Lord: Start with the Pioneer Knight

More than 30 dwarf soldiers paid the price of their lives to get back their lord's head.

After eight hours of fighting, Moncas's army captured the outermost part of the Iron Tower City.

Standing on the stone wall, Moncas looked at the scene in front of him calmly. The blood dyed the gray-white wall red, the bodies of dwarves and humans were intertwined, and broken swords were everywhere.

Orcott drew out his knight's sword and picked up the helmets of several dwarf soldiers, and found that they were all white-haired under the helmets.

"Viscount Moncas, eight out of ten dwarf corpses here are old people. There are very few young and middle-aged dwarves. It seems that they want to fight to the end." Orcott wiped the blood on the knight's sword and put the sword back into the scabbard.

"I originally wanted to take down the Iron Tower City in one go. Since these dwarves want to resist, let's proceed according to the original plan." Moncas was also helpless about this and could only follow the plan discussed before.

Upon hearing this, Orcott nodded and said, "Your troops suffered heavy casualties in today's siege. Let my soldiers take care of the aftermath."

"Then I'll trouble you." Viscount Moncas turned around and thanked him.

"It's my job," Orcott replied.

Afterwards, the troops under Orcott's command began to collect the bodies of their comrades, and as for the bodies of the dwarves, they were all thrown into places with water sources.

At the same time, the soldiers brought up the magic cannons and used energy bombs to violently destroy the important nodes of the Iron Tower City.

"My lord, the city is full of wood, and all our personnel have been evacuated." A low-level silver knight came to Orcott, beat his chest and saluted, and reported loudly.

Orcott nodded, and he threw the torch in his hand into the city with force. In an instant, the fire burned fiercely in the Iron Tower City.

The fire burned for two days and two nights, and the Iron Tower Mountain was stained with a layer of black ash, and thousands of dwarf soldiers suffocated to death in the tunnel.

In the headquarters of the 135th Legion, Weilin took a pen and wrote reports for Moncas and Orcott.

Being the head of the legion is very impressive, but during the battle, a report needs to be formed for each battle, submitted, and reviewed by the Merit Verification Department to finally determine how many merits the noble leading the troops has obtained.

As the head of the 135th Legion, as long as the nobles under his organization have obtained merits, he will have a copy, but the difference is how much.

This time, the purpose of selecting Viscount Moncas as the commander of the attack on the Iron Tower City is to repay the favor of the other party giving up his position to him.

In his opinion, there are at least three merits in conquering the Iron Tower City. Moncas can get two-thirds, and the remaining one-third belongs to his cousin. The merits obtained by Weilin are one-sixth of the merits obtained by the two of them. This part will be listed separately, and the merits in their hands will not be divided. This is the benefit of being the head of the legion.

If he directly led the troops to participate in the attack, he could get two copies with the blessing of the status of the head of the legion, but it is not necessary.

With so many nobles under his command, if he eats alone, he will be careful that the army will lose morale.

If they win, he will have a share of the military merits, which is a good leadership.

If they lose, he will also be responsible, reprimanded by the superiors, and even deducted from the military merits.

As a legion commander, the most important thing is to select generals.

After writing the combat report, Weilin took out a piece of white paper and wrote a report requesting logistical supplies.

The attack on the Iron Tower City consumed 800 intermediate magic crystals, which was really a bit of a waste.

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Three days later, the 135th Legion was divided into five parts. In addition to the four battalions led by Weilin to besiege the Iron Tower City, the other eight battalions of 40,000 troops, with two battalions as one part, led by Moncas, Olcott, Algernon and another viscount, swept the surrounding dwarf towns and villages.

Before leaving, Weilin summoned the nobles to tell them not to massacre the dwarf civilians.

As the commander of the 135th Legion and the chairman of the noble council of Kadlo Province, his reputation has long surpassed that of Viscount Moncas, as well as the benefits he has obtained for the legion.

All the nobles said that they would strictly abide by his orders.

Thirty percent of the property obtained by the noble army outside will be handed over, 20% will belong to Weilin and the nobles who stayed behind, and the remaining 50% will belong to themselves.

"Cassius, the task of besieging the Iron Tower City is handed over to you. The dwarves who voluntarily surrender can be detained. If you encounter a slave merchant, you can sell them if the price is right. Remember to keep a clear account."

"Also, strictly control the surrounding water sources. These dwarves who are short of water will definitely run out to grab water. These places must be defended."

"Yes, my lord." Cassius answered loudly.

Weilin nodded with satisfaction, patted his shoulder, and said: "The experience of commanding 20,000 troops is rare. Study hard. I have high hopes for you."

"Thank you for your appreciation, my Lord."

"Okay, go down."

Weilin waved his hand and let Cassius leave.

As for the battles encountered by other nobles during the looting, some reports were given to Kyle to write, and he was responsible for some major battles and some reports.

In mid-July, more and more slave merchants came to the territory of Xigas Province.

There were chambers of commerce from the Kingdom of Ilia, the Kingdom of Kube, and even the Kingdom of Basio.

The Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom was losing ground in the south, and three provinces fell into the hands of the Ilia Kingdom. However, in the war with the Basio Kingdom in the north, the situation was reversed. The dwarves hammered them to the ground and lost control of four border provinces.

This was the news that Weilin received from his uncle Bamond half a month ago, which was shocking.

The Basio Kingdom and the Ilia Kingdom sent troops in the same situation, both with tens of millions of troops.

The total number of troops of the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom was only 10 million, and they needed to deal with human armies from both the north and the south at the same time.

It stands to reason that the Basio Kingdom, which has several times the number of troops of the other side, would end up in a miserable defeat. It really makes people wonder what they are doing.

Recalling the combat effectiveness of the Basio Kingdom army in the Principality of Bogonghan four years ago, it is not so surprising.

In addition, with the political system in their country, it is natural for such a thing to happen.

After this battle, the ranking of the Basio Kingdom in the Sinops subcontinent may drop by several places.

In early September, more and more dwarves walked out of the tunnels of the Iron Tower City and knelt down to surrender.

Under the attack of "hunger", the dwarf civilians with unsteady faith gave up their beliefs and surrendered to the human army.

After some dwarf officers found out, they did not stop them, but just watched their men leave silently.

For these surrendered dwarf soldiers, Cassius, according to Verin's instructions, imprisoned them all, and when there were a certain number, they were packaged and sold to slave traders.