Chapter 270: Battle Report

"My lord, why do you want the three of them to expand their family armaments and strengthen their armaments? You not only provide them with loans, but also give them a preferential price for the standard equipment they need? Now our family's reserves are only one million gold fords, and the head of Hansk said that no matter how lavishly you spend money, the family will soon lack follow-up construction funds and will not be able to complete the development plan of the territory. ”

On the carriage to Professor Bob's gunpowder test field in the Blade Mountains, Schward asked.

Lorist stretched out his hand and rubbed Schward's hair, and laughed: "I thought you would be restless when your little fiancée left yesterday, but I didn't expect you to think about such a thing......"

"My lord!" Schward was dissatisfied: "I just can't figure out why you did this." ”

"Alright, Schward, don't mind kidding. "There's a saying that it's going to rain, so we have to be prepared to go out with a poncho so that we don't get drenched like a water dog on the way," said Lorlist. Our family is facing the same situation now as before the rain, and if we don't get ready, we will get wet all over.

I'm not worried about the Chikde Chamber of Commerce of the Business Alliance, even if they are the overlords of the sea, but their bottom line is still merchants. I'm not worried about the upcoming expedition to the kingdom of Haneyabada, after all, it is a group of pirates, slave owners and slave traders, none of whom are opponents in the face of our family's elite forces.

The only thing I'm worried about is His Royal Highness, who has the ambition to become a great emperor who unifies and rejuvenates the former Krisson Empire, and when everyone is not optimistic about him, he unexpectedly climbs over the Great Snow Mountain at the cost of huge casualties, and makes a surprise attack on the royal city of Federiga, which lays the foundation for the victory of the kingdom of Ridlis.

From this surprise attack, it can be seen that the Second Highness is an excellent commander, not an incompetent king, and he really has hope of achieving his dream. After destroying the Kingdom of Ridleys, the most likely direction of his troops is the Iberian Kingdom, and with the current situation of the Iberian Kingdom, it is impossible to resist the attack of the Second Highness.

The current Northland is in the hands of the four of us, and it can be said that it is at ease. But once the Second Highness destroyed the Iberian Kingdom and approached the Northland, with his strong attitude of wanting to control everything in his hands, could he let go of the three legitimate Iberian Kingdom nobles who were canonized by the Second Prince, Baron Shahin, Baron Philim and Count Kenmeth?

Even if they surrender to the Second Highness, the most likely thing for them is to break up the alliance of the four of us, transfer or reduce their seals to other places, so that the Second Highness can reach into the Northland. For example, the Heung'an Plain, which is being developed by our family, and the Honghe Plain, which is being developed, are not our family's traditional territory, and it is easy for His Royal Highness Second Highness to transfer the title to others to provoke conflicts between us and other nobles......"

"But my lord, didn't the Second Highness say before that he would make the Lord the Grand Duke of the Northland, as long as it borders the Northland......" Schward suddenly realized something, and his voice lowered.

"Hehe......" Lorist laughed: "At that time, His Royal Highness was in a weak position, he had just taken over the ruling power of the Kingdom of Antinac, and he still needed us to charge him, of course he would promise so." Now he has more than 300,000 troops under his control, and when he sweeps away the Iberian kingdom, the general situation is decided, and the nobles who defect to him are endless, and the number of troops under his command can even swell to 500,000. In such a situation, would he still care about the promises he had made?

Our family is following the strategy of elite soldiers, don't look at our family's large number of troops now, but the sea and land are divided, and there are only seventy or eighty thousand horses that can really fight in the field, but then we have to go to the Haneabada Kingdom, and there are only two lancer regiments and chariot regiments left in the family territory, and one knight regiment is a mobile force.

The remaining archery battalion was stationed in Woniugang, which was the main force to prevent the invasion of the mountain barbarians, and there were two guard battalions, one in the Turtle Mountain Fortress and the other in the Rock Castle, and three garrison battalions were stationed in the family's treasury, prison, labor camp, industrial and mining farm, each with its own function. The rest are the garrisons of the towns and villages, and it is their duty to maintain order and protect the inhabitants.

If you look at the map, you will understand that the western part of the Northland has become our family's pasture, grazing nearly 300,000 cattle and sheep, and in the next three years, the Fisabrun family will provide us with nearly 600,000 heads to complete the agreement with us to exchange cattle and sheep for equipment. The three allies have no objection to our family's conversion of the western Northland into ranch, and they can also buy a batch of cattle and sheep from our family for their own consumption at a low price.

But if His Royal Highness reaches into the Northlands, he will immediately start the idea of these cattle and sheep, because the western part of the Northlands is not our family's territory. He can find many excuses for many reasons to take away this batch of cattle and sheep and let us have a hard time, just like canonizing the territory under the pretext of compensation, etc., so that our family will suffer heavy losses and can only suffer this dumb loss, unless we risk the world to fight for this batch of cattle and sheep with the Second Highness when the army is at its peak.

With the strength of our family, we can also recruit 300,000 men and horses, and we are not afraid of the huge force of the Second Highness, and we can even defeat him. But what good will that do us? Not to mention affecting the livelihood of the people in the family territory, even if we defeat the Second Highness, our losses will be very heavy. And His Royal Highness is the superior lord of our family, and we have nothing but the reputation of being a rebel.

Therefore, the best way is to strengthen the family armament and strength of the three allies, push them to the front and confront the Second Highness head-on, our family will provide support in the back, and there is the existence of the Mitoburo River, I want to see if the Second Highness is reluctant to consume all the troops in his hands on those two chain bridges. Unless he agrees to our request, the Northland will remain the same, and the four of us will have the final say. Otherwise, he'll face off against our three allies to the ground......"

"My lord, what if His Second Highness orders us to deal with the three allies? Schward asked.

"That's okay, we can refuse the unreasonable orders of the superior lord, he has no authority to demand that we betray the covenant. Lorist replied.

......

The valley where Professor Bob's gunpowder lab was located had arrived, and it had been nearly two months since Lorist had assigned them to study firearms, and two days before news came that significant progress had been made. Lorist hurried here after seeing off the three allies of Baron Shahin, Baron Philim and Count Kenmeth.

Professor Bob, Master Sid, Master Julien, and Master Farin were present, and they began to report to Lorist on their progress as they took their seats.

Professor Bob didn't have much idea of the flowering bullet he was working on, but he surprised Lorist by bringing a tray of bullets with brass shells.

"How did you do this primer?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, this primer is actually very simple, we use a fire chip, grind the fire crystal into a small disc embedded in the bottom of the shell, add a circle of flint at the bottom of the shell, after the trigger is moved, the steel hammer will hit the flint, as long as there is a trace of spark, it will cause the deflagration of the fire chip, and then it will ignite the gunpowder filled in the shell, and the gunpowder will explode and push the bullet ......out," Professor Bob said.

Master Fallin opened a mahogany box on the table, which contained two revolvers with gilded barrels and mammoth ivory handles, one carved with a beautiful woman, and the other with a delicate pattern. It's exactly the same as the old-fashioned and expensive revolver pistols that Lorist had seen on the Internet in his previous life.

"Huh, you made a revolver?" Lorist was amazed.

"Yes, sir. Master Fallin said, "According to the drawings of this revolver you designed, we spent two months making these two short muskets by hand, and even those cartridge casings were made one by one by ourselves......

"Uh......" Lorist was speechless, he was sure that these two delicate revolvers were all hand-polished by Master Farin one by one, and he was the only one who had this skillful workmanship, which even Master Sid could not match. But the problem is that Lorist wants to find a way to produce guns on a large scale, but it is not such a handmade product, so that Master Lin can only make a hundred or so ......

"Can this musket go off?" asked Lorlist, worried.

"Of course it sounds. Master Falin hurriedly replied: "We have tested the shot, but the range is not far, twenty or thirty meters of lead bullet can shoot through a finger thick thin plank, fifty meters I don't know where to shoot." ”

Well, the effective range is twenty or thirty meters, and no matter how far the bullet goes, it will float and cannot hit the target.

"Also, my lord, we can't make the connection between the nest and the trigger that you designed that automatically converts, so we have no choice but to borrow the dwarven musket, which requires a plate-action hammer nest to move to the next ......bullet after firing," Master Fallin said.

Well, no wonder I think this hammer is a bit big, it turns out to be convenient to move with a hand plate.

"My lord, it is important to note that the barrel of this gun will get hot after firing five bullets in a row, and you will have to wait for it to cool down before you can reload and shoot again......" Master Yu Lian next to him reminded.

Well, the steel used to make the barrel is also substandard, and it will get hot if you shoot five bullets......

"Is there anything else wrong?" asked Lorlist.

"Well, my lord, although I personally loaded the gunpowder and primer in these bullets, and the weight was the same, sometimes one or two of the five bullets could not be fired and could not be fired. A few more launches are needed. I guess it's probably because the flint wasn't shot out of Mars......" Professor Bob added as well.

Lorist was completely speechless, it turned out that these two exquisite-looking revolvers were really good, no wonder the surface was carved so beautifully, this was purely for the appreciation of craftsmanship. But in any case, this is also the first or second revolver produced by his family, and it is worth remembering that it can be fired with power.

"You made all these bullet casings with your own hands?"

"No, we gathered more than twenty craftsmen to make a dozen each, and then selected the ones of similar size, and then slowly polished them by Master Falin himself, and finally selected these seventy-three bullet casings of average size, which could be put into these two short muskets after charging. In the future, adults can reload the gunpowder, and I have a small mold for making lead bullets, and this mold for pressing lead bullets into the shells. Professor Bob said.

As long as the cartridge case is there, you can reload the gunpowder by yourself, which is a good way, and you don't have to worry about running out of bullets in the future.

"Okay, I'll take these two revolver muskets and bullets, as well as the mold, you don't have to do this in the future, it's a waste of your talent for two months of the energy of several masters to spend on this, you are not ordinary craftsmen." Lorist complimented, and several masters were delighted.

"Did you have any difficulties in the process of making firearms?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, I find that not having the right steel for the barrel is the biggest problem. Just as our steel is now forged, it is not suitable for making the barrel of a gun, just like these two short revolvers, which are prone to getting hot. In addition, I have decided to make a trial production of refractory bricks, and find a way to improve the black iron refining furnace so that it can be used to make a long barrel directly...... "This was the statement of Master Sid.

Lorist nodded, he was in too much of a hurry, and he wanted to do it overnight without laying a good foundation, and the result was like the two revolvers carefully crafted by several masters, although they could be made, they were expensive and flawed. Master Sid is right, let's find a way to make the steel suitable for making the barrel first, everything has to be done step by step.

"Okay, Master Sid is right, this matter can't be rushed, the cost of trial steel will be provided by the family, and there is another one, now we use hydraulic machinery just forging and pressing. You can also think about whether you can make some machines that also use water to cut, dig holes, and drill holes, which will save a lot of manpower and time. ”

Lorist casually drew on a few pieces of paper on the table what he said about the rudimentary appearance of these machines, which were snatched by Master Sid like a treasure.

"My lord, we are now consuming a lot of miscanthus because there are currently more than forty bronze guns in the process of gunner training, and the amount of miscanthus we produce and collect can no longer support the amount consumed in ten days......," Professor Bob reported.

This is a new problem. Lorist pondered for a moment and replied: "In this way, reduce the charge of those training kits, as long as they can be fired, and allocate a few normal amounts of kits to the gunners every day, so that they can cherish and use them." In addition, I will allocate funds to open several more valleys for the production of miscanthus in the Blade Mountains to expand the production of miscanthus salt. ”

......

After leaving the powder laboratory, Lorist hurried to the harbor city of Hornhorn Bay, where the fleet led by Sambarwood had returned yesterday, and the day after tomorrow they were to set off for the island of Hilowas, loaded with their troops.

Injerek and Tiger Ross will set off on the Dawn's Exocet to requisition ships in the Sad Ocean this time, and Lorist will have to stay in the family territory for a while.

In the camp by the harbor, Sambarwood is welcoming Lorist with a group of men.

"Sambarwood, stay here the day after tomorrow, hand over the fleet to Uncle Tollin, and let them go first. Lorist said.

"Yes, sir. "Sambawood doesn't know why Lorist made that decision.

"See the Storm over there, it's your new flagship, and you'll need to familiarize yourself with its capabilities before you can set sail. Lorist said, pointing to the Storm anchored in the bay.

Sambarwood's eyes lit up: "What a beautiful boat." But my lord, can I familiarize myself with its performance on the road?"

"No, no, Sambarwood, this is not one of those ships of the same performance that you are familiar with, this is the unique invincible warship of Gaylintya, and you will understand when you get on this ship. Lorist said smugly.

"Well, my lord, I follow your orders. By the way, my lord, this is a report from the knights of Remmerd from the city of Moriente about the kingdom of Redlis and the kingdom of Trimber. Sambarwood handed over a thick bag.

Lorist took out a folder, opened it and found that it was about the Second Highness's battle report in the Kingdom of Ridleys, well? Something is wrong, why hasn't the Second Highness cleaned up the resistance of the Kingdom of Ridlis until now?

In addition to a legion arranged on the border of the Duchy of Madras and the garrison in the territory of the Kingdom of Andinac, His Royal Highness has deployed an army of almost 240,000 troops in the Kingdom of Redlis, and after the surprise attack on the royal city of Federiga, he surrendered to Na Rebellion, especially the 70,000 defenders of the province of Cambona surrendered to him, so that His Royal Highness really has an army of more than 300,000.

However, after the nobles of the territory of Ander Wolf Province refused the request of the Second Highness to surrender, the Second Highness personally led the troops with illness after the failure of the first conquest, and adopted a step-by-step strategy to finally win a complete victory and occupy the Commander Province. However, the remnants of the territorial nobility have united and are now resisting in Majik Province, and they seem to have received a large amount of military aid, and their strength has become stronger and stronger.

Strange, why didn't I hear from the eldest prince? I only heard that after he escaped from the royal city, his whereabouts are still unknown, and I don't know where he has gone...... Lorist continued to read.

His Royal Highness now divides the army of more than 300,000 people at hand into three parts, one part of which threatens the borders of the Duchy of Rum, demanding that the Grand Duke of Rum cancel the name of the country and return to the imperial territory. The second part is deployed in the territory of the former kingdom of Redlis, looting the wealth and food of those nobles to ensure the logistics supply of the army, and the third part is to go to the last province of the kingdom of Redlis, Majik Province to fight against the rebels of those lords.

It seems to be too anxious. Lorist commented. Then he took out the report of the glass war that took place between the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber from his bag.

As soon as I glanced at Lorlist, I was stupid, what was going on? The Glass War only involved the Business Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber, how did it destroy the Duchy of Ulubaha and the Duchy of Delia? In particular, the Duchy of Ulubaha and the Kingdom of Trimber were separated by thousands of miles, and there was not only a Titanini Mountain Range between them, but also two small countries, how did it come to be destroyed?

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