A squadron of 200 troops marching requires a strict plan every day, and looking at the battle situation in a large area at the macro level, how can a column with a full 5,000 troops not formulate a more complex and detailed combat plan? In particular, this column was stationed here to clear out defectors, in fact, to protect the children of high-ranking officers.

Colonel Fillingcent was even more afraid to put himself in danger.

"Maybe I came here on purpose to let me practice with Marlan?" Wu Hao thought of a possibility.

At this stage, there are many armies that have cleared the defectors, and the three major legions directly under the king have basically divided the Tirisfal woodland equally, and the eastern Lordaeron legion is responsible for the eastern area of the royal city of Lordaeron, Brill, and Chehai, which borders Lordaeron in the west, and most of them are located in the deep mountains and old forests, and a whole wing with a total of 50,000 troops is distributed.

Colonel Fillingcent's column of 5,000 men was only one of eight.

Long before Wu Hao arrived, the other seven columns with a total of 35,000 people, as well as the wing of tens of thousands of people, took Brill, Lordaeron King City, and Alliance Will Canyon as the base points, and expanded and swept from the central area to the edge of the mountainous area in a fan shape, fighting hundreds of battles large and small, and winning a large number of feats.

The three brigades that left the barracks, with a total of 3,000 people, left first to grab credit.

In recent days, the direction of the two small teams of Marlan and Wu Hao is the junction of the two 1,000-person brigades sweeping forward, even if some defectors are lucky enough to survive, theoretically they will not be too few, Wu Hao will feel that the possible defectors at the moment are deliberately rushed over by other teams to send their heads.

"There are still illogicalities." Wu Hao walked towards the outside of the village.

The flames burned a lot of things, Wu Hao was not specialized in the cultivation of hunter professionals, and he couldn't let him find anything valuable in the ruins, so it took half an hour to return to the ridge to find Madeleine, and after a brief exchange of information, the two immediately got on their horses and rushed towards the expected assembly point.

Six hours later.

When Wu Hao and Madeleine rushed to the barracks, it was already close to midnight, except for the soldiers who were in charge of standing guard, the entire small camp was silently dark, only the big tent in the center still had lights, and it was obvious that Marlan, as the commander of this force, had not yet fallen asleep.

When I came to the big tent, I found that there were six people inside.

Marlan has been the leader of the civilian cadet group at King's College for several years, and after joining the Eastern Lordaeron Legion, many younger brothers who enlisted in the army at the same age also took the initiative to apply to join Marlan's command, and the upper echelons of the army did not prohibit the lower soldiers from holding together, but also actively promoted Marlan to become a captain squadron leader in a few years with the help of a group of loyal younger brothers.

In addition to Marlan and Joan, Wu Hao is only familiar with a young man named Allen.

The current 18-year-old Allen, a mid-level 4-level warrior, used to be Marlan's henchman and Joan's henchmen, after Wu Hao joined the team and became acquainted, Allen's position was gradually replaced by Wu Hao, and even so, this young man has never hated Wu Hao, so the relationship between the two is not bad.

The other three young men were strangers.

Most of them are cadets who graduated earlier, or are the personal forces that Marlan has cultivated when he enters the legion.

After seeing Wu Hao and the two appear, the six people, including Joan, were all obviously relieved, and Marlan strode over and punched Wu Hao in the shoulder, and said angrily: "William, you kid!" Where are you fooling around, do you know how many hours have passed since the agreed meeting time?! ”

Marlan's expression was abnormal.

"What's wrong?" Wu Hao asked straight to the point.

"There are still four scouts who haven't returned, and they're scouting in the direction of this... Over here... And here. Marlan walked to the map on the side of the tent and pointed to the northeast, east, and southeast: "Originally, I planned to continue to go northeast tomorrow, and I want to hear your opinions." ”

There are strict limits on the direction, mileage, and time of scouting.

For a squadron of less than 250 people, the main role of the scout team of only 10 people is to detect the terrain and intelligence.

Scouts are completely blind to armies of brigade size and below.

It is a big taboo to catch a blind march.

Officially because scouts are very important to the army as a whole, so the constraints on scouts, especially in terms of time, are very strict, unless there are force majeure reasons, any reason to delay the return to the assembly point of the scouts, will be severely punished by the army, and it is normal to be killed as a deserter and traitor if the circumstances are serious.

For scouts, delaying the return means the equivalent of death.

The scouts in Marlan's team, the worst also has the strength of low-level 2, and the strongest scout is not Wu Hao, a middle-level 5 hunter named Anthony, who happens to be one of the other three young men in the big tent at the moment, is a 23-year-old veteran who has been in the army for seven years, and has very rich combat experience.

A scout of this level is definitely not something that can be killed by accident or beast.

What's more, most of the scouts' professions are hunters, and they are experts in hunting and controlling wild beasts, and the ten scouts went out in the morning and only six came back in the evening, nearly half of the attrition, no matter what the reason is, it is a very bad signal, so that Marlan and other officers can't help but feel very nervous.

For a time, the six of them expressed their opinions.

After only two minutes of discussion, there were two different opinions, Anthony felt that it was better to evacuate immediately to the nearest friendly brigade, while the other four, including Allen, felt that it was better to camp at a nearby important point and build a brief fortification on the spot to form a strategic fulcrum, and then there was room for evacuation or attack.

There are pros and cons to both views.

Anthony's point of view is more decent, when encountering an untraceable situation on the battlefield, it is of course the right choice to move closer to the friendly army as quickly as possible, but the nearest friendly army will take seven or eight days to converge, and the variables of marching at full speed during this period are too large, and it is easy to turn into a rout when encountering an attack, and then it will be life and death.

Even if you find allies safely, there will be nothing to do here.

Allen's views tend to be conservative, the idea of building a strategic fulcrum is very good, and there is nothing wrong with relying on fortifications to protect themselves, but in this case, it will lose its flexibility, which is equivalent to leaving the fate of this army to God before the reinforcements arrive, and it is not easy to stay for a few days and then want to leave again.

The supplies and food carried by the army were limited, and most of the cases of holding one place were surrounded.

It is safe to create a home combat opportunity, but to take the initiative to shrink up without even seeing the shadow of the enemy?

It's stupid.

"William, what do you think?" Marlan looked at Wu Hao, who had not spoken.

"I'm coming back so late today because I've found a looted village." Wu Hao pondered for a moment, and only after making a decision in his heart did he tell in detail what he had seen and heard in the afternoon, and then looked at the six people with different expressions in front of him and said lightly: "These defectors are very likely to have been sent from above, we should take the initiative to attack!" ”

These words lifted Marlan's spirits.

However, the others are not battle women, although their eyes lit up after listening to Wu Hao's analysis, but after thinking for a while, they still did not respond, and Anthony, who proposed to evacuate immediately, even retorted with a sneer: "Ensign William's idea is a little naïve, who will give us such a good thing, if it is you, will you let it?" ”

"Surely not." Others chimed in.

"We are not those noble children, this kind of treatment cannot be enjoyed." Anthony saw that many people agreed, and suddenly felt that his confidence had changed a lot, and he said with a sarcastic smile: "Besides, although the above is biased, it will not do such a thing as driving these defectors to loot civilian villages, right?" It would be outrageous to make such a judgment. ”

Everyone but Marlan agreed.

Looking at Anthony coldly, Wu Hao didn't feel that he had lost face, and the other party was right, and he had always felt that something was wrong and abrupt on his way back until now, not to mention the whole straight-hearted soldiers, even if they were nobles who treated civilians as livestock, they would never waste the population resources of the territory so much and send them to defectors to bully and slaughter.

However, thinking about it in his head, Wu Hao immediately counterattacked: "Is this the reason why you are afraid of death and cowardice?" ”

"I'm afraid of you—" Anthony's face changed, as if he was so provoked that he wanted to scold.

"Alright." Marlan raised his hand to interrupt the impending quarrel, his eyes swept over every officer in the big tent one by one, and after taking in everyone's expressions and reactions, he announced in a very serious and loud voice: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, if you avoid fighting, it will be difficult to get promoted for the rest of your life, everyone enter the wartime alert state!" ”

"Yes, sir." The faces of the crowd were displeased, but they still responded loudly.

Wu Hao, who had achieved the plan, shrugged his shoulders very poorly.

"Alright, you go and arrange it." After Marlan waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave, he looked at Joan and Madeleine lightly, Joan only reacted in a few seconds, nodded respectfully and retreated, while Madeleine was a little sluggish, and waited until Wu Hao coughed a few times to find out that something was wrong and left quickly.

The two of them didn't go far, they stood outside the big tent.

"Hey, William." Marlan sat on the wooden chair with a headache: "What about you and Anthony..."

"It's not that I robbed him of the vice-captain." Wu Hao also sat down casually: "I think you are eccentric." ”

"Don't think Anthony is so unskilled, you kid probably deliberately caused trouble." Marlan looked like you were blowing casually, and after laughing and quipping a few words, he said seriously: "It's dangerous to make a bad plan this time, now you have to make a rigorous battle plan, and... A backup plan that only the two of us knew. ”

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