In fact, Luo Di very much hopes to simply lead the army to defeat the northern Roland 6, hundreds of thousands of troops are guarding the north, waiting for people to come to the door, it is not a good thing. [No pop-up novel network]

The northern provinces of the empire have never been a fertile place, the land is barren, there is no food, and for hundreds of years, every time two big 6 fights a war, this is the front line—if not the front line, then at least the front line.

For hundreds of years, the northern provinces have been synonymous with the Empire most often: War Zone!

The Bright Empire has the entire Big 6, and in any aspect of its strength, it is far superior to any country on the Roland 6, and all the countries on the Roland 6 must be added up in order to compete with the Empire.

Over the centuries, there have been countless "holy wars" fought by both large and small ones, especially during the reign of Abbasid the Great, and after the government of the entire Bright Great6, the greatest emperor in the history of the empire set his sights on the north - that was the only land he had not yet conquered!

It is a pity that Abbasid the Great was not able to complete the great cause of unifying the two big 6s. Even the grassland is fierce, and the iron horse can't stop the "Thunder God's Whip" in the peak period, facing the vast sea, he can only sigh.

The empire's army is strong, the four main legions combined, there are a million male soldiers, and there are local garrisons in various local provinces, and the entire Bright Empire has nearly two million troops, not counting the reserves.

The empire had well-equipped hoplites and powerful samurai. There are brave warriors under the Tulip Battle Banner, and there is the most powerful cavalry "Thor's Whip" that can sweep through the Big 6......

However, the empire had only one major weakness – the navy.

When the sage Dandong was alive, he once sighed that if the Imperial Ground Navy could have half of the "Thor's Whip...... No, as long as you can have one-third of the strength of the "Thor's Whip". Then conquering the Northern Big 6 is definitely not a dream!

The strength of the navy, in addition to having excellent sailors and soldiers, the most basic thing is of course the warship - but it is a pity that compared with the first-class cavalry and infantry of the empire, the navy of the empire can only be said to be third-rate...... Well, I'm afraid it's not even a third-rate.

In history, the wars of the Bright Empire against Roland 6 were ultimately defeated because of the weakness of the Imperial Navy. And this failure. During the time of Abbasid the Great, it was experienced three times in a row!

For the first time, the empire assembled a large navy – a power, of course, only the Abbasid Emperor himself had in mind. It's a pity that the cruel reality annoyed the great emperor very much. The Empire's navy was almost completely wiped out in the last battle in the Thundering Strait—and the Admiral of the Northern Legion, who had been pinned on by the Abbasid the Great, was taken prisoner by the Rolands without face.

And the second time, slightly better, Abbasid the Great realized that the navy could not be relied on. The great emperor decided to rely on the mighty cavalry to defeat the other side - in that holy war, the empire's navy was simply a convoy - the coastline was as long. The other side can't block everywhere, there is always a place to climb 6, right? After that largest sea transportation in history. After being sunk by the Roland navy and losing several troops, 150,000 men finally boarded the Great 6 of the North. The hooves of the "Thor's Whip" have finally set foot on the land of Roland 6!

But then the situation fell into trouble again!

The 150,000 Deng 6 army was eventually wiped out, and less than 10,000 were eventually taken as prisoners of war and ransomed by the empire with a huge sum of money.

Having lost nearly 200,000 of his most elite troops at one time, the Abbasid Emperor was undoubtedly furious, but the Thundering Strait was like a natural trench, stubbornly guarding the charge of the Imperial Iron Cavalry, firmly guarding Roland 6.

And the third time, it was the Roland people who were carried away by the victory.

After the first two defeats, the Roland seemed to think that the southern empire was not bad, and finally made up their minds to go south.

Their powerful navy crossed the Thundering Strait unhindered, sending a large number of troops to Guangming Da 6, and the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries went south in two ways, intending to conquer the southern Da 6 in one fell swoop.

The ocean belongs to the Roland people, but it still belongs to the people of the Bright Empire!

Although in the first two wars, the empire has lost too many valiant soldiers, too many elite cavalry. But the empire still has great power, and the most important empire still has the Duke of Tulip!

During the third "holy war" of the reign of Abbasid the Great, a generation of sage Danton appeared. This great man who came out of nowhere assisted Duke Tulip to defeat the enemy completely, and in the course of the war he created countless strange weapons of all kinds, and it seems that he has endless wisdom and whimsy!

The Roland navy was crushed for thousands of miles, and after being routed by Duke Tulip for two consecutive armies, it finally retreated. In that battle, although the empire finally repelled the invading strong enemy, it could not hide the shame of being knocked down at home.

And the only harvest is the emergence of a generation of sage Dandong.

The whole empire is speculating about what kind of thunderous means the great conqueror Abbasid will use to retaliate against the Rolands, after all, the emperor of the entire Guangming 6 was actually beaten to his own house, this kind of shame is intolerable by an emperor - everyone is waiting for the next larger war!

But the greatness of Abbasid the Great lies in his mind. After meditating in the palace for three days, the emperor ordered to stop the use of troops against the Northern Big 6!

The three failed "holy wars" have already caused the empire to lose too much blood, and the natural flaws have prevented the conquest of the emperor's ** team, so before thinking of a way to make up for this flaw. Continue to provoke wars. Undoubtedly, the precious lives of the warriors of the empire can only be wasted in vain!

Therefore, the navy is an eternal shame on the emperor's ** team......

The Imperial Navy was inherently inferior to the Roland warships on warships - Roland 6 was rich in a strange ironwood, which was different from ordinary wood, strong as steel, but still weighed almost the same as ordinary wood, which was undoubtedly the best material for shipbuilding. With this special material. The Rolanders could build the most advanced warships in the world, the most powerful sea fortresses.

It's a pity that this kind of ironwood is not available at all on the Guangming Da 6!

In fact, the Empire had secretly tried to bring in this precious wood from the north for generations—but the Rolanders were well aware of the value of this wood to them, and had used the strictest means to prevent almost all of this wood from being transported to the south—and of course, through disdainful efforts, the Empire was able to obtain some. Includes the seeds and saplings of the ironwood tree.

But the next thing was disappointment.

The ironwood trees that were transplanted to Guangming Da 6 were mostly unable to survive. Because of the difference in climate and soil, most of the trees die within a month of planting. Even if the vitality survives occasionally, the wood is far worse than the ironwood in the north. And the number is extremely rare.

Therefore, the proud navy of the Roland people still retains its undefeated record and is rampant in the Thundering Strait.

Of course, what Roddy knows is subtly different from these historical accounts......

According to the record of Dandong's notebook that he got in his hand, Luo Di at least knew that in fact, that kind of ironwood tree could be successfully transplanted to Guangming Da 6!

Mr. Danton seems to mention several methods in his notes, and some very strange names, such as "greenhouse", "soilless planting", "temperature regulation", and other words that Roddy could not understand.

What surprised Roddy even more was that there was an earth-shattering sentence in Danton's notes: no matter how hard wood is, it is just wood. What's so great about a ship made of wood? Give me a while, and watch me make an ironclad fleet!

Iron?

Iron can build ships??

Roddy's mind was full of questions, what was made of iron fell into the water, didn't it sink immediately?

But considering the series of miracles that Danton has created, Roddy has to believe this kind of words...... Perhaps, if it was made by Mr. Danton, then there is really such a possibility......

It is important to note that Danton's words were merely recorded in his notes, and he himself did not mention them to anyone, nor did he ever speak of them to the Abbasids!

In this regard, Danton's notes explain that the weakness of the imperial navy is far from being solved by a few more sturdy warships, and that the strength of the Roland navy is the result of hundreds of years of experience, and the sturdiness of the warships is only one of the reasons. Even if this method of building warships is made, it may not be of much use.

Indeed, the topography of the Roland Big 6 is very subtle.

The whole Roland 6 is like a piece of paper with a big hole dug in the middle, and the big hole in the middle is the Belga Inland Sea, which occupies one-fifth of the area of Roland 6. A Belga River runs through the Inland Sea and the Thundering Strait.

Because there is such an inland sea in the middle of the big 6, the water career of the Roland people is extremely funny, there are often wars between more than a dozen countries, and each other's navies have been fighting in the inland sea for hundreds of years, and have accumulated a very rich set of experience in water warfare.

And once the two big 6 start a war, then the navies of the six countries of Roland will unite and drive from the inland sea through the long river to the Thundering Strait! In contrast, the navy of the bright big 6 is not enough to see at all.

An excellent army cannot be trained by training, and it needs to go through the baptism of war. in order to show a sharp edge!

Dandong also pointed out that at that time, the Empire of Light should not have set off a fourth so-called holy war.

The first three holy wars have consumed too much national strength, and there are still many internal problems that have not been solved on the conquered Big 6. The most important thing is not some "conquest of the pagans of the north." It's about how to make this huge empire grow stronger!

Dandong understands deeply. With the temper of the Abbasid Emperor, if he knew that method of shipbuilding, he would definitely start the war again...... So Danton kept his mouth shut.

Roddy stood on top of a tall tower in the castle, looking out at the vast sea ahead, the waves of the Thundering Strait like rage, thinking about the things in Danton's notebook.

"At that time, the time was not right, and now it's finally here, someone else is calling, are we just waiting for someone to hit you?" Roddy muttered in a low voice, "Iron ship...... Interesting......"

After a month of waiting in the "Thundering City" on the coast of the northern provinces, the Empire of Light finally welcomed the envoy of Roland 6...... The messenger who came to send a letter of war.

The so-called "chivalry" admired by the Roland people made them write their war books as if they had an air of elegance.

A letter of war that was originally written with sharp words, but it was full of noble and elegant words, such as "In order to defend the dignity of the gods", "In order to spread the light of God to all directions, so that more people can be protected by the true gods", "Declare war on you in the honor of knights", "On a certain day in a certain month, I will board the sea area of Thundering City6, hoping that you will obey the will of God and surrender with dignity." Or just fight fairly in the spirit of a knight, etc......"

After reading this battle letter, Luo Di smiled faintly. He casually pulled out the sword of the guard beside him, and then threw it at the feet of the standing messenger, and said coldly: "You go back and tell your commander about this." This is the answer given to him by Duke Tulip, the commander of the Empire of Light!"

Standing on top of the city walls, watching the messenger leave the city, through the wilderness beneath the city, and into a lonely boat on the seashore, Roddy looked up at the sky with a calm smile on his face.

Ziggy stood behind him and couldn't help but say, "Lord Duke, don't the Roland people have brains? Since they are here to invade us, they will tell us what kind of war book they will make, and when and where they will board 6...... Isn't this a clear indication that we should be prepared? The coastline in the north is so long, and our navy is so poor, most of them can't stop it, so wouldn't it be better for them to find a place to board safely6 and then put themselves in order and fight us?"

"Commander Ziggy...... Oh, wrong, it's supposed to be Deputy Head Ziggy. The commander of the Northern Legion who was sneering beside him, Miro, the nephew of the Marquis of Caroline of the Lionheart Family, shook his head and said coldly: "The Roland people worship a kind of 'chivalry', they believe that only by defeating the enemy head-on can they achieve the glory of their knighthood, and hiding their heads and tails will only tarnish their noble knightly reputation...... As a samurai, I appreciate this spirit of theirs, but as a general, I can only sneer at this rigid idea. ”

Roddy glanced at the Miro next to him, but Miro pretended not to see his gaze.

In fact, the two of them really don't get along very well these days. The two had met once in that banquet in the imperial capital before, at that time Luo Di was still a hairy boy who had just started to pretend to be the Duke of Tulip for a few days, and he had been severely humiliated by the arrogant Miro, and then Miro was teased by Jojo again......

Thinking of "Jojo", Luo Di felt a pain in his heart, and couldn't help but glance at Miro again with complicated eyes.

Human psychology is very complicated, and no matter what, Roddy doesn't hate this Miro very much in his heart. Miró was only targeting himself because of the discord between the family, and besides, he was not a real Tulip Duke. Thinking that Miro was also very infatuated with Jojo at the beginning, and now that the beauty has disappeared, I can't help but feel a little sad in my heart, and for a while I thought of Jojo's smiling voice and smile at that time, and even the memory of standing with Miro in my memory, Jojo was on the side, and the memory of the open and secret fight between the three of them seemed to have become better.

It's beautiful because Jojo was still alive at that time, right?

Thinking of the deep pain in Miro's eyes when he first came to the north, it was also because of Qiao Qiao, right? I heard that the commander of the Northern Army with a heavy army in his hands had almost run back to the imperial capital after learning the news of Qiao Qiao's disappearance......

Roddy can't say that he loves Jojo, but he always has a feeling of guilt in his heart, and the man standing in front of him at this moment is a man who once loved Jojo deeply, no matter what, Roddy doesn't hate Miro in his heart.

Miro finally couldn't ignore Luo Di's gaze, but he seemed to misunderstand Luo Di's meaning, and said coldly: "Lord Duke, do you have any different opinions on my words?" Luo Di took a deep breath, shook his head, tried to get rid of the emotion in his heart, and said slowly: "Lord Miro, I think what you said is good, but my opinion is still a little different. ”

Luo Di smiled, and then said slowly: "Although the Roland people advocate 'chivalry', they are not fools after all, let alone people who don't know how to be flexible. They are just as cunning, as evidenced by their covert collusion with Rochenthal. I think that they gave us a war letter and told us openly that the target of their attack was actually a helpless move. ”

Miro didn't speak, just looked at Roddy coldly.

Luo Di pretended not to see his cold gaze, and said lightly: "They crossed the sea and came, and the most important thing after boarding 6 is to seize a foothold and a stronghold first! Then reorganize the men and horses in this stronghold, and get supplies at the same time! And prevent our counterattack! At present, the military stronghold closest to the coast is here, Thundering City! At present, because of the Empire's hundreds of years of preparation, there is basically no stronghold on the big 6 near the coastline that can give them a foothold. They can't come ashore and fight...... So by all accounts, they had to capture Thundering City, because it was their only option.