"Moreover, I discovered that apart from the Barbarians, there are many Human soldiers who are Knights or Grand Knights. Their leader, Ken, is also a rank 3 Extraordinary," the middle-aged Knight said solemnly.
"They are actually so powerful."
"Then can they help us reclaim Winter City? We can pay them! "These Nobles had completely forgotten that they wanted Suhlen to hand over the civilians.
"Yes, we can pay them to help us reclaim Winter City," these Nobles said excitedly.
They had already made up their minds. As long as they reclaimed Wintersun City, they would not be considered to have abandoned the city. Even if they would be punished afterwards, it would not be too serious given their relationship. Compared to the punishment of completely losing their territory, it was too light.
"Gentlemen, there aren't many Orcs in Winter City. It's easy to take it down, but the problem is how to defend it," Countess Ilia said.
"That means we have to hire them until the end of the war!"
Everyone looked at each other. There was a huge difference between hiring them to take down a city and hiring them until the end of the war. Thinking of this, these Nobles fell silent.
"I have a better idea." At this moment, a man beside him suddenly said.
"What idea?"
"We don't need to hire the Northern Garrison Army in a hurry. We can hire them when the war is about to end. This way, even if we hire them until the end of the war, it won't take more than a few days. If we're lucky, it won't even take three days," the man said.
You're such a clever little brat!
"That's right! Why didn't I think of that? "
"We can do that!" The other Nobles nodded.
"Let's do that!" Soon, these Nobles unanimously agreed. Only Countess Ilia frowned slightly. She was not optimistic.
"In that case, we have to start preparing now. When Winter City was breached, many soldiers escaped. There are still many scattered soldiers in the wilderness. We have to gather them quickly. Otherwise, even if we defend the city, we won't have enough manpower. "
"Also, we have to prepare enough Kinnar. When the time comes, hiring the Northern Garrison Army won't be a small sum."
"We need to divide the work clearly and start the operation as soon as possible. Otherwise, all the scattered soldiers and refugees will be robbed by Northern Garrison City."
When these nobles were faced with their own interests, their efficiency increased rapidly. However, they seemed to have forgotten whether Suhlen was willing to help them or not.
.....
After arranging for the migration of slaves, Suhlen returned to the Blackstone Fort to meet with the nobles. After meeting these nobles again, Suhlen realized that their attitudes towards him had changed drastically. Previously, they were still very reserved, but now, they were all trying to curry favor with Suhlen.
Then, they flattered him in all kinds of ways. Su Lun finally saw how thick-skinned these people were. He was amazed.
The seemingly noble lady was still wearing a veil today, but she was no longer wearing a grey cloak. Instead, she had changed into a silk dress embroidered with gold and silver threads. Such a silk dress would cost at least a hundred Kinnar. It seemed that she had brought a lot of things with her even when she was fleeing. She still had to pay attention to her image at this point.
In this atmosphere, the conversation between the two sides was naturally harmonious. Both sides wanted to know more information.
Suhlen wanted to understand the nobles' power in the northern provinces and the strength of the Kingdom of Florence through them. He wanted to judge how long this battle would last and supplement his plan to take advantage of the chaos and migrate the population.
These nobles wanted to understand Suhlen's attitude and his strength. These nobles even expressed that they wanted to ask Suhlen to send troops to help them recover their lost land. Suhlen only said a few words on the surface and did not make any specific promises.
Through the conversation, Suhlen also understood the identity of these nobles. The lady was the Lord of Winter City, Countess Ilia. The remaining nobles were her vassals. Don't think that women could not inherit the title. In fact, it was not rare for women to inherit the title in Florence.
However, after a woman inherited the title, if she got married, her husband would change his surname. If the child wanted to inherit the title, he would have to take the mother's surname.
After a conversation, seeing that Suhlen did not agree to their request, these nobles were not discouraged. This was just a test, but they still proposed to purchase food and weapons from Northern City.
When they fled from Winter City, these nobles lacked food and weapons. It was impossible to gather the defeated soldiers without food and weapons. Suhlen thought for a while and agreed. Although these nobles were not very powerful, they could make up the numbers. If the Orcs attacked, they could also help to defend.
However, the price of weapons and food was not cheap in Suhlen. Of course, he did not rip them off.
Of course, paying on credit was absolutely impossible, not even for a Countess. Although you had a pair of sapphire-like eyes, a slender figure, a slender waist like a water snake, and a round and perky buttocks like a honey peach, and people couldn't help but want to pat you when they looked at you. It would be a pity if you didn't ride on a tricycle with your slender legs. However, these weren't the reasons why you wanted to borrow money.
After Suhlen refused to buy on credit, these nobles could only buy with money. As they did not have much money, these nobles bought 500 people a month's worth of food and iron-plated armor and weapons. This made Suhlen sigh at the wealth of the nobles. They could still afford so much money in this situation.
If these nobles were willing to spend the money on soldiers, they would not have been defeated by the Orcs. However, there were no ifs in this world.
After chatting with the nobles, Suhlen started his operation again. The Drows led by Ayton did not return. After dealing with the Orcs in the previous camp, they continued to search for the next target.
There were two cities near Winter City. One was Colin City, and the other was North Wind City. The two cities were similar in size to Winter City, but their fates were completely different. Colin City was attacked by the Orcs, while North Wind City was preserved.
One reason was that Colin City was on the route to Calte City. The other reason was the North Wind Knights of North Wind City. The North Wind Knights were ranked in the top three in the Northern Region. Of course, the main reason was that the Orcs did not attack with full force.
Outside North Wind City, the Orcs sent out Wolf Riders to plunder and loot some food. The rest of the food was burned by North Wind City. Though the Orcs did not send out their main force to attack, they left behind a team of Wolf Riders and some Orc troops. Their mission was to watch and harass the Humans so that they could only hide in the city and not support Calte City.
Obviously, the Orcs' plan was successful. North Wind City did not send out any troops. On the plains, the Human light cavalry and Mount Wolves were about the same speed. Although Mount Wolves had poor endurance, they were enough to suppress the Human light cavalry. As for the heavy cavalry, as long as the Orc generals were not stupid, they would not fight head-on. Instead, they would harass the surrounding areas. This caused a strange phenomenon. Those who could catch up could not defeat the Orcs, and those who could defeat the Orcs could not catch up.
Therefore, North Wind City sealed the city gates obediently to prevent the Orcs from attacking.
After Colin City was attacked by the Orc army, the Orcs plundered all the food and supplies. However, it was still much better than Winter City. At least, there were still many Orcs who escaped from Colin City. Suhlen received information from Ayton that there were only about 5,000 Humans in the Orc camp in Colin City.
The rest of the Humans hid in the surrounding woods, and the Orc army also left some men to guard the place. When Suhlen brought the army to Colin City, he discovered that the Orcs were very cautious.
The Orcs knew about Suhlen's sneak attack on the Orc camp. Now, all the Orc camps were on high alert. But even if they were on high alert, the result would be the same for the North Wind City army.
Taking advantage of the night, Suhlen used the sky lantern to make the North Wind City army invisible. Then, he launched a sneak attack when he approached the Orc camp. The sudden battle stunned the Orcs. North Wind City easily opened the camp gates, and the battle that followed was still one-sided.
With the help of a large number of Harpies, the stones from the sky were like hail. They were continuous, and the Orc army could not even get into formation. Many Orc soldiers were crushed by the stones. Although the stones thrown by the Harpies were only one or two catties heavy, they were still fatal when they fell from a height of tens of meters.
After forcefully taking over the Orc camp, Suhlen took away another five thousand Orcs. At the same time, he began to gather the refugees and defeated soldiers in the surroundings. These refugees did not bring any food with them when they fled. The food outside the city had been harvested by the Orcs. These people could only dig wild vegetables to fill their stomachs.
Suhlen only built a porridge stall in the camp. Then, a large number of starving refugees and defeated soldiers came. Suhlen also took them in and transported them to the Blackstone Fort. However, Suhlen also ran into the nobles of Colin City when he was gathering the refugees. When these nobles found out that Suhlen was just a nobleman who had opened up a new territory, they directly asked Suhlen to provide them with food.
Then, Suhlen taught them a lesson. Although he did not harm their lives, they still had to suffer. Suhlen also forcibly took away the defeated soldiers and refugees they had gathered. Since you have no food, then leave it to us to feed you.
Suhlen found a reason to swallow these people, leaving only a small portion for them.
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