Robertson and his Scout Wing paid off their efforts, and shortly after leaving Chaos Ridge, he met the soldiers of the Sixth Squad who had returned to deliver the message. "Didn't I ask you to deliver the letter?" said Robertson.

"The regimental commander and the main force are just behind, and they have already arrived!" said the leader of the sixth team excitedly.

"It's coming so fast!" Robertson said, surprised.

It wasn't just Koster's Thirteenth Regiment that came, Duncan's Twelfth Regiment followed. The main force of 6,000 people, coming along the Hongshui River and fully armed soldiers of the New Sixth Army, was completely beyond the strength of the 1,000 rebel soldiers on the Chaos Ridge to resist. Within a meal's time, Kerst and Duncan were already standing side by side on the North Ridge of Chaos Ridge, looking down on the fifteen-mile-long canyon.

"Regiment commander, this is the flag of the 23rd Battalion of the Miner Rebels, which was snatched by our sneak attack. At this time, Robertson came to the front of the regimental commander.

Koster reached out and took the flag, unfolding it and looking at it. It was a newly made military flag, made of a large sheet of silk, with the words "23rd Battalion of the Militia Rebel Army Tara" written on it. Koster laughed, "Sure enough, I haven't seen anything in the world, this is the first time I've seen someone make a military flag out of silk." ”

Duncan didn't laugh, he wasn't much of a talker, and he didn't like to laugh, "They're just miners." But then again, the twenty-third battalion of Tara, how many troops do they have? ”

The battle lasted for a short time, and the 1,000 rebels were routed by a single wave of killing, half of the rebels were killed by crossbow arrows, and the other half of the frightened soldiers quickly abandoned their weapons and surrendered. The rebel officers were escorted back to the New Sixth Army headquarters and handed over to Cristit for identification and disposal, while the rest of the soldiers were sent to the prisoner camp on the banks of the Flood River to work as coolies.

Severis, a bartender from Tara, was shot by three crossbow arrows at the same time in the first charge, and his ornate armor was so conspicuous in the jungle that he was targeted by the crossbowmen of the New Sixth Army as soon as he first engaged.

After taking Chaos Ridge, he briefly discussed with Duncan, with Kester's 13th Regiment stationed at the North Ridge and Duncan's 12th Regiment stationed at the original rebel camp at the South Ridge. In the air, there was still the smell of burnt fire left over from the fire, but the soldiers present were well-trained and did not feel any discomfort.

Because before coming, General Calvin appointed Koster as the commander of the front army, so Commander Duncan sent someone to ask Koster what to do now. In the makeshift tent, Koster spun around in circles with his hands behind his back. In the tent, in addition to Kerth, there are his bodyguards Feida, Jon, Rober, and Rickon, the co-captain of the Scout Wing, Robertson, and the sexy female commander of Mossart, Rika.

After encamping at Chaos Ridge, Rika chose to follow the 13th Regiment to be stationed at North Ridge, and her army of 300 men camped in the rear of the 13th Regiment. Kester has always wondered how this Rica Commander has been following him, is it a little interesting to himself. However, after the battle began, Köster didn't have time to think about it again.

"Robertson", Kerster, who had circled the tent many times, finally stopped, "Let your scouts work a little harder, and set off immediately, we now need to find out the military situation near the city of Mossart." But from here, you are about to enter the rebels' sphere of influence, so you must be safe. ”

"Yes!" Robertson stood up and gave a military salute, "no problem!" and left the tent.

"Duncan, your first battalion, go and camp in the valley to the east!" Kerst continued to order, "Rickon, you go with you, you set up two camps at the valley mouth, and they are each other's horns. Ranged Support Wing, up the hill, all ranged weapons, all to me facing east. In the second battalion, you go to support Commander Duncan. If the rebels are coming, they must be coming from the south, and there is no need to keep so many troops in the North Ridge, it is enough to have my personal guard battalion and the people under the command of Rika. ”

Hearing the order, everyone stood up and left, but it was Rika who walked up to Kerst and touched Kerster's arm, intentionally or unintentionally.

Because everyone is not subordinate to each other, Kerst is sometimes a little helpless about Rika's actions, not to mention, Feida is now leading the Guards Battalion and the Remote Support Wing, and sometimes he can't manage so many things. Just like now, although he saw it, he just gave Kerst a roll of his eyes in a hurry, and went out to arrange the task.

"Commander Rika, don't you have anything to do?" asked Kerst helplessly.

"Yes, before leaving, Commander Christet told me to protect the safety of Captain Vester, I thought that Miss Feida was busy with military affairs, otherwise, I would be the commander of your personal guard. ”

Chester hurriedly shook his hand, "No need, no need, we are here in North Ridge, there is no danger." As he spoke, he fled from the tent in a panic.

In the end, the New Sixth Army is Kaman's army, because they are not familiar with the terrain, in the battle of Chaos Ridge, they still accidentally let a few rebels escape, they brought the news that a large number of troops have come to help the "Prince Tara" outside the city of Mosat, Blackbeard was greatly surprised, and couldn't help but look at a man in black beside him with a blank face, "Prime Minister, what should I do?"

The man in black beside Blackbeard was a suffocating old man, who looked quite old, seemed to be in his early sixties, and his whole face looked unusually pale, even his lips were bloodless. The hair is completely hidden in the hood and cannot be seen.

Commander Christit's guess was not wrong, Blackbeard, a man who was born as a miner in Tara, had no ability to command the army to fight at all, and since he killed people in the Tara mine, he led a group of miners to occupy the city of Tara, and there was no direction, and at this time, the person next to him, who had been wearing a black coat and a black hood, came to the door.

The Man in Black, who introduced himself as "Turles", was a teacher in the city of Tara who loved to study continental history and geography. Seeing Blackbeard's "uprising", he really wanted to do something, talked about a lot of military knowledge, and soon conquered Blackbeard. As a result, Blackbeard personally named him his prime minister, and after he was named "Prince Tara", he divided several major generals into the four dukes of "water, earth, wind, and fire".

Turce thought for a moment, "It is unlikely that it is the remnants of the New Ninth Army, the Battle of the Rivette Hills, most of their remnants have retreated to the city of Mosat, and there are not so many troops scattered outside, and we all know their combat effectiveness." It could not have been the private armies of the nobles of the Western Wilderness, they were all defeated. If I'm not mistaken, this wave of people can only come from the other side of the Hongshui River. ”

Blackbeard was stunned, "On the other side of the Red Water River?"

Turce sighed, "The Kamans, or rather, the Merchant Alliances. ”

The original plan that Turce had for Blackbeard was to quickly besiege the city of Mosat, capture the capital as quickly as possible, kill the Duke of Mosat, and then establish himself as king. The Business Alliance is now overwhelmed by Desik's affairs, and even if there is assistance, it will not be so fast. It's just that he didn't realize that the training of Kaman's Sixth Army was much better than that of the New Ninth Army, and they came too quickly.

In fact, Severis's battalion was sent to Chaos Ridge by the men in black when they were not at ease, but it was still a step too late.

"And what now, Prime Minister?" asked Blackbeard anxiously.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't conflict with our main plan. The man in black, Turles, walked to the map, carefully looked at the location near Chaos Ridge, and then pointed out to Blackbeard, "Prince (Note 1) You see, the Kamans are outsiders after all, and the first thing they consider when making any military decision is to preserve themselves. Therefore, after crossing the Hongshui River, they did not choose to go straight to the rear of Mozart City from the north, but circled around from the south and came from the Chaos Ridge. In this way, even if the battle is not against them in the future, they can calmly retreat along Chaos Ridge, instead of being driven down the Morro River by us north of Mosat. ”

"But if the Kamans come to help, will the Duchy of Tra to the east also come?" Blackbeard worried.

"Possibly, but the situation will be better in the east, where we have about 10,000 men stationed, and the eastern part of the Duchy of Mosatt is all mountainous, and the Tlarians are not so fast. The man in black comforted Blackbeard, squinting once more as he carefully studied the map of the Duchy of Mosat, and after a long time, he tapped it heavily.

"Prince, I suggest that our main force go to the east of Mozart to meet the Kaman reinforcements, and only send a small number of troops to continue the siege of Mosat City. As long as the reinforcements are defeated, I think that Duke Mossat and those big nobles in the city should have no motivation to support it. ”

On the fourth day of Jon and Rickon's camp at Chaos Ridge, they saw the smoke and dust rising from the east from a distance, and the experienced Jon immediately recognized that it was the smoke and dust raised by a large group of centaurs, and sure enough, it was only a short time before Robertson and his scouts rushed back with his scouts and Pegasus. All the scouts were more or less wounded, and Robertson's leather armor was stuck with three crossbow arrows that had not yet been drawn.

"Half a day's journey!" Robertson, who had returned to the camp, fainted to death as he could say this sentence. Of the dozens of scouts who came back at the same time, four died on the spot from their injuries. In the camp, a rapid whistle began to echo, and a blood-red battle flag was also raised by the flag of the 13th Regiment on the top of Beiling Mountain.

In the headquarters of Kster, there are only two people, Feida and Rika. "Feida, you immediately have someone inform the rear team of Rober, prepare his men, and come over for reinforcements at any time according to my orders. But until my orders arrive, we must not act rashly, no matter what the state of war is here. His task is to ensure that the back road is smooth. ”

Feida answered and left the tent, and Kester turned to Rika, "The guard battalion and your native battalion, as a reserve, you can take a good look at how our 13th Regiment of the New Sixth Army fights." Kerst looked at Rika confidently.

Also getting the news was Duncan from Southridge, who was also arranging his defensive line in full swing. The troops of Chaos Ridge totaled more than 6,000 people, and judging from the news of the scouts, the enemy army would not be less than 10,000 people, and a major battle was about to break out.

Note 1: Blackbeard Sawyer established himself as Prince Tara, so his subordinates called him "Prince".