Chapter 147: Refugees
The dwarves suffered in the Dragonspine Mountains and had to abandon their plans to conquer the western frontier and attack the Golden Valley instead.
They were able to win several battles in quick succession at the beginning, but when the nobles of the Golden Valley reacted, they quickly gave the dwarves a head-on blow under the leadership of the Campbell family.
A fierce battle ensued along the Long Neck River, and the nobles of the Golden Valley gradually gained the upper hand, but the Penros family also fell to Solomon.
They marched from Elk Valley, and eventually caught the local soldiers between the dwarves on the other side of the river.
The nobles of the Golden Valley held out for four days in a disadvantageous situation, and were finally completely defeated in the early morning of the fifth day.
Duke Theodore, the head of the Campbells, was captured and taken to Fort Lionheart, where he was soon executed by order of Solomon.
As a vassal of the Campbell family, Wilder also participated in the brutal battle on the Longneck River, and survived, returning to his territory with the remaining twenty or so cavalry.
Wilder knew that he would not be able to keep the Golden Valley after losing the war, so he put up a notice in the city telling the inhabitants that the Wing and their allies were coming, and that they should hurry out and take refuge.
And he himself rushed to the green field with the rest of his men to join his granddaughter.
During this time, Wilder had been following the female lord on his crusades, a diminutive nobleman with warts on his eyes, who was very brave in battle, often carrying his battle axe to the front.
also competed with those nobles in the western realm to see who killed the most enemies, and in just half a month, he won the respect of many people.
In addition, everyone made an oath together to resist the invasion of the Wing Clan and watch over each other.
Now that the big guys have retaken their land, only Wilder remains, so when Miss Rabbit announced her intention to continue her eastward march and attack Cape Plenty, there was no objection.
Although at this time, many people have returned to their hearts and want to return to their own territory to count the losses and resume production.
However, with the prestige she had accumulated during this time, Ilea still made everyone accept this expedition, and the Horn of Fertility was not too far away, on the edge of the western border.
It's less than seven days away from Turquoise Fort, and you can't waste much time going there, but you don't know what the situation in the city is now.
Due to the limited radio station in hand, it is impossible for Li Yu to equip every town, and the city lord of Fertile Horn, Wild, is half of his own people, and any news will come over, so Li Yu does not have additional intelligence officers there.
According to Tristan and other captives, there were probably less than 2,000 defenders left in the city when they left, but Solomon gave orders to many of his allies.
When they were asked to participate in this war against the western frontier, some of them were far away and arrived late, and Solomon was unwilling to wait any longer, so he took the 80,000 men he had on hand and went out first.
Ask those who come after him to assemble at Horn of Plenty and wait for his orders.
After such a long time, it is estimated that there should be at least twenty or thirty thousand people in the city, and if it is more, it is even possible to have forty or fifty thousand.
The female lord couldn't help frowning, she now had 30,000 people on hand, and she still received a lot of nobles like Perls who came to take refuge.
There is no way, and the newly recovered land will also need manpower to rebuild and maintain order.
The good news was that she still had a dragon in her hand, and that six more Italian cannons had been sent from the gun factory.
There were now thirty-three Italian cannons in the girl's hand, and they fired together, and the power was amazing, and it felt like the whole earth was shaking.
Ilea thought about it, and felt that it was useless to just ponder here, so it was better to go to the city of Horn of Plenty first.
And Wilder was also very excited when he heard that the female lord planned to help him regain the territory, and he had already taken less than a hundred soldiers under his command to the road first, taking the lead to reconnoiter the enemy.
Ilea set out the next afternoon, and the journey went smoothly, although there were many more robbers and bandits during this time, and there were some previous defeats, but they only dared to rob some peasants and small caravans.
When they saw the army, they wanted to hide as far away as possible, and it was impossible to keep their eyes on it.
It wasn't until she left the Westside and entered the Golden Valley that Ilea slowed down her march a bit, while also observing the surrounding villages, which looked even more dilapidated than those in the West.
You must know that in the past, the Golden Valley was known as the granary of the empire, the land here is extremely fertile, and the climate is also very suitable for crop growth.
The Campbells were so wealthy that even the Emperor had to borrow money from them, but their wealth eventually brought disaster to them.
When those invaders invaded the land, the first thing they did was to burn and loot, and they did not want to spare even a small village.
And many of the allies who were summoned by Solomon in the back were not clean, and they were also looting and looting along the way.
After all, everyone knows that Jingudi has money, and even if it comes late, they want to get a piece of it.
So it became the way it is now in the eyes of Miss Rabbit.
The rest of the villagers were also frightened when they saw another army coming, and some of them went into the woods with what little food they had left, and some of the scrawny people simply lay on the side of the road and waited for their deaths.
Although their eyes were still open, there was no hope in them, and they were stunned by Niu Xiangui and Liu Xuebin.
Neither of them was very old, in their early thirties, less than forty years old, they were both born after the change, and they had been peaceful for a long time, so they had only seen this scene in movies and games.
Although the Western Realm was also invaded before, Solomon almost didn't stop all the way in order to take the green field as soon as possible, and the damage was not so great.
Niu Xiangui was still thinking about giving a little of the bread he brought to those poor people, but because there were too many people dying of hunger on the roadside, he had to give up this naïve idea later.
But there are also people who do not give up.
- Adele, this time with the army, the Hughes on the Shuangxiu Sect basically obeyed her dispatch, in addition, there was a force of about 300 Black Dog Guards, responsible for protecting her and the other Hughes.
Adele and a few Hughes carried the starving men on the side of the road into the wagon, gave them a small slice of bread, and ate it with water.
The reason why there is only a small piece is that Liu Xuebin proposed it.
I am worried that these people have been hungry for too long, their stomachs are weak, and they can't digest too much food at once.
But after lifting it for a while, Adele also found that there were a little too many people, and the carriage couldn't fit down.
She contacted the Order over the radio, hoping to send more men and wagons to help, and then went to the front of the group to find Ilea.