Warlord: King of All Clans

Leo also deeply sympathized with Count Hermann's anger.

Especially after staying in the southern imperial capital for some time, this sense of scarcity of the northern population resources became even more obvious.

The imperial capital in the South alone has a population of one million, which is equivalent to the total population of a northern earldom. If the same one million people were placed in a northern city, the whole place would be starved to death in less than a month.

The land in the south is fertile, the climate is suitable, and agriculture is developed. The land output is at least three times that of the north. Not only are there more farmers, but the productivity is also higher.

The situation in the north is miserable. The land south of the Anzeno River can still be self-sufficient, but the cold areas to the north can only combine agriculture and animal husbandry, and most of the people have to rely on the mountains, the water, and their neighbors for food.

Frowald has suffered a massive population loss and is now recovering. Large tracts of farmland and pastures in the northern suburbs of the city are deserted, and even many streets in the city are empty.

Unlike Hewan, which relied on refugees for its livelihood, Count Hermann had an urgent need for population resources.

If they had not lacked sufficient military strength, they would have sent troops to capture Ilanrado and retrieve the intercepted population long ago.

When Leo came here, he not only had to observe the enemy situation, but also the status of his allies to avoid being stood up.

"Victor has two legions now, and he has also brought in the Abros Legion from the Beboos family. The food consumption alone is enough for him to bear, and he will definitely not sit still."

"So what are you going to do next?"

Count Herman was not worried about the war, and he said cheerfully: "I have written to Count Beowulf. Once the war starts, his nearest legion will come to support us."

"And it's not like I'm unprepared."

Leo's spies were no pushovers, and were well-informed among both the human and alien races. They also knew about Frovald's recent situation, and when they heard this, they asked, "Is it your alien army?"

Herman did not hide it, nodded, waved to the servants in front of the door and said, "Call Taz and Tanwar over."

Leo does not reject aliens. The proportion of alien population in Hewan can be said to be the number one settlement in the entire human race, but precisely because of this, he is more aware of the instability of aliens.

Compared to the barbaric and disorderly aliens in the wilderness, the aliens in the river bay are as well-behaved as domestic pets. Even so, they still cause problems all day long.

"It's possible to form an alien army, but it's difficult to control and it's easy to cause problems."

Count Hermann thought to himself, I learned all this from you, why am I being taught a lesson?

But he was also very clear about this, and with a slight sigh, he replied: "A sword has two edges, it can hurt others and yourself, it all depends on how it is used. If there are 10,000 more young and strong people in my territory, there is no need to train foreign races."

As they were chatting, there was a knock on the door of the reception room, and the servant came in and said, "Taz and Tanwar are here."

Leo looked back and saw that the person coming in was a tall troll warrior, and another orc warrior who was equally tall but more burly.

The height of orcs and trolls are taller than humans, usually between two meters and two and a half meters.

The height of these two aliens was over 2.5 meters, and they had to bend down subconsciously when passing through the door of the reception room.

The first time Leo saw Taz, he recognized him as the troll chieftain who attacked Stonebreak Castle. He didn't expect that after escaping, he would end up in Count Herman's tent.

This troll left a deep impression on him. When it fled, its body had been pierced like a hedgehog by the wild hunters' heavy bear hunting arrows and the infantry's short spears.

If it were a mid-level human, he would have died in the battle long ago. But this troll doesn't even have a noticeable scar on his body.

Count Herman introduced: "These are the two alien flags I newly appointed. They are the troll Taz and the orc Tanvar. They are both mid-level or advanced transcendents."

"They command one thousand trolls and two thousand orcs respectively. Now they are my second legion of Frovald."

The individual strength of trolls and orcs is naturally one level higher than that of humans. Since Taz and Tanvar are both intermediate and advanced level six, their actual combat power is equivalent to level seven of humans, which is equivalent to two high-level combat forces.

It was impossible for Leo not to envy him, but such a foreign general posed a great threat to himself. Count Hermann dared to use him, but he did not.

Therefore, he just nodded calmly, "Hello, both of you."

The troll Taz had no idea that the person in front of him was the mastermind who made his dream of becoming the "Troll King" come to nothing. He followed Tanwar's words and replied in a stiff common language: "Good, sir."

After the meal, Count Hermann took Leo to see his alien army.

Outside the city of Frovald, a new military camp was built, filled with strong orcs and trolls.

These orcs and troll warriors were all led by Taz and Tanwal. After receiving the order, they lined up on the playground.

After waiting for half an hour, the three thousand alien warriors were finally dressed and found their positions.

Count Herman was a little embarrassed, Leo comforted him, "That's how aliens are, lacking training and rules. To be able to train them to this level, your commanding ability is already very strong."

"The kobolds in our river bay have been a mob until now."

Count Hermann couldn't help but laugh. It was a bit outrageous to compare the kobolds and orcs.

An orc warrior can chase a hundred gnolls all over the mountain. If training gnolls is like training dogs, training orc warriors is like taming tigers.

Leo carefully observed these alien races and evaluated their fighting capabilities in his mind.

The trolls in Hermann's alien army were all covered in hard leather armor. The hunting bone spears in their hands were replaced with high-quality steel spears, and the obsidian headhunting spears on their backs were also replaced with human armor-piercing conical javelins.

The orcs were all wearing heavy chain mail or scale armor, and the squad leaders also wore some plate armor parts such as plate chests, plate shoulders, and iron gauntlets.

Such a half legion is enough to match a full-strength earl's legion in frontal combat, but the prerequisite is that they can obey orders.

In addition to the alien legions, the Grand Duke of the North also left a thousand-man heavy-armored elite infantry regiment to Count Hermann. This is used to guard against the orcs in the north. They will not obey Count Hermann's orders and participate in local power struggles.

But they are stationed in Frovald, and if Victor dares to attack the main city, these human elites will teach them a lesson.

So there is no need to worry about the defense of Frowald, they only need to consider field combat now.

The main force of the entire Frelov family had died in the city of Varanger along with the previous count during the racial war. Now Count Hermann only had a square-flag armed force in the territory surrounding the main city.

The three Frohwald banners, plus Hermann's own troops, formed a legion of 5,000 men.

Leo looked at them one by one and knew that Count Hermann must be hiding something and not revealing his full strength. For example, the armored knights supported by his family and the extraordinary combat power did not appear.

But the current forces, coupled with the assistance of the river bend, are enough to suppress Victor of Ilanrado.

Leo was relieved and said to Count Hermann, "Come and see for yourself, and you will be relieved. Count Hermann, your strength is formidable."