497. Chapter 497 If You Can
In this way, the spring of 1744 entered the warmest and most beautiful May. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Speaking of which, human beings always like to fight war at the best of times, and this is the least beautiful thing. In a sense, this should be regarded as one of the inferior nature of human beings.
Around the city of Kiev, the original fields, the original farmland and the steppes were all turned over by marmots-like men and soldiers, revealing the turf - of course, not ploughing and ploughing, but building fortifications.
The perimeter of the city of Kyiv has now been turned into a large construction site. Tens of thousands of manpower and animal power, under the deployment of William, built the entire outside of Kiev into a whole, balanced, stable and powerful fortress group as quickly as possible.
William believed that under his own deployment, with the military strength of the Hereford family, his own command ability, and the strength of his own army, then even if the enemy came to attack Kyiv with 200,000 troops, or even more troops, he could calmly annihilate them all.
Unlike the strength of the Hereford family, and William's optimism. At present, it seems that the Slavic nobles of Kiev, as well as ordinary Slavites, who seem to be in the same camp as him, are somewhat awkward, even desperate.
Seeing that the Hereford family is in a position here, and at the same time, they have heard that a large number of dark elves will go north to attack Kyiv, and these Slavites are desperate at present.
Either way, whoever wins, it's the Hereford family's victory, or the Dark Elves' success. One thing that will not change is that the city of Kyiv, as well as the surrounding areas of Kyiv, the land and farmland that they have easily carved out have all been destroyed. This year's harvest cannot be counted on in any case. At the same time, the surrounding towns and villages, the homes of the Slavians, will naturally become fodder for this war.
It's sad, it's sad. The Slavians wanted to cry without tears, and they didn't provoke anyone, they really sat at home, and disaster came from heaven, how did they become the object of competition between two monster-like countries that could not be provoked by anyone?
What a tragedy. Now let's not talk about reviving the kingdom of the Slavites, even if it is to preserve its own strength, I am afraid it will be very difficult.
Although William was very tolerant when he came into contact with William, he smiled and comforted these guys calmly, claiming that he would definitely ensure the interests of the Slavians, the Slavians and the Goths of the Hereford family, the two can work together to create a better future and tomorrow or something.
At first, the Slavic nobles were also excited. After all, William's eloquence is quite good, and with a little incitement, they can not find the north.
But as long as you think about it a little, you can see that what William said is actually false - when the other party has tens of thousands of troops and tens of millions of people, why should he have only 10,000 rabbles in his hands, plus hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no unified king, the emperor's own self to sit on an equal footing and build a better future or something?
If you think about it, it's completely impossible. There is only one future for himself, which is to be enslaved by the Goths and survive as a second-class people.
Thinking about this future, the Slavians feel very gloomy. It's just that they can't do anything about it. They're already on the thief ship. At present, William has a regiment of the Fourth Army stationed in the city of Kiev, which has five infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, an artillery regiment and an engineer regiment. A fully equipped army with tens of thousands of troops.
Even if you kill everyone in the entire city of Kyiv, it must not be too difficult.
As long as this possibility is thought of, all the nobles and commoners in the entire city of Kyiv will be honest and will not think anything wrong.
But then again, what kind of thoughts could they have? Do they turn to the Dark Elves again? Don't forget, in the previous outpost battle, they betrayed the Dark Elves' vanguard army ruthlessly. Even if the dark elves don't say it, they must have made a lot of notes on these guys in their small books in their hearts.
At the same time, there is another point, that is, is it really reliable to turn to the dark elves?
Even if you don't talk about the previous betrayal, even if you don't count the Hereford family army of a legion in Kyiv, they successfully took refuge in the dark elves, and even said that in the next war, they made great contributions to the dark elves, then the dark elves will be very good to them?
If you think about it on your toes, you know that it's impossible.
They will only think of themselves as another inferior race that can be squeezed. It may even be inferior to the Hereford family.
Because at least, there are still many Slavic groups in the territory of the Hereford family and the Russian kingdom, and William did nothing to them. The Dark Elves are different, God knows what they think.
When they think about it, the Slavians are desperate to understand that they have no choice but to do it at the moment.
They can only follow the Hereford family all the way to the dark.
We can only pray that the Hereford family will win this war.
Even after that, the Hereford family will not fulfill the promises he made before, and even they will lose a lot of the privileges they originally had, but at least at least, they will survive, and they will be able to barely live a better life without having their entire family killed by the dark elves who want to take revenge.
For the Slavites, it is better to die than to live, and it is enough for them to survive in peace.
For those who live at the bottom of this era, no, it should be said that it is the same for those who live at the bottom of any era, and they expect only one thing more than the power, wealth, status and fame that the big men actively pursue, that is, to live.
It's very simple, it's very simple, it's so simple that many people will wonder, does this kind of thing need to be pursued?
Yes, of course it does. For the Slavits, who are now living in the cracks, there is nothing more desirable and worth pursuing.
"So, as long as you can promise them to live. At least for now. William thought to himself. He sighed as he looked at the people who were working in the sky, or even the Slavites who were more enthusiastic than their own soldiers.
For their own soldiers fought for honor, for for him, as an order from their monarch Wilhelm von Hereford, plus their salaries and channels for promotion. The Slavites, on the other hand, were here to survive.
"It would be nice if there were a little more of them. William thought to himself, and sighed - yes, yes. The number is just too small.
If he had 200,000 Slavians working for him, he would be able to get his entire army to stop working, rest, and recharge for the war that was to come.
In this way, the army of the Hereford family can rest and work, and the odds of victory are higher.
It's just a pity that there aren't enough Slavians here for him to enslave, and that's an unfortunate thing.
But then again, if there are too many Slavites for him to enslave, then it is unknown whether the Slavites will be enslaved by him. And there are so many Slavites, and in peacetime there will be more Slavites. These Slavians have their own unique habits, habits and national characteristics, and it is very difficult to assimilate these Slavic people.
So, in the long run, it would be better to have fewer Slavites.
Thinking of this, William's heart was balanced. There are pros and cons, and the reverse is also true.
There are still more than ten days before the arrival of the main army of the dark elves. In other words, the Hereford family needed to complete this series of fortifications in more than ten days.
It's no more, no less, and it's a daunting task.
"Perhaps, I should send some cavalry to stop it...... No, no, no, that's stupid, the other side has more cavalry than we do. Both the Levantines and the Turks, whose ancestors were steppe nomads, were very familiar with the way the rangers fought. Although the individual bravery and bravery may not be as good as the descendants of the nomadic herdsmen in the grassland, the level of training and experience is definitely better than theirs.
If there are too many sends, the other side is likely to send a large army to a cavalry battle, and if there are fewer sent, the other side will send a corresponding light cavalry squad to expel them, or it is good to fight-for-tat. ”
With this thought in mind, William stopped thinking about sending out his cavalry troops.
"Ten days, as long as there are some rewards and punishments. Add to that the Slavites, what kind of punishment will be given to the guys who betray the dark elves, and let these bastards sell their strength a little bit, and it should be no problem. William thought to himself. At the same time, measures to punish and reward are planned.
It's very simple, whoever does more work will be able to eat meat. Whoever does less work, or doesn't do enough to make today's progress, will have nothing to eat. No more, no less, it's a standard quota.
This measure, coupled with the agitation of the military chaplains who are now developing from military chaplains to political war commissioners, has greatly improved the efficiency of the army of the Hereford family and the local Slavian workers.
This made William very relieved, relieved and pleasant. It's going to be able to catch up, well, it's going to be in time.
When the main army of the dark elves arrives here, they will face a systematic, complex, completely completed, and defenses that cannot be broken without several times the army desperately attacking, and losing 100,000 horses.
In this way, no matter what the outcome of this war is, William will be invincible.
It was just as William was happily thinking about this, when suddenly, the alarm sounded in the distance. When William was wondering what was going on, a herald hurried over as fast as he could, and then shouted at William:
"Enemy!'s Ottoman's cavalry!!"