Power and Empire Chapter 560: The North-South Controversy (2)
560 North-South Controversy II
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At the beginning, Nile didn’t like the sparkling sea in front of her
Because my father always likes to leave Lhasa City under the pretext of going to sea to do errands, leaving Nile to stay alone with his uncle’s Hu Tubeien,
Wait until the next resurgence comes,
This situation continued until she was eight years old,
That year was also the Winter Veil Festival. The red light of the bonfire lit up the night sky, and the sky was full of stars, heralding the coming of the year,
That time, she rode on the thick shoulders of her father, Grand Duke Lazar, for the first time,
Raise the immature face and look up at the sky above the sea with a beautiful and simple gaze,
When she saw the vast and blunt darkness on the sea, she hugged her father’s neck tightly with fear, her delicate body trembling,
In the deep and unfathomable darkness on the sea, as if an invisible hand stretched out and grabbed her body,
The feeling of horror makes her creepy,
It was also that time, she knew that she was in the Kingdom of Sarand, not so peaceful in her eyes,
The dispute between the southerners and the northerners has lasted for a century. Every time my father went to sea, he went to a place called Newfoundland.
That is the southern part of the Kingdom of Salander, the only fairground open to the Northern Territory,
Father must take the goods he got in a hard month and go to that place to exchange some necessary living goods,
It takes at least half a month to go back and forth once,
If you encounter extreme weather such as ocean countercurrents or storms, it is an experience of escaping from the dead,
My father vomited blood due to the recurrence of injuries during the war, and was eventually killed by the wild wolf Hosaris, all of which were sequelae from that time.
It was also at that time. Nilai knew that if she became a respected priest in the sky, or could have the opportunity to reverse this kind of regional discrimination,
In the eyes of the southern aristocrats in Salander, the lords of the northern territory are just a bunch of paupers who can give alms at will,
Now that her father has passed away, the girl’s fear of the depths of the ocean has disappeared
The innocent girl who stubbornly boarded the harbor ship and went to the Kyoto Sky Temple to participate in the selection of ceremonies in the face of her father’s opposition,
Has become the leading power lord in the northern region,
Now, in her heart, she only hopes that she has a pair of wings,
To be able to fly freely in the blue ocean with shining stars with this man next to me
Fatty doesn’t know what the granddaughter beside him thinks,
He is looking at the port outside, Lhasa Port is getting busier and busier, and there are big ships all around the port,
The sails of the white ship seem to be reflected on the sea with dense white clouds in the sky, there are no gaps at all,
It was originally a turquoise and transparent sea, but it became white in the morning mist
A number of merchant ships are orderly and non-stop, unloading a large amount of materials, and then transporting away spices and precious metals,
Those merchant ships from the southern part of the opposite strait carry large amounts of raw materials or ore
Hanging a flag that allows priority access to the port, it is particularly eye-catching among the densely packed merchant ships.
The size of these merchant ships is also very huge, with a displacement of more than 500 tons.
It needs the command of the navigator on the coast to moor on the dock smoothly
Today’s Lazard Port has added a lot of soldiers,
They are distributed in a straight line, like statues, standing on a large pier on the west side of the port.
There are soldiers along the way. It is a military-only dock. Several long, weird warships are quietly undulating with the waves.
The sharp spear in the soldier’s hand, under the sun’s rays, exudes a bitter cold among the soldiers standing guard,
There are also several mobile cavalry teams
Their gods are sturdy, with a red cloak representing honor on their shoulders, and a weird arc-shaped long sword slung at their waist,
The focused gaze is like a sharp blade tearing the air, sweeping over any suspicious person from time to time
Seeing so many additional soldiers,
Many merchant shipowners and sailors who are accustomed to the world know that important people must have arrived in Lazard Port today
Sure enough, in the evening, a dozen large merchant ships without any flags came from far away.
On both sides of these dozens of merchant ships, there are escorts from the Vickia Navy’s Dragon Tooth battleship,
The heavy bow pushes the waves from time to time,
Like a rolling white line slowly approaching, the white bottom of the ship sunk deeply below the waterline by the sea,
The hull is swaying, and the five-layered huge white sails are swollen by the sea breeze. At first glance, it is full of extremely heavy cargo.
Under the guidance of the navigator, the merchant ship slowly entered the port
At this time, the Lazard army patrolling the port quickly approached here.
Some curious merchant ship owners and sailors can even see a black carriage escorted by several black armored cavalry, anchored under the largest merchant ship
"The Grand Duke"
On the side of the ship, the vigorous figure of the longbow leader Xarster, surrounded by several tall and strong longbow squadron captains, descended from the side baffle, and bowed respectfully to the fat man.
Behind him, as the ship's plank was lowered, the soldiers who had been waiting for the dock to board the ship, quickly and orderly hung the cargo above onto the hook of the crane, and then cautiously shouted down,
A box of heavy goods was hoisted down, and a tall mountain of boxes was piled up on the dock,
On the outskirts of the military port, a large number of cavalry guards have solemn faces, shutting off all prying eyes
"My lord? What are these goods?"
Nilai followed the fat man, looking at these closed wooden boxes with surprise,
The arrival of the fat man gave her a mastermind at once, who was feeling embarrassed.
It’s the fat guy, who didn’t care about the aggressive northern chief, but just said something mysteriously
"Regardless of him, as long as my stuff arrives, everything will not be a problem"
"These are my goods. With them, no matter whether it is Salander Kyoto or Normandy, it is impossible for us to take advantage of it"
The fat man looked at the goods that were continuously being hoisted from the ship with satisfaction, and said with a bit of pride in the corner of his mouth
"On these dozen or so merchant ships, in addition to 5,000 sets of the most sophisticated infantry equipment and 4,000 foot infantry heavy crossbows,
There are 50 heavy ballistas used for front-line combat in the bottom cabin, and 10 weapons academy’s most weapons "Thor 2"
The fat man's voice paused and continued.
"This type 2 short-tube Thor is an improved version for siege warfare. The muzzle reaches an extremely terrifying 40 cm. The high parabola principle can be used to easily pass heavy Thor explosive bombs over the city wall and hit from the top of the city. Towards the goal,
The charge is three times larger than that of ordinary Thor, which also gives it terrifying power and range, but the accuracy is a little worse. However, for a castle that does not move, launch a concentrated attack within 500 meters. Enough to blast a 100-meter city wall into ruins
"A city wall of hundreds of meters"
Nile’s eyes flashed with fear,
She just saw several Vecchia soldiers, carrying several long metal pipes out of the cabin. The dark metal pipes could not see the material, and they shone with a cold black luster.
This is the most blood-vomiting work of the weapon madman Lidashir. Since the last battle of Kyoto, in view of Thor’s unfavorable performance in attacking the solid walls, Fatty has proposed improvements to Lidashir, who is in charge of the Weapons Research Institute. Suggestions,
The research institute is required to develop a Thor for different combat functions on the basis of the existing Thor within one year,
The research institute first met the needs of the Admiralty and developed a curved gun with high accuracy and range. This can be regarded as Lidar Hill’s care for Lidarcus,
Then at the end of last year, this madman with his head full of destructive power, at the urging of the fat man, developed this kind of high-throwing short-barreled Thor cannon, and finally completed the Army’s improvement on strengthening Thor’s ability to attack castles. ,
After all, this is an era with many castles,
Whether it is the Swadian or the Kingdom of Ruud, the castle is the main body that constitutes their defense force,
The architect of Salander is known for his pursuit of luxury and complexity.
As a result, a three-dimensional line of defense with multiple walls was developed.
A defensive line is surrounded by countless city wall arrow towers, like a huge labyrinth garden,
Otherwise, the Normandy army, which is so powerful, will not stand still in front of the Sarande Kyoto wall,
This style reveals the unique romance of the Salanders. When he was in Hutubeien, the fat man was surprised by the excessive streets and garden facilities.
After inquiring about Nilai, I learned that these gardens made of solid stones, if they are temporarily equipped with facilities for combat defense,
A defensive zone with shooting towers and rolling stones can be formed. If the river water is introduced into the deep pit by the roadside, a high moat can be easily formed.
With the precipitous defensive advantages, only a few soldiers are needed to drag and bring down an enemy several times more than oneself,
Most siege equipment is not very effective for this kind of three-dimensional multi-layer defense line built with countless large walls and streets. It often requires heavy infantry to enter the city to fight in order to truly open the gap.
If this is filled with human lives, I am afraid that thousands of lives will be indispensable,
It’s no wonder that the Goshawk, Avidze, could only take the representative method of adjusting the tiger away from the mountain and mobilizing the defenders in the city for annihilation
"Does your lord want to take the initiative to attack?"
Nilai asked in a low voice, full of contradictions and worries,
The large quantities of weapons and thousands of reinforcements that have arrived in front of me make the air smell of slaughter,
One is my homeland, and the other is my beloved man. Although I knew that this day would always come, I never expected to come back so soon,
"If I knew this, the Winter Veil Festival would not be held"
Nilai secretly blames herself,
If it hadn’t been for the Winter Veil Festival to invite my mentor, the current situation would not be like this,
With the constant pressure of Jehardo, the commander of the North, many northern lords who are connected with the Heckling quickly formed two factions
This is originally a loose alliance of interests. If it can last for the past year, or it may form a solid alliance,
But it’s only a month now,
In the face of the wealthy Kyoto forces, the northern lords who were almost robbed by the Normans with upturned homes, except for a few hard-backed ones, most of them chose to withdraw from the alliance.
In contrast, some weak lords dared to stand up with a clear-cut stand to show their support for Heckling,
Among them, the loudest voice is that Legos who talked happily with the fat man at the meeting,
Fatty once agreed to invest 20,000 gold coins in his territory to rent a port after the meeting,
As soon as half of the plan was implemented, it was ordered to stop by the Northern Consulate.
Said that this is a violation of the authority of the lord. All ports are owned by the great king. As lords, there is no right to rent each other,
It is said that the messenger who passed the message was slapped on the spot by the Lord Legus, then he was smeared with sticky oil and covered with green hair, tied to him and hurried back immediately,
For this crazy poor guy, the General House has nothing to do for the time being,
I don’t have much family background, so I am naturally not afraid of the threat of the northern chief, who will cut my money, and who I will be in anxious posture,
Just when the fat man talked with Nilai in a low voice,
In the distance, a merchant ship from Ruo De, tremblingly sailed into the public port. The first one to come down was more than a dozen heroic female guards.
They are wearing tight-fitting lock armor, and their slightly gray-brimmed hats have long tassels.
This is the decorative feature of Ruode women,
Atmospheric and refined,
The broad-brimmed daggers of the rude people slung at their waists, making them a little more feminine in their majesty
Long hair shawl, looks beautiful and capable
Their appearance naturally aroused the curiosity of many people, and many people looked at this side from a distance
The well-informed people began to whisper to each other in a low voice, talking about these female shì guards wearing brimmed hats,
Such women generally do not appear in public. Their fair skin and arrogance on their faces tell everyone,
They are not ordinary guards,
The Rude people are a very strong nation, and they are also the only country in the entire continent that has a female army commander.
The famous Philippine Red Army commander is one of the three beauties in the Kingdom of Ruud, Crimson Rui, and his 40,000 Crimson Army fights bravely and fearlessly.
He often breaks through the gates in siege battles, and is famous in blood battles, so she is also called by her enemies
"July Crimson"
But there is also a saying that July Crimson refers to the extreme beauty of this woman, who likes to wear red armor when commanding combat,
The red in the army is like a maple leaf dyed red in July,
After a while, a few beautiful and noble women came down from the cruise ship, they talked and laughed in a low voice to each other, they were very intimate,
I don’t seem to care much about everything around me, and don’t care about everyone’s curious look,
It seems that they have long been used to the eye-catching life
Behind them, there are a large number of entourages who seem to be their servants, hurriedly huddling them to the pier,
Among these women, a gentle girl looks unremarkable and very special.
Several women next to her are all around her, seeming to be laughing and talking, but in fact they are looking around with extreme caution, separating any sight that might look directly at the girl
This girl walks silently,
From time to time, look at everything around you with confused and curious eyes
She is naturally Crimson Rui, in order to cover herself,
First I sent my own guard dressed as aristocratic beauty fù to attract the attention of the people in the port, but I hid deeply among the servants that followed,
This time, in order to balance Vikya’s influence on the northern part of Salander,
Jehaldo, the commander of the North, strongly advocated that the Winter Veil Festival held in the northern part of Salander should be a stage for Salander to show its strength, rather than a feast for Vijay merchants.
Therefore, I specially invited the Ruode Kingdom to send someone to participate.
After considering that Salander could become an ally against the threat of Southwestern Vikia,
The Kingdom of Ruode sent Fei Hongrui, the female commander of the army,
Hope to use her delicate and affinity to establish a secret line of communication in the northern part of Salander,
"Sister, do you think we should go to Hutu Beien first?"
A beautiful person wearing gorgeous clothes, taking the opportunity of taking a handkerchief, whispered in the girl’s ear
"No, let's go to Heckling first. There are still ten days before the Winter Veil Festival. Exposing our identity prematurely, I'm afraid it will arouse the resentment of the Salanders,
I heard that it is the most prosperous port in northern Saland. If we can get their support, our Kingdom of Rude will definitely be able to take this opportunity to gain a foothold in Saland."
The girl shook her head slightly and waved her hand to this beautiful person,
The face is indifferent, but the tone reveals an indisputable smell. This is a natural habit formed in a dominant position all year round
The morning sun shines on the sea with golden light, and the merchant ships are still preparing to enter the port in an endless stream.
Fei Hongrui first saw the weird crane, and vaguely seemed to know that this thing that can lift huge cargo is called a hanging wheel,
It is the invention of the Wichia merchant. This kind of equipment has also been seen in some ports in Ruode, but it is not as dense as here.
In fact, the prosperity here has made her feel a touch. The Kingdom of Rude is a traditional agricultural kingdom, and merchants have always been suppressed.
Ruode people don’t believe in businessmen, they don’t believe that businessmen will promote such a prosperous scene,
But a Vicia is already there, and now the whole continent is looking at this merchant-gathered kingdom with a confused look.
Slowly looked around, she was indeed filled with emotion
Beginning to be gradually awakened by the vitality of the merchant’s power. From this ordinary port, Scarlett has been able to feel a lot of things personally
"This place is already so prosperous, I don't know what it is like Vikia on the other side of the strait"
Fi Hongrui stopped at a corner of the pier, raised his head, and looked deeply at the sea in the distance.
The white sails are like forests, everywhere is full of vitality,
Behind her, there are a large number of porters, busy moving boxes one by one from the cruise ship
These boxes are each one meter high, two meters long, and two meters wide. They are tightly bound. The boxes are covered with red seals. They are slowly lifted by a long-pole crane and stacked in the port. Rows of goods,
These are a large number of gold coins, Bian Hongrui sighed with emotion in her heart
In just half a day, at least hundreds of ships have been sailed out. These previously unimaginable sights are really shocking her nerves.
She wanted to be careful about the vitality of the area under that person’s rule.
What is it? Let a weak Southwestern country defeat the mighty Swadian lance with an unstoppable momentum in just a few years, breaking the sharp cutlass of the Kujites and becoming the mainland The true overlord of the Southwest,
Even His Majesty Ragnar, who was aloft and defeated his rival in the south, was alarmed
"When you come back~IndoMTL.com~ either bring your shield or lie on it-this is the words of a Nord's mother who is dressing up her son"
But now, Fei Hongrui feels that some parts of this sentence need to be changed.
War is more than just a confrontation of courage. It seems that the person is right. The war is still economical.
Frim Hongrui looks around at the port,
Thinking that when I left Kyoto, Lord Salton, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs, said to myself personally,
It is said that this sentence comes from a speech made by the Vicia Falcon in the southwest at a meeting of officers.
This is also a question that has puzzled Bian Hongrui for a long time
She is not like others, who simply thinks that the victory of the Vicia army is only a technical victory.
You know, the Vikya army is also famous for fighting tough battles.
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