Chapter 521: The Value of the Giant Plains
"I still have a bunch of finishing work to do here, before that, I can't go back, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, during this time, you will be in a coma temporarily, not for too long, as soon as I am free here, I will go back to make arrangements for you." Gavin didn't dare to drag the six-armed snake demon back to Misnoel casually.
She's a demon known for being chaotic and evil, and she's so powerful that Daphany Cannile can't suppress her, and he doesn't want a legendary demon tossing around in his territory.
"Yes." The six-armed snake demon can't agree or not, and he can't make his own decisions at all.
The six-armed snake demon night shadow, Gavin will stay until the last minute of the duration, and Gavin will not be so polite to the six ambushing night shadows.
Although they are all shadows of the night, in addition to their special abilities, their attributes, especially the three attributes of intelligence, perception and charm, are affected by the original attributes of the transformer, even if they are noble trolls, they are not much higher, and they are directly dragged back to Misnoel and thrown to Daphany to deal with.
Meanwhile, wailing outside the Dwarven Kingdom.
Nora turned back and forth a little restlessly and said, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I haven't seen half a monster for more than an hour, and there is no movement on the young master's side, so there won't be any problems, right?" Should we rush in? ”
"The strength of the six-armed snake demon night shadow newly transformed by Lord Lord, you have seen it with your own eyes before, do you think that she can't cope with the situation, is it useful for us to rush in?" Although Villanica's height is less than one-third of Nora's, her stability is far above her, "Lord Lord has many means, if there is really a problem, he will notify us as soon as possible, and now there is no news is the best news, we just need to wait and complete our own tasks." ”
"But ......"
"No, they're down." Veranica pointed in the air, flapping the wings of the energy dragon and descending, it was not Gavin who else could be.
The six-armed snake demon landed before him, and she jumped directly from a balcony of the wailing dwarf's head, and came in a free fall movement, and when she was not far from the ground, she cast a short teleportation, which directly canceled out the downrush speed.
Even if she knew that she was an ally, she couldn't suppress a commotion when she saw a huge six-armed snake demon, whether it was a human heavy cavalry or a goblin wolf cavalry, the war horse neighed, the wolf roared, and the humans and goblins involuntarily clenched their weapons, which shows how bad the demon's reputation is in Faeron.
"Fully settled here." Gavin waved his hand heavily and said, "The Nott Guards Legion and the Bloodclaw Wolf Cavalry are centered on this place, ten kilometers outward, and all the monster tribes will be uprooted for me."
You lead your legion to clean up this dwarven city for me from beginning to end, find out all the open and secret caves for me, collect and count all the corpses, and wait for centralized processing. ”
His purpose was clear, he was ready to take over the place completely.
If you don't, it won't be long before this place is occupied by other monster tribes.
Moreover, the structure of the Wailing Dwarf City is very special, and only a small number of people are needed to build this place into a three-dimensional war fortress, echoing the Blood Canyon and acting as horns for each other.
Once the layout was complete, Gavin asked Veranika to use teleportation to send them back to the Blood Canyon.
Not only has the battle been completely over on this side of the Blood Canyon, but even the battlefield has been cleaned up.
"Your Lord is back, Lord Lord, how is the war going on your side? Did you take down the opponent's lair directly? ”
"Needless to say? The troll elite have all been left here by us, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled cannot withstand the charge of our elite cavalry. ”
"My lord, we have won, not only have we defeated those monsters, we have also defeated demons."
"Long live your lordship."
"Lord Lord......"
Returning to the Blood Canyon, Gavin could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere here.
Far from being depressed by the bloody battles, the morale here has reached an unprecedented peak.
In Gavin's opinion, they paid a lot of price in this war, and the casualties were not small, but in the eyes of those migratory armies, this was an unprecedented brilliant victory, after all, they killed tens of thousands of monsters and demons with thousands of casualties.
This gives them confidence in their next migration.
As soon as Gavin returned to the Blood Canyon, the high-ranking members of the busy migrating army automatically gathered to prepare for a post-war meeting.
As soon as the personnel arrived, Gavin couldn't wait to ask, "Has the exact number of deaths been counted?" ”
The existence of healing magic makes the injured negligible, as long as the life is saved, the rest is easy to say, even if it is a broken limb, it can be recontinued or regenerated, it is nothing more than a matter of cost.
"It's out." It was General Copperfield who answered, "Three Golia were killed, twelve were killed by the Goblin Giants, one hundred and fifty-three were killed by the Goblins of the Bloodclaw Infantry Legion, two hundred and ten were killed by the Vanguard, and thirty-two were displaced civilians. ”
"How many people can be resurrected with the resources in our hands?" Gavin asked, turning to look at Anna.
"Only twenty-one can be resurrected." Anna replied, "We don't have diamonds in our hands that can be resurrected. ”
"The gap is so big?" Gavin's brow furrowed involuntarily.
"Are you still ready to resurrect them all?" Zalanda looked at Gavin suspiciously, "Among them, there are only Goliath and the goblin giants who have resurrection value, and the rest will be given to their family pensions, the civilian pension is about five hundred, the mercenary pension is about one thousand, and as for the goblin, I don't think there should be a pension." ”
Bloodpaw nodded and said, "Yes, there is no precedent for issuing pensions on our side, and dying in battle is their greatest glory." ”
The Monster Legion, especially the Bloodclaw Legion, a large goblin legion with the nature of servitude, can be treated well during their lifetime, which is their greatest blessing, and don't think about the generous treatment after death.
Their armor and equipment will be taken back and redistributed, their assets will be confiscated, and their corpses will be burned on the spot, so that they will not be reduced to food for other creatures, which is a kind of thick burial.
The only exception to this is to prove your worth to the entire legion, such as the goblin giants with transcendent life dice, and the legion will naturally try to resurrect you when you die in battle.
But not humans.
Not only should they be treated well during their lifetime, but they must also be honored and pension after death.
This is not only for the dead to see, but also for the living.
Only by taking care of the aftermath can the souls of the dead rest in peace, and there will be more living people who will serve you and die for you.
The difference between the two armies is not only the recruitment methods of the two sides, but also the survival patterns of the two sides.
The Great Goblin Legion is a pure warlord legion, they only have soldiers, few goblin women and children, civilians, their members are like the Bloodclaw Legion, attacking cities everywhere, absorbing powerful soldiers of the same race to replenish their consumption.
The troops and supplies were all looted, and they did not produce at all.
Humans are different, their powerful legions are all supported by territories and cities, and they are selected from them by recruiting troops to protect the large number of civilians.
In exchange, these civilians fed the legions with supplies, which was the most primitive and basic concept of rule.
These two models of the two sides are not set in stone.
When the Great Goblin Legion is ready to settle down and take root in a certain place, and cannot replenish a large number of troops through movement, it can only start to recruit its own Great Goblin civilians like humans, and begin to establish and improve the reward and punishment and management system, so that the entire race and even the city can flourish.
This is where the Bloodclaw Legion comes in.
There are also some human legions, either because of defeat, or because of the needs of war, they will transform into monster legions.
Because this model has its own advantages, that is, purity, easy to control and manage, and super mobility.
The shortcomings are also very obvious, they basically have no margin for error, or they will continue to win for a long time, and once there is a big rout, the entire army will completely collapse and lose the possibility of regrouping.
A territory or country with a large base of civilians has super resilience and strategic depth, and even if an army is defeated and a city is captured, it can still regain its strength, reorganize the collapsed army or form other armies, and fight a new round of war, dragging the war into overtime.
In the end, it is often them who win the war.
Examples of this kind abound in the continent of Faerun.
The war between humans and monsters is basically a war between two modes of armies.
Gavin's migratory army model is now somewhere in between.
They have adopted many methods of managing monster armies, but many of the policies must be based on humans, because after they arrive at their destination, they will take root and establish their own territory.
After summarizing the information in his hands and sorting out his thoughts, Gavin clapped his hands and said: "We might as well take the opportunity to promulgate a clear military merit system, whether it is rewards and punishments, or pension standards, they are all carried out according to the rules, try to be fair and just, and resurrection is integrated into this system as an important reward."
We can't resurrect the dead simply because of their strength, which will not only allow those powerful fighters to squander their lives during the war, but also be unfair to those weak fighters who bravely kill the enemy and have military exploits, after all, strong fighters also grow up from weakness. ”
It is true that Faren has many means of resurrection, but the high price is destined to be the privilege of a few, even Gavin, who has recently become a little wealthy, only found out when he faced a large-scale war and a large number of casualties.
It is impossible to resurrect all the dead.
Priests can cultivate themselves, and the hiring commission can be saved, but there is no way to save spellcasting materials, especially the diamonds that occupy the majority of the money.
The diamonds used to resurrect a person are worth at least 5,000 gold coins, and they will fluctuate according to market demand, and in many cases, it is not possible to buy them with money.
Many people who cherish their lives will hoard diamonds, and there are also profiteers who deliberately hoard goods and speculate on prices.
With only a few hundred casualties, it was far beyond what he could bear, and if they were all resurrected, more than two million diamonds would be needed alone.
If you simply use the pension, only more than 200,000 yuan is enough.
At the same time, one has to sigh at the cheapness of human life, and a civilian pension is comparable to a heavy war horse.
This is the cruel reality of Fallon, civilians are sometimes really inferior to dogs.
Even Zalanda, who is known for loving her people like a son, did not intend to resurrect them all, but directly paid a pension to finish the work.
Accepting death is the best option, both for civilians themselves and for their families.
At the end of the day, there is only one reason – poverty.
"As it should be." Zalanda nodded and said, "Not only on your side, but also on the side where the blood claw is near, after all, you will build a city here in the future, and you will enter the settlement mode, and only a perfect policy will attract those big goblins to take the initiative to come." ”
Bloody Claw grinned, full of bloody taste: "On our side, a year and a half is not needed, after all, we are guarding the Giant Plain, this is our natural military field, in a short period of time, this is mainly a military city, only equipped with a small number of women and children, until we subdue all the big goblin tribes and take the initiative to start to belong to us." ”
"In this regard, General Bloodclaw is an expert, and this side will be handed over to you as commander, and you will do it according to your needs, but there are a few points that need to be adjusted on your side." Gavin took the opportunity to sort out the Bloodclaw Legion and said, "First of all, with the expansion of the legion and the increase in the types of troops, you can no longer have a separate army, but divide into different legions according to the types of troops.
At this point, you have done almost the same, nothing more than a complete split to form a separate army.
Secondly, you have to establish a stable economic source, after we lay a good foundation for you, the city needs to be built by yourself, the army needs to be supported by yourself, and we cannot input financial resources to you without restrictions. ”
Bloodclaw nodded as a matter of course and said, "Lord Lord has done enough for our Blood Claw Legion, next, it will be time for us to give back to Lord Lord, I have already thought of a few good ideas to make money." ”
"Oh, let's hear it." Gavin looked interested.
When it comes to war, Bloodclaw and his goblin are definitely good hands.
But when it comes to trading, when it comes to trading, they are new in this regard.
Bloodclaw was obviously well prepared, and said with great interest: "The fastest and easiest way to get money is to continue to sweep the Giant Plains, without the Wailing Dwarven Kingdom, we will be the largest military force here."
Those monster tribes will either obediently submit to us and pay tribute, or they will wait to be exterminated by us and let us loot their wealth ourselves.
In doing so, not only can they support themselves, but they can also continue to weaken these monster tribes, so that they will not be able to become a climate and no longer pose a threat to the surrounding area. ”
Bloodclaw's origins determined that the first thing he thought of would never be peaceful means such as trade, but his best at burning, killing and plundering.
Only this time, the object is no longer the human beings who are good at accumulating wealth, but those monster tribes.
It is no longer a one-shot deal, but a long-term blood squeeze, which is a bit like the nomadic tribute system.
Given the unique situation in which the Bloodclaws are now, this method is indeed the best fit for them.
"Yes, this is indeed a proven method, but the question is, do those monster tribes have so much wealth and resources for you to plunder?" Gavin asks a new question.
"It's not just humanoids that are becoming gigantic in the Giant's Plains, this can happen to all plants and animals, and that's how our large number of large wolf mounts came about.
Here, there are pumpkins bigger than baskets, apples bigger than an adult's head, and some bison that look like giant elephants.
Therefore, the products are far more abundant than other places, and the number of monster tribes is far more than that of other places, and many monster tribes already have simple cultivation and grazing, which can squeeze a lot of wealth.
What we value most is those gigantic animals, I believe that their value is far above ordinary creatures, before the lord leaves, we will definitely prepare a batch of huge animals for you to assist you in pulling carts, I believe that with them, the next road, you will walk more smoothly. "Bloodclaw further introduces the uniqueness of the Giant's Plains.
"These plants and animals are also like humanoids? Unpredictable and random? Gavin asked with concern, if it can be industrialized, this will become a unique industry for the Bloodclaws, an important profit point, a war horse with a super-large size, the drag force is not the same, they are a perfect match with their own building vans and side vans.
"Animals and humanoids are the same, there is no way to detect them until they grow, plants are a little special, except for randomness, in some lands, all the plants that grow are gigantic, we have seen a huge farm, it is said that it is a dwarf village in operation, we follow the teachings of the lord, and do not take action against them.
The giant farm, right on the edge of the migration route, will be a unique sight when you go north. Bloodclaw replied.
They didn't take action against the sapient villages, and at first they were only limited to Gavin's orders.
But as time goes on, especially when you revisit the Giant's Plains, you find it beneficial.
Those intelligent race villages, even if they don't have a good impression of them, at least they won't be full of malice.
Especially after they inadvertently helped them solve some big problems in the wilderness, they were very likely to start a certain degree of trade with them, which gave them a relatively stable source of supplies.
"Collecting tribute is only a short-term way, in the long run, you still have to open your own huge farm, and you can also establish your own pasture, it just so happens that I ordered 10,000 war horses from Ivan So, and I will allocate a few thousand to you as seeds at that time, and see if you can establish a stable industrial chain."
Gavin is convinced that it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, and that building an industry under his control is the king.
(End of chapter)