Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Hammond was galloping across the plains with his cavalry at this time. Although the enemy's old artillery was roaring continuously, it was basically just a lot of noise but little action.

The terrain was originally flat, and most of the artillery had been sold by Doug to the Kingdom of Anjou. The old-fashioned artillery was unable to provide fire coverage, so that the artillery at Doug's stronghold seemed to be just a showpiece and not that useful.

Not to mention that Hammond led a cavalry composed entirely of professionals, and the aftermath of the artillery had no effect at all. Hammond even knew the performance of all their artillery better than Doug's army.

After repeatedly probing the edge of the artillery, Hammond estimated that the enemy's gun barrel was almost at its limit, and immediately rushed over with his cavalry.

Sure enough, the cannon fired a few times in the air and then fell silent. It must have exploded.

Lowry, who was ready to provide support at a distance, shook his head. It can be said that the enemy soldiers had no experience at all. They could only load shells and shoot mindlessly. They didn't know anything about ranging and alternating shooting. It seemed that they just went to the battlefield after simple training, unlike Doug's main force.

So where is Doug's main force? These days, or since he began to station in the Golden Spike Plain, Lowry has been thinking about this question.

The bullets from the muskets hit Hammond's armor like raindrops, but Hammond was too lazy to even take the knight's stance. The enchantment on his armor alone was enough to defend against the bullets. Wielding a hot melt spear, Hammond quickly broke up another camp of Doug.

"Tell me quickly! Where is the main force of your Doug Army?"

Hammond had just destroyed the camp and had no time to rest before he captured a soldier and tortured him.

"Main force? Sir, we are the main force."

Dougjun, with a bruised face and an extremely embarrassed look, squeezed out the last bit of his strength to answer Hammond's question.

"Humph!"

Hammond let the soldier go and sighed, "I didn't expect that there were so many loyal men in the Doug Army who refused to reveal the location of the main force of the Doug Army until their death. Alas."

This is the nth camp that Hammond has captured. Even though Doug lured the Gray Collar to the Golden Ear Plains for a decisive battle, the posture of Doug's army can be said to be as cowardly as possible. The battle line is quietly retreating every day, and there is no sign of them being ready to fight to the death.

Lowry suspected that Doug wanted to hide his main force and launch a surprise attack in an unexpected place. For this reason, he even asked White to allocate part of the troops to defend the rear to prevent Doug's troops from leaking out and attacking the railway under construction.

But at this point, Laurie couldn't help but doubt whether his judgment was wrong. Doug might really have no conspiracy and just simply wanted to die in a dignified way.

Of course, this was just a joke that Lowry made to relax himself when he was nervous. After all, the demon army that had entered the northern border had not made any movement.

Hammond had encountered some demons before. These demons were indeed very powerful and had muskets in their hands to provide fire cover, but they were still far inferior to Hammond. They fled after two rounds of fighting.

However, these demons seemed to want to preserve their strength rather than fight passively.

Now, the defensive camp behind Lowry is almost completed, and all the military and defensive facilities are extremely complete. Lowry even regrets not using cement for pouring, but instead uses more common and easier to build wood and stone as materials in a hurry.

Not only has the camp been built, but Gray-Collar's First and Third Armies have even been stationed in the Golden Spike Plains, ready to launch a decisive battle at any time.

Laurie even deliberately transferred the garrisons of some places, wanting to see if Doug wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and let Gray and White Collar transfer all the troops to the Golden Ear Plain, and then the main force would take a small path that Laurie didn't know about to attack the important rear.

But unfortunately, this did not happen.

Hammond returned to the camp, took off his helmet and said, "We still haven't found the enemy's main force. It seems we have to go deeper next time."

"If we go any deeper, we'll almost enter the river valley."

Laurie shook his head. Doug's army was eerily quiet. Laurie had sent out so many scouts and intelligence personnel, but the only useful information in the end was that the Demon Tribe's latest supply troop had entered Doug's territory.

"No need to go any deeper. White and I have discussed this. Next, if Doug doesn't come out to fight, we will use this plain as a base and attack directly into the river valley."

If we delay any longer, winter will come. Although we can fight in winter, if we capture the river valley sooner, the governor will be able to start arranging production plans sooner, and the soldiers will be able to go back and reunite with their families sooner.

"We should speed up the process. Now everything is ready. I have already arranged everything that needs to be guarded against. Many soldiers are waiting to conquer the entire northern border as soon as possible so that they can go back and get married as soon as possible."

If Lind was present, he would probably cover Lowry's mouth immediately and tell him not to set the flag again. Generally speaking, people who say this will not end well.

Hearing this, Hammond nodded. He heard that there was another fight between the southwestern border and Anjou, but the battle situation was somewhat tragic, and some surrounding tribes and small countries were gradually becoming restless.

The world is probably about to change. If the North can be unified soon, it will have more capital to deal with the upcoming chaos.

Hammond believed that as long as he unified the North and allowed it to develop peacefully for another three to five years, he would be able to effortlessly take back the territory that had been taken away by the demons.

No, it may not even take three to five years. Hammond has even made plans to use the demons for military training. Perhaps during the training, he will be able to take back all the land including the Surd region. By then, the Gray-collared will control the entire Surd region and the river valley, plus the rumored magic train. Even the kingdom will have to look to the North for its favor.

It’s better to say that the people in the capital now have to look at the gray-collar workers’ faces.

In the following days, Lowry was preparing to launch a general attack. Just when Hammond was about to look for Doug's main force again, there was finally movement from Doug's side.

Countless Doug Army soldiers were continuously entering the Golden Ear Plains from the river valley. The Demon Army had also made moves, all ready to go, and very politely served as guards for these ordinary soldiers, ensuring that these ordinary people were sent to the Golden Ear Plains.

There is no doubt that this is Doug's main force plus all his belongings, and also all of Doug's chips. The victory or defeat almost entirely depends on this team.

Hammond took the knights and scouts to investigate, but the demons and Doug's army were obviously prepared, and their defense was much faster than before and very resolute.

However, Hammond still detected some intelligence. The soldiers in the front of Doug's so-called main force were okay and could barely form a queue, but those behind were obviously ordinary people who had just been sent to the battlefield with confused faces. Not to mention armor, even their weapons were hoes and pitchforks.

After hearing this news, Laurie was quite confused. Is Doug crazy? According to what Hammond said, the soldiers behind were similar to the peasants that the lords had conscripted from their own land during the Lords' War.

However, in the war in the north, this method of recruiting soldiers on the spot had long been eliminated. After all, even if you recruited the bravest people, they were not as good as soldiers who had received two weeks of formal firearms training. And not everyone had a musket. Only by becoming a formal soldier could you have the opportunity to touch a musket.

In the North, being a soldier has truly become a profession. Ordinary militiamen can basically only be used for logistical supply and are just cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Although he had doubts, there were only two options: fight or not fight. Lowry did not hesitate and immediately began to mobilize the troops.

At this time, one of Doug's generals was bowing and thanking Noam and the demons for escorting the troops. It was quite strange that they were an army but needed protection from others.

"Thank you General Noam for your assistance. I am grateful."

Although he said this, the general was more than ten steps away from Noam.

"It doesn't matter."

Noam waved his hand and bit off a large chunk of black flesh.

The general couldn't help but pinch his nose. The meat these demons ate was too smelly and disgusting. And for some reason, the general always felt that the way the demons looked at the militia troops was not like looking at ordinary soldiers, but more like looking at a pile of moving food.