As we enter November, the Wyvern is no longer accustomed to the cold environment of northern Priland and is about to go into hibernation.

Dragonborn monsters don't like the cold very much, except for the descendants of the white dragon, they all have the habit of hibernation in temperatures of more than ten degrees below zero. Therefore, after the end of October, the Wyvern Knight can only be transferred out of the Priland region and into the relatively warm east coast province for repair.

The Wyvern Knight retreated, and the Haraland led the magic airship again.

This fall, Haaland has completed the training of the first team of magic airships.

The Magic Airship Unit is based on the squadron as the basic unit, and one squadron is organized into four magic airships.

Each magic airship has one pilot and three co-pilots, and the rest are combat soldiers. There were twelve archers, six grenadiers, two mechanics, one magician, three mage apprentices, and the captain and deputy captains, for a total of thirty people.

The Magic Airship Brigade has seven squadrons, plus the two magic airships on duty at the brigade headquarters, a total of thirty magic airships and more than 900 soldiers.

Compared with the Lion Knight and the Bipedal Wyvern, although the strength of the magic airship unit in air combat is very average, because the magic airship has a strong carrying capacity, it can carry dozens of tons of materials into the air, and the load far exceeds that of the Lion and the bipedal Wyvern, and can undertake a variety of combat missions. It can be used not only as a bomber, but also as an airborne troop and air transport.

Although the cost of forming a magic airship unit is very high, and the cost of equipment alone for a brigade is as high as more than 200,000 gold coins, and the cost is dozens of times that of infantry, Richard still decided to expand the number of magic airship troops as much as possible, at least three magic balloon brigades must be successfully reorganized.

This year, Harland Leader not only formed the first magic airship team, but also built three new magic crystal cannon squadrons, and now Harland Leader has formed twelve magic crystal cannon squadrons, with an artillery scale of more than 3,000 people.

Of the newly formed Magic Crystal Artillery Squadron, one was deployed in the city of Priland, and the remaining two squadrons were incorporated into the field artillery.

In addition, the construction of the navy is also expanding rapidly, and this winter Haaland led the first large magic ship has been successfully built, in order to build this magic ship, Haaland led a lot of resources, and used the magic core dug from the legendary gnoll.

Because of the use of the Legendary Core as the energy core, the additional magic power of this magic ship is extremely strong, and the power is also very high.

In addition, the magic ship is also equipped with twelve magic crystal cannons, and its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of ordinary magic ships.

After the successful construction of the magic ship, Richard formed the Black River Fleet, and by the end of the year, the navy had expanded to 2,000 people, including a large magic ship and four steam engine ships. This water power is enough to run rampant in the waters of the Black River.

With the addition of these new troops, the size of Haaland's army this year has expanded to 148,000 men.

Because he went north to Prilan in the spring and fought a large-scale war with the orcs, the military budget skyrocketed to three million gold coins. The reason why the military budget has increased by 1.2 million gold coins, in addition to the 300,000 for the construction of the magic airship and the magic crystal cannon unit, the rest is mainly spent on logistics and transportation.

After all, the advance of the battle line to the Priland region, and the stationing of a legionnaire in this place, used it for logistics and supplies for an extra 400,000 gold coins in a year.

The remaining 500,000 yuan was used for post-war rewards, and part of it was for the maintenance of the expanded army.

According to the statistics of the railway department, 290 kilometers of railways were built throughout the year, costing more than 600,000 gold coins. After all, most of the railways to be built this year are mountain railways, and the cost of building one kilometer is as high as two or three thousand gold coins.

By the end of the year, the north-south longitudinal line will be completed, the northern section has been repaired to the No. 8 military station, and the southern road has also passed through the Lothar basin to the vicinity of the Hurricane Castle, and by next summer, this major artery across the Eagle Mountains will be open to traffic.

After five years of construction, Haaland's railway has been opened to traffic for 800 kilometers and is still under rapid construction.

Military spending, railways, and industrial construction have all increased a large amount of investment, and although Haaland has received more than 5 million in cash this year, there is not much money left. The government expenditure was as high as 4.98 million gold coins, and at the end of the year, only 60,000 gold coins were saved.

This year, Haaland still sold a large number of arms, exchanging 120,000 people from the southern aristocracy, and by the end of the year, Haaland directly controlled 7.78 million people and 2.8 million free people. The tax revenue increased to 980,000 gold coins, accounting for almost 20% of the total revenue of the territory.

Time passed like this, relying on a steady stream of mercenaries who brought their own dry food, and without using much of his own strength, the Harland leader kept the undead in the northern region of Priland.

Entering the year 3275 of the Dawn calendar, Haaland led the new year of enrollment, and last year Richard built eight new primary schools and two middle schools.

Today, Haaland has 48 primary schools, 12 secondary schools, and more than 110,000 primary and secondary school students.

This year, there were 26,000 new students, and from the 26,000 new students, 253 preparatory magic apprentices were recruited, and 253 apprentices were supplemented, and the Harland Leader Mage Association has expanded to more than 1,300 people.

Among them, there are three hundred and forty-seven official magicians.

Although Harland fought a large-scale war with the orcs last year, the casualties were not serious, and only two mages were killed and five wounded in Sutton. There have been many skirmishes with the undead, and the mages have largely come out unscathed.

After the fall of last year, there was an influx of undead in the vicinity of Prilland, and Richard made a decree to exchange soul crystals for meritorious deeds. Because of the large number of soul crystals in the account, Haaland led to refine hundreds of bottles of Styx Elixir, not only the territory magicians enhanced their magic power, but also took out a lot of exchange for a lot of resources. In addition, last year, Harland led the elimination of the ogre tribe, used the ogre brain to refine a lot of deep meditation potions, and with the increase in the supply of magic resources, forty-four magicians were promoted.

By this year, the number of Harland magicians has surpassed that of the Grant royal family, roughly equivalent to one-sixth of the level of the United Kingdom on the East Coast. But the kingdom of Bidron, the Grand Duchy of Starnik as a whole is more than a few points.

Shortly after the new students entered the school, in March 3275 of the Dawn calendar, Richard had already canonized seven barons in northern Priland, including the Monopoly Odayal and Immorton.

Odaye and Immorton are both smart people who are good at seizing opportunities, and they have roughly the same experience, they both joined Haaland to lead the army in the early days, started doing business more than ten years ago, and slowly accumulated their first pot of gold. Then he transformed into a factory owner, opened a flour mill, and the machine factory made a lot of profits in Haaland.

Up to now, both of them have assets of more than 100,000 gold coins, which is much richer than many hereditary nobles.

Last year, Richard issued a decree to exchange soul crystals for meritorious service, Odaye and Immorton seized the loophole, bought a large amount of materials and transported them to Priland City, and then exchanged soul crystals with mercenaries with hemostatic ointment, brown sugar, white wine, cloth cotton clothes, armor and weapons.

It only cost seventy or eighty thousand gold coins for them to exchange enough soul crystals and exchange enough merits to be promoted to the hereditary aristocratic class.

However, compared with the powerful hereditary nobles like Rand, Odaye and Immorton have unstable foundations, both of them are big businessmen, although they have the financial resources to hire some professionals, but the really capable and ambitious strong people cannot serve the merchants.

Odaye and Immorton do not have a strong army, and if they lose their territory, their investment will be wasted.

Now Odaye and Immorton both live in Fort William, and the territory is managed by cronies, and they are all burdened with huge foreign debts, and the Duke's Bank is the largest creditor of the two, borrowing 130,000 gold coins, and needs to repay the interest of 15,000 gold coins every year, which is extremely heavy for Odaye and Immorton.

Although Odaye and Immorton had a hard time, they were able to succeed in being knighted, which greatly encouraged the merchants of Haaland's territory. Even many veterans who have been in the army for many years and have no prospects for development have written retirement reports and are ready to devote themselves to business activities.

In April, the temperature has risen sharply, but the number of undead in the northern part of Priland is still increasing.

Since last fall, Haaland has led an army and recruited mercenaries to kill more than a million undead, but it seems to have no effect, the undead army is still moving south, and the seven barons in northern Priland have written letters to Richard asking for help.

Seeing that the temperature was warmer, Richard was ready to send a part of the elite to help the Seven Barons on the border and eliminate a large wave of undead, the first to attack was the magic airship brigade, the bipedal wyvern, and the lion cavalry.

Richard, Sophia, and Wendini also participated in this operation with the Territory Mage Regiment, Elven Archers, the Witcher Brigade, the First Brigade of the First Legion, and the First Brigade of the Warcraft Cavalry.

Richard, Sophia, and Wendini all have legendary space items on them, which can carry more than 700 tons of baggage. The mage regiment also has a large number of space props, which can carry a total of 1,200 tons of baggage, and a part of the military carriage is loaded, which is enough for more than 6,000 elites to maintain combat for three months.

While the Haraland Territory was preparing to fight the undead, the Kingdom of Delong was also training its troops and horses, preparing to provoke a war and regain the lost territory.

Three years ago, in the First World War, the Kingdom of Grant was defeated by one against two, completely waking up the aging country of the Delong Kingdom. In this battle, the Delong Kingdom lost a population of 1,400 people and hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of plastered land, although it relied on the desperate rescue of the east coast to keep the crown, in fact, it has reached a desperate situation of life and death.

The land of the Delong Kingdom is located in the center of the eastern region of the Central Continent, and there are powerful kingdoms in the southeast, south, and northwest, and each of them has a stronger military power than the Delong Kingdom.

Although the kingdom of Delong still bears a glamorous crown, its national power has actually fallen to the rank of the Grand Duchy. Although the kingdom of Delong still had a population of 28 million, its military power was already somewhat weaker than that of the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

The surrounding countries are all countries of tigers and wolves, and the Delong Kingdom is already in a precarious situation. Every person of insight in the Delong Kingdom is trying to find a way to save the world.

After the defeat of the Delong Kingdom, Duke Anton decided to no longer endure it, and immediately launched a mutiny, with the support of the palace guards, ascended to the throne, and the old king Henry died in the palace mutiny.

After the palace coup d'état, Duke Anton immediately decided to reform and issued a recruitment order to recruit talented people who were depressed.

And reorganized and reorganized the Royal Janissary Army of the Delong Kingdom, this time the nobles of the Delong King finally stopped being stingy, and taught all the soldiers the breathing method, after three years of training, although the Delong Kingdom Guards still lack war experience, but the quality of the army has been greatly improved.

Duke Anton was originally a legendary knight, very prestigious in the military aristocracy, and his drastic reforms, coupled with the life-and-death external environment, made the Delong Kingdom burst into a new life.

Although the strength has increased a lot, the Delong Kingdom alone cannot compete with the Grant Kingdom.

In order to regain the lost land, King Anton, after careful consideration, decided to bring in reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lane.

In the past three years, he has continuously sent spies to the Kingdom of Lane, collected all the news of the Kingdom of Lane, carefully analyzed the political situation of the Kingdom of Lane, and finally found that Thomas, the king of the Kingdom of Lane, is a person of great joy.

Sensing King Thomas's character, King Anton decided to do what he liked, and sent an envoy with a letter that he was willing to submit.

In this letter, Anton promised to go to the royal title and was willing to be a vassal of the royal family of Lane, and in order to show his sincerity, his children could marry the royal family of Lane and send protons to the royal palace of the royal family of Lane.

In addition, Anton also promised that only 30% of the territory recovered after the war would be taken by the Delong Kingdom, and the remaining 70% would be incorporated into the Ryan Kingdom.

After two or three months of discussions, King Anton hid his whereabouts and personally entered the royal family of Lane to communicate. With the dignity of a legendary knight and a humble flattery, he finally reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Lane.

After the alliance between the two countries was reached, Anton gave the beautiful crown of the Delong royal family as a gift to his new lord. The two countries signed a secret treaty, and the Kingdom of Delong changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Delong, and became de jure a vassal of the Kingdom of Lane.

After negotiating with the Kingdom of Lane, King Anton sent an envoy to communicate with the United Kingdom on the East Coast to discuss the joint dispatch of troops.

After hearing about the conflict between the Sith Kingdom and the Harland Lord, the United Kingdom of the East Coast coordinated its position with the Sith Kingdom and discussed the four countries acting together.

In mid-April of the year 3275 of the Dawn Calendar, this war that affected several countries finally broke out, and the first to break out was the army of the Kingdom of Delong and the three Dukes of Fawkes, Edward, and Guise.

In the past three years, the three dukes bordering the Delong Kingdom have also felt the unstable situation, and sold serfs to buy a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Harland Territory. The three dukes had a total of 100,000 troops under their command, not only with rich combat experience, but also with weapons and equipment that were several points better than the regular army of the Delong Kingdom.

However, soon after the start of the war, the Third Duke of Edward discovered that their army of 100,000 could not defeat the 160,000 Praetorian Guards of the Delong Kingdom in a field battle, which immediately surprised the Third Duke.

In the previous wars, the 100,000 regular army of the Grant Kingdom could suppress the 300,000 army of the Delong Kingdom, but I didn't expect that in three years, the combat effectiveness of the army of the Delong Kingdom had been so greatly improved.

Soon after the start of the battle, the third duke could not move and began to ask for reinforcements from the rear.

(End of chapter)