Warlord: King of All Clans

In the North, such things always happen in the struggle for inheritance rights among the sons of earls.

The earl's sons privately promised and granted large amounts of territory and knightly titles to others, and there were even examples of privately conferring titles of viscount and baron.

Once the struggle for inheritance rights fails, these supporters will inevitably be liquidated, their land will be taken back, and their titles will not be recognized.

They will also be sanctioned for violating the law.

Misevich, the former owner of the Solovy Knights' Territory, was originally an old noble of Isenpol. However, twenty years ago, he privately supported the Earl's brother Victor Frylov, which led to his being ostracized and suppressed, and his family fell into decline.

If Leo accepted Tariq Fruilov's private title, he would have to do his best to help Tariq ascend to the throne of Count Fruilov, but he would have faced the same fate.

Of course, this is not a big conspiracy. Sir Tariq just wanted to disgust people and bully Leo, a peasant who didn't understand the rules of the game.

But Leo's refusal was not without effect, as it brought the contradiction to the surface.

The political game of the nobles is so outrageous. No matter what Leo chooses, when he is in a weak position, if he does not want to be eaten up and treated like a dog, he can only gain powerful enemies.

This was true of Gladstone and also of Tariq.

The powerful will not respect the choices of the weak just because they choose peace or neutrality.

The weak do not have such a wide range of choices and often can only choose to surrender or fight.

After this little episode, the legion commander, Knight Arnold, became more caring towards Leo.

This kind of care is very simple, for example, formally introducing Leo's identity in front of all the corner flags.

If Leo introduced himself, no matter how much he boasted, no one would take him seriously.

When seeing the beautiful Rose Knight, he still can't help but flirt with her. When seeing carts full of supplies, he still can't help but "ask" for some.

However, with the formal introduction by the legion commander Arnold, most of the corner flags would understand how much respect Rio should be given, and would think more before provoking him.

If the Earl of the North is a big warlord, then the Fangqi family is a small local warlord. While they maintain local rule on behalf of the Earl, they are also feared by the Earl.

Every banner family in the North was the product of the struggle with the Earl, and all of them were suppressed by the Earl's Mansion, either overtly or covertly.

The Riverbend Territory is a rising star in Isenbol. As long as it is not successfully suppressed by Lord Tariq, it will inevitably become a future square flag family.

The care that the square-flag knight Arnold gave to Leo was equivalent to building a good relationship in advance and laying a solid foundation for future alliances and marriages.

With the conscription completed and the personnel in place, the legion set out, crossing the Isenpol Bridge and heading north along the World Tree Avenue.

Although according to the territory of the North, the Earldom of Fruilov owns more than 100,000 square kilometers of Wolf-Driving Plain west of the World Tree Avenue.

But in fact, the entire Earldom of Fruilov has only developed four towns and several fortresses along the World Tree Avenue.

The entire Wolf-Driving Plain and the foothills of the magnificent barrier are still wilderness.

It is equivalent to having the area of ​​a province but only the development level of a city.

However, this is not uncommon in the North. The land north of the Anzeno River was originally the land of orcs and aliens, and the northern humans originally only lived on the south bank of the Anzeno River.

Seven hundred years ago, with the support of the Southern Empire, the northern human race completely defeated the orcs and drove them to the northern snowfields on the north bank of the North Glacier.

However, the north bank of the Anzeno River is not only extremely cold and unsuitable for farming, but is also full of mountains and is not suitable for human development.

After the Orlantis Empire brought the North under its rule, it turned its attention to the West. Not only did it not continue to support the development of the North, but it also recruited a large number of young and strong men from the North to join in the conquest of the West.

The heavily armored elite army of the North, which had already suffered heavy casualties in the war with the orcs, was thrown into the war in the West.

Five hundred years ago, the Western Territory was also incorporated into the rule of the Orlantis Empire, but the population of the Northern Territory became even more desolate.

For hundreds of years, only the banks of the Anzeno River were densely populated, while most of the rest of the mountains and hills remained wilderness.

The flat and wide World Tree Avenue is the alien version of a highway, allowing the army of Earl Fruilov to quickly provide support to various places.

This is also the reason why the Earldom of Fruilov has occupied the northern section of the World Tree Avenue alone for hundreds of years.

With sufficient animal power and flat roads, the Isenbol Legion could march fifty miles a day and still maintain sufficient combat power.

At this marching speed, we will be able to reach Frovald in ten days and join the orc war.

However, Knight Arnold told Leo that compared with the Earl's Legion gathered in the main city of Frovald and the army of the Grand Duke of the North, their local legion was not strong enough and would not be put into frontal combat at the first time.

Most of them serve as auxiliary troops, doing odd jobs for the earls.

This was also consistent with Leo's prediction. According to the individual strength of the orcs, his 3,000 conscripts and regular soldiers could only fight against the old, weak and sick.

Whenever they encounter an elite force like wolf cavalry or troll headhunters, it will be a one-sided massacre.

The Duke and Earls of the North would not send low-level soldiers like them to fight in the field. They would probably arrange them to the city walls or logistics areas.

Only when the human race has an absolute advantage will it be possible to launch a general attack with the main army.

Wars between humans and beastmen have always been like this, and they have always relied on blockhouses and arrow towers, high-end armaments, extraordinary combat power and large numbers to win.

Even if it is a purely elite legion of heavy armor, it would not rashly engage in head-on combat with an equal number of orc main forces.

Six days later, the 3,000-man Isenbor Legion arrived at Ilanrado, one of the four cities of Furelov.

Ilanrado is the smallest city in the Earldom of Fruilov, with a town population of less than 10,000 people, and its main industries are forestry and animal husbandry.

There were also five square flags around, and before they arrived, they had already formed a legion of 2,000 people and headed north.

At this time, the defenders on the city wall were all civilians. The appearance of the Isenbol Legion made them nervous for a while.

The atmosphere here was obviously much more tense than that of Isenbol. Whether it was the orc scouts or the aliens driven out from the depths of the Wolf-Driving Plain by the orcs, the villages near Ilanrado suffered heavy losses.

At least ten knight territories were destroyed in last year's war.

The city is ruled by Count Frelov's second son, Veblen Frelov. However, unlike his brother Tariq, Veblen has now personally served as the commander of the Ilanrado Legion and stood on the city wall of Frewald.

Leo has been here twice. The first time was when he passed by during his migration of thousands of miles, but this memory could no longer be found in the original owner's mind.

The second time was after sending the little mouse away last time, when Freya took him south along the World Tree Avenue back to the river bay and they bypassed it.

After resting for a day in Ilanrado, it took another four days to reach the main city of Frovald.