Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

"My lord, this group of wilderness coalition forces totals about twenty-five to thirty thousand, but only less than ten thousand are truly combat-capable. The rest are all goblins, kobolds, and other vassal dependents, serving as auxiliary soldiers."

"I also saw pig-men, harpies, and bugbears in their camp."

Inside the meeting hall, the mustached officer reported the information he had gathered from scouting with his reconnaissance team.

The lord noticed that one of the officer's hands was wrapped in a cloth, the blood seeping into it already dry and congealed.

Clearly, this information was not obtained easily.

Although Li Wei didn't know the specific casualties of the cavalry, the fact that even the commanding officer was injured meant that, even if the losses weren't severe, a price had definitely been paid.

"They have built beast-hide tents on a low slope, with no fortifications on the periphery."

"Centaurs, pig-men, bugbears, harpies, quite the gathering."

The lord clicked his tongue inwardly.

Wilderness races were as numerous as the hairs on an ox. These few races could all be considered strong combat races, but he didn't expect them to gather together now.

Among them, bugbears were cousins of goblins. Compared to goblins, who averaged only four or five inches in height, these bugbears were generally around two yards tall, and their strength was naturally greater.

But for Li Wei, it was just so-so. What he really cared about were the minotaurs and centaurs.

"The real main force is less than ten thousand..." Flynna tapped the table and pondered for a moment, "And there are no fortifications..."

In fact, she didn't expect a group of wilderness natives to build fortifications. Although where there were bugbears, there were bound to be hobgoblins, distant relatives with innate military talent, leading them.

But with such a large team, if these hobgoblins could prevent it from collapsing on its own and still gather together to march, they would already be doing their best.

They wouldn't have extra energy to command the entire army to build fortifications.

"A group of wilderness natives, it's already not easy for them to march here. We can't demand too much from them, whether it's ambushes or fortifications," Fujello commented fairly, stroking a ring inlaid with an emerald on his finger. Although he was the commander of the Thorns Legion of eight thousand men, it was no longer his decision whether to fight this crucial battle.

If someone else parachuted in to command him, he would definitely harbor some doubts in his heart.

But Duchess Flynna was a complete talent who excelled in both combat aura and military affairs, and he couldn't compare to her in either aspect.

Naturally, he accepted the command sincerely and wouldn't say too much.

"Let the vanguard open the way, Fujello, you lead five squads to advance as the main attack."

After hesitating for only a moment, Flynna made a decision, and orders were issued one after another.

"Li Wei, you and Skye will provide support, and you will decide when to attack."

Li Wei nodded slowly.

Although acting as support meant he had a lot of pressure, this decision being left to him was very clever.

This meant that if Fujello, as the main force, encountered extremely difficult circumstances, he could also choose not to attack and simply say it was an inappropriate time to deal with any accusations from these officers afterward.

For Flynna, although this wilderness coalition army was stronger than expected, it was still just so-so.

A makeshift team was called a makeshift team because their discipline and equipment were extremely poor.

Perhaps their individual martial strength far exceeded her soldiers, but it should be known that even if an individual is strong, they can't last long in group battles.

After the meeting, Li Wei hurriedly ran back to the Highcliff Fort camp, lifted the tent flap, and walked in.

"How is it, brother-in-law?" Meer put down the hand-and-a-half sword in his hand.

As the lord's personal tent, it was extremely spacious and fully capable of supporting Meer's sword practice inside.

"The war has begun, go and tell the warriors to prepare to move out."

Li Wei walked over and kicked Zart, who was sleeping, on the butt, "Still sleeping, hurry up and put on my armor for me!"

Still dazed, Zart instantly woke up, rolled up from the ground, and shouted loudly outside, "Where are my auxiliary soldiers? Come over and armor me!"

It was truly a scene of the big fish eating the small fish and the small fish eating the shrimp.

The lord's officials at Highcliff Fort were one level above the others, and as the legion commander, he was naturally one level above these auxiliary soldiers.

Several goat-men were rubbing their hands, roasting by the fire, with several sweet potatoes about to be cooked inside. Hearing Zart's loud voice, they rushed into the tent as if their lives depended on it.

"Lord Zart, we will put on your armor for you right away."

Three goat-men laboriously carried the parts of the armor, climbed up the ladder chair, and put on the armor for Zart, who was two yards and eight inches tall.

Li Wei was also gradually completing the donning of his three-layered heavy armor with the help of several rabbit-man auxiliary soldiers.

This was why, although Highcliff Fort only had three hundred official warriors, the total number could reach more than seven hundred.

These auxiliary soldiers were not only there to help dig trenches, build tents, and construct fortifications, but their main purpose was to help the warriors put on their armor.

After all, these iron armors were composed of individual parts. Although they could be put on successfully by individuals, it was extremely time-consuming and laborious, and not worth the effort.

Recently, Meer had been researching one-piece iron armor, where people only needed to stand on it, and the armor could be automatically put on through the transmission between gears.

However, it was still in the initial stage, and there were still many problems that had not been solved.

But even so, it made the lord very excited.

If the problem of donning armor was solved, the logistics would be reduced by more than 30% of the number of people, and the entire team would be more convenient and would not appear very cumbersome.

Sam trembled as he put on his leather armor, put on a felt hat, and put the stone egg into the shoulder bag in front of him.

These days, he had been praying that there would be no war, but he didn't expect it to come today.

"Brother-in-law, let's go!"

Meer changed into a very flamboyant bright silver plate armor, holding a helmet in his arms and a long sword hanging from his waist.

Coupled with his nearly two-yard-tall physique, this appearance alone was enough to join the Rose Knights, who were all rabbit-men.

The lord was extremely envious of this set of plate armor that Meer personally designed and built for himself, but on the surface, he said it was too flashy, and the defense was far worse than his black iron can armor.

Most of the cooks and auxiliary soldiers were left in the camp. Taking a few auxiliary soldiers, the warriors in all-black armor, flying the banner of Highcliff Fort, marched mightily towards the designated location.

Along the way, Skye also joined Li Wei's team with his knights.

Taking the initiative to undertake the task of scouting.

The Thorns Legion, with about three thousand people, plus the three hundred people from Highcliff Fort, began to advance while deploying a combat formation.

Finally, they stopped five miles away from the wilderness coalition camp. This position ensured that they would not be threatened by any long-range weapons or wilderness shaman spells.

Li Wei stood on...