Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

This daily intelligence revealed a lot of information, making Su Li both stressed and ambitious!

In any world, victory is the greatest motivation for people's hearts.

No matter how much the price paid, as long as you win, you can be compensated in the final victory.

Especially the last piece of information, which means that if he can defeat the Wyvern King's army and establish the prestige of the Black Forest, a large number of Sun Goddess's followers will join the Black Forest army.

The Sun Goddess's priests and followers are all powerful warriors. When they hear that a group of people in the Black Forest are chanting the goddess's name and defeating the evil monster army, they will probably ride their war horses enthusiastically and eagerly, carrying spears and iron swords, and rush to support them from all directions.

If Su Li fights brilliantly enough, he might even launch a human version of WAAAGH! and launch an expedition into the forest.

So Su Li rarely got up early in the morning and didn't do his morning exercises. He kissed Leifreya under him. This female knight was already limp and weak after three days and three nights of cultivation.

Su Li supported her smooth back, helped her sit up, and said, "Get up and pack up, we are about to usher in the first war against the Green Dragon's affiliated army."

This battle is no longer the small-scale fights of the past. The Green Dragon's minions are nearly ten thousand in size, and Su Li's elite army also has more than two thousand people. If you add the Free Corps, his army may exceed three thousand, or even approach four thousand.

How can a battle of this scale not be exciting?

Hearing Su Li's words, Freya was immediately refreshed, adjusted her breathing, and quickly recovered her state.

Her eyes were bright, and she asked, "Is this battle going to be a full-scale attack? We will compete with the Red Night Knights again on the battlefield."

This proud woman's desire to win is really strong. Su Li put on his clothes and then asked, "Do you know the Red Night Knights' group divine spell?"

Freya nodded and said, "I heard Marshal Orstein mention it at the banquet. This is a secular knight order, so the knight order has a powerful bloodline ability called 'Red Night Sharp Formation'. After activating the divine spell, the weapons of the knight order members will shine with dazzling red light. The Red Night Knights will be like furious red dragon monarchs, greatly increasing their damage and speed, and at the same time greatly increasing the probability of shocking the opponent's bloodline power, thereby producing a double crit of internal and external damage."

That's right, unlike the Corona Knights' powerful passive ability, the Red Night Knights' ability is an actively activated trait. Once activated, they will all transform into killing tyrants. Their charging wave will sweep across the battlefield like a red dragon tyrant, tearing all enemies along the way to pieces.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the Corona Knights to compete with the Red Night Knights in terms of the number of kills.

But if they fight side by side and work together, the effect will be unparalleled.

Su Li was full of expectations for them and said, "If the goddess blesses us, the Wyvern will land, and your two knight orders will launch a charge against it together. After the Corona Knights weaken its close combat ability, the Red Night Knights will fully explode, and we may even be able to kill it directly."

And the Wyvern will definitely land!

Wyverns are born unable to master dragon language magic, they don't even have dragon breath, only three acid breath attacks. Their main attack method is close combat.

Therefore, they are also called stepping stones for knights. Countless Wyverns have been killed by knight orders in history.

Recently, in the province of Suland, the secret weapon found by the green-skinned warlord, the exceptionally powerful variant of the Wyvern clan, the six-legged Wyvern, was also completely wiped out by the empire's knight order.

Those were all powerful monsters of the God-chosen level, and one by one they fell in the palace under the successive charges of human knights.

Every knight has a dream of killing a Wyvern. Although Freya is a female knight, she is no exception. She was also moved when she heard this goal. She immediately got up and put on a set of vermilion military uniform prepared for her by the castle maid, and then put on her mithril rune armor.

Then she said in a stern tone: "We will not lag behind in killing enemies on the battlefield. And I suggest you quickly cultivate the griffins in the territory. The scale of the territory's griffins is already not small. In this battle, we should gather the half-griffin knight order to launch an all-out attack."

Then she stepped forward, helped Su Li tidy up his collar, kissed him on the cheek, and said, "My conquering knight, be careful when you go to the battlefield, don't fall down easily, otherwise you will never be able to enjoy such a wonderful knight practice again."

Su Li raised his eyebrows. As expected, once there is close contact, even the most indifferent female knight will become much more intimate?

From getting up and turning over, to putting on stockings and underwear, to finally putting on the military uniform, she didn't avoid his gaze at all.

Now, there is also a hint of a young woman's charm and love between her cold eyebrows.

As she finished speaking with a fragrant breath and patted Su Li's collar, preparing to leave, Su Li immediately grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms, and asked, "You want to leave now? Since you mentioned the gathering of the half-griffin knight order, shouldn't you set an example? Bring your knight order's half-griffin knights over here. Fight alongside the Vengeance Sun Knights in this battle and exert the maximum combat power."

A smile appeared on Freya's cold face, like a snow lotus suddenly blooming, illuminating the entire room. She folded her arms, looked at Su Li, tilted her mouth, and said with a look of disgust: "Oh? Lord Lord, you are really good at calculating. This is a bet where you want me to help you lead the half-griffin knight order to charge regardless of whether you win or lose. You lost the bet, but you got my body. Now you still want to win the bet and take down that share as well, and abduct me and the half-griffin knights of our knight order?"

Su Li didn't mind her disgusted and arrogant appearance at all. This is precisely the embodiment of her unique charm.

So he leaned over and blew hot air in her ear, and said with a smile: "When a beauty takes the initiative to mention a bet to a man, whether he wins or loses, the man wins. Do you remember that now?"

Freya turned her body to the side, avoiding the scorching aura from Su Li's body. There were still traces of the love potion on both of them. If they got too close now, their bodies would uncontrollably heat up and their hearts would beat faster. If they practiced again, it would delay serious matters.

So Leifreya could only curl her lips and say to Su Li: "You are so shameless, I really have nothing to say."

Su Li smiled, then turned around and said, "Come and help me put on my armor, and tell me about the half-griffin knights. Your knight order has been stationed in the territory for so long, there should be four half-griffin knights, right?"

Although Freya had a disgusted expression on her face, she still gently walked over and helped Su Li put on his mithril rune armor, and said at the same time: "It seems that you have been plotting against our knight order's half-griffin knights for a long time, and you remember the data so clearly. There are four half-griffin knight orders, that's right, but Commander Constantine is impossible to ride a half-griffin to charge with the Vengeance Sun Knights."

Su Li put on his armor and moved around in place, stretched his body, and then said: "This is no problem, Commander Constantine can continue to lead the Corona Knights to charge. But I will talk to Commander Constantine about you and the remaining two half-griffin knights coming to help."

"Also, what did you mean by saying that you want to pay attention to the half-griffin knight order? Tell me about your trip to Griffin Forest, what did you gain?"

Freya nodded lightly and said: "This time we went to Griffin Forest to directly tame the half-griffins, so we can directly form a half-griffin knight. The territory has actually obtained a lot of half-griffin eggs. If they can all be hatched, the scale of the half-griffin knight order should be close to two squads."

Half-griffin knights are different from ordinary knights. An ordinary knight's squadron will be divided into two battle groups, with 60 people in a team to launch a charge. This can greatly exert their charging power without affecting mobility. Unless it is a super-scale war, and the commander has made up his mind to break through an enemy defense line at all costs, otherwise the knights will generally not charge in a horizontal formation of hundreds of people.

Because half-griffins are particularly large, to maintain mobility, the number of people can only be reduced. Generally, 24 people form a charging team. This will prevent crowding and self-collision, making it difficult to change direction.

So if the territory really has close to two squads of half-griffin knights, it can already form a standard half-griffin knight detachment.

But this matter is not as easy as Freya thought. Su Li sighed: "Do you think I don't want to accelerate the growth of the griffins? But the territory's druids have already drunk the medicine to the point of poisoning, and their entire faces have turned green. It's already very good that he can accelerate the growth of one or two griffins or half-griffins. So we must first defeat the first wave of the Green Dragon's dependents' invasion and buy time for him and for the entire territory's development."

Leifreya certainly knew that this was not easy, so she continued: "Then you can change your thinking. I have good news for you."

"Good news?" Su Li raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I like to hear good news the most, tell me about it."

"The existence and growing prosperity of your territory has actually affected the ecological balance within the Blood Pine Forest. The traces of human and knight activities have killed a large number of monsters, goblins, and goblins, causing the balance of the Griffin Forest to be somewhat unsustainable. The number of half-griffins inside is increasing."

Su Li was immediately overjoyed. This is really good news.

The food chain in nature is quite magical. Powerful half-griffins patrol the territory with the majesty of lions. But it is hard to imagine that it is the goblins and goblins who wander around and scavenge like hyenas that restrain their scale from growing. These insidious and weak monsters can always steal griffin eggs hidden in the nests of half-griffins in the Griffin Forest.

Su Li couldn't help but fantasize and asked, "We have killed a large number of monsters, causing the number of half-griffins in the Griffin Forest to surge. Will a large number of half-griffins emerge from it to forage, harassing the Green Dragon's dependents' army from the rear?"

Freya said coldly: "This is bound to happen. When there is not enough food in the Griffin Forest to maintain the number of half-griffins, they will definitely rush out to forage."

"But Lord Lord, don't expect too much. This process may take a relatively long time."

Su Li nodded, so the territory still needs to withstand the first wave of attacks before there can be a turnaround.

And once the territory survives this crisis, the scale of the territory's half-griffin knight order may expand rapidly! The recruitment speed may increase by 100%, from taming 1-2 half-griffins per month to taming 3-4 half-griffins per month. Perhaps forming a half-griffin knight order with a scale of 500 people is not out of the question.

So Su Li said ambitiously: "Then let's go, eat something simple, and we will go to Marshal Orstein to count the situation of the various knight orders, infantry regiments, and free corps."

Not long after Su Li and Freya packed up everything and left the room, Marshal Orstein and Lord Ron came to the conference hall in the castle together.

Priest Ron is indeed a knight who once had the strength of a God-chosen level. He has eaten the flesh of light-scaled fish time and time again. After re-embarking on the path of knight practice, his progress can be described as rapid.

He now has the strength of a high-level elite knight, and breaking through to become a champion knight is only a matter of time. After all, bottlenecks and thresholds do not exist for him at all.

Therefore, he also serves as the mentor of the territory's free corps, organizing and leading the territory's free corps.

After taking their seats in the conference room, Su Li went straight to the point and said: "As we expected, Wyvern King Sandarion, leading the vanguard army, will be the first to rush out of the forest. We cannot passively defend and allow them to gather and march leisurely, otherwise their orderly deployment and huge scale will directly overwhelm us."

"The Wester High Chamber of Commerce has sponsored our first line of defense on the west side of the Blood Pine Forest, building a series of continuous border outposts. This is a position we must not lose easily. I plan to actively meet Sandarion's army here. My commanders, how many troops can we send out in this battle?"

The followers of the Sun Goddess advance in an orderly manner in war. Even if they clear the fields, they will not give up all the outer defense lines at the beginning and directly use the capital to meet the enemy's siege.

Especially since there are still many wealth and opportunities in the wilderness of the Black Forest, Su Li's army cannot directly abandon all the field fortifications and directly shrink back into the castle.

The border outpost sponsored by the Wester High Chamber of Commerce is precisely the first battlefield that Su Li chose to meet the Green Dragon's dependents' army.

The fortifications built here are far more than just a simple outpost. This is the most rugged terrain on the west side of the Blood Pine Forest. On the vast plain, there is a stone mountain and earth slope here, which has become the commanding height for more than ten miles nearby.

Therefore, the merchants and the territory's army have built a series of defensive facilities here. At the bottom of the stone mountain, near the water source, humans have built a continuous city wall of more than four miles with wooden stakes, constructing a military camp. There are a large number of tents, wooden houses, warehouses, and even simple blacksmith shops inside, which can usually repair the tools used by workers to mine and the ironware used for life. In wartime, they can also easily repair weapons, swords, and chainmail leather armor.

Even on weekdays, a squadron of armed attendants and three squads of halflings and dwarves are stationed here.

They patrol the border together and maintain the camp's wells, sentry towers, arrow towers, watchtowers, etc.

On the stone mountain, there are also three military camps set up at various strategic locations, four defensive towers, and a carefully maintained path down the mountain with fences and wooden stakes. Here, a small defensive fortress has even been built with rubble. This is the core of this defensive system, ensuring that if the enemy besieges the camp below, the defenders on the mountain can strike from here at any time, attacking the enemy's flanks and rear in a pincer movement. The enemy, however, has no way to feint an attack up the mountain on this narrow path.

After all, this small fortress has two arrow towers built on it. The halfling archers and dwarf musketeers behind the firing ports can shoot with ease, almost impossible to be injured. Their precise shooting skills are aimed at the narrow mountain road, which has been calibrated for shooting routes, making almost every shot a hit.

From the moment the Green Dragon was about to awaken, the Black Forest Territory began to reinforce this place, and the army's size quickly increased from a company to more than 600 people. The knights commanded the armed servants to fully reinforce all the defensive facilities here, expanding, raising, and reinforcing them almost regardless of cost.

The defensive wall, which used to be just a thin wooden fence, has now been thickened by two layers, with a large amount of lime, gypsum, and clay compacted in the middle. The wall, which was more than two meters high, has been quickly increased to more than four meters, so even trolls can't directly attack the archers on the wall.

More than a dozen defensive towers and watchtowers have been rapidly erected. The territory's finances allocated funds to them, and they quickly purchased a large amount of wood, so there was no shortage of raw materials.

At the same time, a large number of adventurers, mercenaries, and bounty hunters have also gathered here. They not only undertake some of the tasks issued by the officers and knights, helping to build city defenses and solve the problem of material transportation, earning bounties, but also provide the territory's army with a large amount of food, props, and adventure items.

Among them are some magical things they found in the evil wizard towers, ancient ruins, and monster nests in the Blood Pine Forest.

Such as the Spirit Tree Star Dew Sweet Orange mentioned in the intelligence system today.

Priest Rongen also brought this important item with him, handing the shrub wrapped in soil to Su Li, and then solemnly said: "I am about to report to you on this work. As the territory war is about to come, a large number of adventurers are coming to our territory to seek opportunities to make a fortune."

"They have not only brought rare props found in various ruins and dangerous places, but also a considerable number of free corps."

The free corps in the broad sense of the empire, in addition to citizens and farmers who stand up to protect their homes and families from various vicious monsters and demons, usually also include those who lick blood from the tips of their knives, such as mercenaries, robbers, and pirates. They sell their strength and combat skills for money.

These people have no fixed place and are difficult to count, scattered throughout the empire's hinterland, border areas, and remote corners.

So Su Li was not sure about their number, and asked with concern: "My religious advisor, do you have the exact number of free corps?"

Rongen calmly said: "No one can completely count the number of free corps. But I have a registered number of free people here, a total of 1,623 people are willing to fight for our territory and are receiving military training."

Su Li frowned: "This number is far less than I expected."

Rongen spread his hands and said: "Based on five people per household, our territory has a total of eight or nine hundred households, and it is already very difficult to organize more than 1,600 free corps. This is also thanks to our very considerable citizen scale, with the active participation of the dwarf community, craftsmen from various workshops and shops, and workshop owners in the training."

Su Li asked with concern: "How is their equipment?"

Speaking of this, Rongen couldn't help but sigh: "It's hard to say in a word. These people's weapons are also varied: many retired veterans or followers of the Radiant Goddess may still have their uniforms, crossbows, and long-handled weapons from their service, while others may only be able to use long swords, hand axes, hunting bows, etc. to make up the numbers. Even in some troops, farm tools are used as weapons by these poor people."

"Although our territory has urgently supported them with a batch of weapons, only six companies of well-equipped militia have been organized. It is really beyond the scope of our territory's current strength to organize thousands of people in a short period of time and provide them with sophisticated equipment."

"In addition, this is the first time our territory has mobilized the free corps, and many people have doubts."

This is normal. As an important force for defending the territory, the free corps contributes to victory and will naturally be compensated from victory.

According to the empire's tradition, those free militiamen who survive the bloody battle will receive a sum of money from the elector's treasury as a reward, and they are also allowed to keep the spoils scavenged from the battlefield. However, some shameless imperial generals are notorious for often deploying participating mercenaries to the most intense areas of combat, after all, dead people do not need to be rewarded.

So if the Black Forest Territory can be a little fairer to the free corps and lead them to win, the number of free corps will increase.

While Su Li was thinking about this, Rongen continued: "But there is also good news. While the weapons and equipment of these free corps are messy, the adventure items and magical props they bring are also varied."

"The Spirit Tree [Star Dew Sweet Orange] that you asked us to find is a typical example. The adventurer brought it out completely because its leaves were glowing and beautiful, and the selling price was only 1 gold crown and 50 silver coins."

"But I just asked Agriculture Minister Fandal, and this is a very precious spirit tree, which only grows in the south of the empire. The sweet oranges that grow on it have powerful purification and detoxification effects. For example, the medicinal poison in the pasture director Emond can be detoxified by eating a sweet orange."

"High-end luxury perfumes made from sweet oranges are worth 100 gold crowns per bottle."

This is really a cash cow for the territory. One such Star Dew Sweet Orange can bring at least 500 to 600 gold crowns in revenue to the territory.

Although the pressure of the Green Dragon's invasion is huge, the development of the territory cannot be stopped.

So Su Li called Phyllis and asked her to take two nuns from the Church of Dawn to plant the sweet orange in the purple spirit field. It was planted next to the Blessed Purple Wisteria Tree. It is a low shrub and can coexist with the tall wisteria tree.

Su Li plans to turn the garden cared for by Ingrid into a fantasy forest or dream garden, where all kinds of fantasy fruits can grow.

Then Su Li asked: "From Lord Rongen's implication, besides this Star Dew Sweet Orange, the adventurers have brought many good things?"

Rongen immediately nodded and said: "They brought quite a few good things. In the past few days, we have purchased a batch of witchcraft props from them, such as [Echo Conch], [Morr Mask], [Wild Skull], etc."