137 A strong white horse
"It's here!"
Looking at the white horse flag fluttering on the city wall in the distance, Sawyer and Filina both smiled from the bottom of their hearts: It's home. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The flags hanging on the walls were obviously new, the masonry of the walls still had traces of spell bombardment, and the walkways on the outer walls had even been replaced with new stone slabs, which contrasted sharply with the gray-black masonry around them.
"It looks like the battle was pretty bad."
Sawyer smacked his lips, but heard a familiar voice behind him: "yes, even I was almost wiped out." ”
"Divo?!"
Sawa turned around violently, looked at this old friend who hadn't been seen for a long time with a look of surprise, and joked with a smile: "What, you won't lose all the silver flames, right?" ”
"How is that possible!" Divo smiled and gave Sawa a punch, and then saw Sawyer's hand holding with the girl: "Yo yo yo, it's developing very quickly!" Anyway, do you two have ......?"
Touch!
The axe slammed into Divo's head with a holster, smashing Divo's unspoken words back.
"Die!"
Filina was carrying an axe in one hand and was about to do a few more times, but the other hand was grabbed by Sawya, if it weren't for the recent surge in Sawya's physique, maybe she would have been dragged away by Phirina a long time ago.
Just when the group was making a mess at the city gate, there was silence in the main hall of Longxiao Palace.
"Hognard, is the news confirmed?"
The lord Bargulf the Great sat on his throne, but instead of his usual rich robes, he was dressed in a full set of Nord steel armor, and his axe hung from the armrest on one side, and the sharpened edge of the blade showed its sharpness.
"The Stormcloak Vanguard from the East has been stationed outside the Black Forest and has not clashed with the Dark Wizards of Almo Fortress."
Hognard glanced at the information in his hand and added, "There are about two thousand regular troops, and three thousand reservists with simple training."
"What about the troop statistics in the territory?" Barguv rubbed his forehead and asked again.
"Excluding the strength of Earl Huder, there are now five thousand regular troops in the Snow Manling, two thousand each in the White Hope Tower and Valsam Tower, and three thousand in the city."
Hognard paused and continued, "In addition, twelve thousand men were recruited in winter, all of whom had been trained to reach the level of reserves, two thousand each stationed in Snowman City and the two front towers, and five hundred each in the western watchtower and the Ash Swamp fortress. In addition, there are various mercenaries and mercenary groups, which are equivalent to 3,000 elite troops and 10,000 regular troops! ”
"In other words, we now have a total of 4,000 elites and 15,000 regular troops?" Barguf smiled slightly, and a suppressed domineering spirit came out again: "Avensi!"
"In!" Xueman's chief Avensi hurriedly stepped forward.
"Write a letter to Ufrik, and by the way, attach the statistics of the troops in the territory, and tell him that for the sake of the past, if he withdraws from the army, I will not be blamed for the past, if he is obsessed......" Barguv suddenly laughed: "I will lead the army to the east!"
Listening to the lord's domineering declaration, Avenxi also trembled, said loudly "Understood", turned around and left, and there was a hint of sonorous meaning in his steps!
"Nodia!"
"The last general!"
Nodia took a step forward, since resisting the bandit siege, Nodia's status has also risen all the way, and now among many generals, the status is second only to Countess Celica and Hognard, if you count the military power in his hands, even Hognard must be ranked below him!
"You take half of your mercenaries and mercenaries and go to the Valsam Tower, and if Uffric's men are not honest, I think you know what to do, right?"
"Let him never come back!"
Nodia replied with a sinister face, and after saluting Barguf again, she also turned around and left the Dragon Night Palace.
Later, Barguf arranged for several generals to go to the White Hope Tower to prevent the White Ground Leader's army from the north, and sent a message to the town of Ximu and Loristed, so that the garrisons of the two towns would be on guard so that they would not be stabbed in the back by their allies.
The tense atmosphere lasted for more than half an hour, and it was not until Barguv completed the recent strategic arrangements that the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed.
For this war, Barguf almost exhausted the money of the entire territory, not only recruited 12,000 recruits from one territory, but also gathered all the mercenaries and large mercenary groups from the nine major territories, so as to make up this huge army.
Lead the enemy country!
And if the 30,000 troops of the Xue Man Leader meet the 30,000 troops newly recruited by Ufrik, Barguv is even sure that there will be a war of annihilation! And it can also ensure that the battle loss ratio is less than 1 to 3, and it is not impossible to lose 1 to 5!
However, it was able to put together so many strong troops thanks to the bandit siege last year.
After clearing out the bandits in the territory, the outcasts, refugees and even ordinary residents of the surrounding territories have poured into the Snow Manling, nearly doubling the population of the entire Snow Manling, which is one of the reasons why the Snow Manling can recruit more than 10,000 recruits at one time.
And this bandit siege also opened up Barguf's thinking, just when other territories were still racking their brains to mobilize their people to join the army, Barguv took the first step against those mercenaries and mercenary groups, relying on the wealth accumulated over the years, directly recruited the mercenaries and mercenary groups of the nine major territories, and even after the news spread, several famous mercenaries from neighboring provinces also heard the news and threw themselves into the command of Barguf, who had deep pockets.
However, this also led to the fact that when other lords thought of mercenaries and mercenary groups, they found that all the mercenaries and mercenary groups in their territory had gone to Xuemanling, and it took a lot of effort to gather thousands of miscellaneous armies, and their combat effectiveness was not even as good as that of reserves.
After these lords scolded Barguf, they were helpless, not to mention that Barguv had joined the camp of the Imperial Army, and the huge military strength of the Xue Man Territory alone was not something that they "little country lords" could provoke.
While Barguf was joking with the few remaining nobles and waiting for the dinner to begin, Nodia hurried back.
"Nordy...... Lord Sawyer?! ”
As soon as Barguf spoke, he saw the guy following Nordia, and his puzzled expression instantly turned into surprise: "Haha! Sawyer, it's just in time for you to return! ”
Although Barguf doesn't like Sawyer's strength, and he doesn't know Sawyer's overall situation and military literacy, he understands Sawyer's background and knows that Sawyer is a lucky general!
Since Sawyer appeared in his field of vision, almost every mission has been successfully completed in a strange manner, and the prestige of Sawyer and Snow Man has spread to the entire sky, if Sawyer returns to participate in this battle......
A trace of deep-seated ambition gradually revived in Barguf's heart, and as if he saw the deepest ambition in Barguf's heart, Sawyer stepped forward and took out a scroll and handed it to Ireles, the head of the guard.
Taking the scroll from Ireles' hand, Barguf didn't see anything famous, but Fa Renjia, who was standing aside and listening, had his pupils shrinking, and he couldn't help shouting: "Super large group blessing scroll!!"
"What kind of scroll is oversized?"
Barguf didn't hear clearly, but he still read the importance of the scroll from Farenga's expression.
"Oversized group bless scrolls, lord." Sawyer smiled and repeated: "This one can bless a thousand soldiers with ironclad, and the spell effect can last for an hour, which is enough to complete a campaign."
Iron Armor: Increases the target's protection by 100, increases the target's Cold Resistance by an additional 30%, and carries 60 Weight for 2 hours, or disappears after absorbing 2000 damage.
When Barguv learned about the effects of the Iron Armor Technique, his jaw dropped in surprise, a full hundred points of armor! This is already the protection of a set of high-grade armor!
Not to mention the 30% Frost Resistance and 60 Weights, the former allowing the Soldiers to ignore the extreme cold weather in the Northlands, and the latter allowing the Soldiers to reduce their physical exertion and at least double their ability to sustain combat!
Suffice it to say, this scroll can create a thousand battlefield tanks!
"This ...... Lord Sawyer, this kind of scroll ......" Bargulf appropriately revealed a trace of doubt, if there are enough scrolls, it is not impossible to dominate the sky and become the supreme king of the sky!
"This is a gift from my master, Master Tovdir." Sawyer pretended to be confused, not only did he not answer Tovdil's question, but instead pulled out Tovdil's tiger skin.
"Master Tovdir?"
Barguf only felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and when Fa Renjia came up and explained it in his ear, he was shocked, and a trace of greed in his heart disappeared.
Barguf put on a kind smile: "Lord Sawyer, are you interested in leading the troops?"
"Leader?" Sawyer made an unexpected look, but he was already smiling in his heart, and lowered his head and waited for a few seconds before raising his head again: "I am willing to fight for Xueman!"
"Good!" Barguv patted the handrail and shouted, as if he was very satisfied, but he scolded in his heart, and at this time he still didn't understand, Sawyer was asking for benefits!
"Then ......" Barguf pondered for a while, and finally gave up his plan to put on Sawyer's shoes: "You will lead an elite army!"
"This ...... Soya will live up to the lord's high expectations! ”
Sawyer was stunned, and quickly changed to a serious and resolute expression, Barguf was so responsible that he also felt a burst of emotion around his heart, of course, more of a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
Only then did Barguf smile with satisfaction: "You stay in Xueman City for a few days first, get familiar with the newly formed White Horse Army, and when the civil war starts, you will be my Xueman's strongest blade!"