Throne of the North.

Chapter 384: Remove the firewood from under the cauldron and take back the most important place

In the dust, the jet-black hair fluttered in the strong wind stirred up by the huge force. The chief of the black goat man stood at the empty space of the city gate. He walked forward, and looking at the devil-like black goat man in the dust, everyone was retreating frantically.

"Humanity……"

The Black Goat Man grabbed a human and smashed him against the city wall with tremendous force. Blood splattered on the stones. The soldier's body fell down and was then trampled by the Black Goat Man.

"It's over, it's over."

Above, Viscount Landa said in despair, and then his eyes turned crazy.

"Stop them, don't let the orcs enter the city!!!"

He shouted loudly. As the highest-ranking noble in the city, he was the commander of all the troops. Although the soldiers were frightened by the sudden change, thousands of them still rushed to the city gate.

"Stop them!"

The knights held their swords upright in front of their chests, spoke of the glory of knighthood, and then fearlessly charged towards the Black Goat Orc Chieftain.

"Humans, you are too weak!"

The Black Goat Man Chieftain roared and laughed, punching a golden knight and sending him flying. A dark vortex was gathering on his horns, and the terrifying energy was about to pierce through the knight who was flying and falling to the ground.

At this moment, a bolt of lightning fell from above his head. The Black Goat Man Chief jumped away nervously, looked up, and saw magicians chanting. Magic power surged in the void, and powerful magic gathered in groups and bombarded him.

The strength of the Sanctuary allows him to cast countless magics, but he has to pay attention to the magic scrolls in the hands of some of the magicians. These are things given to Viscount Landa by the Empire out of pity, and they can be preserved for thirty to fifty years. He did not expect that they would be used so soon.

Boom!!!!

The power of magic descended, and a look of tyranny flashed in the eyes of the Black Goat Chief. This feeling was too suffocating, and he kept jumping, trying to get closer to the magicians.

At the city gate, densely packed black goat men and human soldiers were crowded together. The narrow space was their battlefield. The things under their feet gradually turned into corpses. The brutal orcs kept pushing open the human defense line.

"Damn you mages! You can't stop the great black goat."

The chief of the black goat people roared and galloped wildly on the city wall with his hooves. The black light on his horns swirled like a vortex. A huge black goat head rushed out from the black fog, with its head lowered, and charged towards the magicians with its horns.

The magic array in the void shattered bit by bit, and the black goat chieftain fell from the sky and crashed into the middle of the human soldiers. The power of the sanctuary erupted at this moment, and his claws, like those of humans but with only four fingers, tore open the flesh and blood of the surrounding human soldiers. Then he reached out and pulled out the two curved horns on his head, turning them into two scimitars that chopped and swept across.

The black scimitar's blade tore open a huge gash, and dozens or even hundreds of human soldiers were killed like mowing grass. Behind the Black Goat Man Chieftain, a large number of Black Goat Man were finally able to swarm out.

Hanshan City was finally defeated. Thousands of humans began to flee in all directions, with the orcs chasing them indiscriminately.

Of course, the nobles ran the fastest, but some of them were still caught up. They had survived the last orc invasion by chance, but now they no longer had the same luck as before.

The entire Hanshan County was in ruins, with few humans to be seen. The surrounding noble territories on the edge of Beifeng County, Longshan County and Leiyun County were also in a state of panic. The nobles' knights patrolled day and night, and the nobles' families all hid in the castle. At least the existence of the castle allowed them to fight against the large number of wandering orcs.

The only problem is what to do with the food.

Black Goat People also eat human food, especially wheat, which is a delicacy to Black Goat People.

And without food, most people can't survive this thing.

"We must take back the food. Even though it is not fully ripe yet, we cannot leave it to those orcs no matter what."

The noble shouted and ordered his people to scramble for the food. He didn't want to starve this winter.

However, after organizing several counterattacks, more people went out than came back, and the nobles finally became frightened.

"What should I do? Where is the noble coalition? Why haven't they come here to kill those damn orcs?"

He was not the only one who was anxious. Lord Hora was also anxious. He led the Flying Wolf Cavalry to rescue everywhere, but the number of orcs was too large and they were scattered in too many places. Facing those huge orc armies, he was worried about the loss of the Flying Wolf Cavalry. The small number of orcs kept fleeing after seeing the Flying Wolf Cavalry. The terrain of the North Wind Province was not flat to begin with. As long as the orcs put in some effort, they could avoid the attacks of the Flying Wolf Cavalry.

After they left, the orcs continued to cause chaos. To them, all humans on this land were their enemies, and all resources were targets for them to plunder.

The lands of the surrounding counties were filled with chaos, and humans feared the coming of the orcs.

……

call out!
The arrow flew through the air and sank into the orc's chest. Looking at the orc falling in front of her, a human woman moved her feet in shock, trying to distance herself from the horrible corpse.

After a moment, she turned her head and looked up to see tall war horses passing by her. These horses had a layer of metal armor on their heads, and their eyes, visible through the holes, were fixed on the woman, as cold as the wind and snow in the north.

The woman reacted and quickly knelt on the ground, thanking the noble master for saving her.

In the distance, dozens of war horses were galloping back.

"Lord Ryan, the orcs in the village have been cleared."

Ryan nodded, and the 1,000-strong stag army slowly advanced into the distance. The woman behind him looked at the flag fluttering in the army, and suddenly realized whose noble's emblem it was.

"It turned out to be Lord Baron Ryan."

The woman opened her eyes wide in surprise. She still remembered that it was Baron Ryan who led the army to drive away the orcs time and time again.

"We are saved. We are saved."

The woman ran towards home crying. She was so scared that she would never dare to go out alone to pick wild vegetables next time.

As the cavalry advanced, a noble knight ran towards them in surprise, also riding a warhorse.

"Lord Baron Ryan, my Lord Baron wants to ask you for support for the territory."

He told Ryan that a baron named Carlson was trapped in the castle. There were seven or eight hundred people in the castle, and the outside was invaded and occupied by orcs.

"Go back and tell Baron Carlson to defend his castle, and he will bear the glory of his family."

After Ryan finished speaking, the servants beside him drove away the knights, and the army continued to approach the direction of Hanshan City.

Hanshan City has been occupied, but the orcs will not stay in a place where there is no benefit for long. After the initial wreaking havoc, the orcs began to disperse on a large scale. Apart from the bare city and buildings, there are not many orcs left in the city.

"This city was breached by the Holy Land?"

Ryan Yuanyuan looked at the broken city gate. The servants around him were already cleaning up the orcs who had discovered them. Seeing so many human cavalry, the orcs wanted to retreat, but the powerful bows and arrows that followed made it impossible for them to retreat.

Flying Wolf Cavalry fell from the sky. An army of thousands of people came here from the Frozen Territory. Of course, they could not be invisible.

Ryan had a strange expression on his face when he heard what the Flying Wolf Cavalry said.

"Viscount Landa wants me to help him retake Hanshan City?"

Shaking his head, Ryan said to the Flying Wolf Cavalry.

"Go back and tell him to gather all the troops he can and follow me to Xiangshan Plain." "Recapture the fortress of Xiangshan Plain, his Hanshan City, and his land. All can be recovered."

"But……"

The Flying Wolf Cavalry wanted to say something, but Ryan's eyes made him swallow all the rest of his words. The Flying Wolf Cavalry Corps had been commanded by Ryan before, but their greater impression was the hostile war between the two sides in the alien world in the mountains and forests.

Because Ryan was heading towards the edge of the Borean Province, he did not encounter large-scale orcs. Those orcs were now wreaking havoc inside the province.

He arrived at the Xiangshan Plain, and looking at the endless flatness before him, he couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature.

In the middle of the Xiangshan Plain is a flat land with only wild grass, but on the gentle slopes on both sides close to the mountains are densely packed camphor trees, which are a good source of spices. However, the nobles of Hanshan City County do not have perfect extraction methods, so the amount of spices produced is very small, and the gold coins earned from selling them are not much.

Thousands of cavalrymen marched across the plain, and the number of orcs gradually increased. Ryan put aside his contempt and ordered his army to charge.

The orcs were also charging. Thousands of them had no idea what defense was. They shouted and rushed towards the cavalry corps.

On the plains, the killing power of the cavalry was terrifying. The fully armed Stag Legion charged, and their lances pierced through the bodies of thousands of orcs. The collision of the war horses knocked a large number of orcs away. In an instant, the battlefield became chaotic. The orcs who reacted fled in fear, and were then constantly caught up by the cavalry. The knights chopped and killed the orcs with their swords.

Without chasing too far, the cavalry returned to Ryan's side. At this time, some figures suddenly ran out in the distance.

When we got closer, we saw that they were a group of soldiers with purple faces from the cold. They had been guarding the fortress in the Xiangshan Plain, but their escape was blocked from front and back. They finally fled to the mountains on both sides and survived. They relied on wild animals, fruits and weeds for food, but it looked like they wouldn't be able to hold out for long if they continued like this.

"Lord Baron Ryan, you are finally here."

The soldiers knelt on the ground, their hands and feet were frozen stiff. The linen clothes they were wearing came from the fortress, which they found after sneaking back into the fortress, but they paid a huge price for it.

Seeing Ryan's flag at this moment, these soldiers did not know Ryan, but they recognized the flag with the Rhino Horn Mountain emblem in the army. This was an emblem unique to the Frozen Territory in the whole world and was remembered by the soldiers because they had also participated in the wars in those years and even followed Ryan to the Andara Kingdom to participate in the Kingdom War.

Ryan has a very strong majesty in their hearts. Most importantly, they have never lost any war when following Baron Ryan.

During these days, these soldiers were also thinking that perhaps only Baron Ryan could lead the noble army to expel the orcs from the north. Similarly, they were also thinking that if Baron Ryan guarded the Xiangshan Plain Fortress, it must be the most solid fortress in the world.

This is the majesty and trust brought by the previous wars.

He gave the soldiers some food and clothes, and then asked:
"How many people have escaped from the Xiangshan Plain Fortress and are hiding? Can you contact them?"

"Yes, there are still many people hiding in the mountains. But the north is too cold, and we don't know how many have frozen to death."

The soldiers did not know how to count. As farmers or even serfs for generations, they had no knowledge in their minds to detect the number of soldiers and could not give the answer Ryan wanted.

"Go and contact them to come find me here. I will lead them to recapture the human fortress and drive out the orcs."

When Ryan said this, there was light in the soldiers' eyes. They had no doubt that Ryan could do it.

Watching the soldiers go away, Ryan also opened the plane door leading to Birki. The soldiers shuttled through it, carrying out food and warm clothes.

There are many warehouses in the Bilki world, which is also one of Ryan's methods. The extraordinary army led by him does not need to carry logistical supplies that slow down the speed. As long as the portal is opened, a large amount of supplies can be transported out from the other world.

After waiting for nearly two hours, a large number of humans appeared in front of Ryan. They were shocked to see Baron Ryan and their life-saving resources kneeling on the ground.

"Rest for half a day. Tomorrow morning, at the moment of dawn, we will launch an attack on the orcs on the Xiangshan Plain."

Ryan said loudly, and the eyes of the soldiers in front of him were shining brightly. Then they swallowed the food in big mouthfuls. When they couldn't swallow it, they just grabbed the snow on the leaves next to them and stuffed it into their mouths. For the people of the North Wind Province, this was the most important way for them to get water.

Ryan didn't know whether they had good physiques or died early. Anyway, this kind of thing was difficult to change in the Frozen Territory. To boil water, you need firewood, and firewood... firewood ranks first among the daily necessities.

Keeping warm is more important than hot water. Now the people of the Frozen Territory will try to warm up the snow water when they are cooking if there is space.

This is a problem that even Ryan cannot solve, because he can order that everyone must drink hot water, but he cannot solve the problem that follows, which is energy.

So they could only sit back and watch the choices of their people in real life. Just like at this moment, except for Ryan himself, most of the knights and attendants behind him were grabbing the snow to replenish water. The water bottles only accounted for a small part of the supplies they carried with them, just two or three.

Those few sips of water were even given a higher priority to be supplied to the war horses than to the soldiers themselves.

This is also because the soldiers living in the North do not need to worry about water problems. At least they will not die, so things like their bodies not being able to withstand the pressure are no big deal.

The physical fitness of the knight's squire is of course stronger and more resistant.

It was cold at night in the mountains, but fortunately there were tents among the supplies that were moved out. There were not many of them, but the soldiers didn't care about that now. Dozens of people were crowded in one tent and the snoring was loud.

"Three thousand six hundred and forty in total."

Brand counted the number of soldiers and reported it to Ryan. Early the next morning, Ryan handed spears to the more than 3,600 soldiers like a magic trick, which shocked these people again.

"You have witnessed the fall of the Xiangshan Plain Fortress. You know best how many orcs have entered the North Wind Province. Now, Hanshan City has been captured. This area is full of orcs. Do you know where your own way out is?"

"How can you soldiers who have to hide in the mountains and suffer from hunger and cold survive? Do you know?"

"Go south. You want to return to your village or home. Ask yourself, can you go that far? Can you get back home among so many orcs?"

"You can't even get out of the Xiangshan Plain. Without me, all 10,000 of you would freeze to death or starve to death here."

"Your only way to survive is the fortress in the Xiangshan Plain. There are supplies from the nobles and the empire, countless grains and meat, and a large amount of clothes. Most importantly, the houses there only have a crack in the windows, so the cold wind and snow can't blow in at all."

"Occupy that place, and you will be able to survive. You won't have to suffer from hunger or cold, and you won't even have to return to the territory to work day after day."

"It's not easy to farm the land in the Northern Wind Province. On the contrary, becoming a soldier and participating in the war is much easier."

"You fear death, but now that death has come once, I think you are no longer so afraid of it."

"There are 10,000 people here, and I have 2,000 knights and attendants behind me, a total of 12,000 people. How many orcs are there in the Xiangshan Plain Fortress? At most, there are only 10,000."

Ryan said loudly, looking at these not-so-wise soldiers, he knew that such a white lie would be the best outcome.

Looking at the densely packed heads around them, the soldiers certainly believed Ryan's words, not only because it was Ryan who said this, but also because they really had no way of retreat in the past few days. Hiding in the mountains would mean death, but rushing into the Xiangshan Plain Fortress might allow them to survive.

I didn't have the courage before because I had no leader and no strong knights to fight against the strong orcs, but now I have everything ready.

"charge!"

Orcs are very sleepy, but this is not a bad habit. It is because they have lived in the ice and snow of the North all year round, and sleeping is the best way to relieve hunger and maintain temperature.

Moreover, the Xiangshan Plain Fortress is ultimately a fortress belonging to humans.

The reason why a fortress is called a fortress rather than a city is not only because it is located on the edge of human land and faces powerful enemies, but also because there are a large number of mechanisms in the fortress itself. The most powerful thing about humans is not strength or speed, but the wisdom to use all tools.

Thousands of people came to the fortress, but the orcs inside did not notice anything. Then, the soldiers who were familiar with the fortress found a way to sneak in quietly.

In fact, the gate leading to the south of the fortress was not closed. The orcs did not have this habit, but to be on the safe side, Ryan chose to take the secret passage.

(End of this chapter)