Reinforcements from Handanar City arrived at the southern pass of the Moyunling Heights nearly five days later than expected.

When reinforcements arrived at the southern passes of the heights, the 50,000 infantry soldiers lost nearly 2,000 men, and without an army of priests and priests, magicians, and paladins, these infantry warriors were difficult to treat, and wound infections were the biggest executioners.

Reinforcements still have a large number of war supplies in the southern mountain passes, but now it seems that they are no longer needed. Marquis Nishizawa did not plan to spend a huge amount of transportation money to bring these materials back to Handanar City, and disposing of these war materials became the most important thing for Marquis Nishizawa at the moment.

As soon as he arrived at the southern mountain pass, Marquis Nishizawa was in a hurry to meet the stewards of several major merchant groups in the camp here.

At present, these large merchant groups are mainly engaged in the business of the Western Route Army and the Adventure Group, and they have almost monopolized all the materials needed by the army.

On the opposite hillside of the camp of the Western Route Army was the material warehouse of the merchant group, which occupied a large area of the grassland.

In front of these warehouses there is also a natural free market, almost all of the members of the adventuring group set up some small stalls, and the goods sold are also varied, from the metal buttons of clothes to the shelves where goods are stored, and almost all the daily necessities are covered.

Of course, the most common items are some parts of the demon's body, such as a black devil's skin stained with purple blood, or a sharp green horn, a sharp and minimalist blade without a gauntlet, a curved bone spear, and so on.

The southern pass camp was very prosperous here, and the noisy atmosphere of the market was in stark contrast to the decadent face of the infantry soldiers.

The morale of the infantry soldiers in the army was extremely low, and the Marquis of Heller chose to camp on a grassy slope about 500 meters away from the camp of the Western Route Army, and the camp of nearly 50,000 infantry soldiers occupied a large area on the hillside.

Many of the people in the merchant and adventuring groups were very curious to see such an embarrassed army returning from the depths of the highlands, and some were even worried about the situation on the Moyunling Heights.

The infantry warriors rode a horse and led a horse behind them, and almost every warrior had several parcels, large and small.

Upon arrival at the camp, the warriors unloaded their belongings from the Kubolian horses, including their saddles and hoods, and after unsaddling them, they were driven by the knights in uniform to the brook under the grassy slope, where they drank a full meal of the clear water, and then rushed to the grassy slope on the other side of the river to nibble on the grass.

As one horse after another left the reinforcement camp, the camp on this side seemed deserted.

The soldiers of the reinforcements of Handanar City were accompanied by war horses all the way, and when they saw this group of war horses leave the camp, they realized how dependent they were on war horses, and the large and small packages piled up under their feet were the biggest problem.

These infantry warriors were dressed in heavily armored armor with heavy swords, tower shields, and spears, which alone made people walk like turtles......

There were also tents, sleeping bags, pots and rations, and other household items, which there would be no horses to carry in the future.

They originally rushed from Handanar City to pick up the bargain, but after arriving at the Moyunling Heights, they were chased and killed by a group of evil spirits from behind, and finally returned to the mountain pass in the south of the highlands alive......

The infantry soldiers began to worry about the rest of the journey.

Although the reinforcements of Handanar City have a logistics transport team, this transport team is not obliged to help the infantry soldiers run the luggage.

The entire merchant group on the Moyun Ridge Heights knew the purpose of this support army coming here, and they had offended the Surdak lord, so the chariot and horse merchants had to consider some of the negative factors, although they could not afford not to accept their business, but it was absolutely impossible to give these infantry soldiers a discount.

The four-wheeled wagons departing from the Moyunling Highlands, passing through mountain trails and valleys, over the Gandaur Mountains, and through the Great Meadows to reach Handanar City, the whole journey takes at least a little more than a month, and if it is an old roll of linen, then there is no need to check it at all, because the freight may be more expensive than the luggage itself.

For these infantry soldiers, the inconvenient luggage must be disposed of in the camp, and the worthless ones are directly discarded in the camp, and those that can be sold at a high price are sold in the market.

So after the reinforcements from Handanaar City came to the camp in the southern mountain pass, this small free market suddenly became lively.

A large number of used goods appeared on the field, including iron pots, kettles, traveler's backpacks, personal clothing, leather armor, chain mail, shields, heavy swords, etc.

According to the ideas of these infantry soldiers, it is better to sell them here than to discard them halfway because they can't walk.

The timing of their repairs in the southern passes is uncertain, but what is certain is that they must sell all the supplies they can't take with them before leaving.

The comptoirs kept the purchase price of such items very low.

At this time, the business acumen displayed by the businessmen can be described as falling into the ground, and they are so stingy that they refuse to pay an extra copper plate for this pile of rags of the infantry soldiers.

The main reason why these items are not valuable in the market is that the same kind of items used by the largest consumer group in the market, that is, the members of the adventure group, are generally better than those used by the infantry.

Even the merchant group is not able to deal with these cheap second-hand goods, and the lack of a market is the main reason why these materials cannot be sold.

Those leather armor chain mail heavy sword shields, as long as the price is low enough, is still relatively easy to sell.

……

The setting sun makes the mountains in the distance studded with a golden edge......

The infantry soldiers had to set up their tents before dark.

Even during the rainy season, the nights in the highlands are very cold.

When the sunlight disappears between the mountains, the damp cold wind blows directly into the cracks of people's bones.

At this time, a bonfire is lit, a pot of thick hot soup is boiled, and the baked wheat cakes are put on sticks and roasted by the bonfire.

It's a pity that these infantry soldiers in the reinforcements are not in the mood at all at this moment......

Many of the soldiers silently nibbled on the wheat cake without speaking, and some even nibbled on a few bites of the dry and hard wheat cake, and then buried their heads between their knees and cursed sullenly: 'He is numb......

……

Valentine. When the Marquis of Heller returned to the southern pass, he shut himself up in a tent and refused to see anyone.

The 117,000 Gubolai war horses had been handed over to the Western Route Army Constructed Knights one after another before dark.

Andrew didn't even think to ask his knights to count the number of horses and check the status of all the horses, and he gave the task of taking care of them to the commander of the 17th Heavy Infantry Regiment Kitt in the camp of the Western Route Army.

The Knights of the Constructed Knights did not even spend the night in the camp and left the camp in a hurry.

He had to leave the camp in the southern pass before Surdak returned, so as not to be improvised by Surdak on some boring tasks.

Andrew had set his sights on the area between the North Sunderland Mountains and the Inner Lake, and although neither the Ant Cavalry nor the Giant Ghost Soldier Ant Legion had followed, it just so happened to make his Constructed Knights more flexible.

……

Surdak and his party hurried back to camp in the southern passes, just the morning after Andrew had left with the Knights of Constructed.

Seeing a large group of dark clouds scattered on the grassy slope opposite the camp, Surdak was in a very good mood.

This time he rushed from the Highland Fortress, in addition to seeing the Gubo horses, mainly to fight with Vorster. Marquis Nishizawa conducts a transaction that does not identify the Black Crystal.

The grass had been gnawed down to the roots, and the horses were slowly moving towards the clearer grass to the north.

"Chief, are you going to form some cavalry regiments?"

Seeing a large herd of Gubolai horses on the meadow, Jiali who followed Surdak to this side. Decker couldn't help but ask.

Surdak looked at the lively bazaar in the distance, shook his head with a smile and said:

"These Gubolai horses can only be used as mounts for rangers and archers, and I don't plan to form such a cavalry regiment for the time being."

"I'm going to give these horses to the Aigrod tribe for free-range, and if I can get the scale horses, maybe I'll form another Constructed Knights......"

Nika, who was following Surdak, quietly stuck out her tongue and thought to herself: It seems that Lord Surdak does not plan to stop the pace of the battle.

The group of maids who followed behind Nika have now grown into qualified field medics.

Everyone is usually busy in the medical tent in the dark, and there is rarely a time to leave the main force of the Western Route Army.

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When a group of women saw the bustling market on the hillside, they were so excited that they chatted and wanted to rush over immediately.

This time, Surdak brought Nika and the others over, mainly considering that most of the infantry soldiers in Handanar City's reinforcements were injured, and if they were not effectively treated, it was estimated that there would be a reduction in personnel before returning to Handanar City.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the reinforcements of Handanar City entering the Moyunling Heights to grab territory, this did not mean that he would anger the infantry soldiers in the reinforcements.

These infantry soldiers are basically civilians from all parts of Handanar County, most of them are veterans with combat experience, and only a small number of young soldiers are in service, and Surdak is also a soldier who came out of the infantry regiment and is very sympathetic to them.

It's just that...... Sympathy is sympathy, but this group of horses will not be able to let them ride back to Handanar under any circumstances.

Surdak passed through the bustling free market, but did not pass through the market, and the group passed by the edge of the market, only to find that there were many reinforcement infantry soldiers selling old goods in the market.

There were almost no soldiers of the Western Route Army here, and almost no one recognized Surdak.

Only a few of the merchants in the small stalls looked at Surdak and his party with suspicious expressions on their faces.

Some of the swordsmen from the reinforcement swordsman regiment are also stranded here.

They didn't want to go home as losers, and this time they deserted from the battlefield, and although they were not necessarily sent to the Inquisition, they completely offended the three very powerful marquis of Handanar.

Even if they can return to Handanar safely, they may not have a good time.

Although many of them are minor nobles, they are also not very powerful, so it is best to hide outside during this time.

Some of the Constructed Swordsmen have joined the adventure party here, ready to make a fortune and make other plans.

As for the constructed swordsmen of the noble lord's personal guard group, the magic pattern structure on their bodies and the scale horses under their crotch do not belong to them, if they dare to flee with the magic pattern structure and war horses, they will definitely implicate their families, so these constructed swordsmen will definitely return to Handanar City.

At the moment, they stopped here, mainly to prepare for the next trip.

……

Surdak meets Vorster. When Marquis Nishizawa was there, he was discussing the matter of the armaments with several big merchants in the camp here.

When he walked to the door of the tent of the Marquis of Xize, Surdak happened to meet with this group of merchants, and when he saw the commander of the Western Route Army suddenly appear outside the tent, these big merchants were so frightened that their faces changed, and some merchants even wanted to pretend to wipe their sweat and cover their faces with handkerchiefs.

There were also people who tried to hide behind their companions so as not to be seen by Surdak in the face.

Seeing the frightened faces of the merchants, Surdak did not greet them again, but followed Marquis Nishizawa's personal guards into the tent.

There was still the smell of smoke in the tent, and Marquis Nishizawa couldn't hide the tiredness on his face, and the attendants were busy removing some tea sets.

Seeing Surdak walking in from outside, Marquis Nishizawa hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"I didn't expect Commander Surdak to come so quickly......"

Marquis Nishizawa smiled and walked over to Surdak on the shoulder, taking him by the arm and inviting him to sit in a chair.

"I heard that reinforcements will arrive at the southern camp in the next few days, so I rushed over at the right time." Surdak said to Marquis Nishizawa, and asked casually: "I saw a group of merchants leaving here just now, is the Marquis planning to dispose of the armaments and materials stored in the camp here?" ”

Marquis Nishizawa was slightly stunned, stared at Surdak, and admitted calmly: "This is true, but these materials that have been transported need to be disposed of on the spot, not to mention the trouble of transporting them back to Handanar City, the pressure on the logistics side will be greater, and the losses suffered by the lords will be greater." ”

"Then if this deal has not been negotiated, the West Route Army is willing to buy it at a 6% discount of the market price, of course, I am talking about a 6% discount of the market transaction price of Handanar City......" Surdak said very directly.

"Why don't you grab it?"

Marquis Nishizawa's face became a little ugly, he wanted to maintain the demeanor of a nobleman, but when he heard Surdak say this, he immediately couldn't help but fight back.

Surdak spread out his hands, smiled and said: "In this case, you can take my advice to you as a friendship between friends, after all, the armaments of the Western Route Army are provided free of charge by the military department, and I am not short of these armaments, of course, I also hope that you can sell them at a higher price......"