Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 40: Hullburg

Hell Fort is located in the westernmost part of the Northland, closely adjacent to the wilderness. Generally, after passing Hel Fort, it is considered to be out of human territory.

Although Hull Castle is located on the edge of Northland, it is actually a large castle.

There are various caravans here for rest and transit every day. Although the wilderness is dangerous, it also contains business opportunities. The caravans bring some cheap commodities from the human world into the wilderness in exchange for various precious materials. Almost every time Everyone can make a lot of money,

But the wilderness is also full of crises. Whether it is the ogre tribe or the more widely distributed kobold tribe, it will cause fatal crises to the caravan. However, as long as the benefits are sufficient, there will always be people willing to take the corresponding risks.

Hellburg also gradually prospered relying on this unique wilderness trade advantage.

However, life in Fort Hel has not been easy in the past few days. Due to the approach of the super-large ogre tribe, no matter how bold the caravan is, they dare not continue to trade in the wilderness. The entire Fort Hel is in depression. few.

Of course, what worries the Hull family more is the thousands of ogres and tens of thousands of attached kobolds that are gradually approaching. If they want to invade the human world, then Fort Hel will definitely bear the brunt.

Although the Hull family relied on wilderness trade to develop and grow, they were absolutely unable to fight against such a large number of ogres and kobolds. Fortunately, the news of Piaoxue City's troops had already reached Helburg early, and finally the Hel family was able to raise funds. My heart calmed down a little.

"Your Majesty, the Jingbei Army is approaching, and Marquis Wade is personally leading the army."

"Okay, okay, let's inform everyone and let's go out of the city to meet the Marquis."

"Yes"

Hearing the news that the Jingbei Army was about to arrive, Earl Hull said two good words in a row,

After being on tenterhooks for several days, fearing that the ogres would arrive before the Jingbei Army arrived, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Earl of Hull led a long line of people outside the castle to welcome the arrival of Marquis Wade.

Although the Hull family has the title of earl, the Hull family is completely different from the Lanster family in Piaoxue City.

The entire Hel family only has five knights and more than 2,000 professional soldiers. Without the support of Piaoxue City, they would be completely unable to defend their territory.

Soon, Marquis Wade led the vanguard to the foot of Fort Hull.

"Good day, Marquis Wade."

The Earl of Hull, who was standing in the middle of the road, took the initiative to say hello after Marquis Wade approached.

Wade didn't know anything. He took some of the Lanster senior officials and senior officers around him and dismounted to chat with Earl of Hull.

Marquis Wade also began to observe Fort Hull during the conversation,

Although Hel Fort is almost incomparable with Piaoxue City, it can definitely be said to be a qualified military fortress.

Because it is located on the edge of the wilderness, the Hull family has always maintained a sufficient sense of crisis. The five-foot-high city wall is densely covered with arrow towers, and there are many iron pots on the wall. It is definitely a nightmare for the attackers.

Marquis Wade was quite satisfied with the defense of Fort Hull. He talked with the Earl of Hull and entered the castle with the forward troops.

The army that arrived later set up camp based on Fort Hel. After all, although Fort Hel was large, it was only a military castle and not a city. It could only accommodate more than 10,000 troops.

"What's going on with the ogres these days?"

The first thing Viscount Wade did after entering the castle was to ask about the situation ahead. After all, the aerial reconnaissance by the Sword Eagle Knight was not as detailed as the close observation by the spies.

"Most of the ogres are still stationed thirty miles away, but a small group of ogres have harassed several villages, and now a large number of refugees have fled inland."

Marquis Wade frowned when he heard this. This was the situation he was most worried about. The ogres attacked the village and destroyed production, causing a large number of villagers to become refugees. If the ogres could not be blocked to the west of Fort Hel, the ogres would The demonic leader's drive will definitely cause the entire northern land to rot.

"There is a situation. The behavior of the attacking ogre this time is somewhat abnormal."

"Huh?" Marquis Wade looked at Earl Hull and motioned for him to continue.

"This time the ogres were different from usual. In addition to robbing, they also purposefully killed people. This time, a village had no time to escape, and no one in the entire village survived."

This is indeed very abnormal. Although the ogres are cruel, they will not do many meaningless killings. They will only loot food, and at most take away some reserve rations. This time, they look like they are killing everyone.

This time the ogre's behavior revealed something strange, and Marquis Wade unconsciously thought of Lin Xuan's last reminder.

"How much food is left in Fort Hull?"

"Enough to last an army for a month."

This kind of inventory actually shows that the Hel family is very wealthy. You must know that in the past, Hel Fort’s food reserves only needed to supply Hel Fort itself. The Hel family’s army and the servants of the entire castle combined were less than 10,000. .

But this time the Jingbei Army came with a total of 80,000 people, and the food reserves in Fort Hel could still last for a month.

However, Marquis Wade was not satisfied with this grain reserve.

"It's not enough. We will store more food and grass at Fort Hel in the future. The Earl of Hull will send more people to collect food, at least to get enough for the army in March."

Marquis Wade made an unceremonious request to the Hull family. After all, Piaoxue City is the rescue party. Although it is for its own sake to save people, it will not bear all the food and grass by itself and let the Hull family share the burden. Part of it makes sense.

"Yes, call someone to arrange it immediately."

Although Earl Hull looked embarrassed, he quickly agreed. After all, they were the party being rescued.

"The army camped on the spot and rested for two days before heading out into the wilderness."

"Yes"

The senior military officers present responded one after another.

Marquis Wade only listened to half of Lint's suggestions, operating Helburg as a back-up route and hoarding a large amount of supplies.

But according to Lint's idea, we should rely on Fort Hel, set up camps, fight blindly, and advance step by step to ensure nothing goes wrong.

But Marquis Wade only stockpiled supplies, but had no intention of taking steps to survive.

This does not mean that Marquis Wade does not understand the key. Everyone knows the benefits of a steady attack, but according to that method of attack, tens of thousands of troops may be delayed here for a year, and the consumption of manpower and material resources will be huge. Growth, the Northland may not be able to drag it up, and the Hull family will definitely be dragged down.

"Okay, let's go down and get ready."

After everyone was ordered to retreat, Marquis Wade and Lanster and other senior officials accepted the banquet hosted by Earl of Hull.

In order to show their friendship as landlords or to take advantage of the opportunity to please the Lanster family, the Hull family emptied the bottom of their boxes, provided them with all kinds of wine and food, and the maids who served them were all pretty pretty.

However, Marquis Wade was a little restless and even felt a little bored in the end.

After taking the last sip of wine from the glass, Marquis Wade simply stood up and said loudly:

"Today the army has just arrived to rest, and from tomorrow onwards no more banquets, drinking and merrymaking will be allowed."

If others had said these disheartening words at the banquet, no one would have paid attention to it, and it would have even aroused disgust. But since Marquis Wade said it, everyone had no choice but to obey.

The candlelight shone brightly, and the wine still flowed into the glasses, but there was no noise as before. Everyone's interest was disturbed by Marquis Wade, and the banquet ended quickly.

Under the guidance of the maid, Marquis Wade went to the luxurious room prepared for him by Hull's house with the intention of falling asleep early, but he unexpectedly suffered from insomnia.

Perhaps we should really follow Lint’s suggestion at all costs?

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