1044. Those things in the barracks

In the tent of the barracks, a group of commanders discussed the next battle plan by Surdak's side, and after entering the Sayroman Plateau, the problem of logistics and material shortage was solved, and the coalition forces could finally continue to advance eastward.

There are few mountains on the Sayroman Plateau, vast meadows everywhere you can see, and the fact that the coalition forces are not constrained by water problems makes it possible for the coalition forces to choose from countless routes.

Surdak originally wanted the army to go all the way to the east, and everywhere he went, he would push all the way through, which was the most conservative battle plan, and he could steadily fight all the way to the easternmost town of Acre.

Originally, it was also determined that way.

However, the battle in Reese Town gave the commanders of the various lord armies a lot of other ideas.

The battle was too simple, and after the heavy cavalry rushed into the town and strangled a group of hellhounds that were resisting, the low-level demons in the town became powerless, and the rest was more like a hunt.

The fight was simply too easy, so the commanders' thoughts began to become unrestrained.

If a lord army can solve the problem of losing land, why share the spoils with others?

Especially after this heavy cavalry entered the town of Rees, they found that although all the people in the town were dead, there was still ...... It's a gold mine.

Although the people living in this town are also struggling to make ends meet, the wealth accumulated by the nobles in the town is unimaginable.

Because one thing that everyone has overlooked before is that the entire Sayroman Plateau is a grassland of about 5,000 square kilometers.

The pasture here is suitable for grazing scale horses, and it is this unique advantage that allows the MacDonnell family lord's army to have nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry and 20,000 light cavalry. In terms of the number of cavalry, it was twice the total number of cavalry of the Luther Legion.

But owning such a steppe is not just a matter of having a large number of cavalry.

In recent years, there have been frequent wars in the plane, and the lords have continued to expand their private armies in order to ensure that their plane will not fall into the hands of the forces of the Dark Abyss.

Young warriors can be recruited within the realm, but most lords have to buy high-quality horses from outside.

But there must be some historical problems in it, involving the grievances of many wealthy nobles, as well as the problem of high-level standing.

For example, Duke Newman has always been a staunch ally of the Bussman family, but Duke Ryan has made enemies everywhere in recent decades, and has completely fallen out with the archdukes of the western provinces.

This ban has seriously affected the formation of cavalry by the noble lords of Bena Province.

The price of high-quality war horses in the Bena Provincial Horse Market has always been high, and even the Gubolai horses have reached 20 gold each, and the scale horses are even more scarce goods that money can't buy.

It was in such a situation that the nobles living on the Sayroman Plateau were actually very wealthy.

Although some nobles fled the town with a lot of wealth before the town was breached by the demons of hell, there were always some that could not be taken away and those who were too late to take away.

In the small town of Rees, a heavy cavalry that had captured the town was in the noble manor and found that even the handrails of the stairs were covered with gold patterns, and many of the ornaments were gold and silver objects......

There was almost a bloody clash with the infantry regiment that then stormed the manor.

Everyone doesn't want their own piece of cake to be shared by others again, of course, there is also a trade-off of their own strength.

Then the battle plan formulated by Surdak and the commanders all the way seems to be less in line with everyone's interests.

"The mage regiment has already explored the eastern area of the Sayroman Plateau, and basically no large-scale demon legions have been found, and some scattered small groups of cryptmen and hellhounds are also extremely scattered, and it is not worth rushing over to clean up, and it can be easily solved by sending a cavalry squadron along the way."

Said the commander of the Collins Corps.

On the plateau, the superiority of the cavalry in the corps was suddenly magnified several times.

In contrast, the role of the hoplite regiment is much smaller.

The town of Collins was the last to attack, so the commander of the Collins Legion, Earl Kent, hoped to win the task of clearing the small group of hellhounds scattered throughout the prairie.

The Crypt People don't have any valuable materials on them, and they are good at hiding underground, and no one wants to do such a hard thing that doesn't get any benefits, but if you want to rid the hellhounds, you have to clean up the Crypt People in this area at the same time, which is unavoidable.

A thin-faced, but almost as tall as Surdak, stepped forward and proposed to Surdak:

"Commander Surdak, I have a proposal, since these towns are not as dangerous as imagined, and there are no large groups of demon armies along the way, it is better for us to divide our forces to attack these towns."

With that, he leaned over and pointed to the small towns circled in red on the map, and continued:

"Everyone, please see, our current position is here, if we divide our troops into ten routes, it will be like two big hands covering the western area of the plateau, and we can almost wipe out all the hell demons scattered on the grassland along the way."

After hearing this, the other commanders also nodded again and again and said:

"That's right, this will not only be more efficient, but also clear the scattered demons on the grassland more cleanly."

"I also approve of Commander Mescal's proposal."

"Me too!"

The commanders of these lord armies were all higher in rank than Surdak, and there was no need to propose such a tactful battle plan at such a military meeting.

However, Surdak was appointed commander by the military department, especially led the infantry regiment to capture Mukuso, with 25,000 heavy infantry in his hands, and was the best of the young officers of the Luther Legion, and the fiancΓ© of Miss Hathaway, the daughter of the Marquis of Luther.

Therefore, the commanders of the lord armies, even if they are all counts, are still relatively polite to Surdak, and they usually do not rely on their titles to suppress people.

Surdak looked up at the commanders around him and asked, "You all want to be able to divide your forces and attack the various towns?" ”

"We have also discussed this matter privately, and it is more in the interests of our legions." The tall, lanky Commander Mescal admitted.

Surdak nodded and said, "Since everyone thinks it's better to do this, then...... I agree, what is there that I need to coordinate? ”

Commander Mescal then said to Surdak, "Commander Surdak, I wonder if we can arrange for two mages from each legion to assist us?" ”

Indeed, with the help of mages, these legions of lords will become more agile and mobile on the plateau.

"Yes, I'll discuss this with Archmage Harper." Surdak nodded in agreement.

The commanders didn't expect Surdak to agree to the new battle plan so readily, and almost all of them were happy at the same time.

After all, no one wants to spend too much time on this plateau......

Surdak raised a hand and said to the group of commanders gathered in front of the map, "But I still hope that you can maintain a certain level of combat strength so that you can deal with any unexpected situation." ”

He stretched out his hand and drew four arrows on the map, then said:

"The thirteen lords' armies divided into four routes and marched east at the same time...... After all, even if you are divided into ten paths, the paths taken by some legions will probably overlap! ”

"The heavy infantry regiment may go slower, so arrange to be in the middle and march east with the accompanying merchant regiment."

Considering that some hell demons might suddenly appear on the plateau, Surdak proposed to divide the thirteen lord armies into four routes.

Since the priorities of the various lords had already been established before, seeing that it should be okay to go separately like this, the commanders of the various legions nodded in agreement.

When the battle plan was reset, the commanders breathed a sigh of relief.

Later, everyone talked about the Constructed Swordsman Regiment that entered the Sayroman Plateau in advance.

"Is there any news from the Quintas Archswordsman and the Chester Archswordsman?" The Kent commander asked Surdak.

"The news from the mage group only says that after destroying the demon gate in Acre Town, the Constructed Swordsman Group is chasing and killing the demons and black mages who escaped from Acre Town in the wilderness." Surdak responded.

When the commanders heard the news, they were so excited that some of them even said loudly, "The Constructed Swordsman Regiment not only destroyed the Demon Gate over there?" Still hunting down those dark magicians on the plateau? ”

"Did Archmage Harper say that you need our side to cooperate?" Commander Owen asked Surdak curiously.

"There are no special requests over there." Surdak shook his head and said, then remembered one more thing, and hurriedly said: "There is news from the mage regiment that the traces of the two-headed hellhound have been found in the mountains north of the town, and the commander is interested in sending someone to deal with it?" ”

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The commanders of the corps did not answer.

Cleaning up this hellhound hiding in the mountains is a chore for all legions unless there is an experienced scout team.

Now that the marching plan has been decided, the commanders naturally don't want to send the elite squad to this kind of task.

Surdak had no choice but to turn his head to say, "Samira, who was chatting quietly with Thea in the corner of the marching tent, said, "Samira, you can take a team of light cavalry to check it out." ”

Samira raised her head and said faintly, "Oh, got it! ”

Walking out of the marching tent, he called out to the two-headed ogre who was packing his luggage: "Gulitham, go walk around the mountains with me......"

The two-headed ogre looked north at the wooded mountains and asked curiously, "Why are we going?" ”

Samira walked towards the north gate of the camp without looking back, and said casually, "Hunting...... I heard that the grouse over there tastes good! ”

The two-headed ogre hurriedly put down a large bag of dry food and strode after him.

Holding the slender waist of the half-elf archer in both hands, he sat her on his broad shoulders and said in a cheerful voice, "How can such a thing be without me!" ”

With that, he strode through the camp and headed towards the mountains to the north.