Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

"Lord, please guide me from now on."

Outside the wooden house, a cold wind blew, and Sky couldn't help but tighten his collar, looking with a smile at the lord who seemed lost in thought.

He usually commanded cavalry regiments independent of the army, doing work such as guarding and escorting, so he rarely participated in large-scale battles. He was more of a theorist when it came to military affairs. He was good at scouting intelligence, but asking him to command large battles was a pipe dream.

"Hey, actually, I only know a little about military affairs. We need to learn from each other and make progress together."

Li Wei waved his hand, very modestly.

Li Wei understood this war very well. He was just here to gain some fame, so it didn't matter whether he contributed or not, as long as he didn't hold anyone back.

Since there was such an opportunity to freeload experience, he would definitely choose to slack off.

So naturally, he was modest and didn't take on too much.

Sky smiled and didn't say much. There were three battles where this lord had led inferior forces to defeat the enemy, even if the number of people involved was exaggerated.

But it could still indirectly prove this lord's military talent, at least much stronger than him, a guard knight.

"Lady Flynna."

Sky quickly and respectfully saluted backward, and then, with great perception, left first.

Li Wei turned his head and saw Flynna, who had been at the back, also walking out of the wooden house.

"Whew, the meeting is finally over." As soon as she came out, Flynna breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought Lady Flynna, you could maintain a straight face in the face of that strong smell of sweat," the lord couldn't help but joke.

"No one can maintain a straight face. I just used my Dou Qi to isolate some of the air around my head," Flynna smiled slightly. "I'm afraid Baron Li Wei is the only one who can truly maintain a straight face."

"Damn it." Li Wei cursed in his heart. Although he didn't smell the sweat, he had been holding his breath for a long time. Compared to Flynna's use of Dou Qi, he was a bit of a country bumpkin.

However, Li Wei also discovered a problem. Since Dou Qi could isolate air, could his Holy Light also do the same?

This was the pain of being self-taught. Although he possessed the Holy Light cultivation of the "Firefly" level, he knew nothing about the use of Holy Light.

"Want to have a simple meal together?"

Flynna mentioned.

"It would be an honor."

Earlier, he thought the military meeting was just an opportunity to eat and drink, so he had emptied his stomach. But he didn't expect the military meeting to be just talking, now that he finally had the chance, he naturally agreed without hesitation.

……

Li Wei thought that Flynna, as a duchess, would open the door to convenience, if not eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, at least a sumptuous meal.

But it turned out to be just a plate of plums and bread and milk, truly a simple meal in the literal sense.

In the end, the lord was so angry that he secretly stuffed all the plums from the plate into his pockets and took them away.

Zat was squatting in front of the fireplace adding firewood, finally warming up the lord's hall. Suddenly, he heard the sound of the door opening, and a gust of cold air rushed in, making him shiver involuntarily. He turned his head and was about to curse, but the words changed at the last moment, "Boss, is the meeting over?"

Li Wei walked into the room and sat on the chair, weakly humming an "um".

"Here, I brought you plums specially."

He grabbed a handful of plums from his pocket and distributed them to everyone in the lord's hall.

Originally, he had told everyone to eat first, and he would go to the meeting to freeload, but now it was a wasted trip. The people of Highcliff Fortress had obviously put down their chopsticks, and out of face, he was too embarrassed to say that he hadn't eaten, so he could only slump in the chair with a depressed look.

"What did they say?" Zat asked, while taking four or five plums and throwing them into his mouth, chewing them like a cow chewing peony.

"Hiss!"

But after a while, his expression was as uncomfortable as constipation.

"What's wrong with you again?"

"Sour!"

Bai Ruisi Tina, who was about to put the plum in her mouth, put it down again.

"I worked so hard to bring you food, and you're still complaining," the lord glanced at him, his tone strangely sarcastic, and at the end, he rolled his eyes. "I might as well feed it to the dog!"

Everyone with eyes knew that someone had angered their lord, and whoever chimed in would be scolded, so they all minded their own business.

"It's not sour at all, it's very sweet."

Although he felt very wronged, Zat didn't say it, but instead took two more and ate them with a satisfied expression.

"Really?"

Looking at him nodding firmly, Li Wei picked the biggest and roundest one and threw it into his mouth with some doubt.

Crack!

"Hiss!"

The lord's teeth were almost knocked out by the sourness, and he slapped him on the back of the head, "Damn it, it's so sour, how dare you lie to me!"

Zat wanted to cry but had no tears. Saying it was sour would get him scolded, and saying it wasn't sour would also get him beaten. He couldn't stay in this lord's hall!

Everyone was holding back, wanting to laugh but not daring to, among them, Bai Ruisi Tina's eyes were bent into a crescent moon.

After punishing this thick-skinned barbarian, Li Wei's anger dissipated a lot, and then he talked about business.

"Our duke is preparing to continue north to block the Minotaurs, and Highcliff Fortress has also been incorporated into the Thorns Legion as an independent squad."

"In other words, we're finally going to fight?" Mu Tuo asked.

"Yes, next I plan to choose people to go north with me," Li Wei nodded.

"This is no small matter, it's a big melee of nearly forty to fifty thousand people!"

He tapped the table, scanning the big and small leaders of Highcliff Fortress in front of him.

Bai Ruisi Tina, Zat, Hogg, Mir, Mu Tuo, Sam, Old Neil, Sophia.

Swept by his gaze, Zat, Mu Tuo, and Mir were all excited and eager to try, Hogg was carving a wooden knife toy in his hand, and the occasional raised head proved his actual thoughts.

Old Neil, the old kobold, was a slave captain. Although his eyes flickered, he didn't hide.

But when Sam and Sophia saw his gaze, they both shrank their necks in unison, like ostriches, wishing they could bury their heads under the table.

"A war of tens of thousands of people, my old bones can't even feed a goblin," Sam muttered in a low voice.

"Yes, yes, it sounds so scary!" Sophia nodded with deep sympathy.

The two raised their heads and looked at each other in unison, like turtles looking at green beans, and instantly felt like they had found a kindred spirit.

How could their little actions escape the lord's eyes?

With a sneer, he directly called out their names, "Sam, Sophia."

Their faces instantly collapsed, terribly pale.

How could they be chosen?!

"Sam, follow me north, Sophia..." Li Wei dragged out his voice, just as Sophia's anxiety reached its peak, the final decision finally fell, "...stay at Highcliff Fortress."

"That's great!"

The silver dragon girl was so happy that she almost jumped up, but then she realized something was wrong and quickly lowered her head, but the smile on her face couldn't be concealed.

She could eat delicious food at Highcliff Fortress every day until she was full. She didn't want to participate in any war, there was no food to eat and it was very dangerous, and she could lose her dragon life if she wasn't careful.

Compared to Sophia, Sam was about to cry, his lips were constantly trembling, but in the end, he didn't dare to say a word of refusal.

Sam didn't know who would win the war of tens of thousands of people, nor did he care who would win. He had never seen such a big scene in his life, and he would lose his life if he wasn't careful.

Because even the most idiotic commander knew to strike the enemy's spellcasters first to avoid them causing great losses to the soldiers.

In short, if he appeared on the battlefield, he would definitely be the target of the enemy's first strike.

After considering the next few people, Li Wei made the following decision.

"Zat, you go and muster a hundred orc guards from the first regiment of the Burning Legion and a hundred and fifty Fede archers to go north with me, Hogg and Mu Tuo stay at Highcliff Fortress."

Naturally, it was impossible to take all the troops with him. Li Wei didn't want to have his home stolen when he returned from the north.

Now, after replenishment, the number of soldiers in Highcliff Fortress, not including the guard team personally led by Li Wei, is two hundred orc guards in total, and the number of Fede archers has reached three hundred after expansion, and the jackal cavalry is one hundred.

Highcliff Fortress now has a total of six hundred and fifty soldiers including the personal guard team. This strength is also among the best among barons, not to mention that almost all of his subordinates are strong combat races.

Only taking half was Li Wei's deliberate decision.

This war was different from the southward campaign. There was no need to bet all his capital, so just bring the most suitable number of people.

Three hundred people plus cooks and auxiliary soldiers could barely make up a thousand-man team.

This number would not make the marching speed too slow, and it also had a certain ability to fight against large-scale battles. Of course, this standard was based on the combat power of the soldiers of Highcliff Fortress.

"Yes, sir."

Although a little disappointed that he couldn't go north together, Hogg nodded.

"Don't be too discouraged. I entrusted Highcliff Fortress to you and Mu Tuo precisely because of my trust in you. There will be many opportunities in the future."

Li Wei walked over and patted the loyal wolf cub on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Brother-in-law, I want to go too."

At this time, Mir said pitifully.

Li Wei had tried to correct this title, but it was useless, so he let Mir be.

But to be honest, Li Wei really didn't want to bring Mir.

Although this kid was born with a physique to be on the battlefield, he had a talent for researching weapons, so he didn't care about him much later and let him play freely.

After experiencing the death of a partner who had lived with him since childhood, he had also grown a lot, and would come to him to learn swordsmanship in his spare time.

"Who said that scholars can only engage in culture? I have to bring out a civil and military general!"

The lord slapped the table and made up his mind.

Mir was still very young, only a little over sixteen years old, and still had strong plasticity. In his previous life, he was just a high school student.

If he was forty or fifty years old, Li Wei really didn't have this confidence.

"Okay, you can follow me as a squire first," Li Wei nodded.

Mir was excited and wanted to hug the lord to express his gratitude, but the lord pushed him away with a disgusted look.

What kind of decency was it for two big men to hug each other? It would be okay if it was your sister.

The matter was settled like this.

The big and small leaders of Highcliff Fortress began to go out to make tense pre-war preparations.

"Tina, I'll leave Highcliff Fortress to you during this time. If you encounter people attacking the iron mine and can't resist, let them have it for a while, and I'll make a decision when I come back."

The lord instructed the only intellectually online internal affairs manager of Highcliff Fortress.

Now the walls of Highcliff Fortress are lined up, although they are not tall, they are definitely enough in this poor wilderness. Generally, no one will come to gnaw on this hard bone, but the defense force on the iron mine is weak and may be attacked.

But this iron ore cannot be packed and taken away, so even if it is attacked, Li Wei is not very concerned, but just take it back.

"Okay, okay, I will," Bai Ruisi Tina nodded, took a deep look at this man who seemed to be invincible, and said in a low voice, "Li Wei must be careful and come back safe and sound."

"Haha, even if Flynna's Thorns Legion is completely wiped out, I, the lord, will not lose a hair."

Li Wei couldn't help but scratch the girl's delicate nose and smiled confidently.

If he hadn't practiced the "Radiant Holy Word Treasure Book", he wouldn't have dared to boast, but now, he had accumulated so many attribute points that they had all been transformed into that abundant and terrifying power.

The Holy Light Seed was also strengthening his body every moment.

It could be said that he didn't know how strong he had become now. This group of Minotaurs would be the first sandbag to verify his current strength.

"I believe it deeply," Bai Ruisi Tina rubbed her nose and nodded seriously.

This made the lord scratch the back of his head and feel a little embarrassed.

If Leah heard his words, although she would smile politely on the surface, she would definitely not believe it in her heart.

Flynna would directly start mocking mode and satirize him for being boastful.

Sophia would nod repeatedly on the surface, admitting what he said, but secretly think he was bragging.

Only Bai Ruisi Tina would believe everything he did.

"Mir, you don't have to worry, I will take care of him," the lord finally made a promise and left.

The entire Highcliff Fortress began to organize supplies in an orderly manner.

Three hundred formal soldiers plus miscellaneous cooks and auxiliary soldiers barely made up a thousand-man team.

More than a dozen giants were panting and pulling carts loaded with weapons, armor, and supplies to the Thorns Legion's garrison.

The soldiers also proudly raised the banner of Highcliff Fortress and followed the lord to the Thorns Legion.

After a brief handover and preparation, the Thorns Legion, like a crawling dragon, woke up from its slumber.

Led by the cavalry regiment, the entire team formed a long dragon and marched mightily in the wind and snow towards the northern Agate Plain.

If these soldiers were not northerners and already familiar with the severe cold, I am afraid that many people would die on the march.

The people of Highcliff Fortress were also wearing cotton clothes and draped in black cloaks to resist the cold wind.

The cold wind howled and snowflakes fluttered.

Whether in his previous life or now, Li Wei, who had always lived in the south, experienced for the first time the meaning of - the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, and thousands of miles of snow.

Now it was only early winter, and although the entire northern land could not be said to be frozen for thousands of miles, the world was white as far as the eye could see.

A layer of white snow had already coated the rye grass.

"I wonder how many tribes in the wilderness won't survive this white disaster."

The lord rarely showed concern for the life and death of others.