Chapter 171 Distant Horn
"Creak~" The heavy iron-clad gate of Rapid City suddenly opened in the morning light, and crowds of people rushed out of Rapid City like fish entering the sea.
On the dirt road in the countryside, people greeted the people they met with simple smiles. They were not timid when meeting the soldiers patrolling around them. Everything seemed calm and peaceful.
The crisp sound of horse hooves broke the peace, and at the end of the horizon, a golden dragon flag with a red background appeared in everyone's sight.
"Our army!" A young man pointed at the flag and said.
"Has our lost team returned? Or has His Royal Highness the King come back?" A group of patrolling infantrymen asked curiously as they looked at the mighty flag.
"It's the king who's back! That flag has golden tassels! It's the king's flag!" After a moment, people recognized Roland's distinctive royal flag.
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"I'm back! It's better to be comfortable in your own territory." Roland rode on horseback and looked at the people coming and going in Rapid City. Compared with the slightly desolate city before, today's Rapid City already has so many features. The smell of fireworks, the farmers walking between the country roads and fields, the vendors hawking on the streets, the only tavern that is extremely prosperous... all make this city move in a good direction.
"Welcome home, Your Highness the King!" Grand Duke Nyx, who had led others waiting at the city gate in advance, gently lifted up his skirt and bowed slightly to Roland.
"Thank you for coming out to greet me, His Highness the Grand Duke." Roland smiled and got off his horse to help Nyx up.
"How's it going? Is this going well?" Nyx curiously glanced at the team following Roland.
"It's a tie, but the coalition lost little, but the orcs defended Dol Guldur. By the way, is everything okay in the city? Nothing major happened, right?" Roland asked.
"As you can see, an ordinary life is just like what I hoped for." Nyx said calmly to the outside of the city.
"Haha~" Roland was amused by Nyx's cute actions.
"Come in. After a long battle, the city has changed a lot. Come in and get familiar with it." Nyx stepped aside and invited everyone to enter the city.
"System check the territory interface!" Roland quietly ordered the system, and soon the system interface popped up.
Rapid City:
Area: one kilometer in radius.
Building units: 1 dilapidated lord's castle, 240 ordinary wooden houses, intermediate magic pattern city wall, stone well, blacksmith shop, military camp, and archer temple.
Generals: Kaslo (Level 3), Renault (Level 4), Radil (Level 4), Yunfeng (Level 6), and Ormsk (Level 6).
Special Personnel: Ivy (Level 3) Grand Duke Nyx: Nyx (Level 2)
City Defense Officer: Marcus (Level 4)
Administrative Officer: Lance (Level 2)
Troop strength: 2292
Holy Knights: 100 second-level knights.
Lagrand City Guards: 100 second-level warriors
Badanian Archers: 700 second-level archers.
Dovinian heavy swordsmen: 100 second-level swordsmen.
El Nino Ranger: 100 second-level rangers.
Lagrand Royal Guards: 200
Rapids Legion: 683 Rapids Infantry
Recruit light infantry: 200 light infantry.
Lagrand Heavy Cavalry: 100 heavy cavalry
Priest: 8 second-level priests
Mage: 1 second-level fire mage
Population: 3024 (Civilians available for training: 1647)
Evaluation: The lonely king led the remaining people back to his homeland and built this city with tall walls. There are some residents in the city, making the whole city look more pyrotechnics. Everything is developing in a good direction. , the city’s military strength is strong and there are many soldiers of suitable age! The entire city can completely protect the safety of the city even in the face of a small-scale attack. Note: The Grand Duke of the Principality of Nyx has fled here, and there is still no mistress or heir in the entire country.
Abilities: 1. As the only territory of the Kingdom of Lagrand in Middle-earth, she will attract the remnants of Lagrand. The system will guide a group of wandering Lagrand civilians to arrive every day, hoping that the lord can properly accommodate them.
2. Allow civilians here to be recruited to train rapid infantry.
"Not bad, there are actually 1,647 soldiers of the right age!" Roland said in surprise. It seems that if he goes militarily, he will soon be able to raise a rapid army again!
"Not bad, not bad! At least we have no problem protecting ourselves now. Even if the orc army attacks, we can barely struggle!" Roland was very satisfied. He was able to recruit more than 1,600 militiamen, which gave Roland a lot of confidence. The militiamen only need simple training. It can be transformed into qualified rapid-flow infantry. This is how the terrifying rapid-flow infantry in the previous life came about. The lords can summon militiamen for training at any time, but within a week, they can launch one after another rapid-flow legion into the battlefield.
"It seems that the city is developing well!" Roland led his horse across the street and looked around. Dried fish and other dry goods were hung on the door frames of the houses. Every resident's face was filled with a happy smile, and people were wearing various clothes. When Roland got up, what surprised Roland even more was that there were actually vendors in the city!
"This is... a caravan from the River Valley State?" Roland blurted out in shock. Is this considered international trade? Sure enough, merchants are always at the forefront of the times, even border cities like Rapid City that don't care about them day and night. You can see caravans from other regions.
"Well, not long after you left, the caravans from the River Valley State came here. They recycled our furs and game and brought us their handmade products. For the first time, we had commercial taxes..." Nyx Talking freely.
"Well done, attracting merchants to come here to trade with us is an important way to improve our national strength." Roland affirmed. It has to be said that Nyx is definitely much better at handling internal affairs than Roland, who is half-hearted. This makes Roland realized how profound knowledge a true high-ranking noble possessed.
What Roland saw and heard along the way fully reflected Nyx's excellent governance experience. He was worthy of being the lord who once took charge of a principality. Even the grand duke of the weakest principality is still the worthy king of a country, and his ability to govern is absolute. No better than a certain Luo man.
"Du~du~dudu!"
"What sound!" Roland suddenly heard the faint sound of a horn in the distance.
"Enemy attack!" Roland suddenly reacted and urged the people around him. The sound of the horn was different from any force he knew. Roland should have thought it was an enemy attack. After all, only the inferior and messy horns of the orcs were there. To produce sounds of different tones.
"Go up to the city wall! Blow the horn! Call up the soldiers and prepare to defend the city! Send all the cavalry to protect the people back to the city!" Roland said quickly, then twisted and ran towards the city wall, leaving a group of confused subordinates behind him.
"Quick, quick, quick!" Ormsk climbed onto the roof next to him with his toes, and caught up with Roland after a few ups and downs.
"Your Highness, I will go and command the defense first!" Ormsk only left his voice in the air, but he rushed out quickly.
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"Why didn't you blow the war horn?" Roland quickly grabbed Ormsk in front of him and asked after he climbed to the top of the city.
"Your Highness...see for yourself..." Ormsk said with emotion.
On the distant horizon, a broken red flag flutters in the wind, and a slightly dilapidated redbud flower blooms proudly in the cross pattern...