Lord Witch, please don't resurrect me again!

While Shia was thinking wildly, she saw Fu also climbed up the city wall.The moment the two people's eyes met, Shia looked away and said, "Ah, Fu, you come too, uh..."

Fu nodded and said, "I just prayed for him."

Fu is also worried these days. Leoric is the patient she is in charge of. When the general ordered her to take care of this man with the highest standard, Fu also swore to protect his safety.But I didn't expect this guy to die every three days and die every two days, and it almost didn't stop. Fu was really worried about this man.

"The Seven Gods will bless him." Shia smiled wryly.

Fu nodded and said nothing, the girl's eyes were very sad, just like a girl waiting for her husband to return home from the war.

Shia sighed and walked down the wall.She is the warlord of the army, and she is busy with endless things every day, so she has no time to wait here forever.Then she came to the small conference room according to the schedule to discuss future wars with everyone.

At this time, all the senior generals gathered together, and they sat on both sides of a long table. General Akkad was in the middle, with the commanders of the various armies on the left, and the various departments of the army represented by Shia on the right. directors and staff.

Akkad's Northern Expeditionary Army was a coalition of ten legions. The general managed the legion leader, and the legion leader managed the legion.At the same time, the ministers who are directly subordinate to the general also play the role of assisting, supervising and deploying the army.However, most of the time, the generals and ministers make decisions, and then directly delegate the orders to the regiment leaders for execution.

Shia thought: General Akkad called everyone to a meeting today, there must be something important.

At this time, the general had not yet arrived, and everyone was chatting and laughing.Not long after everyone took down Wild Wolf City, they were all ambitious at this time, and they all thought about making great achievements in the future. Sometimes they said that they wanted to sweep up the middle-earth, and sometimes they said that they wanted to kill the barbarian king, and burst into bursts of laughter from time to time.

As we all know, Wild Wolf City is the gateway to the southern border of Middle-Earth. This fortress faces mountains to the west and rivers to the east. It is an absolutely strategic location.As long as the people on the plateau take down the Wild Wolf City, the endless middle-earth plain will be in front of them. There is no danger to defend here, and the land is so fertile that it is a land where "gold grows from seeds".Compared with the harsh environment of the swamp, it really makes people yearn for it.

Just then the general came.

As General Akkad took his seat, everyone fell silent.Then the general said: "You may still be immersed in the joy of victory, but I have to pour a bucket of cold water on everyone here."

"Taking Wild Wolf City is just the beginning of the war."

"What we won was not only a victory, but a bomb."

The general picked up the documents on the table, put on his glasses, pondered for a while, and said: "The nearest scouts reported that the major tribes in the north are rapidly gathering their troops. "Harlan" was the commander of the coalition forces. He summoned at least a dozen small tribes under his command, as well as vassal races, such as half-orcs, murlocs, half-demons, half-blood elves, etc. Although these vassal races did not make a clear statement, we Their threats must not be ignored."

Hearing this, everyone's previous joy faded away, replaced by serious faces.

The general said: "Even if this army is conservatively estimated, there are 10 people."

The head of the warrior group asked: "How many soldiers do we have now? Count the reinforcements from Wangbei City earlier."

"About thirty thousand."

The head of the regiment rubbed his chin and said, "Oh, not bad. If you defend the city, you can fight with [-] against [-]."

The general shook his head and said, "But the enemy still has barbarians."

Barbarian is the plateau people's general term for all non-human soldiers, including but not limited to orcs, birdmen, half-blood elves, giants, herbal men, dwarves, devils, etc.Although these barbarians are not many in number, they are often powerful in combat. Depending on the species, it is normal for one to fight two, one to fight three, and one to fight ten.

"And the magician." The general continued, "and this is only the vanguard. The enemy has many times stronger logistics and mobilization capabilities than ours. With the current population of the barbarians, if you give them a year and a half, they will Another 10 people can be drafted into the army."

"That's a bit much."

Hearing this news, everyone talked a lot.The general gave a dry cough to signal people to be quiet, and then continued: "If you have any good ideas, you can speak up and we can discuss them together. Come on, please speak freely."

Although General Akkad is old, his thinking is not rigid. He is a wise man who can listen to everyone's opinions.However, in the face of this tense situation, no one can come up with a good idea.

After everyone was silent for a while, Sir Milan said, "When will the enemy attack the city?"

The general said: "I estimate that if it is soon, there will be one month, and it will not exceed three months at the latest."

Sir Milan murmured: "One month is enough for us to strengthen the city defense and hoard food and grass, but..."

Sia said: "But it can't make a qualitative change."

If there is a period of one or two years, then the Northern Expeditionary Army may gradually occupy the surrounding towns and villages, thereby expanding the population, raising military expenses, and increasing the source of troops, so that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.But one month is too short, not even enough for the next wave of cubs.

Shia said: "Maybe we can take the initiative to attack. Now the enemy's army is still gathering. If we can wipe out the major tribes at this time, we will definitely be able to severely damage the enemy..."

Growin, the head of the Iron Cavalry, said: "That requires cavalry, but we don't have horses."

Growen, that is a man with a big beard, powerful and powerful, with a fierce look in his eyes, as if everyone owes him 200 yuan.

At this time, when he said this, everyone looked at him. Many shook their heads and smiled wryly, or cast pitiful glances.

The flag of the Iron Cavalry Regiment is a knight, and the name also represents a knight, and both generals and soldiers have learned some riding skills.There are also knight armor and spears in the warehouse, no matter how you look at it, it is a serious cavalry regiment.

But there are no horses.

Although we have almost no horses, the glorious traditions of the plateau people cannot be lost!This is the common thinking of people on the plateau, so there is this legion.

In short, this Legion is a joke.

Shia sighed and said, "Yes, there are no horses. If there were horses, we would have wiped out Middle-earth long ago."

To the north of Wild Wolf City is an endless plain. There is no danger to defend this plain. Whoever controls the cavalry will have the opportunity to fight.As long as there are horses, the plateau people can quickly sweep up those loose tribes that don't even have city walls, and quickly occupy this land.

But no horses.

It is the dream of all plateau warriors to own their own war horse, and Shia once imagined that she would be in command of a cavalry regiment.But she couldn't find another horse as good as Mortready.

Sir Milan said: "However, I contacted a group of horse dealers in the swamp before. These people are engaged in port trade. They can get war horses by sea from the north. Now they have about [-] horses in their hands. The breed is very good. ..."

At this moment, Shia asked: "You are talking about the 'Platinum' merchant ship in your port, right?"

"Don't interrupt!" Sir Milan continued, "I have a good relationship with them. They are willing to sell them to us at a low price. I have seen them before. The quality of those horses is really good..."

The general said blankly, "Tell me how much."

Sir Milan rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Not much, 300 gold coins per horse."

This number is fucking outrageous. A soldier's annual salary is only about 10 gold coins.One horse is equivalent to 30 people?Doesn't that mean that feeding 10 horses is equivalent to 300 people, and buying 100 horses means expanding the army by 3000?That's not counting the follow-up costs.Everyone in the venue booed, and the head of the iron cavalry group even slapped the table and cursed: "Fucking 300 gold coins a horse, why don't you go and rob it? Are those third-rate war horses worth this money? Also, you and you How much kickback did the family get from it?"

Sir Milan said: "Why is it a third-rate horse? It is definitely first-rate!"

The head of the iron cavalry regiment said: "Are you assuming that I have never seen those war horses in your port? Then they are called first-class war horses? They are all third-rate goods that northerners look down on. Barbarians disdain to ride old, weak, sick and disabled!" Then sell it to us at a high price to recharge.”

Sir Milan widened his eyes and said loudly: "First, the goods this time were prepared by our family for the victory of the Northern Expedition, and they are not as bad as you said! Second, no matter how rotten the goods are, they are worse than those in the swamp. The horse inside must be stronger!"

Although Sir Milan's words were not pleasant to listen to, they left the head of the iron cavalry speechless.Indeed, the war horses produced locally in the swamp are too rotten, and any third-rate horses from the northern pastures are better than the ones here.

At this time, the general said: "Sir Milan, it is a good thing that you bought a war horse for the sake of the army. I first thank you on behalf of the Northern Expedition."

Sir Milan said with a smile on his face, "No need, general, just tell me how much you want to buy? If you buy all of them, you can get a discount."

General Akkad said: "Unfortunately, you also know that our military expenditures are stretched, unless you..."

Sir Milan said, "Why don't I discuss it with them and get a better discount?"

"Unless it costs 30 gold coins a horse, we won't buy it, and we can't afford it." The general spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.

Sir Milan's face darkened, and he said: "General! This business can't be done. I know that the Northern Expeditionary Army is in difficulty now, but where is the cost? It was transported across half of the continent! You think I don't want you to Okay? Do you think I don't want you to win the war? But the nobles have to make money, right? If the nobles can't make money, then which noble is willing to fight with us?"

The general nodded and said, "I've heard that people make money in wars, but generally speaking, they make money from the enemy, right? You guys only want to make money from your own people, so I have to ask, Where are you from?"

"If you want to think that way, I can't help it!" Sir Milan spread his hands and stopped talking.

Shia thought to herself at this moment: I really want to kill this beast!

In fact, the general also has this intention. General Akkad always believes that the number of soldiers is not the number of soldiers, but the quality, so he never raises waste in his army.However, Sir Milan does have his existence value.Although he is greedy, cunning, hypocritical, grandiose, and selfish...but he can indeed get things that others can't.Take the war horse as an example, although Sir Milan's asking price is outrageous, but apart from him, no one else can get this thing.War horses, magic scrolls, holy relics, and other precious materials are often priceless. At this time, "profiteers" like Sir Milan are indeed useful.

And if you change a supplier, who can guarantee that it will be better than him?All the businessmen in the world have the same virtues, and he understands the general from a small hole to a big one.

According to the information, the nearest horse farm is five hundred miles away, and it is not a place for training horses.With the current strength of the plateau people's army, it is already beyond reach five hundred miles away.They haven't gained a firm foothold in Wild Wolf City yet. If the stall is too big, they will undoubtedly be courting death.

However, in this era, cavalry is a word that cannot be avoided in war.If you don’t train your cavalry, you can only give up the fertile and vast Middle-earth plains, or you can only set up a village every ten miles, and the infantry will advance slowly, but this is unrealistic, and money and time will not allow it.

The meeting fell silent.

Aggrieved!Really frustrated!He obviously took down the legendary city of Wild Wolf City, and he clearly saw the land of Middle Earth he had dreamed of, but he was going to be locked up in the city, hanged and beaten!

It is meaningless to continue discussing this topic, it will only consume everyone's energy and will.So the general waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss the next topic... hmm?"

The general looked out the door and murmured: "What happened outside, why is it so noisy?"

Chapter 20: Horses Ahead

Others also noticed that there were bursts of footsteps, shouts, and excited shouts coming from outside the meeting room, and vaguely heard something like "go to the city wall", "horse", "Leoric" and the like.

"Leoric?" Shia looked sideways.

The general shouted: "Come on! What's going on outside?"

At this moment, a messenger came rushing in, and he said out of breath, "Leoric, horses, horses, lots of horses!"

The general frowned and said, "What? Tell me clearly!"

The man took a few breaths, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Report to the general! Centurion Leorick is back, and he has brought hundreds of fine horses!"

The general yelled at the case, "Where are others!"

"Just under the city wall!"

"Go and find him!"

……

On the city wall, there were crowds of people.All the soldiers guarding the city came to join in the fun on the city wall.Even on the day when Wild Wolf City was breached, there were never so many people on the city walls.

Under the city wall, eight hundred mixed-breed horses lined up neatly, like soldiers lined up.Leoric was standing at the front riding the "King of the Harem" Mortredy, with a tired expression on his face.

Look at your mother, don't you know Xiao Ye?Why don't you open the door?

It's not that the defenders in the city are trying to make things difficult, but that Leoric has just run over mightily with [-] horses. The horseshoes are rolling in the wind and sand, full of momentum, and the defenders on the city wall thought it was from a distance. When the barbarian cavalry came, they were so frightened that they quickly closed the city gate.However, the city gate is easy to close, and the general's order is needed to open it again, so Leoric has been locked outside.

At this time, everyone stood on the city wall, commenting on Leoric below.The guard on the city wall knew this "hero who broke the city". He smiled apologetically and said, "Leoric! Wait a minute, the general will come right away. I can't open the door if the general doesn't come."

"Okay." Leoric got off his horse.

At this moment, the figure of General Akkad appeared on the city wall.

"I've seen more strange things these days than I've seen in my entire life... Hey? Leoric, why don't you come in?"

"Do you see me coming in?" Leoric pointed at the closed city gate.

Only then did the general notice that the city gate was closed, and he hurriedly said, "Why did you shut him out? Hurry up! Open the gate!"

So Leoric entered the city gate, and followed him and Mortredy.As soon as they entered, the horses behind them followed into the city.The horses lined up in two columns, paced neatly, without making a sound.The people at the city gate began to count: "Two, four, six, eight..."

Shia said, "At least five hundred horses, right?"

The general said: "No, I guess six or seven hundred." The corner of the old man's mouth couldn't help but rise as he spoke, "They are all good horses! They are all good horses!"

As the horse team entered the city, the soldiers came to both sides of the road like welcoming the triumphant soldiers, and watched the horses up close.Even at such a close distance, none of the horses moved or yelled. They marched silently and were very disciplined.

After all, Leoric had greeted everyone in animal language before coming here, and let Mortridy set the rules as the new horse king, so these horses were so obedient.

The head of the iron cavalry regiment nodded vigorously, and said: "The quality of these horses is really good, they must have been trained!" His eyes lit up when he said this,

Sir Milan looked at these horses and asked in confusion, "Why are they all mares?"

The head of the iron cavalry group snorted coldly and said: "Mares? These mares are better than our own stallions! Look at each of these guys. They are so tall, so strong, and full of tendons. Take a horse home and be your wife!" Everyone laughed.

The plateau soldiers were very excited when they saw this scene.Many plateau people will listen to adults tell about the heroic deeds 200 years ago when they were young. They know that 200 years ago they had an invincible knight order. The devil, with his right hand, uses scriptures to spread the gospel of the seven gods.He also said that most of their ancient heroes were knights, and magicians also rode horses.

Knight-related cultural products have prospered exceptionally during the 200 years of "knight extinction". Some say it is because the people and nobles miss the powerful empire 200 years ago, and some say it is because the remaining knights want to consolidate their status. , but in any case, it is absolute that the people desire knights, and knights desire horses.

In short, people on the plateau have a passion for horses to the point of fanaticism.Just like the military fans of the Celestial Dynasty longed for aircraft carriers and fifth-generation aircraft in those years, only with such weapons of war can they feel at ease and fight the strongest enemy.

At this time, these plateau soldiers cheered every time two horses passed by, shouting in unison: "122! 124! 126!" to count.Some people even cried when they watched it, sobbing so hard that they couldn't make a sound.

Leoric didn't expect it to cause such a big commotion. You know, he stayed around there for a few more days.Murtready said that not only was there a herd of horses on that paddock, but there were wild horses in some places around it.However, Mortredy's harem with a horse driving [-] horses really couldn't bear it, and he lost several pounds in three days. Leoric was afraid that it would die suddenly, so he hurried back to the city with [-] horses.

After about half an hour, the herd of horses had assembled in the "Hunter Square" in the center of the city.

Hunter's Square is a place where barbarian warriors used to display their trophies.During the hunting competition in autumn, good hunters will show their skills to the fullest, go to the deep mountains and old forests to find rare prey, and after receiving the goods, they will put the prey on this "hunter square" for the nobles to comment on and then buy , and finally decided this year's "King of Hunting".Then the city lord will reward this person with a large sum of money, and engrave his name on the "Hunter Totem" in the center of the square.Or, after the rangers have fought the autumn wind, they will also bring the money and captives plundered from the south to display here, and select the king of hunting this time-in the eyes of the barbarians, rape and robbery are no different from hunting in the mountains. After all, in their language, "hunting" and "robbing" are the same word, both called "cut Luo".

Today, this place that symbolizes the glory and strength of the barbarians is used to show Leoric his war horse.

Eight hundred war horses stood neatly in the square. Leoric dismounted, saluted the general, and said, "General, I'm back."

General Akkad was already happy. He patted Leoric on the shoulder and said, "Young man, what's the matter with these big animals? Could it be that the Seven Gods opened their eyes and sent them to help us regain our homeland? Besides, I can't think of a second reason."

Leoric explained: "It's a long story, but I can guarantee that these horses are very obedient and of good quality, so we can use them for war without any problem."

The general knew Leoric's "secret", and the general thought to himself: Since Leoric is a descendant of the demon wizard Andrew, it is not surprising that he did anything.It's just that the magic he used may not be convenient to announce. If so, I don't want to ask in public.

So General Akkad didn't continue to ask. Suddenly, he remembered something, and saw that the smile on his face was slightly restrained, and he asked with some concern: "By the way, these horses are not cheap according to the market price. ?”

Leoric was taken aback, and asked, "What's the matter, you want to sell all these good horses?"

The general quickly waved his hand, saying that even if I sold my wife and children, I would not sell these horses!It's just that you, Leoric, brought so many horses. It stands to reason that these horses are your property. Don't you charge some money or something?

Money is a good thing, no amount is too much, but Leoric thinks that the plateau people are just at the time when "the kingdom will rise and fall at one stroke", so asking for money at this time is a disaster for the country?What's more, the Northern Expeditionary Army was extremely poor, that is, just took some blood back from the Wild Wolf City, how much money can they have?

I really want to make money, and when the Middle-earth Plain is conquered, I can have as much as I want!Now uprooting the leeks of the Northern Expeditionary Army is equivalent to killing chickens to extract eggs, and you will not be able to make money in the future.

So he waved his hand and said, "As long as the general treats these horses kindly, it will be worth all the painstaking efforts of me and Mortready."