By the time I returned to the northern camp, the place had changed dramatically. The force, which was originally a few thousand men, has now grown to more than 20,000 men. It's not that more soldiers are heading south from the north, it's that the coalition forces from the north and the Queen's forces have converged.

On the vast plain, white tents are densely packed throughout the field, stretching out as far as the eye can see. With an eagle on a white background is the camp of the Kislev Shooting Corps. They were the only firearms unit in the Kingdom of Kislev, and more than a hundred years ago, when the Empire's armies marched into Kislev to fight the Chaos invasion, the Tsar saw how the Empire's firearms forces shot the mighty Chaos warriors and held back the Chaos cavalry.

This powerful long-range weapon revolutionized the Tsar's military doctrine, prompting him to spend the rest of his life building a firearms force as true as the Empire. This wish was not fulfilled until his successor. Due to the high maintenance cost of firearms units and the fact that Kislev is a barren country, it is impossible to use firearms regiments on a large scale, so there is only one regiment of shooting corps in the entire Kingdom of Kislev. Originally, the Archery Corps was stationed at Erengrad, as only Erlengrad's wealthy financial revenues could sustain its military expenditures. However, the later Tsar, in order to prevent the independence of Erengrad, transferred the firing corps back to the capital.

Their flags were planted in the center of the camp, and the black eagle banners fluttered in the wind under the rising sun, so proud. After a cursory look, Rhodes saw that there were at least five or six hundred tents, and according to the configuration of three to five people per tent, the total number of the shooting corps was almost two thousand.

At first glance, there are not many of them, however, when it comes to the battlefield, the power of a shooting force of 2,000 people is actually very terrifying. The army of the entire northern frontier was no more than 10,000 in number. This is mainly light infantry, once the battle starts, when rushing in front of the shooting army, at least a third of the death, and the cold weapon battlefield, head-to-head, once the loss exceeds 10% of the total number of soldiers, this army is in danger of rout. In other words, in the future, if the Lords of the North collectively rebelled against the Queen, the Ice Queen only needed to send a shooting army to deter the whole situation...... Erlengrad just had a tall wall, so the archery corps was of little use here.

The location of the rest area also gives a glimpse of its remarkable status.

Next to the Shooting Corps was the camp of the famous Kislev Hussars. These elite cavalry of the Kingdom of Kislev are the best warriors in a hundred, selected from the low-ranking cavalry, and after a series of brutal combat training to become a member of the kingdom's hussars, named for the large feathered wings on their backs, the massive hussar charge will emit a creepy whirlwind whistling sound, causing strong psychological pressure on the enemy while storming the enemy's defensive lines. But due to their heavy cavalry attributes, they are destined to be the same as the shooting army, and the number cannot be too much. You know, how much military spending is needed for that heavy armor that is armed to the teeth...... A large part of these costs were borne by the nobles of the kingdom, who themselves or their children were often the commanders or captains of the hussars. It can be said that the hussars were the pride of the Kislev nobility.

On the outskirts of the camp is another legion, the Griffin Legion. The powerful Griffin Legion is a trump card of the Kingdom of Kislev, most of their soldiers are Kislev nobles, who have received formal military training since childhood, and have excellent combat effectiveness, in other words, the ordinary soldiers in the Griffin Legion are equivalent to a knight in the empire, and what is a knight?

However, such an outrageously powerful legion is not under the official Kislev and is not under the direct jurisdiction of the Ice Queen. In fact, they have always maintained their independence, existing in the form of mercenaries. However, the Griffin Legion once swore that once the kingdom of Kislev was in danger, they would be the first to arrive and assist the Tsar in his fight against the darkness. The Snow Queen has tried more than once to place this mighty "wild" legion under royal control, but several attempts have failed...... new

So, when camping, although the griffin legion and the Kislev legion were connected, the tents and so on were separated. Because it was originally a separate legion.

Although these elites are all well-known powerhouses, however, the entire camp, most of which are still tents for ordinary soldiers, and the number of archers plus hussars will not exceed four thousand, maybe more than three thousand. And the Griffin Legion, the real main warrior, may only be more than 2,000 people. Most of the soldiers were ordinary soldiers like the Ksa infantry and conscripts, who did not have uniform weapons and equipment, and were all brought together by local troops. The reason is also very simple, the city of Kislev cannot afford a legion of more than 10,000 people, and there is only a small standing army in the capital in peacetime, and only in wartime can the troops in the various lords' territories be called together to fight the enemy together.

When Rhodes returned to the camp, he learned that Cohen, the previous commander of the rice bucket, had left, perhaps because of poor command, or because his soldiers had begun to disobey his command, but in short, Caterina transferred him as soon as he arrived. As for where she went, no one knows, only that the Ice Queen has her own arrangements.

The new Legion Commander looked imposing, younger than the old duke before, and at the same time, much stronger. It was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, with a thick beard on his lips and a Mediterranean Sea on top of his head, only his temples covered with sparse hair. He was dressed in the finest armor and armed with a blood-red sword, and looked very handsome.

It's just that, from Spirit Bear's ill-intentioned low roar, Rod has probably guessed a thing or two.

Caterina met with Rhodes on the same day. I have to say that although the Ice Queen is brutal by nature, she still knows how to rule. In view of Rod's fame, and the star of the legion, Katerina received the hero in the soldier's mind as soon as possible, and what she wanted to show was that she rewarded and punished the hero and gave preferential treatment to the hero.

Rhodes only felt that the Ice Queen on the throne was colder and more serious than he remembered, and her eyes revealed coldness, like frost and snow in the Northland, which was creepy. However, Rhodes still calmly stepped forward to greet the queen's reward......

Everyone knew that the Ice Queen must have rewarded Rhodes, and during this time, he had the most military exploits, not only saving an entire legion, but also persuading Benedict, the lord of Grizzly Castle, to clear the way for the queen to march into Erlengrad. If this is not rewarded, it will be difficult to convince the public.