1382. Enemy Tracks
Surdak stayed in Epson for two days before leaving the city and rushing outside the city to join the large forces of the Western Route Army.
The armaments and materials on the side of the camp of the Western Route Army have been replenished, and the most important marching rations are enough for the entire army to supply for half a month, but unfortunately the rations of 50,000 ghost soldiers and ants have no clue.
Due to the special situation in Epson City, and receiving an order from the Duke of Newman, Surdak prepared to immediately lead the Western Route Army to the northern woodland camp in Handanar County.
After returning to the camp, Surdak gave the order for all the soldiers of the Western Route Army to march towards Handanar County.
Most of the Western Route Army was a heavy infantry regiment, and the army marched along the road to the northwest, almost forty kilometers a day.
The infantry regiment had to walk entirely on its legs, and each infantry carried nearly a hundred pounds of heavy armor, and there was no horse corps in the army to help them carry heavy baggage, so the speed of the march every day was like a turtle's crawl.
On the other hand, there are a large number of refugees from other counties in Epsonshire, and even along the way, you can see many refugees carrying their bags towards Epson City, so the food that can be found in the wild is really limited.
The only consolation is that the Ghost Soldier Ants have a wide range of recipes, and they are really not too picky about what they eat, and even gnaw on trees when they are too hungry.
In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 ghost soldiers, Surdak resolutely decided that the 50,000 soldiers and ants would advance to Handanar County at the marching speed of the cavalry.
Located in the northwestern part of Epson, Handanaar is the northern gateway to the Empire's occupation zone and the southern end of the rolling hills and primeval forests in the northern part of the Warsaw Plane, one of only three counties that have not yet fallen.
The vanguard forces of the Legion of the Demons have appeared along the Kempatomos River, facing off across the river from the Legion of Bednar.
For Surdak, he couldn't accept that the ghost pattern soldier ants could only eat the bark of the surrounding mountains and forests every day, after all, these ghost pattern soldiers were also the purest cannon fodder corps of the Western Route Army, and they couldn't eat something good before they died, which was a bit too much to say.
Therefore, the ghost soldiers carried 50,000 heavy armored infantry, marched towards Handanar County at the speed of cavalry, and it only took half a day to leave the remaining 50,000 heavy armored infantry far behind, in order to keep the 50,000 heavy armored infantry regiments behind enough combat power and mobility, Surdak let all the 10,000 cavalry of the Western Route Army stay behind, and follow the infantry regiment behind to march at a rapid pace every day.
Surdak, on the other hand, led the Ghost Soldier Ant Legion to the northwestern border of Epson County in only seven days, and officially entered the territory of Handanar County.
Surdak's lord army still continues the configuration of the mage group, and the main members of the mage group this time are almost all young mages from the Magic Guild of Ruyin City, and the main role of the mage group in the legion this time is still to detect military intelligence.
After the Ghost Red Ant Legion entered Handanar County, according to the advice given by the military department, the march route of the Western Route Army should be that the large army should pass through Handanar City, and then follow the central axis of Handanar County all the way north through the Great Meadow, and finally reach the area of the forest farm camp.
However, due to the fact that the food supply of the ghost soldier ant has been unable to be supplied to the logistics department of the military department, Surdak did not advance according to the marching route formulated by the military department, the main reason is very simple, the marching route formulated by the military department is very easy to walk, but the biggest drawback is that there is not enough food supply along the way, and there is not even a forest for a while......
Therefore, as soon as the Ghost Soldier Ant Legion entered Handanar County, Surdak sent all twenty-five mages in the mage group to scout the surrounding terrain.
I have to say that the biggest advantage of the magician reconnaissance group is that you can have a bird's-eye view of the mountains, rivers, forests, and fields below from the air, and you can find out the most convenient route for the march most intuitively.
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Before the eyes of the magician Basil appeared a large river that meandered and flowed, and the water of this river was not too fast, it rushed out of a dense forest and flowed into a canyon.
For Scout Basil, encountering such a river means that there will be a large number of living organisms in the vicinity, including animals and plants.
The large expanse of forest in front of him can be said to be what Commander Surdak has been looking forward to, as long as the army of soldiers and ants penetrates into this forest, then the problem of the food source of 50,000 ghost-patterned soldiers will be completely solved.
In order to be able to find out the basic situation within a radius of a hundred miles of this forest, Surdak ordered the magicians to spread out parallel over the forest this time, and searched the north in a carpet manner.
Sure enough, when the river rushed out of the forest, it instantly rushed into a deep ravine.
And this place is at least four hundred miles away from the Ghost Pattern Red Ant Legion of the Western Route Army, and it has completely escaped the scope of the Ghost Pattern Red Ant Legion of the Western Route Army that needs to be guarded.
If it weren't for chasing a herd of one-horned bison, Basil probably wouldn't have flown so far, this herd of bison followed the river all the way downstream, although the number of the herd was only a few hundred, but it was also a rare meal for the ghost soldiers, the only trouble was that it was a little far.
Basil was thinking about the route that the hunting group needed to take in the sky, and if he wanted to take this herd of bison to the nest, it was estimated that at least 1,500 ghost-patterned soldiers would need to be dispatched to hunt around this time.
Fortunately, the cattle stopped when they saw the river rushing into the valley, and they turned back again, looking for a place to cross the river in the shallow of the river.
Basil lifted the magic handle upward, and the floating circle lit up with two magic lines again, and the thruster spewed out a powerful air current, and the magic handle circled in the air for half a circle before preparing to return.
Whether or not to hunt this herd of one-horned bison is up to Commander Surdak's side to decide.
He only needed to use the magic crystal to record the terrain and resources of this area, but before he could increase the speed of the magic handle, he was suddenly shaken by a dazzling light, and then the hairs on his back stood up, and in a hurry, he sent all his mana into the magic handle, but it was hard to pull it up.
The magic handle was in the air like an emergency stop, and then rushed straight into the air.
In the next second, a flying spear flew into the air against the sole of Basil's shoe.
Basil's flight altitude is about three hundred meters above the ground, and even the range of a longbow shooter is difficult to reach so high, let alone a flying spear, a distance that can only be reached by shooting a crossbow, and that flying spear ......
Basil shuddered at the thought of this, and desperately spiraled into the air, and the two flying spears passed by again.
He peered desperately into the woodland below, only to see a demon in black armor standing in the canopy of a tree, throwing a spear at him.
This was the first time the sorcerer Basil had seen a demon warrior, but at first glance he was sure that he was a powerful ghost.
He knew that this was still in the southeastern jungle of Handanar County, but he didn't expect the whereabouts of the demon warrior to appear here, thinking of this, Basil didn't hesitate any longer, he didn't even get out of danger completely, he took out a magic signal flare from his arms, and as he injected a trace of magic power, the magic signal flare flew into the air and exploded above Basil's head.
A ball of red flame exploded, and countless streamers of light fell downward. This light flame is very eye-catching even in daytime......
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