The Malaga Mine is located on the edge of the Witch Forest, not too far from the Dark Forest gathering place. It is a silver mine with a high output.
When Richard came here, he found that there was indeed an elite army waiting for him as Eva said.
There are more than a thousand people in the entire army, all of them light cavalry, one person and two horses, fast and well-trained. As we get closer, we can clearly feel the murderous intent in each soldier. They have obviously been tempered in many wars and are the best among the best. This made him couldn't help but think of the royal guard regiment that protected Princess Ruth he met in the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom.
Richard asked a few questions and quickly learned the origin of the other party.
According to the opponent's leader, they belong to the Northern Legion of the Kingdom of Blood Glory and are the famous First Glory Cavalry Regiment in the Northern Legion. Known for his bravery in battle, he fought many battles with neighboring countries in order to defend the kingdom and achieved considerable results.
A few months ago, in order to win a war, they raided the enemy's Chinese army camp. Although they achieved a beheading effect, they themselves suffered considerable damage. Therefore, he was mobilized to the Malaga Mine to rest and recuperate. He usually hunted birds and bandits. Seeing the arrival of winter, he thought that he would have at least a few more boring days to endure. Suddenly, he received an order from his boss not long ago. . The superior ordered them to wait for a few wizards here, and then follow the wizards to participate in the battle. Finally, they waited for Richard and the others.
After hearing what he said, Richard nodded slightly and looked at the leader of the team.
The other party was a man in his thirties, named Wu Long. His face was angular, as if he had been struck by a knife or an ax, and his eyes were tough and ferocious.
Richard asked aloud: "Captain Wulong, do you know what we are going to do this time?"
"I heard that they are going to attack some countries in the east." Wulong grinned, with a fierce light in his eyes. "It seems that they are from the Hosk Kingdom and the Golden Triangle Principality. They are very rich. In other words, I have long been displeased with them. Now, this time I have a chance, huh, I want them to look good."
Richard's eyes flashed: "I remember correctly, these countries are all vassals of Deep Blue Castle, right? You should know that they are protected by wizards, so are you confident in dealing with the protected wizards?"
"This..." Wulong smiled sarcastically, looking a little embarrassed, "Master Wizard, you are kidding me. Although my people are powerful, they can only deal with ordinary people. If we really meet a wizard, just one spell from the other party will let us The losses were heavy.
Therefore, the wizard is not something we can deal with at all. The only one who can deal with the wizard is another wizard, your lords.
In fact, let alone meeting a wizard, there is nothing we can do even if we encounter a city with strict defenses. After all, we are all cavalry, we don’t have any siege weapons, and we can’t attack them at all. Therefore, difficult tasks such as siege of a city will require the help of wizards. We can only play our role after the wizards succeed. In fact, we mainly do the chores that the wizards don't want to do. "
"Is that so?" Richard nodded, understanding and understanding how wars involving wizards in the current world are conducted.
According to common sense, wizards possess powerful extraordinary power. Even the weakest first-level low-level wizard can cause a lot of losses to an elite army, so there is no place for ordinary troops on the battlefield.
actually not.
Although wizards are powerful, they also have their own shortcomings, that is, they are too few in number and lack the skills to control the entire war zone.
War is very troublesome. It is not considered a victory if the enemy's army and city are destroyed.
It is not considered a true victory until there is no real and complete occupation, before the occupied area is stabilized, before a steady stream of resources is obtained, and before the efforts are converted into sufficient benefits.
In war, wizards are like the air force and navy on modern earth, with numerous long-range strategic weapons. They are responsible for destroying the enemy's airports, ports, power plants, radar stations and other core buildings, destroying the enemy's ability to use strategic weapons, and paralyzing the enemy. His command completely made the enemy lose the ability to resist.
The ordinary people's army is like the army on modern earth, mainly responsible for occupation, stability maintenance, and subsequent law and order rule.
In a war, if only wizards representing the air force and navy participate, the best they can do is blow the enemy's territory into scorched earth. And if only ordinary people representing the army participate, it will be difficult to attack, reach a stalemate, and be wiped out by the opponent's wizards.
Therefore, the wizard and ordinary army must cooperate with each other to work best.
After thinking about this, Richard blinked. He is not very interested in the current war involving wizards in the world. Although there are many tactics in his mind that he wants to try, what he thinks more about is: the participation of Wulong's team, plus the four Teddys. For a first-level wizard, it should be easier to dig out the small village of Atis.
After all, this can squeeze more labor force.
What are you waiting for
Turning his head and looking at Wulong, Richard said without any nonsense: "Let's go."
"Yes." Wulong nodded without any hesitation. With a wave of his hand, he led the team to follow Richard and left.
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Baronial Castle of Lancaster.
Lord Lancaster had been in a good mood since early morning.
The reason for this is because the wizard who has occupied the castle for many days is finally leaving. The wizards have officially informed him that today is the last day. Even if it is snowing heavily, they will leave the castle and go to the east to participate in some war.
Baron Lancaster was not interested at all in what kind of war it was. He just wanted to get rid of the wizards quickly so that he could return to a life of poverty and frugality and slowly save money to display his ambitions.
Therefore, when the wizards were about to leave, they asked him if he was willing to leave together to participate in some war, and he flatly refused.
Are you kidding? Didn't you see that he can't even light an oil lamp now? It's dark every day in the room. When he did that kind of thing, he almost stuffed it into Xiao Gan's nostrils, causing Xiao Gan to ignore him for several days.
In addition, the total number of soldiers in the entire territory is less than a hundred. In this way, he was still worried about how to solve the salary and food problems of the soldiers next month.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't pay his salary for a month, but if he doesn't get enough food, those hungry mud-legged people will definitely chop off his head, plunder their castle, and then flee to other places to become a band of thieves.
Under such circumstances, if we participate in any war, wouldn't we risk death? Unless he had his head kicked by the miller's donkey, he would never agree.
But how to solve the food problem? Go borrow some from the lord next door? Well, he has already sent someone on horseback to inquire. He should be back by this time, right
With this thought in mind, Baron Lancaster sat in the main hall of the castle and subconsciously glanced at the door.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and then a soldier stumbled in, carrying heavy white snow on his back like a backpack.
Baron Lancaster quickly stood up, looked at the soldiers, and asked aloud: "What did the Marquis of Capecchi say? Is he willing to lend us food?"
"The Marquis of Capecchi asked me to tell the Baron." His subordinates quickly replied, "You can lend us food, but..."
"Needless to say, I know, isn't it just borrowing one to pay back two." Lancaster gritted his teeth and said, feeling angry when he thought of this, but there was nothing he could do. Who made it really difficult now? "Tell him, I just promise that as much grain as I borrow this month, I will pay him double in the second half of the year."
"That's not it, Lord Baron." The subordinate shook his head and said, "Marquis Capecchi asked me to tell you that the food can be delivered for free, but he has a condition."
"Conditions? What conditions?" Baron Lancaster was stunned.
"He said that he wants you to send him fifty strong soldiers to borrow temporarily. He wants to go to the east to participate in some war."
"Huh? The war in the east? Another war in the east?" Baron Lancaster frowned and paced back and forth in the castle, "This old guy Capecchi is only interested in profit, so he would actually participate in some war in the east?" Isn't there a big benefit
Well, there must be benefits, and it must be much more than the food delivered, otherwise he would never make such a request. By the way, what on earth is going on in the war in the east? "
At the end of the sentence, Baron Lancaster was full of doubts. The wizard who lived in the castle before seemed to have told him before leaving, but he didn't listen at all and forgot all about it.
The subordinates said: "Lord Baron, you forgot, the wizards who left told you. They are going to attack the Golden Triangle Principality. They are responsible for breaking the city, while we are responsible for maintaining order and guarding the prisoners. As for the rewards, It allows us to take as much as we can from the warehouses of each city, but of course we cannot take the magic-related resources they need."
"Huh?! Really...really?! Those wizards...uh, did the wizards really say that? Why don't I remember? Are they so kind?" Baron Lancaster looked at the soldiers with wide eyes and asked.
"Yes." His subordinates shrank their necks and nodded, confirming again and again, "That's what the wizards really said, I heard it clearly. They also said that this is because they live in our castle and give us the special Rewards. For the rest, the rewards won’t be so good.”
"In that case..." Baron Lancaster's eyes rolled rapidly in his eye sockets. After a moment, he shouted loudly, "Then what are you waiting for! Gather everyone immediately!"
"Lord Baron Lancaster, are you... sending people to the Marquis of Capecchi?"
"What the hell! I'm going to chase the wizards. I'm going to join the war in the East with the wizards to grab money and food!"
"But we don't have many people. They are all gone. What will happen to the territory?"
"Stupid! Now go tell that old guy in Capechi, don't ask me for people, I'm asking him for people now! How many benefits the wizards promised him before, I will give him a 30% increase! And his people , must participate in the war in the name of my subordinates!
Just tell him this, don’t change a word! That old guy must know how to do it to get the most benefits. "
"Uh, yes." The men left quickly.
Baron Lancaster in the castle drew his sword, narrowed his eyes and looked east. He waved his long sword vigorously, making a sound of breaking the wind, and said eagerly: "War, ha, here I come! It's time for me, Baron Lancaster, to spread my reputation and revive my family!"