Chapter seven hundred and ninety-third: Wang Banquet, Wang Fierce Fight
High King, are you kidding me?
Ryan was a little unsure about what Thor Green meant, a hundred thousand troops?
The Kingdom of Britannia Knights once had a heyday, which probably lasted from the time of the third Knight King Guillaume "The White Death" to the Knight King "Justice" Jules on the eve of the Tower of Dore incident.
During this period of time, Britannia defended Chaos in the north, fought against the Tomb King fleet and the Dark Elf fleet in the west, conquered Araby and Nicohara deserts in the south, and purged all the greenskins in the country, leaving the greens in the country.
Piedmont stayed away from Britannia for two hundred years, and the farthest knight army reached Ruth.
Chea can be said to be a model of abundant martial virtue, but according to the records of this period in the palace of Curona obtained by Ryan, all the armies in Britannia at that time included the standing army, knight lords, knight retinues and the total number of sergeants.
(excluding serf soldiers), there were about 100,000 people.
So what now?
After many wars, the total number of knights (capable of purchasing equipment) and knight retainers (qualified as retainers) in the entire kingdom of Britannia was less than 30,000, plus their respective sergeants (i.e. free soldiers).
At most, 60,000 civilian soldiers were killed. To recruit 100,000 people, not only had to recruit serf infantry on a large scale, but also there was no way to consider domestic defense and possible invasion.
One hundred thousand people, is Thor Green serious? Is he joking, or is he ignorant?
Ryan frowned and thought for a moment. The King of Knights felt that the High King was unlikely to be ignorant. Thorgrin - the Resentment Bearer was famous for his wisdom and stability. He had also traveled throughout the old world and was very knowledgeable about many things in the human kingdom.
It is impossible that the High King did not have an accurate figure in mind as to how many people the Brittanians could produce. He was not necessarily ignorant to this extent.
"I guess you must be wondering why the dwarves can afford so much money, right?" The High King continued speaking very calmly and roughly. He stopped his knife and fork and touched his beard.
There were several silver tableware in front of him, each with a different purpose: "You know nothing about the Eternal Peak Treasure House, young man, I
You can offer a very generous price. An ordinary knight's annual income is only more than a hundred gold coins, right? For dwarves, this is only more than thirty gold coins. I can pay you fifty dwarf gold coins a year for a knight.
, how about it? As for the rest, I can pay you the price of an imperial mercenary with a 20% premium, how about it?"
The price is very fair, and after seeing the treasure house of Eight Peaks Mountain, Ryan will not doubt that the Supreme King cannot afford the money. Ryan frowned slightly, he thought for a moment, and was not in a hurry to refuse. He did not even admit that the Kingdom of Knights is now organized
Can't afford 100,000 people: "I don't think so many people are needed to defend the bad land. I think..."
"You don't need so many people? Hahaha~" Thor Greene sneered after hearing this, and he interrupted Ryan very rudely: "Look at my beard, young man, look at my beard, you don't even know how to do it."
You guy who doesn’t even have a beard, your dealings with greenskins are not even one percent as long as mine, why do you think you don’t need so many people to guard Bafeng Mountain?”
"After one year and dozens of battles, our coalition with Belegar has defeated countless greenskin tribes along the Badlands, wiped out Skarsnik and his Evil Moon tribe, and destroyed the Skaven.
The headquarters of the Manmoth clan and the trial of the headhunter Quik. After that, I worked with Belega to clean up the area around the Eight Peaks Mountain.
Many small green-skinned tribes, not to mention the next few years, at least the next twenty years, Bafeng Mountain will not face a giant waaagh!" Ryan said with a rather sincere attitude: "Therefore, I think there is no need to station such a
There are so many troops, Bafeng Mountain is now in dire need, and it does not have the ability to supply so many troops."
The green-skin reproductive capacity certainly has a crushing advantage over the dwarves, but the green-skin does not mean that it can explode into hundreds of thousands of people in just a few months. After suffering such a huge blow, Bafeng Mountain
It will take at least ten years for the green skin nearby to recover and sow more mushrooms.
, and then slowly select green-skin warlords through civil war and "big chaos", until one green-skin warlord defeats other green-skin warlords, unifies the entire tribe and becomes a big green-skin warlord. This is a relatively long process.
The process took even Skarsnik himself decades.
"Of course I will take care of the military supplies. What do young people know?" Thorgreen listened to Ryan's analysis and looked sideways at this fledgling human. He forked a piece of tender and juicy lamb chop and put it into his mouth: "Also
Yes, why do you think this is okay? Have you ever seen a real big waaagh? Have you dealt with it? You
Have you ever seen it with your own eyes? Have you ever faced a real green-skinned warboss? Don’t use the example of your confrontation with Skarsnik. That goblin warlord is cunning, but its melee strength and military strength are the only ones among the greenskins.
To be fair, have you ever dealt with the Pot-Belly King Gollum? Gorbad Ironclaw? Or, Grimgor Ironhide?"
"..." Ryan was silent. The King of Knights thought to himself that this old guy was relying on his old age to show off his strength and use his seniority to suppress me!
But Ryan is indeed weak in this aspect. After all, he is still too young. Thorgreen is already a thousand years old. The High King shows his qualifications. Ryan really has nothing to do.
"Let me tell you, if the green bastard god of war Grimgor Ironhide and his black orc army 'Immortals' appear in Eight Peaks Mountain, even if there are 100,000 of you, you may not be Ironhide's opponent!" the High King continued.
Using his power to suppress others, he said in a low voice: "One hundred thousand people are completely necessary. You have no idea how powerful Grimgor is!"
"But the last time Grimgor appeared was in the hell pit of the Mourn Mountains north of Kislev. He slaughtered tens of thousands of Skaven and then headed east to the Kurgan Steppe.
." Ryan immediately retorted: "It is tens of thousands of miles away from Bafeng Mountain, we should not take this factor into consideration."
"There will be a day when Ironhide is tired of killing the Kurgans! I understand it! It will come back, it will definitely." The High King interrupted Ryan again: "Do you understand Ironhide, or do I understand it? Let me tell you,
In the Book of Great Hatred, there are three chapters related to Ironhide!"
Then let it come! As the Knight King of Britannia, the Chosen Champion of the Lady of the Lake, the Primarch of the Gray Knights, and the Son of the Emperor, am I afraid of the green-skinned war god Ironhide? Come on if you can!
When the Supreme King said this, all the blood in Ryan's body immediately rushed to his head, and he subconsciously wanted to blurt out these words.
But when he raised his head, what he saw was the sneer of the High King. Thorgreen was eating lamb chops leisurely and comfortably, as if he had anticipated Ryan's reaction and everything was under his control.
That's right! Ever since the conversation began, ever since the two parties met, Thorgreen had mastered all the rhythm of the entire conversation! Ryan found himself being led by the High King throughout the whole process.
Throughout the whole process, the rhythm of the topic and Ryan's emotions were all under the control of the Supreme King.
Thinking of this, the King of Knights gritted his teeth and suppressed all his anger. The king pretended to be thirsty and asked for water. He first filled a large glass of Bagman stout, took a big sip, and then lowered his head.
Cut the lamb chops with a knife and fork, close your eyes and feel the delicious food.
Well, it's just a bit salty. Dwarves always speak harshly, so the Knight King thought.
How can we get back the initiative in the topic? Ryan chewed his food, suppressed his anger, and carefully thought of countermeasures.
The High King didn't seem to be in a hurry. He ate slowly and waited for Ryan's answer.
Three minutes later, Ryan finally spoke: "Your Majesty the High King, since Grimgor Ironhide is so difficult to deal with, then it is useless to station a hundred thousand humans. For Ironhide, no matter how many humans there are, they are just targets of massacre.
, I think we need to change our thinking.”
"Change your thinking? What kind of thinking?" The Supreme King became interested, and he asked casually: "Young people, think about it before you think about it. You young humans, if one of you is better, where in the world have you gone, you are better than those
Pointed ears, you can run pretty fast, but the questions you ask and the opinions you put forward are all too superficial, ah, and sometimes very childish, do you understand?"
"That's right!" To Thorgreen's surprise, Ryan admitted his shortcomings generously. The King of Knights recovered and said with a smile: "So I think the dwarves should be used to defend the Eight Peaks Mountain, after all."
One dwarf is like ten greenskins, and it is too unreliable to place too much hope on us humans for the defense system."
"Of course dwarves are stronger than you humans, but we don't have enough population now." The High King thought about Ryan's words again: "There are only 150,000 dwarves left in Eternal Peak, which is far from the one million at its peak.
, whether it is Torrent Pass, Butcher's Fort or Haimen Pass in the north, they no longer have the energy to help Bafeng Mountain. Otherwise, why do you think that we dwarves will abandon our compatriots and ignore it? Why do you think that I will come to you to talk about this matter?
thing?"
"There are people somewhere!" Ryan spread his hands and said seriously: "Norska, Dulong City! The Norska dwarves have a large population. I heard from Brother Belega that there is only one in Dulong City.
There are more than 20,000 adult dwarves in the fortress! The entire population of Norscan dwarves exceeds 100,000. Your Majesty, the 100,000 you want are here!"
Lane was not wrong.
In addition to the dwarven castles in the Roof of the World, Gray Mountains and Black Mountains, there is also a huge dwarf force located in the Norscan Mountains and the Mourn Mountains in the northern part of the Old World.
This group of dwarves is collectively known as the Norscan dwarves.
The source of this dwarf is the dwarf army and dwarf expedition team left behind by the dwarf ancestors and gods before they tried to go to the northern chaotic wasteland to close the ancient holy portal. They immediately decided to do so after discovering the rich mineral veins in the Norsca Mountains.
They settled here and built many fortresses, and the dwarf ancestor god Granny discovered
After receiving the news of the invasion of Chaos, they sent messengers in time to inform these dwarves that Chaos was about to move south. This gave the Norscan dwarves sufficient time to blockade the city and prepare for defense. When the Chaos army moved south, they discovered this
A group of dwarves have set up ten lines of defense waiting for Chaos to attack!
The siege of Dulong City lasted for decades. The Chaos army only broke through the three outermost lines of defense. The demons could neither enjoy the thrill of victory nor taste blood and gain glory. They were really tired of fighting.
After a huge snowstorm, the Chaos army chose to retreat and continue southward, leaving only the Norscan dwarves who had cut off all news from the outside world and lost contact with their own people.
Until the Great Holy War, the Norscan dwarves set out from the underground river of the city they dug to support the empire. After thousands of years, they finally had a long-lost reunion with the dwarves of the Mountain Empire.
Despite being located on the front line, the population of Norscan dwarves is very large and very tenacious. There are still four large dwarf cities left in Norsca, namely Dulong City, Thunder City, Crow's Nest City and Eagle Peak City. In addition to
In addition, there are more than a dozen small dwarf cities scattered across the Norscan mountains. Among them, the most populous city of Dulong has more than 20,000 adult dwarves, and the most conservative estimate of the total population of Norscan dwarves is more than 100,000.
"Do you think I don't want to? I have sent three waves of messengers, but the king of Dulong City, Torgard-The Crimson One, just doesn't want to!" Thorgreen retorted subconsciously at first, then he suddenly paused and then lowered his head.
Eat meat.
Damn it, I was actually led by this young man, the High King thought to himself as he chewed the lamb.
Hey, now it seems that this young man is not simple.
It is not that the High King has not tried to persuade the Norscan dwarves to withdraw to the mountain kingdom, but the Norscan dwarves collectively refused. The first reason is that the dwarves will not abandon their homeland unless they have to, and the two sides have been separated for too long.
The Norscan dwarves showed respect rather than obedience to the High King.
The second reason is that the Norscan dwarves are too rich. The Norscan mountains are rich in iron, precious metals (mainly silver) and gemstone veins, and the valleys have vast amber deposition areas. They are covered by pine forests.
Its mountainous coast is teeming with all kinds of animals, its rivers and coastal waters are rich in fish resources, and its mineral veins are inexhaustible, and all are open-pit mines.
Normally, it takes tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even more years for a mineral vein to be produced, but for the Norscan mountains, the mountains that are blown by the wind of chaos are mutating all day long, and a mineral vein only needs
It can be regenerated in tens to hundreds of years, so the Norscan dwarves can always enjoy endless mineral resources, or open-pit mining.
Don't ask why, because Chaos won't talk to you about reason or rationality.
With such rich geographical conditions, the Norscan dwarves simply did not want to return to the mountain empire.
"North? Those dwarves are used to living there. They won't go to Eight Peaks Mountain." The High King said in a low voice: "Your idea is unrealistic."
"But what's the use of those Norscan dwarves hanging alone in the north?" Ryan followed the words of the High King and said directly: "We should establish an emergency mechanism and concentrate our strength. Anyway, these 100,000 people
It would be a waste to throw it in Norska, relying on these short
People can't stop the invasion of Chaos. It's better to withdraw quickly. Am I right? Your Majesty the Supreme King? Didn't you say that you are very rich and don't care about this commission? So instead of turning to us humans for help, why not do it more simply?
, what about letting the Norscan dwarves go south?"
The High King raised his head and looked at Ryan with his eyes, as if he wanted to get to know him again. His long white beard swayed back and forth, and he pondered for a moment. The High King stared at Ryan with his unique majesty and oppression: "You are a young man, this year
At forty years old, how can he possibly know such detailed information about Norsca and Dulong City? Belegar, why are you telling you these irrelevant things? It is impossible for these Norse dwarves to join the Angland clan!"
"This is my own idea!" Ryan was stunned for a moment, then he continued: "Aren't the dwarves all engaged in strategic contraction now?"
"Hmph! What do you think? I don't believe it! You were really fooled by that fool! You young people, you must be careful not to 'see the wind, it is the rain'. After hearing this news, you
As a king, I have to judge myself, even if these things are completely...impossible
, you go and tell that idiot again, this is equivalent to... this thing... you are also responsible!" The High King shook his head suddenly, and he stared at Ryan's face: "So, who is it? Is it Belegar or your regent?
, or your courtiers, who gave you the plan to move the Norscan dwarves inland?!"