Chapter 585 (1/2)
The time is pushed forward a little.
About half an hour before the nugus manor raid was launched, a command from nugus manor was also transmitted to a forward base led by bobis by magic communication. Then twenty minutes later, a force of about 3000 people secretly set out from this forward base and advanced towards the gray shadow forest in the north, and then officially entered the gray shadow forest a few minutes before the nugus manor raid.
The wind blew.
There is a trace of moisture in the wind, which is much wetter than at other times, vaguely showing incomparable awe.
The grey shadow forest is a vast forest in the south of the kingdom of dabion, and its material richness is also the most important economic benefit in the south. Basically, it can be said that the existence of this forest is the economic pillar supporting the two territories of berbis and yadby. However, for some reasons, this territory has not been completely mastered by the Lords of the two territories. Therefore, due to some psychological factors, both sides acquiesced to the stop of the third party, which is also the reason why the demon hunter can completely stand on the gray shadow forest.
Therefore, in terms of forest area alone, it is not impossible to completely cover up the trace of 3000 people.
After all, these people just pass through the gray shadow forest, and don't want to stop here.
Soon, the figure of the last soldier disappeared at the edge of the forest.
This 3000 strong army is composed of a 30 strong mage regiment and a 3000 strong infantry regiment.
The equipment specifications used by the infantry regiment prove that it must be an elite army carefully created by a noble: all soldiers are dressed in blue light armor, with a long sword hanging at their waist and a light round shield on their back. These equipment are not brand-new. There are traces of experience after the war. Every soldier has a spirit of killing on his face. Those soldiers who act as scouts and walk around the periphery of the large army also have a vigilant face and high concentration.
The grey shadow forest now actually falls into the hands of the kingdom of Bion.
Haila scattered dozens of nails in the area of the forest towards panda collar, so as long as there was any trouble on Sean's side, yadby collar and burbis collar would receive the news immediately.
Therefore, in a certain state, the escort regiment entering the gray shadow forest can actually guard even if it does not send scouts around. However, the commander of this regiment did not do so, but chose to continue to guard, and then linked to the combat traces on the soldiers of this regiment, it can be inferred that the actual combat effectiveness of this regiment is absolutely not low, at least it should be a quasi fourth level army.
Such an army, with the help of a mage regiment, can often break out more combat effectiveness than the general fourth level army. More importantly, the equipment used by this army also makes them very suitable for fighting in such terrain as forest, which also has an amazing bonus to their combat effectiveness.
Across the whole gray shadow forest, even the pace of marching in a hurry takes at least two days.
However, considering the physical quality of those mages in the mage group, it would be a good result if they could cross the whole gray shadow forest and reach the front battlefield led by yadby in four days. As the interim general commander of the team, the middle-aged man with vicissitudes obviously had a bigger worry: when the battle mobilization order was issued, the confidential information he received included the war report and relevant data that William Yale broke through the three lines of defense of yadby in just three days, as well as the most important picture of the whole battle situation of yadby today.
From the map, he can easily analyze that if the army invading yadby continues to advance to the front line of the battlefield, they will fight with the main forces now stationed in yadby in three days at most. Although he already knew that the order from the military headquarters of the southern theater was to shrink the defense line of the whole yadby, if there was a battle with the main forces at this time, they would be attacked by the enemy immediately after crossing the gray shadow forest.
The commander named Weber didn't think that with their 3000 troops and 30 magicians, he could become a strange soldier to attack the enemy's rear.
The best and most brilliant result is that they share part of the pressure for the troops on the front line, so that the collapsing defense line can be temporarily stabilized, or maintain a balance of power. Of course, as Raiders, including 30 mages, I'm afraid they can't leave any of them. It's lucky to be able to leave a whole corpse.
If it is really for this strategic goal, it will not be them, but several other troops.
So about half an hour after entering the gray shadow forest, Weber issued the first order: the whole army marched for six hours.
An experienced commander will not let a branch march in a hurry for a long time, because it will reduce the combat effectiveness of a force, especially in a sudden encounter war, which will make the situation worse.
After six hours of rapid march, there was no accident, which relaxed Weber's heavy heart a little.
After a six hour rush, Weber ordered an hour's rest, followed by a four hour normal March.
For soldiers, this way of marching is not strange, especially in wartime. However, for the 30 mages, this method makes them complain incessantly, and many mages even start to lose their temper. However, in this special case, Weber can't say anything. It's impossible to delay the rhythm of the whole army in order to take care of the 30 mages, which eventually leads to the deterioration of the battlefield led by yadby?
Therefore, after Weber moved out of Hella's name, although these mages were still dissatisfied, they didn't continue to say anything in the end.
In fact, if it weren't for these mages, Weber would never rest here for an hour. Therefore, after serving as a soldier for so many years, he knows that if the rest time is too long, the sequelae of physical fatigue after the rapid march will be greater. From various signs, this will have a higher decline in combat effectiveness. Fortunately, however, the 3000 people who followed him this time were veterans who survived the battlefield of countless blood and fire. Therefore, he did not need to worry about his own control and adjustment.
The only thing he needs to worry about is the thirty mages.
After a short rest, the army went on the road again. After four hours of normal marching, the army ushered in another short rest time, which was shortened to half an hour. Although the mages' resentment was obviously greater, Weber was too lazy to say anything. When the half-hour break was over, Weber immediately ordered the whole army to continue to start. This time, they would carry out a two-and-a-half-hour rush.
After twelve and a half hours of marching, the troops finally stopped.
On this day alone, they have completed a third of the journey of the gray shadow forest.
Although there is almost no sunshine here because of the tall canopy, Weber, who has a keen sense of time, can still easily distinguish that the outside world should be night.
So camping and rest is what they need to do at this time.
But soon, all mages had another bad news: they had only six hours of rest.
But this time, the 30 mages didn't even have the strength to complain. They simply ate some food and fell asleep. After a while, a slight snore sounded. Today's marching rhythm is too hard for these mages who came from the mage Association. After all, the long-term respect and treatment has already made them forget their hard work in learning magic. Although they still maintain the ability to fight, they have gradually forgotten their own fighting mode because they are more accustomed to the team fighting mode of the mage group.
It was not easy for Weber to have time to breathe a sigh of relief until these mages were quiet.
”My Lord, I find something wrong in the forest.” But before Weber took out the dried meat from his food bag, a man he arranged to be a scout ran over, ”the situation is a little strange tonight.”
”What do you mean?” Weber's face became a little nervous.
”There is no trace of Warcraft within hundreds of meters nearby.” The Scout said in a deep voice, ”and I also found a lot of people. Judging from the pace, it should be the demon hunters who are active. Just... ”
”Just what?” Weber had some doubts. ”The Warcraft in the grey shadow forest are generally not high-level, and the threat to ordinary people is really not low, but once large-scale troops enter, these low-level Warcraft will not come to our trouble. In particular, we are still an army. As long as we don't provoke those damn demons over the flower sea, even the big lizard won't run out in this forest. ”
”My Lord, it may be easy to explain the problem of Warcraft, but... The demon hunters here in the gray shadow forest almost never take action after nightfall.” The Scout obviously knew the situation of the grey shadow forest very well, ”and... According to the observation, we found that almost all the active demon hunters are high-level demon hunters. They seem to be cleaning up this area. Under normal circumstances, if these demon hunters find that our regular army has entered, they should choose to avoid it for the first time. Even hunting will not be so close to us. ”
”Is there a conspiracy?”
”Subordinates are not sure.” The Scout quickly bowed his head.
He is just a scout. He is only responsible for truthfully reporting the found situations and problems. Other judgments are not his scope of responsibility.
Then there was a long period of silence.
But in any case, as the interim commander in chief of the force, Weber must also be responsible for the situation of the whole team. Therefore, he soon strengthened the number of night watchmen, and its scale has more than doubled. Although this will affect the next combat effectiveness of the army and even involve his combat plan, he also knows that the value of 30 mages is much higher than that of their regiment, so he dare not take risks.
In the battle orders he received, he must give priority to ensuring the safety of the mage regiment at the first time.
To put it awkwardly, their 3000 people are not much worse than cannon fodder, that is, a little more advanced cannon fodder.
In Weber's worried night, the imagined raid, conspiracy and even scuffle did not appear, which made Weber feel a little better. However, what followed was a helpless sense of emptiness. Because of the sudden strengthening of the night watch scale last night, the combat effectiveness of the whole force had to be reduced by at least 20%. This is still his conservative estimate. Therefore, it is naturally impossible to implement the plan that today was to recreate yesterday's March rhythm.
Originally, according to Weber's plan, they would cross the whole gray shadow forest in three days, and then get a sufficient rest of ten hours on the third night. They would appear on the flank of dabion's main force now stationed in yadby at noon on the fourth day. If everything developed according to his assumption, At this time, they can not only play the role of strange soldiers, but also carry out a counter attack because of the arrival of the mage group. At worst, they can also cause a heavy loss to the enemy.
But now, he has to revise the battle plan. If he still wants to give the whole army a sufficient rest before leaving the gray shadow forest, they will appear on the battlefield on the fifth day. If they cut into the battlefield at this time point, unless the enemy has not launched an attack, their appearance is equivalent to a sheep sent to the tiger's mouth, In addition to contributing battlefield feats to each other, it has no value.
During the whole day's March, Weber was constantly thinking about the fastest and most favorable battle plan, but he still didn't come up with a complete plan until the whole army began to rest at night, which made him feel a little annoyed.
”Business as usual.”
Finally, Weber could only reluctantly give such an order.