Warlord: King of All Clans

The next morning, Tariq came to the military camp again to ask to see Leo.

Last night, he went back and told Victor the good news, saying that Leo was persuaded by him.

Unexpectedly, this time, Leo's attitude changed drastically, and he shouted, "Who the hell are you? What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me? Tell Victor to come and talk to me in person!"

Although Tariq argued with reason, he was still driven out of the barracks.

Viktor was obviously not as stupid as Tariq and had no intention of getting into danger.

What if he ends up in Leo's army, and Leo finds a random excuse to entertain him for a few days?

Ilanrado City lost its head coach and will soon be taken over by Hermann.

If time drags on a little longer, the vassal defending the city might be persuaded to surrender.

Now in Ilanrado, it seems that there are many defenders on the city wall, with shadows of people and flying flags, but Leo and Hermann are commanders who have experienced wars and can easily tell the real situation from the fake.

According to Leo's estimation, there were less than a thousand regular armored soldiers in the city of Ilanrado. The remaining several thousand were leather-armored conscripts and unarmored militia, as well as some young and strong men who had never experienced war.

Riding on Pegasus and observing through a monocular telescope, Leo could see some soldiers guarding the city wearing iron armor, who were staggering as they walked.

The armor of the third-level regular soldiers, although not as heavy as the heavy-armored elite soldiers, is still fifty or sixty pounds.

If worn by untrained people, they would not be able to adapt to daily patrols, let alone wearing them in combat.

This cannot be blamed on the slack military preparedness of the city of Ilanrado. The city did not have a strong military force to begin with, and it had also been called up for the Battle of Frovald and has not recovered until now.

In addition, Victor's First Legion was defeated in Ross Town and Hughes's flag surrendered in Fort Bawanachi. Now we can still gather a thousand armored soldiers, which is already very good.

But even such a city is still difficult to attack.

Although the city of Ilanrado is small, its outer wall is eight or nine meters high, and is equipped with many crossbows and catapults.

In order to deal with this battle, Victor also stockpiled a large amount of city defense weapons.

After a few days of preparation, Count Hermann began to lead his army to attack Ilanrado.

Leo left the legion to Arnold and Roman, and rode his Pegasus to Hermann's legion to watch the show.

Riding side by side with Count Hermann under the legion's banner, Leo took a closer look at the Frowald Legion in Hermann's hands.

The Frowald Legion was a fully staffed legion, but it only had 4,000 actual combat soldiers, with the remaining 2,000 being auxiliary soldiers and war craftsmen.

The war craftsmen in the Earl's main city were far more numerous and their skills were more sophisticated than those in the local branch cities. In just one week, they assembled and built a large number of siege weapons.

Now, the alien legions trained by Hermann are carrying these siege weapons and advancing towards the walls of Ilanrado.

Herman's human army did not cooperate with the orcs and trolls to attack the city. These alien races had just joined and were still at the stage of face blindness, unable to distinguish between human enemies and friendly forces.

When the killing gets intense, no matter if they are friendly or enemy, soldiers or civilians, the elderly, the weak, women or children, they will all be chopped down in rows.

The Frowald Legion simply set up large counterweight trebuchets in the back to throw stones onto the city walls, trying to destroy the enemy's city defenses and morale.

Herman looked at the backs of the alien army and was very distressed. He asked, "Mundo, why can you in Hewan get along well with the aliens, but we in Frovald have constant disputes with the aliens?"

Leo said, "Because we treat them as human beings."

"What's the meaning?"

"If you want to use them, you must trust them, respect them, and treat them as your own kind."

Herman couldn't help but sneer, "You treat aliens as human beings? What a joke, if you respect them and trust them, they will only give you a hard blow."

In the Imperial language, "they" and "them" are two different words. Even after forming an alien legion, Count Hermann still subconsciously regarded the aliens as "them".

This cannot be blamed on him. After all, his father, the previous Count Fruilov, died in a foreign invasion.

It is also the fault of the foreign races that the Counties of Fruilov has fallen into its current state.

In order to cope with the current situation, Hermann had to recruit foreigners, but it was impossible for him to identify with them in his heart.

Instead, they are treated as consumables, and the game is to drive the wolf out and devour the tiger.

Leo is not worried about others integrating with other races and strengthening their power. Instead, he hopes that someone will stand ahead of him and get through the most difficult adjustment period first.

So he continued to teach them earnestly and impart all his knowledge to them, "So we should keep our distance first, then slowly approach them, educate them on the good and teach them the bad, and at the same time respect their culture, and try to eliminate the irreconcilable parts between the two tribes, such as cannibalism."

"After spending some time with them, you will find that they are actually just barbarians in different bodies. They are both fearful and virtuous. If you treat them seriously, you will eventually become naturalized."

Hermann listened to this, and although his intuition told him that this was the best option, he was born into a noble family and even the barbarians were not treated as human beings. How could he have the patience to assimilate the foreigners?

So I just nodded, but didn't take it to heart, and said casually, "You're right, I understand."

In the entire human empire, except for Hewan, only Count Kurolov, who has allied with the Eastern Army of the Orcs, and Count Hermann, who trades with the Western Army of the Orcs, have a relatively moderate attitude towards alien races, but this is only for the sake of interests.

The other human lords, upon seeing the aliens, would gather their troops and fight them immediately. They never thought about communication, let alone integration.

While the two were chatting, the alien army had already approached the city wall, and the defenders' city defense weapons also began to launch a counterattack.

A large number of arrows fell on the alien army's bunkers and armor, but it was difficult to hurt them. Only the crossbows and catapult shotgun shells could kill the alien army.

However, the single-sided city wall had limited defensive equipment and could not provide fire coverage like artillery. With only a few casualties among the 3,000 orcs and trolls, they sent ladders, siege towers, and battering rams to the foot of the city wall.

Green-skinned orcs are generally taller and stronger than the humans in the North. Many of the orc warriors recruited by Count Hermann had just been promoted from orc laborers, but they were also two meters twenty or two meters tall.

The special iron armor they wore was of very poor quality and could only protect vital parts, but it was thick enough and ordinary cold weapon attacks were completely ineffective.

The troll warriors were taller, and the Northern Longbow seemed a size smaller in their hands.

The Northern longbowmen needed to train for more than three years before they could use the heavy longbow, but they could easily pull it open and shoot straight a hundred meters to kill the guards on the city walls.

Once the alien army reached the city wall, casualties began to increase sharply.

Rolling stones weighing more than ten pounds, rolling logs weighing hundreds of pounds, large rackets, and golden kerosene, no matter what kind of insect the ants attach themselves to.

On the top of the city wall, there were several extraordinary wizards casting spells. Fireballs and lightning flashed on the battlefield from time to time. It was obvious that they had played all their cards.

After suffering nearly a thousand casualties, the orc warriors who fought to the death and the nimble troll warriors, led by their respective extraordinary generals, finally climbed up the city wall.

They quickly tore open several gaps and sent foreign warriors onto the city wall continuously.

After the alien extraordinary warrior dealt with the human extraordinary knight who blocked the way, he rushed straight to the city gate.

Before the battering ram could break down the city gate, the heavy gate was opened from behind by the vanguard troops.

The city of Ilanrado has fallen!