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Chapter 23 North Wind Fortress
When the orcs attacked the Northern Exploration Territory, the North Wind Fortress received information, most of which were distress messages from those lords.The entire article talks about how many orcs there are. If their lies are really believed, the number of orcs in this attack will exceed 5.

But this is obviously impossible. According to the reports from the scattered scouts, there are probably only a few thousand orcs.What is strange is that some orcs carried humans to the orc prairie.

After receiving the letter from the flying pigeons from the North Wind Fortress 5 days ago, the nearly 50-year-old Duke of Osborne immediately issued a call-up order, and then led five thousand cavalry from the Gale Legion to support the North Wind Fortress .And ordered other legions to prepare food and supplies, ready to rush to help Beifeng Fortress at any time.

In the past five days, out of concern for the safety of their family territories, many nobles who were recruited only kept a few soldiers at home, and almost all the soldiers were recruited.The people had almost arrived, and considering that they would not be able to reach them within an hour and a half due to the distance, Duke Osborne simply did not wait for them and held the first military meeting.

He threw the information he had collected so far, as well as the request for help he had received at the North Wind Fortress, on the table.After all the nobles read it, they agreed that except for Baron Kewan's information, everyone else had exaggerated the number of orcs.

While this practice is prevalent among themselves, they say they understand it.But what made them unbearable was that, according to the intelligence of the scouts, they believed that the orcs did not plan to attack on a large scale, at least for now, the orcs did not have this plan.

They began to complain that their trip was in vain and that they had spent a lot of military money. In the end, it turned into a verbal abuse. Duke Osborne, who couldn't stand it anymore, pushed his chair away and left on the spot.

The large-scale mobilization of the family army and the recruitment of vassals must have alarmed the capital. How to report the information of the orcs has become the main problem at present.

Judging from the information collected so far, the orcs should not be prepared to attack the Northwind Fortress, but this kind of thing cannot be decided solely by judgment. He needs real and reliable evidence to prove it. This is also a headache for Duke Osborne place.

Really unable to think of a way, he simply sent soldiers to the royal capital with all the intelligence, letters asking for help, and his own analysis.

At this moment, someone reported that the nobles who pioneered the Northland had arrived. When he asked how many soldiers they had, he received a dumbfounded answer.

The sergeant told him that the nobles came in a carriage, accompanied by only a dozen or so knights.

He grabbed the sergeant by the neck on the spot, blowing his beard and staring sharply to make him say it again.It turned out that no one could speak while being choked. When Duke Osborne realized what had happened, the sergeant had fainted and fell to the ground.

He called the guards to take the sergeant down to see a doctor, and then he came to the city gate and saw a scene that made him grit his teeth.

A nobleman was sitting on a carriage, whipping a soldier with a whip in his hand for asking too many questions.The soldier suppressed his blush, but stood motionless.

I also saw that there are many northern nobles who dare to come, but for them, such a thing is happy to see it happen, because it is because of their "long face".

Duke Osborne immediately ordered the arrest of these nobles. The soldiers of North Wind Fortress were still hesitating. Although they were also the Duke's private soldiers, the peace over the years had worn away their will to fight. The unscrupulousness of the nobles had planted a seed in their hearts. The seeds of fear.

The soldiers of the Gale Legion didn't have so many worries. They rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and took down all ten nobles and knelt down in front of Duke Osborne.

After seeing Duke Osborne, the group of nobles stopped clamoring, and some even smiled.

Seeing this disgusting smile, Duke Osborne ordered the soldiers to throw these nobles into a dungeon to sober up in a fit of anger.

"You have no right to do this, Eric Osborne." Obviously this nobleman couldn't bear this insult, so he called Duke Osborne by his full name, without even adding the honorific title of Duke.

Other nobles also spoke in agreement.

A soldier of the Osborn family slapped this idiot on the spot, swollen his face, but now he was honest, and just looked at the soldier who beat him with vicious eyes, as if to make this face Carve it into your head.

"As for your loss of territory, I will sue the king... If I had the right, you would have been beheaded by now."

Hearing the murderous words of the Duke of Osborne, they finally calmed down, stopped struggling, and let the soldiers drag them away to the dungeon.

It wasn't always news that made Duke Osborne angry these days.A few days ago, Silas, a child of the Kirwan family, entered the castle under the protection of two soldiers.

According to him, his family's castle is located at the forefront of the north, and his parents chose to live and die with the castle, but they just sent him out.At the last moment, the mercenary group employed by his family rushed back. This mercenary group had rescued him once before. They will definitely win, and his parents will definitely survive according to his statement.

Although he did not believe that they would survive, he still nodded and said that they would survive.

But judging from the fact that we haven't arrived yet, several nobles at the frontier may have died.

When will these aristocrats change, anyway, there are people in front of the stupid thinking.

Duke Osborne remembered what happened today and knew that these imprisoned nobles were hopeless.

the next day.

Looking at the Beifeng Fortress built against the mountains in front of me, the towering mountains on both sides are endless and endless.Even if I have seen it countless times in my memory, I still have to be moved by its majesty.

The North Wind Fortress was built during the First Empire. At that time, it was said that 20 civilians were used to build it for more than 20 years, and several stone mountains at that time were hollowed out before it was built.

Its city wall is 15 meters high, which is a daunting figure. You must know that even the largest Gron is only about ten meters long. When dealing with such a giant beast, from the crenel, the cold light is huge Hunting dragons.

With such a high city wall, coupled with the powerful dragon hunters, it is almost impossible for the orcs to be breached from the outside. This may be the confidence of human beings.

The red dragon flag belonging to the royal family on the city wall flutters in the wind, representing that this fortress belongs to the Kingdom of Rhodes. Next to it is the slightly shorter red lion flag with yellow background belonging to the Duke of the North, which represents the supreme commander of the fortress. From the Osborne family.

The gates of the city were closed tightly, and there were crowds of people on the walls, as if they were preparing for a big battle.Roland's face changed when he saw it, and he felt bad. If the orcs were preparing to attack in a large scale, the city gate would obviously not be opened just for them alone. It was impossible for them to wander around the world.

(End of this chapter)