Chapter 178: Plan for Eighteen Fortresses

The advance was going very smoothly. Chi Nan could hear good news from the front line every day, although he himself had never sent troops. In fact, only a hundred soldiers would not be of any use in a war of more than 100,000 people.

Every day, you can hear something from the mouths of the nobles who come back to rest, which also facilitates Chi Nan's understanding of the front line. Of course, Chi Nan didn't do nothing.

In addition to building relationships with those nobles, Chi Nan also gave full play to his role by artificially manufacturing some pneumatic cannons. In this place, Chi Nan doesn't have much time to study.

Some pneumatic cannons are spawned every day, and then provided to the nobles on the front line. This is not a direct sale, and it is during a war, so it cannot be regarded as bypassing the royal family. Therefore, this kind of thing is considered a side ball. At the same time, Chi Nan also gained the favor of a large number of nobles through this method.

For Chi Nan, the nobles were more receptive. Although Chi Nan is said to be a half-elf, he does look like a human being, and unlike ordinary half-elves, he is not so accepting of death.

This is also related to the fact that there are relatively few half-elves in the Rusiyala Kingdom, so people don’t know much about them.

The front line was advancing more and more smoothly. After Chi Nan followed the team on the front line for a month, the front line was no longer in Remas, but continued to advance a certain distance to the north.

After leaving Remas, the area further north began to slowly become desolate. At this moment, there is very little vegetation growing on the ground, and it can even be said to be somewhat similar to the Gobi. "I really don't know what those wild orcs are eating to survive in this place." Chi Nan looked at the surrounding environment strangely.

In this kind of environment, the output must be very little. Those wild orcs are big eaters. What on earth do they rely on to survive in this place. Other people around him also shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know either.

"Don't worry about it, let's go to the headquarters first. I don't know what the commander wants us to do."

On this day, the headquarters unexpectedly stopped for a rare moment. You must know that this headquarters has been moving forward for the past month. Many people often have to move a certain distance during the day to catch up after taking a rest at night.

But today, the headquarters stopped abnormally, and most of the nobles have returned here, which is strange. After entering the headquarters, many nobles were already waiting here.

After a while, when the nobles were basically all present, Earl Longgen stood up and said: "It seems that everyone is almost here, so let's talk about today's topic."

"To be honest, after this period of hard work, we have achieved very significant results. We have driven away the wild orcs. In order to avoid this happening, we continue to advance to the north. This is where the wild orcs originally lived. There is a place. However, the number of wild beasts exceeds our imagination."

Earl Longgen asked his subordinates to give each of the nobles a piece of information.

"As you can see, the number of wild orcs is increasing. If this continues, even if we have more powerful weapons, we will be overwhelmed by their human sea tactics, so we have to stop."

"And according to our intelligence, these wild orcs are constantly moving south, and more wild orcs are gathering here. We don't know how many wild orcs there are."

"Count Longgen is right. We have been dealing with the wild beasts for so many years, but we still don't know how many wild beasts there are. We don't even know how vast their territory is. We can't continue to move north."

Earl Longgen pressed his hands down and continued: "According to the latest intelligence, most of the wild orcs who were blocked here are migrating to the west, and a few are heading to the east, so as long as we can hold on here, it will be fine. Over there with the wild orcs I don’t know what happened, so the higher-up means that we won’t be allowed to move further north.”

"Then what are we going to do? It's not easy to stop the wild beasts." A noble said loudly.

Earl Longgen nodded: "The Noble Council and the royal family have been discussing this issue for a long time. According to the intelligence sent overnight by the above, it means that we should build a fortress here to block the wild orcs."

"We have found a total of eighteen locations suitable for building fortresses. As long as these eighteen locations are blocked, it will be impossible for the wild orcs to move south on a large scale. At most, there will only be some fish that slip through the net. I think these eighteen locations will slip through the net. Fish will definitely not be looked down upon by our elites.”

Earl Longgen glanced around, and the nobles around him were seen either lowering their heads or nodding quickly.

"Very good, everyone is good. In that case, the next thing we have to discuss is who will guard these eighteen fortresses. Our main army cannot retreat until the fortresses are established."

"Everyone, the royal family has issued an order. The fortress and its surroundings are considered developed territories and do not need to be handed over. They belong to individuals." Even so, no one was willing to speak.

Who can't see that this is not a good place at all, and it is useless even if you want it. Moreover, there are no humans living here, so it is too difficult to replenish troops. When the time comes, you will have to move your territorial citizens to this place for defense, and who will build your own territory. Except for Chi Nan, there weren't many people in other people's territories.

"Then I said, first of all, as an earl, as the commander of this time, I will take the lead and build a fortress here. In addition, all gentlemen above the earl title, it's time to show gentlemanly manners."

Hearing what Earl Longgen said, everyone understood that this was probably the intention of the royal family and the noble parliament. There was no way, who made them have a high status, so they could only take on this burden.

Soon, all the earls raised their hands in agreement. "Very good, all ten earls of Remas have agreed, and the governor who is not present, as a marquis, has stated that two fortresses will be built. Now these eighteen fortresses have been divided into twelve, and there are six left..." Earl Longgen glanced around.

Even if it's six, it's not a small number. After all, small nobles and big nobles are completely different. Those earls can easily gather tens of thousands of troops, but the viscounts can't. It's good to be able to take out one or two thousand people.

Baron Mocha can set off with three thousand people because his father has a special status.