After the Hunter family became prosperous, the decoration of the meeting hall was also updated a lot. New round tables, wooden chairs, large pillar statues, and even a bear capital were hung to make it look more grand. This kind of decoration is majestic and majestic.
The style is not like the southern aristocrats who like to decorate themselves with luxurious fabrics, jewelry and other luxury items. It has a bit of a northern taste.
Of course, from the perspective of the southern nobles, this style can be directly called barbaric, but Viscount Sauter and the old straight men of the Hunter family like this style.
After entering the hall, everyone was no longer laughing and joking like before, but each found their own place to sit down.
The rules of the Hunter family, or the rules set by Richard, are like this. On weekdays, some joking is harmless, but when everyone enters this meeting room and wants to get down to business, they have to be serious when they should, and have something to do.
look,
Richard had habitually sat on the main seat, Viscount Sauter took the lower seat, and the remaining two uncles, Butler Egger and other dignitaries took their seats one after another.
"According to the reliable information I received, orc spies will enter the Northland in the near future."
"Orc spy?"
"Is this information accurate?"
As soon as Richard said this, the entire meeting hall exploded. It wasn't that everyone didn't trust Richard, it was because some understandings were deeply ingrained.
The orcs are the most powerful enemy of mankind, but they have been blocked to the east of Longxi Pass for hundreds of years. Everyone really can't believe that the orcs will infiltrate into the North.
If Richard wants to tell them that Longxing Pass has been breached and the orcs may come here, they may not have such big doubts. At least it makes sense logically.
"It's almost certain that when the ogres moved eastward, there was intelligence indicating that orcs might appear on the battlefield."
Richard did not mention the source of the intelligence. After all, it would be a little outrageous to speculate on this reason based on the tasks issued by the system.
Fortunately, Richard's prestige in the Hunter family was high enough, so everyone basically believed that there might be orcs infiltrating the Northland after Richard's confirmation.
"Infiltrate into the Northland and come from the far north snowfield?"
"This is the only route that takes you through the far northern snowfields, bypasses the Snowy Mountains, passes through the territory of the Snow Giants, and then goes south to the Ironwood Forest or the Wilderness."
"There are basically no conditions for marching in the snowfields of the far north. The environment is already harsh enough, and we still have to deal with snow giants. I heard that snow giants are a very territorial race. Will the orcs crossing the snowfields like this not be attacked by snow giants?"
Richard's men have never relaxed their efforts to collect information about the snowfields and geographical information outside the North, and often share these geographical information with their senior officials, which Richard considers very basic, but which most small nobles of this era do not have.
Common sense, so everyone can still correctly guess the path of the orcs.
First of all, we must rule out that the orcs infiltrated from Dragon's Breath Pass. Not to mention that there are more than one million elite troops there who are tightly guarded. Not even a bird can get through. Even if there are elites who infiltrate Dragon's Breath Pass, they are still thousands of miles away from the north.
Here, there is no way you should come to Beidi.
Thinking this way, the only way left is to go around the snowy mountains in the far north and cross the snowfields. This road is definitely not too far away. If you march normally, you can get there in less than a month.
But there is a reason why the orcs have not walked this road for so long, and the humans have not set up defenses. Such a harsh environment basically makes it impossible for a large-scale army to pass through. The road is blocked by daily strong winds and snow, and the logistics of passing the army are simply difficult.
Nightmare, with a small team of elites it might be okay, but with too few people nothing can be accomplished.
Second, after passing through the snowfield, you have to face the Snow Giant clan who attaches great importance to hunting grounds. Don't look at the easy victory of Richard against the Ice Flame Tribe. After all, the Ice Flame Tribe is just a small tribe, and Richard is a cheater, which can lead to this kind of dimensionality reduction.
blowing effect,
If you directly cross the snowfield, you will have to pass at least several medium-sized tribes' territories, and you will have to face at least a few hostile earth-level people and hundreds of snow giants of the knight level. If the army disturbs the snow giant royal court, then
What's even worse is that the possibility of the entire army being annihilated is extremely high. No one had even considered this path before. Now that Richard is convinced, it has been carefully considered by the senior executives of the Hunter family.
"Is it possible that the orcs and the snow giants reached an agreement?"
"Okay, everyone doesn't need to discuss this issue. Let's make arrangements based on the prediction that orc spies or even a small group of orc troops will infiltrate into the Northland in the near future, and strengthen patrols to take strict precautions."
"yes."
This is probably the benefit of Richard's words. He must force things to be promoted. Even if the people below him have any doubts, as long as they are not so outrageous that they are anti-intellectual and cannot be implemented, they will be thoroughly implemented. The only thing that can be done to Li Cha is
Viscount Sauter, who decided to cause some disturbance, would either act like a god of sleep or be the first to raise his hand in agreement whenever this happens, without having any other opinions.
This time the matter was serious, Viscount Sauter did not act like a god of sleep. Instead, he frowned, put his hands on the table and hugged him tightly to listen to the whole story.
"If the orcs infiltrate from the North through the Ironwood Forest, can we in Ironwood City resist it?"
Viscount Sauter directly agreed with Richard's statement in the first sentence, and was concerned about the strength of the orcs.
Although Viscount Sauter can't control civil affairs, his military quality is not bad. It would be okay if it was just a small-scale spies infiltration. After all, the ogres in the wilderness have already broken Richard's bones. A small number of elites have come to the north.
The earth cannot borrow its strength at all,
But it would be very dangerous if a small group of elite troops really infiltrated. If the orcs came from the snowfield in such a big way, they would definitely not be just two or three kittens and puppies. If they wanted to cause big trouble, the power of this group of people would definitely exceed the power of the orcs.
Viscount Sauter's imagination, otherwise it would not make much sense. Although Viscount Sauter occasionally showed arrogance, he was not so arrogant that he did not pay attention to the orcs, who once sat on the heads of humans and were the close enemies of the kingdom for hundreds of years.
Race.
"Let me introduce it to you."
"Your Excellency Angele, you will join Ironwood City and station directly at Ironwood Castle in the future."
The champion knight, who had been standing behind Richard, clenched his fist to signal to everyone and said nothing more, acting quite coldly.
"This is?"
"Father, don't worry. In addition to Angele, there are several strong men stationed at the same time. They are all my most loyal subordinates and absolutely reliable."
Richard blocked the next question Viscount Sauter wanted to ask with one sentence. Anyway, they were absolutely reliable. He should trust his son's subordinates as much as they should, but with this strength...
"Angelet is an earth knight, and several others are also knight-level experts. I believe that cooperating with the Ironwood City garrison can ensure the safety of Ironwood City, at least until I lead my army to return reinforcements."
Although Richard still has heavy troops in the wilderness, he still has no plans to divide his troops. Griffin can keep an eye on the situation here. If there is a problem in Ironwood City or anywhere, he can bring the system army to quickly support.
Logistics skills, knight gloves, and walking boots, the speed of running at a devilish speed is unstoppable.
"Ahem"
After listening to Richard's introduction, Viscount Sauter seemed to be out of breath. The strength of the Earth Level was really amazing. Everyone below also looked at each other.
If Richard said that this person was a peak knight, they would not doubt it, but as for the earth level, there are only three in the kingdom on the surface. Even if there are a few hidden ones, it is not the Hunter family's turn to hide them. The original Hunter family
You are not qualified to come into contact with this level of power.
Originally, the Great Knight was considered an unfathomable existence in their eyes. It was only recently that they became rich and everyone became bolder and could accept the peak strength of the Great Knight. After all, in the past, the Hou Lanster family in the North had only its first generation ancestor.
Besides, the back was only supported by a few big knights, otherwise it wouldn't have been hammered into such a state by the ogres.
Richard didn't say much, and looked at Angelet. The latter took out the knight's sword from his waist and danced, and a burst of fighting spirit came out of the sword.
"boom!"
The fighting spirit hit the thick stone slab more than ten meters away from the meeting hall, and a small hole was directly blasted out of the thick stone slab by the fighting spirit.
"this…"
"The fighting spirit leaves the body!"
I have never eaten pork but I have seen pigs run away. The fighting energy left the body and shattered the stone slabs more than ten meters away. This is a typical feature of the earth level.
Everyone was first surprised and then happy. No matter how magical it was, in addition to Young Master Richard who was suspected of having earth-level strength, there was another earth-level strongman on his side.
Everyone present is closely related to the interests of the Hunter family. Seeing the Hunter family's outrageous strength, in addition to surprises, they naturally have greater expectations. There are only a few in the entire human race on the earth level. Now the Hunter family
There are only two children in the family. Isn’t this considered destiny?
If they knew that Richard had nearly ten subordinates with such strength, wouldn't they faint from excitement?
After Angele proved his strength, the remaining crusaders and senior monks naturally no longer had to prove anything. They still stood silently outside the door, but the people in the meeting hall looked at them differently.
Already.
"Angelet will lead the men to be stationed in Ironwood City to ensure that Ironwood City is safe. Peasants and soldiers from each village have been mobilized to patrol day and night. Now that spring plowing is almost here, it is also time to test our Hunter family's wartime mobilization capabilities.
The remaining cavalry patrols will continue as usual, but patrols in the direction of Tiemulin will be strengthened."
"Let's start executing!"
"yes!"
…
"gather!"
"Tap tap tap tap"
In a village in Hunter's territory, dozens of farmers and soldiers from the village quickly arrived at the assembly point under the call of the security management, and completed the formation at a relatively neat pace.
If it weren't for the various equipment of the peasants and soldiers, just based on the speed of gathering and the formation, they would be no weaker than the ordinary regular army of the kingdom, not to mention that their fighting will may be a little higher.
Rather than saying that these are peasants and soldiers, it is better to talk about the reserve system established by Richard. When it is necessary to replenish troops in wartime, these peasants and soldiers may be equipped with one round and can be used as regular troops after a little reorganization.
The Sheriff didn't say much and just followed the instructions and led the farmers and soldiers to start patrolling.
Anyway, you may not be able to defeat the orcs, but as long as the sheriff can send out a signal in time, then the value of this team of peasant soldiers will be reflected...
Far North Snowfield
There is still a vast expanse of white on the snowfield. It has been spring for some time, but there is basically no difference between spring, summer, autumn and winter in the snowfield. There are only differences between cold and colder.
The white wind carrying snowflakes is constantly howling. This is a comfortable environment for the snow giants, but it is a forbidden place for most life forms.
However, this forbidden land with almost no outside life is a bit lively today. A group of "dwarfs" with a size of more than two meters are actually walking in the white snow. They are obviously not snow giants who have lived in the snow field for a long time. It is more than 30 below zero.
Although the environment is harsh, it is one of the rare times in the snowfield where we can march.
Although the people in the team walked very slowly and with difficulty, they were very determined and had a clear direction and goal. Upon closer inspection, there were actually a thousand people in the team. Everyone was wearing a heavy coat, and their faces were almost completely covered.
, leaving only small holes for the nose, mouth and eyes. He carried weapons on his back and tried to huddle his upper body into a ball to resist the cold.
"Tal, how far is it from the Ironwood Forest you mentioned?"
"If we keep going like this, it will take at least five or six days."
The person who asked the question was a taller orc. Compared to Tal, he looked much stronger. Judging from his size, he should be a pure-blood orc.
"Why choose to walk through the Ironwood Forest? It's troublesome to enter the woods. Wouldn't it be better to walk through the wilderness?"
The person who asked the question turned out to be a female voice. It was hard to imagine that there were women among a large group of elite orcs.
"Hypatia, don't question the Legion Commander's decision."
Before the tall orc could respond, Tarr scolded him.
The orc army commander didn’t care too much and explained:
"Although the ironwood forest is difficult to walk through, it can enter human territory faster and can hide its whereabouts. If you go into the wilderness, you have to march in the endless wilderness for more than ten days. The probability of being discovered by human aerial reconnaissance is very high. If humans discover it in advance,
Being vigilant may be detrimental to our plans..."
"What are you afraid of? Just kill our first legion..."
"Hypatia!"
"Okay, okay, the legion commander didn't say anything. Why are you so fierce, Tar."
"Forget it, let's continue marching and try to reach Tiemulin as early as possible."
"yes…"
The orcs were trying their best to keep going, but they didn't know that the humans thousands of miles away had already fully alerted themselves and even started to prepare for war. The so-called concealment was actually a useless effort...
