Proof of the Sun King

In the next few days, Ryan and the others were just like they had nothing to do and waited for the high elves to organize an army. They should play and eat. Relying on the Phoenix brooch given by Phoenix King Finnuba, the entire Lothern was destroyed. Sightseeing in the outer city.

Especially after they really opened up their hearts, the relationship between Ryan and Suria is now similar to that of honey oil. Surya and Olika took turns to go into battle, allowing Ryan to live a very happy life. Of course, Surya got the most favor, which made the fairy in the lake and Orika unhappy.

Of course, the secret investigation was not idle either. Ryan and Forgan did spend a lot of energy trying to get close to the great city walls of the inner city when they visited Lothern, but they were all noticed by the high elves, but the high spirit guards took it for granted. This is just the admiration of the monkeys who have never seen the world for my Asur culture, which fits their character, but I don't care too much.

Indeed, as Olika said, the great city walls are heavily guarded and cannot be forced in. More importantly, Ryan cannot teleport in, because Ryan cannot teleport to places he cannot perceive. Simply put, it means that Ryan has no vision or He cannot use long-distance psionic teleportation if he has detected and left a mark in advance, which is very dangerous.

What is even more annoying is that the messenger Arsena-Learn sent by the high elves is just like a piece of dog skin plaster. As long as Ryan wants to go out, he promises to show up at the hotel door with a smile on his face, doing everything possible to find reasons to keep up, It's hard to find an excuse to get rid of it, and now when Ryan talks about a date, Arsene will look like "I know it all", and then hang from a distance, this guy is really good, a block away with a monocular Can keep up with people.

After a week or so, the fairy in the lake finally came up with a solution.

"Inspecting the army?" In the War Council, Tyrion was distressed by the plight he suffered, and when he heard the question of Tigris, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that you are telling me this at this juncture?

Did my oak-headed brother get some wind? Or did his goddess Lilith just have another whim?

But the war lord thinks about it carefully, and it is all right.

Princess Attila of the Kingdom of Tyronlok and Azharion of the Kingdom of Iris came with their armies, and at his call, Isdrona, the chief maid of the Eternal Queen, also led one of the kingdoms of Avalon. An army is coming towards Lothern, but Tyrion does not dare to ask for too much, even if he is the lover of the Everqueen and the champion of the gods, but as the cultural symbol and supreme leader of the Eternal Queen, if Tyrion is If the Avalon Kingdom is really dispatched, then the impeachment documents like snowflakes of the high-level court will be piled up on Finnuba's desk, and Tyrion can't make Finnuba difficult to do, otherwise, he wants to change the arch and rule, and be at ease. The Phoenix King, the mascot and spiritual leader, is not easy. For high-level elites, engaging in court conspiracies is a habit and instinct.

Just two days ago, Tyrion and Imric had a heated argument at the War Council.

Tyrion asked the Kingdom of Caledor to send troops. As the most powerful kingdom in the entire Ulthuan, whether the Kingdom of Caledor participated in this surprise attack on the burial cemetery was the key to victory.

The high elf fleet needs dragons too much. There are two fleets with or without dragons.

It was not that Imric refused to agree to Tyrion's request to send troops, but the Prince Caledor made the following request.

First, Imric must be the commander of the war, and Finnuba's official appointment paperwork.

Second, Caledor's dragon coat of arms and banners must be used in battle, and the dragon princes must give orders.

It was impossible for Tyrion to agree to this condition, and the two sides naturally parted ways.

After that, I asked Imric to send troops, and Imric started.

"I also want to send troops, but Caledo's armament is insufficient now. We need more iron ore and rare ores so that Vaal Anvil can produce what we need. Otherwise, it will take at least ten years for Vaal Anvil to supply enough. quartermaster."

"The army is assembling, but it has encountered many difficulties. The equipment and mounts are seriously lacking. Since the Phoenix Royal Court has asked Caledo to send troops, should all the logistical materials be filled by the Phoenix Royal Court?"

"Well, let's first send two hundred elites led by five dragon princes to join the war lord's team. When will the remaining supplies arrive, and when will our Caledo army be dispatched."

Tyrion was disgusted by Imric's set-up, but the Warlord had nothing to do.

Tyrion understands why Imric is so shy, because there is an unwritten tradition in Ulthuan, presumably established during the time of Phoenix King Caledor I, that if Ulthuan were to assemble a If you need a large army, and you need the power of the dragons in Caledor Kingdom and Caledor Volcano, then the command of the army is traditionally handed over to the dragon princes of Caledor.

But it is impossible for Tyrion to hand over the command of the army to Imric, so there is no solution to this problem. You want others to send troops and dragons, and you don't give them commander-in-chief. How can there be? such an easy thing?

In the end, Tyrion could only find Finnuba, saying that the standing army could no longer meet the needs of the current expedition to the burial ship cemetery, and we needed to recruit conscripts.

Finnuba didn't think too much about it, or it could not be said that the Phoenix King refused the war lord's request. The edict was issued soon, and the Phoenix Royal Court recruited conscripts from all Ulthuan. At the request of the war lord, the elite army was quickly recruited. More than 60,000 people are now concentrated in Lothern, ready to go.

At this time, Tigris made a suggestion to Tyrion: "Since we need the help of those humans, do we want the humans to see the power that belongs to us Asur? See our army?"

Tyrion thought that this was a bit different from his brother's opinion, but it was quite in line with Tyrion's innermost thoughts. Furthermore, the Kingdom of Caledor was reluctant to contribute, and it had to rely on the power of ironclad ships. So he agreed.

At the beginning of November 2513 in the imperial calendar, on this day in the 350th year of the nautical king Finnuba calendar, Ryan and Suria led dozens of officers of the old guard, while Fugen led his personal guard Phoenix. The guards finally got permission to enter the inner city.

Just in the inner city of the high elves, tens of thousands of high elves gathered here, silver armor and silver armor, murderous.

It is difficult to describe the strong sense of order and orderliness of the high elf army in words. When the high elf army trains and advances in a square formation, it is as smooth and smooth as art. The high personal quality of a high elf soldier made Ryan drool. The King of Knights thought more than once that it would be nice if the serf infantry in his territory could have this level.

Of course, Ryan also knew that this was impossible.

Among the elite troops concentrated in Tyrion, the elite professional army and those semi-professional standing armies are a minority, and most of them are high-elf conscripts, which are actually high-elf militia. Elite militiamen, their combat effectiveness is still far greater than those of ordinary semi-professional armies, provincial armies of the empire, or serf infantry regiments. , the elite militiamen equipped with shields, spears or bows and arrows can actually give people a sense of oppression and chilling in the torrent of steel. In this regard alone, in addition to the knights and gentlemen, Lane's subordinates also only have old friends. The Guards and the Coldstream Guards have this quality, and Fugen's command is limited to the First Army, the Chasseurs, and the elite Legion Yeniceri under the command of Master Jin.

However, the so-called elite conscripts are still envied by Ryan, Suria, and Fulgan for their individual soldier quality and combat ability. Fulgan can be sure that if he has such a source of soldiers, he will put the rats, mice, rats and the likes of Lustria. Vampires, Chaos Tribes are just around the corner.

It is a pity that it is impossible. For high-level conscripts, their training often begins with the identity of "white-crowned archers". These elf militiamen will spend decades to start their service career with swordsmanship and bow and arrow training. After serving for decades or even hundreds of years, the conscripts began to change from archers to spearmen, forming spear targets and spear forts. Every move performed by the elite spearmen in the formation was like A previously elaborate dance, shielding each other at the same moment to provide protection, followed by free throwing of spears across the enemy's split front.

Then, through dozens to hundreds of years of training and expeditions, the outstanding ones are incorporated into the ranks of the Lothern Sea Guard and the standing armies in various places.

Unlike the spear phalanx of other weak races, the unified movements of the high-precision phalanx are often completed without the issuance of commands or gestures. Every high-precision soldier instinctively understands the thoughts of their comrades-in-arms, and acts without any hesitation.

This kind of training and long accumulation is destined to be impossible for humans to have this level of conscripts.

The officers of the Old Guard and the Phoenix Guards under Fulgrim were also amazed at the high-level military capabilities.

"It is indeed an elite army." Ryan said to Fugan: "The elves still have something."

"If they didn't have this quality, it would have been over." Fugan nodded: "Don't underestimate these ancient races at any time."

The war lord Tyrion and Tyronlock Princess Attila were obviously very satisfied with this scene, Tyrion took the initiative to come up to Ryan and Fugan and said: "Your Majesty, Legion Commander, look at me in the full camp of Assur. Generals, can you be majestic?"

"All of them are like wolves like tigers." Ryan laughed along Tyrion's tone.

"Do you think the rations in the rear camp are sufficient?" Tyrion then asked, the war lord was very satisfied, and he then pointed to the mountains of rations piled up in the army camp.

"It's really enough for the soldiers." Ryan continued to laugh.

"Okay!" Seeing Ryan so acquainted, Tyrion couldn't help but think of him a bit higher: "Please sit down, I'll arrange it."

After that, Tyrion took the people away, leaving only the three of Ryan sitting together.

"Madam, what do you think?" Ryan watched Tyrion leave and just smirked. He took Surya's hand and asked his wife, "What do you think? High-quality army?"

"The high-level army may be really powerful, but I think the conscript system shows just how far high-level has declined." Suria lifted the teacup and moved gracefully: "It can only be said that the high elves and the dark elves fought. It is a miracle that the social order has not collapsed for thousands of years."

"Hahaha!" Both Ryan and Fugan laughed, and Fugen couldn't help nodding to Sulia: "Pretty!"

Is the conscript system strong? Of course, it is very powerful. The service period of the conscript system, regular conscription and discharge, easy rotation, and it is conducive to the renewal of the standing army. It can not only keep the army's soldiers young and strong, but also reserve soldiers, and at the same time, it can also make more people serve Active duty makes the burden of military service fair and reasonable. Through the compulsory military service system, Morville, the Phoenix King "Reckless King", has formed a very deadly army and has become the decisive force in defending Ulthuan.

But Ryan's wise queen Surya has seen the essence through the phenomenon, and she can see the weakness of the high elves behind the conscript system.

The military system of the high elves is roughly divided into three stages. The watershed from the first stage to the second stage is the battle of the long beard. Before the battle of the long beard, all the armies of the high elves were completely full-time elite professional troops, and After the fiasco of the Battle of Longbeard and the loss of the elites, the Butcher King Tesiris established a standing army system, that is, a recruiting system, and the high-caliber army began to evolve into a semi-professional.

Later, in the period of the reckless king Moville, facing the long war with the dark elves, the recruitment system was completely unable to meet the needs of the war. Bring your own weapons and armor, and spend a small portion of each year in service.

It can be seen from this that the armament and military capabilities of the high elves are actually declining.

And Ryan knew deeply that the conscript system was indeed very powerful, and it was the most ideal military service system for monarchs to be able to obtain a large number of troops without spending too much cost on the conscription system.

But there is a problem here, that is, the conscript system is closely related to the overall social order, so it is decided that the monarch should not be "too much tossing".

What does that mean? That is, the conscripts of the whole country should not be recruited too intensively, frequently and on a large scale to fight wars. This will lead to the large-scale loss and bankruptcy of the self-employed farmers and the middle class, the backbone of the society as the main body of the conscripts. It is enough to call it once. If it is known that conscripts are recruited for large-scale military operations all day long, the number of conscripts will drop rapidly, and it will lead to the collapse of the entire social order.

Lane's previous life, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, wiped out the solid foundation that his father and his grandfather had accumulated over the past 40 years, leading to the end of the conscript system, the collapse of the social order, and more than 2 million extra in Kanto. The refugees were basically bankrupted in this way, and the population of the dynasty was reduced by more than 4 million people from the beginning to the later years of the throne.

Ryan knows that many people don't like to watch this. What they like to watch is heroism, great unification, surrender of all nations, being the king of Qi Xuan, and turning into a big battle without considering logistics. Ryan also understands that everyone is interested in making meritorious achievements. Desire, but to put it another way, what if you were the conscript source who was recruited once in a year or two for a great expedition~www.wuxiaspot.com~ All the manpower and material resources needed for the war were transferred to yourself?

It's too miserable to be such a fart, isn't it?

Ryan is not against the conscript system and unification, he just knows that under the conscript system, people must be cherished. Human beings are not chaotic and unreasonable, nor do they reproduce casually like green skins. Therefore, after the Bafeng Mountain Expedition, he formulated a series of recuperation and recuperation. national policy, and resolutely opposes re-launching the plundering war against Obiang.

Just like what Surya said, it is a miracle that the high-level elite is not a military society where dark elites encourage mass births and a slave society that relies on war to make a fortune.

"I heard what kind of knight king you are?" Ryan was still thinking, Princess Tyron Locke, a member of the War Council, the heroic Princess Attila overheard the yin and yang's strange conversation between Ryan and the others, young and energetic, and before The princess who successfully repelled the Slaanesh God's Choice champion "Beauty" Prince Sigwald was obviously extremely dissatisfied. She was fully armed and strode in front of Ryan, and said coldly: "When will it be our Asul's turn? Are outsiders commenting?"

"What? Let me evaluate the combat effectiveness of the high elves, and I have to have sharp ears?" Ryan was obviously very upset when he was interrupted. He said angrily to the unfamiliar elf princess in front of him: "Or do you think I Not qualified?"

"Whether you're qualified, you won't know until you fight!" Princess Attila immediately became furious. She thought that monkeys are really monkeys, and the princess directly drew out her sword and inserted it on the ground in front of Ryan: "Exactly, the war lord needs some time to arrange it. , why don't we do some tricks? Honor showdown?"

Under the playful gazes of Fulgrim and Surya, Ryan was also excited, and the King of Knights stood up.

"Okay, come on!"