Although the dock on Hope Island has been expanded under the command of Rowan, it is still unable to accommodate so many warships at once. Therefore, everyone can only take turns to enter the port, unload the materials on the ship one by one, and transport them to Stormwind City.
After Shiloh stepped onto the land of Hope Island, he immediately clicked on the system without hesitation.
"Confirm the establishment of Stormwind City's political system."
[Ding...please host confirm the political system.]
After traveling on the mainland in the past few months and what he had learned in his previous life, Shiloh thought for a long time and finally decided to establish a highly centralized system that could also breed the seeds of democratic thoughts over time.
This kind of government is essentially feudal centralization. After all, as the person in power, the most important thing for him now is to make everyone's life better through his own efforts, instead of cultivating rebels himself and laying stumbling blocks for his own reforms.
To put it simply, it is the feudal lord system dominated by Hilo, but it will be more operational in the laws and morals that will be followed in the future.
For example, in administration, we should pay attention to benevolence, etiquette, and establish a harmonious society;
In terms of morality, pay attention to universal love, kindness to father and brother, filial piety to children, respect for elders and friends, and respect for young people;
In terms of military law, emphasis is placed on strengthening the army and enriching the country, and governing the country by law.
In fact, this is a hodgepodge of Confucian, Mohist, and Legalist ideas that Shiloh often learned in his previous life. At the same time, Shiloh also absorbed the chivalry spirit pursued by this world and implemented these ideas through more understandable knightly virtues.
Currently, the number of people in Stormwind City is only 5,000. Whether it is supervision or execution, they can be implemented to the end and supervise effectively. Therefore, as long as they make a good start, subsequent development will become easier.
Of course, after establishing the so-called political system, Shiloh's work did not end there. After that, he would have to make various adjustments, cultivate business awareness, and form a caravan. After all, Hope Island is just an island chain no matter what, and he needs to cooperate with
Mainland China can develop healthily only if it maintains long-standing ties with the past.
As long as he can popularize education during his lifetime, in the distant future, democratic thoughts will one day take root on Hope Island and eventually spread throughout the world.
[Ding...The host has established a political system, and Stormwind City has been officially upgraded to a town.]
[Town effect: All friendly forces within 20 miles around Stormwind City, attack, defense, and morale are increased by 10%; all agricultural, industrial and commercial activities within 50 miles around Stormwind City, the profit rate is increased by 10%]
[Please select the town unique skill
A: Treasure Hunter - Every year, the forces in the town will receive a treasure map. After exploring the treasure, you will get the corresponding treasure (this treasure will be mainly magic props, the appearance rate of ordinary magic props is 66%, and the appearance rate of fine magic props is 66%.
is 33%, and the appearance rate of epic magic items is 1%)
B: Thousands of troops - every year, the army in the town will get a chance to be promoted. Low-level system soldiers will be promoted to mid-level system soldiers, and mid-level system soldiers will be promoted to high-level system soldiers (the promoted arms will be limited by the system authority level.
If the host has not enabled advanced system permissions, intermediate system soldiers cannot be upgraded to advanced system soldiers. The promotion rules are based on the legion organization provided by the system, with a maximum number of 1,000 people)
C: Rich in the world - the town will automatically recruit a caravan to conduct foreign trade, and the trade profit rate will increase by 30%
Please select a town-unique skill within 10 seconds. If selected, the system will select it randomly.】
Shiloh silently clicked option B. Now that Stormwind City is facing the threat of war, option B is the best option.
[The town’s unique skill has been selected. The current status of the town is: fighting, and the town’s integrity is 88%. If the integrity drops by 50%, the town’s skills will become invalid. 】
Shiloh glanced at the completeness prompt without any expression. He was still waiting for the follow-up response. Sure enough, after a moment of silence, the system popped up a huge golden dialog box.
[Congratulations, the system has opened intermediate permissions, and you have received an intermediate gift pack, which can be redeemed in the mall for template upgrades. 】
The appearance of the intermediate gift pack can be said to be a timely help. Shiloh currently has about 9,000 energy points saved. He still doesn't know how many intermediate units he can exchange for, so he immediately used the gift pack.
[Ding...the host used the intermediate gift package]
【Earn rewards:
A:5000 energy points
B:Basic attributes*10
C:Intermediate corps establishment*1
D: Reinforced chariot*20
E: Special Soldier Template - Priest Template*20】
[Please select 3 of the above 5 rewards within 30 seconds. If no selection is made after 30 seconds, the system will randomly select 3 as rewards]
Shiloh immediately clicked on the three reward options A, C, and E, and then opened the intermediate war mall smoothly.
After clicking on the intermediate war mall this time, the number of soldier templates that could be redeemed suddenly increased a lot. Shiloh took a casual look and immediately felt happy.
【commodity:
Tiger and Ben army template*1, a melee unit containing the power of tiger and leopard (consuming 150 energy points)
Beast Cavalry Template*1, a powerful cavalry capable of controlling wild beasts (consumes 200 energy points)
Divine Arm Crossbow Template*1, a unit with powerful long-range attack capabilities (consuming 150 energy points)
Sighing Barrier Heavy Soldier Template*1, a unit with terrifying propulsion capabilities (consumes 200 energy points)
Nun template*1, a legal unit with weak magic power that can heal injuries (consumes 300 energy points)
Magic Field Shaper*1, a legal unit that can shape a 10-square-meter magic field. Allies who step into the magic field will randomly receive a buff magic, and the enemy will randomly receive a debuff magic (consuming 400 energy points).
Chariot*1, a chariot driven by 3 people, with extremely strong destructive power (consumes 200 energy points)
...]
After carefully studying the soldier templates that could be redeemed by the intermediate system, Shiloh saw that most of the people he brought had already landed. He waved his hand and immediately led everyone towards Stormwind City.
The large force of 1,300 people almost formed a continuous line. Shiloh took the lead and followed the built road into the originally lush woods. After a few steps, he smelled a burning smell.
Rowan noticed the change in Shiloh's expression and immediately explained: "This smell is produced after using the black burning stones, and there is also the smell formed after the corpses of many lizardmen were cremated. My subordinates are worried about these lizardmen.
He also carries the dark plague with him, so he doesn’t dare to accumulate too many corpses.”
Shiloh nodded and said nothing, but the speed of his feet increased a lot. After a while, he saw the outline of Stormwind City.
Looking from a distance, Stormwind City is indeed much more glorious than when he left. Now it has the prototype of a big city. However, on the periphery of the city, you can see a large circle of burning flames, and the ground is scorched black.
The ground was covered with mud, and a large amount of blood was deposited there.
The Stormtroopers and the citizens in the city were already greeting each other. The desert mercenaries were mentally exhausted, but they still stood tall. The Stormtroopers who stayed on the island, after experiencing the baptism of war, became more like an iron-blooded soldier in their gestures.
...Hilo was so excited that he immediately waved his riding whip and ran towards Stormwind City at high speed.
"Meet Your Highness!"
Nearly a thousand people shouted to the sky. Shiloh rushed into Stormwind City, raised his arms and shouted: "People of Stormwind City, there is no need to worry! From today on, I will share the joys and sorrows with you!"
Everyone shouted loudly. A month of war had left everyone with a huge stone hanging on their minds and making them very nervous. But now, Shiloh is back and the pillars of Stormwind City are back. Everyone immediately has a feeling of no matter what.
Confidence that you can overcome difficulties with strength!
After all, when he first came to the island, Shiloh set an example and led them through the invasion of the dark plague and escaped from the terrifying spider tide in the dwarf city. Everyone could not help but have that kind of feeling in their hearts, no matter what
The awareness that difficulties and obstacles can be overcome as long as Hilo is there.
Now, under the leadership of Xiang Xiluo, they will surely survive this all-out lizardman attack!
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Due to the critical situation, after Hilo led the army into the city, he immediately asked everyone to return to work and held the first temporary combat meeting.
According to the information currently available, the lizardmen will launch a new round of attack tomorrow evening, leaving them little time. They really have no time to prepare for a banquet, or slow down the pace to relieve the fatigue of the journey.
Except for Mahmoud, who was injured and comatose when he wanted to lead his elite men underground to investigate the lizardmen's military situation not long ago, all the top leaders of Stormwind City were gathered in the executive hall at this moment to discuss the follow-up battle plan.
"Connor, how are you preparing the combatant information I asked you to compile?"
"Your Highness, there are currently 964 combatants in Stormwind City, including 287 Stormtroopers, 50 elite royal knights, 307 desert mercenaries, 200 private soldiers provided by the Cavendish family, and 120
The people are the bodyguards given to you by the eldest prince."
Shiloh nodded and looked at the map of Hope Island on the table. The west side of Stormwind City was marked with red notes on a densely packed area, which was where the lizardmen attacked the most.
"The west is the main battlefield, Rowan, how is the defense force there now?"
"Your Highness, we have set up a three-layer defense line. The first layer is the flame trenches around Stormwind City. The second layer is a large number of defensive horses. The third layer is the eight arrow towers. The Whale Hunting Crossbow of the Bloris is now being destroyed.
They were placed on those eight arrow towers to support the battlefield at any time, but after a month of defense, there were not many crossbow arrows left.
Although the number of lizardmen is large, their combat effectiveness is not strong. Using three fronts to pull back and forth, we can barely drag it until the end of the barrier."
"What is the opponent's troop configuration?"
"Melee and long-range cooperate with each other. No enemies with magical power have been found for the time being. However, after this month of fighting, these lizardmen have become stronger and stronger. At first, there were just some who rushed up with stone weapons or bare hands to fight in close combat.
There have been spear throwers and a weird enemy that uses poisonous snakes for long-range attacks, and the melee lizard men have become stronger and harder to resist."
"Well, based on the current combat effectiveness, do you think we can stop the lizard man's attack?"
Rowan glanced at Old Joel, who was standing silently next to Shiloh, and said: "The reinforcements brought by His Highness are neat and powerful. Those lizardmen are naturally no match, but we don't know the specific identity of these lizardmen yet.
How many are there? If they are really inexhaustible, fighting for a long time will not be good for us."
Shiloh naturally knows what Rowan is worried about. Stormwind City and the Kingdom of Pontos are separated by the sea. They lack reinforcements and have limited combat power. Naturally, they cannot continue such a protracted war. Therefore, the best way to solve the battle is to go deep into the lair of the lizardmen.
, annihilating their leader in one fell swoop.
It's impossible for Shiloh not to know this simple truth: to hit a snake within seven inches, to capture the thief first.
"In this case...then we must fight a big victory tomorrow. Not only must we protect Stormwind City, but we must also beat these lizardmen so hard that they will feel fearful. This will better facilitate the subsequent attack plan."
"Kang...Old Joel, you have been under my eldest brother for many years, and you should be very familiar with marching and fighting. How about I leave it to you to command this battle?"
Shiloh put his hands on the table and looked at the map. He wanted to call Connor's name out of habit. Suddenly he remembered what Connor said before about old Joel and immediately changed his words.
Old Joel had been standing silently next to Shiloh, saying nothing. When he heard Shiloh calling his name, he slowly raised his eyes and finally said: "I respect His Highness's orders."
This sentence made Shiloh feel a little uneasy. As a commander on the battlefield, he should at least talk about his plan. However, Old Joel shut his mouth after obeying the order. He cherished his words like gold, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Shiloh didn't know how to ask.
Fortunately, Connor spoke at this time: "Mr. Joel, the purpose of this battle is to kill the enemy. The more you kill, the better. In this regard, I believe there is no more suitable candidate than you among everyone present."
"If I have the chance, as a junior, I would like to see with my own eyes the [Killing Art of War] that even my grandfather was full of praise for."
Old Joel silently turned his head, looked at Connor and asked: "Who is your grandfather?"
"I am a descendant of the Cavendish family, and my grandfather is the current marshal, McMahon."
When Old Joel heard McMahon's name, his eyes fluctuated and he said, "The Art of War of Killing? If His Highness is popular, he will naturally see it."
As soon as these words came out, Shiloh's face became a little embarrassed. Although this old Joel was the captain of his personal guard, he did not leave him any face.
Connor smiled and said: "Mr. Joel, His Highness's magnanimity will never insult the majesty of the Pontos royal family. Please use your full strength."
Shiloh knew that soldiers like Old Joel, who had been soldiers all their lives, were the least likely to be convinced, so he followed Connor's words and said: "You are the commander-in-chief in this battle. I give you full authority to command. Anyone who disobeys the order
,kill!"
Seeing Shiloh's solemn expression, Old Joel was silent for a few seconds, and finally said: "In that case, I will do my best, but before that, I have another problem. I don't know if His Highness can do it."
Shiloh smiled heartily and said: "No matter what the problem is, we will solve it for you."
"In that case, Your Highness, do you dare to borrow the city for use?"