Warlord: King of All Clans

Noreen blew her whistle to call back her horse.

The two men mounted their horses, turned into World Tree Avenue, and headed towards Hekou Town along the flat road.

Leo also had his own warhorse, but due to his lack of knight training, there was actually not much difference between a warhorse and a riding horse for him.

Ordinary riding horses and war horses in the North are actually the same breed.

However, the well-maintained and well-trained heavy war horses of the North are taller and stronger than ordinary riding horses, and have a relatively ferocious temperament. They can carry a 500-pound knight and armor and engage in short-distance combat of five kilometers.

Not only that, they can also ignore the enemy's spears and shields, fiercely charge into the enemy's formation, and even bite and trample the enemy like wild beasts.

This is something that ordinary riding horses cannot do, not even ordinary light war horses.

Just like the warhorse under Norin, it is a light warhorse that can march and fight over longer distances, and carry her from the southern border to the northern border at the fastest speed.

However, in front of the bandits' short spears, they would stop charging due to biological instinct.

Leo had never received formal knight training, and he couldn't even hold his lance steadily. His ability to fight on horseback was far inferior to his ability to fight on foot.

If I were to engage in a lance duel with an opponent of Sindarin's level, I would probably be stabbed to death.

So there is no difference between riding a warhorse and riding a saddle horse. On the contrary, the Northern heavy warhorses have a more aggressive temper, and you will feel more resistant when you first get started.

Moreover, these northern war horses cannot be fed with just grass. They also need to be fed a certain amount of salt, beans, and grains every day.

According to the standards of the Imperial Armoured Cavalry Corps, a heavy warhorse needed to be fed ten pounds of barley, eight pounds of beans, eight pounds of hay, and one-tenth of a pound of salt every day.

Even before battle, some mashed raw meat and eggs would be mixed into the warhorse's food to improve its physical strength.

A qualified warhorse must be equipped with a professional groom, and of course the knight himself can also serve in this capacity.

A professional groom may not be able to train a riding horse into a war horse, but an unprofessional groom will most likely train a war horse into an ordinary riding horse.

According to this rough calculation, the cost of maintaining a heavy warhorse is at least enough to support six River Bay infantrymen.

Leo thought it was too wasteful to assign himself a heavy warhorse, but Ulian told him that a knight was not only proficient in fighting on horseback, but also a professional groom.

First get him a heavy warhorse to raise. When it is well-raised and he can communicate with the horse smoothly and have a tacit understanding with him, then we can talk about fighting on horseback!

It takes at least five years for the Empire's regular army to train a armored cavalryman. Ulyaan's requirements are not high. As long as Leo can reach the level of an armored cavalryman within two years, it will be fine.

The two walked for several miles without saying a word. Leo was thinking about what topic to talk about when he suddenly pulled the reins.

Dozens of gnolls suddenly jumped out from the jungle nearby, holding wooden spears and surrounding them.

It is a common thing to encounter small foreign tribes that come to rob people in the wilderness.

These gnolls, whose survival ability is second only to rats, can be found everywhere.

Many river patrol teams patrolled a forest for a month and confirmed the safety of the territory.

But as soon as they left, a dozen or twenty gnolls suddenly appeared from a narrow cave.

In extreme cases, they can survive by eating mice, insects, tree bark and grass roots.

The ogre tribe in front of them was skinny and skinny, and each of them was a thin dog. They were obviously extremely hungry, so they rashly rushed out of the forest and ran to the open World Tree Avenue to rob the two "alone" people.

But Leo didn't care. When it came to the kobold culture, even an expert had to call him a senior.

He grabbed his bearskin cloak with both hands, raised it high, spread it out as far as possible, and sat upright on his horse, shouting, "I! The powerful Riomondo! The ruthless Harashao! The destroyer of bandits! The nemesis of kobolds! The lord of the river bay! I command you to surrender!"

Behind him, Norin rolled her eyes wildly, almost laughing out of anger, and drew her sword, ready to kill the enemy.

Is this guy in front of me a fool?

Can the kobolds understand what I’m saying?

Princess, it’s true. I won’t become stupid if I follow him, right?

She was just about to spur her warhorse on, ride and hack and slash, and kill these overconfident ogres in one fell swoop.

But they saw the dog-headed men sniffing their noses wildly and making a series of whimpering sounds.

"It's true! Riomondo! The Great Demon!"

"Leo the Dog Biter! So powerful! So scary! Woof woof woof!"

After a burst of howling and barking, all the dog-headed men showed fear, threw away their weapons, and prostrated themselves on the ground to show their submission.

Leo looked at the kobold crawling on the ground and felt very relieved.

After traveling through another world for so long, I finally have my own aura of dominance!

Fraser’s missionary skills are really useful!

The kobolds may not be able to judge the difference in strength between the enemy and us, but they can always smell the truth in the words.

As long as they are fearless and confidently demonstrate their own strength, they will consider whether they can win.

In other words, they don't have this logic in their minds, and you have to tell them yourself.

Norin, who watched the whole process of Leo conquering the kobolds, stood still, as if she could hear the crisp sound of her own worldview collapsing.

Looking at the group of starving kobolds, Leo asked, "What are you doing? Are all the rats in the mountains extinct?"

The leading Kobold warrior timidly climbed up, looked at Leo, and immediately crawled down again, answering in the vague Imperial language: "Woof woof woof! Kobolds! Surrender! Fisa! Gulu! Our king! Eat!"

Noreen only understood one word in the long string of woofs and grunts, but Leo nodded to show that he understood.

"Your king! Clever Fisa, it's at the river bend, follow me, the powerful Leo will lead you there!"

The dog-headed man was overjoyed and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank you! Dogbiter Leo, you are powerful and kind!"

When the two of them were back on the road, Norin still couldn't help but look back at the group of gnolls who were following them obediently, and then she kept looking at Leo beside her, feeling it was very magical.

It seems like a joke...

It took more than an hour to reach Hekou Town.

Leo called two guards and asked them to take out a few bags of bread and wheat cakes and give them to the small tribe of kobolds who could hardly walk.

After they have eaten and rested for a while, the patrol will take them to the Gnoll Valley in the river bend to join their king.

These dogs have the skills of finding and mining in their genes. Once they are raised and grown up, they can all become qualified kobold miners, and they are willing to do so. They are much more useful than human slaves.

A lord's house was also built in the living area of ​​Hekou Town.

However, the area is not large, with only three bedrooms, one living room, and two attics.

But it is more solid, and the exterior walls are made of stone and cement.

This is the palace of the Lord of the River Bend and also Ivan's usual office.

When Leo and Noreen walked in, Ivan was still handling government affairs with Basarov and the dog-headed man Rambo Rabbit.

Seeing Leo and Noreen come in and go straight into the inner room, Ivan and Rambo Rabbit looked at each other, both considering whether to reveal the information to their mistress first.