According to the information brought back by the magicians who inquired from the north, the first and second legions had been assembled in the city of Mukuso.

But at present, only the Second Army has chosen to go south, and the vanguard has already reached the town of Hatangada, while the First Army has chosen to go north for some reason.

Surdak stood in front of the map, pondering what kind of considerations the MacDonnell family had chosen to split the First and Second Legions even though the Third Legion had just lost......

With the mage regiment in the army, there are many unexpected benefits, not only that all kinds of intelligence information are more detailed, but also that they can be transmitted to Surdak's ears in a very timely manner.

And when the battle is in progress, the mages can also provide air fire support.

If they don't need to fly through the air on a magic handlebar, the mage can unleash more powerful magical skills.

Now, what surprised Surdak the most was the hexagonal magic crystal in front of him, which stood on its own in the groove of the gem......

In fact, there are many such magic crystals in the Surdak Red Dragon Treasure Chamber, and the magic crystals there are recorded in the words of runes.

And the magic crystal in front of Surdak recorded the real image data on the battlefield.

These magic crystals with memory carriers are extremely valuable because they have the ability to remember images, and mages usually record some magic inheritance in magic crystals.

At the behest of Archmage Morrison, the magic crystal was taken out to record the vast land between the towns of Takkale and Hatangada.

The magician flies in the air and has a bird's-eye view of the entire land, and with such a clear view of the sky, he can see every big tree in the entire battlefield very clearly.

Surdak didn't expect the mage group to be so generous, and took out the magic crystal to record the military camp of the lord army between the towns of Takkale and Hatangada.

In Surdak's eyes, the military camp was unsuspecting.

According to Archmage Morrison's original words: "If the mage group wants to defeat the Dark Arts Hermitage in the Gampo plane, it is probably not enough to rely on their own strength, and they also need to rely on the help of the Bena Constructor Swordsman Regiment, and at present, Surdak is completely in control of this swordsman group, and if the mage group wants to cooperate with the Constructing Swordsman Order, it needs to obtain Surdak's support." ’

In order to be able to support Surdak's hoplite regiment to win the next war, Archmage Morrison also showed full sincerity.

Not only did he send a magician to the barracks to investigate the situation, but he also recorded the distribution of the opponent's army in detail.

The surrounding mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, valleys, and the terrain in the direction of the town of Hatangada are all recorded in the magic crystal.

The magician held the magic crystal in both hands, and the images were revealed from the magic crystal, which Surdak and a group of officers marveled at in the barracks tent.

As the terrain was revealed, the illusion in front of him vanished, and the mage took his hands away.

"Now there is nothing to worry about in the garrison of the barracks, and our hoplite regiment only needs half a day to bulldoze the barracks here." The commander of a heavy infantry regiment in the tent said that he was one of the ten commanders sent by the Marquis of Luthor, and that he was good at combat deployment and training the new army.

The other infantry regiment commander also nodded and said:

"It's easy to take the barracks station, but the problem is the heavy cavalry of the Second Army stationed in Hatangada Town, how can we block their reinforcements from the barracks station."

Everyone became gossipy, but no officer was still optimistic about the hoplite regiment in this situation.

The commander of an infantry regiment frowned and said: "Judging from the layout in the magic crystal, they want to hold on to the town of Hatangada, and the military camp is here as their front-line bridgehead, if we can lead them into the mountains, our advantage will be much greater." ”

Someone even took out some stones, put them on the square table covered with maps one by one, and laid out the formation of the second army of the opposite lord army when attacking, and then said: "The second army has 3,000 heavy cavalry, and this part of the force alone can defeat our heavy infantry regiment in one fell swoop...... It's a tough battle. ”

Someone added later: "It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 heavy cavalry, and the 3rd Army has two heavy cavalry regiments and 6 light cavalry regiments that should return to Mukuso, so the number of heavy cavalry in the 2nd Army is likely to have accumulated to 4,000 men......"

Surdak pondered for a moment and said to a group of infantry commanders: "The strength of the troops has been figured out, why don't you let us deduce this battle on the sand table?" ”

"That's a good note."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It was not difficult for the Surdak people to make a sand table, four meters long and two meters wide, showing the terrain from Takkale to the town of Hatangada.

After the sand table was ready, Surdak hid in the barracks tent with the Archswordsman of Quintas and several regimental commanders, and spent almost a whole day repeatedly deducing this war, everyone ate lunch and dinner in the barracks tent simply, and every officer looked tired.

However, what is even more difficult for everyone to accept is that after dozens of deductions, there is no hope of victory on the side of the hoplite corps.

Add in the advantages of the mage regiment and the constructed swordsman regiment, and it is not very good against the heavy cavalry on the battlefield.

In fact, in the process of sand table deduction, whoever used the heavy infantry regiment and the constructed swordsman regiment to attack the second legion of the lord army could only capture the garrison camp with not too many troops at most.

But it won't be long before the garrison camp is retaken by the officers who command the Second Legion of the Lord's Army, and the infantry regiment will be completely crushed in the area with heavy cavalry.

Although there is a lot of mountainous terrain in this area, the garrison camp is near a wide valley with flat terrain, and the heavy cavalry can gallop and charge in this valley at will.

Surdak's legion had no classes at all to restrain the heavy cavalry on the opposite side.

With no hope of victory, even the Archswordsman of Quintas advocated a steady hand.

Nedmosby, the commander of the 1st Heavy Infantry Regiment, proposed: "Otherwise, we can stop for a while, and now we can run the town of Takkale, and we can build a wall on this ruin, even if we can't stop the attack of the Second Army, it will be completely too late to withdraw from the docks......"

Surdak pondered for a moment and said to the group of officers in front of him, "This is the best time for us to defeat the Second Legion...... As long as we can stop the heavy cavalry that they are coming to support, we have a chance to take the garrison camp, and ...... I have a way to fight their heavy cavalry, but it is more Feima, such a good green scale horse, I am really a little reluctant......"

Surdak planted a small red flag on the slope of a valley between the military camp on the sand table and the town of Hatangada, and said: "My battlefield is here, and I will send six regiments and mage regiments here to stop their heavy cavalry." ”

Then he raised his head and looked around, and all the commanders had surprise written on their faces.

Surdak set his eyes on Nedmosby and said to him:

"Nedmosby, in the next battle, you and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Heavy Infantry Regiments will besiege the barracks station, and I will be responsible for blocking the heavy cavalry of the 2nd Army here."

"We can't put the Second Legion back in Mukuso."

"Otherwise, if we want to take that city, I am afraid that we will have to take the lives of countless soldiers, and we must firmly press the Second Legion in the town of Hatangada."

Hearing Surdak say this, the Archswordsman of Quintas asked with a puzzled expression, "Dark, what are you going to do?" We didn't have a knightly order to stop the heavy cavalry, and we didn't have strong walls, so you didn't want to use the heavy infantry to stop these heavily armored horses, did you? ”

"Of course not, but I have a way, and I have the support of the mage, don't I?" Surdak said very optimistically.

Archmage Morrison, who had been standing in the corner without speaking, raised his head at this time, smiled and said, "That's right, I will do my best to provide all the support." ”

Surdak turned around, stuck a small branch in the mountain, and said confidently: "Believe it, with the help of Archmage Morrison, my plan will be much easier......"

……

Surdak's heavy infantry regiment did not stop at Takale, he did not even prepare to establish a material turnover in Takale, and advanced directly along the road towards the side of the barracks.

In Surdak's words, the garrison camp was good enough to meet all the needs of my army......

Along the way, Surdak asked the soldiers in the heavy infantry regiment who knew how to tie straw men to each tie a straw man and carry it on their shoulders.

On March 17, Surdak and nearly 8,000 heavily armored infantry regiments went around the barracks and plunged directly into the valley between the barracks and the town of Hatangada, where the heavy infantry soldiers buried the scarecrows that night on both sides of the woodland and the avenue, and hundreds of straw men spread over the entire woodland and the two kilometers of the woodland on both sides of the avenue.

Buried in the dirt along with the straw men were two thousand oak barrels filled with black powder.

Truth be told, burying these barrels is a technical task.

In order to transport the black powder to the dry cloth plane, Aphrodite returned to the city of Highlandsa ahead of schedule, and transporting so many oak barrels to the barracks was also a big project, and Surdak and Aphrodite were busy almost all night.

And that night, many of the officers and hoplite soldiers in the barracks thought that Surdak was doing something indescribable with the mysterious sorceress in the camp.

In fact, the two men only brought in 2,000 oak barrels.

Everything was ready, and even the eight thousand heavy infantry disappeared into the dense forests on both sides of the valley.