After leaving the Black Hammer Castle, everything became different, in the Black Hammer Castle, Rhodes was the lord, and everyone had to listen to him, however, out of the Black Hammer Fort, he was just a general, not even a general, there were ten castles in the entire north, each castle had a lord, and there were more than a dozen northern lords like Rhodes. Coupled with the lords from the south and the lords from the east, this is simply a great gathering of lords.

Each lord is nothing more than a captain here, commanding his men to participate in this war. Probably the population of the entire North is not as large as that of the city of Errengrad. It is the most important port city in Kislev in the north.

Rhodes had imagined what it would be like to arrive at Erlengrad more than once, but he never imagined it to be the scene in front of him. The large army assembled in the upper reaches of the Reinsk River (1), because it was winter, camping in the wilderness, many people felt cold even in heavy clothing, the cold blew on the fire, the flame seemed to be extinguished at any moment, many sat by the fire with weapons and shivered, and some of them had cracked the skin on their faces, and their lips were like dried pieces of meat, bloodless.

The terrain where the army was stationed was uneven, and the commander-in-chief asked all the lords to pull their troops up the hill and camp on the top of the hill. In order to facilitate access to water, tens of thousands of troops have already built a protective fence along the river, which extends to the top of the mountain.

In the cold of winter, most of the trees have lost their leaves, leaving only withered branches, and snowflakes falling on them seem to crush their fragile bodies at any moment. Smoke from boiling water for cooking rose from the camp and could be seen for miles. Since it was winter, it was difficult to supply supplies, so the large army had to go to nearby villages from time to time to collect food. And saying that it is a grain requisition is actually similar to robbery.

According to the laws established by Caterina's reign, the government army fought abroad, bought the peasants' grain stocks at low prices, and the peasants had to cooperate, and if you did not sell, you would be escorted to the capital to work as coolies for treason. But Kislev is a long winter, and once the farmers hand over their grain, they will never survive the winter. Therefore, every time the grain is levied, it is just a grab. The inconvenience of the large-scale movement of the legion is reflected in this aspect.

As for why the winter siege had to be done, Rhodes guessed that it might be because the queen couldn't wait, she couldn't tolerate any betrayal of her, not to mention, Erlengrad's rebellion had exceeded the bottom line she could tolerate.

In the barracks, overlooking from the top of the hill, the whole city of Erlengrad is like a big labyrinth, the dense city buildings extend to the end of the sight, the white city wall is like a thin line enclosing the city, the noon sun is bleak to the city, and you can vaguely see the magnificent temple of Thor in the center of the city.

However, according to Aubrey, it is not the center of the city, and there are two huge temples that cannot be seen from the top of this hill, they are the Temple of Erson and the Temple of Hada, so you can imagine how big the city is.

Rhodes had been to the capital of Kislev, which was also a very large city, and no game could do that, as far as the eye could see, there were all houses, and all kinds of buildings were scattered on both sides of the road, crowding every open space in the city.

"Come here, old friend, many people are waiting for you in the tents. And that little daughter of Varell, who was thinking about you, and who almost ran back when she heard that Blackhammer had been invaded by the beastmen. ”

"But I still didn't come back. ”

"You can't blame her, it's your dereliction of duty if you didn't arrive here to meet everyone within the allotted time. ”

"Am I going to leave my lord and my people alone?"

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to fight for this ......"

After Rod had enjoyed the panoramic view of Erlengrad, Aubrey took Rhodes to the headquarters of the base camp. There was a lot of nagging along the way. 600

The headquarters of the coalition forces, here is a huge white tent, a simple foundation made of stones, and a fixed large tent is erected on this foundation for the temporary command post of the Erengrad military operation.

This is also the place where the lords of the northern realm gather. Unlike the armies of the rest of Kislev, the armies of the North do not like to get together with the faggets in the South, and in the eyes of the Northerners, the city of Kislev is so far south that many things are "tainted" by the Empire. Their culture, folklore, was even partially assimilated by the empire. And the north is the root of Kislev, and they have not forgotten how their ancestors reclaimed this land and struggled to build such an unyielding kingdom. War bears, blood and steel, are the glory and traditions that belong to the North.

It was also here that Rhodes met the lords of the North face to face for the first time.

Walking into the tent, Rod found a place to sit down under the leadership of Aubrey. It is a large round wooden table, made of four semi-curved panels, next to which the lords of each castle sit.

"Lord of the Overwatch - Count Cyril. ”

Aubrey begins by introducing Cyril, Lord of the Watchgate.

He happened to sit opposite Rhodes, the largest force in the north, it is said that the watchtower had more than 30,000 civilians and two or three thousand soldiers, and the Earl of Cyril, as the lord, managed this huge fortress and this army of thousands of people. Rhodes remembered that he had gone to Lord Aubrey's dinner not long ago, and that his precious son had married the daughter of the Earl of Cyril.

It can be said that the girl's father is much better looking than her, and the Count Cyril in front of him is wearing a high-end silver wire chain mail, wearing an indigo shirt, the shoulder armor is made of high-grade silver alloy, and the crown of the eagle is carved on it, and the short black hair looks energetic, as can be seen from the scar on his face, this is also a battle-hardened veteran, at least once.

After Aubrey's introduction, Cyril nodded politely to Rhodes.

Without waiting for Rhodes to introduce himself, Aubrey introduced the next lord. Presumably, they had already understood themselves before they came, and Rod thought to himself......

"Lord of Iceland, Edmund Eugene. ”

Next, Aubrey acted as a guide, introducing Rhodes to the lords of the North one by one.

Ice Castle is a castle standing on the edge of the ice field, its founding history can be traced back to the late Third Chaos War, when Magnus the Pious defeated the Chaos army, the Empire and Kislev joined forces to build the Great Wall of the North, and Ice Castle was originally part of the Great Wall, as the backbone of the Great Wall, it has been playing the role of gathering troops and commanding defense.

After the Great Wall was abandoned, many people went south in search of more suitable land to settle down, and those former veterans gathered in Ice Castle to reclaim wasteland south of the Great Wall to grow food, although the income was small, but enough to provide food and clothing, and the general Felix Eugene became the first lord of Ice Castle, and later the Tsar also recognized the status of Ice Castle in the territory of Kislev. As the northernmost castle in the middle of the North, Ice Castle is in a very dangerous situation, and it can be said that the situation is not much better than that of Black Hammer Castle. Likewise, the castle and its owner were among the lords that Rhodes admired the most, and at least, none of the people who could survive the war front were ordinary people.

The most iconic castle in the east of the North is Snow Rock Fort, a fortress built on a high mountain, and literally a castle built on snow-colored rocks. Indeed, Snow Rock Fort is located in the easternmost part of the North, and the junction it guards is an important passageway, a mountain path from the Old World to the Dark Lands.

According to the lord of Snow Rock Castle, this road is full of dangers at all times, ogres, greenskins, and rat people are often infested here, and since it can reach the vast eastern continent, many goods must pass through here, making all kinds of robbers and bandits so numerous that the castle defenders can't control them at all. However, this still can't stop the growth of Snow Rock Castle. It was originally a mountain castle with few resources, but it was because of this trade route that it became rich......