A considerable part of them was prepared for the delivery of ammunition by artillery and infantry. But that's not all, the Marquis of Elken had the foresight to transport a large amount of supplies to the Shenwei Fortress in advance, and even established a number of front-line arsenals after the capture of Suolong Pass to maintain a steady distribution of supplies.

The main force carried grain for 500,000 men and 60,000 horses for forty days. Behind this huge army, eleven reserve warehouses were built along the way. In order to carry these provisions, Erken requisitioned 20 engineer battalions from the country after the capture of Suolong Pass, totaling more than 54,000 four-wheeled carriages and two-wheeled carriages for various purposes, as well as ammunition supply vehicles of various types. Thirteen,000 wagons were loaded with the daily food supply.

This huge logistics team used more than 200,000 horses, and with the continued requisition of horses in the later period, the number of horses alone now exceeds 300,000. This refers only to the carriage of horses, not war horses.

War is not just lip service.

The requisitioned supplies are actually asking for food from the pockets of the civilians. In the Komosubi region in the southwest of the Plantagenet Kingdom, for example, a city with a population of less than 20,000 levied as many as 85,000 daily rations (mainly wheat and potatoes, with a small amount of corn), 4,000 bushels of hay, more than 7,000 bags of oats (standard), 5,000 bottles of wine of various qualities, 200 carts, and many other items.

In the city of Lasser, 9,000 local residents handed over 70,000 portions of bread (in terms of days), 300 beef cattle, 2,000 bottles of wine, 100,000 bales of hay and more than 300 wagons.

The reason why these two cities are used as examples is that the region is relatively rich and is a famous grain producing area in the Plantagenet Kingdom.

There are many more ———— in a village called Southenhel, where five hundred villagers were responsible for the entire supply of eight thousand Plantagenet warriors for up to five days.

Of course, not all parts of the country will achieve this level of material requisition. This was largely a means by which the king weakened the local nobility. If you collect more here, you will naturally collect less in other places. It can be seen whether the king gave "special preferential treatment" to a nobleman, so as to judge his likes and dislikes, which is also an important political weather vane.

The retreat is simple. A command, or even a word, is all it takes.

According to normal practice, the march must be accompanied by the establishment of defensive lines of different grades, as well as positions. However, from Suolong Pass all the way north, there was no stable rear defense line established along the way.

The muscles on Marquis Elken's face twisted to the extreme, and without hesitation for a second, he put away his binoculars and hurried down the stairs and out of the watchtower, accompanied by the adjutant and the guards.

Damn the Holy See!

Damn Somson!

If not the Holy See...... No, it should have been the Holy Lord of the Pope, a holy bastard born with a beautiful halo with a certain filthy woman, and things would not have turned out to be the way they are today.

The papal emissaries have been lobbying the countries since very early on. Those clever bastards gave examples to show that the most powerful metal patron saint of the northern giants could not appear in a short period of time, and that the Holy See had successfully developed the most powerful weapon in history, and that the walls of the Locking Dragon Pass could no longer be a natural danger to stop the pace of the attack.

To this end, the Holy See made a solemn promise to the Five Kingdoms———— this battle will be won! In the event of defeat, the Holy See will be responsible for all the consequences and compensate the countries for their losses in the war.

The Marquis of Elken was a Catholic, but far less religious than the Duke of Calis. Of course, the Holy See has to give face, not to mention that the Holy See has also made "compensation promises" again and again. This kind of thing was unthinkable before, and it touched the hearts of Elken and the king.

200,000 men, which was the size of the army that the marquis agreed with the king at that time. Including Elken, none of the nobles in the entire Plantagenet Dynasty who knew the inside story thought of winning the war, at most they sent troops to make an appearance, explained to the Holy See, and also said that they still had faith in the great Holy Lord and would never betray it.

The Plantagenet Kingdom has its own exclusive source of information. Through various sources of information, in the first half of the army, Erken finally increased the scale of the army to 700,000.

In fact, he himself was a little uneasy. However, the purpose of this expedition was not pure from the beginning, both the Komosobi region and the city of Rather were the territories of the rival nobles of the Marquis of Elken. Weakening your opponent means strengthening yourself, and that's what he had in mind.

The performance of the "Six" in the lock dragon pass was satisfactory and also gave the Marquis of Elken confidence in victory. Without spending any effort, he easily obtained a large number of supplies at Suolong Pass, which made him full of longing for the future of the war.

Viscount Moneo also thought the same way, but he was at least more cautious than the Marquis, especially after occupying the empty Mane City, he was faintly worried in his heart, and deliberately left 10,000 sappers to build a defense on the spot based on this giant city.

10,000 sappers is not less. What's more, winter is coming to an end, the ground ice is gradually thawing, and excavation is far less difficult than before. As long as you speed up, you can completely establish a follow-up line of defense in the specified time.

It was the logistics that led to the change in the plan. For some reason, the domestic convoy has not kept up. The cavalry was slow to transmit information, and the Marquis of Elken did not know until now that the fortress had been captured by the Dragons Marine Corps. In order to transport the supplies stored in Suolong Pass to the front line and ensure the offensive strength of the vanguard legion, Elken first transferred 5,000 sappers from Mane City to join the convoy.

Two days later, he drew out a second batch again, again with five thousand people.

At the time, this could not be said to be wrong, because the main force of the Kingdom Coalition had already reached the north. In particular, the main Viking force led by Duke Flamal attacked all the way to the west, and it is said that they killed as many as tens of thousands of giant cavalry troops, and found a giant city in that direction. Whether it was slaves captured after the war or gold and silver, it meant that the Viking kingdom would reap great benefits.

The Marquis of Elken believed that Bishop Somson was not lying and did not hide the truth. The combat effectiveness of the "Six" is obvious to all, it has indeed killed the main force of the giants, and now the problem is speed, and it is necessary to catch up with those fleeing giants as soon as possible, only in this way can they return home victoriously with honor and wealth.

With convoys, naturally there are no rear positions.

It's too late to regret it.

Marquis Elken was now almost certain ———— Viscount Monio's vanguard army had either been wiped out or taken prisoner by the giants of the north.

With an unprecedented fiasco, it is highly likely that the entire vanguard army will be surrounded by giants. Otherwise, Viscount Monio would have sent a messenger to report to himself anyway.

Mounted on horseback, with his lieutenant and guard, Elken's small cavalry galloped from the interior of the camp toward the road to the south.

He didn't run away, which was extremely immoral and would cause him a lot of trouble. Along the way, the Marquis constantly sent heralds to get in touch with the commanders of the various camps. On the one hand, the news is reported, and on the other hand, the troops are integrated and concentrated on the spot.

The army is Elken's greatest source of confidence. Even if the vanguard force is completely wiped out, the main force of the Plantagenet Kingdom will still have at least 500,000. Although it was not clear how many northern giants were attacking here, the Marquis did not think that he had reached the point of exhaustion.

As early as last week, 100,000 copies of Migaal Elixir No. 44 were distributed to the soldiers. Of course, it is up to the commander to decide exactly when to use it. The medicated soldiers did buy some time, and although the giant kept firing shells at the camp, and people were constantly killed, the Marquis did not see the overly flustered crowd along the way. On the whole, a relatively stable order has been maintained.

It seems that I am not without a chance. As long as you stick to it, you can ......

As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Elken suddenly saw a herald on a horse rushing towards him. The other man approached and tightened the reins so hard that the poor horse was forced to lift his front hooves off the ground and neighed in pain.

"My lord, you can't go ahead." The herald, busy controlling his horse, shouted in a frustrated voice, "There are giants there, and they have blocked the road. ”

Once again, the Marquis of Elken felt a blow to his brain. The double attack of shock and fear almost didn't make him fall off his horse on the spot.

"When did this happen?" He roared in terror: "Where are our scouts? Why haven't they ever found the giants? ”

"I don't know." The herald wiped the sweat from his forehead with all his might, the question was beyond his normal duty: "The whole camp is surrounded, and the south side is full of giant cavalry. They...... They ride a terrible monster that eats people. ”

Marquis Elken's heart sank suddenly.

He was well aware that the situation had deteriorated and was no longer what he had thought it would be. Obviously, it is no longer possible to assemble troops and retreat in an orderly manner, and once they are surrounded, the next problem they face is to be trapped. Although the camp was stocked with enough food to last more than forty days, it was still empty.

"On my orders, all the soldiers in the southern camp are assembled in this direction." He quickly made a decision, and his voice became extremely cold: "No matter what the price, you must rush out for me!" ”

……

The Prison Bull rode on the back of a velociraptor and pulled the trigger on a white man who rushed out of the south gate of the camp. The kinetic bullet pierced through the man's body, burrowed into the chest of another person with great inertia, and then exploded, releasing a cloud of flesh and blood fragments.

According to Tianhao's order, the alliance of the three clans sent 20,000 cavalry with three days' worth of dry food to cross the mountains and forests, and detour from the path to the back of the main camp of the Plantagenet Kingdom to attack.

10,000 Tiger cavalry were in charge of the left flank, and the dragon cavalry was in charge of the right flank. Among them, 2,000 dragoons were personally led by the Prisoner Ox, and they rushed to the front, becoming the most conspicuous and feared presence in the eyes of both friendly and enemy forces.

Raptors, which had been trapped and domesticated for a long time, learned how to obey orders. The process from beast to militarization is nothing more than a food threat plus daily training. These giant beasts, which are more than eight meters tall, eat an astonishing amount of food, whether they are fang-toothed pigs or fish. As the price they had to pay for giving up their freedom to enjoy food offerings, they donned thick metal armor and carried riders, trampling through the dense chaos of white routs.

Too many soldiers were trampled to pulp. The dragoons, including the captive oxen, did not care about reloading their rifles at all, so they could only remove the special long-handled combat knives from the weapon pylons on the dragon's back, hold them horizontally in their hands, and let the velociraptors run and jump unscrupulously in the crowd, reaping human lives by impact and inertial force alone.

Three days' rations were not much, but they were only part of the dragoons. Of course, ordinary cavalry also needed to carry an additional part of the forage. In terms of material standards, there is a big difference between the Tiger Clan and the Dragon Clan's cavalry. The former carries much more hay and legumes than dry food, and this is due to the different understanding of food. The Tiger Clan valued war horses, especially the Tiger King Yaoxian, who believed that fighting the whites was itself a predatory process. Whether raw or cooked, it can fill the hungry stomachs of soldiers.

The supply standard of the Dragoon cavalry is no different from that of the civilized era. Under Tianhao's leadership and orders, the entire ethnic group is gradually abandoning some old habits and refusing to eat food that does not meet ethical standards. Not everyone will honestly obey orders, but at least on the surface, no one will dare to do so.

No one dares to disobey the will of the regent.

The only interest of the prison cattle in whites is "fodder". Velociraptors are natural carnivores, and they are not repulsive, and even prefer to eat white people as part of their daily feed. As a result, huge spaces have been freed up for the delivery of ammunition and other military materiel.

A white soldier raised his gun and took aim, and with a flash bullet of fire and heat, he accurately hit the velociraptor with precision. This kind of thing happens a lot on the battlefield, and it's not unusual at all. Even the worst musketeer could easily hit the target, after all, it was an eight-meter-tall and extremely large mutated velociraptor dragon.

"Bell!"

The sound of metal crashing was so crisp, and the thick alloy armor made the velociraptor Zhou up and down without any weaknesses. Enraged, the ferocious beast pounced on the creature who dared to hurt itself, opened its bloody jaws full of sharp teeth, and bit down on the white musketeers who had not been able to flee after the shooting, and threw it into the distance, only to see a figure under the gloomy sky with a terrible scream quickly diminish and completely disappear from sight.

The Prisoner Bull did not participate in much fighting, and he roamed around the battlefield with a few guards, occasionally giving orders according to the situation.

"Don't rush too hard, just shoot your target on the outskirts of the camp."

"Throw a grenade and give them a taste of it."

"Pay attention to the whites' clothing and prioritize shooting their officers."

These experiences come from Tianhao, who is consciously training future successors from now on.

The herald who informed the Marquis of Elken was wrong: the northern giants did not seal the road to the south.