Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight of the elite group
In the next few days, Ryan and others seemed to have nothing to do and were waiting for the high elves to organize an army. When they should have fun and eat, they relied on the phoenix brooch given by Phoenix King Fenuba to conquer the entire Lothern.
We did some sightseeing in the outer city.
Especially after they really opened their hearts, the relationship between Ryan and Sulia is now similar to that of Mili Tiaoyou. The couple went shopping during the day and visited various tourist attractions of high elves. At night, naturally there were the Lake Fairy and
Sulia and Orika took turns to fight, allowing Ryan to live a very happy life. Of course, Sulia got the most favor, which made both the Lake Fairy and Orika feel unhappy.
Of course, the secret investigations were not idle. Ryan and Fulgan did spend a lot of energy trying to get close to the great city wall in the inner city when visiting Lothern, but they were all noticed by the high elves, but the high elf guards took it for granted.
This is just the admiration of my Assur culture by monkeys who have never seen the world. It is in line with their character and they don't care too much.
Indeed, as Olika said, the great city wall is heavily guarded and cannot be broken through forcefully. More importantly, Ryan cannot teleport in, because Ryan cannot teleport to a place that he cannot sense. To put it simply, Ryan has no vision or
If he has detected and left a mark in advance, he cannot use long-distance teleportation, which is very dangerous.
What's even more irritating is that the messenger Arsena sent by the high elves, Erudite, is like a piece of dog-skin plaster. As long as Ryan wants to go out, he guarantees to appear at the door of the hotel with a smile on his face, trying every possible means to find a reason to follow.
It's hard to find an excuse to get rid of him, and now when Ryan talks about dating, Arsène will have an "I understand" expression on his face, and then hang from a distance. This guy is really awesome, holding a monocular from a block away.
I can keep up with people.
About a week passed like this, but the fairy in the lake finally came up with a solution.
"Reviewing the army?" In the War Council, Tyrion was distressed by the predicament he had suffered. Hearing Teclis' question, he was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, are you telling me this at this juncture?
Did my oak-headed brother have a seizure? Or did his goddess Lilith have another whim?
But if the war lord thinks about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it.
Princess Adira of the Kingdom of Tyranlok and Elsharion of the Kingdom of Iris both arrived with armies, and at his call, the Eternal Queen's chief maid, Esdrana, also led a group of troops from the Kingdom of Avalon.
An army rushed towards Lothern, but Tyrion did not dare to ask for too much. Even though he was the lover of the Eternal Queen and the chosen champion, the Eternal Queen was a highly refined literary figure.
As the symbol of transformation and the supreme leader, if Tyrion really forces the Kingdom of Avalon to mobilize, then the impeachment documents like snowflakes from the High-Elf Palace will be piled up on Fenuba's desk. Tyrion cannot make it difficult for Fenuba.
Otherwise, it will not be easy to find a Phoenix King who can rule from the top and be a mascot and spiritual leader with peace of mind. For high spirits, it is a habit and instinct to engage in palace intrigues.
Just two days ago, Tyrion and Imric had a fierce quarrel in the War Council.
Tyrion asked the Kingdom of Caledor to send troops. As the most combative kingdom in Ulthuan, whether the Kingdom of Caledor participates in this surprise attack on the Burial Ship Cemetery is the key to victory.
The high elf fleet needs dragons so much. There are two fleets with or without dragons.
It was not that Imric refused to agree to Tyrion's request to send troops, but the Caledor prince made the following requests.
First, Imrik must be the commander of this war, and Fenubar's official appointment document is required.
Second, Caledor's dragon emblem and flag must be used in war, and the dragon princes must give orders.
It was impossible for Tyrion to agree to such conditions, so the two parties naturally broke up on bad terms.
After that, he went to Imrik and asked him to send troops, and Imrik started.
"I also want to go to war, but Caledor's armaments are insufficient now. We need more iron ore and rare ores so that the Vaal Anvil can produce what we need. Otherwise, it will take at least ten years for the Vaal Anvil to supply enough
quartermaster."
"The army is gathering, but it has encountered many difficulties. The equipment and mounts are severely damaged. Since the Phoenix Court requires Caledo to send troops, shouldn't all the logistics supplies be supplied by the Phoenix Court?"
"Let's do this. Let's first send two hundred elites led by five dragon princes to join the war lord's team. When will the remaining supplies arrive, and when will our Caledor army be dispatched?"
Tyrion was disgusted by what Imric was doing, but the War Lord was helpless.
Tyrion understands why Imrik is so hostile to others, because there is an unwritten tradition in Ulthuan, probably set by the Phoenix King Caledor I, that is, if Ulthuan wants to assemble a group of people,
If you want to build a large army and need the power of the dragons in the Kingdom of Caledor and the Caledor Volcano, then as usual, the command of the army must be given to the dragon princes of Caledor.
But it is impossible for Tyrion to hand over the command of the army to Imrik in any case, so there is no solution to this problem. You want others to send troops and dragons, and if you don't give them the right to command, how can you
Such an easy thing?
In the end, Tyrion could only find Fenubar and said that the standing army could no longer meet the needs of the current shipyard expedition and that we needed to recruit conscripts.
Fenubar didn't think too much, or he had no reason for the Phoenix King to refuse the War Lord's request. The edict was quickly issued, and the Phoenix King's Court recruited conscripts from all of Ulthuan. At the War Lord's request, the high-elite army was quickly recruited.
More than 60,000 people have arrived, and they are now concentrated in Lothern, preparing to leave.
At this time, Teclis made a suggestion to Tyrion: "Since we need help from those humans, should we let humans see the power of our Assur? See our military appearance?"
Tyrion thought that this was a bit unlike the opinion put forward by his younger brother, but it was quite consistent with Tyrion's inner thoughts. Furthermore, the Kingdom of Caledor was unwilling to contribute, and it had to rely on the power of the ironclads.
So he agreed.
On this day in early November 2513 of the Imperial Calendar, the 350th year of the One Piece Finubar Calendar, Ryan and Surya led dozens of officers of the Old Guard, and Fulgrim led his Phoenix Guards.
The Guards finally got permission to enter the inner city.
In the inner city of the high elves, tens of thousands of high elf troops gathered here, wearing silver helmets and silver armor, and filled with murderous intent.
It is difficult to use words to describe the strong sense of order and neatness of the high elf army. When the high elf army trains and marches in a square formation, it is as smooth and smooth as art, with neat and unified movements and marches.
The high personal quality of a high elf soldier made Ryan drool. The King of Knights thought more than once that it would be great if the serf infantry regiment in his territory could have such a level.
Of course, Ryan also knew this was impossible.
Among Tyrion's concentrated high-elf army, there are only a few elite professional troops and semi-professional standing armies. Most of them are high-elf conscripts, which are actually high-elf militia. However, Ryan and Fulgan discussed it and can be sure that even if they are high-elf militiamen,
The combat effectiveness of the elite militia is still far greater than that of the ordinary semi-professional armies under their command, the imperial provincial army or the serf infantry regiment, and the high elf army is advancing
Sometimes, these high-precision militiamen wearing silver helmets, breastplates, armored skirts, equipped with shields, spears or bows and arrows can actually give people a sense of oppression and chilling like a torrent of steel. From this point alone, Ryan's
rejoice
Apart from the knights, only the Old Guard and the Coldstream Guards have this quality, and Fulgen's command is limited to the First Army, the Chasseurs and the elite Yeniche regiment under Master Jin.
It can be compared.
However, the so-called high-precision conscripts' individual qualities and combat capabilities still make Ryan, Sulia and Fulgan envious. Fulgan can be sure that if he has such a source of soldiers, he will kill the rats in Lustria.
Vampires, Chaos hordes are about to be bulldozed.
Unfortunately, it is impossible. For high-level conscripts, their training often starts as "white-crowned archers." These elven militiamen will spend decades to first start their service career by practicing swordsmanship and bow and arrow.
After serving for decades or even centuries, conscripts
They began to switch from archers to spearmen, forming spear targets and spear fortresses. Every move performed by the high-precision spearmen in the formation was like a carefully designed dance, overlapping each other with shields at the same moment.
Provide protection, then swing your spear freely across the enemy's split front.
Then after dozens to hundreds of years of training and fighting, the outstanding ones are incorporated into the ranks of the Lothern Sea Guard and the standing armies of various places.
Unlike the spear phalanxes of other weak races, the unified movements of the high-precision phalanx are often completed without orders or gestures. Each high-precision soldier instinctively understands the thoughts of his comrades around them, and acts without any trace of confusion.
hesitate.
This kind of training and long accumulation are destined to make it impossible for humans to have this level of conscripts.
The officers of the Old Guard and the Phoenix Guards under Fulgrim were also impressed by the high elf's military capabilities.
"It is indeed an elite army." Ryan said to Fulgan: "The elves still have something."
"If they didn't have this quality, they would have been doomed long ago." Fulgan nodded: "Don't underestimate these ancient races at any time."
War Lord Tyrion and Tyrannrok Princess Adira were obviously very satisfied with this scene. Upon seeing this, Tyrion took the initiative to come up to Ryan and Fulgan and said: "Your Majesty, Commander of the Legion, look at the people in my Assur camp.
Are the soldiers brave?"
"Everyone is like a wolf or a tiger." Ryan laughed along with Tyrion's tone.
"Do you think the rations in the rear camp are sufficient?" Tyrion then asked, and the war lord was extremely satisfied. He then pointed to the mountains of rations piled up in the military camp.
"They are really well-equipped." Ryan continued to smile.
"Okay!" Tyrion saw that Ryan was so understanding, and he couldn't help but rate him higher: "Please sit down for a moment, I will go and arrange it."
After saying that, Tyrion led the people away, leaving only Ryan and the three people sitting together.
"Madam, what do you think?" Ryan just chuckled as he watched Tyrion leave. He held Sulia's hand and asked his wife: "What do you think? High-precision army?"
"The high-elves' army may indeed be powerful, but I think the compulsory soldier system shows how far the high-elves have declined." Sulia picked up the teacup with graceful movements: "It can only be said that the high elves and the dark elves fought.
It is already a miracle that the social order has not collapsed after thousands of years."
"Hahahaha!" Ryan and Fulgan both laughed. Fulgan couldn't help but nod to Sulia: "Beautiful!"
Is the compulsory military system strong? Of course, it is very powerful. The compulsory military system has period of service, regular recruitment and discharge, easy rotation, and is conducive to the renewal of standing army soldiers. It can not only keep the army's soldiers young and strong, but also reserve soldiers. At the same time, it can also use
More people serve in active service to make the burden of military service fair and reasonable. Through the compulsory military service system, the Phoenix King "Reckless King" Morville formed a very deadly army and became the decisive force in defending Ulthuan.
But Ryan's clever Queen Surya has seen through the phenomenon to see the essence. She has seen the weakness of the high elves behind the compulsory military system.
The military system of the high elves is roughly divided into three stages. The watershed from the first stage to the second stage is the Battle of Longbeard. Before the Battle of Longbeard, all the armies of the high elves were completely independent elite professional armies.
After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Nagasu and the loss of all the elites, the Butcher King Tesiris formulated a standing army system, also known as the recruitment system, and the high-level army began to evolve towards semi-professionalism.
Later, during the period of the reckless King Morville, facing the long war with the dark elves, the recruitment system was completely unable to meet the needs of the war. Morville formulated a compulsory soldier system to directly obtain a large number of recruits from civilians. Each high-elite citizen
Provide your own weapons and armor, and spend a small portion of each year in service.
It can be seen from this that the armaments and military capabilities of the high elves are actually constantly declining.
Moreover, Ryan knew deeply that the compulsory military system was indeed very powerful. It could obtain a large number of soldiers without the high cost of recruiting soldiers. It was simply the most ideal military service system for monarchs.
But there is a problem here, that is, the compulsory military system is closely related to the entire social order, which determines that the monarch should not be "too troublesome."
What does it mean? It means that conscripts from across the country cannot be recruited too intensively, frequently and on a large scale to fight wars. This will lead to large-scale attrition and bankruptcy of the backbone of society, the main body of conscripts - the peasant farmers and the middle class. Every seven, eight, ten years
A large-scale conscription is enough once every few years. If conscripts are recruited all day long to carry out large-scale military operations, the number of conscripts will drop rapidly, and it will lead to the collapse of the entire social order.
In Ryan's previous life, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed all the solid foundation that his father and his grandfather had accumulated over the past forty years, which led to the end of the compulsory soldier system, the almost collapse of social order, and the loss of more than two million people in Kanto.
The refugees were basically wiped out in this way, and the dynasty's population dropped by more than four million people from the beginning to the end of the reign.
Ryan knows that many people don't like to see this. What they like to see is the heroic strategy, the unification, the surrender of all nations, being the king of Qi (declaring war on all forces), and turning thousands of miles into a big battle without considering logistics. Ryan also likes to see this.
I understand everyone’s desire to make achievements, but to put it another way, what if you are the conscript soldier who is drafted for a big expedition every one or two years, and all the manpower and material resources needed for the war are transferred to you?
Isn’t it too miserable to be such a bastard?
Ryan is not against the conscript system and unification, he just knows that under the conscript system, we must cherish the people's strength. Human beings are not chaotic and irrational, nor do they reproduce casually like green skins. Therefore, after the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains, he formulated a series of recuperation measures.
It is a national policy, and we firmly oppose launching another plundering war against Obien.
Just like Sulia said, high elves are not a military society where dark elves encourage mass births or a slave society that relies on war to make a fortune. It is a miracle that Morville's conscript system has not collapsed until now.
"I heard you are what kind of knight king?" Ryan was still thinking about it. Princess Tyrannroc, a member of the War Council, and the heroic Princess Adira overheard the strange conversations between Ryan and the others. She was young and energetic, and she was like before.
The princess who successfully defeated Prince "Beauty" Sigvald, the champion of Slaanesh, was obviously extremely dissatisfied. She was fully armed, strode up to Ryan, and said coldly: "When will it be our turn to deal with Assur?"
Are outsiders judging you?"
"What? When I evaluate the combat effectiveness of high elves, do I still have pointy ears?" Ryan was obviously unhappy when his speech was interrupted. He said angrily to the unfamiliar elf princess in front of him: "Or do you think I
Not qualified?"
"Whether you are qualified or not, you have to fight to find out!" Princess Adila suddenly became angry. She thought that the monkey was indeed a monkey. The princess directly pulled out the sword and stuck it on the ground in front of Ryan: "Just in time, the war lord needs some time to arrange
, why don’t we have a showdown? A showdown of honor?”
Under the playful looks of Fulgen and Sulia, Ryan also became more energetic, and the King of Knights stood up.