As for the products being dumped into the Swamp of Despair, there are countless products. Not only the various specialties from the Evernight Army Territory, but also the products from the Princess Regent’s fiefdom and Angie Beina’s territory, they cannot refuse.
And it’s quite hassle-free. After it’s shipped from the place of origin, it can be transferred directly from the Jakob River to the Donau River, and you can sell it at a high price.
At that time, the Guandis Empire relied on this river to firmly control most of Ashan in its hands.
Now it is just a partial reappearance of what it was like back then.
The real grand occasion is to go downstream from the Andis Inland Lake, through the Asia Minor Plains, into the Zambian Inland Sea, through the Gili Strait, into the Endless Sea, around the Silent Rainforest, Flowery Plateau and other coastlines, and then enter from the Danube River estuary
, go upstream and return to Andis Inland Lake through the Swamp of Despair.
Vice versa, there are basically no big terrain differences along the way, and it can be said to be an unobstructed journey and a complete cycle.
In other words, the prosperity of goods circulation and commerce in the Ancient Andis Empire is far beyond what the Byron League can match.
If the leader of the Yongye Army wants to regain the grandeur of the past, there is still a long way to go.
Just the numerous checkpoints in the Asia Minor plains are a headache, not to mention the long coastline of the Zambian Inland Sea, Gili Strait and the Endless Sea, which are now controlled by the Conclave of Witches and the fleet of the Commons family.
The fleet currently under the control of the Yongye Army can dominate the upper reaches of the Jacob River and the Danube River. Looking down at the heroes, it can only be said that it has a strategic advantage. However, in terms of shipbuilding technology, it has been developed for hundreds of years.
The historical witch coven and the Commons family still have huge technical barriers, especially in terms of sea ships.
Not to mention going out of the river to compete with them on the sea, I'm afraid it won't take long until they see clearly the benefits brought by the two rivers, and they will build river boats on a large scale and compete with the Yong Ye army leader.
Never underestimate the pursuit of interests by those nobles and nobles.
In fact, just two years later, it was not just the ships of Yong Yejun and his family that were plying the Jacob River. Other lords and nobles were trying their best to order ships from other places, hoping to get a share of the pie.
, the lower reaches of the Jacob River have not been completely cut off from beginning to end, and there are still various types of merchant ships and fishing boats.
It's just that their scores are too scattered, and they are not as large-scale and organized as the Yongye Army Leader, so they cannot yet form competitiveness.
But with increased investment, this situation will soon be reversed.
It’s not that the lords and nobles in this world don’t have money, many of them have money and no place to spend it, so they can only leave it to mold in their own treasure house. Once they find the corresponding channel, the energy that bursts out is absolutely amazing.
Someone has already asked the Princess Regent to buy the merchant warship from the Yong Ye Army Leader. The price is too high for them to refuse - when the value of an ordinary merchant ship reaches the total value created by the ship without stopping for three years.
, why not sell it?
They are not the only ones who can build ships. The Commons family is watching eagerly from the Zambian Inland Sea. It is estimated that the number of orders in their hands is greater than that of the Yong Ye Army Leader.
The scale of the shipyard under the Yongye Army has been expanded again and again. The second, third, and fourth branches are under preparation for construction one after another. What limits their development now is not the problem of funds, but manpower, especially shipbuilding.
Craftsmen, this is not achieved by a handful of people, it needs to be cultivated bit by bit.
The shipbuilding industry will be the first heavy industry in the rise of the Yongye Army. This is completely expected.
The leader of the Yongye Army has not moved yet, but Akmesser moved with great force. After completely clearing his rear area, the army set out and selected 20,000 elites to form a vanguard army. They went into battle lightly and ran all the way. It only took two weeks.
, they suddenly reached the border between the Kalt Army and the Swamp of Despair, and captured Geqi City with just one charge.
The reason why it went so smoothly was not only because of the strong military power of the Kingsley family, but also because of the unprecedented internal strife within Geqi City. The original ruling class suffered heavy casualties and the new ruler had not yet taken office.
Archduke Buck's previous efforts to win over had some effect, and many forces had already turned to the Kingsley family. With internal and external alliances, the destruction of the city was inevitable.
At this time, the main force of the Kingsley family arrived belatedly and directly settled in Geqi City.
After a brief period of repair, the Kingsley family's vanguard army launched a frantic attack, pushing north and south along the border and launching a frenzied attack on the Criminal Alliance.
The whole process can be described as overwhelming.
Other cities in the Criminal Alliance are facing the same problems as Geqi City, with severe internal divisions.
In the beginning, they were able to compete with the Kingsley family not only because the Kingsley family was unwilling to invest too much energy here, but also because of their united will.
There is nothing now. When the army arrives, it will be the time to break the city.
When receiving this news, one can imagine the panic of the Crocodile Tribe Elders Council.
The parliament, which had been deadlocked for a quarter, finally produced an inconclusive result. All ethnic groups and tribes contributed people and efforts according to their respective strengths to form a parliamentary coalition to jointly fight against the invaders.
However, the ruling power of the parliamentary coalition did not fall into the hands of individuals. Instead, five great elders were elected in the elders' council to form the great elders' council to make joint decisions.
It is worth mentioning that among the five great elders, three of them who participated in the seven-day tour led by the Eternal Night Army were the three that Sean valued most at the time, Nydia, Klein and Webb.
It was expected that the three of them would be selected, because the three of them are second to none in terms of their own abilities and ethnic strength.
Akmesser, who entered the attack state, was in another state.
When guarded, it is as solid as gold.
During the attack, the storm was fierce, not much worse than Diklong.
He adheres to the concept of quick military success and fights undeclared war with the Crocodile Tribe.
As soon as the front leg captured the Criminal Alliance, the back leg began to recruit mercenaries in these cities at high prices.
As mentioned before, most of those who can hang out in the criminal alliance are desperadoes with no sense of loyalty at all. In their eyes, interests are above all else.
In response to the high-priced bounty offered by Akmeser, there were many followers, completely forgetting the hatred of destroying the city a few days ago.
In just half a month, Akmeser spent more than 300,000 deer head gold coins (also known as gold wire gold coins), literally smashing a mountain of gold.
Correspondingly, more than 50,000 mercenaries were organized.
What is extremely ironic is that more than one-tenth of these mercenaries are members of the Crocodile tribe.
The composition is even more diverse, including former gang members, exiles, miners, slave traders, etc. The younger ones have not yet fully grown, while the older ones have gray hair and can barely hold weapons.
The combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined.
However, Akmeser did not expect them to have much fighting power. Instead, he treated them as cannon fodder, the vanguard of the vanguard army, and threw them into the Swamp of Despair to explore the road and test the reaction of the Crocodile tribe.
The shadow of the famous tree.
The Swamp of Despair has been famous for so many years, and Akmesser will not rush in with his 100,000 troops rashly just because of hearsay.
Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be a trivial matter for your reputation to be ruined. Once the loss is too serious, it will directly damage the vitality of the Kingsley family. Let alone plotting the swamp of despair, whether the Kingsley family can be defended is still a question.
At that time, the Kingsley family's wealth was their original sin, attracting countless greedy eyes.
As a general, you should not worry about victory, but worry about defeat first, so that you can win a hundred battles without danger.
Akmesser may not have had such thorough aphorisms to guide him, but he did.
This is exactly what the saying goes - failure has its reasons, success always has similarities.
The crocodile people don't know that this mercenary is just a showman. Once they enter the Swamp of Despair, it will be like poking a hornet's nest.
The crocodile tribesmen around the border organized themselves and launched a frantic sniper attack on the intruders. However, the effect was not satisfactory, and they themselves paid a heavy price.
For the current environment of the Despair Swamp, these crocodile tribesmen are even more unsuitable than those outsiders.
Many of the originally exploitable terrain advantages have completely disappeared, and the War Crocodiles, which are an important part of their combat effectiveness, cannot exert their maximum power at all.
Although the Despair Swamp War Crocodile is better at hunting on land than other similar species, its performance in the water is not even close to that of them. It is estimated that it is not even one-third of the level.
Moreover, food has been scarce for a long time. Although there has been no large-scale death, the state is generally in poor condition. If the Kingsley family waits for another year or two to launch an invasion, I am afraid that they will not even be able to produce a few viable swamp warrior crocodiles.
Then there is the disadvantage of numbers.
No matter how bad the combat effectiveness of these mercenaries is, their numbers are there.
Those crocodile clans are unorganized and undisciplined, and only a few hundred people dare to charge against others.
Courage is commendable, but he is an out-and-out brainless person who delivers food to others for nothing and becomes a trophy for the mercenaries in exchange for money.
Akmeiser took the Kingsley family's wealth to the extreme. Not only did he issue a large reward before the mercenaries set off, he also issued a bounty on the Crocodile tribe.
No matter male or female, old or young, there is a price for the living, a price for the dead, a price for warriors, a price for the old, weak, sick and disabled. As long as they can be brought out of the swamp of despair, the Kingsley family will pay on the spot.
In order to prove the authenticity of his words, Akmeser showed another gold mountain on the spot.
Boxes upon boxes of gold and silver coins dazzled the eyes of the mercenaries, and they were all panting like cows. If it weren't for the elite knights of the Kingsley family who were armed to the teeth, guarding them, they would have tried to rob them on the spot.
Yes.
The Kingsley family's promise of gold, which resounded throughout the Byron League, was not trumpeted, but made with real gold coins.
To use a wealthy man's words to describe it, as long as it can be solved with money, it doesn't matter. If money can't solve it, it just means that the money spent is not enough. Try adding another gold mountain.
From this policy, we can see the deep malice the Kingsley family has towards the Crocodile tribe. This is an out-and-out extermination policy. They want to completely monopolize the Swamp of Despair.
The moral bottom line of these mixed mercenaries was not very high to begin with, and now it has been directly shattered by money.
After they entered the Swamp of Despair, they followed the same three-pronged policy as when the Japanese invaded the village - rob them all, kill them all, and burn them all.
The relationship between the Kingsley family and the Crocodile tribe fell to a low point and became completely irreconcilable.
At first, those mercenaries were still a little cautious.
After entering it, I found that the situation in the Swamp of Despair was more serious than imagined. The natural shelter that I once relied on was no longer there. Most of the villages and towns were like naked girls lying there naked.
After plundering more than a dozen villages and towns in succession, with more monks and less meat, and not enough loot to divide, internal divisions and conflicts arose. Under the leadership of several leaders, they were divided into seven or eight groups and attacked in all directions to expand the results of the war.
Akmesser, who was sitting behind, just watched with cold eyes and didn't care at all.
In his eyes, this mercenary was used to alert others. Of course, the larger the area, the better. Then he would be able to observe more comprehensively.
As for life and death, he doesn't worry at all. Even if they are all dead, he will still be happy to save a fortune in trophies!
Soon this motley crew of mercenaries paid a heavy price for their recklessness.
The vanguard of the Alligator tribe's united army arrived. Although they arrived a little late, they still arrived.
The number of the Crocodile Tribe's vanguard troops is actually not large, only a little over 30,000. If the mercenaries don't commit suicide and divide the troops, they might still be able to fight.
Now it has become a typical situation of locals fighting against small groups with more troops. Only when three detachments of 3,000 to 4,000 men were killed in a row did other detachments realize that they were powerless if they wanted to reunite.
Not only because of the backward communication methods, but also because of the restricted geographical environment.
Although the danger level of the Swamp of Despair is not as high as before, the geographical environment is still very complicated, and many places must be avoided at a distance.
Those scattered groups of mercenaries may only have a straight-line distance of twenty or thirty kilometers, but if they actually travel, they may have to take a detour of hundreds of kilometers.
Needless to say what happens next.
These mercenaries are not even considered serious armies. They can fight with ease and loot, kill, and plunder without any problem. But when they encounter a tough enemy, they will only be defeated.
When I entered, the momentum was like a rainbow.
When they were defeated, they were like bereaved dogs, terrified all day long. Many of them plunged into the dead end, and many of them were killed before being swallowed up by the drying mud swamp.
Those mud swamps with only a layer of dry skin cannot withstand random trampling. Once they are turned over, they will swallow a group of people in. The harder they struggle, the faster they die.
Of the 50,000 mercenaries, less than 10,000 escaped alive.
But in Akmeser's eyes, they had completed their mission perfectly. Not only had they discovered a small part of the situation in the Swamp of Despair, but they had also introduced the opponent's vanguard into their pocket formation.
While the mercenaries were exploring the road ahead, Akmesser was not idle. He separated two vanguard armies and followed them on both sides of the mercenaries who had attracted most of the attention of the Crocodile tribe.
Once the mercenaries were defeated and packed inside, it turned into a perfect pocket.
Mercenaries are not only cannon fodder to explore the way, but also bait thrown out.
After trapping the leading troops of the Crocodile Tribe, Akmeser did not immediately join forces to annihilate them. Instead, the main force moved forward layer by layer, firmly blocking their way back.
"Ackermeser is preparing to catch a big fish and want to fight in an environment he is familiar with. It is a very smart move." Sean sincerely praised.
"Judging from his past battles, this person really likes to use the right and not surprising. He likes to defend rather than attack. He prefers to lead the enemy to attack him and then defend and counterattack." A military staff officer analyzed it logically.
"What are you doing analyzing his battle cases? We have his old rival here, General Dikron, what do you think?" Skullcrusher McGee's loud voice drew everyone's attention to the only outsider in the war conference room who was not an outsider.
On the body.
To say that he is not an outsider is because judging from the current situation, it is almost certain that he will join the Yongye Army Leader.
However, it has been a month since the leader of the Yongye Army picked him up from the leader of the Carter Army. Except for the fact that Xiao Xiao had a long talk with him for three days at the beginning, and then fell silent.
Not a word was mentioned about En's oath of allegiance.
Sean also seemed to have forgotten about this matter.
However, the Yongye Army leaders did not prohibit him from participating in military meetings.
This made many people secretly murmur, wondering whether Sean had other more important plans for him.
As for Dikron's ability to attend the military meeting of the Yongye Army, no one raised any objection.
Di Kelong's achievements in recent years are not only visible to all, but also happened under their noses. Many classic battle cases have been studied to death by the Military Staff Department and regarded as classic textbooks. Many young military staff members look at him with awe.