Chapter 572

The news that the gold mine changed hands soon spread to all parts of the mainland. This gold mine is a famous large gold mine in mainland China. Many forces around are actually staring at it. I didn't expect that it is easy to change hands now. The process of changing hands also makes people feel strange. In three days, in two wars, the kingdom of kowikla won first and then suffered a great defeat. It is said that Grint was defeated not only in the territory of the kingdom of Kovic, but also in the whole continent. However, he was defeated by a new Duke in his twenties Once upon a time, gason was on fire.

The matter also conveyed to the ears of the emperor of St. Willan. He didn't expect that gasern's appetite was so big that he was staring at the big gold mine. Then gasayn really made a fortune, and the gold mine even attracted him.

"Is it to raise money?" Said Wigley with a smile.

Of course, the gold mine has been won, and the Empire will also have to step in. This benefit is a bit too big. On the one hand, wegley began to mobilize the imperial army to move closer to the west to prevent the expansion of the war. On the other hand, it was also a means to put pressure on the kingdom of kovikla. It was better for the other party to sign a contract to cede the gold mine now. Of course, it seems impossible to think about it.

Wegley also felt that it was impossible for the kingdom of kowikla to give up its gold mines, or their country's finances would collapse. However, according to the current intelligence, it is not easy for the kingdom of kovikla to recover the gold mine empty handed. The country is in a mess. At present, it is better to wait for the development of the situation. The Empire will certainly not join the war now, but it is OK to provide some help. Isn't it just won the gold mine? We need a large number of miners. The empire can provide this.

Gasayn does also study the issue of miners. What he needs is not just miners. The enemy will definitely come and take back the gold mine. If they want to occupy this place, they must establish a defense base. The defense facilities on this side of the gold mine can only say It's very common. Gasayn also knows why Grint gave up the gold mine so firmly. This place is really not defensible, and the terrain is not so good. The water intake points around are far away. Once trapped, it is easy to cut off water, which is already a taboo of military strategists.

At present, it seems that they have a lot to do, such as strengthening the walls, building defense facilities, digging wells and so on, which all need a lot of labor. Now there are only 400 prisoners in the stronghold, which can be said to be totally insufficient. Even if the mine yard is shut down and let them all go to do construction first, there are not enough people and the progress is very slow.

Of course, there are manpower on the side of gasayn. Before, it was not the territory rebels who made various rebellions and captured a large number of prisoners and laborers. If they were sent here, most of the problems would be alleviated. However, it is in the enemy territory after all, and there are still some problems.

Therefore, the first thing that gasayn has to do now is to open up the transportation line. Once the line is connected, all the personnel and materials in his territory will be delivered, and the gold ore here can also be sent back. Otherwise, it will be useless to put the gold mine in the warehouse here. In short, it is to build roads.

Of course, there were roads to the gold mines, but now the roads leading to the cities of the kingdom of Kovic are to be built. Originally, it was a troublesome thing. After all, road construction is not a simple job. Although the gold mine is not too far away from the territory where gasayn is located, the road is not easy to repair. It is not to say that the road will be finished by repairing it in a straight line. What to do when you encounter a mountain or a river, you have to go around it. Gasayn inquired about the current progress. It will take about three or four months to build a road.

Then Linton came out, and everyone was confused. It's not that they doubt if Linton can help. The problem is Are all saints so free now? You need to help with the road? Yes, I've never heard of a saint who helps to build roads. In their opinion, it's too self degrading for a saint to do such a thing.

However, Linton didn't manage these things. The mission requires the establishment of a battlefield. Now there is a battlefield. But if you want to determine the success of the task, it still needs a lot of infrastructure. This is similar to that of building a city before. Linton also hopes that the engineering team will come to work quickly and let him wait for three or four months. Isn't it a joke that the task time is over.

Of course, it is very direct for Linton to do this. He drew a straight line on the map and set out with the engineering team in the army.

"Master swordsman, it can't be repaired here, that mountain..."

There was a big bang. Before the leader of the engineering team finished his words, there was a loud noise in front of him. When they looked forward, the mountain that had just been there had been blown to the ground.

"What mountain?"

"Gudong." The person in charge here swallowed his mouth and said, "no It's ok... "

Soon, people from the engineering team found that following Linton to repair the road was simply an act of subverting their outlook on life. As a symbol of Saint class, Linton used it to repair the road. This Saint level adult is really I don't know what to say.

In this way, Linton took only one and a half days to open a road from the gold mine to the territory. When the mountain meets the mountain and the water fills the river, it really blows up a straight road, and the rest of the work is left to the engineering team to finish. This road is now accessible except for the difficulty.

At the same time, the army's reconnaissance team has also found traces of the enemy. Yes, the remnant troops of the kingdom of kovikla led by Grint did not run too far. They camped on the North Bank of the pucyrus River in the north, and obviously began to gather troops ready to fight back.Indeed, it is impossible for the kingdom of kowikla to give up the gold mine. It seems that the enemy will try to counter attack when a certain number of troops are gathered, and there is not much time for them to prepare for defense.

After getting the position of the enemy's camp, gasern's first thought was to take the initiative to attack them and defeat them before the other side's troops were assembled and replenished, so as to solve the worries behind them. However, he was dissuaded by Linton.

"Don't you think Grint would have thought of it?" Linton said, "the reason why they gather on the north coast is to allow reaction time, and if they find out we're attacking, they have a chance to retreat. It's not easy to cross that river. They have enough time to deal with it. They may even hinder us from crossing the river, which will be more troublesome. "

"Then we can try a night attack, or Water attack? " He said.

"You are better than these enemies." Linton said, "after being defeated by you once, that Grint will be more cautious. I guess it's useless. It's better to strengthen the defense with this energy."

If he really wants to do something, Linton can come up with a lot of methods. For example, if Linton leads the army, he will not do any gold mine construction at all. He pretends to defend here and leave a few people behind. The large army will directly attack the enemy's main city, wait for the enemy to send troops to support the gold mine, attack the main city, directly destroy his country and come back to do gold mine construction It's very good.

But now Linton doesn't want to defeat the enemy's forces. It doesn't mean to build a battlefield. The gold mine can't be abandoned by the enemy, so it will definitely become a long-term battlefield. The current situation is the most suitable for Linton.

"Then we are..."

"We are now ready to fight for a long time." Linton said, "now the gold mine is ours. We just need to defend here. There is no gold mine on the side of the kingdom of Kovic. The country will collapse sooner or later. We don't have to do anything. Just keep the gold mine."

"Long term operations..." Gasayn is obviously an acute person, and wants to set the world in the first World War. However, after this battle, he feels that at least he is not as powerful as Linton in terms of strategy, so let's listen to Linton.

"Don't worry. At least we're different now. We're rich, aren't we?" "With gold in hand, we must be financially well off, and in that case, we can recruit troops on the spot," Linton said

"Recruit on the spot..." Gassen nodded.

"Of course, the population of the territory is also very important, and we can't recruit too many people. Otherwise, the young people will lose a lot. Why don't we try mercenaries?" Linton said, "anyway, we have money now, so it's not good to recruit mercenaries."

"That's a good idea. "Gasayn nodded and said," of course, it's common to recruit mercenaries to fight, but it's only for the rich to consider. Before they were poor, they couldn't help it, but now it's different. They have gold mines.

"So money is good." Linton said, "the problem with coolies..."

"The construction work is already in full swing. Your majesty has also sent someone to contact me and can support a lot of our labor force." He said.

"Mining taxes?" Asked Linton.

"Of course." He said.

"No wonder, I thought it was ours." Linton held out his hand. "What I hate most is that someone robbed me of my money."

"Hello, you are going to marry a daughter. Do you really care about that now?" Gasayn fumble.

"Do you remember the motto of my meloway family..."

"We meroway family have never made a rebellion. Please don't make it up, will you?" "We're talking about construction, aren't we? How can it suddenly become such a dangerous topic. "

"Oh, yes." Linton nodded, and it was more important to finish the task. Although the rebellion was very interesting, there was no reward. "Those laborers don't know when they will arrive. You first send people to the surrounding villages to capture some villagers, and let them start construction first."

"Now we don't have many soldiers. It's hard to control if we have too many soldiers." Gasain didn't think about it, he said.

"It's OK. There's a famine in the kingdom of kowikla. Most of the villagers would like us to capture them. At least they won't starve to death. You can find those villagers who are like refugees and catch them first." Linton said, "the gold mine is in hand. We have money. We can ask the Empire to buy some grain. The emperor is probably waiting for you to start trading. It is estimated that the grain is ready for good luck."

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