Chapter 82: Vanguard Contact
Tior was in a strange mood.
On the one hand, he was ecstatic because he had obtained the command of this war.
You know, although she is the second daughter of Lord Wall's mother, she is not very favored by her mother.
This can be seen from her position in the family, in addition to the mother of the wall herself, the only person in the family who is qualified to lead more than 500 troops is her sister, that is, the eldest daughter of the mother of the wall, Carvin, and Caterina and Monelli.
The latter is the fourth daughter of the mother of Wall, who is not very old, and the only time she led the army on an expedition was to destroy a group of wild bear goblins.
However, on that occasion, the mother of the Wall gave her a full seven hundred soldiers.
That battle is not important, but the number is quite telling.
As for her Tior, she can only be responsible for the information network in the family, not a single leader, the entire information system of the Wall family is in the hands of three people, the two daughters and a son of the Wall mother, and she Tior is just one of them, not to mention wanting to lead the troops, even if she wants to spread more spies outside, she has to fight with the other two "dear" brothers and sisters for a long time.
And this time, she finally became the fifth person in her family who could lead more than 500 troops to the battle.
What's more, this opportunity was snatched from Caterina's little smasher.
Mother's love is limited, more to one person, less to others, so, Tior feels that this time she grabbed not only the right to lead the army, but also the love of her mother.
She even hoped that if this battle was won perfectly, her mother would definitely look at her differently.
Do you want to do something to frame Katarina?
Well, these are things for the future, and for now, something is harassing her good mood.
For unknown reasons, after entering the area of Youmas, the speed of the troops' march slowed down considerably, and despite her several orders, it remained unchanged.
Not only that, but the soldiers who were originally high-spirited began to have some minor problems, distracted and irritable...... These are all signs of declining morale.
And there is nothing Thio can do about these problems, all she can do is to repeatedly urge the troops to move forward quickly, and finish this battle as soon as possible.
Like the rest of the forces, the spies that the Wall family had infiltrated into the area of Eumass had been completely cut off not long ago, and the last news that Tior had received was that a town had appeared there, and nothing else was known about it.
As a person who has led the information agency for quite a long time, she knows very well that this situation is very unfavorable for her, so this expedition, in addition to bringing troops, she also specially brought some henchmen, who are in charge of the outpost.
However, she could never have imagined that what she was going to face was a group of Black Iron peak masters with at least a hundred years of experience as spies.
"That's not right. It was Cahill, the second-in-command of the 17 Dark Elves and the most experienced in reconnaissance, as he looked at the troops that were advancing at a not-so-fast pace.
The other dark elf in his group was Lang Li, the younger one among them, and he also saw the problem, "Such a force can't be without scouts, we ......"
He paused, a sneer on his face, "We seem to be lucky enough to be in the middle of the troops and scouts. ”
Another implication of this is that they happened to bypass each other's scouts, they spotted each other, and the other didn't notice them!
With a wave of Cahill's hand, the seven-man squad immediately began to retreat, only to stop when it reached a safe position.
Cahill said, "This is a great opportunity to show the Lord what we're capable of. ”
"That's right!" Lang Li nodded vigorously, from the moment he judged the other party's situation, he had always had a somewhat bloodthirsty expression on his face, he wanted to do it very much, and the target was of course not the army of hundreds of people, but their scouts.
"Send one back to inform the lord, and another to inform Hardaway, that he should bring men here to assemble, and you yourself will keep an eye on that army, and I will go and find their scouts. Cahill quickly deployed, and Hardaway was the leader of the other squad.
"What about Chaves?" asked Lang Li.
Chaves is the person in charge of the other outpost, such a good opportunity for meritorious service, Lang Li does not want any compatriot to miss it.
"They're too far away, we can't wait, and it could change if we wait. Cahill shook his head, but after thinking about it, he finally said, "Send someone to inform them, but our actions will not change, and it will depend on their luck whether they can catch it." ”
"Good. Lang Li replied and turned to deploy the lizardmen soldiers, and Cahill simply turned and melted into the darkness.
Generally speaking, there is always a relatively fixed distance between the scout and the troops, and there are two requirements for this distance.
When the opponent is aware of an attack on your own troops, ask the scouts to be able to rush back to your troops to report, so that your troops have enough time to respond.
When you find the target of your troops, you will ask the scouts to rush back to your troops to report, and your troops will have the ability to immediately speed up to catch up with the enemy.
It was not too close or too far to be the distance, and after observing the speed of the enemy's troops, Cahill judged that the opposing scouts should be about 5 miles away from the troops.
This time, however, his judgment was wrong.
In fact, the heart of the city is to blame, this cheating territory item successfully reduced the marching speed of the Wall family's troops, but the scouts sent by Tior did not adjust the distance according to the marching speed of their own troops.
That is, there is a certain distance between the scouts and the troops.
The scouts didn't know to themselves, and Cahill didn't know either, so when it took him more than half an hour to finally find the scouts, who numbered as many as thirty, he quietly gave himself a mouth and cursed himself a few words.
Of course, these episodes had no effect on the overall direction of the war.
After another twenty minutes, the four dark elves and eight lizardmen soldiers finally gathered.
"The number of enemy scouts is beyond expectations, but after my observation, they don't have any experienced ones, they all seem to be scouts who are temporarily recognized by spies, and they don't have extremely strong ones, so as long as we are careful, it will be enough to eat them without damage!"
The group briefly exchanged some opinions, and then quickly escaped into the darkness with the lizardman soldiers.
At this moment, the end of those under Tior is still doomed.