Warlord: King of All Clans

As the situation in the north and south becomes increasingly severe, the Grand Duke of the North has been looking for a way out.

The sparsely populated northern border was at a disadvantage compared to the economically developed southern border.

The stalemate has been able to last until now only because the nobles in the southern border are disunited.

If we compare them individually, the Great Earl of the North, who owns vast lands, is more powerful than any lord in the South.

On local battlefields, they were able to suppress the enemy and often invaded the southern border to plunder cities.

But now the elite troops in the North are being held back by the orcs, and the border between the North and the South has become precarious.

After three months of intelligence gathering, the Grand Duke of the North finally took action.

At Count Freilov's palace, high-level commanders gathered together, and the Duke's second son introduced the military plan on behalf of the Grand Duke of the North.

The Grand Duke of the North has two sons and one daughter. The youngest daughter is the Empress of the Empire. The eldest son, William Odalov, sits in Olenik for him, and the second son, Grant Odalov, follows him as a military adviser.

In the meeting room, a huge map of the empire was hung on one side of the hall like a curtain. Grant Odalov pointed with a thin stick and gave a detailed explanation.

Leo mingled with several young nobles who followed their fathers to gild their families and listened in on the plan.

"According to intelligence, there are two main areas that provide food for the orc army camp. One is the grassland west of Varanger, where at least 20,000 orcs are scattered to gather and hunt. The other is the mountains to the north of Earl Beowulf's territory, where nearly 20,000 orcs are also hunting."

The slender wooden stick in his hand pointed to the Beowulf Earldom on the east side of the World Tree Avenue and landed on a mountain range. "Here, there is a large hunting base for the orcs. Most of the food the orcs get from the northern mountains is processed here and then transported to the orc army camp."

"As long as we destroy this hunting base, we will destroy the food source of nearly 20,000 orcs."

Unlike the fishing and hunting tribes of the human race, the diet of the beastmen is more diverse. In addition to the deer antler cassava that is difficult for humans to digest, there are also wild beasts, magical beasts, livestock, alien races and humans as food sources.

In addition to the large amounts of antler cassava, the large number of beast tribes, alien tribes and human villages in the North can provide abundant meat resources, allowing the main force of the beast tribe to maintain its combat effectiveness.

This is why they can feed themselves and the other half by using half of their population to engage in hunting and gathering.

However, meat is not easy to store. It cannot be sent to the front line hundreds or even thousands of miles away after being slaughtered. It still needs to be processed first.

Even simple air drying requires a place and time.

In addition, transporting food requires a large number of trucks, animal power and roads.

The food for tens of thousands of people cannot be carried here by the orc laborers alone.

The food supply of the main orc army was already in short supply, and it had reached the point of slaughtering vassals and forcibly attacking cities.

Once the hunting results of nearly 20,000 orcs were destroyed, they would not be able to hold on even if they only lost the supplies of one or two grain transport teams.

Since the Orcs can break through Varanger by cutting off the food supply, the humans can also destroy the hunting base and cause the main force of the Orcs to collapse without a fight.

Even forcing them to attack the city and die is better than continuing in a stalemate.

"But in order to destroy the hunting base behind the orcs' defense line, two conditions are required."

"First, we can avoid the sight of the beast scouts as much as possible and reach the hunting base before the wolf cavalry supports us. Second, we have enough offensive power to destroy the hunting base."

After his son finished explaining the main issues, the Duke of the North said, "So the troops going into battle this time need to be elite enough."

"I will recruit one hundred Swift Wind Knights, two hundred Transcendent Knights, two hundred Low-level Transcendents, and five hundred Armored Knights, a total of one thousand people, to form a Transcendent Legion and head north to attack the hunting base."

As he said this, he looked at Count Beowulf and the deputy commander of the Wind Knights, Grand Knight Barro, and said, "Count Beowulf will be the commander of the legion, and Knight Barro will be the deputy commander."

This had been discussed long before the meeting, and the two men stood up and pounded their chests in response to the order.

"As you command, Your Excellency the Duke."

After the personnel arrangements were completed, the commanders of each legion began to discuss the allocation of forces.

The Grand Duke of the North sent out one hundred Wind Knights and one hundred armored knights, and the three earl's legions each sent out fifty extraordinary knights and low-level extraordinary knights, as well as one hundred armored knights.

The remaining troops were recruited from three local legions.

Leo listened to the meeting until the end and almost hid behind a pillar, but was still called over by the Duke of the North, "You have to go on this raid, too."

The thing Leo was most worried about finally happened. He had been resisting meeting with the Grand Duke of the North because he was worried about this situation happening.

The Grand Duke of the North thought you were very brave, so he sent you to the Death Squad for training!

For the people of the North, this is of course a great honor, but for Leo, he really doesn't want it.

He can be brave when his own or his family's living space is threatened, but more often than not, he cannot escape from his comfort zone.

He had the confidence to go north to suppress the bandits and defend the city, but it was too risky to raid the orcs' rear base.

The Duke of the North seemed to see through Leo's thoughts and smiled, "Don't worry, this is not a life-or-death mission. Although there will be a lot of casualties, it is actually no different from an ordinary battle."

"As long as you can successfully avoid the orc scouts and capture the hunting camp before the wolf cavalry arrives to support you, there will be basically no danger."

The more your superiors say it is not dangerous, the more dangerous it is!

"I see you are almost at the low-level advanced level, right? As a reward, I will give you an intermediate-level awakening potion to help you advance to the intermediate level."

Leo's heart suddenly beat fast and his eyes brightened.

He is no longer the little gangster who knew nothing before, and has a basic understanding of the supernatural field.

The value of a low-level awakening potion fluctuates around one hundred gold coins, while the value of a mid-level awakening potion is as high as one thousand gold coins and is in short supply.

As a purified version of magic potion, awakening potion cannot be stored for a long time and is basically made on site or preserved for a short period of time using magic props.

One thousand gold coins is equivalent to ten million. Unless an ordinary noble has a mine at home, it would be impossible to save that much even if they have saved for several generations.

The official members of the Knights of the Wind are a bunch of low-level and high-level ones. It’s not that they don’t want to be promoted to the middle-level, but they are not well-off enough.

Most of them are children of small and medium-sized nobles in the North, and they have many brothers and sisters at home.

There are also some people whose family power is as strong as the Viscount of the South, or even the descendants of the Earl of the North, but there are more people like Solovy Petukhov who are from poor families.

Even the Wind Knight is like this, not to mention the others.

Leo's heart was also beating fast under this huge temptation.

Half a year ago, he was still working hard as a temporary tour guide for a gold coin a day!

The economic strength of Hewan is already very strong. It is not the best among the Fangqi families in Isenbol, but it can at least be ranked in the top three.

But it is still a bit difficult to come up with a thousand gold coins in cash.

Due to the lack of professional testing, Leo's extraordinary realm has always been a mystery.