In Severo's eyes, there are serious problems with the system of the Snow Giant clan. Although the Royal Court has the advantage, it cannot always say the same thing. Each major tribe has its own ideas, and each puts the interests of its own tribe first. Once the situation comes to an end,
When the interests of the Snow Giant clan conflict with the interests of the tribe, each tribe will give priority to the interests of its own tribe. Just like this time, the soldiers of the Snow Wind Tribe dared to go out privately to respond to the interests of their own tribe without the order of the royal court.
Soldier, as for his deliberate act of consuming the soldiers of the Xuefeng tribe, he did not feel guilty at all. Typically, he only allowed the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps.
There must be some truth to Severo's idea. The snow giant's tribal system has indeed dispersed the power of the Royal Court. When the Royal Court is strong, it can basically command the large tribes in the snow field, but when it is weak, the large tribes bully the Royal Court.
It's not like there isn't one at one end.
It is also true that each tribe puts their own interests at the top of their priority list. Otherwise, the Barbarians of the Ice Flame Tribe would not follow Richard wholeheartedly. It is because of following Richard that the Ice Flame Tribe will develop further.
Severo's idea is correct. The snow giant's tribal system actually disperses the power of the snow giant. Even if the royal court is not weak now, after the summons is issued, there are still some tribes who are trying to push back and forth without making much effort. If they want to
Preserve strength.
It would be great if they could use the method of centralization of power like the human kingdom. After the two sides fight large and small battles, the snow giants, no matter how crazy they are, will also understand some about humans. Everyone uses the common language and communicates with each other.
There is no language barrier. Humans can capture snow giants as prisoners, and snow giants can naturally capture human prisoners. On such a large battlefield, even if the defenders have a tenacious will to fight, some people will inevitably be captured by snow giants.
Severo's understanding of human beings came from the mouths of these captives. The country in the mouths of these captives was decided by the King of the North. The talented people appointed by the king were the officials to manage the country. The whole country was united as one, and as soon as the king's order was issued
Fight wherever you are directed, everyone above and below dares to obey, the soldiers are effective, and the officers are not afraid of death, and are invincible. In the last war, the weak body of human beings actually caused huge losses to the powerful snow giants. This is the power of human beings.
Institutional advantages.
It was also after listening to the descriptions of the captured human soldiers that Severo increasingly felt that there were serious problems with the current system of the Snow Giants. Each tribe fought on its own, and the interests of the tribes came first. This was the fundamental reason why the Snow Giants were inferior to humans.
To sum up, this new king is very thoughtful and thinks that he has found the stubborn problem of the Snow Giant clan, which is that they are dragged down by the tribal system. He is urgently needed to complete the reform. The so-called revenge on the Snow Wind Tribe is actually just a cover. He must try his best to
Weaken the strength of the large tribe and reduce its resistance to reform.
As for this war? Severo didn't think that 30,000 snow giant warriors would stop at this small human city. As long as he gave the order and attacked with all his strength, victory would be within reach.
Obviously, Severo's understanding of human beings is still very limited. He regards Richard as the king of mankind and has included Northland among all humans. If the system of Northland is fully functioning in the kingdom, what can the kingdom do?
The potential for war that breaks out is at least several times greater than it is now.
There are still a large number of nobles in the human kingdom as a whole, which are no different from the large tribes of snow giants. Even Richard and the northern forces he leads are actually considered one of the large tribes.
As for systems, more important than whether they are good or bad is whether they are appropriate or not. Although a centralized system can bring out the overall strength of a force, it requires a variety of conditions.
First of all, there must be a complete system and an efficient administrative team. Otherwise, if the power is concentrated in the hands, there will be nothing but chaos. The development level of productivity must reach that level. To put it bluntly, agriculture must develop to a certain extent.
In the current state of the snow giants, it is impossible to centralize power. Fundamentally speaking, the production method in the snowfield is only suitable for the tribal system. The leaders of each family take care of their own affairs and respect the royal court together. When there is a war, they come to the snow giant.
Under the summons of the Giant King, they each contributed their own efforts. Although they would not give their full strength due to selfishness, they were still able to mobilize effectively.
And if a centralized system equivalent to that of the Northland is applied mechanically, the snow giants themselves may be seriously injured first. In short, the most terrifying time is to take action when you have only half-understanding of something.
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"Catch all these deserters!"
"Let's see who dares! This is a soldier of my Snow Wind Division. If you do anything wrong, it should be punished by my Snow Wind Division. Why should you arrest someone!"
As soon as the attacking Xuefeng soldiers retreated, the Snow Giant General Geul came up with a group of Royal Court soldiers to find trouble, preparing to take these Xuefeng soldiers who had retreated from the Snowfield City into custody.
In fact, according to Ge Ur's idea, he planned to use these deserters to establish his power. When they fled to a certain distance and were suspected of attacking the rear camp, he directly ordered the soldiers of the royal court to attack them and execute them in an open and fair manner.
However, the Yukikaze tribe broke away from the team and left the camp under the order of the leader, and went directly to pick up the Yukikaze tribe soldiers who had escaped, which made his plan fail. The deserters stabilized at a longer distance and did not continue to escape.
Some of them even turned around to confront the pursuing dragon, and when they came back, they were wrapped up in the main force of the Snow Wind Tribe. Gul had no chance to make a move. He couldn't let his soldiers attack the Snow Wind Tribe.
Even if he wanted to weaken the Yukikaze Tribe on behalf of Severo, he would not dare to do such a thing. Killing the deserters would have a high-sounding reason, but directly attacking the Yukikaze Tribe would become a naked civil war.
However, although he could not attack directly, it did not mean that Ge Ur would not go to the Snow Wind Tribe to cause trouble. Just when the Snow Wind Tribe was preparing to resettle the soldiers who had escaped, Ge Ur directly approached them and asked for the escapees to be taken away.
Take away everyone who comes back.
This time, it was like poking a hornet's nest. Before the leader of the Yukikaze Tribe could say anything, his officers had already started a riot, determined not to let Geul take away the soldiers of the Yukikaze Tribe.
"What? Are you going to protect the deserters? The king's order is to punish deserters severely, and these shameful deserters should be punished."
Seeing that the people in the Yukikaze tribe were furious, Geul knew that he could not suppress these people, so he immediately carried Severo out.
The ordinary warriors of the Snow Wind Tribe were fine. After all, the Snow Giant King was too far away from them. The people they usually interacted with the most were the leaders of their own tribes. In comparison, they were more in awe of their own leaders, but the leader of the Snow Wind Tribe had a change of expression.
It's hard to see.
After brewing for a long time, the leader of the Snow Wind Tribe stood up and said to Ge Ur:
"It is impossible for our soldiers from the Snow Wind Division to be handed over to you. I will personally explain to the king."
"Things are settled one by one. The issue of deserters will be resolved immediately. And you should think about how to explain to the king that the soldiers of Xuefeng Department acted without orders."
"Go and take away all the deserters from the Xuefeng tribe. Let's see who dares to disobey the king's order and stop them!"
The warriors of the Royal Court were pressing forward step by step under the leadership of Ge Ur. Although there were more warriors from the Snow Wind Tribe here, they were naturally weaker when facing the Royal Court, and a tense confrontation ensued between the two sides.
"Gur, don't mess around!"
At the critical moment, it was Kawei who stood up and stopped Gul's actions.
"Don't move for now. Let Xuefeng take care of these people first. Leader Dawu and I will go to see the king."
When Kawei spoke up, the soldiers of the Royal Court paused for a moment. Although Kawei came to command the miscellaneous teams of various tribes outside the Royal Court's direct lineage under the order of the Snow Giant King Severo, he is the oldest person in the Royal Court after all.
The general is very high in terms of strength and prestige. When he speaks, the soldiers in the royal court will hesitate.
Faced with Kawei's obstruction, Geul did not continue to maintain a tough attitude. Instead, he waved his hand and told his soldiers to stop their actions.
"Since General Kawei asked him to take a step back, if the king pursues the case..."
"I'll take the responsibility."
After saying this, the soldiers of the royal court stopped taking action, and Kawei led Dawu, the leader of the Xuefeng tribe, towards the high platform where Severo was.
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Outside Snowfield City, the camp where the Snow Giant King is located.
Two rows of snow giant elite warriors stood on both sides, while Kawi led Dawu, the leader of the Snow Wind Tribe, to arrive in front of Severo along the road.
The Snow Giant King learned his lesson this time. He stayed far away from the battlefield and deployed a large number of elites around him to prevent the human saints from beheading him like the last time. But that didn't mean that he didn't notice the situation on the battlefield.
Before he could speak, Severo spoke up first:
"Chief Dawu, if you mobilize your soldiers without my order, don't you take me as the king seriously?"
Severo's first words were a bit aggressive, which made Dawu feel bad. He immediately lowered his head and explained:
"The matter is urgent and I don't have time to wait for the king's order. Please forgive me."
"Oh, you can disobey my orders if the matter is urgent? What you mean by urgent is to rescue those deserters from your Yukikaze Department?"
In fact, after two or three generations of strong Snow Giant King rule, the power of the Royal Court has become quite high. At least the major tribes have made some small moves, but they dare not disobey the Royal Court's orders. The leaders of the big tribes are in front of the Snow Giant King.
The posture is very low.
The current status of the Snow Giant King can be regarded as that of the Emperor Zhou before the Spring and Autumn Period among the Snow Giants. Although he does not directly control the major tribes, it is still easy to control one or two of them if he wants to.
But Severo, the current Snow Giant King, is obviously not satisfied with this indirect influence. He is a Saint-level Snow Giant King, more powerful than the previous Snow Giant Kings who barely reached the Holy level with the help of the Ice and Snow Key. What he wants is
Absolute control.
"King, although they are wrong, there is a reason. The human city is more difficult to defeat than imagined, and compared to last time, humans have one more holy dragon. Please forgive their crimes."
"King, the attacking warriors have no reinforcements and cannot get close to the city wall. If the holy dragon appears again, it will be really difficult to maintain their fighting power. I ask the king to deal with them leniently."
Kawei also spoke out to persuade. Severo remained silent for a while and looked around. As the royal court's flag-raising place, in addition to a large number of elite guards, there were also some royal court officials and tribal leaders. Although they did not say anything.
, but it can also be seen from their expressions that they all tend to favor the Xuefeng tribe.
Snow giants generally don't have the habit of executing deserters, and they always carry out other punishments. The population, especially the young and strong population, is very valuable to snow giants.
Besides, no one is stupid or blind. The Yukikaze Club's failure this time was just because they were on the wrong team and Severo stepped on the shoes. There is no big mistake. Severo just punished him a little, and then grabbed him.
It would be too much to punish Dawu and then execute the deserters.
Obviously, they still underestimate Severo's ambitions too much, and retaliating against the tribes who were on the wrong team before was just an appearance, an appearance that Severo deliberately created.
However, although Severo intends to continue to weaken the major tribes, he is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart and can become a saint. He is not a proud and heroic figure, but he may be a fool. He is just a little more radical in his ideas.
Too much mobility.
With Kawi's advice, Severo pretended to come down by this step and said to Daou:
"No matter what the reason is, it is not a reason to desert, nor is it a reason for the Yukikaze Department to disobey the king's order. However, with General Kawei's intercession, I will give the Yukikaze Department a chance."
"Thank you, King, for your forgiveness."
Although he didn't know what opportunity Severo was talking about, Dawu still lay down on the ground and showed his attitude.
The expression on Severo's face softened slightly, and he seemed to be quite satisfied with Dawu's performance. Then Severo continued:
"Let those deserters rest for a while before launching an attack again. Let them rush to the front to atone for their sins. Xuefeng will send another thousand soldiers to join the siege. Those who disobey the king's orders will not be held accountable."
"this?"
After listening to Severo's request, Dawu showed hesitation on his face. Although the Xuefeng tribe was a large tribe, it could only mobilize a few thousand warriors. Half of the soldiers in the Xuefeng tribe were mobilized in this round.
The loss is already painful enough. If they are tricked again, the Snow Wind tribe may fall to the middle tribe.
"Huh? Chief Dawu doesn't agree?"
Severo stared straight at Dawu, glaring at him. Dawu felt a huge pressure. Compared with the previous kings who relied on the key of ice and snow to enter the holy level, Severo is a genuine strong man of the holy level.
Being targeted by a powerful person with a holy rank, Dawu's pressure can be imagined.
The words of rejection came to his lips but he could not say them out at all. Severo might not destroy the Yukikaze tribe, but it was not impossible to kill himself on the spot and replace the Yukikaze tribe with an obedient leader.
Just when Dawu was entangled in his heart, Severo spoke again:
"Although the Snow Wind Tribe performed poorly before, it can be seen that human beings are not weak in strength. It may be difficult for the Snow Wind Tribe to defeat humans. This time, in addition to the Snow Wind Tribe, the Cold Wind and Ice Spear Tribes also sent a thousand troops each.
have…"
Severo then opened his mouth and named several tribes.
"Yukikaze is willing to be the vanguard."
Listening to Severo's list of tribes, Dawu no longer hesitated and knelt down to accept the order again.
The other leaders of the Snow Giant tribe and the officials of the Royal Court had strange and somewhat natural expressions on their faces...