Langton wanted to laugh at Thorin for raising the price of his weapon so high. Now he came to beg for himself, and he kindly gave him a discount. Langton wondered if the Thorin dwarves were all so naïve.

"Lord Thorin, I think you know that the ratio of silver coins to black iron coins is now 1 to 100, and it is still falling. I would like to know what your exchange rate is here. ”

Langton asked with a smile.

Thorin pondered for a moment and said.

"Duke Langton, the depreciation of the Black Iron Coin is only temporary. I believe that it will still rise back, so I still want to maintain the previous exchange rate. ”

It is impossible to get Thorin to follow the market rate, and if that happens, even if the price of the weapon is increased tenfold, it will not be enough for him to make a profit. Therefore, the exchange rate must not be used in the market, not to mention that he has to rely on the arms trade balance to increase the domestic stock of copper, silver and gold coins.

Langton was certainly not happy.

"Lord Thorin, if this happens, I will pay a great price. After all, there is at least 96 Black Iron Coins in between! ”

Thorin waved his hand.

"The Duke of Langton misunderstood, why is the black iron coins on the market depreciating now, isn't it because there is a shortage of copper, silver and gold coins? If we can stick to the previous trade, I believe that the black iron coin will pick up again. And we in Ortuno will remember your selfless help. ”

Of course, Langton understands this truth. But the problem is that I finally seized the opportunity of Ortuno falling into the ditch, and I am really sorry for the grievances of being blackmailed before.

"Lord Thorin, it's not that I don't want to help. It's just that I hope you can understand that we don't have much gold in our hands. And Black Iron Coin is useless in Rune. I still have a lot of black iron coins in my hands that I haven't spent. ”

Thorin clenched his palms into a fist, then released them again. Very dissatisfied with Langton's attitude, but he was helpless, and now it was he who asked Langton.

"Then what about the Duke of Ellandon."

Langton was overjoyed and took the initiative. With a dry cough, Langton cut straight to the point.

"Lord Thorin, I want to trade at a ratio of 1:20, and the weapons will be one-fifth of the original."

He made a condition that Thorin couldn't accept, and it wasn't to humiliate Thorin with that. When negotiating, both sides will press a little under the original conditions. It's pretty much a tacit rule.

"Impossible, if the Duke of Blue Shield goes on like this. All the arsenals in Ortuno are going to go out of business, and I don't think you want to see that happen. It is better to keep the price of the weapon unchanged and the ratio to 1:12. ”

Thorin was even accurate to the single digits, and it could be seen that the situation was urgent.

Langton thought for a moment, he really didn't want to let the Ortuno arsenal go bankrupt, so that he would not have a stable source of weapons. Although Ortuno is a little more expensive, it is always better to win, not to mention that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. But on the other hand, he didn't want Ortuno to recover too quickly, so that he would not be able to continue pressing.

"Lord Thorin, if the weapon is reduced to one-eighth of its original size, I will agree."

Then the double reversal will fall into a long bargain, and when it comes to the interests of the overall situation, it is necessary to fight for every minute, even if it takes three days and three nights.

And after Wayne listened to Beson's combat advice, he also agreed very much. Breaking up the whole into parts and using brigades as combat units is the best way to fight in sports warfare.

A brigade is about 7,000 men and can be equipped with 200 artillery pieces. If it is highly maneuverable, it will be compressed to about 120 doors. The firepower is still very impressive.

The use of high-speed maneuvers to intersperse operations back and forth from the enemy's defense line is the principle of mobile warfare. Since ancient times, the so-called defense line has not been an airtight front piled up with armies in the literal sense. Instead, it is a line of points, and as long as a few important passes are held, the enemy can be prevented from penetrating. Because it takes at least 20,000 people to be able to work strategically. And the own side has already defended all the roads and passes that are possible for the mobilization of troops of this size, and does not give the enemy a chance to break through. If there is a satellite cloud image, it can be seen that the so-called line of defense, there are many holes in it. It's just that these loopholes are too small.

This is also where mobile warfare is exploited, and brigades are combat units that can exploit these loopholes, but have a certain amount of destructive power.

In fact, Wayne felt that it was better to take the regiment as a unit, but the number of people was too small and it was easy to be dumpled by the enemy. If there is a telegraph, these problems can be solved. The armies in the rear can be contacted instantly, they can attack a target at the same time, and if one side is surrounded, other corps can come over and counter the encirclement. An army without a telegraph is two types of combat power. But now electromagnetism is just emerging, and Lenz's law has not been discovered for long. As for the study of electromagnetic waves, there is no boundary. The telegraph may have to wait a few decades.

Considering all these factors, this method of combat is the best at the moment.

And the other good news is that the economic war against Ortuno has worked. Now that the price of the dwarves is soaring, if this continues, Ortunno may be indispensable to a riot. Of course, Wayne knew that this was not very likely. Economic warfare is based on the fact that the other side does not have basic materials such as food, clothing, and iron tools. Ortuno was so ruthless that he could even go straight back to the era of barter. Not to mention the invisible ally of the nobility.

Wayne did this partly to teach Ortuno a lesson, and partly to influence the front line through this means.

No matter what, the aristocratic army didn't stay long on the Cangjiang defense line, and immediately pulled out and went straight to Lanluo. Stanley and Marshall were quite confident this time, and now the logistics have followed, and the magicians are also full of magic, emotional, and unstoppable.

After the Cangjiang defense line, the terrain is generally gentle, and the altitude difference between Lanluo and Cangjiang is about 130 meters. Therefore, the Cangjiang River will be an important barrier for the aristocratic army. This is also the reason why they were able to bypass the Cangjiang defense line, but they still had to fight to the death. If it is captured, it will be a talisman, and if it cannot be captured, it will be a life-threatening symbol.

To be precise, Lanluo is not a synonym for a city, but a synonym for a city agglomeration, after all, unless a city is in a strategic location, its role is very limited. But an urban agglomeration is different, and quantitative changes produce qualitative changes. The urban agglomeration itself is a strategic location that cannot be ignored.

Now it's about cannibalizing Lan Luo.

The Falcon Legion, the Lion and Tiger Legion lead the way. First capture the outermost layer of Lanlo, Kenny, Upper River, and Dune. Entering to be precise, because they didn't encounter resistance at the top, this is an empty city. It's also good, the provincial magister wastes mana.

After occupying these three cities, it will be the next Dongxing, Nanren, and Qunjiang.