The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 803 Dragon Cliff Castle

As the only capable dragon knight commander in the kingdom, Kaslo is naturally the undisputed choice. No one is more suitable than him to be Fenglin Xilan's teacher. Although her brother Fenglin Youlan is also a dragon knight commander, Long Xi's "disability" directly cuts off the possibility of Fenglin Youlan teaching her. After all, the dragon knight's battlefield is in the sky, and a dragon knight who can't even fly has no future!

So Kaslo tragically became the principal of a kindergarten, taking care of Weiss, who had just become an adult, and Fenglin Xilan, who was still childish, on one side.

  It was obvious that the population and soldiers brought by the McDougal family could not be stationed in the city of Lagrande. In the end, Roland had no choice but to restart Dragon Cliff Castle!

Dragon Cliff Castle is the comprehensive functional city closest to Lagrande City among the Twelve Cities of Rapids. Unlike Donghuang Fortress and Rapids Fortress, Dragon Cliff Castle originally existed as the dragon rider base of the empire. The subsequent emergence of dragon rider families and the stationing of dragon riders in various places led to the decline of the significance of Dragon Cliff Castle as a military fortress, so it became a comprehensive city after expansion.

Because the north bank where Dragon Cliff Castle is located suddenly rises hundreds of meters in altitude, forming a cliff next to the Rapid River and a cave carved out of the cliff. This was once the cradle of the Imperial Dragon Knights and their original residence, so Roland planned to use this area to build a city. Of course, it could not be built into a military fortress. After all, the kingdom did not need to build a dragon knight training base, but the dangerous terrain and the surrounding plains determined that it was a good place to build a city.

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"Your Majesty, you want them to build the city?" Vladivostok had already resigned as the quartermaster, but he still served beside Roland as his political officer.

  "Well, aren't you good at coordination? Make some arrangements for them! Laglang City definitely can't accommodate them all." Roland nodded. It was not that Roland didn't want his people to live in Laglang City, but there was no place for them to live in Laglang City except the palace and the barracks!

"We can ask the soldiers in the city to help with the collection of supplies! There are so many trees in the wasteland that we can ask them to cut down!" Roland suggested.

"It's difficult to build a stone city, so we can build a wooden city first! At least they have a place to live! And after the snow melts, they have to open up wasteland and cultivate the land. The plains there are just right for them!" Roland said seriously. It is unlikely that there will be arable land around Lagrande City. After all, the surrounding areas will either be magic plantations or magic industrial bases, or Warcraft ranches and some small satellite cities. Where will they get the land to cultivate? In a place like the imperial capital where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, precious land cannot be wasted as arable land.

"Okay." As an important member of the Hand of the Stream family, Vladivostok certainly has extraordinary knowledge. He is not an uneducated playboy. Of course, he knows the future situation of the imperial capital, so what Roland said is the best solution.

  "And the most important point is that Raglan City could become the front line at any time. I can't take the risk of leaving a group of unarmed people here to take risks!" Roland said firmly. Population is also a kind of wealth, and the kingdom is most in need of population. Roland can't leave these people where the orcs can reach them at any time. If someone wants to fight with Roland, Raglan City should be fine, but the people who depend on it outside will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Even the most stupid king would not do this!

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"Dragon Cliff Castle?" Looking at Roland who was staring at the map, Adolf Heinrich showed a rare look of reminiscence.

"What? Are you thinking of the Augustus family?" Roland obviously understood what Adolf Heinrich was thinking.

"Yes... Times have changed, and things have changed..." Adolf Heinrich sighed. "If the Augustus family had successfully taken the bronze dragon out of Dragon Cliff Castle, everything would have been different..." Adolf Heinrich murmured.

  The feud between the Augustus family and the Sword and Shield family is well known. The Duke Augustus family, which almost became a dragon rider family, was brought down by the Southern Noble Alliance headed by the Marquis Sword and Shield family, which caused the civil war in the empire. If the Augustus family had successfully ridden a dragon, none of this would have been possible. After all, with the strength of the Sword and Shield family, they were not qualified to challenge a dragon rider family. The deterrent power of a single dragon rider family might not be strong, but when they unite, even the emperor has to sit down and listen to them finish their words!

As the protagonist, Longya Castle played an important role in this. Since it was a dragon knight base, there would naturally be no shortage of giant dragons. Dozens of giant dragons raised by the empire stayed in the dragon nest here, waiting for the trainee dragon knights who were destined to meet them. At its peak, there were hundreds of giant dragons gathered here! Countless first-generation dragon knights who founded dragon knight families came out of here! And all this came to an abrupt end with the civil war in the empire...

When dragon blood stained the sky and the bodies of dragon knights covered the ground, these dragons that once had the most steadfast friendship with the empire left this country in disappointment. They could not accept that they had become weapons in the civil war of the empire, and they could not accept that they and their knights had become consumables of the war. When the last dragon flew away from the dragon nest, this ancient city that had trained dragon knights for the empire for thousands of years fell into its last glory. There were no more dragons in Longya Castle...

"Do you think I can restore the glory of the empire?" Roland did not answer Adolf Heinrich's words, but asked back.

"I don't know, maybe it's possible, maybe not. Let's leave it all to the Dragon God!" Adolf Heinrich smiled bitterly. As a sinner of the empire, he had no right to comment on these things. That battle caused too much damage to the empire. It directly killed the nobles of the South Territory, destroyed the potential of the nobles of the Winter Territory, and even broke the backbone of the nobles of the West Territory.

"Let him be." Roland nodded optimistically. After all, with the system in hand, Roland could at least take back the northern and western territories, not to mention the entire empire. Roland did not think much about the rest. After all, the original Lagrande Empire was not entirely conquered by the first emperor alone. He had to leave room for expansion for future generations.

  "Pay attention to the supply of materials and don't let the people freeze to death. Let the one thousand Lagrang guards go with the people. The people in the wilderness also need protection!" Roland ordered Adolf Heinrich. Although the orcs were defeated, it is inevitable that there will be scattered orcs wandering in the wilderness. These orcs are targets for regular troops, but they are naturally butchers when dealing with civilians!

"Fortunately, these people brought a lot of things with them, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to gather them all in a short time!" Roland stood on the top of the city wall to see his people off to the west. He said to Adolf Heinrich with emotion. Fortunately, these people brought a lot of ox carts, hoes and steel forks, and large and small bags of tents and bedding, which made Roland's replenishment pressure much less. The most important thing is that the food they brought was enough for them to eat for two years, in addition to the seeds... Thanks to the implementers of the Fire Plan! Finally, Roland didn't have to experience the domination of famine.

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"Ymir! Why did these orcs retreat?" Ishmir, panting, propped up his staff and waved his blood-stained sword in one hand, asking in confusion.

"Never mind! Thank God! Dragon God! These mad dogs finally ran away!" Ymir gasped.

(End of this chapter)