Helburg is located in the westernmost part of the Northlands, close to the wilderness, and is generally considered to be out of human territory after Helburg.

Although Helburg is located on the edge of the Northlands, it is a large castle.

There are all kinds of caravans here every day to rest and transit, although the wilderness is dangerous but also contains business opportunities, caravans bring some cheap goods from the human world into the wilderness, in exchange for all kinds of precious materials, almost every time you can make a lot of money,

But the wilderness is also full of dangers, whether it is the ogre tribe or the more widely distributed kobold tribe, it will cause a fatal crisis to the caravan, but as long as the benefits are sufficient, there are always people who are willing to take the corresponding risks.

Hurburg also prospered on its unique wilderness trade advantage.

However, the days of Fort Hull have not been easy, due to the approach of the super-large ogre tribe, no matter how bold the caravan is, it will not dare to continue to trade in the wilderness, and the entire Fort Hull has been depressed a lot.

Of course, what makes the Hull family more concerned is the thousands of ogres that are gradually approaching, and the tens of thousands of kobolds attached to it, if they want to invade the human world, then Hurburg will definitely bear the brunt.

Although the Hull family relies on the wilderness trade to develop and grow, it is absolutely powerless to fight against such a large number of ogres and kobolds, but fortunately, the news of the dispatch of troops from Drifting Snow City has reached Hull Fort early, and finally the Hull family's heart has settled down a little.

"Lord Earl, the Jingbei Army is almost here, and it is Marquis Wade who personally leads the army."

"Okay, okay, inform everyone, and go out of the city together to meet the Marquis."

"Yes"

Hearing the news that the Jingbei Army was about to arrive, the Earl of Hull said two good words in a row,

I was worried for several days, for fear that the Jingbei Army would arrive first before the ogre, and at this time I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Earl of Hull led a long procession outside the castle to greet the Marquis of Wade.

Although the Hull family has the title of earl, the Hull family is completely one in the sky and one on the earth compared to the Lancet family in Drifting Snow City.

The entire Hull family was only five knights and more than 2,000 professional soldiers, and without the support of Drifting Snow City, they were completely powerless to defend their territory.

Soon, the Marquis of Wade led the vanguard to the foot of Fort Hel.

"Good day, Marquis Wade."

The Earl of Hull, who stood in the middle of the road, took the initiative to greet Marquis Wade as he approached.

Wade didn't think much about it, and took some of the high-ranking and high-ranking officers of Lancester around him to dismount and say a few words to the Earl of Hull.

Viscount Wade also began to observe Helburg during the conversation,

Although Fort Hel is almost incomparable to Drifting Snow City, it is definitely a qualified military fortress.

Because it is located on the edge of the wilderness, the Hull family has always maintained a sufficient sense of crisis, and the five-zhang high city wall is densely covered with arrow towers, and there are many iron pots on the city wall, which is definitely a nightmare for the attackers.

The Marquis of Wade was satisfied with the defense of Hullburg, and talked with the Earl of Hull all the way into the castle with the forward army.

After all, although Fort is large, it is only a military castle rather than a city, and it is already the limit to accommodate more than 10,000 people.

"There's something unusual about the ogre these days."

After entering the castle, the first thing Viscount Wade did was to inquire about the situation ahead, after all, through the aerial reconnaissance of the Sword Eagle Knight, it was still not as detailed as the scouts approaching and observing.

"Most of the ogres are still stationed thirty miles away, but a small group of ogres have attacked a few villages, and now a large number of refugees have fled."

Marquis Wade frowned when he heard this, this was the situation he was most worried about, the ogre attacked the village and destroyed production, causing a large number of villagers to become refugees, if the ogre could not be kept west of Helburg, the ogre's long-term drive would definitely cause the entire northland to erode.

"There is a situation where the behavior of the ogre that attacked this time is a bit abnormal."

"Huh?" The Marquis Wade glanced at the Earl of Hull and motioned for him to continue.

"This time the ogre is different from usual, in addition to plundering them, there is also a purpose to kill people, this time there is a village that has not had time to escape, and the whole village has not survived."

This is indeed very abnormal, although the ogre is brutal, but they do not do much meaningless killing, they only loot food, at most take some reserve rations, this time it looks like they are all killed.

This time the ogre's behavior revealed something strange, and Marquis Wade unconsciously remembered Lin Xuan's last reminder.

"How much grain is left in Helburg?"

"Enough for an army to last for a month."

This kind of stock has actually shown that the Hull family is wealthy, you must know that in the past, the Hull Castle's grain stock only needed to supply the Hull Castle itself, and the Hull family's army and the servants of the entire castle combined were less than 10,000.

And this time, the Jingbei army came with a full 80,000 people, and the grain stock in Fort Herburg could last for a month.

However, the Marquis of Wade was not satisfied with this grain stockpile.

"It's not enough, hoard more grain and grass in Fort Hull, and the Earl of Hull will send some more people to collect grain, at least enough for the army in March."

Marquis Wade unceremoniously made a request to the Hull family, after all, as the party that came to the rescue, although it was also for himself to save people, it was not enough to bear all the food and grass himself, and it was reasonable for the Hull family to share part of it.

"Yes, call someone to arrange it immediately."

Although the Earl of Hull looked embarrassed, he quickly agreed, after all, they were the ones who were rescued.

"The army camped on the spot, rested for two days, and marched out into the wilderness."

"Yes"

The senior military officers present responded one after another.

Lin Xuan's suggestion was only half obeyed by the Marquis of Wade, and he used Fort Hull as a back road, hoarding a large amount of supplies.

But according to Lin Xuan's meaning, he should rely on Fort Her, set up camp, fight in a daze, and advance step by step to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

But the Marquis Wade only hoarded supplies, and did not plan to do it step by step.

This does not mean that Marquis Wade does not understand the tricks, everyone knows the benefits of steady and steady fighting, but according to that style of play, maybe tens of thousands of troops will be delayed here for a year, and the cost of manpower and material resources will increase geometrically, and the Northland may not be dragged up, and the Hull family will definitely be dragged down.

"Alright, let's all go down and prepare."

After everyone was ordered to retreat, the Marquis of Wade and the other high-ranking people accepted the Earl of Hull's banquet.

In order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord or take the opportunity to curry favor with the Lancet family, the Hull family can be said to have emptied the bottom of the box, with all kinds of wine and food, and the maids who serve are all quite handsome.

However, the Marquis Wade was a little restless, and even felt a little bored in the end.

After taking the last sip of wine in the glass, the Marquis Wade simply stood up and said in a loud voice:

"Today, the army has just arrived to rest, and from tomorrow onwards there will be no more banquets, drinking, and merry."

If someone else said these disgraceful words at the banquet, it is estimated that no one will pay attention to them, and they will even cause disgust, but when the Marquis Wade says it, everyone has to obey.

The candles were shining, the wine was still flowing in the glass, but there was no noise before, and the interest of the people was disturbed by the Marquis Wade, and the banquet ended quickly.

Under the guidance of the maid, the Marquis Wade went to the luxurious room prepared for him by the Hull family with the intention of going to sleep early, but unexpectedly suffered some insomnia.

Perhaps, should you really do what Lin Xuan suggested at any cost?

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