Power and Empire Chapter 404: Fool? (1)
Northern border, Murhausk
Surrounded by mist in the early morning, a thin white lake mist wafts on the surface of the Suriven River, and the emerald green pine forests on both sides are rustling in the morning breeze passing by,
There are clusters of tall northern shrubs all over the river beach, looming in the white mist.
"Papa" The thick horseshoe stepped into the calm river water, stirring circles in the water waves, and the white water splashes tumbling and splitting,"
"Come on, everyone! After the river is the town of Alur, everyone can rest!" A businessman sat on a carriage and waved his hands. Under the **** of several mercenaries, they began to cross the river
"Boss Alitor! I heard that you have made a fortune this time!" A mercenary envied the boss in the carriage and said, "The north is not peaceful now, and the Kujites are buying at high prices. Ironware and all kinds of weapons and equipment, if these hundred pieces of high-quality armor are shipped to the north, they will earn at least three times the price!"
"Hehe, what is said, when it comes to doing business, you still have to count those big business alliances who are well-run."
"I heard that they transported 3 kilograms of iron in one go, think about it, 3 kilograms, a large carriage may not be able to complete it. When I am so big, I will be content!" The merchant boss looked at it. Shine, shook his head with envious expression
"Hehe, that's hard to say! Maybe the war on the northern grasslands will last a few years, and you will become that kind of wealthy merchant!" The mercenary captain looked at the goods **** on the carriage, and spoke with a fascinating tone.
"According to the current market, it is ordinary ironware. As long as it is shipped to the trading station in Coogee on the border, the price can immediately rise three times, not to mention the price of your finished armor and weapons. A bit higher"
"Yeah, I also heard about this news, so I deliberately got a batch of exquisite armors and good weapons from Zivadin!" The merchant boss was grinned by the mercenaries, and a dozen people said something to you. I chatted with one word, most of the content is around this war on the grassland,
Since the Khergits regained Aichemore, they quickly opened up the area bordering the northern part of Vicia, and purchased weapons and irons at high prices. With such a large number of high-priced acquisitions, Coke destroyed the businessmen of Vicia.
Vicia is a mountainous area with mountainous hills in the south. Although the main part is plain in the north, the marginal area and the west are still close to the mountains. The mineral resources are extremely rich and there is no shortage of iron ore.
In the past, the fat man had relied on forging weapons to make money. After he completely ruled the South, he even enforced laws encouraging mining.
In addition to contracting the mines that originally belonged to the lords to large businessmen with economic strength, they also strongly encourage other merchants to mine privately, as long as they pay one-third of the minerals to deduct the tax, and the rest are all owned by the merchants.
After nearly 2 years of exhibitions, the southern part of Vikia has become the largest iron ore producing area and weapon casting area in the southern part of the Great Six. The interests of the iron ore trade in Kea’s country are gradually declining, except for exports to the southern kingdom of Rude and Outside of Kujit in the north, most of the merchants have given up the iron ore trade.
The three times the purchase price offered by the Kurgits this time undoubtedly greatly stimulated the declining iron ore trade in Vijaya. In addition, the Samor side also relaxed restrictions on iron exports, even Alitor. The small businessmen were also attracted to Murhausk, which was just recovered.
"Attention! There are horseshoes behind us!" As soon as the carriage went to the river beach, the mercenary guarding in front suddenly turned around and shouted to the companions beside the carriage behind. Several mercenaries who followed the carriage hurriedly drew their knives. Come
"Drive! Drive!" At this moment, the businessman boss is struggling to pull the whip in his hand, driving the horses in the turbulent river, pulling the truck full of goods with difficulty, and he can't help but look surprised when he hears the shouts in front of him. ,
"What happened?" The merchant boss asked nervously. The rushing of the river made him unable to hear clearly, but judging from the cautious look of the nearby mercenaries, it should be something!
"Look! Cavalry!" A mercenary pointed at the business road behind the carriage with a loud voice, and saw hundreds of black light-armored horses. Coming from the back of the business road, a gust of gust of wind, with a roar of howling, tore the morning fog covering the sky and the earth behind, like black demon gods rushing out of the fog, the earth seems to be rushing The horse's hoof came trembling,
"Hurry up! Cross the river! Before noon today, be sure to rush to Dallik Fortress!" a cavalry squadron captain in black armor shouted, his feet clamped his hips, and he jumped into the rapids of the river. Medium
"Wow" behind him, hundreds of war horses jumped into the river with four hooves without stopping, "Papa" the river splashed, and the huge horse body. Fell heavily into the waist-deep river in front of me,
"Wow" a wave of current fluctuations! Hundreds of Samor black-armored cavalry divided into three teams and jumped into the river, like a black steel wall, squeezing white waves on the exciting and flowing river.
It only took a few minutes to traverse the rapids of the river that the mercenaries had just spent more than half an hour crossing, passing by the stopped caravan with damp water vapor, and gradually turning into the sky. A black line
"It's the Samor regular army!" The mercenaries looked at the black cavalry passing by, their expressions were extremely unnatural. Several of the mercenaries guarding the carriage on the left and right of the carriage also looked at each other, seemingly What information is being conveyed!
This is the third squad of the Samor Northern Army that the caravan encountered in the Murhausk area this morning. The number of troops just now is about a small group of elite cavalry.
Since Murhausk’s recovery, I don’t know what the reason is. The tens of thousands of Samorsaron regiments that were originally stationed in the Kudan area and are restoring have faint signs of emergency mobilization.
Strict patrols and simple defensive guard towers have appeared in critical areas along the road. From time to time, you can see murderous regular cavalry passing by on the commercial road.
Although most of them are like the elite cavalry in the past, they are in a hurry and do not stop at all. It seems that there is something urgent.
This series of abnormal signs undoubtedly gave these mercenaries who are going to and from the border a guess
"Samoor won't go to war again!" This is a major event that affects everyone's interests. Samor started with war, and every war can lead to an economic development.
Who is the war against? When will the war begin? How large is it? These things that should have caused the enemy general’s most headache and focus, have now become the most concerned topics of the Samer merchants.
Everyone knows that recently the entire northern grassland has been involved in an unprecedented battle,
The Swadians united several kingdoms, under the command of Kingdom Marshal Berrante, and the army came north near the Kujit steppe.
In the raging Aichamore area, hundreds of Kujit tribes, originally scattered everywhere, are gathering from all directions under the call of the Kujit court.
The number has quickly exceeded 150,000 from 80,000 at the beginning,
In the southern part of Aichamore, the 180,000 Swadian Northern Army is preparing for the counterattack,
This is a war that determines the fortunes of the nation. Its victory directly determines the hegemony of the north, and determines the direction of the two kingdoms in a hundred years. For this, the two countries have almost used the energy of feeding.
"Buli Withered Leaf, do you remember what the Samor Cavalry said just now? The Darric Fortress is only 2 hours away from the northern sideline. If it is a cavalry raid, it will take up to half a day to reach the important town. "Vila City" took advantage of the opportunity to lead the horse, the mercenary captain whispered in the ear of a companion
"If the Vijaya army is assembled there, it would be terrible, so we must find out, what exactly do Vijaya forces want to do?
This situation must be reported to the Khanate immediately! No matter what the Wikiya people intend, we must be prepared for possible responses"
Among these mercenaries, those mercenaries who looked at each other were all Kujit people from the border area. They lived on the border and had more connections with Wikiya. They were called "Abu" by the Wikiya. Ku! "It means the lost shepherd,
Because these fringe tribes have been mixed with the Vekias for many years, some of them chose to move south and enter the territory of the Vekias, and gradually merged into the Vekias.
For example, among the first cavalry guards conscripted by Fatty, some of them came from nomads in the northern crisscross region.
Another part has become the eyeliner of Coujit stationed on the border
Most of these bar tribes exist in the form of mercenaries and caravans. This time they also received a secret order from the court of Kujit, in addition to fully guarding the safety of the trade road from Vijaya to Kujit,
Another task is to stare at the border with wide eyes. Especially the large-scale assembly and mobilization of troops at this critical moment on the Vikya border,
Now is the most dangerous time for the Kujit Khanate,
For months of tragic war, the two sides of the war have invested nearly 10,000 troops. At this moment, the two countries are like two exhausted, but still immortal giants wrestling with each other.
As long as a small force pushes gently, it may tilt the triumphant Libra,
Wikea, which has risen strongly in the south, is precisely such a decisive ability in the eyes of both sides.
When both sides think they have the victory,
The large-scale army build-up on the northern border of Wikiya quickly aroused the alertness of both sides.
When the Kurgits reported this information to the royal court, another report with roughly the same content was also placed in front of Marshal Burrant of Swadian.
The Swadian Marshal Berrantxun, who received the information, held an emergency meeting and circulated the report in his hand to all the Swadian generals who participated in the meeting.
"Everyone, the implementation of our wolf hunting plan is imminent. I believe everyone knows the importance of this battle." Seeing the confused look of the generals, Burrant, his slightly squinted eyes scanned the faces of all the generals in the tent. , The voice is low
"This is the first step in the grand plan appointed by the great king himself. As long as the threat from the northern Kujit is eliminated, the kingdom can concentrate its forces on attacking the southerners in one fell swoop. The status of the overlord of Erdian 6!
Brandt’s voice paused for a while, and emphasized his tone. "However, you have also seen it. Vikia in the west seems to have changed. Vikia’s sideline is behind our main army. If they and Kugit If people unite and attack my main army from north to south, our wolves plan may face the most dangerous situation. What do you think of this situation?"
Master Marshal's majestic and sharp gazes made all the Swadian generals take a cold breath from their hearts. They straightened their waists and sat upright. No one dared to answer Master Marshal's questions.
This battle plan involves four knights and nearly 180,000 troops. This can be said to be a powerful blow to stop the Swadian National Movement. If you win, you will go south! Sweep the Ruo De, and solve a hundred years of grievances at once,
If you lose, you will be crushed for thousands of miles. If you lose the Northern Territory, the foundation and lifeline of the kingdom will be severely damaged. The sudden mobilization of the army by the Kingdom of Vijay at this moment is undoubtedly related to this battle.
Mistakes in strategic judgments have resulted in the defeat of the battle.
On such a critical issue, the seasoned generals have chosen to be silent more.
"The subordinates think this is just a normal reaction of the Vikya people! A young and energetic General Swadian got up from his seat, and Vikya's north is the plain, which is the death place of the infantry. Looking at the voice, he found that he was just transferred from the Palavin area, Apollodi, the leader of the Tenth Knights.
"As far as I know, it is a fool named Dustan who controls Vía now! His army is mainly infantry. He looked at the surprised colleagues around him and didn't seem to think he was saying There is a problem, but I use my own unique accent with a slight Palavin area
"Their purpose of mobilizing the army~IndoMTL.com~ should be to prevent us from quickly moving south to attack Vikia after destroying Kujit,
Apollodi's voice paused, and a smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth. "It's a pity! These Vikia cowards don't even know that Vikia's infantry phalanx is a group of unresisting ants in front of our extremely powerful knights' spears. And bugs, as long as one charge, we can beat them all over the floor to find teeth!"
"How did the Apollo family send me such an idiot!" Seeing Apollodi confidently, Marshal Berrante on the main seat frowned, and the five fingers under the table clenched tightly. Can't wait to kick this arrogant guy out! ,
Many of the Swadian Northern Army generals who have suffered hard in front of the Vijaya infantry are also looking at each other. I don’t know why Marshal Berrante, who has always been wise, specially transferred such one from Palavin. Arrogant and ignorant idiot
This high-achieving student of Paravin Academy of Strategy and the heir of the Apollo family, one of the three giants in the north of Swadian, does not seem to know that he has put the label of a fool in everyone’s hearts.
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