Marquis Nishizawa entered the temporary command post of reinforcements from the brightly lit city of Handanaar, which was also home to Valentine. The residence of the Marquis of Heller was a three-room wooden house.

Marquis Heller sat at a round table with an old parchment map on it, but on this map the Moyunling Highlands area was blank.

The Marquis of Heller looked up, and when he saw the dark-faced Marquis Nishizawa enter the room, he asked him:

"How's it going?"

Marquis Nishizawa shook his head slightly, sat down on a chair opposite Marquis Heller, rested his right arm on the table, gently rubbed the temples on either side of his forehead with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, and replied:

"It's not going very well, the holdings of black magic crystals in the market here are much smaller than we expected."

It was difficult for him to explain this to the lords in Handanar......

The noble lords of the city cobbled together to form this support legion, and they came here to gain benefits.

I thought that a batch of unidentified black magic crystals could be bought here in Duck Valley, but what Marquis Nishizawa didn't expect was that maybe the adventure group had some black magic crystals in their hands, but these black magic qi would not easily flow into the market, and the merchants did not have many black magic crystals in their hands, which made his plan to acquire black magic crystals a lot of resistance.

"You say that Count Surdak refuses to sell the Dark Crystal?" Marquis Heller's gaze was sharp, and his voice was a little cold.

He was one of the most famous generals in the circle of noble lords of Handanaar, and he followed the Bednar Legion to reclaim Kornberg, where he was sought after by a group of noble lords.

This time, the noble lords of the city pushed the Marquis of Heller to the front, also because he fought two very beautiful battles in Kornbergshire.

His personality is not very pleasant, rigid, paranoid, and cold, and he is a lone wolf in the aristocratic circle of Handanar City, and if it were not for the fact that there was no suitable commander, the position of commander of reinforcements would never have fallen on his head.

Marquis Nishizawa didn't want to deal with him, but said patiently:

"Although there is no explicit refusal, the price of the magic crystal has been raised to a rather outrageous height, which should be an expression of dissatisfaction with us."

Marquis Heller snorted coldly and continued: "Their Western Route Army has been guarding this valley for so long, and the situation on the Moyunling Heights has not been opened, what qualifications do they have to express their dissatisfaction with us, and when our heavy infantry regiment enters the Moyunling Heights and builds several strong barriers on the highlands, the situation will be reversed at that time." ”

Marquis Nishizawa knocked on the table and said, "Having said that, but now...... But I have no good way to convince Count Surdak that I can't buy an unidentified black crystal for the time being. ”

Marquis Heller said conceitedly: "Then wait, wait for the news from Simon's side, it is estimated that it will not be long before our heavy infantry regiment can prepare for departure, as long as our legion can successfully reach the Moyunling Heights, we will definitely be able to capture the Black Magic Crystal." ”

Seeing that Marquis Heller was bent on leading his army into the Moyunling Heights, there was no good way to ease Count Surdak's emotions, so he stood up helplessly and said, "Okay, I will keep an eye on the logistics department and ask them to bring over the forage needed for the war horses as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm......" Marquis Heller grunted in his throat, and then ignored Marquis Nishizawa and continued to stare at the blank map.

Marquis Nishizawa sighed secretly, turned around and walked out of the temporary command post of the reinforcements.

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Valentine. Marquis Heller continued to sit at the round table, looking at the blank parchment map, and contemplating how the hoplite regiment would fight next.

Although he did not know how the Western Route Army defeated these demons in several other battlefields, he knew very well about the Battle of the Bruin River, and he knew that Surdak had a mysterious Red Ant Legion in his hands, and this army was also approved by the Bednar Military Department.

But in his own hands, there was only a group of heavy infantry warriors cobbled together from the hands of various lords.

On the frontal battlefield, only the heavy cavalry of the Bona Legion has the strength to compete with the Demon Legion.

As for the heavy infantry regiment fighting with the demon warriors, it basically requires a fully equipped squad of six people to fight against a demon spirit, and the 70,000 heavy infantry soldiers in their hands can defeat the demon army with a maximum of about 10,000 in number, of course, this is only in terms of military strength.

In fact, when it came to the battlefield, 70,000 heavy infantry soldiers could not defeat 10,000 demons.

It is not known how many evil ghosts there are on the Moyunling Heights, and the information transmitted from the adventure group is said to have at least tens of thousands of evil ghost warriors, and Marquis Heller feels that this data is a bit exaggerated.

If there were more than 50,000 demon warriors on Moyun Ridge, they would have rushed out of the high ground and captured the woodfarm camp in the northernmost part of the Great Meadow.

You must know that before the arrival of the Western Route Army, the garrison of the forest farm camp was only about 30,000, and there was not much combat effectiveness at all.

Marquis Heller led this support army to the battlefield of Moyunling Heights, in fact, he did not plan to fight the demons head-on, he just wanted to take this support army to occupy a territory in the Moyunling Heights, and then choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to build a military stronghold to resist the demon army on the Moyunling Heights.

According to the news from the adventure group, the demon warriors on the Moyunling Heights were about to starve to death, and they had no combat effectiveness at all......

Marquis Heller thinks that if his support army can stay in a stronghold, he should still be able to fight the demon army.

After all, I came to the Moyunling Heights just to occupy some land......

I thought that when the Western Route Army saw the reinforcements from Handanar City rushing over to grab the territory, it would make the Surdak lord increase the speed of advancing the Moyunling Heights, and then the reinforcements would follow the footsteps of the Western Route Army to enter the Moyunling Heights, and with their own vision, they could choose a position that could be attacked, retreated, and defended, anyway, the command of the reinforcements was in their own hands.

As for listening to the command of the Western Route Army, what a joke!

Who wants to be cannon fodder!

However, the Western Route Army has no plans to send troops at present, and at this time, it is somewhat risky for the reinforcements of Handanar City to enter the Moyunling Heights.

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For the reinforcements of Handanar City, these adventuring groups in the Dak Valley have been keeping a certain distance for the past few days.

Because everyone obviously felt that there were many contradictions between the Western Route Army and the reinforcements of Handanar City, the infantry soldiers of the two legions were even a little hostile to each other, but fortunately, the soldiers on both sides were usually more restrained and did not clash.

It's just that Dak Valley belongs to the jurisdiction of the Western Route Army, and the reinforcements of Handana City stationed in the valley need to abide by the code of conduct set by the Western Route Army in some aspects.

This made the reinforcements of Handanar even more dissatisfied......

First of all, there is the problem of hygiene, the Western Route Army asked the reinforcements of Handanar City to build toilets in the barracks, and they are not allowed to defecate in the barracks.

In addition, there are construction requirements for the toilets in the camp, and each toilet needs to have a septic tank with a depth of three meters, not only to be sheltered on all sides, but also to have a roof, ventilation windows, etc......

As a result, the logistics of the reinforcements in Handanar City needed to divide hundreds of people to dig toilets.

In addition, there has been a problem of public security, and recently there have been a succession of infantry soldiers disrupting the normal business order in the commercial streets, and at present, more than 20 infantry soldiers from the reinforcements of Handanar City are still being detained in the temporary prison of the Western Route Army.

According to the rules of the Western Route Army, even in times of war, the warriors did not have any privileges when making transactions.

Forced buying and selling, threats and intimidation of businessmen are punished and fines are paid.

Finally, there is the issue of the different treatment of the two legions, in just one week when the reinforcements from Handanar City were stationed in the Dake Valley, the Marquis of Heller heard a lot of doubts in the barracks, and the more outrageous thing is that some soldiers actually asked the Marquis of Heller whether there was a merit exchange list on the reinforcements' side.

The reason why they ask this is that it is said that the horsemen in the Western Route Army have some merit points.

In addition, the comparison of various benefits in the legion made the soldiers in the barracks feel a lot of dissatisfaction with the legion.

Marquis of Heller naturally has no way to give answers to these questions, and the supplies of the lords' armies on the reinforcement side are paid by the lords out of their own pockets, and these heavy infantry regiments are basically the private soldiers of the lords.

As for the spoils of war on the battlefield...... Except for a certain percentage of the commission, the Marquis of Heller did not receive the spoils at all.

The merit exchange list is a reward system that does not exist for the Marquis of Heller, unless the lords of Handanar City are willing to pay the money.

So for Marquis of Heller, the best way to solve these problems is to leave as soon as possible.

Otherwise, these infantry fighters would most likely take off their armor and run directly to the camp of the Western Route Army......

On the morning of the eighth day, the Marquis of Heller received a message from Simon. A piece of information sent back by Marquis Geoffrey, Marquis Geoffrey's description of the Moyunling Highlands is:

'Led the Constructed Swordsman Regiment deep into the central area of the Moyunling Highlands, and encountered a large number of adventuring groups hunting evil spirits along the way, and found no signs of the activity of the Demon Legion. ’

This is great news for the Marquis of Heller, he has been suspecting that Count Surdak has some exaggeration of the battlefield on the Moyunling Heights, and now it seems that it should be a real hammer, in order to prevent the armies of other parties from entering the Moyunling Heights, the commander of the Western Route Army, Count Surdak, exaggerated the current situation in the Moyunling Heights.

The 40,000 troops in the camp at the foot of the southern foot of the Moyun Mountains had just arrived in the valley, and the Marquis of Heller didn't even plan to stay in the valley, so he marched towards the Moyunling Heights with 70,000 reinforcements from Handanar City.

Each infantry soldier in the reinforcements of Handanar City was equipped with a war horse, and there were additional horses carrying their bags and heavy armor, so the support army was fast, Valentine. Without saying goodbye to Surdak, the Marquis of Heller hurried through the northern walls of the valley and into the mountain passage at the southern foot of the Moyun Mountains.

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Surdak stood on the city wall, watching the reinforcements of Handanar City gradually disappear on the mountain road, and there was a faint worry in his heart.

The reinforcements brought so many horses to the Moyunling Heights this time, and what he was most worried about was that once those demons were fed, the next battle might become troublesome.

Four-wheeled wagons carrying large quantities of forage followed the army and left the valley camp in a procession.

It is said that when they arrived at the Moyunling Heights, there was grass everywhere on the highlands, so there was no need to prepare forage for the horses, so after this transport team arrived at the highlands with the reinforcements, they would not be in a hurry to return for the time being......

He hoped that this Valentine. The Marquis of Heller could do as rumored, and it would be better to hold out a little longer.

The reinforcements from Handanar left the Dak Valley, and the land where they had camped was a mess, littered with household garbage, black earthen stoves, and some leftover firewood.

The only decent building in the reinforcement camp is the toilet hut in the four corners of the camp......

Dressed in a suit of light leather armor, Andrew walked into the area with a logistics team, he kicked away a black stone in front of his feet, some sticky marching rations were poured on the fire, and the stakes on the ground were not removed, only the ropes and tents were taken away.

"Boss, do you want to stop their late-stage troops and let them clean up this area before letting them go?" Andrew asked.

In the Battle of the North Pass, Andrew's rash attack caused the demon warriors to rush directly into the camp behind the city walls, killing at least thousands of Aboriginal warriors of the Aigrod tribe.

Upon his return to the valley, Surdak relieved him of his position as Grand Master of the Formation Order, and now works as a chorre in the logistics department.

Surdak glanced at Andrew, who came to flatter, and said unmoved:

"Forget it, you go find someone to clean up!"

Andrew showed a bitter gourd face.

"Yes!"

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On the third day after the reinforcements left the Dak Valley, the reinforcements from Handanar City had already crossed the mountain road at the southern foot of the Moyun Mountains and entered the Moyunling Heights.

The reason why he walked so slowly was because Marquis Heller sent people to explore most of the mountain roads in the southern foothills along the way, and he was worried that there might be some remnants of the Demon Legion hidden in this mountain range, and if he didn't do it, he would block his back road.

After nearly three days of exploring, Marquis Heller found that the mountain trails were well cleaned and no demon squads were found......

On the first night of entering the Moyunling Highlands, Simon. Marquis Geoffrey's second letter went to Marquis Heller's hand, and Marquis Heller was not surprised to see the contents of the letter, as Surdak had already said it on his real-life sand table.

In his letter, the Marquis of Jeffrey also accused the Earl of Surdak of occupying almost all the land in the eastern part of the Highlands, while the western part of the Highlands, which was not occupied, was currently frequented by demon legions......

After his constructing swordsman group entered the western region, he was surrounded and intercepted by three demon legions in just half a day.

Now that the Constructed Swordsmen have retreated to the middle of the Highlands, it seems that everywhere they go, they can see the guide sign of Lord Surdak......