Warlord: King of All Clans

While Leo was chatting with several released Western merchants, Olivia continued to treat the werewolf warriors.

The queen of the ogre men, Fesha, followed behind the mistress of the River Bay, pulling at her skirt with her claws, acting coquettishly, throwing tantrums, and begging for mercy, using all she had learned in her life.

"Woof woof woof! This castle is mine! It's the Kobold's castle!"

"Go away and don't bother me."

“Woo woo woo! I want it, I want it!”

A large group of dog-headed people of various colors stretched their heads and looked at their queen from afar, showing expressions of admiration.

Our queen is so powerful that she even dares to bargain with the Mistress of River Bay!

If they rashly stepped forward without permission, they would immediately be glared at by the two Rose Knights in charge of protection, and might even draw their swords against them.

But Olivia ignored Fesha. This was not something she could decide on her own, so she had to let Leo decide.

Normally, Fesa would act a little coquettishly and ask for more supplies for the kobolds, and Olivia would try her best to agree as long as it was within her ability.

But she didn't dare to make a rash decision when it came to asking for a city, especially one that was two hundred miles away from the river bend.

Although she was not involved in the military decision-making of River Bend, Olivia knew the importance of Buck Fortress because of the large map in her office and Leo's constant presence.

This is the only entrance from the West to the Earldom of Fruilov. After the Buck Fortress was blocked, there was no need to worry about the rear of the river bend and there was no need to be constantly vigilant against cavalry harassment from the West.

However, Buck Fortress is too far away from the river bend. Before this, whether it was Tariq's forces or the alien forces in the Wolf-Driving Plains in the north, the threat level was far greater than that of the Western Border.

So even though Strong mentioned the threat from Buck's Fort twice, no one agreed to take the initiative to send troops westward.

After begging Olivia for a long time without any result, Fesha was very angry, but she knew that Leo would not agree, so she took Six, Rambowan, Strong and other troops to inspect the castle taken down by the kobolds.

There are still many buildings in Buck Fortress. In addition to the huge city wall pass and the messy urban area under the city, there is also a small legion camp on the high ground on the north side of the city wall.

This military camp is a typical imperial legion camp structure, large enough to accommodate a small legion of 3,000 people, and the core legion commander's residence has been transformed into a sturdy small castle.

It is almost as high as the city wall, supported by the Buckporok Mountains and supplied with water from springs and small lakes along the magnificent barrier.

Decades of peace have led to lax defenses here, and the legion camp has become the upper city area of ​​the fortress. Many steep terrains have been repaired and turned into gentle slopes or stairs, connecting with the lower city area of ​​the fortress.

Feisa led her people to the small castle, stretched out her arms and drew a big circle: "The castle of the kobolds is so big!"

The followers behind her all opened their hands and drew a circle, "The Kobold's castle! It's so big!"

Walking into the small castle, looking at the low, cramped, dark and damp stone castle hall inside, Feisha shrank her open hands, "The Kobold's castle... it's so small..."

The followers all drew a big circle together, "The Kobold's castle! It's so small!"

"Hmph!" Frasa was angry and turned around and left the legion stone fort built hundreds of years ago.

After seeing the human royal palace, Fesha no longer looked down upon the lord's castle of Isenbol. At present, this legion stone fortress was only slightly larger than the lord's house in the river bend, and was almost on the same level as the stone fortress of the square flag knights.

Lying on the parapet of the city wall, Fisa looked towards the west in disappointment, "Where is my castle?"

The next day, Ivan led the garrisons from Hekou Town and Hewan Town, totaling 600 people, and arrived outside Buck Fortress.

Accompanying him was Petukhov's Soloviev knight. After hearing the news, he also came to support with 200 cavalrymen and 200 armored soldiers of Petukhov's family.

After two days of forced march, both troops were exhausted.

They were already the top elite of the Isenbol local armed forces, with a large number of cattle and horses and baggage trucks at their disposal. At the same time, they did not have to worry about being attacked midway and could remove their armor and move forward quickly with light equipment.

But when they arrived here, Buck Fortress had already been taken, and even the battlefield had been cleaned up. One after another, Western Territory convoys, holding dog-head life-saving flags, came towards Isenpol.

Seeing Ivan's army blocking the gate, these Western merchants were a little panicked, fearing that they would be robbed.

But Ivan and Solovy took one look at their dog-head life-saving flags and stepped aside to let them pass.

In the river bend, no matter what tribe, holding up the dog-head life-saving flag means gaining the most basic recognition. Although they will still be questioned by patrolling cavalry, at least they will not be suddenly attacked.

At first, these Western caravans did not understand the charm of the Dog-Head Life-Saving Flag and even felt humiliated.

But as they traveled along the way, they saw the aliens who used to shoot rockets and smoke bombs at trucks in the woods by the roadside, but now they waved at them obediently and watched them leave. Only then did they realize the importance of this flag.

All their goods had been bought by Leo, but the delivery point was the city of Isembol, so they still needed to lead the caravan across two hundred miles of wilderness and deliver the western goods to the northern city for delivery.

However, they had no complaints at all. The goods had been stored in Buck Fortress for almost a year. If they took them back, they would lose all their money. If they were plundered by foreign races, they would lose both their money and their lives.

After delivering them to the city of Isembol, they can free up the caravan and purchase a batch of goods from the northern territory to bring back to the western territory for sale.

After the convoy left, the aliens guarding the roadside dispersed in disappointment.

These people from the Western Territory really don’t know the rules. They’ve been wagging their tails for a long time, but they don’t even know how to throw some delicious food to them!

In the past two years, Hewan has also formed its own caravan, but they are just two small caravans traveling between the various knight territories in Isembol, and they do not yet have the ability to trade across borders.

Therefore, if Leo wants to open up the trade route to the West, he still has to rely on these old Western caravans.

When the news reaches Isenpol, the big caravans in the north will also restart trade with the west.

Even if they didn't dare to go to the West to do business, they could at least deliver goods from the North to Fort Buck, where they could complete the handover with customers in the West.

This is the unique geographical advantage of Buck Fortress. At its peak, the commercial tax here was as high as 300 gold per month, which was higher than that of Isenbol City.

Unfortunately, the warmongering Talhanbek gradually lost patience with normal trade, kept raising customs duties, and finally even openly plundered.

This led to a significant reduction in commercial taxes at Fort Buck, and starting last year, the local garrison at Fort Buck could not even be supported.

Now that it is in Leo's hands, of course he has to manage it well and transform it into one of the important sources of income for Hewan.

And there is an outrageous thing here, that is, Leo can collect taxes once in Buck Fortress, and then collect them again when the cross-border caravan arrives in Isenpol City!

On this trade route, small quantities of goods can still be smuggled, but bulk goods can only be transported along the World Tree Avenue, through the Buck Fortress, and then from the port of Isenpol to the Anzeno River.

So even though Rio collects taxes twice, cross-border merchants still think it is reasonable because it has always been like this before.

As long as the trade routes are smooth and the goods can be sold, the rest is just a matter of profit.

But before that, Riverbend must first face the wrath of Talhanberk in the West.