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The fact that the Solan city-state was able to become the leader of the western city-state was largely dependent on the support of the Wind Country, to be precise, the Solan City-State was able to survive until now, and the Wind Country played a decisive role in its support.

As early as the time of the war between the Windy Kingdom and the Besa Kingdom, the city-state of Solan no longer obeyed the command of the Besa royal court and established itself as the king in the western part of Besa.

The joint exercises of the Third Army Corps led by Hu Chong and the army of the city-state of Solan alone reached as many as five times, and the joint exercises of the two armies were also tantamount to indicating the position of the alliance between the two armies, which had a huge deterrent effect on the royal court of Besa.

In addition, the royal court of Besa has long ceased to provide weapons and ammunition to the Solan city-state, and at present, the weapons and ammunition of the Solan city-state are all purchased from the Windy Country, and if the Windy State no longer sells weapons and ammunition to the Solan city-state, its situation will immediately become precarious.

Now Shangguan Xiu is talking about the support of the Wind State for the Solan City-State, which is tantamount to forcing the Solan City-State to accept the conditions he offered.

"Your Highness......" Duke Huade subconsciously stood up and said urgently.

Shangguan Xiu said: "Lord Duke, with the friendship between you and me, with the friendship between you and me, I just put forward such a small condition, and Lord Duke has pushed back and hindered me, which really disappoints me." ”

Without waiting for Hua De to speak, Shangguan Xiu also stood up, looked around at the people present, and asked: "After destroying the city-state of Woro, take out half of its territory and lend it to the city-state of Jinsk for temporary shelter, is this request really so excessive? Is it really that unacceptable? I wonder if you trust the city-state of Jinsk or do you trust me?"

"Your Highness......"

Shangguan Xiu didn't give Hua De a chance to speak, and continued: "If the rank thinks that half of the territory is unacceptable, then how about giving the Jinsk city-state 500 li of land? or, in your eyes, 500 li of land is also unacceptable, then, 300 li?"

"No, no, no!" Hua De finally found an opportunity to interject, shook his head again and again, and said: "According to His Highness's opinion, after the destruction of the city-state of Volo, five hundred miles of land will be divided into the city-state of Jinsk in its territory!"

Wald was clever enough not to give half of the territory to the city-state of Kinsk, nor to divide it into three hundred or thirty li, but to take the middle number, five hundred li.

The territory within a radius of 500 miles is definitely not small, it is equivalent to a small city-state, more than enough to feed 100,000 Jinsk iron horsemen, if this is not enough, the Jinsk city-state still wants more, that can only show that the Jinsk city-state is not just a temporary residence in the west, but has a bigger and more far-reaching plan.

Shangguan Xiu was noncommittal, turned his head to look at Hailey, and asked, "Five hundred miles of territory, what does the Duke of Reina think?"

The territory of five hundred miles is much more than the three hundred miles estimated by Hu Chong, where does Hailey have any opinions, she nodded and responded: "Hailey and the soldiers under her command are all homeless prodigal sons, and it is all up to His Highness and Duke Huade!"

Hearing this, Hua De obviously breathed a long sigh of relief. Five hundred miles is not small, but it is not big either, relying only on these five hundred miles as a foundation, the city-state of Jinsk cannot do much, and it is not enough to pose a big threat to itself.

Hua De said to Shangguan Xiu with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, the Duke of Reina has accepted my proposal, Your Highness, you see ......"

"In that case, I have nothing to say, so let it be settled. The frost on Shangguan Xiu's face disappeared, and he said in a calm tone: "For the sake of a few hundred miles of land, I don't think it will hurt each other's harmony and hurt each other's feelings!"

"Exactly, exactly!" Hua De nodded like pounding garlic, and said with a smile: "There is a saying in the wind country, cooperation is a win-win situation, and division is a common loss, your country and our state, mutual benefit, intimacy, should become a model for the world in the world!"

Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, and said, "Lord Duke is very kind!"

Now the relationship between the Wind Country and the Solan city-state is indeed mutually supportive and interdependent.

The battle between the Wind Country and the Ningnan Army in Duji is inseparable from the support of the Solan City-State, and the survival of the Solan City-State depends on the Wind Country.

After the business was over, Hua De arranged a place for Shangguan Xiu and Hai Li to live. During this period, Huade was Shangguan Xiu, who accompanied the whole process.

Walking into the room, there is a large and luxurious bedroom, with a thick red carpet on the floor and crystal crystal lamps hanging from the ceiling.

The furnishings in the room, either gold or silver, at the end, placed a large bed, covered with velvet bedding, lying on it, soft, feel the whole person is going to fall into it.

Hua De smiled and asked, "Your Highness is still satisfied with this room?"

Shangguan Xiu was not false, and said with a smile: "Compared with the camp tent in the army, it is more than a thousand times stronger!"

Hua De laughed, and it could be seen that Shangguan Xiu's satisfaction also made the old man very happy. Walter said: "Tonight, I will hold a banquet at the castle to wash the dust for His Highness. ”

Shangguan Xiu owed his figure and said, "Then, it will trouble the Duke." ”

"Oh, Your Highness is gracious. Hua De suddenly remembered something, and said: "In the afternoon, how about I ask Asino to accompany His Highness to visit the army?"

Asino Ward, the youngest son of Scott Walder, is the same age as Shangguan Xiu, and currently serves as the commander of the First Legion of the Solan City-State, and he is also the target of Scott Walder's training.

Originally, the city-state of Solan was famous for its cavalry, and the Divine Light Legion and the Paladin Legion were both brave and good cavalry corps.

After the break with the royal court of Besa, the city-state of Solan focused on cultivating infantry legions, and the first legion was formed with the support of the Wind Country.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Shangguan Xiu and Hailey, accompanied by Asinoe Walter and Yenia Wald, inspected the First Legion of the Solan city-state.

Yenia is Arsino's younger sister and Scott Ward's youngest child, only eighteen years old, two years younger than Hayley.

In the afternoon, Duke Walter did not continue to accompany him, and handed it over to Arsinoe, which was also a tempering for him.

Shangguan Xiu, Hailey, Asino, and Ye Niya are not much different in age, and the atmosphere of getting along is relatively relaxed and happy.

The Solan city-state army is very interesting, the soldiers are from top to bottom, from head to toe, all the equipment of the Wind Country.

The military uniform is the military uniform of the Wind Country, the difference is that the military uniform of the Wind Army is earthy yellow, while the military uniform of the Solan City-State Army is jet black, but the style is exactly the same.

Also, the helmets on people's heads are from the Wind Country, the belts around their waists are from the Wind Country, and the military boots they wear under their feet are also from the Wind Country.

Interestingly, the old helmets of the Windy Nation all have a pointed top, which is used to hold the hair bun, while the Solan people have short hair and no buns, but they also have that tip on the top of their heads.

As for what this tip is for, I'm afraid even the Solan people themselves can't say.

Anyway, whatever kind of equipment the Wind Country sent, they will directly wear what kind of equipment.

At least the weapons and ammunition are all made in the Wind Country, and the breech-loading guns of the Wind Country, the paper shell bullets of the Wind Country, the artillery and mortar guns of the Wind Country, and the muskets that are still scarce in production can be seen here.

If the Solan city-state army was armed to the teeth, it was the Wind Nation that helped it to the teeth.

Hailey was secretly speechless, walked to Shangguan Xiu's side, and muttered in a low voice: "I thought you were only generous to me, but I didn't expect you to be more generous to the city-state of Solan." ”

Shangguan Xiu glanced at her and said lightly: "It's the money that spends it." ”

"Huh?"

"These equipment were bought with money from the Solan city-state. "Shangguan Xiu is not the savior and living bodhisattva of all sentient beings, how can he give his country's weapons and equipment to the city-state of Solan for nothing.

Having said that, the city-state of Solan was not short of money, and if they could spend money to buy a peaceful and prosperous world, strong soldiers and horses, and deter all directions, they were willing to spill a lot of gold and silver.

While the two were talking, Asino came over and said to Shangguan Xiu: "Your Highness, at present, our army has 200 artillery pieces and mortars, and I heard that the number of artillery and mortars in a regular army in your country is more than 300 each. ”

"Yes. Shangguan Xiu nodded, an army's artillery is more than three hundred, and a legion's artillery must reach thousands, and only such a scale can crush the enemy on a head-to-head battlefield.

"With only 30,000 men, there are more than 300 artillery pieces and mortars, while our army has a regiment of 100,000 people, and there are only a pitiful 200 artillery and mortars, which is too small. ”

"There is no conclusion on how many artillery and mortars there should be in the legion, just see whether it is enough or not, if there is no national war, the number of artillery and mortars of our legion does not need to be so much, most of them have to be idle in the armory, the number of artillery existing in your army is enough. ”

"What about mortars? There are only 200 mortars, and the number is too small, so I plan to expand to 500. Also, the entire legion now has only eight hundred muskets, which is really pitiful, and I plan to expand the number of muskets to ten thousand......"

Listening to Asino's gushing narration, Shangguan Xiu didn't speak. If it was in peacetime, it would be nothing to meet Asino's demands, but now the Wind Country has three fronts, an army of nearly two million on the battlefield, and the daily battle losses are astronomical, where are the surplus weapons sold to the city-state of Solan.

As far as muskets are concerned, they themselves are in short supply, and the commanders of all armies are waiting for the muskets to be transported from the rear, and now Asino wants 10,000 muskets, and Shangguan Xiu can't get them out of the pot and selling iron.

After Arsino fell behind for a while, Shangguan Xiu said calmly: "Muskets are cumbersome to manufacture and expensive, if the city-state of Solan is not in a hurry, I don't recommend continuing to buy them." ”

"Your Highness, money is not a problem!" Asino patted his chest and said, "With only 10,000 muskets, I can still do this master." Your Highness also knows that the city-state of Solan has always attached importance to cavalry and neglected infantry, so I just want to create a musket regiment among the infantry, so that my first legion will be a blockbuster in the city-state!"

Asino is the son of the duke, in charge of the infantry corps, naturally ambitious, and it also involves the issue of the succession to the duke's throne, whether he can become a favorable competitor depends on the performance of the first legion. If you can create a musket regiment that does not even have the court of Besa, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement.

Shangguan Xiu understands Asino's psychology very well, and he has seen too many things about this kind of storage battle.

Instead of rejecting Assinoe outright, he led the conversation to the city-state of Volo. He said: "Now, the question that the prince should consider is not what kind of musket regiment to form, but how to destroy the city-state of Volo in one fell swoop. If the prince can lead the First Army to successfully destroy the city-state of Volo, this feat is far more dazzling and convincing than the fact that the prince set up several musket regiments. ”

Asino's eyes lit up suddenly, but soon, his eyes dimmed again, and he said: "The population of the city-state of Volo is not large, but the army is also 100,000 people, relying only on the first legion, I am worried that it may not be able to successfully defeat the city-state of Volo. But if the cavalry corps helps him, the merits will undoubtedly be greatly divided. "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.