Chapter 919 905. Northern Expedition
Businessman Malakom bought a batch of bed crossbows and catapults from San Carlos City this time, and also bought a set of agile-oriented magic pattern construction from the Imperial Capital Auction House.
Besides, the 1,500 infantry soldiers in the barracks also put on heavy armor, with shining heavy swords on their waists, heavy dwarf shields and Paglio spears on their backs.
Fifteen hundred infantry fighters left the town of Dodan in full armor on the last day of October, and they marched northward through the Dodan Gorge.
The infantry lined up in a long line, followed behind the armed Thunder Rhinoceros, and entered the Invercargill Forest mightily.
All the infantry soldiers seemed very excited. Most of these new troops were indigenous youths of the tribe. They had an obsession in their hearts, that is, they would only get money when they performed missions. This time when they left Dodan Town, everyone Everyone wants to make a fortune on the battlefield.
Thirty-six bed crossbows are carried on the backs of 18 armed thunder rhinos, forty disassembled bed crossbow parts and twenty catapults are carried on the shelves. All these ordnance will be transported to the northern part of Invercargill Forest In the barracks in the canyon woodland.
Suldak's northern expedition to the Dark Worm Valley also officially began on the last day of October.
He understands better than anyone else that the army is actually fighting for money, but the victory of the war can bring huge returns to the previous efforts.
But once the war fails, not all lords can bear the losses.
Suldak had never thought of making the scale of the Northern Expedition to the Dark Worm Valley so large.
He just invested all the wealth he accumulated from the beast horde throughout the summer into this expedition.
In addition to this, he also wants to directly exchange the proceeds from the continuous sale of copper ingots at the copper mine for a large amount of strategic war preparation materials, so as to fully support this campaign.
When these materials were continuously transported from the town of Dodan to the military camp in the canyon forest, the entire supply line was almost full of horses carrying goods.
Such a rich supply of materials had a huge impact on the indigenous tribes in the hills and mountains and the Invercargill Forest.
These indigenous tribes had also fought with the troops of the Grimm Empire, but they were not behind the war zone. They watched such a big battle from the perspective of a bystander. Seeing these ordnance supplies, so many young soldiers rushed to the battlefield with excellent equipment.
These indigenous tribes couldn't sit still.
Reasonably, their tribe is currently subordinate to Lord Suldak. If Lord Suldak wants to start a war, they are obliged to send their own armed forces to join it.
Suldak organized a large-scale war for the first time, mobilizing a group of young indigenous warriors, so he forgot to issue a call-up order to various indigenous tribes.
Instead, the various indigenous tribes heard that Suldak began to mobilize troops frequently. The chiefs of the tribes communicated in private.
So on the day when 1,500 heavy armored infantrymen entered the Invercargill Forest, each tribe sent a hundred native warriors to the barracks in the canyon woodland. They even brought their own dry food and weapons.
The number of warriors sent by each tribe is not too many, but the number of these tribes is large.
Thirty-seven indigenous tribes gathered nearly 3,000 warriors. They are a group of real hunters in the tribe. In terms of personal strength, they are much better than the young indigenous people, and they have rich combat experience.
When these tribal warriors rushed to the canyon camp one after another, Suldak realized that the scale of the camp built was a bit small, and he quickly felled trees and built some barracks.
For this reason, Suldak hastily ordered another 3,000 sets of imperial-style infantry armor from the businessman Malakom, as a benefit for these indigenous warriors who voluntarily sent troops to help this time.
Even Malakom was a little surprised that Suldak made such a generous move.
He didn't even expect that these magic crystals that Suldak took out were all earned during the beast tide this summer, and now for the battle in winter, he almost cleaned his pockets more than his face.
Before it snowed in the Invercargill Forest, Suldak arranged for people to pull up fifty arm-thick iron cables on the mountain stream and canyon, and forcibly used these iron cables to pave a chain bridge for the armed thunder rhinoceros to pass through. .
In addition to such a huge iron chain bridge, Suldak also built more than a dozen ziplines on this mountain stream. These ziplines are low on one side and high on the other, allowing soldiers to quickly slide across this natural barrier.
It has only been half a year since the animal swarm, and many areas have not yet recovered from the damage caused by the ghost-striped red ants.
Many people did not expect that Viscount Suldak in the Luthor Legion, in the name of the northern lord of the Bailin plane, led the army across the mountain stream in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest, preparing to lead the army when the first heavy snow fell. The army attacked the Dark Worm Valley.
Suldak's army had just arrived at the barracks in the canyon woodland in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest. A large number of adventure groups in Wilkes City were like dry leeches in the tropical rainforest, pouring into Invercar from all sides. Jill Forest.
Some large mercenary groups even have more than a hundred people.
They were not hired by Lord Suldak, but they took a fancy to the magic core in the heads of those ghost-striped soldier ants.
This summer, they have already tasted the sweetness behind Suldak's cavalry battalion. This time Suldak is preparing to go north, these adventure groups and mercenary groups actually heard the news.
Just after the first week of November, the number of adventure groups and mercenary groups gathered on the south bank of the mountain stream surged to more than 5,000.
They have almost hunted all the ghost-striped red ants wandering in the opposite forest area.
So that no one can see the traces of the ghost-striped red ants across the mountain stream.
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Dark clouds were pressing down on the sky layer by layer, and there was a damp and cold breath in the north wind.
At this time, the roc birds in the northern sky had already hid in their nests. This was the call before the snowstorm. The light green mist surrounding the dark insect valley was continuously blown into the sky by the north wind.
In such a cold weather, the woodland shrouded in poisonous mist gradually appeared in Suldak's sight.
As the stinging snow grits fell from the air, the mist in the woodland opposite became lighter.
Five hundred cavalrymen from the Cavalry Battalion had already guarded around the chain bridge on the north bank. Following Suldak's order, 18 armed thunder rhinos stepped onto the chain bridge one by one, carrying heavy beds. The crossbow crossed the bridge deck and set up a second line of defense to the north of the chain bridge.
A thousand archers followed behind these thunder rhinos, striding across the chain bridge, followed by 1,500 heavy armored infantry.
Wait until 1,500 heavy armored infantry built fortifications on the chain bridge, Andrew led the cavalry battalion and quickly inserted into the edge of the poisonous swamp.
Although the snow has dispersed the poisonous fog, the entire swamp is still very difficult to navigate, and there are countless puddles and traps where the methane gas is hidden under the thick moss and wild grass.
Usually this is almost a forbidden area for cavalry, but now Andrew is going to lead five hundred cavalry through here...
(end of this chapter)