Heroes of the Invincible Knight Chapter 40

Helborough is located in the westernmost part of the Northland, and is closely adjacent to the wilderness. Generally, after passing through Helborough, it is considered to be out of human territory.

Although Helborough is located on the edge of the Northland, it is a real large castle.

There are various caravans here every day for rest and transit. Although the wilderness is dangerous, it also contains business opportunities. The caravans bring some cheap commodities from the human world into the wilderness, in exchange for various precious materials, and they can earn almost every time. full of pots,

But the wilderness is also full of crises. Whether it is the ogre tribe or the more widely distributed kobold tribe, it will cause a fatal crisis to the caravan, but as long as the benefits are sufficient, there are always people who are willing to take the corresponding risks.

Helborough also gradually prospered by relying on this unique wilderness trade advantage.

However, the days of Helborough have not been easy these days. Due to the approaching of the super-large ogre tribe, no daring caravan dared to continue to trade in the wilderness, and the whole of Helburg was depressed a lot.

Of course, what the Hull family cares more about is the approaching thousands of ogres and the tens of thousands of kobolds attached to them. If they want to invade the human world, then Helburg will definitely bear the brunt.

Although the Hull family relied on the wilderness trade to grow and develop, it was absolutely unable to fight against such a large number of ogres and kobolds. Fortunately, the news of Snow City's dispatch of troops had already reached Hearburg early, which finally made the Hull family carry the heart. Settle down a little.

"Lord Earl, the Jingbei Army is coming soon, and Marquis Wade personally leads the army."

"Okay, okay, tell everyone to go out of the city to meet the Marquis."

"Yes"

Hearing the news that the Jingbei Army was about to arrive, Earl Hull said two good words in a row,

I was worried for several days, for fear that the Jingbei Army would arrive before the ogres, and now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Earl Hull led a long queue outside the castle to welcome Marquis Wade.

Although the Hull family has the title of earl, the Hull family is completely different from the Lanster family in the snow city.

The entire Hull family is only five knights and more than 2,000 professional soldiers. Without the support of Snow City, they would be completely powerless to defend their territory.

Soon, Marquis Wade brought the vanguard to Helborough.

"Good day, Marquis Wade."

Earl Hull, who was standing in the middle of the road, took the initiative to greet him when Marquis Wade approached.

Wade didn't take anything, and took some senior Lanster and senior officers around him to dismount and exchange a few words with Earl Hull.

Viscount Wade also began to observe Herborg during the conversation.

Although Helborough is almost incomparable to Snow City, it is definitely a qualified military fortress.

Because it is located on the edge of the wilderness, the Hull family has always maintained a sufficient sense of crisis. The five-zhang-high city wall is densely covered with arrow towers, and there are many iron pots on the city wall, which is definitely a nightmare for the attackers.

Marquis Wade was quite satisfied with the defense of Hull Castle, and chatted with Earl Hull and entered the castle with the vanguard army.

And the army that arrived later relied on Helborough to set up camp. After all, although Helborough is large, it is only a military castle rather than a city, and it is the limit to accommodate more than 10,000 people.

"What's wrong with the ogres these days?"

The first thing Viscount Wade did after entering the castle was to inquire about the situation ahead. After all, the aerial reconnaissance of the Sword Eagle Knight was not as detailed as that of the spies who approached and observed.

"Most of the ogres are still stationed thirty miles away, but a small group of ogres have attacked several villages, and now a large number of refugees have fled."

Marquis Wade frowned. This was the situation he was most worried about. The ogres attacked the village and disrupted production, causing a large number of villagers to become refugees. If the ogres could not be blocked west of Helburg, the ogres would surely drive straight in. Caused the erosion of the entire Northland.

"There is a situation, the behavior of the attacking ogre this time is somewhat abnormal."

"Huh?" Marquis Wade glanced at Earl Hull and motioned for him to continue.

"This time, the ogres are different from usual. In addition to looting them, they also have a purpose to kill people. This time, one village didn't have time to escape, and no one in the whole village survived."

This is indeed very abnormal. Although the ogres are brutal, they don't do more meaningless killings. They only loot food, and at most take away some prepared rations.

This time, the ogre's behavior revealed something strange, and Marquis Wade unconsciously remembered Lin Xuan's last reminder.

"How much food is left in Helborough?"

"Enough for the army for a month."

This kind of stock has actually shown that the Hull family is wealthy. You must know that in the past, the food stock of Helburg only needed to supply Helburg itself, and the army of the Hull family and the servants of the entire castle added up to less than 10,000.

And this time, the Jingbei Army came here with a total of 80,000 people, and Hullburg's stockpile could last for a month.

However, Marquis Wade was not satisfied with this grain reserve.

"It's not enough. I will store more food and grass in Hull Castle. Earl of Hull will send some people to collect food, at least to meet the needs of the army for March."

Marquis Wade unceremoniously made a request to the Hull family. After all, Piao Xuecheng, as the party who came to the rescue, although saving people is also for himself, but it is not enough to bear all the food and grass by himself, and it is also suitable for the Hull family to share a part. Reasonable.

"Yes, call someone to arrange it immediately."

Although Earl Hull looked embarrassed, he quickly agreed to it. After all, they were the one who was rescued.

"The army camped on the spot, rested for two days and sent troops to the wilderness."

"Yes"

The senior officers present responded one after another.

Marquis Wade only listened to half of Lin Xuan's suggestion~www.mtlnovel.com~ managed Hullburg as a back-end and hoarded a lot of supplies.

But according to Lin Xuan's opinion, he should rely on Helborough, build a camp, fight a dull battle, and advance step by step to ensure that nothing is lost.

However, Marquis Wade only hoarded supplies, but did not plan to take it step by step.

This does not mean that Marquis Wade does not understand the tricks, everyone knows the benefits of playing steadily, but according to that play method, it is impossible to say that tens of thousands of troops will be delayed here for a year, and the consumption of human and material resources will increase exponentially. The land may not be dragged up, and the Hull family will be dragged down.

"Okay, let's go down and prepare."

After everyone was ordered to retire, Marquis Wade and the high-ranking members of Lanster accepted Earl Hull's banquet.

In order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord or to take the opportunity to please the Lanster family, the Hull family can be said to have emptied the bottom of the box. They have everything in wine and food, and the maids they serve are also quite handsome.

However, Marquis Wade was a little restless, and in the end even felt a little bored.

After taking the last sip of wine in the cup, Marquis Wade simply stood up and said loudly:

"Today, the army has just arrived for a rest. From tomorrow onwards, it is not allowed to hold banquets and drink for pleasure."

If someone else said these disappointing remarks at the banquet, they would probably be ignored, and even cause disgust, but when Marquis Wade said it, everyone had no choice but to agree.

The candlelight was shining, and the wine was still flowing in the cup, but there was no noise as before. Everyone was disturbed by Marquis Wade, and the banquet ended soon.

Under the guidance of the maid, Marquis Wade went to the luxurious room prepared for him by the Hull family, intending to fall asleep early, but unexpectedly had some insomnia.

Perhaps, we should really follow Lin Xuan's suggestion regardless of the cost?

Chapter end

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