Chapter 538 The Wheel of Time

The First Army has completed its follow-up supply work and will set off again soon.

This is also the mission of the second half of the spring offensive - to capture Willow Leaf Town and Falling Dragon Ridge. The former will unite the entire Western Territory, while the latter is the most convenient way to the Southern Territory.

Considering that neither town was an easy-to-defend or difficult-to-attack place, Roland handed over all the command to Iron Ax and no longer went on expeditions with the team. Since the royal capital had just been captured, the morale of the army was extremely high, and professional soldiers had gradually emerged as the prototype of a modern army. They could faithfully execute combat orders without the lord personally leading the troops, so Roland had nothing to worry about the outcome of the battle. As long as the reconnaissance work is done well and the artillery units are used to advance steadily, the enemy will not be able to cause any trouble.

The reconstruction of post-war order is what he needs to focus on.

Fortunately, Liuye Town is not large in scale, so there is no need to set up a fully functional lower-level city hall like Changge District. It only needs to arrange corresponding department offices. Now that the Border District is able to provide a group of basic management personnel, it should not be difficult to incorporate Willow Leaf Town into the political system of Neverwinter City.

As for Falling Dragon Ridge, it will be handed over to Earl Speer to manage it - after Tifeko's fall, she has sworn allegiance to Roland and agreed to fully accept the Western Territory's management model. In order to help her take over the city and clean up the rebel nobles, it is necessary to send the first army to garrison.

What's more, whether it is to further annex the southern border or capture Iron Sand City in the future, Chuilong Ridge will be a key transportation artery, so another purpose of garrisoning is to prevent accidents. No matter what, this city must be in Roland's hands to rest assured.

"As a result, the number of people in the First Army will be tight." After making the plan, Tie Axe frowned and said, "There are currently 500 people left in the royal capital, and Willow Leaf Town and Chuilong Ridge will occupy another 1,000 people. , there are only less than 1,500 troops left that we can freely mobilize, most of which are artillery, and Neverwinter City may temporarily lose the ability to take the initiative."

"How is the training of the new recruits who were recruited during the Evil Moon?"

"It's still far from the level of regular troops," he shook his head. "It will take at least two or three months of training."

Roland burst out laughing, thinking that when the militia was formed to resist the evil beasts, they only trained for a month and a half before going up to the city wall. Now the army is becoming more and more comprehensive, and even the qualification standards have increased a lot. In fact, being able to hear the instructions clearly and move forward in line, aim at the target and pull the trigger is considered a strong army in this era - after all, queuing up to kill requires advancing with the opponent's firepower, and here it is just a target practice at the enemy.

"Don't worry, the garrisoned army can be replaced by these new soldiers, and letting them fight against the nobles' guards can be considered a kind of exercise." Roland said easily, "When the envoys recruiting refugees return, Neverwinter City will usher in a new one. When the population peaks, we can continue to expand the size of the army.”

Conquering the royal capital is far from the end, and capturing Falling Dragon Ridge is only the beginning. If everything goes well, he hopes to include the entire southernmost territory within his territory before the arrival of the Evil Moon this year.

If he could obtain a stable supply of black water resources, he might be able to push Neverwinter's industrial level to a new level.

Shortly after Iron Ax resigned, Nightingale appeared quietly in front of Roland.

"Effie wants to see you."

…

Looking at the Bloodfang witch who slowly walked into the office, Roland felt some changes.

Her steps were no longer as steady as when she first arrived. Her long black hair was slightly messy, and she obviously hadn't taken care of it. The alert and proud look on his face faded a bit, replaced by a sense of confusion and confusion.

At this time, she looks more like a girl who should have an air of her age.

Yifei first bowed and saluted. After a long silence, she said, "Your Majesty, what kind of weapon did Maisie use?"

Roland had already guessed that she would ask this question, and nodded to Nightingale, who took out the revolver rifle from his waist and placed it on the table.

"She used a gun, using gunpowder to push projectiles to kill the enemy." He skillfully removed the bullet nest and poured out the bullets. "The projectiles used to deal with you have been specially modified and will not penetrate the body, otherwise you would have been dead by then. ”

Ifei's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed it in the end.

Roland picked up a bullet and held it up in front of him, "Have you seen this thing? It's not much bigger than a little finger, but its production requires a very complicated set of steps - hundreds of ordinary town workers are needed in this process. The people and the three witches are involved in it, and none of them can survive. And those witches are non-combat witches that you think are useless. Do you still think so?"

"I..." She looked hesitant and didn't answer the question for a long time.

Roland didn't give the other party much time to think, and then said, "Maybe they can't directly fight you with their abilities, but what does this mean? It is also difficult for an ordinary person to defeat a ferocious beast with just two fists and two feet. But in the end it is humans who occupy this world, not those beasts. "

"I prefer to call non-combat witches auxiliary witches. They can use their own abilities to give new powers to most ordinary people, just like guards wielding swords and shields to fight - with the help of these, human beings can Able to easily defeat beasts. In a sense, auxiliary witches are greater than combat witches."

"But these weapons of yours... can play a more powerful role in the hands of the fighting witch," Ifei whispered.

"This gap is not obvious. At least it cannot determine the outcome of a war." Roland shook his head. "You can imagine that when you face ten ordinary warriors who use the same weapons as you, what are your chances of winning? So My territory can produce seven or eight guns every day, and how many fighting witches are there? Moreover, weapons alone are not enough. If you want to maintain the operation of these weapons, you must have a huge production and logistics team, among which The role of auxiliary witches is irreplaceable.”

He reassembled the gun and handed it back to Nightingale, "I know it's hard for you to understand this fact at the moment - the reason why humans are greater than beasts is that they can use their wisdom to create power that this world has never had before. Magic is undoubtedly The best tool, and you are wasting this talent." He paused for a moment, "By the way, the First Army Reserve will conduct rifle live ammunition training in the afternoon, I can arrange for you to visit, and you will be very useful then Observe carefully with your own eyes what real power is."

"Times have changed, Effie."

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