After killing Duke Madison, Richard easily seized the man's spoils. Although the enchanted armor has been damaged a bit, it can still be sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins after repair, and the legendary knight Sylph led by Harland does not have such a good armor, and it can be given away if it is repaired and modified.

Under the horrified eyes of the Ryan Kingdom army, Richard stripped off the Duke of Madison's armor, took his enchanted longsword, and then sent someone to return the body to the Ryan Kingdom army.

Taking advantage of the morale boost, Richard seized the opportunity and immediately launched an attack.

More than thirty magic crystal cannons were launched at the same time, and the extremely hard oylandite alloy warhead accurately hit the city wall with strong kinetic energy, and fiercely punched a big hole.

Although Novena Castle is very strong, with walls about ten meters thick, it is still difficult to support in the face of the attack of this new magic prop.

The powerful alloy cannonball smashed into the stone wall, and the splattered fragments made ordinary soldiers dare not approach at all, and the cannonball hit the inside of the city wall fiercely, causing cracks to appear in the city wall.

After only a dozen rounds of shelling, there were many bullet holes in the front of the city wall, which was already riddled with holes.

Another round of shells hit, sending a piercing screech through the sky.

The shells were fired at five kilometers, crossed an arc, and this time they directly collapsed the city walls. In an instant, a loud bang erupted on the city wall, kicking up a thick layer of dust and burying many soldiers.

Seeing the walls broken, Klomis closed his eyes in pain.

Although the attacking Haaland led an army of only 60,000 men, and he had an army of 200,000, more than three times the number of the enemy, only three legions rushed to the vicinity of Novena Castle.

The army of the Kingdom of Lane is more warlike than the United Kingdom of the East Coast, and it also faces the invasion of orcs all year round, has rich experience in warfare, and its combat effectiveness is about the same as that of the Kingdom of Grant.

However, compared with the well-equipped and brave Haaland main force, it is still obviously at a disadvantage, and Richard also has a starlight bomb and magic crystal cannons to help.

Without the protection of the city fortifications, it is impossible to withstand the onslaught of the army led by Haaland.

In desperation, Klomis had no choice but to abandon the city and give the order to retreat.

Because Klomis had already detected the starlight bomb card, he did not charge in the battle himself, under the cover of the Warcraft cavalry and the lion knights, the kingdom of Ryan retreated from Novena Castle at the cost of 8,000 soldiers, and used the Kampa River as a natural defense line to block the army led by Haaland.

At the same time, Klomis listened to McKelline's advice, and took McKelline, who had been treated and his injuries were reduced, as the commander, and led two legions plus three thousand Warcraft cavalry to bypass the main force led by Harland and attack the two dukes of Sardin and Hughes, intending to cut off the retreat of the main force of Haraland's leader and contain the actions of Haraland's army.

The combat effectiveness of the two dukes of Sardin and Hughes was average, and they could not withstand the onslaught of a large number of Warcraft cavalry at all, and suffered heavy losses in just half a month, adding up to more than 10,000 casualties.

The back road was unstable, Satin and Duke Hughes kept sending letters to Richard for help, and Haaland led the army to give up the plan to attack and transferred a part of the elite troops to defend McKelline.

As we entered mid-June, the war entered a new phase.

The various fronts have basically stabilized, and it is difficult for either side to break the balance and fall into a state of stalemate.

At this moment, even the proud Kingdom of Thomas has to admit that the military strength of the Kingdom of Grant is much more than that of the Kingdom of Lane, even if the Duke of Haaland is subtracted, it is estimated that it can have the upper hand.

Although the battle line has stabilized, the flying arms of the two sides are locked in a fierce duel.

Air battles broke out every day, and in just over a month, Harland had killed and injured sixteen lion knights, two bipedal wyverns, and destroyed six magic airships.

The losses of the Ryan Kingdom were even more heavy, with more than 100 lion cavalry casualties, among which the lions that were wounded and captured by the Harland leader were as high as more than 20, and the battle damage reached the level of one-third.

With such a tragic attrition, the Ryan Kingdom was the first to withstand, and began to reduce the frequency of the Lion Knight's activities, giving up the sky to the enemy for the first time.

Although the logistical pressure on the Grant Kingdom is getting heavier and heavier, Richard's army is relatively easy.

First of all, they occupied the Duchy of Madison, seized 60,000 tons of grain, which could feed the whole army for half a year, and then caught up with the autumn harvest, and also harvested a lot of grain, which could be replenished by war.

In addition, Richard also conquered Novena Castle and captured a large amount of baggage.

Because the nobles and bureaucrats of the Duke of Madison burned their baggage, Richard killed very heavily in the Duke of Madison, as long as the nobles and bureaucrats caught by the occupying army were basically all executed, and their wives and daughters were given to the meritorious soldiers. Such a brutal suppression deterred the defenders of Novena Castle.

When Klomis retreated, although he also gave the order to clear the walls and burn the baggage, it was not well executed in the chaotic battlefield.

Although some warehouses were set on fire, they were quickly extinguished by the soldiers led by Haaland who entered the city, and the loss of supplies in the city was very light.

At Novena Castle alone, Richard seized 36,000 tons of grain, 20,000 rolls of cloth, 80,000 catties of cotton, as well as wood, masonry, iron, kerosene, and other baggage.

With the capture of Novena Castle, Richard's army did not need to be replenished from the rear for a year.

Time passed day by day, and it entered September.

After three months of stalemate, the defense line of the Kampa River in the Kingdom of Lane has been completed. More than a dozen military forts have been built along the river, each of which has a large number of soldiers, many magic crossbows have been added to the forts, and the magicians of the Ryan Kingdom have also arranged many magic traps.

Even if the Duke of Haaland fights for his life and wants to break this defensive line, the casualties will inevitably be heavy.

Moreover, Haaland led the army on the flank, and McKelline also had an elite army. As Richard sent troops back to help, McKelone saw that there was no advantage to take advantage of, and decisively led his troops to retreat to the south bank of the Mara River.

After a few months of war, Richard and his soldiers led by Harland not only seized the Duke of Madison, the salient of the Duke of Madison, leveled the border between the Kingdom of Lane and the Kingdom of Grant, but also conquered a large territory north of the Mara River and east of the Kampa River, including Castle Novena, an important town of the Kingdom of Lane, and greatly advanced the border.

In this War of the Five Kingdoms, Harran's legion once again played a key role, not only blocking the largest strategic corps of the Ryan Kingdom, but also seizing more than 200,000 square kilometers of land from the enemy, and getting the greatest feat.

At this moment, among the several warring countries, the Sith Kingdom Navy suffered heavy losses, because the distance was too far, which was basically equivalent to withdrawing from the war. Although the East Coast and the Delong Kingdom fought hard, their own military strength was average, and they could not break the balance.

Although the kingdom of Ryan still has strength left, it has no confidence in victory. After all, if the scale of the war continues to expand, the Haaland Territory can still put in an army of 100,000, and the Grant Kingdom can squeeze out 80,000 people if it is put together.

At that time, it will still fall into a stalemate, reducing the strength of the defense line of the Silver Wolf Mountain Range, and only the orcs can get cheap.

Nowadays, several major countries participating in the war are fighting for attrition, and they will be able to achieve complete victory until their national strength is exhausted and they are unable to transport logistical baggage to the front line.

The three kingdoms of Lane, Delong, and the East Coast add up to 120 million people, while the Grand Duchy of Gastanic, the Kingdom of Grant, has almost 60 million people, and there is no chance of winning in terms of consumption and national strength.

According to the current situation, if the Grant Kingdom lasts for half a year at most, it will have to shorten the logistics line and reduce the number of soldiers from the front line.

Just when the Grant Kingdom gritted its teeth, the orcs actually invaded on a large scale again.

Because the Eastern Front of the Grassland Governorate has been beaten by Haraland's leadership, this time the invasion is mainly the Central Front and the Western Front.

More than thirty orc legions appeared near the Silver Wolf Mountains.

At the same time, the Eastern Front of the Steppe Governorate also launched a feint to contain the main army of the Harland leadership in the northern frontier and prevent them from moving west to support the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

The orcs mobilized more than thirty legions to the south, and with such a huge force, they had to ask the Kingdom of Ryan and the Grand Duchy of Starnik to withdraw their troops. In order to defend against the orcs, Archduke Jonathan immediately gave Macmillan an an order to retreat immediately, with 80,000 soldiers to reinforce the north. At the same time, King Thomas also gave the two armies the order to retreat.

The risk of retreating before the battle is very high. Especially Macmillan, who was on the defensive, personally rushed to the military camp of the Lane Kingdom in order to be able to withdraw smoothly. After an in-depth negotiation and limited trust, the two sides withdrew from the army.

The biggest variable in the Ryan Kingdom was dragged by the orcs, and the situation in the Grant Kingdom suddenly eased a little.

King Roger seized this opportunity very decisively, and kept sending emissaries, hoping to sign a short treaty and restore peace for a while.

But this request, Lane, Delong, and the East Coast did not agree to it at all.

This time in the War of the Five Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Lane have clearly seen the essence of the Grant Kingdom, the Grant royal family plus the Haaland Collar is a man-eating tiger, which has expanded millions of square kilometers of land in just over 20 years, swallowing 20 million people in the two countries of Delong and the East Coast. Terrified the nearby realms.

It was in this situation that the three kingdoms of Lane, East Coast, and Delong formed the Triple Alliance.

In this war, the Triple Alliance and the slave catchers of the Sith Kingdom could not defeat the enemy on the frontal battlefield, and the Ryan Kingdom also lost a large area of land and killed the Duke of Madison.

If this tiger is allowed to breathe, the next war The Triple Alliance may be defeated and lost, heading for the fate of annihilation.

Now that the Ryan Kingdom has lost a lot of land, the battle line has stabilized, and the Triple Alliance can rely on its strong national strength to consume the enemy. As long as you grit your teeth, survive this time, and resist the orcs in the Silver Wolf Mountain Range, you can continue to fight with the Grant Kingdom until the Grant Kingdom's national strength is exhausted.

The Triple Alliance did not agree to peace talks, but the situation did not change according to their will.

The trouble-stirring orcs concentrated more than 600,000 troops and broke through the defense line of the Silver Wolf Mountains, and more than a dozen orc legions poured into Ryan and Starnik.

At this time, the Kingdom of Lane must sign a treaty with the Kingdom of Grant in exchange for a short-term peace. Otherwise, the Grant Kingdom seized the opportunity to mobilize more than 100,000 troops again to cooperate with the orcs to attack the Ryan Kingdom, and the situation might become even worse, making the Ryan Kingdom collapse.

The Ryan Kingdom is ready to withdraw from the war temporarily, and Delong and the East Coast can only agree, after all, in the Triple Alliance, the Ryan Kingdom is the strongest and is the core of the alliance. This time the war contained the most combat-ready Duke of Haaland, and also clashed with Stanik's 200,000-strong army.

If the two countries drag on and do not agree to peace talks, the Kingdom of Lane unilaterally withdraws from the war, and when the Duke of Haaland leads his troops eastward and cooperates with the alliance of the six dukes, the army of the Grand Duchy of Delong may face the fate of collapse.

The current situation is that the Kingdom of Ryan and the Grand Duchy of Starnik need to restore peace immediately and move their forces south and north to defend against the orcs.

After Archduke Jonathan wrote a letter to Richard, he conveyed the military order to Hughes and Sardin to withdraw the troops and go north.

The two dukes Hughes and Sardin withdrew from the Duchy of Madison with 40,000 troops, and the strength of Haaland's troops was suddenly weakened by forty percent.

As soon as the two dukes withdrew, Richard's troops were somewhat insufficient. On the one hand, he ordered Haaland to retreat with 20,000 auxiliaries to replace the two dukes Hughes and Sardin in the dukedom of Madison. On the one hand, he sent a bipedal dragon knight to write a letter to Soros, who was sitting in the rear, asking for an early end to the training of recruits, and adding 9,000 reinforcements to the southern battlefield with the 6,000 new infantry recruited this year plus 3,000 veterans.

Although the flying troops of the Ryan Kingdom suffered heavy losses, they could not defeat the Harland Leader. But they can still rely on the Gon Knight to detect a lot of information.

After discovering that Haaland led an increase of 9,000 troops, the Kingdom of Lane immediately reprimanded the envoy of the Grant Kingdom, claiming that the Grant Kingdom had no sincerity in peace talks at all, and even increased its troops on the front line again.

As the situation developed, the envoys of the Kingdom of Grant became more and more tough, not only did not agree to return the occupied lands, but also refuted the nonsense of the Kingdom of Lane. And evidence was presented to show that on this front, the Grant Kingdom side kept its promise and had reduced its army from 100,000 to 70,000. On the other hand, the Kingdom of Lane not only did not withdraw its troops on the west bank of the Kampa River, but also replenished the battle damage.

The two sides argued for a while, and found that the mouth cannon was useless.

In the end, the five warring countries signed a short-term peace pact, which was not even signed by the king, and it can be said that this pact can be torn up at any time. As long as you have a clear understanding of the situation, you will definitely be able to defeat the orcs, and a larger war will break out in the five warring countries.

After entering mid-October, as the situation further evolved, the five countries participating in the war finally ceased fire and stopped fighting.

It has been half a year since Haaland led the army, and Richard was already planning to return with his troops to rest, when he suddenly received a letter from Grand Duke Jonathan asking for help.

(End of chapter)