On the other hand, the patrol work on both sides of the northern area of Iron Pine Town, especially the Capra Pass, Alan has been making preparations, for which he made a special trip to the ancient city of Oyster, and asked Holland for some weapons and equipment in the name of training, originally he was going to ask for some war horses, but he was rejected by Holland on the grounds that there is a shortage of regular mercenary war horses.

This result made Alan a little disappointed, if there were no war horses, it would be impossible to patrol the vast area near Capra Pass, although the refugees had some horses in their hands, but most of them were foals, and they would not be able to be used as mounts until at least two years, and the adult horses had already been traded for their lives, and only four or five hundred horses could really be provided to the cavalry, which was only enough to equip a wing of patrols. As a last resort, Alan could only ask Reinhardt for help through Eden.

Reinhardt's previous promise was really not true, he received Allen's request for help, and without saying a word, he immediately arranged it, and soon five hundred war horses appeared in the training camp of the militia. Since the five hundred horses were transferred directly to Allen through the defenders of Capra Pass, even Hollander was kept in the dark, thinking that these horses were all scavenged by Allen from the nomads.

With the addition of the previous 500 war horses, Alan had a total of more than 1,000 war horses, and he divided the war horses evenly between two wings, each of which formed a cavalry patrol battalion, which was specially responsible for guarding against the orc squad that might bypass Capra Pass and sneak south to hunt for autumn. A thousand cavalry, although not much, should be enough to deal with those small orc troops.

The transfer of refugees continued until the autumn and was only half completed. When the construction stopped in the winter, the resettlement work had to be suspended, and the remaining refugees had to wait until next year to continue the transfer, so Allen kept an eye on the construction period, hoping to move as many refugees as possible to the vicinity of Iron Pine before the snow fell, so as to provide them with more protection.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, autumn comes, and a bad news comes:

"There was once again a trace of the orc wolf cavalry near Capra Pass, and there was more than one. ”

The news was told to Allen by Eden, and Eden's source was the garrison at Capra Pass, so the news should be accurate. Along with the news, the garrison also inferred about the actions of the orcs, and they believed that a small group of wolf cavalry did not have the possibility of launching an offensive against Capra Pass, so the biggest possibility of the wolf cavalry appearing was to "hunt in autumn". So Eden came over to remind Eren to be safe.

Alen, who learned the news, immediately convened an emergency military meeting, at which Allen reported the military situation of the orc wolf cavalry, and asked the patrol to expand the patrol area to the north, until it was close to the Bissi River, and if there were signs of orc invasion, immediately warn, and if necessary, take action to block it, and ensure that the orc army could not cause harm to the people in the city-state.

Allen's words invisibly shrouded this group of troops who shouted the slogan of killing orcs every day but had never really fought against orcs.

Sanders, the son of a refugee from the eastern steppes, is sixteen years old, and his father's whereabouts are still unknown two years ago when he set out to resist the orcs along with other men in the tribe to protect his family. He, his mother, a younger brother and a younger sister were the last refugees from the eastern tribe to flee to the ancient city of Aogu, so they were in a similar situation to the refugees from the western tribe, and they had been living in the northern area. More than a year ago, under the inspiration of Allen, he officially joined the militia.

It can be said that this period of time in the militia is the happiest time in Sanders's life, although the training is very hard, but at least he does not have to worry about freezing and starving, he now has a decent uniform, he can eat three meals a meal, and even eat meat every few days, this is a good life that he has never enjoyed on the grassland, the most important thing is that he is respected in the militia, because of his excellent training, he was rewarded by Allen, he was promoted to squad leader, and then promoted to squadron leader, and later transferred to the cavalry unit, wing captain Harvey also talked to him, hoping to make him a key training object。

Although the training in the militia was intense, he would still take two days off every two months, and at this time, he would take a limited military salary, buy two fish and a few pounds of meat and return to his home dozens of miles away to improve the life of his family, and watching his mother and minor brothers and sisters eat the food he had exchanged for sweat was the most satisfying time in his life. There is nothing more valuable than making one's loved ones happy, his father fought against the orcs to protect his loved ones, and now that his father's whereabouts are unknown, he, as the eldest man in the family, should take on the responsibility handed over by his father. Although his family still lives in dilapidated tents, the regimental commander is already preparing a new place for them to live, he has been to the construction site to help, and has seen those houses, all made of pine, sturdy and very comfortable, according to the regulations, because he is the squadron leader, his house will be more spacious, and even a separate bedroom will be reserved for him, but since he spends almost all of his time in the barracks, he is ready to give up his independent bedroom for his mother to live in.

With this vision for the future, Sanders set out on a patrol trip north, a good assignment, at least for him, closer to his family. On several occasions he rode past his family's temporary home, and the people of the house would run out and watch him ride away on a tall horse with envious eyes.

"Look at the Sanders kid, who's only sixteen years old has already become a squadron leader, and maybe one day he'll become a general. ”

Sanders enjoyed the feeling, as if he had really become a general in command of thousands of troops, and sometimes he even felt that it was good to stay in Iron Pine Town, and there was no need for him to choose to fight the orcs in order to return to the grassland.

Today, Sanders came out again with his cavalry squadron in high spirits, and carried out his daily trip to the mountains and rivers as usual. There are a total of fifty cavalry in the cavalry squadron, and there are twenty such squadrons, each of whom is responsible for reconnaissance work in different areas, carrying spears and bows and arrows, and if they encounter orcs, they will use magic fireworks to directly warn them, and if the number of orcs is less than ten, they can attack directly. Of course, this was the order of Wing Commander Harvey, and Sanders doubled this number, and he confidently believed that with the strength of their squadron, they could deal with more wolf cavalry. So he gave his squadron an order that if they encountered a team of less than twenty wolf cavalry, they would take the initiative to attack. So Sanders sometimes even desperately wanted to encounter the orcs, but he was disappointed because they didn't even see a shadow of the wolf cavalry. Although, before the patrol team set off, Alan deliberately emphasized the danger of the mission, but after half a month of patrolling the mission, Sanders felt that the commander was a little alarmist, the orcs' autumn hunting operation should be far from extending to the vicinity of Capra Pass, and their seemingly dangerous mission is now more like a tour of the mountains and rivers, at least the autumn colors near Capra Mountain have been appreciated by their patrol team.