The talents of the hobgoblins in taming animals are much better than Gavin expected, especially those hobgoblins recruited from the Giant Plains. They themselves have a long history of taming animals.
Not only did they use cattle and horses to transport goods, they even tamed crows to exchange information.
They are famous for training ferocious wolves to help them guard prisoners and protect hobgoblin camps, not to mention selecting the strongest among them as wolf war mounts.
Some hobgoblin tribes even train ferocious carnivorous apes as their fighting beasts.
Gavin also sent some fey druids in the early days to help tame the giant wild animals. After the hobgoblins' abilities in this area were discovered, they were gradually withdrawn.
Because there is ancient hostility and hatred between hobgoblins and elves and fey, they attack elves without any reason. On the battlefield, they will even abandon existing enemies and attack elves first. This leads to the doom of destruction.
This kind of innate thing is the most difficult to change.
Gavin is not ready to spend too much energy on this for the time being, so it is best to keep a distance between the two.
"We have almost squeezed out the wealth accumulated in the Giant Plains over the years. With winter approaching, the lord will use large-scale troops in other directions. Therefore, I want to hold a tribal meeting in the Giant Plains and invite all the surrounding people. The chiefs and leaders of the ethnic tribes participated and signed a covenant of peaceful coexistence, a temporary truce, peaceful coexistence and common development.”
Bloodclaw was already prepared.
The hobgoblins themselves are a military race that strictly adheres to tactics and discipline. Those leaders are the most powerful and strategically minded among the war group tribes, and can lead their tribes to implement complex battle plans.
Their racial characteristics are in line with the belief of Ms. Strategy. When Gavin sent them a large number of exclusive priests to teach them more systematic plans, strategies and tactics, they naturally eagerly absorbed the knowledge that was useful to them.
They have already begun to form their own strategy team, imitating the staff system of the Conqueror's Army. Each battle commander will be equipped with one or two staff officers, who are responsible for making plans and logistics management support. Blood Claw has more than a dozen staff around him. Chief of staff of the hobgoblin, helping him manage the entire Blood Gorge City.
"This proposal is very good. Blood Gorge City should really stop, properly digest and stabilize the current gains, especially with the help of the super giant road statue, expanding the branch roads of the Giant Plains is your next step to stabilize your rule. The key is that I will form a new road construction team to assist you in large-scale road construction in the Giant Plains.
As long as there are enough dense roads, you only need two thousand elite hobgoblin wolf cavalry, and cooperate with the hobgoblin militia, it will be enough to firmly control the entire Giant Plains in your hands.
Upgrade all the hobgoblin infantry in your Blood Gap City to hobgoblin wolf cavalry. Next, I will mobilize at least three thousand hobgoblin wolf cavalry from you. "
From the very beginning, Gavin positioned Blood Gorge City as a large barracks for himself, providing him with a steady stream of powerful goblin troops. Since it was formed so quickly, he naturally wanted to draw elites from it for his own use.
The advantage of the hobgoblin wolf cavalry is never in the plains, but in the rugged mountains and wilderness.
The rocky terrain with complex and changeable terrain will give them an opportunity to show their talents. When fighting against the invasion of the Tukan nomads, it will also be an important trump card in Gavin's hand.
"Why don't I want to turn all the hobgoblins into wolf cavalry?" Blood Claw said helplessly, "But it is never the riders, but the mounts, that limit the number of wolf cavalry. Only the large dire wolves and dire wolves can Qualified to be our mount.
The number of our hobgoblin wolf cavalry can reach more than 2,000, thanks to the huge wild wolves produced on the Giant Plains, otherwise it would be good to have thousands.
In the entire Giant Plains, we have collected almost all the giant wild wolves we can collect. Where can we get so many wolf mounts in a short period of time? The three thousand wild wolves we have tamed are just ordinary wild wolves. They can become goblin mounts, but they cannot become our hobgoblins. "
"Select suitable hobgoblins and suitable war horses, and form a hobgoblin heavy cavalry of several thousand people. With convenient roads and teleportation tactics, the plains will be dominated by heavy cavalry.
The remaining two thousand hobgoblins will all form the hobgoblin light cavalry. You keep one thousand, and give me the remaining one thousand together with the two thousand hobgoblin wolf cavalry. I will gradually replace their mounts in the process of use. .
I believe there is no problem in searching out a thousand suitable wolf mounts from the rocky areas and goblin frontiers. "Gavin offered a compromise.
"This is another problem we face. Our current equipment is seriously insufficient, not to mention that the heavy cavalry's most important thing is equipment." Blood Claw was surprised but couldn't hide his sadness.
Who doesn't like heavy cavalry?
Especially the heavy cavalry composed of hobgoblins with an average height of two meters per person. On the plains, they are absolutely a torrent of steel, demonstrating their powerful force, and their intimidating effect is far greater than that of the hobgoblin wolf cavalry.
But this unit really needs too much equipment.
"I have already anticipated your plight. The three thousand hobgoblin cavalry transferred to my side, except for the basic survival supplies and mounts, all their equipment will be left in Blood Gorge City. After they catch up, I will Arm them separately.
In addition, I have reached a cooperation agreement with the dwarves of the Iron Clan. Their True Shield Trading Company will send a group of dwarf blacksmiths to settle in Blood Gap City within ten days. The iron mines of Colossus City are in Ritavon. After smelting into dwarf stainless steel ingots, some of them will be shipped over to customize equipment for you.
But whether it is the commission for the dwarf blacksmith or the purchase price of the dwarf stainless steel ingots, you, Blood Gorge City, need to pay for it yourself. "
When Gavin solved the equipment problem for the conqueror's army, he naturally took Blood Gorge City into consideration.
"No problem. The Lord has already helped us solve the biggest problem." Bloodclaw nodded without hesitation. With more than 200,000 livestock and the output of more than half of the Giant Plains, he can be considered a wealthy man. .
What they lack is just channels, not money.
Blood Gorge City is developing too fast in the Giant Plains. Now it's not just the monster tribes in the Giant Plains that can't sleep well.
The leaders of the surrounding human forces also began to lose sleep all night, so it was naturally impossible to sell large amounts of equipment to them.
Even Raymond, the city lord of Ritawen City who had been on good terms with Gavin from the very beginning, had expressed his concerns intentionally or unintentionally about the rapid development of Blood Gorge City during these few contacts.
Another additional benefit of Gavin's large-scale deployment of elite elite troops from Blood Gap City is to appease them and prevent them from taking more extreme restrictive measures against Blood Gap City.
Blood Gorge City will continue to develop as an important trade transit city.
"Do you have any other problems during your development process?" Gavin asked.
"There is indeed another problem that needs your Lord's help to solve. The elves of Silminster Forest are very angry about us building a city near their forest. They have killed hundreds of our goblin servants who entered the forest to collect firewood." Bloodclaw's There was an unconcealable scowl on his face.
Although they usually do not take the lives of goblin servants into consideration at all, it is one thing to be consumed by them as war consumables, and it is another thing to be killed for no reason, especially the elves lurking in the forest. .
"Are you trying to cut down the trees in Silminster Forest?" Gavin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This is a big trouble. If he doesn't handle it well, most of the good reputation he has finally established among the elves will be ruined. .
"No, we fully follow the lord's sustainable development strategy. We just send those goblin servants to collect the naturally dead trees and branches. We have not cut down a single live wood. Most of our firewood sources still rely on the dry dung of the herds. .”
Bloodclaw patted his chest and promised, "I have been working hard to suppress the anger of the soldiers, but if I continue like this, once those elves aim their sharp arrows at the hobgoblin soldiers, there is no guarantee that they will not fight back."
"As long as you are sure that you are not stained with the blood of elves, there is room for maneuver in this matter. I will go to Silminster Forest as soon as possible to contact the elves there to see if we can improve the relationship between the two parties and reach a friendly relationship. Agreement." Gavin attached great importance to this matter and mentioned it as one of the first things to be resolved.
"Thank you, Lord." Bloodclaw bowed and thanked, "There is another thing that I think Lord should know. Not long ago, the Council of the Sixth Regiment of Amn sent a messenger to read out to us the Kingdom of Amn's response to The ownership of the surrounding lands allows us to surrender to the Kingdom of Amn.”
"Hey, they have the nerve to pick peaches." Gavin couldn't help but sneered, "They don't have a large city within a radius of 300 kilometers, so how can they call this their land? How did you deal with them?"
The Kingdom of Amn, the old neighbor to the north of the Kingdom of Tethyr, has a political system very similar to that of the Kingdom of Sambia. They are both plutocracy.
But there are big differences between the two.
The Kingdom of Sambia is ruled by a general elected by the merchant assembly, which is a bit like a presidential system. In order to win the position of the general, they will form gangs, make crazy promises of benefits, collect political donations, etc. Internal fighting is very serious. .
The Kingdom of Amn is ruled by a group called the Council of Six. They hide their identities from the world and are only known to each other. Therefore, they are also called the Council of Six of Amn, or the Masked Council.
Although no one knows the identities of these six people, one thing is certain, that is, they have the financial resources and powerful power to rival the country.
However, many people know that even these six people are not entirely the real rulers of the Kingdom of Amn, but are puppets and spokespersons supported by more powerful beings.
Gavin knew at least two people behind the scenes.
One is Ivey Koglan, she is an ancient blue dragon. Many people don’t know her name alone, but her nickname has been resounding in the continent of Faerûn for many years, in Amn, Tethyr, and Kar. In the Linshan area, it can stop children from crying. When many parents scare their children, they will say that if you continue to disobey, you will be sent to Sharptooth for grinding.
She is the destroyer of the Shane Dynasty, the Scourge of Shane, and has the reputation of "Sharp Teeth".
Speaking of her nickname, we have to talk about the history of the Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan regions. There once was a powerful and unified kingdom that ruled here for thousands of years and occupied The territory is larger than the Three Kingdoms. Many things in the three countries are passed down from this dynasty, which is the Xia En Dynasty.
You can tell by the nickname of Sharp Tooth. She is the disaster of this dynasty. She is regarded as the reason why this dynasty is heading for destruction and decline. A thousand years ago, she had a relationship with Xia Enqi, the last emperor of the Xia En Dynasty. The last battle broke out in the world.
In this battle, she bit off the left arm and right leg of Shane VII, thus earning the most common nickname "Sharp Teeth". It is said that her teeth are indeed more developed than ordinary blue dragons and are always exposed. He looked like he was giving a ferocious sneer.
As we all know, this ancient blue dragon's lair is in the Broken Tooth Mountains at the junction of Tethyr and Amn. There is more wealth than the mountain in her dragon's lair. Gold coins are the cheapest. There are countless There are dozens of gems, powerful magic equipment, and even artifacts, enough to buy the next country, because she once forced the ancient empire of the Shane Dynasty to pay tribute to her for many years, and after its destruction, she emptied most of his palace. treasure house.
But no matter how stupid the thief is, he will not try to trick her.
Because her dragon servant spies and agents are spread all over the surrounding countries. You have been secretly arrested before you can take action, even if you escaped by chance and happily entered the Broken Tooth Mountains. , what awaits you may not be a mountain of treasures, but the ferocious sneer of a sharp-toothed cat playing with a mouse.
She is an alternative among the dragons. She is not only interested in wealth and power, but also has an extraordinary interest. She is like a shadow, entrenched and shrouded in this land that has been ruled by the Shane Dynasty for many years. Manipulate the situation here casually.
Although there is no evidence, many people, whether it is Amn, Tethyr, or Calimshan, firmly believe that there is an agent supported by Sharptooth among them. During her dragon sleep, she helped her manage her property and land, and protected her. Her safety, although she did not need it, was always an unpleasant thing to be awakened from her slumber by a little mouse.
The changes in the situation of the three kingdoms over the past millennium are inseparable from her, because every time there is a major change in their situation, it is during the awakening of this greedy blue dragon, including the recent half-century-long turmoil in the Kingdom of Tethyr. , it is said that it was also her work, in order to take her own tribute from the palace treasures of the Tethyr royal family.
There is no way to confirm these rumors, but one thing is certain. At least one person in the six-person parliament of the Kingdom of Amn is her agent.
The only good thing is that this ancient blue dragon spends most of its time in dragon sleep, and the active time when it wakes up is very short, rarely exceeding half a year.
For more than half a century, no one has seen her huge figure in the sky haunting the Broken Tooth Mountains.
But in the next ten years or so, she will enter a period of frequent activity and begin to create a new history of her own.
Because of her thousand-year old enemy, Xia En VII took advantage of the turmoil of the turbulent year to break away from his self-seal, reborn under his shell, and launched a thousand-year revenge on her.
This emperor, known as the greatest, smartest, and most tragic emperor of the Shane Dynasty, deliberately faked his death for revenge. In fact, he transformed himself into a demigod lich.
The secret war between the two will once again unfold on the old land of the Shane Dynasty, which will have an extremely far-reaching impact on this place.
The starting point of this secret war was Amn, when Shane VII infiltrated and took control of the Masked Council. Their masked secret characteristics provided him with an excellent opportunity.
The resurrection of Shane VII is still an absolute secret. In other words, Gavin has no way of confirming whether he has been resurrected. He only knows that it happened this year.
Therefore, there is no need to consider this for the time being. On Amn's side, their main consideration is the apparent attitude of the six-member council.
"That's what I answered them, and I drove them away directly." As an outsider, Xue Claw had no idea how deep the water was here, so he took the toughest measures.
Gavin thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "You've done a good job, keep doing it and see what they do next."
The tough stance taken against the six-member council of the Kingdom of Amn is not simply because Blood Gap City is deep inland and nearly a thousand kilometers away from the coastal area where the main body of Amn is located, which is beyond their reach.
It was also because two years later, at the beginning of 1361, an event occurred that had a huge impact on the entire west coast of Faerûn. The New World Maztec was invaded by the Amn mercenary businessman Caudle and his Golden Legion. Found.
When the news spread back to the west coast, all the merchants and pirates went crazy, especially Amn, Tethyr and Calimshan. They organized a huge exploration fleet to explore the new world.
A few years later, when the fleet loaded with gold and special products from the Maztec continent returned, this gold rush reached an unprecedented peak.
Anyone with a sampan wants to go to the sea and go to the new world of Maztec, as if the gold there can be picked up at will and the danger of the Traceless Sea does not exist.
Zalanda in the previous life rose up through this wind.
It's not that she joined this gold rush wave. On the contrary, she didn't join it. Instead, she worked hard to accumulate strength in Tethyr and became powerful while everyone was fascinated by gold.
The closest route from Faerûn to Maztec is five to six thousand kilometers long, and is filled with countless dangers. If it were so easy to reach, it wouldn't be discovered by the world just now.
Those who were thirsty for wealth only saw the wealth, but did not see the mottled blood stains on it - both from the natives of the Maztec continent and those from the gold diggers.
Only a few people brought back wealth, and most of the gold diggers were buried in the traceless sea.
(End of chapter)
