In fact, Roddy really hopes to simply lead the army to the northern Roland Continent. Hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting in the north and waiting for others to come to the door. It is not a good thing.

The northern provinces of the empire have never been rich. The land here is barren and does not produce any food. Moreover, for hundreds of years, every time two continents fight wars, this is the front line - even if it is not the front line battlefield, it is at least a front line position.

For hundreds of years, the most commonly used synonym for empires in several northern provinces is: war zone!

The Empire of Light has the entire continent, and its strength is far greater than that of any country on the Roland Continent. All countries on the Roland Continent must be added together to compete with the empire.

Over the past few hundred years, "holy wars" of all sizes have fought countless battles, especially after Emperor Abbas was reigned and conquered the entire continent of Light, the greatest emperor in the history of the empire turned his attention to the north - that was the only piece of land he had not yet conquered!

Unfortunately, Emperor Abbas was unable to complete the great cause of unifying the two continents. Even the strong iron cavalry on the grassland could not stop the "Thunder Whip" at the peak of the peak facing the vast sea could only sigh.

The empire's army was strong, and the four main legions combined had a total of one million soldiers. There were also local garrison troops in various local provinces. The entire Empire of Light had nearly two million soldiers, which was not considered a reserve service.

The Empire has well-equipped heavy-armored infantry, powerful warriors, brave warriors under Tulip Battle, and the most powerful cavalry that can sweep across the continent, "Thunder Whip"...

However, the empire had only one major weakness - the navy.

When the wise man Dandong was alive, he once lamented that if the empire's navy could have half of the "Thunder God Whip"... no, as long as one-third of the strength of the "Thunder God Whip", conquering the Northern Continent would definitely not be a dream!

The strength of the navy is, in addition to having excellent sailors and soldiers, the most basic thing is of course the warships - but unfortunately, with the first-class cavalry and infantry of the Empire, the empire's navy can only be said to be third-rate... Well, I'm afraid it's not even third-rate.

Several wars in history by the Empire of Light invading the Roland Continent were ultimately caused by the weakness of the Imperial Navy. This failure occurred three times in a row during the reign of Emperor Abbas!

At the first time, the Empire formed a powerful navy - of course, this strength was only the standard in the hearts of Emperor Abbas himself. Unfortunately, the cruel reality made the great emperor very annoyed. The Empire's navy was almost wiped out in battle on the Thunder Strait - and the general, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Legion, who had been entrusted with great hope by Emperor Abbas, became a prisoner of the Rolands without any face.

And the second time, a little better, Emperor Abbas realized that the navy could not rely on. The great emperor decided to rely on powerful cavalry to defeat the other side. In that jihad, the imperial navy only played the role of a transport team. The coastline was so long that the other side could not block everywhere. There was always a landing place? After the largest maritime transportation in history, countless ships were sunk by the Roland navy and lost several armies, 150,000 people finally landed on the northern continent. The horse hooves of the "Thunder Whip" finally set foot on the land of the Roland continent!

But the situation that followed was in trouble again!

An army of 150,000 people is not big or small, but whether it is food or supplies, they all need to rely on sea routes. However, the Roland Navy blocked the waters at the landing location of the Empire of Light, putting the 150,000 landing troops in a dilemma - facing the countless heavy troops mobilized by the Roland Continent, facing the fierce attacks of the three most powerful knights in the Roland Continent, and facing the dilemma of exhausting supplies and exhausting ammunition and food, even the brave "Thunder Whip" was broken again.

The 150,000 landing army was eventually wiped out, and less than 10,000 were finally treated as prisoners of war and let the empire redeem it with a huge sum of money.

The Great Abbas lost nearly 200,000 most elite troops at one time. Emperor Abbas was undoubtedly very furious, but the Thunder Strait was like a natural trench, blocking the charge of the imperial cavalry and firmly guarding the Roland Continent.

And the third time, the Rolanders were blinded by victory.

During the first two failures, the Rolanders seemed to think that this southern empire was nothing but the same, and finally made up their minds to go south.

Their powerful navy crossed the Thunder Strait without stopping and sent a large number of troops to the Guangming Continent. The coalition forces of more than a dozen countries went south in two directions, intending to conquer the southern continent in one fell swoop.

The ocean belongs to the Rolands, but on land, it still belongs to the Light Empire!

Although the Empire had lost too many brave soldiers and too many elite cavalry in the first two wars, the Empire still had powerful power, and most importantly, the Empire still had Duke of Tulip!

In the third "holy war" of Emperor Abbas's reign, a generation of wise men, Dandong, appeared. This great man who emerged from somewhere assisted the Duke of Tulip to completely defeat the enemy. During the war, he created countless strange weapons, as if he had endless wisdom and strange thoughts!

On land, the Rolands' army collapsed thousands of miles. After being defeated by Duke Tulip, they finally retreated to the sea. In that battle, although the empire finally repelled the invading powerful enemies, it could not hide the shame of being beaten to the house.

And the only gain is the emergence of a generation of wise men, Dandong.

The entire empire was speculating how thunderous means the great conqueror, Abbas, would use to revenge the Rolands. After all, the emperor who conquered the entire continent of Light was beaten to his own home by others. This shame was beyond the end of an emperor - everyone was waiting for the next larger war!

But the greatness of Emperor Abbas lies in his mind. After thinking hard in the palace for three days, the emperor ordered the cessation of military use against the northern continent!

The three failed "holy wars" have caused the empire to lose too much blood, and natural defects have prevented the imperial army from conquering. So, before thinking of a way to make up for this defect, continuing to provoke war will undoubtedly be wasted in vain!

Therefore, the navy is an eternal shame for the imperial army...

The imperial navy was inherently one level worse than the Rolanders' warships on the warships. The Roland Continent was rich in a strange iron wood. The iron wood was different from ordinary wood. It was as strong as steel, but its weight was still almost the same as ordinary wood. Such things were undoubtedly the best material for shipbuilding. With this special material, the Rolanders could build the world's most advanced warships and the most powerful sea fortress.

Unfortunately, there is no such iron wood on the Guangming Continent!

In fact, the Empire had secretly wanted to introduce this precious wood from the north throughout the ages - but unfortunately the Rolanders were also very aware of the preciousness of this wood to them, and used the most stringent means to prevent almost all of this wood from being transported to the south - of course, through disdainful efforts, the Empire still got some, including the seeds and saplings of ironwood trees.

可是接下来的还是失望.

Most of the iron wood trees transplanted to the Guangming Continent cannot survive because of the difference in climate and soil, most of the trees die one after another less than a month after planting. Even if the vitality occasionally survives tenaciously, the wood is far worse than the iron wood produced in the north, and the number is extremely rare.

Therefore, the proud Navy of the Rolands still maintains an unbeaten record and is rampant in the Thunder Strait.

Of course, what Roddy knew was somewhat subtly different from these historical descriptions...

According to the records of Dandong's notes he got, Roddy at least knew that the ironwood tree could actually be successfully transplanted to the Light Continent!

Mr. Dandong seems to mention several methods in his notes, and some very strange rankings, such as "green", "soil-free planting", "temperature regulation", etc., words that Roddy cannot understand.

What surprised Roddy even more was that there was a shocking saying in Dandong's notes: No matter how hard the wood is, it is just wood. What's so great about a wooden ship? Give me some time to see me create an iron armored fleet!

iron?

铁能造船??

Roddy was full of questions. When the iron-made thing fell into the water, it would sink immediately? Can that kind of thing build a ship?

But considering the series of miracles that Dandong once created, Roddy had to believe this... Perhaps, if it was created by Mr. Dandong, then there would be such a possibility...

Importantly, Dandong's words were only recorded in notes, but he himself did not mention these things to anyone, nor did he ever make these suggestions to Emperor Abbas!

Regarding this point, Dandong explained in his notes: The weakness of the empire's navy is far from being solved by a few more solid warships. The strength of the Rolands' navy is accumulated by hundreds of years of experience, and the strength of the warships is only one of the reasons. Even if this method of building warships is made, it may not be of much use.

确实,罗兰大陆的地形非常微妙.

The entire Roland Continent is like a piece of paper with a large hole dug in the middle, and the big hole in the middle is the Berga Inland Sea, which occupies one-fifth of the Roland Continent. A Berga River runs through the inland sea and the Thunder Strait.

Because there is an inland sea in the middle of the mainland, the Rolands' water career is extremely developed. To be joking, there are often wars between more than a dozen countries. The navy of each other has fought in the inland sea for hundreds of years and has accumulated a very rich set of experience in water wars.

Once the two continents start war, the navies of many countries in the Roland continent will unite and continue to drive from the inland sea through the long river to the Thunder Strait! In contrast, the navies of the Light Continent are simply not enough.

An excellent army cannot be trained through training. It requires the baptism of real swords and guns of war to show its sharp edge!

Dandong also pointed out that the Empire of Light should not have launched the fourth so-called holy war at that time.

The first three jihads have consumed too much national strength, and there are still many internal problems on the conquered continent that have not been solved. The most important thing is not the "pagans who conquered the north", but how to make the national strength of this huge empire become rapidly stronger!

Dandong knew deeply that with the temper of Emperor Abbas, if he knew the method of building a ship, he would definitely rekindle the desire for war... So Dandong shut up.

Roddy stood above a high tower in the castle, looking at the vast sea ahead. The waves on the Thunder Strait were like anger, thinking about the things in Dandong's notes.

"The time was not right at that time, and now it's finally here. Someone called me. Are we waiting for me to come to the door?" Roddy murmured in a low voice: "The iron-made ship...is interesting..."

After waiting for a month in the "Thunder City" on the coast of the northern province, the Empire of Light finally ushered in the messenger from the Roland Continent... the messenger who came to issue a letter of war.

The so-called "chival spirit" advocated by the Rolands made them write the war as if they had a kind of elegant atmosphere.

A war letter that should have been sharp words is full of noble and elegant words, such as "to defend the dignity of the gods", "to spread the light of God in all directions so that more people can be protected by the true God", "declare war on you with the reputation of a knight", "On a certain day, you will land in the waters of Thunder City, hoping that you can obey God's will and surrender with the will of God, or fight fairly with the spirit of a knight, etc...."

After reading this letter of war, Roddy smiled faintly, pulled out the swords of the guards beside him, and threw them at the feet of the standing messenger, and said coldly: "Go back and tell your commander, the commander of the Empire of Light, Duke Tulip, gave him the answer!"

Standing on the city wall, watching the messenger leave the city, pass through a wilderness under the city, and walk to the beach and board a lonely boat, Roddy looked up at the sky, and there seemed to be a calm smile on his face.

Sieger stood behind him and couldn't help saying, "Dude, are the Rolanders brainless? Since they are here to invade us, they will make a war letter and tell us what time and place to log in... Isn't this clearly making us prepare? The northern coastline is so long and our navy is so cowardly, it is probably impossible to stop them. They can find a place to log in safely, and then rectify it and fight us together?"

"Commander Zieg... Oh, I'm wrong, it should be Deputy Commander Zieg." Miro, the commander of the Northern Legion who was sneering beside him, shook his head and said coldly: "The Rolands advocate a kind of 'chival spirit'. They believe that only by defeating the enemy with a positive face can they realize the glory of their knights. Hiding their heads and tails will only defile their noble knight reputation... As a warrior, I appreciate their spirit, but as a general, I can only sneer at this rigid idea."

Roddy glanced at Miro beside him, but Miro pretended not to see his gaze.

In fact, the two of them are not getting along well these days. They met once in the imperial capital before. At that time, Roddy was a young boy who had just begun to pretend to be the Duke of Tulip for a few days. At that time, he was once severely humiliated by the arrogant Miro, and later Miro was played with by Qiao Qiao again...

Thinking of "Jojo", Roddy felt ache in her heart and couldn't help but look at Miro again with a complicated look.

Human psychology is very complicated. No matter what, Roddy doesn't hate Miro very much. Miro was only targeting him because of the dissonance between the families. Besides, he is not a real Duke of Tulip. Thinking that Miro was also very obsessed with Qiao Qiao, but now the beauty has faded, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. For a moment, he thought of Qiao Qiao's smile and smile at that time. Even when he was standing with Miro, Qiao Qiao was by the side, and the memories of the three people fighting openly and secretly seemed to be getting better.

美好,是因为那个时候乔乔还活着吧?

Thinking of the deep pain in Miro's eyes when he saw him when he first came to the north - that was because of Qiao Qiao, right? I heard that the commander of the Northern Legion, who had heavy troops, almost ran back to the imperial capital immediately after learning about Qiao Qiao's disappearance...

Roddy cannot say that he loves Jojo, but he always feels guilty in his heart. At this moment, the man who once loved Jojo deeply. In any case, Roddy does not hate Miro in his heart.

Miro finally could not ignore Roddy's gaze, but he seemed to misunderstand Roddy's meaning and said coldly: "Duke, do you have any different opinions on my words?"

Roddy took a deep breath, shook her head, trying to get rid of the emotions in her heart, and said slowly: "Mr. Miro, I think you are right, but my opinion is still a little different."

Roddy smiled and then slowly said: "Although the Rolands advocate the 'chival spirit', they are not fools after all, nor are they people who don't know how to adapt. They are also cunning, which can be seen from their secret collusion with Luo Yantal. I think that they gave us a letter of war and told us openly that they were helpless."

米罗没有说话,只是冷冷的看着罗迪.
Chapter completed!