It had just entered the autumn, and the countries began a new round of tentative attacks as usual, but no one expected that this war would trigger such a big chain reaction.

Several of the lords of Kugit and their legions tried to raid the villages on the Swadian border, but found that several of the Virgia lords had the same plan, and the two lords engaged in a skirmish in a village in the territory of the Swadia Kingdom, which was immediately cleaned up by the Swadia Kingdom's incoming legions.

It was a small incident, but the Kugit and Vigiya began to harass the Swadia border, fighting each other by the way, and the Swadia side could not sit idly by and watch their crossing, and the incident gradually escalated, and finally developed into a scuffle between the three countries. Not to be outdone, the Nords took the opportunity to attack the fortress in the north of Svadia, taking advantage of the gap between the main Svadian army and the transfer to the east.

After the reconciliation failed, the enraged Swadia King Haraus launched a war mobilization order in an attempt to regain the lost territory, but was then awakened by the bad news in the east, where the vital gateway to the northeast was breached by the Virgian army, and the fighting between the Vigians and Kugit concealed their true intentions.

The Swadians, having found the situation in full collapse, retracted their defenses, held on to important cities and fortresses, and re-examined the further development of the situation. The Nords and Vigiya, on the other hand, after taking the territory, divided their forces deep into Swadia and plundered them. The Kujit suffered a small loss against the Swadia cavalry in the early melee, and took advantage of this time to take revenge. For a time, the entire northern and eastern fronts of Svadia were filled with gunsmoke, and the armies of the four countries were fighting each other here.

King Graves wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops and get a piece of the melee, but Marshal Crassus of Svadia always had a large number of troops displayed in the fortresses on the border between the two countries, and Rhodok himself was not suitable for war on the plains. Salander also had no time to clone at this time, he was busy with the construction of the temple in the country, and he had to beware of the sudden attack of the Kugit cavalry, and he was absolutely unable to attack with Rhodok, which made King Griffhos cancel the plan to send troops and recuperate in peace.

However, this was not difficult for the Rhodok numberers, who came to Hu Bin's mercenary city with their legions, signed a series of rental contracts with Hu Bin, and took Hu Bin's elite soldiers to detour to Garmich Fort and invade there from southeast of Svadia. Hu Bin, on the other hand, received a commission and invested in the bottomless pit of urban construction.

Hu Bin, who was bored, didn't know what kind of record this group of Rhodok numberers had fought in this melee.

The successive defeats of the Rhodok Kingdom in the previous battles had caused heavy losses in military forces, but also gained valuable combat experience. Unlike other countries where numberers act in groups, the Rhodoc numberers have developed another way of fighting after successive defeats, and that is the wolf pack tactic.

Sending out a small number of troops to seek or lure the enemy, and then concentrating forces to destroy the hooked enemy, this method of combat has little benefit for a single numberer, but greatly guarantees the possibility of victory. Fed up with the defeat, the Rhodok numberers did whatever it took to win, and even some of the legions of the aboriginal lords were surrounded by them, and for a while the numberers who were roaming the battlefield were vigilant.

However, the detachment's strategy greatly increased the reconnaissance power of the legions, and the main force of the Rhodok numberers had not yet been captured by a large group of enemies.

"How's it going?" Howard, who had just finished the battle, put away the blood-stained blade in his hand.

"It's good, it's that the prey has decreased during this time, but the soldiers supported by Lord Reed are really useful, but it's a pity that the number is too small." Fanta said with pity.

"Don't complain, the detachment on the west side found the prey, split a few people and me to go around the back, you take the others to kill him, don't let people escape. During this time, the numberers were storing grain for the winter, and they all gained a lot of weight. Howard didn't even have time to take a sip of water, and hurried to outflank the enemy.

Fanta licked her lips and beckoned the rest of her companions to march quickly.

In view of the shortcomings of the slow marching speed of the Rhodok Legion, Howard discussed with others before setting out on the expedition, and reluctantly formed a small cavalry force, including the elite of hired cavalry, and even the heroic knights rented by Hu Bin, plus the retinue of the numbered ones, barely formed a rapid reaction force.

Fanta and the others took the remaining infantry regiments to form the main army, and at the same time divided the team to be responsible for the reconnaissance mission, and when they encountered a small group of enemies, they sent cavalry to defeat them directly, and when they encountered a slightly larger army, they outflanked and delayed, and then waited for the arrival of the main army to swallow it in one gulp.

With excellent coordination, the Rhodoc numberers took out more than double digits of enemies, including a regrouped legion of a native lord. Recently, the activity of the wolf pack has made the numberers of other countries feel threatened, and they have become more and more cautious in their actions, and when they see that the situation is not right, they will leave the infantry and flee directly, after all, the defeat is small, and it will be bad if they are caught, which means that they can only sleep in the wild and eat dry food in this harsh winter.

This time, Howard and the others were surprised to find that the prey they took the bait was an army of Nords. The Nord Kingdom and the Holy Alliance have always been well-watered and do not interfere with river water, and this area is not a place for them to fish, so why would they rush to them.

Seeing that a cavalry had copied its own back road, the legion hurriedly raised the white flag, which was also a behavior only between the numberers, like the aborigines fighting first before talking.

Howard handed over the command to a numberer next to him, and ran to the Nords alone, the entire cavalry regiment was jointly funded by the Rhodok numberers, and he only commanded on his behalf, even if he had an accident, it would not affect the command of the entire legion.

Nord also came out with a few numberers, and after some exchanges, Howard learned of the purpose of the gang.

This is to talk about the approximate distribution of the forces of each country in the current melee, and the battlefield of the entire melee is centered on the city of Drehem, the city of the Swadia Kingdom in the middle of the continent. The Rhodok Native Legion did not join the fray, so the weak Rhodoc numberers conservatively occupied a small area in the southeast and kept roaming the vicinity. The Kujits, on the other hand, sent numerous legions, with high mobility, to occupy the entire eastern part of the battlefield, and from time to time crossed the city of Drehem to explore westward. Large open areas in the north were occupied by the Nords and the Vigiyas, who radiated their spheres of influence from the fortresses they had just occupied. The main force of the host Svadia held the important military strongholds on the line between the cities of Drehem and Suno.

It seems that the kingdom of Svadia has been fully invaded and retreated into defense, but in fact, every country knows that there is still a cavalry corps in Swadia that has not been used, they are just waiting for several countries to consume each other's strength, and finally they will be wiped out. However, other countries are not stupid, although the Swadias use nearby villages as bait and spare no effort to create conflicts, but no country has a real fire with other countries, everyone eats the bait, and then makes a small fight to show the Swadians in the city walls.

Howard, who had returned to the line, immediately contacted the numberers who were rushing to discuss the news brought by the Nord numberers.

Compared to the corps composition of other countries, the Kugit were more suitable for this melee with an all-cavalry configuration, which can also be seen from the general control range of each country. However, the lack of strength in the siege was also a flaw for the Kujits, and seeing that the other two countries had opened up their territories one after another, while the superior side had not gained an inch of land, the unbalanced Saiga Khan decided to plunder deep into the heart of Svadia.

However, the villages west of Drehem City, which had been regarded by the Nords as a possession, were preempted by the swift Kugit Legion, and even the lords of Vegia were dissatisfied with the Kugit's arrogance, which undermined the tacit understanding between the three kingdoms.

Howard's encounter with the Nord Numbers were the remnants of the Legion that had been broken up after the battle with the Kugit Legion, and the Marines were no match for the cavalry in combat effectiveness on the plains. Having suffered heavy losses, they heard that there was a Rhodok legion operating nearby, so they wanted to unite these legions to drive out the Kujits, and fighting cavalry was the old business of the Rhodok legion.

However, Howard did not immediately agree, although King Griffos gave everyone the right to go to war unconditionally before leaving, but before that, the Holy Alliance was not in a state of war with Kugit. Although the armies involved in this melee are all supposed to be enemies, Rhodok is still reluctant to go to war with Kugit until there is a real break.

Howard also has a layer of concern, if there is a war on his side, according to the covenant, Salander must also go to war against Kugit, will Reed turn against himself because of this matter.

Thinking of this, Howard opened his backpack and took out a stone engraved with runes, and then injected a trace of energy to activate the runes.