Sensing that the situation was wrong, Koster instructed several battalion commanders, "You go back to the army quickly, it seems that there is a situation, get ready." Duncan and Clark glanced at each other, both showing a hint of unease in each other's eyes, and at the same time gave orders to their officers.

Then the three of them returned to the headquarters hand in hand, and in the room, General Calvin, who had just been about to rest, was carefully reading the urgent letter, hurriedly reading through the ten lines at a glance, and ordered the messenger to "You go down first", and then handed the letter to several regimental commanders who came in, and at a glance Kester saw the golden jasmine coat of arms at the end of the parchment.

"Letter from the Regent!, is something wrong?" Secretly frightened, he hurriedly leaned over to look.

It turns out that this matter has nothing to do with the Principality of Kaman.

In the Nine Kingdoms of the Chamber of Commerce, there is a plain in the southwest corner against the Sunset Mountain, where the Morro River originally originated, and it houses three smaller nations, Kaman, Terra, and Mosat. The three principalities were small in size, but they were all relatively wealthy due to the rare fertile soil within the merchant alliance. Over the centuries, each of the three countries has its own unique produce: the wine of Kaman, the herbs of Tra and the minerals of Mosat.

The Principality of Mozart is the smallest but most productive of the three southwestern states. And in this country, not so long ago, there was a rebellion.

An unknown miner, in the "Tara Basin", the largest ore producing area of the Principality of Mosatt, set off an uprising against the tyranny of the Principality of Mosat, the tide of the uprising intensified, the Principality of Mossat, which has a small army in the country, had to ask for help from the neighboring Principality of Carman and the Principality of Tra, and at the same time, the messenger also Pegasus ran to the merchant alliance lord of Manning City ~ Xihui.

Therefore, after the urgent study of various countries and the leaders of the merchant alliance ~ the meeting, the new Sixth Army of the merchant alliance in the territory of the Principality of Kaman is the closest to Mosat, and it is also the most combat-effective army. The Principality of Kaman could not refuse, and Xiao Mu immediately signed an order to send the Sixth Army to reinforcements.

Of course, this is not the most infuriating thing.

The Merchant Alliance's armament order called for the creation of a new army of forty brigades, and in the territory of Mosat, there was also a new army, the "New Ninth Army", but this army was completely untrained, and before the rebellion began, the Duke of Mossat ordered this army and the Mozart native army to go to counter the rebellion at the same time.

I don't know if it was because of the light enemy or because the strength was too poor, as soon as it came into contact, Mossart's home army collapsed quickly without resistance, resulting in the New Ninth Army being scattered, and the remnants had to retreat to the Mossat capital "Mosat City", together with the Duke's Guard, to wait for reinforcements.

The information that Duke Calvin received from the merchant alliance and the Carman regent is this, and the more specific information may only be known to Mosat.

Several regiment commanders who put down the letter looked at each other, they were still practicing just now, they didn't expect to be in actual combat so soon, and they were all a little nervous, including Kester.

General Calvin immediately decided, "In this way, this exercise will be suspended immediately, and the next stage of the plain offensive and defensive drill will be cancelled directly, you should go back to reorganize the army as soon as possible, and give you one night's time, we will meet at Sunset Pass, and directly turn south to Mosat." Also, each regiment will send some people, and I will arrange for my lieutenant to lead them back to the garrison to carry military supplies. The Shang Alliance will also send a batch of ordnance and food along the Morro River. We meet at the Mosart border. ”

The general's instructions were clear, and several regimental commanders quickly took the orders away, except for Koster who was left alone. General Calvin looked at Koster and continued to solemnly order, "Koster, the situation of the New Sixth Army is actually not good, you know. ”

Kerry nodded, acquiescing to General Calvin's statement. Judging from the territory of the Shang League, among the 40 newly organized brigades and regiments, only the three regiments of the New Sixth Army had the shortest time to form the army, probably less than a year, and the officers were in place late, and the training was not systematic enough. "I think that if it weren't for the fact that we were the closest army to Mosat, it would be unlikely that the Lord~Xihui would have let us go directly to quell the rebellion. ”

Seeing that Koster understood what he meant, Calvin patted Koster on the shoulder seriously, "So this time, Koster and I must rely on your thirteenth regiment." Duncan and Clark are both seasoned aristocratic officers, and you're a fledgling lad by comparison, but their soldiers aren't ready. ”

Looking at General Calvin's solemn face, Koster understood what he meant, "No problem, my thirteenth regiment plays the forward, and I will let the rushing formation open the way." ”

After coming out of the headquarters, Koster hurried back to his soldiers' station, and as soon as he approached, he saw his three battalion commanders and Feida waiting outside.

"Commander, what's going on?" Rickon asked first.

"There is a rebellion in the neighboring Duchy of Mosat," Koster, who was hurrying away, explained as he walked towards the camp, "Duke Mozart can't deal with the rebels, and by the way, even the New Ninth Army of the Business Alliance is almost lost. Flamingo sent a letter of help to the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance, we are the closest army of the Merchant Alliance, so we are going to fight. ”

"Ah!" Several people who heard the news were dumbfounded.

At this time, the group had already arrived in the camp, and the rows of soldiers had already dressed and sat on the ground, and when they saw the head of the group return, all eyes were on him.

"Soldiers, officers of the Thirteenth Regiment, I am your brigade commander, Lord Koster. Now, I have received an order that we, the New Sixth Army of Kaman, will go to the battlefield for the first time, and our destination is the capital of the Duchy of Mosat, the city of Mosat. ”

Kerst paused, and when the soldiers heard the news, the conversation suddenly became louder. Just now, the co-captain hurriedly asked everyone to form a team, and many people had a hunch, and Kerst began to issue orders:

"Scout Wing, get out now. Rickon, you go and take them, be sure to get to the Mozart border as soon as possible to find out the situation, I need specific information. ”

"The Remote Support Wing, Rickon, is also under your command for the time being, and will follow you in action. However, they will not enter the territory of Mosat, you will stop at the 'Red Water River', a branch of the Morro River on the border between Kaman and Mossat, where the military supplies of the Merchant Alliance to support our Sixth Army will be handed over, and the long-range support wing will temporarily act as a guard for the supplies. ”

"The third battalion and the personal guard battalion, both under the command of Feida for the time being, are acting with me. Jon, still your first battalion is the front station, Rober, your second battalion is behind. This is our first long march, and although it is only a five-day journey to the border with Mossart, I am afraid that some of the recruits will not be able to accept it. ”

"Wing Commanders, bring your own soldiers. Heralds, hurry to the garrison outside the mountain, let the rushing car depart, and we will meet at the border of Mosat. Anything else, and no problems!"

The 13th Regiment was well-trained every day, and once the Caster began to issue orders, the entire regiment of more than 3,000 people listened quietly, and after the Walker shouted, "Is there a problem!?" everyone shouted "No problem!"

Looking at his soldiers with satisfaction, Koster waved his hand, and the officers and soldiers immediately took action.

Looking at Feida beside him, Koster asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you still here, Feida, didn't you hurry up and take over the command of the third battalion!"

Feida stuck out her tongue and quickly turned away, her heart pounding. It was the first time I saw Caster speak so seriously, the innocent big boy back then was now a qualified aristocratic officer, a little relieved, but a little vain.

It was not only the 13th Regiment that moved, although it was not like the 13th Regiment that needed to be the vanguard and set off immediately, and the camps of the 12th and 14th regiments were also chaotic. After all, it was the first time to go on the expedition, and the recruits of the two regiments were extremely nervous, and the scene was a little chaotic. And both Duncan and Clark know this.

Fortunately, there are still 13 regiments, and with them as the vanguard, it will be much safer, and judging from the situation of the exercise, they will be more fully prepared.

"Commander, Commander. Duncan, the commander of the 12th Regiment, was looking at the busy figures of his soldiers in deep thought, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from his servants.

"I'm here. Duncan was alerted, and the servant who heard the voice hurried over. "Regiment commander, the thirteenth regiment is here, I hope we can support them with some arrows, because it is a drill, they don't have many actual combat arrows..."

Duncan thought for a moment, "Okay, I'll give them half, six hundred bundles of crossbow arrows." (Note 1)

"Ah!" Hu Cong was surprised, "six hundred bundles, so many?"

"Alright, that's all, and point them out the way. Don't worry, the follow-up supplies will be replenished by the merchant alliance at the border of Mosat. The Thirteenth Regiment is more dangerous at the front, send it to them. You, personally take someone to carry it, do you hear?"

Hu Cong nodded hurriedly.

The same plot was happening at the 14th Regiment's station, and Commander Clark did not hesitate to allocate a large amount of supplies to Kester.

In this exercise, the performance of Koster and his Thirteenth Regiment seemed to have conquered the other noble officers, so seeing that Koster had something to ask for, Duncan and Clark did not hesitate to offer the greatest help.

On the outskirts of the New Sixth Army garrison, a small detachment was walking out of the barracks. Riken, the young aristocratic officer, riding a black northwestern horse (Note 2), was walking in the front, shouting loudly, "Keep in formation, it will take five days to reach the border of Mosat, and we will arrive a day earlier than the Chinese army of the commander, so we all work hard and go!"

The other soldiers in the camp who were still packing up, looking at this winding long snake formation, all felt a little emotion in their hearts, the first expedition of the New Sixth Army kicked off with the departure of Rickon's scout wing.

In fact, no one at that time thought that this small team of 3,000 people who set off from the side of Sunset Mountain would grow to what height and what kind of achievements they would make in the future.

Note 1: It is customary to use "bundles" on the mainland to count the number of crossbow arrows and feather arrows. One bundle, which means that crossbow arrows are tied together, there are about a hundred.

And the reason why you count them in bundles instead of a hundred is because a bundle of arrows is basically the amount of an archer or archer used in a battle. So it's easy for commanders to count the magnitude.

Note 2: Northwest horses, the Southern Madur Kingdom of the Shang League, are rich in horses, known for their good endurance and large size, and are deeply loved by the nobles of the mainland. But in fact, this kind of horse widely lives in the northwest region, so it is called the northwest horse.