"I said at the beginning, you are playing with fire, and if you are not careful, you will burn yourself to ashes, how about it? Believe it now, right? But it's too late, Dalauma has been dedicated to Lady Strategist by her, and it has become a holy place for Lady Strategist, once we send troops on a large scale, the followers of the Crimson Knight are likely to join us in the ranks of the enemy, and there are now many Lady Strategist believers in our army, especially those who are middle and low-level front-line commanders. ”

"I think this method is feasible, since there is no way to curb the rise of Dalauma, then provide her with convenience, let her further develop and grow, when the time comes, those dukes in the west will definitely be more anxious than us, after all, we still have the east as a buffer, and their space will be compressed and smaller, the conflict will be intensifying, we can just sit in the back and watch the play."

"What Elder Feiqi said is very reasonable, it is far easier to destroy a person than to suppress, especially this kind of person who has no foundation, a single defeat may lead to her complete collapse, even if she is now the voter of the strategy lady, it is impossible to win every battle, this is something that the goddess of strategy can't do."

"I agree."

"I agree."

"I'm against it."

The elders of Saradas were caught up in a new round of quarrels, which had become inevitable for such meetings, for they all had their own agendas.

Conrad watched coldly, and soon discovered that the few who objected had an industry in the North Isis Plains.

And the majority in favor had nothing to do with that side, and there was a hint of schadenfreude in their expressions, as if they were laughing at the elders who had property over there.

When they make these decisions, are they acting in the interests of the family? Or is it based on their own interests, but I am afraid that they themselves will not be able to be sure.

Francis was not sad or happy from beginning to end, her eyes fell on Conrad's body, and she didn't have too much father-son feelings, just like looking at a dead thing and looking at a tool, and slowly asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

As soon as he spoke, the entire city council hall instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Conrad.

Conrad said with a sincere expression of fear: "There are so many elders here, where is there room for me to express my opinion?" I am willing to carry out all the decisions of the family. ”

"Oh?" Fefrancis's expression finally fluctuated, and there seemed to be other meanings in the depths of her eyes, "Even if you want to make an alliance with the City Lord of Zalanda on behalf of your family, are you willing?" ”

As Uncle Matthew had guessed.

Although I have been mentally prepared for a long time, and I have my own plan.

When this proposal was proposed, especially by his own father Francis himself, Conrad still had a sadness in his heart that could not be concealed, this kind of family had no family affection at all.

Conrad forcibly collected his state of mind, bowed down and said, "As long as it is beneficial to the family, I am willing to go and conclude an alliance on behalf of the family." ”

"yes, why didn't I think of that? We can send people to act according to the situation. ”

"Lord Duke is Lord Duke, and he grasped the key point as soon as he turned his head."

"We ......"

The elders present were all old foxes, and in the blink of an eye, they thought of the brilliance of this proposal.

Francis waved his hand heavily, interrupting their compliment, "I'm tired, I believe that after fighting for so long, you should also be tired, just follow the other party's proposal, I will personally sign an alliance with the other party, Conrad, although you have merit in this matter, but you can't offset your mistake of mobilizing the first heavy cavalry legion without authorization, from today on, your first heavy cavalry corps and the second heavy cavalry corps will change guards, garrison Snow Rock Fort, beware of the monster community in the Snow Chip Mountains from infiltrating Omralan." ”

After listening to Frances's order, Conrad was full of disbelief.

It's just that this kind of disbelief is not that those family elders mistakenly think that they are dissatisfied with the distribution border.

But the whole thing, not only did he not regard himself as an outcast, but even fit perfectly with the plan he had just formulated to dominate the border and seize the supreme dominance of Saradas in a roundabout way.

Guarding Snowrock Fort is a chore for others, as it is located between the Omlaran Mountains and the Snowflake Mountains, and is often attacked by the monster communities of the two mountain ranges—Saradas is only in control of the largest gem mine and the strongest monster force in the Omlaran Mountains, and has not yet completely taken it under his control.

The large area and complex terrain of the snow-capped mountains are the main reason that cannot be ignored, and the other is that the mages with other plans and the rulers of the large cities along the Steam Lake are secretly making bad things in the shadows, among which the Mingta City at the mouth of the Minta River is the most fierce, and they are also afraid that this heavy military city of Tesser, which has a heavy army, will one day aim their troops at them.

But for Conrad, who has a new plan, it's a real difference.

The Emperor of Heaven was far away, far away from Saradas, away from these elders who could only command blindly behind his back, and he could do things according to his own will.

Could it be that Fefrancis has changed her sex? Looked the other way for yourself?

Conrad looked up, and was still met with a pair of cold eyes without any emotional temperature, and the little warmth that had just floated in his heart was instantly extinguished.

It's not that Francis looks at her differently, it's that she has turned some unfavorable situations into advantages because of her change of mind.

Even the matter of personally signing a contract with the city lord of Zalanda, it is estimated that there is a calculation that belongs to him, but he didn't think of where the root cause was.

After figuring this out, Conrad's face swelled up with just the right expression, gratitude and a little sadness, "Obey." ”

Although Saradas has the Council of Elders, they only have the right to suggest, not the right to veto, and most of the power is still in the hands of Fefrancis as a duke, once he makes a decision, the whole thing is set in stone and cannot be changed, unless he changes his mind.

Since it was Ferrand Filix who came forward in person, the matter became solemn and grand, and the sense of ceremony was full.

After all, the other party is the old Duke of Tether, that is, the largest member of the aristocratic warlords who are often reviled in anger now.

When it left the city, it was just an accompanying convoy, and there were nearly 100 vehicles.

The place where the Covenant was signed was the place where Zalanda and Conrad had previously met, and that was the default dividing line between the two realms.

The exact process of this is unknown to Gavin, as he has already returned to the camp of the migratory army to make final preparations.

Because they all know that the Saladas family is dragging their feet now, and if they want to really sign the covenant, they have to wait until this migratory army really embarks on the migration road, and leaves the territory of Tesser smoothly, and no longer poses a threat to the Saladas family.

Before that, they were discussing the details of the covenant, such as a clear demarcation line between the two sides, the maximum number of soldiers to be stationed on the border, and whether there was a possibility of cooperation between the two sides in the future.

Another important purpose is to take Zalanda hostage to prevent the migratory army led by Gavin from launching an invasion of the city of Saradas in the name of migration, and the Isis River is their bottom line, and the migratory army can only operate on the north bank of the Isis River.

When the covenant between Darauma City and Saradas City was signed was not decided by the people here, but by the migratory army dozens of miles away, countless pairs of eyes were staring at this migratory army in the air and on the ground, and their every move affected the hearts of countless people.

August 28, 568 in the Tassel calendar, which is August 28, 1359 in the valley calendar.

This day is destined to leave a strong mark on Dalauma's history.

As soon as the sky was bright, the sound of a continuous horn resounded throughout the outskirts of the east gate of Dalauma, and a flying knight of war horses, passing over the huge camp, loudly passed the order, "Pack your luggage, prepare to set up the camp, according to the predetermined order, in an orderly manner, the lord has an order, today's march target is twenty kilometers." ”

The first to emerge from the huge camp were not the side vans.

Rather, there were three tree men, their size, even among the tree people, it was outstanding, all of them were more than eighteen meters, close to the limit of the giant size, not only the height was amazing, but the thickness was equally amazing, especially the lower body, they were like broken thorns, not a human body, but an animal body on all fours, shaped like a giant elephant, the body was thick and round, and the four legs were like huge wooden stakes, each of which had at least two people hugging each other.

These three treemen are called giant elephant treemen, all of whom Gavin was enlightened in the mystery of Noel, and were born on the same mountain, and under this mountain, there is a tomb of giant elephants from ancient times, and thousands of mammoth giant elephants are buried below, and they have absorbed the spirit of the mammoth giant elephant to have their current size.

The three giant elephant treemen were incorporated into the vanguard army of vans, as pioneers, but they did not pull the vans, but a huge iron pillar.

This iron pillar is two meters in diameter and six meters in length, and together with the traction device outside, the weight of this thing reaches a terrifying one hundred and fifty tons.

Combined with the power of the twin giant elephants and the treemen, they dragged this thing through the wilderness without affecting their speed.

This is an otherworldly version of a giant roller.

The role is self-evident, of course, to open the way.

Hundreds of building-style chariots loaded with food and supplies are a lot of load even on the dirt roads of the trade road, not to mention on the soft soil of the wilderness, even if there are tree people and enlightenment trees to help drag, the speed will be very touching.

Simply going through it didn't fit Gavin's usual style, especially with such a huge amount of preparation.

He had to leave not only his name and voice, but also his way, a migration route from Tassel to the valley.

Once this is done, it will not be a one-shot deal, but an ongoing process, and more Tessers will follow this migratory path to the valley.

Even the inhabitants of the vicinity of Kalinsan, Am, and the Steam Lake may follow this road to the valley, which is a populous country like Tesser, especially since Karlinsan still practices slavery, and slave revolts and fugitives are frequent, as long as Gavin makes a name for himself, it will have a fatal attraction to them.

The weight of the Giant Elephant Tree Man was already terrifying, and it was even heavier than this rolling iron pillar.

Even the soil where they passed was completely cultivated, and even the flatness was improved to a certain extent, and before arriving at Retamun in Am, there were plains along the way, as long as the soil was relatively soft and easy to get stuck in traffic, the road was not difficult to walk.

"Let's go!" Accompanied by a command.

The sound of two heavy footsteps turned into a single one, the dust was flying, the earth seemed to be trembling slightly, the huge special wire ropes were all stretched, making a creaking moan, and the roller pillar of astonishing weight turned and began to move forward with a bang, the movement speed was not fast, definitely not slow, initially set at four kilometers per hour, that is, the walking speed of a normal person.

Everything is still in a trial operation state, and must be adjusted according to the actual situation, now seek stability rather than speed, and wait until the operation is normal, and then slowly speed up, not only the giant elephant tree people are in this case, but even the migration army behind is the same.

This is the first stage of the migration army - running-in, the main purpose of this stage is to make the entire migration army run smoothly, and let the civilians adapt to this state of continuous rush.

The giant elephant treemen dragging the iron pillars of the road, of course, did not walk around in the wilderness at random, but had a clear path, an eight-meter-wide black passage that exuded a faint smell of decay, stretching into the distance, and they only needed to follow this mark.

This marked passage is naturally the credit of Luna, the half-moon horse.

This was not done after the Bloodclaw Legion had been settled, but had already begun after Luna had acquired the Crucible of Corruption and realized her advantage in opening the way.

There were other sections of the road in question, but not in the migratory section of the Tassel, and they had only one way to go, and that was to open a new road on the north bank of the Iss River to the city of Ritabun, the kingdom of Am.

There is no direct trade route between the two cities, and there are two ways for Darauma to get to Ritabun.

One is the waterway, which goes upriver along the Isi River, relatively speaking, it is also smooth, but the road is a little long, zigzag around a big bend, nearly 600 kilometers.

The other overland route is to Saradas via the Zasa Road, which then turns to the Sarui Road, which is 350 kilometers long and the latter 280 kilometers, a total distance even above land and water.

Another key issue is that most of the two roads are in the territory of Saradas.

Just the gathering of the migratory army made them all nervous, and how could they be allowed to go and borrow the way.

This was the main reason why Dalauma was stuck, who had been too dependent on the Zasa Road and the Iss River for transportation, and were in the heart of the Tassel, and as soon as the road was stuck, they were immediately fenced off.

Originally, Zalanda pinned his hopes for a breakthrough on Gavin's Mi Noel, hoping to use it to make a diversion and bypass the blockade of Saladas.

But as the migration progressed, they found that it was faster and more convenient to take advantage of the opportunity to open a direct trade route to Ritabun on the north bank of the Isis River?

The distance between the two sides is 380 kilometers in a straight line, and the road initially opened up by Half Moon Ju is a total of 410 kilometers, which is basically a straight line.

Immediately behind the giant elephant treeman is the vanguard.

It's just that these cavalrymen are not holding swords and shields, but work tools such as pickaxes, heads, shovels, and baskets, and the captains and commanders who have just taken up their posts are making their final admonitions.

"Our main task is to fill in the pits and level the stones."

"When filling the pit, take local materials, mainly gravel, supplemented by soil, a layer of stone and a layer of soil, not flush, but a section higher than the surrounding road, in the shape of a soil bag."

"The flat stone task is handed over to the caster who can use the soft stone technique, which is the soil and stone that has been used for the soft stone technique, which is the best paving material, all of which are dug out for me as a repair and filler for other potholes, and the potholes that appear after the road roller are used first, and the same is a soil bag, and it is handed over to the giant elephant tree master to step on."

"There's a hole found here that needs to be filled."

"One was found here, too."

"This place has been crushed in a large area, and a lot of earth and stone is needed, fast, fast, fast, our partial van fleet is about to come out."

These knights and mercenaries not only did not have any resistance to the newly arranged work, but were full of interest, because this mode of road construction completely subverted their cognition.

They split in two, two-thirds in front, looking for the obvious ravines along the way, filling them all in and slightly above the surrounding ground, waiting for the Giant Elephant Treant Roller to come and compact them down.

A third is in the back, filling in the potholes that have been crushed by the Giant Elephant Treeman rollers, most of which are rodent burrows.

The operation method is the same as the previous one, and the final compaction work is handed over to the extra giant elephant tree man, who uses his huge weight of more than 50 tons to step back and forth.

As always, ordinary and magical means go hand in hand, with the former being the main and the latter being the secondary.

Four km/h, if it is simply used to rush, it is really not amazing, the old man walks faster than this, but if you add the road construction, it is no longer described as amazing, it is simply a god speed, and this is only the starting speed, not the maximum speed.

This one-time formed dirt road is far stronger than imagined, because there is a behemoth of more than 50 tons following behind, after walking, there is no sign of deformation at all, ordinary business road may not be able to withstand his tossing, the power of a hundred and fifty tons of press, absolutely not blown out.

When the road repair team went out for nearly a kilometer, the vans of the vanguards of the vans slowly drove out under the drag of two sturdy horses.

(End of chapter)