Chapter 423: Mastering the Land of Bitter Cold
Recently, it has been a lot of good things, no, the mountain cannon has just been successfully developed, and there is news from the barbarian administrative region.
Li Chuan sent a report saying that a new breed of horses had been found in a barbarian administrative area.
This new breed of horses, both in terms of physical strength and running speed, far surpasses all the current breeds of horses in Great Xia.
Of course, it can't be compared with horses like Lightning, which have become Warcraft, but like Lightning, these are a minority after all.
Xia Qi, who saw the report, was very interested in this kind of horse, and it just so happened that the report was sent together with the new horse breed.
Now, the new horse breed is arranged in the barracks of Great Xia City.
Immediately, Xia Qi took a few guards all the way to the barracks.
Before entering the barracks, Xia Qi heard bursts of neighing horses.
Walking quickly into the barracks, I saw a man actually wearing heavy armor, riding on the back of a black war horse, galloping back and forth in the training ground.
Xia Qi noticed that the speed of the war horse, which was also clad in armor, far exceeded the speed of the heavy cavalry when running.
Needless to say, this is the newly discovered horse breed mentioned in Li Chuan's letter.
Soon, Xia Qi's arrival attracted the attention of a group of soldiers in the barracks.
"Let's be excused."
Xia Qi waved his hand, signaling the soldiers not to be polite, and then turned his gaze to the knight just now.
"How do you feel?"
The knight who was questioned still had obvious excitement on his face at this time, and in the face of Xia Qi's inquiry, he didn't dare to hide it, and said in a fifteen-tenth manner: "Back to Your Majesty, this war horse is far superior to all other war horses in terms of speed and physical strength!"
Xia Qi turned to look at the war horse in front of him, this war horse has black hair, and it is stronger than the war horse used by the Great Xia Heavy Cavalry now, and it looks extremely burly.
After putting on the horse armor, it looks even more majestic.
Li Chuan sent a total of a hundred such war horses, and they were all of the same coat color.
It's not that Li Chuan doesn't want to send more, it's that he has caught so many now.
After all, the running speed of this kind of horse is too fast, and ordinary three or five people can't catch up at all, so they can only carry out the tactic of encircling a large army, and catch an entire herd of horses at once.
But that's not the end of it, this horse is extremely strong, and at first it is always thinking about escaping, and it takes a long time to train them to simply obey orders.
Looking at these war horses, Xia Qi liked them more and more, so he gave them a name, Black Cloud Horse.
Then at the same time as sending a letter asking Li Chuan to capture more Black Cloud Horses, he sent these 100 Black Cloud War Horses to the horse farm, wanting to see if he could carry out large-scale breeding.
The number of these black cloud horses is too small, according to Li Chuan in the report, only about 3,000 have been found so far, and this is still in the case of including young horses and old horses.
If the total number of these Black Cloud Horses is so large, it is far from enough to equip the army.
After this episode, Xia Qi once again devoted himself to a busy office state.
During this period of time, the other three borders of Bactria have been relatively stable.
Although there are some grassland tribes on the grasslands to the west, they cannot pose a threat to Great Xia at all, and they can be easily co-opted.
But to the east, the area where the Orc Alliance used to be active was a headache for Xia Qi.
Those scattered orcs are really annoying.
They roam the wasteland aimlessly, often threatening the caravans that trade there.
Although Huaye often sent troops to encircle and suppress it several times, it had little effect.
The frequent preview has made the northeast region of Great Xia almost become a high-risk area, and many merchants who plan to go to the west to develop have been persuaded to leave.
Although there are still many merchants who are willing to take risks for the sake of profit, this has become the most backward area in Great Xia, and it is not even as good as the dwarf administrative area that has just experienced the war.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Qi turned his head to look at Zhang Liang.
"Zhang Liang, has the latest report of the Ordnance Factory in the city been sent this quarter?"
Hearing this, Zhang Liang hurriedly flipped through the pile of documents on his desk, and then pulled out one of them.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Armory's quarterly report is here."
After receiving the report submitted by Zhang Liang, Xia Qi spoke again after a quick flip through it.
"The order is that the two thousand rifles newly produced by the Ordnance Factory are all equipped with the Lion Barbarian Legion. At the same time, he sent an order to Adolf, the commander of the Giant Eagle Knights, and ordered him to lead his Giant Eagle Knights to support and assist Huaye in clearing the orcs in the territory."
With the Giant Eagle Knight conducting high-altitude reconnaissance to provide a field of view, and with the firepower of the rifle troops, it is easy to clear out several groups of orcs.
However, this incident reminded him that it was time for him to strengthen his control over the wild areas of his territory, so as not to cause chaos among these beasts and orcs.
But nowadays, the distance between the cities, according to the normal efficiency of the journey, is more than ten days away.
And this is because the gallop has a speed bonus, if it is at a normal speed, it will take about twenty days. With such a large area, it is undoubtedly difficult to supervise and control it, and the best way is to build a fortress.
Between the two cities, find a suitable location to build a fortress, and then divide the field area into two around the fortress, which is also more convenient for the two cities to supervise and control the area outside the city.
In times of war, the fortress could also be used to amass troops to defend against enemy invasions, which was a double win.
And the dwarves also happen to have special building projects related to the fortress, which can get bonus effects.
Of course, this is easier said than done, and the cost of a fortress is much more expensive than building a post station.
There are enough big projects under construction in Daxia, and if he starts another big project during this time period, maybe his Daxia will really break out into a financial crisis.
In this way, the only way to do this is to put the construction of the fortress on the agenda for now, and wait until one of the several major projects in progress is completed.
In this way, with the passage of time, winter came before I knew it.
This winter, the depths of the bitter cold land, which used to be calm, are now not peaceful at all.
Now let the clock go on.
After the autumn harvest, the rapidly colder weather heralds the onset of a cold winter.
This winter, the depths of the bitter cold land that has been quiet for many years, are not at all calm now.
In the howling wind and snow, bursts of violent roars echoed.
Bang!
A huge force came, and Baker, the patriarch of the bear-man clan, was slammed into the trunk of a large tree, and with a shaking, the snow that had accumulated on the branches fell, burying it directly on the ice.
Because there is no pressure from the snow, the branches that used to hang low become high again.
"Roaring !!"
Soon, however, with a roar, Baker burst out of the snow and ice, and then he began to roar even louder at the behemoth not far away, covered in blood.
I want to try to deter the other party in this way.
But apparently, this has not done anything.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang......
As the behemoth approached, each step it took made the ground shake.
The behemoth was covered with long brown-black hair, its thick trunk hung down from its waist, and two huge and hideous tusks swayed back and forth as it moved.
Whoever sees it will not be naïve to think that this is just a useless ornament.
This behemoth is an elephant man, and it is a mammoth that is very different from Great Xia.
This elephant man is none other than the most powerful Great Chief in the whole bitter cold land, Harry!
In terms of height and size alone, Harry is even a head above ordinary elephants, a truly gigantic unit.
Baker's fundamental purpose in obtaining Terran weapons and equipment was to kill Harry and enslave the Elephant Men in the depths of the bitter cold.
In this way, it will be the sole ruler of the depths of the bitter cold.
And now it seems that its plans are clearly going very badly.
"Harry, do you want to fight my life and death here?!"
Yu Guang skimmed over the subordinates who came out with him to look for food, and they were basically dead and wounded.
At this time, Baker can be said to have been forced into a desperate situation.
The only thing we can hope for is that the other clansmen from the tribal camp will be able to come to support in time.
Presumably seeing through Baker's thoughts, Harry's deep voice rang out in the snowstorm.
"Stop dreaming, they won't come."
Hearing this, Baker's pupils, which were covered in blood, suddenly shrank.
In its moments of stupefaction, Harry's massive fist had smashed into Baker's face.
Although the Bearren are extremely strong, the strength of the Elephant Terran is also quite amazing.
This punch smashed down, which directly caused Baker's brain to fall into a state of downtime on the spot.
Baker was smashed straight out of the way, and then landed in the snow with a thud.
But it was also because of the excitement of the ice and snow that it came back to its senses.
"Harry, I didn't expect you to play such a trick."
As he spoke, blood was spilling from Baker's mouth and nose, and his thick arms were propped up on the ground, trying to stand up, but he couldn't.
Looking at Baker like this, Grain said in a deep voice, "How do you think I knew you were here?"
With that, without waiting for Baker to reply, Harry lifted his big foot and trampled his head into a mess.
Baker, one of the great chieftains of the Bitter Cold Lands, can be said to have died a terrible death.
Rubbing his feet against the snow in disgust, Harry turned his head to look not far away.
I saw that in the wind and snow, several burly figures walked slowly, and they were the bear people who were belated.
But what is surprising is that these two tribes, which were supposed to be mortal enemies, did not fight after meeting now, and even looked at each other with surprisingly calm eyes.
It seems that Harry didn't lie before, this was simply a trap set in advance, and even Baker's people were involved!
"Don't forget what you promised me, if you dare to deceive me, it will be your end!"
Harry looked at the white bearmen, and his mouth was full of threat.
"Please rest assured, Patriarch Harry, we have always done what Great Xia says."
I saw that the white bear people opened their bodies slightly to the sides, and then a fox man wrapped in a thick winter coat walked out of it unhurriedly.
This fox man is none other than Ali, the elder of the White Fox Clan!
"As long as Patriarch Harry cooperates with us in getting rid of Baker and his vassals, and bringing all the orcs in the tribe into obedience, I can promise you that you will have no worries about food and clothing in the days to come, and at the same time meet the rest of the Elephant Clansmen. Don't worry, I'll make arrangements as soon as I get back to Great Xia."
At this point, Ali feasted and then continued, "Oh yes, I've already brought the first batch of food, which is a gesture of my heart."
With a wave of Ali's hand, a werewolf appeared in front of Harry with a cart of food in tow.
"If Patriarch Harry doesn't believe me, he can confirm it directly."
Harry was not pretentious, he went up and grabbed a handful of food, opened it and put it in front of his eyes to observe.
For Harry, who was ten meters tall, the sack of grain was not much bigger than the palm of his hand, but it had a solemn face.
It's just inexplicable, and there is a sense of disobedience.
But there is no way, for the bitter cold land where food is scarce, this bag of food is even more precious than life.
In particular, the food resources that can be found in the past two years have basically been looted by several orc tribes, resulting in many orcs starving to death every winter, which makes food even more precious.
If it weren't for that, Harry wouldn't have agreed to submit so simply.
The nature of the Elephant Terran is there after all, Harry has no attachment to power, he will become the Great Chief, just to lead the people to live, as long as they can feed themselves and not starve to death.
In fact, he doesn't care if he returns or not.
Not to mention that Ali also told him that in that Great Xia, there were still many of his people who settled there.
After making sure there was nothing wrong with the food, Harry's expression was noticeably more relaxed.
Seeing this, Ali hurriedly asked, "I wonder when Patriarch Harry is going to leave with the orcs of his clan?"
As he spoke, Ali wrapped his thick winter coat a little tighter, if he could, he really wouldn't want to stay in this place for a day.
For Ali, who has settled in the mountain city, he has become accustomed to the bustling city, and the first half of his life is simply living in dire straits.
Now let's look at these orc tribes, fighting around for those broken territories where birds don't, it's stupid to the extreme, what is there to grab in this broken place?
I really don't understand these natives!
Harry didn't know what Ali was thinking, and when he heard this, Harry replied truthfully, "The orcs of my clan will take about five days to clean up."
"Then we'll leave in seven days, shall we?"
"No problem."
Harry nodded in response, and when the matter was over, Ali was secretly relieved.
The purpose of his presence here is self-evident.
After the Bear People led by Locke were completely submissive, Xia Qi learned a lot of information about the depths of the Bitter Cold Land through Locke.
After confirming that the two major tribes entrenched in the depths of the bitter cold land were the elephant people and the bear people, Xia Qi couldn't help but think about it.
Among them, the elephant people are the best to deal with, and unlike the bear people who are fierce in their bones, the elephant people can be called very kind orcs, as long as they seize the opportunity, the probability of incorporation is very high.
As for the bears, with Locke, the son of the former patriarch, there is undoubtedly a lot of appeal, and the focus is on how to get those bears to turn against them and find an opportunity to kill Baker and his diehards.
Therefore, they need a guy with a sharp mouth.
In this way, Ali, who is an elder of the white fox, was successfully named by Xia Qi.
Over the years, the bitter cold land has been calm on the surface, but Xia Qi's methods have never stopped.
With a complete story, Locke and Ali fled back to the Bearren tribe deep in the bitter cold.
After successfully deceiving Beck, they were honest for a while, and even Ali helped Baker solve a lot of troublesome problems and gradually gained the trust of the other party.
Once Baker began to let his guard down against him, his actions began.
Seeing the target, he turned against the bears who were originally biased towards Locke and remained neutral, and at the same time quietly found Harry the Elephant Man, and negotiated and had a showdown.
In the end, he single-handedly planned the whole game, and directly killed Baker and his vassals with the hands of Harry and the other elephants, completing all his plans.
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