For the sand pirates, attacking Dane's supply lines is not a particularly difficult task. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

They probably know more about this desert than anyone else in this world, and they don't know how many caravans and how many travelers they have killed here.

Dane's supply line was too long, hundreds of kilometers away, but no matter how hard Paran tried, this long supply line was destined to be like a sieve, full of holes.

On the third day of Dane's legion entering the desert, Supply Depot 2 was burned, a testament to their exploits.

This depot was originally the solution that Paran had come up with. He started from Shawan Harbor and established a number of strongholds along the way after the march, marking them by distance. These supply depots have a certain significance, on the one hand, they can store more materials to free up transportation capacity, and on the other hand, they can also be more convenient to concentrate troops for protection.

However, even so, it was still caught by others.

The reason why the No. 2 supply station was burned down was precisely because the previous wave of convoys had just departed, and the guards had already been dispatched, while the other team, which was supposed to arrive at the No. 2 supply depot, was delayed because it got lost in the wind and sand.

The time difference was only about an hour, and he was caught.

The loss of personnel and materials is one thing, and these will not have much impact, but the No. 2 supply station itself was burned, but it brought great trouble to the entire supply line, and such a piece was missing in the successive construction of the strongholds, resulting in the road from the No. 1 supply station to the No. 3 supply station, more than a day of travel had to be completed at once, which became very pit.

This even led directly to the fact that Dane's army had to temporarily stop advancing. Although he can still continue to march forward, it is better to pause his pace for the sake of safety.

Dane is waiting for the rebuilding of Supply Depot 2, and he's also waiting for good news from Paran.

If, with Firmino's help by his side, Paran still can't deal with those sand thieves, Dane feels that he needs to consider whether Palan's exceptional promotion in the first place was wrong.

……

Dane didn't say it explicitly, but Paran knew he couldn't afford to miss this opportunity to prove himself.

The reconstruction of No. 2 is in charge of his cronies, and thousands of soldiers are guarding the No. 2 supply depot, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem, and those sand pirate cavalry don't dare to attack such a large team.

In fact, with Firmino's support, the pressure on Paran is much less. With the ability to know the exact target of the enemy's attack, or the timing of the attack, or both, Paran was not so bad that he could not defend himself against the attacks of the sand pirate cavalry.

Against this backdrop, the rebuilding of Supply Depot 2 has become very fast.

A day and a half later, Depot 2 was rebuilt and the supply line began to function normally again. And this also allowed Dane's army, after two days of stagnation in the desert, to finally continue to move forward with confidence.

And after refilling the important node of Supply Station 2, Paran began to think about setting up a trap for the sand thieves who had been giving him a headache for so long.

A set enough to hang them.

With clear intelligence, Paran has strengthened its precautions in a targeted manner, reducing the losses received by the supply line, and can carry out baggage transportation with more confidence. But in fact, he didn't completely block every attack of those sand pirate cavalry, and he didn't want to expose the fact that he had intelligence channels.

The day before, the sand pirates were able to easily make a gain, and the next day they suddenly found that they were hitting a wall everywhere no matter how they attacked, they would realize that something was wrong, no matter how stupid they were.

In this case, Paran deliberately planted a decoy for the sand thieves to eat.

Before, of course, he didn't dare. Without knowing the details of the enemy, Palan must have done it like this, and there must be no return for the meat buns and dogs.

But now it's different. With controllable risks and controllable losses, Paran doesn't mind sacrificing some of his people in exchange for a certain price for those sand thieves to continue to bite the hook, at least without any vigilance, so that he can catch all the robbers in the desert in the future.

On September 23rd, Firmino finally got further information.

Holding a map in his hand, Paran was a treasure.

He immediately went to Dane and asked for further support.

Dane did not hesitate, and directly handed over the elites of the two wings to Paran. At the same time, the five or six hundred wolf cavalry that had been sent to Palan's command continued to be under his command.

With soldiers in his hands, Palan's heart is at the bottom.

The First Legion of Sindlaire, the Third Wing and the Fourth Wing of the White Wolf Legion, a total of three thousand soldiers, were all under his command at this moment. These 3,000 people are much more reliable than the soldiers of the garrison corps under his direct leadership! Among these two wings, there are also two brigades of wolf cavalry, plus the wolf cavalry that Dane assigned to him before, the number of wolf cavalry he has has exceeded 1,000. The crossbowmen of the other two brigades, the pure swordsmen of the four brigades, and the sword dancers of the two brigades, the troops formed by such a force will become extremely strong!

And in addition to the troops, Dane also gave him additional support. A group of twenty mages will provide Paran with considerable magical support; At the same time, above the sky, Paran also has twelve griffons, which act as an air force.

With that power, and the map Firmino had given him, he felt that if he couldn't get his hands on the desert bandits, he might have a better chance of taking off his uniform and becoming a dock porter.

In order to prevent the time from taking too long and the intelligence fails, after receiving troops from Dane, Paran immediately gathered his troops and formed an army.

According to Firmino's prompts and the guidance of the map, Paran personally hung up his armor and led an army of nearly 4,000 people to break away from the large army in the desert and rush straight into the depths of the desert.

……

On the night of the 23rd, Paran's troops were still walking in the desert.

He rode a war horse, frowned, walked at the forefront of the army, and looked like he was thinking about something.

A moment later, the wind suddenly rose, and a huge beast fell from the sky and landed in front of Paran.

It was Cyber, the first batch of griffon cavalry trained in White Wolf Castle, an old member of the Dread Mercenary Regiment, and the current captain of the Griffin Cavalry Brigade. In the previous few days, he had been by Dane's side, occasionally serving as an air patrol, but the battles he could encounter were so rare that the turbulent young men had long been bored.

Dane reprimanded this little brother who had been with him for a long time more than once, saying that he had already hung up the rank of major, and he was still so frizzy. Cyber also knows that he is not very good like this, not like a mature officer, but he always can't bear to be active in his nature.

This time, when he heard that Paran was going to lead the army and needed to draw a dozen griffin cavalry, he directly asked for battle, so there was a scene where he, the captain, personally brought a squad-sized griffin cavalry out to carry out the mission.

Cyber now straddles the griffin's back, pats the griffin's armpit, and grins smugly at Palan. And under the armpit of the majestic griffin, seven or eight human heads were hanging.

"Looks like you've had a good harvest." Paran smiled, "How many did you catch?" ”

"The third one." Saibo was triumphant, and then said with some regret: "I knew that there were so many rangers on the periphery, and when I was in the Chinese army a few days ago, I should have expanded the patrol range of the griffin cavalry a little more." ”

Then it won't be so boring.

Paran smiled and didn't answer the subject, but asked something else: "Didn't you let any of them go?" ”

Cyber patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, General, my team and I are the best knights in this sky, and no one can escape from under our noses!" ”

"Of course, you also have to count the Eagle Eye Technique that the mage blessed you, right?"

Firmino coldly interjected a sentence from the side, causing Cyber to look at him angrily. I don't know what's going on, these two people seem to be born to deal with each other, obviously they've only known each other for a day or two, and they've already pinched each other several times.

Paran had a headache, and he took two steps forward, standing between the two men, and said, "You two live in peace." ”

Cyber snorted, and was scolded by Firmino, which made his good mood disappear when he had just led the team to hunt down a sand thief scout team. He patted the griffin under his crotch, flapped his wings and flew high, glaring at Firmino fiercely before leaving.

The agent replied with a smile.

After Cyber flew away, Paran sighed, turned to Firmino and asked, "How long do you think those sand thieves will be able to detect us?" ”

"There's no way they're going to be directly aware of us." Firmino said, "Although the Cyber Kid is a little frizzy, his ability is really good, coupled with the excellent abilities of the Griffin Cavalry, and the magic that the mage has applied to them to enhance their detection ability, I can't think of any Scout team of Sand Pirate Cavalry who can detect our arrival in advance and pass the information back." ”

Paran nodded, agreeing with Firmino's statement, which coincided with his thoughts. And the reason why he wants to ask such a question more is mainly because he is a little uneasy in his heart.

It was a source of nervousness, and in his opinion, it was a battle that would determine his own future!

But it is precisely because of this that he has to force himself to calm down.

He rubbed his brow and asked another crucial question: "Okay, if they can't find our traces directly, that's fine." However, the disappearance of the scouts must also cause the sand thieves to be alarmed. Firmino, I wonder how long it will take them to detect something wrong and react if you judge it? ”

"One day." Firmino thought for a moment and gave this answer.

"The time of the day...... said Paran in thought, "then we are still running out of time." In one day, even if we marched quickly, we would barely be able to reach the designated place on the map. By then, I was afraid that the enemy had already made a move. ”

"Even if they were prepared, they wouldn't be our opponents." This sentence was said by Firmino.

Paran shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about what they are prepared for, I won't pay attention to any of this. My biggest concern was that they evacuated early when they sensed something was wrong. Those camel cavalry are very cunning, and they are likely to choose to avoid them when they smell something is wrong. ”

Firmino shrugged his shoulders and said, "General, I'm just your intelligence advisor, not your military staff. You still know better about these things on the march and in battle. ”

"I know." "I just wanted someone to talk to. ”

That's exactly what he thought. Actually, Palan already had an idea in his mind.

It was getting late, and the soldiers had walked all day in the scorching sun of the late summer wasteland, and although the water supply was still sufficient, the soldiers still felt very tired from the sun.

Especially if you have to carry the weight of the armor forward.

Most of the soldiers whose physical strength was challenged were thinking about a good rest after the sun went down.

However, what they were waiting for was the order to continue the march.

This order was given by Paran himself, and he wanted his troops to move forward overnight and reach the predetermined battlefield as quickly as possible.

And many officers, after receiving the order, expressed their incomprehension to Paran.

The meaning of the officers was very clear, it was not impossible to march overnight, but in this wasteland, there was indeed a big problem. The sun is scorching, and it is a desert area, and the temperature on the surface is very high during the day, even if the supplies are still in place, but the physical strength of the soldiers will be challenged to a certain extent.

The desert at night is colder than during the day. The huge temperature difference between day and night makes it so hot during the day that soldiers who want to take off all their equipment need to add a cover to keep warm at night.

In this case, it is necessary to march overnight, and even if they can arrive at the battlefield at the scheduled time and intercept the enemy, the combat effectiveness of the tired enough soldiers will be very problematic.

The third and fourth wings of the White Wolf Legion are indeed elites, yes. They don't have too much resentment just because they are asked to march hastily overnight. However, they are also flesh and blood, and after a high-intensity march, they have to prepare for a battle, which is unbearable for everyone.

These are all questions that Palan actually considered before giving the order. It's not that he doesn't know this, it's just that, in order not to return in vain this time, he still decided to lead the army to move on, even if it will take some risks for it!