From Risadiran, Li Ang has learned about the overall situation of Noldo Elves.
Currently, Noldo Elves has four tribes, Aino, Finwë, Fenwei, and the 'Dalion' tribe, which is not yet an official family.
Among them, the most well-known family leaders are Isildur and Lord Aldarian, who often lead the field.
But these two Noldor lords are actually not Elf King.
Three hundred years ago, humans invaded on a large scale. Although the elves successfully defeated the human army, the four major families suffered heavy losses.
Isildur's father was seriously injured and disabled, and then retired. Isildur became the leader of the Aino Family, but he has not been crowned for three hundred years and has always been 'His Royal Highness'.
And Lord Aldarian's 'Dallian Tribe' is not actually a family, because Lord Aldarian is actually a warlord.
He was a warrior of the Fenway Family.
During the war with humans, Lord Aldarian used his unparalleled archery skills to repel powerful enemies and save his family. He became the most outstanding Twilight Knight in the past few hundred years. He once served as the leader of the counterattack against the human army and was also awarded Noldo Elves's treasure 'Bow of Twilight'.
This bow was originally in the hands of Elf King 'Felgornsal', but this Elf King had no heirs. He originally regarded Lord Aldarian as the successor of the Fenway Family.
But in the process of fighting back against the human army, this powerful warrior gradually became an extreme racist and was extremely hostile to the humans of the Pande Continent.
This is understandable, after all, many of his family members and colleagues died in the wars initiated by humans in those years.
In the eyes of Lord Aldarian, humans had invaded the land that belonged to Noldo Elves, slaughtered his compatriots, and some lords even imprisoned the Noldor's proud female ranger in a tower and tortured her day and night.
Therefore, he constantly sends his patrols to patrol around Long River Forest. Once they encounter humans, they will kill them without mercy. Any expression of compassion for humans will be regarded as a coward by him.
But such behavior is not a good thing for the entire Noldor clan. Lord Aldarian continues to actively attack human civilians. This not only deepens the hatred between the Noldor and humans, but also causes the Noldor to lose more people in the battle.
More importantly, war and hatred continue to deepen, and the Noldor, who are closed in the forest, will be unable to communicate with the human world - they cannot trade, they cannot obtain new knowledge, and it is even difficult to understand the changes in the outside world.
Therefore, after discussions, Elf King from the three major families decided to take back the power of Lord Aldarian to lead.
Lord Aldarian expressed dissatisfaction with this result. In addition, he was the most powerful warrior among Noldo Elves and had a strong appeal, so he took away a large number of warriors who were willing to follow him - people from three families, and then these people established a new tribe 'Dalyan'.
But fortunately, Lord Aldarian did not initiate any civil war, and his arrows were never aimed at Noldo Elves. He was still protecting the entire ethnic group, but in his own way.
He just wants to take revenge on humans, or just sit back and watch the battles between humans, hoping that one day humans will be weak due to internal strife and Noldor will have the opportunity to rule Pande Continent.
The three Elf King were not willing to lose members of their clan due to internal strife, and Lord Aldarian did have outstanding achievements, so they chose to acquiesce and designated a territory for Lord Aldarian.
Aino Family, led by Isildur, has always been the tribe that inherits knowledge among the Noldor. What they are most concerned about is the acquisition and protection of all kinds of knowledge.
And Fenway Family, Elf King Felgornsal spent the past three hundred years cultivating Elf Horse and manufacturing various weapons and equipment, and basically no longer appear in front of people.
As for Finarfin family, Elf King Keleborniel is an artist and scholar. He cares most about the art and culture passed down by the Noldor and has never participated in wars.
Knowledge, technology, and art are the inheritance of the original three families.
The tribe founded by Lord Aldarian has no such inheritance, so his territory is only regarded as a warlord tribe by the Noldor.
However, the Noldor are still quite united, and there has been no civil war among the four ethnic groups.
In fact, Fenway Family is more dangerous now. Elf King Felgornsal has no heirs and his bloodline will be cut off.
Lord Aldarian also took away the largest number of people from the Fenway Family, which resulted in the population of the Fenway Family becoming very small. It is said that there are only 800 people now.
This weak family has mastered Nodo's Elf Horse and equipment forging technology, and Elf King does not agree with the philosophy of a warlord like Lord Aldarian. It is said that accidents are prone to accidents.
But in fact, no vicious events occurred in these three hundred years. On the contrary, Lord Aldarian would also deliberately protect Fenway Family.
Similarly, if Lord Aldarian's tribe needs war horses and equipment, Fenway Family will give full support - although there are ideological conflicts between the two parties, the friendship is still there, and Lord Aldarian is not regarded as a betrayer.
However, after the most powerful Noldor warrior in hundreds of years suffered his first defeat in his life, he unintentionally brought the greatest danger to the Fenway Family.
The territory of the Fenway Family is actually located in the high mountains and dense forests two hundred miles east of White Deer Fortress.
Each Noldor group has its own territory, but the boundaries are not so clearly defined.
Today, forests are to the Noldor what farmland is to humans.
Because most Noldo Elves are vegetarians, fruits and nuts produced in the forest are their staple food.
Of course, this does not mean that they do not eat meat or pasta. The main reason is that the forest is not suitable for lighting fires for cooking...
So Noldo Elves people rarely kill animals in the forest for meat, but they still have hunters who specialize in shooting birds and beasts.
Noldo Forest's food chain is not too complete, and there are not many ferocious beasts. The top of the food chain here was originally bears, forest wolves, and goshawks.
However, since the north of the forest is close to Gatu Grasslands, and Gatu people particularly likes to use wolf teeth to make ornaments and arrowheads, the number of wolves has gradually decreased.
Goshawks are semi-migratory birds, and they will fly to the south to spend the winter in the cold season. However, Baxian in the south like to use eagle feathers to make headdresses, and they like to capture goshawks and raise them as falcons - Baxian even use falcons for military flags, but their love for eagles has directly led to a sharp decline in the number of goshawks.
There are many savages in the Misty Mountains vein in the east. Misty Mountain Savages likes to hunt bears very much, and sometimes they even go into the forest to hunt...
The result is that the biological balance is destroyed, natural enemies are reduced, and vegetarian animals become more rampant.
Therefore, Noldo Elves will specially organize young people to shoot those excessive birds and beasts, otherwise the forest will sooner or later be eaten up by vegetarian animals that breed very quickly.
This is also a way for Noldo Elves to grow up, and their bows and arrows are also trained in such an environment.
Now the Lord is in the forest, looking at many animal carcasses with amazement and no one has taken care of them.
Risadiran leads the way. Only he can completely grasp the direction in this primitive forest.
"Risadiran, were these animals shot to death by your tribe? Even if you don't eat meat, why don't you peel off the skins?"
When he saw a relatively fresh body of a wild badger lying dead under a tree, Li Ang finally couldn't help but ask.
"Because there is already too much leather... We can't trade with humans, so of course there's no need to bother. It's better to let them return to the earth..."
Risadiran looked back and shook his head. "Besides, we don't like to use fur. Even after it is tanned, we can still smell the fishy smell of fur."
"I originally thought it was because Noldo Elves loves animals..."
The accompanying Ansen seemed a little disappointed.
"Ha, a tribe that is always facing the crisis of extinction will always consider survival. The fishy smell of the fur will attract wild beasts and bring danger to the tribe..."
Risadiran explained.
"But with Nuoduo's skills, he shouldn't be afraid of beasts..."
Ansen Still don't understand something.
"Because the number of ferocious beasts in this forest is too small, we are not willing to kill them. Too few ferocious beasts will cause other animals to reproduce in large numbers. When I was a child, I shot many animals. I followed the instructions of my elders, which animals should be killed when and in what quantities. All of this is for the survival of our people in the forest. Only by ensuring the balance between species can the forest remain viable for a long time, thus ensuring that our people can obtain enough food. This is no different from human farming and weeding."
Risadiran My mood is much better now and I talk a lot more.
"I see... What about this? What's going on with this?"
Ansen pointed to a dead bear cub in front of him.
The Lord Lord and Risadiran frowned and walked over quickly.
It was a little bear, definitely less than a year old, lying under a big tree with two arrow holes in its chest.
"Gatu people did this!"
"Everyone prepares for war!"
Noldor would not shoot a cub. Like Risadiran, most Noldo Elves have been taught the importance of forest ecological balance since childhood.
Bears have almost become protected animals in the eyes of Noldo Elvess. Unless they actively attack the Noldor, the elves will not take the initiative to harm them.
But the cub obviously does not have the ability to attack the Noldor. Now that we encounter the shot cub, it naturally means that Gatu people, which invaded the forest from the grassland, is not far away.
At the same time, Long River Town has become a chaotic situation.
Lesley is rushing to White Deer Fortress to report the news.
Because two days ago, there was a big battle between Godric's troops and Duke Alma's troops at Long River Town.
This is a true civil war.
This starts with Godric chasing those Crimson Brotherhood members.
About the same time that the Lord captured Livius again, the troops of Godric and Charles followed the fleeing Crimson Brotherhood members and pursued them all the way to the vicinity of Payne Village southeast of Lion Lake City.
Later, they discovered traces of Horn Summon Ranger Corps.
There are more than 400 members of Horn Summon Ranger Corps here, most of them are rangers under Ralph.
It is obviously very strange for the Rangers to appear in this position. Of course, Godric and Charles can sense that something is wrong.
Moreover, after seeing the gangsters running for their lives, Horn Summon Ranger Corps immediately began to intercept and kill those gangsters.
This caught Godric a little off guard. Originally, he planned to pursue these Crimson Brotherhood members all the way to find the mastermind, or at least capture the leader of these gangsters.
Godric has no intention of killing these gangsters. Even if he wants to destroy them, he must at least capture a few living leaders.
Of course, these gangsters have traveled seven to eight hundred miles to reach Payne Village, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Lion Lake City. This is already a good explanation of the problem.
However, Godric wanted to catch the gangsters alive--but now the Rangers are intercepting and killing the gangsters without leaving any survivors alive. It feels like they are killing them!
So Godric planned to stop this behavior and sent many soldiers to convey orders to Ranger Corps to stop the attack and capture the prisoners.
But what is unexpected is that Horn Summon Ranger Corps completely ignored his order.
Long River Town's local knights actually ignored the orders of the military chief of the eastern region. It is obvious that there is something wrong with this ranger.
So Godric took an army of more than a thousand people and planned to surround these rangers.
But what's even stranger is that after the Rangers killed the bandits, they didn't leave. Instead, they waited where they were. They even put down their weapons and surrendered, leaving Godric to surround them.
Later, Godric found Ralph who was seriously injured in Payne Village.
Since Raphael was held hostage by Duke Alma, Ralph could only obey the command of Alma and take with him Ranger Corps helped Alma form a military deterrent, regained Lion Lake City, and followed Alma to prepare to go to Brave Shield Fortress.
But he didn't expect that Duke Alma's real target was not Brave Shield Fortress, but Long River Town!
Duke Alma initially brought out more than half of the military strength of Lion Lake City, plus Horn Summon Ranger Corps, a total of 2,500 troops, and led the army to the west, saying that he wanted to rescue Brave Shield Fortress.
But as soon as we reached the north of Payne Village, another scout came to report, saying that 'Baron Li Ang had committed treason and rebellion in Long River Town' - at that time, the news of Li Ang's treason had indeed spread.
So Ranger Corps was divided into two factions.
Including Ralph, half of the people think that Baron Li Ang would not do this. This is definitely fake news.
The other half thinks that regardless of whether it is fake news or not, they should return to Long River Town. First go back to Long River Town to make sure that everything is fine in their hometown before going to rescue Brave Shield Fortress.
So Duke Alma took his other half Ranger Corps, plus his own troops, and an army of more than two thousand went to Long River Town, asking Ralph to take the rangers to 'support Brave Shield Fortress'.
But in fact, the task he gave Ralph was to kill all Crimson Brotherhood members he could see along the way. As long as this was completed, he would let Raphael go.
Ralph's only son is in the hands of Alma, so of course he can only obey the arrangements on the surface - but after the experience of the last time Alma settled in Long River Town, he already knows what Alma is going to do.
So, after Alma left, Ralph told Ranger Corps members the situation they were facing.
Ralph After all, Knight Commander has been Horn Summon Ranger Corps for twenty years. The Rangers all trust him and know that he never lies.
Regardless of whether Long River Town will eventually be controlled by Alma or Li Ang, it is an internal struggle among the lords of the kingdom, and Horn Summon Ranger Corps has no interest in participating.
Anyway, any lord controlling Long River Town will not harm the common people, as long as his hometown is not harmed by Gatu people or bandits.
But if Raphael is rescued, at least Ralph will not be controlled by others, and Lion Lake City is right next to it, so it won't waste much time.
So the rangers decided to save people first.
People at Ralph and Ranger Corps all think that Raphael must be locked up in Lion Lake City.
Therefore, this half of Horn Summon Ranger Corps planned to send an elite team to sneak into the city to rescue Raphael.
But Ralph failed.
Although most of Lion Lake City's garrison was taken away, First Banner Guard has always been in the city. Bannerlord Granlon is not an easy person to deal with.
The most important thing is that Raphael is not in Lion Lake City prison.
Ralph and Granlon fought to the death. Horn Summon Ranger Corps's elite team was almost completely lost. Ralph was seriously injured and managed to escape from the city.
Ralph was almost unable to move after being seriously injured. He originally asked Ranger Corps to go to Brave Shield Fortress, but leave him and Raphael alone.
But the people of Ranger Corps were loyal to him. Not only did they not abandon him, but they also followed Alma's request to him and intercepted and killed all Crimson Brotherhood members they saw - they were originally dispatched to suppress bandits. To be honest, Alma didn't lie to them either.
Godric, who knew all the situation, had no choice but to temporarily include Ranger Corps in the army and then rush to Long River Town.
He is more worried about Long River Town than Ralph - because most of Long River Town's garrison is currently in his team, and there are only two to three hundred people in the city's garrison.
When he arrived at Long River Town, the Golden Lion Banner flag was still hanging on the city, and the city was quite peaceful. Godric originally thought that Alma had not succeeded.
But just as he led his troops into the city, a large net fell from the sky.
It was a big fishing net. Both Long River Town and Lion Lake City were backed by lakes and seas, and there were many fishing nets - and Lion Lake City was actually backed by a large inland sea. Fishermen had long used this kind of net to catch big fish.
Godric was very skilled and was not injured at all, but no matter how skilled he was, there was really nothing he could do against this kind of net, and he was captured.
Those who attacked him were Lion Lake City's troops and Alma's men.
The moment the big net fell, the city gate of Long River Town was also closed when the troops were halfway in!
The troops on both sides started a brutal battle in Long River Town, but whether calculated or not, Godric's troops were certainly no match, and the town soon became a river of blood.
But Charles saw the opportunity quickly. He was walking behind, and when he saw the city gate closed, he immediately ran out with the Red Arrow Longbowmen around him, and he actually ran out.
But then Lion Lake City's troops began to pursue Charles all the way, and deliberately stopped him from running to the southeast - it was obvious that the enemy knew about his relationship with Li Ang.
Charles couldn't run in the direction of Wheat Fragrance Territory. Seeing that there were only about 200 brothers following him, and there were at least a thousand enemy troops chasing him, he was unable to fight, so he simply let all the brothers run away separately.
He himself ran to the west, while most Red Arrow Longbowmen went to his hometown of Fletcher in the northeast.
Charles was considered brave enough to lure the enemy. Lion Lake City's troops chased Charles all the way, basically ignoring the soldiers who escaped.
However, Charles was not caught up. He escaped into Kewen Village, which is the home of Countess. Countess did shelter him and hid him in the wine cellar.