Chapter 158: Margaret

Chapter 158 Margaret
Year 3258 of the Morning Glory Calendar, March 16th.

Richard didn’t receive the war report of the orc invasion, Anne instead sent the news of Sophia’s labor.

Early in the morning of the 16th, Sophia gave birth to a daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe.

The medical condition of the Morning Glory realm is not good, and women’s labor is like breaking through a ghost gate.

Not only is the death rate of young children high, but women of childbearing age are also in great danger when giving birth, and the death rate is not low.

Nobles like Sophia were a little better, she was a fifth-ranked magician and could stop the bleeding and heal spells.

There were also experienced women around to help, even Wendy was guarding her side in advance.

Once the birth process was in danger and Sophia’s healing spells weren’t enough, Wendy could still be at the front. Adrian was guarding the outside of the labor room with doctors and nurses, and could also perform surgical operations at critical moments.

The hospital had been open for a year, and the territorial doctors and nurses had accumulated a lot of experience. The development of surgery was very prominent, and the magic healing arts together with surgery had quite a remarkable treatment effect.

Through word of mouth, the hospital had gained the trust of many people in the territory.

Pregnant women with difficult labor hemorrhages, Adrian had also successfully treated some of them.

The magic healing technique to stop bleeding was a masterpiece, relying on the power of magic, although the territorial hospital was simple, the level of surgery had already exceeded the county hospitals in the vast majority of areas in Richard’s previous life.

Relying on the rapid development of surgery, coupled with the discovery of dissection, the territorial hospital had a much deeper understanding of disease.

But the internal medicine, but not too important discoveries, still can only rely on experience to treat some simple diseases.

Entering March, Sophia had been waiting for her labor in Vicksburg, because of the preparation for the war, Richard couldn’t be by her side all the time.

Received the news that Sophia gave birth to a child, Richard did not carry guards, riding an iron horn horse all the way back to Fort Vic, came to Sophia’s bedside.

Richard had a child in his previous life and had experience in taking care of newborns.

The vast majority of children, when they were first born, were not beautiful. It was commonly red skin and a wrinkled little face.

But this child that Sophia gave birth to, even though it was just born was very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Seeing this newly born little life, Richard was filled with joy. At this moment, he had finally completely integrated into this world.

Before this child was born, Richard and Sophia had prepared a name.

If a boy was born, it would be called Philip, and this name was created by Richard.

If it was a girl, it would be called Margaret, and the name was given by Sophia.

Immediately after Margaret’s birth, Richard sent the news to Black River Castle to inform his father, William.

Because Richard was not around when Sophia gave birth, and because he hadn’t yet received the exact intelligence from the orcs, Richard decided to stay at Fort Vic and accompany Sophia for a few days.

Although it was the first child, Sophia’s body recovered quickly.

She is not too fond of taking care of children, her body has just recovered a little, and immediately put into the magic research work, the child is mainly handed over to Anne and the palace maids to take care of.

Sophia’s breast milk wasn’t a lot, but there was no lack of quality milk sources in Harland’s territory.

There are two Iron Horned Horses in the territory that have just given birth, and magical beast milk is the best milk source in this world. Sophia only needed to personally feed them for a few months, and when Margaret was a little older, she could drink magical beast milk.

Drinking nutritious magical beast milk from a young age had a slight improvement on the child’s qualifications.

Nobles relied on a variety of advantages in order to have an overwhelming advantage in the competition with ordinary people.

Richard accompanied Sophia for five days in Fort Vic, and on March 21, he received a war report that the orc army was not far from Fort William.

After receiving the war report, Richard quickly rushed to the brick kiln factory to command the battle.

The war report was sent by uncle Soros, according to the reconnaissance of the Wraith Cavalry, it was found that this orc army coming in from the Harland Valley was about three brigades and numbered more than five thousand.

Viewing through the orcs’ banners, it was discovered that the commander was Richard’s old rival, Gunderson.

Gunderson was the supreme commander of the orcs in the direction of Platos when Richard first fought the orcs.

This orc deputy army chief was an 8th ranked werewolf, and what he was best at was actually commanding cavalry in battle. It was only that his career level was too high and he had risen to the position of deputy army chief, commanding several orc brigades in battle at once. So the orc cavalry would have to be left to the command of his old subordinates.

From the previous encounter, Gunderson’s level of commanding combat was very average. With a superior force, he didn’t defeat Baron Haden and suffered instead. Platos defense battle, orcs casualties are heavier, the exchange ratio with human soldiers is not good, also did not reach the strategic purpose, fight to the end, Platos defense line is still in the hands of humans.

Six years ago, when he fought with Gunderson, Richard had just become a professional and was still a basic officer. On the battlefield, although he has made achievements, and Gunderson’s status is a world of difference.

Six years have passed, Gunderson’s position has not changed much, and this invasion even has only three brigades of troops, which is not as much as the time of the Platos defense battle.

Richard’s status, however, has made a world of difference; the last time he fought Gunderson, Richard was still a minor officer from a family of professionals, and not only did he command a small number of troops, his own combat strength was also very average.

Six years had passed, and now Richard was a hereditary baron, holding three baronial domains, commanding ten squadrons of infantry, one squadron of magical beast cavalry, and three squadrons of auxiliary soldiers in combat.

Even though the force under his command was no match for Baron Harden six years ago, he surpassed Grand Captain Sharp and became a heavyweight commander near the Platos Mountains.

Even Grant’s royal capital, in this direction, relied on the forces of Harland’s territory to fight.

In January of this year, the royal capital sent an order appointing Richard to unify the command of the five baronial territories of Dillam, Bazel, Rice, Dak, and Sharp, and conferring on Richard the rank of Major General in the Reserves.

The Harland family, now had two people holding the rank of Major General.

The last time the orcs invaded, they touched dust in Fort William. Gunderson knows this situation, and did not risk coming to attack Fort William, but cantonment Fort William twenty kilometers away from the valley, looks like want to pass through the other valleys, detour into the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains.

Several valleys to the west were blockaded by castles.

Sophia Castle in Richard’s domain, Platos Castle in Sharp Raphael’s joint domain, and Braveheart Castle in Baron Leon’s domain.

Bypassing these three baronies, there were also the regular troops of the Wild Lion Legion stationed in the southern foothills valley of the Eagle Mountains, blocking in front of the Flaming Castle.

If we continue to go around to the west, from the western part of the Flaming Fortress, the eastern part of the barren valley of Duke Edward’s territory, the grain road will be lengthened by two hundred kilometers, and a dozen or so troop stations will need to be constructed along the way.

Each station will need to station a considerable number of troops to defend against Richard and other noble allies cutting off the grain route and attacking the station.

Compared to six years ago, the strategic situation around the Platos Mountains has become more and more unfavorable to the orcs.

It was impossible to make a detour to the west, and if they wanted to enter the territory of Grant Kingdom, they could only go to the east to look for a war opportunity.

(End of chapter)