Throne of the North

Tundra Territory.

A large number of captives do not need too many houses. Before the ransom arrived, Ryan arranged these captives to support the expansion of the Tundra Territory.

Let them open up the wasteland. The terrain of the foothills is complicated, but these captives are good at paving roads and building houses.

"Just use them as much as possible."

Ryan said to the butler Beard and the chief governor Etria.

Then on the second day, Ryan learned that Count Sauron was coming to the Tundra Territory with a large army.

"Only the Dragon Blood Warrior Corps? That's normal."

Ryan was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

There is no shortage of population in Count Sauron's territory, but after losing 1,500 soldiers in succession in the other world, Count Sauron's army is not much.

Instead of bringing some crooked melons and cracked dates, it is better to go directly to the extraordinary legion.

This is also the few remaining assets of Count Sauron.

Don't look at the previous wars, the two earls would pull out tens of millions of troops at any time, but in fact, that was pulling out all the war potential and productivity of the entire territory for the next few decades.

How could there be so many soldiers in a non-extreme situation, and the earl could not bear the daily consumption of soldiers.

Just like Ryan's previous war in the mine, there were 1,000 soldiers in the earl's territory, 800 to 900 of them were part-time, and they only trained for a few days a month. It was just because of the frequent wars in recent years, the nobles put in some effort and these people had become veterans, so they were more elite.

If there were no major wars in three to five years, these part-time troops would not be considered to be any combat power.

Under normal circumstances, Earl Sauron was able to take out an army of 5,000 regular people, which was already very powerful.

As the situation became tense, the earl began to draw other people in the territory, most of the young and strong were drawn, and a considerable number of the elderly were also drawn, in order to form a scale of tens of thousands of people.

Count Sauron, strictly speaking, the basic number of soldiers is still more than 5,000. Of course, war is consuming. After several years of war, the number has been decreasing. Every time, serfs need to be recruited to supplement the army.

In this case, even the earl is under great pressure. It is impossible for all the old, weak, women and children to stay in the territory, right?

In most situations, the great nobles are not alone. There are many nobles of all sizes around them. Other nobles will participate in the war led by the great nobles.

This is how the coalition of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers was formed.

That is for everyone, not just one family.

In short, the current situation is to send out the extraordinary army. It is a last resort and the best choice.

Besides, the extraordinary army has such a large economy to support it, isn't it used at this time?

"If you solve me, you can use the various compensations and conditions after the war to command Lingdu County and influence Tieshan County, and change the situation in the original Beifeng Province to the advantage of Count Sauron."

"There will be no major changes in the next ten or twenty years."

Ryan had to admit that Count Sauron's decision was correct.

After calculating the war potential of Count Sauron, this extraordinary army is the last trump card, and Ryan began to calculate himself.

The current population of the frozen land is about 26,000.

But as for the war potential, according to the recently gathered list, Ryan can only gather about 3,000 to 5,500 troops at most.

No, it should be said that they are soldiers, and they cannot be called troops.

If they encounter a war like the orcs and aliens, which requires the whole people to fight, it is difficult to exceed 7,000 people.

Facing the military pressure of Count Sauron, Ryan can't let 7,000 people, that is, everyone in the frozen land except those who can't hold weapons and can't hold weapons, go to the battlefield.

There is not enough time, and it is impossible. This is just a war of interests between nobles.

He can't even gather 3,000 or 4,000 overloaded troops, because in that case, there will be few young and strong people in the territory.

That's right, Ryan used the conventional, that is, the current number of knights, attendants and militiamen; and the second level, overload, that is, the young and strong people in the territory who are over 14 years old and under 40 years old with intact hands and feet; the last third extreme survival, that is, the war of all people, to explain the war potential in his territory.

Conventional war, if you lose, you may lose the right to speak within three to five years.

In an overload level war, most of the production and development power in the territory must give way to the war, and if you lose, you will probably have to shrink your tail for more than ten or twenty years.

Extreme war, if you lose, there will be no fun. If you are lucky enough to be alive, you can go back to the Clayton family to act cute and coquettish.

As for men over 40? You don't really think that slaves and civilians generally have such a long life span and are still healthy after the age of 40.

This can only be a conventional war.

Otherwise, if the war escalates, it will turn into an epic war between Ryan and his interest groups. Correspondingly, there are also many nobles around Earl Sauron, and it will easily become the second full-scale war in the North Wind Province.

Ryan was even unwilling to start a large-scale conventional war.

Are we still going to plant the fields?

Earl Sauron led a supernatural army that had been tempered by blood and fire, and their combat effectiveness was definitely not weak.

War potential describes reality, not Ryan's ambition. He is not afraid of this war.

"Do whatever needs to be done!"

The Frozen Territory is very busy. Master Ryan has taken on a lot of business, which is a model of noble business. Ordinary people don’t have time to chat.

Everyone is thriving.

Therefore, only a thousand soldiers came to the south, outside the mountains and forests, on the wide swamp.

It was late this year, and the swamp was much harder. He was waiting for Earl Sauron here.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Earl Sauron really brought the ransom.

The double-winged flags representing Earl Sauron, and the dragon blood warrior legion that looked extremely heavy from a distance, forced the surrounding noble teams who were watching the excitement to retreat hundreds of meters.

However, what shocked them even more was Ryan’s side.

Eight hundred cavalry!

Yes, the nobles almost rubbed their eyes and saw it correctly. Eight hundred cavalry, war horses, armor, spears, everything is available.

"Where did he get so many war horses?"

In the North Wind Province, armor and weapons are nothing, only war horses are the most important.

So even Earl Solon couldn't help wondering if Viscount Hogg gave his warhorse to Baron Ryan when he saw this scene.

"It's not a Highland warhorse, and it's not as tall as a Highland warhorse."

This result made Earl Solon feel much better. If it were really 800 standard Highland warhorses, he couldn't help but want to reconcile with Baron Ryan in some way.

But even so, the 800 warhorses in front of him represent far more than the concept of 800 warhorses.

Warhorses need to be selected. How to select? Select from a huge and uneven number.

Unless you buy them.

For example, Viscount Hogg relies on the royal channel.

What about Ryan?

Did the Clayton family discover the alien plane that breeds warhorses or does Baron Ryan himself own a huge horse farm to produce warhorses?

Countless speculations converged into the same answer.

Baron Ryan is not just a baron.

It's not a question of the title, but of strength.

Regardless of the outcome of this war, Baron Ryan's reputation and prestige are at least viscounts. Many viscounts and nobles have to lower their noble heads when they see Baron Ryan.

The eight hundred knights and attendants behind Ryan are not just that simple.

In the distance where others can't see, in addition to armor and spears, they also carry animal bows, and the war horses under them are covered with horse armor depicting magic secret patterns. The war horses that seem to be not big are strong and strong, and they are still growing.

Compared with the eight hundred knight attendants, the remaining two hundred militiamen are much shabby, and their wrists are sore. Being able to hold a weapon and holding a weapon and standing on the battlefield are two different things.

Further back are the six hundred captives.

"Sir Baron Ryan, I brought the ransom of the Sauron family. Should you release the soldiers of the Sauron family?"

Feder came on a war horse. Of course, Earl Sauron would not speak up for this matter personally. He, the heir, is very suitable.

Ryan was indeed a little surprised. It was similar to what Earl Sauron thought. Ryan wanted to use a high ransom to keep these captives. At that time, he wanted to kill two birds with one stone, so that these soldiers would not turn around and take up arms against him, and seize some initiative in the subsequent negotiations.

Unexpectedly, Earl Sauron was so straightforward and gave 100,000 gold coins as soon as he said it.

"Nobles never break their promises. Where are the gold coins?"

Ryan asked loudly. The wind today was a little cold, and the mithril armor could not stop the breeze from the north.

But the blood of war can dispel all this.

Behind Feder, soldiers carried out iron and wooden boxes one by one. Ten large boxes were placed between the two sides. As the long sword in the hand of the heir to the title made a harsh sound again and again, the golden punk shone in everyone's eyes.

Ryan waved his hand, and the tired and dusty soldiers behind were also released and walked towards Earl Sauron.

"Leave the gold coins here for now, Baron Ryan. Maybe you only have the qualifications to take a look at them, and you can't afford the price."

Count Sauron said calmly, and Ryan did not move, with a smile on his face. He finally understood why the nobles liked to talk trash first in the war.

"I thought so too, so that I don't have to go again after today."

"In two trips, it's very tiring."

Six hundred captives, including three gold knights, nine silver knights, and thirty bronze knights. Don't underestimate this number, because this is the number of knights under Count Sauron's command except for the Dragon Blood Warrior Corps.

It's already a lot.

They have arrived in front of Count Sauron and knelt in front of the earl to ask for forgiveness. The latter did not say anything. Soon, these six hundred captives have stood next to the supplies and began to wear armor and weapons.

This is Count Sauron's idea. These soldiers can become the fighting force to attack Baron Ryan in a moment.

I don't feel so bad if I die, unlike the three thousand dragonblood warriors behind me.

Yes, three thousand.

In its heyday, the Sauron family had five thousand dragonblood warriors, but the wars in recent years, especially the assassination of Earl Weiss, led to a sharp decline in the number, and the outside world used this to evaluate the weakness of Earl Sauron.

However, compared with Baron Ryan, the advantage is still great.

Wearing armor is a very troublesome thing. The speed of six hundred soldiers is not fast, but while they are wearing it, the eight hundred cavalrymen behind Ryan have already moved.

The iron hooves trampled and charged into the swamp that had not solidified for ten thousand years, bringing up countless mud.

"Dare to attack first?"

Earl Sauron was a little angry and commanded his extraordinary army.

"Line up! Let them have no return!"

The Dragon Blood Warriors, who were completely heavy infantry, were least afraid of the attack of cavalry. Their defense and huge strength were enough to be compared with the charging cavalry. Once the cavalry was trapped in place by them, they would only be slaughtered.

However, the speed of the northern warhorses was extremely fast. When they were about to touch the Dragon Blood Warriors, they suddenly swept to both sides like a river and gathered behind the Dragon Blood Warriors formation, where there were the six hundred captives who had not yet put on their weapons and equipment.

"Kill them!"

Brand roared, his blood boiling, and turned into a bloody stag roaring forward. The warhorse under him seemed to have become the stag's war hoof, trampling forward with a wild air wave torrent.

Six hundred soldiers, who had not slept well during this period, had consumed a great deal of their physical strength. At this moment, they were all wearing heavy weapons and armor. At this moment, they could not avoid the charge of the cavalry. When the two sides collided, even the extraordinary knights among them could not make any reasonable resistance.

Eight hundred cavalrymen swept past six hundred extremely tired soldiers, just like trampling in a wheat field. Wherever they passed, all the soldiers fell down. If they were a little less lucky, they would be trampled by the iron hooves of the subsequent war horses, and there was no possibility of survival.

The Dragon Blood Warrior Corps, as an extraordinary corps of heavy armored infantry, their speed was the most fatal. This speed caused them to react, but they were too late to save the six hundred soldiers behind.

Boom! ! !

The iron hooves trampled, turned the horses' heads a hundred meters away, and then split into two again, rushing around the Dragon Blood Warrior Corps in the middle.

Brand took out the beast bow behind him. For the first time in such a long time, the power of this bow and arrow was shown to the eyes of the nobles of the Northern Territory.

The blood of the stag gathered on the arrow, and the blood gathered into a combat skill. The moment the arrow left the string, it was like a sharp spear across the sky.

The Spear of the Heroic Spirit, this holy-level knight combat skill, seems a bit dry and single compared to many combat skills, but it has an advantage that many combat skills cannot match.

That is, it can act on any offensive means in the form of blood.

The sharp arrow crossed the sky for dozens of meters in an instant, pierced through the chest of a dragon blood warrior, pierced out from the back, brought up a column of blood, and then pierced the chest of the second dragon blood warrior behind him.

A faint dragon's might came from the chest, and the dragon blood warrior's eyes became as violent as a giant dragon. One person affected the entire army. All the soldiers of the entire dragon blood warrior legion became heavier at this moment, and their armor covering their entire body began to sink a little bit in this swamp.

They became stronger and heavier, which also caused their speed to slow down.

Facing arrows from all directions, they could certainly make effective defenses, but they could not reach the 800 cavalrymen around them, so they could only passively take the beating. In a short time, more than a dozen dragon blood warriors had fallen under the archery of several powerful knights.

"Humph!"

Count Sauron snorted coldly, and Feder beside him understood and took out a scroll.

Count Sauron, could he not know the weakness of his own extraordinary army?

This is an extraordinary world, and many weaknesses can be changed.

"Forbidden Spell: Sigh of the Wind Demon Dragon!"

The scroll was torn open, and a strong wind rose from the earth for no reason. The strong wind gathered on all the dragon blood warriors. They, who were wearing hundreds of pounds of burden, became extremely light at this moment, running wildly on the swamp and killing the surrounding cavalry.

No matter how fast the cavalry was, it could not change direction by 90 degrees in an instant. A dragon blood warrior threw the sword in his hand directly. Under the huge force, the northern warhorse was also torn open. There was a powerful knight in front, and the warhorse was split in two. The frozen knight on it also vomited blood and flew out. It was difficult to get up several times but could not get up.

"Baron Ryan, you still underestimate the existence of the extraordinary legion."

"The reason why they are extraordinary is that they have long been separated from the fighting style of ordinary people!"

Count Sauron looked at Ryan from a distance. He was waiting for Baron Ryan to admit defeat, or to admit defeat after most of the cavalry died.

"Really?"

"Today is indeed an experience."

Ryan nodded. Fortunately, he never thought that the current Buck Legion could defeat the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion, which was several times larger than them.

There is still a gap between the quasi-supernatural legion and the extraordinary legion.

"Mage Luna, we will have a good life in the future, it all depends on whether you can do it."

Lian said, behind him, between the two hundred militiamen, smooth stones moved, and condensed into the shape of stone men under the effect of the golem emblem.

Mage Luna, the golem puppet, strictly speaking, this is Ryan's biggest trump card.

It is not just a golem puppet, but also a life with wisdom, the lifelong learning of Mage Luna, the power to fight against the dead winter in the north.

The golem puppet is not tall, at most three or five meters, this is the change after Mage Luna came to the frozen land, the cavalry riding on the warhorse can almost reach her shoulders.

"I am not good at fighting."

Luna's voice echoed, which was not a match for the extraordinary life of the golem puppet, but the next moment, the power that really matched the mage descended.

She stood on the ground, and the endless power of the earth veins and magic factors gathered towards her. She punched the ground in front of her, and in an instant, circles of ripples visible to everyone's naked eyes rippled on the swamp.

Then, the swamp, which was originally solid due to the cold weather, softened completely at this moment, and everyone's feet became a real swamp.

That's not all. In this swamp with a radius of hundreds of meters, there are protruding conical stone pillars. If it's just like this, it's fine, but what if these protruding stone pillars are as fast as 100 meters per second?

Bang bang bang bang! ! !

One by one, the hard armor on the dragon blood warriors was smashed, flying into the air, and then smashed into the swamp, swallowed and drowned by the swamp.

The suffocating feeling of being unable to breathe made the dragon blood warrior army in chaos at this moment.

"I'm good at magic."

Mage Luna said this, then stood up, the two gems at the position of her eyes flashed, and huge stones floated around her from all directions, and then smashed towards the two sky knights who rushed over.

The stones kept coming, which was a combination of the simplest floating stone technique and some kind of life magic. Mage Luna poured out, which was not inferior to those powerful magics at all.