General Calvin looked at Rika who stood up and couldn't help but smile, "Don't worry, I won't forget you." In this case, Commander Rika, Commander Christit, both of you, send a man with your native army to follow Captain Koster. ”

Soon after the meeting, the thirteenth regiment of the Thirteenth Regiment of Koster left the camp in its entirety, and hurried eastward with the replenished armament. According to the requirements of the military council, the 13th and 12th regiments should be no more than 20 miles apart, and they should rush to Chaosling within three days, seize the nearby hills, and reserve a strategic passage for the city of Mosat.

Leading the way for the Thirteenth Regiment was Jon's 1st Battalion, and shortly after departure, the strikers encountered the soldiers of the Thirteenth Regiment's Scout Wing galloping back.

"There are not many enemies in Chaos Ridge for the time being, and the rebels are so big that they only focus on besieging the city of Mosatt and abandon their vigilance in the direction of Kaman in the west. "This is the latest news that the scout has brought back, and it allows Kester to confirm that the military council's decision is correct.

In the end, more than 300 people of the local army who followed the New Sixth Army were still led by Lika, this young female officer, who has always made Koster a little afraid to face, maybe it was too sexy, Koster always felt that her eyes were too hot to look at her.

So, Rika was arranged to take her people behind the 13th Regiment and lead the way to the 12th Regiment.

"I always have a feeling of discomfort?" said Ferda, secretly, as Kerst was on the way.

"Who are you talking about?" said Feida, confused.

"Captain Rika, maybe I'm too careful. Kerst muttered to himself.

Chaos Ridge is a mountain range in a large area of hills west of Mosatt City, although the hills on both sides are not too high, but this Chaos Ridge is surprisingly long, more than fifteen miles. Out of the ridge pass, there is a road leading directly to the city of Mosat, and at this end of the Chaos Ridge is the vast Rivette Hills of the Principality of Mossart.

The miners' rebels marched from south to north, ignoring the Chaos Ridge to the west of Mosat. But just because you don't pay attention for a while doesn't mean you won't pay attention to it forever.

When the co-captain of the Scout Wing came to the vicinity of Chaos Ridge with eighty scouts, the rebels of a battalion of the miner rebels also happened to climb the top of Chaos Ridge.

Both sides met unprepared.

Chaos Ridge is a narrow passage between hills, about fifteen miles long, and the north and south are not too high hills, but extremely continuous. At the end of the narrow passage is the avenue leading to the city of Mosat. Perhaps the miner rebels who came to occupy it were not enough in number, and a battalion of miner rebels raised the banner of Prince Tara in the southern hills, while in the northern hills, only a small squad of rebels came.

The soldiers of the 13th Regiment Scout Wing, who had just arrived, had just climbed to the top of the northern hills when they saw a dozen people dressed in black on the mountainside, no more than 100 degrees away, and they were climbing towards the top of the mountain with a steel knife in their hands.

Robertson, the captain of the Scout Wing, is an experienced mercenary, and after taking up the post of head of the Thirteenth Regiment, he was recruited from the mercenaries of the Merchant Alliance through the favors of the Adventurers' Guild to lead the Scout Wing and command the Scout Scout. I heard that Robertson has always been an experienced scout in the mercenary army, and before that, before joining the mercenary, he had been a hunter in the adventurer's guild for a long time.

At this time, his command ability was brought into play, seeing the enemy on the mountainside, Robertson immediately raised his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to hide, and a group of people quickly lay down in the grass, Robertson whispered an order behind him, "There are people under the mountain, prepare bows and arrows, don't be exposed." The third team went to the left wing, the fourth team went to the right wing, and the others were here with me to prepare. Don't do it without my orders. ”

The well-trained soldiers, quietly moving between the grass, made only the sound of rustling bushes, and the rebel soldiers below the hill were not in the slightest aware of the catastrophe that awaited them overhead.

The rebel battalion commander, Seyfrith, was a bartender from Tara who joined the miners' rebellion after Blackbeard captured Tara City. In the past, when Blackbeard was an ordinary miner, he would often visit his tavern, and he was also a fierce and aggressive bartender, relying on his relationship with Blackbeard, he decided to join the miners' rebellion, and then quickly rose to the rank of commander, commanding an infantry battalion.

Severis was tasked with coming to Chaos Ridge to garrison the Chaos Ridge in case the remnants of the Native Army gathered their forces and went to the rescue of Mosat. However, the nobles in the western wilderness region were all scattered, and the troops that could be organized were also limited, so the rebels only sent more than 1,000 people from Seyfrith, and they expected that relying on the terrain of Chaos Ridge, there should be no problem holding the passage.

It's just that no one realized that Koster's Thirteenth Regiment would come so soon.

Severis arranged for a small group of men to camp on the North Ridge first, and he himself led the main army to garrison the South Ridge, and just now the banners of "Prince Tara" and the "Miners' Rebel Army" were erected, a group of soldiers were cutting down trees to build camp tents, and the men were boiling thick soup, and pieces of dry and hard wheat bread were cut into pieces and thrown into the soup, emitting a stream of heat.

These wheat breads were made from refined wheat snatched from the treasury of the southern Xinjiang city government, and in the past, only nobles and their families could eat such good food, so when the aroma of the thick soup came out, all the soldiers surrounded the man's cauldron.

Seyfrith looked up in the direction of Beiling, and his deputy came over with a bowl of bread soup, a little surprised: "Commander, eat something, the man has prepared the food." Seyfrith didn't take the food, but asked in a strange tone, "Don't you think it's a little strange, why hasn't the team that went to the north put up the flag yet?" ”

The deputy also looked at the other side, "There's no movement, or I'll send a few more teams over to take a look." ”

Seyfrith sniffed the aroma of the food, "Forget about eating first, at this time, where do the nobles of Mosatt still have reinforcements, those boys are probably lazy, and they climb the mountain so slowly." ”

After all, the miner rebels are not from regular military backgrounds, and their sense of smell and feeling of the battlefield is very poor, and they are completely unalert to danger. When the rebels of that squad climbed to the top of the mountain, they were speechless in surprise as they looked at the dozens of arrows that flashed with cold light in front of them. A few of the more daring ones were ready to turn around and flee, but they didn't know when they started, and on each of the two wings behind them, a group of soldiers surrounded them with crossbow arrows.

Without making a splash, the rebel squad was captured.

Robertson watched as his men strung more than a dozen rebels with ropes, each taking off their stinky shoes and stuffing them into their mouths, leaving them completely silent. "Sixth team, you divide half of the men to take care of the captives, and if there is any abnormal move, you will not be punished. The rest of the people, and I went to garrison the front of the mountain, and after such a long time, the enemy should react quickly. ”

"Also, the sixth team, the rest of you, bring double the horses, turn back immediately, and be sure to send the news to the regiment commander as soon as possible, if the expected is good, the miner rebels have realized the excellent location of Chaos Ridge." ”

After Commander Severis finished eating, he finally realized that something was wrong, no matter how lazy the soldiers were, they couldn't have climbed the North Ridge by now. "Assemble, assemble, assemble everyone. Seyfrith shouted loudly and gathered all the soldiers, "There's something wrong with Northridge, everyone get their equipment, let's go to Northridge." ”

More than 1,000 miner soldiers took a short time to assemble, and then under the leadership of their battalion commander Seyfrith, they came to the North Ridge in a mighty way, and after they climbed the slope of the North Ridge, they actually found that the more than ten soldiers who had been sent to occupy the North Ridge before were all tightly tied and hung upside down on the trees behind the hillside, and the view was obscured by the ridgeline, and they could not be found at all if they did not climb up.

"There are enemies, I don't know where they came from, not like the Mosats, all cavalry. After the stinky boots on his mouth were removed, the captured squad leader couldn't wait to say.

Seyfris frowned, "What people, where did the cavalry come from." ”

The squad leader thought for a moment, "They are wearing the uniforms of the New Ninth Army (Note 1), and there are not many of them, only a few dozen. ”

"Oh, it should be the remnants of the New Ninth Army, I don't know when they fled here. Said Seyfris' deputy.

"I don't rule it out. ”

While the rebel soldiers were busy guessing the identity of the troops who appeared here, the experienced captain of Robertson, who had already sneaked down from behind the mountain with his men, and a group of cavalry rode around the west in a large circle and came to the back of the mountain in the South Ridge. Thanks to the swiftness of the cavalry, they arrived at the South Ridge earlier than the rebels arrived at the North Ridge, and the two teams of men and horses caught and sought among the hills.

The miner rebels are indeed very poor in combat ability, a group of people rushed from the South Ridge to the North Ridge, and only a few men were left in the South Ridge camp, seeing this, Robertson naturally would not be soft, a group of people quietly touched into the camp, and several men were wiped on their necks. Then looking at the food and baggage left behind in the camp, Robertson, who had always been unsmiling, couldn't help but laugh.

"The military flag is taken away, the food and equipment are burned, give them a delicious 'lunch'!" Robertson gave orders to his soldiers.

Seyfrith, who had finally rescued his companion on the North Ridge, was surprised to see a black smoke rising from the sky over the South Ridge that he had just left, "Oh no!" Seyfrith felt a toothache. The black smoke was so thick that all the soldiers would not ignore it, and anyone with a little brain knew that their camp had been attacked.

"Don't go back yet!" resounded the hoarse roar of their leader, Seyfrith, among the mountains.

And the scout wing of the thirteenth regiment that set the fire, at this time had already left far away with a military flag of the miners' rebels. Although they burned the other party's military camp, the number was too small to deal with the other party for a long time, and now they could only hope that the regiment commander could arrive as soon as possible with the main force.

Note 1: The miners' rebels were all workers and civilians and lacked the necessary military knowledge. The New Sixth Army and the New Ninth Army are both newly formed units of the Shang League, with unified uniforms, so they are recognized by the miners' rebels as the remnants of the New Ninth Army.