Chapter 304 Losa Basin

After Harland led the army and combined with the Grizzly Army to win the key battle, the Orcs immediately chose to withdraw their troops across the board.

The first to withdraw was the legion of the Kobold Dukedom. After the Harpies detected that the main force was defeated, the orc legion in northern Salt Lake County immediately chose to withdraw from Taney Canyon. Then the orc legion in the swamp basin also got rid of Harland. The leading troops struggled and retreated along the Pratos Valley into the high mountains.

These two legions had the advantage in the field, and withdrawal was relatively easy.

Without the support of the main army, the two orc legions entering Gascoigne Province became very dangerous. These two orc legions are confronting the two legions of the Wild Lion and the Northern Territory. It is not easy to withdraw.

But under the current situation, retreat is inevitable.

If Harland and the Grizzly Bear Legion are allowed to free up their hands and block the retreat of the two Orc Legions, the situation will become more serious.

The two orc legions cooperated in a tacit understanding, and decisively chose to alternately cover the withdrawal, and withdrew along the Kea River towards the Earl of Downey Martins. During the retreat, they also annihilated a large group of the advancing Northern Army, but their own losses were not too serious.

More than half a month later, the four orc legions successfully returned to the Kobold Dukedom.

In this battle, the kobold Duke Kilam invaded with six orc legions. As a result, the Grant Kingdom annihilated nearly 50,000 main troops. The losses of the auxiliary troops were also very serious, and 40,000 people were missing.

In just two months, the Kobold Dukedom lost nearly 100,000 troops and was already extremely weak internally.

Without the cooperation of the Kobold Dukedom, the other two orc armies did not dare to advance and retreated to their respective territories early. Instead, they had to defend against the invasion of the Grant Kingdom army.

After defeating the orcs in this battle, Li Cha and William naturally pursued the victory, weakening the national power of the Kobold Dukedom and creating a safe environment for the Harland territory.

The joint command of the Harland Territory and the Grizzly Legion.

Richard pointed to an area on the map and said to his father William: "The Losa Basin is one hundred and thirty kilometers away from the Fort. It is the forward base for the Kobold Dukedom to cross the Eagle Mountains.

According to the information we obtained from interrogating the prisoners, there are more than 200,000 human slaves living in this area. They grow oats, mine ores, and manufacture weapons. They are a very important logistics base for the Kobold Dukedom and the core supply base for the orcs to cross the Eagle Mountains.

My opinion is to take advantage of the orcs' unstable foothold to seize the Lothar Basin, then blockade the Hurricane Canyon in the north, and build a castle to block the orc army.

In this way, the geographical advantages of the Eagle Mountains are within our control. "

William looked at the map, and suddenly his heart surged. Although he was not particularly close to Richard, he admired his son's abilities very much.

William is a man who thinks very highly of himself. He thinks he is a rare figure in the Grant Kingdom. From a frugal ordinary man, he struggled to become the commander of the main army in the northern Xinjiang. He received the title of nobility and led the Harland family to change their class. .

But compared with Richard, his ability is like a firefly and a bright moon, there is no comparison at all.

Normally speaking, it would take at least a hundred years of accumulation for a baron family to be promoted to a count family, and several generations of hard work would be enough to succeed.

Each generation of Viscount Romen has talents, his abilities are almost as different as William's, and his foundation is extremely strong. He has not been promoted to an earl, obtained the status of a great nobleman, and changed his class.

In the past 100 years or so, only two families, Harland and Martins, have been promoted from minor aristocrats to major aristocrats. As for the number of big nobles who lost their territories, there were as many as three. The number of great nobles in Grant Kingdom is actually one less than a hundred years ago. From this we can see how difficult it is to cross this level.

And the earl is far from the end of the Harland family.

After this battle, the Harland family will obtain the third earldom. According to the decree enacted by the Grant Kingdom's Noble Council, the three earldoms can be merged into one duchy.

In a few months, a new Duke will be born in the Grant Kingdom.

The Haaland family will once again jump up the pecking order.

After listening to Richard's deployment, William did not object. He pointed to several mountain forks in the Harland Valley and said: "I will lead the Grizzly Bear Army to set up a stronghold here to guard your retreat. The Losa Basin depends on You have captured it. The most important thing in this battle is speed. You must capture this area before the orcs can react.

As long as you can capture this area, we can make a request with Nolan to incorporate the Lothar Basin into the territory after the war. By then, the Haaland family will span the north and south of the Eagle Mountains and become a powerful mountain duchy. . "

After discussing it, the two immediately decided to divide their forces. William led his troops to set up forts at several mountain forks in the Harland Valley to prevent the orcs from cutting off Richard's retreat. Richard then led his troops to attack the Lothar Basin.

The Losa Basin is already at the northern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range. If one does not master the passage of the Harland Valley, and wants to attack the Losa Basin, one must first climb over the main peak of the Eagle Mountain Range, which is four thousand meters high.

With a large number of troops marching and without suitable logistical supply bases, it must be very difficult to walk hundreds of kilometers of mountain roads and climb over a mountain with an altitude of 4,000 meters.

Moreover, the orc army has a large army stationed at the northern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range. Even if they cross the Eagle Mountain Range, the situation will be extremely dangerous when facing the orcs who are waiting for work.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the Grant Kingdom has rarely been able to penetrate the Eagle Mountains and enter the orc territory.

Counting this battle in the past twenty years, they have only penetrated the Eagle Mountains and invaded the Orc Empire twice.

The first time was when Count Donny Martins annihilated the orc army. He took advantage of the orc army's failure to react and occupied the Kelaniya Valley and entered the wild boar dukedom. When retreating, the Northern Army successfully seized the opportunity and killed the legendary wild boar. That battle was also a rare victory for the Kingdom of Grant against the orcs in recent decades.

Richard and William were both people who experienced the battle twelve years ago. At that time, Richard served as the commander of the noble coalition forces of Black River County, and William served as the captain of the main army. They were both middle-level soldiers of the Kingdom of Grant.

Richard also made military achievements in this war, obtained noble status, and got the first fief in his life. This fief is near Sophia Castle. Iron ore was discovered in this fief, which greatly promoted the development of the Harland family.

After this battle, the Kingdom of Grant actually had the opportunity to control this valley and share the advantages of the Eagle Mountains with the orcs.

However, in order to defend the supply line of nearly 300 kilometers along the way, a large army must be stationed. At least one and a half main legions must be stationed to repel the orcs.

Stationing a half main legion in the wilderness consumes a huge amount of money every day. King Charles, who made the decision at the time, could not make up his mind at all. In the end, because of the increasing pressure of the orcs' counterattack, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

After the war, Donny Martins was awarded the title of Earl and established the Earldom of Donny Martins, controlling half of the Kelaniya Valley, which greatly increased the geographical advantage of the Grant Kingdom. It's a pity that the Martins family has a shallow foundation, and Nolan's support for him is not enough. He did not defend the key fortress. Every time the orcs attacked, they could penetrate the Earldom of Martins.

For more than a hundred years, the Grant Kingdom has been committed to expanding to the north of the Eagle Mountains. The biggest achievement is the two earldoms of Martins and Harland.

Although the expansion of the Earldom of Martins was not very successful, the development of the Harland Territory was very amazing.

After more than ten years of encroachment, the Earldom of Harland has more than 50,000 square kilometers of land, expanding to the middle of the Eagle Mountains, firmly guarding several canyons, and protecting the Gedda Province very well.

Because the Harland Territory has established a firm foothold, the Gedda Province has not been plundered and invaded by orcs for almost ten years.

In recent years, with the expansion of the Harland Territory, it has also protected the Gascoyne Province and the Rach Province, and strongly supported the Grotta Province.

As long as the Harland Territory develops better and better and blocks several key passages, the three provinces in the northern border of the Grant Kingdom will become three inland provinces, and the financial pressure and national defense pressure will be greatly reduced.

Because the legendary dog-headed man died in battle, a half-orc main force only fled back to the Lothar Basin with 6,000 people. The orc army has long been a frightened bird, and there are no guards left in several dangerous military camps along the way.

Richard led the main force of Harland Territory, chasing the defeated soldiers along the way, and easily broke through the Harland Valley and came to the vicinity of the Lothar Basin.

Although the defeated orcs had been given a short rest, and although the Lothar Basin was the core of the dog-headed dukedom, facing the attack of the Harlander army, the orcs had no desire to fight.

They fled the Lothar Basin without even holding on for a day.

After controlling the Lothar Basin, Richard did not rush north to attack the core of the dog-headed dukedom.

Although the soldiers of Harlander were elite, they were relatively few in number. The Lothar Basin was an area that must be controlled, and they had to divide their troops to continue to move north.

Once the military force weakened, the risk of defeat would increase greatly.

After taking the Lothar Basin, Richard immediately ordered the soldiers to divide into several parts, control the key points of the Lothar Basin, and count the spoils.

The Lothar Basin covers an area of ​​about 3,600 square kilometers. The northern part is the last ridge of the Eagle Mountains. This ridge runs east-west. The only entrance in the north is hit by hurricanes all year round, which is not very suitable for survival.

The hundreds of square kilometers of land near the Hurricane Canyon are also extremely cold in winter.

Richard went to Hurricane Pass to check the terrain in person. He observed the trend of the mountains and said to Charlemagne, the captain of the guard brigade beside him: "The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as a castle is built at the entrance of the canyon, the orc army can be blocked. Now it is April, and the window period of summer and autumn is very short. The castle must be completed before winter.

You lead the guard brigade, and I will give you another 2,000 auxiliary soldiers. Just camp on the mountainside of the wind outlet. The conditions are quite difficult, so you have to bear with it for now."

In the battle with the legendary dog-headed man, Charlemagne's injuries were not light, but after magical treatment, the wounds have healed, but he cannot fight within one or two months.

After being able to move, Charlemagne did not stay in the rear hospital, but returned to the barracks.

Now the competition among the troops in the Harland territory is quite fierce. Once Charlemagne goes to the rear to recuperate, the position of captain may be replaced by Baggett. Baggett was also a fourth-level warrior, qualified to be the captain of the infantry battalion. Although Baggett was his old comrade-in-arms for many years and had saved his life in battle, Charlemagne still did not want to give up his position.

"Please rest assured, Count, we will definitely overcome the difficulties and defend this mountain pass."

"You were just injured, how is your health?"

Charlemagne raised his head and said loudly: "As long as you don't use all your strength, there is nothing wrong with your health."

Richard patted Charlemagne on the shoulder and gave him a reassurance.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to change the captain of the guard battalion. As for Baggett, I have also made arrangements. This year, the territory will expand its army by two battalions, and Baggett will serve as the captain of the 11th battalion. Now the territory has to expand its army every year, and outstanding officers can be promoted. In the battle with the legendary dog-headed man, the two of you bravely stood up, which left a deep impression on me. As long as you work hard to improve yourself, your future is guaranteed."

Leaving the guard battalion and some auxiliary soldiers to build camps and guard the mountain pass, Richard returned to the Losa Basin with the main force.

The Losa Basin has many water systems, and the orc slaves have reclaimed a large amount of farmland. The yield of these farmlands is not low and can feed hundreds of thousands of people.

With enough food, it can support the garrison of the Harland Territory.

After controlling the Losa Basin, Richard immediately ordered a large number of grassroots officials to be drawn from the rear of the Harland Territory to fill the Losa Basin.

It was June, and after more than a month of integrated statistics, the population of the Losa Basin had been clearly counted.

"According to our statistics, there are 243,000 human slaves in the Lothar Basin. Most of them are the looted population of our Grant Kingdom, a small number are from the Grand Duchy of Stannic, and some are from the Ryan Kingdom.

By questioning the prisoners of war, we know that most of the human slaves of the Gnoll Duchy live in the Lothar Basin, and this area has become the economic center of the Gnoll Duchy.

In addition to human slaves, there are about 80,000 orcs living in the Lothar Basin, of which 20,000 are sheep-bodied people, 40,000 are dog-headed people, and 20,000 are orcs of other races.

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Richard listened to the officials' reports and decisively issued orders.

"The captured orc prisoners will be sent to the rear, the sheep-bodied ones will be sent to the animal husbandry department, some of the remaining orc prisoners will be left to mine, and the rest will be sold for funds.

For the rescued human slaves, as long as they are confirmed to have noble status, they will be given a gold coin to go home, and the rest will be required to sign a five-year indentured slave contract and serve Harland for five years before they can become free citizens.

Agricultural production is the top priority and must be properly arranged. We must mobilize manpower as soon as possible to speed up the construction of Fengkou Castle and ensure that the castle is completed before winter.

In addition, the castle garrison's winter fuel must be stored in advance, and people from the rear will be sent to transport it to the vicinity of Fengkou Camp.

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