Even if the head of the car is temporarily deployed, no one knows how far it can go, whether it will be ambushed by the steppe people halfway, and the transportation capacity is far from enough to transport tens of thousands of people and mounts at one time.

This shows that the Wardsmann Empire's seemingly powerful and complete railway network looks good in normal times, but in such a strong war, many problems have been exposed, especially in those places where the terrain is difficult to pass, and it is necessary to continue to improve the infrastructure continuously.

At least in the short distance of a few hundred kilometers from Lok Ma Town to Gaokan City, there is not a single direct train, and you need to make a few big bends on the way to avoid the basin.

If it were in a previous life, even when there was no high-speed rail, such a distance would take several days, can you imagine?

Philip touched Natalie's pretty mane and pondered what to do.

If measured by the speed of the infantry, the journey from Hongyue Pass to Gaokan City would take at least three days on foot, not counting the heavy loads of supplies, and it would take another two or three days to get from the Merlin Valley to Hongyue Pass.

If it is intercepted by the steppe people and advanced layer by layer to the foot of Gaokan City, how long will it take and how many troops will be consumed.

Seven days or ten days?

He couldn't imagine what it would be like to be in ten days, and what would happen to his father, mother, grandmother, and friends and relatives if he was gone.

No, there must be some way, he wasn't very familiar with this mountain, but he always felt that something was there, but he ignored it and never remembered it.

When Bruce came, the road was not good, the terrain was too complicated, and it did not have the requirements for large-scale projection of troops.

When he subconsciously wanted to ask a local, he saw Murphy's familiar face, it seemed that he had settled the matter of the camp on the Western Front and came back so soon.

The lines in my mind suddenly became clear, and the long-ago memories that seemed to have been forgotten became clear again.

He was kidnapped by Murphy and taken to Moody's camp, during which time Moody led people around the eastern defense line and used the Prairie scout camp as a bait to attack his father Matthew.

There are only a dozen days in total, so how did Moody's do it?

It wasn't far from the city of Gokan, or the eastern defensive line, in a straight line, but a jutting mountain range made the distance as impassable as a moat.

"Murphy, Moody thought a lot of you back then, didn't he?" said Philip, looking at Murphy's brown-red eyes.

"That's why I'm here to find you, there's a secret path, even the Lunbo people who live here, and only a small fraction of the smugglers have passed down the dark path from generation to generation, which can get you to a valley 30 kilometers outside the eastern defense line in two days. ”

Murphy looked at Philip steadily, with no flinching in his eyes, only sincerity.

Going round and round, it was as if things were back to square one, back to that day eight years ago.

Philip was overjoyed, grabbed Murphy's arm, and asked him to lead the way.

Murphy didn't struggle either, just explained as he walked, "I've asked my men to cut down trees, and you'll need a lot of rafts."

It's an underground river, and the one your cousin Bruce encountered when he came was one of its tributaries.

In the interior of this mountain and underground, there is a very large cave system, but Bruce and the others have gone the wrong way, and it will take so long to go around in it.

Coincidentally, if you were to come back from there, it might take a lot longer, but it used to be only two days.

All you have to worry about is how to sweep away the prairie people over there.

I swore that it was a secret that belonged to the people of Ryubo, but now it's yours too. ”

Philip stopped, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said solemnly: "As long as you are not from the steppe."

Thank you, Murphy.

The life of the people will change a lot in the future, and it will get better and better, this is my guarantee.

Find another 20,000 steppe slaves and give them axes, and the Maga will watch.

When it's done, you know. ”

Murphy nodded, turned away, and only turned back when he was in general, and said softly, "Think for yourself when necessary, Philip."

You have to live, although I don't know what happened between you and Xiao Yun, but if something happens to you, she will be sad. ”

After saying this, he really left.

Only Philip stood still, feeling a pang in his heart.

Even if it shouldn't be a child's affection at this time, he still felt like a fire burning in his chest, and he was about to burn him down.

It was as if the scar that had gradually healed was suddenly torn open, only to find that it was still bleeding inside, and red flesh was gushing.

He knew that Murphy was a little dissatisfied, dissatisfied with Sophia, and dissatisfied with him, so out of respect, he wanted to use the right thing to drive Murphy to the Western Front, so that Murphy would not be able to watch him and Sophia's kiss and sideburns from close by.

Even though a series of dots and tricks had made Murphy in awe of him, this somewhat stubborn man still expressed this dissatisfaction to his face, should he be praised for his courage?

Philip didn't know, and didn't want to think about it, so he continued to cover the scar as if it didn't exist.

There is only one most important thing now, to rush to the aid of Gaokan City at all costs.

Before that, however, they had to climb three mountains and cross a huge valley, and it was not until 10 p.m. that the first experimental wooden raft was launched.

If no one had led the way, the Wards would never have known that there was such a path in the shelter of the mountains, and at the end of the road was a chasm-like canyon, and the entrance to the cave that connected to the underground river was not far away.

With the joint efforts of tens of thousands of people, the first batch of 2,000 wooden rafts was quickly made, and even simple stabilizer fins were erected for safety, and fences were installed on all sides.

Murphy's cronies led the way in the first row, while Philip, Paul, Chand, and Aphro-El were second, and so on.

Each large raft can hold up to 20 people with a horse, and when they enter the river, all of them are connected end to end by a thick cable with a bowl mouth.

Fortunately, Warders are strong both men and women, and the wooden rafts that require a dozen Warders to lift can be easily carried by just three Warders.

Sophia finally followed Philip to the second wooden platoon, despite the obstacles of Kalitan and others, and it took two days along the way, and she couldn't wait to be with her lover.

So the stout Victor had to pitifully give up his place to Calitan and another female knight of the Red Rose.

On a side note, he seemed to be interested in these women in bright and ornate armor, but after being taught a lesson by the grumpy Shi'an with a flexible tailbone, he completely lost interest in picking these delicate roses.

The shape of the tailbone, uh, oh my God.

This time, Philip's personal guard of more than 100 people, the remaining more than 300 members, and more than 500 alpine men who were not injured, Philip simply arranged them together, exactly 1,000 people, and equipped them all with mounts.

In addition, there are three magas regiments that are fully replenished.

Vladimir and they seemed to wish that Philip could solve these older leftover women, and began to prepare after receiving Philip's flying feather message a few days ago, and gathered more than 2,000 female warriors from the nearby tribe to him before leaving, but this time there was no unicorn mount.

And promised that within 15 days, 8,000 to 10,000 people will arrive at the New Red Moon Pass one after another.

Philip had no choice but to replenish these 2,000 people to the second and third regiments of Maga, and moved the all-armored knights who originally stayed in the second and third regiments to the first regiment, plus the female warriors who returned to the camp one after another, the three regiments saw that they were resurrected with full blood.

As for weapons and equipment, it will naturally be there when it comes to the eastern defense line.

And the Red Rose Knights led by Sophia, or the Red Rose Division, with a full strength of 35,000 men plus all kinds of messy mounts, supplies, and armaments, let Philip and the others start to eat dinner, this side has just boarded the wooden platoon.

Fortunately, the rafts are connected one by one, and the river is not as dark as expected, and sometimes appears briefly on the ground.

This is supposed to be a branch of the Heishui River, I don't know where it flows into the underground and the mountain wall, because it is winter, the water volume drops sharply, so the water flow is not turbulent, and occasionally new tributaries will join in.

At the current rate, two and a half days may be a bit tense, but three days should be more than enough, Murphy's cronies assure.

As for the deal with the Alpine Ward Clan, naturally Albert, a middle-aged fat uncle, was involved with them, and he looked like he should be more experienced.

Of course, the dignified city of Gaokan did not fall on its debts, but Vladimir did not rush when they learned about the current crisis situation.

Since they have already helped a lot, they can't consume this little affection for a little thing, not to mention that even then they have received a third of the supplies and equipment, which has far exceeded their expectations.

Could it be that without material equipment, they really dared to let the steppe people continue to invade from the mountain pass.

It's like a joke, it's nothing more than hypocrisy, you don't see that on the south shore of the lake in the mountain pass, a huge camp has been built.

In the future, in addition to a brigade stationed by Albert, there will be 5,000 warriors of all races stationed here.

As for that guy from Dangsen, it's just locked up for the time being, and Philip can't take care of him for a while.

And now that winter has completely begun, and the temperature is starting to plummet, it's not time to use them.

Philip looked at the strange and magical natural landscapes in the cave, smelled the fragrance of the girl in his arms, and involuntarily kissed her on the forehead.

From the conversations in the past few days, I learned that after she set off from the imperial capital, she used the old emperor's warrant to requisition the entire route, which made their speed much faster than the average train.

And these extra 30,000 female warriors did not come out of thin air, after all, there were very few female warriors registered in the empire before, most of them were reserves, and many of them became mercenaries under nobles or big businessmen halfway.