the family knights present, and when the laughter subsided, Lorist continued: "I have never taken the threat of the Barbarian tribe in my eyes, this is not ignorance, I don't know the details of the Barbarian tribe. On the contrary, it is precisely because I know too well that I have this self-confidence, not to mention the 100,000 mountain barbarian army, even if there are 100,000 more, in my eyes, they still can't pose a threat to our family.

From the Lancang River to the eastern part of the Northlands, the territory border with the Demon Dragon Mountains is nearly a thousand miles, and it will be really difficult for us to guard against the mountain barbarian tribes if they want to invade the Northlands. However, according to the historical records of the invasion of the Northland by the Shanbarian tribes in the past hundred years, there are only two areas that have really been plundered and destroyed by the Shanban tribes, one is our original family territory, and the other is the eastern region of the Northland.

Since the Kenmath family took control of the eastern region of the Northlands, the measures they took against the mountain barbarian tribe were to set up trading points on the border, and opened a trading house specializing in buying and selling with the mountain barbarian tribes, buying the special products of the mountain barbarian tribes at relatively fair prices, and selling all kinds of exquisite daily necessities, so that the mountain barbarian tribes could get the materials and commodities they urgently needed without plundering. Then they adopted the means of dividing and dividing themselves, and used the trading houses to sow discord between the mountain barbarian tribes, so that they were hostile to each other and could not hold together.

He also used the method of hiring and buying to drive other mountain barbarian tribes to attack them, and obtained the high bounty proposed by the Kenmath family with the results of the battle, and at the same time dispatched the family forces to pursue and beat these captive mountain barbarian tribes, exterminate them or force them to move elsewhere, so that they could no longer pose a threat to the eastern part of the Northland. In this short period of five or six years, there was no more invasion by the mountain barbarian tribes in the eastern part of the Northland, and the border was peaceful.

Facts have shown that the strategy adopted by the Kenmath family against the mountain barbarian tribe is very effective, and even now the special products and medicinal materials of the demon dragon Shannai traded between the mountain barbarian tribe and the trading house have become a major entry for the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. This makes me have to admire the shrewdness and foresight of the Kenmath family in doing business, which is worthy of a business family.

However, we in the Norton family can't learn this strategy from the Kenmasse family against the mountain barbarian tribe, because we don't have time, and the mountain barbarian army will come soon. We had the same opportunity before, but we didn't focus on it at that time, and we were already busy with the family armed expeditions.

Mayor Dubofu has just introduced the situation of the Habi Baba tribe adjacent to our family territory, which is a large mountain barbarian tribe with a population of two or three hundred thousand, and its patriarch is Daqiang Basen, which is equivalent to the grand duke title of our kingdom. He also ruled over more than 20 vassal mountain barbarian tribes, and it was not a rumor that more than 100,000 mountain barbarian troops were dispatched with the custom that all the people of the mountain barbarian tribes were soldiers.

Although there are also rumors in the eastern part of the Northland that the mountain barbarian army has descended the mountain to plunder, it is basically told by the mountain barbarians who came to trade, and even those mountain barbarians spread this story as a story. Because that side is not the sphere of influence of the Habibaba tribe, the mountain barbarian tribe over there did not echo the thoughts of the Habibaba tribe, nor did they do any mobilization. From this point of view, we can conclude that the eastern part of the Northland will not be captured by the mountain barbarian tribes this time, and we must remain vigilant without being too nervous.

From the eastern part of the Northland to the Rock Castle, the area has developed the Red River Plain, but between the Red River Plain and the Demon Dragon Mountain Range is hundreds of miles of continuous Black Forest area, the vast Black Forest is a natural dividing line, and it is impossible for the mountain barbarian army to break through from this direction, unless they are willing to spend two or three months to carve out a road from the Black Forest area first. This is also the reason why there has never been an invasion by mountain barbarian tribes in the direction of the Red River Plains in the past hundred years.

Our family has developed the black mud swamp on this side of the territory, and from the Turtle Mountain Fortress to the Woniugang Fortress, we have built a defensive wall, where the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Guards Regiment are stationed, and the town of Liangshan is in front of this defensive wall. This direction is also the most convenient path for the mountain barbarian army to descend the mountain, and the captives of the mountain barbarian tribes encountered in the family territory in the past all entered the territory from here, but now with this city wall and perfect defense facilities, we are confident enough to keep the mountain barbarian army out of the city wall.

If the mountain barbarian army is blocked by this defensive wall, it will definitely find another way to break through. Here, from the Woniugang Fortress to the Rock Castle, there is nearly a hundred miles of Black Forest, but this is the edge of the Black Forest, and the mountain barbarian army is most likely to break through from here and directly enter Fengle Plain. Therefore, this area is the hunting ground of the Flying Tiger Legion, and all the mountain barbarians who come out of the Black Forest will be your prey, and I don't want to hear the news that the mountain barbarian army has fled to Fengle Yuan to attack various villages and towns......"

Tiger Ross stood up and put his hand on his chest: "Your Highness, the Flying Tiger Legion will never let you down, and we promise not to let a mountain barbarian slip through the net." ”

Lorist nodded at him and motioned for him to sit down: "I believe in your assurance, and I also believe in the combat effectiveness of the Flying Tiger Legion, and this area will be handed over to you." As for Telman's Angry Bear Knights, you move to the Turtle Mountain Fortress, and after the defensive wall blocks the way of the Mountain Barbarian army, once you find out that the Mountain Barbarian Army is divided, you will attack from the Turtle Mountain Fortress, and go around the banks of the Lancang River to the back road of the Mountain Barbarian Army, and completely crush the Mountain Barbarian army stranded in front of the defensive wall. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Telman stood up and accepted the order.

Lorist then tapped the eastern region of the Northlands on the map with his long stick: "I have ordered the Knight Vasima to temporarily act as the head of the Chasseur. This time, the cavalry hunting regiment suffered heavy damage in the attack in Makinohara Province, but the remaining soldiers were able to be reorganized into a corps, which was responsible for the defense of the mountain barbarian tribes in the eastern part of the Northlands. As for all the villages and towns in Phuonglewon, Hung Yen Plain, and Honghewon, after the winter wheat harvest has passed after the rainy season, they will enter a state of second-level combat readiness, and while carrying out spring ploughing, they must also step up their combat readiness, and set up an emergency garrison brigade to be ready to support the front line at any time. This is the responsibility of Baron Schreider. ”

Shi Fatzi stood up: "Obey, Your Highness." ”

"Here's good news," Lorist once again tapped the map of the family's territory with his long stick, "right here." ”

Lorist was referring to the Black Forest between Wollongong Fortress and Rock Castle, picked up a quill, dipped some red ink, and drew a red circle on this map: "This is a hilly area in the Black Forest, and there is a large creek beach, diagonally more than forty miles away from Rock Castle, and more than thirty miles away from Woniugang Fortress." After several years of reconnaissance, the mayor of Duboeuf determined that there was a large gold mine here, and he reported the discovery to the family.

However, the hill where this gold mine is located is currently entrenched in a mountain barbarian tribe of twenty or thirty thousand people, and this mountain barbarian tribe called Wari Baba is also a vassal tribe of the Habi Baba tribe, that is to say, this time the Habi Baba tribe has sent troops to invade our Norton family territory, and the Wari Hindo tribe will also go with it. Therefore, our purpose this time is not only to defeat this army of 100,000 mountain barbarians, but also to take this opportunity to occupy the hills in this black forest and seize this gold mine.

Here, I would like to remind you that in this war against the mountain barbarian army, the family does not judge the number of kills and wounds, but mainly depends on how many mountain barbarian prisoners of war are captured. The reason for this is simple, the family is very short of free labor. After the destruction of the Duchy of Madras, the more than 200,000 prisoners of war who surrendered to us have already served two years of hard labor, and this year is the third year, and next year they will be free. Thanks to their hard work, the road traffic and water conservancy construction in Delemke Province has been greatly improved, and the task of these more than 200,000 prisoners of war this year is to do some finishing work to complete the development of Delemke Province.

However, we have defeated the Fisabrun family, and obtained the provinces of Winston and the South, which are in ruins, and there are still many development and construction projects that require a large number of laborers to build, and although we have captured more than 100,000 enemies, there are still a large number of wounded soldiers, which is not much labor compared to what the two provinces have to do.

Now that the whole of Northland has become the territory of our Norton family, the most urgent thing is to re-plan and build all the transportation facilities to make the transportation of the whole Northland convenient and fast, shortening the mileage and schedule. We need free labour, and even if we occupy a gold mine, we need labour. Therefore, if there are 100,000 mountain barbarian troops this time, I hope to capture at least 60,000 mountain barbarians to make their contribution to the development and construction of our family territory. ”

Golden Knight Doreus, the corps commander of the Flying Tiger Legion Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps, stood up: "Your Highness, is the mountain barbarian captured this time also free after three years of hard labor?"

Lorist shook his head: "They are not soldiers of the former empire, unlike us, these mountain barbarians will serve eight to ten years of labor in our family territory, until they recognize our way of life and yearn to live in our family territory and are willing to become naturalized as our family's people, in order to be free, otherwise they will live in the ranks of labor for the rest of their lives." ”

Dorus breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Highness, so I can rest assured, I have always been worried that if these mountain barbarians are also free after serving three years of labor, then where should we go to give a large number of free labor to the family captives!"

Everyone laughed at what Dorus had to say.

Tiger Ross stood up and asked, "Your Highness, is it also our Flying Tiger Legion responsible for occupying the hills where the gold mine is located?"

"No, you're just helping. Lorist pointed at El and Reddy: "Originally, I planned to let El and Reddy take over the Huntsman's Legion, but because of this gold mine, I decided to let the two of them lead the guard battalion as the main force of the attack, and at the same time, I transferred the seventh and eighteenth battalions of the Guards Legion to be responsible for the defense of the hills after seizing the gold mine."

The Flying Tiger Legion almost killed and injured a corps in the Great Showdown in the Southern Province at the end of last year, so this time I am responsible for the task I just gave you, to sweep all the barbarians who came out of the Black Forest in the area between the Woniugang Fortress and the Rock Castle, and as for the hill where the gold mine is located, I will hand it over to the guard battalion and two guard battalions led by El and Reddy. ”

"Your Highness, I understand. Tiger Rose sat down again.

"Although you are asked to take as many captives as possible to do labor, it is not for you to take risks. An army of 100,000 mountain barbarians is not terrible, we can defeat them. But we have to be careful that every mountain warrior is very brave and fierce, even when outnumbered, he often fights to the end, and is proud to die on the battlefield. Nor do I expect you to put your family soldiers at risk in order to capture them.

The best way to deal with these mountain warriors is to defeat the warriors among them, and defeat them in a heads-up duel, forcing them to lose their morale and eventually lose the determination to resist to the end. The Mountain Barbarians have always worshipped power, believing that heads-up duels are the most sacred, and they will not cast poisoned arrows in heads-up duels. We can take advantage of this, and after surrounding the enemy, we will make the victory of a heads-up duel as a condition, and if we win them, we will surrender, and if they win, we will release them, only in this way can the mountain barbarian warriors obediently become our prisoners.

The strategic deployment to deal with the invasion of the mountain barbarian tribe is such an arrangement, and if there is anything that needs to be changed, you will be notified separately. It's February, and I expect the mountain barbarians to descend in May. There are still three months to go. Winter is the rainy season, and after the rainy season, winter wheat and spring ploughing are harvested. Therefore, everyone should seize the time to rest and train after they go back, and if there is any need, they can submit a report to Baron Schreider, who is the chief logistical officer in charge of dealing with the mountain barbarian army this time. ”

After Lorist made a final summary report, the strategic preparation meeting to deal with the invasion of the mountain barbarian tribe was over, and everyone returned to their posts to start preparing for the war. Lorist rode with a large group of guards to the eastern part of the Northlands, where he was to meet the crippled Hunters and the two captains, Josk and Yuri, who were recuperating from their wounds.

...... (To be continued.) )