Throne of the North.

Chapter 412: The Final Moment of War, Spiritual Harvest

When Ryan received the news, the magic crystal cannon was exposed. Looking at the description of the war, Ryan shook his head.

"not enough."

"There aren't enough werewolves yet. They haven't all entered Beifeng County yet."

"But Earl Solon has already led the noble coalition of Longshan County to support Beifeng County. If we don't move forward, the nobles will have opinions."

Viscount Hogg said that this was indeed a serious problem after the war, but Ryan still shook his head and did not plan to send troops now.

"Earl Winter has been in charge of the North Wind Province as the governor for so many years. It is impossible for him to be defeated in just a few days."

When it comes to making wealth in this land, the Winter family is second to none.

The former Count Weiss and Count Sauron combined were no match for Governor Count Winter who represented the Empire in the north.

After all, this earl has both the Flying Wolf Cavalry and a powerful group of mages.

They are all big spenders of money.

The next day after receiving the news, news came that a large number of orcs appeared in the Xiangshan Plain. Earl Sauron had to leave part of the army and return to Longshan County. Some of the nobles there were in panic.

"It is now certain that the werewolves will use other orcs to continue attacking human territory, while the Silver Moon Court will lead the werewolves to attack the noble territory of Beifeng County."

Viscount Hogg also breathed a sigh of relief, at least this proved that Ryan was right, but he soon became nervous again.

"What should we do now? The nobles' defenses have been broken by the werewolves. Even if these orcs are not as strong as the werewolves, there are still powerful orcs like the Black Goatmen. The nobles can't stop them."

"No, they can hold it off."

"Let the nobles give up all the land except the castle and defend the castle to the death."

"These orcs are not ruled by werewolves. They will not attack the noble castles that will break their teeth. They are different from werewolves. All they need is food and resources."

"give them!"

"Let these orcs flee to Lingdu County, Tieshan County, and Yinchuan County, and let the army let them go!"

Viscount Hogg was shocked to hear Ryan's decision.

"How can this be possible? Those damn orcs will eat every seed on our land."

"Besides, our troops all come from three counties, and the morale of the soldiers will be shaken."

Ryan still did not waver. At this point, morale was no longer important. Both sides would compete in extraordinary means.

"If they want to eat dirt, give it to them."

"Only by diverting the orcs to all places can the nobles of these counties rely on their castles to block the orcs' attacks. Otherwise, if the number of orcs is too large, the nobles' castles will not be the safest."

Ryan looked towards the direction of Beifeng County, where his Beifeng City was.

"It's time for us to march."

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"You're taking all the troops with you?"

Shaya widened her eyes and looked at Ryan angrily.

"What should we do here? This is the territory of Governor Beifeng and Marquis Beifeng. What should we do if the orcs come? "

She questioned loudly, Ryan actually wanted to take away all the troops, which she was unwilling to accept.

"There's no other way. I can't guarantee that Lady Rosalind and Meyers's method will succeed, so numbers are the last resort. As for you..."

"This is a war that your Meyers family doesn't want to lose. You and the Marquis of the North Wind are just two people. Under the protection of the knights and magicians, you can retreat to the Wing Canyon. Commander Farrell will not refuse to protect you."

"If the orcs can really occupy the Marquisate, then we should give them some time. Once we have dealt with the werewolves, we can capture these orcs and make them slaves. We can sell them to the south and get back some of our capital."

Ryan insisted on taking the troops here away, and he needed the consent of Shaya and the nobles of Leiyun County. Fortunately, Shaya did not insist in the end. She knew the significance of this war to the Meyers family.

But the nobles had a disagreement with Shaya at this moment.

"I will leave your knights behind and take only the common people."

"If the war is really lost, it will be meaningless for you to defend the castle."

Ryan finally said this, and the nobles had no choice but to agree. It was not because of justice, but because the composition of these soldiers was very simple. They returned to the territory to defend the castle, and the organized soldiers were the brothers and sisters of the soldiers here.

no difference.

Ryan felt that the bloated army had exceeded 100,000 people. The reason why even he was not sure about this number was because there would always be some people disappearing and some people joining in this army.

Is it huge? Yes, it is huge, but everyone knows that this army is already the last young and strong in several counties, and now there are also old, weak and sick people.

"I have no family left. My noble master died in the war. The orcs killed everything I had. So... let them kill me too."

"Why, the damn orcs, would they leave me alive?"

"I've survived every winter, every winter, but I don't know how I'm going to survive this winter."

"I was afraid of war, but now I am not afraid anymore."

"We have lost everything. I don't want to see them die with one eye. I have one eye left, and I hope it can help me see where the orcs are."

There was an inexplicable atmosphere in the army, and Ryan didn't know whether it was good or bad. He walked in the army, and there was a road that belonged exclusively to him and the attendants behind him.

As dusk illuminates the horizon ahead, the golden sun is about to set, as if unwilling to see this huge army march towards the deadly darkness.

The army halted and made a bonfire; in any case it was not possible to march at night.

In the early morning, the bonfire had dimmed, leaving only the last bit of smoke. Ryan used his hands to push away the ashes on the surface, revealing the reddish charcoal inside.

The ashes flew between his fingers, a new day arrived, and they were not far from the battlefield.

“Even among the ashes, there are warm embers.”

"Have some breakfast."

Ryan said that the army did not set out immediately. Instead, they used the embers of the campfire to light a stove, and scattered food into it as if it was wasted.

After eating and drinking, the ashes dispersed and the remaining smoke was left behind, until the army trampled through, and the ashes in the sky were like a funeral procession of heaven and earth.

North Wind City.

The last time Ryan arrived here was when Earl Winter was the Governor of North Wind. At that time, North Wind City was prosperous and bustling, but now, the city is dilapidated and the silence is somewhat scary. The people here are afraid that the sound will attract werewolves, so even babies have stopped crying.

Ryan passed by here on purpose. He needed to try to harvest the spirituality here as a last resort.

"Perhaps you received my order earlier than you saw me in person!"

The arrival of the army finally made the people in the city come out of their houses and gather in front of Ryan. Ryan entered the city alone with his knights and attendants, watching these people.

"The great Emperor of the Flor Empire has issued an order that from now on, North Wind City will be managed by me, Baron Ryan. I have become the owner of this city."

"I'm sorry, but my first order is for this city to gather men to form an army and attack the orcs."

"They may still be fighting the orcs in Earl Winter's territory."

"But I have brought reinforcements. I will lead the army of the Northern Wind Province to victory once again!" "Just like every war before, I have never lost."

"You may not have seen me, but you must have heard my name."

Unlike other slaves, people in North Wind City are always able to hear news from afar because of its prosperity. Baron Ryan's wars were once praised, and he had the help of the citizens of this city.

They did know Baron Ryan, just as they knew that Marquis Winter had not been the governor of North Wind City for a long time.

"After the war, I will govern this city that is loyal to me."

Ryan's words were ambiguous, mainly because he actually only owned the city for thirty years and didn't know if it would work.

Ryan looked at his spiritual panel with some trepidation, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

Yes! Really!
The spirituality has increased for only one reason, and that is that many of the people in this city are building loyalty to him in their hearts.

Loyalty is an instinct. When the owner of this city appears, they will instinctively submit to him, just like a knight's declaration to a noble. Ordinary people have never thought of having a second choice.

"Victory will belong to all of us."

Ryan finally said that his spiritual growth rate was a little faster. Finally, he led the Bucks Legion to charge out of the city. The tall and mighty Northern war horses trampled on the ground of the city with their iron hooves, bringing the most primitive shock to people, and thus his spiritual growth was even greater.

"I hope to have 100,000 spiritual beings by the time we reach the war."

There is a large population in North Wind City, and Ryan's arrival is like the only ray of light in the darkness. Those who provide spiritual inspiration to Ryan will naturally rush to tell others and spread the word to other people who are still hesitating. Without more choices, everyone will become Ryan's people.

Ryan needed their loyalty to him. Looking back at the soldiers behind him, he wondered if he could try to get these soldiers to provide him with spirituality as well?
"Some of their noble lords have died, some have lost their homes and become aimless refugees, and some are unwilling to become slaves and reject their former identities."

"And this world is made up of nobles, knights, commoners, and slaves. They are destined to wander between these four identities."

"Becoming a noble requires qualifications, great merit and courage, but in this era, it is almost impossible to become a noble."

"It takes strength to become a knight. A hungry person cannot use the excess energy to condense the seeds of life."

"Commoners and slaves are their options, and not many people are willing to become slaves. At least when they realize they can become commoners, they will waver."

Ryan quietly asked some soldiers in the barracks about their backgrounds, which made the soldiers excited and fearful at the same time.

But it succeeded, and Ryan gained some spirituality. That was when he smiled and said that since the soldier's lord was dead, after the war was won, perhaps they could go to the Frozen Territory and become his people.

The soldiers recognized Ryan and gave him a lot of spirituality.

However, this also made Ryan speechless, and he gradually stopped trying.

Because the knight's squire who followed closely behind him had tens of thousands of demon potions given to him by Rosalind.

Needless to say, this was part of their original plan to make the deal.

In the territory of Earl Winter, Earl Winter has returned to his castle. The castle is on a high mountain, allowing him to see the battlefield in the distance.

The reason for his return was very simple. In the war between the Flying Wolf Cavalry and the Silver Moon Royal Court Wolf Cavalry in the western forests, the Flying Wolf Cavalry ended in a disastrous defeat.

Miserable defeat! No one could have imagined that the Flying Wolf Cavalry would be so helpless in the face of the Wolf Cavalry's hunting. The Wolf Cavalry riding on the wolves only needed to launch a fierce attack on the Earl of Winter's castle, and then the Flying Wolf Cavalry would have to fall from the sky to block the Wolf Cavalry.

This is what the wolf cavalry needs. When getting close, the wolves' sharp claws combined with the equally cruel mounts can kill the unicorn. However, the knight on the back of the unicorn can hardly provide effective help to the unicorn. The role of the knight can only be considered half in this war. With two against one and a half, the wolf cavalry has a huge advantage.

They had already suffered huge losses at the Xiangshan Plain Fortress, but this time it finally made Earl Winter realize that there was indeed a huge gap between his extraordinary legion and the wolf cavalry.

Finally, he was forced to retreat to his castle and rely on more defensive facilities to resist.

But sometimes when you are unlucky, even drinking cold water will make your teeth ache. The defeat in the war in the west also led to the break of the war in the east, which was already tense. The cunning wolf cavalry crossed the castle and appeared on the battlefield, becoming the key force to defeat the human army.

More than 100,000 people were defeated and retreated to the foot of the mountain of the Earl's Castle. This was the last resistance and also the line of defense to retreat to. After all, the castle could not accommodate so many people.

Count Winter felt heartbroken as he watched the land he had cultivated for decades become filled with smoke of gunpowder, and the people who were forced to become soldiers die one by one in battles with werewolves because of their rookie nature.

"How could it turn out like this? Why don't these damn werewolves attack Marquis Beifeng?!"

Earl Winter had a bold guess in his mind that he could not even believe, that is, the werewolves might have been frightened by the means in Baron Ryan's hands that could summon the blessing of the God of Light.

Otherwise, why would these damn werewolves attack Beifeng County instead of Leiyun County.

He didn't think about the answer being the opposite, the werewolves wanted to defeat the most powerful among humans, in order to defeat all the beliefs of humans on this land, allowing the werewolves to rule this land.

From the beginning to the end, the werewolves' purpose has been this, not just for plunder and killing like the orcs' invasion in the past.

"My Lord, reinforcements from Longshan County have arrived. Lord Count Sauron is leading the Dragonblood Warriors to attack the werewolf army from the north. He wants you to order an attack to put pressure on the werewolves."

"How can I afford to attack?!"

Earl Winter said angrily that he was now forced to guard the castle and he dared not count the death toll until now. You know, there were villages on this battlefield. On the day when the wolf cavalry defeated the human army from behind, werewolves rushed in, and countless werewolves rushed into the homes of civilians and slaves.

The war was not just about the soldiers, but also about the civilians and slaves who had to endure whatever happened, with no escape possible, and even Count Winter didn't know how many of them had died.

Up to now in the war, the soldiers he led have suffered heavy casualties. The werewolf's claws and teeth don't just leave scars, they bring death.

But in the end, Earl Winter still ordered his army to attack the werewolves, because he was too familiar with Earl Sauron. The old guy would never launch an attack unless he saw that the werewolves were restricted, leaving the Dragonblood Warrior Corps surrounded by werewolves.

There is nothing wrong with it. If the Flying Wolf Cavalry is surrounded, they can still find a way to fly into the sky. However, the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion fell into the werewolf army, and I am afraid that the end result will be the annihilation of the entire army.

"wrong."

Count Winter thought about this and responded.

"This damned Sauron must have told me that he would launch an attack because Baron Ryan's army had also arrived. Otherwise, how could he use the Dragonblood Warrior Legion as the vanguard!"

His reaction was correct, but the army at the foot of the mountain had already launched a charge towards the werewolves under the order of Earl Winter, and the Flying Wolf Cavalry was fast enough in delivering orders.

In North Wind County, ten miles away from Earl Winter's territory, Ryan led his army here.

"My Lord Count."

Llane and Count Sauron discussed the war and finally decided to use the Dragonblood Warrior Legion as the vanguard.

"You can see that the army I brought is very weak. They are no match for the werewolf army. The blessing of the God of Light will only fall once, and there will be no more. The victory of the war depends on us."

"I need a force that is strong enough to ensure that the werewolves will not break the front line. The Dragonblood Warrior Legion is the only option."

Count Sauron was instinctively unwilling.

"Where's your army?"

"My army is composed of cavalry. They are incapable of fighting a positional war."

The advantages of cavalry are certainly not the same as those of heavy infantry legions, and Earl Sauron had nothing to say.

Of course, he also has his own confidence and trump cards.

"Are you sure that Rosalind's method will work?"

This is where he hesitated. If Ryan had not sworn to tell him the victory outcome of the war, Earl Sauron would not have dared to be so arrogant.

"No matter if it works or not, we have no choice but to believe in this path. The war here has consumed all the military power of the North Wind Province. If we cannot win the war, all of us nobles can flee to the south with our families."

At dawn, all the soldiers in the North Wind Province launched an attack on the werewolves.

(End of this chapter)