"You continue," Roland couldn't help but become interested.
"The terrain of Hermes is very unique. The Desperate Mountains have left a gentle slope here. Below is the old holy city, and the new holy city is built on the plateau. The environment there is very harsh, except that you can use natural danger to resist evil beasts. In addition, it is not suitable for living, let alone reclaiming wasteland. Therefore, all the food and materials needed by the new holy city need to be provided by the old holy city - but the latter has only enough land to feed more than 20,000 people under the mountain."
Edith walked to Roland, pointed to the map, and said, "This means that they need to collect food from other places, such as churches and church organizations in nearby cities, most of them will buy a piece of land, or rent wheat fields from the lord for farming. Every autumn, there are dozens of carriages coming from the four kingdoms every day, in order to replenish the new holy city on the plateau. Now, a market-like market has been formed outside the old holy city. The small town can not only provide rest for the motorcade, but also facilitate the church to maintain order in the city.”
"In other words, if they decide to send out a large-scale trial army, they will definitely not escape the eyes of these businessmen. Even if the army has not officially moved, we can use the change in the scale of material delivery to calculate the timing of the opponent's dispatch."
She speaks like a speech from a later age, sweeping her eyes over the people present to confirm that they are paying attention to themselves, showing a confidence rarely seen in women of this era.
Roland thought to himself, it seems that Calvin Kant's letter is not completely bragging, at least in terms of this demeanor, it is enough to be worthy of the title of Pearl of the North.
"Why do you know so clearly?" Barov shook his beard and said, "It's like he came out of the Holy City."
"I lived there for a while," Yidi replied without hesitation, "because of the Fel Moon Pact."
"What is that?" Roland asked suspiciously. He had a little impression of the term in his mind, but he couldn't remember what it was.
"You don't know?" She blinked, "In order to help the church fight the evil moon disaster, the four major kingdoms need to send troops to support the Holy City of Hermes and fight with the Judgment Army. Wimbledon is the commander-in-chief of the Greycastle Frontier Army, and I fought under him. However, it seemed that something had changed last year. The coalition forces of the four kingdoms heard that they were all killed and wounded, and the Church's Judgment Army also suffered heavy losses."
"There is such a thing," Peiro echoed, "My friend Ryan Medd completed his knight test there."
"Does every knight have to fight against demonic beasts to be sealed?" Roland looked at Carter, "Why didn't you mention it?"
"Ahem, this is a method that knights in small places often use," Carter said, "Knights of the Royal Capital have their own rules, and in addition to bravery, loyalty and knowledge are also very important aspects, not light and ferocity. A monster fight can prove it."
"By the way, Your Majesty," Edith didn't refute Carter's words, but turned to look at Roland, "Can I see how your army fought? I've always been curious about how you conquered in one day. In the capital, if I can understand the fighting style of the First Army, I may be able to help in the future wars.”
This is not a big problem. Now the weapons and equipment of the First Army can no longer be imitated with a second glance. With the advancement of technology, the characteristics of wars are becoming more and more expensive, and there is no complete logistics. The supply system and industrial production guarantee, even if you give the other party a batch of muskets, it will not be used. And showing force to those loyal to the North can not only improve the confidence of the other party, but also deter them from thinking they should not have. Thinking of this, Roland nodded to Iron Axe and said, "You can arrange it."
"Yes."
"Your Majesty, I suggest that you, in the name of the king, issue a decree to expel the church from every town in Greycastle." Barov is unwilling to be left behind by Edith, "Otherwise, once the war begins, the church will become the one they devour the kingdom step by step. stronghold."
"I am afraid that there are not many lords who are willing to do this. The churches are generally big taxpayers, and the power displayed by the church is terrifying. They are more inclined to see the wind." Edith shrugged, "This is also the way nobles have always been. act."
"Better than doing nothing," the steward stared.
"Of course," she chuckled disapprovingly, "Northland will fully support this decree."
"Let's do it then," Roland nodded.
"This may be a difficult battle," Sylvie looked worried. "You better inform Lord Tilly that the witch from Sleeping Island might be able to help you."
Hearing her words, Roland couldn't help laughing bitterly in his heart. The problem of Sleeping Island was no less than his own. After the information from the Blood Fang Society was sent out, he still hadn't heard the other party's reply. If so, Sleepy Island may have a big problem. However, what Sylvie said also made sense. The most effective way to deal with the purists with strange abilities is the witch itself. "I'll write to her."
"Don't forget to prepare the Stone of God's Retaliation for the mortals under you," Agatha said, "During the hundreds of years of the Federation, there have also been some witches with incredible abilities, and there are mortals who do not wear the Stone of God. There is no resistance in front of them, a witch like this is enough to take the lives of thousands of people."
"Neither muskets nor cannons?"
"Let's not say that witches like Nightingale are easy to get close to your army, some abilities even take effect when you see each other."
Roland was dumbfounded for a while. The First Army already had 5,000 people in reserve. Where did he get so many Stones of God's Punishment? Even if the blood of the witch is used to decompose the veins of the gods, I am afraid that there will not be enough in a short time.
"Your Majesty, just ask the church for this divine stone," Iron Axe suggested. "If you just attack the church and its believers, it won't have much impact on the civilians of the city, and the nobles will not dare to openly confront you. In this way, you can By implementing Lord Barov's suggestion, I can get a lot of divine stones for free."
The corner of Barov's mouth twitched, "You mean to use the First Army to rob?"
"It's to pull out the enemy's stronghold, like breaking the fangs of a viper," he corrected, "and Miss Edith can directly see the way the First Army fights—a battle like this is more telling than a drill. question."
"I think so too," Edith laughed.
"It's more than one stone," Roland said finally, "so let's call it "Tooth Extraction". "
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