Chapter 1862: Unite for benefit, separate for benefit
“Give up Badab”
In fact, when Zhu Fu talked about the disadvantages of the battlefield, Huron probably guessed that the other party would bring up this Opinion.
Now that the war has started, not only Zhu Fu has made such suggestions to Huron, many of Huron's confidants have also said this to him. After all, everyone can see that this kind of attrition warfare is very important to the Red Pirates. It's really too unfavorable.
But Huron actually had his own difficulties.
Nabadab is not only his former center of power and home, but also the key to the survival of the huge armed organization of the Red Pirates.
Only Huron knows best what the nature of the Red Pirates group is, although he often boasts in front of others that it took him less than a century to almost achieve what it took Abaddon ten thousand years to achieve. The power created, but Huron understood very well that there is no comparison between the Red Pirates and the Black Legion. The Black Legion is a team that has fought for thousands of years, and has boundless hatred for the empire, as well as the magnificent beliefs and ambitions of the dark gods, and The Chaos Army was created by Abaddon's great prestige as the three heroes of the former Great Crusade. There may be many among them who work together for profit, but there are also many who regard the Black Crusade and Abaddon as their lifelong ideals and beliefs.
That was a real army, a veritable army of chaos that surpassed the former Great Expedition Legion.
The Red Pirates obviously cannot reach such a height. The four words Yi Erhe He are the most true portrayal of this group.
And Badab is the most critical part of the word "profit".
The Maelstrom has the most prosperous trade routes in the empire, so a very large group of pirates has naturally been born. Most of them are mortals. Although pirates live in no fixed places, they actually need a place to stay and a place for them to hide. , a place to sell stolen goods, repair ships, hire people, and even relax and entertain.
Badab is located in the center of the Maelstrom region. At least 70% of the trade routes need to pass through here. Naturally, it is also an area with very frequent pirate activities. When Huron returned to Badab and built it into After entering the Pirate Paradise, he almost effortlessly controlled almost all the pirates operating in the Maelstrom.
And his request to the pirates was that they give him one-fifth of their plunder.
It was with the "tribute" of these large numbers of pirates that Huron quickly accumulated incredible wealth, and used this wealth to attract more Chaos warbands to join him, thus expanding his prestige. and strength, and then attracting more pirates to his service, this rapid snowballing pattern helped Huron rocket to the top of the list of non-Legion Chaos Space Marines second only to Abaddon.
This is also what makes the Red Pirates very different from the Black Legion. Although many warbands will go out to plunder on their own, the basic structure determines that Huron relies heavily on the tribute provided by mortals in order to maintain its absolute dominance. , and Huron's way of controlling them, apart from his own prestige and strength, the key point is that he occupies Badab, guarding the largest cornucopia and money tree in the Maelstrom.
Even after the war broke out, the Maelstrom's route was not interrupted. Instead, it became more prosperous due to the needs of the war, and pirates also worked hard to "make gold" under the attack of the navy.
Once Badab is lost, the mortal pirates are likely to abandon him, and he does not have the energy to chase and kill those people one by one. After all, at most they can just leave the maelstrom and hide for a while.
Without the support of mortal pirates, the infrastructure of the Red Pirates will crack or even collapse, especially in a state of war. Huron's current resources to purchase the Demon Engine are basically provided by mortal pirates. Moreover, the Red Pirates are not all rogues who bring their own rations to support the war. Huron has been working hard to build a core force with sufficient discipline and control for his ambition, so those people basically will not go out to plunder and support themselves. Tens of thousands of Chaos Space Marines are completely "out of work" and need Huron to support them.
Although Space Marines do not seem to need much food and drink, Chaos Space Marines are not ascetics of the Empire. They need a lot of "entertainment" and They are "venting", and they often have extremely violent and unpredictable personalities, so the consumption of slaves and servants is extremely staggering, and the loss of equipment is also extremely huge.
Huron does not have the "destiny" and prestige of Abaddon, nor does he have a rich arsenal built by a large number of Black Mechanicus followers, so he can only find ways to feed those people, and only in this way will they willingly serve him.
Not to mention the Black Legion, even the treatment given by the empire to a war group is basically one planet, and how can Huron, huddled in the maelstrom, get so many planets?
Therefore, the tribute provided by those mortal pirates is very, very important, and can even be called the lifeline to maintain the survival of the Red Pirate Group. Many times, people below do not understand Huron and have nothing to do. After all, if you are not a rich man, you don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. , not to mention that most Chaos Space Marines have no concept of leadership in their heads. They just grab them when they are short of them, pull them down if they can't grab them, or simply die.
Perhaps only Abaddon or someone like Soshyan who leads a huge army can truly understand him, so these two people are also the few people in the galaxy that he likes.
As for whether harassment and mobile warfare can quickly defeat the expeditionary force, Huron has not been guaranteed by anyone. Obviously this is not a quick victory strategy. If it cannot win quickly, it will lose Ba Dab, then things will only get worse for the Red Pirates.
If you get together for the sake of benefit, you will definitely separate for the sake of benefit.
Huron's ambition is to build a second black army and become an existence that all the dark gods must take seriously. He cannot accept such a failure under any circumstances.
Although Abaddon sent a large reinforcements to help him, Huron knew very well that these reinforcements must have other tasks, and they might still be reinforcements before he was completely at a disadvantage. , but once the war situation really collapses, Zhu Fu will definitely be the first wolf to jump up and bite his body, and the reinforcements may become enemies.
What's more, who is Zhu Fu? Huron, a veteran who specializes in messy things like fire and friendly troops, is always wary of him.
This is why Huron is always desperate to keep Badab, not only because it is the territory he has worked hard for a long time, but also because as long as Badab is still there, those pirates can grit their teeth and continue to support he.
As a result, this became a dead end. Badab could not give up, Angstrom could not give up, and the Red Pirates had to fight the Empire head-on in the most unfavorable way, using their lives to offset the opposing firepower.
However, if they continue to fight like this, Huron has no idea. If the casualties are too great, the Red Pirates' organization will collapse. After all, if the price paid for this benefit is too huge, those war gangs will also retreat - Chaos Interstellar Except for a few lunatics, soldiers really don't have the determination to fight casually like the fools of the empire.
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