Chapter 280 Little Actions That Have No Effect (Changed)
Jinlongdu
It has been spring for a long time, and the temperature has basically warmed up. Pedestrians on the street are dressed in confusion, some are still wearing long-sleeved robes, and some are already wearing single clothes.
The market is still bustling, businessmen come and go, teahouses and restaurants are full of guests, and the citizens of Jinlongdu are always more willing to discuss national affairs. Although most of them are just talking nonsense, they can also be lively. These two
The most important thing in the world is naturally the emergence of orcs in the North.
It has been almost twenty days since the orcs appeared in the Hunter Territory. At that time, there were many caravans coming and going in the Hunter Territory. Richard did not deliberately block any news. He returned to Golden Dragon City a few days ago.
The caravan brought the news over,
If the matter involves orcs, it is easier to attract people's attention. Less than ten days after the first caravan returned to Golden Dragon, most people knew about the orcs' appearance in the North.
Although the orcs caused little movement this time, they were quickly suppressed by Richard. The destruction they caused to the North was completely incomparable with the last time the ogres marched eastward.
But the shock to the royal capital was far greater than the eastward march of the ogres, and even the common people of Shengdou felt threatened.
"Tell me, is the orc's appearance in the Northland true or false?"
"Can this be fake? My cousin's neighbor's son works in a fur shop. Their caravan just returned from the North. I heard from them that the orcs also tried to attack Ironwood City, but they were led by Lord Richard.
Even though the soldiers were wiped out, they were still waiting for the orcs to be wiped out before leaving Ironwood City. When they left, they saw cartloads of orc heads being loaded onto the carts."
"Then it seems that the orcs are nothing more than that."
"Shit! Who is Lord Richard? He is the most powerful man in the kingdom, a master comparable to the dragon knight. If it weren't for Lord Richard being strong enough, I think Beidi would be in danger this time."
"No matter how strong Sir Richard is, there is only one person. I heard that there are not many orcs coming this time. If there are more, can Sir Richard still be able to stop them?"
"That's right. What do you think the big shots in the palace will do?"
"What else can we do? Sir Richard will just become a dragon knight. At worst, he can order the River Valley and Lanster family to provide support."
"Like the Lansters?"
The last time the Lanster family suffered a disastrous defeat when the ogres marched eastwards, they gained a bad reputation. In fact, the Jingbei Army that the Lanster family has re-established now is at least as strong as the regular army of the Kingdom, and may be even stronger than the Southern Army.
The average level of the corps is better, but when you fail, no one will care about your past glory and will only remember your latest fiasco.
Now in the eyes of the citizens of the royal capital, the Lanster family is a weakling who was defeated by the uncivilized barbarians of the wilderness ogres. If the ogres can attack as far as the Zhenbeiguan Pass, it will be okay.
But not long afterward, Richard led his men to pick off both of Grugesh's heads, and later occupied the opponent's lair. Everything seemed so easy, which made the Lanster family look even more useless.
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"Otherwise? Do we really want to have a wild battle with the orcs?"
To fight the orcs, the general direction can only rely on the dangerous passes of the castle. This is the common sense of humans in this era. They have long forgotten how the human coalition forces fought against the orcs in large groups on the plains in the Aragonese era.
This is the view held by all the ordinary people in Shengdou, let alone the big shots in the palace. Even Thor is unwilling to lead people to fight against the orcs in the wild unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Your Majesty, I think no matter how the orcs came, what we need to do now is to immediately strengthen Zhenbeiguan!"
"Yes, what the Right Minister said makes sense. We should immediately strengthen the defense capabilities of Zhenbeiguan, order reinforcement work in the valley, and then deploy large forces to strengthen the defense force in the valley."
This was the first time that the kingdom's big shots formally discussed the appearance of orcs in the North. The two factions, the left prime minister and the right prime minister, actually reached a tacit agreement on this matter from the beginning, which was to immediately strengthen the defense of Zhenbeiguan.
As for the life and death of the Northland, it is not within the scope of their discussion at all, because if the orcs can directly appear in the Northland, there will be no danger in the Northland. Except for the colder weather, the Northland is actually a smaller version of the Central Plains.
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You have to go all the way south to the river valley to reach the Zhenbeiguan Pass. This pass, which was not very important at first, has now become the most mentioned place name in this meeting.
"We can support some supplies from the river valley to the north, and order the Hunter family and the Lanster family to hold on. There shouldn't be many orcs coming from the northern snowfields. Maybe the north can hold on on its own."
"Uncle King Sol, what do you think?"
Renn did not express his position immediately, but first asked Saul for his opinion.
"Your Majesty, I think we should make two preparations. Taking advantage of the orcs' unstable foothold, we can mobilize the army into the north to prepare for war, and at the same time strengthen the defense of Zhenbeiguan."
"Lord Thor, while strengthening the defense of Zhenbeiguan, you also need to send troops to the Northland? I'm afraid that neither side will be able to take care of it by then."
"I don't think Northland should be given up so easily."
"This is not giving up. We can let the river valley provide sufficient material support."
"Okay, okay, let's order 40,000 people from the first and second legions of the Forbidden Army to go to Zhenbeiguan to consolidate the defense of Zhenbeiguan. The follow-up will depend on the situation. For supplies, let the valley provide part of it, and the kingdom will provide part of the support.
Northland, let them hold on to the Northland and not let the orcs cross."
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ren has finally decided the outcome of the argument, and Thor's attitude is not firm. It is true that the kingdom's military strength is insufficient. Regardless of the millions of standing troops in such a large kingdom, when it comes to use, you will find that there are no troops anywhere.
easy to move,
The army at Longxing Pass must not be moved easily. The more than one million southern troops have to guard against the swamp creatures and the Nagas in the sea. They also don't have many troops to move.
Those in the Western Region are the Duke of Ross's private soldiers, and the kingdom will not mobilize them as a last resort. As for the security forces and garrison forces in various places, everyone knows their actual combat effectiveness from top to bottom, and no one will count on them.
In the end, we can only transfer some people from the Imperial Guard to respond to the emergency. At least this unit can fight, but the number is insufficient, so we will not consider supporting the Northland for the time being.
"Okay, next thing, this time our kingdom's top master, Lord Richard, has made great achievements again. With nearly a thousand orc heads and the commander of the orc army inside, Longxingguan can't get out for a year.
There are so many orc heads, let’s see how we can reward them.”
"Reward 10,000 gold nairs, and add some fiefdoms."
"I think it should..."
This credit is actually quite embarrassing. It's impossible for a duke to do it, but it doesn't make sense to give it away casually. It mainly depends on Ren's intention.
"How about this? I'll reward Richard with 10,000 gold nuggets, make Zebul, Hardman and others viscounts, and... make them barons."
"Your Majesty is wise..."
When everyone was shouting that Your Majesty is wise, they actually felt a little bit of it in their hearts. Seeing that His Majesty was so generous and granted two viscounts and several barons, but the territories were all belong to the Hunter family by default.
The land of the Lord has been sealed again through this move. It seems to be to raise merit, but in fact it is to give Richard some eye drops. As expected, he is accompanying the emperor like a tiger. He was a newly promoted minister before. This
The salary will change as soon as it changes.
It's just that neither Ren nor the ministers in the palace knew that, except for Hadmen, the list of soldiers that Richard reported were all warriors produced by the system. There was not much difference between giving the fiefdom to them and giving it to Richard. It was even disgusting.
