Duke had also doubted whether the people who came from Fort Riptide would be loyal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A knight who can fight is still useful, but if the allegiance is to someone else's king, it hurts.

In fact, Duke found himself overthinking after the 'inspection'. This is a world of feudal aristocracy, even if the folk customs of the seven kingdoms are different, but they are still the same in their bones - the inheritance of the Arathso Empire, the descendants of the people of Soladin the Great.

The great nobles who are loyal to other human kingdoms do not have as many entanglements as imagined.

In this era, the inheritance of the fief was only shared by the eldest son. The other second, third, fourth sons, daughters and so on can only be supplemented in the following order. Generally speaking, the second son, the third son, and maybe there is a hope, praying that the eldest brother has something long and two short, and there is no need to hope for the follower.

Just like the Elwyn Forest in the Stormwind Kingdom before, the thousand-year-old inheritance has already divided every territory that can be divided in the Arathi Heights. If you want a new territory, you can only reach outward, or reach out to the royal family.

To the south of the Arathi Heights is the territory of the Copperbeard Dwarves, the allies of humanity, to the east is the sea, to the west is behind the Wall of Soladin is the Alterac Ones, and to the north is Hinterland near the Arathi Highlands...... It's still a dwarf, but it's a brute-hammer dwarf.

So the kingdom of Stormgard was completely at a point where it could not expand.

As the so-called poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, the combat effectiveness of the Arashi soldiers is quite outstanding, and the so-called reputation is outside. Aside from the factor of equipment, the land combat power of the Arashi is definitely one of the best among the seven kingdoms. Of course, because they are poor and poorly equipped, they are not as good as the Lordaerons in terms of comprehensive combat power.

There are a hundred knight candidates, and Duke has earned it, and Duke didn't plan to make a blood loss for the Riptide Castle people anyway.

Those knight candidates also have a good impression of Duke. First, Duke has made a name for himself - the deputy commander of the Alliance, the exterminator of nearly 300,000 orcs, the promising archmage, the inventor of new weapons, and the biggest financier of the Stormwind Kingdom.

There is nothing more impressive than a boss who can fight, make money, and help his younger brother for welfare.

If the alliance fails to defeat the horde in this race war, then it will be the end of humanity, and there will be no need to say anything at that time.

If the alliance wins, it is only natural that the orcs will be wiped out.

Once the Stormwind Kingdom is restored, then Duke's status will be exaggerated, and he will be the Grand Duke and Lord in the true sense of the word.

To the east of the fertile Alwyn Forest, a small patch of night forest, plus a large chunk of Red Ridge Mountain and a headwind trail area, depending on the situation, Duke's fiefdom may be more than that in the future. This is a land bigger and better than the whole of Arathi Heights!

These knight candidates were driven crazy with excitement. They can't wait to become followers of Duke and don the robes of the Marcus family.

Of course, there is also a premise for Duke, who is to successfully evacuate 50,000 Stormgardians to Fort Riptide.

20,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 auxiliaries, and 20,000 craftsmen and militiamen.

If Duke had just been a hairy boy with no track record, or if he had a better idea, King Solas Tolbain would not leave it to Duke for anything.

But he is Duke, the hero of the league Duke Marcus.

The weight of the name alone was enough to make Soras believe in Duke more than in herself.

When Solas asked, "What are you going to do?" and Duke pulled out a thick, prepared action guide, Solas was stunned for three seconds.

Without waiting for Duke to explain in detail, Solas snapped his fingers at his group of generals, "I order you, in the name of King Stormgard and the Admiral of the Alliance Army, that all of you will obey the orders of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Lord Marcus, in the rest of the retreat. Those who disobey the order will be punished by my sword. ”

With that, Solas unsheathed his sword and handed it to Duke heavily.

Duke was dumbfounded.

King Solas smiled faintly, "I'm sorry, I'm the kind of person who can't help but rush forward when I see a fight, and the people of the Torbain family will only fight until the last moment...... Victory or death. If I stay here, I will interfere with your command and become a burden to you. I only hope that you will not fail to live up to the trust of me and the people of Fort Riptide. At least 50,000 ladies are waiting for their man's return. ”

Duke's face turned pale: "Don't worry, since I can lead 50,000 besieged Storm Kingdom elites across the sea, I can bring 50,000 Riptide Castle people back to their homeland and become the last line of defense of Riptide Castle." ”

That night, the orcs of the tribe who were in charge of reclamation noticed the changes on the other side.

Orcs prefer to reclaim at night rather than during the day, because at night, all the ballistas and slings on the opposite shore will be greatly reduced. Often, one night's work can be done more than four days.

But this day was different.

When the reclamation force, which was almost orc, came to the middle of the already shallow water, a large string of glittering 'flares' rose on the other side of the strait, making the radius around the glowing point more than 100 meters in diameter become like daylight.

In the next moment, accompanied by the sound of fierce war drums, countless bowstrings sounded on the opposite bank.

Large ballistas, small arrows, and scattered rubble from the Celestial Maiden all poured down on the orcs who ran over with stones on their backs to reclaim the sea.

Not only does it look like the attack is intensive, but the strike effect is also carryable.

None of the more than 200 orcs who went up were spared, all of them died there, and none of them came back.

Five minutes later, the orcs in a reclaimed place in the middle of the strait were struck with the same devastating blow.

In another five minutes, the same will be true downstream.

The commander of the orcs was shocked.

What the hell is this?

As a last resort, he hurriedly called out the dragoon regiment of the dragon roaring orcs, but there still seemed to be that terrifying and terrifying elf ranger on the opposite side. Backed by the High Elves' ability to see dark, the arrows of death still pierced the throats of orc cavalry without deviation.

In one night, at five crossings, the orcs lost the lives of two thousand laborers, but progress came to a complete standstill.

Received a report that the son of the former Great Chief, Red Black Hand, did not care: "Let Zuluhid continue to dispatch his baby red lizard." Keeping on the offensive during the day, I see how much energy humans consume. ”

Orcs don't have the talent for dark vision, because of the red dragon's non-cooperation, the orc dragoons are more effective in daytime.

The assault on the Sadol Bridge continues, and the humans seem to be concentrating their forces on the bridge, and the defense of the bridge is still impenetrable. Elsewhere, however, the dragoons managed to destroy more than 100 unguarded ballistas and catapults on this day. (To be continued.) )