The Zhivadin caravan, which had been separated for three weeks, finally returned on the first day of this month.
The strong draft horse snorted and pulled the rope vigorously, driving the thick studded wheels across the sand, leaving deep ruts. Obviously the carriage was fully loaded with goods, and they had prepared a full range of supplies for trade.
A group of Swadian light infantry guarding the city gate, after carefully inspecting the carriage, they waved their hands to let it go after confirming that there was nothing abnormal.
Although they knew each other, they were still extremely wary of these Vikiers.
This is the inertial thinking from the Calradia continent, and the caravan leaders are not surprised by it. They will be like this when they pass by the castles and towns of the Kingdom of Swadia. Who makes the Kingdom of Vikia a hostile country
Take the caravan to the Governor's Hall.
The caravan leader turned his head to look at the newly-appeared buildings around him, with a look of surprise on his face.
It can really be said that things are right and wrong.
Before he left, he still remembered that the sentry oasis was still a simple and almost rudimentary small village, but in the blink of an eye three weeks later, when he returned here, he found that it had become a fortress that had begun to take shape.
The stone walls and gates are strong and secure, guarded vigilantly by the garrisoned light infantry.
The internal building is clean and tidy, and the planning is reasonable.
"That is…"
From the corner of the eye of the caravan leader, he glanced at the open space next to the city gate on the east side.
Fatis is arranging tasks.
Swadian soldiers in heavy armor and heavily armed lined up in a neat queue, waiting for orders carefully.
46 Swadian heavy cavalry, 50 Swadian infantry, although the sturdy and strong appearance is less than a hundred, but the visual impact brought by them made the guards and sentries in the caravan shrink their heads. , seemed particularly palpitating.
This is the real elite of hundreds of battles, a powerful force that can penetrate the enemy's formation head-on.
At the same time, they also found 40 desert robbers on the training ground.
The desert bandits who were taking care of the captives were also staring at their caravan, and many of them even picked up their machetes and smiled grimly.
Professional habits are not so easy to change.
This made the caravan even more nervous.
Regarding the famous ruthless bandits in the Sarande desert, the 12 caravan sentinels subconsciously clenched their spears. Their actual combat effectiveness was not much better than that of the recruits. Facing so many desert bandits, even No matter how hard you fight, you won't survive long.
This is a bandit of the same level as those snowfield robbers in the Vikia Snow Region.
The caravan traveled north and south, and although they were lucky enough to never encounter these bandits, they still heard about other people's unfortunate deeds in the tavern.
It is good luck to be robbed of property by desert robbers, but it is really miserable if even water is robbed.
"Cheer up, everyone."
The caravan leader in front snorted coldly.
He used to be a rider in the Kingdom of Vikia. He had his own guts and courage. Seeing how useless the members of his caravan were, he couldn't help but reprimanded in a low voice: "This is Lord Kant's territory, and they are Lord Kant's cavalry! "
"Ah... ah yes."
Hearing these words, the caravan guards and sentries were relieved.
But facing the malicious eyes of those desert robbers, their hearts were still pounding, and they were still scared by the old prestige.
The leader of the caravan could only sigh secretly, feeling lucky that he hadn't been robbed by bandits before.
However, the secret sigh in his heart did not come out.
Leading his own horse, he walked forward quickly, looked at the figure standing in front of the governing hall, and hurriedly bowed to salute, and said in a very respectful tone: "Dear Lord Kant, it's a great honor to see you again."
"I'm equally happy to see you." Kant replied with a smile.
He had a good impression of this caravan leader who could stand up and choose to fight in times of territorial crisis, so he asked in a more approachable tone: "What did you bring this time?"
"It's a lot of food."
The leader of the caravan immediately replied: "There are also various tools, as well as oil in clay pots, and pieces of linen. These are the supplies you need now. Other luxury wines have not been brought."
"This is indeed what I need most." Kant nodded and smiled.
"That's really great." The caravan leader also bowed his head happily, appearing more respectful.
Kant smiled and said, "Come in, let them do other small things." At the same time, Kant turned to the guard next to him and said: "Go and find Manid, I think they will have a common topic."
"Understood." The Swadian infantry acting as guards took the order, turned around and strode away.
"Manid? A talented businessman from Nord?" The caravan leader was slightly taken aback.
Kant asked with a smile, "Have you heard of it?"
The leader of the caravan showed a wry smile: "Yes, Manid is a model for our caravan. He once provided supplies to both sides during the battle between the Vikia Kingdom and the Kugit Khanate, and the profits he made were quite terrifying. According to legend, All over the continent."
"Hmm." Kant raised his eyebrows slightly.
Selling supplies to both warring parties, why does this picture look a little familiar...
Shaking his head, Kant didn't think too much about it, and said to the leader of the caravan, "If you're done with the caravan, come in. I plan to discuss with you about the procurement of food."
"Yes, my lord." The caravan leader watched Kant enter the governing hall.
At the same time, he waved quickly to let the caravans behind him take action quickly.
As an excellent caravan leader, he certainly understood that he should not keep the lord waiting for too long, otherwise it would be a serious disrespect, and the relationship he had cultivated with great difficulty would become blunt.
Thankfully, grocery stores are not far away.
The leader of the caravan led people over, carried all the goods down, and placed them neatly on the empty counters and shelves. It seemed that he was well prepared and came prepared.
Soon, the grocery caravan was back in business.
Kant returned to the Consul.
"food."
Sitting on the chair, his fingers tapped on the table lightly.
The food problem is what he wants to solve as soon as possible at present, and there is not too long a delay.
Although there is no shortage of food stored in the sentry oasis.
But it’s also not without worries.
With the rapid increase of various personnel in the current sentry oasis, food consumption is also increasing day by day.
Especially the food consumption of the troops is even more terrifying.
Not only do the soldiers have big appetites because of their high physical strength and high activity level, but even the war horses riding on their crotches must be supplemented with bread and grains at any time to supplement the nutrients that Achnatherum splendens contains less.
The most important thing is naturally the expeditionary force of the Gray Mane Kingdom.
If these high-level gnolls really arrived here through the Nalun Desert, the sentry oasis would definitely be surrounded.
After falling into a stalemate, only Kant and the others can stand firm.
With sufficient food and water, as long as Kant is not stupid and the troops are not slack, no matter how the gnolls attack, with these elite troops who are extremely loyal to Kant, they can also defend this fortress.
It's like what happened on a small island in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 16th century.
Less than 200 hospital knights defended a small castle on a certain island, and survived the crazy attack of 20,000 Ottoman troops. Although this has a great relationship with the location, when the Ottoman troops finally chose to besiege, they had enough The hospital knights who had enough food and water were not afraid at all, and they still held on for several years, becoming a nail in the hands of European forces in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This is a battle in history that Kant once knew, and it is a living example.
Crossing the Nalun Desert means that the supply line of the Gray Mane Kingdom is very long, even on the verge of collapse, and can only be supplemented by plundering the territory of the Human Kingdom.
Therefore, Kant's choice to stick to it is like sealing the idea of plundering by the Gray Mane Kingdom Expeditionary Army.
With solid walls and clear fields, waiting for work with ease, the ancestors of the Celestial Dynasty played with the leftovers.
When Banchao was in the Protectorate of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, he relied on this trick to lead the countries in the Western Regions, and then sent light cavalry to harass and cut off the supply line of the Guishuang Empire Expeditionary Army, and easily won the victory.
This is the correct tactic with history to follow.
As for these high-level gnolls.
Kant doesn't think that their supply line can be strong enough to cross the entire Nalun Desert to supply their expeditionary force. If this is the case, the so-called Gray Mane Kingdom needs to be suppressed by the lizardmen and elves to come here develop
While thinking, the wooden door of the governing hall was opened, and Manid walked in.
At the same time, Zhiwadin's caravan leader also came in.
"Lord Kant."
The two respectfully saluted Kant and said hello.
"Yeah." Kant nodded, and stretched out his hand indifferently: "Sit down."
"Thank you for your kindness."
After the two thanked each other, they sat on both sides of the bench.
At the same time, the peasants who served as servants also came over with breakfast, each of them put a portion on the chair, which consisted of toasted bread, grilled air-dried meat, grilled sausage, boiled antelope meat and cabbage soup.
It is still the same as before, except that there is more fresh antelope meat and a plate of fine white salt.
Just breakfast time.
The business leader who came on the way also didn't eat breakfast. Seeing his own, he quickly got up and saluted respectfully: "Thank you for your generosity, respected Mr. Kant."
"It's okay, I just prepared a little extra." Kant shook his head with a smile.
The three of them ate breakfast quickly, chatting about anecdotes they knew.
However, Manid and the caravan leader were mostly talking, and Kant was eating and listening. Combining the content of the game he had been exposed to, he couldn't help smiling when he heard some funny passages.
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