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Chapter 187 Alexander's troubles

"When capital comes into the world, blood flows from every pore from head to toe" - it was really written by Marx.

So far, the wealth Cecil has obtained is not so dirty. After all, he can be regarded as a classic work of "dimension reduction strike". Backed by the long evolution of human society on the earth for thousands of years, he has countless copies. Good things suck blood from the wizarding world to feed a weak industrial society, however, this is not a long-term solution after all.

Today, Cecil's first pot of gold obtained through plunder is about to be produced, which is a necessary and inevitable development.

Rochester and Crandall jointly dispatched troops to attack St. Panier first. Although Rochester will eventually get St. Benzie, St. Benzie is too far away. To enter St. Panzier from Loschere's position, you have to pass through St. Panier Well, no matter what, St. Panier is a hurdle that cannot be overcome. What's more, Alexander has been talking about becoming famous through the battle of St. Panier.

Cecil, who was far away in Moon City, couldn't help muttering after receiving the battle plan: "If this guy finds out that there is something wrong with Saint Benze's mana well in the future, will he be so angry that he will attack me instead. "

"Not at all." The royal knights all laughed, and Langdon said meaningfully, "Anyway, what he cares about is not the land."

What Alexander really hoped for was a great war, a war so tragic that the bards of later generations would talk about it for thousands of years. He was the ultimate victor and the key redeemer, and that was what he hoped for.It is obviously impossible for his soldiers to understand the intention of the monarch. All the soldiers think about is how much benefit they can gain in this war. Magic coins and anything of value in their hands is what they want.

Maibeigu's easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain is destined to be a tragic war. From Alexander to the bottom of the soldiers, they are all mentally prepared.

Rochester and Crandall certainly have the corresponding air power, but they don't want to blast Maibeigu into a white field, and the soldiers don't want to find wealth in the ruins. Although descending from a high place to the ground is an option, it will also suffer Until St. Panier's strong resistance, because Alexander issued the gauntlet without authorization, St. Panier got enough preparation time.

Cecil has always felt that all kinds of incredible stupid scenes often appear in history because of the cognition and information of the people at that time. Now it seems that some stupid things are destined to appear. Gauntlet, this kind of self-contradictory approach is really incomprehensible.

Regrettably, Alexander still did it, so when the multinational coalition forces assembled before the war in early October—this was already unreasonably fast and unreasonably fast, Langdon believed that at least [-]% of the countries of Losher and Crandall had secretly prepared for half a year. From the above, it seems that Alexander's gauntlet behavior is even more nonsense-when he reached the gut-like road outside Maibei Valley, Maibei Valley was waiting for it.

Of course, St. Panier has struggled a lot, such as condemning the "allies" Rochester and Crandall for unreasonable aggression, and claiming that slavery is the foundation of St. Panier since the founding of the country. Well done, the master gave them an education, a decent job, and even arranged a happy marriage, none of this worked, and all the countries in the western continent kept polite silence, only Saint Benzie voiced his support, but it didn't It's useless.

Now, facing the 30-meter-high stone wall at the entrance of Maibei Valley, the coalition forces launched the first wave of attacks.

Countless magic missiles hit the past. This is a common method. It is cheap, large in quantity, and has enough lethality. Dense blue ripples appear on the wall. It seems that the ordinary stone wall is obviously protected by magic, which is not surprising. Unexpected by the coalition commander.

"Where's the flying dragon?" the commander shouted, "Is the guy from Holy Thunder huddled in the ****‖their‖sister?"

"Fucking their sister" is a disgraceful historical event of the Holy Thunder. It doesn't need to be explained. Just by reading the words, it is clear that this is probably a good thing done by a famous person, so that people in other countries will remember it. To be honest, it's hard to forget.

The soldiers snickered, and soon after, there was the sound of fluttering wings in the sky, and the flying dragon troop of the Holy Thunder pierced the sky, rushing towards the wall like shells. The magic blasts the walls.

The air power of various magical powers can of course drop mages by air, but the mages in the air lack sufficient protection means. Just to prevent themselves from falling into meatloaf requires great concentration. This behavior is tantamount to suicide. Casting magic directly in the air is limited by distance and accuracy, so honest ground propulsion is still the mainstream method of this era.

Gorgeous magic light appeared one after another over the wall, and the blue ripples became more and more dense, until there was a bang, the magic blue light flashed away, and the naked stone wall was exposed!

The coalition forces cheered, and the commander fired a red magic missile into the sky, roaring: "Charge! Charge! Warriors! Magic missile cover!"

The second wave of magic missiles flew out from the coalition camp. This time, they hit the stone firmly, and large patches of black ash appeared on the stone wall. Finally, after a click, the stone wall collapsed, and the magic missile did not Instead of stopping, it was thrown out wave after wave like a rising tide, and soon, there was nothing left at the stone wall.

The soldiers rushed forward, and the heavy knights were at the front. Surprisingly, they were not the backbone of lethality. Thanks to the blessing of the Rakshasa, the local tactical thinking has changed a lot, far surpassing the Middle Ages of the earth. The cumbersome combat power of heavy knights has long been abandoned. Most of them are used for the first wave of charge to disrupt the enemy's formation or to fill holes. The main combat power is equipped with short-range crossbows, swords and light armor. The magic light cavalry, at present, the light cavalry has been changed to infantry, and the terrain of Maibei Valley is really not suitable for cavalry deployment.

The flying dragon turned a corner in the air and was close to the ground again. The strong wind brought by the flapping of its wings overturned a row of enemies. The dragon as a mount could not spray anything, and could only cause damage by biting and sharp claws. Will be involved in this war, after all, this is a matter between human beings, of course, the reason for the surface of the Holy Thunder is "the real dragon guard is sick" or something like that.

As expected, the first wave of heavy armored knights broke through the defense line laid by Mai Beigu like an awl. The first cannon fodder was naturally served by slaves. These slaves have certain equipment, but their physical fitness and magic skills are not very good. , soon fell down like ripe wheat, and more knights squeezed in, blocking the entire canyon road.

It stands to reason that this is a completely unreasonable tactic no matter how you look at it. Isn't this helping Mai Beigu's defense?

Cecil also thought so when he saw this in the battle report: "How do they get in?"

"Use magic." Langdon said slowly, "The task of the vanguard is to block the way."

Cecil:? ? ?

Facts have proved that Cecil still knows too little magic. When the "road" was blocked into sausages, countless coalition soldiers rushed to the entrance of the canyon, jumped lightly, and actually stepped on the cliff of the canyon. The coffin board was overturned, and the soldiers rushed into the city on the cliff like walking on the ground.

This is a masterpiece of magic.

"Then just go this way." Cecil was still puzzled, "Why do you have to block the dead end first?"

"It is impossible to use magic while standing on the wall, that is to say, they are unprotected." Langdon explained, "If there are enemies in the canyon, all you need to do is to shoot arrows on the cliff at this time."

"The counterattack on the wall." Cecil said, "There are more people standing on the wall than on the ground, right?"

Oakes couldn't stand it anymore: "If you walk this magical road once, you will understand. It is very difficult to master the balance. It is different from the feeling on the ground. Let alone archery, it is good if you can walk smoothly. Well, in this case, the people on the wall are the targets on the ground. Besides, even if you can fight back, and then Mai Beigu sends people in, will the two sides fall into a war of attrition? Mai Beigu consumes slaves, but the people here are not slaves .”

Not only not, on the contrary, the Rochester soldier is a very respectable profession. Because of the existence of the "golden tax collector", most Rochester people are keen to join the army, so Alexander is absolutely unwilling to enter the war of attrition.

There are no flat tops above the cliffs on both sides of the Yangchang‖small‖ path that Mai Beigu enters. The tops of the mountains on both sides are jagged and pointed. The situation is like a wall that reduces the roads in and out of Maibei Valley. Now, it also prevents the San Paniers from the top of the mountain to stop the coalition forces.

Naturally, the last hurdle to enter Maibeigu is the place where the sheep’s gut ‖road‖ ends. Although the width of the entrance can only accommodate two carriages side by side, it is still not wide enough to build the second magic hurdle .

There are basically no people standing on the ground of the sheep intestines path, not to mention carriages and horses. It is difficult for people to find a foothold. In the past, they could only step on the pile of corpses with deep and shallow feet.

Cecil put down the battle report and asked, "Should we continue to use magic?"

"No." Langdon said, "Alexander has gone to speak."

Cecil:? ? ?

No matter how you think about it, there is no sufficient logic in the matter of shouting before the battle. All human behaviors need to be profitable. Let’s not talk about the benefits of shouting before the battle. In the era of no amplification, how can a person’s voice be transmitted to more than ten meters? Even hundreds or thousands of meters away is simply impossible.

Now, with the blessing of magic, such a thing is possible.

Alexander was in a magic wagon - a special from the Magic Wagon Company, which could be driven on any rough road, even on piles of corpses - with a modified carriage, with a skylight at the top, through which his upper body passed , proudly stood in front of the second wall at the entrance of Maibei Valley, and preached loudly: "Evil slave owners, miserable slaves, open your eyes and see, there is no room for cruelty in this world anymore! Alexander the Liberator, coming here in person, will surely..."

The following words were choked back by a big fireball, which was "thrown" from the other side of the wall. I don't know whether it was God's will or the person who cast the spell was skilled. This blind fireball hit Alexander's face directly. After that, the smoke dissipated, and the speech he had repeatedly revised was interrupted, and the black smoke smoked his face.

Cecil: "..."

The royal cavalry listening to the battle report let out uncontrollable laughter, and Cecil was a little afraid to continue watching, for fear that something like "the battle situation is unfavorable, and we will temporarily transfer" will appear below.

Fortunately, that didn't happen.

Alexander who was "on the scene" yelled angrily: "Blow up this wall for me!"

The magic "fireworks" are very beautiful. On many occasions of celebration, people will spontaneously throw missiles, and the colorful explosions will explode in the air. At this moment, the "fireworks" are also very beautiful. After a quarter of an hour, the stone wall collapsed, revealing the dense crowd behind .

They were armed slaves, St. Panier's elite troops. Unlike Cecil's imagination, these people could not be regarded as "human beings".

"Their souls have been cleansed. This is an evil spell. Those who need to be cast are completely voluntary and cannot be forced. This is St. Panier's exclusive secret technique. In short, these slaves are very strange. They were made like this voluntarily. Puppet." Speaking of this, Langdon also frowned, "This is terrible."

It's also an exclusive secret technique, isn't it Stockholm?

Cecil curled his lips and said, "Why do you use humans as puppets? Isn't there real magic puppets?"

"That's different." Russell said with a gloomy expression, "These puppets can use magic, think about it, there are thousands of people who can use magic and are not afraid of death, even if you dig out their hearts, it's useless, you have to chop off their heads Just do it."

This is where Cecil's unimaginable cruelty begins.

The burly man standing at the front quickly chanted the spell. The moment the flames ignited under his feet, his body turned into a torch. While burning, he ran towards the coalition army. His movements were extremely fast. No matter how many crossbow arrows were shot, there was still no delay in the action, until it was turned into pieces by a disintegration technique before the formation.

The burning body was torn apart and exploded. When the body parts touched the coalition soldiers, the soldiers found that the flames rushed to them as if they were alive. There were screams, and several water systems and healing magic were thrown out at the same time. However, the flames It was not completely extinguished, the person who was set on fire rolled on the ground, and more magic hit him. Unfortunately, when the magic was extinguished, there was only a pile of human-shaped black charcoal left on the ground.

Alexander watched gloomyly as the armed slaves used their lives to prevent the advance of the coalition forces. This was a loss that had to be paid. He knew that his depression was not due to the deaths of the soldiers, but his lack of performance in this battle. Opportunity.

When the king of Luoxie was thinking about how to express himself, a roar interrupted his thoughts. He turned his head unhappily and found a group of people from the Middle Kingdom rushing over while lifting the corpse.

According to the agreement, the Middle Kingdom will not directly send personnel to the front line in this war, but will send medical and logistics troops to provide services, and at the same time provide strategic materials at cost prices. Alexander does not care about this seemingly "unequal" agreement Well, the Middle Kingdom will not get any valuable land or spoils after the war. The only harvest is a weird mana well and the Maibei Valley that has been swept away. No one wants this ghost thing.

This group of people came to the coalition army together with the medical soldiers. After the identity check, they were ignored. Anyway, this group of people took care of their own food and lodging, but they quickly attracted attention.

The alluring aroma displeased the coalition soldiers at the first meal. Of course, they had specially provided magic bread, but how could the dry and tasteless magic bread have hot oatmeal, oily kebabs and savory flavors? The beef soup was delicious, and the group of medical soldiers and the group of logistics who followed them ate and drank like this. The soldiers of the coalition army endured a meal, and finally couldn't take it anymore.

Cecil's logistical agreement did not include food, given that there was no cheap way to transport food over long distances.Fortunately, the people in the Middle Kingdom are very "kind". After listening to the complaints of the coalition commander, they said frankly: "We don't have any raw materials, and what we bring is almost eaten, and magic can't be transformed. If you are willing to provide the ingredients We can provide paid cooking, which is not expensive, and a soldier only needs one kram for a meal, and there is no limit."

The commander of the coalition forces accepted the proposal after asking Alexander, the supreme leader on the scene, so the soldiers got delicious food and had a good impression of the Middle Kingdom people who had been following behind their buttocks "doing nothing" .

Alexander always felt that it didn't matter, as long as this group of people didn't cause trouble. Now, he saw with his own eyes that this group of people turned over dead bodies on the trail at the entrance of Maibei Valley like a storm.

"Are there any alive?"

"Yes, yes, here's one!"

"I need sutures, who has them?"

"If there is not enough alcohol, ask the people behind to fetch it!"

Alexander asked Baker strangely: "What are they doing?"

Baker smiled slightly: "Save people, the Central Kingdom is full of people who don't know magic, and they are very timid and fearful. They value death very much. You saw it when you went, because the king's hobby city has a lot of people. Cats, dead cats and holding funerals are very sissy. From the king to the people, they value life, so they are saving those pioneer soldiers."

"Hehe." Alexander said disdainfully, "Let them go. A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and face the dripping blood. Death is a kind of heroism! This is what His Majesty Cecil said. I didn't expect him to be so womanly." Human kindness."

Baker lowered his head slightly: "As you said."

The medical team of the Middle Kingdom who rescued people did not have time to pay attention to this kind of evaluation. They were appointed by His Majesty the King, studied under Master Owen for a long time, were specially selected from adventurers and mercenaries, and worked in the hospital for three years. The above-mentioned elites have also made sufficient psychological preparations for the first field rescue—the actual preparation is not necessary, and one of the key points of the hospital study is the emergency treatment of trauma.

The doctors were busy saving lives, and the following businessmen were not far behind.

"Look, the last battlefield was so scary, you might die at some point, come to Moon City, the Licorice Beverage Company is looking for anyone over ten years old who is willing to work, as long as they have arms..." The human resource looked down. Looking at the soldier who disappeared below the forearm of his left hand, "It's okay to have one, with food and housing included, and you can save enough rent in a year. The Middle Kingdom welcomes anyone who is willing to work!"

"I'm Luoxie...soldier." The injured man leaning against the mountain wall said expressionlessly, "Why are you talking so much? What are you doing?"

"Bandage you, or do you want to lose too much blood?" Human Resources pulled out the stopper of the clay bottle, "Be patient, this hurts but is good for the wound!" After finishing speaking, a bottle of alcohol was poured on the broken bottle. arm.

The Luoxie soldier lived up to his reputation, his face was pale and his teeth were clenched, but he didn't make a sound.

While cutting the uncut flesh with a knife, the human resources wrapped the exposed cut with sterilized clean gauze, and kept muttering: "Think about it, you lost your hand now, when It’s not easy to be a soldier. There are jobs everywhere in Yuecheng, and you can easily earn a family’s money every day. Although the income is not as good as when you were a soldier in Luoxie, the consumption here is also low. What you eat every day now Delicious, one silver coin a month in Yuecheng is enough for the whole family... Oh, the price seems to have increased now, but it will not exceed ten silver coins, the whole family! The house is very beautiful... Well, I am a little nervous now, but as long as you If you have a job, the house is basically free, you can live in a family, and furniture is provided! It would be even better if you can magic, and you can earn more!"

The Luoxie soldier didn't feel the usual weakness after blood loss, the pain was slowly numb, he just felt a little tired, which was much better than expected.When he was knocked off his horse and couldn't get up because of the heavy armor, he thought he was dead, which was true according to past experience. However, after being trampled several times and breaking a few bones, he unexpectedly He was pulled out, took off his helmet, stuffed something sweet in his mouth, which smelled like milk, and after drinking a few sips of water, he was placed against the wall. After a while, this noisy guy appeared Yes, talking nonsense while dealing with the wound.

"I only know the magic of killing people." The soldier who was waiting to die replied indifferently. The Luoxie soldiers only had two choices: killing the enemy bravely or dying on the battlefield. No one would go to the battlefield to save the soldier unless he ran back to the formation by himself. .

"Oh, kill someone?" The human resource's eyes lit up, "That's great, brother, are you interested in being a human resource? It's just to help the boss recruit people. You don't need to kill people, as long as you ensure that other companies' human resources It’s enough to fly, in short, it is to occupy the place, do you understand! As long as there are immigrants coming, we must ensure that the human resources of other commercial firms are driven away as soon as possible!”

The Rochester soldier laughed, "Sounds like a slave catcher."

"No, no, you are mistaken. We are voluntary, and it will be bad luck if we are found out to be forced into slavery. It has been like this for a long time!" Human Resources quickly said, "You can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. Oh, if we are misunderstood, we will be fined! In short, human resources are very popular now, let me tell you, they are very profitable! I bought a whole floor in one year! One floor, with a balcony garden! Super cool of!"

Hearing this, the Luoxie soldier who was not taking it seriously at first was suddenly moved. Even if he survived, he would be a cripple. If he returns to the army, he can only be a handyman, unless he has a breakthrough in magic. Unfortunately, he is not good at People with magic, otherwise they wouldn't be "being" become "heavy cannon fodder".

"Is what you said true?" the Rochester soldier asked.

"Of course!" Human Resources looked happy, and took out a thin card and stuck it on the collar of the Luoxie soldier's armor, "Here, there is an address on it, just look for it by the house number! Remember, I introduced you Oh!"

The Luoxie soldier still wanted to ask some questions, but there was a sudden shock.

Human Resources turned around to look, and said in shock: "Fuck, the people from Yuecheng Infrastructure are here, damn it, it's unreasonable for these animals to grab people! No, I need to find more!" Pick up the medical bag and run to the other people against the wall.

Luoxie soldiers took a closer look and found several armored giants walking towards the city with shields of the same height. Every step created a circle of smoke and dust, and they shouted as they walked: "Moon City Infrastructure, a year rich man, Food and lodging included, including introducing my wife, and I promise not to be fooled by Tuhai women!"

Rochester soldier: "..."