Warlord: King of All Clans

Among the two cities captured from Earl Gustav, there are two castles within the jurisdiction of Vidanlan City.

One is the central hub of the Buck Mountain beacon tower defense line, where 500 Gustav soldiers are stationed permanently.

The northern foothills of the Buck Mountains are blocked by the Anzeno River, and the foreign tribes in the mountains cannot directly cross the river to attack the territory of Arbroath.

Over the past few hundred years, the foreign tribes in the mountains who failed in the competition for territory were squeezed out of the mountains and invaded the territory of Weidanlan City on the southern slope.

Although the 500 soldiers stationed by Gustav are not many, they are already a powerful human army for these small alien tribes.

In previous years, the three or five ogres, hundreds of jackals and wild boars that jumped down the mountain from time to time were cleared out by this garrison, in conjunction with the surrounding knights.

Another castle is located in a small port on the other side of Arbroath downstream, which is ruled by a banner family from the city of Vidanlan.

This is the only port town along the Anzeno River in Earl Gustav's territory, and it has very close trade with the city of Abros.

Ever since Riverbend swallowed up Arbroath, the banner lords here have been secretly communicating with Rigolav, and one-third of Strong's military intelligence was provided by this family.

In the west, the city of Xingtao built three castles, including the "Red Mountain Castle", on the three avenues of the Borokbach Mountains in the west.

If you want to do business from the West to the North, there are only four roads that can be used by carriages. In addition to the World Tree Avenue in Buck Fortress, there are only three roads on the side of Xingtao City.

During this period of time, two castles, including Hongshan Castle, were attacked and looted by Arina and her men.

In the entire Xingtao City, more than half of the knight territories were trampled by the Western Cavalry, and a large number of people and supplies were sent to the Western Territory.

But those lands and minerals cannot be taken away.

Leo took his entourage to investigate the Red Mountain Fort area.

Arina wrapped herself like a mummy with a plaster bandage from the river bend and followed Leo, walking with great difficulty.

The kind-hearted Gwen and Xia were there to support them.

According to Arina, during the siege of the city by the River Bend Legion, in order to assist River Bend, she forcibly blocked the armored knights of Star Tao City Lord Raymond and the high-level knight Gunliv, which gave Strong the opportunity to encircle and annihilate Fontena's main army.

But the enemy was so powerful as a monster that they could not win despite their best efforts. Arina was seriously injured and her musketeer cavalry also suffered heavy casualties.

The military strength of the entire Tarhan tribe will decline for many years.

In order to appease the army, Ajina had to let her men plunder and let the centurions who followed them recover some blood.

Red Mountain Castle is located at the foot of the Borokbach Mountains, hundreds of meters higher than the plains below the mountain. To the east, the plain is flat and the walls of Xingtao City can be seen in the distance.

Looking at this vast land, Arina couldn't help but say, "In just a few years, the territory of the Earldom of River Bay has doubled again, which is faster than the expansion of our Tarhan tribe, but it seems so calm and unhurried. It's really hard to understand."

After Riverbend occupied Isenpore, the town became a city. After occupying Arbroath, one city became two cities. Now two cities have become four cities. The territory has been doubled over and over again, growing exponentially.

The next time we expand, I’m afraid that a few fully-strength legions will attack and consume an earldom at a time.

The expansion momentum of the river bend is so rapid, but in everyone's perception, Rio Mundo is the least ambitious earl, which is incredible.

Leo looked at the devastation and felt grief-stricken. "You people in the Western Territory, you should have distributed the population and materials properly after the war. With all this burning, killing and looting, the economy of this region has fallen behind by at least 30 years!"

Ajina sneered: "If it weren't for you, this place would be more than 30 years behind. At least I left half of it for you."

Arina was right. Without the threat of the Gustav family's main army, her Western Border Army could plunder freely without having to worry about retreating.

If Arina had not been afraid of Leo's revenge, she would have told her centurions to stop and half of the area of ​​Xingtao City would have become an uninhabited area.

Leo shook his head repeatedly, "Barbaric! Stupid! If the cake is divided well, everyone can have enough to eat. If we scramble for it, the loss will be greater than the gain."

Ajina was not brainwashed at all, "That has to be divided. If it's in your mouth, can we still eat a small piece?"

As she spoke, she groaned in pain, "Ah, my ribs! Lord Earl, I fought for the River Bay and was badly injured. I don't need you to serve me tea and water. Is it too much to give me a hundred guns?"

Last time Leo pretended to be injured, Arina carried his urinal for three days. Leo was very touched, so he went forward to comfort her, "Where are you injured? Since you were injured for Hewan, let alone a hundred guns, even if it's a captain of a thousand or ten thousand men, it won't hurt to give it to you."

As he said this, he reached out and touched Arina's plaster bandage.

As soon as Arina smiled, she immediately became alert and stepped back.

But it was too late. As soon as Leo's fingers touched the plaster bandage, his hidden strength surged, and the magic power that poured out instantly tore the plaster bandage on Arina's body into pieces.

Arina screamed, covered her chest with her hands, jumped back several meters, and glared at Leo angrily.

Because it was hot in early autumn, Arina wore nothing under the plaster bandage, and her smooth upper body had no wounds at all.

Leo laughed loudly, "Do you think I'm stupid? You dare to show off your skills in front of an expert? You are the real ancestor who pretends to be pitiful."

After reaching a high level, his mind-warping skills became more sophisticated, and he could tell that Arina was pretending just by looking at her gait and breathing.

Seeing that Leo had seen through her plan, Arina simply stopped pretending. She took the legion cloak that Gwen had taken off and wrapped it around herself, saying coldly, "But no matter what, our Tarhan tribe sent out 5,000 troops and traveled for months, but we couldn't even get a piece of land. It's not fair no matter how you say it. How should we compensate them? Tell me."

Leo looked at the valley behind Red Mountain Castle, which was the road leading to the West. "Then let's build a railway here, leading directly to Ulangar. We can give you a 20% discount on the high-quality ironware from Hewan."

Arina's eyes suddenly lit up. Hewan ironware was the biggest necessity in the Western Territory. Whether it was iron farm tools, cooking utensils, iron armor, weapons, or even small gadgets such as arrowheads, stirrups, horse bits, and horseshoes, they were all the rage in the Western Territory and in great demand.

Especially small horse harness accessories such as horseshoes, which may look inconspicuous, but are the lifeblood of Western riders.

In their eyes, the difference between horse harness accessories made of high-quality steel from the River Bay and those made of ordinary wrought iron from the blacksmith shops in the West is the difference between luxury goods and consumables.

What's outrageous is that the former is cheaper!

In the western border, the trade volume of private caravans only accounts for 30% of the total trade volume, and most of the high-profit goods are monopolized by the Talhan family.

Without waiting for Arina to digest the good news, Leo thought for a moment and said, "And the flintlock rifles from the river bay can also be sold to you."

Ajina couldn't believe it, but she remained calm and asked in a deep voice, "How many?"

Leo held out his palm, "Hardware."

Because of the assembly line in the musket workshop, the cost of the flintlock has been reduced to five thousand copper coins, or fifty silver coins. Leo increased the price tenfold, and it is estimated that this is a price that Arina cannot refuse.

Sure enough, Arina's hair stood up in excitement. She threw herself on Leo and kissed him hard on the face, "Damn Mondo, I love you so much!"

Gwen and Xiya were both a little jealous. They surrounded their lord with unfriendly expressions and continued to investigate, guarding against Arina's approach.