Jia Erying spent days. When WWw.QuanBen-XiaoShuo.COm retreated back to Metatrindi Youkou City, a special army set off. This army only had two thousand people, all riding skeleton war horses.
Salin asked the twelve earls to each provide a hundred soldiers, and the four dukes to each provide two hundred soldiers, a total of two thousand elites. Among these two thousand elites. It is also equipped with ten subordinate mages and the three kings of the undead. The location of their ambush was chosen in a hilly area only a dozen miles away from Xizhen.
Whether the ambush is successful or not, after brief contact. This army drags the enemy with it. Bypass the West Town. To the east of West Town is the ten-story magic tower. People from the Holy See will probably go crazy when they see the ten-story magic tower.
Therefore, as long as this ambush force can persist in escaping for a distance of about twenty miles, it will be enough.
What's more, there is also a battalion of Rex and more than 30,000 soldiers of Metatrin City nobles in the West Town. The defensive facilities of this city have been under continuous construction for more than a year, and they can completely block the Holy See's army.
Rex's battalion is not as weak as Salin's army. In defensive battles, it can exert several times its combat effectiveness.
Salin didn't know that the reason why the Holy See's army was so crazy was because they really didn't have much food. If they couldn't capture Broken Blade Pass as soon as possible, everyone would go hungry and wait for the Holy See's rescue. It is even possible that they will have to retreat and fight in Phoenix.
There was no food stored in Broken Blade Pass. Salin only left five days of food for the second battalion and the mercenary group, and they did not have time to take them away when they retreated. However, a day's reserve of 20,000 people was simply not enough for the more than 90,000 soldiers left. Expeditionary force consumption.
The expeditionary force was also at a loss to attack Breaking Edge Pass. In their view, it was an arduous task, and the enemy Cong Ran resisted to the death. Unexpectedly, although the resistance was strong, the enemy eventually retreated. This only meant that there would be more troublesome things ahead. The Holy See's eyes and ears have not paid attention to the area around Metatrin City, and there is no prior news at all.
There was information on the God's Envoy and the Inquisition, but it was all concealed.
The Inquisition dispatched five thousand jailers, twelve priests in black, and three inexplicably terrifying guys, but these people had never participated in a battle, even when the enemy was burning the rations of the logistics troops.
The people of the Inquisition went uncharacteristically and claimed that they would only join the battle under Metatlin City. This made the real commander of the war, Archbishop Nicholas, extremely angry.
Archbishop Nicholas and the generals of the Ninth Legion of the Tangula Empire were unable to command the people of the Inquisition, so they could only drive away the expeditionary force and exchange their lives for Broken Blade Pass, trying to reach Metatrin City as early as possible. At that time, the Inquisition's There's no way the three bastards can get away with it.
It's a pity that Lord Faka, the god's envoy, is not here, otherwise Lord Faka could bulldoze that city.
Archbishop Nicholas thought gloomily. Although he is a close confidant of the Pope, he still admires Faka very much. With that kind of strength, if the Pope didn't have the three artifacts in hand, he probably wouldn't be able to deal with it.
The expeditionary force was temporarily stationed at Broken Blade Pass, and the magician had to treat a large number of injured soldiers. Some of these soldiers were seriously injured, but they could not ignore them. Even if they died, they would die under Metatlin City.
How do believers understand this? They just know. With the treatment of the magician, no matter what kind of injury it is, it will soon get better and return to the battlefield. The magician will naturally not reveal secrets. This is their livelihood. If people all know that magic is harmful to the body, I'm afraid no one will pay them for treatment in the future.
Outside Broken Blade Pass. The fire was blazing into the sky. It was the people of the tribunal doing their only job - burning corpses. When Archbishop Nicholas was worried, the people from the Inquisition sent a batch of food. This food was biltong that was common in the northern part of the Tangulas Empire. Nicholas was overjoyed. At least it could last for six or seven days with so many meat sticks. The expeditionary force finally had the possibility to rest and recuperate.
Nicholas didn't know that in the Inquisition camp, three men with vicious faces were laughing wildly.
"Boss, tell me, if they knew that what they were eating was human flesh, would they spit it out?"
"Spit it out? Third child, maybe they will ask eldest brother for it again, hahahaha
"Boss, these people have eaten human flesh and will regret it. It will be much easier to get into the martial arts court in the future. Your idea is really brilliant."
"Hmph, this is an order from the Chief Judge. Do you think I will be so boring? DiNisio hurriedly raised his troops, not even caring about the battle in front of Garulan. There is something weird in this. The lives of the three of us are determined by the Chief Judge. Yes, don't fight to force Nisio. Giving them human flesh will give them the strength to fight. Who knows what will happen in the future? I don't think we can conquer that city with these people.
"Brother, what do you mean?"
"Don't ask. In short, listen to me about this matter. The chief referee doesn't want us to really conquer this city. The jailer must take care of it. If Nicholas loses, we will go to Phoenix."
"The chief referee has
"It's not a secret order. Let's explore the situation in Phoenix. Our maps are not standard. Didn't you see that twelve high-level black-clothed priests were dispatched this time? They just went to survey and map the terrain."
Broken Blade Pass has stabilized, and Metatrin City has become a lot more deserted. Troops are patrolling the streets and the core area of the city. The number of undead increased, and no one dared to enter rashly. There is still an area patrolled by the Caucasus Demonic Wolf Warriors. If you accidentally get eaten by the Demonic Wolf, there is no way to explain it.
The eastern ports have very few ships. Salin has asked Gu Ya and others to find ways to recruit businessmen and sell some livestock here. Metatrin City is surrounded by precious cultivated land and there are no pastures. The meat was originally supplied by Salin, but the fish and shrimp in the sea are not suitable for everyone's taste. There were many soldiers who were accustomed to eating beef and mutton, and for a while they had to rely on merchants to sell them.
When soldiers fight, they must be provided with meat. Only by eating meat can they have the strength to fight. Salin even set up a slaughterhouse on an island north of the Metatlin Sea. A large amount of meat was transported into the city every day to supply his 50,000 troops.
Qin was rich and had low prices, but a cow cost dozens of gold coins. After all, not everyone can use puppet farming. Half of Qin Yin's farmland still relies on cattle farming.
This daily meat is also a big profit trade for merchants. However, since the news of the Holy See Expeditionary Force spread, this business on land has been cut off. There are still very few people doing this business on the sea road, because livestock rely on the sea. Shipping by boat. Often a lot of people die.
The standard for the soldiers of Salin's five battalions is half a pound of meat a day, including one or two fish and shrimp, and the rest is cattle and sheep. One day's consumption is four thousand kilograms of meat. Because there are few people raising pigs in the north of Qin, it is most cost-effective to buy pork, but you have to go to the south to buy in large quantities.
The border of Garulan is tight, with millions of troops deployed, and the daily consumption is also a terrifying figure. The meat in the north of Suyin is basically bought by the Imperial Army. What Salin can buy is all extracted from the hands of the nobles. of.
Unknowingly, the price of meat in northern Qinyin increased four to five times. It is almost impossible to buy it at the original price like Holy Rock City. If you are not a householder, you don’t know that firewood and rice are expensive. Salin’s money came easily, and now it goes away quickly.
The army that retreated to Metatrin City replenished its troops, and Salin's five battalions began to intensively deploy their defenses. Because the city is too big, with a city wall almost eight miles wide, 20,000 main troops have to be invested in two main aspects. The defense capabilities of the five battalions are still very tight.
Fortunately, most of the people who came to settle in Metatrin City were strong and strong, and Salin summoned an additional 20,000 people with temporary warnings. In addition to the more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers that he already had, Salin also had 90,000 usable forces. There are about more than 20,000 private soldiers in the hands of the nobles. The strength inside and outside the city is basically the same. Metatrin City can definitely be saved. It depends on how many people will die in the battle.
Salin's pension is set so high that every soldier dies. The family members should be given forty to one hundred gold coins. Ten thousand people died in battle, and the loss of equipment and pensions must have exceeded one million gold coins.
Elinor also felt that the loss would be huge this time. She sighed: "It would be great if there was food from the elven plane. If you eat one meal, you will be full for the whole day. You don't have to eat meat to ensure your physical strength."
"It would be nice if there were demonic insects. It would be good to have a meal. It can last for a few days." Nailisi was also helpless about the situation in front of her. The construction of the Castlevania has not been completed yet, and now she can summon dozens of demons at most. , which is of no help to the war and consumes a lot of magic cores.
The advantage of summoning the devil is that it saves the cost of pension. The devil dies as soon as he dies. I have never heard that the devil would think about what happened after his death.
"How many days do you think one meal of that demonic insect can last?" Salin caught this very keenly. question.
"Yes, Master, not only do demonic insects taste good, they are as filling as any beef. They are almost as full as the demonic beasts in the sea, huh." The oil from the giant whale is almost of that grade.
Giant whale oil is the food provided by Salin's elite troops. The soldiers carry a kilogram with them and can eat it for a week. Moreover, the energy contained in it is equivalent to eating only meat every day, allowing soldiers to maintain their strongest physical strength. Salin's warehouse stores tens of thousands of kilograms of giant whale oil, but giant whales only move in the deep sea and are difficult to hunt.
"If someone eats it, won't it be dangerous?"
"I don't know about this. Demonic insects can digest even the weakest familiars. Human soldiers, it should be fine, right?"
"You try to get a few, if you can. We will breed them in large numbers and use them as military food."
Salin thought that if humans can adapt, let the slaves in the East China Sea test it first. If the slaves can't die or get sick after eating them, then humans can eat the magic insects.
Many devil bugs are vegetarian and grow extremely fast, growing up in a week. Such a growth rate. This allows the demon plane to support a large number of demons. D! ~!
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