Warlord: King of All Clans

Although the lords of Isenpol were greatly shocked by the fall of Varanger, they were still somewhat resistant to the call-up as a whole, so that the legion was extremely slow to assemble.

It would be different if it was a fight with the neighboring earldom. Even if the troops were slightly weaker, the knight lords would be very happy to fight on the front line.

Once the war is won, huge wealth and large tracts of land can be obtained.

But what can we gain from fighting against orcs?

A pile of stone tools and animal skins?

As for the righteousness of race and the principle of justice? They don't exist.

There is no such thing in the other world, and Isenbol has never been attacked.

Some lords who are good at business want to pay money instead of serving in the army.

Only those brave and aggressive military nobles were ready to reorganize their troops and wait for the legions to assemble.

Among them, represented by the Petukhov family, at least ten corner flags in the knights' territory south of Isenpol immediately responded to the call for war.

However, as a square flag knight, Rigolav was suppressed and excluded by the lords because he criticized some lords who were unwilling to send troops at the lords' meeting, and lost the opportunity to command the legion this time.

In order to calm the public anger, Lord Tariq ordered Rigolav to continue to be in charge of border patrols in Isenpol on the grounds that he was better at suppressing bandits.

The knight with the square flag in the northeast, Arnold Isenkulov, became the commander of the army heading north.

The southeast square flag knight, Rudolf Hobert, became the deputy legion commander.

Two square flag knights, twenty-six corner flag knights, one hundred and thirty proletarian knights and knights' squires, one thousand regular soldiers, and one thousand five hundred conscripts formed the Isenbol Legion.

Because the journey was long and the battle was against orcs, unarmored militia would be a burden, so the lowest level of soldiers recruited this time was conscripts, and most of these conscripts were crossbowmen and longbowmen.

In order to gather an elite legion of 3,000 men, those knights of the corner flags who did not participate in the war, in addition to paying the substitute service money, must also provide at least ten armored soldiers to participate in the war.

This almost drained Isenpol's elite forces, leaving only a group of low-level militiamen to guard the home.

All the armor and weapons on the market in Isenbor were sold out, and the prices of food, fodder, and animal power also rose accordingly.

As the southernmost city in the Earldom of Fruilov, Isenpol is a small town, ranking only third among the four towns in the Earldom.

But it occupies one-third of the arable land of the entire earldom.

There are about fifty corner flag knight territories here, most of which are distributed on the plains on both sides of the east side of Isenpol, and there are very few in the mountainous area on the west side.

Originally, as an untitled pioneer knight, Hewan was not required to provide corner flag service. The most he could do was to follow the knight lords and pay a sum of money for service, or provide ten more armored soldiers.

But a few days after the order to assemble the legion was issued, Romon brought bad news.

Grand Lord Tariq has issued an order that, as a pioneer knight of the Earldom of Fruilov, although Ulian has not yet been granted a title, he actually controls a population and land that exceeds the limit, thus meeting the conditions for conscription.

Therefore, in this call for war, Hewan needs to provide the feudal lord with a corner flag of military force.

Including knights!

The military force of a corner flag consists of at least one knight, two knight squires, ten armored soldiers and twenty-five conscripted militiamen.

But in reality, unless one is really poor and destitute, no northern corner flag will provide the minimum number of troops.

Sitting in the lord's house, Uliyan was very annoyed. "I don't even have a knight title, why should I serve as a knight? And River Bay is a group of soldiers, where can we find knights?"

Luo Meng was also helpless. "Lord Tariq's decree has been issued. Not only the River Bay, but also several untitled pioneering territories of other families have been recruited. They can't escape."

Uliyan could only look at Leo: "What should we do?"

Leo didn't care. "What else can I do? I'll go. You take the blame, and I'll go and die. It's always like this."

Wu Liyang's face darkened, "That was in the past!"

In the past, Uliyan regarded Leo as his number one fighter. Although he treated him as his son or nephew, he was willing to risk his life when necessary to win living space for his people.

But now that he is her son-in-law, she is a little hesitant.

Once people become comfortable and wealthy, they will be reluctant to risk their lives. The same principle applies here.

If he had a choice, he would rather pay several times more for the labor service.

Leo, on the contrary, became calmer. After experiencing several life and death situations, he was no longer as timid as modern people.

Wuliyan's eyes swept through the lord's house and fell on the Rose Knight on guard. He scratched his chin and said, "Just one knight will do, right? There are knights in the river bay..."

Leo looked at the Rose Knight with him, and said with disdain, "Can you say that?"

The lords of the river bend, big and small, stared at the noble and elegant Rose Knight and whispered to each other with obscene looks.

The Rose Knight on guard felt a chill, secretly moved his feet, and hid behind a pillar where the lord could not see him.

After much discussion, it was decided that only Leo could go.

Ulian was born in the army and was a rough man from the north. He was a complete male chauvinist. How could he have the nerve to let a woman fight for him?

As a human being in his two lives, Leo's chauvinism was doubled, so he had no such idea at all.

Moreover, the orc army is powerful, and it would be best if we could stop them five hundred miles away.

Unlike those small knight lords who only consider immediate interests, Urian and Leo, including flag knights such as Rigolav, all have a certain strategic vision and are very aware of the threat posed by the orc army to their hometown.

Once the main city of Forovald fell, there would be no strong city in the entire Earldom of Forelov that could resist the southward advance of the Orc Army.

By then, no matter whether the orc army is gaining a foothold in the north or is surrounded and suppressed by the armies of other earls, a small place like the River Bay will inevitably be lost.

If you don't go and I don't go, we can just wait to die together.

The reason why Varanger fell is clear from the previous experience.

Moreover, this expedition is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity.

If he makes some military achievements and pioneering contributions, he might be able to earn the title of a square-flag knight.

To put it bluntly, it means upgrading from an unknown person to an officially certified local general.

However, the two men in the family want to save face, but Olivia is different. She has no masculinity, only wifely feelings.

After knowing that Leo was going to the war, I couldn't sleep for two nights.

Finally, after much persuasion, threats and inducements, the captain of the Rose Knight team finally agreed to send four Rose sisters to escort Leo to the battle.

The four young Rose Knights had no intention of resisting, but nodded happily.

The mistress is the princess's adoptive mother, and Leo is also her royal highness's adoptive father!

In addition to the four Rose Knights, Urian also prepared fifty River Bay sword and shield infantry and fifty Basaka longbowmen for Leo.

The wild folk hunters Bjorn and Vicky, who had just been promoted to extraordinary levels, were also on the list, serving as captain of the infantry and captain of the archers respectively.

The former was the new generation leader of the Great Falls Tribe. With the rise of River Bend, the Great Falls Tribe quietly became a vassal.

Faced with a new threat to his survival, Bjorn must secure enough territory in the river's bend to protect his people.

The latter is one of the most outstanding military leaders in River Bay. All his family members died in the orcs' raids, and now he spends all his time thinking about training troops and fighting.

When he heard that Leo was going to the war, he simply abandoned his gravel fort and volunteered to be the vanguard.

A total of one hundred and five people joined the Isenbol Legion!