"At this Rick station, which I am currently under management, there is about one crossbow musketeer who is not in a squadron, including a half-squad of archers, a squad of crossbowmen, a half-squad of long-barreled muskets, plus two squads of halberders, and fifteen musketeers, a total of more than one hundred and eighty guards. The defense is better in the rear of the station, of course, because one of the main rear hospitals of our expeditionary army is located here. ”

The fat man in the leather robe paused, and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat. Hyde subconsciously frowned, this is because in this young man's subconscious, this number of troops seems to be too small, in the era of his previous life and on that planet, the war that invested millions of people has only been a few decades, what is this person? Although he can no longer remember the past of his previous life, his subconscious still makes him feel too little, and he inadvertently shows his expression.

"But this is not a bad thing, because most of the wounded and sick who have been sent here are recovering well, and there are many soldiers in them, and there are dozens of knights like you. All of them had a sidearm, much more than the guards at the station. At present, among the more than 700 wounded and sick, once the enemy besieges them, more than sixty or seventy percent of them can take bows, crossbows and muskets to the wall to meet them, and we have gunpowder bows and arrows here, and the ammunition is sufficient! Besides, the wounded and sick are recovering well, and there is no problem in charging in the formation. Isn't Lord Hyde the best role model? haha. ”

The cheerful fat man, named Mount, winked his eyes at Hyde and laughed.

"Your Excellency Mount, you've won the prize, and that's what I'm supposed to do. ”

Hyde responded with a modest smile to the keen-fat supervisor's commendation, which made the young man's face redden, for he had fallen from his horse and hit his head and lay down in the station. Although he had not yet comprehended his consciousness at that time, it did not seem to be a glorious deed, and it seemed that it could not be compared with the warriors who killed and wounded on the battlefield.

"As long as we are well guarded and don't give them a chance to sneak attack, I am not worried about the enemy besieging here. The Chaos Beastmen were never very good besiegers, they had no siege equipment. I remember that thirty-one years ago, we were surrounded by Chaos Beastmen in a town in the Duchy of Tara Beckland, when we only had 500 people, plus only 2,000 townspeople, but we withstood a three-day siege of more than 6,000 Chaos Beasts, and thousands of Chaos Beasts were killed by us in the trenches and on the walls. I remember when you and your crew alone killed hundreds of horned guys with shotguns, and your bronze snake cannon burned red in battle, sometimes firing almost close to them. ”

Old Loren put down his bread and made his point in his heavy, strong voice. This suddenly made Hyde have a lot of respect for the fat director in front of him. His guess was right, and before he was born, the chubby Mr. Commander was already an outstanding warrior. Of course, the person who can fight side by side with his powerful Grandpa Loren will naturally not be a weak person, which is also to be expected.

"My concern is that the enemy may attack our supply convoys on the move. This is the rear hundreds of leagues away from the front line, and the guards of the supply convoy may not be well guarded. If they are unprepared and attacked by the Beastmen, then it is bad. In this expedition, the entire empire invested 100,000 troops on the Kislev front, and the supply convoy was the lifeline of the northern expeditionary army. ”

The white-haired, red-armored old knight paused, drank another large glass of wine, and then raised his concerns. Hyde didn't say a word, and listened intently, for himself who had just regained his senses and his mind was still full of blanks, experience and knowledge were extremely important, and there was no need to interject meaninglessly about things he didn't understand.

"Loren, I know what you mean, but I'm more optimistic about that. Our Rick Territory is the direct domain of the Emperor, and all the supply convoys of each principality are organized and guarded by the generals of our Imperial Court. They set off only when the caravan and camel caravan were concentrated in more than 2,000 vehicles and more than 7,000 horses. Each convoy will be more than 4,000 people, made up of warriors selected by the principalities and Rick, and the commanders are soldiers with enough experience to generally give the enemy a chance to surprise them. ”

The fat supervisor named Mount responded to Loren's question, and in order to make it clearer, he pushed away a few plates, used small bread as a military station, and goose bones as a convoy, and laid out a schematic diagram.

"Loren, as you can see, from the territory of the empire to the central part of Kislev, our army has set up thirty military stations, an average of thirty-five leagues. In between, there are half cavalry squads every seven leagues, equipped with magic signal rockets, wolf smoke, and carrier pigeons. They are always on the perimeter to detect and patrol the enemy's possible movements. The supply convoy moved at a rate that passed through one station every day, and every night it was bound to camp at the station, replenish the horses, take away the wounded soldiers who had recovered, and bring new supplies to the station. They did things strictly according to the regulations of the army, and every day they sent out cavalry detachments to reconnoiter in front of and on both flanks, keeping six or seven scouts operating on the periphery of the convoy within a radius of five or six leagues, probing for any anomalies on the way. It's not that easy to surprise our Rick's convoy!"

The fat supervisor in a leather robe raised his voice and tapped the table with a goose bone in high spirits, causing the wine in the wooden glass to shake. It can be seen that this honorary knight of the Imperial Court and the Imperial Court, Rick, was full of trust and pride in the strict organization and discipline of the Imperial Army, and before he knew it, even his curly mustache was raised higher.

"Mount, you're still so good at numbers and technology. No wonder I can become the affairs officer of the imperial court, in this regard, I can't compare with you. ”

Old Loren smiled and raised his glass to his old friend in front of him.

"Your bravery is also unmatched by me. My big brother, I remember how you stood on the wall thirty-one years ago and cut off the head of the Chaos Minotaur. That blow shook the hearts of all our brothers, and also made the beasts of chaos tremble! At that time, I was just a young hairy head, and you were already a famous blood sword warrior, but you were so sincere to each of our brothers, and the starting point of our acquaintance and friendship began at that time. In that difficult battle, your mighty sword saved my life, and I will never forget that moment. ”

Mount replied to Loren in a solemn and excited voice, and the glasses of the two men collided firmly, and Hyde noticed that the fat director's eyes were a little moist, is this the comradeship?

"Your Excellency, the northwest has seen our wolf smoke rising! There may be a convoy coming down from the north under attack!"

Suddenly, a loud roar from the watchtower interrupted Hyde's thoughts, and he looked northwest in surprise, and as far as he could see, there was indeed a faint column of black smoke slowly rising, which made the young man's heart stir again, and he couldn't help but clench the hilt of his sword.

"Quick, determine the direction, send out the alarm! I'll come up and observe the situation!"

The fat supervisor on the opposite side hurriedly stood up, craned his neck and gave instructions to the sentry above. He moved unexpectedly fast, and almost immediately ran over and stepped on the escalator of the watchtower to climb up. Old Loren and Hyde immediately followed.

The wooden watchtower is 20 feet high, located on the commanding height of the high ground of the military station, and is the most majestic building in the entire military station, with a good view. At the top of the wooden tower was a lookout of six or seven square meters, arranged with muskets, brass telescopes, conch ships and signal flags, surrounded by strong oak planks, reinforced and decorated with colored shields.

The triangular roof of the lookout is embellished with a ring of spears, probably used to protect against flying enemies such as the Harpy. On the side wall of this lookout were also cages for several carrier pigeons, which now seemed to feel the ominous atmosphere, cooing and flapping their wings.

The fat supervisor named Mount leaned over the binoculars, nervously watching the movement in the northwest. The sentry stepped aside and blew a long conch siren. Although Hyde did not have a telescope, he could see a number of faint black dots on the northwestern plain, clustered into patches, and surrounded by a white line. Several straight pillars of black smoke rose from between the white lines, which was about what the sentry called wolf smoke, and the white line should be the besieged convoy, and the black and gray patches were constantly impacting the white line, and it looked like the situation was very critical.

"Loren, if you come and observe, I think this group of enemies may have about a thousand men, and more than half of them are cavalry or centaurs. Plains field battles are not easy to deal with. ”

The fat supervisor in the leather robe handed the telescope to Loren, and the white-haired old knight took the telescope and looked at it roughly, his thick brow suddenly furrowed.

"Mount, our convoy is very small, only twenty or thirty wagons, and the situation is critical! Judging from the white canopy, it should be a small sanitary team transporting the wounded coming down from the front, which will be difficult to withstand the attack of the Chaos Beasts. I think we need to get out and pick it up. ”

With this heavy voice, old Loren pointed his greatsword to the northwest and pointed out his opinion. At this time, there was also a noise under the watchtower, and many lightly wounded soldiers had heard the siren, took up their weapons, led their horses, and crowded to the small square on the high ground under the watchtower, where many nuns and nurses in white robes were also crowded among them, watching the watchtower with anxious eyes.

"Loren, I may not be able to agree with you this time. ”

The voice came from the mouth of a fat supervisor named Mount, whose pitch changed. This made Old Loren's face solemn, and it also surprised Hyde, he couldn't understand a little, how could he stand by and watch his comrades in danger?

"We can't go to war, and since the army of the Chaos Beast has infiltrated the rear and the alert has appeared around our station, then my mission is to protect it. I will send messengers and pigeons everywhere as an alert, and remind the other stations to stand firm and guard our wooden walls with all my strength to prevent an enemy from entering this sacred imperial stronghold. These are my responsibilities as a Knight of Honor for Rick, the head of the Nineteenth Forward Station of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. Other than that, I wouldn't take any chances!"

The stocky supervisor spoke firmly, his voice different from the one before, full of a sense of unquestionable feeling. But it stirred Hyde's heart, he was a hot-blooded man, and he was most unaccustomed to seeing death without help, and Mount's words made his heart very uncomfortable.

"Dear Lord Mount, I have a different opinion about you. The comrades in danger in the distance have already sent us an urgent cry for help, and have we watched them being torn to pieces by the beasts of chaos? They have pinned their hopes on us, and have we failed our comrades' pleas for help, hiding in their holes like cowardly badgers and rats, pretending to be blind and deaf?"

Hyde puffed up his chest and asked the chubby middle-aged man in front of him without hesitation to ask his question. The young knight's voice was not loud, but there was a special power from his anger that seemed to make the whole little lookout platform tremble. He has never been a person who likes to hide his feelings, he will say whatever he wants!

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