"Let's take a look."

Rose and Standerda looked at the scroll, and their faces were a little unpleasant.

After marching west along the second branch of the Black Iron River to the Valoran Plain, in order to guard against the two barbarian tribes of the Mostak Barbarians and the Upol Barbarians in the north, most of Noxus's army was placed south of the Dalmo Plain in the north, north of the Gorrell Mountains and the Pagrus Trifecta.

Counting the few fifty-three valuable Noxian light cavalry and more than a hundred Noxian crossbowmen, the Noxian spearmen and tomahawk infantry with leather and iron light armor were only more than 400 people, plus the ten people of the Black Rose Mage Regiment were only more than 600 people,

And the Mostak barbarians and the Upol barbarians are both large tribes with a population of about four hundred, and the barbarian tribes with all the soldiers can casually pull out nearly 90% of the number of warriors of the population, counting the other villagers and captives who are coerced, if the enemy chooses not to leave any room, the enemy attacking Tano Village at this moment will have eight or nine hundred people,

Even if they relied on magic to gain a local terrain advantage, in the face of more than 900 enemy soldiers, the Noxus soldiers, who did not have many long-range troops in their hands, would not get any advantage, and the battle that took place in Tano Village was undoubtedly an unprecedented fierce battle.

But even if it is a fierce battle, with excellent equipment and the bravery and sacrifice of Noxian soldiers, there is no hope of victory.

Even harsher than the village of Tano was the division of the enemy from the Gorrell Mountains,

On the other side, there are 200 robbers and robbers, and it is not impossible for the number of villagers to reach 300 or even 400 people.

At this time, in addition to the more than 50 elderly or disabled militiamen who could not be fully armed, Noxus had no extra troops, and in the face of a powerful offensive of more than 300 people, from the perspective of the comparison of troops, Noxus had no chance of winning, not to mention that the other party still had about 100 cavalry.

If they are not dealt with properly, these 300 people will be the last straw that will break the camel's back, or it will lead to the tragic end of the fall of the Immortal Fortress and the fall of Noxus.

At that time, the men, women, and children of the immortal fortress will become captives of the Mostak and Upol tribes, and will become slaves who will be branded on their faces and given what they want.

As if he had seen fire and blood descend on the immortal fortress, the atmosphere in the conference room became extremely heavy.

Pinching his eyebrows, Nadalz looked serious.

"Two, we've reached the most dangerous point, tell me what you think."

Standerda's voice, which was the first to express his opinion, was extremely heavy.

"Population is the most precious resource, we must go out of the city to meet the bandits, we must not allow the other side to plunder and destroy a few villages near the immortal fortress, otherwise even if we finally repel the enemy's attack, we will lose the opportunity to truly rise,

The Valoran Plains to the west is our granary, and this autumn is all dependent on this batch of unripe wheat and crops, and the immortal fortress alone cannot feed thousands of people, and it will take at least thirty years for the village to recover, and we will not have that much time to recover the population and the village will fall into a crumbling situation because of food. ”

Miss Rose nodded her head in agreement.

"Lord Standerda is right, even if we rely on the towering walls of the Immortal Fortress to keep out the bandits, we will lose our fortunes, and it would be pointless to let the bandits wreak havoc on our territory.

What Black Rose needs is a prosperous and powerful fortress of steel, a Great Noxus that will bring the nations to its knees, not a coward who will just cower in the fortress and let his people be slaughtered by bandits. ”

Sighing, Nadalz nodded.

"I thought so too, so it was decided that we should fight this war outside, and we must prevent the bandits from crossing the Gorrell Mountains to invade the Valoran Plains,

Then move on to the second topic, the gathering of troops. ”

After a pause, Nadalz re-held the autographed letter from Centurion Laurent in his hand, his voice cold and hard.

"The Lockhee clan will take the lead, mobilizing all the people over the age of 15 in the Immortal Fortress to go to the battlefield, plus 50 disabled soldiers, for a total of about 200 troops."

"The Black Rose will send 5 mages to support this war, but they will not be commanded by anyone, and you will need to use your strength to prove that you are qualified to occupy the Immortal Fortress."

Rose said her bottom line,

For Black Rose and the Pale Lady, it doesn't matter who the owner of the Immortal Fortress is, as long as the master behind him remains the same.

5 people is not too much, but it is not a small number either, you must know that the army support of Nota Village is only 10 mages.

Nodding, Nadalz looked at Standerda.

Stendhal's face was a little heavy, but he spoke anyway.

"When the meeting is over, I will gather as many soldiers as I can to join the ...... in battle."

"At least 200 people, Stan Erda, it must not be lower than this number, after this battle, the Lockhee clan will have no old people to support, and the glory of Noxus needs to be maintained together!"

Gritting his teeth, Standar, who knew what was going on with the rest of the small tribes and survivors, said stiffly. "Most of the people have joined the Noxian army, and it is impossible to send another 200 people out, I only have 100 people to be sure, otherwise those small tribes would rather escape from the Immortal Fortress than fight for Noxus."

Thinking that under his own orders, all the old people and children who had just come of age would pick up spears and fight the fierce bandits, Nadalz's emotions were a little uncontrollable, and he stood up and slammed on the table with a loud bang.

"100 people!? Do you want to sit back and let the Lockhee clan shed their blood? At least 150 people!! ”

Stendhal was furious.

"That group of bandits has 100 cavalry! And we only have 50 cavalry! It's all on the front line! If you can deal with cavalry! I'll get you 150 people! Yes! The question is can you solve the cavalry!? Yes!?? You take the head to solve it!

Or do you want to force the Noxians to rebel before the war begins? All the people are out, our hopes are all together, what if we die, what if there are people from the south who attack us?

Who will guard the hundreds of children and women who can't even pick up their weapons in the Immortal Fortress? ”

Nadalz's face froze for a long time, his fingers trembling, and he sat back down in his seat in a dejected manner.

"Boss ......"

Dort, who had always stood behind Nadalz, wiped the corners of his eyes, which were somewhat moist.

"That's it, we're no longer barbarians in the eyes of others, we're Noxians."

Nadalz got up from his seat and walked to the door.

"Noxians, never back down."