In this way, the army of the Empire advanced faster than ever, and at the same time, William began to write letters to the governors of the provinces and the tribal leaders. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info For a short time, William still needs the help of these guys. At least until William established new districts in these areas and selected people he trusted to run them.

In addition to that, the tribes, and the governors of the provinces, they also brought some troops. The combat effectiveness of these units, although not very strong. But it is barely enough to be used as cannon fodder. In this way, the army of the Hereford family can be claimed to be 300,000 troops.

His army of 300,000 marched day and night towards the heart of the Zoroastrian Empire. Tabriz, the most important city in the Zoroastrian Empire, the commercial and political center, was about to fall into the hands of the Hereford family and William.

Everything seemed to be going so well. After sending troops, conquer the entire steppe and destroy the Uzbek Khanate. Now it's the conquest of the Zoroastrian Empire. William only felt lighthearted. He had the most elite army of the era, and he was also one of the best army commanders of the era. That's enough.

The wars of this era have evolved to the point where those medieval empires are completely incomprehensible. When they thought they were armed with one or two guns and several companies of arquebuses, even if they were absolutely elite troops, William had already begun to prepare rifled guns.

While they were still proud of the defensive power of their heavy and cumbersome scale armor, the Hereford family's cuirass production had reached its peak. Whether it is social organization, government structure, mobilization capacity, transportation facilities, scientific and technological level, educational level, military theory, weapons and equipment...... The Herefords, the Russian-Gothic Empire outperformed these guys in all respects, I don't know how much.

In this case, some people may be surprised by the speed of William's advancement. But William himself doesn't think so. Because it's just normal for him.

He had a steam-age army fully gunpowder weaponized against an army that was still in the Middle Ages of handicrafts. If the two sides still have to fight back and forth for a few rounds before the winner can be decided, then William, a world-class player, will not have the face to call anymore.

That's it. Tabriz. William looked at the ancient city with great ambition, thinking in his heart what to do next.

For the sudden appearance of the Hereford family, the various countries in this region were a little frightened. I didn't expect that when the situation had developed to such an extent, someone would suddenly intervene. And now it seems that this guy has a good chance of success. It's just incredible.

In particular, the Ottoman Empire, which made the Zoroastrian Empire a new territory to expand. The dark elf, the female Sudan Fatima, has mobilized an army of 100,000 to fight this war. She is full of thoughts on building a powerful empire of the Pancrescent Faith, competing with the Hereford family and the powerful countries of the human world.

Now that she has confirmed that she cannot defeat the Hereford family, let alone conquer the entire human world, then this is the best path she can think of for the Ottoman Empire and the dark elves.

However, it seems that this idea cannot be implemented now.

"Why are you everywhere?!" After William conquered the Uzbek Khanate, the news was transmitted back to Istanbul as quickly as possible, reaching the ears of the Fatimid woman Sudan. As soon as she heard this name, which she hated to the extreme, the female Sudan felt hot all over her body, and a strange feeling flowed around her. She pretended to be angry, but she resisted the pleasure of remembering that she was almost penetrated before.

But then, it occurred to him that this was a good opportunity.

"They left their country and came to this strange territory. In addition to this, their army was overwhelmingly made up of nomadic cavalry. The most elite and well-trained Goths under his command probably only numbered twenty or thirty thousand. In this case, if the Empire concentrates its main forces, then a victory may improve the diplomatic and military situation between the Empire and the Russian-Goths?!"

As soon as she thought of this, Sudan, a Fatimid woman, felt very happy and excited.

She was willing to pay more, more, if she could beat Wilhelm von Hereford. This name is famous in the human world. But what they didn't know was that among the dark elves, the name was even more pronounced. All the dark elves understand that this human monarch has defeated them and crushed their ambitions for world domination. Although they also had a feeling before this, the power of human beings is getting stronger and stronger.

However, it is still the first time that human beings are so strong that they can clearly realize that they are not as strong as human beings.

It is for this reason that the Dark Elves have taken the name to heart. For the same reason, they were willing to pay a high price to defeat William - if they couldn't kill him, as long as they could.

This was the best way to dispel their fears of William, of the Herefords, and of the Russo-Gothic Empire.

Empire, the Dark Elves can be defeated. In fact, after the Dark Elves migrated to the Anatolian plains and began their conquest, it was. While these guys win in the vast majority of cases, in absolute terms, they don't lose a lot of times.

It's not that they can't accept failure, they can't accept a failure that is not controversial at all. Because before that, there was something special about the guys who defeated them.

Or it depends on the special terrain, or it depends on some wonderful plan, and some depends on the special time. All in all, these victories, while great and brilliant, are not something that cannot be learned, learned, and then countered.

That is, "If we do, we won't fail." ”

This is not an afterthought, but a lesson learned.

However, the Hereford family's army was not the same. They were the ones who had defeated the Dark Elves of the Ottomans in a head-on battle. So the Dark Elves don't have any lessons to learn. Even if it is a summary, then there will only be one conclusion, that is, "we are not strong enough".

Not strong enough.

This is what the dark elves fear the most, the least want it to happen, and the hardest thing to accept.

If they can sum up something, don't be afraid. Where they are deficient, they will make up for it, and if there are any loopholes in their tactics, they will improve. Their enemies are very cunning, and they will also be careful not to fall into the same trap.

However, if the strength is insufficient, there is really no way. That's the only thing these guys can't solve.

Strength, strength. Strength is not something that can be grown by saying growth. In addition, strength is also relatively idealistic and complex.

What exactly is strength, industrial power, agricultural power, people's living standards, scientific and technological level, administrative efficiency of the government, combat effectiveness of the army, economic strength, and even the level of education, the quantity of products and resources, and even the level of road transportation, education, and so on......

This series can be called strength.

The relatively young and brainless Dark Elves naturally advocated military reform, believing that by creating an army that could rival the Hereford family, they would be able to increase their strength.

But the more sophisticated Dark Elves know that this will not be easy. Even military reform is not easy. Because it involves the military system, as well as the military service system. The empire is currently based on the rule of the Dark Elves. Whether or not the dark elves should give up their places and build more human armies is hard to say.

Because this involves the status of the dark elves, but also the national and racial policies of the empire. Even tactical changes need to be taken very seriously, as it is likely to weaken the special status of the Dark Elves quite a bit.

On the basis of this series, the military reform of the Ottoman Empire was difficult.

In addition to this, the technical reform of the Ottoman was also very difficult. Unlike some of the nations that are left in the dark, the Dark Elves of the Ottomans are open to any technology that benefits them. It's just that their social structure, as well as their economic structure, is not yet adapted to the way in which it was organized in the age of big industry.

If we want to manufacture more advanced weapons and equipment, we need more advanced science and technology, as well as more powerful industrial power. In the former, the dark elves have some input. But the latter is more difficult.

At present, the industry of the entire empire cannot be considered small, but it is definitely not much. And most of them were concentrated in the core area of the empire, that is, the Anatolian region.

The Dark Elves have no idea of big industrial production at the moment, and they don't have any idea of what an industrial system is. Yes, artillery factories can produce artillery, yes, gunsmiths can produce guns, and as for the supporting ammunition and gunpowder factories, it is only natural that they should be manufactured. But after that, it was necessary to carry out metallurgy, to carry out mechanical engineering, to obtain high-power steam engines, and even to coordinate factory production with differential machines. All this also needs assembly line operations, standard parts production, this, that......

It can be said that there are only two countries in the world that have such power at present, William's Russia-Gothic Empire, and the kingdom of the Britons.

At this point, the dark elves still have a long way to go.

So the calculation comes, the calculation goes. The Dark Elves were helpless to find that they had so much to do. And even if you do it, you don't necessarily have to do it well. Even if it is done, it will definitely take a lot of time. Catching up is one thing, catching up is another.

When you think about it, you get a desperate reality, that is, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for the Russian-Gothic Empire to catch up with and defeat the Herefords.

But now, the Dark Elves have a chance! a chance to defeat William von Hereford and put an end to that fear!