It is in the early stage of the Magic Calendar. In the countless years before this, there has never been a naval battle, let alone the large-scale naval battles with thousands of ships in the later stage of the Magic Calendar. Therefore, no country has a large navy, and even fewer countries will fight for it.
sea power.
Whether it was the magic calendar or the red moon calendar, the political power of various countries at that time was quite stable, and wars rarely broke out, so it was easy for ordinary people to survive in that era.
Especially in the Eminol continent, more than 70% of the land is plains. The Xius Empire in the southwest of the continent is completely located on the endless plains. Except for the Holy Snow Mountain Range in the east, the average altitude of most areas is only 20 meters. This
The so-called average altitude refers to the average of the highest absolute altitude of 23 meters and the lowest absolute altitude of 17 meters;
The Haiha Mercenary Empire in the southeast is backed by the elven forest with the richest products on the continent, with its left hand gently supporting the eastern foot of the Holy Snow Mountain and facing the sea. The only seemingly unfavorable geography in the country is the fish web swamp at the front of the empire's hinterland, but here it is.
It is the only place in the entire continent that produces grass coal. The smokeless, odorless and flammable grass coal is a winter luxury item that is purchased at a high price by all the wealthy families in the mainland. It may seem that the geographical location is not good, but the living standards of the residents here rank among the highest in the entire continent.
front rank;
The Flower Language Plain where the Holy Church is located is even more a holy land that everyone on the continent longs for. After the Hami people retreated from the Flower Language Plain 500 years ago, the army of the Amy Empire once again covered the place. However, Amy I kept his promise.
In his life, he never established any administrative power on this land. Five years later, he handed over the rule of the entire Huayu Plain to the Holy Church that was rising on the mainland at that time, and sent heavy troops to help the Holy Church.
In order to protect the territory, Amy I mentioned many times in his later years that the biggest reason why he did not take the Flower Language Plain was that the land was too fertile and could easily breed the dandyism of the nobility. It was like a magnificent birdcage where birds lived for a long time.
Inside, you will no longer yearn for the blue sky - in fact, most chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry became victims of people's slaughter under this condition. You know, these poultry still had beautiful features 10,000 years ago.
Feathers, charming singing voices, and figures flying proudly in the blue sky. The Plain of Flowers actually made Amy I fear him as much as a tiger. You can imagine how rich it is.
The eastern part of the Flower Plain is low hills. It is these hills that block the wind blowing from the east coast, and also block the desert that comes with the wind. Due to the racial character, only one race can survive in the entire desert area -
-To be more precise, other races may also be able to live here, but only the Harvey tribe is a special race that is unwilling to go anywhere without leaving the desert. They are composed of hundreds of tribes, and the population of each tribe ranges from 1,000 to 10,000.
, these tribes formed the Sacred Desert Kingdom. Most of the people of these deserts lived near the three oases, living on cacti and desert lizards. During the day, all the people of the desert kingdom hid behind the sand dunes. They were bored.
When he was young, he liked to use cactus fibers to weave some tapestries and scarves. The fibers provided by cactus growing in desert areas are extremely fine and have excellent toughness when exposed to enough sunlight. These woven fabrics are sold well among the upper classes of various continents.
As for the Amy Empire, not to mention, it requires mountains and water, and on the right are extremely rare hills and forests, which provide a large amount of wood and minerals.
The mainland highways that extend in all directions run through the entire continent, not only connecting the capitals of various countries, but also larger towns and cities are covered by the road network. Even some remote villages know the truth: "If you want to get rich, build roads first."
All kinds of goods are transported across the mainland through mainland highways day and night.
Therefore, not only the people everywhere can rely on mountains and rivers, but also the occasional idle people are attracted by ideal and profitable professions such as commerce, transportation, banditry, and mercenaries.
Except for some small coastal villages that are very close to the sea and have no access to roads, not many people are willing to deal with the sea, let alone fish for food from the sea.
Due to the above reasons, the map in Horns' hands was so crude that future generals could never imagine - even such a crude map was drawn from memory by soldiers from a small mercenary group who were fishermen.
Later, Horns used several collective exercises of the Wild Eagle Brigade to fully cover the sea surface more than 50 miles west of Xilin Island, and then compiled and drew a new map.
Horns briefly introduced the origin of the map to the leader and deputy leader. When he was about to introduce the situation in detail, Amy motioned for him to wait, and then gently picked up Ying, who was still standing with him.
Regardless of her objections, he carried the girl to the bed behind him, put the quilt on her, and returned to the table again.
Barbas shook his head helplessly and whispered: "It really touched me. Amy's father treated Amy's mother like this back then. It was almost too good. Amy's father's gentleness was admired by all the officers in the entire border guard force.
He is famous among his family members. It's a pity." Barbas's face showed the regret that his beauty was unlucky.
Horns pointed to the coastal defense map and briefly introduced it to several key members: "On the sea, once the vulture leaves the land for 50 miles, it will lose sight of the mainland and it is easy to lose its way, and we do not have large ships.
, so the border of the map you see is only 50 miles. I once sent a team of crazy eagle scouts to break through the defense line of the Xius Empire border guards along the coastline, and went 500 miles deep for reconnaissance. According to the scout’s observation, there was indeed a huge battle there.
The war, the two sides of the war are in a stalemate. And" Horns' finger pointed to the southwestern corner of the continent again, "there is a powerful fleet here, and the flag above is pure black. If you go to Xilin Island from here,
It only takes about 4 days.”
"I originally thought that I could easily earn some protection money by going to Xilin Island. At most, I would just kill small pirates or wipe out some bandits. I didn't expect that now I have to fight like a regular army." Amy rubbed her nose and complained: "The whole deal.
It was too much of a loss. The Red Stone Emperor I made a lot of money this time and bought an Earth Dragon with the money he spent on the sheep."
"It's really unlucky. I would have stopped working as a mercenary if I had known better. I have a short tongue when it comes to taking advantage of others, and I have a short hand when taking advantage of others. I knew I was being deceived but I took the money. I can only do this due to professional ethics." Amy said helplessly.
explain.
"Do you think they will attack us? How is our current strength? Also, do we need to evacuate the residents of the island?" Amy has been busy making money and her own life-long affairs recently. Regarding the current training of the small mercenary group
The result was that they were not as knowledgeable as Horns, who had been staying on Xilin Island for a long time, and Barbas, who was directly responsible for mercenary training.
Horns shook his head helplessly: "I don't know. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. The current army coming from overseas is not big enough to fight on multiple sides. But it's not necessarily true, if I am the commander of the other side.
, it must be an all-out attack on a country first. This kind of multi-faceted combat is definitely impossible. Therefore, now I feel that I cannot use common sense to judge the wisdom of the opponent's commander. If it is not a rash and low-level enemy, the actual strength of the opponent is like
Like icebergs on the sea, most of them are under the surface of the sea.”
"Which one do you think is more likely?" Amy narrowed her eyes and asked in a deep voice.
In terms of pure military theory, Horns's talent in the small mercenary group far exceeds that of Chi Aotian, who was born in a military family, and Barbas, who has been in the military for many years.
The biggest and most surprising discovery is that Horns has never given everyone a reasonable explanation for where these rich experiences come from. The most common explanation is what he saw in the book, and this explanation is also the most acceptable to everyone.
Yes, if a dwarf spends one-tenth of his 200 years of life reading a book, he will be insurmountable by humans.
"Well, I lean towards the latter." Before Horns finished speaking, Barbas took over: "Yes, I also agree with this view. The Haiha Empire has 50,000 regular troops and 25,000 swordsmen; mercenaries
The empire has 60,000 active soldiers and 35,000 swordsmen. With the charm of the four mercenary kings, there is no problem in summoning 30,000 more mercenaries from the entire continent to help in the war. Even the Amy Empire is in the same place.
It has never been thought of two countries attacking a continent at the same time. From a continent to a sea route that spans several months and travels thousands of miles, they must be well prepared. Therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility of multiple attacks by the opponent. Maybe they will not attack Ai
The homeland of the Mi Empire, but if I am the commander of the opponent and have extra troops in hand, attacking the Lion River and occupying the mainland highway will not only cut off the transportation lifeline of the Haiha Empire, but also be the best way to contain the opponent."
"So, we have now become a battleground for military strategists?" There was a bitter taste in Amy's words, and her eyes were fixed on Chi Aotian. He wanted to seek the opinion of Chi Aotian, who had returned a few days earlier than him.
Chi Aotian nodded slowly.
"So how do the islanders arrange it?"
"They have all been evacuated. We used the few funds of the small mercenary group to invite them to a small town 100 miles away from here. We informed them that we were going to make predictions from Lilong. In the next two months, we will be here.
There could be a major earthquake, so evacuate in advance," Hoynes said.
"Hmm... I can't tell that Horns is a genius at lying. It's best to let everyone leave voluntarily without hurting anyone." Amy joked about Horns.
"Where are the troops?"
"This is still relatively optimistic. Compared with half a year ago, our number has increased greatly. There are 302 people in the Great Swordsman Battalion, 90 people in the Blocking Swordsman Battalion, 60 people in the Demon Swordsman Battalion, and 112 people in the Crazy Eagle Swordsman Battalion. In addition,
, a special opportunity recently, we recruited a full two songs of prairie elf archers at the treehouse bar of the Empire and Haiha Empire." Amy was shocked when Horns said this.
There are two full songs, which means that there are 52 soldiers and officers in total, and they are organized into groups. In terms of other troops, it may not be too surprising, but if it is a prairie elf archer, it is another matter. The prairie elf is
A branch of elves, like other elves, have good night vision. Since they have lived in the grassland for a long time and cannot come into contact with the forest, few people can become great elf magicians who are good at wood magic. But the biggest advantage of this race is
Established on the grassland, compared with the forest elves, they are taller and good at hunting with bows and arrows in the strong wind of the grassland. Therefore, almost every grassland elf is a natural archer. They are also talents deliberately recruited by the armies of various countries.
"Haha, no need to be surprised." Horns laughed: "Can you say it was a chance? An elf tribe in the Flower Language Plain heard about the war, so it organized some young warriors to prepare to go to the Haiha Empire to participate in the war - of course to earn money.
They have money, but the recruitment fee given to them by the Haiha Empire is comparable to ours, so they were intercepted by us before they entered the recruitment point."
"Well, that's right. Now, except for the cavalry, we have almost become a regular army. Daqingshan, please be the captain of this new battalion. Who told us that you are the only one who can bow and arrow here. Alas, we have to feed 52 more people. I really hope the war
Start immediately, send them up quickly to fight, kill, and chop them, and then you can reduce some daily expenses."
Hearing such irresponsible words coming from someone's mouth, Horns nervously looked out the door to see if anyone would hear him, while Barbas was already ready to reach out to stop his gibbering mouth.
"Hey - you misunderstood again, I meant to send them to exercise, and then they can save money." Amy flipped through the account book and pointed helplessly at the financial expenses in the account book.
Of course, I believe everyone knows whether it is really a misunderstanding as the leader said.
"Where are the tactical preparations?" At this time, Amy was testing Horns like a teacher.
Horns pointed his finger at the map again: "We have nailed upturned bamboo nails all over the beach facing the sea. In order to prevent the enemy from getting around our backs, we have also covered the island with such upturned nails. Now the waves are
It has been washed for more than 10 days, and unless you step on it, you will never see the nails under the seaweed."
"Dear Dragon, then we won't be able to get out either? Did you leave a way out?"
"You can rest assured about this. We have left two small roads known to all the team members to facilitate our internal deployment. There is also a continent that only a few of us know. If we can't defeat it, we still have to have a way out." Horne