Warlord: King of All Clans

Standing on the city wall, Knight Solovy watched his soldiers enter the city and said in a deep voice: "Talhanberk in the western border is said to have more than 10,000 cavalry. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not too far off."

"Most of the cavalry in the Western Territory are light cavalry. Only the Berk's personal guards have full armor. These heavy cavalry are called Qiexue."

"Each Keshig is equivalent to a northern knight. It is said that Talhanberk has 300 Keshig."

"Three hundred Qiexue, three thousand armored cavalry, and tens of thousands of cavalry are already a very powerful force in the Western Territory."

Although "甲骑兵具裝備" and "甲骑兵具裝備" are often used together, they are actually two different words. "甲骑兵具裝備" refers to human armor, while "具裝備" refers to horse armor.

The Western Armored Cavalry refers to armored cavalry that is different from the herdsmen. They are generally equipped with armor such as chain mail, mail or hard leather armor, but their war horses are not protected by iron horse armor.

On the one hand, the productivity of the Western Territory is insufficient. On the other hand, the war horses in the Western Territory are generally short, and there is a lack of qualified armored war horses.

Among the armored knights in the three regions of the empire, only a few ride warhorses of special local bloodlines, and the rest generally ride heavy warhorses from the north.

Of course, in the three territories of the empire today, one does not have to go to the North to buy Northern horses. There are lords in the two southwestern territories who have introduced Northern horses for breeding.

Therefore, the Qiexue in the western border is equivalent to the armored knights in the northern border, who are pure aristocratic soldiers, while the armored cavalry is equivalent to the light cavalry in the northern border, who are civilian cavalry.

As for the light cavalry in the west, they only have simple leather armor for defense, or are simply unarmored horse thieves or herdsmen. They can only be regarded as conscripted soldiers. Their frontal combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular infantry in the north, but they have the advantage that everyone has a horse and can come and go like the wind.

Ordinary Western Light Cavalry is also very strong in small-scale combat.

Although their riding horses are short, they still weigh hundreds of pounds, and a kick from a horse with horseshoes can kill a person.

Their years of experience as horse bandits have also made them skilled in archery and horse riding.

The people in the north and south resisted the light cavalry in the west by either relying on defending the city or forming a dense forest of spears and barricades.

In short, you can win, but you are very passive.

Leo nodded and said, "I did get a lot of information yesterday. This Tarhanberk family was originally just a thousand households in the western border. They took advantage of the lord's foreign military operations to attack and kill the loyal families, occupy the territory, and manage it for three generations."

"The current Tarhan Berk has successively conquered five nearby Berks, big and small, and established a huge territory in the western border. He can be regarded as a great hero."

Knight Solovy was a native of Isenpol and knew more about this. He nodded and said, "I met him once when I was young. He is indeed a great man. He also has many extraordinary knights under his command. I am afraid that his strength can be ranked in the top ten among the Berks in the Western Territory."

Seeing Leo remained silent, Knight Solovi comforted him, "Fortunately, the people of the West are good at horse fighting, but their foot fighting ability is very average. A fortress with 3,000 defenders was actually captured by more than 1,000 kobolds. You can imagine their foot fighting ability."

"Besides, Talhanberk is old and weak, and has no successor. His territory is large, so I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage to attack the Buck Fortress with all his might."

Leo couldn't help but nod his head. The two of them reviewed Strong's siege and had an understanding of the combat capabilities of both sides.

The hog riders and heavy ogres could not climb the city walls, the werewolf warriors were few in number, the kobolds were just there to make up the numbers, and Strong's gunpowder reserves were also limited.

If the same number of Northern infantrymen had been stationed to defend the city and were a little braver and more courageous, Strong would either have won a miserable victory or been defeated miserably. He would definitely not have been able to capture the fortress within a day.

In the final analysis, it was because the horse bandits defending the western border were unable to change their nature and were unable to put up a tough fight, and were once again scared off by Strong's gunpowder.

The current territory of Talhanberk is no smaller than that of the Earl of the North, and he has to face more than just one enemy, Isembol.

It was impossible for him to abandon the territory he had managed for a long time and attack with tens of thousands of cavalry.

If there were only a few thousand people, there would be no need to worry too much.

So he smiled and said, "Is that what I'm worried about? I'm thinking about how to reconcile with Talhanberk and resume trade with the West."

"Occupying Buck Fortress does make us worry-free, but at the same time we also need to station a large number of troops here. This cost must be earned back from Buck Fortress."

"If the two regions resume trade, Talhanberk will wantonly intercept and kill caravans in the western region, and we won't be able to collect much tax. We have to find a way to reconcile."

Knight Solovy didn't have much business and political acumen, or he simply didn't want to think about it. He simply shook his head and said, "That's difficult, but it's your problem."

Leo looked at Knight Solovie and suddenly said, "Then you didn't do anything at all? You have taken over Buck Fortress, which gives you an advantage over Hewan. Knight Solovie's territory is right next to the World Tree Avenue, and Hewan is still dozens of miles away."

Knight Solovie laughed angrily, "My knights have at most a thousand men, and your Hewan has at least 20,000 men. You took over such a big river mouth town? Who is taking advantage?"

"I don't care. You've taken advantage, so you have to do something." Leo said, "My dear uncle, the extraordinary combat power of Hewan is too weak. They really can't hold up the situation. You are a mid-level extraordinary. If you stay in Buck Fortress, even if Talhan Burke leads his army to attack, what can he do to you?"

Knight Solovie was also somewhat tempted. As a traditional northern knight, it would be against his will to say that he did not like war.

He is a mid-level extraordinary knight and the top wind knight in the North. No matter which earldom he goes to, he can be an independent flag knight.

As a result, now I am following my eldest brother, and my daily job is to fight bandits everywhere in the jurisdiction of Isenpol.

In the largest battle, the total number of people on both sides did not exceed 500, which was really shabby.

If he really had to go into hostility with Burke in the West, it would be unreasonable for him, as one of the few mid-level extraordinary people in Isembol, not to go to the front line.

Looking at the endless western grasslands below the city, Knight Solovy murmured, "With these 1,000 soldiers now, I can only hold off 5,000 at most."

Leo clapped his hands and said, "That's enough. I'll take care of the rest!"

At this time, Ivan walked up to the city wall and shouted to Leo and Knight Solovy from afar: "Hey! Two idle guys, help me move the goods!"

Knight Solovy raised his eyebrows, "What goods do you need me to move?"

Leo knew what it was, so he went down first and waved to Knight Solovy, "Come on, I'll show you another mid-level transcendent from River Bay!"

The River Bay Lord's army that entered the city consisted of three hundred elite River Bay infantrymen, two hundred Basaka longbowmen, and one hundred artillery apprentices. Although the soldiers were lightly equipped, the entire army was heavily laden with baggage, including as many as twenty horse-drawn and donkey carts.

Arriving in front of the last carriage, Leo lifted the flap and showed the goods to Knight Solovy. "Let me introduce you to another mid-ranking officer in River Bay, Captain Morse!"

Knight Solovie took a look and saw a huge cannon barrel that looked like a courtyard pillar.