Warlord: King of All Clans

To the west of Earl Gustav's territory is the Brokback Mountains, which span half the continent.

It originates from the magnificent barrier, meanders southward for thousands of miles, and reaches the southern coastline of the continent, dividing the territory of the Orlantis Empire into two major parts, east and west.

The Buck Mountains that extend thousands of miles to the west and the Fabados Mountains that divide the north and south are just its small branches.

It is also the border of the three territories of the empire.

The section where the northern border and the western border are separated by mountains is mainly occupied by Earl Gustav.

There are many mountain passes here, which can allow the army to cross the two borders unimpeded.

Although Gustav built a lot of beacon tower systems in the west over the past few hundred years to guard against the army of horse bandits in the west, the effect was not ideal.

Under the feudal lord conscription system, the assembly of troops was extremely slow. Many times, by the time the Gustav family had assembled its elite legions, the horse thieves who came and went like the wind in the western border had already finished burning, killing, looting, and were returning with full loads.

However, in the past, the horse thieves in the West were nothing more than a minor problem to the powerful earl families in the North.

Their lightly armed and fast horses, iron swords and bone arrows can only deal with the defensive forces or militia groups of small local lords. They cannot defeat the small legions of square flags in branch cities.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the horse thieves in the western border would simply take advantage of the autumn harvest season, form a group of thousands of horse thieves, sneak into the northern and southern borders, plunder a few villages and towns, and never threaten the branch city protected by towering city walls.

Even if they attacked Caogu and slaughtered five or six border knight lords at one time, they would not be able to hurt the Gustav family, which owned hundreds of knight lords.

Moreover, if the harvest is too great and the Western Border Cavalry slows down, there is a risk of being wiped out by the Square Flag Legion.

But now it is different. The Talhan tribe in the west has swallowed up the Moon Tribe, and the entire border of Earl Gustav's territory is adjacent to them.

The invading cavalry forces grew larger and larger, forming the Western Cavalry Corps. With the help of firearms and armor, their combat effectiveness increased several times, and the square flag corps in the local branch cities found it difficult to contend.

Only the Earl's main army can drive them away.

Outside a small town in the territory of Count Gustav, Arina rode on a golden-spotted leopard and looked at the city at the end of her sight.

Because it was summer, she was only wearing a light chain mail, with only a few steel plates protecting her shoulders and chest and abdomen.

Even so, after a fierce battle, he was already covered in sweat.

The brown curly hair fluttered in the summer breeze, and the sweat stains gradually dried up.

Behind her was Redstone Castle, one of the twelve castles in the four cities of Gustav. It was the territory of a northern square banner family, and its military strength was equivalent to that of a southern viscount.

After receiving the news of the invasion of horse bandits from the western border, the Red Stone Fort Square Flag immediately recruited more than 20 nearby corner flag knights to form a 2,000-man square flag corps.

The Fangqi Legion, which was more than half covered with armor, already had considerable combat power. The Fangqi Knights were full of confidence and led them out to suppress the bandits.

In the past few years, he was in charge of commanding every battle against the horse bandits of the Talhan tribe, and there was not a single defeat.

The Square Flag Knights have rich experience in how to restrain the light cavalry in the West.

Those unarmored conscripted militiamen were all armed with chevaux de frise spears more than four meters long and had undergone long-term anti-cavalry training.

In addition to half of the unarmored militia, there are also many crossbowmen and longbowmen in the Square Flag Corps, all of which pose a deadly threat to the Western Border Light Cavalry.

As long as the front row of armored regular soldiers can withstand the enemy's two rounds of volleys, the balance of victory will tip towards them.

As a result, Arina led 500 heavily armed musketeers and defeated them with one charge.

The heavy cavalry wore heavy iron armor and rode heavy war horses from the northern border. They were equivalent to five hundred grassland Qiexue. The key point was that each person had two muskets.

Some of the grassland Qiexues who had made great military achievements even bought firearms at their own expense. They were equipped with six muskets of different lengths on their waists, backs and saddles. After a battle, they hardly had to touch their scimitars.

The tactic of the musketeers was indeed two rounds of volleys, but the bullets fired were heavy projectiles that could penetrate plate armor at close range!

Just one thousand heavy lead bullets fired at close range killed or wounded more than half of the front-row armored soldiers of this small square-flag legion, plunging it into chaos.

The rest of the time, they were being harvested by the heavy cavalry of the Western Territory with their sharp scimitars from above.

The unarmored militia's chevaux de frise spears, when stabbed into the heavy cavalry's steel armor, could only scratch the anti-rust coating on the surface.

Now the head of the Fangqi Knight is hanging on the gate of Red Stone Castle. The Fangqi town with a population of nearly two thousand has turned into a sea of ​​fire.

A large amount of supplies and population were collected by the cavalry brought by Arina and transported to the western border.

And where Arina's eyes fell was the branch city of the Gustav family, Xingtao City.

This was one of the three branch cities of the Gustav family and was ruled by Fonteyne's cousin Raymond Gustav.

Raymond himself is a mid-level extraordinary knight with strong combat power. There is also a mage tower in the city, which houses a mid-level mage and more than ten low-level mages.

In addition, there are hundreds of suits and three hundred heavy armors.

This is the foundation of the Northern Earl's family. In addition to the four cities of the family, there are also twelve vassal castles.

There are dozens of square banner families and hundreds of horn knight families in the entire earldom. Every corner is filled with an armored knight and dozens of armored soldiers.

If Earl Gustav's territory had not been in a weak period in recent years, the Talhan tribe would have been the ones bullied.

After assigning military duties, Valhan, the deputy general of the Caogu raider, came to Arina's side and looked at the Xingtao City at the end of their field of vision.

"Arina Mishe, are you interested in Xingtao City? With our current combat power, we can try to attack it!"

This time in the attack on Caogu, Arina personally led two thousand musketeer cavalry and another three thousand grassland light cavalry. Not to mention the armed forces of the branch cities, even the main army of the Earl might be at risk of a fight.

Now that a local flag legion has been defeated, Xingtao City is extremely weak. If we attack the city while they are gathering their forces, this branch city will soon change hands.

Arina retracted her gaze and glared at Valhan. "Attack the city? Who will we give it to after we capture it? Even if we occupy Xingtao City, we will still give it to Diamondo. Do you think that guy is willing to give the land in the north to us Westerners?"

Valkhan was speechless. He was so overwhelmed by victory that he felt that the Tarkhan tribe was now invincible and it was not impossible for them to expand to the north.

But when I thought about the armor and ammunition that we relied on, all of which came from the river bend, I knew that what Arina said was right.

Rio Mundo of the River Bend is also a vicious wolf. If you try to snatch food from his mouth, a big fight will inevitably break out.

Armor and ammunition are consumables. Once the supply is cut off, the Tarhan tribe’s prestige will not last for a few years and they will have to return to the era of light equipment and fast horses.

Valhan could only ask, "What should we do now?"

Arina had been here many times, so she didn't need to look at the map before she said, "There are several small towns like this around Xingtao City, and countless villages. We'll just keep robbing them until Diamondo finds them!"

Valhan was immediately excited and turned his horse to mobilize his troops. "Okay!"

Ajina glanced at Xingtaocheng again and angrily whipped her mount's butt with the whip.

The golden leopard felt pain, cried out in grievance, then obediently turned around and walked away.