The sound of the waves crashing on the beach is the most beautiful note of nature, and sitting on the grass by the lake and listening quietly will give you a feeling of being able to empty your mind.

Miss Mermaid Thea and Dennis are sitting on the grass by the lake, and they actually have grilled fish to eat!

Not far away, the marching tent was brightly lit, and Surdak sent the Great Swordsman of Quintas, Louis. Quartermaster Fitch, Archmage Harper, Evid the Sorcerer, Samira, Edgar the Bearded, and a Resistance squadron leader named Nedmosby gather in the tent for a discussion.

Surdak built a square table out of a wooden box in the middle of the tent, a horse lamp hung above his head, and a few bags of wheat flour in the corner of the tent that had not had time to be removed.

Surdak says:

"The next step is to regain the town of Banske and expand north based on it."

The map on the square table, kindly provided by the Resistance Round Table, shows mountains and rivers in great detail, mainly indicating some canyons and mountain passes hidden in dense forests.

Seeing that everyone was listening intently, Surdak continued:

"Now that the Third Army of the Lord's Army is still on the eastern outskirts of Bansk Town, clearing the remnants of the Resistance Army, I plan to rush over now and contain this Lord's Army in that mountain range, so that they do not retreat to Banks, I don't want to put the battlefield in Bansk Town."

"In addition, the Third Legion is one of the three main armies of Lord MacDonnell's army, and they are most famous for being the Heavy Cavalry Regiment, but the Heavy Cavalry Regiment can't exert any combat power at all in this mountain range, so this is an advantage for us."

Surdak and the Archswordsmen of Quintas had just agreed that this battle would be fought with the Constructed Swordsmen as the main force.

Archmage Harper, who was sitting next to the Archswordsman of Quintas, drooped his eyelids and his gaze fell on the map, and when Surdak finished speaking, he continued: "This time, the magicians of the Law Enforcement Corps will cooperate with you. ”

He raised his eyes, and there was a hint of magic in his gaze.

Archmage Harper continued, "I wonder where those demonic minions and hellhounds came from. ”

Hearing Archmage Harper say this, the atmosphere in the tent became a little solemn.

If it's just against the MacDonnell Lord Army, everyone doesn't think this war is so difficult, but once the demons are involved, this kind of interracial war is usually a life-and-death battle, and there will be no drama of paying a ransom in exchange for a captive.

Archmage Harper continued:

"Just now, our people were doing an investigation in the town, and the hellhound and demon minions appeared on the battlefield here half a year ago, Arvid, you have been with Lord Macdonnell for a while, haven't you noticed any signs of this?"

He turned his head to look at the magician Arvid, a slight questioning in his tone.

Of course, this is also the job of the magicians of the Law Enforcement Corps.

With a bitter face, Arvid explained, "I'm with Lord McDonnell, Lord McDonnell has been in Tarapa for most of the last half of the year to resist the Beda coalition forces, and he has no time to manage the Ganbu Plane, and his sons have always been in charge of the affairs of the Ganbu Plane. ”

Archmage Harper asked Arvid, "Isn't there any reaction from the local magic guild to this extent that the Dark Arts Retreat is so widespread here?" ”

Avid shrank back slightly, and a good battle plan discussion turned into his public trial in the blink of an eye.

He didn't dare to offend the people of the law enforcement team, so he quickly explained: "When I was in Takkale Town, I didn't hear the relevant information. ”

The Archswordsman of Quintas also felt the need to discuss these things here, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Viscount Surdak, when will we leave for Bansk Town?" ”

"We'll leave tomorrow morning." Surdak said. "The recruitment plan here is temporarily handed over to Dennis to be in charge, the soldiers who joined the hoplite regiment today will act with us, I will spread the news, and there should be more resistance fighters joining along the way."

The Great Swordsman of Quintas thought that Surdak would stay in the small town of the Canyon for a few days to recruit troops, but he did not expect him to set off in such a hurry.

Since Surdak said this, the Archswordsman of Quintas could only fully support him, so he said cheerfully:

"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow morning."

The meeting went on to talk about the preparations that followed, and the tent dispersed in a hurry.

……

It was the morning of Bena City in the middle of the night on the dry cloth plane, and Surdak had to rush there, but this time he didn't come out to buy things himself, but went directly to the butcher shopkeeper Sander to help him buy them.

The business of the butcher shop in the Shande Magic Market is not bad, and the fresh meat of the demonic beasts from the Bailin plane is constantly being delivered.

However, everyone seems to be a little tired of this kind of power-type ghost-patterned red ant meat, and many magicians have sent assistants to inquire when the salamanders will arrive.

Surdak could only tell him that he probably wouldn't be able to do it for the rest of the year......

……

As the day dawned, the swordsmen who had built the swordsman regiment had already finished their breakfast, and methodically dismantled the makeshift camp, even though they had only set up it yesterday afternoon, and many of the wooden frames that had been erected had been completely dismantled and piled together to form a square stack of wood.

Compared to these constructed swordsmen, those soldiers who originally came from the Resistance Army seemed to have much worse military literacy.

They rushed from the town to the lake one after another, and even when they walked, the gap was very obvious, and some of the newcomers didn't even understand anything, and they were still playing on the road.

They gathered in a very loose formation on the grass by the lake, in groups of three or five, and some even stood in the lake to wash.

Surdak regretted a little that he hadn't brought the commanders that Marquis Luthor had lent him directly.

At this time, he happened to see Nedmosby rushing from Canyon Town to the lake, and he was followed by a large group of Resistance soldiers, so he hurriedly asked him to organize these recruits, recount the number of soldiers, and check them with the roster, these soldiers will be the first soldiers of the heavy infantry regiment.

Dennis and Thea also rushed to the lake, and Surdak said the decision of the previous night.

Dennis asked in surprise, "What...... The recruitment is not complete yet, and is it about to go to war? Don't recruits train? ”

Thea also asked curiously, "Let's go, what about this side of the canyon town?" ”

Surdak stood in front of Dennis and said, "Dennis, I plan to leave the work of recruiting and recruiting new recruits here to you!" ”

The long-legged girl opened her mouth wide, pointed to her bland face, and asked, "This matter is completely left to me?" ”

Surdak nodded and said, "I will leave some food and a sum of money, you just need to gather the recruits who have come to report, and when we have recovered Bansk Town, you will take them to Bansk Town." ”

"As for the training of recruits, these people we are currently recruiting are basically veterans of the Resistance Army, with rich combat experience, and what they lack is only military discipline and a lack of sophisticated weapons and equipment, but these can be solved on the road."

He pointed to the wounded who had come to Canyon from Banske Town, and confessed to Dennis:

"Dennis, these wounded soldiers, you also have to take good care of them, and when Banks Town recovers, you can bring them over there together."

"Got it." Dennis pursed his lips in agreement.

Apparently Dennis is eager for her new job......

Surdak didn't wait any longer, and took Dennis directly to his marching tent and said to her, "This tent and the inside will be left to you, complete the recruitment work here in Canyon Town, and take care of the wounded." ”

As he spoke, he opened the curtain of the tent, and there were almost bags of wheat flour inside, and the whole tent was full of grain.

Dennis patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, I'll complete the recruitment mission!" ”

While the lakeside camp was still handing out wheat cakes to the newly joined resistance, Surdak was already standing on a large rock by the lake, gathering all the recruits of the hoplite regiment here.

Not far away, the swordsmen were ready to go.

Surdak waited for the recruits to get together, and thanks to Nedmosby's efforts, the recruits finally formed a crooked phalanx.

Surdak shouted at them from a high place:

"Alright, before you go, it's too late for you to quit."

"But if you follow us out of Canyon and take the first step towards Banske, and if you regret it, then you are a deserter, and I will personally send you to the Pena Military Court."

"According to the regulations of the Bernard military administration, deserters on the battlefield are to be treated as slaves."

"You must think about it, behind the favorable conditions is a strict military management system."

"And, of course, the glory of being a Bena soldier!"

The group of recruits gathered in front of Surdak was very emotional, and no one wanted to quit at this time.

……

Soon the team set off from the lake in Canyon Town and headed straight for Banske Town.

While Surdak was sorting out the recruits of the Heavy Infantry Regiment, the mages were already riding their magic handles west along the river.

The bearded Edgar had already returned to the Lingnan camp overnight last night, preparing to gather the warriors there to join Surdak in the town of Bansk.

Surdak didn't go along the river, it was a bit of a detour.

He chose to take the same path that Dennis had taken him on his last trip to Bansk, and although his memory was a little vague about it, it was familiar to all members of the Resistance.

The Constructed Swordsmen Regiment was at the forefront, and the recruits of the Heavy Infantry Regiment who had just been recruited were formed into a squadron of sixty by Nedmosby, and these recruits were almost a squadron from Nedmosby's side, and they were about to follow on the road immediately.

Seeing that these swordsmen were lined up neatly, and even the pace was extremely consistent, the recruits of the heavy infantry regiment who followed behind obviously couldn't do it, but after all, there was the power of example, so the recruits also learned to line up like the swordsmen.

In this way, a new army that had just been formed, without any weapons or armor, followed the construction swordsmen on the road.

The Grand Swordsman of Quintas frowned when he saw these new troops, who didn't even have half of the leather armor on their bodies.

Some of the Resistance fighters still had leather armor and miscellaneous weapons, but Surdak had informed them last night that the Heavy Infantry Regiment would be in charge of all of their armor and weapons, and there was no need to carry their own leather armor and weapons with them.

So in the morning, the recruits of these hoplite regiments came to the lake wearing only thin linen clothes.

He had an upright personality and a straightforward way of speaking, and went straight to Surdak and questioned him:

"Duck, do you want to send this group of new troops to the battlefield as cannon fodder?"

Surdak and Nedmosby were counting the number of people on the list, and thirty squadrons had been formed, and there were many more recruits waiting by the lake.

It is initially estimated that there will be about 3,000 of these new troops, and now each squadron has a squadron leader, and these squadron leaders are also hand-selected by Nedmosby.

Surdak put down the charcoal pen in his hand, smiled at the Great Swordsman of Quintas, and said:

"Cannon fodder? How is it possible, the lives of each of these Resistance fighters are precious, they have been tempered by the battlefield, and I have no intention of letting them go to war until the equipment is ready......"

"Have you ever wondered what to do with such equipment?" The Archswordsman of Quintas asked, "Won't all the equipment have to be captured on the battlefield?" ”

Surdak hurriedly waved his hand and denied: "Of course not, in fact, I also brought some of the standard armor of the heavy infantry here, and now I am selecting excellent soldiers in the team to form the first heavy infantry regiment of 1,500 people." ”

"Isn't it, you can bring these supplies with you?" The Great Swordsman of Quintas almost dropped his jaw when he saw the large rations Surdak had left for Dennis, and now Surdak said that he had prepared a batch of heavy armor.

"It did bring some ......," Surdak said with a smile.

Since there were no horses, everyone in the group had to walk.

The roads outside Canyon Town are potholed and very muddy.

Depart in the morning and rest in the evening.

If you're hungry on the road, eat the baked wheat cakes that come out in the morning.

Surdak sent the two-headed ogre to the front of the line, then sat down on the side of the road and began to distribute the first item of daily necessities to the new recruits in the hoplite infantry regiment, a new leather water bladder, which was not only stuffed with a cork in the mouth, but also had a straddle strap on which to carry on the body.

On both sides of the bladder, there is a four-leaf clover-shaped imprint on the leather surface, which is said to be the mark of one of the largest workshops in Bena Province.

For the two-headed ogre, it is also a novelty to distribute water bladders to every soldier of the New Army.

Subsequently, the two-headed ogre distributed a small copper round pot to everyone in the new army, saying that it was a small pot, that it was a lunch box, anyway, it was a human hand, it was a very practical bronze vessel, and it was heavy to start with.

The third everyday object can be said to be a weapon, a horned dagger, which is used only to skin and cut meat.

The daggers were all very elaborately made, and they were all brand new, pulled out of the leather sheath, and there was a faint smell of grease on the blade.