Tedega Hills, Holy Mountain, Duke's Castle.

The Celtic Duke has been in a very good mood recently. The most difficult period has finally passed, and the barbarians are about to shift from strategic defense to strategic offense.

It's also to blame that the empire wanted to commit suicide, and it was so arrogant that it provoked the Shuojin people and ruined a good hand.

Now, with the support from various parties led by the World Bank, Tedga Hills has initially started to have its own industry. It has steel smelting, armor forging, and has certain alchemy weapon assembly capabilities... In the near future, a steam engine factory will be put into production.

Although it can only produce some steam engines with outdated technology, it is enough to speed up the industrialization process of Tedga Hills.

The Barbarian Legion has completed re-arming and training. The penetration rate of armor and the proportion of auxiliary combat weapons have reached 70% of the original Northern Army. Considering that the barbarians themselves have a stronger physique than humans, so

The Celtic Duke believed that his army was enough to defeat the Northern Army from the front.

It's a pity that the Northern Army, now the Royal First Sorcerer Army, is evacuating from the Tedga Hills. With the support of the World Bank, the Yate County Alliance launched an attack on the Empire's Snow Army, and the Empire is mobilizing elites to go to the Northern Territory to fill the loopholes.

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As a result, the empire's military strength in the Tedga Hills dropped to a low point.

This is a great opportunity for the barbarian legion to retake the lost territory, march out of the triumphal fortress, and destroy the city of St. Lun.

In the hall of the Duke's castle.

The Celtic Duke summoned his generals to mobilize for a counterattack.

This time, the Duke did not wear the Duke's uniform of the Golden Shield Empire. Instead, he wore the traditional barbarian animal skin cloak and a bear-faced helmet with a ducal crown embedded in it. The flags of the barbarian tribes were hung on the walls of the hall. The barbarian tribes

The leader sits under the flag representing his tribe.

In the middle of the hall, meat was boiling in a large pot. The iron guards filled the meat in large bowls and placed it in the hands of the barbarian leaders.

The Duke and the barbarian leaders grabbed the meat with their hands and ate it.

The entire hall was filled with a barbaric and bold atmosphere.

But the human nobles in the corner seemed a little out of place.

Baron Sergei was holding a big bowl of meat. He didn't eat it, but looked at the barbarians with a different look.

Although the ducal castle and meetings held in the past had barbarian characteristics, they still abided by the systems and etiquette established by the empire.

But since the economy of Tedga Hills is getting better and better, the Celtic Dukes have begun to remove things with imperial characteristics and fill them with barbarian things. In addition to the appearance of the Duke's Castle, it is still in the style of a human castle.

They are all barbarians.

Human beings are incompatible with this place, as if they are just a group of outsiders.

The Celtic Duke finished a bowl full of meat, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said to his generals: "According to the information provided by the Shuojin people, the Royal First Sorcerer Corps evacuated very quickly.

They gave up most of their baggage and left it to the troops stationed in their place.

The number of the imperial army that took over the Triumph Fortress has been identified. It is the Furious Wave City Armored Assault Division, with a strength of approximately 20,000 people.

And our barbarian army has 350,000 excellent warriors, giving it an absolute advantage in terms of strength."

Hearing that there were only 20,000 opponents in this attack, the barbarian generals burst out laughing. The strength of the two sides was too disparate. Not to mention that the barbarian army had now completed its modernization and reorganization, even the previous barbarian army could use human waves.

Overwhelm the opponent's meager force.

When the barbarians were very optimistic about the war and were discussing which way to attack the city of Saint-Lun, a discordant voice sounded.

Baron Sergey under Cang Lang said loudly: "Nobles and leaders, as well as the respected Duke! I want to remind you that the Raging Wave City Armored Assault Division is an army personally formed by the empire's chief auxiliary, Meteorite, on the northern battlefield.

He performed very well in the war against Yate County United.

Now that the imperial army is gradually transforming into magic weapons, the Furious Wave City Armored Assault Division must be equipped with the empire's most advanced magic weapons. We cannot underestimate the direct line troops of Meteor Star."

A barbarian leader sitting in front of the Celtic Duke said disdainfully to Baron Sergei: "We all admit that Meteor is a very good politician, but the politicians' methods do not work on the battlefield. The golden man said

...The magicization of the military is a major trend in future wars, but now magic technology has just emerged, and there are still many imperfections.

Weapons on the battlefield need practicality, not fancy glass bottles.

Magical weapons can give the Armored Assault Division of Raging Waves City an advantage in a certain battle, but they will not have much impact on the direction of the battle. No matter how strong the Magical Titan is, it will be torn apart by the heroic barbarian warriors."

The Celtic Duke agreed very much with the words of his trusted general. He said to Baron Sergei: "Let the war be fought by the generals who really understand war. The human nobles will do what you are good at. The logistics supplies of the barbarian army will be left to you."

I’ve given it to you, and you can take out another sum of money as a bounty to encourage the barbarian warriors.”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke." Baron Sergey accepted the order obediently.

Industry developed in the Tedga Hills, and humans took advantage of their racial advantages to quickly become wealthy, which further widened the gap between humans and barbarians.

In order to suppress the increasing strength and influence of humans, the Celtic Duke almost sided with the barbarians. Instead of implementing the promised military establishment, he changed the law and levied heavy taxes on human merchants.

The Duke's wariness and suspicion increased the barbarians' growing hatred of humans. This sense of alienation and crisis gave humans who were no longer afraid of the barbarians more ideas.

Baron Sergei knew that nothing he said would be accepted by the Celtic Duke.

The barbarian generals, who believed that victory in the imperial war was within easy reach, looked at the human nobles like they were looking at meat that has been cooked in a pot.

The Celtic Duke is not a kind-hearted leader. In the past, when humans were weak, he could use a friendly gesture to give the human nobles some privileges and benefits. Now... he has regarded humans as a threat. The first thing he did after victory was

The thing is probably to chop the knife at the human businessmen who have made great contributions to him.

Baron Sergei no longer argued or expressed his opinion.

He listened carefully to the barbarians talking about how to win a successful battle, listened to them vent their grievances that had been suppressed by the imperial army for several years, and listened to their vows to restore the glory of the barbarian army.

Soon every word spoken at the war mobilization meeting in the Duke's Castle was immediately sent to the Triumph Fortress.

In Luke's hands.

It proved that the conspiracy he set up in the Tedega Hills was very successful. Even if the Celtic Duke could see it, he would have no way to break the situation unless his balancing skills could coordinate the increasingly intensified conflicts between barbarians and humans.

Obviously the Duke of Celtic does not have this ability. He did not even realize that he was in a dead situation.
Chapter completed!