Chapter 14: Departure

After returning to the Prince's Palace, Roland could not find the Prince of Ceylon, and as the time for the battle approached, the city of Blair became more and more peaceful. In the past few days, the team has not conducted any training, and Roland knows that the more important the moment, the more it is necessary to relax. On the second day, Roland sent someone to retrieve the bow and crossbow, and asked for many arrows by the way. In the usual training, the largest amount of training is archery training, mounted archery, and stationary shooting. Since it was a squad, Roland felt that if he could destroy or weaken the enemy's combat level at a long distance, the safety of the squad would be relatively increased.

Three days passed quickly. Early in the morning of the fourth day, at the South Gate School Yard in Blair City, the elite of the battalions had already gathered there, while the light infantry battalion and other units of each battalion had been stationed near the Blair Mountains a few days earlier, and in some places they had already begun to engage in skirmishes with the bandits. At this time, Roland stood quietly beside the Prince of Ceylon, looking at the rolling sea of people below, but his heart could not be calm for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the time for the annual anti-bandit operation. After so many years of fighting, all that remains is the diehards who have taken refuge in the mountains. There are only a few of them, but they are all battle-hardened, and many of them may not be as strong as the others here, but for the peace of Blair, for the safety of your relatives, and for the sake of the dead soldiers, we still have to fight, are you afraid?!" shouted the Prince of Ceylon from the high platform.

"Don't be afraid!!" the crowd shouted, full of determination and fighting spirit.

"I won't say much, for yourselves, for all that you hold dear, for the sake of Blair, take up your arms. Let's go!"

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"The Sword and Shield Battalion listens to my orders and sets off!"

"The spear battalion obeys the order, go!"

"The light cavalry guards obey the order and go!"

"The heavy armor battalion will set off with me!"

"Heavy Cavalry, go!" ......

With the order of the Prince of Ceylon, the elite troops, under the leadership of their respective commanders, marched mightily towards the depths of the Blair Mountains. Looking at the endless marching procession, the Prince of Ceylon sighed deeply, this time, I don't know how many of these excellent soldiers will be able to come back intact. But time really can't wait, if there is another year, the combat environment in the entire territory will completely change, even if there is some trouble at that time, but it is already dispensable, but time really waits for no one. Turning to look at Roland, it seemed that he was still playing carefree at his age.

"Roland, listen to the order! Order you to lead your team to report immediately to the pre-war camp of the Logistics Department. Here is a map of the location of the camp and a dispatch order. Turning around, the Prince of Ceylon looked at Roland and ordered. After Roland received the map and dispatch order, the Prince of Ceylon gave Roland a letter asking him to hand it over to Minister Cooper himself.

"No!"

"The team obeys the order, follow me!" Roland took the map and gave the order to the team. At this time, the detachment had no one to ride, except for Yan Ofelier, each of whom had a saber, a shield, a spear, a strong bow, a set of armor, and three pots of feather arrows. Yan Ophilil has a knife, a medicine box, a crossbow, a set of light armor, and three pots of crossbow arrows. The whole team didn't have any ornate decorations, it looked old but it didn't lose a trace of calm. With Roland's order, everyone rushed away with Roland's thoughts.

The whole Blair City is located in the Blair Basin, surrounded by the majestic Blair Mountains, connected to the fortress through the Blair Grand Canyon to the north, and out of the fortress is the vast... Continent. The Blair Mountains are surrounded by cliffs that are difficult to climb, while from the inner basin side the terrain is much gentler. Since the Prince of Ceylon came to Blair, because of his firm grip on the Blair Fortress, after several battles and victories with bandits and thieves, the remaining bandits and thieves could only move to the south of the Blair Mountains, and then there were decades of encirclement and counter-encirclement operations. Due to the uniqueness of the Blair Mountains, although it was relatively gentle from the inside, it was difficult for the large army to move, which is why the small detachment plan was formed at that time. With the continuous encirclement and suppression over the years, the bandits on the outskirts of the mountains have disappeared, and only a few remain hiding in the interior of the Blair Mountains, making the last resistance. Although the Prince of Ceylon decided to completely solve the trouble of these bandits in this battle, no one knows how much he can eliminate in the end.

Since the army had just begun, it was safe and secure along the way. In autumn, the Blair Mountains are in red fire, and the maple leaves that fall with the wind are flying and dancing throughout the mountains, blooming with their last splendor. On the road, a group of soldiers slowly walked forward, some shared the joy after the autumn harvest, some were imagining the military achievements that had increased after the battle, and some were telling the happiness of the birth of their children, and the whole road was peaceful. Roland sped past them, without any lingering, he did not dare to stop, he was afraid that the familiar faces would not only be left in the end. I remember that the night before the departure, my father was in the prince's palace for a rare time, and that night my father talked to him about the difficulty of the battle and the importance of his team. From the conversation with his father, Roland learned that this battle was not like the previous one. This battle is a crucial battle for both the territory and the bandits. Although there are many fewer bandits left in the mountain range than before, they still have a lot of combat power, and all those who have remained so far are extremely vicious, and this battle has already ordered that no prisoners be left. After so many years of extermination, the bandits in the mountains are almost to the point of extinction, because they are not producing, and the depths of the Blair Mountains are not suitable for production, and the robbery in the mountains has repeatedly failed, and now the life of the bandits is on the verge of collapse, and all kinds of materials are in short supply. So now no matter which side it is, they want to fight a decisive battle. If the bandits win, the territory will no longer have the ability to exterminate these bandits for a short period of time except for protecting the area north of the city, and once the territory wins, even if there are still some bandits left, there is nothing to fear. And all this is based on the supply line, due to the cunning of the remaining bandits, the existing main force in the territory has to go all out to contain it head-on, and there are no excellent generals and troops to protect the supply line. Moreover, the depths of the Blair Mountains are not conducive to the movement of large troops, and the elite troops are pinned down on the front line, and only Roland's squad can use them, so the hardships they face are not smaller than those on the front line.

"The barracks are heavy, come and stop!" As Roland pondered, there was a short drink ahead. It turned out that after most of the day's march, Roland and his party had arrived at the pre-war base of the logistics department, compared the map, and found that there were no mistakes, Roland stepped forward immediately:

"Roland Louis, Prince Feng ordered the team to come to the logistics department to report, this is a dispatch order, please report and release. ”

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, forgive the little one who has no eyes, Your Highness, please wait a moment, I will send someone to report. With that, he motioned for another sentry to go and report it, while the rest of the men on duty were still guarding the crowd at the door.

"Your Royal Highness, you came so quickly, forgive me for not arranging it and making you wronged. Hurry up and let it go, this is His Royal Highness. After a while, Minister Cooper and a group of people came from a distance, and before they arrived, the hearty voice had already arrived.

"It's alright, Uncle Cooper, it's time of war, it's time to be strict. After the passage was passed, Roland dismounted and came to Cooper. "This time, my father's order came to the logistics department to report, I hope Uncle Cooper doesn't mind, when I came, my father said, please don't treat me as a son, if you have any tasks, just leave it to me, don't worry about my comfort, this is a letter that my father asked me to pass on to you, saying that I want to hand over your hands. ”

"You go with me to the big tent first, Thor, and take this team to arrange a tent for them. Taking the letter, Cooper said to Roland, and then turned his head and motioned to one of the officers next to him to lead the team to arrange accommodation.

At this time, the whole camp was full of busyness, all kinds of war materials were piled up around the camp, and there were long transport teams in the distance to the camp to continuously deliver supplies, busy but organized. Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

There were not many people in the big tent, and the whole big tent was quiet at this time.

"Roland, I think the prince also told you about the difficulty of this battle and the uncertainty of the final result before you came, so I won't tell you about these. What I want to know now is how much of the main force you and your squad can give our logistics department, if it is an ordinary team, I can tell you that although the logistics department does not have the same strong combat power as those combat battalions, it is still no problem to encounter ordinary petty thieves or something. After reading the letter, Cooper looked up and stared at Roland seriously.

"I wonder how Minister Cooper thinks that me and my team are up to the task in the logistics department," Roland asked with a straight face.

"Okay, let's let you and your team rest today, and we'll have a drill early tomorrow morning, a surprise confrontation drill. If I can't be satisfied, the only way to do that is for you and your team to return to the Prince. ”

"Okay, that's it. Roland replied confidently.

"Your Royal Highness, what did the minister say to you, do you have any tasks down?" When Roland returned to the camp where the team was, a group of people were already waiting outside. The most active of all, Saura Occam, has already exposed everyone's main purpose. In the real team, he is the most active, and many things are only the least thoughtful and the most willing to say it, it seems that this time he has let everyone be the gunman again, of course, not everyone is looking forward to the mission, at this time Yan Ofeliel is quietly looking at Roland, when Roland looks at her, he looks elsewhere.

"The mission is not. ”

"Oh~~~" everyone's disappointed voices remembered in the camp.

"But there is a challenge that everyone needs to complete tomorrow, and if we can't complete it, we will go home directly, and only then will there be a task for us. Roland continued.

"What challenge?" it was Sola Occam who asked first.

"I don't know, but Minister Cooper is skeptical about the combat strength of our team, thinking that our team will not be able to complete the task he gave us at a critical moment, so he asked to test our combat effectiveness first, if we meet his requirements, we can receive the task, and if we can't meet his requirements, we can only go back to the Prince's Palace. At this time, Roland said seriously.

"Guarantee to complete the mission!" everyone shouted in unison, after all, they were originally the elites of each battalion, but now they were looked down upon for the first time, and everyone felt that their dignity had been challenged, so this time the answer was extremely firm, and even Yan Ofeliel, who originally did not like to fight, clenched his small fists in protest.

"Okay, have a good rest tonight, I don't know what tomorrow's challenge will be, so I hope you will face this challenge in the best condition, if we lose to a group of logistics soldiers tomorrow, I also don't think we need to go to the front line anymore. Okay, adjourned. Roland said in a deep voice.

"No!" Looking at the backs of everyone in the distance, Roland looked at the logistics camp that was still lively. "It's time to put the results of the past two months to the test, and hopefully it won't surprise anyone. Roland said silently in his heart.