89. Hunt 1
Afterwards, the top brass of the Bona Legion Expeditionary Force agreed that it was the failure of the guard posts on the periphery of the camp to play their due role that led to the success of the demon attack on the camp.
Had it not been for the arrival of the Knights of Formation the day before, the damage to the camp would have been even greater, with nearly a third of the men of the 58th Heavy Infantry Regiment killed in the attack.
Cleaning up the battlefield is a cruel task, there are always endless corpses waiting to be disposed of, this is deep in the Gandar Mountains, there is no way to transport the remains of infantry soldiers back to their homeland, and in order to avoid the corpses that are buried directly will end up turning into the skeleton soldiers of the undead clan, the corpses need to be burned on the spot.
There were so many people killed in this battle that there was no way to burn them alone, so they could only spread pine branches in the open space outside the camp, and arrange the bodies of the soldiers neatly on the pine branches, and then continue to spread a thick layer of pine branches on them, and then spread the bodies of the soldiers on them, until they were arranged in a huge pyramid shape.
Then a jar of fire oil was poured on it, and then Solomon of the Moyunling camp of the Bena Legion Expeditionary Force was drizzled on it. Marquis Bowen lit the fire with his own hands.
The whole ceremony lasted a whole afternoon, and Solomon. The Marquis of Bowen waited until dusk before he had a chance to light it, and the bonfire continued to burn all night before it was gradually extinguished.
The relics and identity plates of the soldiers were confiscated and packed into wooden boxes with a portion of the pensions, which were shaped like jewel chests and filled a carriage.
Because of his outstanding performance in the battle, the soldiers of the second squad of the fourth brigade of the 57th regiment of He Boqiang collectively received hundreds of meritorious points distributed by the military department, and these meritorious points were equally distributed to everyone in the second squad, which seemed a little pitiful, but it is said that this is already the highest glory for the heavy infantry soldiers.
As the 'foreign aid' of the second squad, these feats distributed by the military department have no meaning to He Boqiang.
This time the demons attacked the camp, and He Boqiang also lost his Roman sword, which had not been used much.
Although it can definitely be recovered, He Boqiang is still a little irritable.
Maybe it's because the merit doesn't have his own share, maybe it's because of the sword, many factors are mixed together, which makes him a little uncomfortable.
In the incident of the demon attack on the camp, Baron Sidney can be regarded as a great gain, not only reaping a large amount of feats, but also showing courage in the course of the battle, so that he officially entered the sight of the military high-level and won the affirmation of some high-level officials. The Marquis of Bowen even invited him to dinner, a rare honor among young nobles.
Surdak received information about the whereabouts of He Boqiang's Roman sword through some connections, and it is currently stored in the warehouse of the heavy cavalry regiment as a trophy.
It is said that the heavy cavalry killed a demon and the Roman sword was captured from it, and the demon was wounded at the time, but someone had to prove that the modified Roman sword belonged to the second squad.
For this reason, Surdak asked to see Baron Sidney, and the young baron, out of a good impression of Surdak, decided to help them recover the modified Roman sword.
After some twists and turns, the Roman sword finally returned to He Boqiang's hands, but the merits obtained by participating in the killing of evil spirits should not be expected to be pulled out of the hands of the heavy cavalry.
In response to this attack on the camp, the military headquarters issued an order for each infantry regiment to increase the number of patrol squads outside the camp.
He Boqiang's second squad had successfully completed the patrol mission at the foot of Moyunling Mountain before, and this time Baron Sidney assigned the second squad to continue to act as a scout team, this time not only to monitor the movements of the demons at the foot of the mountain, but also to find out the terrain on Moyunling, and make some preparations for the army's next attack on Moyunling.
If this were to happen to the other infantry squads, it would be a very difficult task.
But for the soldiers of the second squad who have experience in hunting demons, it is a very rare beauty, at least during the patrol, there is also a chance to hunt demons again, and each demon is a great wealth for the soldiers of the second squad.
As the leader of the second squad, Surdak felt that it was too dangerous to hunt demons while out on patrol in the current situation.
But the fighters of the second squad were in high spirits, and everyone wanted to get another handful.
Since this was a common request of all the warriors, Surdak agreed to patrol to see if he could find an opportunity to hunt the demons.
After several battles in the past few days, the nodes in He Boqiang's body have continued to light up to the tenth, and these nodes are basically connected into a large piece on the shoulder, and the faint glow keeps flickering in He Boqiang's spiritual world, and constantly nourishes He Boqiang's body.
He Boqiang always wanted to communicate with other fighters to see if others felt the same way as himself.
Speaking of which, the light on those nodes is very similar to the holy light descending from the Demon God statue, and its main effect is probably to make yourself more resilient.
Due to He Boqiang's own language barrier, there has been no way to communicate with Surdak about this matter.
The Bagelel Swordsman once told He Boqiang that his body could sense the elements of divine magic, and he might be able to become a magic swordsman in the future.
Leaving the camp at the foot of Moyunling Mountain, the second team headed west along the edge of a narrow gutter.
The expeditionary force has set up 16 posts on the west side of the barracks, and since the early hours of yesterday morning, there has been no news from two of them.
This morning, the fighters who went to change the guard also lost contact.
The mission of the second team this time is to find out the situation over there, and if the conditions allow, continue to explore westward.
When the team members walked out of the camp, the fire outside the camp had not been completely extinguished, and a group of infantry soldiers were mending the wooden fence of the camp, in order to avoid the same situation next time, the wooden fence outside the camp was expanded to double layer, and the loess between the two rows of wooden fences was also rammed, and at least the bed crossbow had to be transported to the top of the fence.
In addition to this, four additional lookouts will be built around the camp.
Surdak led the second team to the west and walked out nearly a kilometer away, standing on the top of the tree, you can clearly see the camp behind you, there was no one in the place where the location of the sentry was originally marked on the map, Surdak, He Boqiang and the bearded three climbed to the tops of several trees respectively, the branches and foliage of the trees here are very dense, and it is also suitable to set up a secret post here, but the secret post that should have appeared in front of Surdak has not appeared for a long time.
He Boqiang held the trunk of the tree with both hands, climbed to the tree in three or two, and on the first horizontal branch, He Boqiang found a huge claw mark......
It was clearly left by the evil spirit, and it continued to extend around along the claw, and sure enough, some newly broken branches were found on the tree, and in addition to this, there were some blood stains on the tree.
He Boqiang called Surdak on the tree next to him, there were very few traces left on the tree, except for a few claw marks left on the trunk, there were not even some traces of fighting, it was obvious that the evil ghost had accurately found this sentry and assassinated the soldiers who stayed on the sentry.
But the soldiers who came to change guards in the morning disappeared inexplicably.
Surdak selected a recruit from the team, let him climb a tree next to him, temporarily take over the soldiers of the dark post to change the guard, before the military department did not send a new candidate, he needed to stay on the guard side to be responsible for the guard task here, for this Surdak also handed the recruit a magic signal flare, once he encountered a situation, let him release the signal flare in his hand to warn everyone.
The second team then moved on to the next sentry......