On October 2nd, at the Viscount Rothland Castle, the leader of the Gray Goose had just finished enjoying the care of the human girls for a night.
To be honest, he now knows why human nobles build castles. There are wind arrays in the castle to maintain indoor ventilation, fire arrays and ice arrays to adjust the temperature, and silent arrays to separate himself from the crowd outside. Separated from the barbarians, there are always available baths, alchemy lamps and the services of human maids.
At this moment, the leader of Gray Goose is already very ambitious. After completing the sweep of the dragon's northwest territory, he will return to the Galloping Horse Plains with hundreds of slaves and thousands of demon-free people.
He wants to build a large castle next to the salt mine. The income from the salt mine is enough for him to hire a human mage to lay out a magic circle for the castle.
Now he is no longer satisfied with the market of the northwest earldom. He also wants to find the Kirislav caravan that enters and exits the Lokilav Pass in the east and the white owl caravan of the northern count of the dragon to open up new markets.
Of course, the more important thing is the blue dragon. Without him, there wouldn't be enough salt pans.
"The leader" a Gray Goose barbarian came over to report, "Several knight villages in Lot have been captured. According to the leader's request, we did not attack the territories of other dragon nobles, but they may have discovered us. "
"Hahaha, okay, I just want them to find out. If they don't find out, how will they know that Lot has become mine? How can they meet up in Blue Magpie City together? How can we take advantage of it and sweep their castle?"
"Yes, leader. Our warriors from the plains have camped outside the castle. 200 warriors are ready to go, waiting for your order."
"Don't be anxious, give the old maned wolf a little time, let them take a good look at our team," the gray goose leader said nonchalantly, "Where are the other camps on the plain? Shouldn't we let them go south as soon as possible?"
"Yes, our cavalry has separated to deliver orders."
"Okay, in addition to maintaining the defense of the salt mine, let other tribes come over and let them see how we besieged the Earl of the Dragon."
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Less than 40 kilometers east of Viscount Roth's castle is the private territory of the Maned Wolf family, the Baron of Blue Magpie. The castles in this territory are directly managed by each Earl of Maned Wolf.
Blue Que City was once a supply base for many armies heading to the Benma Plain. There were ready-made granaries, docks, military camps and fortresses here. This place is two days away from the Maned Wolf City. Whenever the barbarians move south in a large scale, the knights of the Maned Wolf Knights and the barons and viscounts in the earl territory will move here to prepare to expel the barbarians.
There are several lookout camps along the boundary river between Lot and Lan Que. These simple camps are usually next to the suspension bridge on the boundary river. Once a large-scale barbarian invasion is discovered, the suspension bridge will be raised immediately.
As early as 5 days ago, all the suspension bridges had been raised. The barbarians invaded on a large scale. They invaded Lot Castle and occupied the entire territory of Lot.
With the barbarians appearing near the boundary river intentionally or unintentionally, the entire Blue Magpie territory has fallen into a huge panic.
Viscount Roth was once the deputy leader of the Maned Wolf Knights and a senior knight. He was considered a master in the entire Northwest Territory. His knights were also a well-known force in the Maned Wolf City.
However, this powerful force did not survive for three days in front of this barbarian group, and no knights were even able to break out to report the news.
The knight commander who stayed behind in the Blue Magpie Castle had long understood the seriousness of the matter. Starting from September 31, he had been collecting information on Rotner every day and continuously reporting it to the Maned Wolf City.
"Sir, Lord Knight." A knight ran over and reported, "There is something strange happening on the west side of the boundary river."
"What? What's going on?" Although the knight commander was asking, he did not stop. He put on his helmet and rode directly out of the castle, leading his guards towards the boundary river.
Ten minutes later, the knight commander led his people to the observation post closest to Lot's territory. They only saw a few jungles on the other side of the river, and many birds flew into the sky.
"What's going on?" The knight commander immediately went up to the guard tower.
Looking at the Rote Territory from the 30-meter-high sentry tower, I saw huge smoke rising into the sky more than ten kilometers away. Groups of barbarian cavalry rushed out from the smoke. The tall barbarians rode on black-scaled horses within a few seconds. Within minutes, they had already rushed to the river. More than 200 cavalrymen were like a burst of black mist, moving along the river bank from north to south.
Behind the barbarian cavalry were numerous beasts of burden, flocks of sheep, and convoys of demonless men, as well as a large number of demonless men carrying wood.
The knight commander knew that the river under his feet could no longer protect the Blue Magpie Castle. With so many demon-free people, they had enough materials to build a huge bridge.
"Call everyone and leave here immediately. Notify all sentries along the coast and be ready to evacuate to Blue Magpie Castle at any time!"
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The Lord's Mansion of Maned Wolf City.
A note fell silently from Caspian Maned Wolf's hand
"200 people? How is this possible?" Where did this come from? The earl was greatly disturbed. Behind the 200 cavalry were at least another 400 cavalry. They still needed to stay at the camp and guard the salt mines. There are close to 4,000 demon-free people, which is at least 60 camps.
It’s uncertain whether these 60 camps could be gathered together south of the Benma River. How could so many cavalry gather together?
"Father? Now... what should we do now?" The eldest son Fernando Maned Wolf was also very shocked. According to the standards of the empire, the Maned Wolf Knights have a knighthood of 50 senior, intermediate, low-level and reserve knights.
Among them, 3 senior knights, 10 intermediate knights and 20 low-level knights are the main force of this knighthood. The remaining 17 reserve knights are mostly the second or third sons of various barons and viscounts.
The other viscounts and barons should be able to gather about 70 knights together. This team will be very guilty when facing 200 cavalry.
If the knights of the entire earl territory form a knighthood and directly collide with 200 barbarians, the knighthood may eventually win, but the price of victory will be extremely tragic.
As the forefront, the Maned Wolf Knights may have to be prepared to sacrifice more than half of them. The remaining 2 viscounts and 4 barons may have to fight with their heirs or the lord himself. This battle will not last more than 10 years, and the earldom The strength cannot be recovered at all.
However, the barbarian tribe has a higher proportion of demon believers than the human race, and there may be another wave next year.
Taking another step back, even if the knights do not collide with the main force of the barbarians, they will definitely form a confrontation in Blue Magpie City. If knights from various territories are summoned, their territories will be empty, and the barbarians can break in with light cavalry.
If the knights are not summoned, then the viscounts and barons in the entire earl territory may have to face a team of more than 100 barbarian cavalry.
Kempins now felt very frustrated. The invasion of the barbarians was a conspiracy. They relied on the mobility of horses to maneuver at high speeds in a short time.
The Lot territory fell due to the slow movement of the Maned Wolf family. Without Lot Castle, the gatekeeper of the Cornico Pass, the barbarian cavalry could gallop freely throughout the northwest earl territory.
For the Knights to defend in one place is to give up on others, to defend everywhere is to fail to defend anywhere.
"I didn't expect that in just a few days, Lot Castle would be lost like this." The Earl finally spoke, "What do the barbarians want?"
"Food? Money? Population?"
"Well, they have got Lot, but it's not enough." The count guessed the barbarian's intention, but what could he do if he guessed it? Is it possible to carry out large-scale relocation? Or can we divide our forces for defense?
"Notify the Knights of the Maned Wolf to enter the Blue Magpie Castle. Request the viscounts and baronies east and south of the Maned Wolf City to close the castle and mobilize all the baron and viscount knights to the Blue Magpie City."
"Father"
"If I can keep one, I'll be fine."
"Then do you want to go to the royal capital..."
"No, we just don't have enough troops now, and Maned Wolf City is not under siege. Let each family send out some demon-supporters. Our army can reach more than 200 people. We may not suffer a loss in a battle with them. Now in the earl territory, The magic is smooth and the advantage is mine!”
"Okay, father." Fernando once heard that to fight against the barbarians it was necessary to recruit ordinary demon-wielders. However, he also knew that the Maned Wolf family has been the northwest count of the dragon for generations, and every inch of land in the northwest belongs to their Maned Wolf. The Maned Wolf family will never tolerate other people's interference in their territory.
"Sir," Butler Maned Wolf walked into the room, "There is news from the Hall of Mirrors that a royal meeting is going to be held."
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Between the Maned Wolf City and the king's direct territory of the royal capital, Dragon Tooth City, is the Elk Viscounty. Viscount Gant Elk is a distant relative of Warnut Elk, the Marquis of Elk in the southern part of the dragon. The common ancestors of these two families can be traced back to before the demonic tide in the year 709 of the God Emperor.
However, the ancestors from 300 years ago did not delay the flirtation between the current Viscount Elk and the Marquis of the same family. To the Maned Wolf, the Elk family was the nobles in the entire territory who were most devoted to the royal capital and the south.
"200 cavalry? How could this happen? Shouldn't the Earl go directly to Roth Castle to provide support?" Earl Elk has already seen that there is a way here.
"I'm afraid the Maned Wolf Knights didn't have time to assemble?" the Viscount's bachelor guessed.
"No, more than 50 knights of the Maned Wolf Knights live in the Maned Wolf City. They can gather in less than half a day, enter the Blue Magpie Castle in less than a day, and fight to the gates of Lot City on the third day."
"The opponent has 200 cavalry. Even if all 50 knights are dispatched, it will be difficult to save the defeat, right?"
"A barbarian tribe only has 10 cavalry available, but they will not use all their strength to attack. Behind 200 cavalry are at least 40 tribes. It is impossible for these barbarians to prepare in advance and set off together.
Even if Maned Wolf City did not deliberately ignore death, their mistakes have now led to the largest barbarian invasion in recent years. Our Earl may have to face pressure from the royal capital."
"So what should we do now?"
"Gather all the knights and prepare to go to the Blue Magpie Castle. We can't make the same mistake as the Maned Wolf!"
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At this moment, in the palace of the royal capital, Dragon Tooth City, the Dragon King Dusen Baixiao is holding an imperial meeting in the Hall of Mirrors.
The Hall of Mirrors is a very special room. When you suddenly enter, you will feel that there are only polygonal walls, a table and a chair in the Hall of Mirrors.
However, once the underground magic circle is activated, the 7 or 8 mirrors on the wall will be activated. The mirror on the wall can connect to another mirror thousands of miles away, allowing people on both sides of the mirror to meet each other. For those in Lant's hometown, it's two monitors.
In the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of the Dragon Kingdom, there are two tetrarchs, three tetrarchs, three duke families, the highest temple in the kingdom, the Dragon's Nest, the highest magic tower in the kingdom, and the lairs of several legendary dragons. Magic mirror connection.
Today's imperial meeting is dedicated to discussing the barbarian invasion on the northwest border. As early as the time when Earl Maned Wolf received the news of the fall of Rotor Territory, the royal capital had already received the news.
The king is not slow to know a lot of important information, but due to the game between various families, usually bad news is initially considered to be completely unconcerned, and then it is confirmed that it can be solved at any time, and later it is confirmed that it has been missed. opportunity to resolve.
In short, knowing in time does not mean dealing with it in time, dealing with it in time does not mean that it can be recovered in time, and recovering in time does not mean that there will be good results in the future. This is the outcome of the family game in the kingdom.
"Caspian, old man, tell me, are the barbarians there really violent?" 9 years ago, Duson White Xiao became the dragon king for various reasons.
Although he is the son-in-law of the previous old king of the Dragon Kingdom, Borya Red Dragon, his surname is not Red Dragon. He will wait until his son Yeliqi Red Dragon reaches level 9 before abdicating the throne to his son.
Therefore, during Dusen Baixiao's reign, he did not like to hold such "video conferences". Through the magic mirror, he could feel the dissatisfaction of other nobles with his rise to power through marriage.
"Your Majesty, please believe that the Maned Wolf family can guard the northwest region for the entire kingdom." The northwest earl was defending, but his defense was feeble.
"I heard that 200 barbarian cavalry have gathered in Lot's territory. There are hundreds more cavalry gathering north of the Cornico Valley?" The speaker was Viscount Roland Lanyuan, the palace knight commander.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." The Earl of the Maned Wolf can only bite him to death to prevent the forces from the royal capital from entering the territory of the Maned Wolf.
"Well, since there isn't that much pressure, the Dragon Knights don't need to continue to be on guard. How about His Excellency McLaren Blue Dragon?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." McLaren Blue Dragon is one of the three legendary pillars of the Dragon Kingdom and is now a legendary peak-level knight.
Legendary national pillars are those legendary strong men who are supported by kingdoms or principalities. Their families are either royal families or they are named dukes.
For example, the three legendary national pillars of the Dragon Empire, the legendary knight McLaren Blue Dragon, the legendary priest Gorkesh Red Dragon, and the legendary mage Bennett Feilong. Each family of the national pillar has a duke title and A central city.
Such favor naturally requires them to respond promptly when a crisis occurs in the kingdom.
"Why don't you pay attention to the Northwest Territory and help if something unexpected happens?"
"Of course, Your Majesty"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the arrangement." Earl Maned Wolf said his thanks, but he kept complaining in his heart. Once Legend takes action, he must give corresponding thanks. Earl Maned Wolf now regrets not supporting Lot in the first place.
