Chapter 231: Hoarding Troops

The influence brought by Kudole soon dissipated; his corpse lay there for Along time without anyone handling it, and the "partners" who had come with him from the Kona Baron Territory avoided it, not daring to take a second look, let alone bury it.

In the end, it was Luogena who arranged for a few Infantry to carry it to the outskirts, dig a pit, and bury it.

Wilson handled the subsequent division work well.

He left and arranged over two hundred people in Swamp Town; many people lived there, so even if this group formed cliques, they could not accomplish anything.

Besides that, over a hundred people were distributed to each of Shanlin Town, Sanfang Town, and Heitu Town.

The matter of Luoning killing Kudole had already spread in the town, but public opinion was one-sided.

They were all saying that Kudole brought it upon himself, and they did not think highly of this group of newcomers either, believing this group was too greedy, wanting to get more without being willing to serve the lord, and so on.

Up until now, not a single person had spoken ill of the lord.

After handling this matter, Luoning's days became leisurely.

Every day, besides riding his Tayunjv to walk around and look, he spent all his other time practicing the Explosive Flame Slash from Ruidar.

Come to think of it, this Battle Technique was even more difficult than the Wuji Moha Red Flame Fire Snake.

Its requirements for the compression and control of Fire Attribute Battle Qi were very high, and it also had requirements for the circulation of Knight Battle Qi and the amount of Battle Qi; ordinary people really could not master it.

Fortunately, Luoning was not an ordinary person.

After four or five days of exploration and practice, he was finally able to use the Explosive Flame Slash preliminarily.

Although the control of Battle Qi had not yet reached a perfect degree, it was already quite powerful and had become his strongest single-target attack skill at present.

Five days later, Ruidar and the others successfully returned to Heitu Town.

With this return, the patrol and suppression missions regarding the territory's surroundings could be considered to have come to an end.

From now on, it would only be necessary to arrange for cavalry to scout back and forth on a few main roads, and if there were any situations, then send out the Hunter Squad.

Although the sweeping mission was over, it did not mean they could be idle.

Luoning did not need them to engage in production work; he let these people concentrate all their energy on improving their combat power.

For example, their respective cultivation, sparring, and training the cavalry, Infantry, and Archers—these were all their tasks.

Gradually, Wubei Territory formed such a way of doing things—Ruidar and Maiken guided the Professional Knights, and then the knights went to train the ordinary soldiers.

As for the Chief Mage Aierlong, he was in Zhaozebao teaching Jennie and Ailin Magic knowledge, as well as Magic Potion and Herbalism.

This great physician of Wubei Territory even spent his own money to recruit a few assistants, who were responsible for the collection, cleaning, and processing of some common herbs.

Whether they were Transcendental or ordinary people, everyone in Wubei Territory performed their own duties, entering a peaceful period of quiet development.

But some places were not so peaceful.

On top of a high mountain, two figures stood on a protruding boulder, looking out at the town in the distance.

This mountain belonged to Chishan Town and was located on the Southwest Territory of Wubei Territory.

And the town the two were looking at was named Kaxier Town; in earlier years, it belonged to Wushan Territory, but now it was occupied by the Bolante Bandit Group.

"It looks like the intelligence is correct; the troops they are hoarding in Kaxier Town are increasing!"

The one speaking was the Baron of Jushi City, Keruien Hansen, who was also the Regiment Commander of the Fifth Knight Order of Wushan Territory; he had also attended Lulansi's birthday banquet back then and had even been criticized by the latter.

The burly blonde knight beside him was named Ha'en Fuliman, who was the Deputy Commander.

Although he was also Silver Grade, his strength was much weaker than Keruien's.

Under normal circumstances, it was Ha'en who led most of the members of the Knight Order to be stationed in Chishan Town, while Keruien, except for occasionally coming over to inspect, spent most of his time in his own territory.

"These guys, we have already agreed to sell them iron ore, and they are actually still hoarding troops in Kaxier Town!"

Ha'en said angrily: "What do they want to do? Do they still want to capture Chishan Town?"

Chishan Town possessed a small iron mine; although it was said to be small, it had not been exhausted after mining for so many years, and it was one of the main sources of income for Jushi Territory.

Over these years, the Bolante Bandit Group had invaded Anbian City, then crossed the Altai River to occupy Sari Town, Liusha Town, Ka'erxi Town, and so on, making the Fifth Knight Order stationed here very troubled.

In order to ease the war and reduce the pressure from Wushan Castle, they had privately reached a deal with the Bolante Bandit Group to sell the other party iron ore at a lower price in exchange for the easing of relations between the two sides.

This situation had been maintained for several years; unexpectedly, this year the other party had actually started hoarding troops in Kaxier Town.

"Perhaps they do not want to spend money to buy iron ore from our hands anymore, but want to mine it themselves; that way the profit is greater."

Keruien narrowed his eyes, his gaze full of hostility.

Although he was the Baron of Jushi City, Chishan Town was also under his jurisdiction, and this small iron mine was his treasure.

"Their appetite is really big!"

Ha'en sneered, looking at the surrounding mountain peaks.

To enter Chishan Town, one must pass through the valley below.

To prevent enemy attacks, he had already set up rolling stone traps on the mountain; if the other party really dared to attack Chishan Town, he would definitely make them suffer heavy losses.

Keruien thought for a moment and said: "Continue to strengthen the alert for a period of time recently; whether on the mountain or below the mountain, whether day or night, ensure that there are two teams of people stationed!"

"Rest assured, I understand!"

Ha'en also did not want to lose this treasure land of Chishan Town.

Although Keruien was responsible for the mining of the Chishan Iron Mine, he also had a thirty percent share in it.

"I will go back and write another letter to inform Wushan Castle of the movements here," Keruien said, pondering.

He had already written once a while ago, but Weijinsi only told him to be vigilant and did not mention anything about reinforcements.

And indeed, it was not appropriate to send troops for support before the war had even started.

But as the guardian here, it was still necessary for Keruien to let Weijinsi and Wushan Castle know that the situation at the border was becoming increasingly severe.

In case something really happened in the future, it would not be easy to blame him for not reporting the situation in time.

Moreover, even if Wushan Castle did not send troops for support, under the circumstances of troops being hoarded in Kaxier Town, they should at least support the Fifth Knight Order with grain and horses to cope with emergencies, right?

"I leave this place to you."

Keruien said solemnly; over these years, he had maintained a very good relationship with Deputy Commander Ha'en.

Ha'en's impression of Keruien was also very good; after all, he had indeed gained quite a few benefits following Keruien over these years.

"Leave it to me, Regiment Commander!"

He was very confident; after all, an entire Knight Order was stationed here.

Although they had not recovered lost territory over these years, they had successfully checked the encroachment of the Bolante Bandit Group, which was a testament to their strength.

For the other side to think they could crush the Knight Order head-on with nothing more than the scale of one large city and a few small towns was simply wishful thinking.

Haen secretly speculated in his heart that the Bolante Bandit Group was stationing troops in Kaxier Town, and their ultimate goal was likely to force them to lower the selling price of iron ore.

If that were truly the case, they could just sit down and have a proper talk; using force to threaten them—who knows who would be afraid of whom! (End of chapter)