In fact, Luo Di very much hopes to simply take the army to the northern Roland Continent, and hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting in the north, waiting for people to come to the door, which is not a good thing.
The northern provinces of the empire have never been rich, the land is barren, there is no food, and for hundreds of years, every time two continents have been at war, this is the frontline, if not the frontline, then at least the frontline.
For hundreds of years, the northern provinces were synonymous with the empire most often: war zones The Bright Empire has the entire continent, and in any aspect of its strength, it far surpasses any country on the Roland Continent, and all the countries on the Roland Continent must be added up in order to compete with the Empire.
Over the past few hundred years, there have been countless "holy wars" of all sizes, especially during the reign of Abbasid the Great, after conquering the entire Bright Continent, the greatest emperor in the history of the empire set his sights on the north, which was the only land he had not conquered Unfortunately, the Abbasid Emperor was not able to complete the great cause of unifying the two continents.
Even the grassland is fierce, and the iron horse can't stop the "Thunder God's Whip" in the peak period, facing the vast sea, he can only sigh.
The empire's army is strong, the four main legions combined, there are a million male soldiers, and there are local garrisons in various local provinces, and the entire Bright Empire has nearly two million troops, not counting the reserves.
The Empire has well-equipped hoplites, powerful samurai, brave warriors under the tulip banner, and the most powerful cavalry that can sweep across the continent, the Thor's Whip, but the Empire has only one major weakness, the navy.
When the sage Dandong was alive, he once sighed that if the empire's navy could have half of the "Thunder God's Whip", as long as it could have one-third of the strength of the "Thor's Whip", then conquering the Northern Continent would definitely not be a dream The strength of the navy, in addition to having excellent sailors and soldiers, the most basic thing is, of course, the warship, but it is a pity, and the first-class cavalry and infantry of the empire, presumably, the empire's navy can only be said to be third-rate, I'm afraid it is not even third-rate.
Several wars in history in which the Bright Empire invaded the Roland Continent ultimately led to defeat because of the weakness of the Imperial Navy.
And this failure, during the time of Abbasid the Great, was experienced three times in a row In the first time, the empire formed a strong navy, of course, this strength was only the standard in the minds of the Abbasid Emperor himself.
Unfortunately, the harsh reality annoyed the great emperor greatly.
The Imperial Navy was almost completely wiped out in the first battle on the Thundering Strait, and the Admiral of the Northern Legion, who had been pinned on by the Abbasid Emperor at that time, was a prisoner of the Rolands.
And the second time, slightly better, Abbasid the Great realized that the navy could not be relied on.
The great emperor decided to rely on the powerful cavalry to defeat the other party In that holy war, the empire's navy only played the role of a transport team, the coastline is so long, the other party cannot blockade everywhere, there is always a landing site, after that largest sea transportation in history, after being sunk by the Roland navy countless ships and losing several troops, finally 150,000 people landed on the northern continent, and the hooves of the "Thor's Whip" finally set foot on the land of the Roland continent But then the situation fell into trouble again An army of 150,000 people is neither big nor small, but whether it is food or supplies, it needs to rely on sea routes.
However, the navy of the Roland people blocked the sea area where the Bright Emperor landed the army, leaving the 150,000 landing army in a predicament, facing the countless heavy troops mobilized by the Roland Continent, facing the ferocious attacks of the three most powerful knights in the Roland Continent, and facing the dilemma of running out of supplies and ammunition and food, even the brave "Thor's Whip" was once again shattered.
The 150,000 landing army was eventually wiped out, and less than 10,000 were eventually taken prisoners of war and redeemed by the Empire for a large sum of money.
Having lost nearly 200,000 of his most elite troops at one time, the Abbasid Emperor was undoubtedly very furious, but the Thundering Strait was like a natural trench, blocking the charging pace of the Imperial Iron Cavalry and firmly guarding the Roland Continent.
And the third time, it was the Roland people who were carried away by the victory.
At the time of the first two defeats, the Roland people seemed to think that the southern empire was no more than that, and finally made up their minds to go south.
Their powerful navy crossed the Thundering Strait unhindered, sending a large number of troops to the Bright Continent, and the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries went south in two ways, intending to conquer the Southern Continent in one fell swoop.
The sea belongs to the Rolands, but on land, it still belongs to the Empire of Light Although in the first two wars, the empire has lost too many valiant soldiers, too many elite cavalry.
But the empire still has great power, and most importantly the empire still has the Duke of Tulip During the third "holy war" of the reign of Abbasid the Great, a generation of sage Danton appeared.
This great man who came out of nowhere assisted Duke Tulip in defeating his enemies, and in the course of the war he created countless strange weapons of all kinds, and it seemed that he had endless wisdom and whimsy On land, the Roland army was crushed for thousands of miles, and after being routed by Duke Tulip two armies in a row, it finally retreated to the sea.
In that battle, although the empire finally repelled the invading enemy, it could not hide the shame of being beaten home.
And the only harvest is the emergence of a generation of sage Dandong.
The whole empire is speculating about what kind of thunderous means the great conqueror Abbasid will use to take revenge on the Rolands, after all, the emperor who conquered the entire Bright Continent was actually beaten to his own home, this kind of shame is intolerable to an emperor, and everyone is waiting for the next larger-scale war But the greatness of Abbasid the Great was in his mind, and after three days of contemplation in the palace, the emperor ordered the cessation of the use of troops against the northern continent The three failed "holy wars" have already caused the empire to lose too much blood, and the natural defects have prevented the imperial army from conquering, so continuing to provoke wars until they think of a way to make up for this deficiency will undoubtedly only waste the precious lives of the imperial warriors Therefore, the navy is an eternal shame on the imperial team, and the navy of the empire is inherently inferior to the warships of the Roland people on the warships, and the Roland continent is rich in a strange ironwood, which is different from ordinary wood, strong as steel, but the weight is still almost the same as ordinary wood, and this kind of thing is undoubtedly the best material for shipbuilding.
With this special material, the Roland people were able to build the most advanced warships in the world, the most powerful sea fortresses.
It's a pity that this kind of ironwood is not available on the Bright Continent at all In fact, the empire had secretly tried to import this precious wood from the north, but unfortunately the Roland people were also well aware of the preciousness of this wood to them, and used the strictest means to prevent almost all of this wood from being transported to the south, of course, through disdainful efforts, the empire still got some, including the seeds and saplings of that ironwood tree.
But the next thing was disappointment.
Most of the ironwood trees that were transplanted to the Bright Continent could not survive, because of the difference in climate and soil, most of the trees died one after another less than a month after planting.
Even if the occasional vitality survives, the wood is far worse than the ironwood produced in the north, and the quantity is extremely scarce.
Therefore, the proud navy of the Roland people still maintains an undefeated record and is rampant in the Thundering Strait.
Of course, what Luo Di knew was a little different from these historical descriptions, and according to the record of Dandong's notebook that he got in his hand, Luo Di at least knew that in fact, that kind of iron wood tree could be successfully transplanted to the Bright Continent Mr.
Danton seems to mention several methods in his notes, and there are some very strange rankings, such as "greenhouse", "soilless planting", "temperature regulation", and other words that Roddy does not understand.
What surprised Roddy even more was that there was an earth-shattering sentence in Danton's notes: no matter how hard wood is, it is just wood.
What's so great about a ship made of wood, give Lao Tzu a while, and see if I make an ironclad fleet iron Iron can build ships Roddy's mind was full of doubts, something made of iron fell into the water, and it didn't sink right away, that kind of thing could build a ship But considering the series of miracles that Danton had created, this kind of thing Luo Di had to believe three points Perhaps, if it was made by Mr.
Danton, then there is really such a possibility, the important thing is that Danton's words were only recorded in the notes, and he himself did not mention these things to anyone, nor did he ever talk to Abbasid the Great about these suggestions On this point, Danton explained in his notes: The weakness of the Empire's navy is far from being solved by a few more sturdy warships.
The strength of the Roland navy is the result of hundreds of years of experience, and the sturdiness of the warships is only one of the reasons.
Even if this method of building warships is made, it may not be of much use.
Indeed, the topography of the Roland Continent is very delicate.
The entire Roland Continent is like a piece of paper with a big hole dug in the middle, and the big hole in the middle is the Belga Inland Sea, which occupies one-fifth of the area of the Roland Continent.
A Belgar River runs through the Inland Sea and the Thundering Strait.
Because there is such an inland sea in the middle of the continent, the Roland people's water industry is extremely developed, and there are often wars between more than a dozen countries, and each other's navies have been fighting in the inland sea for hundreds of years, and have accumulated a very rich set of experience in water warfare.
And once the two continents go to war, then the navies of many countries in the Roland Continent will unite, and they will continue to drive from the inland sea through the long river to the Thundering Strait.
An excellent army cannot be trained by training, and it needs to go through the baptism of real swords and guns in war before it can show its sharp edge Dandong also pointed out that at that time, the Empire of Light should not have set off a fourth so-called holy war.
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The first three holy wars have consumed too much national strength, and there are still many internal problems on the conquered continent that have not been resolved.
The most important thing is not to "conquer the infidels of the north", but how to make this huge empire quickly powerful Danton knew very well that with the temper of the Abbasid Emperor, if he knew that method of shipbuilding, he would definitely start the war again, so Danton kept his mouth shut.
Roddy stood on top of a tall tower in the castle, looking out at the vast sea ahead, the waves of the Thundering Strait like rage, thinking about the things in Danton's notebook.
"At that time, the time was not right, but now it has finally arrived, someone else has called, are we just waiting for someone to knock on the door" Roddy muttered in a low voice: "The iron ship is interesting" After a month of waiting in the "Thundering City" on the seashore of the northern provinces, the Bright Empire finally welcomed an envoy from the Roland Continent to send a letter of war.
The so-called "chivalry" admired by the Roland people made them write their war books as if they had an air of elegance.
A war letter that should have been a fierce word, but it was full of noble and elegant words, such as "In order to defend the dignity of the gods", "In order to spread the light of the gods to the four directions, so that more people can be protected by the true gods", "declare war on you in the honor of knights", "In a certain month, I will land in the waters of Thundering City, hoping that you can surrender with dignity in accordance with the will of the gods, or fight a fair battle with the spirit of knights, etc."
After reading this battle letter, Luo Di smiled faintly, and casually pulled out the sword of the guards beside him, and then threw it at the feet of the standing messenger, and said coldly: "You go back and tell your commander about this, this is the answer given to him by Duke Tulip, the commander of the Bright Empire."
Standing on top of the city walls, watching the messenger go out of the city, through the wilderness beneath the city, and on the edge of the sea and boarding a lonely boat, Roddy looked up at the sky with a calm smile on his face.
Zieg stood behind him and couldn't help but say: "Lord Duke, don't the Roland people have brains, since they are here to invade us, and they will make a war book and tell us when and where they will land, isn't it clear that we should be prepared?
"Commander Ziggy, that's wrong, it should be Deputy Commander Zige."
The commander of the Northern Legion who was sneering beside him, Miro, the nephew of the Marquis of Caroline of the Lionheart Family, shook his head and said coldly: "The Roland people advocate a kind of chivalry, they think that only by defeating the enemy in a dignified manner can they realize the glory of their knights, hiding their heads and showing their tails will only tarnish their noble knightly reputation as a samurai, I appreciate their spirit, but as a general, I can only sneer at this rigid idea." ” Roddy glanced at the Miro next to him, but Miro pretended not to see his gaze.
In fact, the two of them really don't get along very well these days.
The two had met once in that banquet in Yanjing before, at that time Luo Di was still a hairy boy who had just started to pretend to be the Duke of Tulip for a few days, and he had been severely humiliated by the arrogant Miro, and then Miro was teased by Qiao Qiao and thought of "Qiao Qiao", Luo Di felt a pain in his heart, and couldn't help but look at Miro again with complicated eyes.
Human psychology is very complicated, and no matter what, Roddy doesn't hate this Miro very much in his heart.
Miró was only targeting himself because of the discord between the family, and besides, he was not a real Tulip Duke.
Thinking that Miro was also very infatuated with Jojo at the beginning, and now that the beauty has disappeared, I can't help but feel a little sad in my heart, and for a while I thought of Jojo's smiling voice and smile at that time, and even the memory of standing with Miro in my memory, Jojo was on the side, and the memory of the open and secret fight between the three of them seemed to have become beautiful.
It's beautiful because Jojo was still alive at that time Thinking that when he first came to the north, the deep pain in Miro's eyes when he saw him was also because of Jojo I heard that the commander of the northern army with a heavy army, after knowing the news of Jojo's disappearance, also almost ran back to Yanjing immediately Luo Di can not say that he loves Jojo, but he always has a feeling of guilt in his heart, and the man standing in front of him at this moment is a man who once loved Jojo deeply, no matter what, Luo Di does not hate Miro in his heart.
Miro finally couldn't ignore Roddy's gaze, but he seemed to have misunderstood Roddy's meaning, and said coldly: "Lord Duke, do you have any different opinion of my words?"
Luo Di took a deep breath, shook his head, tried to get himself out of the emotion in his heart, and said slowly: "Lord Miro, I think what you said is good, but my opinion is still a little different. ” Luo Di smiled, and then said slowly: "Although the Roland people advocate chivalry, they are not fools after all, and they are not people who don't know how to be flexible.
They are just as cunning, as evidenced by their covert collusion with Rochenthal.
I think that they gave us a war letter and told us openly that the target of their attack was actually a helpless move. ” Miro didn't speak, just looked at Roddy coldly.
Luo Di pretended not to see his cold gaze, and said lightly: "They came across the sea, and the first and most important thing after landing is to seize a foothold first, a stronghold, and then reorganize the men and horses in this stronghold, and at the same time get supplies and prevent our counterattack The current military stronghold closest to the coast is here, Thundering City is currently due to the Empire's hundreds of years of preparation, and there is basically no stronghold on the continent near the coastline that can allow them to gain a foothold."
They can't come ashore and fight, so from any point of view, they must capture Thundering City, because this is their only option. ” To be continued: