The southern expeditionary army of 200,000 people, divided into two routes, advanced by land and water, and waved the army south.

There were 60,000 people on the waterway, composed of spearmen and crossbowmen, marksmen, and baggage soldiers, and Simak took Noah to board the ferry outside the Luojia River Plain, more than 600 ships of different sizes, half of which transported supplies and baggage, and half of which transported troops!

There were 140,000 people on land, and the 70,000 cavalry was commanded by Thomas, and the veteran Ulin was the deputy commander. There were 70,000 spearmen, crossbowmen, and marksmen, and 10,000 sledders.

The sleigh has been transformed by Noah, and it is no longer as simple as it used to be. The streamlined design is fully applied to the sled, reducing the group between the sled and the snow, and if it is not suitable for sliding in special road conditions, it can also be equipped with four wheels to become a large horse-drawn carriage for passing these special road conditions.

The sleigh is designed to carry a full load of ten people. But the actual long march was not possible, so only eight people, seven soldiers and one coachman were seated. Because in addition to transporting soldiers, the sleigh also has to transport food for livestock, which are concentrates, all kinds of beans, wheat, plant roots, stems, leaves, fruits, etc. are broken and mixed, coarse salt is added, boiled in a large pot, then dried, and then bagged, so that the processing makes these food materials convenient to feed, and it is also very light, which is equivalent to the marching dry food for livestock. More than 30,000 horses and more than 30,000 reindeer have been fed with such concentrates for months and trained for a long time to ensure endurance during the expedition. However, when these dry food are fed, if there are conditions, it is necessary to try to mix with hot water and food, especially in winter, otherwise it will cause discomfort and diarrhea in livestock. In the process of transporting troops, livestock is much more expensive than people, and it is not sloppy at all. In order to avoid the loss of livestock on the road, SMS has equipped the 10,000 sleds with a total of nearly 70,000 animals, which were originally configured with five horses or five reindeer per car.

During the march, the soldiers can take turns sleeping and resting on the sled, but the animals have to travel for at least ten hours a day, if not more, so when camping at night, the soldiers should take care of the animals, and the animals must be treated as stars! The tent set up by camping must be lived with people and livestock, after boiling water to warm it, mixed food to feed the animals, soldiers must also use hot water to wipe the bodies of the animals, wipe the sweat stains on the body, and then cover the body with leather to keep warm to avoid catching a cold and getting sick. If there is a problem with the sled car, it can be replaced, but all the soldiers and drivers in this car will be punished afterwards.

The distance from the exit of the Luojia River Plain to the base camp of the Third War Zone is 1,800 kilometers, but it is a straight line distance, and the real marching route has to detour many mountains, rivers and lakes, and swamps, so the journey is at least 2,200 kilometers, and the section of the road that can be used by sleigh is more than 1,700 kilometers and the journey takes 12 days; The remaining 400 kilometers need to be abandoned and a 100-kilometer rapid march every day. More than 30,000 reindeer were responsible for transporting supplies, more than 30,000 war horses, installed in saddles, and 70,000 people took turns to ride.

One can imagine the importance of these cattle to Mevo's 70,000 troops throughout the trip.

Comparatively speaking, Thomas's march of 70,000 cavalry was more troublesome than Mevo's sleigh cart. The same is the problem of food and grass. Covered with heavy snow, the war horse could not find practical grass, and it was impossible for the war horse to carry it on its own back, and it was necessary to ensure the speed of the march. Therefore, it was necessary to coordinate with the patrol cavalry of the Simak navy through the air, and the ships of the Simas would unload the grain and forage at suitable places every day, and equipped with logistics personnel to sort and coexist, and Thomas's cavalry needed to go to these ferries or suitable places to stop the ships to replenish. Although the direction of the march was the same, Thomas was marching on land, and it was impossible for him to have such conditions to march next to the Luojia River at any time, so his supply of 70,000 horses fell on the Lan Xian'er.

To put it bluntly, in any war, when the strength of both sides is equal, fight to the end, and fight for money and food. The economically backward side is destined to be passively beaten, and civilization will be replaced, unless the strength is unequal at the beginning! Whoever controls the vast majority of resources, and who allocates resources more methodically and effectively, will be the final winner, without exception. What strategy, what army morale, combat power, all stand aside, that is only auxiliary means, these means may be able to make the resource inferior side succeed for a while, but if you can't completely change your resource situation in time, after all, it will be difficult to escape being replaced and swallowed by the civilization of the resource advantage side!

Higg dared to attack the third war zone and dare to call Arad not because his army was stronger than the third war zone, and his economic strength was more advantageous than the Arad camp, in fact, he was at a disadvantage in all of this. However, he has a Blue Fairy that the Arad camp did not expect, a Blue Fairy that has been opened, and the storage ring can transport a large amount of supplies, so that his own supplies can be optimally and effectively deployed in the war.

The main task of the vanguard of the army is to open the road in the mountains, build bridges when they see the water, and sweep away the small group of enemy troops in front, but Higg's heroic magician regiment did not go to open any roads, and where there are mountains, they will detour, preferring to detour for dozens of kilometers more, and there is no need to stop, there is no need to let the sled car change wheels, and then change down, and slowly pass through the crowded mountain road that has been driven out.

There is no bridge in the water, and the river temperature is very low in winter, so with a little magic skill, you can freeze the entire small river, or freeze a section of the big river, so that the sled cart can cross the river smoothly without any adjustments.

Higg divided the 600 people of the Heroic Magician Regiment into six teams, among which he led a hundred warriors who comprehended the origin of the water system to deal with the freezing of the big river, and sent another 300 teams to deal with the small and medium-sized rivers, and the other two 100 teams to sweep the few stronghold defenders on the road. Higg believes that in the wilderness, his own heroic mage group is no match for paladins, but the lethality of this multi-functional special forces can adapt to various battlefield environments and play various functions in addition to combat. With the magic source of this mobile magic tower, there is no need to worry about running out of mana.

The whole army marched in white robes, including the cattle also wrapped in white cloth, blending with the white snow, and occasionally there would be griffin reconnaissance patrols in the air, if the other side did not find the army, it would be fine, if they did, the patrol cavalry and thunder would immediately rise into the air and kill.

This southern expeditionary army marched so hard, in order to gain time, so that the enemy found itself at the last moment, and it was already under control before it had time to make any adjustments and assemble, so Simak jokingly called the code name of this expedition Thunderbolt, that is, by the time the enemy reacted, it was already too late to deal with it, because the Thunderbolt had sounded and ended soon,

Renaissance received news from the Magic Guild that Higg's army had moved south, and Daniel ordered the whole city to go as usual, but asked Rogson to secretly prepare, and according to the annual plan, a routine military exercise was held in the north of Fuxing City, but this year's exercise was postponed to the end of the year because of the World Expo held by Fuxing City.

Winter is the most leisurely day for people, because of the convening of the World Expo, the popularity of Fuxing City in the world once reached*, Daniel took advantage of this heat, held a number of concerts, competitive competitions, and let the college of Fuxing City invite well-known colleges and universities from all over the world to come for academic exchanges, and send international students to each other's colleges to study.

Catherine's forces are no longer bordering Fuxing City, and Andalu Province has become Arad's power, so many of Catherine's materials can no longer be directly transported to the mainland through Fuxing City, but need to be transferred to Fuxing City. Because many ports in Erathia do not have signed navigation agreements with other parts of the world, ships from other countries and other forces cannot directly enter the ports of Erathia that have not signed navigation agreements, which requires re-harboring in Fuxing City, which means that the goods shipped to Alasia from all over the world must be unloaded and then reloaded onto the ships of Fuxing City or the merchant ships of Alasia who come here to receive the goods, and will be transported by Fuxing City on their behalf, because Fuxing City has signed navigation agreements with many ports around the world. There is a problem with this, which incurs transit costs, which are three times higher than those of non-war-state countries or powers. But there is one exception, you don't have to pay more than the transit fee! Fuxing City will require these goods to be settled in Fuxing City's paper money, whether it is the money paid to merchants on behalf of other ports in Erasia, or the funds paid by the port of Erathia to Fuxing City, it must be paper money, otherwise, the transit fee will not be polite at all and three times. In turn, the goods that Alasia was carrying to the rest of the world also had to transit through Fuxing City, just like before.

Catherine does not have a border with Fuxing City, so all supplies must be transferred to the port, but Arad's forces are bordered by Fuxing City, and the proximity to the water is the first month, and many times there is no need to incur the cost of loading and unloading ships to transfer to the port, because they can enter their sphere of influence from land, and they only need to pay transit fees, because it is a state of war, so the transit fee is also three times, unless it is settled with paper money.

In the long run, it will be very disadvantageous for Catherine's camp, which is already at a disadvantage, and Higg and Blue Fairy don't want Catherine and Arad's strength to grow bigger and bigger, so they can only adjust this deficit through the policy of Fuxing City, that is, to strengthen the security review of all transit goods of countries and forces that exist in a state of war, especially for merchants who help government procure materials, because Fuxing City strictly prohibits the transit of war materials. The leniency and speed of the examination depends on the subjective attitude of Fuxing City, which can be reviewed for three days before transiting, or it can be examined for 10 days, 20 days, or even a month.

Fuxing City did this to try to seize Arad's materials, which seemed meaningless, anyway, even if it was reviewed for a month, it would still be released, but if there was a war between Fuxing City and Arad's camp, Fuxing City could permanently seize these materials, although it would not be their own, but it would make it impossible for Arad's large number of materials to be reviewed to be transported to the interior to support his war.

Therefore, Fuxing City seems to be calm, but in fact, it has long been loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and step by step in its own way, it has denounced Arad and supported the Fifth Army.