Thanks to the return of Crown Prince Tork Orlando and the efforts of members of Fabre's cabinet, chaos in the capital city of Thrys was brought under control to some extent. Under the banner of the crown prince, the garrisons of the various districts around the capital have been converging outside the city of Serus these days, and at the same time, many wandering knights from all over Fabre have also come from all over the kingdom day and night after hearing the news of the crown prince's recruitment of cavalry.

With the increasing number of Fabre's troops near the capital, the subjects of the Fabre kingdom seem to have regained their lost confidence, and many young men have signed up for the army, hoping to get ahead through the war.

At the behest of Li Yuxuan, Teucer established a reserve of about 8,000 recruits, and the kingdom's inventory of weapons and armor was empty, and all the blacksmiths in the capital rushed to make weapons and armor day and night to supply this recruit team.

Li Yuxuan handed over the command of this team to the "Knight of the Two Swords" Corinth, and taught him the previous method of Li Fang training the "Black Dragon Knights". Under the supervision of Collins, these recruits undergo hellish training every day, and the combat effectiveness of this team is also tempered little by little in this training.

Of all the soldiers who gathered in Seris, the most enthusiastic were the wandering knights. Driven by the "chivalry" that Li Yuxuan thought was boring, in just ten days, nearly 6,000 wandering knights were incorporated into the regular army of the kingdom. Although the combat effectiveness of this army is very strong, the troubles are also continuous, and there are often duels between knights in the ranks, and there are dozens or even nearly a hundred non-combat attrition every day, which gives Cambrai a headache.

With no choice, Li Yuxuan took over the organization of this unit. He returned all the officers who had originally come from Cambrai's Guards, and selected one of the best martial arts as the squad leader out of every ten people, and then selected the one with the best martial arts skills among the squad leaders to serve as the squadron leader, and so on.

On the first day that Li Yuxuan accepted this unit, the non-combat attrition soared from dozens of people per day to more than 230 people, but on the next day, there was not a single non-combat attrition in the unit, and all the wandering knights were very familiar with the abilities and martial arts of their superiors, and would not rashly challenge their superiors, and at the same time established the prestige of these superiors among ordinary soldiers. Through the selection of grassroots commanders, Li Yuxuan carried out a preliminary transformation of this cavalry team, so that it would not completely blindly fight on its own in battle, and at least could form some small teams. Because anyone knows that fighting side by side with people with higher martial skills on the battlefield will definitely have a higher chance of survival. Therefore, once they go to the battlefield, these guys will naturally gather around their squad leader and form a certain organizational combat effectiveness.

On April 15, 177 A.D., Tork Orlando, the crown prince of Fabre, swore an oath on the outskirts of the capital city of Serus, with 12,000 regular infantry, 8,000 reserves, and a 5,000-strong cavalry force of wandering knights, for a total strength of 25,000.

The commander of the expeditionary force was the seventeen-year-old crown prince Tok Orlando, the secretary of state Shi Yue was the commander of the army and cavalry, and the commander of the reserve of 8,000 people was Corinth, the "knight of the two swords". The military affairs Shangshusde was stationed in the rear and was responsible for the logistics and supply of the expeditionary force.

In the middle of the night of April 14, 177 A.D., before the expedition, Tork and five other senior German generals who participated in the expedition gathered again in the cabinet chamber for the last military meeting. In fact, it is to clarify the role of each person in this Kingdom Expedition.

"I am nominally the commander of this expeditionary force, but I would like to make it clear to you now that any military action of this expeditionary force will never be allowed without the consent of the teacher. In other words, the actual responsibility for this expeditionary force is the teacher. "Tork Orlando made his position clear before the meeting began, establishing the prestige of Li Yuxuan as military commander-in-chief.

The two generals, Side and Cambrai, had already expected this, and did not show much surprise when the crown prince announced the decision.

"First of all, let me explain the current military situation between the Kingdom of Fabre and the Newman Empire. Li Yuxuan spread out a map of the Fabre Kingdom in front of everyone.

"The total number of troops used by Newingman this time is not 60,000, but 100,000!"

"What, a hundred thousand!" Exclaimed Ste and Cambrai at the same time.

"Yes, forty thousand cavalry, sixty thousand infantry. Li Yuxuan's answer was clear and clear.

"May I ask if the sources are reliable?" asked Cambrai.

It had only been about half a month since Li Yuxuan and the others arrived in the capital, how could he know so clearly the total number of troops of the Newman Empire participating in the war this time. Cambrai, who had served in the Kingdom's border army, was not really ignorant of military affairs.

"Ten days ago, the Secretary of State selected fifty of the many wandering knights in the capital to form a new scout force, and sent them to the front line in batches to inquire about the military situation. It should be said that the war began ten days ago. Teucer said triumphantly, clearly proud of his teacher.

Ste and Cambrai glanced at Li Yuxuan in disbelief. There is no doubt that in front of them is definitely a battle-hardened general, but what they can't imagine is when such a thirty-year-old battlefield veteran and martial arts master appeared in the west of the mainland.

"The army of the kingdom is now besieged in a valley called Solang, and there are as many as 60,000 enemy troops in charge of besieging the valley, of which 50,000 are infantry, and the commander-in-chief of this invasion of the kingdom, Duke Yankel, commands. Of the remaining 40,000 troops, 10,000 infantry are stationed in Hyde City, the road through which our reinforcements must pass, and the remaining 30,000 cavalry are still missing, and I guess it is very likely that they are ambushed somewhere in the Donbas plain, ready to attack our infantry-based reinforcements, and the commander is the 'Colorful Knight' Count Ferdinand. ”

Li Yuxuan calmly analyzed the situation on the entire battlefield, while Side and Cambrai on the side were already frightened by the enemy's strength.

Duke Yankel, known as the "first general" of Newingman, led his army to fight with the Prussian Empire many times without tasting defeat, and together with the Prime Minister of the Prussian Empire, Berentiste, he was called the "Imperial Twin Star" in the west of the continent. Although he is now over 50 years old, he is sharp, tricky, and often wins with surprise soldiers, and is a veteran of the battlefield that everyone fears. As for the "Cadenza Knight" Ferdinand, he has always been the commander of the border army between the New-Ingman Empire and the Kingdom of Fabre, and is a new star in the military circles of the New-Ingman Empire, known as the "Flower of the Empire".

With such two commanders in command, how can mediocre people like Side and Cambrai be calm and composed, and the enemy's German forces are several times their own, and the shadow of defeat has hung over them.

Alas, if he can have a general like Xu Zhixin under his command now, he can also have more chances of winning this battle.

Li Yuxuan saw that Side and Cambrai looked pale, and he was also a little annoyed in his heart.

However, a war is a war after all, and since the two sides have already started a war, it can only be declared over after one side has completely fallen and lost its combat effectiveness. Although the Fabre side is now weaker than the Newingman Empire in terms of both strength and command ability. It can be said that everyone present has pinned their hopes on Li Yuxuan, who is aliased as Shi Yue.

After two days of marching, Fabre's reinforcements arrived at the small city of Ewute, which was about 150 miles from Hyde City, and there were two roads from the north and south to reach Hyde City. To the south is relatively far away, almost more than 200 li, while the road to the north is much closer, only about 160 li.

Just when everyone thought that Li Yuxuan would choose the northern line to go straight to Hyde City, he issued an order that no one could understand.

All the officers and men of the expeditionary force stopped advancing and stayed in the same place as Awut to rest.

One day, two days, three whole days passed, Li Yuxuan never gave the order to march, and Teucer, Corinth and others finally couldn't help but rush to Li Yuxuan's camp to ask the reason.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you, why did the expeditionary force stay here for three days and still not march?" said Teucer anxiously.

"Yes, saving people is like fighting fires, and you let the troops stand still here, isn't it equivalent to wasting time in vain?" Corinth's deep-rooted "chivalry" began to flood again.

"Corinth, if you can give up that boring 'chivalry', I believe you will become a good general like Ferdinand, and not just a wandering knight. Li Yuxuan said slowly.

"Brother, now is not the time to comment on me, if you don't march again, then it's too late!" Collins said impatiently.

"What's too late, now there are only more than 20,000 reinforcements in the whole of Fabre, and if this thorn in the eye is not removed, Yankel will not do it.

Besides, "Mad Lion" Camp is not so easy to deal with. It is precisely because of our support army that the main force of the kingdom in the Solang Valley can hold out. Once our reinforcement army is defeated, the main forces of the Kingdom of Fabre and the Kingdom in the Valley of Solang will really be finished. The first thing we should consider now should be how to ensure the survival of this army, rather than using it to achieve the prestige of the enemy!" Li Yuxuan unceremoniously reprimanded Collins.

"But teacher, we don't advance here, we don't retreat here, and it's not a way to waste it like this!" Teucer was clearly worried about his father's safety in the valley of Solang.

"If you can tell me the exact location of Ferdinand's 30,000 cavalry now, I'll march at once, or else, don't bother me with these!"

Collins and Teucer glanced at each other, shook their heads helplessly, and finally withdrew from Li Yuxuan's tent with a dejected expression.

When Collins and Teucer left their tents, a trace of sorrow appeared on Li Yuxuan's face.

For three days, he scattered all his scouts in the vast area between the cities of Awutet and Hyde, in order to find the enemy cavalry team hidden in the shadows. But three full days passed, and no useful news came back from the scouts. Could it be that the 30,000 cavalry disappeared, or was it a mistake in his own estimation, and the 30,000 cavalry were not ambushed in an open area.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Li Yuxuan vetoed the idea in his heart.

Finally, on the fourth day of the expeditionary force's garrison in Aywut City, a scout brought back Li Yuxuan's long-awaited information. Sure enough, as Li Yuxuan expected, Ferdinand's 30,000 cavalry was not deployed on the northern line from Aywut City to Hyde City. The purpose was, of course, to prepare for a surprise attack on Fabre's support forces.

Now that the enemy's troops had mastered the reality of the situation, Li Yuxuan immediately convened an emergency military meeting in his camp to plan the next stage of military operations.