Warlord: King of All Clans

Because Beowulf's territory maintained the "original ecology" of the North and was still in the tribal system of the Northern Kings, every time Had fought abroad, he could not lead many soldiers due to the almost non-existent logistical support.

For Had's wild folk army, half of the food and fodder for battles abroad was provided by the soldiers themselves, and the other half was provided by looting.

But if you want to protect your own city, that is much easier.

Although the mountains and hills in Earl Beowulf's territory cannot support many people and has always been the least populated area in the entire North, every citizen is a soldier!

At the call of the King of the Wild Folks, wild hunters from all over the mountains came out from the valleys, bringing their own dry food to defend the city.

They did not abide by the empire's conscription laws, but rather the wild tribes' tradition of helping each other. Once they arrived with their troops, they would stay there for at least three months until they had finished their dry food.

By now, there are nearly 10,000 wild folk warriors who have arrived at Asgar City, all of them are powerful wild folk hunters.

The originally spacious fortress was now somewhat overwhelmed, and Hermann's alien army and Leo's firearms army could only be stationed outside the city.

But the Kurolov Legion on the opposite side also has a large number of people. Count Fabti also brought a full-strength alien legion, a full-strength human legion, a naval fleet, and the Dragon Knights, an extraordinary knight group.

Everyone sat together, looked at the military map on the table, and began to make decisions.

Hader first introduced the battle situation to Leo who had just arrived. "I just suffered a defeat here, with more than 2,000 people killed, but Fabuti is also in a bad situation. After receiving the news of your reinforcement, we withdrew 50 miles and stationed in a small town in the east."

"During this period, I have brought in a lot of warriors. With you, our numbers have surpassed Fabuti. We can annihilate him in one go."

After the five lords divided the Earldom of Beboos, the Beowulf family occupied the Asgard area, while the Kurolof family occupied the Tiamous area.

However, after the two earls' territories came into contact with each other, they had never properly resolved the border issue, or it could be said that Count Fabti deliberately did not deal with it, which led to the two earls' eventual war.

Since the battle between Had and Fabti in the early spring, the wild folk army of Beowulf's family was defeated and held the city of Asgar, while Fabti and the Kurolof army took advantage of the situation and advanced, occupying most of the area east of Asgar.

The Kurolov Corps once blocked the Savage Corps in the city of Asgar until Leo's firearms corps approached and forced them to retreat.

So Leo's arrival made everyone in the city very happy, and also gave Had the idea of ​​fighting back.

But when he said this, even Gunther next to him couldn't stand it anymore.

Although Hard is not a military blind man, he is definitely not a qualified commander or a qualified politician.

The two reinforcement forces were not direct subordinates, but allied forces.

Since ancient times, has there been any ally willing to risk his life for his teammates?

Under normal circumstances, in a homeland defense operation, you have to hold on no matter how many people die, but in an overseas operation, you have to consider retreating if 30% of the people die.

Gunther dared to guarantee that the psychological expectations of Counts Hermann and Leo about their own battle losses would definitely not exceed 30%.

A fully-strength army of 6,000 men would become passive in the fight if 1,000 were killed or wounded, and would dare to withdraw overnight if 2,000 were killed or wounded.

After all, allies are not vassals. Hermann and Leo are here to repay favors and show loyalty, not to be loyal to Beowulf's family.

You are Uncle Hard, a loyal ally.

If you don't keep your word, you are still a competitor for world domination.

Judging from the entire battle, of course we can say that with 20,000 versus 10,000, the advantage is in my hands.

But when it comes to details, a battle requires the commander to worry about countless things, and the right time, place and people are all essential. It is definitely not something that can be solved by simply saying "we have more people".

So Gunther could only interrupt his boss who was speaking happily and said tactfully: "Count Mondo has come all the way here, he needs to rest for a few days. The enemy just won a battle and their morale is at its peak. We still need to make a long-term plan on how to deal with them."

Hader was very unhappy, but when he saw the atmosphere, he immediately wilted and waved his hand, saying, "You are the deputy commander of the army, you decide."

The deputy commander of the army, the square-flag knight Gunther, was the actual commander of the Savage Army. He persuaded Hader to retreat and continued, "We have more soldiers and more generals now, and we have the advantage, but we cannot underestimate the enemy. I suggest that we continue to strengthen the defense of Asgar City, occupy the dangerous places, and make sure that nothing goes wrong."

"As for when to attack, let's wait until the latest scout intelligence arrives."

His decision was extremely sound, so Hermann and Leo naturally agreed.

Leo had no intention of fighting head-on with the powerful Kurolov Legion. He came here only to help defend the city.

At the River Bend military meeting before the expedition, Leo made it clear that this war would not be difficult.

The military strength of the Kurolov family is comparable to that of the Grand Duke of the North. They can single-handedly face the backward Count Hard and the half-crippled Count Hermann and still maintain the upper hand.

But now the River Bend Legion has also arrived. Although the two sides are not in a state of strength swap, they are at least evenly matched.

Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for the Kurolov Corps to capture the important city of Asgar.

As long as they get into a stalemate and survive the summer, the Kurolov Corps will not have to fight and will have to go home in shame to harvest wheat.

This is the flaw of the feudal lord system. Every feudal lord is equivalent to a small country with a small population and has no strength to engage in large-scale, long-term, and long-distance combat.

The main army corps soldiers of the Kurolov family do not have to farm, but the auxiliary soldiers behind them always have to farm.

If no one harvests the wheat at home, the people in the territory will starve, and the food and fodder supplied to the expeditionary force will inevitably be in short supply.

Their expedition to the Earldom of Beowulf was already a long journey, and if the logistical supplies could not keep up, the army of ten thousand people would collapse at any time.

No matter how strong an orc warrior or a human warrior with heavy armor is, they will not be able to lift their weapons if they are hungry for three days.

So Leo doesn't have much pressure on this expedition, let's just spend it together.

His River Reach Legion had only 5,000 men, and they could have sustained themselves by buying food from Clemens or Anchester, without having to transport it from the Earldom of River Reach.

Hermann's alien army is easy to feed, and Had's wild army fights on their own land and also has an advantage.

The foreigners and the savages don’t farm at all, so they don’t have to worry about the autumn harvest!

Gunther obviously thought so too. As a mountain earldom, Beowulf's earldom had great strategic depth. Even if he couldn't defend the city of Asgard, he still had the more dangerous main city of Kitland as a fallback.

If it really doesn't work, you can retreat into the mountains in the north.

As long as we can drag it out for three to five years, preserve our manpower, and make it a thankless task for the hostile forces that attempt to annex us, they will shift their attention and no longer stare at this useless piece of ours.

The earldoms in the north did not remain stable over the hundreds of years. The earls on the plains on both sides of the Anzeno River changed hands in less than a hundred years. However, frontier earls like Forelov, Beowulf, and Kurolov, whose territories varied in size, always stood firm.

If Leo could think of such a situation, how could the great hero Fabuti not think of it?

So Leo looked at the map and was very curious. "Why would Fabuti provoke the Beowulf family for no reason? Isn't this asking for trouble?"