Heroes of the Invincible Knight

Fort Hell is located in the westernmost part of the Northland, and is closely adjacent to the wilderness. Generally speaking, it is considered as a human territory after passing Hell Fort.

Although Hull Castle is located on the edge of the Northland, it is a real large castle.

There are various caravans here every day to rest and transit here. Although the wilderness is dangerous, it also contains business opportunities. The caravans bring some cheap goods from the human world into the wilderness and exchange them for various precious materials. They can almost earn money every time. a pour full,

But the wilderness is also full of crises. Whether it is the ogre tribe or the kobold tribe with a wider distribution, it will cause a fatal crisis to the caravan, but as long as the benefits are sufficient, there will always be someone willing to take the corresponding risk.

Helburg is also relying on this unique advantage of wilderness trade to gradually prosper.

However, the days of Helberg are not easy these days. Due to the approach of the super-large ogre tribe, even the most daring caravans dare not continue to go to the wilderness for trade, and the entire Helberg has been depressed.

Of course, what the Hull family cares more about is the approaching thousands of ogres and the tens of thousands of kobolds attached to them. If they want to invade the human world, Hullburg will definitely bear the brunt.

Although the Hull family relied on wilderness trade to develop and grow, they were absolutely powerless against such a large number of ogres and kobolds. Fortunately, news of the dispatch of troops from Snow City had already spread to Fort Hull, and the Hull family was finally relieved. Settle down a little.

"Lord Earl, the Jingbei Army is coming soon, and Marquis Wade is leading the army himself."

"Okay, okay, let everyone know, let's go out of the city to meet Lord Marquis."

"yes"

Hearing the news that the Jingbei Army was about to arrive, Earl Hull said two good words,

I have been worried for several days, fearing that the ogre will arrive before the Jingbei army arrives, and at this time I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Earl Hull led a long line outside the castle to welcome the arrival of Marquis Wade.

Although the Hull family has the title of earl, compared with the Lanster family in Snow City, the Hull family is completely one in the sky and one in the ground.

The entire Hull family has only five knights and more than two thousand professional soldiers. Without the support of Snow City, they are completely powerless to defend their territory.

Soon, Marquis Wade led the vanguard to Herburg Castle.

"Good day, Marquis Wade."

Earl Hull, standing in the middle of the road, took the initiative to say hello when Marquis Wade approached.

Wade didn't make a fuss, and took some senior Lanster and senior military officers around him to dismount and exchanged greetings with Earl of Hull.

Marquis Wade also began to observe Herburg during the conversation,

Although there is almost no comparison between Fort Hel and Snow City, it is definitely a qualified military fortress.

Because it is located on the edge of the wilderness, the Hull family has always maintained a sufficient sense of crisis. The five-foot-high city wall is densely covered with arrow towers, and there are many iron pots on the city wall. It is definitely a nightmare for the attacker.

Marquis Wade was quite satisfied with the defense of Fort Hell, and he talked with Earl Hell all the way and entered the castle with the forward army.

The army that arrived later relied on Fort Hel to set up camp. After all, Fort Hel was large, but it was only a military castle rather than a city, and it was already the limit to accommodate more than ten thousand troops.

"There's nothing unusual about the ogre these days."

After entering the castle, the first thing Viscount Wade did was to ask about the situation ahead. After all, the aerial reconnaissance by the Sword Eagle Knight was not as detailed as the scouts' close observation.

"Most of the ogres are still stationed thirty miles away, but a small group of ogres has harassed several villages, and now a large number of refugees have fled."

Marquis Wade frowned. This was what he was most worried about. The ogres harassed the village and disrupted production, causing a large number of villagers to become refugees. If the ogres could not be kept west of Hullburg, the ogres would drive straight into the village. Causing the entire Northland to rot.

"There is a situation, the behavior of the ogres that attacked this time is somewhat abnormal."

"Huh?" Marquis Wade glanced at Earl Hull and motioned him to continue.

"This time the ogres are different from the usual ones. In addition to plundering them, they also deliberately killed people. This time, there was a village that didn't have time to escape, and no one in the whole village survived."

This is indeed very abnormal. Although the ogres are brutal, they will not do more meaningless killings. They will only loot food, and at most take away some reserve rations, but this time they look like they are killing them all.

The behavior of the ogre revealed something strange this time, and Marquis Wade unconsciously remembered Lin Xuan's last reminder.

"How much grain is there in Herburg?"

"Enough for a large army to use for a month."

This kind of stock has actually shown that the Hull family is relatively rich. You must know that in the past, Hull Castle only needed to supply Hull Castle itself.

But this time the Jingbei Army came with a total of 80,000 people, and Helburg's grain storage could last for a month.

However, Marquis Wade was not satisfied with this grain storage.

"Not enough. We will stockpile more food and fodder in Fort Hull. The Earl of Hull will send some more people to collect food. At least we need to gather enough food for the army for three months."

Marquis Wade unceremoniously issued a request to the Hull family. After all, as the party that came to rescue, Snow City, although saving people is also for oneself, but it is not enough to bear all the food and grass by itself. It is also suitable for the Hull family to share part of it. Reasonable.

"Yes, call someone to arrange it immediately."

Although the Earl of Hull showed embarrassment, he quickly agreed. After all, they were the ones being rescued.

"The army camped on the spot, rested for two days and sent troops to the wilderness."

"yes"

The senior military officers present responded one after another.

Marquis Wade only half heeded Lindt's suggestion, operating Herburg as a back road and hoarding a large amount of supplies.

But according to Lint's meaning, they should rely on Herburg, form a camp, fight a silent battle, and advance step by step to ensure nothing goes wrong.

But Marquis Wade only hoarded supplies, but didn't plan to make a living every step of the way.

This doesn't mean that Marquis Wade doesn't understand the key points. Everyone knows the benefits of fighting steadily, but according to that strategy, tens of thousands of troops may be delayed here for a year, and the cost of manpower and material resources will increase geometrically. The land may not be dragged up, but the Hull family will definitely be dragged down.

"Okay, let's go down and get ready."

After everyone took the order to retreat, Marquis Wade and Lanster and other high-level officials accepted Earl Hull's banquet.

In order to show the friendship of the landlord or take the opportunity to please the Lanster family, the Hull family can be said to have emptied the bottom of the box. They have everything you need for food and wine, and the maids serving them are all pretty handsome.

However, Marquis Wade was a little restless in his thoughts, and even felt a little bored in the end.

After drinking the last sip of wine in the glass, Marquis Wade simply stood up and said loudly:

"Today, the army first arrives to rest, and from tomorrow onwards, no more banquets, drinking and merrymaking will be allowed."

If others said these disappointing words at the banquet, no one would pay attention to them, or even arouse disgust, but when Marquis Wade said them, everyone had no choice but to obey.

The candlelight was shining, and the wine was still flowing in the glass, but there was no noise like before. Everyone was disturbed by Marquis Wade, and the banquet ended soon.

Under the guidance of the maid, Marquis Wade went to the luxurious room prepared by Hull's house, intending to fall asleep early, but unexpectedly suffered from insomnia.

Perhaps, one should really do what Lint suggested no matter the cost?

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