Chapter 47: Ten Years
After the entire Earl of Rods was upside down by Zhou Ming, not long after, the monster that had first revealed its hideousness was completely exposed to all the forces in the Kingdom of Voris.
A rebellious place with only the highest lord and no one underneath the throne knight.
A regime system and industrial, peasant and commercial development model are innovative and even ridiculous.
A rebellious land where full-time farmers are recruited and trained to build a peasant army.
A rebellious land that is ruthless, colluding with thieves, wantonly plundering other territorial property, and murders noble lords and knights!
We must uproot the nobles, farmers, and thieves on this rebellious land at all costs and completely eradicate them!
In ten years, seven encirclements and suppression.
Warris, a small kingdom, has been in constant war for almost years.
However, during these seven encirclements and suppression, Glen, who was at the center of the Eye of the Storm, not only was not crushed by one storm after another, but instead won a complete victory in the seven encirclement and suppression battles!
The area controlled by the Granite also expanded from the initial small Granite to the entire Earl of Ross, then the Earl of Merlin in the north, the Earl of Barmes and the Earl of Jokan in the west, and until it occupied half of the eastern part of the Kingdom of Voris.
Seeing that the rebellious forces became stronger and stronger, the territory occupied became larger and larger, and the population and property that were plundered and robbed by thieves, King Herian had to take out all the treasures in the treasury and was willing to seek help from the Kingdom of Qiulin to the west at the cost of ceding the four earls, and borrowed a knight order with 2,000 heavy knights pieced together by the Kingdom of Qiulin.
In addition, King Herian, 3,000 barbarian mercenaries recruited from the Northern Savage Kingdom, plus the few remaining knights in the country, a terrorist legion with a number of 5,500 people rushed to the core of the rebellious area, Glen City (Glen City, a city expanded on the basis of Rose Town and Glen City).
Zhou Ming was prepared for this and issued a general convening order in the area under his control. In less than ten days, he pulled out a huge army, including 5,000 elite crossbowmen, 10,000 elite spearmen and 3,000 elite light cavalry, and advanced towards the decisive battle site.
Before the decisive battle, the "Alibaba thieves" led by the thief Jero had already taken the lead, sabotaging the area controlled by King Herian, cutting off the food and grass transportation line for the siege army, setting up traps to ambush a large number of soldiers of the siege army during the march, causing heavy losses to their personnel and supplies and morale plummeted.
The final decisive battle location of the two armies was a broad and flat grassland called the Tingen Plateau. It is a radius of hundreds of miles, and it is all green and yellow grasslands.
Standing on a high ground, Zhou Ming, wearing military uniform, saw the lineup of the king's siege army on the opposite mountainside.
"There are 10 cavalry phalanxes, about 2,200 people, 15 mercenary phalanxes, about 3,000 people, and a total of 5,000 people are more than one, so it's not too difficult to challenge."
Zhou Ming curled his lips. Facing this military force that was enough to destroy a small kingdom, he expressed disdain.
Of course, if he can speak such big words, he will naturally have the confidence to speak such big words.
One of the sources of confidence is the invincible tiger and wolf army that he has worked in for 13 years, has been building for dozens of bloody battles without any defeat, but has become stronger and stronger as he fights, and has become more courageous as he fights.
This tiger and wolf army was happy when they heard the battle. When the order was called, they gathered quickly. As soon as they went to the battlefield, they fought desperately to grab the heads and compete for military merits. Then, from Zhou Ming, they exchanged land, slaves, titles and bounties. Everything was marked with clear prices. One head corresponded to a reward. The head was limited, so you got more.
Secondly, Zhou Ming's confidence comes from the good development momentum of Gran City and the surrounding controlled areas. Agricultural output is rising year by year, industry and commerce are developing rapidly, with a population base of more than 150,000 and an extremely prosperous market economy, which makes the taxes collected every year enough to support an elite legion with a population of more than 20,000.
In addition, the previous year, he sent a group of thieves to occupy a medium-sized iron mine in the border area near the Iron Fort Kingdom. After he had a stable source of ore, Glenling, using blast furnaces to make steel. In less than two years, the steel output suddenly increased tenfold from the original less than 100 tons per year, reaching 1,000 tons per year.
With enough steel, and with the excellent craftsmen recruited by Zhou Ming, the quality of the armor he provided to the Glen Defence Army was naturally several levels higher than before. For example, crossbowmen, they were fully equipped with steel crossbows with steel springs inside, with a range of 50% increased and doubled their lethality!
After the spearman was fully dressed, he became a heavy spearman wearing plate armor and holding steel spears.
As for light cavalry, it is even more amazing. After changing into breastplate and saber, each knight has been equipped with two small steel crossbows, and the ability of melee combat and long battles has been greatly improved. You can even use your own good mobility. At the same scale, kite tactics can be used to consume the death knight.
Therefore, Zhou Ming, who is better than the number of people, equipment, morale, logistics and other aspects, has no suspense about the final outcome of this decisive battle.
"Brave soldiers, the time has come to obtain military merits and glory. Take the weapons in your hands and attack!"
Pulling out the sword around his waist, Zhou Ming gave an order to attack.
"Dongdong, dudong, dudong..."
Amid the sound of the dongdong war drums, the thick military line moving down from the mountainside was like a wall, licking its dry lips with neat steps, showing a cruel grin, and walking towards the "military masters" in front of them.
Under the sunlight, looking at the iron wall spear forest with bright light on the opposite side, like a huge wave sweeping over, towards its weak "body". When King Herian attacked many soldiers in the army, he was so scared that he shivered.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Two torrents of steel, one big and one small, suddenly collided with each other, sparks burst, blood rushing, broken limbs and broken stars fell all over the ground.
In this battle, the "Tiger and Wolf Legion" in Gran City wiped out more than 5,200 of this king's siege army at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, and won the last anti-trial battle.
After the Battle of Tingen Plateau, Zhou Ming did not stop his advancement, but went west along the Bella River and entered the rich and fertile Bella Plain, preparing to take down the city in the center of the plain, the royal capital Woz City, which he had long been coveted.
However, Zhou Ming's tiger and wolf army had just besieged Woz City and had not launched a general attack. After a mysterious messenger from Gran City hurriedly sent a secret letter, he immediately stopped his military operations, announced the retreat of the entire army, and quickly returned to Gran City.
"Donny, Donny, be your Lord, enjoy your glory and wealth. I will help you develop your economy, train soldiers, and expand your territory... You just need to enjoy your achievements, why do you still have to do this by making a fuss? Indeed, I promised Baron Conner that he would not harm you, but you have done this too much. What reason do I have to be merciful?"
Chapter completed!