Chapter 201 Year-End
Advent is a major festival for people in this world. In ancient times a long time ago, people regarded this day as the critical point between the old and the new year. Later, with the improvement of the calendar, Advent in the old calendar lost this role, and the first day of each year in the new calendar was postponed to about a week after Advent.
But Advent is still the most important day, not only because of its strong traditional factors, but also because it has a religious meaning - legend has it that this day is the day when the archangel Winds led five hundred archangels to come to the world. At that time, humans were still at the level of slash-and-burn farming and knotting ropes to record events. The tools they used were all polished from stones, and the clothes they wore were made of animal skins and plant leaves.
At that time, there were many alien races on the continent, threatening the weak human race.
Angels taught humans a variety of magical technologies, such as planting technology, animal and plant domestication technology, metal smelting technology, and also brought incredible writing, which ultimately helped human society get out of the age of ignorance. . With the help of these powerful technologies, humans have gradually established their hegemony on the continent, forcing the orcs to flee to the grasslands, the dwarves to shrink into the mountains, and the elves to live in seclusion in the forests. More alien races have simply disappeared in the long river of history, even their names have been lost. Not one was left.
Humans eventually occupied some of the most livable plains on this continent and have thrived for generations to this day.
However, with the passage of time and the infrequent but never-broken exchanges between various races, human technology gradually spread to the alien races. The closer the technical level, the greater the combat effectiveness of the armies of both sides. This aroused the ambition of the alien races to return to the habitable zone, and the human army was unable to crush each other one-sidedly, and the conflicts between the races intensified again.
The last time the aliens were completely suppressed was during the unification period of the Gubera Empire. The unified human empire used the power of the whole country to send out several great expeditions. With weapons and equipment that still had certain advantages and The advanced military system finally brought the alien race to its knees once again, and once again established the absolute hegemony of human civilization on the continent.
But the empire eventually collapsed, and the divided human nations attacked each other. It stands to reason that this is a good opportunity for the foreign races to make a comeback, but fortunately the empire still retains its power. Races such as dwarves and elves seem to have given up their ambitions to dominate the continent due to their sparse population.
Only the orcs who inhabit the northern prairie have strong fertility and a large population. However, the fragile ecology of the grassland cannot support too many people. The pressure of survival and the fact that they have been destroyed many times in history Unwilling to be suppressed, they always peeked at the sacred land of the south.
The orcs have launched several large-scale invasions, but they have abandoned their previous strategy of attacking cities and occupying territory, and instead switched to a grab-and-go approach, specifically targeting settlements with weak defenses. Take advantage of the cavalry to come and go like the wind, avoiding a tug-of-war with the armies of human nations.
Non-unified countries cannot support large-scale cavalry like the Gubera Empire, and the increasingly weakened royal power and degraded logistics cannot support a decent expedition. This makes humans extremely vulnerable when facing orc plunder. passive. ,
Orc raiding has become an extremely headache for the rulers of the northern countries.
In the hall of the Lord's Mansion in Lake Town, important figures from both the military and political sides of Alda gathered together. Even Navy Commander Austin and Shipyard Supervisor Rubin, who usually stayed in Fulan Port, were also here.
As Advent approaches, the old year is about to pass. Paul decided to summon his men to Lake Town to summarize the gains and losses of the past year and look forward to future development.
Before the lord arrived, everyone talked about the many major events that had happened this year.
“The news coming from the east seems that many villages and towns have been robbed by orcs since the beginning of winter!”
“Alas, the rebellion in the south has prevented the royal family from allocating too much power. Support the Northeast region."
"We are much luckier here, with continuous virgin forests and mountains to the north."
Aldo Kingdom has mountains to its north and east. barrier, but only the northeastern region has a small plain area between two mountain ranges, which becomes Aldo's "northeast corridor" leading to the northern prairie. Every winter, the orcs on the prairie pass through here to plunder all parts of the Northeast, especially when the "White Disaster" occurs on the prairie.
Because the "corridor" in the northeast is far away from the hinterland of the kingdom, small-scale plundering by orcs is not as threatening as the barbarian rebellion in the eastern highlands. Moreover, the rebellion in the south makes it impossible for senior officials to allocate too much power, so this year only symbolic support was provided to the Northeast region.
This year is really an eventful year for the Aldo Kingdom.
While others were rejoicing at Alda's position, only Chief of Staff Schroeder and Joyce, who had become the commander of the third battalion, looked worried. , the two of them had served in the army in the Northeast region and personally participated in the war against the orcs.
The two of them had feelings for that land, and naturally they were not happy when they heard the news about the orcs entering the country and plundering it. Especially Schroeder, who spent most of his military career there.
Seeing everyone's unconcerned look, Joyce couldn't help but said: "Everyone, if your lips are gone, your tongue will feel cold. If the orcs realize that the kingdom is weak, After gathering troops to occupy the northeastern territories, their next target is probably us."
Bryce made a fist gesture in mid-air, "Then we will use cannons to blast them back!"< br>
Joyce shrugged. This group of people had never seen the ferocity of the orcs. It was not comparable to the pirates they had dealt with before and the farmers and soldiers recruited by the lords.
But Joyce has seen those terrifying creatures who grew up in harsh environments and were simply born for war. Even ordinary orcs are close to two meters tall, have thick and powerful limbs, have a manic temperament and can endure hunger.
The year-round nomadic life has made them natural cavalry, and they can easily assemble a powerful mobile force.
Fortunately, they have a very poor sense of discipline and do not understand strategies, formations, and coordination of arms. They often swarm forward with their own weapons, which gives the human army a chance to win.
While there was a lot of discussion in the hall, Paul Greiman walked in with Chief Secretary Bernard and female consultant Miss Dias.
Everyone stood up to pay tribute to the lord.
"Hello everyone! Please take a seat."
The three Pauls sat down and the meeting officially began.
(End of this chapter)