arcane emperor

Chapter 550 Tripartite Cooperation (8000 words)
With this idea, Ji Fan was not in a hurry to take action. More and more experience in commanding and combat operations made him calm and comprehensive.

He carefully assessed the situation on the battlefield and confirmed that they had no other means of scaling the city wall.

He immediately calculated that only 520 Modao Camp soldiers were needed to block the enemies rushing down from the Jinglan Car.

The pressure brought by these enemies can be resolved by both teams taking turns to suppress.

Jifan, who remained calm, immediately gave the order to continue shooting and bombard the Jinglan carriage with artillery.

He wants to force the drow to use more cards!

Things developed just as Jifan thought.

In order to preserve the only remaining Jinglan car.

When the drow commander saw the artillery on the city wall and fired at the Jinglan vehicle, he decisively dispatched an elite force.

Rumble!
The rotating shells hit the side of the Jinglan car heavily.

The jinglan cart covered with iron sheets was smashed with big holes.

The slave warriors hiding among the floors suffered heavy losses from the shells.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and screams continued.

A troop of gray dwarf slaves wearing heavy armor rushed onto the well-lantern carriage with thick shields held high.

They climbed onto each level of the Jinglan Cart as quickly as possible, held their shields, and lined up on the sides of the large holes.

To Jifan's surprise, the effect of using their flesh and blood to withstand the artillery fire was unexpectedly good.

When the rotating solid cannonball hit the black shield hard, it was only knocked back and did not even leave a mark on the shield.

Such a shocking scene made Ji Fan couldn't help but ask to Ashes next to him:

"What kind of army? The defensive capabilities are so exaggerated!"

Ash looked at the gray dwarf warriors who were vomiting blood and retreating after the hard-top cannonballs. There was a little bit of disbelief in his eyes, and he murmured to himself:
"They are the King's Shield, but this is impossible! They are the King's Guards!"

"It's impossible for them to betray the king, let alone obey the orders of the drow!"

There was an undoubted certainty in Hui Jin's tone, which made Ji Fan even more interested.

He could clearly sense that the condition of these gray dwarves was not bad, and they were not as hungry or weak as other slave warriors.

Although the other slave warriors acted very crazy, their physical condition and combat effectiveness were not at their best.

These high-level King's Shield gray dwarves in front of them obviously participated in the battle voluntarily.

The gray dwarf shield-holding soldiers with very strong defense in front of them not only possess excellent defense and shield-holding skills, but are also very familiar with defending against artillery attacks.

With such elite defensive capabilities, it truly deserves the title of King's Shield.

However, what makes Jifan find it interesting is that these gray dwarf warriors have no intention of boarding the Jinglan chariot and attacking the castle directly.

Just like that, he stubbornly protected both sides of the Jinglan chariot and escorted the other slave warriors to climb the city wall.

Such a weird and contradictory scene gave Jifan more guesses.

"It seems that either the gray dwarves and the drow have cooperated, or they have no choice but to..."

"This is really interesting..."

Ji Fan knew very well why the dwarf kingdom was so miserable.

It is precisely because they single-handedly faced the two major enemies of gray dwarves and drow.

If faced with a single enemy, even if the dwarf kingdom loses, there will not be much defensive pressure.

The reason why the dwarf kingdom has not been defeated yet is that it still holds on to its defense line tenaciously.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the dwarf army is quite good, and the dwarf warriors sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland.

But it also has a lot to do with the fact that gray dwarves and drows dislike each other.

Drow regard all other intelligent creatures as slaves and will attack anyone they encounter.

Check it out first and do some testing.

If you can bully them, then send out many scout teams and assassination teams to infiltrate into the opponent's area, burn, kill, loot and create chaos.

When the number of opponents decreases, their strength decreases.

The drow have also captured enough slaves and trained them into slave warriors.

Just like before the eyes, the drow drove these servant armies to engage in a stress-free war of attrition.

Wait until the enemy loses all resistance.

They swarmed up again.

Thus achieving victory in one fell swoop.

As the gray dwarves are one of the major forces in the underground world, the drow have naturally always wanted to conquer them.

The two sides have fought countless times, and the drow can often gain some upper hand by relying on their flexible combat style and the blessing of the evil god Rose.

However, the gray dwarf army's powerful combat capabilities and their desire to continuously expand outwards have taken advantage of some drow elves many times.

If the two sides meet, they will definitely have to fight each other's wits.

This strange situation is enough to attract the attention of Jifan and the dwarf kingdom.

The quick-thinking Jifan had no intention of investigating the situation alone, and decisively reported the news to the Gulf Territory and the Dwarf Kingdom.

Then, he did not continue to inquire about the ashes. He looked at the second batch of siege equipment slowly being transported from the distance and sneered disdainfully:
"Let's see if you have a chance to send it over."

Boom!

The roaring shells flew towards the siege equipment from a distance.

Wildhammer, who had become wiser this time, decisively ordered all the artillery to aim at a siege machine.

More than 10 or 20 artillery shells flew out together, causing huge damage to the wooden structure of the siege equipment.

Boom!

The wooden support structure broke apart amid a flurry of flying sawdust.

The huge siege equipment fell to the side, crushing dozens of slave warriors who were unable to dodge.

They are dead!
This time Jifan did not let Wildhammer hold back.

While the beholders had no time to care, they dismantled the siege equipment one by one.

To deal with the drow army, the most effective tactic is to defeat them one by one.

The cooperation of the drow army is the worst among all the armies Jifan has ever seen.

They always fight on their own.

Not to mention blocking the knife for his companion, if he didn't stab his companion in the back, it would be considered a sign of mercy.

It takes about 5 minutes.

The second batch of siege engines were all destroyed.

The drow commander frowned, looking at the steady stream of slave warriors rushing onto the carriage, he couldn't help but feel doubts in his heart.

"Although these black dwarves have excellent melee combat capabilities, their troop strength has always been a big problem. How could they be able to deal with the slave warriors who rushed forward so quickly?"

"Does it mean that their reinforcements have arrived?"

Thinking of this, the drow commander put away his contempt for the dwarves in his heart and ordered the night hunter bat to conduct investigation.

Ji Fan on the city wall noticed those huge bats flying towards this side.

He had already understood from the Wildhammer the ferocity and threat of these night hunter bats, and naturally he would not let them get close easily.

"Sera, here are the Thunder Warriors for you!"

Sera, who was standing quietly and motionless next to her, nodded calmly and said:

"No problem, these bats can't get through."

Sera walked towards the towering sentry tower, followed by more than 50 thunder warriors, who automatically divided into 5 teams and headed to several other sentry towers.

Looking at these burly Thunder warriors, Wildhammer couldn't help but asked curiously:

"Is this the Thunder Armor developed by the Gulf Territory? It looks different from ours."

Jifan smiled and nodded, without any intention of hiding information from him, and said straightforwardly:
"Yes, there are different ways to inspire thunder."

"Your thunder armor uses the power of runes to recover naturally."

"Ours is more troublesome and needs to be charged with elemental energy crystals."

Is it really troublesome?
Anyway, Wildhammer chose to believe it, because there was no need for the Gulf Territory to lie to him.

While the two of them were talking.

Sera came to the shooting window and took out the large crossbow that had been prepared for a long time from the storage space.

A very large crossbow, fully 2 meters wide, 1 meters long, and weighing 5 kilograms.

For ordinary crossbowmen, this kind of crossbow is too heavy.

They are more often placed on the city wall, and the corresponding mechanical tools are used to string the crossbows.

But for Thunder Warriors, this large crossbow with a longer range and more lethal power is just right for them to use.

The bow string was difficult for ordinary people to pull. Sera, who was not known for her strength, could pull the bow string with one hand and pull it to full length with ease.

Sera did not load a large crossbow arrow with greater penetrating power, but instead took out a special crossbow arrow as thick as a wrist.

The large crossbow is held in his left hand as if it is as light as nothing.

Sera is already very familiar with and understands her "strange power".

Just calmly pull the trigger.

The thick special crossbow arrow flew out with a "swish".

When the thick crossbow arrow was about to get close to the flying night hunter bat, it suddenly "cracked" and shattered.

The iron net hidden in it opened instantly, covering the night hunter bat.

Dozens of specially-made crossbow arrows fired from the surrounding area also turned into a huge iron net.

The elf commander sneered, the night hunter bat is not as fragile as ordinary bats.

Not only are they extremely fast, they are also quite tenacious.

"Haha, no matter how many useless little things like this come, they will only lead to death."

As Sera spoke, sparkling thunder erupted from her body.

As she raised her hand and pointed, the thunder beams gathered in her hand, turned into a shining spear, and flew to the open net.

Dozens of lightning spears flew over and wrapped around the huge iron net, catching all the night hunter bats that crashed in.

Crackling!

Lightning flashed and sparks flew.

The flashing arc of electricity shot out burning smoke on the Night Hunter Bat.

These giant bats, one meter in size, even have thicker health bars than ordinary bats.

Still, under the heavy blow of the surging thunder, it was instantly emptied.

In one attack, the number of night hunter bats was reduced by 2/3.

The drow expressions changed greatly, and they quickly blew sharp whistles, preparing to let these night hunter bats escape.

How could Sera, who had already prepared before coming to the underground world, let these night hunter bats escape?
The second round of iron nets enveloped the past.

The night hunter bats that were screaming just now were swept away by the flying iron nets and electric lights, and fell densely, emitting waves of twisted stench.

Ordinary humans would definitely avoid these fallen night hunter bats.

But for the hungry slave warriors, this was really pie in the sky.

They greedily gnawed and hissed at the carcasses of the night hunter bats, swallowing them up as quickly as possible.

For a mouthful of food, many slave warriors fought with each other, causing a riot.

Jifan, who watched this scene keenly, immediately shouted to John beside him:
"Our opponents are very hungry, prepare some soup and bones for them."

John scratched his head and was a little confused. He couldn't figure out the relationship between fighting and cooking.

However, John, who is not willing to use his brain too much, is a very good executor.

In just a few minutes, he completed the task assigned by Jifan and quickly reported to him:

"I've cooked three pots of bone soup. It tastes delicious, but it's not yet cooked..."

Looking at the drow elf warrior cracking a whip in the distance, Ji Fan showed a bright smile:
"You don't have to wait until it's cooked. They may not be used to eating it anyway. Just dump it around the Jinglan cart."

Whoa!

Several large pots of broth poured down, scalding dozens of slave warriors.

But soon, they forgot about the pain on their bodies and frantically scrambled for the bones that were still covered in blood foam and broken flesh.

There was chaos below the entire city wall, which even affected the slave warriors who were preparing to rush onto the Jinglan chariot.

The drow warriors showed up to take command, cracked whips and used knives, but they did not stop the spread of chaos.

They quickly went from a riot over food to a bloodbath of cannibalism.

Many slave warriors who couldn't stand it any longer chopped the drow around them into pieces and ate them freely.

The drow commander who noticed the commotion suddenly turned pale.

She may not be good at fighting.

She was very good at managing slaves.

As quickly as possible, she issued the order to stop the attack, and sent out more controllable drow troops to divide the battlefield on the front line.

She issued an attack order to kill all the slave warriors who had fallen into chaos.

Spells exploded randomly, and bows and arrows covered them.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of rebellious slave warriors were slaughtered.

The rebellion that might have caused a general riot immediately disappeared without a trace.

Ji Fan, who was still unfinished, looked at the drow commander who handled the situation quickly and issued an order for an all-out attack on the soldiers of Modao Camp.

The soldiers of the Mo Dao camp who formed a semicircle raised their Mo Dao high in an instant, splitting the slave soldiers in half who had nowhere to escape.

After more than 10 breaths.There are no slave warriors left standing on the city wall.

Broken corpses were scattered all over the city walls, and flowing blood gathered downwards along the drainage ditches.

He slashed the pedal bridge connecting the city wall and the well carriage to pieces with a swing of his knife.

Jifan glanced at the Jinglan car, noticed the astonished gray dwarf warriors, and gave John another order:
"Fire the fire to cook, and raise 10 cauldrons!"

Billowing white smoke came out of the city wall.

The rich and sweet flavor slowly settled down and fell into the army of slave warriors who were just about to attack again.

The slave warriors who were still barely able to endure it immediately fell into hunger madness.

They caused a commotion and seemed to be threatening to happen again.
The drow commander sensed something was wrong and quickly ordered a suppression.He also ordered the slave soldiers in the rear to retreat first.

They worked for a while, killing dozens of slave warriors in advance and suppressing the resentment of other slave warriors.

Looking at the thick smoke slowly rising from the city wall and the wind blowing downwards specially, the drow commander gritted his teeth and issued an order for a full retreat.

To deal with the slave warriors who have developed an appetite, she must satisfy their appetites.

Otherwise, no matter how hard you attack, you will be defeated by the taste of this seemingly childish food.

Whoosh!

The heavy fire oil was poured onto the Jinglan truck.

The blazing flames instantly devoured it.

Along with many corpses, they were also burned clean.

Many soldiers who were farmers murmured with regret:

"If they can be purified, these guys are also good fertilizer materials..."

Ignoring their bad taste, Jifan gave the order for repairs.

At the same time, he told Wildhammer to quickly check all the cannons, repair those that needed repair, and adjust those that needed adjustment.

Wildhammer showed considerable interest in these growing weapons.

He never expected that after replacing the alchemical gunpowder, the power of the artillery, which had not undergone any changes in the barrel and shells, would actually increase greatly.

Although he had some doubts in his heart, Wildhammer did not say anything explicitly, but instead led people to quickly check and organize the cannon.

For the more than 10 injured soldiers of Modao Camp, Ji Fan issued a rest strategy.

With the help of healing potions and surgeries and healing spells, the soldiers received the best treatment, and perhaps within a few hours they would be back to full strength.

After re-checking the defense of the city wall and confirming that there were no flaws, Jifan turned his attention to the three rescued gray dwarf shield-bearing soldiers.

At the beginning, these gray dwarf soldiers acted as if they were desperate.

After Hui Jin patiently punched them a few times and pretended to "don't want their lives", he got some important information from their mouths.

"I discovered several important pieces of information, which must be very useful."

"The original Gray Dwarf King is dead. He died in a terrible ceremony."

"The gray dwarf kingdom has been split into several major forces. The group headed by the third prince took the initiative to find the drow elves and seek cooperation with them."

"Furthermore, these members of the King's Shield selected by the previous king were also sent here as burdens..."

"They may not know, and more people are still kept in the dark..."

The very exciting news immediately made Jifan busy.

He must readjust his defensive arrangements to deal with the impact of the large-scale addition of the gray dwarf army.

Soon, after some investigation and verification, the information fell into Matthew's hands.

Matthew, who knew little about the underground world, didn't know when the gray dwarf king died.

However, Matthew knew that the death of the gray dwarf king was a huge opportunity for the Gulf Territory.

He did not hesitate and soon spread the news to the dwarf kingdom.

After the latter got the news, he immediately replied to him to express his gratitude.

No way, this news is too explosive.

It will also have a huge impact on the entire current war situation.

Whether it is duergar and drow allied.

It was the drow who took advantage of the situation, attacked the areas occupied by the gray dwarves, and captured a large number of gray dwarf slaves.

This is not good news for the dwarf kingdom.

"It seems that the dwarf kingdom will soon request to send more soldiers."

After hearing this, Butler Ralph immediately realized the huge impact of the change.

He hesitated for a while, then continued after weighing the pros and cons:
"We must increase our support to the dwarf kingdom. If the strength of the drow elves becomes too strong, it will become more and more dangerous for us."

Butler Ralph did not say anything else.

If the outcome of the alliance between the drow and gray dwarves cannot be changed, then the dwarf kingdom will have to persist for a longer time.

Whether it is consuming as many drow and gray dwarf troops as possible, or deepening the cooperation between the dwarf kingdom and the Gulf Territory, it will be a huge event that affects the future development of the Gulf Territory.

Matthew did not express his position immediately. He touched his chin thoughtfully, recalling the thoughts in his memory, and suddenly said to Butler Ralph beside him:
"Inform Wildhammer and Aine and ask them to come to the office."

Butler Ralph nodded silently and quickly began to make arrangements.

Wildhammer, who had just returned to the Gulf Territory, was informed of Matthew's summons before his butt was even hot.

The current Gulf Territory is no longer a dispensable small support to the dwarf kingdom.

The strong combat effectiveness displayed by tens of thousands of Gulf Territory soldiers during the defense helped the Dwarf Kingdom stabilize the situation on this side.

This gave them a little breathing space to train more dwarf soldiers and warriors.

Moreover, the way the Gulf Territory soldiers fought inspired the dwarf army greatly.

The new use of dwarf artillery and muskets, as well as the new use of large quantities of long-range weapons, have deeply inspired the dwarf army.

When he returned, the dwarf king had handed over Wildhammer.

"We will try our best to get more strategic material assistance from the Gulf Territory. We need more crossbows and crossbow arrows..."

Therefore, Wildhammer just took two sips of wheat wine and hurried to the Lord's Mansion office.

Before Wildhammer entered the office, he suddenly heard crisp conversations coming from the office.

He subconsciously stopped and was about to turn around and leave, lest the lord misunderstood that he was eavesdropping.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the sound fell into his ears, he could no longer move away.

"The new batch of improved enchanted crossbows are really effective. We need to order 5 more."

Fifty thousand?
There are only one hundred thousand in the entire dwarf kingdom!
"No, we need more, we can't let others beat us to it!"

Wildhammer just plucked up the courage and was about to walk inside. Now was not the time to save face.

As soon as Wildhammer walked into the office, he noticed the pointy-eared Aine and was immediately stunned.

Elf?

Where do the elves need 5 enchanted crossbows?

Could it be the northern battlefield?
With this thought in his heart, Wildhammer didn't know how to answer the question. Instead, Matthew waved to him:
"Come and take a look, this is the newly developed enchanted crossbow of our Gulf Territory."

“比起市面上流行的附魔弓弩，使用寿命增加了1/3，射程增加了1/4，杀伤力增加了1/3。”

After hearing such astonishing data, Wildhammer didn't care about anything else and took the crossbow to look at it carefully.

The shape of the crossbow has not changed much.

Its structure becomes more compact and simple.

The enchantment patterns all over his body became more and more complicated.

Obviously, the improvement of crossbow performance cannot be achieved without the help of enchantment.

But this is not good news for the dwarf kingdom.

Although there are rune forgings as a supplement to enchanted weapons, there are not many spellcasters in the dwarf kingdom, and there are even fewer excellent magic item manufacturing masters.

In non-war seasons, these magic item manufacturers can barely meet the needs of the dwarf kingdom.

But once war comes, the consumption and loss of a large number of magic items and equipment cannot be quickly repaired.

From the large number of magical weapons and equipment purchased from the Gulf Territory, the Dwarf Kingdom can only select the most convenient parts for maintenance.

The rest can only be used as consumables.

This is also why the defense of the dwarf kingdom is so difficult.

Seemingly noticing Wildhammer's dilemma, Matthew suddenly asked bluntly:
"Based on the current battlefield situation, the war will not end in a short time."

"The Dwarf Kingdom's huge expenditure of more than 3000 million gold coins every month must have put a lot of financial pressure on you."

Noticing Matthew's sincere expression, Wildhammer did not look at Aini's expression next to him. He briefly thought about it in his mind, then nodded with a wry smile and replied:
"Then what can we do? Our territory is too big and we have too many places to defend."

"Whether it is transporting materials or various productions, they are still relatively scattered, and it is difficult to concentrate manpower and materials."

Wildhammer did not answer directly, and Matthew did not inquire into the details. He just used this excuse to introduce Wildhammer to the next topic:

"This is just right, in order to cope with the increasing demand for military weapons, and to better supply the dwarf kingdom."

"We in the Gulf Territory are ready to unite with this elf and her family to establish a military supplies factory for three-party cooperation."

Upon hearing this, Wildhammer immediately pulled his beard. It hurt. It was true!

He couldn't believe that the Gulf Territory was actually willing to give up such a big piece of cake, just in time to "share" it with the Dwarf Kingdom.

If this three-party cooperation arms factory is built, the Dwarf Kingdom can purchase various weapons and equipment at cost prices even if it cannot.

But at least you can get a very good price!

That’s enough to save quite a bit of money!
Even if this military factory expands production in the future.

With the end of the war, this place will become an important channel for the Dwarf Kingdom to purchase supplies.

It is precisely because there is no storage of various materials, and the piles of various ores and wealth in the warehouse cannot be turned into weapons and equipment.

That's why the dwarf kingdom seemed so passive in the war.

Wildhammer visited the production factory in Gulf Territory more than once.

He had to admit that the production capacity of the Gulf Leading Factory was no weaker than that of the Royal Production Factory of the Dwarf Kingdom.

In terms of production stability, it is even stronger.

More importantly, the royal production factory of the Dwarf Kingdom has not returned to its former peak for a long time.

It has been in a weakened state for thousands of years.

This situation may not necessarily get better in the future.

If we can cooperate with the Gulf Territory to build a new production factory.

Then the dwarf kingdom can also learn many new production experiences and technologies from it.

Like the Bay Area's public library of technology.

However, Wildhammer still suppressed the joy in his heart, suppressed the urge to agree, and said helplessly:

"But what can our dwarf kingdom provide?"

Aini next to her was a little stunned. Wildhammer looked tall and thick, but in fact he was not lacking in sagacity at all.

Matthew didn't care about Wildhammer's calculations, handed over a rough plan, and continued under his somewhat shocked gaze:
"The main items we produce will be high-end weapons and equipment that are very popular."

"If there is a breakthrough in technology in the future, we might be able to produce super-level and stronger weapons and equipment."

"We at Bayland can provide venues and various equipment as well as some sales channels."

"Miss Aini can provide part of the sales channels and part of the production technology of high-end magic props and equipment."

"The dwarf kingdom can provide some advanced craftsmen and crafts, as well as some rare magic materials and ores."

"High-end magic weapons and equipment have always been priceless in the market."

"As long as we produce it, the three of us alone can eat a large amount..."

As soon as Wildhammer heard that the dwarf kingdom only needed to provide some high-level craftsmen and magic materials, he was immediately interested.

Now the internal territory of the dwarf kingdom is not safe, and there are assassination troops of drow elves in action.

From time to time, Wildhammer could hear news that many manufacturing masters, dwarf generals, and arsenals were raided and assassinated by drow troops.

If part of the production of weapons and equipment can be moved to the Gulf Territory, it should be able to greatly reduce the pressure on protection and defense.

The dwarf kingdom is now in a leaky situation. If you can reduce the pressure a little, you will be safer and can last longer.

Noticing Wildhammer's interest, Matthew decisively began to speak further:
"Take the advanced weapons and equipment we urgently need as an example to deal with the drow."

"In addition to the newly developed enchanted crossbows, we also need props that can see through their hidden whereabouts and hide in the shadows..."

Wildhammer subconsciously widened his eyes and nodded while listening, wanting to take out his notebook and write it down right away.

Aini, who was next to her, couldn't help but join in to discuss weapons and equipment for dealing with the Cole Elf Kingdom.

Of course, she didn't say it clearly. Anyway, the fighting methods of the Drow and Cole Elf Kingdoms were very similar, so she was happy to be vague.

They discussed for about two hours and settled on the basic intention of cooperation.

Wildhammer returned to the dwarf kingdom as quickly as possible and reported the news to the dwarf king.

The latter thought for a moment and then agreed.

That night, a large number of dwarf craftsmen and magic item manufacturers, as well as some rare magic materials and metals, were secretly transferred to the Gulf Territory.

Similarly, the Silverleaf family, which had been well prepared, also dispatched a considerable number of personnel to the Gulf Territory.

Ralph Steward chaired the three-party cooperation meeting and told everyone that the new production factory will be completed in three days.

The other two companies were extremely satisfied with the efficiency and speed of Bayland, and they began to look forward to what kind of benefits this cooperation could bring.

They will definitely make a profit, but the Gulf Territory will never lose!

Because, the impact of Dragon Madness Disaster is about to expand!

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