Chapter Thirty-One: The Land Cruiser of the Goblin Clan
Much later, scholars who study the history of war on the mainland, when talking about the first real thermal weapons war on the mainland, have to admit that this is a cross-era revolution in the history of war. The crushing of cold weapons by hot weapons is still secondary, and the more important significance of which is the use of heat weapons, which gives ordinary people the ability to resist the power of magic.
"Lord, this was discovered when cleaning the battlefield." Richard gently placed a somewhat damaged box on lord's desk, because Mr. Jason had bombarded the one-eyed camp like a carpet, and the little giant had barely collected much valuable loot. Two or three fairly intact tents were limped with a few foul-smelling bandits, two or three military horses barely able to stand with swings, and several carts of iron that had been plucked from the dead by the satisfied warriors.
It is reasonable to say that the work of collecting booty should be done by civilian men or auxiliaries in most cases, but the situation on the battlefield is really too miserable to see, and the auxiliary soldiers who participated in cleaning the battlefield for the first time were frightened when they saw the severed limbs, some people vomited wildly, and several directly fainted in the past. So these things that barely can be called trophies are done by the barbarian warriors who are accustomed to seeing large battles, so that when these warriors triumphantly enter the city, their armor is stained with the blood of the enemy.
Citizens spontaneously served wine and flowers to their warriors on both sides of the road from the city gate to the guard camp, and from time to time beautiful women threw a handkerchief with a faint fragrance on the buildings on both sides of the street. In a word, the onlookers saw such a scene, the guards fought bloodily to relieve the people's hanging, and the people rejoiced and encouraged the pot pulp to welcome the king.
As for the two mercenary groups that only participated in the periphery, although they did not kill even one war horse that tried to escape, it did not prevent them from enjoying the love of the people as well. There were only thirty-seven people and forty-one horses of the trebuchet squad, hiding deep in the name, and the leader of the squad still stood behind the lord after unloading his armor, ready to serve his lord at any time.
Lord Lord really did not expect that after Mr. Jason's indiscriminate bombardment, there was not even a few complete weapons left on the battlefield, and there was actually a box that seemed to be well preserved.
"Oh, it's actually a password lock, this thing doesn't know how to open the password." When the lord saw the lock on the chest, he couldn't help but look forward to the secret inside.
With a click, before the others could speak, the little giant took a step forward, and the large hand that had not yet taken off its armor pulled the delicate code lock from the box, and even the solid walnut box was torn off a piece.
The imaginary gold and silver treasure did not appear, and the top of the open chest was only a few letters tied together. Below the letter were some bills, the face amount of which was not small, and which could be withdrawn at will by a large Pancontinental firm. Regardless of the wealth on the bills, these bills alone have a lot of significance, and it is impossible for a business like this to rely only on money and have no certain status to expect them to provide services for you, and ordinary civilians are not qualified enough, let alone a group of bandits. Moreover, the deposit and withdrawal of at least five million gold coins at a time starts.
In addition to the letters and bills, there were only three things left in the box, an unknown mineral, only the size of a palm, black all over, as light as nothing in the hand, and the light shining on it could not be reflected in the slightest. The lord looked at it for a while, handed the butler something he didn't know, and signaled everyone to identify it.
The other two were two parchment rolls tied with purple ribbons. Li Bing opened one of the rolls of parchment, looked at it twice, and quickly re-rolled it up and handed it to his personal secretary to signal him to put it away. The people in the office were curious, and the value of the scrolls that could be treasured and cherished by one eye could be known. However, the mercenaries and rangers in this battle did not play any substantive role except to act as an atmosphere group, and they were not embarrassed to ask out loud at this time.
The Lord Lord immediately opened another scroll, and what came into view was a drawing. Li Bing, seeing that the top of the drawing was written in mainland common language with the words "Land Cruiser", could not help but read it casually.
"My lord, the mercenaries and the rangers have helped a lot today, especially Mr. Berval's potion, which I think should be rewarded first." Father Geralt, who had been hiding in the comfortable sofa as a background, heard the lord's self-talk and immediately opened his eyes and spoke.
The Lord Lord was a little surprised, and the mercenaries just went out of the city for a circle, neither killing nor capturing the enemy. The cadres within the original territory have reached an agreement to give only verbal praise to the mercenaries for their performance today. This is also the first thing That Father Geralt brought up, why is it suddenly going to be rewarded again? Although I don't know why, there must be a reason for teaching Old Father to say such a thing at this moment.
So the Lord Lord groaned and said, "Berval's credit is indeed not small, and the mercenary group and rangers have helped to encircle the one-eyed on the periphery today, which ensures that no bandit escapes, and naturally should be rewarded." Jason, you record it, give Berval 3,000 military merits, and two bottles of the potion. Each of the two mercenary regiments was credited with 1,000 military merits, and the other Rangers who participated in the battle each had 10 military merits. ”
According to the ratio of military merit and gold coins in the territory, one military merit is almost equal to three gold coins, and a drunk in Liz's tavern is only a few silver coins at most.
Lord Lord's reward can not be described as rich, and the mercenaries also know that they did not play much of a role in today's battle, and although all of you present in the face of Lord Lord's reward are old fritters who have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, it is inevitable that some blushing will be.
Together, the people thanked the Lord lord and said something like that they were grateful that they would fight to the death in the future. The Lord Lord heard that you had worked hard today and that you should have gone back to rest earlier and brought the good news of the reward back to your respective teams, after which the crowd retreated.
"Grandpa Geralt, do you have anything to say?" Li Bing was very clever, of course, he sensed that Geralt's sudden voice just now must have his own purpose, so he directly asked questions after no outsiders were present.
"My lord, did you just say the words Land Cruiser?"
The old man had been in the couch with his eyes closed since he sat down, but because he was closest to the lord, he only heard the lord's words but did not see that he was reading the words on the parchment scroll.
"Yes, it says." The Lord Lord handed the parchment to The Elder Teacher, "Do you see anything wrong with this?" ”。
The ordnance plant director next to him heard the words 'Land Cruiser' and immediately rushed over. Papa Geralt took a closer look and realized that he really couldn't understand the thing, so Shunshi handed the parchment roll to the blacksmith who had begun to rub his hands on the side.
"Li Tie, are you an expert, or do you want to come and see?" The Teaching Father turned back to lord lord and said, "Lord, you must know about the Goblin Clan, right?"
"Yes, Grandpa Geralt, during the orc reign, the Goblins, like our Terrans, were the lowest race, and even because of their short stature and low strength, the status of the Goblins was inferior to that of our Terrans at that time. After His Majesty the Emperor expelled the Orcs, the Goblins became vassals of our Terrans. Could it be that what is written on this parchment scroll has something to do with the goblins? ”
"You're right, my lord, but what you may not know is that the Goblins also had their own civilization before they were enslaved by the orcs, and that before the War of the Gods and Demons of the Ancient Age, the vast empires built by the Goblins once ruled two-thirds of the entire continent."
"What? That's unlikely, right? As far as I know, in ancient times, all races were very powerful, how could the short and low-armed goblins occupy such a huge territory on the mainland? Our Terran race is now just living in a remote corner of the continent. The Lords didn't believe Father Geralt's words very much.
"My lord, of course, the other races are not good men and women, but at that time the strength of the goblins was indeed enough to support their dominance, because at that time the goblins discovered a civilization that was no less than, or even surpassed, the magic power- the mechanical civilization. They have developed a variety of powerful weapons of war, and it is said that the power of their ultimate weapons is so great that even the gods and demons are afraid of three points. ”
"Grandpa Geralt, if the Goblin Civilization is so powerful, how can it be destroyed in the end?"
"My lord, I can't answer your question, I only know that after the Great War of the Gods and Demons, the Goblin Clan began to decline, and now it can only survive by being subordinate to our Terran Race, but it is an indisputable fact that the Goblin Clan once created a mechanical civilization, and the 'Land Cruiser' recorded on this sheepskin roll is a powerful land warfare weapon of the Goblin Clan." Father Geralt said, pointing to the parchment roll in the old blacksmith's hand.
"Lord, Lord Geralt is right, this is indeed a powerful weapon of the Goblin Clan, and there are not many drawings found from the goblin ruins, but no one can make them." At this time, the head of the arsenal finished reading the parchment roll and returned it to the lord lord.