Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 26 24. The Earl's Blue Magpie Castle
In the southeast of the Cornico Pass, there is the largest frontier castle in the Dragon Kingdom, Blue Magpie Castle.

The castle is still located on the delta where two rivers cross.

The castle consists of a main castle and three auxiliary castles, forming a group of fortresses. From the watchtower of the castle, one can overlook the Roth territory in the west.

At noon on October 10, Earl of the Northwest, Kempins Maned Wolf, leaned on the railing of the castle's gazebo and looked at the groups of barbarian cavalry on the other side of the outer river more than ten kilometers away.

"You said that you saw at least 100 cavalry at that time, I am afraid there are more than that number now.

The total number of barbarians we saw outside the sentry towers and noble territories even exceeded 300. Never before have so many barbarians invaded the territory of the dragon. Kempins said solemnly.

"My lord, what I'm reporting to you is the number of barbarians we saw about a month ago. With the fall of Rot, there must be more barbarians going south." It was Huck Benma, Rand's Father.

Since Huck, Ryan and Obote escaped from the barbarian tribe 12 days ago, they have traveled for more than ten days, disguised as a single barbarian cavalry, and crossed the Cornic Valley.

Immediately after leaving the valley to the south, they went eastward into the southeast vein of Cornico. When they were about to approach Blue Magpie Castle, they just caught up with the knights led by Count Maned Wolf entering Blue Magpie Castle.

When the knights saw the two "savages" who suddenly appeared, they immediately became vigilant. Fortunately, the vice-captain of the knights and a well-known socialite in Maned Wolf City, Crony Red Dragon, vice-captain, noticed the abnormality.

Under tremendous pressure, he stepped forward to recognize Huck and his two sons, and finally let the count piece together the truth about the two territories south of Cornico being occupied by barbarians.

Earl Maned Wolf has already known through his network that although both Huck and Bob do business with the barbarians, Huck obviously has a bottom line. He is ready to inform other nobles as soon as he senses the changes in the barbarians this winter. .

After Bob also knew about the changes of the barbarians, he chose to kill Huck without hesitation to save himself, but the barbarians finished his mind, resulting in the murder of his whole family.

Now that Huck returned from the Galloping Horse Plain, it confirmed Earl Maned Wolf's guess, and the Earl naturally comforted Huck. "Huck, don't worry too much, I have received reliable information.

The people in your territory followed Albert and the others to the Great Forest, which is well known in the entire Rott territory.

As long as you keep your people, the title of your Benma family will never be removed. "

"Thank you Earl, what I'm more worried about now is the battle situation in recent winters. The fall of the Roth territory will only attract more barbarians, and now the nobles have not realized the seriousness of the barbarian invasion."

"You're right, these gentlemen have been at ease for too long." The earl teased his subordinates, but he might have miscalculated the situation because of the long peace.

"My lord, Lord Earl, we have the latest battle report!"

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Baron Jeor Mormont of Wild Bear Ridge was the first baron to prepare 10 knights to go to Blue Magpie Castle after receiving the earl's call-up order. Baron O has never been able to leave his Wild Bear Ridge.

The reason is simple, a camp of more than 25 barbarian cavalry suddenly occupied outside their Wild Bear Ridge.

The intention of the barbarian cavalry is also obvious: to entangle them.In other words, blocking the connection between Maned Wolf City and its southern vassals prevented the troops of various viscounts and barons from supporting Blue Magpie Castle in time.

The area of ​​Wild Bear Ridge is small, and some potions and monsters are produced in the forest.

Many of these valuable materials need to be exchanged with other territories for iron, salt, food and other daily necessities, and some of them need to be supplied to the family knights to improve their strength. Ultimately, the resources that can be exchanged for weapons and war horses are very limited.

Geo couldn't equip each of his knights with black scaled horses and iron armor. The most effective way to kill barbarian cavalry was to fight against a single cavalry with the baron as an intermediate knight.

The other knights were in trouble. They couldn't catch up with the barbarians on horseback, and they would be entangled when they retreated. Unless they were very experienced junior knights, ordinary junior knights and reserve knights could not hurt the armored barbarian cavalry.

Baron Geo tried to organize an attack a few days ago, but he was almost surrounded. His eldest son was seriously injured in the battle. In the end, Geo himself served as the rear guard for the knights, so that the whole family would not be buried in the blue magpie city. on the way.

After that, Jieao, who failed to attack, could only hide in the mountains.Fortunately, the barbarians are not good at mountain warfare, and they have no interest in entering the mountains and forests. They just want to guard the important places and block the wishes of the human race.

Looking at the barbarian camp on the Lingbei Plain, Baron Geo let out a long sigh, "This barbarian invasion is too abnormal. What happened to the Rott territory?"

"It doesn't matter what happened in the Roth Territory now," the Wild Bear Ridge scholar said, "Now Jacques' injury is beyond our consideration. We must send him to Maned Wolf City immediately to be treated by the priest of the temple."

"Yes, but how can we break through the group of cavalry in front of us?"

"I have a suggestion..."

An hour later, the knights from the barbarian camp development Wild Bear Ridge appeared on the edge of the mountain again, and the barbarian cavalry immediately assembled.

The knights wandered on the edge of the woods in the mountains, and occasionally went out to the plains, but returned to the woodland immediately.

The wandering of the knights made the barbarian cavalry very hesitant. The barbarians didn't like woodlands, let alone mountains, so the barbarians never entered the woods in the Wild Bear Ridge Mountains to chase the knights, and usually just stopped after chasing to the edge of the woods.

Now the Wild Bear Ridge knights are at the edge of the forest, as if they want to detour to Maned Wolf City, or they may deliberately lead the barbarians into the forest to defeat them one by one.

The barbarians were not sure about the real purpose of the knights, but the previous battles proved that the barbarian cavalry could not bargain with the Wild Bear Ridge knights in the forest.

Finally, the barbarian leader saw that the knights had gone out of the forest for more than 2 kilometers.

Although he still didn't know the intentions of these knights, the barbarian leader decided to lead his troops to intercept them immediately. He didn't want to kill these knights now, he just wanted to drive them back into the forest.

Watching his knights charge towards the barbarian cavalry, even knowing that they will return to the forest later.

But letting his subordinates serve as bait to cover him from leaving the territory still made Jieo feel ashamed of being a deserter.

The only thing he can do at this moment is to rush to Maned Wolf City as soon as possible, and tell the earl the information from the south, so that his son can receive treatment.

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The Viscount Elk was also in the same predicament. The Viscount Elk, who was east of Maned Wolf City, had a direct conflict with the barbarian cavalry for the first time in his life.

The viscount with 20 knights met a barbarian cavalry of 25 men.

The viscount, 2 middle-level knights and 5 junior knights are all equipped with iron armor and black scale horses, but the reserve knights are just ordinary war horses and leather armor.

Immediately after the battle, Viscount Elk noticed the difference in combat power between the two sides. He and the two middle-level knights could still cope with the fight of three barbarians with fighting spirit. The Cavaliers fell into a comprehensive disadvantage of being unable to penetrate, defend, catch up, and escape.

The barbarians neither pay attention to one-on-one chivalry, nor do they take care of the weak.

The 21 knights immediately suffered casualties. In the end, only the middle-level knights were able to return to the castle. Even so, 2 reserve knights were killed and 4 were injured. It was the first time that Elk Castle was attacked by barbarians. .

The Viscount stood above the gate of the castle, looking at the barbarians who were circling the castle in the distance.

"This is the battle of the barbarians. How did that fellow Bob survive for so many years at the Cornico Pass?" The Elk Viscount looked at his defeated soldiers and doubted himself.

"Master Viscount, those barbarians... they are led to the knights of Doron," a knight shouted loudly.

"What!" The viscount knew that these barbarians were going to snatch the knights' collars now, and they had just been defeated, so they were powerless to stop them.

Similar situations are constantly happening. The leader of Gray Goose separates 100 barbarians and divides them into four groups to go to the hinterland of Earl Maned Wolf's territory to harass, rob, and block, so that the Earl Maned Wolf's forces cannot be concentrated.

The Gray Goose leader placed the main camp outside the Blue Magpie Castle, blocking the way of the Maned Wolf Knights.

The earl who received the battle report finally understood that the situation he was facing at the moment was worse than he had imagined.

One's own troops cannot leave, and the troops of his subordinates cannot pass through.

At this moment, the earl really wanted to lead the Knights to attack the Gray Goose camp head-on, but there were no priests in Blue Magpie Castle, and he was afraid of suffering too much casualties.

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In the Gray Goose tent, the Gray Goose leader saw the mysterious young man again.

"Congratulations to the leader for successfully taking down the territory of Rott, and approaching the city of Blue Magpie." The young man said.

"Hahahaha, it's easy to say. In the end, I have to thank you for your plan." The Gray Goose leader seemed very happy.

"The leader has the wealth of Roth Castle, and he will definitely be able to dominate the entire Galloping Horse Plain. In the future, we will rely on you to do the salt mine and Blackscale business."

"Haha, it's easy to say, I am also old friends with your Dianqiansi."

"I...the leader, I am from the Yantie Division of the Empire." The young man was a little embarrassed. He had always claimed that he was from the Yantie Division, but the barbarian leader in front of him recognized that he was from the Dianqian Division.

"Hey, what are you hiding from me, Yantiesi is represented by the Blue Dragon Family of the Dragon Kingdom on the Benma Plain.

Those people from the Yantie Division keep their mouths open and shut about the price of salt and the price of salt, and they won’t tell me which territory’s defense is weak, which earl has conflicts with the king, this is something that your front office is concerned about, isn’t it? ? "

"This..."

"You're not the first imperial official to see me, or even the first representative of the Palace Division I've seen. You humans only pay attention to your own affairs, and it's easy to tell where you are from."

"...Then...the leader, you should also know that the magisters and legends in the Dragon Kingdom are very concerned about... your activities in the Northwest Territory, and they will not sit back and watch you go deep into the Northwest Territory." Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, the young man decided to let Gray Goose retreat.

"Of course, our prairie warriors don't intend to live behind the stone house, and I won't stay under the Blue Magpie City for too long."

"Then you..."

"Our salt mine is in urgent need of slaves, I will find some slaves here and leave."

"But you are in Blue Magpie Castle...you...you won't send a small group of cavalry to plunder the demon possessors of the human race in various territories, right?"

"Of course, if I don't send troops, can I still ask for it directly from the Earl?"

"Well, you didn't tell me this at the time. You said that you would go north after you got the wealth of the Rot territory." The young man realized that the situation before him was getting out of control, and he was very angry at Gray Goose's treachery.

"Isn't this a change in plan?" The gray goose leader didn't care about the promise that the human race liked.

"You, aren't you afraid that if things get serious, the powerhouses of the dragon kingdom and the human empire will intervene?"

"Hey, how can it be? Haven't you been covering up for me in front of the Imperial Palace?
Aren't you bewildering that old maned wolf while bewildering the strong man of the dragon?

Now that I have your cover, how can I give up this great opportunity? "

"you..."

"Didn't you receive a letter from your front office before you came? You must ensure that the plan is carried out."

"..." The young man didn't expect that his actions had been monitored by the barbarian leader in front of him, but how did they know?
"Why are you looking at me like that?" The gray goose leader couldn't help it now, "Oh, you want to know why I know your actions so well, don't you?
It's very simple, do you still remember the representative of the Dianqian Division in the salt mine before you?
I guess you don't know, he was killed in the tribal scuffle, but as a middle-level mage, he set up a surveillance circle in the room of the former salt mine leader.

Guess who lives in that room now? "

While talking, the leader took out a small mirror, which is a special kind of magic mirror, which can be operated by magic crystals, and through the magic mirror, you can see the situation in a specific room thousands of miles away.

"You...you dare to use the means of the Dianqian Division to monitor the Dianqian Division's representative!" The young man was irritated. At this moment, he spoke fiercely, but his hands were crossed, and his hands were stretched into the wide cuffs.

There are several terrifying scrolls in the hidden pocket of the cuff, the contents of which are enough to kill the lifeless barbarian in front of him.

However, before Young Ran took out the scroll, his body suddenly appeared in his vision, and the neck of his body was already empty.

Standing behind the representative of the Dianqian Division was a tall barbarian, who directly beheaded the representative with a knife between flints.

"The blade of a knife can not only kill, but also hurt oneself," the Gray Goose leader said coldly, "If you treat others like a knife, you will always stab yourself!"

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