Soon. General Jonas commanded his subordinates to clean up the entire battlefield, and after a preliminary count, the number of Clay warriors killed last night reached 11,846, which was definitely a brilliant victory, but in the hearts of the entire expeditionary force soldiers, they did not take it to heart, and only after a little repair, the expeditionary force continued to advance.

This time, Jonas brought 40,000 soldiers, of which more than 10,000 were the garrisons of the original Thor Fortress, they all experienced the pain of losing their homes, and were attacked by the Clay tribe on the way back to the imperial capital after evacuating the Thor Fortress, and their relatives and comrades were lucky to escape the ravages of the orcs, but they fell under the butcher's knives of their own compatriots.

So for the Jonas Legion in the expeditionary force, this expedition against the Clay tribe, their only purpose is revenge. Strict discipline and unwavering conviction have been perfectly combined by Jonas in the last few years for the soldiers of his legion, who are fanatical and intellectual, and are the most elite warriors in the imperial capital.

In the following journey, the pressure of the expeditionary force rose sharply, and the warriors of the Clay tribe no longer quickly left the field of view of the expeditionary force, but constantly harassed the advance of the expeditionary force based on the hundred-man team, they were very familiar with the terrain here, often concealed their whereabouts, and then launched attacks on the expeditionary scouts who passed nearby.

After the last ambush, the Windrun Shooters began to change their scouting plans, patrolling the area in small squads, keeping a certain distance between any two squads as much as possible, and if an ally was attacked, other squads in the vicinity would quickly reinforce them.

The Celebrant Archers are far superior to the Clay warriors in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment, so even if they face an ambush force of 100 with 50 people, they often win with zero casualties, but the Clay warriors are not afraid of death to launch attacks again and again, even if the whole army is wiped out, they do not hesitate.

Many times, the Clay warriors would gather hundreds of people to ambush a squad of the Windswept Marksman, and after this Windrun Marksman squad recruited reinforcements, the other Klay warriors would rush from the empty fast horses on the Windrun Marksman's patrol to the main force of the expeditionary force.

This number is unlikely to pose any threat to the main force of the expeditionary force, and they will be killed by a burst of arrows before they even have time to get close, but this will still affect the speed of the expeditionary force's advance, after all, the popular archers who are scouts are actually forced by the enemy to break through the area they are responsible for, in case the Clay brigade forcibly launches a surprise attack, then the popular archers will not be able to warn in advance.

Orlando quickly responded, he asked the Magisters in charge of the "Magic Vision" to strengthen the detection, and at the same time reassigned the scouts, 5000 Windrun Shooters with 200 people as a team, 25 teams took turns, and the "Magic Vision" magic array, focusing on strengthening the vigilance within 10 kilometers of the main force of the expeditionary force, such a search density, it is difficult for the Clay warriors to take the opportunity to break through, but the marching speed of the entire expeditionary force has also decreased a lot.

Two days later, Chief Abdul, who was on the shore of Mirror Lake, also received the news that the expeditionary force had slowed down its march, and he slowly put down the information in his hand and walked out of the tent slowly.

"Kairim, we don't have much time, the speed of the expeditionary force has slowed down, but it has come at the cost of the lives of countless loyal Klee warriors, how is the army assembled now?" Abdul asked, looking at the large expanse of marching tents in the distance.

Khairim first saluted Chief Abdul, and then replied respectfully: "In accordance with your orders, we have sent fast horses to all the Klay gathering places, and all men between the ages of 12 and 55 must set out within one day of receiving the order to gather at Mirror Lake. At present, the warriors to the east and north of Jinghu have arrived, but the envoys to the west and south have not yet returned, and it is estimated that it will take a few days.

"Well, how many fighters have arrived?" said Chief Abdul noncommittally.

This time, it was Rugman who answered, and he said loudly: "There are more than 20 people who have arrived here, plus our original 150,000, there are almost 35 warriors who can fight on horseback." And among these people, there are more than 80,000 troops that really belong to the elite. ”

Rugman said this, and his sister Rukani said in a confident tone: "It has been many, many years since we were able to gather so many warriors in the Clay tribe, and I asked my grandfather last night, he is in his 80s, but he has never seen such a scene, but when he was a child, he heard the elders talk about the glory of our ancestors. Chief Abdul, the resurgence of the Clay is all due to you alone, and I believe that the entire Clay will regain the glory of their ancestors under your leadership, and we will be able to defeat any enemy who stands in our way. ”

Chief Abdul listened to Rukani's words of praise, his heart was very happy, not because he likes flattery, but because he knew that Rukani usually has no scheming and can't hide things at all, so Chief Abdul believes that Rukani's words are from the bottom of his heart, he has been patient for so many years, and even has to grovel to the imperial capital many times, so that when the Clay tribe regains strength, he can only defeat the expeditionary force from the imperial capital, and Chief Abdul believes that he will soon be able to command the Clay warriors to go south and east, and expand the territory belonging to the Clay tribe with all his might。

Thinking of this, Chief Abdul pointed to the mirror-like lake not far away, and said to his cronies with great ambition: "I have been waiting for this moment for thirty years, although our strength is strong, but our enemies are not weak enough, and there must be no mistakes in this war that is related to the fate of our children and grandchildren." ”

"According to intelligence, the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force set out from the small town of Pamela and marched more than 100 kilometers a day all the way to the west, and has now arrived here. In the past few days, I have repeatedly thought that the only place in the vicinity that can supply drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people is Jinghu, so I plan to set up the battlefield in the Ouranos Ranch to the east. The terrain there was flat, which was most suitable for our cavalry to play. Although the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force had 20,000 war horses, they were mainly infantry, believing that these war horses were only used to increase their own mobility. ”

"Our army is now fully assembled, even if the other party uses 20,000 soldiers to sneak attack, it will be useless, but it will be broken by me because of the dispersion of troops, so the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force will not dare to divide the troops. As for the expeditionary force's sneak attack on Jinghu during the decisive battle, there is no need to worry, because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are mountain peaks in the north and Jinghu in the south, and their division of thousands of people will not help at all. ”

"Our army is more than 10 times the strength of the enemy coming from afar, and our elite troops are almost twice as large as the enemy, and they are on the prairie where we have lived for many years, so we will win!" said Chief Abdul as he looked at the calm waters of Mirror Lake.