Chapter 401 Taner's troubles, the battle continues

Light clouds float in the sky.

Since summer is not far away, the spring sun is warm.

The holiday villa, which is full of spring flowers, is several shades warmer.

It was different from the coming and going in the countryside outside the Frost Moon Royal City, with roars and sword flashes interweaving.

Today's holiday villa is still gentle.

Even though everyone is very busy.

Except Taner.

Taner has been quite idle lately.

Because Rand gave him a holiday.

At this time, he was surrounded by a group of beautiful women.

There are noble women from the Frost Moon Kingdom, and there are also noble women from the White Kingdom.

Taner was tall and although he wasn't handsome, he wasn't ugly at least.

He has a calm temperament and holds a high position with Earl Lander.

Personal force is still the most advanced professional.

Tanner is very popular.

Taner didn't care that much about his marriage, but he was indeed old enough to get married.

Originally he wanted to follow Rand's arrangements, but Rand himself respected his personal wishes and asked him to find someone they liked.

In his letter to him, Rand also said some words that were extremely Rand-like, saying that this was no longer the era of "x construction" and that as an outstanding talent in a holiday villa, one must have autonomy.

Taner and Rand have been together for so many years that he can roughly understand what Rand means.

That is to say, as the general of the hideout, he can do as he pleases in personal matters.

This made Taner feel a little emotional.

He originally thought that leaving the Old Holy City's cold bench and coming to the Frost Moon Kingdom meant being an undercover agent for a while, and then eradicating a large number of cultists, and then returning to the New Holy City with success and fame.

Now he is indeed successful and famous.

It’s just that the Torch Church is gone, at least the original Torch Church is gone.

He became the great general of Count Lander.

Rand was an evil oracle, and Tanr knew it.

But Rand was also a great nobleman.

Tanner is also well aware of this.

But not just any top-level professional can serve as the great Earl Rand's general.

Maybe in the past, when Rand was still a baron, a viscount.

Tanner's position as Rand's general seems to be a waste of his talent.

But now it's completely different.

If Rand's current position of general is vacant, and Rand issues a notice to recruit generals, many top professionals will come and try to apply.

Count Rand of the Moon Phase already has a huge influence in the Frost Moon Kingdom, the White Kingdom, the Takagi Kingdom, the Lensa Kingdom, and the Borun Kingdom.

One can even count the Old Holy City and the New Holy City.

And now, Rand's position as general belongs to Taner.

Taner was pleased with this.

It's not just the status, but also the fact that he truly feels what he has accomplished.

Not sitting on the bench in the church sanctuary.

But doing something for the goal in your heart.

He believed that his goals were the same as Rand's.

Although one of them is a paladin and the other is a cult messenger.

Of course, the most important thing now is to deal with the current troubles.

"Lord Taner, do you like flowers?" A woman with standard Frost Moon Kingdom aristocratic appearance inserted a flower in her hair, looking quite youthful and beautiful.

Taner remained silent.

"Lord Taner, do you like swords?" A noble woman who was obviously from the White Country dressed herself up like a mighty knight, with a knight's sword around her waist.

Taner remained silent.

"Lord Taner..."

"Lord Taner!" x20 Taner discovered a problem that he seemed not to be used to.

Years of military career have made him more accustomed to strictly executing orders and giving orders after careful consideration.

Apart from that, understanding the woman’s feelings is a bit beyond the scope.

Taner's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he began to think about what to do next.

He wanted to escape back to the barracks, so he decided to let Lord Rand make the arrangements.

Taner believed in the vision of Rand's angel.

…

Rand stood on the edge of the cliff at the upper hideout, looking down the mountain.

He has good eyesight, but of course, he still can't accurately find Taner in the crowd at such a long distance.

Rand didn't know whether Taner liked being surrounded by beautiful women.

But Rand still planned to let Taner experience what he felt at the time, which was Rand's bad taste.

After all, he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the frequent tricks of various noble women.

Then Rand stopped looking at the resort at the foot of the mountain.

This city is expanding at a rapid pace. Perhaps one day, it will grow into a giant city with a population of one million.

Of course, that’s still a long way off now.

Rand turned around and walked for a while along the tree-lined path of the upper den, which was full of spring scenery.

Came to the weapons factory.

Now, in order to avoid pollution and affect the living environment of holiday villas and upper-class dens, various factories have been relocated to a certain extent.

Relocate to a location that is not so close to residential areas, but downwind and downstream to avoid contamination of living areas.

Moreover, the construction of the next batch of factories is also scheduled to be in the burning area.

It's impossible to grow food there, the environment is very bad, and it also produces coal.

According to Rand's plan, the industrial areas of the Earldom of the Moon Phase will gradually move to the Burning Land.

This will gradually form advantages of industrialization, clustering and scale.

Of course, nowadays, most of the den industrial areas are still located in the remote areas of the upper dens and holiday villas.

Rand entered the crossbow factory of the military factory.

This is a branch factory that specializes in making bows and crossbows, separated from the main military factory.

The air in the room was filled with the fragrance of sawdust, and the floor was covered with sawdust and broken wood. Several craftsmen gathered around the carpentry table, using planes and saws to polish the rough wood into the skeleton of the crossbow. The tool racks beside them were full of saws, hammers and nails of various sizes, and the walls were engraved with scales of measuring tools.

The forge in the metal forging area was burning fiercely, and the orange-red flames reflected on everyone's face. The blacksmiths were sweating profusely, beating the red-hot iron bars with huge hammers, hammering them into the string grooves, triggers and other metal parts of the crossbow.

Ayesha is not here. She is busy with the Alchemy Academy today.

Now Ayesha and the alchemists in the alchemy workshop have begun to mobilize their connections and invite their classmates or teachers to work in the holiday villa.

Although, all alchemists know that working in a resort villa is hard.

but!

They also could not deny that Count Lander did provide them with the conditions for the alchemists to pursue the truth.

And that is, Count Lander himself can always provide some of the inspiration that alchemists need.

To be honest, working for Rand and helping Rand lure other alchemists to come and work for him feels like selling my soul.

Of course, they had already sold their bodies to Rand a long time ago.

Maybe Rand is really a soul-stealing demon as the rumors say?

Rand tours the weapons factory with his escort, Olenna.

The semi-finished crossbows are neatly arranged, and the craftsmen use tendons and leather to fix the strings to the crossbows. Their fingers are nimble and fast, and they handle every detail skillfully. After the finished crossbows are carefully debugged, they are placed in wooden boxes next to them, waiting to be transported.

A large number of bows and crossbows have been produced.

Rand is preparing to further transform its military.

In terms of military affairs, Rand's choice is different from that of most nobles in this world.

Land will use a large number of infantry.

Then a large number of powerful bows and crossbows will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

The longbow could penetrate the plate armor of knights of this era.

Arrows shot from longbows cannot penetrate all plate armor. If a knight's armor is made of high-quality rich iron ore and is forged by a master craftsman, it obviously cannot be penetrated by an ordinary longbow.

If a knight chooses to use magic metal for his armor, he will be able to withstand most long-range weapon attacks.

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For example, Rand's magic steel armored knight.

However, not all knights were rich.

Many knights did not even have fiefs, or their fiefs were very poor.

For example, the second son of a knight family often wears shoddy plate armor.

Not necessarily much better than the mercenaries' equally inferior chain mail scale armor.

The longbow and crossbow in Rand's target are to attack this kind of enemy.

When the knights discovered that their armor could not block the enemy's long-range weapons, it was not certain that many of them would have the courage to continue charging.

Of course, there will definitely be many brave knights, just like the brave knights who invaded the Kingdom of Borun.

But Rand believes that there are still many people who are afraid of death.

…

On the outskirts of Frost Moon Royal City.

The Wangcheng faction's army began to shrink, but not very quickly.

Overall, the Queen's faction is indeed stronger.

In fact, if we have to use math and logic, the Queen's faction has a stronger case.

At least that's the case today.

The battle to defend the royal city is about to begin.

A city defense battle does not mean that one side completely retreats into the city while the other side continuously arranges people to attack the city.

In other words, such city defense battles are very rare.

Generally speaking, siege warfare does not develop into a brutal siege.

More often than not, when reinforcements arrived, the defenders would simply withdraw the siege, or when they thought there would be no more reinforcements, they would simply surrender the city.

The defenders and attackers would even make an agreement, such as surrendering directly if reinforcements did not arrive after a few days of siege.

After all, the attackers have to worry about the huge losses during the siege, and the defenders have to worry about the bloody massacre after the city is broken.

This is the case with many sieges in the world.

However, it is obvious that the defense of the royal city will not be conducted in such a traditional and seemingly "childish" way.

"How should we defend the city?" In the meeting room of the royal city, many nobles sat in their respective seats.

The first seat is naturally the eldest prince, and he has quite a say here.

Because at least for now, the guards of the royal city still obey the orders of the eldest prince.

This was the natural strength and support that the King gave to the eldest prince when he was still alive.

The eldest prince actually hates his younger brother just as much, so much so that now that his own brother is missing, he is too lazy to look for him.

In fact, he could roughly guess that it was either Count Moon Phase or Duke Thorn, only these two people could do such a thing.

But the eldest prince can hardly protect himself now, so he is too lazy and unable to care.

It was evening now, and the remains of the meeting room were brightly lit.

Yes, Rand's Relic Lamp has been sold to Frostmoon Royal City.

The light from the relic lamps illuminated the faces of every young and old noble present.

The current situation is not very bad. Although it has shrunk overall, it is not one-sided.

The two sides fought back and forth and won and lost alternately.

However, the young and middle-aged generations now have a stronger voice.

The right to speak due to the achievements.

Although overall the Royal City faction and the Queen's faction were busy with each other.

But basically the young and strong group has a relatively higher winning rate.

And the winning rate is slowly improving.

The old nobleman is indeed experienced.

However, the young and strong forces are gradually gaining experience in the war.

They also know more theory.

"I think we can refer to the tactics that Count Rand used when he resisted the invasion of the Kingdom of Boren." The second-term senior of the church school stood up and said very seriously.

"Send a group of cavalry to stay in the field and harass the enemy when they attack the city." This second-term senior church school graduate said, "This way we can retain some initiative when we really face a siege."

Some young and middle-aged people who also graduated from church schools echoed this.

The young and strong graduates are gradually emerging among the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom, but not many of them can discuss matters at meetings of this level.

However, the opinion of this second-term student who likes to wear perfume is indeed reliable.

Although many old nobles did not want to agree emotionally, they had to admit that this was the right thing to do.

If it is a life-and-death battle to defend a city, it will inevitably develop into the stage of siege in the end.

So, initiative is a very important thing.

If the city is surrounded by the enemy and then continuously attacked with siege equipment, it will be very difficult for the soldiers in the city to fight back.

But if there is a group of cavalry roaming around, it would be a different situation.

It’s a good strategy indeed.

And this is a strategy that Count Lander once used.

Although they couldn't do what was reported in the battle report, it might have been exaggerated, but Earl Rand's tactical predictive ability to accurately predict the enemy's position was it.

In fact, the best way is to build several satellite cities around and support each other.

But it's definitely too late now.

"Then let's do this." Seeing that no one objected to what the young and strong nobleman who sprayed perfume had said, and many people supported it, the eldest prince nodded.

Then there were other issues related to defending the city.

For example, how well the defense of the city was done and whether the woods outside the city should be burned to prevent the enemy from cutting wood and using the trees to build siege equipment.

The strategy of clearing the countryside is a war tactic that has been passed down for a long time, but it is rarely used and not taken seriously.

Since Rand adopted this tactic in the Orc War, the nobles have rediscovered the important role of this tactic in defending the city.

As for burning forests.

War is bound to cause significant damage to the environment, isn't it?

However, if a group of knights are needed to provide support outside, they will also need the cover of the woods, so this needs further discussion.

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