Riding and Slashing

Chapter 18 Long River Town

This horse team is the Jatu Marauders, a nomadic people entrenched in the eastern grasslands of the mainland, and the most dangerous anarchic armed forces.

It is the most notorious super-large-scale bandit group in the entire continent.

They are proficient in bows and horses, brave and good at fighting, but they are almost completely unable to communicate - they have built an almost completely closed society in the eastern grasslands, rejecting any diplomatic or trade requests, and will attack any outsiders who try to enter the Jatu territory.

In fact, they are an alliance of tribal warlords who make a living by plundering.

Plundering caravans, taking women, and sacking villages in the Kingdom of Sarleon or the Kingdom of Ravendrow in the North was their daily routine.

But since Earl Alden built the Fort of Valor 30 years ago, Jatu has rarely carried out raids in the direction of Long River Town—a small number of looters will be blocked by the defenders of Fort Valor from beyond the border of the grassland ; and when a large number of Jatu troops are dispatched, Fort Yongshield will warn in time.

It has been a long time since hundreds of Jatus looted in the hinterland of Changhe Town.

The two of them drove towards Changhe Town non-stop, and finally arrived in Changhe Town in the afternoon.

Changhe Town is a majestic city, not inferior to Sarleon City at all.

This former border town is now the largest trading city in the eastern region.

Changhe Town is backed by a big river, 'Tongtian River'.

On the opposite side of the river in the north is a vast wilderness, in the west is a dense water network swamp, in the south there are mountains as a barrier, and in the east is a vast river forest.Just in Changhe Town, one can experience various scenery of this continent.

You can also see the various races on this continent...

Unlike all cities, Changhe Town has its own unique culture—this is a city built by generations of adventurers and pioneering lords.

In fact, the success rate of territory development is not high.

Most pioneer nobles will die young in constant battles—especially around the Long River Forest and Jatu Grassland.

However, the opportunity to become a real ruling class can only be obtained on the battlefield forever.

Therefore, even at the risk of their lives, there are still countless adventurers, eager to earn a bright future for themselves with the sword in their hands.

And the most likely way for civilians to stand up is on the battlefield—as mercenaries, to establish military exploits under the command of a noble lord, and to gain the favor of the lord.

As the lord's own territory expands, civilians with outstanding military exploits may also be granted the title of knight and become a member of the nobility.

Such opportunities, of course, will be more under the command of pioneering lords.

Therefore, as long as they wanted to make contributions in the eastern provinces, whether they were civilian mercenaries or aristocratic pioneers, they would go to Changhe Town first.

The nobles want to recruit soldiers here, and the mercenaries also want to find their future here.

Although there are very few adventurers who can successfully soar to the sky, the merchants in Changhe Town can make a lot of money because of it...

This has made the business of Changhe Town, especially the armament business, extremely developed—armour dealers, horse dealers, and all kinds of supplies and building materials dealers, which are rare in other cities, are everywhere.

The reason why the Grand Duke of Alma and the Earl of Oden covet this territory is precisely because its developed business environment can bring very considerable tax revenue.

The current lord of Changhe Town is actually Duke Elfwan.But unfortunately, he has been lying on the sickbed all these years, and it is said that he has already suffered from hemiplegia.

Although the elderly Duke Elfwan had many wives and concubines, he had no children, and he himself had no brothers or sisters, so it seemed that he could not pass on the family blood. This naturally caused Grand Duke Alma to have some thoughts.Today, part of the administrative affairs of Changhe Town is managed by Grand Duke Alma.

And the Earl of Oden, who has made great military exploits, pulled up his team from Changhe Town and built Fort Yongshield in the north step by step.With a fairly high public base and reputation in Changhe Town, it is inevitable that he has some thoughts about Changhe Town.The garrison and defense of Changhe Town are currently managed by Earl Oden.

Therefore, these two families will naturally fight openly and secretly for the future ownership of Changhe Town.

After the exhausted two arrived in Changhe Town, they immediately found the city defense army station in Changhe Town.

This garrison actually hangs the coat of arms of Earl Auden with two lions in an open and aboveboard manner—Earl Auden has not concealed his plot for Changhe Town at all.

Of course, the administrative hall opposite the city defense army garrison is not very low-key-the lion paw coat of arms flag of Grand Duke Alma is hung there.

Li Ang showed his aristocratic emblem to the guards, and walked into the city defense army garrison.

He was received by a bearded military officer, a very sturdy middle-aged man.

"Sir, I am Ralph, the knight commander under Earl Alden. Are you sure you saw a lot of Jatu marauders nearby?"

"Yes, ten hours ago on the road south of Changhe Town, in an uninhabited area."

After listening to Li Ang's "report", the bearded officer obviously didn't believe it: "This is impossible, Your Excellency! The Jatu people have not been able to enter Changhe Town for 30 years..."

Probably because the two informants were nobles, the bearded man didn't drive them out directly.

Looking at the map of Changhe Town hanging on the wall, Li Ang walked over and pointed: "I swear by my surname, we saw a Jatu cavalry of hundreds of people at this location."

The foggy no-man's land was in the hinterland of Changhe Town, more than 300 miles away from Changhe Town, and more than [-] miles away from Fort Yongdun on the border.

It is undeniable for a nobleman to take his surname as an oath, but the bearded officer is still a little unbelievable: "But, Your Excellency, there has never been any enemy news from Fort Yongshield! It is impossible for the Jatus to hide their entry into Fort Yongshield, otherwise it will be Treason!"

Li Ang and Sarah glanced at each other.

Sarah was obviously a little surprised, and then she was keenly aware that something was wrong - this courtesan who has been with the nobles all year round is very sensitive to politics, she immediately reminded Li Ang softly: "My lord, maybe a month ago, it was the Duke of Alma who made Faucher ..."

Li Ang gave Sarah a look of approval, and Sarah closed her mouth knowingly.

Li Ang looked at the map seriously again, then took out a crumpled parchment scroll from his pocket, and handed it to the bearded officer.

"This may have something to do with the problem Earl Alden entrusted me to help him solve... I think you can read this letter first."

Auden did let Leon bring a letter—and wrote it in his presence.

This letter serves as a certificate for the establishment of a cooperative relationship between the two parties.

Auden explained to his subordinates in the letter that those matters that the Fletcher family is inconvenient to come forward can be handed over to Li Ang.

At the same time, when Li Ang encounters danger, he can also ask Oden's territory for help.

In the letter, there is such a sentence - "Try to cooperate with Mr. Li Ang".

Of course, this is to allow Li Ang to quickly deal with the 'bandits' entrenched in his territory.

But the Jatu people who bumped into him suddenly, and Sarah saw the Jatu riders from Fusher, plus there was nothing wrong with the Fortress of the Frontier Shield—all these things together, Li Ang could naturally realize that these The appearance of Jatu people in the hinterland of the kingdom is most likely due to the territorial dispute between Grand Duke Alma and Earl Alden.

Since it wasn't the large-scale invasion of the Jatu people, but a political struggle, then Li Ang naturally wanted to find the right opportunity to get some cash - after all, it is not easy to quantify the term 'cooperate as much as possible'...

(End of this chapter)