Chapter 770 If you want war, I will give you war

"Do you think the Three Rivers Land is as beautiful as described in the illusion? There are countless fertile lands waiting to be cultivated, there are endless lakes with countless fat fish jumping in them, there are endless forests with countless wild game that can be picked everywhere..."

"You have been asking this question for three thousand kilometers. Now that we are about to reach our destination, why are you still worried? If you don't believe it, why did you follow us on the road?"

"It's because we were poor. At that time, there were only three handfuls of rice left in the family. After eating today, we had to worry about tomorrow. If we didn't follow us on the road, it would be unknown whether we could survive until now."

"If that's the case, look back and see how much stuff you have now? A beast, a truck, and the captain's hand There are at least 300 gold coins on the merit book, right? Have you ever had such a rich fortune in your life? "

"No, the most gold coins I have seen in my life are only 100. But when the time comes, Lord, can you take out so many gold coins at once? We should have the least number of gold coins in the merit book. I heard that some have thousands, and some with outstanding military achievements have even tens of thousands. How much money do we need for so many people?"

"I asked you to come with me to the City of Faith and walk around and see more, but you refused. Now you know how isolated you are from the news. The City of Faith adopts both public and private models. It is true that many things are collectively allocated by the Lord, such as collective housing, but these collective residences are very small and unobstructed, and short-term living is still Yes, it is definitely inconvenient to live there for a long time.

If you want to move to a bigger place, you need to buy it yourself.

The same is true for furniture and tools.

If you want more convenience and comfort, you have to spend money, just like we decided to buy this animal and truck.

The only thing you don’t have to spend money on is food. Before the first batch of crops you planted are harvested, they are all collectively supplied by the lord. This alone is a big project that costs millions of gold coins. We can’t ask for more. ”

“Now that you put it that way, I suddenly feel that there is so little money on the merit book, and it will definitely not be enough to spend when the time comes.”

“It’s definitely not enough to spend. After all, we are just building a new home here, but with the lord here, we don’t have to worry about whether there are job opportunities. , whether there is a salary or not, I believe our lives will get better and better. "

"That makes sense."

"Are you still worried now?"

"No, because as long as the lord is here, even the poor mountains and bad waters can become a place to settle down and find countless wealth for us, just like what he did in the City of Faith before. The ferocious black-scaled lizardmen can only fish for the immigrants there, and the monster tribes in the wilderness are also helping to harvest grass and fish food. What they can do over there, how can we not do it? "

"That's the reason."

When they were bored along the way, the immigrants of the Conqueror Army had to look forward to their future life, and there were some worries, but they were soon dispersed because there was a precedent in the City of Faith.

The Conqueror Army's population peaked in the City of Faith. At that time, their total military and civilians reached more than 54,000 people, various livestock reached 100,000, and there were more than 5,000 vehicles.

When they left, there were only 46,000 people left, and more than 8,000 people stayed in the City of Faith, becoming the first permanent residents there.

However, the Conqueror Army not only did not become weaker, but became stronger, because of the 8,000 people who stayed in the City of Faith, half of them had to stay, and the remaining half were the elderly, weak, women and children who were not suitable for long-distance migration.

Many policies in the City of Faith were a new attempt. After all, this unprecedented large-scale migration was an attempt for everyone.

It was not enough to just bring people here, but also to give a suitable resettlement policy. Even if it was not enough to satisfy everyone, at least most people had to be satisfied. Otherwise, what they brought back would not be a group of people, but a super bomb.

Fortunately, people in this world are easier to satisfy.

As long as they can eat well, wear warm clothes, have a place to live, and have enough security, they will be very satisfied and dare not ask for too much.

For Gavin, this is the most basic resettlement requirement.

Therefore, the Conqueror Army, from top to bottom, is full of morale and fighting spirit.

For them now, it doesn't matter where they migrate to, because they have proved that as long as they unite with the conqueror Gavin, they can build their own cities in the giant plains full of monsters and the goblin wilderness, and open up their own roads in the rugged and difficult rocky land. How can they not take root and sprout in a fertile land?

"Woo woo woo!"

The loud horn sounded throughout the conqueror army in an instant.

"This is the enemy attack horn. Where did the enemy come from? Didn't they say that there are no enemies in the valley that pose a threat to us? Could it be that the Zhentarim and the Sembia merchants are still ruthless?"

"If it is really them, we can't get any wind in advance. If they want to threaten us, it is difficult to do without tens of thousands of troops. They must gather their troops in advance."

"It may not be a large-scale attack. It may be those blind monster tribes. Don't forget where we are now. The Thunder Peak Mountains have always been called the Beast Country. There are a large number of monster tribes living here, especially orcs and goblins, as many as cow hair. When they see us with our families, they may think we are easy to bully."

"Ha, now that you say that, I am looking forward to seeing them attack our car formation."

"Don't talk nonsense, assemble the car formation. No matter whether the enemy is premeditated or those blind monster tribes, we must not underestimate them. We must show 100% of our spirit to ensure that nothing happens in the last journey."

"That's right. We have walked 3,000 kilometers and have seen countless storms. How could we fall down when we are about to reach our destination? No matter who it is, don't think of shaking us."

The immigrants of the Conqueror Army talked about it, but the speed of action was not slow at all, and it was orderly. Trucks were driven to the designated location and divided into five, forming five huge car formations.

These five chariot arrays were not circular chariot arrays connected one by one. All the vehicles were facing outwards. They were camping chariot arrays, which not only had relatively high requirements for terrain, but also took a long time.

In the face of such a sudden attack, they assembled a rectangular chariot camp, drove the vehicles behind them to both sides of the road in an orderly manner, and placed them in four or five rows. All the personnel and livestock were driven into the gaps between the vehicles, relying on these vehicles as a cover to form a dense front. The combatants guarded the key positions in the gaps, and the old, weak, women and children hid in or behind the vehicles to find corresponding cover. Even if the cavalry charged, they could not directly attack their weakest points.

The most important thing is that the time required is very short. The time it takes for a chariot camp to assemble is the time it takes for the vehicles behind to catch up one after another. Even in the wilderness, it will not exceed half an hour at most.

The well-trained conqueror army was more efficient. It took thirteen minutes from hearing the horn to completing the assembly of the chariots. Most people were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was not particularly tense. Not only because they were confident in their own strength, but also because they had conducted military exercises or false alarms along the way, so they were a little accustomed to it.

"This is not a drill, this is not a drill, air strike! Air strike! Air strike! Prepare for a large-scale air strike!"

An air messenger flew low over the top of the chariots, delivering the latest orders.

"Large-scale air raid? Aerial monster? Flying dragon? Giant dragon? Or griffin?"

"Quick, quick, quick, arrange some non-combatants to enter the building-type chariot."

"Those who can't enter the building-type chariot, try to hide near the trucks and chariots, don't stay in the open area."

"Everyone, bring your shield and protect your head."

"All the crossbows on the vehicles, adjust the attack direction, aim at the sky at a 45-degree angle."

"Tie up all the animals, cover their eyes, plug their ears, and never let them run around."

After hearing the messenger's order, the middle and low-level officers conveyed a series of instructions, indicating that the Conqueror Army had conducted special training and a set of countermeasures in dealing with air raids.

Just as the Conqueror Army was ready, countless excited roars came from the direction of Thunder Peak, and the Cloud Giant brought his air force to kill in a mighty manner.

One man and one horse flew towards them. Compared with those behemoths, Gavin and the Half Moon Colt seemed so small and lonely in the air, as if they would be drowned and torn into pieces in the next second, making the hearts of the entire Conqueror Army who witnessed this scene rise to their throats.

"Sir Nurudin, you and I have no grudges. Is it worth it to rashly start a war for a woman?" Gavin shouted to the cloud giant who sat on the flying throne like a king.

This air raid may be unexpected to other people in the Conqueror Army, but it was not unexpected to Gavin.

When he knew that there was a cloud giant lurking in the Thunder Peak Mountains, he began to prepare for this.

Because the cloud giants were the ace air force of the Giant Empire in the Giant Age, and their abilities determined that they liked to raise and use those flying monsters.

In this era of relatively lacking anti-aircraft firepower, even a small number of flying monsters can bring a devastating blow to an army.

Gavin had already foreseen this, so how could he not be prepared?

"For a woman?" Cloud giant Nurudin laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke of the day, "Do you think I sent troops for this woman? Then you underestimate me too much. Even if there was no such woman, I would be here today. I have heard of your reputation even in Thunder Peak. I have read the war tactics of your lady of strategy. What is the sentence on it? Nip the hidden danger in the bud, and you and your immigrant army are my biggest hidden danger in the future."

While speaking, he couldn't help but increase the strength of his hands by several points, and the softness in his hands was severely deformed, giving people the illusion that it would explode in the next second. The face of the drow priestess had an unconcealable pain, but she didn't say a word, and seemed to be unaware of the mockery revealed by the corner of his mouth.

The Cloud Giant said this not only to Gavin, but also to her, telling her that she was not as important as he thought in his mind. From the beginning to the end, it was not that she succeeded in manipulation, but that he had been prepared, including his understanding of the Conqueror.

She, Dilila, was just a clever tool in his hands.

The drow priestess was a master of conspiracy and intrigue. When she saw that the Cloud Giant had assembled an air force in just a few minutes, she basically figured it out.

"I see." Gavin nodded in understanding, "I thought it was simple, Your Excellency. So, we have no room for easing? Must we use force?"

He was making a final attempt. The opponent's air force was far more terrifying than he expected.

Although the opponent had less than 400 cavalry, the threat they posed to the Conqueror's army was even greater than the encirclement of the three monster armies in the Goblin Border.

Once the war started, it would be difficult to control the casualties on our side.

His air force was just starting up. If possible, he could drag it out for a year or two, and he was confident that he could reverse the balance of power.

"You don't have to go to war, but you can swear allegiance to me and bring this immigrant army into the Thunder Peak Mountains." The Cloud Giant put forward his own conditions.

"You want war, then I'll give you war, let's do it." Gavin shouted.

The brilliant emerald green light gushed out from behind the half-moon horse under him. The man and the horse did not flee, but flew up to the air army led by the cloud giant.

"Gods above, Lord, what are you doing? Is he crazy?"

"No!"

"Lord, don't do stupid things!"

Countless crazy screams came from the Conqueror Army, as if they wanted to stop Gavin from making a stupid decision. Whether in terms of number or size, the two sides were too different. Even riding a half-moon horse, Gavin was not as tall as the cloud giant sitting on the throne, not to mention the giant horned winged monster dancing beside him.

"Be careful of the hammer in his hand. It is a high-level artifact with many powerful abilities." Dilila warned the cloud giant.

"Tear him apart!" The cloud giant waved his hand heavily, and the flying army behind him immediately howled and rushed towards Gavin, while the flying throne flew away from Gavin.

This cloud giant is much more cautious than his rough appearance.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The first to attack were the dragon riders. Although the bows held by the Eye of Gruumsh were rough, they were very powerful. They were all proficient in archery, especially good at shooting moving targets, whether in the air or on the ground.

The arrows that were first fired all missed, because the energy jet-like flight method was completely beyond their cognition, and their predictions were all wrong. Their superb archery skills became a burden to them in this situation. The more accurate the shooting, the higher the chance of missing.

The Eyes of Gruumsh behind them hurriedly adjusted their attack prediction distances. Some even gave up their bows and arrows and pulled out one-and-a-half-meter-long javelins. They roared in anger, and blood-red light bloomed in their empty left eyes, spreading out like a long blood-red snake wrapped around their entire right arms and the javelins in their hands.

The Wrath of Gruumsh.

This is the special ability that Gruumsh gave to the Eyes of Gruumsh. When they use weapons to attack the enemy, not only will their hit rate be greatly improved, but they will also have an additional 1D8 damage (1-8). This damage will be at its extreme on those elves, and the maximum value will be taken directly.

Including half-elves like Gavin, who have a relatively thin bloodline, they are also the targets of anger.

Therefore, these blood-red javelins are terrifyingly accurate. Although they don't turn, there is an invisible force that constantly fine-tunes their direction, allowing them to firmly lock onto Gavin.

But when these blood-red javelins were still one or two meters away from Gavin, they hit an invisible barrier, and most of them slid away from him.

Some of them passed through this invisible barrier and hit the target, but the attack position was greatly affected, and the attack that was originally aimed at the vital point became a non-vital point.

There was also a very small number of them, and the spears themselves lit up with brilliant magic auras, just like the armor-piercing arrows, directly tearing through this invisible barrier, but still unable to cause any damage to Gavin. The protective ability of his battle armor was even more evil, and directly bounced these magic spears away, and he didn't even pay attention to them.

Second-level protective spell protection arrows.

Creatures protected by this spell will enhance their resistance to ranged weapons and gain 10/magic damage reduction against ranged weapons. Creatures that originally had similar damage reduction will not reduce their damage reduction ability. Once the total damage value absorbed by this spell reaches 10 points per caster level (up to 100 points), the effect will dissipate and disappear, and the duration is hours/per caster level.

This is one of the most commonly used protective spells on the battlefield, which can greatly reduce the lethality of various long-range weapons. This is also the reason why gunpowder shooting weapons are slowly developed and promoted in the continent of Faerun. Not to mention the early gunpowder weapons, even modern gunpowder weapons have a very mysterious accuracy and lethality.

If you face an enemy with a shield to protect against arrows, you will often find that you can't hurt the enemy even after firing several shots at the enemy, which will make you immediately doubt whether you have a fake weapon in your hand. After all, the arrows of crossbows can bounce or deflect, which can be seen by the naked eye, but bullets can't.

Many monsters are born with this ability, such as the cloud ray.

Protective arrows are only the lowest level of use. There are also more advanced high-level protective arrows and legendary protective arrows. They not only greatly increase the defensive strength, but also can defend against long-range attacks from medium and low-level magic weapons.

This is not the most perverted. The most terrifying one is the flip arrow, which can guide the enemy's attack back to achieve the purpose of hitting yourself. The more powerful your long-range attack firepower is, the stronger the blow you will receive. It is definitely the nemesis of long-range attacks.

Fortunately, this spell is very high-end and very rare, and it is not a regular spell.