The New Year's celebration was held as scheduled. Although the Northern Citadel had only been built for a short period of time, and many places were still very simple, the celebration was still very lively.
Suhlen specially asked Hathaway to make some magic fireworks. The beautiful fireworks were really beautiful when they bloomed in the night sky. The central square of the territory had become a sea of joy. Because of the celebration, there was an unlimited supply of food, but wastage was prohibited. In order to maintain order, Suhlen even transferred half of the soldiers to cooperate with the security team.
Fortunately, Suhlen did not open the supply of alcohol. Otherwise, there would definitely be drunkards causing trouble. Although the rules in the Northern Citadel were very strict, there were always people who wanted to challenge the rules and cause trouble during the celebration. Suhlen directly asked Harrison to bring some people to put these people in prison and deal with them after the celebration.
The halfling Frodo prepared a lot of food. Of course, most of the food was made by the other chefs under his command. Only the food for Suhlen and the others was made by him.
What surprised Suhlen was that there were some craftsmen who had a business mind in the territory who made many small goods and then sold them during the festival. Suhlen did not prohibit this kind of behavior. These people's behavior made the celebration even more lively.
Their behavior was quickly copied by more people. Therefore, a group of small vendors appeared in the territory during the celebration.
The New Year's celebration lasted for three days. When the celebration was over, Suhlen heard a notification sound in his ears again.
"Congratulations, host. Your territory has successfully added a new festival called New Year's Day. The festival will be held on the first of January every year and last for three days." At the same time, in Suhlen's system interface, there was a new festival called New Year's Day under the festival column.
[New Year: The beginning of a new year. This is one of the most important festivals of the year. Every year, there will be a grand celebration on this day. Festival Atmosphere + 10, Joy + 20, Prosperity + 5, Order -3]
Although the New Year's celebration had ended, the aftermath of the celebration had not faded away. For the slaves and the people of the lower class, this festival made them feel joy from the bottom of their hearts. The originally difficult days finally saw a glimmer of hope after coming to this city. After this festival, they were filled with passion for life.
This was a land full of vitality.
Hope was a beautiful thing. Although sometimes it was small and weak, as if a gust of wind could extinguish it, as long as there was a chance, it could erupt with shocking power.
After the new year, if it was in the southern provinces, it would be spring. However, in the Northern Wasteland, it was still covered in snow and the weather was still cold. This period of time was actually the most difficult time in the Northern Wasteland.
At this time, many tribes living in the wilderness had almost consumed all of their food reserves. This was also the most dangerous time for these tribes. Their eyes were already green from hunger and they were already looking at other tribes. As long as there was a chance, they would pounce without hesitation.
In fact, Suhlen's territory had attracted the attention of other tribes in the wilderness. After all, the environment here was too good. Almost all the tribes knew that humans were good at growing all kinds of crops. They had a lot of food. Under Suhlen's leadership, the Northern Wasteland City had launched a series of wars against the surrounding tribes to suppress them. However, in the face of starvation, they once again turned their attention to the Northern Wasteland City.
For a long time, the biggest conflict between humans and other intelligent creatures had been over land. Land was a resource and the most important factor for a race to reproduce.
After the celebration, Suhlen did not let down his guard. All the scouts were sent out, and the training of the soldiers was not slacked at all. Even some refugees were forced to undergo military training.
In the interface of the military camp, there was also an option to train militia in addition to regular soldiers. The militia's combat ability was very low, but Suhlen did not want them to fight directly. They were to serve as auxiliary soldiers, such as guarding the city or transporting resources.
After the upgrade, every wall of the Northern Wasteland City was one kilometer long. With such a long wall, the Northern Wasteland City's army and security force could not even stand on the wall. If other tribes really attacked, the only way was to let the militia help defend the city.
After issuing the order to recruit a militia, Harrison quickly recruited a thousand people from the refugees and another thousand from the slaves, forming a militia of two thousand people.
In fact, the population structure of the Northern Wasteland Castle was very unreasonable. More than seventy percent of the population in the Northern Wasteland City was male, and less than thirty percent were female. This was because there were very few women in both refugees and slaves. There was nothing that could be done about it.
However, although it brought some trouble, the good thing was that there were many adult males. This made the territory's labor force very abundant.
The two thousand militia all went through basic military training. They were not required to be strong, but they had to be clear about all the instructions. Transferring a large number of people to the military training did not affect the territory's construction too much. The bottleneck of the Northern Wasteland City's development was still the population.
After the Northern Wasteland Castle was upgraded to Northern Wasteland City, more people were needed to fill it. If they wanted to develop in the Northern Wasteland, they would not be able to do so without the support of a population.
In fact, Suhlen had already decided that after the snow and ice melted, he would prepare to move a large number of people from Calt City. Although the northern provinces were not as prosperous as the southern provinces, they still had a large population. Take Calt City for example. Although Suhlen had not seen the city hall's population records, he estimated that the city's population was about two hundred thousand.
The other northern cities had a population of at least ten to twenty thousand, and some had a population of at least seventy to eighty thousand. The total population of the northern provinces was about one and a half to two million.
During this time, the Northern Wasteland City had gained a lot of wealth from trade. If it were not for the fact that the city was isolated in the Northern Wasteland, the nobles would have already started to rob it. Now, if they wanted to move a large number of people from their territory, they would have to pay a lot of money. He planned to buy a large number of slaves from these cities while working with the local nobles. He would pay to buy people from them.
The military training in the Northern Wasteland City went smoothly, especially with the addition of the drow instructors. The speed of the military training doubled. Although the drow believed in the Dark Maiden and belonged to the good camp, it did not mean that they were saints. The drow were also cruel and ruthless when it came to military training.
Anyone who did not complete the training or violated the rules would be cruelly punished by the drow instructors. Suhlen's request was that as long as they were not crippled or seriously injured, they could do whatever they wanted.
This cruel training allowed the militia to complete their training in the shortest time possible. After the militia completed their training, the Northern Wasteland City also had the confidence to support a large-scale war.
There were more and more spying eyes from the surrounding tribes. As time went by, they could not hold on any longer.
Half a month after the New Year's celebration, Suhlen received news from his scouts again. They found traces of orcs in the forest ten kilometers north of the Northern Wasteland City. At the same time, the number of gnolls, goblins, and kobolds around the territory had increased significantly. All signs indicated that war was coming.
At the same time, in the orc tribe, groups of orc warriors began to move towards the Northern Wasteland City. The tribe did not have much food left, but the war with the centaurs was still in a stalemate. In order to get more food and weapons, they turned their attention to the Northern Wasteland City.
According to their investigation, there were not many humans in this new city. Although they had built a wall, it could not stop them.
For the orc tribe, sending out some orc warriors could reduce the tribe's food consumption. Even if the orcs were defeated in the end, it would reduce the food pressure of the tribe.
The orc warriors gathered a large number of gnolls, kobolds, and goblins along the way. Although these monsters were not strong, they were qualified as cannon fodder. After all, a human city was not easy to break through. The orc tribe could only send a thousand people to fight against the centaurs. However, when they arrived at the Northern Wasteland City, their numbers had already exceeded six thousand.
Other than the orcs, they gathered a large number of smaller tribes that could not survive in the wilderness. There were goblins, bugbears, earth goblins, kobolds, gnolls, and a small number of trolls. Under the temptation of food, they formed a large army.
When Suhlen received the news, it was already five days later. When they heard that a large number of monsters were preparing to attack, the Northern Wasteland City immediately closed the city gates and entered a state of alert. They also led a large number of archers and barbarian warriors to guard the river.
To the left of the Northern Wasteland City was the Red Sand River and the White Water River. If they wanted to attack from the north, they would have to cross these two rivers. After the Harvest Altar was built in the Northern Wasteland City, the rivers near the city had all melted. If they wanted to cross the river, they would have to rely on boats.
The orc army cut down a large number of pine trees and made them into rafts. They were ready to force their way across the river. However, they underestimated Suhlen's army. Close to a hundred longbowmen and elite archers blocked the way. The monster army on the rafts suffered heavy casualties before they could even reach the shore.
After withstanding the rain of arrows and suffering heavy casualties, the monster army finally reached the shore. However, what greeted them were the spearmen and the barbarians who had been waiting for them for a long time.
The result was as expected. The monsters that had just reached the shore did not even have time to celebrate before they were defeated by the Barbarian Guards. The leading Orcs were beheaded by the Barbarians. The rest of the scattered Kobolds, Goblins, and Gnolls didn't pose a threat to the Barbarians. They were all wiped out.
The first battle between the Northern Wasteland City and the orc army ended with the Northern Wasteland City winning.
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