Chapter 1546 1532. Highland Battle 2
The 70,000 heavy armored infantry of Marquis Valentin Heller were followed all the way by a group of ghost soldiers assembled temporarily. Although each heavy armored infantry was equipped with two Guborian horses, they were on the tundra without any shelter. , if no one restricts the group of evil spirits, this group of heavy armored infantry has no way to get rid of the evil spirits.
Every night, this group of evil spirits lurks in the darkness around the reinforcement camp. At this time, the patrol team sent by the reinforcements is a delicious meal in the eyes of the evil spirits.
Marquis Valentine Heller lit a large number of torches around the camp, making the surroundings of the camp brightly lit, so that the ghost warriors would not be able to attack the camp in the dark.
When Marquis Heller came to the Moyunling Highlands, he didn't want to fight these evil spirits, but after the evil spirits behind him tasted the sweetness in the North Sunderland Valley, they took the initiative to gather together, and then they were like a group of predators. Follow behind the reinforcements, rushing up to take a bite from time to time.
The Marquis of Heller withdrew from the North Sunderland Mountains to the northern tundra. He did not launch any form of counterattack against the evil spirits along the way, and the morale of the legion dropped sharply.
Many infantry soldiers thought that Marquis Heller's courage was frightened by the evil spirits, and that's why he escaped in such a mess.
And the commanders of the various lord armies also felt a lot of dissatisfaction, thinking that Marquis Heller was too cautious. After all, there are 70,000 people in the army. As long as they form an army formation, they will definitely be able to fight against the group of evil spirits behind them.
There are still some officers and soldiers who think that even if the Legion continues to flee north...where else can it go?
It would be better to turn around and fight these evil spirits.
It's just that these lords seem to have overlooked one thing. The main reason for the evil spirits to catch up is that the armies of the lords went out to hunt the evil spirits privately. Most of the hunting teams were backlashed by the evil spirits. The Corps was not that powerful either, so we started this journey of feasting.
They chased out of instinct. At the beginning, they only raided the heavy armored infantry at the back of the team, and after killing them, they even ate all the people and horses in their stomachs.
Evil ghosts who are full become stronger, and many evil spirits gather together one after another because they smell blood. As more and more evil spirits gather, their courage becomes bigger.
They are greedy, vicious, and cruel in nature, and their feet are covered with the blood of reinforcement soldiers...
Finally chased to the northern highland tundra of the North Sunderland Mountains, chasing after the reinforcements.
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Marquis Heller spent half his life as a soldier, so he is naturally not an idiot.
He rejected Suldak's order in order to win greater benefits for the lords of Handanar County.
This time he was targeted by the evil spirits. The reason why he chose to avoid the battle and keep retreating to the north was actually to find a battlefield that was beneficial to the heavy armored infantry, a place suitable for camping. After all, the support army had to defend it. This occupied area.
A heavy rain on the tundra made it more difficult for the reinforcements to go north. The rainwater hit the armor and made a clanging sound.
The rain was very icy, and the shirts were soaked through the gaps in the armor. This group of infantry soldiers who kept moving forward in the rain suffered a lot. Obviously, the evil spirits were more unsuited to the heavy rain than the human soldiers, so they gave up chasing in the rain.
As the evil spirits disappeared in the rain and fog behind them, the reinforcement soldiers in Handanar City finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The feeling of being targeted by wolves on the grassland is not pleasant.
"Master Marquis, those evil spirits have retreated!" Viscount Bennett rode his horse in the rain to catch up and reported to Marquis Heller.
The lord army of the Bennett family just received the mission in the morning. Seeing the dark clouds approaching from the sky, he raised his head and cursed the damned God for not giving the soldiers of the Bennett family a way out!
But when the icy rain fell, the evil spirit stopped chasing, which made Viscount Bennet overjoyed...
Good luck is coming, I can't stop it! So he immediately ran to Marquis Heller to report the situation behind.
Hearing Viscount Bennett's report, the cloaked Marquis Valentine Heller finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the rain off his face with his hand before ordering:
"Let everyone rest in place for a while, Su Lun, you send someone to investigate ahead."
"Viscount Bennett, please pay attention to the movement of the group of evil spirits behind. I know that the archers of your Bennett family are all sharp shooters. You must block the first wave of surprise attacks by the evil spirits so that we will have enough time Deal with it!" Marquis Heller patted Viscount Bennett on the shoulder and said to him.
Viscount Bennet straightened his chest and said confidently: "Yes!"
Then Viscount Bennett rode to the rear of the team.
The heavy rain fell like a pour, and the team stopped with a whistle.
The infantry soldiers got off their horses and took out the cowhide rolls from their bags. These cowhide rolls were originally spread in the tent to keep out the moisture and cool, and they were waiting to be temporarily used as rain cloths in this heavy rain.
Heller Marquis jumped off his horse, and immediately his own soldiers set up a canopy for the Marquis Heller to sit inside to shelter from the rain.
When the rain cleared up, the soldier had no time to change his wet shirt, so he continued to walk north...
Several infantry regiment commanders have already run over to complain to Marquis Heller, but Marquis Heller did not stop the reinforcements from marching northward.
These infantry regiments dare not fall behind the ranks alone, no one wants to fall into the hands of evil ghost fighters.
"Master Marquis, the clothes of the soldiers are all wet. The weather is so cold. If you continue to walk like this, some people may get sick..." A head of a heavy armored infantry regiment begged Marquis Heller again.
Marquis Heller looked at the blue-purple grass around him, frowned slightly, and looked a little dissatisfied. He stared at the head of the group with cold eyes, and said after a long time: "Let everyone persevere!"
After finishing speaking, Marquis Heller continued to move forward on his horse...
When Marquis Heller agreed to set up camp, it was completely dark, and the infantry soldiers in the reinforcements only knew that this was a dirt ridge in the hazy night. Since the evil spirit army behind did not follow up, everyone was cold Hungry again, but the mood is rare to relax.
Many infantry regiments raised bonfires.
In this kind of weather after the rain, and in the depths of the tundra, it was difficult for the soldiers to find dry firewood. There were wet moss all over the place, and a handful of water could be squeezed out by holding it up and grabbing it.
Even if it is ignited, there will be thick smoke billowing, and there are not many flames at all.
The lord army who has the conditions will carry the magic scroll or rune board of the fire-focusing technique with him. Just put the rune board flat on the ground, and then insert a magic crystal fragment on the gem base, and the flame will burn on the rune board. It is condensed on the top, whether it is warming fire or boiling water, there is no problem with this magic flame.
The unconditional lord army will also carry a pot of kerosene with them. Even if they cannot find dry wood, even if it is wet moss, pouring half a pot of kerosene on it can burn a raging flame.
Even if it’s just drinking half a bowl of hot water, it’s good to drive away some of the coldness in the body…
The Marquis of Heller was sitting in the tent, with a magic heater beside him, and a magic chandelier hung on a pillar beside him. In front of him was a hand-drawn map with a lot of text marked on it. The paintings are very clean.
Opposite him stood more than 20 regimental commanders of the heavy armored infantry regiment, and these regiment commanders were listening carefully to Marquis Heller's assignment of tomorrow's mission.
"...Build simple fortifications first. We have to find a way to dig a five-meter-deep trench here, and ram an earth wall on the side of the trench. The higher the better."
"Don't imagine that a heavy rain will make those evil spirits abandon our army. Now that they have bitten our tails, they won't be so easy to get rid of."
"I don't really want to say much about the rest. It's about the life and death of our Handanar city lord army. I hope you can do it with your heart."
Marquis Heller first arranged for the army to build fortifications, and then began to arrange the defense system of the camp to deal with the evil spirits that would catch up sooner or later.
Originally, Marquis Valentin Heller planned to build a fortress or stronghold on this high mountain. He saw the barracks built by the West Route Army at the foot of Moyunling Mountain, so he was deeply inspired and thought of himself in Moyun Mountain. If one is also built on Ling Gao, it should be able to block the attack of the evil spirit army.
As long as such a defensive stronghold can be built, it means that he can take root in this tundra, and then the boundary markers buried these days will become the boundaries of the occupied area.
The only thing that caught him off guard was that these evil spirits came too early.
If he could be given another month, Marquis Valentin Heller would have the confidence to build a strong defensive stronghold on this high mountain.
Originally, I wanted to build a castle on the edge of the inner lake. Unfortunately, it happened to be the easternmost end of the North Senderland Mountains. Not only that, there were often evil spirits haunting it, and the location could not expand freely to the north. In his plan, it would be the best if he could occupy all the western part of the Moyunling Highlands.
It's a pity that the evil spirits didn't give him time to prepare.
In the early morning of the next day, a group of evil spirits appeared on the grassy **** below the high hill. They were not in a hurry to attack, but just stared at the reinforcement barracks, making the infantry soldiers in the barracks panic. of.
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The West Route Army started from the camp at the southern entrance of the Moyunling Highlands, walked westward for nearly four days along the southern tundra between the Villagaxi Hills and the South Foot Mountains before stopping.
The magician reconnaissance team has told Suldak the news that the three evil ghost legions have left the North Sunderland Mountains and are coming to the West Route Army in the south in three routes.
Suldak didn't let the West Route Army continue to go west. The further west they go, the stronger the evil ghost army's counterattack will be.
The West Route Army did not build a military stronghold here. In fact, he originally planned to build a fortress in the middle of the Villagasi hills. Unfortunately, this land is now included in the occupied area by the reinforcements of Handanal City, and Suldak is not Fortunately, the camp was built on other people's land. The location of this piece of Taiyuan is not ideal, so I decided to delay this matter.
"Basil, you go and tell Andrew that you are only allowed to fight one battle on the side of the Villagasi hills, and then let him find a way to go to the tundra north of the North Sunderland Mountains and take care of our war horses! Don't always think about it. to fight..."
Suldak stood outside the tent, and warned the magician Basil who was about to leave.
Basil wiped his forehead and responded:
"Okay, I'll remind him."
"This is an order, so he must carry it out." Suldak emphasized.
"Yes, this is an order, I don't think he should be reckless..."
When he said this, the magician Basil felt that he had no confidence. That fellow Andrew, who can guarantee that he won't do something out of the ordinary!
Looking at Basil flying into the sky, Suldak looked away.
The West Route Army camps on the tundra here are almost connected into a large area. The camp of the command post is located on the highest **** with a very wide field of vision. You can see ten kilometers away from here.
Although the evil ghost army has not rushed over, the heavy armored infantry regiment of the West Route Army has entered a state of preparation.
The magician investigation group currently has 306 magicians, and currently there are 60 magicians riding magic scorpions to investigate information in various places on the highlands, and the rest of the magicians stay here in the barracks to draw magic shield scrolls. If you want to sponsor free magic potions, these magicians will naturally not be polite.
Walking on the carpet formed by the thick moss of Gaogang, every foot will be wet, and water will form in the footprints left behind.
The barracks of 130,000 heavy armored infantry formed a sea of white tents.
Samira and Carrie Decker walked over side by side. Seeing that Suldak was still looking at Basil's figure flying away in the air, the half-elf archer asked:
"Are you worried that Andrew will mess around outside?"
Suldak shook his head and said, "I'm worried about the three evil spirit legions coming from North Sunderland."
Carrie Decker asked a little puzzled: "In addition to the ghost pattern soldiers and ants who can stand in front of the team battle, we also have the fog of war. Isn't it just right for these evil spirits to come?"
Suldak smiled wryly, and said: "It is likely that they have thought of a way to break the fog of war, so they will attack on such a large scale. This battle in the southern tundra should be a battle for the evil spirits to regain confidence. It’s likely to be extremely difficult.”
Garley Decker was full of confidence in the fog of war, and said with a smile:
"The fog of war of the Evernight Goddess is not so easy to resolve."
"Are we waiting here for the army of evil spirits to come?" Samira asked suddenly.
Suldak glanced at Samira in surprise, and said frankly: "The real battlefield should probably be moved a little north, as close as possible to the hills of Villagasi, and we should also give the evil spirits in the Mount Horsens camp some pressure…"
Samira didn't say anything, since Suldak said so, then when she returns to the archer group, she will have to prepare for tomorrow's trip.
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"Master Marquis, there is a man called Captain Andrew asking to see him outside. He claims to be from the Constructed Knights of the West Route Army."
A constructed knight reported to Marquis Simon Jeffrey.
Marquis Jeffrey had heard the name Andrew before, and knew that he was the leader of the Constructed Knights of the West Route Army, but he never thought that the leader of the Constructed Knights who was born as a commoner would have the courage to come to see a Lord Marquis.
Marquis Jeffrey pondered for a moment, and then said: "Bring him in..."
(end of this chapter)