Chapter 458 Nora's Weakness
"Oh, you misunderstood." Hughes ignored Nora who was glaring at Monica.
"It's not this half of Nora, it's that half of Nora."
"ah?"
This time, not only Monica was stunned, but everyone in the room was stunned as well.
Hughes reluctantly told the story that Nora was still fighting.
"That is to say, even though Nora is dead, it does not affect Nora's continued fighting?"
"It may even be stronger." Monica interrupted, "After all, there is one less weakness."
As she said this she glanced at the weakness on the table and her eyes wide open.
"Well, let's not talk about Nora for now. She is indeed a very important combat force, but she will not affect the overall battle situation." Xius called on everyone to look at the map together.
"The overall terrain in the north is mainly plains, which is one of the reasons why we chose the railway as the core. The overall construction difficulty is relatively small and it is also easy to maintain."
Although the northern border of the empire is cold, it is not so cold that permafrost appears. The Secret Order has many refugees who have come all the way from the north and they have a very detailed understanding of the conditions along the way.
"Although this terrain is conducive to our gradual advancement, it also brings trouble to the resistance army. It is difficult for them to find a way to deal with the cavalry. Alexei, you are more familiar with this area, please explain it to us."
"Okay." Alexi picked up the charcoal pencil on the table. "It's not that there are no mountains and forests in the north, but they are relatively concentrated. For example, the Canary Mountains, although the overall span is very long and covered with forests, are some distance away from the surrounding towns. In other words, the resistance may be able to find a base to hide, but they will be easily surrounded by the Winter Wolf cavalry."
"Then can we occupy a town?" Qiao Xi suddenly asked.
"It's difficult." Alexei circled a few places on the map. "Look, these places all look good, with convenient transportation. If they were here, they would be good bases. But everyone, please remember one thing, this is in the north."
"The North has not experienced war for a long time."
The fact that Count Bazel was able to gain a foothold with just a cavalry unit says a lot. Compared with the empire that was always on the march to the east and the west, the North was still relatively peaceful.
"Josh, you have a lot of refugees from the north under your command. They should have seen those towns. Why don't you tell me what they are like there?"
Qiao Xi was startled, and after a brief recollection, he said, "I have indeed heard a lot from them. Unlike the White Crow Principality, the towns in the North have almost no walls, and there are not even many soldiers stationed there. The land there is vast and sparsely populated, and the settlements are almost undefended."
Alexi ran his finger along the map. "This brings us back to the terrain of the North. The Canary Mountains blocked the flames of war from the White Crows. The poor land made this place not very prosperous, so the Empire had little interest in it. The North was able to enjoy long-term peace. The terrain was too flat and had no strategic locations to defend, so building city walls became very inexpensive. The lords chose to build castles in some important strongholds for defense. As for places outside the castles, they left it to them."
"For the resistance, this was a disastrous start: they had difficulty finding a suitable base. If they went to the forest, they would be cut off from the civilized world. In winter, the mountains would be blocked by heavy snow and they would surely die. If they went to the town, they would not be able to defend themselves against cavalry raids. Unfortunately, they had many elderly, children, women and children. Even if they were ruthless enough to leave them behind, they would not be able to outrun the cavalry on foot. The truly defensive bases were all large castles, which the resistance had no ability to capture."
Now everyone took a deep breath, worry showing in their eyes.
Hughes sighed, "So I called everyone to a meeting urgently this time because the resistance army may not be able to hold out for much longer, according to the most optimistic estimate."
He looked at Alexei.
"Two weeks, my Lord."
"If everything goes well, they can only hold out for two weeks, and the intelligence we received was more than ten days ago."
Now everyone in the room was silent.
"It will take at least half a year to build the railway. Even a superhuman like Fire Chaser Moth who is good at traveling will need a week to get there. Ordinary people will need to ride on horseback twice as long. If we take a boat to Rift Valley City and then travel there, it will probably take more than 20 days."
"All of this is done without any interference. In fact, it is impossible to do it. The Candlelight Society and the blockade by the three archdukes are not easy to deal with."
"What do you think?"
The room was quiet for a moment, then Chloe's page stood up and everyone looked over.
〖Well, I have some information. At least Isaac is not dead now. He is a fire-chasing moth recognized by the [Chrysalis]. His soul will return to the [Chrysalis] after his death. If a ritual is performed, it can even bring some information. Anyway, I didn't see him in the chrysalis.〗
This is good news. At least Isaac is fine.
However, given his identity as a dual-path extraordinary being, it would be too difficult to kill him. Zeus had asked Isaac before. There are many extraordinary people in this world who can kill him, but very few can take the initiative to attack him. As long as he doesn't want to die and concentrates on escaping, almost nothing can threaten him.
Xiu Si suddenly had an idea: "Chloe, I'm a little curious, if he dies, can he still use this diary?"
"Of course not."
Come to think of it, this should be some kind of binding equipment of Chloe, Hughes thought to himself.
〖He can't beat me.〗
Hughes: “.”
Tata also raised his hand.
Xius hesitated for a moment, but still nodded at him.
Although he always comes up with some outrageous things, Tata does have some skills.
I just hope his proposal this time is not to add an engine to Castel and drive it to the island.
"My Lord, I have developed a new ship that perfectly solves all the shortcomings of the previous design. It should be useful."
"Perfect solution?" Xius's face was full of doubt.
The last time, the more than 1,000-meter-long aircraft carrier equipped with rams, catapults, and Gatling guns really gave Hughes such a big shock that he hasn't recovered yet.
"Of course! Please believe me, Lord. My ship this time is not bulky at all. Instead, it is quite small. It also solves your previous request. This time, the dragon's breath cannon can be brought on board! Also, the previous ships were not reliable enough and were easy to sink. The ship I designed this time does not have this problem at all!"
Xius' eyes lit up when he heard this.
Small in size, capable of carrying a dragon breath cannon, and reliable enough? ?
What kind of dream ship is this? Can Tata really design this? To be honest, if it really satisfies him, even if the design of this ship looks like a coffin, Hughes will accept it!
(End of this chapter)
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