Chapter 171: Internal and External Troubles of the Slave Uprising Army
In fact, Sean's attitude was very conservative from the beginning. After all, this involved magic power and energy radiation, so it had to be treated with caution.
This unknown force can affect wild animals, and naturally has a high probability of affecting humans.
At first, I was still taking chances, but now the situation is the worst.
Strategic retreat is the wisest choice. Fighting against the unknown before fully digesting the information in hand is an extremely stupid thing.
Anyway, the beast army that poses the greatest threat to the Andis mountain people has been eliminated. There is no rush to investigate the root cause of this incident.
Fortunately, the impact of unknown high-frequency signals on humans is far less obvious than on birds and animals. Thirty kilometers after exiting the Grand Canyon, the symptoms of those soldiers basically began to subside. By forty kilometers, they were completely incapacitated.
arrive.
For the sake of safety, the Yongye Group Army still centered on the Grand Canyon, with a radius of 50 kilometers as a restricted area, and set up checkpoints on the surrounding thoroughfares, firstly to prevent mountain people from entering by mistake, and secondly, to monitor the movements of surrounding wild animals to prevent similar incidents.
Tragedy.
Those soldiers who showed abnormal behavior were immediately sent to the medical research base together with the mutant beasts, the biggest harvest this time, for isolation and observation.
The medical research base mobilized manpower and established a special department, the Biological Anomaly Research Institute, to follow up on this matter.
Because whether it is Sean or Ms. Elena, Yang or Darnell, they all feel that this matter is not over, it is just the beginning.
Sure enough, within a week, a new beast attacked the mountain people again, and the symptoms were very similar to the beast in Odin's Grand Canyon.
However, the location where this beast attack occurred is more than 300 kilometers away from the Grand Canyon of Odin, which basically rules out the possibility of beasts from the Grand Canyon of Odin escaping there.
According to the subsequent summary, the distribution of wild beasts in the Odin Grand Canyon is very regular. Before the third corps got close enough, they encountered only small groups of wild beasts, and their aggressiveness was far less intense. It was the third corps that took the initiative to find them.
their things.
It was not until they entered twenty kilometers that the conflicts between the two sides increased sharply.
When the third corps approached the Odin Grand Canyon, the beasts gathered together, formed a legion, and launched a desperate attack on the third corps.
From all indications, this is more like self-protection.
But this method of self-protection is too bizarre.
If this is man-made, I really can't imagine anyone in this world having such a unique ability.
If it is not man-made, this kind of thing with a clear purpose is not like a purely natural event.
However, compared to the large-scale beast army in the Grand Canyon of Odin, most of the beast attacks and beast mutations that occur in other places are isolated cases. Even if there are many cases connected in series, there is no pattern at all.
But this kind of individual incident is the most troublesome, because it is impossible to predict the time and place of the next occurrence, and prevention is naturally impossible.
It took a long time and people were in panic, which was extremely detrimental to the booming Yongye Group Army.
The measures taken by the Yongye Group Army are relatively positive. Not only did they establish a special biological anomaly research institute to find the root causes of biological anomalies, but they also specially mobilized outstanding old hunters like Carter to set up a mountain patrol team to patrol dangerous locations and important roads.
, build outposts and supply depots.
Their main task is to deal with wild beast attacks. Even if they cannot prevent them before they happen, they still have to catch the ferocious beasts that attack people as soon as possible. These beasts that have tasted human flesh and blood are like mad dogs that have eaten people.
They will lose their fear of human beings, and the threat index will rise sharply.
The second is to maintain the trade routes, ensure the safety of the horse teams and porters, and form a more stable trade route. Through these trade routes, a kind of bond is formed for the mountain people who are still huddled deep in the mountains, ensuring that when they are willing to go out of the mountains,
Jacob's Army State's Yongye Army was their first choice.
As wild beast incidents occur more and more frequently, many mountain people who were originally as stubborn as rocks began to waver.
The reason why they are unwilling to leave their villages is that they do not believe that the Yongye Army can bring them a better life.
It is difficult to leave the homeland and only a small part of it is.
The most important thing is their fear of the unknown. Although life in the mountains is difficult, as long as they can barely survive, they are unwilling to move lightly.
After all, their nature is different from the mountain people who have been living in turmoil on both sides of the ancient Jacob River. They have not seen the changes that large amounts of cultivated land have brought to their lives.
That's not the case now. The mountains are becoming more and more dangerous.
When life faces threats, the persistence and fear of the past are naturally left behind.
If this situation continues, it won't be long before the Yongye Army will experience a population explosion.
The Yongye Group Army has already started active preparations for this, trying to satisfy its new subjects as much as possible. They will be an important cornerstone for the vigorous development of the Yongye Group Army.
In just six months, Andis Mountain has become so strange, it seems that everything has gone wrong, not only the beasts, but also humans themselves.
The soldiers of the quarantined Third Corps returned to their jobs one after another. After long-term observation, they did not show symptoms of mutation. At first, their thoughts were only affected by high-frequency signals.
However, a group of magic awakeners emerged from the Yongye Army, numbering as many as twenty-three.
This is certainly related to the growth of the Yongye Group Army and the increase in the population base.
However, if this kind of clustered situation is not related to the abnormal incident of the beast, even if Sean is killed, he will not believe it.
It seems that there is an invisible hand above the entire Andis Mountain, which is changing everything here in an orderly manner.
That's right.
Judging from the feedback from Eagle Eye, this anomaly is limited to the Andis crater. Not to mention other military leaders, even the nearby Manyu military leader did not send any similar relevant information. Several forces are fighting for their wits.
Douyong is awesome.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the past six months, Di Kelong has been the most dazzling star of the Manyu Army. Not to mention that he has become more and more proficient in the use of various tactics. In the trials of blood and fire, the slave rebel army is
Complete the transformation from a group of ragtag to an elite force.
Dikron, with a group of rabble, was able to play around with Philip and Patram, let alone lead an elite division. Even if the two sides joined forces, they were very embarrassed and could only stick to their own territory.
method to launch an effective counterattack.
However, when things reach their extremes, they must reverse, and when they reach their peak, they must decline.
As the power and reputation of the slave rebel army reached its peak, various problems of its own began to be exposed.
Their backgrounds are too low. Not only do they lack military combat experience, but they also lack low-level management experience. They cannot mobilize all the people like the Yongye Group Army to carry out active and large-scale construction. They can only sow and reap quickly in a small way. But for
For a group of 200,000 people, it is only a drop in the bucket and a huge hole.
But the problem is that this is not a long-term solution. After two years of siege, the cities and castles led by Manyu's army have been destroyed by them more than once or twice, and almost all the wealth that can be plundered has been plundered.
Lords and nobles, big and small, are dying and running away. Law and order have completely collapsed, and gangsters who do not work in production are running rampant. The life of the farmers at the bottom is even more difficult. They either follow the exile and flee, or are forced to join the slave rebel army and become
Rogue bandits.
When there is no one to cultivate the land, they have nothing to grab!
Fortunately, there is still a Yongye Group Army, otherwise the slave rebel army would not be able to hold on long ago.
However, the Yongye Group Army is not a philanthropist and will not support them free of charge. They need to use various resources in exchange.
After all, the looted wealth of the nobles and nobles is limited. If the slave rebel army fails to open up the situation, in another year and a half, the Yongye Group Army's line will probably be broken. By then, they will really be at the end of their rope.
However, most of the slave rebels were short-sighted. Not many people were clearly aware of this. Many people were dazzled by their series of victories, especially those leaders and generals who became feudal lords.
The dream of becoming a knight, forming gangs one by one, marrying wives and having children,
Rumor has it that there is a general who has a special hobby in this area. He has been a groom for thirteen times in a year. Even when he is about to go to the battlefield, his behavior and luxurious life are even worse than the lords and nobles they hated most at the beginning.
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They rose up not because of their high ideological awareness, but because they did not agree with the system in front of them because they were the oppressed. When they took control of the power, they would consciously or unconsciously become what they hated most in the first place.
That kind of person.
Including General Starbuck, another leader of the slave rebellion. Unlike a relatively pure person like Dixon, he launched the slave rebellion with obvious interests.
While Dixon was working desperately at the front, Starbuck kept making small moves in private, frequently contacting Philip and Patram, with the idea of peace talks.
However, the purpose of his peace talks was not to kill people and set fires to be recruited, but to reach a secret agreement. Philip and Patram sat back and watched, allowing them to go to the Cartel Hills area.
The idea is self-evident, the slave rebel army will harm the Kingsley family, and when the time comes, the leader of the Manyu Army will naturally return to their embrace.
If this proposal had been made half a year ago, when Philip and Patram were at the peak of their military power and ambition, Starbuck would have responded with a flat refusal.
Although the relationship between the two military leaders is not that close, but they belong to the same alliance, if they do this, the reputation of Commander Manyu will plummet, and he will completely become enemies with the Kingsley family.
At that time, both Philip and Patram regarded Commander Manyu and Archduke Faerun as their own, and were naturally unwilling to pay such a high price.
But now the slave rebel army has become completely powerful. Although it knows that the opponent has a fatal weakness, as long as it delays him for three to five years, the slave rebel army may be defeated.
But the problem is that within three to five years, there are too many variables.
Especially behind the slave rebel army, there is now an unknown Andisian force, the Eternal Night Army, looming, if both parties desperately join forces.
Philip and Patram really didn't have the confidence to be able to handle it.
The most important thing is that the alliance between Philip and Patram was forced out of necessity. They were also in a competitive relationship. If there were not the common enemy of the slave rebel army, they would have started fighting each other long ago.
There is no trust at all.
One of the situations they fear most is that the slave rebel army will jump over the wall in a hurry and chase them. When the time comes, even if the slave rebel army is wiped out, their side will lose troops and generals.
Completely withdraw from the competition for the position of Archduke of Faerun.
In the past year, Di Kelong has been able to win every battle, as if possessed by the God of War. This is certainly related to his extraordinary battlefield insight and ability to easily seize the enemy's weak points. It is also indispensable to the use of the complex relationship between the two forces.
without.
Dikron never gnaws on one force, but rather like eating two pieces of bread at the same time. He takes a small bite on this piece of bread today, takes a hard bite on that piece of bread tomorrow, and then turns around and tries again.
Take a small bite of this piece of bread.
Because he found that when one of the forces suffered a loss, he would then attack the other force. The support and response of this party were usually not very strong, and there was an obvious suspicion of betrayal. It seemed that they were using him as a gunman and wanted to use the slaves to revolt.
Use the military's hand to weaken the opponent and achieve balance.
Di Kelong was also very happy to make this gun. After going back and forth, the strength of both sides was weakened, and the little sense of trust that was originally there disappeared. They returned to the original three-legged confrontation mode.
Even with the Saint Ether Holy See and the Lancelot royal family as their backers, they would not be able to organize the strength to fight back in a short period of time.
Because even Patram cannot tolerate the large-scale intervention of the Saint Ether Holy See. Patram is not a fool. If he really uses this method to take the seat of the Grand Duke of Faerun, he will completely change.
Become a puppet.
Now that Starbuck has sent a plan to move the disaster eastward, Philip and Patram are naturally very interested.
As for the issue of face and offending the Kingsley family, when the position of Duke Faerun is in danger, how can he care about it?
However, due to the last reserve of the nobles, both Philip and Patram's negotiations with Starbuck were secretive and ambiguous, which was an attitude in itself.
Upon hearing the news, Dikron was furious and returned to the station in a hurry. He was furious at the generals who supported Starbuck and the peace talks.
In Dickron's eyes, lords and nobles are synonymous with untrustworthiness. Believing in their promises is worse than believing that pigs can climb trees.
Even if they want to go south, they must completely cripple the resistance army led by Man Yu's army and ensure that they have a safe rear.
The most important thing is that what they do is a kind of betrayal to the lower-level soldiers.
They were holding high the banner of rebellion to achieve the cohesiveness they have now. If they go back on their words now, wouldn't it be tantamount to digging a corner and slapping themselves in the face?
Starbuck believes that there is no problem with his decision-making. Although they are slave rebels, they do not need to make everyone the enemy. Some things that can be resolved at the negotiation table should be resolved at the negotiation table. This will
Preserve your own vitality to the greatest extent.
After all, the Kingsley family has already deployed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border. Even if there are a large number of slave soldiers, they are not easy to deal with.
Because once they decide to go south, they will lose any room for maneuver. There is no way to fight a mobile battle like they did against Philip and Patram, but to have a real head-on confrontation.