Chapter 158: The Enemy Army in a Dilemma
More than 100,000 Green Goblin captives poured into Qiuhe County, which greatly increased Arthur's pressure, and Zhang He was busy defending the main force of the Arthur family, so he sent a message to Lin Yi to ask for reinforcements.
At this time, Lin Yi was receiving Norn at the Taodong camp, and when he received the news, he immediately sent someone to let Dekun lead 20,000 pig-headed soldiers to Qiuhe County to assist Arthur in guarding the Green Goblin captives.
At the same time, Arthur hurried to persuade the captured Green Goblin soldiers to surrender.
Dongdu County is different from the counties of Shanhe County in that it belongs to the subordinate territory of the family, that is, the branch of a large company, while the lords of all ethnic groups in Shanhe County belong to the entrepreneurial boss.
The branch is supported by the head office, and the profits must be fed back to the head office, and the person in charge can only take a small share, so the military configuration is subject to the arrangement of the head office, and the branch office does not have much money to expand its own private army.
In general, the viscounty has 2,000 troops, and the earldom has 20,000 troops, and the excess part is paid for by itself.
As a business owner, it is natural to expand as much as you can.
The total number of troops in each territory of Xidu County is almost more than 40,000, with more than 10,000 killed in battle and more than 30,000 captured, including about 15,000 high-level soldiers.
Most of the soldiers killed in the battle were soldiers from Xidu City, and during the siege of Zhang He, more than 3,000 were intercepted and killed, and more than 5,000 were killed in the city.
As long as these more than 30,000 Green Goblin soldiers can be absorbed, the hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Xidu City are basically in the bag.
Norn came this time, but he came to talk about cooperation with Lin Yi, and he also brought 30,000 people to exchange more than 70,000 werewolf prisoners.
At the same time, he also wanted Lin Yi to send troops to help.
There are six counties in Bukwon County, and Norn has occupied three counties in Jet County, Norn County, and Seowon County.
The Dauser family also sent hundreds of thousands of troops to gather in Dongyuan County to conduct final negotiations with Norn.
Norn is self-reliant, but it does not mean that he is out of the family, and he is still nominally a member of the Dauser family, but he has autonomy, that is, he will never hand over the profits of the territory to the family again.
The Dauser family is also very entangled now, and I have to say that Norn is really a talent, but he can't control it anymore.
In addition, the Marquis of Beiyuan County is the second-generation relative of the patriarch's lineage, and in comparison, Norn, a side branch of the fifth generation, has a much worse relationship.
"Brother Norn, even if I help you, I can only help for a while, how should you deal with the Dauser family afterwards?" Lin Yi didn't say it too bluntly.
The purpose of Norn's trip was just to let Lin Yi help him through the current difficulties.
"Brother Lin Yi, I represent the side branch of the Dauther family, as long as I can survive the current level and bring a steady stream of family side branches to me, I will be able to compete with the main family at that time." Norn said confidently.
He had secretly attracted a lot of middle and high-level clansmen, including several gold-level transcendents, but they were still a little wavering at this time, and they wanted to see if Norn had the strength to fight against the main family before making a decision.
"Brother Norn, I can help you swallow the entire North Plains County, but I have one condition." Lin Yi looked at Norn and said.
"Brother Lin Yi, you can say it clearly." Seeing Lin Yi's statement, Norn said excitedly.
When he came, he had already seen that the Northern Expeditionary Legion under Lin Yi was extraordinary at first glance, and he heard that under his Terran elder brother, there was another legion that was fighting with the Lance family.
At present, the Taodong battalion is also full of elite soldiers, especially Dian Wei on Lin Yi's side, whose momentum is stronger than that of the patriarch of the Dauther family.
During this time, Lin Yi stayed in the Taodong camp and summoned 10,000 unicorn spearmen and 5,000 greedy wolf cavalry.
The current strength of the Taodong battalion is also 30,000.
"Simple, when I take all the Valan Province, I hope to replace Beiyuan County with Shanggu County and Brother Norn." Lin Yi smiled and said his conditions.
The benefits of this condition outweigh the disadvantages for Norn, and Upper Valley County, as the nest of the Dauser family, is more than a step stronger than Kitahara-gun.
"This ......," Norn was speechless for a moment.
Lin Yi's thoughts, Norn naturally understood that if he wanted to go to Gu County, he had to resist the orc clan in the Araluo Province for Lin Yi.
There is actually no harm in itself, but once Lin Yi and the orc clan start a war, Shanggu County will inevitably bear the brunt, and at that time, it will not be a county, a province of enemies, it is very likely to be an orc alliance.
"Brother Norn don't have to worry too much, I will leave enough troops to keep Shanggu County worry-free." As soon as Lin Yi saw Norn's expression, he knew that Norn didn't want to completely break with the orc clan for the time being.
"Brother Lin Yi, he is very ambitious, but if the Dauser family joins forces with the Lance family, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to deal with, I have inside information, both of them already have title level masters." Norn hesitated for a moment and said to Lin Yi.
"Haha, haha, Brother Norn, the number of people with the title of battle under my command is more than the number of hands, and if there is no strength, how dare you say that it is all in Valan Province." Lin Yi said with a laugh.
There is one thing Lin Yi didn't expect that although the generals under his command are powerful, outsiders can't know about them.
Norn heard Lin Yi's words, his pupils contracted suddenly, he didn't doubt Lin Yi's words, he himself was a gold-level transcendent, stronger than himself, but he could fight extraordinary.
"How do the bear people in Doro Province and the lion people in Violet Province deal with it? And how to deal with the ogres. Norn asked with a serious expression.
"Defend in the north, defend in the east, attack in the south, the ogre clan can be allies, and the northern orc clan is not to worry about for the time being." Lin Yi brought out the concept of Zhou Yu.
"Can you still fight the Holy Knight?" Norn was stunned.
Attacking the south, isn't it the lion tribe? That's the Orc Royalty!
"Fightable!" Lin Yi nodded.
Norn left the Taodong camp with some complicated feelings, he really didn't expect that the human race that he thought was only potential earlier, was actually a tiger, and he began to believe Taylor's analysis.
However, it is a lord of one side, and he can't make a blind decision, and he still has to show his strength, just like those side tribesmen of the Dauser family.
In the end, Lin Yi agreed to send troops to help Norn swallow Beiyuan County, and also helped Norn hold on for a while.
After receiving Lin Yi's order, Zhang Liao led the army to escort more than 70,000 werewolf captives and rushed to Xiyuan County.
At this time, the main force of the Lance family arrived in Xidu City, leaving them with only an empty city.
The scouts also sent back the bad news, and the entire Xidu County was emptied!
The army of the Lance family moved into Xidu City, and Caron immediately summoned the family's top brass for a military discussion.
"Kamon, how long will it take to mobilize grain and grass from other counties in Nanhe County!" In the council hall, Caron's brows furrowed, and he asked Carmon, the Marquis of Nanhe County.
"Third Elder, the harsh winter has just passed, and there are many insufficient grain stores in various counties, and they have been requisitioned once before, if they are requisitioned again, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive the spring ploughing." Carmon vomited bitterness.
To say that the most unlucky in this battle is still his Nanhe County.
"After the war, the family will allocate food, but only temporarily." Cuarón's face was a little unkind.
As the elder in charge of logistics in the family, Karon is well aware of the grain reserves of various counties and counties, and it is normal for Karon to be dissatisfied with the two requisitions of grain and grass.
However, under such circumstances, shirking responsibility, ignoring the overall situation, and being short-sighted.
"Three Elders, it will take a long time to raise grain and grass temporarily, and it will take at least seven days to arrive, and at most 100,000 quintals of grain can be requisitioned." Carmon said stiffly.
"How many days can our army's food last?" Caron asked Carman instead.
Thomas was in charge of the Knights, and Carman was in charge of the army.
"According to the plan of the march, the army only reserves three days' food, and the road is delayed for one day, leaving only two days." There was no change on Karman's face.
In such a situation, the coach has had no success, Carman wisely chose to be silent, everything is up to Caron, but if something goes wrong, it is naturally Caron who is responsible.
"Everyone, if you have any ideas, please tell us," Caron said, glancing at the silent mid-level and high-ranking members of the clan in the council hall.
"Three Elders, it's better to withdraw the army for the time being, wait for all the food and grass, and then come to fight with the Terrans." Northon looked left and right, and saw that everyone was silent, and opened their mouths to break the peace.
Among the high-ranking members of the Reims family in the council hall, Northen is the highest-ranking foreigner except for Thomas, and these old fritters of the family do not speak, so he can only open the head.
"What if the Terrans attack with all their might?" Kayun, who is also the deputy head of the Knights, answered at this time.
As the two vice-captains of the Order, Cayun and Northen are not hostile to each other, but they are in competition, so it is a regular operation to disagree.
"Our army of hundreds of thousands, as long as the human race dares to come, it can be destroyed." Northon glared at Kayun.
At this time, it is not to complicate things by running out and singing the opposite.
"In this case, why can't our army directly send troops to attack Qiuhe County, and the grain in it will inevitably pile up." Kayun ignored Northon and said to himself.
"You are taking hundreds of thousands of people at risk, in case the battle is deadlocked, you know what the consequences will be!" Noxon couldn't help but slap the table directly and stood up and replied to Kayun.
"How can tens of thousands of people be able to stop the army of tens of thousands of our race!" Kayun let out a sneer and said.
"If you don't think about winning, you should think about defeat first, and if you lose, you will never recover!" Northon said, didn't look at Kayun, sat back in his chair, and didn't speak again.
Kayun wanted to continue to fight back, but was stopped by Caron raising his hand.
"Northon and Cayun have a point, do you have any compromise?"
Glancing around, Caron found that no one was willing to speak, and he was a little angry.
"What? Do you want me to be named one by one? ”
Hearing that Caron was angry, the high-ranking members of the Lance family couldn't hold back any longer.
"You can cut back on food and buy a certain amount of time." Carmon said.
"Maybe you can persuade the Terrans to surrender, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." A silver-level transcendent also spoke.
"The Terrans only have tens of thousands of troops, our army can withdraw half of the troops first, and with the prestige of our army, even if it is half of the troops, the Terrans can be defeated!"
"Slaughtering a war horse can also support it for a while."
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At first, there was merit in the opinion, and as he spoke, it became more and more outrageous, which made Cuarón feel a big headache.
"Carman, Carmon, Thomas, Kayun, and Northon stay, and the rest of the people disperse." Cuarón waved his hand and declared the end of the military council.