Warlord: King of All Clans

Varanger is captured!

Count Fruilov died in battle!

None of Varanger’s 30,000 defenders and 50,000 residents were spared!

An army of 50,000 orcs continued to march southward, heading straight for the main city of Count Frelov's territory - Frovald!

Hermann Freilov, the eldest son of Count Freilov, issued a call for war to the lords of the two cities in the south of the earldom, recruiting the lords to fight in the north!

Because of the frequent wars in the north, Ulian and Leo rushed to the hot spring villa together to meet with Rigolav to discuss how to deal with the subsequent situation.

Moreover, Hewan could not get any detailed battle reports, and it all depended on Fangqi Ligolav to explain.

"This disastrous defeat was simply caused by the fact that two thousand wolf cavalrymen suddenly went around and destroyed the grain transport team from Frowald to Varanger."

"The distance between Frovald and Varanger is 200 miles. There is the World Tree Avenue running through it, so it is unobstructed. The grain transport team is also protected by high-level extraordinary people. This is why Varanger has been able to hold on until now."

"The main orc army is stationed in the north of Varanger, confronting the garrison. The remaining small tribes are scattered in the forests on both sides, looting villages and foreign tribes to provide food for the main army."

"During this year, they probably figured out the itinerary of the grain transport team. At the most critical moment, they gathered all the wolf cavalry and burned the grain and grass in the rear in one fell swoop."

With Rigolav's detailed explanation, Leo and Urian learned the basic situation of the war in the North.

The Orc Wolf Cavalry are not good at long-distance running, but they have strong off-road capabilities and can march and fight in mountains and forests.

They quietly went around to the rear of Varanger, burned the food and supplies, and cut off the food supply.

Half a month later, Varanger ran out of food.

A week later, the main orc army launched a massive attack on the city, and the most solid military fortress of Earl Fruilov, Varanger, was captured.

After this battle, the entire 500 miles of the Earldom of Fruilov fell in the north, and the 500 miles in the south officially entered a state of war.

Prior to this, the main force of the orcs had been blocked at the military fortress of Varanger for nearly a year.

The original orc army of 10,000 people gradually accumulated to 50,000 people in ten months.

The entire northern military force of Count Freilov was also concentrated under the earl's command, and the garrison of Varanger was increased from the original 2,000 people to 30,000 people.

Although the lords south of Frovald were also called up for war once, due to the long journey and the relatively clear situation at the beginning, they adopted the principle of voluntariness.

Isenpol, the southernmost border city of the Earldom, is 700 miles away from Varanger and 500 miles away from Frovald.

According to the tradition of the earldom, the lord of Isenpol would only accept the call to go north to fight if the earl's main city, Frowald, or the territory south of Frowald was invaded.

Although many brave knights had embarked on the expedition early, Isembol as a whole was hardly affected by the Orc War.

The biggest impact was just the influx of refugees, and even the increase in food prices was not significant.

But now, the situation has changed drastically. The city of Varanger has been broken, and the orcs are heading straight for Frovald. The lords of Isenbol can no longer sit still.

Currently, Frovald is headed by the Grand Duke of the North himself, and Count Frov's eldest son Hermann Frov is responsible for recruiting the southern lords to fight.

Because of the existence of the Grand Duke of the North, the other five earls had to dispatch troops to support Frovald.

Grand Duke of the North, Count Odalov, Michael Odalov, not only has the title of Grand Duke of the North, but is also one of the Seven Earls of the North.

The Odalov family has been the royal family of the northern human race for a thousand years, and has maintained the strongest military force for hundreds of years.

The territory of the Grand Duke of the North, in addition to the Earldom of Odalov in the middle reaches of the Anzeno River, also includes the two enclaves of Aeolus Fortress and Olenik.

The Wind God Fortress located in the upper reaches of the Arctic Glacier and the Olenik Fortress located in the lower reaches of the Arctic Glacier are both giant fortresses built by the Empire after repelling the orcs seven hundred years ago.

These two fortresses originally belonged to the empire's standing army, and each was stationed with 20,000 elite troops of the empire.

But as the orcs disappeared and time passed, the garrisons of the two fortresses were repeatedly reduced.

As history changed, the sovereignty of the two fortresses gradually fell into the hands of the Odalov family.

Seven hundred years later, the Empire is no longer willing to pay for the standing military expenses of the two fortresses, and instead requires the northern lords to resolve the issue on their own.

Except for the most powerful Odalov, the other six earls were busy with the civil war and were not willing to pay to support the Northern Grand Duke's troops.

Therefore, in the past two years, the permanent garrison in Fengshen Fortress has been less than a thousand people, and the combat posts on the city walls are barely filled.

The situation in Olenik is better, because it is the main city of the Grand Duke of the North, so it still has 5,000 elite standing troops.

In previous years, the orcs' raiding forces mostly came from small tribes on the north bank of the North Glacier, and they invaded human villages and towns on the south bank in the form of scout teams.

But starting last year, the Orc Tribe seemed to have gone crazy, almost coming out in full force, with clans of hundreds or thousands crossing the Arctic Ice River and heading south into the northern border every day, and gathering into large armies.

The Orcs' Western Legion ignored the Wind God Fortress and went straight south, advancing 300 miles and approaching the important military town of Varanger in Furelov.

Within a year, the city was captured and the army headed straight for Frovald.

The situation in Olenik, located in the lower reaches of the Arctic Glacier, is much better.

It is located in Storm Fjord, with excellent geographical conditions. The southeast sea breeze can flow in directly, and the northern ridge blocks the cold wave. The climate is completely different from that of the Wind God Fortress at the same latitude.

Oleynik is located on the banks of the Arctic Ice River to the north and the estuary of the Anzeno River to the south. There are large fertile plains to the south of the fortress, and agriculture and animal husbandry are very developed.

This plain and fjord support Oleynik's 5,000 elite standing troops, as well as the Earldom of Isharov, which is famous in the north for its heavy armored elite troops.

The Eastern Legion of the Orcs heading south had a relatively small number of people, with a main force of less than 30,000. They were blocked by Count Isharov at Peshnik, 200 miles south of Olenik, and were stuck at the edge of Stormfjord, unable to advance or retreat.

"According to tradition, the Grand Duke of the North is in charge of Olenik himself and is enough to stop the Eastern Army of the Orcs. As for the Western Army of the Orcs, that is the job of the Three Earls of the West."

"Especially Count Fruilov, who has occupied the World Tree Avenue in recent years and controls the bloodline of the World Tree Avenue, will naturally bleed more if he is invaded by orcs."

"Not to mention the people in the south, even the people in the north did not expect the orcs to invade on such a large scale, and to be able to reach Frovald."

"This situation only occurred once five hundred years ago."

"Five hundred years ago, the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory raised an army to respond to the Emperor of the Southern Territory and marched to the Western Territory. He conquered hundreds of berks in the Western Territory in one fell swoop and incorporated the vast Western Territory into the empire's territory."

"At this time, the North was short of troops, and the orcs happened to have a swordmaster hero - the orcs call their saints heroes, so they invaded the North and fought near Frovald."

"I just don't know what the reason is this time. Could it be that the beast tribe has produced another hero?"

"Fortunately, the Duke of the North is stationed in Frovald. Otherwise, with the remaining troops of Count Fruilov, I'm afraid they won't even be able to defend the main city this time."