February 13th, Rock Castle, meeting room on the second floor.
Lorist tapped the family territory map hanging on the wall with a slender wooden stick: "Everyone has heard the situation about the mountain barbarian tribe introduced by Mayor Duboff just now. From the comparison of the overall combat power, one hundred thousand The Mountain Man is not as good as a frontier ranger regiment commanded by the Grand Duke Fesabrun, which can give us a headache. Whether in terms of organization or armament, our Norton family armed forces have formed a crushing advantage over the Mountain Man army. We didn’t have it before. The trouble with these mountain barbarian tribes is that they didn't go down the mountain to provoke us, and the other is that we didn't have time to go up the mountain to play hide-and-seek with them.
But now that they are here, it is said that there is still an army of more than 100,000. Maybe they still think of us as those northern land lords who were scattered like sand in the past, and the army of 100,000 mountain barbarians. They will think that they can swagger in the north. . But for us now, they are a dish, the fish delivered to the door, we should sharpen the sword in our hands and see where to start the slaughter. "
Lorist's statement caused a burst of laughter from the family knights present, and after the laughter subsided, Lorist continued: "I never took the threat of the mountain barbarian tribe seriously, this is not ignorance, no Know the details of the Shanman tribe. On the contrary, it is because I know too much that I have this confidence. Let alone a 100,000 Shanman army, even if there are more than 100,000, they still cannot constitute a threat to our family in my eyes.
From the Lancang River to the eastern part of the Northland, the territory bordering the Demon Dragon Mountains is nearly a thousand miles away. If the mountain barbarian tribes want to invade the Northland, it is really difficult for us to guard against it. However, according to the historical records of the Shanman tribe’s invasion of the Northland in the past hundred years, there are only two areas that were actually plundered and destroyed by the Shanman tribe. One is our original family territory, and the other is the eastern part of the Northland. The barbarian tribes went down the mountain to plunder the most active and frequent areas.
Since the Kenmes family took control of the eastern part of the Northland, the measures they have taken against the mountain tribes are carrots and sticks in one hand, trading points have been set up on the border, and businesses specializing in buying and selling with the mountain tribes have been opened, in order to be relatively fair. Buy the special products of the Shanman tribe at a low price, and sell all kinds of exquisite living materials, so that the Shanman tribe can obtain the materials and commodities they urgently need without plundering. Then adopt the method of division and dissension, use the trading house to provoke the relationship between the mountain barbarian tribes, so that they are hostile to each other and cannot form a group.
For those mountain barbarian tribes who are predatory, they use the method of hiring and buying to drive other mountain barbarian tribes to attack them, and use the results of the battle to obtain the high reward proposed by the Kenmes family. The violent mountain barbarian tribes pursued them fiercely, exterminated them or forced them to migrate elsewhere, making them no longer a threat to the eastern part of the Northland. In such a short period of five or six years, the eastern part of the Northland no longer had the mountain barbarian tribe descending to invade and invade, and the border was peaceful.
Facts have shown that the strategy adopted by the Kenmes family against the mountain barbarian tribe is very effective. Even now, the special products and medicinal materials of the magic dragon Shannai traded between the mountain barbarian tribe and the trading firm have become a major source of income for the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. This makes me have to admire the shrewdness and foresight of the Kenmes family in business, which is indeed a business family.
But our Norton family has no way to learn this strategy against the mountain barbarians from the Kenmes family, because we don't have time, and the mountain barbarian army is coming soon. We had the same opportunity before, but we didn't pay attention to it at that time. The family armed forces fought everywhere, and we were already too busy.
The mayor of Dubofu just introduced the situation of the Habibaba tribe that is adjacent to our family territory. This is a Dashanman tribe with a population of 200,000 to 300,000. . He also ruled more than 20 vassal Shanman tribes. It is not a rumor that all the people of the Shanman tribe are soldiers.
Although there are rumors in the eastern part of the Northland that the mountain barbarian army went down the mountain to plunder, but basically those mountain barbarians who came to trade told us, and even those mountain barbarians spread this story as a story. Because that is not the sphere of influence of the Habibaba tribe, the mountain barbarian tribe there did not have any ideas to echo the Habibaba tribe, and did not make any mobilization. From this point, we can conclude that the eastern part of the North Land will not be plundered by the mountain barbarian tribe this time. We must remain vigilant and not be too nervous.
From the eastern part of the Northland to the Rock Castle, the Red River Plain has been developed in this area, but between the Red River Plain and the Demon Dragon Mountain Range is an endless Black Forest for hundreds of miles. The vast and endless Black Forest is a natural dividing line. It is impossible for the barbarian army to break through from this direction, unless they are willing to spend two or three months to open up a road from the Black Forest. This is also the reason why no mountain barbarian tribes have ever invaded the original direction of Honghe River in the past hundred years.
Our family has developed the black mud swamp on this side of the territory. From Guishan Fortress to Woniugang Fortress, we built a defensive city wall. Just in front of this defensive wall. This direction is also the most convenient way for the Shanman army to go down the mountain. In the past, the robbery of the Shanman tribe encountered in the family territory all entered the territory from here. Now with this city wall and complete defensive facilities, we have enough confidence to take the Shanman The army stood outside the city walls.
If the Shanman army is blocked by this defensive city wall, they will definitely find another way to break through. Here, from the Fortress of Woniugang to the Rock Castle, there is nearly a hundred miles of Black Forest, but this is the edge of the Black Forest, and the mountain barbarian army is most likely to break through here and directly attack Fengleyuan. Therefore, this area is the hunting ground of the Flying Tiger Legion. All the mountain barbarians coming out of the Black Forest will be your prey. I don’t want to hear the news that there are mountain barbarian troops rushing to Fengleyuan to attack various villages and towns... "
Tiger Ross stood up and put his hands on his chest: "Your Highness, the Flying Tiger Legion will never let you down. We promise not to let a mountain man slip through the net."
Lorist nodded at him and motioned him to sit down: "I believe in your guarantee, and I also believe in the fighting power of the Flying Tiger Legion. This area will be handed over to you. As for Terman's Raging Bear Knights, you Move to Guishan Fortress, after the defensive wall blocks the path of the Shanman army, once you find that the Shanman army is divided, attack from Guishan Fortress, go around along the Lancang River to the back of the Shanman army, and divide the defense. The mountain barbarian army lingering in front of the city wall was completely defeated."
"Yes, Your Highness." Terman stood up to accept the order.
Lorist tapped the eastern part of the Northland on the map again with a long wooden stick: "I have ordered Vasimma Knight to temporarily act as the commander of the Chasseur Legion. It was a terrible disaster, but the remaining soldiers can be reorganized into a corps, which is responsible for the defense of the mountain barbarian tribes in the eastern part of the Northland. As for all the villages and towns of Fengleyuan, Xing'anyuan and Hongheyuan, they harvested winter wheat after the rainy season , is about to enter the second level of combat readiness, while spring plowing must be stepped up, and an emergency garrison brigade must be formed to be ready to support the front line at any time. Baron Schrader is in charge of this aspect."
Fatty Shi stood up: "I obey, Your Highness."
"The next thing is good news." Lorist tapped the map of the family territory with a long wooden stick again: "It's here."
Lorist was referring to the black forest area between Wollongong Fortress and Rock Castle, picked up a quill pen, dipped some red ink, and drew a red circle on the map: "Here is the black forest area." In the hilly area inside the forest, there is also a big creek beach. The oblique line is more than 40 miles away from the Rock Castle, and more than 30 miles away from the Wonigang Fortress. After several years of reconnaissance, the mayor of Dubofu has determined that there is a large gold mine here. , he reported the discovery to the family.
However, the hill where the gold mine is located is currently entrenched with a mountain tribe of 20,000 to 30,000 people. This mountain tribe named Warisingo is also a vassal tribe of the Habibaba tribe. Send troops to invade our Norton family territory, and the Warisingo tribe will also go out with them. So our purpose this time is not only to defeat the army of 100,000 mountain barbarians, but also to take this opportunity to occupy the hills in this black forest and seize this gold mine.
Here, I would like to remind everyone that in this war against the mountain barbarian army, the family does not judge meritorious service based on how much they kill, but how many mountain barbarian prisoners they capture. Why do this is very simple, the family is very short of free labor. After the Principality of Madras was destroyed, more than 200,000 prisoners of war who surrendered to us have served two years of hard labor. This year is the third year, and next year they will be free. The road traffic and water conservancy construction in Dremke Province have been greatly improved through their hard work. This year, the task of the more than 200,000 prisoners of war is to do some finishing work and complete the development of Dremke Province.
But we defeated the Fisabrun family and obtained Winston Province and Southern Province. These two provinces are waiting for new ones. There are still many development and construction projects that require a lot of labor to build, and our captured Although there are more than 100,000 enemies, there are still a large number of wounded soldiers among them. Compared with what the two provinces have to do, this is not a lot of labor.
Now that the entire Northland has become the territory of our Norton family, the most urgent thing is to re-plan and build all the transportation facilities, so that the transportation in the entire Northland can be convenient and fast, and the mileage and schedule can be shortened. We desperately need free labor, and even if we occupy the gold mines, we need labor to dig them. So if there are 100,000 mountain barbarians this time, I hope to capture at least 60,000 young and strong mountain barbarians to make their contribution to the development and construction of our family territory. "
Golden Knight Dolles, the commander of the Flying Tiger Legion's chariot and Steel Crossbow Corps, stood up: "Your Highness, did the mountain man caught this time also get free after three years of hard labor?"
Lorist shook his head: "They are not soldiers of the former empire, unlike us, these mountain barbarians will serve in our family territory for eight to ten years, until they recognize our way of life and yearn to live in our land. Those in the family's territory are willing to become naturalized as our family's leaders before they can be free, otherwise they will spend their entire lives in the labor force."
Dolles breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Highness, I'm relieved now. I've been worried that if these mountain barbarians are freed after three years of hard labor, then where should we go to give the family captives a large amount of free labor?" !"
Everyone laughed at what Dolles said.
Tiger Ross stood up and asked, "Your Highness, is our Flying Tiger Legion also responsible for occupying the hill where the gold mine is located?"
"No, you are just assisting." Lorist pointed to El and Reddy: "Originally, I planned to let El and Reddy take over the Chasseur Legion, but because of the gold mine, I decided to let the two of them Leading the Guards Battalion as the main force of the attack, I also transferred the Seventh Battalion and Eighteenth Battalion of the Guards to be responsible for the defense of the hills behind the gold mine.
The Flying Tiger Legion almost lost a legion in the big showdown in the Southern Province at the end of last year, so this time, you are in charge of the task I just gave you, to wipe out all the soldiers from the black area between the Fortress of Crouching Bull and the Rock Castle. The mountain barbarians who came out of the forest, as for the hills where the gold mine was attacked, were handed over to the guard battalion and two guard battalions led by El and Reddy. "
"Your Highness, I understand." Tiger Ross sat down again.
"Although you are required to capture as many mountain barbarians as possible for labor, you are not required to take risks. An army of 100,000 mountain barbarians is not scary, we can defeat them. But we must be careful, every mountain barbarian warrior is very brave And tough, often fighting to the end even when outnumbered, proud to die in battle. I also don't expect you to put family soldiers in danger in order to capture prisoners.
The best way to deal with these mountain barbarian warriors is to defeat the warriors among them, and defeat them in a one-on-one duel, forcing their morale to drop, and eventually they cannot develop the determination to resist to the end. Mountain barbarian warriors have always worshiped strength, and they believe that single-handed duels are the most sacred, and they will not release poisonous arrows in single-handed duels. We can take advantage of this and use the outcome of a one-on-one duel after encircling the enemy as a condition. If we win, they will surrender, and if they win, we will release them.
The strategic deployment to deal with the invasion of the mountain barbarians is such an arrangement. If there is any need to change in the future, we will notify you separately. It is now February, and I predict that the time for the army of mountain barbarians to come down the mountain should be May. There are still three months to go. After the winter is the rainy season, after the rainy season, winter wheat and spring plowing must be harvested. So everyone should take the time to rest and train after returning. If you need anything, you can submit a report to Baron Schrader. He is the general logistics officer in charge of dealing with the mountain barbarian army this time. "
After Lorist made the final summary report, the strategic preparation meeting for dealing with the invasion of the mountain barbarians was over, and everyone returned to their posts to start preparing for the battle. Lorist prepared his horse and brought a brigade of bodyguards to the eastern part of the Northland. He was going to meet the disabled Chasseur Cavalry Legion and the two legion commanders, Josk and Yuri, who were recuperating.
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