One hundred and fifty-eight chapters the enemy in a dilemma
Hundreds of thousands of Green Demon prisoners poured into Qiuhe County, which greatly increased the pressure on Arthur. Zhang He was busy defending the main force of the Arthur family, so he sent a message to Lin Yi to request reinforcements.
At this time, Lin Yi was meeting with Norn at the Taodong camp. After receiving the news, he immediately sent Dekun to lead 20,000 pig-headed soldiers to Qiuhe County to assist Arthur in guarding the Green Demon captives.
At the same time, let Arthur quickly persuade the Green Goblin soldiers among the prisoners to surrender.
Dongdu County and Shanhe County are different in that they belong to the territory of a family, that is, a branch of a large company, while the lords of all ethnic groups in Shanhe County are entrepreneurial bosses.
Branch offices are supported by the head office, and profits must be returned to the head office. The person in charge can only take a small share, so the military allocation is subject to the arrangements of the head office, and the branch office cannot spend much money to expand its own private troops.
In general, the viscounty territory has 2,000 troops, and the earl territory has 20,000 troops. The excess will be paid for out of pocket.
As a business owner, naturally you can expand as much as you can.
The total strength of the various territories in Xidu County is almost more than 40,000, of which more than 10,000 were killed in battle, and more than 30,000 were captured, including about 15,000 high-level soldiers.
Most of those who died in the battle were soldiers from Xidu City. During Zhang He's siege, more than 3,000 people were intercepted and killed when they broke out of the siege, and more than 5,000 people were killed when they entered the city.
As long as these more than 30,000 Green Demon soldiers can be collected, the hundreds of thousands of captives in Xidu City will basically be captured.
Noen came this time to discuss cooperation with Lin Yi, and also brought 30,000 people to exchange for more than 70,000 werewolf prisoners.
At the same time, he also wanted Lin Yi to send troops to assist.
There are six counties in Beiyuan County, and Norn has occupied three counties: Jet County, Norn County, and Xiyuan County.
The Dauser family also dispatched tens of thousands of troops to gather in Dongyuan County to conduct final negotiations with Norn.
Norn is independent, but it does not mean that the family is recognized. In name, it is still a member of the Dauser family, but it has autonomy, that is, it will no longer hand over the profits of the territory to the family.
The Dauser family is also in a dilemma now. It has to be said that Norn is really a talent, but he can no longer control it.
In addition, the Marquis of Beiyuan County is a second-generation direct relative of the clan leader. In comparison, Norn, a fifth-generation side branch, has a much worse relationship.
"Brother Noen, even if I help you, I can only help you for a while. How will you deal with the Dauser family afterwards?" Lin Yi did not speak too directly.
The purpose of Noen's trip was just to let Lin Yi help him overcome the current difficulties.
"Brother Lin Yi, I represent the side branch of the Dauser family. As long as I can survive the current hurdle and have a steady stream of people from the side branch of the family join me, I will be able to compete with the main branch of the family." Noen was very happy.
Said confidently.
He has secretly attracted many middle-level and high-level clan members, including several gold-level extraordinary ones, but they are still a little undecided at this time. They want to see whether Norn has the strength to fight against the master's family before making a decision.
"Brother Noen, I can help you swallow the entire Beiyuan County, but I have a condition." Lin Yi looked at Noen and said.
"Brother Lin Yi, please tell me clearly." Noen said excitedly when he saw Lin Yi's stance.
When he came here, he had already seen the Northern Expedition Army under Lin Yi, which looked extraordinary at first sight. He heard that there was another army under his human brother who was fighting against the Lance family.
At present, the Taodong camp is also full of elite soldiers and generals, especially Dian Wei, who is beside Lin Yi, and his aura is even more powerful than the patriarch of the Dauser family.
During this period, Lin Yi stayed at Taodong Camp and summoned 10,000 Qilin Lancers and 5,000 Greedy Wolf Cavalry.
The current strength of Taodong Camp is 30,000.
"Simple, when I take over the whole province of Valan, I hope to replace Beiyuan County with Shanggu County and Brother Noen." Lin Yi smiled and said his conditions.
This condition has more advantages than disadvantages for Norn. As the hometown of the Dauser family, Shanggu County has developed much better than Beiyuan County.
"This..." Noen was speechless for a moment.
Norn naturally understood what Ji Yi was thinking. If he wanted to go to Gu County, he would have to defend Ji Yi from the orcs in the Huangluo Province.
There is actually no harm in itself, but once Ji Yi starts a war with the orcs, Shanggu County will definitely bear the brunt. At that time, it will not face an enemy from a county, but a province, and it is very likely to be an orc coalition.
"Brother Noen, don't worry too much. I will leave enough troops to ensure that Shanggu County is worry-free." Lin Yi saw Noen's expression and knew that Noen did not want to completely break up with the orcs just yet.
"Brother Lin Yi, you are very ambitious. It's just that if the Dauser family joins forces with the Lance family, it might not be that easy to deal with. I have inside information. Both families already have title-level masters." Noen hesitated and asked Lin Yi said.
"Haha, haha, brother Noen, I have more than two hands of people who can fight for the title. If I don't have any strength, how can I dare to claim to take over the entire province of Valan." Lin Yi said with a smile.
One thing Lin Yi did not expect was that although the generals under his command were powerful, they were not known to outsiders.
When Noen heard Ji Yi's words, his pupils shrank suddenly. He did not doubt Ji Yi's words. He himself was a gold-level extraordinary, and those who were stronger than him could not fight against extraordinary beings.
"How to deal with the Ursine tribe in Doro Province and the Lion tribe in Ziluo Province? And how to deal with the Ogre tribe." Norn asked seriously.
"Defend in the north, defend in the east, and attack in the south. The ogres can be allies, and the orcs in the north are not a concern for the time being." Lin Yi introduced Zhou Yu's concept.
"Can you still fight the Holy Knight?" Norn was stunned.
If we attack the south, aren't we attacking the Lion Tribe? That's the Orc Royal Tribe!
"It can be fought!" Lin Yi nodded.
Noen left the Taodong Camp with a somewhat complicated mood. He really didn't expect that the human race that he thought had potential earlier turned out to be a tiger. He began to believe Taylor's analysis.
However, after all, you are a lord of one party, you cannot make a decision blindly, you still have to show your strength, just like the branch clan members of the Dauser family.
In the end, Lin Yi agreed to send troops to help Norn swallow up Beiyuan County, and would also help Norn hold on for a while.
After receiving Lin Yi's order, Zhang Liao led his army to Xiyuan County with more than 70,000 werewolf prisoners in custody.
At this time, the main force of the Lance family arrived at Xidu City, leaving them with only an empty city.
The scouts also brought back the bad news that the entire Xidu County had been evacuated!
The Lance family army moved into Xidu City, and Caron immediately summoned the family's top brass for a military meeting.
"Kamon, how long will it take to mobilize grain and grass from other counties in Nanhe County?" In the meeting hall, Karon frowned and asked Kamon, Marquis of Nanhe County.
"Third Elder, the severe winter has just passed. Many counties have insufficient grain storage, and they have been mobilized once before. If they are recruited again, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive the spring plowing." Carmon vomited bitterly.
The most unlucky person in this battle is Nanhe County.
"After the war, the family will allocate food, but it will be temporarily used." Karon looked a little unkind.
As the family elder in charge of logistics, Kalon knew the grain reserves of each county very clearly. It was normal for Kalon to feel dissatisfied after requisitioning grain and grass twice.
But under such circumstances, shirking responsibility and ignoring the overall situation is extremely short-sighted.
"Third Elder, it will take a long time to temporarily raise food and grass. It will take at least seven days to transport it. At most, we can only recruit 100,000 dans of food." Carmon said bravely.
"How many days can our army's food supply last?" Caron turned to Kaman.
Thomas is in charge of the Knights, and Carman is in charge of the army.
"According to the march plan, the army only reserves food for three days. If it is delayed for one day on the road, only two days are left." There was no change in Kaman's face.
In this situation, the coach had his faults, and Kaman wisely chose to remain silent. It was all up to Kaaron, but if something went wrong, Kaaron would naturally take the blame.
"Everyone, please tell me what you think," Caron glanced at the silent senior members of the clan in the meeting hall and said.
"Third Elder, why don't we withdraw our troops for the time being and prepare all the food and grass before we come back to fight the humans." Northen looked around and found that everyone was silent, so he opened his mouth to break the calm.
Among the senior members of the Lance family in the meeting hall, Northam was the highest-ranking foreigner except Thomas. These family veterans did not open their mouths, so he could only start the conversation.
"What if the human race attacks with all its troops?" Kayun, who is also the deputy leader of the knights, answered at this time.
As the two vice-captains of the Knights, although Ka Yun and Noson are not hostile to each other, they are competitive, so it is a routine operation to play opposite.
"Our army of hundreds of thousands will be destroyed as long as the human race dares to come." Noson glared at Ka Yun.
The reason for coming out to play devil's advocate at this time is not to complicate things.
"In this case, why can't our army directly send troops to attack Qiuhe County, where food must be piled up like mountains." Kayun ignored Noson and said to himself.
"You are risking hundreds of thousands of tribesmen. If the war situation reaches a stalemate, you know what the consequences will be!" Noson couldn't help but slap the table and stand up to reply to Ka Yun.
"How can a mere tens of thousands of people be able to stop our army of hundreds of thousands!" Kayun said with a sneer.
"Don't worry about victory, think about defeat first. If you lose, you will be doomed!" After saying this, Nuosen sat back on the chair without even looking at Kayun, and stopped talking.
Ka Yun wanted to continue to fight back, but Ka Long raised his hand to stop him.
"Both what Noson and Kayun said are reasonable. Do you have any compromises?"
Looking around, Caron found that no one was willing to speak, and he became a little angry.
"What? Do you want me to name them one by one?"
Hearing Caron's anger, the senior leaders of the Lance family could no longer hold it in any longer.
"You can reduce your food intake and buy some time." Carmon said.
"Perhaps we can persuade the human race to surrender, which may have a miraculous effect." A silver-level transcendent also spoke.
"The human race only has tens of thousands of troops. Our army can withdraw half of our troops first. With the power of our army, even with half of our troops, we can defeat the human race!"
"Slaughtering war horses can last for a while."
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There was merit in the initial opinion, but as it went on, it became more and more outrageous, giving Cuaron a headache.
"Carman, Carmon, Thomas, Cayun, and Noson stay, and the rest should disperse." Caron waved his hand and announced the end of the military meeting.
