Furthermore, the technological content of black powder is not really high, and some of the materials in it can even be replaced with other things, as long as it can achieve the purpose of burning and exploding.
As these forces invest heavily in production, it won't be long before black powder begins to flood.
Therefore, the leader of the Yongye Army no longer hid it, and not only began to sell black gunpowder in large quantities, but also introduced various uses.
Fireworks are one of them.
Naturally, there is Sean's bad taste in it.
A New Year without fireworks is tasteless.
Although this New Year is not that New Year, the smell of burning gunpowder is the same.
"It would be a waste of resources to do so." Regent Princess Sophia Liya's illness began to relapse again.
"I think this is the most correct use of black powder." Sean said seriously, "A weapon of war can become an item of entertainment for the public. Don't you think it is a very meaningful thing?"
Sophilia shook her head and said: "I don't feel the significance. Their value should be on the battlefield, not just to create visual effects. Moreover, you transported so much black powder to Valesta, and you also transported it to Valesta
Outside the palace, they didn’t inform me in advance. It was really too bold. Beauty is beautiful, but I don’t like this kind of unexpected surprise, and I don’t want it to happen again.”
The reaction of Princess Regent Sofilia made Sean stunned for a while.
To be honest, he really didn't think so much, he just wanted to give Sophia Liya a surprise. Wouldn't it be a very romantic thing to take his girlfriend to watch the most beautiful fireworks?
Unexpectedly, when it came to her place, it turned into a safety issue.
Sean was not someone who was easily hit. He shrugged and said, "There will be no next time, at least not in Valesta. Next time I will show you in our territory. It will be alright, right?"
Seemingly feeling that her attitude was too rigid, Sophia Liya softened her tone and said: "Of course there is no problem with this. You can do it however you want and as big as you want. Also, what I just said
That doesn't mean I don't like it. As a lover, what you do is impeccable, but from the perspective of the regent, what you do is inappropriate. If you are not careful, it will cause trouble for the two of us. I said before
I have already said that I am now the regent of the Lancelot royal family first, and then Sophia."
"I will pay attention to it next time, but since it has already happened, there is no point in worrying about it. Why not take the opportunity to enjoy this rare beauty and live up to the big risk I took? Don't be so nervous all the time.
It's good to relax once in a while." Sean nodded towards Prince Laurie who was not far away and said, "Maybe next year I won't need to do it secretly at all."
The new king, who was about to be pushed to the forefront, did not have as many considerations and entanglements as Sophia Liya. His attention was completely attracted by the beautiful fireworks. If he hadn't been worried that the regent princess was nearby, he would have been very excited.
Yelled.
With this attitude, he will take the initiative to find the leader of the Yongye Army without Sean having to ask for it next year, and he won't even have to wait until then.
"What you said makes sense." Prince Laurie's performance made Sophilia a little dumbfounded. She had stayed in this position for too long and was a little nervous.
Fortunately, this situation won't last long and he can take it off. Before that, it's not a bad idea to relax his nerves occasionally. Just treat it as a vacation after working hard for the Lancelot royal family for so long.
After letting go of her burdens, Sophia Liya once again immersed herself in the fleeting dazzling colors of fireworks. The tenderness and sweetness of Sean mixed in them made her even more intoxicated. Women are visual animals.
, even the regent princess is no exception.
Sometimes women are so conflicted.
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When most cities in the Byron League fell into New Year's carnival, there was one exception - the Broken Mouth Blood Castle.
In this city, there are no traditional festivals. Their only festival is called Triumph Day.
This city has many names and titles.
It is what Byron calls the northern gate, the place where heroic souls rest. Under every piece of land in this city, there is the blood of heroes, and there will be a heroic soul resting here.
It is also the gate to heaven in the mouth of Odin orcs. As long as they capture this place, they will open the door to heaven. It is also the burial ground. The land here is also filled with the bones of Odin orcs.
In terms of popularity, it is even above the royal capital of Valesta.
Many people can say that they have never heard of the Royal Capital, but they have not heard of the Broken Mouth Blood Castle, because this is a city that is directly related to their life and death.
Broken Mouth Blood Fortress is more appropriately said to be a city than a huge military fortress.
To be more precise, it is a city built on many walls.
Broken Mouth Blood Castle, as the name suggests, is built on a fractured mountain range.
It is very similar to the northern fortress led by the Eternal Night Army, but compared to the Grand Canyon of Odin, the gap where the Broken Mouth Blood Fortress is located is a bit larger, a full 23 kilometers long, in the shape of a trumpet.
The wide side is on the Odin Steppe, and the narrow side is on the Byron League side.
The twenty-three kilometers just mentioned refer to the narrowest place. There is no way to block the wide place, which is hundreds of kilometers long.
As a military fortress that has experienced wars and changed hands several times, it has achieved the ultimate in defense.
There are four layers of city walls, one layer thicker than the other, and one layer higher than the other.
Towers and arrow posts, not to mention, were densely packed, covering not only the entire fortress, but also the mountains on both sides.
All shelters exist to cope with war.
The soldiers trained day and night.
In terms of training level, no team can surpass the soldiers of Broken Mouth Blood Fort after several rounds of Ashan.
Even in recent years, the Odin Orcs have not even come close to the 100-kilometer distance of the Broken Mouth Blood Fortress, but they still haven't relaxed at all.
Because the ruler here is Archduke Cedric, this lion from the Strachey family, is an out-and-out professional soldier. From the moment he was born, he has all the advantages of a professional soldier.
virtue.
What kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers?
With a commander who is not only strict with others but also strict with himself, how can he lead a group of lazy and undisciplined soldiers?
A group of knights came galloping on horseback from the direction of Odin Steppe.
When they were still three to four hundred meters away from the first city wall, this group of knights all reined in their reins and galloped their horses to their feet one by one, showing their superb riding skills. Compared with those who have lived on horses all year round,
The Odin orc on his back is not willing to give in too much.
At the same time, a series of thick and long arrows were inserted not far away from them. If they had not stopped in time, this wave of arrows would have hit their heads.
The knight jumped off his horse, unfolded the red flag representing his identity, and then carefully moved towards the city wall, saying loudly: "I am Southall, the captain of the 8th Ranger Squadron. I request that my identity be strictly disclosed."
This time, no more arrows were fired from the top of the city, but the ballistas surrounding the city had already turned their direction and were aiming here. Behind the parapet, there was even more cold light flashing. How many archers were ready to prepare.
If this knight shows the slightest mistake, he will be pierced by thousands of arrows.
Soon a replying voice came from the top of the city, asking: "Eighth Ranger Team? Please wait, who is your immediate superior?"
"Yales, Captain Yales Carl." Southall answered quickly without thinking.
"What mission are you on this trip?" the voice from the top of the city asked.
"Reconnaissance to the northwest to monitor the movements of the Tiger Claw tribe, the core member of the Theodin Empire." Southall answered clearly and clearly.
"Very good, the answer is correct, Captain Southall. As long as you answer the last question, you can go home." The voice on the top of the city was obviously relieved and became much kinder. "According to the records,
There is still one month until your mission ends, and the ranger who will take over your mission has not set off yet. Why did you return early? This is not in compliance with the regulations of the Ranger Code."
"It does not comply with the regulations of the Ranger Code, but according to the emergency response regulations, if it is discovered that there is a large-scale military movement at the target, you can return to the target in advance to recover. Now I am fulfilling the emergency response regulations." Southall responded fluently.
"Hasn't this emergency response regulation been modified? The messenger eagle will report first, and if the military feels it is necessary, then it will recruit you to come back. Why don't I have a notice here asking you to come back and resume your orders? Your messenger eagle
What?" the voice on the top of the city asked doubtfully, accompanied by the sound of paper being turned rapidly.
"Messaging Eagle? What Messenger Eagle?" This question obviously stumped Southall, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down involuntarily like a stream. However, as an excellent knight who has been trained for a long time, he was shocked.
Not chaotic, he answered truthfully, "I don't know what the Messenger Mountain Eagle is, and I don't know about the changes in the emergency response regulations. I just followed the normal procedures."
"Sorry, I made a mistake. You set out on June 23rd, and the change in emergency regulations was officially implemented on July 30th. Captain Southall doesn't know what happened, and it's normal."
The first reply did not come from the top of the city, but from the city gate not far away.
The closed door had opened a gap, and a group of soldiers walked out. The knight at the head opened his arms and said to Captain Souther: "Captain Souther, welcome home."
"Thank you." Captain Southall breathed a long sigh of relief. His tense nerves seemed to have relaxed a lot. He turned around and whistled at the team members behind him.
The silent rangers, who were sitting on their horses like javelins, all breathed a sigh of relief. They got off their horses and walked towards the city gate. They were still very cautious in their movements for fear of causing misunderstanding.
It would be a bit sad to be shot to death by one of your own people in front of your home.
The reason why both sides were so careful was because this group of Ranger Cavalry came from the direction of Odin Steppe.
They all have obvious Odin orc characteristics. Not only their appearance, but also their clothing are the same as the Odin orc cavalry.
The only thing that makes them unique is probably their energetic and uniform movements.
This can only be achieved after more than several years of hard formal training.
Neither the old East Odin Empire nor the newly rising West Odin Empire are good at this.
It's not that they don't want to do this, but that their social system cannot support their large-scale troop training. Once the number of soldiers exceeds a certain number, their logistics system will collapse, and they can only rely on scattered troops to be distributed over a vast land.
Having the physical characteristics of an Odin Orc does not mean that he is an Odin Orc.
This phenomenon is very common in Broken Blood Castle.
The war process is also a process of racial integration.
Whether the Odin Orcs invaded the Byron Alliance, or the Byron Alliance fought back, it would be accompanied by a series of tragedies, and those hybrids were the products of the biggest tragedy.
They are the rats in the cracks. They are neither recognized by the Byron Alliance nor welcomed by the Odin Orcs. They can only live in a dark corner and live humblely. No matter which party discovers them, what awaits them is either a butcher's knife or a murderer. Endless slavery.
At least that was the case before Archduke Cedric came to the throne.
After Archduke Cedric came to power, this situation changed dramatically.
Archduke Cedric believed in using offense instead of defense, and he strongly disagreed with the Strachey family's previous philosophy of huddled in the Broken Blood Castle, passively waiting for Odin orcs to come knocking.
He believes that offense is the best defense. Before the Odin Orcs accumulate enough strength, they should continue to take the initiative to attack and defeat them one by one, leaving them in a bleeding and weak state. When they knock on the side, they will form The threat is no longer that great, and it is even incapable of knocking on the door.
But Archduke Cedric soon discovered that the biggest problem in dealing with the Odin Orcs was not how to defeat them, but how to find them.
The Odin Prairie is too vast, and those tribes have no fixed settlements and are always in a nomadic state.
They sent out a large army, but after wandering around the grassland, they didn't even find anyone. Instead, they lost their troops. The harsh climate of the Odin Grassland was their biggest enemy at this time.
However, ordinary reconnaissance posts are obviously not useful here. The appearance of the two sides is too different, and it is extremely easy to be encircled and suppressed by the Odin orcs.
Archduke Cedric set his sights on those unpopular mixed-race children and began to recruit them in large numbers and train them in order to make them fight for him.
Archduke Cedric not only publicly recognized their identity, but also married the daughter of a relatively famous mixed-race elder as his wife.
This not only caused an uproar in the Blood Castle, but also caused an earthquake of magnitude 78 or 8 in the Byron Alliance. The then king of the Lancelot royal family also asked about the matter.
After all, the marriage between the Lancelot royal family and the Strachey family was an old rule. At that time, Archduke Cedric was already engaged.
After receiving the news, the royal princess who was bound by a marriage contract felt that she had been subjected to intolerable humiliation and tried to commit suicide by jumping into a well. Although she was rescued, she also hid in the Notre Dame Convent and vowed never to marry at a young age. Ended in depression.
It was precisely because of this incident that Archduke Cedric's stubborn personality came to prominence and he decided to do the right thing without caring about outside eyes and pressure.
To put it nicely, this is called decisiveness.
To put it bluntly, this is called willfulness.
Which kind of rhetoric you use depends on the final results achieved.
So far, Grand Duke Cedric is famous all over the world. Whether it is his friends or enemies, when talking about him, they can't help but give a thumbs up and praise him. This is a real knight - a real knight of the kingdom.
Obviously, his persistence paid off.
Although Archduke Cedric's mixed-race wife died of postpartum hemorrhage after giving birth to a son for him.
But his attitude has been shown, and he has naturally won the active support of those homeless mixed-race people.
To quote Archduke Cedric, blood is not the key to a person's belonging, the real key is the person.
When you treat them like a family member, why won't they treat you like a family member in return?
Facts have proved that Archduke Cedric made the right choice.
The rangers composed of these hybrids, after taking shape, continuously penetrated into the Odin Prairie and collected a large amount of intelligence for the Broken Mouth Blood Castle.
Under their leadership, Archduke Cedric led the world-famous Broken Blood Riders to attack wildly. In just ten years, they wiped out more than forty or fifty tribes of Odin orcs, large and small, and reversed the course of hundreds of years.
, it has always been a situation where the Odin orcs attack and the Byron Alliance defends.
Archduke Cedric not only made himself famous all over the world, but also cultivated the wolfish nature of a new generation of broken blood knights.
As for the capture during the crazy attack, it was purely incidental. The integration of a large number of prairie horses made the combat effectiveness of the Broken Mouth Blood Cavalry even higher.