Throne of the North.

Chapter 173 We have an active bottom line

Longshan County, the name comes from one or several giant two-legged dragons. The original Count Sauron used dragon blood to bathe himself, his bloodline and his soldiers.

This also led to the fact that the knights of Count Sauron's extraordinary legion, the Dragonblood Warriors, were inherited through bloodline.

If you want to become a member of Count Sauron's extraordinary army, the first thing you need is blood that has been bathed in dragon blood.

At first, there were only five hundred people bathing in dragon blood. Later, as the Earl's family continued to allow those bloodlines to intermarry, slowly, there were the three thousand dragon blood warriors of the Earl Sauron family today.

However, with the passage of time, except for the Earl's family itself, the dragon blood of other soldiers has become very thin. It is said that this Count Sauron used some kind of magic potion to sublimate and stabilize that blood, thus solving the disaster that the Dragon Blood Warriors might disappear in history.

This is also the reason why Count Sauron has a very high reputation. Even Grand Duke Meyers did not kill the Count.

That kind of potion can not only maintain the existence of Count Sauron's Dragonblood Warriors, but also Count Winter's Flying Wolf Cavalry and those unicorn flying wolf mounts, which also need this potion to maintain the size of their own tribe.

The value is unimaginably high, so it cannot be said that this earl's family became wealthy solely through mining.

Ryan led the army to Greystone Castle, which was more than two hundred miles away from Longshan City where Earl Sauron was located, and less than a hundred miles away from the border between Longshan County and Leiyun County.

This is a war fortress left behind by the former imperial army, and it does not belong to any noble for the time being.

When he arrived here, there were still about one hundred or eighty soldiers in the fortress. At the same time, the envoy of Earl Sauron also arrived here that afternoon.

"Earl Solon and the nobles of Longshan County send their greetings to you, the honorable Baron Ryan, Lord of the Frozen Lands."

"Greetings to Earl Solon and the nobles of Longshan County."

Ryan performed the noble etiquette and then looked at the earl's eldest son in front of him.

Feder Solon, the future Earl, although it is unknown how long this future will last.

"Baron Ryan, I have brought the Earl's order. Your soldiers need to defend Greystone Castle. Viscount Hogg's cavalry has only two ways to enter Longshan County, and one of them is here."

"In addition, Count Weiss's army may also appear here. The army that Count has is larger than we imagined."

"The first batch of logistical supplies will arrive here in two days. You may need to send troops to support them then."

At the end, Federer whispered:

"Viscount Hogg's cavalry has been trying to cut off the transportation of supplies within Longshan County and Beifeng County. Baron Ryan, please pay attention to this."

For Count Sauron, they were really helpless against that highly mobile cavalry.

Almost all of the Earl's family assets were invested in that extraordinary army.

Dragonblood Warriors, the top infantry.

However, there are only 2,300 of them now, which has caused the old Earl Sauron to hate Earl Weiss far more than anyone else.

The Dragon Blood Warrior Legion, which is connected by blood, is different from other extraordinary soldiers.

"I will defend this line."

Ryan nodded. What made him a little strange was... defense?
Is the situation so grim?

"It seems that we need to make friends with some nobles."

Ryan smiled at Enzo and said that he couldn't leave, so naturally it would be best to leave this matter to Baron Enzo, who was also a noble.

He left that day and Baron Enzo returned the next day.

"The war here is even more incomprehensible than we imagined."

Baron Enzo's eyes were also filled with confusion. "Count Weiss's army is almost crushing the armies of the two counties."

"what?"

Ryan was also shocked, this didn't make sense.

"It's impossible that every member of Count Weiss's army is a barbarian, right?"

"Of course not. But the other soldiers under his command are indeed very barbaric. They wear animal skin armor and behave in the same way as barbarians. Most importantly, they are fearless and unafraid of death."

The last adjective almost completely explains why the power of the two counties was completely suppressed by Earl of Weiss during the war.

Not afraid of death is a very powerful title. If the soldiers were not afraid of death, Ryan would dare to lead these thousands of people to challenge the dragon.

But often, if one person dies, ten people around him will shrink back, if ten people die, a hundred people will hesitate, and if a hundred people die, a thousand soldiers may retreat.

This logic led to the war being almost one-sided.

The North Wind Province was not peaceful to begin with, and those soldiers who had survived many wars were not too afraid of death. However, facing the barbarians under Count Weiss who were not barbarians, the difference was obvious.

"What about the so-called Thunder Giant?"

"Lord Winter personally confronted him, but he seemed to be at a disadvantage."

"That giant has become even more powerful, but he still doesn't have much wisdom. I don't know how Count Weiss controlled him."

"The situation in Longshan County is not optimistic. Viscount Hogg's cavalry is constantly harassing the noble territories of Longshan County. This is not Tieshan County. Their cavalry is galloping freely on the land."

"And Count Weiss's barbarian army also has nearly two thousand barbarians following him. That Count Weiss..."

Baron Enzo didn't know what to say, so he could only repeat the noble's original words.

"He wants to use the Barbarian Legion and the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion to cause a mutual defeat."

This is also the reason why Count Sauron has not dared to send his extraordinary army to the battlefield until now.

He was really afraid that Count Weiss would not care about the lives of the barbarian army and would die together with him.

"Drag it on, that's not a solution. Earl Weiss doesn't want to prolong the war, right?"

"Yes, so Count Weiss's army will arrive here soon."

Baron Enzo waved his hand. Since they had just arrived, they were immediately assigned to the front line.

He felt that Baron Llane still overestimated Count Sauron. Even though they were from the Dragon Blood family, Count Sauron was still old and did not dare to risk his life and let his army fight to the death.

Along the way, the baron praised the earl highly, but given the current situation, their Greystone Castle might be facing the most terrible pressure.

"Don't worry, Enzo. We don't have long legs. The worst that can happen is that we can just go back to the frozen land. If that doesn't work, we can still seek refuge with Count Weiss."

"As long as Count Weiss hasn't committed treason and surrendered to a foreign race, he is a great noble of the empire, isn't he?"

Ryan acted very relaxed. Indeed, as a noble, he had many choices. It was nothing more than exchanging interests and making compromises.

He can become the winner by standing on the side of Beifeng County and Longshan County, or he can become the winner by standing on the side of Leiyun County and Yinchuan County. As nobles of the remote Lingdu County, their interests will not be affected too much.

Baron Enzo's eyes widened. He never expected to get such an answer from Ryan.

Along the way, he was worried about how to fight this war.

(End of this chapter)