Chapter 886

"This matter has to be decided by Tukan's army." Gavin waved his hand, and a holographic phantom map of the Eastern Territory appeared in front of the Xianglong officers.

Pointing to the situation on the big map, Gavin talked eloquently: "The Tukan army that successfully crossed the lake has actually sent itself into a desperate situation.

Just now, we have fully recovered the Leatherman Kingdom and established an unprecedented totem dream here. The collective dream you triggered earlier is one of its uses.

If they try to retreat from the Leatherman Kingdom again, they will have to face not only the triple attack from the clearing, land and water, but also the attacks from the dreamland, even if they are attacked by the Golden Horde army who have withdrawn into the endless wilderness. , the possibility of them breaking through the Leatherman Kingdom's defense line again is almost zero.

To the north of them is the dense primeval forest Misr, which is an insurmountable barrier for them. It's okay if they don't come in. Once they come in, the natural people in the forest will definitely prevent them from entering or exiting.

Although the Ser Kingdom in the south has secretly formed an alliance with them, it is absolutely impossible for them to lend a road to the Tukan people.

This country's behavior is notoriously selfish and evil. For the sake of profit, they will betray even their own people, let alone temporary allies. Once the Tukan army is in dire straits, they will not hesitate to cut off all contact and cooperation with them. , and may even add insult to injury.

The only thing they can do is to move westward, but there is a coalition of countries on the west coast of the Starfall Sea gathering here, numbering nearly 200,000.

It won't be long before Tukan's army becomes a turtle in the urn, and it is only a matter of time before it is defeated. "

After listening to Gavin's analysis, the Xianglong officers present were not stupid. They immediately realized and couldn't help asking: "General, you want to capture a large number of Tukan prisoners after defeating the Tukan army. Trade them for our people?”

"This method is feasible. The Tukan people have always saved a hand during this western expedition. The Golden Horde Army behind them is actually the seed they left behind. In order to prevent the army from having problems, the Tukan people can still hold on tightly. Dominate the endless wilderness.

However, it is difficult for them to control the vast and endless wilderness with only one hundred thousand Golden Horde troops. They will definitely be extremely eager to rescue more Tukan soldiers and increase their strength.

They are willing to exchange Tukan captives for Xianglong slaves, even if it is one to three or one to five. Even if this trend is released, the treatment of our people among the Tukan people will be greatly improved, at least Tukan People will not easily beat them to death or starve them to death. "

"The Golden Horde army was not one hundred thousand, but less than eighty thousand. In order to cooperate with Tukan's army to cross the lake, they had to attack the city of Moshantir, where they suffered a bloody blow and suffered as much as twenty thousand losses."

"In this way, the prisoner exchange ratio will be higher. But do the locals agree with the general? This is a disguised form of aid to the enemy, allowing those Tukan people to recover faster."

These Xianglong officers knew the situation of the Tukan people very well, and they all nodded in agreement with Gavin's plan, but then they raised new questions.

"Everything in the world is for profit. As long as you are willing to pay the price, it is not difficult for me to get those Tukan prisoners. I still have some face here."

Gavin changed the subject and said, "But this matter concerns your relatives and friends, so you can't place your hopes entirely on others. Only by taking action yourself can you ensure that this matter develops in the direction you most want."

After going round and round, the topic finally reached the real key point.

"Please also ask the general to give us a weapon and a war horse. We are willing to follow the general to conquer those Tukan people. We do not ask for military exploits. We only ask for the Tukan people we captured to be used in exchange for our people. We will be a good people for generations to come." Loyal to the general."

"Even if you don't have a war horse, a weapon will do."

"General, please have mercy."

The general named Hu Bianguan was the most quick-witted among all the Xianglong officers. He had more or less guessed Gavin's true thoughts. Instead of criticizing him, he pushed his way forward and knelt down in front of Gavin with a thud. said loudly.

The other Xianglong officers followed suit and knelt down to pray in unison.

Now it was no longer just Gavin who wanted to form the Far East heavy cavalry. These Xianglong people were more eager than him and wanted to capture as many prisoners of war as possible in exchange for their own clansmen.

In terms of enthusiasm, they are different.

"Generals, please get up quickly. If you are determined to kill the enemy and save your own people, there is nothing better than this." Gavin couldn't hide the smile on his face no matter what. He personally helped Hu Bianguan up and said with his arms. , "Generals, please follow me."

Everyone didn't know what Gai Wen wanted to do, so they stood up and followed Ga Wen.

They left the Xianglong prison camp and went directly into the Leatherman Berserker camp.

When the berserker soldiers who were responsible for guarding the prison camp saw them, they not only did not stop them, but instead beat their chests and saluted them.

The object of their salute was definitely not their group of prisoners, but the young general leading the front. This silently showed that his reputation and popularity among these Leatherman Berserkers were very high. Even the ordinary soldiers knew him and treated him with courtesy. Yes, this naturally enhances the credibility of his previous promises.

"This is... Mingguang Armor. There are so many Mingguang Armors. This is really a waste of natural resources."

"This is a horse. This is the best horse. How can it be piled here like garbage?"

After entering the Leatherman camp and seeing the two mountains inside, all the Xianglong officers couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

One of the two mountains was piled with extremely precious Mingguang armor, and the other was a mountain of weapons formed by countless weapons thrown together.

Whether it was armor or weapons, most of them were still stained with frozen blood, indicating that they had just been stripped from the bodies of the Tukan people not long ago.

Gavin explained: "The time was too short. We only had time to collect them, but not to sort them.

These Leathermen were not good at it either. Their occupations and living habits meant that they would not use this kind of full-body armor.

The horse lance is a unique weapon of the Xianglong Empire. For them, it is too soft to be used as a gun, and too hard to be used as a whip.

So, the treasure in your eyes is just a pile of expensive garbage to them."

As a horse lance master, Hu Bianguan nodded and said: "Without ten years of immersion, you can't use the horse lance well. Even in Xianglong, not everyone can use it. "Lance, most of those Tukan generals are just showing off their knowledge and can't even bring out one tenth of the power of the horse lance."

"A good horse should be matched with a good saddle, a good sword should be matched with a good sheath. Even if it is a divine weapon, whether it can bring out its power depends on the person using it."

Gavin stretched out his hand and took out a cold horse lance out of thin air, threw it to Hu Bianguan and said, "Only a lance master like the general can bring out the power of this weapon."

"Ice armor-breaking lance!" Hu Bianguan took the horse lance, surprised and happy, "Everything that happened before was not all a dream?"

This horse lance is exactly the same as the one he used in his dream.

Gavin smiled and said, "The dream you were in before is called a real dream. It has both an illusory part and a real part. Your weapons, armor and war horses are not fabricated out of thin air. They are all prototypes extracted from these weapons and armor. From now on, they belong to you."

"General, are you going to distribute these equipment to us captives?"

Even these Xianglong officers vaguely guessed what Gavin wanted to do.

But when they really confirmed it, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, stunned by the other party's generosity.

There are at least 10,000 Mingguang armors piled up here, and there is no way to estimate the weapons, but there are at least tens of thousands.

Enough to arm them to the teeth, with such luxurious equipment, even the imperial guards of the imperial capital are no more than this.

Many of them have only worn Mingguang armor for others in their lives, but have never worn it themselves.

Well, it can't be said that they wore it in dreams before.

"Not only weapons and armor, but even war horses are prepared for you. What is lacking now is people. The more people you can pull out, the more equipment you will get. I only have one request."

"Whatever request, General, just tell me."

"I only want elite soldiers, not those who are just filling in the numbers. Those who can't even fight their way out of their dreams or who simply give up resistance are not qualified to join the army."

Gavin said seriously, "War is not a joke. There is no chance to start over. But don't worry, I will also properly arrange for those Xianglong people who can't go to the battlefield.

The repair and maintenance of damaged equipment requires craftsmen who are proficient in them.

The large plantation I opened up in the Giant Valley also needs a large number of farmers who are proficient in farming. There will always be jobs and lifestyles suitable for them."

He had already made clear arrangements for the whereabouts of these Xianglong people.

The vast and sparsely populated Giant Valley is a good place for fallen leaves to take root.

Since those Giant Valley people don't like farming, he arranged a group of people who have an unimaginable obsession and attachment to the land.

I believe that these hardworking and simple Xianglong people will definitely be happy there.

If their families can be brought over, they will definitely take root here and have many children.

It doesn't matter if all their families die, just give them a new home.

Hu Bianguan praised sincerely: "General's arrangement is very appropriate. Not everyone can adapt to the battlefield. Forcing them to go to the battlefield will harm others and themselves.

Instead of doing this, it is better to let them play a role in their own areas of expertise. We will certainly do our best to cooperate with the general and select the most suitable people to go to the battlefield to form an invincible iron army."

"This is exactly what I want to see." Gavin suggested, "You have personally experienced the power of dreams. You can cooperate with dreams to select soldiers and train the army.

Next time you enter the dream, I will no longer block and blur your memory, and let you enter in a sober way, every day You can enter at most three times."

"That's the best. This way, the speed at which our army will be formed will be greatly improved."

"Your first task now is to select suitable soldiers, first transport the weapons and armor back for distribution, and then cooperate with the Leatherman Berserker Corps to escort those who are not suitable for combat to the Giant Valley.

You can reorganize while walking. The time left for you is very limited, and the war may break out again at any time."

Gavin directly assigned tasks, "As for the number of troops, we don't pursue full strength. The eight of you will be promoted to lieutenants, each commanding a thousand people, and reorganize eight thousand-man cavalry regiments first."

"Yes, sir." The eight Xianglong lieutenants bowed at the same time.

Organizing the Far East heavy cavalry is different from organizing the chariot corps.

The chariot corps is purely recruiting troops on the spot, created from scratch, bit by bit.

Most of these Xianglong people themselves were Xianglong soldiers, and they served as slave soldiers of the Tukan people for a year. They had a complex network of relationships and had their own commanding hierarchy.

Gavin only needs to select the available leaders, and they can use their influence to build a corps framework as quickly as possible, many of which are even ready-made.

As for the question of loyalty.

They didn't talk about it from beginning to end, but it was all about this from beginning to end.

Compared with verbal allegiance, there is no stronger bond where both parties share common interests.

Therefore, there was a plan to exchange Tukan prisoners for Xianglong slaves.

What Gavin wants is the loyalty of the Xianglong people, and the Xianglong people need Gavin's help to save their family members.

Each side gets what it needs.

But both parties knew that Gavin's control over them would definitely not rest entirely on this point.

The most important thing is the logistics supply. Without enough food and grass, no matter how sharp their weapons are, no matter how strong their armor is, and no matter how good their horses are, they are still the monkeys in the palm of the Tathagata Buddha's hand and there is no way they can jump out.

As for the collective defection to the Tukan side.

Let’s not talk about how the Tukan people treated them. Looking at the overall situation, the Tukan people are indeed not optimistic. Are they preparing to be captured again by defecting?

The next time, there won't be such good treatment.

The right thing to do is to follow this young general and fight to the death with those Tukan people.

After the chaos caused by the Ser Kingdom, the Leatherman Kingdom missed the best opportunity to attack Tukan's army at night.

When the sun rose the next day, their vanguard army had already appeared outside Double Star Town.

This small town with less than 10,000 people fell without even being able to withstand a single charge from Tukan's vanguard army.

This became the new gathering place for Tukan's army, where the army that was on the verge of collapse regrouped and rested.

"Tian Khan, in this battle across the lake, we not only suffered heavy casualties, but also lost 80% of the army's baggage. The food and grass we carry with the army now is not enough to supply the entire army for ten days. I suggest that those slave soldiers be The supply has been reduced by half to prepare for emergencies.”

"Absolutely not. We have just experienced a bitter battle. The morale of the army is already weakened, and the supplies of those slave soldiers are at the lowest level. If they are halved again, a mutiny is likely to occur. Our military strength will be seriously weakened. Now is the lowest point. When you need them."

"Reducing the food supply is indeed not a long-term solution. I think that expanding the source stream is the best way. We will use the wolf pack tactics we were best at in the past to kill all the livestock on the spot and make them into dried meat for the warriors. They carry them with them to enhance their mobility, and then break them into pieces and attack everywhere to seize food rations from these locals. "

"I oppose the use of wolf pack tactics. This is not an endless wilderness, but deep inside the enemy. Once a large number of troops are divided, it is easy to be defeated by the enemy individually. The troops can be completely gathered together to launch an attack on the surrounding big cities, using the fastest Speed, capture more cities, and obtain food from them is the most correct choice. "

"The risk of the method you mentioned is also huge. Once our army is held back by a certain city and cannot attack for a long time, we ourselves will be at risk of collapse. We should spread out like a pack of wolves, each looking for targets to eat. When we encounter When there is a big target in the city, it is safer to gather together and launch an all-out attack.”

"Why don't we squeeze some of the food out of the hands of those red-robed mages? We charge at the front, but they have been sitting back and enjoying the harvest."

"They are willing to ally with us because they want to use our troops to severely damage the old enemy Leatherman Kingdom. Now that we have changed the target of our attack, they are afraid that they will no longer provide strong assistance, especially when a powerful coalition force is about to arrive. "

"If they don't give it to us, we will take it ourselves. We can't let them do it."

"I'm afraid this is not an easy task. The Ser Plateau and Sesk Plain where they are located have huge fault zones. Most places are steep cliffs hundreds of meters high, which are difficult to climb on a large scale. The southwest is relatively difficult. It has seriously deviated from our offensive direction, and the gain outweighs the loss.”

“I stick to wolf pack tactics.”

"I think it's safer to go out with all the troops."

The leaders of the Tukan chiefs were quarreling over the next battle plan, and there were serious differences of opinion.

The biggest impact the Leathermen had on them during the sniper battle at Lake Assen was not the horrific battle losses, but the fact that a large amount of military supplies were blocked by the ice wall, making it impossible to cross the lake with them.

This is the fatal shortcoming of Yamen Khan.

His killing power is powerless in this regard.

Yamen Khan, who was surrounded by heavy blood mist, couldn't see his true expression at all, and said coldly: "I'll give you one day. Starting tomorrow, we will advance to Teflam as quickly as possible and strive to win the battle in Faerun." The city was captured before the coalition forces landed in large numbers.

As long as this army cannot land, there will be no enemy strong enough to compete with us, and we will be at our mercy. Moreover, there is a large amount of military supplies prepared by the Faerun coalition there, which is enough for us to survive the food crisis. "

"Sage Khan, this method kills two birds with one stone, just as it should be."

"We immediately started preparations to maximize our marching speed."

All the Tukan chiefs and generals praised him one after another.

They knew the character of Yamen Khan very well. He said this not to ask for their opinions, but to issue an order. They only had the right to execute and did not raise any objections.

And there was indeed no more appropriate decision than this. Whether it was to obtain supplies from the Kingdom of Sel or to plunder from towns, there was great uncertainty. After all, the amount of food and grass they needed was too huge.

But it was known that Tevram had a large amount of food and grass. It was the food and grass of the Furen coalition.

As long as they could capture this city, not only would their food crisis be solved, but they would also be able to deal the greatest blow to the enemy. (End of this chapter)