In fact, when Zhu Fu talked about the disadvantages of the battlefield, Huron probably guessed that the other party would make such an opinion.
Since the war has started, not only Zhu Fu has made such suggestions to Huron, many of Huron's confidants of the Red Pirates have also said this to him. After all, everyone can see that this kind of attrition warfare is too detrimental to the Red Pirates.
But Huron actually had his own difficulties.
Nabadab is not only his former center of power and home, but also the key to the survival of the huge armed organization of the Red Pirates.
Only Huron knows best what the nature of the Red Pirates group is. Although he often boasts in front of others that it took him less than a century to almost achieve the power that Abaddon took ten thousand years to create, but Huron
Lun understands very well that there is no comparison between the Red Corsairs and the Black Legion. The Black Legion is an army that has fought for thousands of years and has boundless hatred for the empire. It also has the magnificent beliefs and ambitions of the dark gods, and Abaddon is the leader of the great expedition in the past.
In the Chaos army created by the high prestige of the Three Heroes, there may be many among them who work together for profit, but there are also many who regard the Black Crusade and Abaddon as their lifelong ideals and beliefs.
It was a real army, a veritable army of chaos that surpassed the Great Crusade Legion of the past.
The Red Pirates obviously cannot reach such heights. The words "Eli Erhehe" are the most true portrayal of this group.
And Badab is the most critical part of the word "profit".
The Maelstrom has the most prosperous trade routes in the empire, so a very large group of pirates has naturally been born. Most of them are mortals. Although pirates have no fixed place to live, they actually need a place to stay and a place for them to hide.
, a place to sell stolen goods, repair ships, hire people, and even relax and entertain.
Badab is located at the center of the Maelstrom region. At least 70% of the trade routes need to pass through here. Naturally, it is also an area with very frequent pirate activities. When Huron returned to Badab and turned it into a pirate paradise, he almost
The pirates who effortlessly controlled almost all activities in the Maelstrom.
And his request to the pirates was that they give him one-fifth of their plunder.
It was with the "tribute" of these large numbers of pirates that Huron quickly accumulated incredible wealth, and used this wealth to attract more Chaos warbands to join him, thereby expanding his prestige and strength, and then attracting more
More pirates joined his ranks, and this quickly snowballed as Huron rocketed to the top of the list of non-Legion Chaos Space Marines, second only to Abaddon.
This is also what makes the Red Pirates very different from the Black Legion. Although many warbands will go out to plunder on their own, the basic structure determines that Huron relies heavily on the tribute provided by mortals to maintain its absolute dominance, and Huron manipulates them.
In addition to his own prestige and strength, the key point of this method is that he occupies Badab and guards the largest cornucopia and money tree in the Maelstrom.
Even after the war broke out, the route of the Maelstrom was not interrupted. Instead, the demand for war became more prosperous, and pirates also worked hard to "make gold" under the attack of the navy.
Once Badab is lost, the mortal pirates are likely to abandon him, and he does not have the energy to chase down those people one by one. After all, at most they can just leave the maelstrom and hide for a while.
Without the support of mortal pirates, the infrastructure of the Red Pirates will crack or even collapse, especially in a state of war. Huron's current resources for purchasing the Demon Engine are basically provided by mortal pirates.
Moreover, the Red Pirates are not all rogues who bring their own dry food to support the war. Huron has been working hard to build a core force with sufficient discipline and control for his ambition, so those people basically will not go out to plunder and support themselves.
Tens of thousands of Chaos Space Marines are completely "out of work" and need Huron to support them.
Even though Space Marines don't seem to need much food and drink, Chaos Space Marines are not ascetic monks of the Empire. They need a lot of "entertainment" and "venting" based on their different beliefs and ways of corruption. In addition, they often have extremely violent personalities.
It is impermanent, so the consumption of slaves and servants is extremely staggering, and the loss of equipment is also extremely huge.
Huron does not have the "destiny" and prestige of Abaddon, nor does he have a rich arsenal built by a large number of Black Mechanicus followers, so he can only find ways to feed those people, and only in this way will they willingly serve him.
Not to mention the Black Legion, even the treatment given by the empire to a war group is basically one planet, and how could Huron, huddled in the maelstrom, get so many planets?
Therefore, the tribute provided by those mortal pirates is very, very important, and can even be called the lifeline to maintain the existence of the Red Pirate Group. In many cases, the people below do not understand Huron and have nothing to do. After all, if you are not a rich man, you don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, not to mention that in most people
The Chaos Space Marines have no concept of leadership in their heads. They just grab them when they are short of them. If they can't grab them, they will pull them down or simply die.
Perhaps only Abaddon or people like Soshyan who command a huge army can truly understand him, so these two people are also the few people in the galaxy that he likes.
As for whether Huron could quickly defeat the expeditionary force through harassment and mobile warfare, Huron had no guarantee from anyone. Obviously this was not a quick victory strategy. If he could not win quickly and lost Badab, then the Red Pirates would
The situation will only get worse.
If we unite for the sake of benefit, we must separate for the sake of benefit.
Huron's ambition is to build a second black army and become an existence that all the dark gods must take seriously. He cannot accept such a failure under any circumstances.
And even though Abaddon sent a large reinforcements to help him, Huron knew very well that these reinforcements must have other tasks. When he was not completely at a disadvantage, they might still be reinforcements, but once the battle situation really turned out to be...
If the collapse occurs, then Zhu Fu will definitely be the first wolf to jump up and bite his body, and the reinforcements may become enemies.
What's more, who is Zhu Fu? He's an old man who specializes in such messy things as fire and friendly troops. Huron is always wary of him.
This is why Huron always desperately wants to hold Badab, not only because it is the territory he has worked hard for a long time, but also because as long as Badab is still there, the pirates can grit their teeth and continue to support him.
As a result, this became a dead end. Badab could not give up, Angstrom could not give up, and the Red Pirates had to fight the Empire head-on in the most unfavorable way, using their lives to offset the firepower from the opposite side.
However, if he continues to fight like this, Huron has no idea. If the casualties are too great, the Red Pirates' organization will collapse. After all, if the price paid for this benefit is too huge, those war gangs will also retreat - except for a few lunatics, the Chaos Space Marines
There really aren't many idiots in the empire who have the determination to risk their lives casually.
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