"At present, the pagan army of the Seljuk Empire has occupied the region of Eastern Thrace."

Along the way, Herman graciously introduced the crowd: "A large number of mountain fortresses are in the hands of the enemy, hindering the pace of our crusaders' advance. ”

"However, if the enemy wants to garrison the mountains of Eastern Thrace, he will inevitably be attacked from both the northwest and the southwest."

"We are currently behind the front line in the southwest and are trying to break through the Egnatian fortress to the northeast. It was originally the hub of the highway built by the ancient Solomonic Empire in the Quaternary period, but now the Seljuks have blown up the highway and arranged for a demigod to garrison it, making it clear that they want to resist stubbornly. ”

"In terms of overall strength, our Crusaders probably have an advantage, but after all, the troops are divided into two routes, if our side cannot cooperate with the northwest to flank in time, then they will break through the Seljuk position too deeply, and there will be a danger of being ambushed and annihilated."

"It's like the Battle of Manzikt." Sheila said thoughtfully.

"That's right." Herman gave her a look of surprise.

The Battle of Manzikert was the trigger for the fall of the Eastern Solomonic Empire, which not only buried the emperor Constantine VIII, but also lost a large number of imperial troops, and even the whole of Asia Minor.

Therefore, this battle has also been specially studied by the major mercenary groups, and in the middle of the war, the Seljuks took advantage of the mobility of the transcendent army to constantly involve the patience of the emperor's army.

In the end, the emperor led his army forward, but the generals of the cavalry troops did not follow in time, resulting in the emperor's army being crushed and destroyed by the Seljuk army...... If you divide the troops and don't cooperate, then it really becomes a rotational send.

In other words, the Crusaders now have two fronts, and if they lag far behind in the southwest, they risk a repeat of the Battle of Manzikert.

"Then why don't you quickly push down the fortress in front of you?" Mia innocently asked, "And then restore strategic contact with the Crusaders in the northwest direction and cooperate with them in a flanking attack?" ”

Hermann:???

No, little girl, isn't what you're saying nonsense? If we could push it off, we would have pushed it off a long time ago! Do you think a fortress with demigods is so easy to push? Unless we get a few demigods to come over, do you know how many troops we will lose if we force them?

Of course, it's not good for him to say this in the open, otherwise the other party will say, "Don't you Iron Cross mercenary group have demigods?" Herman couldn't go any further.

He certainly couldn't explain to a minor girl "how scarce demigods are in this world", so he could only snort and say:

"We're still waiting for the troop support promised by Olympia City, don't you see that they're now massively co-opting the transcendents of their idle mercenaries? Soon we'll have one more Sharp Knife team. ”

"No matter how sharp the knife team is, can the strength be as strong as ours?" Peggy interjected next to her.

Hermann:..................

So we can't communicate properly, can we?

"You two don't intervene, the operation of the big mercenary group is not something you can handle." Fortunately, Asker came out in time to relieve the siege, which made Herman's face look better.

"Hahaha." Herman also gave in at the right time, "Actually, this is not good for our big mercenary group, we attach too much importance to the input-output ratio and procedural approval, and we can't be as flexible as the elite small mercenary group." Sometimes I really want to be like you, pull a small team out and work alone, free. ”

He touted the Azure Sword Mercenary Group, and the girls hurriedly said a few words of modesty, and the atmosphere of the scene was extremely harmonious.

Due to the large number of mercenaries participating in this battle, Olympia City did not let them stay in Thessaloniki, but asked them to be stationed on the outskirts of the town.

Soon, however, there were no more vacant stations around the town, and the reasons for this were obvious:

The Holy See and the city of Olympia, both employers are giants with extremely terrifying financial resources, and the target of this recovery is Constantinople, the former imperial capital of the Eastern Solomon Empire.

Therefore, whether it is a large mercenary group, a small or small mercenary group, or even an idle continental swordsman group, a thief group, an idol group, etc., all of them continue to gather here in Thrace, trying to get a piece of the next crusader jihad.

As a result, the momentum of the mercenaries here has become more and more noisy recently, and even the Seljuks in the enemy-occupied area of Thrace on the opposite side have paid more and more attention to it, and they have continuously increased their troops to the fortress of Agnatia.

"Ahead is where our Iron Cross Mercenary Regiment is stationed." Herman was eager to bring everyone to their residence as guests, "By the way, on the left is the Plantagenet mercenary group from Britannia, and on the right is the Bull mercenary group from Iberia. They are all rude mercenaries, and they may not have heard of your Blue Sword's name, so it is recommended to minimize your daily interactions with these people. ”

"Who says we don't know the Azure Sword?" A bald little old man in leather armor was sitting at the registration desk in front of the Bull Mercenary Regiment to receive the newcomer mercenaries, and when he heard this, he immediately ran over.

"Lord Asker! Do you still recognize me old Pablo? He recognized Asker's face at a glance and greeted him with a smirk.

"The recruiter of the Bull Mercenary Regiment?" Asker said.

"It's me, it's me!" Old Pablo hurriedly replied, looking at his expression as if he was honored that Aske remembered him, "You walked too fast last time!" Our Grand Master later wanted to come to see you, only to find out that you had long since left. ”

"Ahem, we were on a secret mission for the Holy See." Aske said frankly.

"Yes, of course we do." Old Pablo complimented, "The whole fortress of Gibraltar has been razed to the ground!" If it weren't for such a crucial result of your Azure Sword, our war of the dead in the Iberian Peninsula would not have ended so soon......"

"Wait, the fortress of Gibraltar was destroyed by the Blue Sword?" Herman said in amazement, "I heard that it was the Holy See's space-based hydrogen bomb. ”

"Commander Herman, you have not been to the Iberian Peninsula, and you do not know that during the War of the Dead, the entire sky was obscured by a dark canopy, and it was always cloudy - space-based hydrogen bombs simply could not lock the location of the fortress of Gibraltar."

Old Pablo didn't say much to him, but just explained casually. Last time, because of his mistake, the Azure Sword had already left when the Grand Master met him in the past, and this time he had to invite everyone to the Bull Mercenary Group station, no matter what he said.

For the bull mercenary group's halfway interception, Herman's side is naturally unwilling. We also want to invite the Azure Sword back to communicate, and by the way, pat the ass of Her Royal Highness the Princess! How could it be just given to you?

So the two began to quarrel, and Pablo the Elder was soon defeated. After all, he was just a recruiter, an ordinary cadre of the Bull Mercenary Regiment, and Herman was already a high-ranking member of the Iron Cross Mercenary Regiment, so he didn't even have enough confidence to quarrel.

The little old man could only retreat, turned around, and slipped into the garrison to complain to Grand Master Deslal.