Warhammer Throne

Supreme King, are you kidding?

Ryan was a little confused about Thorglin. What does this mean, a hundred thousand army?

There was a period of its heyday in the kingdom of Brittany's knights. This time was probably from the third knight king "White Death" Guillaume to the eve of the Dole Tower, the knight king "righteous" Jules.

During this period of time, Bretania was fighting the Chaos to the North, the Tomb King Fleet and the Dark Elf Fleet of the Western War, and the Arabi and Nicohara Deserts in the south. Pi was far away from Brittany for two hundred years, and the farthest knight army had reached Ruscia. It can be said to be a model of abundant military ethics, but according to the records of this period in the Royal Palace of Curona, which Ryan obtained, At that time, the total number of all the troops in Bretania, including the standing army, the knight master, the knight sergeant, and the sergeant, was about 100,000.

What about now?

After repeated wars, all the knights and knights of the entire kingdom of Brittany were less than 30,000. In addition, their respective sergeants and soldiers had to die at most 60,000, and it was necessary to gather 100,000. Not only It is necessary to recruit serf infantry on a large scale, and it is impossible to consider domestic defense and possible invasion.

A hundred thousand people, is Thorglin serious? Is he joking, or is he ignorant?

Ryan frowned and thought for a while. The Knight King felt that the Supreme King was unlikely to be ignorant. Thorglin-the grudger was known for his wisdom and stability. He also traveled throughout the old world and knew a lot about the human kingdom. It is impossible for the Supreme King to have an accurate number of how many Bretons can produce. He is not necessarily ignorant to such a degree.

"I guess you must be thinking, why the dwarf can afford so much money, right?" The Supreme King continued speaking calmly and rudely. He stopped his knife and fork and touched his beard. There are several silver tableware in front of them, each of which has a different purpose: "You don’t know anything about the eternal peak treasure house, young man, I can offer a very generous price, and an average knight’s annual income is only More than a hundred gold coins, right? This is only more than 30 gold coins for the dwarves. I can pay you fifty dwarf gold coins a year for a knight, how about? As for other things, I can pay the price of the imperial mercenary. How about paying you a premium of 20%?"

The price is very fair, and after seeing the Bafeng Mountain treasure house, Ryan will not doubt that the Supreme King cannot afford the money. Ryan frowned slightly. He thought for a moment, and did not rush to refuse. He did not even admit that the Knight Kingdom is now organized. Not 100,000 people: "I don't think so many people are needed to guard the evil land, I think..."

"I don't need so many people? Hahaha~" Thorgrin sneered, and he interrupted Ryan very roughly: "Look at my beard, young man, look at my beard, you are so small A guy with a beard is not a big deal. Your dealings with Greenskin are not as long as one percent of mine. Why do you think that you don't need so many people to guard Bafeng Mountain?"

"After a year and dozens of battles, the coalition formed by us and Bellegar has defeated countless greenskin tribes along the evil land, destroyed Skasnik and his evil moon tribe, and destroyed the Skaven Rat. The headquarters of the Moss clan and the trial of the headhunter Quik. After that, I, together with Bellegar, cleaned up many small green tribes near Bafeng Mountain, let alone the next few years, at least 20 years in the future, eight Fengshan will not face a giant waaagh anymore.” Lane said sincerely, “Therefore, I don’t think there is a need to station so many troops. Bafengshan is now a waste of time and has no ability to supply so many troops. quartermaster."

Compared with the dwarves, the reproductive ability of the green skin is of course a crushing advantage, but it does not mean that the green skin can explode hundreds of thousands of people in just a few months. After suffering such a huge blow, Bafeng Mountain It will take at least ten years for the nearby greenskins to recover and plant more mushrooms, and then slowly select greenskin warlords through civil wars and "big mixed operations" until one greenskin warlord defeats other greenskin warlords, will It was a relatively long process until the entire tribe was unified and became a green-skinned warlord. Even Skasnik himself took several decades.

"I will take care of the munitions naturally. What do young people know?" Thorglin listened to Ryan's analysis and looked sideways at this stinky human. He forkped a tender and juicy lamb chop and put it in the mouth: "Also Yes, why do you think this is all right? Have you seen a real waaagh? Have you dealt with it? Have you seen it with your own eyes? Have you faced a real green-skinned warboss? Don’t take you against Skarsnick For example, the goblin warlord is cunning and cunning, but its melee strength and army strength can only be considered mid-level in the greenskins. Have you ever dealt with the big-bellied king Guru? Ironclaw Gobard? Or, Grid Rimge-Tiehide?"

"..." Ryan was silent, and the Knight King thought to himself that this old thing is relying on the old to sell the old, using seniority to overwhelm me!

But Ryan is indeed weak in this respect, he is still too young after all, Thorglin is a thousand years old, and Ryan is really helpless after the supreme king has given his seniority.

"I'm telling you, if the green shards of war **** Grimg-Ironhide and his black orc army'immortal' appear on Bafeng Mountain, even if you have a hundred thousand people, you are not necessarily an opponent of Ironhide!" The Supreme King continued. With force to suppress others, he muttered: "A hundred thousand people are absolutely necessary. You don't even know how powerful Grimg is!"

"The last time Grimger appeared was in the **** pits of the Mourning Mountains north of Kislov. After slaughtering tens of thousands of Skavens, it went to the eastern Kurgan steppes. "Ryan immediately retorted: "It is tens of thousands of miles away from Bafeng Mountain. We shouldn't take this factor into consideration."

"The day Ironhide will kill the Kurgans! I understand it! It will come back, surely." The High King interrupted Ryan again: "Do you understand Ironhide, or I understand it? I tell you, In the book of great hatred, there are as many as three chapters related to Ironhide!"

Then let it come! Do I, as the King of Breton Knights, the champion of the Lake Fairy, the Primarch of the Grey Knight, and the son of the Emperor, would I be afraid of the green-skinned war-god Ironhide? Come if you have the ability!

When the Supreme King said this, the blood in his whole body surged to his head, and he subconsciously wanted to blurt out these words.

But when he raised his head, what he saw was the sneer of the Supreme King. Thorglin was eating lamb chops in a leisurely and comfortable manner, as if he had expected Ryan's reaction long ago, and everything was under his control.

Yes! Since the beginning of the conversation, since the two sides met, Thorglin has mastered all the rhythm of the entire conversation! Ryan found himself being taken away by the Supreme King all the way.

Throughout the whole process, the rhythm of the topic and Ryan's emotions are all under the control of the Supreme King.

Thinking of this, the Knight King gritted his teeth. He forcibly suppressed all his anger. The King pretended to be thirsty and wanted to drink water. He first poured a large glass of Bagman's dark beer, drank a large gulp, and then bowed his head. Cut lamb chops with a knife and fork, close your eyes and feel the delicious food.

Well, it's just a bit salty, the dwarf always speaks heavily, as the Knight King thought.

How can we get back the initiative of the topic? Ryan chewed the food, suppressed his heart, carefully thinking about the countermeasures.

The Supreme King didn't seem to be anxious, he ate slowly, waiting for Ryan's answer.

Three minutes later, Ryan finally spoke: "His Majesty, since Grimg-Tinhide is so difficult to deal with, it is not good for humans to be stationed at 100,000. For Tiehide, no matter how many humans are, it is only the target of slaughter. , I think we have to change our thinking."

"Alternative thinking? What kind of thinking?" The Supreme King became interested, and he asked casually: "Young people, after you think about it, you young humans, there is a better one. Where do you go in the world? Pointy ears, I run fast, but the questions I ask and the opinions I put forward are too superficial, ah, sometimes naive, do you understand?"

"Yes!" To Thorglin's surprise, Ryan confessed his shortcomings generously, and the Knight King relaxed and said with a smile: "So I think the dwarves should still be used to defend Bafeng Mountain, after all' A dwarf is ten greenskins', and it is too unreliable to place too much hope on our humans for the defense system."

"Of course the dwarves are stronger than you humans, but we don't have enough population now." The Supreme King thought about what Ryan said: "Eternal Peak currently has only 150,000 dwarves left, which is far from the scale of 1 million at its most glorious time. No matter it’s the rapids in the north, butcher’s fort, or Haimen, they have no energy to help Bafeng Mountain. Otherwise, why do you think that our dwarves will abandon our compatriots? Why do you think I’ll come to you to talk about this? thing?"

"There is a place for people!" Ryan spread his hands, and he said pretentiously: "Norska, Dulong City! Norsca dwarves, they have a large population. I heard from the Bellegar brothers that Dulong City is only one. There are more than 20,000 adult dwarves in the fortress! The entire Norsca dwarves have a population of more than 100,000. Your Majesty, the 100,000 you want is here!"

Ryan is right.

In addition to the dwarf fortresses of the Roof of the World, the Gray Mountains and the Black Mountains, there is also a huge group of dwarves located in the Norsca Mountains and the Mourning Mountains in the northern part of the Old World.

This group of dwarves is collectively referred to as the Norsca dwarves.

The source of this dwarf is the dwarf army and dwarf expedition left by the dwarven ancestors who tried to go to the northern chaotic wasteland to close the ancient sage portal. They immediately decided after discovering the rich mineral veins in the Norsca Mountains. They settled here and established many forts. After the dwarven ancestor God Grunni discovered the news of the invasion of Chaos, he sent a messenger in time to inform the dwarves that Chaos was about to go south, which allowed the Norsca dwarves to have sufficient time. Block the city and prepare for defense. When the Chaos Army went south, they found that this group of dwarves had laid a full ten lines of defense waiting for Chaos to attack!

The siege of Dulong City lasted for decades, and the Chaos Army only broke through the outermost three lines of defense. The devil could neither enjoy the thrill of victory nor taste the blood and gain glory. It was really annoying. After a huge snowstorm, the Chaos Army chose to retreat and continue south, leaving only the Norsca dwarves who had cut off all external news and lost contact with their own people.

Until the Great Holy War, the Norsca dwarves set off from the underground river they dug to support the empire. After thousands of years, they finally ushered in the long-lost reunion with the dwarves of the mountains empire.

Regardless of its location on the front line, the Norsca dwarves have a very large population and are also very tenacious. Now Norsca has four large dwarf cities left, namely Dulong City, Thunder City, Crow's Nest City and Eagle Peak City. In addition, there are more than a dozen small dwarf cities all over the Norsca mountains. Among them, the most populous Dulong City has more than 20,000 adult dwarves, and the total population of Norsca dwarves is most conservatively estimated to be more than 100,000.

"Do you think I don't want to? I have sent three waves of messengers, but the king of Dulong City, Tolgard-the Crimson, is unwilling!" Thorgrin retorted subconsciously, then he spoke suddenly, then bowed his head. Eat meat.

Damn, I was actually brought the rhythm by this young man, the Supreme King was chewing lamb, thinking in his heart.

Hey, it seems that this young man is not easy.

It is not that the Supreme King has not tried to persuade the Norsca dwarves to withdraw to the kingdom of the mountains, but the Norsca dwarves collectively refused. The first reason is that the dwarves will not abandon their homes unless they have to, and the separation between the two parties is too long, so The Yunoskar dwarves only hold respect to the High King, not obedience.

The second reason is that the Norsca dwarves are too rich. The Norsca mountains are rich in iron, precious metals and gemstones, and the valleys have vast amber deposits. The mountainous coast covered by pine leaf forest is full of various animals. The rivers and coastal waters are rich in fish resources. The mineral veins here are inexhaustible, and they are all open-pit veins.

Normally, a mineral vein takes tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years or more, but for the Norsca Mountains, the mountains that are blown by the chaotic wind are mutating all day long, and a mineral vein only needs It can be regenerated in dozens of hundreds of years, so Norsca dwarves can always enjoy endless mineral resources, or open-pit mining.

Don't ask why, because Chaos doesn't reason with you.

With such rich geographical conditions, the Norsca dwarves did not want to return to the Empire of the Mountains.

"North? Those dwarves are used to living there. They won't go to Bafeng Mountain." The Supreme King muttered, "Your idea is unrealistic."

"But what's the use of those Norsca dwarves hanging alone in the north?" Ryan followed the words of the Supreme King and said directly: "We should establish an emergency mechanism to concentrate our forces. Anyway, bring these 100,000 people. Throwing at Norsca is also a waste. These dwarves can’t stop the invasion of Chaos. Why don’t you just withdraw back quickly? Am I right? Your Majesty the High King? Didn’t you say that you are rich and don’t care about the commission? Instead of turning to us humans for help, why not just let the Norsca dwarves go south?"

The Supreme King raised his head, his eyes were looking at Ryan, as if he was about to recognize him again, his white beard swayed back and forth, and he pondered for a moment. The Supreme King stared at Ryan with his unique majesty and oppression: "You are a young man, this year. But forty years old, how can you know such detailed information about Norsca and Dulong City? Bellegar, what do you tell you about these irrelevant things? It is impossible for these Norsca dwarves to join the Angrand clan!"

"This is my own idea!" Ryan was stunned for a moment, and he continued: "Aren't the dwarves all undergoing strategic contraction now?"

"Huh! What do you think? I don't believe it! You, you are really being played around by that idiot! Young people, you must be careful not to'see the wind, it's rain', when you hear these news, you As a king, you have to judge yourself. If these things are totally...unable to do, you go to help the idiot, which is equivalent to...this thing...you are also responsible!" The Supreme King suddenly shook his head, he Staring closely at Ryan's face: "So, who is it? Is it Bellegar or your regent, or your courtier, who gave you the plan for the Norsca dwarves to move inward?!"

"I want to listen to the truth!"