The Griffin Legion of the Holy Empire, formerly the Knights of the Mills royal family, witnessed Uther's promotion from a strong man to a demigod, and also participated in the process of the Mills family's unification of Middle-earth and the establishment of the Holy Empire.
After the establishment of the empire, they had made great contributions and were regarded as the Mills royal family and the pillars of the empire. They were selected with the best in terms of treatment and equipment, and the organizational scale was expanded to 40,000 people.
Inevitably, they also guard the safety of the empire.
The gryphon legion with the golden banner has ten thousand people and has been garrisoned in the imperial capital; the gryphon legion with the silver banner has twenty thousand men and is garrisoned in the city of Gardenanlas to defend against the snakemen; and the remaining ten thousand people without decorations on the flag,
He was stationed in the north in compliance with the promise he made to the Teutonic Duke.
However, as time went by, the Griffin Legion also ushered in decay.
The legion was expanded by one knight carrying ten retinues. In the era when there were few wars, the situation of empty pay and deprivation of retinues' money gradually appeared.
For example, the Golden Griffin Legion guarding the imperial capital, under the eyes of the emperor, currently only has a number of more than 10,000 people.
The Silver Legion in the city of Gardenanlas was the worst.
Although it still claims to have an establishment of 20,000 people, there are actually only 5,000 people in service.
That's because after the empire uprooted the Teutonic family, in order to suppress the resistance of the Teutonic vassals, it had to dispatch more than 8,000 people from the city of Gardenanlas to the north to suppress them.
Today, more than twenty years later, the Griffin Legion stationed in the north still maintains a strength of 15,000 people.
It is also the empire's barrier to contain the centaurs from moving south.
But now Atwood claims that he can create an opportunity for the centaurs to completely annihilate the Northern Griffin Legion. For Khan Julius, this is as good news as the imminent fall of human demigods.
The surprise was so great that it felt for a moment that it had heard wrongly.
"Destroy all the Griffin Legion?"
Julius took a deep breath, tried hard to control the joy in his heart, and confirmed again, "Teutonic, are you sure you meant total annihilation, not defeat?!"
"You heard that right."
Atwood nodded, "You just said that I am the key to the north. I have this ability."
"very good."
Khan, who received a positive reply, finally showed the leadership style that should be required to rule a group of people, "Say your terms, Teutonic."
"It's simple, I need your trust."
After a brief silence, Atwood said, "When the time comes to annihilate the Griffin Legion, you need to lead your tribe to attack, instead of suspecting that I am luring you into a trap."
After listening, Julius also fell silent.
Trust is something that is impossible to have between Teutons and Centaurs.
After all, the only thing they have in common is standing over each other's bones and cheering heartily.
"Your request troubles me, Teutonic."
After a long silence, the Centaur Khan continued with a faint voice, "Although you came to the grassland alone, you have made me feel your sincerity, but it is not enough for me to trust you at the cost of the rise and fall of the race. Unless...
..."
Having said this, Julius paused and looked into the eyes of the human in front of him.
The latter did not ask questions, but quietly waited for the next step.
"Unless you are willing to become a Teutonic Duke, a Duke loyal to our race..."
Julius just made his request, but was interrupted by Atwood before he finished speaking, "Absolutely impossible!"
"Listen to me, Teutonic."
Very rarely, Julius did not show the violent character of the centaur race, but comforted him in a very gentle tone, "I am different from the previous Khans. I know that the foundation of our race is in the grassland, and I also know that our race is rooted in the grassland.
The number of people cannot rule the north. Therefore, I can make you a duke like the Mills royal family, and let the Teutonic family become the master of the north again. And for your contribution, you only need to ensure that all the northern lords are loyal to our race and pay regular tributes.
Just tribute and supplies are enough.”
But its gentle gesture could not change Atwood's mind.
"The Teutons will no longer be loyal to anyone! Even if the stinky bitch, the goddess of ice and snow, comes to the world, the Teutons cannot be made to kneel down! Moreover, Julius, the absence of the gryphon army in the north is not only beneficial to the Teutons, but also to the Teutons.
It’s better for you!”
That's what he said, calling Khan by his name very rudely.
However, the offended Julius smiled instead.
Because it was just testing.
The Teutons have been at odds with the Centaurs for hundreds of years. If Atwood really agreed, then it should doubt the credibility of this sudden surprise.
And it knows Atwood is right.
The Griffin Legion is not only an obstacle for the Centaurs to enter the north, but also an obstacle for the Teutonic surname to return to the north.
The two sides have a common enemy, which means they have a basis for mutual trust.
Therefore, it skipped the topic and asked for details, "Teutonic, how will you create an opportunity for us to completely annihilate the Griffin Legion?"
"That's my business, don't worry about it."
The irritated Atwood still spoke in a very unkind tone, "The flag of the Snow Monster has disappeared in the north for more than twenty years, but there are still many northerners who remember the Teutonic surname and are willing to sacrifice their loyalty and lives! Also, humans
Demigods won't die for a while, I have a lot of time to do this."
"Um....."
Julius thought for a moment and couldn't help but nodded, "I admit that you are right. But, Teutonic, what happens after the Griffin Legion is completely annihilated?"
"The north is the homeland of northerners."
Without hesitation, Atwood immediately blurted out, "We in the north are not willing to become part of the Holy Empire, and we will not allow centaurs to break in at will."
"Hahaha~~"
This answer made Julius laugh heartily and completely believe in the sincerity of the human being in front of him.
Because Atwood has made it very clear.
The purpose of his coming to the grassland was just to join forces with the Centaurs to annihilate the Griffin Legion and erase the foundation of the Holy Empire's rule in the north. As for whether the north will become the Teutonic Kingdom again or become the pasture of the Centaurs after it no longer belongs to the empire.
, then it depends on which side is stronger and which is weaker!
This ending looks like the centaurs are being used to make a wedding dress for the Teutons.
But it's not.
Because regardless of whether there are Teutons or not, the centaurs will point their swords towards the north after the death of the demigods, and they will also destroy the griffin army first before they can drive straight into the north.
Although Julius was confident that he could defeat the Griffin Legion, he was unable to annihilate them all or completely defeat them.
After the Griffin Legion took over the defense of the north, they still followed the Teutonic Dukes' defense tactics of using the terrain to build fortresses, mountain fortresses and beacons to build the northern defense line.
A centaur limited by its horse body cannot attack the enemy.
Naturally, they were unable to uproot these mountain fortresses and kill the human soldiers hiding inside.
In other words, the centaurs do not need to use their own shortcomings to attack others' strengths. They can bypass these strongholds and drive into the heart of the north with strong mobility.
But this approach can only burn, kill and plunder, but cannot turn the north into pasture.
First, these fortresses store a large amount of food, allowing human soldiers to hold on for a long time without relying on supply lines. It is impossible for them to run out of food and be forced to go out to fight in the field.
On the other hand, the centaurs have penetrated deep into the north, which will give the griffin army and the various northern lords ample time to prepare for war, such as joining together to cut off their back roads and using superior forces to force them into narrow terrain step by step.
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Centaurs had to use bone spurs even for their arrowheads and had no armor at all.
Once they lose the open terrain for galloping, they will suffer heavy casualties when facing the powerful human bows and crossbows.
Furthermore, the entire Centaur race only has more than 100,000 tribesmen. After deducting the old, weak, women, children, and tribesmen who have to stay on the grassland to take care of their animals, they can dispatch at most 40,000 tribesmen to go on an expedition. Once they are surrounded by the human race, 23 out of 10 will be killed or injured.
, even if the war is victorious, they will not have any spare power to invade the north.
This is one of the reasons why Julius set up the Golden Tent here, only two hundred miles away from where the Griffin Legion is stationed.
In order to reduce the difficulty of invading the north in the future, it deliberately used itself as a bait to make the Griffin Legion feel that there was an opportunity for a sneak attack and gave up the location, and then made it impossible for them to come back.
It's just a pity.
The provoked griffin army did not have the guts to take a chance on Khan's death.
Therefore, Julius hopes that the north will welcome the return of the Teutonic family.
Because of the Teutonic return, the north will be divided!
The vassals that originally belonged to Teutonia would no longer be willing to fight side by side with Count Hughes and the Griffin Legion; and the Griffin Legion and Count Hughes had to divide their forces to destroy the Teutonic forces that had shaken the foundation of their rule.
One goes down and the other goes up.
For the centaurs, this is a huge benefit.
As for after the Griffin Legion is annihilated, the North will stand under the Teutonic flag to fight against the Centaur invasion~~
Julius didn't care.
Without him, the Teutons would not return, and the northern lords, large and small, would also gather under the banner of the Mills royal family and rise up to resist. It's just that the banners are different, and there is no difference to the centaurs.
Moreover, the young Khan had no shortage of strategies.
It knows that defeating the banner of the Mills royal family will not turn the north into a pasture for centaurs; but if it defeats the Teutonic banner, then the northerners will surrender under the hooves of horses.
Because Teutonic is the spiritual belief of the northerners to fight against the centaurs!
He is the youngest Khan in history, and he also wants to be the greatest Khan in history.
Therefore, Atwood's answer was like a declaration of war, which made it happy and motivated, and it also looked forward to the day when it could face the Teutonic flag.
It wants to crown itself with the great feat of defeating the Teutonic flag!
"I can give my trust, Teutonic."
Julius stood up and raised his glass, "But I can't trust you just because of your last name. I also need a reason to convince the tribe to trust you. So, you treat me as Julius Saxon, a Centaur tribe.
In the name of the only Khan, go to the Alps. If you can make the demihumans of the Northern Blood Rock and my race reach a reconciliation and make a non-aggression pact, my tribe and I will believe that you have fulfilled it.