Warlord: King of All Clans

On the city wall in the early morning, Freya yawned and glared at the quartermaster of the River Bay Lord's army, who was counting the food she had stolen.

She went there five more times last night. The Talhan Legion’s camp was very close, which made it very convenient for her to go back and forth.

Even the elves, who were forced to be disciplined by Olivia and accustomed to the human's schedule, would feel sleepy if they didn't sleep for one night.

Except for the first batch of food, most of which was eaten by her and her new friends, the remaining four batches were all carried back to the fortress by her and dumped in the open space in front of the warehouse.

The quartermaster sent by Hewan was counting the food from the western border with a worried look on his face.

Hewan had always attached great importance to the logistical supply of Buck Fortress. As soon as he took over the city defense, logistical supplies were delivered continuously, filling up the warehouse of the original legion camp.

The food and fodder alone are enough to sustain the fortress garrison and the infrastructure corps for three months, and there are even more sufficient weapons such as arrows and ammunition.

The newly appointed quartermaster was worried about the loss of the new food due to moisture and he couldn't find a place to put it. He was even more anxious than Freya, the new owner of the food.

"During this war, the food supply is increasing. Why is that?"

"People in the Western Territory only eat this stuff? No wonder they are so small."

This was the first time he had seen the army consume more and more rations during a war.

On the open space next to the warehouse, a team of craftsmen has begun to set up tents to serve as temporary food storage.

A few ogres who had gotten up early were sitting in front of a pile of food and eating voraciously. As the food was of poor quality, the ogres ate half and threw away the other half, only picking out the good ones.

A group of ogres who temporarily served under Freya were so angry that they poked the ogres with sticks and shouted at them to drive them away.

But the ogre didn't move at all, his eyes were only on the food, and he ignored them completely.

In the past, Freya would definitely be angry, but now that she has grown up and become wealthy, she has become much more generous and does not care how they treat her.

After the quartermaster finished the statistics and reported to her, Freya recorded the specific data in her own small account book and showed it to Ivan beside her, "See, these are all my spoils! I am the rich lady of the river bay!"

Ivan was very envious and reached out to stroke Freya's back hair, but she dodged him swiftly.

Ivan was very puzzled and asked, "Freya, how come you get along so well with Leo?"

Freya checked her little account book and answered without hesitation: "Because he looks most like an elf."

Ivan was horrified. "Leo is like an elf? What nonsense are you talking about? What kind of elf breaks someone's neck when they disagree with him?"

Freya smiled and said, "Elves like to scare people."

Ivan thought about it carefully and suddenly fell silent.

Leo has always been known as a cruel person, but he is actually very kind.

After coming to Hewan, the kids of his age in the village were no longer beaten by him.

Not only that, but they are also taken care of deeply. Almost everyone gradually matures under Leo's influence.

Not only towards his own people, Leo also maintains a kind heart towards strangers, and is always willing to approach people based on friendly communication first.

Once, when Ivan went to Isenpol for business, the head of the Petukhov family, Rigolav, warned him that without great wisdom, he would inevitably suffer losses if he did not learn this way of communication, so he told him not to learn it.

The elves that Ivan knew seemed to be like this indeed. They always treated people with the utmost kindness, but that didn't mean they were stupid enough to be easily deceived.

They approach when they see something they like and move away when they feel threatened.

In addition, Leo loves freedom, keeps a childlike innocence, is optimistic, and is not keen on fame and fortune. From this point of view, he can really get along well with Freya.

He had never thought that Leo could be associated with words like "kindness" and "wisdom" before, but now that he thought about it carefully, he couldn't refute it.

But Freya's next words gave him a new understanding.

After putting away her little account book, Freya thought for a moment before saying, "The greatest characteristic of elves is that they will assimilate whatever they like. When we see that deer antlers are beautiful, we put them on our heads. When we see that eagle claws are sharp, we turn our fingers into eagle claws. When we see that horse mane is beautiful, we put it around our necks. When we see that snake bodies are smooth, we turn them into snake bodies."

“We like to learn from others’ strengths and embrace the good traits of all races.”

"And Leo is just that kind of guy!"

With Ivan's limited intelligence and experience, he couldn't imagine what kind of creature this was, but he inexplicably felt that it was very powerful.

Before Ivan could process the deeper meaning of his words, Freya curved her eyes, revealed an obscene smile, and leaned close to Ivan's ear, whispering.

"So and so, like this and like that, hehehehe!"

Ivan's eyes lit up when he heard the content. He nodded repeatedly and pointed at Freya, "I don't think Leo is too much like an elf, it's you who are too much like a human. How insidious! You are really insidious!"

"Hehehe!" The two of them huddled together and winked at each other.

Soon, Ivan informed the commander-in-chief Solovyiv, and with his consent, the city gates were opened. Thousands of River Bay lords' troops filed out, lined up outside the city, and slowly approached the Talhan Legion's camp.

In addition to some soldiers defending the city, Ivan's elite infantry of the river bay, Bjorn's Basaka longbowmen, Basalov's musketeers, and Akhan's werewolf warriors all came out in full force.

Upon hearing the news, Talhanberk on the opposite side was overjoyed. He was worried that the siege equipment was not fully prepared and he could not launch an attack in advance.

The continuous loss of food and supplies made him extremely anxious. If it happened a few more times, he would have no choice but to retreat without fighting.

At this time, the people from the North actually went out of the city to fight, which was simply seeking their own death.

No matter how elite an infantry formation of more than a thousand people is, it is wishful thinking for them to defeat a legion of more than ten thousand people.

Sure enough, the reckless man from the North was not bragging, he was truly reckless.

Talhanberk couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Are the brains of these northerners all muscle?"

Arina Mishe hesitated, "The northerners left the city walls unguarded, yet they came out to fight. I'm afraid it's a trick."

"We are not afraid of any tricks. There is a flat land outside the city. We can see everything at a glance, unless they conjure up three thousand heavy armors out of thin air!"

Talhanbek immediately ordered Huhu to lead two thousand archers to raid the enemy camp, and Geshuman to lead a thousand heavy cavalry to be ready to go.

Two thousand elite archers, all armed with heavy steppe recurve bows, not the hunting bows used by steppe herdsmen to shoot wolves. Although they could not penetrate the round shields and plate armor of the North, they could still pose a threat to the chain mail.

The sound of hooves of two thousand archers was like thunder, and they rushed towards the small shield formation of the Hewan Army like a tide.

They approached within a hundred steps, then suddenly turned and went around to the side. They did not charge into the battle formation, but only unleashed a blanket of arrows.

"Hold on!" Ivan, who was personally leading the battle, was wearing full body plate armor, and his voice came from his eye socket helmet.

Thousands of infantrymen stood still as rain of arrows fell on their shields and armor, leaving behind dense threads of arrows.

A few arrows landed on the werewolf warriors in the rear, easily piercing through their leather armor and penetrating deep into their fur.

But with the protection of leather armor, the arrow was caught by the muscles as soon as it penetrated the wolf skin half an inch. These werewolf warriors who grew up fighting didn't even make a sound.

After three consecutive waves of arrows, the entire infantry shield formation was shot into a hedgehog, but it remained motionless.

Although the Western Border Archers were light cavalry, they also had to consider horsepower. Seeing that their grassland bows did not pose much threat to these armored troops, the leader could not help but shout, "Come closer by thirty steps and switch to heavy arrows!"

If long-range light arrows cannot break the enemy formation, then use close-range heavy arrows that can penetrate armor.

The heavy recurve bows fired armor-piercing arrows that were powerful enough to break a person's arm at close range, and even the chain mail of the Empire's legions could not withstand it.

Following Hu Hu's order, two thousand archers made a circle and approached again. This time, they approached the shield formation fifty steps away. The riders changed to heavy arrows that could pierce armor and prepared to attack again.

At this moment, something suddenly changed!

The war horses were galloping at high speed, their hooves suddenly sank into the mud, and they rolled to the ground.

The riders had no time to shoot their arrows and were all thrown out.

The men and horses trampled on each other and fell into chaos for a while.

Huhu quickly gathered his men to take a detour, but the open space in front of Buck Fortress was full of horse traps, leaving no place to step.

The open space outside the city that was originally used for cavalry to patrol and gallop was filled with horse traps overnight!