MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 438 Arrival of the standing army of the Hicks Kingdom

Chapter 438 The arrival of the standing army of the Hicks Kingdom

The Holy Light calendar, April 5, 593, Rhodes Bay.

Less than ten days before the rainy season on the continent of Nubbia, the golden sun shone on the pale red sea, turning the sparkling sea into a beautiful pastel dreamy scene. The clear waters rippled on the dark red delicate beaches. Several children carrying small buckets carrying small buckets picked up shells on the beach, and their cheerful and carefree laughter came from time to time...

A child who inadvertently looked up at the sea suddenly fell there. The other children who could not get his response could not help but look at the sea. They quickly found the reason for their companion's loss of consciousness. But when you see the distant sea, black spots appear one after another, and they quickly become one piece. Then there are countless sails...

This is a very large ocean fleet that several children have never seen before. The number of boats they have can even obscure the children's vision. Looking up, the sea in the distance is full of ships. Behind these ships, you can see more ships coming out at sea level, and these ships are now heading towards the Rocks Bay. .

A light and long bell ringing on the lighthouse on a large reef at the mouth of the Rocks Bay, with a cheerful rhythm, is a bell that welcomes the return of the vessel. If it is a pirate attack or a pirate ship is found, the bell will be very compact, giving a feeling of tension, rather than knocking it a few seconds later.

The artillery on the wall also made a roar, and the muzzle was facing the sky. It was also a fireworks gun, which exploded in the sky and flashed countless golden stars falling from the sky. It is a pity that this will be daytime, not night. Only in the evenings and the welcome nights of the six Great Commens Days in the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, the residents of the city will appreciate the wonderful and beautiful moments of the garrison launching fireworks and gunpowder packs with artillery...

Now the bells on the lighthouse and the fireworks gunpowder from the artillery on the wall represent only one meaning, and the Hicks, the big gold lord who rented the colony of Rodecks Bay, came. The colonial officials in the city and the local faces and figures were dressed neatly, and the family members dressed in their own costumes rushed to the bay pier in a carriage, where they would greet the Hicks who landed and hand over the jurisdiction of the colony. Give each other...

The advance personnel sent by the Hicks Kingdom are also ready. They led nearly a hundred carriages to the dock, unloading the ale loaded on the carriage in a large open space, and piled up into a barrel hill. This is to prepare for the officers and men of several standing legions that are about to disembark, and let them have a drink to solve the pain of staying on the ship for more than a month.

As the Buffalo merchants stationed in the colony of the Rhodes Bay and the Hicks Kingdom's advance personnel to discuss the management of the ale trading, these secret agents sent to the past secret agents were also pulled by the Hicks who were understaffed to the dock to help liqueur. This is to allow them to closely observe the situation of the first batch of standing corps sent by the Hicks Kingdom. Is it possible for elites to draw conclusions from the performance of these officers and men after disembarking?

A day later, Claude received a letter from the secret agents sent from the colony of Rhodes Bay, and the Hicks came. Not to Claude’s surprise, this time the Hicks Kingdom transported three standing corps, all from the new occupation of the Kingdom of Ovilas, where more than 300,000 were transported by the kingdom’s new commercial aristocracy as Among the Hicks captives who developed labor, three of the five newly formed standing regiments were selected. The name of their legion is very interesting. It is called the First Army of the Shame to the Fifth Army of the Shame. This time, three legions were shipped.

The intelligence of the secret agent said that the soldiers of the three standing legions of the Hicks who disembarked this time were all veterans. They were all old, basically all in their thirties. After the disembarkation, the performance was very calm and it felt like a long time. Elite troops through the battlefield. It is just like the veterans of the direct control divisions who have just transferred to the 18 local garrisons.

However, the direct control of the war zone transferred the veterans of the Thunder Corps and the Stone Corps to the local garrison. They wanted them to exert their spare capacity in the later period of military service, and the Hicks Kingdom reorganized these veterans who had been employed for several years into the standing army. It is to let them wash away the shame of being captured and defeated for their captives and hard labor. Perhaps for the war zone, these Hicks veterans are the most difficult enemy to deal with...

The secret agents also revealed another message in the letter of the eagle, that is, they gathered together with the advancers of the Hicks Kingdom at the end of the night. Several of the advance personnel can return to the Faurea continent on a battleship, but the remaining advance personnel will become logistics officers in the colony of the Rhodes Bay and continue to purchase logistics for the incoming standing army. Therefore, they will continue to trade with the spectators' ale, and they also hope that the secret agents can smuggle more grain and materials from overseas jurisdictions...

After the drunken Hicks advancers were drunk, they inadvertently revealed a message. This time it was the Neptune Fleet of the Hicks Kingdom, and the joint fleet that was leased from the Nasri Kingdom and the Cannes, and the free shipping of the fleet of the Virgins of the Fox Islands in the United Kingdom. group. The three fleets will soon return to the mainland of Valeia, transporting the remaining two Shameball Legacy from the new occupied land of the Kingdom of Ovilas to the colony of the Rocks Bay.

At the same time, the Hicks Kingdom will also employ the fleet of the Verona Goddess of the Fox Islands to help transport once military supplies and food. After the two standing regiments and armaments were transported to the colony of the Rhodes Bay, the five standing regiments known as the Shame of Shame will soon take military action to the mountainous areas occupied by the northern and eastern Nikkan people. Initiate an attack.

"What do you think?" Claude asked General Albert, next to him. They are now both in the castle of Monknad, where the colonization of the port of Vibato is about to be completed. It was also the only large silver mine in the colonial county of the port of Vibator. The Munkenade Castle was rebuilt on the original site of the city of Munkenade, which was destroyed by the Nikkan. A local garrison consisting of veterans was stationed here to guard against the immigration of Nikkan.

Since the cooperation with the Nikkan people in mid-February against the Hicks, the front line has been set up in the battlefield, set in the castle of Monknad. Claude was the chief commander of the front line, while General Albert and General Beechklin became his two deputies. As for General Bologna and General Scree, they also need to take the seat of Lanhu City, which is responsible for handling the various administrative affairs of the eight overseas direct jurisdictions under the jurisdiction of the theater.

“Bick has traveled to the eastern and northern mountains of the Nikhanda country, urging the migration of the settlements of the Nikkan people and the preparations for the Jianye Qingye. At the same time, it is necessary to survey the terrain in the middle of the mountain to prepare the defensive front. From the current situation The Nikkan people are still very cooperative. They have prepared enough green and strong to build defensive positions and guarantee the manpower and transportation assistance for the logistics supply of our troops.

The two regiments led by Colonel Berklin and Colonel Murray had already attacked the remaining inland colonies of the Hicks. In the past two years, the port of Vibator was occupied by our war zone. The mineral development bases of these inland colonies could not transport gold and silver ingots and only reserve them. We obtained gold and silver ingots worth nearly two million kronor in the warehouses of the seven mineral development bases that were captured. It is a pity that it is also distributed to Nikkan people by 30%. ”

General Albert's speech was very reluctant, and the two million gold krona's seizure was to be given 30% to Nikkan, which is already a huge sum of 600,000 gold krona. The battle was carried out by the two regiments of the Thunder Legion. The Nikkan people also took a road, the transportation point replenished the supplies, and the captives were scared. The whole process was soy sauce, but it was able to get so many seizures. And there are more estates and mineral bases built by the Hicks. I think there are so many seizures that are given to the Nikkan, and General Albert is very reluctant.

Crowder smiled and glanced at him: "I now understand why King Micks III of the Hicks Kingdom is going to die with our war zone, and know where he spends so much on military spending. The seven gold and silver mines, worth two years of gold ingot reserves, are worth nearly two million gold kronor. The entire inland colony of the Hicks Kingdom has dozens of large and small mineral development bases, which are the Hicks Kingdom. The mineral developers built by the big and small aristocrats are all owned, while the Hicks Kingdom will receive a 10% tax on their mineral development gains.

You can calculate how much wealth the Hicks Kingdom can get from the large and small mining developers that these nobles run every year. It's no wonder that everyone said that the Hicks Kingdom is rich and oily. The nobles of their kingdom often spend a lot of money in the auction house, and they are selling the jewelry gem art collections and so on. The Hicks Kingdom has been operating this inland colony for nearly two decades. It is conceivable that they have extracted so much gold and silver from this inland colony that their treasury has accumulated too much wealth.

So after the three defeats of the colonial war and the domestic aristocratic rebellion, the Hicks Kingdom can still withdraw 2.5 million Kim Klang to lease the colony of the Foxks Bay in the Fox Islands for five years, and can be reorganized. Ten standing legions. For the Hicks, they must keep the inland colonies, and only then can their nobles continue to spend their rich and extravagant life. And Makid III can stabilize his throne and let the Hicks Kingdom continue to act as a hegemonic power in the northern part of the Farrea continent..."

"I understand what you mean." General Eblonte replied: "To keep this inland colony, you must find a reliable and safe seaport for the mineral transport of this colony, and also need to develop for this all gold and silver minerals. The Lord’s inland colony provides a living material to produce a rich agricultural and livestock colony as a logistics support base.

So the king of the Hicks, the confidant king, took a fancy to our Cromwell lord and the Beringer Ghana governor, and asked our kingdom to give them the two direct jurisdictions. The two sides are bounded by the Dolly River. . The real reason for this colonial war broke out because this shit, Majid III, took a fancy to our site. What is he based on? ”

Claude fell into a memory: "When our kingdom just ended the five-year war in the eastern region, the people's livelihood was dying, the treasury was empty, and more than 600,000 casualties of the kingdom soldiers occupied a large ruin. Especially before the signing of the armistice peace agreement, The Blue Feather Legion and the two second-line corps were also attacked by the light cavalry of the Canas Principality on the prairie. The fiasco caused many of the spectators to think that our kingdom was strong outside and felt that it was cheap... ...

So when the economic development after the war of the kingdom in the past three years did not improve, the Hicks Kingdom began to provoke the colonial borders of the two countries of Nubian, and finally excused the place where our kingdom directly governed the armed forces to enter them first. The patrol squad led by Cromwell directly fired and asked the kingdom to cede Cromwell and Beringer Ghana to apologize to them. The kingdom rejected this unreasonable request, and this colonial war broke out like this.

So we arrived here. At that time, the top leaders of the kingdom thought that we were just trying our best to show that the kingdom never gave up any determination of an overseas direct jurisdiction. At that time, we were still only a group of squadrons. We were fighting against the two colonies of the Hicks in a division. As a result, we won and the kingdom began to set up a theater. Then the Hicks carried five standing army groups, which gave us three hundred thousand more prisoners.

Then the Hicks became more and more frustrated, claiming to form ten standing corps to carry out this colonial war. At that time, I was really scared. After all, Marshal Michelle was transferred back to the kingdom, and we all had no bottom. As a result, I did not expect that the Hicks had aristocratic rebellion in their own country. I finally waited for impatientness and took the initiative to send troops to clean up their three legions. The theater also won the colonial county of Vibato Port.

Now the ten standing corps of the Hicks have finally arrived. When we capture all their inland colonies and destroy the ten standing corps, I see what reason the Hicks Kingdom has to continue this colony. war. The continent of Nubsia has no place for the Hicks. When the colonial war ended, the military strength of the Hicks was seen by all countries. Their country is so rich, just like a child. gold.

I believe that soon the neighboring parliament will fight their ideas. At that time, the so-called warlord power in the northern part of the Faurea continent will wait for the country to rub on the ground. As long as you have a winner, more predators will soon pass. I have to look at it, without the strength of the ten standing legions, plus the more than 200,000 Hicks captives who are still in charge of free hard labor in our direct jurisdiction, the Hicks Kingdom is equal to one million troops, he How many young and strong legions can be recruited in the country to resist the incursions of other countries? ”

General Albert was speechless. He thought that Claude’s ten standing corps that defeated Hicks in front of others was just to strengthen everyone’s belief in defeating the enemy. I didn’t expect Crowder to want to take Hick. The ten standing army of the Scots are all left here. This is not a defeated victory, but a representative of the more than 600,000 enemies, and the confidence that Claude came from...

But General Albert also didn't want to smash Cold Water. He had another thing to remind Crowder: "Claude, we captured the Hicks' inland colony, but we want to make it rich. The silver mines are all handed over to the Nikancha people. Is this okay? It’s all unfair for us that the Thunder Army is working hard, watching the drama next to the Nikkan people, and giving them a share. ...."

Crowder laughed: "Do you know why I have sent more than 10,000 troops to attack the Hicks inland colony? The Hicks manor and the mineral development base have the most armed forces. Nearly a hundred people, I actually used only one battalion to force the entire inland colony.

The dispatch of two regiments was because this was a rare opportunity to train before the war. Most of the soldiers in our army are recruits who have just been recruited. Although they have completed various trainings, they have not seen the blood and have not been on the battlefield, so I took the inland colony of the Hicks Kingdom, those manors. And the mineral development base gave them hands to practice.

I asked both Berklin and Murray Ed to perform a rotation of the troops every time. It is best to let each soldier see the blood and increase the experience of fighting. It is also a practical exercise before the war. As for the seizures and those gold and silver minerals, I did not put these things in my heart. I first gave the Nikkan people a taste of sweetness and added confidence and protection to the cooperation with our war zone.

If the Nikkan people went to mine gold and silver mines after the war, I would see it. You know that gold and silver ingots can neither be eaten nor used as guns. Even if they mine gold and silver mines, they will eventually come to trade with our war zone, buy food and drink and weapons and ammunition from our war zone, and those settlements. The luxury of life that leaders and elders need.

This is actually the same as the Nikkan people who are digging for gold and silver mines in our war zone. We don’t need a penny in our war zone. We can rely on transactions, using cheap and large quantities of food goods and arms, as well as high-end luxury goods. Changed from the hands of the Nikancha to the real money. Is there a better deal in the world than this?

When the Nikkan people used to use gold and silver minerals to purchase a large amount of materials from our theater, they would give up the cultivation of potatoes and hard hunting. In the future, they only need to use a piece of gold and silver and purchase in our theater. This is equivalent to finding a stable trading object for a large number of agricultural products and living materials directly under the jurisdiction of the theater. It is a dumping market for all the goods in our direct jurisdiction...."