Warlord: King of All Clans

As a port city adjacent to the Anzeno River, the port area of ​​Clymouth is quite prosperous.

Although the area occupied by the River Bend Legion is not as large as the areas occupied by the other four legions, it is very rich.

A large number of craftsmen and merchant families lived here.

Its economic strength can be said to be second only to the upper aristocratic district occupied by Grant's Legion.

Leo led the legion in and immediately deployed defenses along the ruins area, blocking the city area he occupied to prevent soldiers from other legions from coming to plunder.

As the five major legions entered the city, a carnival of soldiers began.

Half of all the money taken during the three days of looting went to the soldiers, and the other half was handed over to the legion.

After three days of wanton looting in the Earl's capital, the wealth they gained was definitely more than an ordinary soldier could earn in half a lifetime, so everyone went crazy.

Although looting was not as brutal as the massacre, it was still a desperate moment for civilians.

The whole family was driven onto the street and detained together with their neighbors. All their property was looted and beautiful women were forcibly taken away by the soldiers.

These are still law-abiding legions. For example, Hermann's Orc Legion and Had's Savage Legion, there is not much difference between looting and massacre.

Many residents chose to take up arms in resistance, but were then faced with even bloodier repression.

The invaders thought that bloody suppression could effectively prevent others from resisting, but in fact, due to the lack of information, the nearby residents did not know the whole story and only saw their neighbors' heads rolling around, so they could only take up arms and fight for their lives.

Once large-scale confrontations occurred, many streets began to organize civilian self-defense forces, building walls and blockhouses overnight to prevent the legion's looting teams from entering.

Meanwhile, over at the ruins, the officers of the River Bend Legion were staring at Leo as they watched the hustle and bustle of the city.

Ivan knew Leo best, but he had to bite the bullet and stand up as the representative of the officers, "Leo, what about us? Say something."

All the soldiers in other legions are getting rich, but they are the only ones who get nothing?

The loyalty of the soldiers that was cultivated with great difficulty was about to drop by half in the blink of an eye.

Everyone is willing to risk their lives to make a fortune. If we talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality at this time, then we might as well just stop fighting in the future.

Ivan could not give up a penny, but he could not ignore the feelings of the legionnaires.

Leo looked at the eager face of the man in his hand and had no choice but to compromise. "Robbery is too cheap. Let's confiscate the house instead. Confiscate the house in an orderly manner!"

"When have you ever suffered a loss in a war with me?"

As he spoke, he began to issue orders to search the houses and told the supervision team to intervene and start supervising the operation.

The Earl of the Reach has issued an order: The residents of Clemens have committed an unforgivable crime by resisting the Northern Army's campaign against the evil House of Beboos.

As punishment, personal property will be confiscated!

Those who voluntarily hand over their personal property will not have their homes searched!

Note: Those who are willing to follow the fleet to the Earldom of River Bay and become citizens of River Bay will have their personal property retained!

The temporary decrees were read out continuously on brass trumpets in every street by literate mounted officers.

The kobold scouts at the river bend, accompanied by their musketeers, began searching house by house.

In fact, the rules set by Leo were very loose. Those who cared more about their families would give all their savings to the musketeers, and the musketeers would be too lazy to go in and search.

But there are always people who are optimistic and think they can get rid of them by taking out one or two gold coins.

It is indeed not a small amount for an ordinary resident to take out one or two gold coins, but for a merchant like you who has more than ten slaves at home, your entire family can only come up with one gold coin?

In addition to wealthy merchants, there are also a large number of workshops and artisan families in the port area.

The craftsman system in the Earl's main city is richer and more advanced than that in small branch cities. There are senior blacksmiths, carpenters, grooms, shipbuilders, and other master craftsmen in Isenbol City. There is one on every street here on average!

Leo repeatedly instructed his officers to take special care of these craftsmen's families, and try to get them to move to Isenbol or Abros, whether by coercion or inducement.

Most of the residents of the Earl's main city would rather have their homes confiscated than leave. Only a small number of people were willing to go to the city of Abros, which originally belonged to the Earldom of Beboos. Very few were willing to go to Isenpol.

But Leo didn't mind at all. These days, the Earl of the North was an independent little king. Once he arrived at the jurisdiction of the Earldom of River Bay and became a formal subject, it would not be his turn to choose where to live next.

In a feudal and authoritarian society, the lord orders you and your family to move from Arbroath to Isonpore. Can you just not go if you say you don't want to?

As for those who were unwilling to go, Leo did not force them. He would be satisfied if he could abduct three to five thousand people.

No matter how many river bends there are, there will not be enough space for them to be accommodated, and if it goes too far, Grant, the new owner of the place, will step in to stop it.

Seeing the boatloads of people and supplies being sent upstream by the Hewan Fleet, Leo was very satisfied and told Ivan, "Help me keep a close eye on them. Don't go too far. Leave some food for the residents during the winter. After we leave, these people will become subjects of Earl Grant."

“When cutting leeks, don’t pull them out by the roots.”

"Yes!" Ivan nodded confidently. Three days was only a short time, which was not enough for them to rob all the houses in the city. So they could only focus on the wealthy streets and wander around the other streets to collect some money.

As long as they maintain good military discipline, act in an orderly manner, and avoid large-scale confrontations, their efficiency in collecting population and supplies will be far greater than that of the friendly forces next door who are robbing and killing everywhere, and even fighting for gold, silver and treasures.

During this time, Rambowan came to report again, "Master, fifteen more dogs have stolen dragon blood in the past few days. Eight of them have evolved, and seven have died."

Leo was mentally prepared and nodded, "Strengthen the management and tell them to record all the dragon blood they collected and hand it over for safekeeping, and then give it to them to take when they return."

"Yes, big boss." The big dog Rambowan stepped back, beat all the dogs, and confiscated all the dragon blood, saying that all the dragon blood was the property of the dragon slayer Leo.

This method is much more effective than what Leo said. All the dogs no longer hoard it and are more active in collecting dragon blood.

Leo, the dragon slayer, is also their boss!

After Ruby became a half-dragon, she immediately attracted the attention of all the kobolds accompanying the army.

The tall and strong body and the invulnerable scales perfectly fit the aesthetic of the gnolls. Many gnolls began to try to swallow dragon blood, eager to transform.

They did not dare to steal the dragon blood stored by the River Bend Legion, so they ran around in the fields outside the city and in the ruins inside the city, swallowing up any dragon blood they found.

By the time their companions found them, some of them could no longer endure the pain of the mutation process and died, but more than half of the kobolds had gained mutations.

The kobolds who were able to join the battle were either the most elite kobold scouts under Rambowan's command or the strongest kobold gunners, all of whom were at the peak of their physical fitness.

Even so, half of them still died.

This mortality rate is unimaginable for Leo, but for the kobolds, it is too low and completely within the acceptable range!

By the end of the three-day raid, Leo had not only captured a large number of people and supplies, but also more than twenty half-dragons.