After the first military meeting of the Principality of the Sect was held at noon, he took a dozen and so of them from New Clysdo, entered the north-central Hupolaban, and went west along the western Filin Mountains, and after a three-day trek, entered the traditional territory of the Jones family.

Although the fat man has done a lot for the Jones family, it is the first time he has actually set foot on this land, and the strange weather in the snowy mountain area has begun to show itself here. () Although it was May when the sun was shining, the fat man's vest weapon slot still prepared a white fox fur cloak, and the huge temperature difference between day and night made southerners like the fat man very unaccustomed

The wind blew with dry coolness on his face, and the fat man stopped his horse on a hill in a pine glade, his eyes blazing over the land that might become a battlefield

Unlike the delicate scenes in the south and the warm in the middle, the scenery in the west reveals a coarse ore that makes people feel rushed.

The rolling and awkward wilderness stimulates your eyes, with large expanses of inky pine trees dotted with them, and the northern Soberi River glistening golden in the sun, like a multicolored bend

There is not a single cloud in the blue sky. Pure is like being covered in a whole deep blue sea. It's refreshing to watch,

The damp black central land, where it appears drier and harder,

In some places, the mud even shows a gray background, like a white ribbon, forming a natural road in this land, extending into the distance under the blue sky, disappearing into a white line-like sky.

It is rude and makes people feel that they are just a grain of constant sand between heaven and earth, a symbol

The fat man knew that this was the frozen soil of the northern cold land, and the horse's hooves could make a sound like hitting stones when they stepped on it, which was a problem that needed attention, and the fat man said to himself in his heart,

As a commander-in-chief, who is about to buy to face the enemy, in this relatively unfamiliar battlefield. Any small question can be the basis for winning a war

According to intelligence. Of the 30,000 troops in Northern Stian this time, 20,000 were elite northern cavalry, and if it was in the mountainous south or the vast middle of the plains, 20,000 cavalry would not be able to threaten Samor's long-range troops, but this is the northwest.

The dense forests are the best hiding places for the cavalry, and the hard soil is the best battlefield for the cavalry, and this qiē is enough to determine the victory or defeat of the entire war. Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. But this time it was a strange battlefield, a strange enemy, and even allies were unfamiliar.

Hell, the fat man shook his head and touched his slightly swollen temples with his hand, once again feeling a headache for this hasty war that could not see the direction clearly.

"Grand Duke, in front of the agreed Laimiao City" Morpheus, the head of the business alliance who was in charge of leading the way, pointed to the distance,

The fat man followed the direction of his finger and saw that on the gray and green earth, a quiet town near the river was faintly visible, and the stone spire-like buildings with northern characteristics were seamlessly matched with this vast and rough land.

This time, in order not to expose the combat intentions of the Samore army, the Samar army was divided into two routes. The troops in charge of the western operations did not go north along the road, but boarded the convoy of the Commercial Alliance on the outskirts of Kyoto and followed the river transportation line to the northern military port of the Jones family.

The headquarters corps, which was in charge of the northern combat mission, went north along the land route and put on a decisive posture. to contain the Northern Stian army that might reinforce the west

Just as the fat man was preparing to leave New Claisdo. The deacon of Kyoto of the Business Alliance, Si Duhan, mysteriously found the fat man, and brought an informal request through the channel of the business alliance, and the Kujit people of the northern steppe sent an envoy to ask to see him.

This news shocked the fat man who was still feeling a headache for this maze war, yes, he was a stranger in this land, but the Western Alliance was a local native, and if he wanted to win a decisive victory with Northern Stian, in addition to the heroic battle of the Samore army, the support of the Western Alliance accounted for a large component.

And the Western Alliance was able to gain a foothold in that Jedi, and it was inseparable from the support of the Kujits, and the relationship between Samol and Kugit was also very strange, that is, enemies and political allies who fought each other's enemies, Samor defeated the biggest enemy in the heart of the Kugit royal court, the Zuowei tribe, and Kugit weakened the power of the Kyoto royal family for Samor, such a complicated relationship made the fat man feel a headache when he thought about it,

As for the past grievances, they can be ignored in the face of the current national interests, and the fat man is already thinking in his heart how to gain the support of the Kujits. In this way, relying on a large western alliance for the Kujits, there will also be a great change in the political tendencies of Samor.

Considering this relationship, the fat man agreed to the request of the business alliance, and the meeting place was set in the Rhine, a small town east of the Jones family.

Recently, the Samore army stationed in Jones territory has been moving frequently, especially the fleet of ships transporting supplies has increased significantly, and it is not uncommon for Saemor officers like Fat Man to carry a dozen retinues, and the guards at the city gate let the horse team enter the city after checking the pass handed by the guard.

Of the dozen or so Jones family cities, the small town of Lymien has always been known for its quaint and simple style, and until thirty years ago Rhine was a small town along the river. Because of its special geographical location connecting land and water, after the Jones family joined forces with Samore, they drove away the nearby small lords, and gradually developed this amphibious hub town into a small city with a population of more than 3,000 people, and an important branch of the commercial alliance was set up in it.

Unlike most small towns, the city of Lyry is a commercial hub with frequent horse-drawn carriages, and the streets are paved with high-grade gravel roads, and the wheels of the horse-drawn carriages make a crisp sound.

The fat man looked along the road, and saw that a main street ran through the city, and there were all kinds of wholesale goods shops, and the shouts of merchants and the sound of horse-drawn carriages unloading echoed each other.

In front of many fur shops gathered a large number of mercenaries or hunters, seafood from the southern Hulin tribe. Horses to the northern Kugit. Of course, most of them are local fur shops in the west, and most of them are low-level weapons and equipment produced locally produced from the armor and leather shields.

It seems that the Jones family's military-industrial economy is rapidly recovering, and the whole of the Rhine is like a gathering center for careful adventurers.

Jones's territory is in the untouched West.

It's a forbidden area for humans, but it's a paradise for these adventurers.

The vast wilderness contains great opportunities, and many precious fur animals can only survive in that cruel cold weather.

For example, the white fox fur in the fat man's vest, which was contributed by the Jones family,

If it is placed on the market, this flawless white fox fur without a single crack can be sold for a sky-high price of 100,000 gold coins.

In order to obtain this white fox skin, only three of the ten hunters returned, and the danger can be imagined. Just... Kouyang... ８。 ０... The body clam of the fisherman book is not orange!