"He has a lot of finishing work to do. Before that, he can't go back to avoid unnecessary conflicts. During that time, I will be temporarily in a coma. It won't be long. Whenever he is free, , he will go back and make arrangements with me." Gavin did not dare to drag the six-armed snake demon back to Mis Noel casually.
Can she be a demon known as chaotic evil and powerful? Delphine can't suppress her. He doesn't want a legendary demon to mess around in his territory.
"Okay." The six-armed snake demon couldn't decide whether to agree or not. He couldn't make the decision on his own.
Gavin will keep the six-armed snake demon Night Shadow until the last minute of the duration. If he misses the six walking Night Shadows, Gavin will not be so polite.
Although none of them can stalk the night shadows, apart from their special powers, their attributes, especially the three attributes of intelligence, perception and charm, are affected by the original attributes of the transformer. Even if they are noble trolls, they are not much higher. Go, drag them back to Misnoel, and leave them to Daphne.
At the same time, the wailing dwarf kingdom was outside the city.
Nora circled back and forth a little anxiously: "Chief of Staff Ge Dong, I haven't seen half of the monsters for more than an hour, and there is no movement from the young master's side. Is there any problem? Should they rush in?" ?”
"I have seen with my own eyes the strength of the six-armed snake demon Night Shadow newly transformed by the lord. I think it will be useful for them to rush in if she can't handle the situation?" Although Veranika's height is not as high as Nora's by three points. One, but the stability lies in her, "The lord has many legs. If there is really a problem, I would have informed them as soon as possible. If there is no news now, it is the best news. They need to wait patiently." Complete your own mission.”
"Can you..."
"No need, they're coming from the east." Veranika pointed her finger in the air, flapping the dragon's wings and heading east. No, Gavin was the right one.
The one who landed before him was the six-armed snake demon. She jumped directly from a balcony above the head of the Wailing Dwarf to the east, and made a free fall. When she was not far from the ground, she performed a short-distance teleportation, and then directly The eastward speed was offset.
Even if he knew whether she was an ally or not, when he saw a huge six-armed snake demon, whether it was a human heavy cavalry or a hobgoblin wolf cavalry, he could not suppress a commotion. The war horses neighed, the wargs roared, and the humans He and the hobgoblin involuntarily clenched their weapons, which shows how bad the devil's reputation is in Faerûn.
"Completely occupy this place." Gavin waved his leg heavily and said, "With this place as the center, the Nott Guards Corps and the Bloodclaw Wolf Cavalry uprooted all the monster tribes ten kilometers outward.
Cangya, I will lead my legion to clean up the dwarf city from top to bottom, find all the public and secret caves, collect and count all the corpses, and wait for centralized processing. , Carissa, I will lead the Goliath Legion here to assist the Cang Fang Legion in their exploration mission."
His purpose is very clear, and he is ready to completely occupy this place.
If you don't do that, it won't be long before the place will be occupied by other monster tribes.
Moreover, the structure of the Howling Dwarf City is very special. It only needs to be equipped with a few human legs to build it into a three-dimensional war fortress, echoing the Blood Canyon and acting as horns to each other.
After laying out the layout there, Gavin asked Veranika to use teleportation to send them back to Blood Canyon.
Not only was the war at Blood Gorge Good Mulebian completely over, but even the battlefield had been completely wiped out.
"Lord Lord is back. Lord Lord, how is the war on our side? Have you attacked the wrong side's lair directly to the east?"
"Is that easy to say? They have left all the elite trolls there. The old, weak, sick and disabled left in the east cannot withstand the charge of their elite cavalry."
"Lord, they have won. Not only did they defeat those monsters, they also defeated the demons."
"Long live my lord."
"Lord Lord..."
Returning to Blood Canyon, Gavin clearly felt the change in the atmosphere there.
Not only did the morale there not decline due to the series of bloody battles, but on the contrary, it reached an unprecedented peak.
In Gavin's view, they paid a high price and suffered a lot of casualties in that war, but in the eyes of those migrating armies, it was an unprecedented and glorious victory. After all, they killed tens of thousands of people with thousands of casualties.
Designed monsters and demons.
This made them full of confidence in the migration from the east.
As soon as Gavin returned to Blood Canyon, the senior leaders of the migrating army who were leaving for Lu automatically gathered over to prepare for a post-war meeting.
As soon as everyone arrived, Gavin couldn't wait to ask: "Has the exact number of deaths been calculated?"
The existence of magical healing skills makes it possible for the injured to be ignored, so they can save their lives. The rest is easy to say. Even if the limbs are lost, they can still find ways to regenerate or regenerate them. It's just a matter of the cost.
"Coming out." General Copperfield answered, "Three Goliaths were killed, twelve hobgoblin giants were killed, one hundred and fifty-three goblins of the Blood Claw Infantry Corps were killed, and the Sidecar Vanguard Army was killed.
Two hundred and ten people were killed and thirty-two civilians were relocated."
"How many people can be resurrected with the resources in their legs?" Gavin turned to look at Anna and asked.
"Twenty-one people can be resurrected." Anna replied, "They lack diamonds in their legs that can be used to resurrect them."
"Is the gap that big?" Gavin frowned involuntarily.
"I'm very prepared to resurrect them all, right?" Zalanda looked at Gavin in confusion and said, "Those who are worth resurrecting include Goliath and the Hobgoblin Giant. The remaining ones can be given pensions to their families and civilian pensions.
The pension for mercenaries is around five hundred, and the pension for mercenaries is around one thousand. As for the hobgoblin, he thinks there is no need for pension."
Blood Claw nodded and said: "No, they have no precedent of granting pensions. Death in battle is not their greatest honor."
Monster legions, especially the Blood Claw Legion, the kind of hobgoblin legion that has a servile nature, are their greatest blessing if they can be treated well during their lifetime, and do not expect generous treatment after death.
Their armor and equipment will be taken back and redistributed, their assets will be confiscated, and their corpses will be burned on the spot. If they are not allowed to become food for other creatures, there will be no proper burial.
The only exception is if I prove my worth to the entire legion. For example, like those hobgoblin giants with extraordinary hit dice, the legion will naturally find ways to resurrect me when I die in battle.
But it wouldn't be human beings.
Not only do you want to be treated kindly before you are alive, but you also want honors and pensions to be fully paid after your death.
This is not only for the dead, but also for the living.
Only by handling the aftermath can the souls of the deceased be able to rest in peace, and more living people will serve me loyally and sacrifice their lives.
What causes the difference between the two armies is not only the recruitment methods of both sides, but also has a great relationship with the survival models of both sides.
The Hobgoblin Legion is not a pure warlord army. They have soldiers, and there are few hobgoblin women and children. Their members are like the Blood Claw Legion, attacking cities and territories everywhere, and absorbing powerful soldiers of the same race to supplement their own consumption.
Their troops and supplies were all looted, and they were not engaged in production at all.
Human beings are different. Their powerful legions all have territories and are supported by cities. They recruit strong soldiers from among them to protect the large base of civilians.
In exchange, the civilians support the legions with supplies, which is not the most primitive and basic concept of rule.
The two models on both sides are not static.
When the hobgoblin army is ready to settle down and take root in a certain place, and cannot replenish a large number of troops through movement, it can start to recruit its own hobgoblin civilians like humans, and start to establish a complete reward, punishment, and management system.
, allowing the entire ethnic group and even the city to flourish.
The Blood Claw Legion coming from the east will encounter this situation.
There are also some human legions that will transform into monster legions due to defeat or war needs.
Because that model has its own advantages, that is, it is pure, easy to control and manage, and has super mobility.
The shortcomings are also very obvious. They basically have no room for error, so they keep winning. Once there is a big rout, the entire legion will completely collapse and lose the possibility of regrouping.
Territories or countries with a large base of civilians have super toughness and strategic depth. Even if an army is defeated or a city is captured, it can still regroup and reorganize or form a collapsed army.
Other armies started a new round of war and dragged the war into overtime.
Delaying it until the end often prevents them from achieving initial victory in the war.
Such examples abound in Faerûn.
The war between humans and monsters is basically a war between two army models.
Gavin's migratory army model is now somewhere in between.
They have adopted many methods to manage monster armies, but many policies must be based on human policies, because after they arrive at their destination, they will take root and establish their own territory.
After summarizing the information he had in his possession and clarifying his thoughts, Gavin decided: "They might as well take the opportunity to promulgate a clear military merit system. Regardless of rewards and punishments, or pension standards, everything should be done according to the rules."
It should be carried out as fair and equitable as possible, and resurrection should be integrated into the system as a reward.
They cannot resurrect simply because of the strength of the deceased. This will not only make those powerful warriors waste their lives recklessly during the war, but also cause harm to those weak warriors who bravely kill the enemy and have military exploits.
, after all, can a powerful warrior grow up from a weak one?"
It is true that Faerun has many resurrection legs, but the price is high and they are destined to be a privilege for a few people. Even Gavin, who has been showing a bit of wealth recently, only discovered it when he faced a large-scale war and suffered a lot of casualties.
It is an impossible task to resurrect all the dead.
Priests can be trained by themselves, and the hiring commission can be saved, but there is no way to save spellcasting materials, especially diamonds, which take up a lot of money.
The diamond used to resurrect a person is worth at least five thousand gold coins, and it will fluctuate according to market demand. In many cases, there is no money to buy it.
Many people who cherish their lives will hoard diamonds, and there are also profiteers who deliberately hoard goods to inflate prices.
The casualties of only a few hundred people were already beyond what Yuanji could bear. If they were not all resurrected, the diamonds alone would cost more than two million.
If you don't just use the pension, more than 200,000 yuan will be enough.
At the same time, people have to lament how cheap human life is. A civilian’s pension is equivalent to that of a heavy war horse.
Then there is the cruel reality in Faerûn. Sometimes civilians are really inferior to dogs.
Even though Zalanda, who was known for being ruthless to others, had no intention of resurrecting them all, she would rather just issue them pensions.
Accepting death is not the best choice for the civilians themselves or their families.
In the final analysis, there is only one reason - poverty.
"It should be so." Zalanda nodded and said, "Not only my side, but also the side near Blood Claw. After all, if we want to build a city there in the future and enter the settlement mode, we must have perfect policies to attract those from the big land. Please take the initiative to come."
Blood Claw grinned, his mouth full of blood: "They don't need it for a year and a half. After all, they guard the Giant Plains. It is their natural military base. Outside of a short period of time, it is mainly a military city. , and staff them with a small number of women and children until they subdue all the hobgoblin tribes and actively begin to join them."
"In that regard, whether General Bloodclaw is an expert or not, leave it to me to be the commander. I will make adjustments according to the needs, but if there are any points that I need to adjust," Gavin took the opportunity to sort out the Bloodclaw army and said, "First of all, then As the legion expands and the types of arms increase, we can no longer set up a separate army but divide it into different legions according to the arms.
At that point, I have already done almost everything, except to completely split off and form a separate army.
Secondly, I have to establish a stable source of income. After they have laid the foundation for me, I will need to build the city myself and support the army myself. They cannot give me unlimited input of financial resources."
Blood Claw nodded matter-of-factly and said: "The Lord has done enough for their Blood Claw Legion. It's time for Jie Dong to ask them to give back to the Lord. He has already thought of several good ideas to make money."
"Oh, tell me." Gavin showed an interested expression.
When it comes to war, Bloodclaw and his hobgoblins are a perfect pair.
But when it comes to trading, when it comes to doing business, they are at a disadvantage in that regard.
Blood Claw was obviously well prepared, and said enthusiastically: "The fastest and easiest way to get money is to continue sweeping the Giant Plains. Without the Kingdom of the Wailing Dwarves, they will become the largest military force in this place.
Those monster tribes, please surrender to them obediently and pay tribute, and then wait to be annihilated by them and let them plunder their wealth.
That way, not only can we support ourselves, but we can also continuously weaken those monster tribes so that they can no longer become a threat to the surrounding areas."
The origins of Blood Claw and the others determined that the first thing he thought of would never be peaceful activities such as trade, but rather the burning, killing and looting that he was best at.
As for that mistake, it was no longer humans who were good at accumulating wealth, but those monster tribes.
It is no longer a one-shot deal, but a steady flow of blood. Rather, it is a bit like the tribute tax system of nomadic peoples.
Given Bloodclaw's current unique situation, is that method the most suitable for them?
"Yes, that is indeed an effective method, but the question is, do those monster tribes have so much wealth and resources for us to plunder?" Gavin raised a new question.
"It's not just the humanoids that have grown huge in the Giants' Plains, it's happened to all animals and plants, and that's how their large numbers of large wolf walkers came about.
There, there are pumpkins that are bigger than baskets, turtles that are bigger than human heads, and some bison that look like giant elephants.
Therefore, the products are much richer than other places, and the number of monster tribes also exceeds other places. Many monster tribes already have simple planting and grazing, which can squeeze out a lot of wealth.
What they value most is the gigantic animals. I believe in their value. Since ordinary creatures exist, before the lord leaves, they will definitely prepare a group of gigantic animals for us to help us pull the cart. I believe that with
With them, our journey from the east will be smoother." Blood Claw further introduced the uniqueness of the Giant Plains.
"Are those animals and plants also like humanoids? Unpredictable and random?" Gavin asked with concern. If it could be industrialized, it would become the Blood Claws' unique industry, a valuing industry.
The profit point is that a super-sized war horse has a different towing capacity. They are a perfect match for their floor-type vans and side vans.
"Animals are the same as humanoids. There is no way to detect them before they grow up. Plants are a little bit special. In addition to randomness, all the plants that grow in some lands are huge. They have seen a
The gigantic farm is said to be run by a dwarf village. They follow the Lord's teachings, and yes, they do things without permission.
That gigantic farm is right on the migration road, and when we go north, we will be able to see the unique landscape there." Bloodclaw replied.
They wanted to help the villages of intelligent races, but they were not subject to Gavin's orders from the beginning.
But as time goes by, especially when I revisit my old place in the Giant Plains, I will find out whether there are any benefits to doing so.
Even if they have a good opinion of those intelligent race villages, at least they are not full of malice.
Especially after they inadvertently helped them solve some big troubles in the wilderness, they would start a certain degree of trade with them, which would allow them to have a stable source of supplies.
"Collecting tribute is not a short-term solution, but a long-term solution is to open a huge farm of your own, and you can easily build your own pasture. As it happens, he ordered 10,000 war horses from Ivanso, and they will be distributed when the time comes.
Give us a few thousand horses as seeds and see if we can establish a stable industrial chain."
Gavin firmly believes that teaching people how to fish is worse than teaching them how to fish, and building an industry under their own control is not the right way to go.