Warlord: King of All Clans

Rigolav was sitting in the elegant reception room of the earthen fort. When he saw Leo coming in, he asked calmly, "Is Edward not dead?"

"Not dead."

"That's good."

While Rigolav was looking through the accounts in his hands and distributing the spoils, he was also explaining the rules of the noble war game to Rioko.

"Edward's wife is Count Fruilov's sister. Although she has passed away, her connections are still there. If you want to kill him and it really gets to the Count's mansion, River Bay will suffer no matter how powerful it is."

"You can just kill an ordinary knight lord, but the square flag lords are all local generals recorded by the Earl's Mansion. If the Earl's Mansion gets angry, it's not impossible to give you a title of rebellion."

Leo was playing with an ivory ornament. Hearing this, he said speechlessly, "If you hadn't told me earlier, I would have almost hung his head."

"I guess you're not that stupid." Rigolav laughed. "You can fool around with small things, but don't be confused about big things."

"Even if the Gladstone family has fallen, it won't fall so easily. At most, it was just because of its lack of strength that it was demoted to a corner flag. With his wife's relationship, no one dares to completely destroy Gladstone."

"Especially the River Bay. Have you noticed that if you occupy the Knight Territory of Gladstone, the entire northwest of Isenpol will almost be taken by Uriyan."

"No matter how stupid Tarik Fruilov is, he won't allow you to expand like this."

Leo scratched his head. "You've taken everything, but you can't even give us the land. Isn't the battle in Hewan in vain?"

Rigolav was in a good mood and was happy to answer the question: "How can you say it was a vain fight? In this battle, Riverbend demonstrated its bravery and eliminated the threat of Gladstone. If you show some humility to the Earl's Mansion in the future, perhaps you will be the next Northwest Banner."

"As for Gladstone, he's completely useless. Gravel Castle is so close to here. When you have nothing to do, come over and rob and extort them a few times. Then, they can just go away if they can't hold on any longer."

"But after the Gladstone family ran away, Lord Tariq would most likely give these three knighthoods to the newly promoted corner flag instead of you."

"But this has achieved our goal. The River Bay is still the most powerful force in the entire northwest. If the Earl's Mansion doesn't do anything stupid, we can only reward you with a square flag title to appease you."

Leo chuckled, "We in the River Bend Frontier Territory can't even be considered a corner flag, how come we have become a square flag?"

Rigolav had already accepted Leo's lazy personality. He shook his head slightly and waved his hand, saying, "Leave Edward to me. You will have nothing to do next. You can go now."

"Okay!" Leo slipped away swiftly.

In this war, Gladstone's Legion was completely wiped out, with half of them killed and half captured. There were also a large number of weapons, armor, food and other supplies that Leo needed to deal with.

Knight Gladstone is leading this side, with the experienced square-flag knight Rigolav in charge. The benefits that River Bend should get will be no less than if Leo did it himself.

Moreover, the political ecology of the northern nobles is more complicated than Leo imagined, and it cannot be explained in a few words.

If Leo is allowed to act recklessly, he might accidentally touch the bottom line of the aristocratic circle and become a public enemy.

There are many things that the Banner Knight Rigolav can do, but the new lord Ulian cannot do.

On the way back, Leo also felt a little emotional.

Obviously, there are many differences between the chivalry of the North and what Leo believes in chivalry.

The Petukhov family was the most chivalrous family he had ever seen, but once it came to disputes over interests, they were not so law-abiding.

Plunder and extortion without hesitation.

In the name of patrolling and suppressing bandits, they robbed and extorted money in the north of Isenpol.

In Leo's opinion, this was simply a blatant rebellion and a slap in the face of Lord Isenbol.

But with Rigolav's attitude, it seemed like this was just normal.

I will always respect those who respect me, and I will retaliate against those who humiliate me.

All we can say is that the loyalty, bravery, humility, and integrity of the Knights of the North are all placed on their friends, and they no longer lurk their claws when facing their enemies.

After returning to Stonecrush Castle, Vicky was the first to report, "The ogre has escaped."

Leo was curious, "Why did you run away? Didn't you wait for dinner?"

Vicky's face was bitter. "The ogre got back before us, broke into the cafeteria, and destroyed all the food prepared for the three hundred elite soldiers. Maybe he was afraid of being punished, so he ran away."

“…”

Vicky added, "Ivan left too. He was afraid that the ogres would go back and rob his cassava flour factory, or kill him in the swamp. So he went back to the river mouth town without waiting for you to come back."

Listening to Vicchi's report, Leo felt powerless.

Song Jiang raised one Black Whirlwind, but he was unable to cope with it, so he raised fifteen!

Leo could only comfort himself, it’s okay to make a fuss, as long as he didn’t eat people, he would be a good ogre!

Fortunately, Ivan is taking care of this group of Black Tornadoes now, so it’s not his turn to have a headache for the time being.

The next step is to count the military achievements, reward people according to their merits, and distribute the spoils.

The militia of Gravel Fort suffered nearly fifty deaths and over a hundred injuries of varying degrees of severity.

With Freya's dedicated treatment, almost no wounded soldiers died, and only a few were left disabled.

Freya said that it was not impossible to cure it, but the cost was too high and it required the use of potions, so it would be best to wait for her teacher to come.

After all, Freya was still young, and the only spell she learned from Master Bobak was Transfiguration. She didn't learn many spells, only a few simple druid spells.

Her fighting power and healing abilities all rely on her own enormous magical power to create miracles.

Although the militia was defeated at one point in the two city defense battles, it would be unreasonable for them not to be defeated as they were a group of leather-armored soldiers facing regular infantry led by the Corner Flag Knights.

Being defeated by the heavily armored elite and regular infantry was a natural disadvantage, but the fact that they did not flee after being defeated, and dispersed and then reunited, showed that they were brave enough.

The families of militiamen who died received generous compensation, while those who made military achievements were allocated land or houses.

Among them, those who perform outstandingly will be selected as the elite and incorporated into the standing lord army of Hewan.

There is no military training that can better train people than an actual combat. With this combat experience, these militiamen can be deployed to fight against small alien races without worrying about being defeated in one wave.

The rest of the elite combat forces were also rewarded according to their military achievements, but their rewards were mainly money and weapons and equipment.

Because over the past year, the members of the lord's army have enjoyed far more benefits than ordinary citizens. They have owned land and houses early on, and their families have been properly settled, allowing them to focus on fighting and killing the enemy.

The prisoners of war of Gladstone's Corps were temporarily housed in Gravel Fort, where they worked peacefully under strict guard.

After some time, Rigolav will send their families over as well.

When the two years of labor are over, Leo will respect the prisoners' independent choice as to whether they want to leave or not.