After closing the door, Marven gradually calmed down, in Middle-earth, the Xia people were bullied too much, although there are many brave warriors like Aite among the Xia people, but it is still far from enough to win the respect of this world. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Only when we truly have strong strength can we get ourselves, and the entire Xia tribe, out of the situation of being humiliated, enslaved, and slaughtered, and only then can we win true freedom and dignity!

It was already late at night, Marven endured the fatigue that kept coming, and continued to flip through Hypatia's war book, he knew that these things would definitely be useful to him, and even the entire Xia clan in the future!

The rest of the book, mainly about the crossbowman, the characteristics of this class Marven has long heard Aite explain, it is basically the nemesis of low-level martial artists, but when facing high-level martial artists like paladins, it has no effect at all.

However, the history of the crossbow introduced in this book piqued Marvin's interest.

The crossbow was first invented by a craftsman named Mosin Nagant, this creative craftsman made a lot of great improvements on the basis of the original arm crossbow, first of all, he added the lookout mountain and the ruler, so that the shooting accuracy of the crossbow was greatly improved, and at the same time, the crossbow body made a large number of composite materials, which improved the pulling force of the crossbow, and the back of the crossbow added an exquisite mechanical device-------- winch, which is mainly composed of some complex pulley mechanisms, which can make an ordinary person with little strength can also wind up to hundreds of catties of strong crossbow！

Mosin Nagant named this reborn weapon the Crossbow.

As soon as the crossbow is put into battle, it has shown good combat effectiveness, it has become the nemesis of low-level warriors with its great power and long range, and it is easy to operate, and an experienced ordinary soldier can kill a junior heavy knight with it!

Unfortunately, Mosin Nagant, who invented the crossbow, was finally burned at the stake by the Church of Light for blasphemy and heresy, and the crossbow was once forbidden to be used by the Church because this demonic weapon was too cruel and too harmful to the human body, and did not conform to the benevolent teachings of the God of Light and the great chivalry of the Church of Light.

Soon, in the ensuing religious war between the Illuminati and the Moses, the Illuminati army was defeated by a large number of Moses armed with crossbows.

After that, the Illuminati wisely and decisively repealed certain "anachronistic" regulations in order to spread the radiance of the Light God's benevolence throughout the world as soon as possible.

Since then, crossbowmen have begun to appear universally in the entire human world, so much so that the armies of any human country and any mercenary group are equipped with crossbowmen.

"Heh! this Church of Light really only does stupid things!" Marven mercilessly mocked the biggest religion in the human world, and it was the paranoia and fanaticism of this religion that cost the lives of more than a hundred of his companions.

Marven flipped the chapter to the end, and was surprised to find that there was also a note left by Hipatia at the back, densely filled two full pages, which was actually more than the notes she left in the heavy knight section!

Marven was puzzled, no matter how powerful this crossbow was, it could only threaten low-level martial artists, and Hypatia's strength had already ranked among the super powerhouses, why would she be so interested in this low-level weapon?

He began to read Hypatia's notes, and was amazed to find that the beautiful and powerful commander was afraid of the little crossbow!

"Mosin Nagant was an outstanding inventor who invented the crossbow that fundamentally changed the military landscape of human nations......"

"The crossbow is compact and easy to operate, and it has little to no requirements for the user's physical fitness, which means that it can be equipped in large quantities, and any human hunter can become a qualified crossbowman, and in extreme cases, a human farmer without any combat experience can also use it to kill enemies after simple training......"

"This kind of weapon can enable ordinary people with a large number of human beings who do not have any talent for martial arts and magic learning to form effective combat effectiveness, so as to fundamentally give full play to the huge population advantage of human beings...... Almost any human nation, even a small one, will have no shortage of crossbowmen, and the elite of the crossbowmen can also form an effective synergy with mages, who can fire powerful magic arrows that can cause considerable long-range cluster damage...... In short, the appearance of the crossbow has raised the overall military strength of mankind to a higher level!"

"Our elven archers can often easily achieve superficial victories in the contest with human crossbowmen, but in fact they have suffered a lot of hidden losses, the human population is hundreds of millions, and their crossbowmen can be replenished in large quantities at any time, but many of our commanders ignore this and are just immersed in superficial victories......"

"You must not shoot long-range with crossbowmen, if you do this, even if the casualty ratio reaches ten to one, then we elves will lose!"

Hypatia even marked it with an emphasis mark after this passage. Marven thought for a while, and then deeply agreed with this passage, the difference between the population base of humans and elves is too great, even if a dozen crossbowmen are replaced by an elven archer, the winner who has the last laugh will still be human.

Of course, as a good commander, Hypatia has also summed up a lot of tactics to restrain crossbowmen.

The most effective way to deal with crossbowmen is to suppress them with high-level martial artists who have reached the realm of Dou Qi Release, these warriors can already completely ignore the damage of crossbow arrows, and they are extremely fast, they can quickly approach crossbowmen, and then massacre them with powerful melee combat.

However, in Hypatia's opinion, the slaughter of crossbowmen with high-level warriors seems to be very effective, but it is not the best choice.

"The high-level martial artists who have reached the realm of fighting spirit are impeccable, and their combat effectiveness and mobility are impeccable, and it is difficult to hurt them by ordinary means of attack, but the number of such strong men is too scarce, and it is best to use them as elite assault forces to tear apart the enemy's strong defense line, and if they are used to deal with a large number of crossbowmen, it will inevitably cause the dispersion of troops; ......”

"Although the power of the cross crossbow is amazing, but the rate of fire is slow, in the forest this kind of terrain conditions where the field of vision is limited, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, we only need to lurk in the near place, with a short bow for rapid intensive shooting, can cause a lot of damage to the human crossbowmen, because there is no martial arts foundation, these human crossbowmen melee combat effectiveness is almost negligible, therefore, when they lack the cooperation of other arms, because they try to quickly charge or surprise the way to melee with them, although the crossbowmen are known as the nemesis of low-level warriors, but after close they are restrained by low-level warriors, actual combat shows that crossbowmen are attacked by low-level warriors at close range, which is basically a one-sided massacre, with casualty ratios often exceeding 100:1!"

Next, Hypatia's notes recorded a series of ambush tactics against the crossbowmen, and Marven was deeply impressed by her, and in the eyes of the arrogant and beautiful elves, there seemed to be no invincible opponent.

Marvin yawned and was ready to rest, but another inconspicuous book on his desk caught his eye.

The book was called "Intelligence and Supplies," and the author was Hypatia herself.

With admiration for Hypatia, Marven endured deep fatigue and opened the book.

"Intelligence is crucial to war, and it can be said that without accurate intelligence support, all strategic and tactical arrangements are just ...... on paper."

"After having the advantage in intelligence, not only can you know the enemy's movements well, but you can also deliberately reveal some false information to achieve the goal of confusing the enemy, so as to fall into the trap carefully arranged by our side, just as the so-called soldiers are not tired ......of deceit, know themselves and know their opponents, and will not be defeated in a hundred battles."

"The level of supply determines the ability of a country, race or alliance to sustain war, and destroying the enemy's supply capacity can not only deal a devastating blow to their morale, but also suppress the enemy's war potential......"

Marven slowed his breath and read intently, and the back of the book spends a lot of space on some ways to get information and cut off enemy supplies.

The book also recorded an analysis of the battle examples in this regard, and Marven was stunned when he saw it, and it was all about how she used the infidels to win the war.

"In the war that just ended, the human infidels were of great help to the elves, they not only sent us valuable information, but also launched a rebellion in the rear, cutting off the supply of the human army, among them, those Xia people played a particularly huge role, they can often risk their own lives to cross the front line in order to send a piece of information, which has accumulated an effective intelligence advantage for us. The Xia laborers in the rear also lost no time in launching a rebellion, because the Illuminati liked to capture the Xia people as serfs and free miners, the hatred contained in these poor humans was extremely great, and their rebellion caused a catastrophic impact on the operation and production of the Illuminati's farms and iron mines, thus greatly affecting the enemy's supply, because any war is inseparable from food and steel......"

"Although these so-called heretics do not have the ability to confront the regular army, due to the injustice of human society, they have been heavily oppressed and exploited, and when they have the opportunity, they will burst out with amazing power, and this force can be used by me to contain the Empire of St. John and the Church of Light, we should not discriminate against them, but should give them enough dignity and help them to be free......"

"The Xia people among the human pagans deserve special attention, because their fate is the most tragic, they have been discriminated against, enslaved, and slaughtered for no reason for a long time, so as long as there is a slim chance of freedom, they will do their best to fight for ......"

"The Xia people will not be weak all the time, they will always find a way to make themselves strong and get rid of the fate of being enslaved, my teacher once said that the Xia people are an ancient and mysterious people...... And I also have a hunch that this nation may one day be strong enough to change the pattern of the world......"

Seeing this, Marven couldn't help but feel a little inexplicably moved, he never thought that Hipatia would attach so much importance to the Xia Clan, although she helped the Xia Clan more for the benefit of the Night Elf Clan, but Marven felt between the lines of her respect for the Xia Clan, yes, respect for their entire nation, which Marven had never felt from others as a Xia Clan.

Before I knew it, it was already early in the morning, and the sky began to turn slightly white, and Marven finally couldn't stop being tired and fell asleep on the desk.

In the haze, he had a strange dream, in which he dreamed that he and Hypatia were commanding an army in battle, and among those armies, there were elves and Xia people......

After dawn, Marven woke up, and at some point he was wearing a purple cloak, which was left by Hypatia, and her faint body fragrance was still in the air.

"You read all night last night?" the beautiful figure floated softly over and asked softly.

"Hmm. Marven rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at her.

Hypatia was still dressed in a set of turquoise armor, carrying a longbow, and wearing a simple long sword at her waist, without the cover of the cloak, her delicate figure was fully revealed, the straight and slender thighs, the thin waist that could not be grasped, coupled with the full chest and handsome and thin face, almost all the beauty that women should have was vividly displayed in her.

"General Hypatia, you didn't rest all night last night. Marven noticed the dark circles at the corners of her eyes, and those bright and clear eyes were bloodshot at this time.

"Well, I took care of some demon things. Hypatia untied her bow and sword, and sat down gracefully on the couch, for all these days she feared that she had not rested at all.

"What book did you read last night?" asked Hypatia casually, and when she came in the morning, she found Marven asleep on her desk, and slept soundly, so she didn't disturb him.

"Hmm...... It's mainly military books, and I think these things may be of great use to me in the future. Marven got up to tidy up the slightly messy bookshelf for Hypatia, and he folded the books carefully and carefully put them back.

"No need. Hypatia's eyes flashed with relief, "Since you are interested in those military books, take them all away, and count them as if I gave them to you." ”

"This ......" didn't expect Hypatia to be so generous, Marven was stunned for a moment, "but...... General Hypatia, these books are of more use to you......" Marven spread his hands, "and I didn't lead the troops...... These things...... Why are you embarrassed to accept it?"

Hypatia stood up, took out the military books, and stuffed them all into Marven's arms, "Knowing more military knowledge and mastering some tactics is not a bad thing for any warrior or magician. ”

Not only is it not a bad thing! Any commander with sufficient military talent can become an existence side by side with the powerful people on the mainland! Profound tactics and strategies can even change the national fortunes of a big country!

Marven hesitated for two seconds, and finally took over those military books, his mind at this time recalled the dream he had in the early hours of the morning, maybe these military books would be extremely helpful to him, and even to the entire Xia clan in the future......

"General Hypatia, I'...... I will definitely study these books carefully, master military capabilities, and live up to your high expectations......" Marven bowed deeply to Hypatia, his eyes were full of gratitude, "These precious military books, coupled with Hypatia's insightful notes, are entirely likely to make me a military strategist!"

Hypatia sat back on the sofa and looked at Marven with a little satisfaction, her slender jade fingers gently combing her hair, "These are just the most basic furs, if you practice hard, you will learn more if you have the opportunity to find my teacher in the future......" Her eyes as clear as autumn water seemed to have penetrated Marven's thoughts.

In addition to shock, Marven was shocked in his heart, and in his opinion, the book she wrote was extremely profound and unique, almost a comprehensive reform of the existing military system, and these things, in her eyes, were still not worth mentioning!

"Hmm!" Marven nodded heavily, his eyes were full of blazing light, and he secretly vowed in his heart that he must find the mysterious archmage!

There was a hint of joy in Hypatia's tired eyes, and a faint smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.

Marven exited Hipatia's room and began to practice martial arts and magic more seriously and frantically, and he had no reason to slack off.