Along the way, the march was slower than expected, the daily march was only more than 200 kilometers, and occasionally Danny would carry out exercises during the march, such as marching attacks, encampment and night raids, and so on, and always do one or two times every few days, but the original planned 20-day march only covered three-fifths of the way.

Fortunately, the notice from the Imperial Military Department asked to arrive within three months, and the time was absolutely fine, but the food brought with it had been exhausted. However, this is also a small problem, there is a notice from the Imperial Military Department, you can collect grain nearby, you can always see the brigade's grain convoy along the way, and you can collect grain from the grain team with the notice, not to mention that the Duchy of Deland has money, and you can also go to nearby towns to buy some delicious food to reward the squad for outstanding performance in the exercise.

The whole marching process, that is, tense and relaxed, from Danny to every soldier below knew very well that Bear Little was five hundred kilometers away from the front line, and there were a large number of troops to defend, the Mayan Empire itself was not as strong as the Auckland Empire, and the front-line troops were already tight, and it was impossible to mobilize the army, dodging the army on the front line of the empire, and going deep into the rear base of the empire of five hundred kilometers, so it seemed very easy.

It took a month and a half to reach Bear City, a full fifteen days slower than planned, but a month and a half earlier than the Imperial Notice.

According to the instructions of the usher, the team was stationed in Little Bear City, and it was indeed as everyone thought, there was a lot of singing and dancing, where was the tension of half a war?

After arranging the camp, Danny went to meet the commander of Bear City, and the others were free to move around for half a day before receiving the order, and most of the Teresan warriors were tired for more than a month, so they agreed to go to the city to eat, drink and shop, as if they were here for a tour. The Duchy of Deland is relatively wealthy, not only is the military salary rich, but the families of these soldiers are also not bad, so they have money on hand, just relax.

Half a day later, Danny returned to camp with a relaxed face. Bear Cub has a division of the Imperial Regular Army, headed by Major General Vero Tahan, Third Rank of the Empire. In addition, the troops of two principalities have arrived, each with 5,000 men, in addition to the Deland army, there are also three principality troops who have not yet arrived, among these seven armies, except for the Duchy of Deresa, are more than 5,000 people, if all of them arrive, the total army can reach more than 43,000 people, plus the original security army of Little Bear City 2,000 people.

The twelve storage bases are five kilometers outside Little Bear City, not far apart, and each storage base is guarded by 200 soldiers, and eight military camps have been established around the storage base to protect the storage base in the center, even if it is attacked by a sneak attack, it can respond in the shortest possible time.

The regular troops of the empire are really different, and after reading the deployment map of Major General Vero, even Feleg, a person who does not understand military affairs, thinks that even if the Mayan Empire can really send tens of thousands of horses, it is not possible to settle the battle before the support troops arrive. You know, a hundred kilometers away from here, there is another storage base city, where there are just as many troops, and the cavalry can march in half a day.

Half a month later, the troops of the other three principalities arrived one after another, bringing the total strength of Little Bear City to 48,000 people, and all the military camps were already full.

There are 40,000 troops stationed outside the city, and 8,000 inside the bear city, although it is only a medium-sized city, but because it is located on the border, the city walls are tall, and you can basically sit back and relax. Except for receiving food from the rear every day and providing military rations to the front, there was nothing to do all day.

Feleg certainly wasn't as laid-back as the soldiers, and he was equally pleased with the defenses here, but as a magician, he needed a lot of time to meditate.

Due to the problem of talent, Merlin can only rely on the elemental ore provided by Feleg to cultivate, and Feleg does not need this, of course, it is faster to use elemental ore to cultivate, but Feleg has not been extravagant enough to that extent. Fortunately, he is the only magician in the entire Little Bear City, and he doesn't have to worry about others competing with him for the magic elements in the space.

It's a pity that the density of magic elements here is too low to compare with the magic forest in the Demon Domain, and it would have taken more than three times as long to meditate as long as it would have taken Feleg each time. Fortunately, there was no war here, and administrative matters were not his turn as a magician, so he had a lot of time to meditate.

Feleg has worked very hard, but it is still much worse than Merlin, since entering Bear City, except for solving personal problems, Merlin has not stepped out of the room for half a step, and even eating is solved in the room, as for sleeping, it is dispensable for magicians.

The two magicians refused to spare any time and hurried to practice, but Danny had nothing to do, and the security in Bear City was very good, even better than the capital of the Duchy of Deresa. Not only is the law and order good, but also because there are more than 40,000 troops stationed in the army, there are many more business opportunities, and many caravans have also followed, specializing in military business.

This is different from the front line, except for the 10,000 regular imperial troops in Vero, which has always maintained strict military discipline, the armies of the other six principalities are much worse, those who have money eat, drink and have fun, and those who have no money also find ways to have fun, or go out of the city to hunt, or force to buy and sell, and most of the security cases in the city come from the armies of these principalities.

Vero was very dissatisfied with the army of the six principalities, but the battle report from the front line, the imperial army advanced about a hundred kilometers, and more than half of those disputed peaks had already fallen into the hands of the empire. In three consecutive battles, the Oakland Empire was victorious.

This time, for the sake of the element mine, Emperor Wu Tian has invested a lot of money, and the left, center, and right armies have drawn a total of more than two million regular troops, plus more than a dozen kingdoms and hundreds of principalities, with a total military strength of more than four million, and the Mayan Empire's army is less than half of the Auckland army.

Whether in terms of national strength or the quality and quantity of the army, the Auckland Empire has an absolute advantage, so although Major General Vero is dissatisfied with the troops of these principalities, he is not worried about the security here. It is said that the front-line military commander is already discussing the issue of whether or not to move the logistics base forward, because after all, the logistics base must not be too far away, otherwise problems will easily arise.

On this day, Major General Vero arranged all the escort work, and even sent a few more groups of outposts, and the rewards were all safe and sound, but there was always some uneasiness in his heart. Although the Mayan Empire is inferior to the Auckland Empire, victory should not be so easy, after all, the elemental ore has been discovered for the first time, and the importance of elemental ore, let alone an empire, even ordinary civilians know it.

"Newspaper. ”

"Come in. Putting down the teacup in his hand and shouting, for half a year, it has been very calm here, but he does not dare to take it lightly, military food is the lifeblood of the army.

"General Qiyu, General Jayden of Black Wolf City sent someone to send a battle report, since noon yesterday, fifty kilometers away from Black Wolf City, the Mayan army was found, the number is unknown. ”

"Oh?" Vero stood up, and sure enough, it came, this is exactly what he has been worried about, the army is not as good as the Auckland Empire, and the best way is naturally to run out of food. But what the Mayan Empire could think of, the commander of the Oakland Empire also thought of.

Behind the three group armies, there are four storage bases in each, each of which is not far away or close, and it is half a day's journey to support each other. And in addition to the regular army of the Empire, there were reinforcements from several principalities, and the combat strength of these armies was ordinary and considerable.

Passing through the front line, it was impossible to get here too many Mayan troops, and Major General Rowe was confident not only to hold the base, but even to counterattack.

Major General Vero is not afraid of frontal combat, not even afraid of sneak attacks and night attacks by the Mayan army, in these directions, he has already made various countermeasures, and even put 8,000 troops in Little Bear City, such a force, it is impossible for the Mayan army to attack the city.

But the army is impermanent, no one knows what kind of means the other side will use, the defending side is always passive, if you can take the initiative to attack, you will have a better chance of winning, after all, the military force available in your hands is far more than the other party. Major General Rowe did not believe that the Mayan army had a way to get 350,000 people to cross the front line together without being detected. According to his estimates, the number of opponents will not exceed 10,000, which is already the limit.

Although the quantity is not much, but the quality must be excellent, in order to ensure the success of the operation, the Mayan army is likely to send their ace troops, each soldier in the army, up to the fifth level or above intermediate samurai, such a strength is much stronger than the 10,000 regular army under their command.

Even so, he didn't think that the other side would attack strongly, after all, the defending side had the right time and place and all the people occupied, and there was almost no possibility of success in a frontal battle.

"Newspaper. While he was thinking about it, another battle report came.

"Yesterday evening, the Mayan army began a tentative attack, the number was about 3,000, the elite of the Mayan army, our side lost more than 2,000 people, the enemy lost 200, temporarily retreated, the direction is unknown. ”

After reading the battle report in his hand, Luo Wei's brows furrowed even tighter, and sure enough, as he imagined, all the best soldiers from Maya came, two hundred for two thousand, ten to one battle damage, it sounded too terrible.

However, Luo Wei knows Jayden very well, the defender of Black Wolf City, they are comrades-in-arms, Jayden's command ability is no worse than his own, and the losses should be the troops sent by the principality, if it is a regular army of the empire, even if it encounters Mayan elite cavalry, it is impossible to have such a big battle loss.

Three thousand? Only three thousand? That's what Luo Wei is most concerned about, last night's battle was just a trial, and the real battle hadn't started yet. There are four storage bases in the rear, which one is the target of the other side, or are they just trying to find out which one is easier to get?

The area of the front line is too large, even if there are millions of troops, it is impossible to hold every inch of land, not to mention that the purpose of this war is to gain control of a few elemental mines, so it is not very difficult to secretly send troops over, but the number cannot be too much.