Chapter 126: Anticlimactic
The border between the Northlands and the wilderness,
A thick black smoke stood out, and the place where it burned was the fortified city of Helburg, which originally stood at the junction of the Northland and the wilderness.
This time, because of the lack of strength of the human alliance, although the ogre did not get any benefits, it could be regarded as a calm withdrawal, and even many craftsmen were calmly led by the ogre in the army and retreated to the wilderness together.
Although the human coalition was biting, the ogre army did not divide its forces to plague the castles and villages along the way, but when passing through Helburg, they still ordered to destroy as much as possible.
But this kind of castle made of huge stones is obviously not so easy to destroy.
The tall and powerful ogre worked for most of the day and only destroyed a few gates and a small section of the city wall, and finally simply poured oil on the city, lit a fire, and returned to Grugosh.
"Lord Grugersh, three more tribes have broken away."
"Let them be."
Grugersh seemed to have anticipated this situation, and reacted quite calmly.
In the end, the ogre is a primitive system based on tribes, except for a small number of people who have been influenced by Grugesh to have racial consciousness, most of the small tribes are willing to follow Grugesh just for profit,
When there is a benefit, he is willing to follow Grugesh to take some benefits, and when there is no benefit, he naturally wants to ensure the independence of his tribe, so as soon as he arrives in the wilderness, a large number of small tribes leave, and Grugersh does not have the power to win a big victory, and the legend of a two-headed ogre alone does not have such a good effect.
Grugersh glanced back at Helburg again, and led his army silently towards the depths of the wilderness.
This time he didn't get nothing, a large number of materials and craftsmen can ensure that his descendant tribe grows rapidly, as long as he spends some time on business, he can still slowly annex the rest of the ogre tribe, but humans will not necessarily give him this opportunity...
"Quick, quick, quick!"
"Go fetch some more water!"
Under Fort Hel, the human coalition finally arrived at the fortified city that once guarded the wilderness.
Nearly 100,000 troops did not fight the main force of the ogre, but did the work of extinguishing the fire first.
Fortunately, Fort Herburg is mainly made of stone, there are not many flammable materials, and there are water sources around.
With no shortage of manpower, the fire that the ogre had set before retreating was quickly extinguished.
However, although the fire was extinguished, Fort Herburg was not suitable for a large army at this time.
The coalition forces still set up a large camp in a clearing not far away.
This battle is quite a bit anticlimactic, the two sides fought for a long time, but in the end there was no collision of the main force.
Although the human alliance has achieved its strategic goal, it is actually a shame for Thor,
After all, watching the ogre calmly leave with the looted materials and craftsmen would make a normal general feel uncomfortable.
This regret is difficult to make up for the time being, the long-term battle with the ogre can only rely on the north itself, the king is too far away from the north, and the materials and horses from the king are all going upstream, and the cost is too high,
If there is no pressure from the Orcs of the Dragon's Breath, maybe the Golden Dragon Kingdom can still grit its teeth and go all out to directly wipe out the ogres in the wilderness.
But in the case of huge pressure in the east, the kingdom naturally still has to prioritize the use of resources on the more important Dragon Breath Pass.
Unless the ogre swept through the Northland, the idea of attacking Beiguan would be difficult to attract greater attention from the Golden Dragon Kingdom.
Although the war is over for the time being, Saul has not had time to regret too much for the time being, he has more important things to do,
At this time, Thor was sitting in the main tent that had just been set up and studying the map, and there were a lot of circles on the large map, which should be a territory that could still be used for rewards.
The reward for meritorious deeds is the most exciting time, so many knightless knights come to fight bravely to kill the enemy is not because of any feelings, what they want is something real, military merit award, this is the foundation of the kingdom, and it is impossible not to pay attention to it.
Thor pondered over the map for a moment, then spoke to the guards beside him:
"Go and ask Richard to come along."
"Yes, sir."
Richard's residence was not far from Thor's main tent, and after a while he was in Thor's tent.
"Lord Thor"
Richard's etiquette was well done, and when he entered the door, he saluted Thor, who was still thinking towards the huge map.
"Hmm"
Saul snorted lightly, and didn't let Richard take his seat, as if he was a little absent-minded, and Richard could only stand quietly aside, waiting for Saul to speak.
"If you were to run the original Hel family's territory, would you be sure that you would keep the ogres out of the Northlands?"
"Promise not to let Grugesh go any further."
Saul's question was sudden, but Richard's answer was quite cheerful and confident.
This is a real confident self-confidence, supported by an invincible army of heroes, Richard did not promise Saul a five-year leveling of the famine, and took Gregesh's double-headed dedication to the royal capital, which can be regarded as his modesty.
It won't even take five years to do it.
Of course, the original chassis of the Hull family is not only the current dilapidated Hull Castle, but also includes a large area of surrounding territory, which is at least three or four times the size of the Hunter Territory, and the population is also several times that of the Hunter family.
Although the territory is dilapidated, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, as long as it is rebuilt and operated for a while, with Richard's management methods, at least the elite of a legion can be pulled.
Cooperate with the system army and completely wipe out Grugosh's promise.
It's just that Thor is obviously not very demanding, just let him block Grugash.
"If Helburg breaks again..."
"If Hurburg breaks it again, I'll take off my head and apologize."
"Good!"
After getting Richard's promise, Saul was quite satisfied, but he didn't say anything more on the spot, and after a few more words, he asked Richard to retreat.
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A few days later, dozens of officers and knights who had participated in the battle gathered in the big tent.
Everyone had smiles on their faces, and everyone knew that Thor had received authorization from King Wren to directly make a reward, and now it was time to honor his military exploits.
"Gunther, baron, sealed in the Northlands......"
This time the ogre advanced eastward, many territories in the north were directly beaten into white land, more than a dozen nobles were directly cut off, and the territory was directly recovered and sealed to knights who were willing to stay in the north to operate.
However, in addition to Gunther and a very small number of people who chose the territory of the Northlands, more knights still chose the territories of the Central Great Plains,
The knights who choose the Northland can get at least more than ten villages, and they are quite generous.
And the closer to the territory of the Golden Dragon Capital, the more expensive it is,
There is still a small village on the edge of the central plain, and there is only one manor to choose from close to the royal capital, and some are in short supply.
After all, the richness of the Central Great Plains is not comparable to that of the Northlands, and there are no knights who want to continue to develop their minds, and they are already satisfied with the manors around the royal capital after winning a knighthood.
"Richard, sealed as the Wild Uncle, the territory is in the Northland......"