Chapter 198： end of the year

Advent Day is a major festival for people in this world. In ancient times long long ago, people regarded this day as the critical point of the transition between the old and the new year. Later, with the improvement of the calendar, Advent lost its role in the old calendar, 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 layer of religious meaning-it is said that this day is the day when the Archangel Wen Desi led 500 archangels to come to the world. , The level of knotting and note-taking, the tools used are all polished out of stones, and the clothes worn are made of animal skins and plant leaves.

At that time, there were many alien races on the mainland, threatening the weak human race.

The angels taught humans all kinds of magical technologies, such as planting technology, animal and plant domestication technology, metal smelting technology, and brought incredible writing, and finally helped human society get out of the age of ignorance. With the help of these powerful technologies, human beings have gradually established their hegemony on the continent, forcing orcs to flee to the grasslands, dwarves to shrink into the mountains, and elves to live in seclusion in the forests. Not one was left.

Human beings finally occupied the most livable large plains on this continent, and they have multiplied from generation to generation to this day.

However, with the passage of time and the infrequent but never-broken exchanges between various races, human technology gradually spread to other races, and the closer the technical level, the closer the combat effectiveness of the armies of the two sides. The ambition of the aliens to return to the habitable zone was suppressed, and the human army could not crush each other overwhelmingly, and the conflict between the races intensified again.

The last time that aliens were completely suppressed was during the period of the great unification of the Gubera Empire. The unified human empire sent several large expeditions with the power of the whole country. Once again, the aliens were beaten to bow their heads, and the absolute hegemony of human civilization on the mainland was once again established.

But the empire eventually collapsed, and the fēnliè human kingdoms attacked each other. It stands to reason that this is a good opportunity for foreign races to make a comeback, but fortunately, the remaining power of the empire still exists. Races such as dwarves and elves seem to have given up their ambition to compete for the continent because of their sparse population.

Only the orcs inhabiting the northern prairie have strong fertility and a large population, but the fragile ecology of the prairie cannot carry too many people. The pressure of survival and the unwillingness to be suppressed repeatedly in history make them Always peeking at the fat land of the south.

The orcs have launched several large-scale invasions, but they abandoned the previous strategy of siege the city and seize the land, and replaced it with a grab-and-go method, targeting settlements with weak defenses, relying on With the advantage of cavalry coming and going like the wind, avoid tug-of-war with the armies of human nations.

Disunified countries cannot support large-scale cavalry like the Gubera Empire, and the weakening kingship and degraded logistics cannot support a decent expedition. This makes humans extremely passive in the face of orc looting. ,

Orc looting became a serious headache for the rulers of the northern states.

In the hall of the lord's mansion in Huxin Town, Arda's military and political officials gathered together, even the naval commander Austin and the shipyard supervisor Rubin who stayed in Port Fulan on weekdays were also here.

As Advent approached and the old year was about to pass, Paul decided to call his men to Huxin Town to summarize the gains and losses of the past year and look forward to the future development.

The lord hadn't arrived yet, and everyone chatted about the many major events that happened this year.

"From the news from the east, it seems that many villages and towns have been robbed by orcs since the beginning of winter!"

"Alas, the rebellion in the south prevented the royal family from mobilizing too much force to support the northeast region."

"We are much luckier here. There are continuous virgin forests and mountains in the north."

There are mountains in the north and east of the Aldo Kingdom as natural barriers, but there is only a small plain in the northeastern region between the two mountain ranges, which becomes the "Northeast of Aldo" leading to the northern prairie. corridor".

Every winter, the orcs on the prairie would plunder all over the Northeast through here, especially when the "white disaster" occurred on the prairie.

Because the "corridor" in the northeast is far from the hinterland of the kingdom, the small-scale looting of the orcs is not as threatening as the barbarian rebellion in the eastern highlands, and the rebellion in the south prevented the high-level officials from mobilizing too much power. The Northeast has provided only symbolic support.

For the Aldo Kingdom, this year is really an eventful year.

Just when everyone else was very grateful for Arda's position Among all the people present, only Schroeder, the chief of staff, and Joyce, who had become the commander of the third battalion, looked worried. , the two of them had stayed in the army in the Northeast region, and personally participated in the war against the orcs.

The two of them had feelings for that piece of land, and naturally they couldn't be happy when they heard the news that the orcs entered and looted. Especially Schroeder, who spent more than half of his military career there.

Seeing that everyone looked like they had nothing to do with themselves, Joyce couldn't help but said: "Everyone, if your lips are gone, your tongue will feel cold. If the orcs see that the kingdom is weak, Gathering troops and occupying the territories in the Northeast, their next target is probably us."

Bryce made a fist gesture in mid-air, "Then we'll blast them back with cannons!"

Joyce shrugged. This group of people had never seen the ferocity of the orcs. It was not comparable to the pirates they dealt with before and the peasants and soldiers recruited by the lords.

But Joyce had seen that those horrible creatures that grew up in a harsh environment were born for war. Even ordinary orcs are close to two meters tall, with strong limbs, manic temperament and can endure hunger.

The perennial nomadic life has made them natural cavalry, and it is easy to assemble a strong mobile force.

Fortunately, they have a very poor sense of discipline, and they don't understand strategy, formation, and arm coordination. They often rush 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 leading Chief Secretary Berner and female advisor Dias Xiaojie.

Everyone stood up to pay their respects to the lord.

"Hi everyone! Please sit down."

The three of Paul sat down and the meeting officially started.