Chapter 685: Transporting Supplies
Chapter 694: Transporting Supplies
"The wind will soon blow in Middle-earth..." Roland suddenly said something without thinking, but he didn't plan to explain to Renault. After all, he couldn't explain to Renault that Sauron would publicly return to Mordor in a few years. But it's okay to make plans now. I believe the Dark Alliance will be very "touched" when the War of the Ring comes in the future.
Roland is looking forward to the faces of those people when they invade the North during the War of the Ring. Compared with the North that was only defended by King Brand and Dain in history, the North is now terribly strong! The gap between elves and dwarves has been eliminated, and the three human kingdoms have gathered together, plus two dwarf kingdoms! The military strength of the entire North is no less than any kingdom in the South!
Now there are so many goblin mercenaries, Roland can foresee that in the War of the Ring a few decades later, he may be able to pull out a pig rider with tens of thousands of people!
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"Are they there now?" Roland asked, pointing to the lights in the distance as he climbed up the Meteorite Tower and looked out.
"It should be. Judging from the direction, that should be their camp!" Renault nodded.
"Have the supplies been delivered?" Roland asked. Although they did not have to bear the daily meals of these goblins, the necessary basic survival supplies still needed to be provided by the kingdom.
"Tents and other things are still being raised. They will be delivered soon!" Renault thought for a while and said.
"The speed is too slow. They can't sleep well at night without tents. Arrange them as soon as possible! And get some logs for them!" Roland instructed Renault. Based on Roland's knowledge of the poor background of the wild goblins, he could guess that those goblins slept by the open campfire. Only women who gave birth and young children could sleep in the limited tents. Roland did not want to reduce his reserve troops due to the environment, so he naturally had to provide them with a clean and comfortable environment.
"Okay!" Renault nodded without questioning Roland's order. He immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare.
"Your Highness? General..." Lafitte Anthony found Renault and was surprised by Roland beside Renault, and then continued to report to Renault.
"The situation is like this. Are you serious about your order? Then we basically have to take those supplies from our soldiers!" Lafitte Anthony looked at Renault hesitantly. After all, logs and other things are easy to deal with, but the tent is really hard to get. Only some of them can be collected from the soldiers to make up the number.
"Let's collect some old ones from the soldiers first. We won't be exposed to wind and rain in the fortress, but those wild goblins are different." Roland shook his head and decided to use the soldiers' first.
"Okay! Lafitte? Did you understand what your highness said?" Renault immediately said to Lafitte Anthony when he saw that Roland had spoken.
"I understand!" Lafitte Anthony nodded and immediately went down to collect the supplies from the soldiers. Anyway, Roland had spoken, and it was your King Roland's fault!
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"This is..." Chief Alistar looked at the human caravan with a puzzled look, holding an iron spear. Did those human nobles want to collect taxes? After all, Alistar couldn't think of anything other than collecting taxes that required so many carts.
"This is the supplies that His Highness promised you, including a large number of tents and food, as well as some daily necessities such as salt, etc." The leading escort soldier looked at the list in his hand and said to Alistar.
"By the way! There are also 200 wooden round shields and 1,000 iron spears!" The escort soldier found a supply that needed special reminder at the bottom and said to Alistar.
"Oh my God! Gods! King Roland is really generous!" Alistar has begun to thank the gods. Not to mention those shields, those iron spears alone can make the attack power of the entire tribe go up two levels! For the wild goblin tribe dominated by goblin knights, it is undoubtedly the most important thing!
"Oh my God! This sharp spear!" Alistar took the lead and drew out a spear to examine it carefully. For goblins who lack iron, each iron has a unique value! Although the weapons they love are just made of the scraps left over by the blacksmiths in the rapid city, they are completely better than their bone spears and stone spears!
Soon, all the goblins in the camp were startled. They looked at the brand new weapons in surprise and timidly retracted their hands. After all, those were extremely precious iron tools, which they could not afford to pay for.
"Okay, the things have been delivered. You can distribute the rest yourself!" After delivering the supplies, the soldiers who came out of Lulong Fortress also unloaded the goods on the carriage and turned away, leaving only boxes of supplies and confused goblins in the same place.
"Why are you standing there? Take a spear each!" Alistar greeted his tribesmen with a smile. They were extremely happy now. Improving the weapons of the tribesmen by several eras at one time was already a major event that could be counted in the history of their goblin tribe!
"Oh, oh, oh!" A group of goblin knights laughed crazily and beat their chests. They were excited that they actually had a share of these weapons! Soon the goblin knights began to fight for their favorite lances...
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"How will they react?" Roland looked at Lafitte Anthony and asked. It was obvious that the one who had just pretended to be a squad leader to deliver supplies was Lafitte Anthony. In order to observe the real reaction of the goblins, Roland asked Lafitte Anthony to disguise himself as a soldier to investigate personally!
"How can they react? They're crazy about it! But they really don't have much interest in the white grain, but they are very satisfied with those weapons!" Lafitte Anthony thought for a while and said to Roland.
"That's not surprising! Wild goblins are martial arts! Weapons and mounts are their first priority! How can food be more attractive than weapons? After all, with weapons, the mountains and plains are full of food for them!" Roland shrugged helplessly, After all, Goblins are small in stature, so catching gophers is a common occurrence for these Goblins! In the past, when they had no food, they would eat hares and mice to satisfy their hunger in winter! If you're lucky, you might even find a nest of nuts hidden by squirrels!
"Now that we have weapons, we are naturally capable of catching prey!" Lafitte Anthony nodded. The Goblin Knights can hunt those large creatures into their hunting plans. Of course, they now also have the strength to round up larger ones. Prey like giant reindeer and more…
"Pay more attention to them, don't let them die! Otherwise, we will have to fight at the front in the future!" Roland warned, for him, the meaning of the existence of these goblins!