Warlord: King of All Clans

After several days of reconnaissance, the situation around the town of Melesi gradually converged on the Corps' combat center.

More than a dozen scout teams were dispatched, and although they lost some men, they also brought back a lot of information about the enemy.

The northwest area that Leo is in charge of is a place where the enemy situation is relatively serious. In addition to the 300 orcs in the iron mine, there is also a logging camp with 200 orcs, a pioneer knight leading 600 orcs, a troll hunting team of unknown number, and some small alien tribes.

As the king of the jungle, the trolls are able to thrive in the Wolf Plains, and their steps in exploring the south are even farther than those of the orcs.

Many tribes grew stronger in a short period of time, and the comprehensive combat power of small clans was far more elite than that of the populous orcs.

In some troll clans, troll headhunters can account for one-third of the population, and many extraordinary professions such as troll witch doctors and shadow hunters have also emerged.

Trolls and orcs have one very similar point, that is, the overall quality of ordinary soldiers is one level higher than that of humans, but the difficulty of extraordinary awakening is also one level higher.

A human village of three to five hundred people can support a knight lord and provide him with the basic resources to be promoted to a low-level extraordinary profession. However, in the clans of trolls and orcs, the population base must at least double if you want to give birth to and support extraordinary professions.

Leo's scout team found the trace of a troll clan, but did not dare to get too close.

Even the wild hunters who can touch the butt of a brown bear are still at the novice level in terms of stealth and reconnaissance capabilities compared to these troll headhunters.

The scout team could only estimate that the troll hunting team was no less than three hundred people based on the traces that were revealed, but the upper limit of the population was unknown. After all, no one could guarantee that this troll clan only had this one hunting team.

In the town hall of the small town of Melesi, Legion Commander Arnold gathered a group of corner flags to discuss matters.

The Lord's Legion is different from the Empire's regular legion. It looks like it is gathered together, but in fact it is still a mess. At best, they can fight together, but it is still a bit far-fetched to expect the commander to control them at will.

As the commander of the local legion, the most basic command ability of the Northern Banner is to ensure that the assembled lord legion will not collapse due to internal conflicts.

In this atmosphere, even Leo did not intend to completely obey the orders of Legion Commander Arnold.

Just like the situation when Gladstone's Legion attacked River Bay Territory, the corner flags of the Isenbol Legion also had their own ideas.

They were each responsible for an area, each sent scouts to scout out the enemy, and each set their sights on their desired prey.

But a single corner flag obviously could not swallow up a small orc clan, so they gathered here to ask Arnold for troops, or to persuade him to order the rest of the corner flags to cooperate with his attack.

Leo also set his sights on the 300 orcs in the iron mine. That place was relatively remote, and the road to the rest of the orc clans was long and rugged. Even if the news leaked out, it would be difficult to provide support for a while.

But asking him to have a team of 100 people to attack 300 orcs was a stretch, so he wanted to take advantage of this meeting to find some allies.

There was a lot of noise in the hall, with the corner flags promoting their own strategic goals. Some even began to conceal the enemy's strength in order to win allies.

Leo also showed the orc clan in the iron mine that he had scouted.

His reconnaissance skills obviously crushed those of the corner flags, and the strength of his soldiers was also recognized by many corner flags.

After all, following the weak involves the risk of defeat, while following the strong greatly increases the probability of getting meat.

As his voice rang out, the sounds of the corner flags arguing gradually faded away.

After Leo came back, he made a sand table, modeled all the terrain he had scouted into proportion, and marked the positions of the enemies one by one.

Based on his detailed explanation, the proportion of the old and weak, coolies, and warriors among the orcs, and even their equipment and patrol routes were all revealed.

This made the corner flaggers feel something new. This was not a war, it was robbery!

The bandit group has set their sights on a target for robbery, and even the preliminary reconnaissance cannot be so detailed!

There are also habitual robbers among this gang of corner flags. They know the importance of pre-war reconnaissance, but they cannot do it to this extent.

Seeing Leo's pitch, several corner flags immediately stood up to support him and were willing to follow him to wipe out this orc clan.

Legion commander Arnold also felt that Leo was very reliable, so he used his power as legion commander to select generals, pulling out several powerful corner flags and letting Leo choose his allies.

What a joke! Leo said he wanted them all.

This made Knight Arnold feel a little awkward, but he didn't say much.

You want 600 troops to attack a small clan of orcs with 300 people?

Is this still the brave young general from Hewan that I know?

The orc clan didn't have much money to begin with, and if too many people left, there wouldn't be enough spoils to share.

But Leo ignored the amused looks of Arnold and the other corner flaggers, and went to chat with the corner flaggers who had joined the team to survey the troop strength.

Of course, it is better to have more people in war.

If the corner flags hadn't been fighting on their own, according to Leo's idea, of course the entire elite army of 3,000 people would have directly crushed them.

When fighting against orcs, do we still have to engage in knightly duels and ensure fair competition?

The greater the gap between the enemy and us, the smaller the proportion of casualties. Isn't this a very simple truth?

Rio brought in six corner flags at once, of which the weaker ones had only forty or fifty men, and the stronger ones had a hundred men, which was equivalent to six centurions, and the actual strength was four hundred men.

This is already an upper-middle level among all the corner flags, because this conscription must provide armored soldiers, not unarmored militia. Many corner flags originally only had a dozen full-time soldiers, and the remaining armor was temporarily put together.

In addition, Legion Commander Arnold also provided one hundred armored soldiers to Leo's command.

These are the armored soldiers of the Petukhov family. Although they were suppressed by Tariq Fruilov and none of the five knights of the Petukhov family could go to the battlefield, their four knight territories still provided one hundred armored soldiers.

Among them, half are regular soldiers and conscripts, half are sword and shield infantry and crossbowmen, and there are ten team leaders, all of whom are elite soldiers with heavy armor.

These soldiers, like some other corner flag troops who did not serve but provided armor, were all registered under the name of Legion Commander Arnold to consolidate the Legion Commander's authority.

Arnold's flag simply threw the armored soldiers of the Petukhov family to Leo. After all, he would have a share of the military merits gained by the entire legion, and he could also do a favor for the Petukhov family and Leo respectively.

After the meeting, a corner flagger who had not been able to join in pulled Leo aside and whispered a promise.

If Leo was willing to send his elite scouts to help him conduct reconnaissance in the area he was responsible for, and bring back a clear picture of the enemy like he did this time.

He was willing to give up 20% of the spoils.

This was something Leo had not expected. Why were they expanding their business so soon?