Of course we have to save. The Sixth War Zone where Richard is located is surrounded by endless forests to the west and north, and the Fifth War Zone is to the south.
If the ogres want to attack, they must either enter the ironwood forest directly from the wilderness, walk for days and nights and infiltrate from the forest.
But anyone with a little common sense knows that it is actually very difficult for a large group of people to cross the jungle, and it is generally not done unless it is absolutely necessary.
When the number of people and horses increases, entering the forest for drinking water and logistics will become a big problem.
The logistics level of the ogres themselves is not high, it can even be said to be very primitive. Unlike the plains in the Ironwood Forest, there are so many human villages that can supply them on the spot.
If thousands of people are really going to enter the woods, if they are not prepared in advance, just hunting will never be able to meet the needs of the large group of people.
This is also the reason why the ogres who attacked the half-elf tribe last time only had a small tribe and did not bring a large number of kobolds with them.
Moreover, a city in the forest has been installed in the Ironwood Forest. Elf sword dancers and centaurs are patrolling day and night. The possibility of ogres infiltrating again is extremely low.
As long as the fifth war zone is not lost, Richard's territory will naturally not suffer too much damage. War will always destroy production, and wars can be prevented outside the territory. No lord will be willing to fight on his own territory.
Well, Richard has regarded the entire Sixth War Zone as his own territory.
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Ironwood Castle
The messenger from the Bande family came very quickly. Less than a day after Richard received Yusidu's report, the Bande family's letter asking for help was placed in front of Richard's case.
The Band family only has the title of Baron, but its lord, Baron Band, is also the war zone commander appointed by Piaoxue City.
Just because the Bender family has two powerful knights, it can be said that it is a powerful party if compared with other territories, and it is qualified to hold this leadership position.
Generally speaking, viscounts and barons are both lower-ranking nobles. Viscounts may have slightly larger fiefdoms, but there is no qualitative difference in the strength of most viscounts and baron families.
Even many of them just relied on one knight from generation to generation to maintain their title.
The barons don't have much respect for the viscount, they just rely on their strength to speak for themselves.
Only after becoming an earl can the larger territory and resources lead to qualitative changes from quantitative changes. If nothing else, the family's strength can be guaranteed to be stable, and each generation can support three to five knights, becoming a truly noble family.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Band family can win the leadership of the five war zones with the title of baron.
Richard was sitting on a chair, carefully checking the letter for help sent from the Bender family.
The messenger stood aside respectfully and waited for Richard's reply.
The mission of this messenger is not just to deliver a message. He is also the messenger asking for help from the Hunter family. He is also a quasi-knight of the Bender family, and he is also a well-spoken and upper-middle class member of the Bender family.
In addition to delivering letters this time, he also has another task: to persuade the Hunter family to send troops, and if necessary, he can agree to some conditions.
The messenger had been observing Richard's expression, hoping to see some clues. Unfortunately, Richard remained expressionless until he gently closed the letter and put it down.
The fact that the Bender family has reached this point with the title of baron is indeed a matter of some means.
After reading the letter, Richard couldn't help but sigh.
The Band family didn't say much in the letter. Apart from being moved by emotion, explaining things rationally, and talking about some empty words about human justice,
He also listed with Richard the practical issues of how much military rations would be provided and how much departure fees would be paid.
In addition to bearing all the food and grass consumed by Richard's troops in combat, the two viscounts and four barons, including the Bande family, will also pay an additional 5,000 gold nards for the departure fee, which can be said to be full of sincerity.
Of course, this also illustrates the criticality of the situation.
When the Jingbei Army was defeated, Marquis Wade led his remaining troops to retreat to Fort Hull, unable to stop the ogres from advancing eastward.
In addition to leaving a considerable number of ogres to monitor the Jingbei Army, tens of thousands of ogres crossed Helburg and poured into the Northland.
For a time, war broke out in the Northland, a large number of villages were massacred, and more villagers turned into refugees and fled, and even the castles of several small nobles were breached.
Piaoxue City is currently too busy to take care of itself, and the Bender family does not expect to receive support from Piaoxue City now, so they can only ask for help from the nearby Richard.
"The jinnar will be increased to ten thousand."
Richard was not polite at all. The first thing he said after putting down the letter was to ask for more money.
Although Bender's family is very good, the basic process of paying off the high price still needs to be walked through.
"This, I'm afraid, is too much."
Richard's lion opened his mouth and made the messenger a little embarrassed.
Although he has been given certain authority to increase the bet, Richard's method of super doubling is obviously not within his authority.
"For ten thousand jinnar, I will send troops immediately. The vanguard will be able to set off today.
There are no less than twenty knights in the team."
Richard saw that the other party was in a bit of a dilemma and directly offered his conditions.
When he heard Richard say that there were no less than twenty knights in the reinforcements, the envoy of the Band family brightened up.
The Bande family had done their homework in advance. When Richard showed the Crusaders before, he never thought of deliberately hiding their strength.
Anyone who cares will naturally know that the number of knight-level warriors in the Hunter family has exceeded the number of two palms.
This is also the reason why the Bender family gave priority to asking Richard for help. They knew that the Hunter family had this strength.
I thought I already understood the power of the Hunter family, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated it.
The Hunter family was actually able to directly send twenty knights. Apart from the Lanster family, they were probably the only family in the North with such strength.
Of course, the envoy from the Bender family only thought that these knights had been hidden by the Hunter family before, and never thought that they had only appeared recently.
"Master Richard, are you sure?"
"Twenty knights, just a few more, I won't take any money from one less."
"Okay, just 10,000 gold nards, and please Sir Richard to send troops as soon as possible."
Although it slightly exceeds the scope of Baron Bender's authorization, the envoy of the Bender family is obviously not a pedantic person.
It's not just the Bender family that pays, it's all the noble families in the Fifth War Zone. Although ten thousand jinnar is a lot, they can still make it up if each family contributes a little bit of blood.
After all, money is nothing compared to the life of the family.
"Don't worry, the vanguard troops will be dispatched immediately, and the follow-up reinforcements will not be less than 2,000."
Richard is willing to send troops so quickly, in addition to the fact that the Bande family is relatively wise,
It was also because the griffins who were conducting reconnaissance from a distance had discovered that the ogres had begun to plunder the villages under several nobles in the fifth war zone.
Faced with the raging ogres, several nobles closed their castle doors tightly and did not dare to fight against them.
After all, the Jingbei Army was defeated. Who would have the courage to fight the ogres in the wild?
If we don't send troops, if the nobles of the Bender family cannot bear it anymore, his territory will be the next to suffer.
"Then I will go back with the adults."
The envoy from the Bande family was obviously waiting for Richard to send troops to act together.
Richard didn't care, and he didn't intend to fool him, so he just let him go down and rest first.
"Call officers above the commander-in-chief to the meeting hall."
"Yes, sir."
A messenger who was waiting at the door ran away, fearing that he would delay Richard's order for just a second...
