Chapter 348: Barbarian Kingdom

Chapter 342 – The Barbarian Kingdom
“From today onwards, the territory starts to prepare for the war, make the food into dry food that is easy to consume, as well as the muskets and ammunition, and send them out according to the number of each person in each household.” Owen put down the data in his hand that he had read over and over many times and said to Maya.

“These territories have been doing this, the percentage of civilian gun ownership is at one-third, and almost all adult males own one or two muskets.” Maya didn’t need to think, these data came out of her mouth, as for whether such a large number of muskets flowing into the civilian population would cause unrest, neither Owen nor Maya had ever worried about it.

“Well, keep reinforcing, in a real fight, one or two muskets are simply not enough.” Owen nodded and said, then stood up and walked to the sand table and looked at the model of the northern city which still showed a majestic and spectacular side even if it was shrunk, and appreciated it for a moment and then said.

“City defense to Howard father and son, let them in the city to choose a suitable place to build artillery positions, with the range of the new cannon, enough to use to attack the enemy outside the city, but also do not need to occupy the limited space of the city wall, at the same time, let them in the city conscripts to carry out the first phase of intensive training, try to increase more combat power in a short period of time.” Owen was saving for a rainy day, after all, he couldn’t predict whether the territory would encounter a war or not, and how big the scale of the war would be, the unknown made him cautious, and the cautiousness made him cherish his life, the only way to live a long time was to cherish his life.

“In addition the town of Mara should also do a good job of vigilance, resources in a timely manner to replenish in place, our enemies can never just only the Northland barbarians.” Eyes cast to the sand plate Northland central spread all over the lord’s territory, Owen said quietly, he did not forget that Archduke Macaron in the Northland engaged in a lot of small actions, but also think of his seed, must beware of this want to beauty of the old bastard.

“Alright, the relevant supplies will be delivered within two days.” Maya said confidently, because of the witch, the space pockets, and the existence of the flyway network, the territory’s delivery of supplies in the Northlands was beyond imagination, if it wasn’t for the fact that the North City needed supplies mobilized at the same time, the supplies needed for Mara Town could be transported in place in three hours.

The next two people pulled Howard and Emilie to discuss the details again, made some additions, and also made several sets of plans.

Army integration and training, the formation of a new artillery battalion, the emergency training of conscripts, the mobilization of war materiel, the construction of field hospitals, and the last-minute emergency shelter, etc., all of these need to formulate a reasonable plan of implementation, otherwise it will be a mess.

In addition, long-distance reconnaissance, peripheral strongholds, city defense construction, emergency mobilization, etc., also need to be perfected little by little in place, otherwise once something goes wrong, not one or two people will die.

Although Owen has a lot of cards in his hand, but against the Northland barbarians even if they have fallen still do not have a hundred percent certainty, because the Northland barbarians, although the inheritance of the defective, who dares to guarantee that they do not have a legend of the combat power, and even retained the demi-gods level of the cards.

After fighting against the empire for so long, Owen doesn’t believe that the barbarians have completely degenerated into a group of savages.

As for whether Owen’s guess was right or not, he wouldn’t choose to take the risk anyway.

Although the territory responded in time, the invasion of the Northland barbarians was faster than Owen imagined, after all, the shaman of the barbarian tribe was not a vegetarian, they had long predicted this year’s snowstorm, but even the shaman could not persuade everyone by empty words before the snowstorm came, even the shaman could not persuade everyone by empty words.

Fortunately, it’s not too late now, the food originally reserved for the winter is now just as dry food for the south plunder, as long as they kill those imperial barbarians who invade the north, they will not only be able to obtain enough food for the winter, but also obtain a large number of tools, fine weapons and slaves.

Under the pressure of cold, under the threat of death, under the temptation of booty, one after another tribes of barbarians from the north began to go south, and more and more gathered.

In the process of gathering, these barbarians, through the shaman’s divine prophecy, and fists, to determine the right to speak, to form a larger group, just like a snowball continues to grow, thousands of people moving toward the south.

At this time they all rely on the food reserves, do not need to consider the problem of hunting, otherwise it is really difficult to form this scale, but this is still in the early stages of development of the northern nobles is tantamount to a catastrophe.

Soon Owen received this news, because the bison tribe in these years in the Northland barbarians are quite popular.

Iron pots, tomahawks, salt, and spirits, this is enough to make any Northland barbarians put down their fists and choose friendship, after all, the Bison Tribe heavily armed barbarians heavy infantry at a glance is not to be messed with.

Moreover, when he realized that the war was coming, Owen allocated a large amount of food to the Bison Tribe, letting them use the food to exchange furs and gold, silver and precious stones from the Northland barbarians, so the Northland barbarian tribes around the Bison Tribe didn’t lack of food for the winter, and therefore didn’t make up their mind to go south so easily. Another reason is that the excellent conditions of the Bison Tribe attracted a lot of Northland barbarians to join, these Northland barbarians and the surrounding barbarian tribes with relatives, coupled with the always generous, exchange of supplies do not suppress the price, etc., the relationship is very cordial.

So as long as the Bison Tribe does not let go, those tribes will not force through the Bison Tribe’s territory southward, after all, a full meal with all the time to eat, they are still distinguishable.

Just don’t know how long they can hold out, once the southward northland barbarians eat full of oil, these tribes certainly can’t sit still.

But if the southward barbarians touch the blood, Owen will have the opportunity to plan some.

However, things did not go so smoothly, first of all, with the gathering of the northern barbarian tribes, information circulated with each other, letting Owen know a lot of important news, such as the existence of the barbarian kingdom.

Not to mention Owen, I’m afraid that even the empire doesn’t know that a barbarian kingdom has already appeared in the north, and it’s not that the barbarians of the north have done a good job of keeping secrets, but because the circulation of information is too slow.

Northland barbarians exist in the form of tribes, each other have their own range of activities, and this range represents the source of food and living space, so absolutely do not allow anyone to violate, which led to the Northland barbarians circle is very closed, sometimes a hundred miles away from an event that happened a couple of decades can not be transmitted, not to mention that this barbarian kingdom is not in the range of the barbarian tribes.

It was also at this time that Owen realized that the Northland barbarians who moved north were divided into two major parts, mainly because of the existence of the North Boundary River.

The North Boundary River originated from the mountains in the far north, flowing down from the center of the Northland, but when it arrived in the middle of the Northland, it suddenly flowed horizontally to the east, brushing against the Devil’s Horn Forest.

It was like the two hands of a clock pointing to a quarter past twelve, dividing the Northlands.

Because of the strange flow direction of the North Boundary River, the northern half of the Northland was actually divided into two major parts, and when the barbarians moved north, part of them chose to follow the North Boundary River, favoring the west, and part of them chose to cross the river to the north, favoring the east.

The former because always facing the pursuit of the imperial border army, so the more and more embrace, even if the imperial border army never came, also because of the habit of not completely scattered, and learned to graze and planting, slowly evolved into a barbarian kingdom.

As for the part of the barbarians who crossed the river, because there is the North Boundary River as a natural barrier, so they continue to live in accordance with the ancient tradition in the form of tribes.

Compared to the two, it is obvious that the former is a greater threat.

However, because of the geographical location, Owen’s territory was located in the middle of the Northland to the east, so even if the barbarian kingdom went south, the two sides were one east and one west, and unless they specialized in detouring, they would not be able to meet each other at all.

Even if the barbarian tribes in the Northland cross the river, Owen’s territory is not the first to bear the brunt, unless someone makes a bad move.

(End of chapter)