Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

The Pétain Line was a defensive line built by Doug Ralls at great expense.

The entire defense line stretches endlessly, completely blocking the entrance into the northern territory from the western part of the northern territory.

Moreover, the entire defense line is filled with fortresses, and each fortress has dedicated rune masters and alchemists to strengthen and maintain it. Doug Lars can guarantee that the strange catapult of the gray-collared man cannot destroy these fortresses.

Not to mention the strange catapult, even the fourth-level magic of long chanting could not completely break the fortress's defense.

Not only that, after fighting with the resistance for a whole winter, Doug confiscated a lot of guns.

These guns were not difficult to copy, especially since alchemists had figured out the same gunpowder.

Even the alchemist beside Doug was amazed at such a simple structure and application, wondering why he hadn't thought of it.

Soon, Doug also began to produce and manufacture these guns and muskets, and used them for the soldiers of the Pétain Line and his own guards.

These muskets are even more powerful than those of the Resistance, especially Doug's musket. Not only is it made of the most expensive materials, it is also inlaid with pearls and gems, and its power is needless to say.

Although this is just a novel magic prop to Doug, it can actually improve the strength of the troops below.

The only problem is that only alchemists on Doug's side can produce this kind of musket, which makes the possession rate of muskets in the army not high, and the muskets produced by different alchemists may have different specifications. Until the end of this winter, Doug has not completed the quantification and unification of the specifications of the muskets.

Doug even thought that if the alchemists made the muskets by hand, their power and quality would be better than those muskets of the Resistance Army that all looked the same and had no aesthetic appeal, so much so that the muskets on Doug's side all looked strange in appearance.

It was precisely this casual style that caused Doug to fall short of the finishing touch even though he had already touched the threshold of the artillery.

Isn't it just a trebuchet with a strange shape? We have it here too, and there are professionals who specialize in using trebuchets. Are you afraid?

It's a bit like tying high-tech electronic components to an arrow and shooting it off.

However, this still gave the defenders of the Pétain Line great confidence, because after exchanging fire with the Resistance, they believed that the gray-collar workers who provided support to the Resistance were no more than that.

Although it caused considerable trouble to the ordinary army, it was simply unable to resist the mixed forces of Doug's powerful professionals and ordinary soldiers.

The soldiers even felt that with this line of defense, it was more than enough to resist the demons, but the North did not have enough money to build the defense line at that time.

Doug was not without any military talent. He even realized the usefulness of trenches in his battles with the Resistance. In order to deal with the Gray-Collar's potentially more powerful musket attacks, the Pétain Line of Defense also dug trenches, waiting for the enemy to engage in positional warfare with him.

This was the propaganda for the outside world, but in reality, Doug was blinded by the trenches while attacking the resistance position and simply copied it.

The Pétain Line was built with the blood and flesh of countless people, and countless civilians fell just to build the defense line fortress, but Doug believed that civilians were just consumables, like weeds in the ground, which would grow again after being cut.

But this line of defense is like a natural moat, perfectly separating the west and the north, and can even be described as indestructible and unbreakable.

Anyway, it's all worth it.

A young knight yawned lazily in the fortress of the defense line.

"When can we fight?"

The knight looked boredly at the bare woods in the distance leading to the western part of the North. There were indeed rebellious watchtowers and military facilities in the woods, but they didn't seem to have any intention of taking the initiative to attack.

“I don’t think so this winter.”

Another veteran sat down next to the knight.

When they first arrived at the Pétain Line, these people were clearly divided into classes and abided by the rules, but they became more lax as time went on.

What's more, these knights were originally only low-ranking knights, and they mixed in with the veterans unknowingly.

"It's so boring. Aren't we really exiled? I miss my champagne, the wives of the nobles, and the roasted lamb legs in the guild."

After saying that, the knight kicked the clothes that were bundled up on the ground.

This is a sport that originated from white-collar workers, and it is a good way to relieve boredom.

It’s a pity that this defensive line is designed to be too cramped, and there is not much space available for playing football.

There was no way. Although Doug Lars had warned the alchemists about this line of defense and would not allow any failure, when they asked for a budget, the alchemists said, "I'm quite wealthy," and directly approved a large sum of money.

But when it came time to actually build it, they only regretted that they did not have enough money.

Where did the money go? I don't know.

Fortunately, Doug Lars approved a lot of money, so even though most of the funds were unclear, he managed to repair the defense line, although it squeezed a lot of space and facilities.

Although the entertainment venues and facilities originally promised to the knights were not built.

So much so that now many knights and soldiers are playing football in the open space in front of the defense fortress, and they don't take the enemies in the forest across the way seriously at all.

As time went by, the enemies on the opposite side would shout to the soldiers on the defense line, exchange supplies, and they even played football together once.

Although the two sides eventually fought over who was the real Northerner, they did not start a war as the knights had hoped after returning.

"Isn't it nice to live like this? We can play football and hunt together, and then we can get our military pay - if there is any military pay."

The old soldier took a sip of cheap beer mixed with water and looked at the soldiers playing football in the distance with great pleasure.

The knight took the cheap beer from the veteran, took a sip and spat it out.

"Pah, what the hell are these? They look like the socks that my neighbor's aunt left in the barn and started to mold."

"How do you know what the socks your neighbor's aunt left in the barn and started to moldy smell like?"

As the veteran asked, he took the beer again and drank it with enjoyment. Being able to drink beer already made him surpass 90% of the people in the North.

"Okay, let's talk about something else. I came here to kill enemies and get promoted. I don't even have an enemy here. How can I get promoted when I go back?"

"Actually, I'd rather know how you know your neighbor's aunt..."

The old soldier saw the knight's face was redder than his own, so he interrupted himself and said, "Don't worry, the people who deserve to be promoted will be promoted even if they do nothing. As for the people who don't deserve to be promoted, you can't promote them even if you kill the governor."

After listening to the old soldier, the knight felt relieved and said, "Governor Doug eats and lives with us, and he talks to me and teaches us. We will definitely be promoted."

The old soldier smacked his lips and looked at the young knight with some sympathy. These training methods were actually passed down from Lars' ancestors. Doug did as he was told, but he only did half of it. The most important part of rewarding the soldiers with supplies and giving them promotion opportunities was deleted by Doug.

He says nice things but actually doesn't give any benefits at all.