Lord Harland

After entering November, the wyvern has no longer adapted to the cold environment in northern Puliland and is about to enter hibernation.

Dragonborn monsters don't like the cold very much. Except for the descendants of the white dragon, they all have the habit of hibernating in temperatures of more than ten degrees below zero. Therefore, after late October, the Wyvern Knights could only move away from the Puliland area and enter the relatively warm east coast province for repairs.

The flying dragon knights retreated, and Leader Harland brought up the magic airship.

This fall, Haaland’s first team of Magic Airships has been trained.

The magic airship force uses squadrons as its basic unit, and a squadron is organized into four magic airships.

Each magic airship has one pilot and three co-pilots, and the rest are combatants. Including twelve archers, six grenadiers, two mechanics, one magician, three magician apprentices, plus the captain and deputy captain's command level, a total of thirty people.

The Magic Airship Brigade has seven squadrons, plus the two magic airships on duty at the brigade headquarters. There are a total of thirty magic airships with more than 900 soldiers.

Compared to the Griffin Knights and Wyverns, although the magic airship unit's air combat capabilities are average, the magic airship has a stronger carrying capacity and can carry dozens of tons of supplies into the air. The load capacity is far greater than that of the Griffins and Wyverns. Various combat missions. Not only can it be used as a bomber, but it can also serve as airborne troops and air transport troops.

Although the cost of setting up a magic airship force is very high. The equipment cost for a brigade alone is as high as more than 200,000 gold coins, which is dozens of times the cost of infantry. However, Richard still decided to expand the number of magic airship troops as much as possible. At least three magic airships must be added. The hot air balloon brigade was adapted successfully.

This year, Harland Leader not only formed the first brigade of magic airships, but also established three new magic crystal cannon squadrons. Now Harland Leader has formed twelve magic crystal cannon squadrons, with an artillery force of more than 3,000 people.

One of the newly formed magic crystal artillery squadrons was deployed in Pulilan City, and the remaining two squadrons were incorporated into the field artillery.

In addition, the construction of the navy is also expanding rapidly. This winter, Harland's first large-scale magic ship has been successfully built. In order to build this magic ship, Harland has invested a lot of resources and used materials from the legendary Jackal. The magic core dug out of the body.

Because the legendary magic core is used as the energy core, the magic power attached to this magic ship is extremely powerful, and the power is also of a very high level.

In addition, the magic ship is equipped with twelve magic crystal cannons, and its combat power is more powerful than ordinary magic ships.

After the magic ship was successfully built, Richard formed the Black River Fleet. By the end of the year, this fleet had expanded to 2,000 people, including a large magic ship and four steam engines. This water power is enough to run rampant in the waters of the Black River.

With the addition of these new troops, Haaland's army this year has expanded to 148,000.

Because he went north to Pulilan in the spring and fought a large-scale war with the orcs, his military expenditures skyrocketed to three million gold coins. The reason why military expenditures increased by 1.2 million gold coins was that apart from the 300,000 spent on building magic airships and magic crystal cannon troops, the rest was mainly spent on logistics and transportation.

After all, the battle line was advanced to the Pulilan area, and a legionnaire was stationed here, which cost an extra 400,000 gold coins a year in logistical supplies.

Part of the remaining five hundred thousand was used to reward merit after the war, and part was used to maintain the cost of expanding the army.

Not only has military spending increased significantly this year, but investment in railway construction has also increased dramatically. According to statistics from the railway department, 290 kilometers of railways were built throughout the year, costing more than 600,000 gold coins. After all, most of the railways built this year are mountain railways, and the cost of building one kilometer is as high as two to three thousand gold coins.

By the end of the year, the north-south longitudinal line will be completed. The northern section has been built to the No. 8 depot. The southern section has also passed through the Losa Basin and has been built near the Hurricane Castle. By next summer, this artery across the Eagle Mountains will be open to traffic. .

After five years of construction, Harland's railway has opened to traffic for 800 kilometers and is still under rapid construction.

Military expenditures, railways, and industrial construction have all increased a large amount of investment. Although Harland received more than 5 million in cash income this year, he did not have much funds left. Government expenditures amounted to 4.98 million gold coins, and at the end of the year, only 60,000 gold coins were saved.

This year, Harland still sold a large amount of arms and exchanged 120,000 people from the southern nobles. By the end of the year, Harland directly controlled a population of 7.78 million and 2.8 million free people. Taxation increased to 980,000 gold coins, accounting for almost 20% of the territory's total income.

Time passed like this day by day. Relying on a steady stream of mercenaries who brought their own dry food, the Harland Territory blocked the undead in the northern area of ​​Puliland without using much of its own strength.

Entering the dawn calendar year 3275, Harland Leader started the new year's enrollment. Last year, Richard built eight new primary schools and two middle schools.

Today, Harland has 48 primary schools and 12 middle schools, with more than 110,000 primary and secondary school students.

There are 26,000 new students enrolled this year. From these 26,000 new students, 253 preparatory magic apprentices have been recruited and 253 additional apprentices have been added. The Harland Master Mage Association has expanded to More than 1,300 people.

There are 347 official magicians among them.

Although the Harland Territory fought a large-scale war with the orcs last year, the casualties were not serious. Only the Sutton Tribe lost two mages and injured five. After fighting many small-scale wars with the undead, the magicians were basically unscathed.

After autumn last year, a large number of undead poured into the vicinity of Pulilan. Richard made a decree to exchange soul crystals for merit. Because a large amount of soul crystals were brought into the account, Harland refined hundreds of bottles of Styx potion. Not only did the territorial magicians enhance their magic power, but they also exchanged a lot for a lot of resources. In addition, Harland led the annihilation of the ogre tribe last year and used the ogre brains to refine a number of deep meditation potions. As the supply of magic resources increased, forty-four magicians were promoted.

As of this year, the number of magicians in Harland has surpassed that of the Grant royal family, which is roughly equivalent to one-sixth of the United Kingdom on the East Coast. However, the Kingdom of Biedron and the Grand Duchy of Stanek as a whole exceeded it by a few points.

Shortly after the new students enrolled, in March 3275 of the Dawn Calendar, Richard had already consecrated seven barons in northern Puliland, including the rich men Odaye and Immorton.

Odaye and Immorton are both smart people who are good at seizing opportunities. They have roughly the same experience. They both joined Haaland's team in the early days. They started doing business more than ten years ago and slowly accumulated their first pot of gold. Then he transformed into a factory owner and opened a flour mill. The machinery factory made a lot of profits in Harland.

Up to now, both of them have assets of more than 100,000 gold coins, making them much wealthier than many hereditary nobles.

Last year, Richard promulgated a decree on using soul crystals in exchange for merit. Odaye and Immortun seized the loophole and purchased a large amount of supplies and transported them to Puliland City. They then used hemostatic ointment, brown sugar, white wine, cloth and cotton-padded clothes, armor and weapons. Exchange soul crystals with mercenaries.

After only spending 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins, they exchanged enough soul crystals and exchanged enough merits to be promoted to the hereditary noble class.

But compared with hereditary nobles like Rand, who are powerful in force, the foundations of Odaye and Immorton are not stable. Both of them are big businessmen. Although they have the financial resources to hire some professionals, they are really powerful and ambitious. It is impossible to serve businessmen.

The armed forces under Odaye and Immortun are not strong. Once the territory is lost, their investment will be in vain.

Now Odaye and Immorton both live in Fort William, and their territories are managed by their cronies. They are both burdened with huge foreign debts. The Duke's Bank is their biggest creditor, lending out 130,000 gold coins, which requires 130,000 gold coins every year. Repaying the interest of fifteen thousand gold coins was extremely stressful for Odaye and Immorton.

Although life was difficult for Odaye and Immorton, their success in being knighted greatly encouraged the merchants in the Harland territory. Even many veterans who have been in the military for many years and have no prospects for development have written retirement reports and are preparing to devote themselves to business activities.

After entering April, the temperature has risen significantly, but the number of undead in the northern area of ​​Puliland is still increasing.

Since last autumn, Harland led the army and recruited mercenaries, killing more than a million undead, but it seemed to have no effect. The undead army continued to move southward. The seven barons in northern Pryland came to Richard one after another. Wrote a letter asking for help.

Seeing that the temperature is getting warmer, Richard plans to send some elites to help the Seven Barons on the border and eliminate a large wave of undead. The first attack will be the magic airship brigade, flying dragons, and lion cavalry.

Richard, Sophia, and Undine also participated in this operation with the Territory Mage Group, Elf Archers, Demon Hunter Brigade, the First Brigade of the First Legion, and the First Battalion of Warcraft Cavalry. The mercenaries from northern Puliland The soldiers and the Seven Barons of the Border cooperated with the activities of the main force.

Richard, Sophia, and Undine all have legendary space props that can carry more than 700 tons of baggage. The mage group also has a large number of space props, which can carry a total of 1,200 tons of baggage. Part of it can be loaded on the army carriage, which is enough for more than 6,000 elites to sustain the battle for three months. In three months, it can just wipe out a large number of undead that have infiltrated. .

Just as the Harland Kingdom is preparing to fight the undead, the Delong Kingdom is also training its troops, preparing to provoke a war and regain its lost territory.

In the battle three years ago, the Grant Kingdom fought one against two, completely beating the aging country of Delon Kingdom to its senses. In this battle, the Delong Kingdom lost a population of 1,400 people and hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of fertile land. Although it relied on desperate rescue efforts from the east coast to retain its crown, it was actually in a desperate situation of life and death.

The land of Delong Kingdom is located in the center of the eastern region of the mid-continent. There are powerful kingdoms in the southeast and northwest, and each family's military power is stronger than that of Delong Kingdom.

Although the Delong Kingdom still wears a glorious crown, its national power has actually fallen to the Grand Duchy level. Although the Kingdom of Dron still has a population of 28 million, its military strength is already somewhat weaker than that of the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

The surrounding countries are all countries of tigers and wolves, and the Delong Kingdom is already in a precarious situation. Every insightful person in the Delong Kingdom is thinking of ways to save the nation.

After the defeat of the Kingdom of Delon, Duke Anton decided not to endure it anymore and immediately launched a mutiny. With the support of the palace guards, he ascended the throne, but the old king Henry died in the palace rebellion.

After initiating the palace coup, Duke Anton immediately decided to reform and issued a recruitment order to recruit talented people who were frustrated and frustrated.

They also reorganized and reorganized the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Delon. This time, the nobles of King Delon were finally no longer stingy and taught breathing techniques to all soldiers. After three years of training, the Guards of the Kingdom of Delon still lacked the ability to fight. experience, but the quality of the army has been greatly improved.

Duke Anton was originally a legendary knight, very prestigious among the military aristocracy. His drastic reforms, coupled with the life-and-death external environment, gave the Kingdom of Delon a new lease of life.

Although the strength has increased a lot, the Delon Kingdom alone cannot compete with the Grant Kingdom.

In order to regain the lost land, King Anton decided to introduce reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lane after careful consideration.

In the past three years, he has continuously sent spies to the Kingdom of Lane, collected all news about the Kingdom of Lane, carefully analyzed the political situation of the Kingdom of Lane, and finally discovered that King Thomas of the Kingdom of Lane is a man who loves great achievements.

Having figured out the character of King Thomas, King Anton decided to do what he wanted, and sent a special envoy with a letter of his willingness to surrender.

In this letter, Anton promised to relinquish his royal title and be willing to be a vassal of the Lane royal family. In order to show his sincerity, his children could marry the Lane royal family and send protons to the Lane royal palace.

In addition, Anton also promised that the Kingdom of Delon would only take 30% of the territory recovered after the war, and the remaining 70% would be merged into the Kingdom of Lane.

After two or three months of discussions, King Anton hid his whereabouts and personally entered the Lane royal family to communicate. With the dignity of a legendary knight and a humble tone of flattery, he finally reached an agreement with the Lion Kingdom.

After the two countries reached an alliance, Anton gave the exquisite crown of the Delon royal family as a gift to his new lord. The two countries signed a secret treaty, and the Kingdom of Delon was renamed the Grand Duchy of Delon and legally became a vassal of the Kingdom of Lane.

After reaching an agreement with the Lion Kingdom, King Anton sent a special envoy to communicate with the United Kingdom on the East Coast to discuss jointly sending troops.

After the United Kingdom of the East Coast heard about the conflict between the Sith Kingdom and the Harland Territory, they coordinated their positions with the Sith Kingdom and discussed how the four countries would act together.

Entering mid-April of the Dawn Calendar 3275, this war involving several countries finally broke out. The first to start the war was the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Delon and the three Dukes of Fox, Edward, and Guise.

In the past three years, the three Dukes who bordered the Kingdom of Delon also felt that the situation was unstable and sold their serfs to purchase a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Harland Territory. The three dukes have a total of 100,000 troops under their command. Not only are they rich in combat experience, but their weapons and equipment are also better than those of the regular army of the Kingdom of Delon.

However, the Third Duke Edward discovered shortly after the war that their 100,000-strong army could not defeat the 160,000 Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Delon in a field battle. This discovery immediately shocked the Third Duke.

In the previous wars, the Grant Kingdom's 100,000 regular troops could suppress the Delon Kingdom's 300,000 troops. Unexpectedly, in three years, the combat effectiveness of the Delon Kingdom's army had improved so much.

Soon after the war began, the Third Duke was unable to attack and began to request reinforcements from the rear.