Invincible Chapter 607
It was not Kane who caused the disturbance on Fenris Island by remote control raid puppets, but a dedicated rune operator.
As an old driver, Kane has had enough of his addiction to driving, and is even tired of such things.
While learning about the situation on Fenris Island through the 'Shared Vision', he was listening to the latest reports from the shadow agents.
He believes that the Scourge's attack on Beiliu Castle is not an isolated incident.
After all, instead of pinching soft persimmons, but looking for the hardest walnuts to die, either they have great confidence in their own strength and intend to make an example, or they want to hold back the strongest force and pave the way for real action.
"So, what's the goal that is worth burying an elite army lurking in Lordaeron's royal city in exchange for it?" Kane pondered this question seriously.
Under his order, the shadow agents in the entire Northland are active. They will investigate the key points in their respective areas in a much higher-profile way than usual, and report in real time.
Special personnel of the logistics support type will summarize the information, and after sorting it out, report to a higher level, and finally become an information file for Kane to read.
This set of things is very basic for the original world. Almost every country has a complete set of monitoring networks, which can even aggregate information across departments. For example, information channels such as the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Telecommunications are also used. , forming a comprehensive information network, so as to obtain information quickly and in detail.
But in this world, Kane's set is definitely the most advanced. Almost all the people or places he considers to be the key points have been monitored in the first place.
For example, Terenas of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
For more than a year, the Kingdom of Lordaeron has shown its old age to the world with a posture full of diseases.
In this regard, Kane doesn't care much about what others think. His attitude was that Terenas had to do his best on his throne.
Fortunately, Terenas himself did not intend to give up the pick. In his mind, he was saving his career and reputation, as well as the Menethil family.
Kane felt that Terenas was the most suitable papermaker for the Kingdom of Lordaeron in this period. Unless he was going to undergo major surgery, no one else would be as suitable as Terenas to handle government affairs in that position.
As for the monitoring and protection of Terenas, it is not so exaggerated that the personal maids and guards are all his people.
Kane still knows how to leave some private space for others,
Besides, it's also good for myself. Those positions that are too sensitive have high requirements for agents. Under the background of long-term monitoring, it is easy to reveal their secrets.
There are mainly two groups of people who are responsible for monitoring Terenas, one group is responsible for Terenas' food, the level of the chef, and the other group is handymen, including garbage disposal.
The combination of these two groups can know what Terenas eats every day, how much he eats, and even how Terenas sleeps and so on.
And through these details of life, Terenas' general state can be grasped. For example, Terenas, who has become physically younger by nearly 20 years since receiving the 'Vitality Supplement' from him, has had sex with 6 women in total in the past two years, two of them are pregnant, and one is about to give birth...
And after receiving his activity, the agents will use the favors they have accumulated in normal times to initiate surveillance.
For such a big event as the night battle at Beiliu Fort, Terenas would get the news in a short time, so does he need to eat or drink when he wakes up in the middle of the night? If you don't need it, you can make an earnest arrangement, and the purpose is to confirm its current situation.
Terenas really has the habit of getting up at night to drink hot drinks.
Not thirsty, but to relieve and calm the mood.
It is not easy to be a king, and there are too many things to worry about, and this kind of waking up in the middle of the night often means that there is a big situation, which can easily make him nervous. Drink something warm and feel better.
If it was changed to before, it would be nice to wake up in the middle of the night and have hot water to drink. However, in the past few years, the Falcon Kingdom has promoted agriculture and animal husbandry through industry, and economic crops have also developed by leaps and bounds. Things like coffee and cocoa have become popular. . Eggs, milk and the like also became more popular.
Like now, what Terenas drinks is hot chocolate. He likes this kind of strong-flavored drink with a hint of bitterness. When he drinks it, the heat dissipates and he feels very comfortable, especially in this cold season.
Randomly picked up a piece of toast, the appearance is ordinary, but unexpectedly delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, full of wheat fragrance.
But Terenas was wary, so he asked, "What? Is there any ready-made toast?"
The royal master who was waiting on the side: "The servants prepared breakfast for themselves. I think the taste is not bad, so I will send you some."
Terenas asked again, only to realize that it was already past 4 o'clock in the morning, almost 5 o'clock.
"Taylor, you did a great job. Thank you. In the future, I can send some toasts like this from time to time."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." The royal steward responded with a smile on his face. After stepping aside again, he also glanced at the honest-looking, somewhat cramped male servant pushing the dining car.
He took a risk on the suggestion made by the male servant, and now that the results are gratifying, he will naturally not lose the other party's benefits.
As for the "reward" that Terenas said, they are all custom-made, different terms represent different amounts, but Tyron doesn't care about this, he knows very well that the biggest reward is to please his master.
Terenas obviously didn't care about such trivial matters, he simply ate and drank something, and after he calmed down, he asked the king about the specific situation with full demeanor.
Terenas felt a little dissatisfied when he learned that the war had already taken place for more than three hours, and if the march of the Scourge from Fenris Island was counted, it would have taken even longer.
The rise of the Kingdom of Falcon is not only due to many economic innovations that benefit people, but also more improvements in the military, including the field of intelligence and information.
Originally, Terenas was hesitant to improve this aspect, but after the mutiny incident of returning from the Alsace expedition, Terenas personally experienced the efficiency of the new intelligence system, and fully realized the necessity of intelligence first. After more than ten months of hard work, the Royal Intelligence Service of the Kingdom of Lordaeron has officially started operation.
The information transmission shown this time is relatively low. It can only be said that no matter how good the system is, it is also operated by people, and the improvement of personnel quality really does not happen overnight.
After asking some general information, Terenas issued several orders to strengthen security patrols, and then summoned the court mage who belonged to the intelligence system.
These mages can use magic to present the battlefield situation on Beiliu Castle.
After all, it is a high-magic world, and magic can replace many modern high-tech equipment to achieve the goal.
Like the Beiliu Fort battlefield, there is no large-scale energy force field cover to play a role, so it can be spied on by magic eyes and other techniques.
Of course, some preconditions are also required, not just looking at it as you want after thousands of miles away.
Several court mages were summoned to enter the side hall. At this time, Terenas was not sitting on the throne, nor was he wearing armor, but was wearing civilian clothes and a warm fur cloak, with the two advisors.
After the court mages saluted, they put down the instruments and began the ceremony.
Watching the battlefield requires the stable operation of magic. In this case, relying on equipment can better achieve the goal.
The ritual spell is not too complicated, that is, after a few minutes, Terenas and others can watch the fierce battle in Beiliu Castle from the perspective of the gods (looking down at 45 degrees) through a large window.
Both sides are based on the puppet troops who are not afraid of death, and the commander has a firm will to fight, and he looks like he will fight to the last pawn, so the scene is extremely cruel.
The advantage of the Scourge side is the large number.
Yes, even though they were ready to fight back, in terms of individual quality and equipment, they were still far inferior to Kane's volunteer army.
There are two shortcomings of the Volunteer Army this time. The first is that the construction of Beiliu Fort is too large, so that only a few sections are completed and cannot play an important role in the war.
Kane himself has to bear part of the responsibility for this matter. For such a big matter like building a fortress, the subordinates will not be arbitrary, but will ask him for instructions.
He calculated that the natural disaster's Southern Expedition Fleet was still at sea, and there was no possibility of heavy enemy troops gathering around Beiliu Fort, so he instructed Beiliu Fort to be larger than Shadowfang Fortress, mainly because of the improved functionality and long-term stationing. convenient. There will not be seaports and towns there, but military facilities. This house will fall, and the area with a radius of 2-3 hundred kilometers must be guarded and lived.
However, the Scourge has an elite army on Fenris Island, and there is really no reason for it. Kane couldn't even figure it out. Since he had this power, why didn't Kel'Thuzad take the opportunity to stab the chrysanthemum of the King City of Lordaeron on Fenris Island when Kel'Thuzad was showing off his tactics in the Darrow region?
This answer still requires him to search for the answer in depth.
Another shortcoming of the Volunteer Army is that the over 10,000 sub-Dragonoid troops cannot play a good role this time.
The strength of this unit is not front-line operations, they are the engineering corps, and efficient construction is their specialty. But it's not without combat effectiveness. Guns and cannons are their combat effectiveness. They are qualified artillery, and they can play well in line to shoot.
However, most of the artillery has been deployed to the Shadowfang Fortress. After all, the location is important and the situation is complicated. In addition to the ground, threats from the sea must also be considered. The new port is just in the ascendant and has not yet been formed.
And it will take time to transport the artillery from Falcon to the place. The key is that Beiliu Fort was not built well, including the large teleportation circle, and the road in the Silver Pine Forest seemed too bad for heavy guys like artillery. It happened that there were two consecutive winter snows not long ago. It will take more than 10 days to count on horses and chariots to transport the artillery in place.
Calculating the time, Kane found that the Scourge's Southern Expedition Fleet had landed, so he simply didn't let the shipment go, but made preparations for sending the large teleportation circle as soon as it was finished.
Without the sharp weapon of artillery, the secondary dragonmen would rely on rear-charged muskets and small anti-infantry assault guns to fight fiercely with the large number of ghouls and skeletons of the Scourge.
The Scourge's Abomination Corps cannot be stopped by the array of lesser dragonmen.
Abominations can be said to be the natural disaster version of heavy cavalry. They look ugly, and their bumpy belly makes people feel ridiculous when they run, but those short and thick legs that look like rings are actually very promising. Because their overall size is more than 4 meters, but the overall proportion of the body is not fit enough, looking silly.
The abomination with simple magic armor, concentrated use, and running, is a torrent of destruction. After Kane's magical transformation, the ogres whose height standard is 3.2 meters, compared with them, all have the effect of a man with an axle meeting a big man.
The copper puppets are very strong, but their height can only reach the chest of the abominations. They are obviously shorter, and the thickness of their arms and the width of their shoulders are not as good as those of the abominations.
The weapons of both sides, the abomination is a very representative kitchen knife on the back of the butcher with an iron hook, the kind with an iron chain, and the copper puppet is an extra version of the Nodachi - the long sword.
Both sides have no protection, relying on thick skin and thick equipment as well as enhanced defense. They only output damage, weapons are like this, and so are tactics.
Such two groups of people playing hedging, that scene is a typical herd of rhinos hedging herd of elephants.
The copper puppets are well-deserved rhinos. Terenas has seen more than one copper puppets, after facing the abomination, they have obvious advantages, even victory.
He even saw the long saber wrapped in a flaming scarlet light, and when he cut it down, he cut the weapon in Abomination's hand, including its limbs, into two pieces.
He knew that this was a charged Upanity Slash, not an ordinary skill, but he was still surprised by the destructive power of the copper puppet.
He hates that he has personally tested it. It is simply steel and iron. The flesh is so rough that it is difficult for ordinary swords to penetrate and pull it out. In terms of arrows, unless they are crossbows and hard bows, they are meaningless.
In the Dalong area, it often takes a small team of well-trained royal soldiers to deal with an abomination, but now it has been cut across the board, which is very visually impactful.
Terenas leaned forward to watch. In fact, the expansion and contraction of the screen is adjusted by the mages. It doesn't make much sense for him to move forward, but it's like lying on the window to see more realistically. This is a subconscious behavior.
In this situation, one of the court mages who controlled the magic weapon suddenly got into trouble, shouting: "The Eternity of the Holy Cult" rushed towards Terenas, and at the same time, an extremely strong arcane light erupted from his body... ( )