Warlord: King of All Clans

Similar incidents as in this small village continued to occur throughout the jurisdiction of the city of Weidanlan.

Slightly different, some of the main characters are the human musketeer squads of Riverbend, who act more civilized and convincingly.

Under the leadership of their chiefs, villagers in many villages chose to submit to the rule of the Earl of River Bay.

As for the trolls, werewolves, and ogres, they have been brought back to their own territory by Strong to avoid conflicts with the humans in the new territory.

These powerful alien warriors are not as easy to talk to as the weak kobolds. They will start killing mode at the first sign of a disagreement, unlike the kobold musketeers who would rather give in.

Neither Leo nor the leaders of various tribes want to see the conflict between the two sides intensify.

As a large number of knight lords surrendered, the hungry villagers below gave up a little resistance before their faith collapsed. They would rather accept the rule of the "devil" than starve to death on a snowy night.

When the time was ripe, the civil affairs team under Luo Meng's command quickly organized disaster relief after the snow, took the opportunity to register the people and establish grassroots rule.

In the Earldom of Gustav, grassroots governance is all controlled by the Church of Holy Light. The lord is only responsible for collecting taxes and conscripting soldiers, while science, education, culture, health, and stability maintenance work are all in the hands of the priests.

But the villagers soon discovered that the civil affairs officers sent by Hewan were obviously doing a better job.

They have monks from the Church of Holy Light and shamans from the Ancestral Temple, who are specifically responsible for providing faith and calming people's hearts.

Everyone can believe in whatever they want. Relevant doctrines can be found in the books of Hewan. Even the priests in the ancestral temple can talk about the doctrine of Holy Light.

There is a powerful patrol cavalry regiment that comes and goes like the wind, responsible for maintaining rural law and order and clearing out bandit gangs and bandits.

There are also announcers who preach the law, announce the reward and punishment system, and assist village leaders in resolving disputes.

The most important thing is that they still have a lot of food!

After a set of perfect combined punches were launched, the original church governance appeared to be full of holes and mistakes.

Villagers no longer need to secretly bribe priests or donate large amounts of property to obtain basic fairness; they just need to behave themselves.

In the castle of Weidanlan City, Roman, accompanied by Godwin, was meeting with the envoys of the Gustav family.

The city of Weidanlan faces the Earl's main city of Gustav, so it must have a strong person to be in charge. Godwin lived here and supported his whole family with the idle work provided by the Earl's Palace of River Bay.

After the death of the former Count Fonteyne Gustav in battle, the Gustav family was unprecedentedly united and shared a common hatred of the enemy, and fought several fierce battles with the major legions that invaded the territory.

Although they lost all of them, they also caused some losses to the Hewan and Talhan tribes.

In order to conserve his troops, Leo could only fight more conservatively. He gave up all the territories under the jurisdiction of the Earl's main city, Osluden, and retreated to the cities of Vidanlan and Xingtao.

The jurisdiction of the Earl's main city is much larger than that of the local cities, and it is dotted with small towns and knights' earthen forts. Originally, under the order of the Grand Duke, Leo gave up the Earl's main city that was within his grasp, but he had no intention of giving up these fertile territories.

Judging from the population and arable land alone, half of the territory of the Earl's main city is no less than that of a local branch city.

The Gustav family, which had gained a respite, retained the remaining three-fifths of the territory. Through family decision-making and the mediation of the Grand Duke, they finally sent an envoy to start negotiations.

Fighting again was impossible. Several battles had told them that the current Gustav could not defeat the powerful Hewan at all.

Moreover, if the war is delayed too long, it will give the Southern Border a chance to gather its forces, and then it will face a pincer attack from the Southern Border Legion.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The half-crippled Gustav family still has the assistance of two powerful men, the eighth-level knight Andrew and the eighth-level wizard Sapir.

Although the Cuirassier Regiment formed by Fonteyne had been destroyed, the Southern Frontier Army under Andrew still maintained its combat effectiveness, comparable to the Earl's main legion.

In the past, Earl Gustav's territory was too large, and the army was exhausted and could never be assembled in full. But now there are only two cities left, which makes it much easier to defend.

The envoy of the Gustav family was Fonteyne's cousin, Raymond, the former lord of Xingtao City.

When Romon heard Raymond's words, he felt unwell. "What? The Gustav family pledged allegiance to the Earl of River Bay?"

Raymond nodded and said, "Why not? Do we have to continue to be loyal to that old man Mitchell? Lady Gustave is from the North and will not defect to the South, but she also does not want her thousand-year-old family business to be divided up by others, so she can only surrender to Earl of River Bay."

"Our Gustav family has been loyal to the Odalov family for generations. We always respond to calls and fight. But when there is trouble, when has the Odalov family ever helped?"

"You, River Bay, were able to defeat Gustav. It is only natural that the strong will be king. The Grand Duke of the North is just sitting there doing nothing and cannot win the support of the people. So let someone else take over."

"If the Earl of Riverbend has concerns, we can surrender secretly."

Luo Meng sneered, "You guys are doing this, aren't you afraid that the Grand Duke will be furious and raise an army to attack you?"

Raymond said proudly: "With our two families joining forces, and with the support of Kurolov in the east, the Odalov family will be just like that."

"If it doesn't work, MacDonald and Brutus in the south are all eyeing us covetously. They can be called over with just a letter."

"If Earl Mundo succeeds, we can make him the King of the North and work together to deal with the South."

"The strong will conquer the world. These two small cities are just a small token of respect from our Gustav family."

Roman was also shocked by Raymond's words, but he was a steady man and would not be easily fooled. He hurriedly ended the negotiations and asked Godwin beside him for advice.

Godwin was the Lord of Arbroath and one of the famous generals in the North. He was knowledgeable in military strategy and business management. He stayed with Roman during this period and benefited a lot from his casual advice.

Godwin was not as young as Romon. He listened to their negotiations and was indifferent throughout. He just sneered and said, "Raymond is a coward and a fool. When he was young, he competed with Fontena for the title of earl and lost miserably. If his father was not a high-level warrior, he would not even be the lord of Xingtao City."

"These words sound grand, but they are actually instigated by someone. I think it's either MacDonald in the south or Kurolov in the east. They want to unite with our River Bay and form another Five Lords Alliance to deal with the Grand Duke of the North together."

Rio formed a five-lord alliance and divided up the powerful Beboos. After two years of fermentation, it has shocked the world.

In previous years, when people fought, they all fought their own battles, and everyone just wanted to dominate.

Leo's way of forming alliances opened the eyes of many earls.

It turns out that this is how war can be played!

But all the powerful earls were not stupid. After learning a little, they started to put it into practice.

There are only seven earls in the North, and the conflicts of interest between them are relatively transparent. Leo used it once and people became wary, and no one can use it a second time.

The southern border is different, there are eighteen actual earls!

There are also many ambitious people among the viscounts and barons below.

Dozens of feudal nobles were fighting each other, and the situation had become a mess.