Chapter 229 Hoarding Troops
The impact of Kudorei was quickly dissipated. His body was left there for a long time without being handled. The "companions" who came with him from the Baron of Kona avoided him and did not dare to take a second look. Let alone burying it.
In the end, Rogner arranged for a few infantrymen to carry it to the outskirts, dig a hole and bury it.
Wilson handled the subsequent split well.
He left more than two hundred people in Swamp Town. There were so many people living there that even if these people formed gangs, they wouldn't be able to accomplish much.
In addition, there are hundreds of people in Shanlin Town, Sanfang Town, and Heitu Town.
The news that Ronin killed Kudorei has also spread in the town, but the public opinion is one-sided.
They were all saying that Kudorei was to blame, and they didn't think much of the newcomers, thinking that they were too greedy and wanted more because they were unwilling to serve the lord.
So far, no one has said anything bad about the lord.
After handling this matter, Luo Ning's life became leisurely.
Apart from walking around on the Cloud-Taking Horse every day, he spent all the rest of his time practicing the Explosive Flame Slash from Redal.
Speaking of which, this fighting skill is more difficult than the fifth-level magic Red Flame Snake.
It has high requirements on the compression and control of fire-attribute fighting energy, and it also has requirements on the movement and amount of knight's fighting energy, which most people really can't master.
Fortunately, Luo Ning is not an ordinary person.
After four or five days of exploration and practice, he was finally able to use the Explosive Flame Slash.
Although the control of fighting spirit has not yet reached a perfect level, it is already quite powerful and has become his strongest single-target attack skill.
Five days later, Redal and others successfully returned to Black Earth Town.
When I came back this time, the inspection and cleanup missions around the territory could be considered to have come to an end.
From now on, we only need to arrange cavalry to conduct reconnaissance on several main roads. If there is any situation, we will send out the hunter team.
Although the sweep mission is over, it does not mean that they can be idle.
Luo Ning did not need them to engage in production work. He asked these people to focus all their energy on improving their combat power.
For example, their respective training, competition, and training of cavalry, infantry, and archers are all their tasks.
Gradually, the Wubei Territory formed a set of practices like this - Ruidal and McCann guided professional knights, and then the knights trained ordinary soldiers.
As for the chief magician Elrond, he taught Jenny and Irene magic knowledge, as well as magic potions and herbalism in the Swamp Castle.
The great doctor in Wubeiling also paid for himself and recruited several assistants to be responsible for the collection, cleaning and processing of some common herbal medicines.
Whether they are extraordinary people or ordinary people, everyone in the Wubei leadership performs their duties and has entered a peaceful period of development.
But some places are not so peaceful.
On a high mountain, two figures stood on a protruding boulder, looking at the town in the distance.
This mountain belongs to Chishan Town and is located in the southwest of Wubei Territory.
The town the two of them were looking at was called Cassirer Town. It belonged to the Wushan Territory in the early years, but is now occupied by the Boland Thieves Group.
"It seems that the information is correct. They are stationing more and more troops in Cassirer Town!"
The speaker was Corian Hansen, Baron of Boulder City and the leader of the Fifth Knights of Wushan Territory. He had also attended Rulans's birthday party and was criticized by the latter.
The blond and burly knight beside him is named Hahn Freeman and is the deputy captain.
Although he is also Silver-level, his strength is much weaker than that of Corian.
Under normal circumstances, it was Hahn who led most of the Knights to be stationed in Chishan Town, while Kerien spent most of his time in his own territory, except for the occasional inspection.
"These guys, we all agreed to sell iron ore to them, but they are still stationing troops in Cassirer Town!"
Hahn said angrily: "What do they want to do? Do they still want to capture Chishan Town?"
Chishan Town has a small iron mine. Although it is small, it has not been exhausted after so many years of mining. It is one of the main sources of income for Lord Boulder.
In recent years, the Polite Bandits invaded the shore city, and then crossed the Altai River to occupy the towns of Surrey, Quicksand Town, Karsi Town, etc., which caused a great headache for the Fifth Knights stationed here.
In order to ease the war and reduce the pressure from Wushanbao, they privately reached a deal with the Polish Bandits, and would sell each other's iron ore at a lower price in exchange for easing relations between the two parties.
This situation has lasted for several years. Unexpectedly, this year the other party actually started to station troops in Cassirer Town.
"Perhaps they no longer want to pay to buy iron ore from us, but want to mine it themselves, which would be more profitable."
Corian narrowed his eyes, his eyes filled with hostility.
Although he is the baron of Boulder City, Chishan Town is also under his jurisdiction, and this small iron mine is his treasure.
"They have such a big appetite!"
Hahn sneered and looked at the surrounding mountains.
If you want to enter Chishan Town, you must pass through the valley below.
In order to prevent enemy attacks, he has set up rolling stone traps on the mountain. If the opponent really dares to attack Chishan Town, he will definitely cause heavy losses to the opponent.
Corian thought for a while and said: "We have continued to strengthen our vigilance in the recent period. Whether it is on the mountain or down the mountain, whether it is day or night, we must ensure that there are two teams of people stationed!"
"Don't worry, I understand!"
Hahn also doesn’t want to lose the treasure of Chishan Town.
Although Kerien was responsible for mining the Chishan Iron Mine, he also had 30% of it.
"I'll go back and write another letter to inform Wushanbao of the developments here." Kerien said thoughtfully.
He had already written once a while ago that Wiggins only warned him to be vigilant and did not say anything about support.
It is true that it is not appropriate to send troops to support the war before it has even begun.
But as the guardian here, Kerien still needs to let Wiggins and Wushanbao know that the situation here on the border is getting more and more serious.
If something happens in the future, it's hard to blame him for not reporting the situation to his superiors in time.
Moreover, even if Wushanbao does not send troops to support, when stationing troops in Cassirer Town, it must at least support the Fifth Knights with food and horses to meet unexpected needs, right?
"I'll leave this to you."
Corian said solemnly that he has maintained a good relationship with deputy commander Hahn over the years.
Hahn also has a very good impression of Corian. After all, he has indeed received a lot of benefits from following Corian over the years.
"Don't worry, leave it to me, Captain!"
He is very confident, after all, there is an entire knight order stationed here.
Although they have not regained the lost territory in these years, they have also curbed the invasion of the Polite Bandits, which is a manifestation of their strength.
It would be too much of a dream to want to defeat the Knights head-on when the opponent was only a big city plus a few small towns.
Hahn secretly guessed that the Bolt Bandits were stationing troops in Cassirer Town, and their ultimate goal was to get them to lower the selling price of some iron ore.
If that's the case, you can sit down and have a good talk. If you threaten them with force, you don't know who is afraid of who! (End of chapter)
