Mount & Blade: Wind of War

"The reputation of the Necromancer among the people is almost the same as that of the devil. If we really agree to her request, what do the soldiers and civilians at Gushan Castle think of us? What do the nobles of the northern provinces think of us? I'm worried By then, before the millions of troops from the Wailing Mountains arrived, Gushan Castle’s morale collapsed.”

In the conference room, Raymond spoke angrily. There are some supporters gathered around him, such as Pastor James and the elf girl Likia, who all have the same attitude.

"But if we don't accept it, how can we resist the 200,000-strong Northern Orc army? Even if we expand the army regardless of the cost, after completing basic training for them, it will be difficult for us to double our troops, and our elite level will be far less than that. "

"The words of the witch have made it very clear. It is an orc army that has been baptized by the knowledge of hell. It is definitely not an easy opponent to deal with."

In the conference room, Lessarit elaborated from a military perspective. He was the chief military instructor and knew the fortune of Gushan Castle well.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not impossible to do this. If we force the soldiers and civilians to hand over the remains of their relatives, of course there will be strong resistance, but if we finance the purchase and it is entirely voluntary, we give the people the right to choose. The emotional resistance will not be so strong.”

"Although cooperating with the Necromancer will definitely affect the reputation of my Lonely Mountain Castle, it is the lesser of the two. Instead of just shouldering it, it is better to lower some reputation in exchange for strong support. What we need to do is to do as little as possible Reduce the reputational damage caused by this matter and gain more support." At this time, the first civil servant Mo Ken stood up and said.

"The rights and interests of soldiers must still be protected. Soldiers who died fighting for Gushan Castle must enter the Yingling Garden. This cannot be changed."

As time went by, the sky outside the window gradually became brighter, and everyone's discussions in the conference room gradually came to fruition.

Generally speaking, everyone is still more inclined to exchange for support. When life and death are at stake, one can survive better by exchanging dead people for living people. This choice is not difficult to make.

As far as Rhodes is concerned, if it is only Deirdre, the legendary necromancer, who comes this time, then he has no interest in agreeing to this matter, but behind Deirdre there is Alan Dial, who knows how to ride and slash. For Rhodes, who came from the Wind of War background, his presence and sense of oppression were too strong.

Just his presence made the Wailing Mountains double the weight in Rhode's heart.

Judging from the situation on the entire continent, the Hoffmann Empire's national advisor, Kodar, may not have planned to capture the Styak Empire from the beginning. It's just that time has changed, and with the death of the Emperor of the Styak Empire, The entire empire fell into fragmentation, and this situation was an opportunity that could not be missed.

Therefore, Kedar chose to directly kill the increasingly aging and rigid Emperor Hoffmann, and supported the young emperor himself, hoping to lead the orcs into a new era.

"From this point of view, if I were Kedar, I would use all my strength to capture the entire territory of Styak in one fell swoop. Now in Styak, a mage country has been established, a religious country has been established, and it is composed of big merchants from the southern provinces. The business alliance is trying to govern itself, and the eldest prince has won the support of most of the old nobles and controls the royal capital of Faster. Such an opportunity cannot be missed..."

One night later, Rhodes went to the embassy in person, talked with Deirdre all morning, and reached some kind of agreement.

In fact, even if Alan Diel rules the Wailing Mountains, he may not be able to mobilize many high-level necromancers to support Lonely Mountain Castle. Now the entire continent is at war, with death and corpses everywhere. For this era, For necromancers, it is like money is everywhere. Under such circumstances, even Alan Dire, how many necromancers can he call to come to Lonely Mountain Castle to gnaw hard bones?

However, in Rhodes' view, as long as Alan Thiel is willing to take action, the deal will be a breakeven.

Over the past few years, the famous generals of Gushan Castle have improved in strength and level. Among them, Yatiman and Jamila, the former masters and disciples, have each realized new heroic characteristics.

Artiman, level 24.

Hero Traits:

The heart of a craftsman, briefly.

Siege technician, briefly.

Extraordinary engineering masters have the ability to design and construct buildings with various extraordinary effects, such as infantry battalions, crossbow battalions, cavalry battalions, and griffon battalions that speed up military training.

Jamila is level 18.

Hero Traits:

Diplomacy, briefly.

Her financial management skills are far beyond ordinary people's sensitivity to money. The projects she designs can save expenses without affecting the effect, and the finances she calculates can generate more balances.

That's it for Artiman. Although the heroic trait of Master of Extraordinary Engineering is very valuable, his route is fixed, and it is not surprising that Rhodes can understand this.

However, Jamila has obviously majored in the mage profession in the past few years. As a result, she has realized an auxiliary characteristic and has become more and more biased towards the top auxiliary hero. Rhodes is a little confused about what is going on.

Although we also know that Jamila's family is from a business family, the influence of this bloodline is too strong.

Jamila herself is a mixture of humans and elves. The elves usually do not have the ability to manage money, and as an immortal race, they do not have much need in this regard.

The visit of the necromancer Deirdre made the Lonely Mountain Castle, which was already in a state of war preparedness, even more impending.

Although everyone knew rationally that the overall situation was not optimistic, emotionally everyone still did not think that the Lonely Mountain Castle would lose. This was a psychological advantage that had gradually developed after experiencing war after war.

Atiman tried his best to design the defensive fortifications of the Lonely Mountain Castle as a base camp. With the large-scale expansion of the army, Resarit was busy again, and this time with the support of auxiliary buildings, the training efficiency was improved and the consumption was reduced.

In addition, the new army was basically only trained to the first and second levels. Those who were not trained to the top only had a certain combat power. The rest of the battlefield would teach them. At this moment, the highest efficiency was the priority.

The main body of the new army was the Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowman Unit, and other arms were trained as miscellaneous units, but Resarit would not devote most of his mind and energy to them.

This was also what Rhode required. In the battle of defending the city, the Rhodok crossbowmen were already very scary even if they were only trained to the first and second levels, and they could often defeat the strong with the weak.