Lord Harland

Time has entered August, autumn has arrived, the sweltering heat has passed, and the Harland Territory has begun to slowly cool down, but the large-scale rainfall in the eastern region has still not ended. Just when Richard and the top leaders of the territory were busy with disaster relief, the Heihe River estuary However, nearby Sutton and Silver faced a battle.

Sutton came to set up camp near the mouth of the Black River in January. It has been about half a year now and he has gradually established a firm foothold.

In the past six months, Sutton met three elven tribes and saw more than 50 elves, large and small.

With the arrival of the legendary professional Sylph, several scattered elven tribes decided to surrender to Sylph and migrated near the mouth of the Black River.

The elves in the East Coast Province of Harland are all fugitive slaves who have left their homes. They were all captured by slave groups in the Eastern Continent, either because of storms or because their ships ran aground, and they escaped to the East Coast Province by chance.

Because of the harsh living environment, the elves all want to find a strong backer, hoping to be protected and avoid the fate of becoming slaves again.

The reason Sutton and Sylph did not return to the core of the territory was because they hoped to find other elven tribes and conquer them one by one to increase the tribe's heritage.

According to the information they have, there are more than 300 elves operating in the East Coast Province. If they can conquer all these elves, Sylph will have a medium-sized elven tribe under her command.

This new tribe will be larger than the Dawnglow tribe.

The Chenhui Tribe from which Sylph was born is only a small tribe in the Eastern Continent, with only more than a hundred elves in total and not even a Tree of Life sapling.

One day in early August, Sylph was about to contact a newly discovered elf tribe when she suddenly received information from Drifen that a large magic ship was preparing to land in the southern part of the East Coast Province.

There are four bipedal dragon knights in the Sutton and Silver detachments. Their main task is to monitor enemies appearing in coastal areas. In the past six months, Drifen has discovered three small and medium-sized magic ships operating along the coast of the East Coast Province, searching for traces of elves and preparing to enter the East Coast Province to capture slaves.

There are many elite slave-catching teams in these magic ships. They also have an aerial reconnaissance unit, which is basically a magic ship equipped with a small number of gryphons.

Because of the frequent fighting, the flying dragon knight has been exposed to the sight of the slave catching group.

The Flying Dragon Knights are the iconic arms of the Dukedom of Harland. With Richard's expeditions in the north and south in recent years, the nearby nobles have become aware of it. The Coastal Slave Catching Group actually already knew that the highland forests in the coastal areas were already the territory of the Harland family.

However, the Harland family does not have strong maritime power, and the slave-catching group's magic ships still come and leave whenever they want. Because the coastal defense is in vain, relying on Richard's false reputation cannot scare these lawless people.

In the past six months, the team of flying dragon knights led by Drifen had fought against the gryphon knights who had gone deep into the mainland more than ten times, killing nine gryphon knights and capturing four gryphons alive.

The air power of the three small and medium-sized magic ships could not defeat the two-legged flying dragon knights. They were unable to conduct reconnaissance in the air, and it was difficult to find the elven tribe. In the end, they had to evacuate from this sea area.

Unexpectedly, after a while, another large magic ship came, with more than thirty gryphon cavalry on board.

Although the flying dragons were powerful, they were no match for the gryphons whose number was ten times larger. Seeing that the situation was not good, Drifen had no choice but to retreat decisively and ask for reinforcements from the rear.

Sylph also had the experience of being captured by a slave group, and she knew very well that a large magic ship had an armed force of between 300 and 1,000 people.

The members of the slave-catching group are basically professionals, and the leaders of large-scale slave-catching groups are even legendary masters. The ship not only has aerial reconnaissance forces, but also sets magic traps and is equipped with many magic crossbows.

It is very difficult to attack a large magic ship head-on. Even if you are promoted to legend, there is still a possibility of failure. Unless you continue to request reinforcements from the headquarters, draw good players from all over the territory, and concentrate your efforts, you can succeed.

Sylph opened a map, pointed to the landing point of the large magic ship and asked: "Are there any elven tribe activities in this place?"

Signis, who is responsible for liaison with other elven tribes, shook her head and said: "This area is close to the Marquis of Allen. Humans occasionally enter to chop wood and hunt. Although the climate is milder, there will be no elven tribe activities. As far as I know, The main activities of the elven tribe are in the central and northern parts of the East Coast Province. There is almost no human activity in this area, so the elves can survive."

"Send people to inform these elven tribes that a large magic ship has appeared nearby, asking them to be careful of the griffons in the sky. I am going to attract the enemies to the mouth of the Black River and annihilate them all near the mouth of the Black River. Drifen, please send someone to notify them immediately Duke Richard, please send a group of good men to reinforce us."

The straight-line distance from the mouth of the Black River to the Viscounty of Sutton is about 400 kilometers. The bipedal flying dragon can fly about 120 kilometers per hour, and it only takes four hours to fly to the Double Star Castle.

However, a large flying beast like a wyvern can only fly for a maximum of three or four hours with people on board before it needs to eat and rest. The average detection radius per day is actually only three to four hundred kilometers. The daily flying distance basically does not exceed 800 kilometers.

Although the gryphon flies faster, its power is far inferior to that of the wyvern. Especially after carrying people, it can fly up to about 500 kilometers a day. After all, adding hundreds of kilograms of weight to the back is also a heavy burden for the flying monster.

After the gryphon landed in the Double Star Castle, Thoros immediately dispatched the gryphon cavalry to deliver the news to Richard.

After receiving Sylph's request for help, Richard made a decisive decision and immediately mobilized the Griffin Knights and Flying Dragon Knights from the territory to act as the first echelon.

Then select the elite from the entire army and ride on the magic hot air balloon to act as the second echelon.

In just a day and a half, fifty bipedal dragon knights and eighty-six griffons appeared near the mouth of the Black River.

Two days later, the magic hot air balloon force also grasped the wind direction and arrived at the scheduled battlefield on time.

This time to fight against the slave-catching group, Richard deployed many good players. Especially the Harland Mage Association, which has about 200 official members participating in the war. Even Undine, who was half a year pregnant, repeatedly urged her to participate in this battle.

Although the reinforcements brought by Richard were not many, only 500 in total, they were all elite players led by Harland. Among the reinforcements were fifty bipedal dragon knights and eighty-six gryphon cavalry. The fighting power of the Warcraft alone was very powerful.

The two-legged flying dragon knights are carefully selected from all over the territory. Each one is a mid-level professional or above. There are six sixth-level team captains. The combat effectiveness of fifty two-legged flying dragon knights is greater than that of a Warcraft Cavalry Brigade. All are more than one step ahead. After all, it would be difficult for twenty Warcraft cavalry to defeat a high-level Warcraft, let alone an equally powerful rider on the back of a flying dragon.

Griffin cavalry are also good players. They are basically third-level professionals with more than ten years of military service. Not only are they very powerful in combat, but their archery skills are also above level three. They are very experienced and difficult to train.

The remaining soldiers riding the magic hot air balloon were basically magicians and professional soldiers, totaling 350 people.

Five hundred reinforcements have been added, and there are already more than a thousand soldiers near the mouth of the Heihe River. Among them, there are more than 900 soldiers from Harland, all of whom are carefully selected from all over the territory. There are more than fifty elves that Sylph has conquered, and they are equipped with enchanted crossbows brought from Harland's tie. They are also considered an elite army.

Reinforcements had arrived. After discussing with Sylph, Richard decided to lure the enemy to attack and place the battlefield in the center of the East Coast Province, near the mouth of the Heihe River.

Now that he has decided to lure the enemy, Haaland, who leads the flying unit, cannot take action easily to avoid exposing his strength.

Because the Harland Territory hid its combat intentions, the gryphons of the Sea of ​​Clouds Slave Catching Group in the sky became the overlord of this airspace.

Griffins kept passing by in the low sky, and the elven tribe hidden in the forest could not hide at all. As a last resort, these elves could only slowly converge and choose to join Sylph.

Although many elves are conservative and unwilling to submit to human lords. He was very dissatisfied with Sylph being mixed with humans, and was unwilling to bow to Sylph. But the external environment forced them to rely on Sylph.

Otherwise, if caught by the slave group, the male elves will become slave warriors, and the fate of the female elves will be even more tragic, and they will become the reproductive tools of the nobles and collective sex slaves.

Before the decisive battle with the slave-catching group, more than ten elven tribes came to seek refuge with Sylph, and the total number had reached about 230 people.

The remaining elven tribes are all in the northern part of the East Coast Province, far away from the battlefield, and can only wait to be conquered after the war.

Because of Richard's deliberate flaw, the slave-catching group had discovered the stronghold that Sylph and Sutton had been operating for half a year.

The Sutton and Silver tribes have relatively small numbers, and they are all elite professional troops. This stronghold did not build many fortifications, only some wooden houses.

Through aerial reconnaissance, the slave-catching group has discovered that the stronghold's defenses are insufficient, and the defensive strength is only about a thousand people. Although the number of defenders is twice that of the slave-catching group, Rick, the leader of the Yunhai slave-catching group, is still very confident.

The elves gathered together, which saved the slave catching team time to hunt them one by one.

Rick comes from a family of dukes in the Sith Kingdom.

The Sith Kingdom is located in the southern part of the United Kingdom on the East Coast. It also belongs to the eastern coastal countries of the Mid-Continent. In ancient times, it was the territory of Offland. The national power of the Sith Kingdom is not much different from that of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, with a total population of about 35 million people, but this country's power is more concentrated and more difficult to deal with.

In addition to the royal family, the Kingdom of Sith has only two duke families and six count families. Due to the small number of great nobles, although the Duke family of the Kingdom of Heath is not as powerful as the Harland family, it is far superior to the Dukes of Edward and Guise.

Rick is an important member of the Dukedom of Alt, the son of the previous generation of dukes and the sixth uncle of this generation of dukes. The Yunhai Slave Catching Group he belongs to is actually the official organization of the Sith Kingdom. The shareholders within the Sith Kingdom are all the nobles of the Sith Kingdom.

After involving the capture of elves as slaves, the Sith Kingdom made a lot of money. After hundreds of years of development, the Sith Kingdom has become part of the industrial chain for capturing elven slaves, and is inextricably linked to the nobles of the Holy Radiance Empire. They purchased thirty magic ships of various sizes from the Holy Radiance Empire, and their maritime power It is better than the United Kingdom on the east coast and can be regarded as the maritime overlord of this sea area.

Because of the support of national power, the members of the Yunhai Slave Catching Group are all experts drawn from the Sith Kingdom. Each member is a professional and possesses a full set of enchanted armor.

Although there are about 600 soldiers under Rick's command, there are more than fifty high-level professionals and hundreds of magicians. Even among the large slave-catching teams in the Eastern Continent, the Yunhai Slave-catching Group is not a weakling.

Although Rick had occasionally heard of Lord Harland's reputation at sea, Rick did not think that this legendary Duke would appear here. After all, he only went ashore to capture elves and had no intention of invading the territory of the Harland family. Duke Harland had already made many enemies, so there was no need to offend the nobles of the Sith Kingdom.

Although Rick's idea is good, it is more in line with the traditional aristocratic thinking. But he didn't understand Richard at all. Richard was very courageous and was not afraid of offending the so-called nobles of the Sith Kingdom as long as he had interests.

The Dukedom of Harland is very far away from the Sith Kingdom. Can the Sith Kingdom still send troops to attack the Harland Territory from 1,800 kilometers away?

Even if the Sith Kingdom sends a large army to land in the East Coast Province, and establish military depots and food storage points in the desolate East Coast Province, and Harland is waiting for work, the 180,000 Sith Kingdom troops are no match at all.

If we attack from south to north, we don't know how many years it will take until the Sith Kingdom and the United Kingdom on the East Coast coordinate their positions. Moreover, the Duchy of Harland and the Kingdom of Grant are the human shields in the south. It only takes a few minutes of delay. In a few years, according to the current development speed of Haaland, the strength of Haaland will be turned upside down in a few years. Even if the two countries join forces to fight, the expedition will not be Haaland's opponent.

Rick underestimated the enemy and rushed in. The soldiers of the Yunhai Slave Catching Group fell into the trap set by Richard. They just appeared near the stronghold at the mouth of the Black River. The flying dragons, griffon knights, and magic hot air balloon teams hiding in the stronghold flew up one after another. high altitude.

Facing the flying troops led by Harland, the Griffin Knights on a large magic ship were no match at all.

Although the Griffin Knights of the Yunhai Slave Catching Group resisted desperately, they could not avoid the fate of being killed and shot down in the end.

After all, Harland leads too many flying units. Thirty griffins are far from the opponent of fifty bipedal dragon knights. They also have to face more than eighty griffons and hundreds of magic hot air balloons to chase and intercept them. .

There are enemies on all sides, and they have fallen into the trap prepared by the Harland leader in advance. The flying troops of the Yunhai Slave Catching Regiment have no way to survive.

The air battle only lasted for less than half an hour, and all the gryphon knights of the Yunhai Slave Catching Group were killed. During the battle, Harland also captured fourteen adult gryphons, plus Drifen and the others several times before. Captured in battle, the number of griffons captured by Harland this year increased to eighteen.

Leader Harland has been very lucky in recent years. Last year he captured a group of gryphons in the west of the Eagle Mountains, and this year he captured eighteen more in battle. Today, there are more than 80 griffons raised by the Grant royal family. With this batch of captive griffons, the number of griffons raised by the Harland Territory has reached 140. The two families have more than 220 griffons in total.

However, there are only 160 adult griffons capable of fighting, of which 104 are in the Harland Territory and 56 are in the Grant Royal Family.