Chapter 555 [Let's Go Together?]

"I really hope that this snow will continue to fall for a few more days, preferably another three or five months. ”

Chen Daolin stood on the gate of the main fortress of the northwest fortress, overlooking the north, and sighed faintly.

"I remember you saying before that you hate snow. There was a hint of sarcasm in Rodelle's words.

"If this snow doesn't help me stop the orcs from moving south, I'm willing to let it go on forever. Chen Daolin pursed his lips, and then spread his hands: "It's a pity that we all know that winter will pass sooner or later - in fact, it is almost over." ”

"We've made a lot of preparations, haven't we?" Luo Dale was also frowning, her frowning look was a little cute, so that Chen Daolin couldn't help but look at it twice.

"No amount of preparation is enough. ”

Chen Daolin shook his head.

In the past month, three "tidal magic engines" have been carried up the city walls.

Yes, there are only three.

Although the tidal magic engine he originally designed was a stupid, black and coarse crude thing - no matter how delicate it was, he couldn't expect the craftsmanship of this world to be able to make it, let alone the students and teachers of the magic academy.

In fact, Chen Daolin still overestimated their productivity, and in a month, this group of students and teachers manufactured six, but after testing, only two could be used in the end.

Together with the prototype made by Chen Daolin himself, they were transported to the city defense of the fortress.

The city defense was originally equipped with a sturdy arrow tower, and after the ballista inside was dismantled and moved, a storage space was dug down, and then the southern part of the city wall was demolished and copper pipes were connected......

The only thing that looks a little ridiculous is the rows of small blast furnaces newly built behind the city defense.

This row of blast furnaces isn't just fun to look at, in fact, they can provide heat to the Tidal Magic engine in wartime. That is, the fire element.

In your spare time, you can also make steel.

At present, Chen Daolin's warehouse has stored dozens of tons of steel smelted from this small blast furnace -- this kind of steel is naturally inferior by the standards of the world, but in a feudal era when metallurgical technology was backward...... This kind of thing is enough to make the best weapons.

After seeing these steels, Montoya, who is Chen Daolin's current number one thug, or the number one general, made a decision, and he was very interested in these high-quality steels, thinking that he could create a batch of the finest weapons and armor.

Especially armor! This steel can be used to create the strongest full-body steel armor. And the weight is much lighter than the current full-body armor made by the Roland Empire!

If you can equip the cavalry......

However, Chen Daolin said that he did not have much interest in this construction.

If there is an abundant supply of troops, burst out the sea of cavalry and infantry, play the tactics of sea of people, wear this superior equipment armed to the teeth, and then crush the orcs - this is of course a very beautiful picture.

But Chen Daolin still had to hold back his tears to dispel this idea.

After all, when I was young, I also watched a lot of Lao Maozi's movies, Lao Maozi's tidal charge, and the picture of a large army of 10,000 people chanting "Ula" and then moving forward like a tide is indeed very beautiful and exciting.

But where do you ask Darling to find so many soldiers?!

The soldiers under his command now are full of calculations. I can't pull out thousands of people!

The original pie used to control the import and export transactions of the Northwest Fortress deceived the support of dozens of chambers of commerce and thousands of guards......

But the problem is that businessmen are born to seek profits. But businessmen also refuse to do loss-making business!

Now it seems that there is more and more information about the orcs heading south...... Naturally, the chambers of commerce retreated.

In times of peace, it is one thing for each family to send 100 people to make a northwest trade route to divide the money.

But knowing that there is going to be a war, this trade route must be abolished...... At this time. Who would want to throw the lives of their guards into the water?

In fact, this winter, Chen Daolin also spent a lot of effort trying to continue to persuade those chambers of commerce. But it didn't work out well.

Many chambers of commerce have retreated.

This phenomenon, even after defeating an attack by the orcs last time, has not been able to regain the enthusiasm of the Chamber of Commerce.

After all, they are chambers of commerce, not national governments. Fighting a war is not within the scope of a businessman's vocation.

It's naturally good for adults to get together to do business and make money, but you want everyone to get together to go to war?

It's better to shake your head quickly.

Several chambers of commerce have withdrawn their convoys. There are still a few original guards who are not in place, and there is no need to count on it at this time.

The only ones who continue to support Chen Daolin are the Liszt family's Chamber of Commerce and the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce.

Although the fat man of Anguluo has never come to the northwest, he has actually re-established contact with Chen Daolin through the chamber of commerce under Guò.

This fat man was also righteous and sent a guard of 200 people, all of whom brought their own weapons and dry food, and could fight and fight. As for the rest, Angulo Fat Man couldn't help it, after all, An Fat Man's life in the imperial capital was not easy, and a large number of new nobles were staring at him with green eyes, trying to eat his business.

The Liszt family sent an escort of five hundred men - three hundred of whom were recruited mercenaries, and two hundred were slaves of the Liszt family, sent in the name of Lodel's dowry.

Darling could only pinch his nose and accept it - anyway, by now, he was tied to Lordelle, and now it was impossible to say that he would part ways with this chick.

Especially the little girl Laudel, I'm afraid I'm waiting for myself to touch her bed one night, right?

In other words, all the armed forces in Chen Daolin's current hands are weaker and less powerful than the last time he defeated the orc attack.

In addition to the thousands of people in his original military group, there are only the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce and the Liszt family.

With a full fight, it is already the limit to be able to make up more than 2,000 soldiers.

With such a small number of troops, how brain-dead do you have to be to do it?!

Chen Daolin is absolutely sure that the next orc invasion will definitely be in tens of thousands.

For his own soldiers, even if he gave everyone a set of full-body steel armor plus steel knives and steel blades, and sent them to the battlefield to fight the orcs hand-to-hand? It's definitely a food delivery.

Hand-to-hand combat is absolutely no need to think about it.

Chen Daolin's attention is remote.

He ordered a large number of crossbow arrows.

Then he ordered Master Kang's workshop to open up all the power to build the arrowhead—an all-steel arrowhead!

This type of sword has a special name in the Roland Empire, called the Armor-Piercing Arrow.

And except for the two days of the New Year, after the New Year, almost the entire territory of Chen Daolin was mobilized, thousands of people were requisitioned, and the entire Northwest Fortress became a large construction site.

Directly north of the Northwest Fortress, several trenches were dug in the ground. A large number of trees were cut down, and countless horses were erected, which were densely piled up on the ground north of the Northwest Fortress.

Standing on the city wall and looking down, there was a crooked trench on the ground. Add to that the piles of horses and sharp sticks, and it's like a ruin.

If he could, of course, Chen Daolin wanted to come up with a war weapon like barbed wire.

It's a pity that the metallurgical process of this world, the technology of drawing iron wire has not yet matured, and it is too difficult to make iron wire. A small amount of wire is not enough to lay out a sufficiently thick barbed wire fence in front of the defensive line.

Only things like moats and horses can be used as a substitute.

With these things in place to the north of the Northwest Fortress, it is possible to slow down the enemy's direct attack on the walls. Greatly reducing the amount of time the enemy spends in the area covered by the defenders' crossbows and cannons, the damage will be greater.

This is the best way Chen Daolin can think of.

As for the Holy Order......

Chen Daolin is not blindly arrogant.

Orcs had a holy rank more than a hundred years ago!

At that time, this kind of situation of Saint-level masters will really happen, and most of the pink Saint-level newcomers will not be able to beat other people's old fritters for more than a hundred years. dragging Dean Carmen together, it would be a snicker to be able to fight without winning or losing.

It's a pity...... If only I could make a thousand guns.

Don't think about AK47 or something, don't think about Thomson submachine guns, and don't expect anything from the 38 big cover.

It's a luxury to have a thousand breech-loading rifled guns!

Gunpowder is not a problem. Chen Daolin can make the best recipe in minutes.

But the problem is that the barrel can't be made!

Without real industry, you can't let craftsmen draw rifling by hand, right?!

Relying on the defense of the city, relying on a large number of armor-piercing arrows. Magic cannons, as well as dozens of mages as mobile turrets...... This is Chen Daolin's defensive core tactic.

After his own calculations, on such a premise. His own Northwest Fortress can withstand the onslaught of no more than 10,000 orc troops at most.

If more...... Then it's definitely a loss.

Of course, the premise is that the other party also has a holy rank, if the other party does not move the holy rank, Chen Daolin is confident that he can block twenty or thirty thousand orcs.

It's a big deal that he, a saint-level master, personally went into battle to do a thing of taking the head of a general in the army, and the decapitation tactic is still very effective.

"The population of the Northwest is still too small. ”

Chen Daolin let out a long sigh.

Luo Dale squinted her eyes and looked at Chen Daolin: "Darling, there is a question I haven't asked you all along. ”

"What?"

Chen Daolin frowned and looked at this chick - is it to force marriage?

"What if...... I mean if. Lodell sighed and said in a low voice: "If the orcs go south, we can't stop it and defeat ...... What are your plans?"

Chen Daolin was stunned for a moment.

Intend?

What else can you plan to do? Of course, it's to pull your own women and friends and let them go!

Barossa Shashahuk and several of her apprentices are definitely going to be taken away, and this chick of Lotelle is definitely going to be taken away...... As for the others...... Montoya thought that he would follow him, and Baron Pierre's father and son were too embarrassed to leave it alone.

Others ......

Tens of thousands of believers, what priests and deacons...... They had no choice but to settle their destiny.

Darlinggo is not a saint. There is no great mission to save the common people. When that time comes, you can only take your real "own people" and run as far as you can.

The country of the Roland Empire has nothing to do with itself.

In fact, if it weren't for Dean Carmen and a group of magicians to force him, Chen Daolin would have already planned to slip away.

No, more precisely. If it weren't for Du Weiwei's woman who had yin on herself, she wouldn't have sat on the crater of the Northwest Fortress!!

"You're going to go, aren't you?" Lordelle already knew Chen Daolin very well. As soon as Chen Daolin's eyes rolled, he knew his thoughts.

“...... Even if it is. Chen Daolin nodded.

"Even if you go, you have to have a place to go. Luo Daer looked left and right, lowered her voice and said, "Where to go, have you thought about it? Is it to the imperial capital...... Still is...... Loulan City?"

That's a problem!

Chen Daolin's expression was awe-inspiring.

Xiluo and his Liangzi got married too much and went to the imperial capital, although Xiluo didn't dare to embarrass himself too much, after all, the name of the Holy Rank Master was not for fun. But...... He also dragged his family and brought so many people, and it was easy for Shiloh to grab the handle and coerce him.

Do you want to go to Loulan City...... It seems like a road. But......

Du Weiwei, that woman, is a little scary when you think about it.

Did you really go to Tulip's house and make up your mind to eat soft rice for the rest of your life?!

Chen Daolin looked at Luo Deer's eyes, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard a subordinate behind him.

"Dean Carmen has come to visit. ”

Chen Daolin was stunned for a moment.

Dean Carmen?

This dean didn't fiddle with the magic engine in the real yàn room, and came to the fortress to find himself what to do?

But soon, the figure of the dean in a red dress floated in front of Chen Daolin.

Carmen's face was very strict, she didn't even look at Luo Daer, who bowed to her, and stared at Chen Daolin with a stern look in her eyes. Straightforwardly said what he meant.

"I decided to take a trip to the Northwest. ”

"Huh??" Chen Daolin didn't react for a moment.

"Loulan City. Carmen added.

Chen Daolin's face changed: "You are going to meet the people of the Tulip family?"

"Yes. Carmen nodded: "The situation in the northwest can't drag on any longer! I can't even watch that little girl do anything wrong! The tulip family should be a pillar of the country, not a sinner!"

From the bottom of his heart, Chen Daolin is naturally willing to raise his hands in agreement!

Isn't his current embarrassing situation just made up by Du Weiwei!

Du Weiwei threw the Northwest Fortress to himself and withdrew the Northwest Independent Division that had been guarding here......

The worst thing is. She also threatened war, and did not allow Panin to send troops to take over here!

If Paning could send a division's Thor Whip, why would Chen Daolin be so embarrassed?

But the problem is that now Du Weiwei's conspiracy has been reached.

The situation now is. Even if Panin wanted to send someone to take over the Northwest Fortress, he couldn't send anyone.

The latest news is that Panin's army has contracted its defense. At present, the steppe people have crossed the border of Nulin Province, besieged the defense line around Mulan City, and surrounded the base camp of Panin.

At this time, Panin did not have any troops to support him.

And Du Weiwei, that woman, has been sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, and she probably has a crooked smile!

"It is indeed wrong for Shiloh to try to rebel against the Northwest Independent Division, it violates the interests of the nobility, and it violates the aristocratic law of the empire, but ...... Du Weiwei also went too far. Now it is the key to the fate of the country, and she can't be allowed to mess around. Dean Carmen said in a deep voice: "I am the head of the Hogwarts branch, and I am also a member of the Tulip faction, and I also have some status in the Tulip family, I can't sit back and watch her continue to mess around, I plan to go to Loulan City to convince her! If she is still obsessed, I also plan to lobby the family officials in the Tulip family to oppose her strategy!"

Chen Daolin didn't say anything when he heard it, but he was a little disappreciative in his heart.

It is probably impossible to convince Du Weiwei - this woman knows too well herself, and the things she recognizes will not change, and when she needs to, she is more iron-blooded than men!

The situation in the northwest was made up by her, this woman has too much mind, and it is estimated that she will be in the next game of big chess, and it is impossible for her to give up at this time.

Not to mention the strength of the Tulip family, she herself is a holy order, and she is not afraid of Carmen's holy order at all.

As for lobbying the tulip family inside...... If it had been before the rebellion of the North-Western Independent Division, it might have been possible.

However, Du Weiwei led 3,000 cavalry to attack thousands of miles, scaring off Thor's whip, extinguishing Sylvester's rebellion with lightning speed, and abolishing Sylvester in public...... directly made her establish her prestige among the military and civilians of the family, and she was no longer the young master who was dissatisfied with everyone in the family before!

Today's Du Weiwei is the real owner of the Tulip family!

But well......

Since Dean Carmen is willing to touch this mold, let her go, there is no harm in it anyway.

And Du Weiwei will not do anything to hurt the dean, after all, everyone's incense is still there.

What if it happens?

Besides, Carmen is not in the Northwest Fortress, and her own pressure is lighter.

Best......

Then the orcs called, and without Dean Carmen around him, he could let his legs slip away......

Well, that's a good choice!

"Darling Chen, you come with me!" the dean stared at Chen Daolin and said categorically.

"Ah...... Ah???" (To be continued......)