Ironburg Assembly Hall,
After the Hunter family became prosperous, the decoration of the meeting hall was also updated a lot. New round tables, wooden chairs, large pillar statues, and even a bear capital were hung to make it look more grand. This kind of decoration is very popular. The grand style is not like the southern aristocrats who like to decorate it with luxurious fabrics, jewelry and other luxury items. It has a taste of the North.
Of course, from the perspective of the southern nobles, this style can be directly called barbaric, but Viscount Sauter and the old straight men of the Hunter family like this style.
After entering the hall, everyone was not laughing and joking like before, but each found their own place to sit down.
The rules of the Hunter family, or the rules set by Richard, are like this. On weekdays, some joking is harmless, but when everyone enters this meeting room and wants to talk about serious business, they must become serious when they should, and be serious. The way you do things,
Richard had habitually sat on the main seat, Viscount Sauter took the lower seat, and the remaining two uncles, Butler Egger and other dignitaries took their seats one after another.
“According to the reliable information I have received, orc spies will enter the Northland in the near future.”
“Orc spies?”
“Is this information accurate?”
As soon as Richard said this, the entire meeting hall exploded. It wasn’t that everyone didn’t trust Richard, but that some understandings were already deeply ingrained.
The orcs are the most powerful enemies of mankind, but they have been blocked to the east of Longxi Pass for hundreds of years. Everyone really can’t believe that the orcs will infiltrate into the Northland,
Richard wants to tell them that Longxing Pass has been breached and the orcs may come here. Maybe they don’t have such big doubts. At least it makes sense logically.
“It is almost certain that when the ogres moved eastward, there was intelligence indicating that orcs might appear on the battlefield.”
Richard did not mention the source of the intelligence. After all, it is a little outrageous to speculate on this reason based on the tasks issued by the system.
Fortunately, Richard’s prestige in the Hunter family was high enough, so everyone basically believed that there might be orcs infiltrating the Northland after Richard’s confirmation.
“Penetrate into the Northland and come from the far north snowfield?”
“This is the only route that takes you through the snowy plains of the Far North, around the Snowy Mountains, through the territory of the Snow Giants, and then down south to the Ironwood Forest or the Wilderness.”
“There are basically no conditions for marching in the snowfields of the far north. The environment is already harsh enough, and we also have to deal with snow giants. I heard that snow giants are a race with a strong sense of territoriality. Orcs will not be attacked by snow giants when crossing the snowfields like this. ”
Richard’s men have never relaxed their collection of snowfield information and some geographical information outside the Northland, and often disseminate it to their senior officials. These are very basic in Richard’s opinion, but most small nobles in this era have Without common sense of geography, everyone can still correctly guess the path the orcs took.
First of all, we must rule out that the orcs infiltrated from Dragon’s Breath Pass. Not to mention that there are more than one million elite troops there who are tightly guarded. Not even a bird can get through. Even if there are elites who infiltrate Dragon’s Breath Pass, they will still be far away from the North. I don’t know how many thousands of miles away, I shouldn’t have come to the north.
Thinking about it this way, the only way left is to go around the snowy mountains in the far north and cross the snowfields. This road is definitely not too far away. If you march normally, you can get there in less than a month.
But there is a reason why the orcs have not walked this road for so long, and the humans have not set up defenses. Such a harsh environment basically makes it impossible for a large-scale army to pass through. The road is blocked by daily strong winds and snow, and it is difficult for the army to pass through. Logistics is a nightmare. A small team of elites may be okay, but too few people can’t accomplish anything.
Secondly, after passing through the snowfield, he had to face a clan of snow giants who attached great importance to their hunting grounds. Even though Richard could easily win against the Ice Flame Tribe, the Ice Flame Tribe was only a small tribe after all, and Richard was a cheater, which could lead to this. A kind of dimensionality reduction effect,
If you cross the snowfield directly, you will have to pass at least the territory of several medium-sized tribes. Then you will have to face at least a few hostile earth-level people and hundreds of snow giants of the knight level. If the army disturbs the snow giants, It’s even more serious for the Royal Court. The possibility of the entire army being annihilated is extremely high. No one has ever considered this path before. Now that Richard is determined, it has been carefully considered by the senior executives of the Hunter family.
“Is it possible that the orcs and the snow giants reached an agreement?”
“Okay, everyone doesn’t need to discuss this issue. Let’s make arrangements based on the prediction that orc spies or even a small group of orc troops will infiltrate into the Northland in the near future, and strengthen patrols and take strict precautions.”
“Yes.”
This is probably the benefit of Richard’s speaking out. He must force things to be promoted. Even if the people below him have any doubts, as long as they are not so outrageous that they are anti-intellectual and cannot be implemented, they will be thoroughly implemented. The only thing that can be done is Viscount Sauter, who may have caused some interference to Richard’s decision, would either act like a **** of sleep or be the first to raise his hand in agreement whenever this happens, and would not have any other opinions at all.
This time the matter was serious. Viscount Sauter did not act like a **** of sleep. Instead, he frowned, put his hands on the table and hugged him tightly to listen to the whole story.
“If the orcs infiltrate from the North through the Ironwood Forest, can we in Ironwood City resist it?”
Viscount Sauter directly agreed with Richard’s statement in his first sentence, and was concerned about the strength of the orcs.
Although Viscount Sauter can’t control civil affairs, his military quality is not bad. It would be okay if it was just a small-scale spies infiltration. After all, the ogres in the wilderness have already broken all the bones of Richard. A small number of them There is no way for the elite to borrow money from coming to the North,
But it would be very dangerous if it was really a small group of elite troops that infiltrated. If the orcs come from the snowfield in such a big way, they will definitely not just have two or three kittens and puppies. If they want to cause big trouble, the power of this group of people It definitely exceeds Viscount Sauter’s imagination, otherwise it wouldn’t make much sense. Although Viscount Sauter occasionally shows arrogance, he is not so arrogant that he does not pay attention to the orcs who once sat on the heads of humans and were the kingdom’s confidants for hundreds of years. the enemy’s race.
“Let me introduce it to you.”
“Your Excellency Angele, you will join Ironwood City and station directly at Ironwood Castle in the future.”
The champion knight who had been standing behind Richard made a fist and gestured to everyone without saying anything more, acting very coldly.
“This is?”
“Don’t worry, father. In addition to Angele, there are also several strong men stationed at the same time. They are all my most loyal subordinates and absolutely reliable.”
With one sentence, Richard blocked the next question that Viscount Sauter wanted to ask. Anyway, they are absolutely reliable. He can trust his son’s subordinates as much as they should, but in terms of their strength…
“Angelet is an earth knight, and several others are also knight-level experts. I believe that cooperating with the Ironwood City garrison can ensure the safety of Ironwood City, at least until I lead my army to return reinforcements.”
Although Richard is still placing heavy troops in the wilderness, he still has no plans to divide his troops. Griffin can keep an eye on the situation here. If there is a problem in Ironwood City or anywhere, he can quickly lead the system army. Support,
Logistics, knight’s gloves, and walking boots can’t stop him from running at an animal-like speed.
“Cough cough”
After listening to Richard’s introduction, Viscount Sauter seemed to be out of breath. The strength of the Earth Level was really astonishing, and everyone below also looked at each other,
If Richard said that this person was a peak knight, they would not doubt it, but as for the earth level, there are only three in the kingdom on the surface. Even if there are a few hidden ones, it is not the Hunter family’s turn to hide them. Originally, The Hunter family is not qualified to come into contact with this level of power.
Originally, the Great Knight was considered an unfathomable existence in their eyes, and it was only recently that they became rich that everyone was bolder and could accept the peak strength of the Great Knight. After all, in the past, apart from the Hou Lanster family in the North, Apart from his first generation ancestors, he was only supported by a few great knights, otherwise he wouldn’t have been hammered into such a state by the ogres.
Richard didn’t say much, and glanced at Angelet. The latter took out the knight’s sword from his waist and danced, and a burst of fighting energy came out of the sword.
“Boom!”
The fighting spirit hit the thick stone slab more than ten meters away outside the meeting hall, and a small hole was directly blasted out of the thick stone slab by the fighting spirit.
“This…”
“The fighting spirit leaves the body!”
I have never eaten pork but I have seen pigs run away. The fighting energy left the body and shattered the stone slabs more than ten meters away. This is a typical feature of the earth level.
Everyone was first surprised and then delighted. No matter how magical it was, in addition to Young Master Richard who was suspected of having earth-level strength, there was another earth-level strongman on his side.
Everyone present is closely related to the interests of the Hunter family. Seeing the Hunter family’s outrageous strength, in addition to surprises, they naturally have greater expectations. There are only a few in the entire human race on the earth level. Now there are only two members of the Hunter family. Isn’t this considered destiny?
If they knew that Richard had nearly ten subordinates with this level of strength, wouldn’t they faint from excitement?
After Angele proved his strength, the remaining crusaders and senior monks naturally no longer had to prove anything. They still stood silently outside the door, but the people in the meeting hall looked at them. It is indeed different.
“Angelet will lead the men to be stationed in Ironwood City to ensure that Ironwood City is safe. Peasants and soldiers from each village have been mobilized to patrol day and night. Spring plowing is almost here now, and it is time to test our Hunter family’s wartime mobilization capabilities. ,
The remaining cavalry patrols will continue as usual, but patrols in the direction of Tiemulin should be strengthened. ”
“Start executing!”
“Yes!”
…
“Gather!”
“Tap tap tap tap”
In a village in the Hunter Territory, under the call of the security management, dozens of farmers and soldiers from the village quickly arrived at the assembly point and completed the formation at a relatively orderly pace.
If it were not for the various equipment of the peasants and soldiers, just based on the speed of gathering and the formation, they would be no weaker than the ordinary regular army of the kingdom, not to mention that their fighting will may be higher.
Rather than saying that these are peasants and soldiers, it is better to talk about the reserve system established by Richard. When it is necessary to replenish troops in wartime, these peasants and soldiers may be equipped with one round and can be used as regular troops after a little reorganization.
The Sheriff did not say much and just followed the instructions and led the farmers and soldiers to start patrolling.
Anyway, you may not be able to defeat the orcs, but as long as the sheriff can send out a signal in time, then the value of this team of peasant soldiers will be reflected…
The Far North Snowfield
The snowfield is still completely white. Spring has been here for some time, but there is basically no difference between spring, summer, autumn and winter in the snowfield. There are only differences between cold and colder.
The white wind carrying snowflakes is constantly howling. This is a comfortable environment for the snow giants, but it is a forbidden place for most life forms.
However, this forbidden land with almost no outside life is a bit lively today. A group of “dwarfs” with a size of more than two meters are walking in the white snow. They are obviously not the snow giants who have lived in the snowfield for a long time. Although the environment of more than 30 degrees is harsh, it is already a rare time for marching on the snowfield.
Although the people in the team walked very slowly and with difficulty, they were very determined and had a clear direction and goal. If you look closely, there are thousands of people in the team. Everyone is wearing a heavy coat and their faces are almost It was completely covered, leaving only the small holes for the nose, mouth and eyes. The weapon was carried on the back, and the upper body was hugged as much as possible to resist the cold.
“Tal, how far is it from the Ironwood Forest you mentioned?”
“If this continues, it will take at least five or six days.”
The person who asked the question was a taller orc. Compared to Tal, he looked much stronger. Judging from his size, he should be a pure-blood orc.
“Why choose to walk through the Ironwood Forest? It’s troublesome to enter the woods. Wouldn’t it be better to walk through the wilderness?”
The person who asked the question turned out to be a female voice. It was hard to imagine that there were women among a large group of elite orcs.
“Hypatia, don’t question the Legion Commander’s decision.”
Before the tall orc could respond, Tal reprimanded him.
The orc army commander didn’t care too much and explained:
“Although the ironwood forest is difficult to walk through, it can enter human territory faster and conceal its whereabouts. If you go into the wilderness, you will have to march for more than ten days in the endless wilderness. The probability of being discovered by human aerial reconnaissance is very high. If you let If humans find out in advance and be vigilant, it may be detrimental to our plans…”
“What are you afraid of? Just kill us, our First Legion…”
“Hypatia!”
“Okay, okay, the legion commander didn’t say anything. Why are you so fierce, Tar.”
“Forget it, keep marching and try to reach Tiemulin as early as possible.”
“Yes…”
The orcs were trying their best to keep going, but they didn’t know that the humans thousands of miles away were completely alert and even started to prepare for war. The so-called concealment was actually a useless effort…