(Okay, the timeline of the previous chapter was questioned by book friends, and my question has now been changed to the winter of 2591)
Looking at the date in the upper right corner of the newspaper, Surdak knew that the news in the magic newspaper in his hand was already ten days ago.
There was a cup of tea on the desk in the command post. The room was a little dim. A beam of light came in through the glass window, and a small light spot appeared on the desk.
In the light spot, an autographed letter from Duke Newman was placed on the table. The wax paint had been torn. Suldak read the letter inside twice.
He was thinking about the situation in the Warsaw plane. Duke Newman only wrote two things in the letter:
‘The House of Representatives of Ivorson announced that Quentin Bousman will succeed the Duke of the Bousman family on the first day of the New Year and become the new Duke of Bousman.’
'After the death of Duke Ryan, the Alliance Cavalry in the western provinces of the Green Empire began to enter the Warsaw plane, preparing to recover the five counties captured by the Evil Ghost Legion.'
After reading Duke Newman's letter, Suldak realized that the Busman family had completely given up the management rights of the Warsaw plane this time in order to retain the power of the Ivorson province.
This time, the alliance lord armies in the western provinces of the empire are willing to send troops into the Warsaw plane. The main reason is that Quentin Busman is willing to hand over the star field coordinate points of the Warsaw plane.
After the new lord coalition enters the Warsaw plane, the territorial division of the Warsaw plane will be reshuffled. Once the five counties that found the Evil Ghost Legion and fell are recaptured, those original lords will lose the ownership of these lands.
If you want to reoccupy this land, there are only two ways, either send troops to capture it directly or be willing to pay to buy it.
Duke Newman is also waiting for this opportunity. During this period, the Bena Army will capture Kornberg County across the board.
After completely capturing Kornberg County, Benna's Army will continue to capture Basamusa County.
The current Epsom County has not been captured by the Evil Ghost Army. After the troops of the Boothman family gradually withdraw, it will become a public occupation area for the various alliance lords. The land owners of this area will also retain their original rights.
territory.
According to Duke Newman's plan, Lord Bena's army will occupy at least two counties in the Warsaw plane in this cake-sharing operation.
Handanar County was the original sphere of influence of the Bena Army, but Duke Newman was manipulated by Duke Ryan. Handanar County cannot be said to be barren, but it is definitely much worse than the other six counties.
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Handanar County was originally a large grassland surrounded by mountains. It has vast pastures and dense mountain vegetation, so animal husbandry and forestry are developed. However, other mining resources are very scarce, and if you want to expand territory in the future
The layout is also very troublesome.
To the north is the Gandaur Mountains, to the east is the Samosto River and the Great Rift Valley, to the west is a deep mountain swamp that is difficult to conquer, and only to the south is it bordered by Kornberg County. There is only a physical barrier between the two counties.
A Kempertomos River.
There are five rich mining areas in Kornberg, and the one that makes Duke Newman the most jealous is the so-called Maggie Mithril Mine.
Suldak put the magic newspaper aside, closed his eyes and thought quietly for a while. Duke Newman was willing to lead the Bena Army here for eight years. He would definitely not just want to occupy two counties.
It should be that they also plan to expand outward, at least to have the right to develop the territory of Warsaw after the evil ghost army drives out of the Warsaw plane.
When Duke Ryan was alive, this power was in the hands of Ryan Bussman.
And now after Quentin Bousman inherited the title, in order to ensure that he could securely obtain the title, the compromise he made was to hand over Warsaw.
What's more, the Boothman family has been tortured to death by the huge quagmire of the Warsaw plane. At present, the lord army of the Boothman family has long been unable to fight in Warsaw. What they need most is to recuperate for a period of time and reorganize. Quentin Booth.
Only then could the new Duke Mann have complete control over the Busman family's lord army.
This time Duke Newman transferred reinforcements from the Bena Province, mainly to stop the evil ghost army in Moyun Ridge and the evil ghost army in the west of Naroda Fortress.
Surdak's West Route Army was stationed at the forest camp this time to contain the Moyunling Evil Ghost Army...
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The news of the Western Route Army's victory in Yangchang Canyon was only announced after Duke Ryan Busman died of illness.
Handanar County was completely elated after hearing the news. Various celebration dances were held throughout Handanar City that night. The black magic skins brought back by the merchants from the forestry camp also arrived in Handanar the next day.
Nar City.
Only then did the citizens of the city realize that they had heard the news and were running as fast as the merchants' carriages.
But then again, the news that the Western Route reinforcements won a great victory in the first battle with the evil spirits was announced, and a large amount of black devil skins arrived in Handanar City the next day, which made the whole city glow again.
Vitality.
The noble lords in the city suddenly realized that the land in their hands seemed to be saved, and the voices to support the Bena Legion suddenly became louder.
The name 'Lord Surdak' also appeared for the first time at various dances in Handanar City. So after talking about it for a long time, the nobles finally found out that Commander Surdak came from Hiranza City.
The lord who came out.
For nobles, it is not polite to call them by their first names in private...
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It was only half a month later that Surdak learned that many nobles in Handanar City called him "".
In fact, Surdak really wanted to correct this name, because it would be more appropriate to call himself 'Lord Gampo' or 'Lord Ruit'.
At this time, the evil ghost army on the Moyun Ridge in the north of Gandaer Mountain was ready to move, and Surdak had no time to pay attention to it.
He still doesn't understand how the evil spirits transmit information between themselves.
The Bena Legion had just pressed forward with its troops on the border of Kornberg County, and the Evil Ghost Legion in Moyun Ridge quickly made a series of reactions. If it hadn't been for the Battle of Yangchang Canyon half a month ago, this Evil Ghost Legion had some concerns.
, I am afraid that the forward troops of this evil ghost army have already crossed Mount Gandaer.
Since Duke Newman hopes that the Western Route Army can contain the evil ghost army in Moyunling, Suldak has been formulating a strategy to block the evil ghost army in Moyunling during this period.
After the Evil Ghost Army had a series of actions.
Suldak immediately led the Western Route Army along the forest road opened four years ago to the north of the forest camp and headed towards Moyun Ridge, a mountainous area in the northern part of Gandaer Mountain.
Now this forest road has been completely abandoned, the forest road is covered with weeds, and both sides of the roadbed are covered with vines.
A group of ghost-striped soldier ants, under the command of a druid, opened a path in front of the army.
This forest road seemed to have been completely forgotten by everyone. When Surdak accurately drew this line on the map with a pen, the magician investigation team even didn't believe it, because after nearly a month of repeated investigation,
, the magicians never found such a road in the forest area.
But Commander Suldak was very certain that this forest road must exist in the mountains.
There was no need to prepare anything in advance. On the day the army was dispatched, a group of soldier ants were sent to clean up the weeds on the forest road.
As the soldier ants used their scissor-like fangs to gradually clear away the weeds on the forest road, a straight forest road leading to Moyun Ridge appeared in everyone's sight as if it was endowed with magic. Officers of the West Route Army
They became more convinced of Surdak.
The forest road here is still so familiar, and some small trees as thick as arms have even grown on the forest road. The trees on both sides of the forest road are towering, and the tree crowns overhead have even been connected together, completely covering the forest road.
Surdak followed the army on a magic-patterned war horse. This time, at the request of the small lords in the West Route Army, thirteen external heavy armored infantry regiments served as the advance army, following Surdak's two formations.
Behind the knights and a full ant cavalry regiment, they walked into Moyun Ridge first.
The first batch of supplies supplied to the ghost-striped soldier ants arrived at the forest farm camp three days ago, which means that the soldier ant army has finally been recognized by the Bena Military Department.
Although they have not yet been organized, the military defines these soldier ants as horse-like mounts of the heavy armored infantry regiment of the Lord Surdak Army.
No matter what, receiving the military's approval finally made Surdak breathe a sigh of relief.
There is no need for him to worry about raising supplies for the ghost-patterned soldier ants.
In addition, this time the military headquarters also sent a hundred crossbows and a hundred catapults to the Western Route Army. Surdak guessed that these catapults and crossbows were already in the supplies of Handanar City.
It had been stored in the warehouse for a long time, and Duke Newman had been waiting for this opportunity to take out these strategic materials.
With this batch of bed crossbows, Surdak has greater confidence in stopping the Moyunling Evil Ghost Army.
With the businessman Malacom opening up the trading channels in the imperial capital, whether it is buying standard magic pattern structures or giant magic crossbow arrows, the Thunder Rhinoceros Merchant Group can not only get the goods as soon as possible, but also have the support of major customers.
Discount benefits.
For Surdak, although the cost of using such war weapons has increased significantly, the deterrent effect against evil spirits has also increased exponentially.
In order to allow the heavy armored infantry regiments under their command to keep up with the marching speed of the Constructed Knights, the small lords of the Western Route Army specially bought a large number of horses from the ranchers on the big meadow. Now this group of heavy armored infantrymen
They all own horses.
When passing through the forest roads, you can also see neat teams of horses passing through the forest.
The large groups of red-eyed hyenas in the mountains have now disappeared. At first, these red-eyed hyenas, which were not considered Warcraft, posed a great threat to the heavy armored infantry regiments in the forest camp, mainly because the number of red-eyed hyenas in this mountain range was too large.
huge.
Now the red-eyed hyenas in the mountains have obviously been eaten by the evil spirits, and there are no traces of them in the mountains.
Surdak sighed softly. He thought of the violent earth bear that helped him escape from the mountains. Maybe that bear had also become the food of the evil spirit.
Through the gaps between the forest roads, Moyun Ridge in the distance still reaches into the sky.
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The countermeasures Suldak formulated this time was not only to lead the West Route Army to actively attack Moyun Ridge in order to contain the evil ghost army on Moyun Ridge.
He spent nearly a month supporting the adventure group from Handanar County in hunting evil spirits in the northern area of the Great Meadow and the northern mountains of Gandhar Mountain. He not only requested that the free market opposite the forest farm camp have a rich variety of trading items,
What's more important is that the forest camp is willing to treat injured members of the adventure group.
Of course, these alone are not enough to attract all adventure groups.
Another policy of Surdak made these adventure groups reluctant to leave easily.
Because he promised the adventure group stationed in the forest camp that the evil spirits hunted by the adventure group could be traded with the lord army in the forest camp.
The Lord Army can redeem their achievements and receive rewards on the merit list...
After this hole was opened by Surdak, it meant that while the adventure group was hunting evil spirits, they could enjoy the benefits of the Lord's Army soldiers as long as they traded the trophies to the Lord's Army in the forest camp.
Moreover, some small lords in the West Route Army also need unidentified black magic crystals to promote their titles, and they are willing to spend some money to buy black magic crystals.
When the adventure group hands over the loot to the Lord Army, they can obtain some rewards on the merit list. Many adventure groups focus on the top ten magic pattern structures on the merit list, and follow the exchange merit ratio set by Surdak for the adventure group.
, these adventure groups only need to kill fifty evil ghosts and hand over all the loot to exchange for a complete set of magic pattern structures. This is much cheaper than using magic crystals to bid in the auction house.
It was this news that caused adventure groups from Handanar City to begin pouring into Gandaur Mountain in large numbers.
According to preliminary statistics from the tavern owner at the forest farm camp free market, in the past month, at least several hundred adventure groups have come to the forest farm camp.
These adventure groups plunged into Mount Gandaur and turned into hunting groups hunting evil ghost scout teams.
An adventure group with the ability to hunt evil spirits will have at least one constructed swordsman in the team.
The most famous thing in the Bena Province is the Bena Swordsmen. These Construct Swordsmen may not be as good as the Construct Knights in the army, but they are far more useful than the Construct Knights in the adventure group, so this is why Bena
One of the reasons why this province has many more adventure groups than other provinces.
As a large number of adventure groups poured into Gandaer Mountain, the scout teams of the Evil Ghost Legion spread all over the mountains and fields were forced to shrink to the Moyun Ridge area.
The scope of activities of the evil ghost scout team was constantly being backlogged by the adventure group, and they gradually lost control of Mount Gandaur.
In fact, what the adventure groups couldn't understand the most was that even though there was no one guarding the Yangchang Canyon, the evil spirits on Moyun Ridge actually didn't dare to step into the Yangchang Canyon.
It happened to be the first day of the New Year for the Green Empire when Suldak's Western Route Army arrived at the foot of Moyunling Mountain.
And this day happens to be the day when Quentin Bousman succeeds Duke Bousman.
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Probably after learning about the movements of the West Route Army, Marquis Edmund Arnold of the East Route Army also launched an offensive stance on the western defense line of Handanar County.
However, the eastern foothills of Handanar County were completely different from the mountains to the north. The Eastern Route Army was stationed in a fortress in a canyon. This fortress was named 'Naroda' by Duke Newman.
In fact, as long as the Naroda Fortress is defended, Marquis Edmund Arnold's Eastern Route Army will have completed the task assigned by the military headquarters.
Marquis Edmund Arnold was obviously not satisfied with this achievement. This time he came to the Warsaw plane with the Eastern Route Army and a group of Constructed Knights. Ordinary achievements could not satisfy their appetite.