Late at night the day after Ryan picked up his parents. 5,000 popular shooters quietly set off under the leadership of Ryan. Anyone would think that Ryan would have a good reunion with his parents, after all, they hadn't seen each other for 5 or 6 years. Even if he didn't show up for a few days, it seemed to be a very normal thing, and before anyone could arouse suspicion, Ryan and his army of popular archers could already reach the first destination of the trip, which was located in Pamela, a small town on the southwestern border of the imperial capital region.

This is part of the secret plan of the Imperial Capital Cassano Alliance, to expedition to the Clay tribe in the western part of the South Taron Prairie, to annihilate the Clay army to the greatest extent, to minimize the war potential of the Clay tribe, and at the same time to prepare for the next military action of the Imperial Capital Cassano Alliance.

Today's imperial capital and Cassano can be said to be facing enemies on all sides, according to reliable sources, the southern part of the continent Seke City, Free Paradise, Mochizuki City and some other large and small lords have formed an alliance, in this case, this so-called Southern Freedom Alliance has gained the strength to compete with the Imperial Capital Cassano Alliance.

Since the two sides are evenly matched, there is no way to end this confrontation situation in a short period of time, so if you want to break the deadlock, you can only start from other aspects. In the north of the imperial capital, the orcs occupied the original Thor Fortress and have been staring at the imperial capital, but according to years of reconnaissance, Orlando found that these orcs are not very mobile, and it is difficult for the imperial capital's troops to go north, but it is not easy for the orc army to go south.

In the previous war, the army of the imperial capital only relied on the small fortress built temporarily, and it could block the footsteps of the orcs by defending to the death, but on the contrary, in the west of the imperial capital, those betrayers were the biggest variable, because the warriors of the entire Clay tribe were all excellent light cavalry, and their mobility was very strong, they could run hundreds of kilometers in one day and one night, if the imperial capital army went north, it was likely to be constantly harassed by the Clay light cavalry, thus entering a passive situation, and finally had to be defeated because of logistics and supply problems.

Therefore, after repeated arguments, the alliance between the Imperial Capital and Cassano decided to launch a surprise attack first, destroying the camp of the Clay tribe near Mirror Lake in the western part of the Southern Talon Prairie, driving them further away, and at the same time capturing the war horses as much as possible, weakening the enemy and improving their mobility, which is almost the only and harmless thing for the current situation of the Imperial Capital and Cassano.

In order for this expedition plan to be carried out smoothly and to avoid the expeditionary army being harassed by orcs or the Southern Freedom Alliance in the rear when attacking the Clay tribe, the ** division Victor and Faras personally sat in the imperial capital, because Victor's "Thor's Fury" was enough to deter powerful magicians such as Blair and Catherine of the Freedom Alliance.

Cassano, on the other hand, is represented by Ranger Lord Elendo, and the Iron Fist Castle Guards and the Death Scythe Magic Legion are all secretly in combat readiness, ready to face any enemy who comes to provoke them. And in addition to these forces on the surface, the Ryan mercenary elf squadron directly under Alendor, and Ryan's martial arts teacher Galib have also become a potential force to protect Cassano.

Ryan led his army of popular archers all the way to the first destination as fast as they could, and on their predetermined route, men had already been arranged to change horses and provide food for them, all of which had been prepared months before in the name of various caravans and the like, and it could be said that everything was expected.

Of course, the only thing that happened was that Vivian, the leader of the original Fengxing Marksman Legion, did not go with the team, for this, Ryan was quite remorseful, but it was the only way to go, anyway, for this army, whether or not Vivien, the commander of the legion, did not have much impact on the overall combat effectiveness.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that if Vivien is not one of the most trustworthy people around Ryan, it is impossible for her strength to be the leader of the Rampant Archer Legion, like the hunter Letoz of the original Silent Forest, or the original scout Roger of the Iron Fist Castle, who is more competent than Vivien.

This is also the most distressing thing for Ryan at the moment, his strength has improved too quickly, and his teammates around him can no longer keep up with him. At present, the only people around Ryan who can compete with him are Allendo and Farath. Farrath's situation can only be regarded as a special case, and Alendor has followed Ryan from the beginning, and can be said to be the person who can best witness Ryan's growth.

This is a question that has always plagued Ryan, even if he is riding on a horse and galloping non-stop. By the evening of the fourth day, however, Ryan had put it behind for the time being, as they had arrived at the first destination of the trip, the small town of Pamela. The small town of Pamela is located to the south of Giethoorn and northeast of the city of Elfa, which happens to be the boundary between the grasslands to the north and the hilly terrain to the south.

Speaking of this town, Ryan still has a vague impression that he once passed by when he and Alendor went on an adventure in Giethoorn, but at the beginning it was only a few hundred people, barely a small town, and relied on trading with the Clay people on the steppe for a living.

It's just that this time Ryan returned here, but found that the entire Pamela had completely changed its appearance, in the past, there were only a few hundred permanent residents here, even if you added the caravan in the past, there were no more than a thousand people, but now, the entire desolate town has completely become a large barracks, this is the border between the imperial capital and the Clay tribe, in order to resist the raid of the Clay tribe, the imperial capital has stationed a corps of 60,000 people here.

Of course, it is impossible for all of these 60,000 people to live in one small town, so even if the Clay tribe does not come to attack, just drinking water will be enough to collapse the logistics officer. To be precise, the town of Pamela is where the Legion headquarters is stationed, and with this as the center, the entire Legion is distributed over a radius of twenty kilometers.

Since everything was arranged, the arrival of Ryan and his party did not cause any misunderstanding, and the people who greeted Ryan at the edge of the town were also acquaintances, most of them had fought side by side with Ryan, which also surprised Ryan a little, he jumped off his horse and warmly hugged the man in charge, that is, Jonas, the highest commander of the legion stationed here.

"Welcome, Ryan!" Jonas said with a laugh.

And Ryan also said excitedly: "Hello, Jonas, we can fight side by side again!"

"Boss, see you again!" Colin and Thomas hugged as well, each of them taking one of Ryan's hands and shaking it vigorously.

"Alright, alright, let's talk about what we have to do! Ryan and they have come from afar, so let's let them eat something and settle down first. After all, Jonas had to think about the whole picture, so he forced himself to say to his subordinates with the joy of reuniting with Ryan.

Since the legion commander gave the order, then the people below naturally all took action, the barracks, food, stables, etc. had been prepared a long time ago, so in just over 20 minutes, the entire Cassano Bandar Archer Legion was settled, and Ryan brought Letoz, Roger and other 5 captains to the small reception dinner held for him by Jonas.

"I didn't expect to be able to fight alongside you again, and this time against those damn bastards!" Jonas slammed the glass on the table and said hatefully, "If you hadn't pushed me off the horse with all your might, I'd have been finished!"

"I still can't forget Bart who died in my arms!" Ryan said with a normal expression, but his cold tone revealed how angry he was at the moment.

"Yes, this time we are going to make them pay for their blood debts!" Jonas poured himself a glass of water, then held it up and said, "Cheers to the dead comrades, to the future of the Empire!"

Everyone present raised the clear water in their hands and drank it all heroically, the expedition was imminent, and the entire legion led by Jonas would naturally not get drunk and make mistakes, so even the officers who liked to drink heavily on weekdays were just drinking plain water tonight.

"Boss, we were ordered to change our guard here a month and a half ago, and we have already started to prepare, and now whether it is food or horses, we are ready to go at any time!" Colin said to Ryan.

Thomas was naturally not far behind, and he also spoke: "In order to deal with the group of cowards who can only run around, we have prepared enough arrows this time, and the feathered arrows shot by 20,000 archers are enough to shade the sun!"

Ryan smiled slightly and said, "No, no. Not 20,000, but 25,000, because I also brought 5,000 archers who could shoot arrows. ”

"Yes, this time the Imperial Capital and Cassano join forces, and they will definitely give this group of Clay people a lesson, a lesson that will never be forgotten!" Jonas said indignantly: "Wait until General Orlando's Royal Knights arrive tomorrow afternoon, and we can set off early the morning after tomorrow, this time, we must avenge our dead comrades!"

The small reception banquet did not last long, after all, Ryan and they came from afar and needed as much time to rest as possible, this kind of reception banquet was nothing more than to let the officers of the entire coalition army get acquainted with each other, so as not to delay the military situation due to strangeness in the battle. However, after the banquet, Jonas and Ryan invariably took their men to start patrolling the barracks, of course, they each inspected their own barracks.

Although the Jonas Legion has as many as 80,000 men, this time it is only ready to dispatch 40,000 people, including 20,000 archers and 20,000 phalanx infantry, but the additional logistics personnel are 20,000 people, after all, they have to fight against the enemy who is familiar with the land in their own unfamiliar land, once the logistics supply is cut off, the consequences are unimaginable.

And in addition to Jonas's 40,000 regular troops, there are also 5,000 of Ryan's popular marksmen, these marksmen who have learned to ride horses through practice, have become warriors who are not inferior to the light cavalry of the Clay tribe, and their mobility can do many things for the entire expeditionary force, such as vigilance, raids......

However, the most powerful of the entire expeditionary force were the 5,000 Holy Knights under Orlando's command. This time, the entire Royal Order of Knights will be dispatched, and 5,000 Holy Knights who have been trained and blessed by the gods of light will become a nightmare for the Clay people, and their charges will stop even the gods from staring at them, and even the demons will have to avoid them.