In the north of the North Sentland Ranges, this mountain range is in the middle of the Moyunling Highlands, closely connected with the Horsens Mountains in the west of the Moyunling, the whole mountain range runs east-west, and the eastern part of the mountain range reaches the largest cold-water lake in the middle of the Moyunling Mountains - Neihu.

This mountain range divided the land west of Moyun Ridge in two, and now the reinforcements of Handanar City have divided the land extending 200 kilometers along the western shore of the inner lake into the occupation zone, and the reinforcement infantry regiments have begun to bury boundary markers from the hills of Vigliagasi, and have almost occupied the richest land west of the central part of the highlands.

A 40,000-strong hoplite regiment is in Valentine. Led by the Marquis of Heller, it marched through a gorge in the eastern mountains of the North Sunderland Ranges.

This canyon happens to be the connecting passage between the north and south of the western area of the Moyunling Highlands, and at present, the reinforcements of Handanar City want to enter the western north from the southern part of the west, and it is the fastest way to pass through here, in addition to this canyon, if you want to enter the northern area, you must go around the shore of the inner lake, not only will you take three times as many roads, but also pass through the territory of the Count of Surdak.

Of course, the Marquis of Heller is also confident that he can pass smoothly, so he will take the team on this road.

And before that, Simon. The Marquis of Geoffrey had already led fifteen hundred constructed swordsmen as the vanguard of the passage through this canyon very smoothly.

The Constructed Swordsmen also saw some evil ghosts along the way, but after those evil ghost warriors saw the Constructed Swordsmen, they couldn't wait to burrow into the mountains, looking like they had no fighting spirit and couldn't wait to flee for their lives.

The Marquis of Heller hopes to bury a large number of boundary monuments on the edge of the land in the northern part of the western part of the Highlands as soon as possible, so as to prove that the land belongs to the lords of Handanaar.

These hoplite warriors were each equipped with two horses, which not only allowed them to change horses during rapid marches, but also allowed another horse to carry heavy armor and luggage, allowing the warriors to rotate their horses even when the army was marching long distances, allowing the Gubolai horses to regain their strength.

As it turned out, the information sent by the Marquis of Jeffrey was very accurate.

Along the way, the Marquis of Heller also encountered several waves of demon warriors, but when they saw the hoplites, they retreated into the mountains without even fighting.

Marquis Heller never expected that those demon warriors who existed like fierce gods on the battlefield of Kornberg County would be as timid as rats hiding in a hole in the ground on Moyun Ridge.

The canyon is extremely secluded, with sparse woods on both sides of the canyon and only the occasional birdsong.

It had just rained heavily in the morning, and the roads in the canyon were a little muddy, and the rainwater flowing down the hillside merged into a muddy stream at the bottom of the canyon, and the water was not turbulent.

Maybe it's just raining, and it's all around with a fresh smell.

Countless horses trampled the only road in the canyon, and a herald rode a fast horse from behind.

Beneath him rode a different kind of Gubolai warhorse, which had a few dark stripes on its front legs, and it was like a gust of wind when it ran, and every time it leaped forward, it was a lot farther than the other Gubolai horses.

The young herald, dressed in leather armor, accompanied by a knight's sword, and carrying a leather satchel diagonally, chased straight after the Marquis of Heller.

When he arrived in front of the Marquis of Heller, he happened to be stopped by two guards beside the Marquis of Heller.

"Marquis Heller, I am the herald of the Western Route Army, and Commander Surdak has written you a letter......

The herald took a scroll of parchment from his leather satchel and shouted at the Marquis of Heller, who was not far ahead.

Marquis Heller frowned slightly, and turned to look at the herald with some dissatisfaction, his eyes were a little cold, and the herald immediately shut up.

"Bring it!"

After a moment, Marquis Heller said to the guards beside him.

The guard hurriedly took the letterhead from the herald's hand and handed it to the Marquis of Heller, who unfolded the parchment and read the letter in silence, and then with an intriguing smile on his lips.

"Tell Count Surdak that I have received and read his letter, and that I will do my best to cooperate with his actions."

After saying this, the Marquis of Heller's voice paused, his tone became a little uncertain, and then he said:

"However, the situation on the battlefield on this side of the North Senderland Mountains is more complicated, and our heavy infantry regiment in Handanaar City has limited combat effectiveness, and it may not be able to enter Mount Horsens as scheduled."

"Everything is simple on the march, and I will not write a reply, but you will send a message to Count Surdak as I say."

"Have you memorized all of what I said?" The Marquis of Heller's tone was raised, and the tail was even a little sharp.

The herald kept his head down, and when he heard Marquis Heller's question, he hurriedly said, "I've written it down......"

Marquis Heller waved his hand and motioned for the herald to leave.

Then he turned around and continued on his way......

As for Surdak's order to let reinforcements march west along the hills of Villagasi, Valentine. The Marquis of Heller acted as if he hadn't seen it at all.

What a joke, now that the reinforcements of Handanar City are about to pass through the North Sunderland Mountains and enter the western northern area of the Moyunling Highlands, how can they return the same way at this time, and then gather the heavy infantry regiments scattered elsewhere to approach the demon camp according to the route drawn by Surdak.

They didn't come here to kill many demon warriors, and Marquis Heller still knew a lot about the terrifying combat power of the demon warriors.

Their main purpose here was to occupy more land, and since the hateful Lord of Surdak had already included all the best eastern areas in his domain, it was of course necessary for the Marquis of Heller to allocate as much of the remaining land as possible to the territory occupied by the reinforcements of Handanar City.

As for whether or not he obeyed the military orders of Count Surdak on the battlefield in the Moyunling Heights, this kind of thing depends on how to say it.

An earl commander wants a noble marquis to carry out military orders, even if the Count of Surdak sues the council of the Bednar House of Representatives, they can only fight each other, even if there is the Marquis Luthor standing behind him, but the Marquis of Heller is on the side of the noble lords of Handanaar.

Thinking of this, Marquis Heller waved his hand to one of the guards beside him.

The guards rode over and respectfully shouted, "Lord Marquis! ”

"Send the order to the warriors in front to speed up, try to cross this canyon before dark, and try not to clash with the demons here." Marquis Heller commanded the guards beside him.

"Yes." The guard replied immediately.

……

Recently, the reinforcements have also encountered demon warriors in the mountains of North Sunderland several times, but the number of those demon warriors is very small, only a few dozen...... Hundreds, tens of thousands of troops who encountered reinforcements from Handanar City, ran into the mountains without looking back.

These encounters with the demons gave Marquis Heller a lot of confidence that those demons were nothing more than that.

In fact, many of these demon warriors escaped from the North Mountain Pass, and all the faith of the evil spirits who had experienced the Battle of the North Mountain Pass was lost, and they hid in this mountain range, just because they could find something to eat in the mountain range, so as not to starve themselves to death.

When they see the troops of the Grimm Empire, they will subconsciously hide.

Fleeing from the battlefield of the North Pass all the way into the North Sunderland Mountains, not knowing how many of their comrades died along the way, a large number of their hoplite regiments passed through the gorge without even thinking of disturbing them.

There are many such demon squads along the North Sunderland Mountains, and they will always gather in dozens or hundreds, so that they don't have to fear the witchers in most of the adventure groups.

……

Although Valentine. Marquis Heller had no idea of engaging this group of demon warriors, but that didn't represent the idea of all reinforcements.

This reinforcement from Handanar City is actually a patchwork of many lord armies, Marquis of Heller is only the supreme commander of the reinforcements, and the real command of many lord armies is still in the hands of the commanders of each infantry regiment.

Everyone saw that the demon warriors in the North Sunderland Mountains were as timid as rats, and the commanders of some infantry regiments became active.

This support army forcibly ran into the Moyunling Heights, in addition to wanting to occupy some land, the other is to get some unidentified black magic crystals.

Now that a large area of land has been divided into the territory of the occupied territory, the commanders of the infantry regiment are wondering if they can get some unidentified black magic crystals at the lowest cost.

Marquis Nishizawa's plan to acquire magic crystals has not been going well, so these regiment leaders have some caution when they see the demon warriors emerging from the mountains.

There will always be some squads of warriors in the reinforcements who sneak into the woods on both sides of the canyon to hunt evil spirits in the name of scouting the surrounding enemy.

……

These squads of fighters still took advantage of some of the initial advantages.

There are no steep peaks in the North Sunderlands, it is more like a piece of hilly land that is closely overlapped.

The ridges on either side of the gorge are also quite gentle, and the woods on the slopes are like black patterns on cows, scattered in patches, and the rest of the place is covered with moss, grass, and bushes, and of course there are patches of rocks.

A squadron of hoplite infantry on the horses of Gubola climbed the ridge in front of them, and the scouts in the team followed the footprints left by the demons in the grass after the rain to the front of the wooded area.

The squadron leader of the hoplite squadron even smelled the peculiar stench of the demon coming from the woods in front.

The forest was so quiet that there was not even the sound of cicadas and birds, and as the squadron leader waved his hand behind him, more than a hundred infantry soldiers jumped off their horses, quickly put their armor on their bodies, and took out their swords and shields from the pylons of their saddles.

They apparently did not rush into the woods in a hurry, but quickly formed a phalanx in front of the woods.

With shield warriors at the front, spear-wielding and axe-wielding warriors at the back, this hybrid hoplite regiment can quickly slay demons in battle.

For the hoplites, it was far more secure to form a phalanx and rush into the woods than to scatter and rush into the woods in small groups.

Several scouts with scout abilities mingled the ranks of shield warriors, heavily armoured and armed with standard repeaters, and the dense forest was overgrown with weeds among the trees......

The woods weren't too big, so a few scouts circled the woods, judging that there weren't too many ghost warriors hiding here.

That's why the squadron leader decided to fight here.

Just as the entire platoon of shield warriors stepped into the woods, the scouts who were mixed in with the shield warrior team spotted the demon warriors hiding behind the tree, several bone spurs sticking out from behind the trunk......

Several scouts shot crossbow arrows at the demon warriors almost separately.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out.

Some of the demon warriors had no intention of fighting at all, and when they saw the hoplites rushing in from outside the woods, they hurried to evacuate.

There were also some demon warriors who didn't want to run anymore, and they rushed out from behind the trunk with their blades in hand, and strode towards the phalanx.

It's just that there are only seven demon warriors who have the courage to rush over, and the rest of the demon warriors choose to flee this woodland quickly.

More than a hundred heavily armed hoplite warriors collided with seven demon warriors, especially a row of shield warriors in front, the blades in the hands of the demon warriors were parried by the shields, and the spear warriors behind struggled to stab out the spears in their hands......

These demon warriors didn't even think to dodge, allowing the spears to pierce the bone armor of their bodies, and although the blades in their hands were blocked by shields, they swept sideways at the heads of those shield warriors with their physical superiority.

Three shield warriors shrewdly dodged, while the other four failed to dodge, two slashed at the iron helmet, creating a spark, and the other two slashes sliced through the gap between the helmet and the breastplate, and the heads of the two infantry warriors flew out along with the helmet.

The demon warriors reached out and grabbed the spear that had pierced into their bodies, and as they were dying, they spun their bodies wildly and the spear was forcibly picked up.

The spear warriors were caught off guard, and the spears were all out of their hands.

Immediately, the demon warrior strode into the phalanx, and this kind of non-stop battle was destined to end when one side completely fell.

The hoplite squadron, with its huge numerical superiority, spent a quarter of an hour besieging and killing the seven demons, but they also paid a heavy price of five dead and seventeen wounded.

The demons who are desperate to fight back are far more powerful than they think.

At the end of the battle, the axe warriors at the back of the team quickly rushed up and cut off the heads of the demons, and the warriors with skinning skills began to peel the skin of the dark devils, which they did very well.

There are also fighters who help their wounded comrades to bandage, and those who have fallen will be buried in place, and their horses, armor, weapons, and personal property will be brought back by the squadron leader of the warband.

This is the battle of ordinary infantry fighters, who have long been accustomed to it, and no one has a nervous breakdown because of the death of a few people.

Everyone is doing their job of cleaning up the battlefield, and the wounded warriors will be sent to the ranks of the Legion by their companions, and the others will follow the chaos to continue the pursuit of the six demon warriors who have escaped.

After this battle, these infantry warriors also came to their senses, and the demon warriors hiding in this mountain range did not seem to have changed at all, they were as fierce and fierce as the demons in other places, and at the same time more obscene than the demons in other places......

(End of chapter)