Dragon Mountain County, the name comes from one or several bipedal Dragons. The original Count Soron used dragon blood to bathe himself, his bloodline and the soldiers under his hands.
This also led to the fact that the knights of the Extraordinary Legion and Dragonblood Warriors regiments of Count Soron were hereditary through blood.
If you want to become a member of the Extraordinary Legion from Count Soron, the first thing you need is the bloodline that has been bathed in dragon blood.
At first, there were only about 500 people bathing in dragon blood. Later, as the Earl family continued to allow those bloodlines to intermarry, slowly, there were now 3,000 dragon-blooded warriors of the Earl Sauron family.
However, with the passage of time, except for the Earl family itself, the dragon blood of the other soldiers has become very thin. It is said that this Count Soron used some kind of magic potion to sublimate and stabilize the bloodline, thus solving the disaster that the Dragonblood Warriors regiment might disappear from history.
This is also the reason why Count Soron has a high reputation. Even Grand Duke Mayers did not kill the count in the first place.
That kind of magic potion can not only maintain the existence of the Count Soron Dragonblood Warriors group, Count Winter's Flying Wolf Cavalry, and those Unicorn Flying Wolf mounts also need this magic potion to maintain the size of their own tribe.
The value is unimaginably high, so this earl family cannot be said to have become wealthy entirely through mining.
Ryan led the army to Graystone Fortress, which is more than two hundred miles away from the Dragon Mountain City where Count Soron is located, and less than a hundred miles away from the border between Dragon Mountain County and Thundercloud County.
This is the war fortress left by the former Imperial Army team, and it does not yet belong to any noble.
When he arrived here, there were still one hundred and eighty soldiers in the fortress. At the same time, in the afternoon of the same day, Count Soron's envoy also arrived here.
"The nobles Count Soron and Dragon Mountain County say hello to you, noble Lord Lord of Frozen Earth Baron Ryan."
"Send hello to the nobles Count Soron and Dragon Mountain County."
Ryan performed aristocratic etiquette, and then looked at the eldest son of the earl in front of him.
Fidel·Sauron, the future Earl, although I don't know how long this future will be.
"Baron Ryan, I brought the count's order. Your soldiers need to defend Graystone Fortress. Viscount Hogg's cavalry wants to enter Dragon Mountain County. There are only two ways, one of which is here."
"In addition, Count Weiss's army may also appear here. The count has more troops than we imagined."
"The first batch of logistics supplies will arrive here in two days, and you may need to send troops to respond."
At the end, this Fidel also whispered:
"The cavalry army of Viscount Hogg has been trying to cut off the material transportation within Dragon Mountain County and Northwind County. Please pay attention to Baron Ryan."
For Count Soron, they were really helpless against that highly mobile cavalry.
Almost all of the Earl's family's wealth is invested in that Extraordinary Legion.
Dragonblood Warriors, the top infantryman.
But now there are only 2,300 people left, which has also caused the old Count Soron to hate Count Weiss far more than anyone else.
Dragonblood Warrior Legion, which is maintained by blood, is different from other extraordinary arms.
"I will defend up to this line of defense."
Ryan nodded, what made him a little strange was... defense?
Is the situation so bleak?
"It seems that we need to find some nobles to make friends with."
Ryan smiled at Enzo and said that he could not leave, so naturally it would be best to leave this matter to Baron Enzo, who is also a noble.
He left on the same day and Baron Enzo returned the next day.
"The war here is more incomprehensible than we imagined."
Baron Enzo's eyes were also full of confusion.
"Count Weiss's army is almost crushing the armies of the two counties."
"Huh?"
Ryan was also shocked, this makes no sense.
"Count Weiss's army can't be every one of them barbarians, right?"
"Of course it's impossible, but the other soldiers under his command are indeed very barbaric. They wear animal skin armor, and their behavior is no different from that of barbarians. The most important thing is that they are brave and not afraid of death."
The last adjective almost completely explains why the power of the two counties was completely suppressed by Count Weiss during the war.
Not afraid of death is a very powerful title. If the soldiers are not afraid of death, Ryan will dare to lead these thousands of people to challenge Dragons.
But often, if one dies, the ten people around him will shrink back; if ten die, a hundred people will hesitate; if a hundred die, a thousand soldiers may retreat.
This reasoning led to the war being almost one-sided.
Northwind Province was not peaceful to begin with. Those soldiers who had survived many wars were no longer too afraid of death, but when faced with the group of barbarians under Count Weiss, who were not barbarians, they made judgments.
"What about the so-called Thunder Giant?"
"Count Winter personally fought against it, but seemed to be at a disadvantage."
"That Giants, he has become more powerful, but he still has no wisdom. I don't know how Count Weiss controlled him."
"The situation at Dragon Mountain County is not optimistic. The cavalry of Viscount Hogg is constantly harassing the noble territory of Dragon Mountain County. This is not Iron Mountain County. Their cavalry is galloping across the land wantonly."
"And Count Weiss's Barbarian Legion is also followed by nearly two thousand barbarians. That Count Weiss..."
Baron Enzo didn't know what to say, so he could only tell the nobleman's original words.
"He wants to use Barbarian Legion and Dragonblood Warrior Legion to create a lose-lose situation."
This is also the reason why Count Soron has not dared to send his Extraordinary Legion to the battlefield until now.
He was really afraid that Count Weiss would not care about the Barbarian Legion's life and death, just to die with him.
"Procrastinating is not an option. Count Weiss doesn't want to delay the war, right?"
"Yes, so Count Weiss's army will arrive at our place soon."
Baron Enzo waved his hand. They were new arrivals and were immediately assigned to the front line.
He felt that this Baron Ryan still had a high regard for Count Soron. Even though he was from the Dragon Blood Family, Count Soron was still old and did not dare to risk his life and let his army fight to the death.
Along the way, this Baron praised the count very much, but in the current situation, they Graystone Fortress may have to face the most terrible pressure.
"Don't worry Enzo. We don't have long legs. At worst, we will just go back to Frozen Earth Territory. If it doesn't work, we can also rely on Count Weiss."
"As long as Count Weiss has not rebelled against the country or taken refuge with a foreign race, he is Empire's great noble, isn't he?"
Ryan acted very relaxedly. Indeed, as a noble, there are many choices. It is nothing more than exchange of interests and compromise.
He can stand on the side of Northwind County and Dragon Mountain County and become the winner, or he can stand on the side of Thundercloud County and Silver Stream County and become the winner. As a remote Zero Crossing Prefecture noble, their interests will not be affected too much.
Baron Enzo's eyes widened, never expecting to get such an answer from Ryan.
Along the way, he was worried about how to fight this war.