Chapter 15: The Expedition
Follow Raches into the Hall of the City Guard, located on the edge of the walls of Celtes, which was originally used as a fortress ordnance storehouse, but now part of it has been converted into a prison for Cheltes, while the other half has become the station of the City Guard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Outside the hall, there were already members of the guard standing outside, and when they saw Rachels appear, they immediately opened the closed door of the hall.
Inside the hall was a large conference room, the top of the City Guard were already sitting around the oak round table, only the chair on the top seat was empty, apparently the seat that belonged to the High Governor Ratches, and behind the City Guard top ranks, there were rows of benches, which were already filled with members who had been recruited like Scott, including paladins, priests, mages and warlocks, and rangers.
Scott nodded and smiled in a friendly manner, and in his eyes, the pale blue screen kept beating with information, giving Scott a general idea of the strength of these members who were also drafted.
"Guard Rank Intermediate Paladin, Threat Level: Normal... ”
"Priest of the Guard Rank, Threat Level: None... ”
"Guardian Intermediate Mage, Threat Level: High... ”
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Rachels strode to his place, but instead of sitting down, he propped his hands on the oak round table, without a smile on his face, his lips closed like rocks.
"This time, there are two main things for everyone to put down the affairs at hand and gather together. ”
"First thing, I received a letter from the sheriff of Thor in the town of Thor. ”
Scott knew that the so-called town of Sol was one of the subsidiary towns of Cheltes, located in the southwest of Cheltes, with a small area, about one-eighth of Cheltes, and was one of the few towns under Cheltes's jurisdiction that could be self-sufficient in food.
And the sheriff of Thor in Sol Town, but in terms of identity, he is Rachels's cousin, but the blood difference is far away, and he is one of the branches of the Russell family.
"The content of the letter is simple, the town of Thor was attacked by a group of goblin robbers a few days ago, however, it was routed by the security guards of the town of Thor. ”
"But unfortunately, due to the lack of manpower of the security guards, they could not pursue them while guarding the town, so they could only watch these goblin robbers flee into the area of the cold dew hills. ”
"What?"
"Isn't there already a group of goblin robbers in the Hanlu Hills?"
As soon as Raches's words fell, someone in the upper echelons of the City Guard immediately exclaimed, and among them, there were shrewd high-ranking guards, who had already considered another level.
"Captain Ratches, what is the number of goblin bandits that have been defeated?"
"Is it possible to join up with the goblin bandits in the Hanlu Hills and thus pose a greater threat to the trade routes south of Cheltus?"
"Good question. ”
Ratches nodded in satisfaction at the high-ranking City Guard at this level, a rough man named Wei Linya, and then raised his hands flat, signaling everyone to be quiet.
Waiting for the hall to fall silent before Raches continued.
"The number of this group of goblin bandits is about three hundred, including ten bear goblins at the lower level of the guard rank, and three big goblins at the lower level of the guard rank. ”
"Bear goblins?!"
"Goblins?!"
Hearing this, there was immediately a burst of discussion in the hall of the station.
Bear goblins are a variant of goblins that get their bear-like face. If ordinary goblins can't even fight against ordinary human children, then the strength of the bear goblins can crush adult human strong men.
They are tall, strong, vicious, and at the same time evil, greedy, and stupid, but in terms of combat power, the bear goblins at the lower level of the guard rank are enough to crush the human warriors of the same rank.
Compared to the bear goblin, the goblin is more difficult to deal with. Although also a variant of the goblins, these skinny bears are born killing machines, and their entire race is a militarized institution.
The goblins are highly disciplined and hierarchical, they wield spears and spears, are skilled warriors, and are adept at cooperating, and these three goblins pose a greater threat to the City Guard than the ten bear goblins.
In the City Guard, most of the soldiers are just ordinary people, and only more than ten captains of the Guard have entered the state of the guard rank, such combat power, relying on equipment to maintain the security of the city is of course no problem, but it is obviously a little powerless to send out and redeem the prize with the goblin bandit group with bear goblins and goblins.
What's more, there was originally a group of goblin bandits in the cold dew hills, and the number was no less than the number of goblins who fled from Thor Town, although there were no goblins among them, and the number of bear goblins was only three, but once they merged with these goblin bandits who broke away from Thor Town, they immediately formed a huge threat to Cheltus.
"What else is there, Lord Rachels?"
Scott asked, raising his hand and looking at Rachels von Russell.
Rachels turned his head to look at Scott with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, and then his eyes swept over Scott and the drafted officers around him.
"There's one more thing, more tricky than the goblin bandits. ”
"Three minutes after receiving the letter from Sheriff Thor, I received news again that a caravan had been plundered by goblin robbers passing through the Hanlu Hills. ”
"All the goods were looted, even all the humans and animals were taken. ”
"And this caravan is called [Light of Manchez]. ”
"Oh my God!"
"This can't be?!"
For a while, the high-level guards who were sitting stood up in shock.
[Light of Manchez], listening to the name is extremely different, because in the northern kingdom of Manchez, the only one who can name a caravan with the surname Manchez is the Manchez royal family.
In fact, the Light of Manchez is a caravan directly belonging to Princess Rihanna, who mainly procures luxury goods and rare items from all over the kingdom and the mainland for the royal family to consume.
Such a caravan being attacked and plundered in the territory of Celtes is a great deal for Cheltes, and if the caravan members cannot be rescued as soon as possible and this group of goblin robbers cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, it will greatly shake the status of the top management of Chertes and Ratches.
"And that's why I'm recruiting fighters. ”
"Ordinary goblins are dealt with by the soldiers of the City Guard, but the thirteen bear goblins and three goblins are short of manpower, and I need to sit in the city and not move without permission. ”
"So, please. ”
"Willing to serve the kingdom of Manchez. ”
Ratches bowed slightly and earnestly to the recruited officers, and immediately all the officers stood up and saluted in the manner of their respective professions.
In fact, Rachels is the most eager to go out of the city to fight the goblin bandits, and in fact, he only needs him to eliminate the goblin bandits.
However, as a high-ranking war, Rachels, who already has the ability to influence the course of a war, has become a restricted object due to the non-violent cooperation agreement signed by all the countries of the Roland continent.
The agreement stipulates that all high-ranking war officers are not allowed to participate in non-consensual battles unless the battle affects the stability of a kingdom.
This agreement has ensured the stability of the entire Roland Continent for hundreds of years, but it has also limited the advancement of the warfighters.
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"Departure~"
It's only half a day's work, and the military formation of going out with goblin bandits has been put in place, looking at all of them, there are about one hundred and twenty ordinary warriors, and eighteen guards and fighters, although this is not all of Manchez's city defense forces, but it is also the largest force that Ragees can gather under the condition of maintaining the status quo of urban security.
And the battle is the most taboo, so before setting off, Rachels made arrangements for the order of the entire military formation.
The striker is accompanied by three Warfighter Rangers, who are not very capable of frontal combat, but are good at detecting enemy situations and local camps.
In the center of the formation were one hundred and twenty City Guard soldiers and three City Guard Ranks, with the City Guard soldiers clearing out the common goblins and the City Guard high-ranking officers taking care of eliminating emergencies.
This kind of power is quite enough for six hundred ordinary goblins, after all, an ordinary human strong man is enough to fight against a dozen goblins.
At the back of the formation, there were twelve guards of the ranks, including three paladins, three warriors, three priests, two mages, and one warlock. Their main role is to fight against the bear goblins and goblins among the goblin bandits, and even if they can't win, they need to hold out until the City Guard warriors have cleared the normal goblins.
And once it is cleaned up, with enough people, no matter how powerful the bear goblins and goblins are, they can only end up drinking under the tactics of the sea of people.
"Captain Hamilton, there are still three kilometres to go, and the Cold Dew Hills. ”
"The mid-formation slowed down and was on guard to prevent a sneak attack. ”
As the temporary supreme commander appointed by Rachels, Hamilton is only a soldier at the bottom of the guard rank, but he is a veteran in leading troops to fight, although it is winter, but the area around Cheltes is cold all year round, and the growth is hardy shrubs, which is definitely the best concealment for the small stature of the goblins.
The seasoned Hamilton slowed down his troops' advance, recovering the physical strength they had just exhausted while remaining alert for an impending battle.
Scott slowly followed at the end of the group, due to the heaviness and size of the [Dark Hand], he could not ride any war horse at all, but the strength and physique after being transformed by the fortress also made his foot strength not inferior to that of any war horse.
With each step, Scott's legs dug deep into the snow-covered ground, creaking only when he stepped on the frozen soil. And the whole army formation had no other sound except for the footsteps of the soldiers, the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of breathing.