Chapter 1019 1005. Those oak barrels
According to the news brought back by the magician who scouted for information from the north, the First Legion and the Second Legion had already assembled in Mukuso City.
But so far only the Second Army has chosen to go south. The vanguard has already arrived in the town of Hatangada, but the First Army has chosen to go north for some unknown reason.
Surdak stood in front of the map, thinking hard about what kind of considerations the MacDonnell family had, so they still chose to split the first and second legions when the third legion had just lost...
Having a group of mages in the army brings many unexpected benefits. Not only is the information more detailed, but it can also be delivered to Suldak's ears in a very timely manner.
And when the battle starts, the mages can also provide air support.
Magicians can also unleash more powerful magical skills if they don't need to fly through the air on a magic handle.
Now, what surprised Suldak the most was the hexagonal magic crystal in front of him, which was inserted into the groove of the gem on its own...
In fact, there are many magic crystals of this kind in the secret room of the Red Dragon Treasure in Suldak, and the magic crystals there record the words of runes.
But the magic crystal in front of Suldak's eyes recorded real video data on the battlefield.
This kind of magic crystal with memory carrier is extremely precious, because they have the ability of memory image, usually magicians will record some magic inheritance in the magic crystal.
Under the instruction of Archmage Morrison, this magic crystal was taken out to record the vast land between the towns of Takale and Hatangada.
The magician flies in the air and has a bird's-eye view of the whole land. With such a clear view of the sky, every big tree in the entire battlefield can be seen very clearly.
Suldak didn't expect the mage group to be so generous, and took out the magic crystal to record the barracks of the lord's army between the towns of Takale and Hartangada.
In Suldak's eyes, the barracks stood defenseless in front of him.
According to the original words of Archmage Morrison: "The mage group wants to defeat the Black Magic Priory on the Ganbu plane. I am afraid that these strengths alone are far from enough, and they have to rely on the help of the Bena Constructed Swordsman Group. At present Suldak is in full control of this swordsman group. If the mage group wants to cooperate with the constructed swordsman group, it needs Suldak's support. '
In order to be able to support Suldak's heavy armored infantry regiment to win the next war, Archmage Morrison also showed full sincerity.
Not only sent a magician to the military camp to investigate the situation, but also recorded the distribution of the opponent's army in detail.
The surrounding mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, valleys, and the terrain in the direction of Hatangada Town are all recorded in the magic crystal.
The magician held the magic crystal in both hands, and pictures were displayed from the magic crystal. Suldak and a group of officers were amazed at this in the big tent of the military camp.
As these topographic displays ended, the illusion in front of him disappeared, and the magician took his hands away.
"The garrison in the barracks is nothing to worry about now. It only takes half a day for our heavy armored infantry to bulldoze the barracks here." Said a heavy armored infantry commander in the barracks, who was sent by Luther Marquis One of the ten commanders who came over is good at combat deployment and training new troops.
Another infantry commander also nodded and said:
"It's easy to capture the barracks, but the problem is the heavy cavalry of the Second Legion stationed in Hartangada Town. How can we block their reinforcements from the barracks?"
Everyone became chattering, but no officer was still optimistic about the heavy armored infantry regiment in this situation.
A head of an infantry regiment frowned and said: "Judging from the layout in the magic crystal, they want to stick to the town of Hatangada. The barracks here is their frontline bridgehead. If we can lead them to the mountains, we will The advantage is much greater.”
Someone even took out some stones, placed them one by one on a square table covered with a map, laid out the formation of the second army of the opposite lord's army when they attacked, and said: "The second army has three thousand heavy cavalry, and this part of the force alone is enough. It can defeat our heavy armored infantry regiment in one fell swoop, and if we arrange ten light cavalry to outflank, it will easily form an encirclement on the battlefield... This battle is difficult to fight."
Someone later added: "It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 heavy cavalry. The Third Army has two heavy cavalry regiments and six light cavalry regiments. Four thousand people..."
Suldak pondered for a while, and said to a group of infantry commanders: "The strength of the troops has been figured out, why don't we play this battle on the sand table?"
"That's a good note."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
After the sand table was completed, Suldak hid in the barracks tent with the great swordsman Quintus and several regimental commanders, and spent almost a whole day repeatedly deducing the war. Everyone had lunch and dinner. Eating simply in the big tent of the barracks, every officer looks very tired.
However, what is more unacceptable to everyone than tired is that after dozens of deductions, the heavy armored infantry corps can't see any hope of winning.
Adding the advantages of the mage group and the constructed swordsman group, it is not good enough to face the heavy cavalry on the battlefield.
In fact, in the sand table deduction process, no matter who uses the heavy armored infantry regiment and the constructed swordsman regiment to attack the second army of the lord army, at most they can only capture the garrison camp with not too many troops.
But not long after that, the garrison camp will be recaptured by the officer commanding the Second Army of the Lord's Army, and the heavy cavalry will be used to completely overwhelm the infantry regiment in this area.
Although there are many mountains in this area, there is a flat and wide valley near the garrison camp. Heavy cavalry can gallop and charge at will in this valley.
Suldak's legion has no arms at all that can limit the heavy cavalry on the opposite side.
Can't see any hope of victory, even Quintas Great Swordsman advocates playing it safe first.
Ned Mosby, head of the First Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment, suggested: "Otherwise, let's stop for a while, and now we can manage the town of Takale. We can build a city wall on the ruins first, even if we can't stop it." The second army's attack, it's completely in time to withdraw from the pier..."
Suldak pondered for a moment, and said to a group of officers in front of him: "This time is the best time for us to defeat the Second Army... As long as we can stop the heavy cavalry they came to support, we will have a chance to take the garrison camp, and ...I have a solution for their heavy cavalry, but they are more fertile horses. I am really reluctant to part with such a good blue-scaled horse..."
Suldak planted a small red flag on the **** of a valley between the military camp on the sand table and the town of Hatangada, and said: "My battlefield is here, and I will transfer six corps and mage groups Stop their heavy cavalry here."
Then he raised his head and looked around for a week. Surprise was written on the faces of all the group leaders.
Suldak set his eyes on Ned Mosby and said to him:
"Ned Mosby, in the next battle, you and the second, third, and fourth heavy armored infantry regiments will besiege the barracks. I will be in charge of blocking the heavy cavalry of the second regiment here."
"We cannot return the Second Legion to Mukuso City."
"Otherwise, if we want to capture that city, I am afraid that countless soldiers will die. We must firmly hold the Second Army in the town of Hatangada."
Hearing what Suldak said, the great swordsman Quintas asked suspiciously: "Dak, what are you going to do? We don't have a knight order to block those heavy cavalry at all, and we don't have a solid city wall. You Could it be that they want to use heavy armored infantry to stop these thickly armored war horses?"
"Of course not, but I have a way, and I have the support of the magician group, don't I?" Suldak said very optimistically.
Archmage Morrison, who had been standing in the corner without speaking, raised his head at this moment, smiled and said, "Yes, I will provide all support within my ability."
Suldak turned around, inserted a twig into the mountain, and said confidently: "Believe me, with the help of Archmage Morrison, my plan will become much simpler..."
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Suldak's heavy armored infantry regiment didn't stop at Takale. He didn't even plan to establish a material turnover place in Takale, and moved directly along the avenue towards the barracks.
Based on Suldak’s original words, that garrison camp is very good, it can meet all the needs of my army...
Along the way, Suldak asked those soldiers in the heavy armored infantry regiment who knew how to tie a straw man to tie a straw man and put it on their shoulders.
On March 17th, Surdak led nearly 8,000 heavy armored infantry regiments around the barracks and directly inserted into the valley between the barracks and Hatangada Town. These scarecrows were buried in the woodland and on both sides of the avenue, and hundreds of scarecrows were spread all over the entire woodland and both sides of the two-kilometer-long avenue in the woodland.
Buried into the soil together with these straw figures were two thousand oak barrels filled with black powder.
To be honest, burying these oak barrels is really a technical job.
In order to transport these black powders to the dry cloth plane, Aphrodite returned to Hailansa City in advance, and it was also a big project to transport so many oak barrels to the barracks. Suldak and Aphrodite almost Been busy all night.
And that night, many officers and heavy armored infantry soldiers in the barracks thought that Suldak was doing some indescribable things with the mysterious female magician in the camp.
In fact, the two of them just brought two thousand oak barrels.
Everything was ready, and even the eight thousand heavy armored infantry disappeared into the dense forest on both sides of the valley.
(end of this chapter)