The current Storm Army and the Imperial Northern Army are like two pieces of fat, both exposed to hostile forces, in fact, Duke's strategy is ultimately a gamble, betting on whether they choose the bigger one or the smaller one.

On the tenth day of the march, the Imperial Northern Army had penetrated hundreds of kilometers deep into the grasslands, which was already an expedition for the army of the Cold Weapon Age, and with the extension of logistics supplies, the pressure on logistics was also increasing.

However, the logistics army of the storm army can be said to be the most professional logistics army in this era, and the carrying and shock-absorbing capacity of the storm carriage can ensure that Duke's storm army can be supplied with food for a month even if there is no logistics supply on the grassland.

This is mainly through the trade with the barbarians during this period of time, Duke bought a lot of cattle and sheep and other meat, plus the Hans Empire produced pigs, fat is definitely a very valuable thing in this era, so Duke also had a small amount of trade with the Hans Empire, storing a large number of meat and fats to reduce the burden of food.

And all the storm wagons were converted into boxes, which stored the important supplies that accompanied the third group of logistics troops, that is, a musket team of 1,000 men and firearms equipment. However, Duke never exposed the existence of the 1,000-man musketeers, but disguised them as logistics troops to follow the Storm Army.

After all, this is Duke's biggest killer weapon to deal with the barbarians and the Hans Empire in times of crisis, the musket team of 1,000 people is not the small scale of one or two hundred people in the past, and it is easy to attract the attention and suspicion of others if it is too public, so Duke's army of 5,000 people, the real logistics is only 1,000 people, and 4,000 people are all formal combat troops.

Only the Duke Storm Army can do this kind of logistics, you must know that the logistics of the Lion Army and the Imperial Bureau are as many as 100,000 people in charge of transportation. This is why, every expedition is an act of war with all its national strength, and the French Empire will be so difficult to maintain.

These box-mounted storm carriages, once attacked, are able to form a line of defense against all ranged attacks except magic. The Storm Musketeers were then able to counterattack through the firing holes in the planks, which would have minimized casualties. As long as it drags on for an hour or two, the war horse will not be able to withstand such a high-intensity battle, and then it will be the time for the storm army to counterattack, which is also the standard tactic of the infantry regiment against the cavalry troops.

At the end of the day, it is basically the two sides to the death, and if the infantry is in formation, what awaits is the situation of slaughter. Once the cavalry is out of force, it is time for the infantry to counterattack. However, the general cavalry will not wait until this moment, as long as they find that there is no way to break through the defense line, they will choose to retreat in most cases, and the infantry will be difficult to pursue in this case, which is why, the cavalry has always stood at the top of the class in the actual combat of cold weapons, because it can be attacked and retreated!

However, barbarian mages are not very strong, and their shamans tend to deal negative damage such as curses and poisons rather than direct damage. As for the Hans Empire, because of the suppression of the Holy See, they did not dare to use mage troops to deal with the Francoian Imperial Army. This is like the nuclear bomb of later generations, once it reaches this point, it is completely ignorant of the Holy See's armistice agreement, and if the Holy See really wants to provoke the intervention of the Holy See, the Hans Empire will also kill itself, they will definitely not do such a stupid thing, and even the French Empire can be regarded as a lesson from the past.

"Allen, have you still not found any trace of the Black Hawk Army of the Hans Empire today?"

Duke asked a little impatiently, as time went by, he began to lose the confidence he had before, after all, all this gambling component was too big, and Duke was not sure that he would be the winner.

And once the Hans Empire changes its mind and chooses to eat its own storm army safely, then it will at least face more than 50,000 Black Eagle troops. After all, the expedition of the French Empire this time is not a storm army, and it has dispatched as many as 60,000 troops, and the Hans Empire does not send an army of the same size, and it is too difficult to besiege the French Northern Army.

You must know that the Black Hawk Army has been in the border war for so many years, and they are all veterans who have experienced bloody battles, and Duke is not sure that he dares to win the Black Hawk Army in a one-on-one situation, and in the case of one against ten, there is only the outcome of losing and losing, unless it is a firearm that causes the same effect as the fish-man warriors of the Shark Tribe.

But Duke believed that with the quality of a professional army like the Black Hawk Army, even if it was frightened, it would not be possible to collapse directly like the fish-man warriors of the Shark Tribe, and retreat could still be done. Along the way, even if Duke wants to kill back to Alakou and die, it is not a simple matter, which is why he has become so anxious.

"My lord, there are still two hours before the Sentinel returns today, so I haven't heard from the Sentinel yet. ”

Alan told him truthfully, and he also felt Duke's anxiety, because during this period of time, Duke asked for news from the Black Hawk Army several times a day.

Hearing Allen's message, Duke suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and could only lead the storm army to move forward slowly.

As the afternoon sun sets, it's time for the Storm Sentinel to return. Now, in order to be able to find the traces of the Black Hawk Army as much as possible, the patrol range has been relaxed from the previous 20 kilometers to more than 50 kilometers, with Duke as the center of a radius of 100 kilometers, relying on dozens of storm sentinels to patrol, it is indeed an extremely difficult thing, basically starting from the morning, until the afternoon to be able to return.

This time, the storm sentry returned, and unlike the previous disappointment and frustration on his face, one of them ran directly to Duke's location and said to him, "Lord Lord, I have found traces of the Black Hawk Army of the Hans Empire!"

As soon as he heard this, Duke jumped off the carriage excitedly and asked the sentry in front of him, "Where is the location of the Black Eagle Army, are you sure that it is the main force of the Black Eagle Army?"

In the face of Duke's excited look, the sentry riders were all taken aback, because they had seen Duke confidently before, and it was rare to see Duke so excited.

"Tell my lord, I stumbled upon the Hans Empire Logistics Regiment thirty kilometers from the camp, and followed them all the way to the Black Eagle Army's camp. As far as I can see, the large camp tent should be more than a thousand, and the number of people should be in the tens of thousands, unless they can predict in advance that our exploration has set up a fake camp, otherwise this is where the main force of the Black Eagle Army is!"