In the forest, as the soldiers passed by the trampled path, a herald was charging towards Locke on his horse. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bridget spotted him from afar, and rode her horse to answer.

After a handover, the heralds saluted and left, and Bridget returned to Locke's side to report back to Locke.

"Our cavalry wing has already connected with the scouts who were sent out earlier. Now, Major Hudson had rushed to the other end of Haru Canyon with his cavalry wing, and preemptively occupied a bridgehead for us. ”

Locke nodded.

A short time later, Norris also rushed from a distance on horseback, and behind him, two soldiers.

"Legion Commander, the scout team we sent in the Silver Pines Forest, someone has returned." Norris beckoned backwards, and two scouts in suit came up.

"Sergeant Hamilton! Corporal Harrow! You're back! Locke recognized them at a glance, and he couldn't help but be a little delighted.

"How?! How is your team? Sergeant Mario and the others are alright, right? ”

Locke did not rush to ask for information, first asking for their safety. The fact that they're here means that there's not much of a problem over there.

That's the good news.

The scouts' black robes had been tattered, as were their hands and limbs.

They appeared in front of Locke on their ragged horses.

If it weren't for the weapons they were carrying, the two of them would have been like refugees.

"Report to the Legion Commander! Our squad has completed its mission, and our members are all right, and are now in the makeshift camp, waiting for the arrival of the Legion Commander. We're here to guide the Legion forward. ”

Hamilton also said excitedly that it was not easy to come along the way.

Perhaps due to the sudden heavy snowfall, all the small animals in the forest have lost their traces. This has also caused a great food crisis for the wildlife of the forest, such as wolves and brown bears, who have become more ferocious.

Hamilton and Harrow have been attacked a few times by hungry wolves and brown bears along the way, and that's not the point.

In the Silverpine Forest, the Gnolls have also come out of their humble camps and tents due to the food crisis, and they have ambushed the main road leading to the Tirisfal Glades on the eastern shore of Lake Lordamere, attacking passing humans and animals as their own food.

After nearly a year of breeding, the number of gnolls has grown unusually large, and they hunt wolves and brown bears to fight the fish-men of Lake Lordamere, taking their carcasses as food for their own race in winter.

And Hamilton and Harrow met such a group of hunting gnolls and almost lost their lives, so they had to leave behind their four horses, lose everything, and escape with only their own armaments.

"Legion Commander, this is the map of the Silver Pine Forest." Hamilton pulled out the map hidden in his underwear pocket, "In some places, Sergeant Mario is still checking. ”

Locke didn't look at it and handed the map directly to Bridget.

"You've worked hard, now go and get some rest." Locke raised his hand to salute them, then turned to shout to Shiloh behind him.

"Inspector, give our warriors a new winter coat. Get our food out and let the warriors have a good meal. ”

"Yes, Legion Commander." Shiloh bowed on horseback and beckoned the two of them to follow her.

"I just saw our cavalry wing pass." Hamilton didn't leave in a hurry, he continued. "At the end of the canyon, in the Silver Pine Forest. Some gnolls are ambushing there, and the legion commander should be on the lookout. ”

"Go and rest in peace, warrior." Locke nodded and said, "We'll take care of the rest!" ”

Hamilton saluted Harrow and then followed Inspector Shiloh out of the place.

"I've asked my scouts to tell the Hudson Wing captain the news." "Major Hudson thought this was an opportunity to train his recruits, so he rushed over with his cavalry wing. ”

"Some gnolls." Locke said disapprerovingly, "Major Hudson's cavalry wing can completely defeat them." ”

"Lordaeron, east of the Haru Gorge, what's going on with the Forsaken right now?" Locke suddenly thought of them, such a big goal of his own, maybe they had already discovered it.

When I passed by the Ash Manor yesterday, the Forsaken in it had already discovered the Fifth Legion, but they cowered in the manor and did not come out.

"They were on the walls of the ruins of Lordaeron, and they were on guard. There were a lot more soldiers on the defensiveness than ever before. "There are no other movements for the time being. ”

"Keep the surveillance intensifying!"

Before Locke could finish speaking, a herald of a cavalry wing in the distance rushed over on horseback to report the news.

Bridget greeted her again. After a brief exchange, the cavalry turned and left.

"In front of the canyon, the cavalry is preparing to engage the gnolls at the exit of the canyon. Major Hudson asked for the infantry wing to cover their rear during the battle. Bridget said excitedly.

"Let Major Paul's A Infantry Wing lose all the armaments that affect the speed of the march. Quickly go to the aid of Major Hudson. Watch out for those forsaken to the east. ”

Locke thought for a moment and continued, "Let those goblins go with Team A. ”

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"Line up! Take your poleguns! Standing at the front of the cavalry ranks, Kerr shouted, "Put up your longarms!" To the sky! Right! That's it! After a while of running, put your poleguns like this! Do you understand? ”

Kerr demonstrated to the recruits.

The cavalry wing was 1,000 men at full strength, but in fact there were only 500 men, and this was true for each regiment. Because the other half of the 500 men were recruits, appearing in the cavalry wing as grooms and servants of the veteran cavalry.

This was also a helpless solution, because each cavalry had to be accompanied by a groom and servants. In this way, the cavalry and their war horses can always maintain strong combat effectiveness. In this way, the cavalry wing had more than 2,000 men, and the Crusaders could not do it, so they could only cut half of the men, and let the remaining 500 men be used as both grooms and servants, and sometimes as cavalry.

It is said that this was a decision made by the Great Lord, because in this case, when the conditions allowed, the recruits would be officially converted to cavalry, and the cavalry team would expand rapidly.

"It's just a bunch of gnolls, Captain. Let's go for a ride, veterans, and these gnolls will be gone. Captain Casimir Hume said with some wrinkles, "Why let these recruits go? ”

On the opposite side of the cavalry wing, about a thousand gnolls were marching up. They made a noisy barking noise, and some of the gnolls in rudimentary leather armor, who looked like officers, with rudimentary weapons such as whips or sticks, struck at the gnolls who were not well lined up, trying to form themselves.

The Gnolls' weapons are rudimentary, mostly beast bones, wood bones, human thigh bones, and only a handful of Gnoll men hold swords and shields in their hands.

Now, they were scrambling to form a formation to deal with the cavalry wing hundreds of meters away.

"The Legion Commander is right! These gnolls are transforming into a civilization. Hudson observed their movements, "Have you ever encountered a gnoll like this before?" ”

The officers of the cavalry wing looked at each other, to say that the gnolls have not been seen uncommonly, but such organized gnolls have really never been seen.

"I've changed my mind!" Major Hudson turned to look at the officers and said, "Captain Casimir, let your men form a second and third line. All our recruits, form the first front. These gnolls must be destroyed. There is nothing superfluous in our land of the Lordaren. ”

"Why don't you let us be on the first front?" Casimir wondered, "Can they do it, recruits?" ”

"It's not up to them to say whether it will work or not, our cavalry can't sprint up, otherwise we will be smashed into pulp by the second and third lines behind. Or do you want a bunch of recruits to poke at your backs with weapons? ”

"Get in line! As for the others. You are in the rear, ready to support. ”

Soon, five hundred recruits mounted their horses, and they formed a dense long horizontal line under the shouts of officers and non-commissioned officers.

Behind them, the second and third lines of a cavalry company of more than 200 veterans and non-commissioned officers were also completed, waiting for the commander's orders.

"Listen up!" Standing in front of the ranks of his soldiers, Kerr said to the recruits, "What I say now will soon decide your life and death." ”

The recruits looked at him nervously one by one.

"For a while, pay attention to the commander's orders, do whatever you want, and don't hesitate. On the way to charge, don't think about controlling your war horse to slow down, otherwise you will be knocked to the ground by the brothers behind and trampled into pulp by the war horses galloping behind. ”

"Keep your one-handed weapons in a handy position, because it's important. Your long-handled weapons, on the first collision, stab people and throw them away, then immediately draw their one-handed weapons. Kerr patiently explained.

A recruit suddenly interjected. "What if I don't let go of my polearm?"

"Then you will be pushed down by the powerful inertia of the war horse sprinting, and trampled into a pulp by the war horse behind!" Kerr sneered, "We don't have guns. Therefore, for the sake of safety, when you sprint for a while, as long as the long-handled weapon stabs the enemy, you will immediately throw it away. ”

"Don't be afraid when you storm their front! Don't be afraid! Your high-speed sprinting horses are the best weapons! All enemies in the horse's dash path will be knocked to the ground. Warhorses are also your best companions, and they will protect you to a certain extent. ”

"Don't panic when you rush into the enemy's line. Use your swords to slash where there are enemies! ”

"The braver you are! The less your lives are threatened, the more enemies you face will tremble before your might! ”

"When you break out of the enemy's formation, you can slowly slow down your horse at this time, and when the officers are in formation, they will charge again at the right time."

"Be sure to remember what I say!" Kerr looked at the dozens of people in front of him, looking at these recruits whose faces were a little yellow, he cracked his mouth and smiled, and continued, "The first time, I will be nervous. I was scared for the first time and almost peed my pants! ”