Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 63: War with the Beastmen

Su Li could see through the beastmen's conspiracy at a glance, and as a cunning nomad living in this harsh land, he could naturally see through it as well.

After a heated argument, the owner of the Limburg farm finally responded.

A man with a long scar across his left eye wielded a bow and arrow. He fired an arrow onto the mountain path in front of the Beastmen and shouted fiercely, "We, the tough Badlands Rangers, will not negotiate with a bunch of two-legged sheep monsters like you! Get away from us now! Don't provoke us. Our arrows are accurate enough to sever every hair on your body."

Two-legged sheep?
Hearing this name, Su Li couldn't help but gasp. He hadn't expected this world to have such a name. However, the meaning of "two-legged sheep" in this world was completely different from that in his previous life. It also perfectly fit the image of a beastman.

The leader of the herd, a strong big-horned beast with a physique more than twice that of a normal human, instantly flew into a rage when he heard the insulting name from the human. As the leader, he planned plans to attack villages and led the team to raid merchant cars. Every action must ensure his own prestige. Not only must he be able to deter the enemy, but he must also make his followers submit to his rule. If he cannot maintain his prestige, he may die at the hands of his ambitious subordinates if he is negligent.

So he had to make the people on the farm pay for their offense with their lives, wash away their sins with their blood, and finally weave their skins and fragments into the battle flag of his tribe to add to his own glory.

He roared, "Charge in, chop down all the humans, burn everything on the farm, and let the entire farm burn to ashes under our wrath!"

The wandering beasts suddenly roared towards the sky, holding axes and spears. Under the red moon and in the dark forest, these monsters roaring towards the sky really looked like the embodiment of human nightmares.

The monsters, their eyes red, launched a fierce attack on the Limburg Farm. Limburg immediately launched a counterattack, with arrows continuously fired from the watchtowers and arrow towers. These sharp arrows hit the inferior horned beasts, causing them to fall backwards, the cold arrowheads easily piercing their simple leather armor.

But when these arrows hit the horned beasts, their effect was greatly reduced! These huge beasts with strong bodies broke the arrows on their chests with a single hand, and continued to charge with hot air spewing from their nostrils.

Su Li then understood why the serfs in this world lived a hard life, but rarely rebelled against the rule of the knights.

Because even when faced with such a terrifying monster, the knights would fight bravely. Without the protection of the knights, the serfs' dung forks and bows would be no match for such a terrifying monster, and they would only become its food.

The same is true for the farms on the mountain. Bows and arrows cannot completely slow down the beastmen's offensive. At most, they can frighten some inferior beasts.

However, the leader of the herd grabbed a weak-horned beast that was fleeing from him and tore it into two pieces with a single pull. A large amount of dirty blood and organs spilled out, and no one in the herd dared to retreat.

Dense swarms of monsters rushed to the bottom of the fortress, and their axes, spears, and machetes kept chopping at the thick stone walls, leaving traces.

This stone wall is also the farm owner's greatest confidence. Although the monsters are terrifying, their barbaric tribes do not have powerful siege equipment, and it is difficult for them to break through the farm's defense facilities for a while.

Arrows were fired continuously from the farm, attempting to repel the monsters with bows and arrows. After observing for a moment, Knight Orstein crossed his arms and coldly declared, "If nothing unexpected happens, it's only a matter of time before this farmhouse is breached."

"Ah?" Hilde, who was following Su Li, exclaimed in surprise. From her perspective, the beastmen were suffering continuous losses. How could Knight Orstein assert that the badland nomads were about to fail?

She was very talented, but she had not received any systematic military education and had not experienced many wars, so her understanding of war was very superficial and she had no idea about the situation on the battlefield.

At Su Li's intercession, Knight Orstein has accepted her as his apprentice and said that he would teach her martial arts, strategy, politics and military knowledge, on the condition that she must become a believer of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun.

Now was the perfect time for him to teach by example, so he explained, "A passive defense will inevitably lead to a loss. If the farm owner doesn't proactively gather his forces, he can create an advantage of superior numbers against fewer in a localized area, counterattack and defeat some of the Beastmen, thus relieving the pressure on the front. Given the Beastmen's current fighting spirit, it's inevitable that they'll break through and enter the farm at some point."

There's no need to elaborate further. The Badlands Rangers were merely humans honed in combat skills in a harsh environment. Once they lost the protection of the thick stone walls, they were completely no match for the Beastmen's sturdy physiques. Especially those terrifying three-meter-tall horned beasts, wielding two-handed machetes and giant axes, they could easily hack humans to pieces, showering the battlefield with blood, flesh, and organs.

Knight Orstein glanced at the shocked Hilde, his proud face stern as he asked, "Then let me test your understanding and adaptability in warfare. In this situation, what tactics would the Beastmen and the farm owner use to achieve victory?"

Hildrede immediately displayed her unparalleled talent. With a mere moment's deliberation, she was able to flexibly adapt and seize the opportunity on the battlefield. Her eyes shone brightly on her heroic face as she spoke calmly, "From the barbarians' perspective, they should mobilize the farm guards to create weak links. So, if I were a cunning beast lord, I would order the beasts to set fire in certain directions to increase the noise and draw the guards' attention. Then, I could make a feint to the east and attack from the west, launching a fierce attack in the weakest direction and breaking into the farm in one fell swoop."

Almost as soon as she spoke, the firelight illuminated her brilliant, heroic eyes, and several elite knights exclaimed, "It's set on fire! It's really set on fire! The beasts appear to be burning the farmland and woods to the west, intending to burn down the defensive facilities on the west side of the farm. The farm guards have clearly been drawn to their attention."

Everything happened just as Hilde had expected. A fire broke out on the west side of Limburg Farm, attracting reinforcements from the guards. Soon after they arrived at the front line, the terrifying howls of the beastmen were heard from under the east wall.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" More than a dozen terrifying and tall horned beasts rushed out from the shadows of the woods. They ran wildly on the mountain road, and their huge hooves made a heavy "dong dong dong" sound.

Several guards on Linburg hurriedly shot arrows to try to stop their attack, but the arrows were no match for the huge horned beasts. Several horned beasts ferociously climbed up the stone wall in front of the horrified gaze of the defenders. A terrifying horned beast directly pulled out the heart of a guard and stuffed it into its own mouth. Blood splattered everywhere, humans wailed, and the roars of the beasts turned the farm into a purgatory under the blood moon.

The Lord of Limburg underestimated the number of monsters. The sudden attack launched by a dozen horned beasts hiding in the shadows of the woods left the guards with no chance to cope.

But there is nothing to regret. Even if the owner of Linburg agreed to the herd's request and handed over 5 blood foods, it would only delay this situation for a few days.

In this border princely territory, which is far more dangerous than the empire, this dark and desperate situation permeates every land.

(End of this chapter)