Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 794 Another state of mind

What Thor Green holds in his hands is a railway planning map connecting Golden Oath City, Bottomless Stone Steps, Haimen Pass and Eternal Peak.

The railway technology exists in the hands of the Dwarf Engineering Guild. After all, the Chaos Dwarf cousins ​​next door are famous for capturing slaves on a railway that connects the Dark Land and the Chaos Wasteland.

The mountain dwarves, who understand pure engineering far better than their cousins, are naturally not inferior in any way.

But laying a railway is not a simple matter, especially in an environment like Badland. If a section of the railway track is destroyed by green skin, it will cause the entire railway to fail. No one will be crazy enough to arrange transportation channels at the forefront.

According to the High King's idea, after regaining the Golden Oath City and the Bottomless Steps, the best way is to naturally arrange for the clans to settle in and have the ability to protect themselves as soon as possible. How can it be like Imrik's idea of ​​relying on the railway? Fight with the greenskins.

Putting aside the difficulty of laying it out, Thorgreen believes that this matter is difficult to achieve. The strategic significance may be great, but the price to be paid is also extremely heavy.

The elves ran away after finishing their work, leaving only the dwarves and greenskins fighting on the railway. How could Eternal Peak have such a large population stationed at various nodes of the railway.

Understanding Thorgrin's concerns, Imrik did not explain too much. Whether it succeeds or fails depends on whether the High King is determined to completely suppress the Badlands.

If we continue to follow the previous concept of recapturing the mountain fortress and holding on for dear life, waiting for the greenskins to attack, then that's it, it will only make people disappointed.

"It's a whimsical plan, but when it comes to fruition, you should understand its significance."

Thorgreen was silent. He could see the potential of this plan. Once the railway transportation is realized, the most difficult mobility of the dwarves will be greatly alleviated. If mutual reinforcements between mountain fortresses only take a few days, it will no longer be the usual situation. Taking the month as a unit will gain huge strategic advantages.

"Railway technology, there are relevant backups in the Engineers Guild, but it is difficult for trains powered by steam engines to achieve the expected effect. Needless to say, the forging technology of Eternal Peak and Caledo requires a large amount of high-quality wood as sleepers. There are also nodes along the way. Guard, you can get the dragon horn and leave directly, but the dwarves need to think about what happens after the end.

“There are a large number of lords in the Border Prince Territory, and their territories are daily harmed by greenskins from the badlands. Eternal Peak will explain the stakes and sign a mutual defense agreement against the badlands, and you will naturally get the guards you want. There is a lot of high-quality wood in Duncanwald Forest, and Magnus is naturally willing to transport it to Haimen Pass as long as he pays gold coins."

"As for the steam engine..." Imrik narrowed his eyes. The first-generation warpstone engine developed by Luo Ning could actually meet the energy needs of the train. If Caledor's territory was not too scattered, most of Ulthuan's mainland was at altitude. The Lustria Rainforest does not allow large-scale logging in mountainous areas above a thousand meters, and it has to build a railway connecting various cities.

"Controllable warpstone engine technology is used to replace steam engines as train power."

Too idealistic, this is Thorgreen's evaluation of Imrik.

He shook his head slowly and rejected the plan, but he still put the scroll away. Maybe this matter could be put on the agenda in the future, but not now.

Seeing Thorgrin's refusal, Imric snorted coldly. These stone heads might not know how to write the word "change" until the rats besieged the Eternal Peak.

The words were not speculative. After his idea was rejected, Imric was not very interested in continuing to communicate with Thorgrin. Before leaving, he explained one thing. Let the people of the Angrond clan come to Sartosa as soon as possible. I I want to see for myself what these losers have become. As the Elf Prince left, the Captain of the Eternal Guard muttered, he really thought it was the Phoenix King who dared to treat the co-owner of the Mountain Kingdom like this. His pretentious manner was exactly the same as Caledor II in the Book of Great Hatred.

Thorgrin did not comment on this. He used the body of Caledor II as a condition to exchange for the Golden Oath City and the Bottomless Stone Steps. This has seriously touched Caledor's bottom line. If they turn against each other again, maybe this fight originated from The alliance of interests will soon collapse.

He turned to the captain and gave instructions,

"Let Belegar take his people to Sartosa. The clans of Eternal Peak can no longer trust Angrond, and it is difficult for me to continue to support him unconditionally. It is time for them to find a path that suits them."

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Many days later, Belegar, who came to Sartosa for the second time, arrived at Imrik's office with a heavy heart. Last time, the two brothers were together, but this time, he had already shouldered the clan's hammer and resistance. Shield, but only ten years apart, what a sad fate.

The maid was very disgusted and brought tea to the dwarf. This was one of the reasons why Phyllis didn't want to return to the palace. There were always people she didn't like to see visiting the prince. As a maid, she had to force a smile to show that The attitude of the owner.

Belegar didn't have much interest in this beautiful girl with pointed ears. Although it was strange that Imric brought a woman with him on this trip, it was not an important matter.

The Lord of Angrond cast his gaze on the elf prince behind the desk, and looked into those blue eyes, his expression full of determination and unyielding.

"What do you want the Angland clan to do?"

"It's not what I want the Angrond clan to do, but what the Angrond clan can do." Imric changed the concept, and only after actually receiving the dwarves' intelligence did he know the situation of the Angrond clan. How bad.

There are only about [-] young tribesmen with fighting ability, and most of them are rangers who hang around the mountain fortress. They lack the ability to fight on the front battlefield. Not to mention the dwarf special forces Iron Breaker Warriors, they have no money to maintain them.

Even the Hammer Warriors, who symbolize the face of a clan and the legitimate princes of Eight Peaks Mountain, are only fifty in number. Not to mention the comparison with Thor Green, even the king of the remote Desolation Castle is much richer than the Angland clan. .

Not to mention the important Rune Blacksmith, but among the five of them, none of them had obtained a master-level title. In Imric's eyes, they were just a few rotten fish, not even qualified to enter the door of Vaal's Anvil.

The Dragon Prince twisted his body, trying to make his sitting posture more comfortable, but no matter how he twisted, he felt uncomfortable looking at Belegar.

He simply stopped twisting and made his words clear, "The strength of the Angland clan is too weak. The most important population cannot increase due to many stupid actions. It has become the current situation of chronic waiting for death. You Even if we take down the Eight Peaks Mountain, we can only hope that Kazador will provide help. If you want to change this situation, you'd better do as I say."

(End of this chapter)