Chapter 1564 1550. The so-called friendship
Handanaer City reinforcements arrived at the southern mountain pass of the Moyunling Highlands nearly five days later than expected.
When the reinforcements arrived at the mountain pass in the south of the highland, the 50,000 infantry soldiers lost nearly 2,000 more. Without the army of priests, priests, magicians, and paladins, it was difficult for these infantry soldiers to receive treatment, and wound infection was the biggest executioner.
The reinforcements still have a large amount of combat supplies in the southern mountain pass, but they seem to be useless now, and Marquis Vorster Caesar has no plan to spend a huge amount of transportation fees to bring these supplies back to Handanal City. Therefore, dealing with these war supplies has become the most important thing for Marquis Caesar right now.
As soon as he arrived at the southern mountain pass, Marquis Nishizawa was in a hurry to see the managers of several major business groups in the camp here.
These large business groups are currently mainly engaged in the business of the West Route Army and the Adventure Group, and they have almost monopolized all the supplies needed by the army.
On the opposite hillside next to the West Route Army camp, is the material warehouse of the merchant group, which occupies a large area of the grass.
There is also a naturally formed free market in front of these material warehouses, almost all of which are small stalls set up by members of some adventure groups. Lin Zhong almost covers all daily necessities.
Of course, the most common products are some parts of the evil spirits, such as black devil skin stained with purple blood, or a sharp green horn, a sharp and minimalist war blade without a gauntlet, and a long bone with a curvature. spears and more.
The southern mountain pass camp is very prosperous here, and the noisy atmosphere in the market is in stark contrast to the decadent infantry soldiers.
The morale of the infantry soldiers in the army was extremely low. Marquis Heller chose to camp on a grassy **** about 500 meters away from the West Route Army camp. The camp of nearly 50,000 infantry soldiers occupied a large area on the hillside.
Many members of the business group and adventure group were very curious when they saw such a discomfited army returning from the depths of the highlands. Some people even worried about the situation on the Moyunling highlands because of this.
Infantry soldiers rode a horse and led a horse behind them. Almost every soldier had several packages, large and small.
After arriving at the camp, the soldiers unloaded the luggage from the ancient horses, including saddles and hoods. After these horses took off their saddles, they were driven by the constructed knights to the stream under the grassy slope. First, they had a full drink After a meal of clear stream water, he rushed to the grassy **** opposite the river to graze the green grass.
As the war horses left the reinforcement camp one by one, the camp here seemed deserted.
Handanaer city reinforcement soldiers were accompanied by war horses along the way. Seeing the group of war horses leave the camp, they realized how much they depended on the war horses. The biggest problem was the large and small packages piled up under their feet.
These infantry soldiers are wearing full-covered heavy armor, equipped with heavy swords, tower shields and battle spears. Just wearing these things makes people walk like a turtle...
There are tents, sleeping bags, cooking utensils, rations and other living materials, and there will be no horses to carry these materials in the future.
They originally rushed here from Handanal City to pick up some bargains, but when they arrived at the Moyunling Highland, they were chased and killed by a group of evil spirits from behind, and finally returned to the mountain pass in the southern part of the highland alive. The horses were led to the camp, and many infantry soldiers sat blankly on the grass piled with packages...
The infantry soldiers began to worry about the next part of the journey.
Although the reinforcements in Handanal City have a logistics transport team, this transport team is not obliged to help the infantry soldiers carry their luggage.
The business group on the entire Moyunling Highland knew the purpose of the support army here. They offended Lord Suldak, and the car and horse dealers had to consider some of the negative factors. Although they had to take their business, but It is absolutely impossible to discount these infantry fighters.
The four-wheeled trucks set off from the Moyunling highlands, passed through the mountain canyons, turned over the Ganda Er Mountains, and crossed the large meadows to reach the city of Handanal. It would take at least one month for the whole journey. An old roll of linen, then there is no need to check it in, as shipping will likely cost more than the luggage itself.
For these infantry fighters, the luggage that is inconvenient to carry must be disposed of at the camp. Those without any value are directly discarded in the camp.
So after the reinforcements from Handanal City came to the southern mountain pass camp, this not-so-large free market suddenly became lively.
There have been a lot of second-hand goods on the field, including iron pots, kettles, traveler's backpacks, personal clothing, leather armor, mail armor, shields, heavy swords, etc.
According to the thinking of these infantry soldiers, it is better to sell it here than to discard it because they can’t walk halfway.
The time for them to repair at the southern mountain pass is still uncertain, but what is certain is that they must sell all the materials that cannot be taken away at a low price before leaving.
Business houses keep the purchase price of such items very low.
At this time, the business acumen displayed by the businessmen can be described as making people feel worse. They are too stingy to pay an extra copper for the pile of rags of the infantry soldiers.
The main reason why these things are worthless in the market is that the largest consumer group in this market, that is, the similar items used by members of the adventure group are generally better than those used by infantry.
Even business groups are not easy to deal with these cheap second-hand goods. The lack of a market is the main reason why these materials cannot be sold.
Those leather armor, mail armor, epee shield, as long as the price is low enough, they are relatively easy to sell.
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The afterglow of the setting sun makes the mountains in the distance inlaid with a golden border...
Infantry soldiers have to set up tents before dark.
Even in the rainy season, the nights on the highlands are very cold.
The sun disappears between the mountains, and the humid cold wind will blow directly into the cracks in human bones.
At this time, a bonfire is raised, a pot of thick hot soup is burned, and the baked wheat cakes are put on the sticks, and they are roasted by the bonfire until they are burnt, and the stomach will be warm after eating.
It's a pity that these infantry soldiers in the reinforcements are not in the mood at all at the moment...
Many soldiers gnawed on the wheat cakes silently and did not speak. Some even took a few mouthfuls of dry and hard wheat cakes, and then buried their heads between their knees, cursing sullenly: "He's numb..."
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Marquis Valentin Heller returned to the southern mountain pass, and locked himself in a tent, refusing to see anyone.
The 117,000 ancient Bolai war horses have been handed over to the Western Route Army Constructed Knights before dark.
Andrew didn't even think about asking his constructed knights to count the number of horses and check the status of all the horses. He handed over the task of taking care of these horses to Kit, the 17th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment in the West Route Army camp. head.
He wanted to leave the camp at the southern mountain pass before Suldak came back, so as not to be temporarily assigned some boring tasks by Suldak.
Andrew has set his sights on the area between the North Sunderland Mountains and the inner lake. Although neither the ant cavalry nor the giant ghost pattern soldier ant army followed, this happened to make his knight formation more flexible.
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Suldak and his party rushed back to the southern mountain pass camp, just the next morning when Andrew led the Constructed Knights to leave.
Seeing a large group of ancient Bolai horses scattered on the grassy **** opposite the camp like a dark cloud, Suldak's mood became very good.
This time he came from the Highland Fortress, in addition to looking at these ancient Bolai war horses, the main reason was to conduct an unidentified black magic crystal transaction with the Marquis of Worcester Caesar.
The grass on this side has been gnawed down to only some grass roots, and the horses are slowly moving to the more open grass in the north.
"Boss, are you going to be forming some cavalry regiments?"
Seeing the large herd of ancient Bolai war horses on the grass, Kari Decker, who came here with Suldak, couldn't help asking.
Suldak looked at the bustling market in the distance, shook his head with a smile and said:
"These ancient horses can only be used as mounts for rangers and cavalry archers. I don't plan to form such cavalry regiments yet."
"I plan to hand over these war horses to the Aegrod tribe for stocking. If I can get scale horses, I may form another Constructed Knights..."
Nika, who was following Suldak, quietly stuck out his tongue, thinking to himself: It seems that Master Suldak has no intention of stopping the pace of fighting.
A group of maids following Nika have now grown into qualified field medical personnel.
Everyone is usually busy in the medical tent, and rarely leaves the main force of the West Route Army.
A group of women chatted excitedly when they saw the bustling market on the hillside, wishing they could rush over immediately.
This time Suldak brought Nika and the others here mainly because most of the reinforcement infantry soldiers in Handanar City were injured. Attrition situation.
Although he was very dissatisfied with the reinforcements from Handanal City entering the Moyunling Highlands to grab the territory, it did not mean that he would be angry with the infantry soldiers in the reinforcements.
These infantry fighters are basically civilians from various areas of Handanal City County, most of them are veterans with combat experience, and only a small number of young soldiers are serving. Surdak is also a soldier who came out of the infantry regiment. Also very sympathetic to them.
It’s just... sympathy, but it’s impossible for this group of war horses to ride back to Handanar City no matter what.
Suldak passed the lively free market, but did not pass through the market. A group of people passed by the edge of the market, only to find that there were many reinforcement infantry soldiers selling old things in the market.
There are almost no soldiers of the West Route Army here, and almost no one recognizes Surdak.
Only some merchants in the small stalls looked suspiciously at Suerdak and his group.
Some swordsmen from the Reinforcement Constructed Swordsman Regiment also stayed here.
They didn't want to go home as losers. This time they deserted on the battlefield. Although they might not be sent to the court, they completely offended the three very powerful Marquis of Handanal County.
Even if they can return to Handanar City safely, their life may not be easy.
Although many of them are minor nobles, they are not very powerful, so it is best to hide outside to avoid the limelight during this period.
There are already constructed swordsmen who have joined the adventure group here, planning to make some money before making other plans.
As for the constructed swordsmen of the noble lord's personal guards, the magic pattern structure on their body and the scaled horse under their crotch do not belong to me. These constructed swordsmen will definitely return to Handanar City.
At this moment, they are staying here mainly to prepare for the next trip.
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When Suldak saw Marquis Vorster Caesar, he was discussing the batch of military supplies with several big businessmen in the camp here.
When he walked to the entrance of Marquis Caesar's camp, Suldak happened to meet with these businessmen. When he saw the Commander of the West Route Army suddenly appearing outside the tent, these big businessmen all changed their expressions in fright, and some even wanted to Pretend to wipe sweat and cover your face with a handkerchief.
Some people tried to hide behind their companions, so as not to be seen by Suldak.
Seeing the terrified expressions of the merchants, Suldak didn't go to greet them again, but walked into the tent with Marquis Caesar's personal guard.
There was still a lingering smell of smoke in the tent, Marquis Caesar's tired face could not be concealed, and the attendants were busy removing some tea sets.
Seeing Suldak walking in from the outside, Marquis Caesar quickly stood up to greet him.
"I didn't expect Commander Suldak to come so soon..."
Marquis Nishizawa walked over with a smile, patted Suldak on the shoulder, wrapped his arms around him and asked him to sit on a chair.
"I heard that the reinforcements will arrive at the southern camp in the next few days, so I hurried over here." Suldak said to Marquis Caesar, and asked casually: "Just now I saw a group of businessmen leaving here. Is the Lord Marquis planning to dispose of the military supplies stored in the camp here?"
Marquis Caesar was slightly taken aback, staring at Suldak, and admitted frankly: "I do have that intention, but the supplies that have been transported need to be disposed of on the spot, and the trouble of transporting them back to Handanal City is not a problem. The pressure on the side is greater, and the losses suffered by the lords will be greater."
"Then if the deal has not been negotiated, the West Route Army is willing to purchase at 40% off the market price. Of course, I'm talking about 40% off the market price in Handanal City..." Suldak said very directly .
"Why don't you grab it?"
Marquis Caesar's face became a little ugly. He wanted to maintain the demeanor that a nobleman should have, but after hearing what Suldak said, he couldn't help but counterattack immediately.
Suldak spread his hands and said with a smile: "In this case, you can take my suggestion to you as a kind of friendship between friends. After all, the military supplies of the West Route Army are provided by the military department for free. Yes, I am not short of these armaments, of course, I also hope that you can sell them at a higher price..."
(end of this chapter)