Warlord: King of All Clans

The roar of artillery not only defeated the enemy, but also frightened the guards around Yue Gechar.

The horses under their feet had just gotten used to the roar of muskets, but it was the first time they had heard the explosion of cannons, let alone the sound from behind them.

If they had not been riding horses all their lives, these grassland Qiexues with superb horsemanship would have been almost thrown off their horses by the frightened war horses.

A round of artillery bombardment by Yue Gechar accelerated the defeat of the pursuers.

The cavalry commander in the front, Arina Mishe, took the opportunity to charge and completely killed Gustav's cavalry.

The looting troops from the Western Territory were able to escape and returned to the Western Territory across the mountains with rich spoils.

This time, the looting yielded hundreds of carts of food and property, as well as countless cattle, sheep, and people. The harvest was much more abundant than any previous raids.

The musketeer cavalry behind her were originally the elite cavalry of the Tarhan tribe. After being equipped with muskets, they immediately showed amazing combat effectiveness.

In the past, people in the North only treated Western Cavalry as horse thieves. These grassland light cavalry had no siege capability and could only loot villages around Northern cities, bully unarmored militia, and at most attack those square flag earthen forts.

In a head-on confrontation on the battlefield, few of the Western Border's marauding troops could defeat the Northern Border's local legions.

The grassland short bows of the Western Border archers posed little threat to the Northern Border's armored infantry, but the Northern Border's longbows, under the cover of heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, could easily win in a shootout with the Western Border archers.

Faced with the tall and heavily armed Northerners on heavy horses, the Western Archers were unable to break through their defenses.

The scimitars of the West also suffered a great loss in front of the lances of the North.

But now with horse-fighting pistols, the elite archers in the Western Territory can use their powerful mobility to rush in front of the heavy infantry formation, shoot directly at their faces, and break the infantry defense line.

The Northern longbowmen, having lost their cover, could not withstand the charge, trampling and scimitar hacking of the archers' horses.

After several actual battles, Arina Mishe's musketeer regiment became familiar with muskets, and even in a lance duel with armored knights, they won more than they lost.

After all, their muskets look shorter than their lances, but they are actually longer.

Some elite musketeers were equipped with more than one musket and hardly had to worry about reloading on the battlefield.

After they fired their muskets and then hacked an opponent to death with their scimitars, they had accomplished their mission, which was enough to secure victory in a battle of equal strength.

But after several battles, Arina Mishe's looting troops were not unscathed.

Moreover, the consumption of ammunition was far more serious than she expected. Calculating the remaining stock, Arina Mishe said to Yue Gechaer, "You should personally deliver the best part of these spoils to Hewan and try to exchange them for a few more trucks of ammunition."

Compared to following her sister to gain military merit and experience, Yue Gechaer preferred to go to the river bend to see those strange new things. Hearing this, he readily agreed, "I'll set off right away!"

A few days later, several short-barreled muskets and a centurion cannon were delivered to Count Gustav.

His staff and vassal had studied these things and introduced them to the Earl: "This is a new type of weapon that appeared in the West. It is called a musket. It is very similar to the musket rumored to be found in Isenbol in the north."

The current Count Gustav is called Fonteyne Gustav, who is only about 40 years old and is also a northern hero.

Although his territory was repeatedly invaded by the Earl of the South and the Burke of the West, and his military strength was once weak, precisely because of this, he became more determined to make progress.

After picking up a musket and looking at it again and again, Count Fontenay made up his mind decisively and said in a deep voice: "Send it to the Mage Tower and give it to Archmage Kelvin to try to make a copy."

Early firearms could never be regarded as unique secret techniques. Once they were released, the simple principles could be easily replicated, and major forces at the earl level also had the foundation to mass-produce and equip them.

Leo didn't know that his firearms would spread so quickly. After returning to the river bend, he began to read books behind closed doors and paid little attention to news from the outside world.

Compared to the chaotic wars in all directions of the empire, the River Bay is now peaceful and tranquil like a paradise.

In the living room of Riverbend House, Leo sat on the sofa, put his legs on the table, reading a book while enjoying being fed by Freya.

Freya was holding a fruit plate in her arms, which she had strictly divided into four parts.

One of them went to Leo and one to her.

There were two more, one for her salary for feeding Leo and the other for feeding herself.

Leo was reading a book, and seeing that she didn't feed him in time, he reached out and took a piece for himself.

Unexpectedly, he took the wrong part that belonged to Freya, which immediately angered her, and she didn't calm down until Leo was willing to pay triple the compensation.

At Leo's feet, there was a pile of books on military affairs, politics, and management.

He usually reads books, but he is busy with mundane affairs and doesn't pay much attention to them, so his learning progress is very slow.

Now that his territory has expanded and he has lost Uliyan's support, Leo suddenly feels a little overwhelmed.

Therefore, he could only cram and work hard to absorb knowledge so as not to let his leadership ability become an obstacle to the development of the territory.

After being promoted to the intermediate level, in addition to the improvement of physical fitness, the mental aspect is also strengthened.

Now when he reads books again, his mind is open and his eyes are clear, and he has a photographic memory. Combined with his previous practical experience, Leo’s theoretical knowledge is constantly improving.

Beside them, the little dog-headed man Savinting sat quietly at the desk, handling government affairs on behalf of Leo.

After Ulyan's death, his secretary Savinting was so sad that he went on a hunger strike. With the careful care of his friends, it took him half a year to recover.

She was originally Uliyan's personal secretary. Now Leo handed over the government affairs that Uliyan was originally in charge of to her and asked her to help handle them.

In the past, Savinting only needed to organize documents and remind Uliyan of things to pay attention to, but now it is simply a life-threatening task for her to make decisions, so she is immersed in government affairs all day long, consulting others everywhere, for fear of making mistakes.

But it’s better this way. I don’t have time to be sad, and my weight has finally stopped decreasing during this period.

Leo also needed a dog-headed secretary to help him, but not many of the dog-headed girls were smart, and after dividing the tasks among themselves, there was no share for him.

He once tried to ask Six to assist him, but the little pigherd couldn't even count how many pigs he had, let alone help Rio manage the tens of thousands of people in the river bend.

Among the little dog-headed people in the Riverbend House, they were clearly divided into two groups.

One is the bold and unrestrained group represented by Rambowan, Six and Ilevan, who pay no attention to their personal image and do not abide by the rules.

One is the graceful school represented by Nairn, Seti and Savinting, who wear delicate little clothes, are well-behaved, cute and cute.

The former likes to follow Leo and cause trouble, while the latter prefers to work hard and win the praise of the Riverbend Mistress.