After successfully pacifying the old party in the royal capital, Lin Ye led a guard to march lightly and hurried towards the storm fortress in the north. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Unlike when he had traveled from the Far East through several major provinces and spent more than a month to arrive at the royal capital, this time it was very fast.

After all, he had many concerns at the time, and he did not speed up, and he had always been in a carriage, unlike this trip north.

Because of the need to race against time, he rode the whole horse, even at night, and often changed horses as soon as he arrived in a city.

He knew very well that if he was a little delayed for half a day, maybe the Storm Fortress would be completely lost in the hands of the elven army, and if it really came to that point, the northern border of the empire would be torn open by the elven army, and the problem would become very tricky, because it represented a signal.

A signal of the nomadic attitude of the northern steppes, although during that extraordinarily long winter, the forest leaves began to suppress the grasslands.

In the end, he did complete the suppression of the steppe, and the steppe people of several tribes on the steppe inherited his great favor.

For example, if he hadn't made a move, I'm afraid that the Gale Grassland would have been annexed by other grasslands a long time ago, and the people of Gale Prairie would have missed his old feelings.

But compared to human affection and survival, it is obvious that the latter is more important, so when the elven army went south, the grassland people did not put up much resistance.

One is that the elven army is strong, and the grassland people are not their opponents at all, and the other is that the goal of the elven army is not to sweep the entire grassland.

What the elves want is to knock on the door of the empire, to drive straight into the heart of the empire, in fact, according to normal circumstances, the grassland people should join forces with the elven army is the most correct choice, and the grassland people and the imperial areas of agricultural culture have also been fighting for a long time in history, lasting for hundreds of years.

Once the elven army opens the door to the empire and allows the cavalry of the steppe people to gallop across the fertile land of the empire, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.

It's just that because of Lin Ye, the grassland people did not cooperate with the elven army to attack the storm fortress, which is also a reason why the elf army has not been able to take it for a long time.

But they couldn't sit idly by at such a good time, and if Stormstorm Fortress could hold it, they would be able to remain indifferent.

But once the Storm Fortress falls, no matter how good the grassland people's determination is, they will not be able to turn a blind eye to the fat of the empire, and they will definitely take action.

This is also what the elven army is happy to see, after all, the grassland people will not care about the frosty soil of the Blue Frost Kingdom, which is useless to them.

But the fertile soil and immeasurable wealth of the empire were enough to convince the steppe people to join the plundering of the empire.

Lin Ye deeply understands this truth, and he doesn't ask the grassland people to stand by and watch, and if he can do this, he is already worthy of him.

"My lord, we will soon arrive at Storm Fortress, and you are tired from traveling continuously for half a month, so slow down and rest. ”

Seeing Lin Ye's tired appearance, Kruf couldn't help but speak, in fact, let alone Lin Ye, even he, a soldier, couldn't bear it.

"Yes, my lord, don't exhaust your body, you are still young, how can you go on like this, relax a little bit. ”

There were also cavalrymen on the side, and although the young duke was a notoriously workaholic, his desperate efforts to this extent were an eye-opener for him.

"If you want to rest, it's not too late to get a good rest when you get to Storm Fortress, and I've been holding on for half a month, and I'm not in a hurry to rest for a while. ”

Lin Ye shook his head, at the current speed, there would be about half a day to reach the Storm Fortress, which was already close at hand.

"That's right, not to mention people in the past half a month, the horses have been tired of several horses, so it's only a little time to gallop here, it's really fast!"

Crouff sighed with emotion, under normal circumstances, it would take twenty days to reach the royal capital from the distant Storm Fortress, but now it is only ten days.

This speed is surprising enough, even scouts delivering urgent information can't be any faster.

"Actually, there is a big problem with the road planning of the empire, if it is a straight line distance, it is not that far at all, but it has to be tortuous, to bypass rivers and mountains, which delays at least half the time, and if you build a bridge to open up the mountains, it can be faster. ”

After Lin Ye really felt this journey, compared it with the map in his hand, he felt that he had consumed too much time invisibly.

"Building bridges to open up the mountains? This is not an easy thing to do, speaking of which, we have built a lot of roads in the Far East, which are much faster than here, and what kind of railway, which has been built for several years, consumes a lot of iron ore, and everyone says that this thing can work?"

Crouff recalled the railroad being built in full swing in the Far East, which had been built for four or five years.

For this reason, not only a large amount of iron ore was consumed, but tens of thousands of workers were put into the construction process, which was very huge.

But most people are skeptical, they all think there's no point in fixing such a thing.

Even if the war horse is running on this thing, it will have to be lame, I really don't know what the Duke thinks, he will make this thing.

"The layout of the railway network will take at least three years to complete, and the steam engine is also in the process of construction, at the beginning may not have any effect, not as fast as the carriage, but with the development of industry, its role will become more and more prominent, the transformation of the road is an indispensable part of the development of industry, otherwise it will consume a lot of time on the way to transport, and the efficiency of resource transportation is too low. ”

Lin Ye explained briefly, he shook his head slightly, it is not easy to make people in this era understand the value of the steam engine.

It is also thanks to his strong personal prestige that no matter what orders he gives, the people below will be suspicious and incomprehensible.

But he will do what he says, and he will not pick on him, which is also a gratifying thing.

"My lord, what you said is really complicated, I don't understand, but everyone says that although I don't understand it now, time will prove that you are right, after all, your vision has been tested by time, and everyone can trust it. ”

Crouff smiled and didn't ask any more questions, and the group continued towards the location of Stormwind Fortress.