lizard lord

Chapter 173 Bold Ideas

There are not many dwarves, but no matter what, a medium-sized fortress can still have tens of thousands of people living in it.There are definitely more survivors, Tang Zhao and Bourne are very aware of this.

They had sent people to look for them before, but their abilities were limited and they couldn't explore too far away. At the beginning, there were indeed sporadic dwarves from the discovery team, but there was no progress after that.

Bourne took the initiative to propose this time. On the one hand, they had a little spare energy, and on the other hand, they got information from the hobgoblin spellcaster.

Some dwarves managed to escape and were hunted down by the bloodfist hobgoblin, causing considerable losses. However, at the same time, some dwarves fled to other small strongholds in the Graybeard Kingdom. These strongholds are independent of each other, and many of them are still in the hands of the dwarves. inside.

These people are just an annoying threat to the hobgoblins. After all, they have lost their offensive capabilities and can only stand by and wait for reinforcements, but there are no reinforcements at all.

Bourne wanted to get the men out now that the hobgoblins were busy with more important wars, but it would take coordination.

"I already know the general location from the hobgoblin. I have lived in that area for hundreds of years, and I am familiar with all the strongholds and hiding places there. I must be able to find something."

[Of course, the safety of compatriots is very important.I will help you persuade, don't worry about the raptor, you can go to prepare first.I'll write to Bock later to see if I can borrow a team of Griffon Riders, and they'll go scouting. 】

"…thanks."

Bourne didn't say much, but silently nodded his thanks, a stone in his heart was finally dropped.

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Tang Zhao's weapons and equipment strengthened Luford's defense, and the druids further suppressed the spreading plague. The situation in the city was basically brought under control, making it even more difficult for the hobgoblins to make progress.

The opponent's fifth-tier fighter, Baviro, who served as the supervisor of the army, finally launched an offensive against the city gate, but his subordinates were overwhelmed by the beholder's magic, and the multiple fighters and spellcasters in the city fought him righteously , the attack brought painful casualties to the defenders, and a fourth-order mage died, but it failed in the end.

Maybe give them another one or two months to surround the city, but humans will not give him this time now, and the human legion will arrive soon.

The hobgoblin commander didn't do anything irrational, and the attack failed, so he withdrew in the dark that night.

In one night, the hordes of hobgoblin troops disappeared without a trace, and the siege weapons they could not take away were directly destroyed. By the way, a large number of human farms around them were burned down. The loss of property and production was immeasurable.

Bock led hundreds of cavalry to chase for a while, causing some losses to the lagging troops, but was later forced back by a large number of wolf cavalry, so he had to give up.

The human legion that came to support has not yet arrived, and the defenders can launch limited small-scale counterattacks, but they dare not go deep into the Kubango swamp.They set up sentries and mobile troops on the edge of the swamp, in case the hobgoblins fought and returned to the carbine.

Due to insufficient preparation, strong enemy, long line of defense and many other reasons, human losses were far greater than those of Tang Zhao.

Tang Zhao wrote to Bock, hoping to borrow ten horse vulture knights to search for the survivors of the dwarves.

After negotiating with Earl Luford, Bork reached an agreement with Tang Zhao, exchanging druids and medicine for the help of the Vulture Knight.Tang Zhao had no objections. Those druids signed up voluntarily. It's okay to stay in Lvford for a short time. It's settled like that.

It is conceivable that the reconstruction work to resettle the victims is not small. At the same time, the grain production in the surrounding area of ​​Luford is also a big problem this year. The cultivated land is basically destroyed. It depends on how the Oran royal family wants to deal with the aftermath.

They still need some time to adjust, but this time Earl Luford was so happy that the Griffon Knight was in place on the day the letter was delivered.

Bourne insisted that the soldiers must be quick, otherwise the Bloodfist hobgoblin might attack the surviving dwarves after returning, so he was ready to act that day.

The vulture has a strong load capacity. Five old and experienced dwarves unloaded most of their equipment, sat on the vulture, took some elf bread as rations, and followed the vulture knight to leave the settlement and head to the north. Look for traces of dwarven survivors in the mountains.

The danger is not high, but it will take time, so we can only wait patiently.
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In the following period of time, Tang Zhao tried to get life in the settlement back on track.

After a few days of hard work, it can be regarded as initial results. Those who should maintain crops should maintain crops, those who should be fishing should be fishing, those who should be engaged in construction should be engaged in construction, metallurgy should be done in metallurgy, and the city walls damaged in the long war are also being repaired. , The traces brought about by the war are gradually being erased.

The legion directly under the royal family came to Luford during this period. In addition to soldiers, they also brought a lot of supplies.

It is mainly food, which is used to calm people's hearts.In addition, there is also a lot of money, which is used for rewards.

The war against the rebels was coming to an end, and the royal family had seized a lot of money and food, which the marquis had prepared for himself, but now he made wedding dresses for the royal family.

Everyone, including the beholder, received rewards, as did Tang Zhao and the others. The royal family gave them five carts of wheat and five hundred gold coins.

The gold coins are not royal gold coins, but the privately minted gold coins of the Marquis of Morvik, which are spoils captured in the war.

It turned out that the price of this kind of gold coin was similar to that of the royal family's gold coins in the territory of the Marquis of Morvic. Now that the Marquis of Morvic has fallen, the price of the gold coins he minted will be greatly reduced.

The royal family also made this calculation. It seems that a large sum of gold coins is given away, but if they want to exchange these gold coins into royal gold coins that can be used normally, they must find a special person to exchange them. The current ratio is very low. Five hundred privately minted coins Gold coins can also be exchanged for 270 royal gold coins.

The value of a currency is closely tied to its issuer. If the issuer loses power, the currency will depreciate immediately. Fortunately, this is a precious metal currency, so it is worth a little money no matter what.

Most of the chambers of commerce that can be responsible for these exchanges are controlled by the royal family, and the royal family can reap a lot of benefits from this level of exchange. In this way, they don't actually lose much.

The final destination of these gold coins is most likely to be sent to the royal mint. After a series of processes, they will be re-melted into royal gold coins.

Looking at these shiny yellow gold coins, Tang Zhao suddenly had some bold ideas.

[Maybe I should go find the beholder again, he is always very positive about profitable business.No, maybe it would be better to go to the earl. 】

With various thoughts flashing through his mind, Tang Zhao called Sas to discuss some casting issues with him.

(End of this chapter)