King Ferdinand had to hold a military parade in his own army, gather troops from all over the place, prepare the food and materials needed for the army's march, and add the time spent on the march, all of which took at least half a month.

Only after the king's big march into Kale County did Renard leave, or delay it for a while.

There are reasons for this, first of all, to avoid being the main target of the Creighton family, but also to avoid being a member of the Crane Clam rivalry.

That is to say, Lei Ye still has half a month to carefully plan and arrange with the military high-level.

Leisure time is always short-lived.

Twenty days later, King Ferdinand sent an envoy to the county of Kale immediately, along with a pre-negotiated budget of 200,000 gold coins.

Renard knew that the other party had taken all his wealth and started a war with the two major families.

is the so-called eating people with a soft mouth, taking people short, plus Sylvia's relationship, he just doesn't want to do his best this time.

After sending off the secret envoy, Lei Ye did not rush to leave, but only ordered the march after the king's army entered the territory of Kale County and broke out with a small group of "bandits".

The sun rises in the east, the sun shines all over the sky, and the vast and silent forest of beasts is illuminated in a complex variety of magnificent colors.

At this time, Renard was standing on a hill in the northern part of the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest, looking north with a high-powered telescope.

Dozens of knights stood still behind him, men and horses as if they were cast in bronze, leaving only a faint silhouette in the bright sunlight.

Not far from their feet, the Southern Wilderness County Expeditionary Force and the Barren Lands Expeditionary Force were meandering forward, like a giant python crawling slowly on the ground.

The Meredith family's rice ears banner and the Duncan family's tiger banner were waving in the wind, making the entire army look high-spirited, and the sonorous sound of iron armor came neatly, and it looked extremely murderous.

This army included the 1st Firearms Legion, the 1st Cavalry Legion, the 1st Infantry Legion, the 2nd Infantry Legion, and the 3rd Infantry Legion.

Duke Edmund followed the example of Lord Lei's army structure, and also carried out the army restructuring, sending the First Cavalry Regiment and the Second Infantry Regiment.

There were seven legions in total, more than 50,000 men, and the number of 53,000 men, including the logistical baggage troops, was comparable to that of the king

The number of agreements is much higher.

It has been fourteen days since the army was launched, and according to the report of the outpost, Kale County is close at hand.

Renard put down his binoculars, took a deep breath, and sighed, "I don't know how much blood will be shed this time." ”

As he spoke, Duke Edmund appeared silently beside him, and almost at the same time, Rorson appeared behind him.

Duke Edmund was accustomed to this, he looked at Lei Ye, and said with a smile: "When did you build this road, I didn't receive any mouth, haven't you been paying attention to Kale County for a long time?"

No one would have imagined that there would be a broad road between the north and the south in the dangerous Forest of Ten Thousand Hands.

With such a huge project, it is difficult not to attract people's attention, but Renard just deceived everyone and forcibly opened up this marching road, which is really incredible.

Renard smiled and didn't answer, looking unfathomable.

It's not that Lei Ye doesn't want to say it, but the method is too simple, just cut down the tree.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Forest is relatively gentle, there are not many swamps, lakes, and hills, and he doesn't need to repair the asphalt road for cars, as long as he can walk, so he just ordered someone to cut down the big trees along the way, and the road was leveled.

As for how not to be discovered, it's even simpler.

Nanhuang County is now engaged in infrastructure construction, and the amount of timber needed is huge, and he uses this as an excuse to transport the cut trees to the workshop, and process them into various objects for his own use or sale, and no one can see the clue.

Moreover, he did not cut down all the trees on the road, but cut down seven and left three to cover people's ears and eyes.

If you look down at it from a height of thousands of meters, you may find something abnormal.

However, the griffin is so rare that even if there were, who would ride a griffon over the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts without any luck?

Even if you pass by accidentally, you will be dispersed by the griffon knights of the county of Meredith.

In this way, the secret of this road has never been spread, and only Lei Ye and a few high-level officials know about it.

However, the cost of building this road is not small, and it took nearly ten months to cut down the trees.

Time is secondary, but the most expensive is manpower and material resources.

A total of 30,000 refugees participated in the project, and two infantry and two cavalry divisions were responsible for security, and Duke Edmund's Kodo Beasts were borrowed to transport timber, naturally in the name of collecting raw materials for the construction of infrastructure in Southern Wasteland.

In fact, the wood was indeed used to build houses and public carriages.

Fortunately, the cost is directly proportional to the harvest, and when the war is over, the road will become an important commercial route, and there will be checkpoints on both sides to collect tolls...... Hey!

Just when Lei Ye was immersed in the fantasy of rolling wealth, two griffons suddenly fell from the sky, and the griffin knight held a letter in his hand and respectfully handed it to him.

After opening the letter and reading it for a long time, he handed it to Duke Edmund and said, "It seems that we are going to speed up the march. ”

The letter, written by King Ferdinand himself, mentions that the 20,000 Central Army led by the other side has successfully joined forces with the 20,000 Southern Army, killing several waves of bandits and demons and recovering the occupied city.

The demon may be real, but the identity of this "bandit" is very intriguing.

It is worth mentioning that the local garrison led by Leander also made great contributions, and a team of less than 5,000 people defeated the "bandits and rogues" who were several times their own, and beheaded more than 300.

As for how much water is in it, it is not something that Lei Ye should consider.

However, as the saying goes, victory and defeat are common in soldiers.

With victory, defeat is naturally indispensable, and the Eastern Army ran into big trouble when it advanced further south.

King Ferdinand incorporated the private army of nobles who were willing to send troops into the Eastern Army, and the nobles and their descendants who came to gild it also naturally entered it.

These uncles usually show off their dominance, so naturally they can't bear the hardships of the army, so they often clash with the middle and high levels of the army, but fortunately they don't make any big noise.

However, after receiving the news of the successive victories of the Eastern Army and the Southern Army, the young nobles who were eager to show their strength suddenly exploded.

They all clapped their chests and swords at their waists and begged to fight, eager to build on the same glorious feats and add glory to themselves and their families.

After "careful consideration," Count Eliot unexpectedly agreed to their request, and the noble sons set out with their proud soldiers.