Warlord: King of All Clans

Thousands of miles away from Peshnik, in a remote area of ​​the north, a 2,000-man army formed by the Petukhov family was advancing towards the ancestral home of the Adonis family in the southern suburbs of Isenpol.

The Adonis family, the central banner of the city, has five knight territories surrounding the suburbs of Isenbol, all of which are fertile and flat land.

There are not only large villages that the lords have painstakingly managed, but also natural villages and small manors that can pay taxes.

But by now, the four knight territories have all been looted several times, and only the family ancestral land protected by Adonis with heavy troops has not been invaded.

Flynn, the head of the Adonis family, has begun to regret his decision. He should not have instigated Sir Tariq to rashly go to war with the Petukhov family.

Rigolav, the head of the Petukhov family, has maintained a reputation for being a good fighter in Isenpol for more than ten years.

If 70% of the noble lords were dissatisfied with this old-fashioned and conservative knight family, then 90% of the noble lords were convinced of their fighting power.

Apart from anything else, the public security of the entire southern territory of Isenpol has been under the full responsibility of the square-flag knight Rigolav for the past decade.

Whenever the topic of bandit suppression comes up at the Lords' Conference, all the lords will only focus their attention on Rigolav.

Rigolav can lead them to suppress the bandits all the way to Ilanrado!

The public security in the southern suburbs was once even better than that in the city of Isenbol, to the extent that several loyal corner flag leaders did not even plan to maintain armored soldiers.

Isenbol is the only Wind Knight in a hundred years, and he was also trained by the Petukhov family.

But the stronger Petukhov becomes, the more threatening he becomes to Tariq's claim to the title of Count.

Tariq was shocked by the growing strength and background of the growing Hewan. Even though he disliked it, he could only appease it with kind words.

The names of the Grand Duke's adopted son and the demigod's favored one gradually spread, enough to intimidate most of the small forces.

But Petukhov, who had only four knights and a few hundred soldiers, became a target for establishing his authority.

However, he didn't expect that this kick still hit a wall.

The four words "local tyrants" may sound ordinary, but when a fight breaks out, they can make the rulers' scalps tingle.

Fortunately, Petukhov is not a big family in Isenpol, and apart from his own knighthood, he does not have many relatives.

Unlike the Isenkulov family, if you randomly pick five locals on the main road in Isenbol, one of them will have the last name of Isenkulov or be related to them.

Petukhov's corps had no siege capabilities and could only gain an advantage in field battles.

Therefore, the ones who suffered the most were the directly hostile Adonis family.

If I can’t capture the city of Isenbol, how can I capture those broken villages of yours?

In less than three months, of the five knight territories of the Adonis family, only one ancestral land was still producing anything, and the output was not enough to feed the full-time warriors stationed in the ancestral land.

The remaining four areas were completely looted, and all the young and strong laborers and food supplies were transferred away.

As the Knight Territory of Adonis located near the outskirts of Isenpor, although not extremely wealthy, at least there is plenty of food. The savings of one village are enough to support the Petukhov family for several months.

As news spread that Petukhov's army was marching towards Adonis' ancestral land, Flynn Adonis finally could no longer sit still.

Under his half-threat and half-pleading, Tariq was finally willing to release his core troops - the Lord's Guards, to help the Adonis family protect their homeland.

As the lord of Isenpor, Lord Tariq controls a force far more powerful than those local banners.

After all, all the tax revenues of the entire Isenbol must come through him, and he is the orthodox official force.

Under the command of Grand Lord Tariq, there is a knightly order led by a mid-level knight commander, four extraordinary knight squad leaders, more than thirty armored knights and hundreds of knight squires.

There is an armored infantry regiment consisting of dozens of elite heavy-armored soldiers and more than two hundred regular infantrymen.

In addition to the elite lord's army of nearly 500 people, there is also a 1,000-man conscripted army composed of vassal corner flags and nobles in the city, as well as a militia group that maintains the city's defense on a daily basis.

If it is an emergency call-up during wartime, you can spend some money to hire adventure groups and mercenary groups, and your military strength can be doubled.

In the entire Isenpol area, the urban population is 20,000, the rural population is over 100,000, and there are countless wild people.

However, the people in the North are tough and have been at war all year round. Many villagers have experience of joining mercenary groups. Civilians with a little wealth have a life-saving armor at home.

Those conscripted veterans who have participated in many battles and returned victoriously, even if they failed to join the lord's full-time troops and receive a salary, the weapons and equipment at home would not be too bad.

Under extreme mobilization conditions, the entire Isenpol region is enough to gather an army of 10,000 people, with more than half of them wearing armor.

But under normal circumstances, 3,000 people will already affect production, and 5,000 people will start to cause serious damage.

The battle between the 2,000-man Petukhov Corps and the 3,000-man Adonis Corps has disrupted the production order of the entire southern suburbs, and many villages are left with only the elderly, the weak, women and children.

After the mid-level knight commander of the lord's mansion led a hundred knights to join the Adonis Legion, Flynn Adonis finally had the confidence to face Rigolav again.

The biggest threat to them from Petukhov's Corps was the 200-man cavalry unit.

The cavalry wearing chain mail could easily disrupt the march and formation of the infantry, and loot and burn the baggage in the rear.

If the cavalry is used well, it is enough to defeat an infantry regiment ten times its size.

With Tariq's Knights to deal with them, the numerically superior Adonis Legion was also strong enough to crush Petukhov in a field battle.

The 3,000-man Adonis Legion lined up more than ten miles outside the outskirts of Isenpol, blocking the approaching Petukhov Legion.

Adonis's scouts kept sending in information, but the entire western part of the southern suburbs was blocked by Petukhov and Hewan, as if it were completely dark.

Adonis' strongest scout cavalry disappeared as soon as they entered the western area.

This made Flynn, the square-flag knight who had considerable battlefield experience, secretly feel uneasy, but when he saw the armored knights behind him, he felt at ease again.

Although most of the hundred-man knights under Sir Tariq are knight squires, all of them are fully armed!

An ordinary small lord of a corner flag would have difficulty supporting one armored knight, but here there are a hundred of them!

Together with Adonis's family knights, vassal corner flags and hired proletarian knights, there are a total of 150 armored knights!

In the era of cold weapons, armored cavalry that are not afraid of long-range bows and arrows will always be the first force on the battlefield!

As the two armies approached, Flynn clearly felt that the number of people in the opposing legion had increased, and as the battle approached, a steady stream of archers continued to join Petukhov's legion.

The last minotaur, riding a huge mammoth, joined the army with a large group of werewolves and kobolds carrying metal cylinders.

"That old fellow Rigolav has learned bad things from the mud-legged people in the river bend and actually hired dirty foreign troops!"

But apart from the Minotaur Mammoth Knight and dozens of werewolves who could provide combat power, the group of short, unarmored ogres were simply there to join in the fun.

Flynn had no time to think about it. He personally led two thousand infantrymen to form a shield formation and advance forward.

A thousand crossbowmen and archers behind him followed closely, waiting to come into shooting range before unleashing a rain of arrows.

One hundred and fifty armored cavalrymen and dozens of armored cavalrymen followed closely behind.

The war is about to begin!