Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 388 Mountain Barbarian and Gold Mine

February 13th, Rock Castle, meeting room on the second floor.

Lorist clicked on the family territory map hung on the wall with a slender stick: "Everyone has heard the situation of the mountain barbarian tribe introduced by Mayor Duboff. From the overall combat power, one hundred thousand The mountain barbarian is not as good as a border ranger under the command of Archduke Fesabrunn, which can give us a headache. Regardless of organization or armament, our Norton family has formed a rolling advantage over the mountain barbarian army. The trouble with these mountain barbarian tribes is mainly because they didn't go down the mountain to provoke us, and the other is that we don't have time to go up the mountain and hide and seek with them.

But now they are here. It is said that they are still more than 100,000 troops. Maybe they still think of us as the former lords of the Northland, the one hundred thousand mountain barbarians. They still think they can carry out an armed parade in the Northland. . But for us now, they are just a dish, the fish delivered to the door, we should sharpen the sword in our hands and see where to start slaughtering. "

Lorist’s statement caused a roar of laughter among the family knights present. After the laughter subsided, Lorist continued to say: “I never put the threat of the mountain barbarian tribe in my eyes. This is not ignorance, no Understand the details of the mountain barbarian tribe. On the contrary, it is because I know too much that I have this confidence. Not to mention the 100,000 mountain barbarian army, even if it is more than 100,000, in my eyes they still cannot constitute a threat to our family.

From the Lancang River to the eastern part of the Northland, the territory bordering the Molong Mountains is nearly a thousand miles away. If the mountain barbarian tribe wants to invade the Northland, it is really difficult for us to prevent it. However, according to the historical records of the mountain barbarian tribe’s invading the Northland in the past 100 years, there are only two areas that actually suffered the raid and destruction of the mountain barbarian tribe. One is our original family territory, and the other is the eastern part of the Northland. These two directions are mountains. The barbarian tribes are the most active and the most frequent areas for looting.

Since the Kenmes family took control of the eastern part of the Northland, the measures they have taken against the mountain barbarian tribe have been to set up a trading point on the border and open a business for trading with the mountain barbarian tribe to be relatively fair. The price of purchasing the special products of the mountain barbarian tribe and selling all kinds of exquisite living materials, so that the mountain barbarian tribe can obtain the materials and commodities they urgently need without looting. Then it adopted the means of division and separation, using the trading houses to provoke the relationship between the mountain barbarian tribes, so that they were hostile to each other and could not hold together.

For those predatory mountain barbarian tribes, they used the methods of hiring and buying to drive other mountain barbarian tribes to attack them, using the results of the war to obtain the high rewards raised by the Kenmes family. At the same time, they dispatched family armed forces to deal with these captives. The sexual mountain barbarian tribes pursued and fought, destroying them or forcing them to move elsewhere, so that they no longer pose a threat to the eastern part of the Northland. In such a short period of five or six years, there was no more downhill invasion by the mountain barbarian tribes in the eastern part of the Northland, and the border was peaceful.

Facts have shown that the strategy adopted by the Kenmes family against the mountain barbarian tribes is very effective, and even the special products and medicinal materials of the Molong Shannai traded by the mountain barbarian tribes and trading houses have become a major input of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. This makes me have to admire the Kenmax family's shrewdness and foresight in doing business, which is worthy of being a business family.

But our Norton family can't learn this strategy against the mountain barbarian tribe from the Kenmes family, because we don't have time, and the mountain barbarian army is coming soon. We have had the same opportunity before, but we didn't pay attention to it at that time, and the family was armed to fight, and we were already very busy.

Mayor Duboff has just introduced the situation of the Habibaba tribe adjacent to our family territory. This is a great mountain barbarian tribe with a population of two to three hundred thousand. Its patriarch is the Great Jangpasen, which is equivalent to the great dukedom of our kingdom. . He also ruled more than 20 vassal mountain barbarian tribes. According to the custom of all the people of the mountain barbarian tribe, it is not a rumor to dispatch more than 100,000 mountain barbarians.

Although there are also rumors in the eastern part of the Northland that the mountain barbarians went down and took captives, it was basically the mountain barbarians who came to the trade to tell us, and even the mountain barbarians took this as a story. Because it was not the sphere of influence of the Habibaba tribe, the mountain barbarian tribe over there did not respond to the ideas of the Habibaba tribe, nor did they mobilize it. From this point, we can be sure that the eastern part of the Northland will not be looted by the mountain barbarian tribes this time. We must remain vigilant and not be too nervous.

From the eastern part of the Northland to Rock Castle, Hongheyuan has been developed in this area. However, between Hongheyuan and the Molong Mountains is an endless black forest zone. The vast black forest is a natural dividing line. It is impossible for a barbarian army to break through from this direction unless they are willing to spend two or three months to blaze a trail from the Black Forest. This is also the reason why there has never been a mountain barbarian tribe invading Hongheyuan in the past 100 years.

Our family has developed the black mud swamp on this side of the territory. From the Guishan Fortress to the Wolliugang Fortress, we have built a defensive wall. The third and fourth battalions of the Guards are stationed there, and Liangshan Town Just in front of this defensive wall. This direction is also the most convenient way for the mountain barbarian army to descend the mountain. The raids of the mountain barbarian tribes encountered in the family territory were all entered from here. Now with this city wall and perfect defense facilities, we have enough confidence to bring the mountain barbarian The army stood by the wall.

If the mountain barbarian army is blocked by this defensive wall, it will definitely find another direction to break through. Here, from the Woniugang Fortress to the Rock Castle, there is nearly a hundred miles of the Black Forest, but this is the edge of the Black Forest, and the mountain barbarian army is most likely to break through from here and directly advance to Fengleyuan. Therefore, this area is the hunting ground of the Flying Tiger Corps. All the mountain barbarians that come out of the Black Forest will be your prey. I don’t want to hear the news that mountain barbarians have rushed to Fengleyuan to attack various villages and towns..."

Tiger Rose stood up and held his chest with his hands: "His Royal Highness, the Flying Tiger Legion will never let you down. We promise not to let a mountain barbarian slip through the net."

Lorist nodded at him and motioned for him to sit down: "I believe in your guarantee and the combat effectiveness of the Flying Tigers. This area is left to you. As for Terman's Raging Bear Knights, you Move to Guishan Fortress. After the defensive wall blocks the mountain barbarian army’s path, once you find that the mountain barbarian army is divided, you will attack from the Guishan Fortress and detour along the Lancang River to the back road of the mountain barbarian army. The mountain barbarian army stranded in front of the city wall was completely destroyed."

"Yes, Your Highness." Terman stood up and accepted the order.

Lorist clicked on the eastern Northland area with a long wooden stick: "I have ordered the Vassimma knights to temporarily act as the commander of the Cavalry Corps. This time the Cavalry Corps was damaged by the attack in Muyeyuan Province. It is heavy, but the remaining soldiers can still be organized into a corps, and this corps is responsible for the defense of the mountain barbarian tribes in the eastern part of the north. As for Fengleyuan, all the villages and towns of Xing'anyuan and Hongheyuan harvested winter wheat after the rainy season. , We must enter a state of second-level combat readiness. While spring ploughing, we must step up combat readiness, and form an emergency garrison brigade, ready to support the front line at any time. This aspect of affairs is the responsibility of Baron Strand."

Fatty Shi stood up: "Yes, Your Highness."

"Next is good news," Lorist once again clicked the map of the family territory with a long wooden stick: "It's here."

Lorist refers to the Black Forest between Wollongong Fortress and Rock Castle. He picked up a quill pen, dipped some red ink, and drew a red circle on the map: "Here is black In the hilly area in the forest, there is also a Daxi beach, which is more than 40 miles away from Rock Castle and more than 30 miles from Wollongong Fortress. After several years of reconnaissance, Mayor Duboff determined that there is a big gold mine. , He reported the discovery to the family.

However, the hill where this gold mine is located is currently entrenched by a mountain barbarian tribe of 20,000 to 30,000 people. This mountain barbarian tribe named Varisingo is also a vassal tribe of the Habibaba tribe. Send troops to invade our Norton family territory, and the Warisingo tribe will also go out. So our goal this time is not only to defeat the 100,000 mountain barbarians, but also to take this opportunity to occupy the hills in this black forest and seize this gold mine.

Here, I would like to remind everyone that in this war against the mountain barbarian army, the family does not judge the merits of the number of kills, but depends on the number of mountain barbaric prisoners captured. Why do you want to do this is very simple, the family is very short of free labor. After the destruction of the Principality of Madras, the more than 200,000 prisoners of war who surrendered to us have served two years of hard labor. This is the third year and they will be free next year. The road traffic and water conservancy construction in Dremque have been greatly improved through their hard work. The task of the more than 200,000 prisoners of war this year is to do some finishing work and complete the development of Dremque.

However, we defeated the Fisabrun family and gained Winston and Southern Provinces. These two provinces are waiting to be renewed. There are still many development and construction projects that require a lot of labor to build, and our prisoners Although the enemy has more than 100,000, there are still a large number of wounded soldiers. Compared with what the two provinces have to do, this labor is not much.

Now that the entire Northland has become the territory of our Norton family, the most urgent thing is to re-plan and build all transportation facilities so that the entire Northland can be easily and quickly transported and shorten the mileage and schedule. We need free labor, and even if we occupy a gold mine, we need labor to dig. So if the mountain barbarian army has one hundred thousand this time, I hope to capture at least 60,000 young mountain barbarians to make their contribution to the development and construction of our family territory. "

Golden Knight Dolles, the commander of the Flying Tiger Corps Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps, stood up: "His Royal Highness, is the mountain barbarian caught this time free after three years of hard work?"

Lorist shook his head: "They are not soldiers from the former empire. Unlike us, these barbarians will serve in our family territory for eight to ten years until they recognize our way of life and yearn to live in us. Only if the family’s territory is willing to be naturalized and become the leader of our family can they be free, otherwise they will spend their lives in the labor force."

Dolles breathed a sigh of relief: "His Royal Highness, so I can rest assured. I have always worried that these barbarians will be free after three years of hard labor. Then where should we go and give the family prisoners a large amount of free labor? !"

Everyone was amused by what Dolles said.

Tiger Rose stood up and asked, "His Royal Highness, is our Flying Tiger Corps also responsible for occupying the hills where the gold mine is located?"

"No, you are only assisting." Lorist pointed to El and Reddy: "Originally I planned to let El and Reddy take over the Cavalry Corps, but because of this gold mine, I decided to let them both Leading the Guards Battalion as the main offensive force, at the same time I transferred the 7th Battalion and the 18th Battalion of the Guards to take charge of the defense of the hills after the gold mine.

The Flying Tiger Corps nearly killed or wounded one Corps in the big showdown in Southern Province at the end of last year. So this time, I’m responsible for the task I just handed to you. It is to wipe out everything from the black area between Wolverine Fortress and Rock Castle. As for the mountain barbarians that came out of the forest, as for the attack on the hill where the gold mine was located, it was handed over to the guard battalion and two guard battalions led by El and Reddy. "

"His Royal Highness, I understand." Tiger Rose sat down again.

"Although you are required to capture as many mountain barbarians as possible to do your work, you are not required to take risks. The hundred thousand mountain barbarians are not terrible, and we can defeat them. But we have to be careful that every mountain barbarian warrior is very brave. And the sturdy, even when outnumbered, they often fight to the end, proud of being killed on the battlefield. I also don't expect you to put the family soldiers in danger in order to capture prisoners.

The best way to deal with these mountain barbarian warriors is to defeat the warriors among them~www.readwn.com~ to defeat them with a heads-up duel, forcing their morale to drop, and ultimately unable to bear the determination to resist to the end. Mountain barbarian warriors have always worshiped power and believe that heads-up duels are the most sacred, and they will not cast poison arrows in heads-up duels. We can take advantage of this and use heads-up duel after surrounding the enemy as a condition. We surrender if we win, and release them if they win. Only in this way can the mountain barbarian soldiers become our prisoners obediently.

The strategic plan to deal with the invasion of the mountain barbarian tribe is such an arrangement, and if there is any need to change in the future, we will be notified separately. It is February, and I expect the mountain barbarian army to go down the mountain in May. There are still three months. Winter is the rainy season, after the rainy season, winter wheat and spring plowing are still needed. Therefore, after you go back, you should hurry up and take time to rest and train. If you have any needs, you can submit a report to Baron Shrider. He is the logistics chief responsible for dealing with the mountain barbarian army this time. "

After Lorist made the final summary report, this strategic preparation meeting for dealing with the invasion of the mountain barbarian tribe was over, and everyone returned to their posts and started preparing for the war. Lorist prepared a horse and brought a brigade of guards to the eastern part of the Northland. He was going to meet the crippled Cavalry Regiment and the two commanders Josk and Yuri who were recovering.

……(To be continued.)