1040. The Merchant Regiment on the Plateau 1

Orange sky, dark clouds fade.

You can see the towering snow-capped mountains in the northern part of the plateau, and the clouds in the sky form a gray-white blurred curtain wall.

The verdant meadow is covered with a small white flower, the stamen has a touch of yellowish, and a large group of war horses are gnawing on the grass outside the barracks, which is the biggest benefit of the coalition army entering the plateau, and there is no longer a need to provide a lot of forage for the war horses.

You must know that at present, the number of horses in Surdak's Bena coalition alone exceeds 12,000, and the hay and bean feed consumed every day are calculated according to carts.

Now that the ground is full of grass, there is no need to prepare a large amount of forage mixed with beans for the war horses, but these war horses still have to be fed some multigrain black beans every night to ensure that the war horses will not lose fat during the march.

The two-headed ogre's wounds healed quickly, but there were very clear marks of lightning burns on his skin, and the scars were flesh-pink in color, looking like a tree growing upside down on his shoulder, without leaves, branching out into countless small branches.

Gullit was unconcerned about his new scars, and for the ogre, every trace left on his body was a thrilling experience.

"You don't feel that when you are struck by lightning, your whole body is numb, and the arc is swaying in your body, which is actually quite comfortable!"

There is also a bandage wrapped around Brain Hua'er's neck, and there are four holes in the place where he was bitten by the King of Hell Dogs, with the super recovery power contained in the ogre's body, these wounds have not recovered for so long, and there is a trace of rich black gas at the wounds, as if they have vitality, preventing those flesh and blood from healing.

However, this injury didn't seem to affect his mood, and he raised his hand with a grin, and there was actually a little lightning power in the flame in the palm of his hand.

"Nope!" Gulit said dryly.

Apparently as good brothers who share the same body, Gullitham knows exactly what Brainflower is thinking.

"Can you ...... For me...... I mean, if you look at the change in the flames, I think it's a little bit of a boost for us, so I guess it's okay for her to shoot us once in a while, and that half-elf is your friend, can you ask her to shoot us once in a while? ”

Brain Flower said cautiously.

"Can't!"

Gulit did not hesitate to reject his good brother.

A gust of wind blew, and the tender blades of grass in the meadow swayed gently in the breeze, and a grasshopper perched on the blade of grass spread its translucent wings, flew far away with the breeze, and landed on the stem of a wild leek.

The two heads of the two-headed ogre rose almost simultaneously, constantly twitching their nostrils.

He propped himself up on the grass with one hand, and his burly body stood up from the grass and startled a flock of grasshoppers.

He looked into the distance and saw a convoy slowly approaching the camp around the grassy slope in the distance.

"Oh, you see the logistics supply convoy Finally, on those carriages, I smell a smell of ham."

Gulitham said to Brainflower with some excitement.

Brain Flower also blinked, smiled at Gullitham and said, "It would be better if I could get a little more salamander ribs that I ate last time." ”

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It was a convoy of goods, each wagon was piled high with all kinds of goods, and it was very tightly tied with ropes, and there were some mercenaries on horseback around the convoy.

The mercenaries wore a variety of leather armors, but each one looked like elite warriors armed to the teeth.

The convoy did not march into the barracks, but slowly approached and stopped on the grassy slope opposite the camp.

When the carriage stopped, the coachmen took some tents out of the carriage and set them up on the spot, spread some leather on the grass in front of the carriage, took out pieces of goods from the carriage and laid them on the stalls, and soon more than twenty carriages set up a small market on the grassy slope opposite the barracks.

On the stalls, there are a variety of goods, porcelain, iron pots, buckles, silver-plated cups and copper tea sets, etc., of course, there are also air-dried chickens and ducks, ham, whole cans of pickles, salted fish, cheese with a strong hometown flavor and so on.

The bazaar appeared at the barracks gate almost an hour later, and many cavalry and hoplites ran out to bustle with it.

Many people gathered in front of the stalls, tired of eating marching rations in the barracks every day, and they secretly fumbled with their wallets while asking the stall owners for the price.

At the end of this caravan, there were a number of triangular tents with divination signs, and outside each tent stood plump women in exaggerated costumes, holding silver-plated plates with very little food in them, only a small plate of biscuits and a cup of milk tea, but who would care about such a little food if they were willing to come here to consume.

There are the most soldiers gathered here, and the soldiers have surrounded the inner and outer three layers here, almost all of them stretch their necks to look inside, but there are not many people who are really willing to take the plate and walk into the tent.

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Surdak stood in front of the camp's tent, looking through the layers of tents to see the bustling bazaar opposite.

A familiar aura greeted him.

Surdak recalls the days when he was camped at the Handanaar Forest Farm, where there was a makeshift market on the hillside opposite the camp, and it was clear that there were at least a dozen trade groups, large and small.

Now, there was just a caravan here, and it looked like it was coming in a group.

Surdak suddenly felt that the supply of the legion might not be so difficult in the future, and he could finally enter the depths of this plateau......

In the supply system of the Grimm Empire's army, the merchant group can be said to be an indispensable component.

Many lord armies are self-financed to fight wars outside, the scale of these lord armies is not large, they do not have a special logistics supply team, and sometimes they can be attached to the side of the big lord legion, and use the supply line of the big lord army to supplement various materials.

The Heavy Infantry Corps led by Surdak is a regular army prepared by the Bena Military Department, so the Bena Military Department has been responsible for the preparation of logistics and supply lines during the recent period.

It was better when I was in Mukuso City, after all, Ruit City and Mukuso City are only separated by a portal, and a lot of supplies are available on the Ruyt City side, and it is not a problem to transport them, so there has been no problem in logistics and supply.

However, with the northern expedition of the Bednar coalition army, some minor problems began to arise in the supply of logistics and materials.

After the army entered the Sayroman Plateau, the coalition forces could only stay at the north entrance of the Myra Mountain Gorge in the southwest of the plateau, waiting for the subsequent delivery of armaments and supplies.

Now there is a caravan coming from Mukuso City, which can solve many problems......

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The cavalrymen were very rich, so they didn't care about spending a dozen copper plates more on a piece of cheese, dried meat, or ham from their hometown.

In contrast, the soldiers in the infantry regiments were more strapped for money.

They go to the bazaar and just pick up some bargains, such as salted fish or pickles.

With a total strength of 25,000 men, the Heavy Infantry Corps under Surdak was the largest component of the Bena coalition army, and was subordinate to the Bena military headquarters, not counting Surdak's private army.

These soldiers who came out of the resistance army had never seen a market set up in front of the barracks during the war.

In private, the soldiers lamented that the gap between the rebel army and the regular lord army was really not a little bit, and ran to the market with freshness and curiosity.

When they went out to eat and live, they were all in the barracks, and everyone didn't have much money in their hands, and now they were a little dumbfounded when they saw a dazzling array of goods.

Especially when they walked in front of a dozen triangular tents at the end of the caravan and saw those from the hood. The creamy white bread squeezed out of the cup, the flame in the depths of his heart was completely ignited.

So, just when everyone was thinking about where to get a little money, they suddenly remembered that there was also a merit exchange list in the army, when they were in Bansk Town, someone used the merit value on the exchange list to exchange some gold coins, so someone ran to the logistics tent of the heavy infantry battalion and tried to exchange their merits for gold coins......

As a result, he erased a hundred merits, and he really received a golden and heavy gold coin.

The entire barracks is boiling over this, but the merit exchange officers of the logistics department still take the trouble to remind these soldiers that merit points can be exchanged for gold coins at any time when they are placed here, but once they are exchanged for gold coins, they cannot be returned to exchange for success points, so if you have a need for gold coins, you should exchange as much as you want to spend, so as not to regret it after the exchange!

Only a fool will regret it! ’

In fact, most soldiers think so.

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While the soldiers in the barracks were frantically exchanging their exploits and buying random items at the makeshift market, a merchant group called the Catcher of the Rye arrived on the Sayroman Plateau with a large amount of grain.

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In the tent of the barracks, Surdak decided to attack the nearest town of Rees tomorrow.

The commanders of the legions of the lords left the tents, ready to pull out the camp and leave here tomorrow morning.

The orderlies outside walked in and reported that the director of the Pommel Bay Merchant Regiment had asked to see Commander Surdak.

When Surdak reached the tent door, he saw a well-dressed merchant standing in front of the tent.

The merchant wore a pair of brown breeches and riding boots on the lower half of his body, a white linen shirt and leather waistcoat on the upper half, and his hair and beard were neatly groomed, and he looked a kind of ability and shrewdness.

"Hello, Lord Surdak, I'm Dirk, the head of the Pame's Bay Merchant Mission. Quleyton. ”

He bent down at Surdak and said respectfully.

"Please come in, Mr. Dirk."

Surdak nodded at him, he was the commander of this coalition army, and he didn't need to be too kind when dealing with these merchants.

However, since Mr. Dirk's merchant group was the first to arrive at the barracks' door, and he was the first merchant to visit him, Surdak decided to give him some preferential treatment.