Lord Harland

Butler has superior qualifications and can meditate very quickly. Unfortunately, the meditation method he practices is incomplete. Richard only deduced the Book of Curses to the fifth ring.

In recent years, there have been a lot of messes in Harland's territory, and the territory has become larger and larger. Richard has almost no free time.

The derivation of the two meditation methods slowed down, and Butler had to rely on his own derivation for future meditations.

In this way, his speed of advancement will naturally slow down.

Berika has a moderate talent for magic and has been studying magic for more than ten years. He is one of the earliest magicians trained by the Harland leader. His performance is quite satisfactory and he has been successfully promoted to the fourth ring.

Among the mages who advanced this time, Adrian was the most special.

Compared to other magicians, Adrian's talent is average. He learned magic almost at the same time as Richard and Wendy, and it has been almost twenty years now.

Although he worked very hard for twenty years, he dared not slack off for a day, insisted on meditating every day, and spent a lot of energy and time on magic research.

However, his weakness in talent gradually widened the gap between him and Richard and Wendy.

Normally speaking, it would be difficult for a person with low qualifications and talents like Adrian to be promoted to a third-level mage before the age of forty.

But Adrian is an important member of the Harland Masters Association and has made considerable contributions to magic research.

Because he has accumulated a large number of contribution points, Adrian can redeem sufficient magic resources.

Thanks to a variety of potions that increase the speed of meditation and improve the affinity of elements, Adrian was finally promoted to the fourth ring at the age of thirty-five.

Adrian once created a ring of magic detection rays. This magic is a very important magic in the medical field. Its effect is equivalent to that of an X-ray machine, which greatly promoted the development of diagnostics.

It has been more than ten years since he created the detection ray, and Adrian's research has been stagnant for many years. Over the years, he has focused his energy on studying blood, and gradually has new ideas, but if he wants to make important results again, I am afraid that It also requires luck and time.

January passed quickly, and the weather in February became a little warmer. The new students have started school. As the temperature rises and the soil thaws, Harland Territory has begun its annual farmland reclamation.

This year, Harland's key development areas are all in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains, with priority given to immigration and land reclamation around Snow Crystal Lake and Martins Castle to accelerate the development of these two areas.

The terrain in the northern part of Snow Crystal Lake is very flat, and there are large impact plains on both sides of the Samba River. Because they won the Battle of Samba River last year, a large number of orc tribes on the north bank chose to migrate, and the control area of ​​​​the Harland Territory extended to the north.

Although it is not yet mature to develop the north bank area across the Samba River, the land on the south bank is ready for development.

The land on the south bank of the Samba River is fertile and there is no shortage of water resources. If it can be developed and matured, it can support a population of tens of millions.

Leader Harland plans to reclaim four million acres of farmland in the north of Xuejing Lake this year, and the number of immigrants will exceed 150,000.

In addition to the area around Snow Crystal Lake, another development focus this year is around Martins Castle. This territory has been occupied by the Grant Kingdom for seventeen years. Unfortunately, the Martins family cannot withstand the orcs and has not developed very well.

Over the past ten years or so, the situation in Northern Xinjiang has changed. After many twists and turns, this area was merged into the Harland Territory. Finally, it attracted Richard's attention and invested a lot of resources.

This year Harland led, and the number of immigrants near Martins Castle also exceeded 100,000.

Two years ago, King Roger granted the Earl of Martins to Richard. At that time, the situation in the Harland Territory was bad, with an army of orcs from the north pressing down on the territory, and a dragon's lair in the east. In order to avoid being attacked on three sides, he started a war with the legendary ogre tribe in the west. . Richard made many compromises and gave up 20,000 square kilometers of land as a buffer zone.

Now the situation has changed. The orcs in the north were so badly beaten that they no longer dared to fight the Harland leader head-on. The legendary dragon in the east was even beaten and fled in panic, abandoning its lair. There are no enemies around Harland's territory, so it is natural that they will come to cause trouble for the ogre tribe.

However, in order to defeat the ogre tribe, a large army must be dispatched to fight.

Although the Harland Territory has not fought large-scale battles with the ogre tribe in the past two years, the garrison in the west also performs a large number of reconnaissance missions every year. Use magic hot air balloons to conduct reconnaissance and gather various intelligence.

Halland Territory Intelligence estimates the number of ogres at between two and three thousand.

Although the number of more than two thousand ogres is small, their combat effectiveness is very impressive.

Ogres are extraordinary creatures. Even if they do not awaken their bloodline, their natural strength exceeds ten points, which is higher than that of second-level warriors. The strength level of most third-level warriors and knights is almost the same as that of adult ogres.

The ogres who have awakened their bloodline, even at the third level, are very difficult to deal with and are strong enough to fight against the sixth level warriors. Without sophisticated weapons and equipment, a sixth-level warrior might be a little less powerful than a third-level ogre.

There are more than two thousand ogres, about half of whom have awakened their bloodline. Among them, there are nearly fifty high-level professionals and more than two hundred mid-level professionals. Together with the legendary ogres, their combat power is greater than that of an orc army. A little more powerful.

Although Richard has the Star Necklace, as long as the ogres do not gather together to fight the Harland leader, it will not be an easy task to annihilate the ogres in a land area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. I am afraid it will take a lot of time. long time.

Now that the news has spread that Richard has a legendary fourth-level magic item in his hand, as long as the legendary ogre is not a fool, he will naturally not assemble a team to fight against the regular army led by Harland. Instead, he will take advantage of his familiarity with the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare with the soldiers led by Haaland in tens of thousands of square kilometers of mountainous terrain.

Compared with the army led by Harland, the small group of ogres is usually more elite and more suitable for guerrilla warfare. Last year, the ogre tribe showed signs of this and attacked many settlements established by the Harland Territory. In just a few months, the casualties caused to the Harland Territory exceeded 1,000.

If you want to defeat the ogres, you must develop the Martins Earldom. In order to protect immigrants, Richard reduced the garrison of the northern Xinjiang defense line this year, added 6,000 soldiers near Martins Castle, and strengthened the demon hunting squadron and the special squadron, allowing the two troops to take on the task of harassing the ogres.

Harland has sufficient human resources. Currently, more than 1,200 professionals are promoted every year. What he is least afraid of is fighting a war of attrition. Although fighting guerrilla warfare is very troublesome for Leader Harland, Leader Harland now has a great business, and Richard has the means to deal with guerrilla warfare.

Time flies by quickly, and it’s March in the blink of an eye. The temperature is rising and spring plowing is about to begin.

At this time of year, Haaland ramps up his scouting missions.

Now Harland has an established Wyvern Knight and has established a foothold in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains. He can conduct in-depth reconnaissance on the northern prairie. In order to clarify the orcs' combat goals, the Wyvern Knight went deep into the Puliland area. North.

According to the intelligence detected by Harland Territory, the orcs were not found to have any intention of fighting.

After receiving the reconnaissance information, Richard just breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that the orcs would not invade the south this year, but he did not expect that the orcs just did not mobilize troops in the northern part of Harland Territory.

On March 16, the orcs mobilized ten legions and poured into the southwest of the Eagle Mountains.

The Jonathan family in the eastern part of the Eagle Mountains also had a hard time. They were attacked by two orc legions. The main force was restrained by the orcs and could not send reinforcements to other areas.

This time the orcs completely gave up attacking the Harland Territory and targeted the two Dukes Edward and Fox.

Among them, the Dukedom of Edward suffered a major blow from the orcs. More than six orc legions crossed the Eagle Mountains and entered the Dukedom of Edward.

Such a powerful force immediately caused Duke Edward's defense line to collapse.

In just one week, Duke Edward lost seven large groups of soldiers, and castles such as Vera and Sawyer, which were key points on the front line, were lost.

Even the most prestigious commander in Duke Edward, the legendary second-level warrior Harmon, died and was not spared.

Harmon is the son-in-law of Duke Edward and has been promoted to legend for more than ten years. Although he is only a warrior, he is still the most powerful and prestigious member of the Edward family.

Unlike the Harland Territory, the Dukedom of Edward has not developed flying arms. There is no flying arms. The reconnaissance force is suppressed by the harpies. It is like a deaf and blind man on the battlefield, and it is easy to be plotted and besieged by the orc army. Most of the defeats of the Grant Kingdom in previous battles were due to this reason.

In the battle with the orcs, if you cannot develop flying units, you will not be able to take the initiative on the battlefield.

Harmon died because he fell into the orcs' plan. The cavalry he led were surrounded by the orcs' superior force. Although the two aces of the orcs were disabled, the army led by Duke Edward was still no match for the orcs.

Even the Warcraft Cavalry of Duke Edward lost half in this battle.

After Harmon died in the battle, the news spread back to Maple Leaf Castle. The old and frail Duke Edward could not bear such a serious blow, so he became furious and died in the palace that day.

As soon as the old Duke died, members of the Edwardian family immediately began to compete for succession. Although the orc forwards broke through their defenses, they were not far from Maple Leaf Castle. But it was almost instinct for nobles to fight for power. Before they could decide a winner, Maple Leaf Castle was already surrounded by orcs.

Maple Leaf Castle is the capital of Duke Edward. There are 300,000 people near the castle. Now the capital is under siege, and the territory is full of orcs who are burning, killing and looting. In the blink of an eye, the situation of Duke Edward has become extremely dangerous. It is on the verge of being destroyed by orcs. edge.

In just over ten days after the orcs invaded, the Duke of Edward lost more than 400,000 people. The capital, Maple Leaf Castle, was under siege. The defenders of Palani Castle lacked strength and did not dare to send troops to assist. They could only continuously send messengers to request support from nearby nobles.

In late March, a large number of people fleeing the Duke of Edward's territory appeared on the western border between Gascoigne Province and Harland Territory.

After the messenger entered the Gascoigne Province, he found the Mad Lions.

Because of the relationship of mutual support, the Mad Lion Legion sent six brigades into the Dukedom of Edward, restrained some of the orcs, and provided a certain degree of protection for the eastern region of the Dukedom of Edward.

The royal family's elite central army has been transferred to the south. Now it can only provide this little help to the Duke of Edward. The neighbor to the west, the Duke of Fox, is unable to protect itself in the face of the attack of four orc legions. The current situation also requires the Kingdom of Grant to send troops. Supported.

Now the only thing Edward Duke can count on is the Duke of York in the south and the Duke of Harland in the east.

In recent years, the Duchy of Harland has risen rapidly, and its national power is far ahead of the other three duchies. However, Edward, Fox and other great nobles in northern Xinjiang are very afraid of the Harland family, and the relationship between the two parties is relatively distant. It may be very difficult for Harland to lead the troops this time. After all, the Harland territory was besieged by orcs last year, and neither Edward nor Fox provided any help to the Harland territory.

Now asking Richard to ignore his past grievances is obviously forcing him to do something difficult.

After discussing with Simone, Harris of Palany Castle decided to focus on the Duke of York for help. Although the Duke of York's military strength was not as good as that of the Duke of Harland, after all, it had three legions of regular troops. It is also a huge force. If this legion participates in the war, it can help Duke Edward reduce the pressure by half.

Although the focus of the request for help is on the Duke of York, the direction of the Duke of Harland cannot be given up.

At the critical moment of life and death, they must grasp every straw.

Harris and Simon from Palani Castle acted separately, handing over the six brigades of soldiers from Palani Castle to the deputy general and acting as messengers themselves. At this time, the messenger seeking help must have decision-making power and his status must be high enough. If you want the two dukes to try their best to help, you must give up a lot of benefits, which may require cutting off the land. Ordinary envoys simply do not have enough authority.

Harris has a higher status in the Edward family. He is now an eighth-level golden knight and can be regarded as the fourth most powerful person in the Edward family. Now Duke Edward has died in a rage, and Harmon died in battle near Villa Castle. Plott, the eldest son of Duke Edward, the first in line of succession, was surrounded by orcs in Maple Leaf Castle.

The decision-making of Duke Edward is actually dominated by Harris and Simeone.

Harris went directly to the Duke of York and promised to let his daughter marry the third son of the Duke of York, and set aside 14,000 square kilometers of land on the border between the two sides as fiefdoms for his daughter and son-in-law, in exchange for reinforcements from two legions of the Duke of York. .

Although it sounds nice and is acceptable in name, this deal is actually the Duke of Edward ceding territory in exchange for the support of the Duke of York.

Another legion from the Duke of York wants to provide help to the Duke of Fox. The situation in the Duke of Fox was not as bad as that of the Duke of Edward. They only paid for a viscounty fief and asked for support.

Although the outcome of this war has not been decided, the Duke of York has already obtained a lot of benefits. It has cut off a piece of flesh from the two major families of Edward and Fox, and expanded its territory by more than 20,000 people.