Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 20
On October 10, at the Viscount's Castle in Rothland, the Gray Goose leader had just enjoyed the care of the human girls for a night.

To be honest, he now knows why human nobles build castles. There are wind arrays in the castle to maintain indoor ventilation, fire arrays and ice arrays to adjust the temperature, and silence arrays to separate himself from the group outside. Separated from the barbarians, there are always available baths, alchemy lamps, and the services of human maids.

The Gray Goose leader at this moment is already full of ambitions. After sweeping the northwest territory of the giant dragon this time, he will return to the Galloping Horse Plain with hundreds of slaves and thousands of non-monsters.

He wants to build a big castle next to the salt mine, and the income from the salt mine is enough for him to hire a human mage to set up a magic circle for the castle.

Now he is no longer satisfied with the market of the Northwest Earldom. He also wants to find the Kirislav caravan that enters and exits the Rocky Raf Pass in the east, and the Earl White Owl caravan in the north of the giant dragon to open up new markets.

Of course, the more important thing is the Lord Blue Dragon, without him there would not be enough salt pans.

"Boss," a gray goose barbarian came to report, "The knight villages in Rotor have been captured. According to the boss' request, we did not attack the territories of other dragon nobles, but they may have discovered us. "

"Hahaha, okay, I want them to find out. If they don't find out, how do they know that Rotor has become mine? How can we meet together in Blue Magpie City? How can we sneak in and sweep their castle?"

"Yes, leader. Our warriors on the plain have camped outside the castle, and 200 warriors are ready to go, waiting for you to command them."

"Don't worry, give the old maned wolf a little time, let them take a good look at our team." The gray goose leader said indifferently, "What about the other camps on the plain? Shouldn't they go south as soon as possible?"

"Yes, our cavalry has been separated to deliver orders"

"Okay, in addition to maintaining the defense of the salt mine, let other tribes come over, let them see how we besieged the earl of the dragon"

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Less than 40 kilometers east of Viscount Rotor's castle is the private land of the maned wolf family, the Blue Magpie Barony.The castle in this territory is directly managed by each Earl of Maned Wolf.

Blue Magpie City used to be the supply base for many troops going to the Benma Plain, where there were ready-made granaries, piers, barracks and forts.It is two days away from the Maned Wolf City. Whenever the barbarians go south on a large scale, the Maned Wolf Knights and the knights of the barons and viscounts in the earl's territory will advance here to prepare to expel the barbarians.

And on the border river between Rott and Lan Que, there are several lookout camps. These simple camps are usually next to the suspension bridge of the border river. Once a large-scale invasion of barbarians is discovered, the suspension bridge will be raised immediately.

As early as 5 days ago, all the suspension bridges had been raised, and the barbarians invaded on a large scale. They invaded the castle of Rot, and they occupied the entire territory of Rot.

As the barbarians appeared near the boundary river intentionally or unintentionally, the entire blue magpie territory has fallen into a huge panic.

Viscount Rotor used to be the deputy head of the Maned Wolf Knights, a high-level knight, and he can be regarded as a master in the entire Northwest Territory. His knight team is also a well-known force in the Maned Wolf City.

And this powerful force did not last three days in front of this barbarian, and no knight was able to break out and report the news.

The Knight Commander staying in Blue Magpie Castle has long understood the seriousness of the matter. Since September 9, he has been collecting information from Rotner and reporting it to Maned Wolf City every day.

"My lord, Master Knight." A knight ran over and reported "something happened on the west side of the Boundary River."

"What? What's going on?" Although the knight commander was asking, he didn't stop.He put on his helmet and went straight out of the castle to ride a horse, and ran towards the boundary river with his personal guards.

Ten minutes later, the knight commander led his people to the observation post closest to Rotor's territory. He saw only a few jungles on the other side of the river, and many birds took off into the sky.

"What's going on here?" The knight commander immediately went up to the sentry tower.

Looking at Rotor from the 30-meter-high sentry tower, I saw huge smoke and dust rising into the air more than ten kilometers away. Teams of barbarian cavalry rushed out of the smoke and dust. The tall barbarians rode on black scale horses for a few days Within minutes, they had already rushed to the river, and more than 200 cavalrymen, like a black mist, walked from north to south along the river bank.

Behind the barbarian cavalry, there are many pack animals, flocks, and a convoy of non-magic people, and a large number of non-magic people are carrying logs.

The knight commander knew that the river under their feet could no longer protect Blue Magpie Castle, and with so many non-magic people, they had enough materials to make a huge bridge.

"Call everyone and leave here immediately. Notify all guard posts along the coast, and prepare to evacuate to Blue Magpie Fort at any time!"

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The Lord's Mansion of Maned Wolf City.

A note fell silently from Caspian Maned Wolf's hand

"200 people? How is this possible?" Where did this come from? There was a huge wave in the earl's heart. Behind the 200 cavalry were at least another 400 cavalry. They still needed to stay in the camp, stay in the salt mine, and There are nearly 4000 non-magic people, that's at least 60 camps.

It is uncertain whether these 60 camps can be assembled in the whole south of the Benma River. How could so many cavalry gather together?

"Father? Now... what should we do now?" The eldest son Fernando Maned Wolf was also very shocked. According to the standard of the empire, the Maned Wolf Knights consisted of 50 high-level, intermediate, low-level and reserve knights.

Among them, 3 high-level knights, 10 middle-level knights and 20 low-level knights are the main force of this knight order, and the remaining 17 reserve knights are mostly the second or third sons of various barons and viscounts.

The other viscounts and barons should be able to gather about 70 knights together. This team will be very guilty when facing 200 cavalry.

If the knights of the entire earl's territory form a knight group to directly collide with 200 barbarians, maybe the knight group will be able to win in the end, but the price of victory will be extremely tragic.

As the vanguard, the Maned Wolf Knights may have to be prepared to sacrifice more than half of them. The remaining 2 viscounts and 4 barons may have to catch up with their own heirs or the lord himself. This battle will not last for 10 years. The strength can't recover at all.

However, the proportion of demon possessors of the barbarians is higher than that of the human races, and there may be another wave next year.

Taking a step back, even if the Knights don't collide with the main force of the barbarians, they will definitely form a confrontation in Blue Magpie City.If the knights from various territories are summoned, their territories will be empty, and the barbarians can completely break in with light cavalry.

If the knights were not summoned, then the viscounts and barons in the entire earl's territory would have to face more than 100 barbarian cavalry.

Fernando now feels very frustrated. The barbarian invasion is a conspiracy. They rely on the mobility of horses to maneuver at high speed in a short period of time.

The Roth territory fell due to the slow action of the maned wolf family. Without the Roth Castle, the gatekeeper of the Cornico Pass, the barbarian cavalry could gallop freely throughout the Northwest Earl's territory.

To defend one place is to give up the others, and to defend everywhere is to not defend everywhere.

"I didn't expect that Rotor Castle was lost in just a few days." The earl finally spoke, "What do the barbarians want?"

"Food? Money? Population?"

"Well, they've got Rot, but it's not enough." The earl guessed the barbarian's intentions, but what if he guessed it?Is it possible to carry out a large-scale relocation?Or is it possible to divide troops to defend?
"Notify the Maned Wolf Knights to enter Blue Magpie Castle. Request the viscounts and baron territories to the east and south of Maned Wolf City to close the castle, and mobilize all baron viscount knights to Blue Magpie City."

"Father"

"Can keep one is one"

"Then do you want to ask the king..."

"No, we are just short of troops now, and it's not that Maned Wolf City is under siege. Let each family send out some demon possessors. Our army can reach more than 200 people. It may not be a disadvantage to fight them. Now it is in the Earl's territory, The magic is smooth, and I have the advantage!"

"Okay, father." Fernando once heard that fighting against the barbarians required the recruitment of ordinary demon possessors. However, he also knew that the maned wolf family has been the Earl of the Northwest of the dragon for generations, and every inch of land in the northwest belongs to their maned wolf. Territory, the maned wolf family will never tolerate other people's meddling.

"Master," the butler of the maned wolf walked into the room, "There is news from the hall of mirrors that an imperial meeting will be held."

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Between the maned wolf city and the king's direct territory of the king's capital, Dragon Tooth City, is the elk viscounty.Viscount Gunter Elk is a distant relative of the dragon Southern Elk Marquess Warnut Elk, and the common ancestry of the two families dates back to before the God-Emperor's Demon Tide in 709.

However, the ancestors 300 years ago did not delay the flirting between the Viscount Elk and the Marquis of his family. For the maned wolf, the Elk family is the nobleman in the entire territory who is most interested in the capital and the south.

"200 cavalry? How could this be? Shouldn't the earl go directly to Roth Castle for support?" The earl of the elk has already seen that there is a way here.

"I'm afraid the Maned Wolf Knights didn't have time to gather?" the Viscount's bachelor guessed.

"No, the more than 50 knights of the Maned Wolf Knights live in the Maned Wolf City. They can gather in half a day, enter the Blue Magpie Castle in a day, and kill the city of Rotor in the third day."

"The opponent has 200 cavalry, even if all 50 knights are dispatched, it will be difficult to save the defeat, right?"

"A barbarian tribe only has 10 cavalry available, but they will not use all their strength to attack. There are at least 200 tribes behind 40 cavalry. These barbarians cannot be ready to go together in advance.

Even if the Maned Wolf City has no reason to refuse to save, it is because of their mistakes that they have caused the biggest barbarian invasion in recent years, and our Earl may face pressure from the capital."

"So what should we do now?"

"Gather all the knights and prepare to go to Blue Magpie Castle. We can't make the same mistake as the maned wolf!"

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At this moment, in the palace of Longya City, the capital of the king, Dusen Baixiao, the dragon king, is holding an imperial meeting in the Hall of Mirrors.

The Hall of Mirrors is a very special room. When you enter suddenly, you will feel that there are only polygonal walls, a table and a chair in the Hall of Mirrors.

However, once the underground magic circle is activated, the 7 or 8 mirrors on the wall will be activated. The mirror on the wall can be connected to another mirror thousands of miles away, allowing people at both ends of the mirror to meet.For people in Rand's hometown, it is two monitors.

In the Hall of Mirrors of the Dragon Kingdom Palace, there are 2 enfeoffed marquises, 3 enfeoffed earls, 3 duke families, the highest temple in the kingdom, the lair of the dragon, the highest magic tower in the kingdom, and the lairs of several legendary dragons. Mirror connection.

Today's imperial meeting is dedicated to discussing the barbarian invasion of the northwest border.As early as the Earl of Maned Wolf received the news of the fall of Roth Territory, the king's capital had already received the news.

The king is not slow to know a lot of important information, but because of the game between the various families, the usual bad news will be considered completely unnecessary at first, and then it is confirmed that it can be resolved at any time, and later it is confirmed that it is missed. chance of resolution.

In short, knowing in time does not mean dealing with it in time, dealing with it in time does not mean that it can be recovered in time, and recovering in time does not mean that there will be a good result in the future. This is the ending of the family game in the kingdom.

"Caspin, old man, tell me, are the barbarians in your area really troublesome?" Nine years ago, Dusen White Owl became the dragon king for various reasons.

Although he is the son-in-law of the legendary king of the Dragon Kingdom, Bauera Red Dragon, his surname is not Red Dragon. He will abdicate to his own son after his son Yelici Red Dragon is promoted to level 9. son.

Therefore, during Dusen Baixiao's administration, he didn't like to hold this kind of "video conference". He could feel other nobles' dissatisfaction with him relying on marriage to get ahead through the magic mirror.

"Your Majesty, please believe that the maned wolf family can guard the northwest region for the entire kingdom." The Earl of Northwest was defending, but his defense was weak.

"I heard that 200 barbarian cavalry have gathered in the territory of Roth, and hundreds of cavalry are gathering north of the Cornico Valley?" The speaker was Viscount Roland Lanyuan, the commander of the court knight.

"Impossible, it's absolutely impossible." The Earl of the Maned Wolf can only bite to death now to prevent the forces of the capital from entering the territory of the Maned Wolf.

"Well, since there is not so much pressure, the Dragon Knights don't need to continue to be on guard. But His Excellency McLaren Blue Dragon?"

"Yes, Your Majesty" McLaren Blue Dragon is one of the three legendary pillars of the Dragon Kingdom, and is now a legendary peak knight.

The legendary national pillars are those legendary strongmen who are supported by the kingdom or principality. Their families are either royal families or dukes.

For example, the three legendary national pillars of the Dragon Empire, the legendary knight McLaren Blue Dragon, the legendary priest Gorkesh Red Dragon, and the legendary mage Benet Feilong, each family of the national pillar has a duke title and A central city.

Such kindness naturally requires them to be able to respond in a timely manner when there is a crisis in the kingdom.

"Why don't you pay attention to the Northwest Territory, and if there is an accident, help me?"

"Of course, Your Majesty"

"Thank you for your majesty's arrangement." Earl Maned Wolf said thanks, but he kept complaining in his heart. Once the legend made a move, he had to give corresponding thanks.The Earl of Maned Wolf regretted not supporting Root even more now.

(End of this chapter)