Li Ang stayed at Amera Fortress to wait, mainly to wait for Wendy to bring explosives and grenades.
At the same time, it was also to wait for Wendy, Lord Aldarian and others to sort out the inside of Duchy of Noldo to ensure that the enemy did not escape into the forest.
Battle of Seren did not use thermal weapons such as grenades, mainly because the direct lethality of this thing is really not great. It is difficult to kill people wearing armor, but it will frighten war horses.
Li Ang's troops have many cavalry, but only part of White Deer Fortress's Gatu Horse and Nodoma have been specially trained. The heavy-armed lancers who rush into the battle have never been exposed to explosives. If they startle their own heavy-armed horses on the battlefield, they will be in big trouble...
This crude black powder weapon cannot completely dominate the battlefield in this era, and is more suitable for defense--Li Ang The history of the original world has proven this.
Only in an era when mobility and long-range combat are more pursued and the army no longer wears heavy armor will grenades really become popular.
Of course, the fact that no one made the grenade after Li Ang disappeared is also an important reason. This thing is not moisture-proof, and saltpeter in this era is hard to come by and cannot be wasted. Therefore, Li Ang has always been a temporary assembly before the war. There has not been much reserve, and the raw materials have been stored in White Deer Fortress.
During this period of forest fires, White Deer Fortress has been facing the threat of fire. Of course, those flammable materials were moved immediately, and there was no time to manufacture them in large quantities.
So it wasn't until the rainy season came and the forest fires were extinguished that Li Ang asked Wendy to quickly make a batch.
Wendy likes to use firearms very much, and she is currently the only person besides Li Ang who has mastered the optimal ratio of black powder.
Li Ang These 'students' all have different personalities and interests.
Amy actually doesn't like fighting. Although she has always wanted to be a female knight and has incredible shooting talent, she is actually better at economic construction and has experience in deceiving people - after all, she was here to learn deception in the first place.
Alina is usually a very silent person, a quiet scholar who likes to read books and study history, and is good at analyzing intelligence and deriving strategies from details.
Li Ang actually didn't have time to teach her anything. Instead, she gave a lot of suggestions to Amy and Li Ang. However, Alina's suggestions were usually harsh. They were often based on the sacrifice of one's own side first, deceiving the enemy and finally annihilating the enemy. She was cruel to herself and the enemy, which was completely different from her usual quiet and harmless appearance.
Wendy, on the other hand, prefers adventure. Unlike the indifferent temperament of most elves, Wendy is a passionate and lively girl who likes the excitement of fighting and more exciting weapons - such as grenades and explosives that Vendathir regards as 'magic'.
However, perhaps due to his cheerful and lively personality, Wendy has not yet learned the ability that Queen should possess most - the control of people's hearts.
On the way to Amera Fortress, Wendy felt a little worried.
The difficulties she encountered came from Lord Aldarian - this was another reason why Li Ang wanted to wait for her at Amera Fortress.
Noldo Elves's situation is quite special. Islam Dir will obey Li Ang's instructions, mainly because they have a good relationship and are familiar with each other.
But Lord Aldarian would not obey Li Ang's orders, and was somewhat perfunctory about Wendy's orders.
Although he was also a Noldor lord who swore allegiance to Wendy in name, his allegiance to Wendy was more forced by the situation - Maltis was present at the time, and the four Noldor family leaders really did not dare to refuse the great magician Sindar...
But after Maltis left, Lord Aldarian was in a state of "listening to the tune but not the propaganda". He recognized that Wendy was the common Queen of the four Nodo families, and was willing to stand in the same camp as Li Ang and accept the rule of New Kingdom of Pendor, but he still maintained a certain degree of freedom.
To put it simply, he can obey the dispatch of Wendy, but he will not accept any condescending and mandatory orders, let alone the direct arrangements of Li Ang.
The logic these days is like this. You are only responsible for those you are loyal to. Although New Kingdom of Pendor is the home country of Duchy of Noldo, unless they are directly loyal to Li Ang like Risadiran, other Noldo Elvess do not have to obey the instructions of Li Ang.
Perhaps because it has been an enemy of mankind for two hundred years and has developed a certain kind of inertial thinking, Lord Aldarian has always maintained a deep vigilance against mankind.
He doesn't even want to enter any human castle - including White Deer Fortress.
The last time Lord Aldarian was able to go to Long River City to attend the meeting of the four major families, it was all due to the summons of Vendathir - only Vendathir can truly 'command' Lord Aldarian...
This is of course out of love... or rather one-sided love.
And it is said that this unrequited love has lasted for two hundred years - elves are usually relatively indifferent towards each other, but the more indifferent their character is, the harder it is to extricate themselves once they fall in love with someone.
Although Li Ang and Wendy both feel that Lord Aldarian will probably not be able to win the heart of Vendathir in the end, but they are very 'encouraging' this unrequited love. At least in this way, Vendathir can settle the 'thorny head' of Lord Aldarian.
But Vendathir is quite troubled by this...
She really only regards Lord Aldarian as an ordinary tribesman - not even a friend, because they have different ideas.
Moreover, Vendathir has no intention of falling in love at all, and she doesn't have any man she likes.
In fact, she prefers women... Well, it's not that kind of thing, but she really isn't interested in the relationship between men and women.
But this does not belong to any special group. Many elves are the same as Vendathir. This is a common situation among immortal races with long lifespans. They are naturally cold and have little interest in reproduction.
At this time, Vendathir and Wendy are worrying together.
"Wendy, it can't always be like this... This kind of thing is too troublesome. I really don't want to face Lord Aldarian's stupid face every day..."
Vendathir is complaining about Wendy.
"There is no way, Teacher Vendathir, Lord Aldarian and his subordinates are not willing to listen to the arrangements of this junior like me..."
Wendy is also helpless. Lord Aldarian is considered her elder. Faced with this situation, every leader who is a junior will find it difficult.
"But, His Majesty Li Ang will arrange for you, you will arrange for me, I will arrange for Lord Aldarian, and Lord Aldarian will then arrange for his troops... Isn't this too much trouble? Besides, we are going to fight, so this can easily delay things."
Vendathir said anxiously.
Indeed, this layer-by-layer assignment process is too long. It can be done this way for ordinary dispatches, but it is easy to cause problems when various emergency orders are involved during the war.
"Then what other solution is there? Li Ang made it clear in the letter a few days ago. This time it is to deal with our real enemy, the real culprit that caused the forest disaster."
Wendy looked at Vendathir pitifully. "But there are only more than 300 troops directly under my own right now, and half of them have to be left in Shield Wind Fortress as a reserve team. We really need Lord Aldarian's troops."
The time Wendy became Queen was too short, and there was no time to organize too many direct troops from the tribe.
Influenced by the lordship system of the Pande Continent, the allegiance relationship of Noldo Elves is actually somewhat similar to that of humans. Now that the Noldor have established a principality, the allegiance relationship is fully closer to the tradition of the Pande Continent.
The leaders of each family no longer call themselves Elf King or Prince. They are now the lords of Duchy of Noldo.
Wendy is the ruler of the Fenway Family, and Queen is loyal to the four major families, but the only people she can directly manage are the people of the Fenway Family and the leaders of other clans - because the elves of the other three families are loyal to their respective lords.
Fenway Family has the smallest population, with a total population of less than a thousand people, and only about 200 current warriors. It is the weakest military strength among the four families.
By the way, Noldo Elves, regardless of gender, are all excellent warriors and cannot be viewed in terms of the human soldier-farmer ratio.
The students that Vendathir brought out before to fight Gatu people have now become Li Ang's bodyguards and are no longer under Wendy's command.
Therefore, Wendy and Queen only had about two hundred warriors available at the beginning.
These days, she selected some personnel suitable for combat from other students at Vendathir, but it only took a short month and she only recruited more than a hundred people.
The newly recruited personnel must undergo armed preparation and basic collaborative training, and a reserve team must be left in Shield Wind Fortress for emergencies. Therefore, at this time, there are less than 200 people around Wendy, and the other troops are all subordinates of Lord Aldarian.
Lord Aldarian's military strength is quite strong. His tribe has four thousand people, which is equivalent to the Aino Family.
The number of troops he brought out this time was more than 800, which was about the same number as Isildur's troops.
But there are nearly forty Twilight Knights in Lord Aldarian's team, and the number of high-end combat capabilities is twice that of Isildur.
Twilight Knight is the top combat power in the Noldo Elves army, and is also the goal of all Noldor nobles - just like the human noble knights.
Like most human countries, the elven tribe has always retained a simple aristocratic culture, that is, the nobles are responsible for fighting and protecting the safety of the tribe, while the civilians are responsible for working to ensure the basic life of the tribe.
Therefore, the Noldor people are also divided into two classes.
Noldor nobles are born members of the noble class and are raised as warriors from an early age.
Before Vendathir becomes the chief instructor of the young Noldo Elvess, most of the young Noldor nobles will become Twilight Knights' apprentices, which is like knights and retinues in human society.
However, whether the Noldor nobles can eventually become Twilight Knight still depends on their ability - first of all, they must win the annual Noldor Athletic Conference in Alaclay City, and then they must establish meritorious deeds according to the requirements of their respective families.
That is to say, one must not only have top-notch military force, but also make sufficient contributions to the ethnic group.
Each Noldor family has different contribution requirements.
For example, Aino Family of Isildur, just like what he said to Risadiran, the tribesmen of the Aino Family need to save their tribesmen or bring back new or lost knowledge to the tribe in order to achieve meritorious deeds, rather than relying on killing enemies.
Because the tradition of the Aino Family is to protect knowledge.
And Fenway Family also asked to save the tribe or bring back new technology.
Lord Aldarian was once a member of the Fenway Family, and he himself was once Twilight Knight, and was the strongest among Twilight Knight. It was during the Hundred Years War between elves and humans, and he led the army to annihilate the human coalition that invaded the forest and saved the tribe, which met the standard of "saving the tribe."
Finarfin family is relatively special. They inherit the art and culture of the elves, which covers a wide range of things, including architecture, crafts, art, music, rituals, etc. So their requirement is to master a top art form - which is very difficult. Even though the elves have long lives, there are not many who have top-notch martial arts and artistic levels.
In fact, it is very difficult for the three families to meet their requirements for meritorious service. In the past few hundred years, there have been many competitive champions in Alaclay City, but there are only about eighty people in total who can successfully become Twilight Knight nobles.
And these eighty or so Twilight Knight, Lord Aldarian tribes account for half.
Because only Lord Aldarian has no requirements for other contributions, after he takes his followers away to form his own tribe, his contribution requirements for tribe design become relatively simple - he only needs to kill enemies on the battlefield and accumulate military merit.
This tribe that hates humans completely uses human advancement logic...
Precisely because each ethnic group has different goals to drive its people, people from each family have completely different concepts of struggle.
Therefore, the tribe of Lord Aldarian is more warlike and prefers to hone their martial arts;
In order to obtain knowledge, the Isildur tribe is more willing to contact the outside world and is willing to cooperate with humans;
Fenway Family is more willing to build equipment and hone skills, or research enchanting or horse breeding;
And Finarfin family are all artists, obsessed with designing various exquisite craftsmanship, and have never been active in fighting...
This also makes the tribe of Lord Aldarian have stronger military force.
Of course, force does not equal actual combat effectiveness.
Lord Aldarian has a relatively straightforward personality, and is not very good at formulating tactics during battles. Many times he fights with little technical content, and the clan's combat effectiveness may not be fully unleashed.
If his troops are willing to obey the direct command of Li Ang, it is estimated that the actual combat effectiveness of his troops will be twice that of Isildur's subordinates.
But although the tribe of Lord Aldarian is strong in military force, it is not really a Noldor family because they do not have a clear inheritance.
Even in terms of combat power and martial arts, he did not establish a legacy. Instead, it was Vendathir who invented her unique combat skills - this is probably the main reason why Lord Aldarian has an admiration for Vendathir.
If we follow Twilight Knight's standards completely, Vendathir can definitely be regarded as one of the strongest. She has won the championship of the Alaclay competition for several consecutive years, and she has created a new martial arts - she is a member of the Fenway Family. Martial arts is of course also a kind of technology, and her teaching and training will definitely save countless people.
In fact, no matter from the three levels of knowledge, technology or art, her new martial arts meet the criteria of contribution.
Therefore, if according to the standards, she is not only qualified to become Twilight Knight, but can even be said to be one of the people who has made the greatest contribution to the ethnic group. It stands to reason that she is even qualified to become a member of the Elders Council of various ethnic groups.
But the problem is that Vendathir is a civilian.
Although many Noldor civilians will go to the battlefield as warriors, Noldor civilians will never be qualified to become Twilight Knight, no matter how high their martial skills are or how great their contribution is.
Noldo Elves's class solidification is much more serious than that of humans. This is the blood culture inherited from Sindar Elves. In addition, the elves have long lifespans, so it is difficult to change this solidified mentality.
However, due to the small population, every Noldor is valuable, and there is little oppression and slavery within the ethnic group. The living conditions of nobles and commoners are not much different, so class antagonisms will not form.