April 5, 593 in the Holy Light Calendar, Rodex Bay. Flashdance..
Less than ten days have passed since the rainy season on the continent of Nubisia. The golden sunshine shines on the pale red sea, turning the sparkling sea into a gorgeous pastel dreamy scenery. The clear sea water ripples on the delicate dark red beach. Several children carrying small baskets and buckets are picking up shells on the beach. Their cheerful and carefree laughter can be heard from time to time.
A child who inadvertently looked up at the sea suddenly froze there. Several other children who did not get a response from him couldn't help but look towards the sea. They soon found the reason for their companion's absence. But on the distant sea, black spots appeared one by one, and soon they became one, and then countless sail shadows appeared.
This is a very large ocean-going fleet that several children have never seen before. The number of ships they have can even block the children's vision. Looking up, the sea in the distance is full of ships. Behind these ships, more ships can be seen emerging on the sea level, and these ships are now speeding towards Rodex Bay. .
A clear and long bell rang out from the lighthouse on a large reef at the mouth of Rodex Bay, with a cheerful rhythm. This was a bell to welcome the returning ship. If there is a pirate attack or a pirate ship is discovered, the bell will sound very compactly, giving people a tense feeling, instead of ringing again every few seconds.
The artillery on the city wall also roared, its muzzle pointed towards the sky, and it fired fireworks and gunpowder packets, which exploded in the sky, flashing countless golden stars falling from the sky. Too bad it would be daytime, not nighttime. Only on the evenings and New Year's Eves of the birthdays of the six Grand Dukes of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, can the residents of the city appreciate the wonderful and beautiful moments of the garrison firing fireworks and gunpowder packets from artillery.
Now the bells on the lighthouse and the fireworks and gunpowder packets fired from the cannons on the city wall only mean one thing. The Hicks, the big financiers who leased Rodex Bay Colony, are here. The colonial officials in the city and the local dignitaries were all neatly dressed and rushed to the Bay Pier in carriages with their dazzling family members, where they would greet the landing Hicks and hand over the jurisdiction of the colony. give to the other party
The advance personnel sent by the Kingdom of Hicks are also ready. They led nearly a hundred carriages to the dock, unloaded the ale loaded on the carriages in a large open space, and piled them into a hill of wine barrels. This is to welcome the officers and soldiers of several standing regiments who are about to disembark, and let them have a drink to relieve the pain of being on the ship for more than a month.
As the stewards sent by the Buffalo Trading Company to Rodex Bay Colony to discuss the ale trade with the advance personnel of the Hicks Kingdom, these spies sent from the war zone were also dragged to the dock by the understaffed Hicks people to help pour the wine. liquor. This allowed them to observe closely the situation of the first batch of standing legions transported from the Kingdom of Hicks. Can the elites draw conclusions from the performance of these officers and soldiers after disembarking
One day later, Claude received a falcon message from the spies from Rodex Bay Colony, saying that the Hicks were coming. Flashdance... As expected by Claude, this time the Hicks Kingdom transported three standing legions, all from the newly occupied territory of the Overas Kingdom. The more than 300,000 people were used by the kingdom's emerging business nobles. Three of the five newly formed standing corps were selected from Hicks prisoners who were transported to be used as development labor. The names of their legions are very interesting, they are called Avenging First Legion to Avenging Fifth Legion. This time, three legions were brought.
According to the intelligence from the secret agent, the soldiers of the three standing legions disembarked by the Hicks this time were all veterans. They were all a bit older, basically in their thirties. They behaved very calmly after disembarking, and it felt like they had been there for a long time. Elite troops that have been on the battlefield. Just like the veterans who have just transferred to the eighteen local garrison regiments in the directly-administered territorial war zone.
It's just that the territorial war zone transferred these veterans of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion into the local garrison in order to let them use their remaining strength in the later stages of military service, while the Kingdom of Hicks reorganized these veterans who had been captured and worked hard for several years into a standing army. , just to let them wash away the shame of being defeated and captured for their life as prisoners and hard labor. Perhaps for the war zone, these Hicks veterans are the most difficult enemies to deal with.
The spies also revealed another piece of news on the Falcon Messenger, that is, they had a meal and drinks with the advance personnel of the Hicks Kingdom after everything was over in the evening. Several of the advance personnel can return to the Farea continent on the warship, but the rest of the advance personnel will become the logistics officials of Rodex Bay Colony and continue to purchase logistics supplies for the arriving standing army. Therefore, their ale trade with the spies will continue, and they also hope that the spies can smuggle more grain and grass supplies for them from overseas territories.
After the Hicks advance personnel who were about to part ways got drunk, they inadvertently revealed a piece of news. This time it was the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks, the combined fleet leased from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, and the Verona Goddess Fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, which provided a free delivery, transporting three standing armies. group. The next three fleets will soon return to the Farea continent and transport the remaining two shameful legions from the port of Florik, the newly occupied territory of the Kingdom of Overas, to the Rodex Bay Colony.
At the same time, the Hicks Kingdom will also hire the Verona Goddess Fleet of the Fox Islands United Kingdom to help transport military supplies and food. After these two standing corps and military supplies are delivered to Rodkers Bay Colony, these five standing corps in the name of avenging shame will soon take military action to the mountainous areas occupied by the Nikancha people in the north and east. Launch an attack.
"What do you think?" Claude asked General Albert next to him. Both of them are now staying in Monknade Castle, which is about to be completed in the Vibato Port Colony. It was also the location of the only large silver mine in the Vibato Port Colony County. The Monknad Castle was rebuilt on the original site of the Monknad City that was destroyed by the Nikancha people. A local garrison composed of veterans is stationed here to prevent the Nikancha people from entering the country and stealing from the country.
Since reaching an agreement with the Nikancha nation in mid-February to cooperate against the Hicks, a frontline headquarters has been established in the theater, located in Monknad Castle. Claude served as the commander-in-chief of the front line, and General Albert and General Beechlin became his two deputies. As for General Bolognik and General Skerry, they still need to be stationed in Lanhu City and be responsible for handling various administrative affairs, large and small, for the eight overseas territories under the jurisdiction of the war zone.
"Bik has gone to the eastern and northern mountainous areas of the Nikancha country to supervise the relocation of the Nikancha settlements and preparations for clearing the country. At the same time, it is also necessary to survey the terrain in the middle of the mountainous area and prepare to set up a defensive front. Judging from the current situation , the Nikancha people are still very cooperative. They have prepared sufficient young men to build defensive positions, and have guaranteed to provide manpower and transportation assistance for the logistics supplies of our troops.
The two regiments led by Colonels Berkerin and Murield had already launched an attack on the remaining inland colonies of the Hicks. In the past two years, Vibato Port has been occupied by our war zone. The mineral development bases of these inland colonies cannot transport gold and silver ore ingots and can only store them. We obtained gold and silver ore ingots worth nearly two million gold crowns from the warehouses of the seven mineral development bases that were captured. It’s a pity that thirty percent will be given to the Nikancha people. "
General Albert spoke with a bit of reluctance. Thirty percent of the two million gold crowns seized would be given to the Nikancha people for free. This was already a huge sum of 600,000 gold crowns. The two regiments of the Thunder Legion were responsible for the battle. The Nikancha people just led the way, transported some supplies, and frightened the prisoners. They were making soy sauce throughout the whole process, but they were able to get so many captures. And there will be more manors and mineral bases established by the Hicks. Thinking that so many seizures will be given to the Nikancha people, General Albert is very unwilling.
Claude glanced at him with a smile: "I now understand why King Mechid III of the Kingdom of Hicks wants to fight to the end with our war zone, and I also know where he spends so much military expenditure. . There are seven gold and silver mines, and two years of ingot reserves are worth nearly two million gold crowns. The entire inland colony of the Hicks Kingdom has dozens of mineral development bases, large and small, all of which belong to the Hicks Kingdom. The mining development companies built by nobles and nobles are owned by the Kingdom of Hicks, and the Kingdom of Hicks will receive a 10% tax from their mining development profits.
You can calculate how much wealth the Kingdom of Hicks can gain every year from the large and small mining development companies started by these nobles. No wonder everyone says that the Kingdom of Hicks is extremely rich. The nobles of their kingdom often spend huge sums of money in auction houses, selling jewelry, gems, art collections and the like for sky-high prices. The Kingdom of Hicks has been operating this inland colony for nearly twenty years. You can imagine how much gold and silver they have taken from this inland colony, which has accumulated too much wealth for their treasury.
Therefore, after the Hicks Kingdom experienced three disastrous defeats in colonial wars and domestic noble rebellions, it could still spend 2.5 million gold crowns to lease the Rodex Bay Colony of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands for five years, and it could still reorganize Ten standing legions. For the Hicks, they must keep this inland colony, and only in this way can their nobles continue to live their wealthy and luxurious lives. Only Melchid III could stabilize his throne and allow the Kingdom of Hicks to continue to serve as the dominant power in the northern part of Farea continent."
"I understand what you mean." General Albert replied: "To preserve this inland colony, we must find a reliable and safe seaport for the mineral transportation of this colony, and at the same time, we need to develop a mine that is all gold and silver." The Lord's inland colony provides an agricultural and animal husbandry colony with abundant production of living materials as a logistics support base.
So that bastard king of the Hicks Kingdom took a fancy to our Cromwell and Beringana territories, and asked our kingdom to cede these two territories to them, with the Dolinibara River as the boundary. . The real reason why this colonial war broke out is because this bullshit Melchid III took a fancy to our territory. Why should he?”
Claude fell into memories: "At that time, our kingdom had just ended the five-year war in the eastern region. The people's livelihood was in decline, the treasury was empty, and the king had more than 600,000 casualties and only occupied a large area of ruins. Especially before the armistice and peace agreement was signed, The Blue Feather Legion and the two second-line legions were also raided by the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas on the prairie, resulting in the entire army being annihilated. This tragic defeat made many onlookers think that our kingdom is powerful outside the country and that there is something to be gained.
So when three years passed and the Kingdom's post-war economic development showed no improvement, the Hicks Kingdom began to provoke them on the colonial border between the two countries in the Nubisian continent, and finally entered them first under the pretext of the local garrison forces under our Kingdom's direct jurisdiction. The patrol team of the Cromwellian Territory opened fire and demanded that the kingdom cede the two territorial jurisdictions of Cromwell and Beringana to apologize to them. The kingdom refused this unreasonable request, and this colonial war broke out.
So we got here. At that time, the high-level bosses in the kingdom thought that we were just trying our best to express the kingdom's determination not to give up any of its overseas territories. At that time, we were just a ranger division, fighting against the two colonial garrison regiments of the Hicks with one division. As a result, we won, and the kingdom began to set up war zones. Then the Hicks transported five standing legions, giving us an additional 300,000 prisoners.
Then the Hicks became more and more frustrated and declared that they would form ten standing legions to fight this colonial war. It really scared me at the time. After all, Marshal Michelci was transferred back to the kingdom, and we all felt unsure. Unexpectedly, a noble rebellion broke out in the Hicks' own country. I finally got impatient and took the initiative to send troops to clean up three of their legions. The war zone also captured the Colonial County of Port Vibato.
Now the ten standing legions of the Hicks have finally arrived. After we capture all their inland colonies and eliminate these ten standing legions, I see what reason the Hicks Kingdom has to continue this colony. war. There is no longer a foothold for the Hicks on the continent of Nubisia. After the colonial war ended, the military strength of the Hicks was clearly seen by all countries. Their country is so wealthy that it is like a child in a busy city. gold.
I believe that some neighboring countries will soon take advantage of them, and then the so-called dominant power in the northern region of Farea Continent will be waiting to be pinned to the ground and rubbed by other countries. As long as there is one successful person, more predators will soon pounce. I want to see, without the strength of these ten standing legions, plus the more than 200,000 Hicks prisoners who are still doing free hard labor in our direct territory, the Hicks Kingdom is equivalent to a million less troops. How many young men and women can be recruited in the country to form legions to resist the invasion of other countries?"
General Albert was speechless. He thought that what Claude said about defeating the ten standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom in front of others was just to strengthen everyone's belief in defeating the enemy. Unexpectedly, Claude actually wanted to defeat the Hicks Kingdom. All ten standing legions of the Sri Lankans are left here. This is not a defeat-style victory, but a victory that represents the total annihilation of more than 600,000 enemies. I don’t know where Claude got this confidence.
However, General Albert didn't want to pour cold water on Claude. He had other things to remind Claude: "Claude, we have captured the Hicks' inland colony, but we want to take this gold-rich Is it okay to hand over all the territory of the silver mine to the Nikancha people? We, the Thunder Legion, are all doing the work, while the Nikancha people are watching the show, and we have to give them a share of the seizure. This is too unfair."
Claude laughed: "Do you know why I have to send two regiments of more than 10,000 troops to even attack the Hicks inland colony? Those Hicks manors and mineral development bases only have about 100,000 armed forces at best. Hundreds of people. In fact, I only need to mobilize one battalion of troops to sweep across the entire inland colony.
Two regiments were sent there because this was a rare opportunity to train troops before the war. Most of the soldiers in our legion are newly recruited recruits. Although they have completed various trainings, they have never seen blood or been on the battlefield. That’s why I took the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom and those manors. and the mineral development base to give them some practice.
I asked Belklin and Murield to rotate their troops every time they attack. It is best to let every soldier see blood and gain some combat experience. It can also be regarded as a practical drill before the war. As for the seizures and those gold and silver minerals, I didn't take them to heart. I just gave the Nikancha people a taste of the sweetness first and gave them some confidence and guarantee in their cooperation with our war zone.
If after the war all the Nikancha people go mining for gold and silver, then I will be happy to see what happens. You know that gold and silver ore ingots cannot be used as food or guns. Even if they dig gold and silver mines, they will eventually have to trade with our war zone and buy food, drink, weapons and ammunition from our war zone, as well as those settlements. Luxuries of life required by chiefs and elders.
This is actually equivalent to the Nikancha people digging gold and silver mines for our war zone. Our war zone does not need to spend a penny. It can only rely on transactions, with cheap and large quantities of food, goods, arms, and high-end luxuries. Get real money and silver from the Nikancha people. Is there a better deal in the world than this
After the Nikancha people get used to using gold and silver minerals to purchase large amounts of supplies from our war zone, they will give up planting potatoes and hard hunting. In the future, they will only need to use a piece of gold and silver to purchase from our war zone. This means that we have found a stable trading partner for a large amount of agricultural products and daily necessities in the war zone directly under our jurisdiction, and it is a dumping market for all goods belonging to the war zone under our direct jurisdiction."