Warlord: King of All Clans

Gunther was not only Had's military adviser, but also Had's political adviser. When he heard Leo's question, he pointed to the plain area in the southeast of Asgar City.

He smiled and said, "Hundreds of years ago, the East Foot Plain and South Foot Plain of Asgard City were the territory of our Beowulf family. It was also the only place for raising horses, but later it was occupied by the Beboos family in its heyday."

"They drove all the wild people in the north into the mountains, and built a large fortress at the exit of the mountains, which is the city of Asgard under our feet."

"The Beboos family occupied the city of Asgard and trapped the Beowulf family in the mountains for a hundred years. Beowulf's horse farm became the Beboos family's horse farm."

Leo finally understood, "So Count Fabti is also going to take advantage of the situation to capture Asgard City and continue to lock up the wild people in the mountains so that he can raise horses in peace on the eastern plains?"

Without taking the city of Asgar, no one would dare to tame war horses on the eastern plains, because the northern savages who were good at hunting would use these war horses as their food.

Gunther nodded and said, "Yes, but they underestimated our determination to defend the city. Asgard has been a thorn in the side of the Beowulf family for a hundred years. Now that we have succeeded, there is no possibility of giving it up."

Leo looked at the map and nodded, "No."

But he actually knew more, and the Beowulf family couldn't give it up even if they wanted to.

After the Grand Duke negotiated with the Orcs, the northern half of Earl Beowulf's territory was divided among the Orcs, and the wild folks in the mountains could only compete with the Orcs for hunting grounds.

But the northern savages were no match for the orcs and were soon driven to the southern foothills of the mountains, to the Kitland region controlled by Beowulf's family.

A large number of wild people moved south, and the original hunting grounds were not enough to feed so many people, so the Beowulf family had to risk huge losses to launch a surprise attack on Asgard.

Only after occupying the city of Asgar were a large number of savage tribes able to continue migrating southwards and come to the plains to survive.

This is also the reason why, at Had's call, tens of thousands of wild hunters gathered in Asgar City. No one was willing to give up this more fertile land.

But it was out of helplessness that Fabti chose to target the tough Beowulf family.

After all, the Kurolov family monopolized two earldoms and was hated by people all over the North. They could only engage in war and aggression. With so many soldiers, they could only expand outward continuously.

Previously, there was the Earldom of Beboos that they could slowly swallow up, but now, apart from the Earldom of Beowulf, the only ones bordering them are the Earldom of Grant and the Earldom of Odalov.

These two earldoms are actually one family, both are the territories of the Grand Duke of the North, and no one can attack them.

It would be better to attack Beowulf's family, because only the half-crippled Count Hermann would definitely send troops to reinforce.

In the eyes of a group of mature politicians, the probability of Rio sending troops is actually less than half.

It is expected that he should, like Grant, issue condemnations for at least a year or two before taking practical action.

Once we understand the relative strength and strategic goals of both sides, this battle will be much easier to fight.

Just like playing chess, once you understand your opponent’s thinking, you will have a countermeasure.

The meeting was over and everything was back to normal, except that there were Leo's 5,000 firearms soldiers. The city of Asgar suddenly became impregnable and there was no need to worry about being captured by Kurolov's army.

With Had's consent, Leo began to build artillery positions on the walls of Asgar and the surrounding hills, and transported some long-range artillery up there.

These long-barreled cannons with a caliber of twelve to twenty-four pounds have an effective range of over a thousand meters. With the help of the terrain, they can cover several important roads around the city of Asgar.

With them in place, it was difficult for the Kurolov Corps to even set up camp nearby, let alone besiege the city.

The next time they attack, they will have to march quickly for dozens of miles, facing the harassment of the wild guerrillas and the fire suppression from several artillery batteries, and get close to the city of Asgar.

Passive defense alone was not enough. Had also split his wild folk army into small units, went into the mountains, and attacked from behind from routes that were difficult for the regular army to predict, harassing the rear of the Kurolov Army.

After Leo arranged the army, he released Pegasus to scout the enemy situation. He had nothing to do and began to wander around the Asgar city area.

The city of Asgar is located on the topographic dividing line between the northern mountains and plains. The east and south are plains, while the west and north are mountains.

As Had took over the city of Asgar, the wild tribes that had been trapped in the mountains for hundreds of years began to appear on the plains south of Asgar, competing for territory with local farming and pastoral villages.

Earl Hard is loyal to the barbarians, so naturally he has no good feelings towards the people who were originally under the jurisdiction of Earl Beboos, and will not speak for them.

However, the wild people in the mountains will not immediately change their way of living after occupying the villages in the plains, learning to herd livestock like herders or to farm like farmers.

Basically, they burned, killed and looted everything and then left it to waste.

So as Leo looked along the way, he could see many ruined villages without people.

From a standpoint, Leo certainly supports the Beowulf family, but from a personal point of view, it would be better for this place to be ruled by the Kurolov family rather than the Beowulf family.

At least the latter knew how to maintain order and manage the land in order to increase tax revenue.

At the foot of a huge cliff near the city of Asgar, Count Hard brought Leo, Hermann and his party to visit his old friend.

A huge cave was dug out of the cliff. Had stood at the entrance and shouted several times, "Old Third! Old Third!"

After waiting for a while, a fishy wind came from the cave, followed by heavy breathing, and a brown earth bear showed its head.

Just the head touching the ground is no shorter than Leo.

When it completely crawled out of the cave, it was at least nine meters long. It was lying on the ground with its back two stories high from the ground!

This is a high-level magical beast, the Earth Bear, and it is a magical beast that has reached the peak of the high level.

Leo was also amazed at the size of this earth bear. After all, even Freya couldn't grow that big.

But then he and Xiya beside him looked at each other in surprise.

Oh no, if Freya knew that I saw such a good friend but didn't bring her along, wouldn't she be holding a grudge against me for ten minutes?

But Xiya obviously misunderstood. She boldly stepped forward and asked the giant bear hesitantly, "Violent, violent bear spirit?"

The Earth Bear glanced at her and turned away.

Xiaya was suddenly embarrassed, her eyes wandered and she pretended to look at the scenery.

Well, not all powerful alien beasts are transformed from elves.

Hader was very familiar with the Earth Bear. When it came out, he walked over to scratch its neck hair and introduced it to everyone, "This is the third child, the third child of the Beowulf family. Well, actually he was raised by my grandfather. He is 20 years older than me. To be precise, I should call him Third Uncle."

Leo also boldly approached to watch, and found that there was a huge wound on the belly of the Earth Bear, which had been sewn up with a thick rope. It has now healed, but it is still very conspicuous.

Had stroked the belly of the Earth Bear and said regretfully, "In order to capture Asgard a few years ago, I had to ask the third brother to come out. He was at the forefront and smashed open the gate of Asgard with his head. Unfortunately, Asgard had an alchemical device that could kill high-level extraordinary people. It dealt a heavy blow to the third brother, and he has not fully recovered until now."

“Otherwise, if Fabuti dares to come this time, they will have a hard time getting through this level of the Third Brother.”

Leo was more cautious than Hader and warned: "The Kurolov Corps has strange blood mages who can easily control monsters. You have to be careful."

Hader nodded and said, "That's right, I asked the Third Brother to hide here and not show up for the time being, and then strike back when needed."