Chapter 9: Sweeping the Wild West
The western wilderness is cloudless during the day, and the turquoise blue sky makes people feel relaxed and refreshed at first glance.
Lu En rode a robed military horse, followed by two hundred heavily armored cavalry, all of whom were nearby farmers and farmers, and of course some knights hired from Stormwind, followed by soldiers from the Imperial Sword.
It's been three months since the last night assault on Sentinel Ridge, and these three months have not only been spent building a huge wall on Sentinel Ridge, but also allowing the surrounding farmers to train their soldiers.
In order not to let the farmers slack off in their training, Lu En ordered them to go to Sentinel Ridge every Saturday for military training, so as to ensure their military quality.
Although organization is the greatest factor in winning a war, good training is also essential, and good killing and self-defense against the enemy will inevitably become the core factor of the army.
"The beasts around here are almost cleaned up. Lu En looked not far away, it was a carriage full of wild boar carcasses, these game meat can be sold in Stormwind City for three hundred gold coins, although it is a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing.
He sat on his horse, quietly looking out over the plain, where a group of gnolls were gathering under a giant tree, apparently reserving their strength for defense.
The Gnolls are surrounded by soldiers of the Sword of the Empire.
"The wild dogs, wild boars, and vultures of the western wilderness have been almost cleared, and there are only a few dozen of the gnoll tribe left. Dewey walked up to Lu En's side: "My lord, give an order, let us completely exterminate the gnolls not far away, and the entire western wilderness will be safe." ”
Lu En nodded, and he waved his hand: "Let the archers suppress the long-range fire, let the heavy infantry and the night watchmen maintain the defensive line, and let those gnolls charge us." ”
"We should be defensive, because our human lives matter. ”
After Lu En said this, he immediately jumped down from the robe army, these days, due to the feudal lordization of the farmers in the western wilderness, the strong military strength directly made the robbed Defia Brotherhood and the Jackals hit hard bones, all this is of course a good thing, but ......
Since the Brotherhood of Defia was no longer able to loot farms, the Brotherhood of Defia became impoverished in an instant.
This chain of interests also angered the notorious Bloodstained Pirates in the Endless Sea.
News bought from the goblin merchant is revealing that the Bloodstained Pirates are planning to unite with the Brotherhood of Defia, and if that is the case, then Lu En knows that the attack on the town of Moonstream, the nest of the Brotherhood of Defia, will be postponed again.
Da-da-da-da
A crisp sound of horses' hooves came from not far away, and Lu En looked not far away, only to see Margaret riding a white horse: "Your Excellency...... Finally found you. ”
"According to news from the South, there is something unusual about the trolls in Thorn Valley. ”
Lu En frowned slightly: "What?"
Margaret said, "Because of the overproduction of produce and textiles in Nighttown, goblins from Treasure Bay have formed caravans in the Valley of Thorns, which is a good thing, but it also excites the forest trolls active in the northern part of the Valley of Thorns. ”
"I heard that they are planning to organize a coalition to come to Nightshade to carry out a ransack. ”
Lu En took a deep breath: "How often are they going to attack." ”
"I haven't heard anything specific yet, because they're arguing over who the alliance leader is. Margaret put down the paper in her hand: "Moreover, the leader of the bloodstained pirates recently sent us a letter asking that we must withdraw from the Wild West, or it will be a war. ”
Lu En snorted coldly: "Okay, then this is war, let the sword decide the victory or defeat." ”
Lu En felt annoyed in his heart, although the Western Wilderness seemed to be larger and more fertile than the territory of the Twilight Forest, but because Lu En formed a feudal aristocracy, he actually couldn't collect much money in this land.
"The Gold Coast Mine, the property of the Brotherhood of Defia. Lu En looked at the Gold Coast Mine on the hillside not far away: "A gold mine can produce 3,000 gold coins a year, which is enough for me to solve my urgent needs." ”
After taking a greedy look at the Gold Coast Mine, Lu En turned his attention to the Gnoll Riverclaw Clan not far away.
The last of the gnolls in the Wild West, these gnolls are a sturdy and powerful group of man-eaters who have been preying on humans for years.
Bursts of arrows came down, and the group of gnolls hiding under the trees were constantly hit by the rain of arrows, although there were not a few gnolls falling in them, but under the rain of arrows, each salvo would make the gnolls fall a lot.
The gnolls still didn't take the initiative to attack, they knew very well that they had no way to retreat, even if they attacked early, nothing would change.
Jang Bundfur is the leader of the Riverpaw Clan, he is cruel and intelligent, but he can't adapt to what he encounters at the moment, and every rain of arrows that fall from the sky kills his people.
At first, it was waiting for its enemies to run out of arrows, but now with each round of arrows, its desperation grew. It clenched the shackled warhammer in its hand, and its heart was full of courage.
The shackled warhammer it had snatched from a human soldier and had been with it for over thirty years, and now it was time for the final slash.
Jang Bambi shouted, "(Gnoll): Impact, impact, our one round of impact has sent the enemy into a wail. ”
The gnoll is much stronger than the human body, and when dozens of gnolls attack, although they can't compete with the armored cavalry, the impact caused by it should not be underestimated.
Lu En soon saw the final onslaught of the gnolls, their eyes full of despair, and the shackles and warhammers in their hands were even more chilling, and every step they took made the earthquake tremble.
Lu En looked at the heavy cavalry behind him, their expressions were different, and it was clear that the first battle had terrified them.
Lu En raised the cavalry spear in his hand high: "Wait for my order, you will charge with me!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!!"
The sound of neatness sounded from behind Lu En like a tide, and although they were afraid of fighting, they were absolutely obedient to Lu En's orders.
The gnolls quickly rushed to the line of heavy infantry, and although these strong gnolls were very strong, they were not able to break the heavy infantry line in front of them.
"These gnolls are so stupid that they show their backs to us. Lu En put on the conquistador's rune helmet: "All members, put down the cavalry spear!"
Whoosh!
"Charge!"
With Lu En's order, the heavy cavalry quickly flattened their cavalry spears and formed a wall-like military formation to rush over. From a distance, the cavalry's charge looked like a wall was slowly advancing.
Knock knock, the sound of horses' hooves resounded between heaven and earth, and as the armored heavy cavalry rushed behind the gnolls, it was just an instant that dozens of gnolls were pierced to the mounted spears and could not move.
Almost instantly, the Gnoll squad, which had been holding on to death just now, collapsed, and they tried to flee in a panic, but they quickly died under the blades of the heavy cavalry.
The last of the Gnoll armies of the Wild West are gone, and they will never be seen in the fields of the Wild West again.
"Next, there's the fish-man on Long Beach. Lu En muttered softly. He had a good job of training this time, and when the heavy cavalry was formed, he was able to finish off the gnolls with a single charge.
"The fish-people can train the heavy infantry, and I believe it won't cause too many casualties. Lu En said as he commanded the surrounding soldiers to rest for a while.
"Rest for a while, when the food from Sentinel Ridge is delivered, we will rest for a while and move on to the next battle. ”
Lu En rode into the gnoll's camp on his robe-robed military horse, and found that there was nothing of value in the stinky camp except weapons, and the rotten skins collected by the gnolls were tattered, and there was a stench on them, which was certainly not a good thing.
Sitting on the rocks, Lu En carefully observed the long beach below, and the turquoise sea emitted a tsunami sound. He pointed to the ocean not far away and said, "This ocean is pregnant with endless hope, and this ...... A port was built. ”
"The first is to annihilate the fishmen. Lu En muttered softly. Then he rode on the back of the burqa military horse, intending to continue to let the soldiers around him continue to advance.
From the beach not far away, a fish-man walked up, it looked very old, its body was covered in blue scales, but the staff in its hand and the lightning bolt floating around it proved that it was not an ordinary fish-man, but a fish-man shaman.
"Don't fire, I'm the old blind man on the beach, commanding this group of fishmen, and I want to talk to your leader. The old blind man shouted.
Lu En hesitated slightly, and then made a gesture: "Stop firing." ”
..................
Soon, Lu En and the old blind eye sat next to a stone, this old blind eye seemed to have elite-level strength, and as a fishman, Lu En was still very surprised.
Both were silent.
Lu En finally broke the silence: "You should know what the fate of your tribe will be next. ”
The old blind man smiled: "I originally wanted to cooperate with the gnolls of the Riverpaw tribe, but when I saw the demise of those fools, I changed my mind. ”
Lu Enqia said lightly: "But...... Isn't it too bold to think about cooperating with humans, ...... I'm also interested in your human language, who taught you?"
The old blind sneered, "This is what a druid taught me, but I don't want to talk about this now, I want to talk to you about the Alliance." ”
"No, not the Alliance. Lu En categorically interrupted the old blind eye in front of him: "I am stronger than you, there is no need for an alliance between us, if you submit to me, otherwise there is no need to negotiate between us." ”