Shadow Clan Camp.

"Father, didn't you say that you would only delay time and not fight a decisive battle with the main force of the human race, why did you change your mind again?"

The boy asked eagerly.

In the Aslant continent, the most important thing for the weak races is to learn to judge the situation.

Judging from the current situation, the decisive battle between the Ancient Relic Alliance and the main force of the Terran Race, whether it wins or loses, is a blood loss in the end.

If you don't have enough strength, even if you occupy more land now, you will have to spit it out in the future.

Rather than risk and fight with the expeditionary force led by Hudson, it is better to paddle and delay time, and strive to preserve their own strength to the greatest extent.

"Plans are not changing fast. Alan, a lot of things in this world are not what we want to do.

The enemy deliberately penetrates into the Duchy of Orton and attacks our Southern Expeditionary Corps from behind, which is too much of a threat to the Alliance.

As soon as the main battle faction agitated, the neutral factions in the alliance were quickly moved by them. We are weak and powerless to stop them, so we can only choose to follow the trend.

Now I can only hope for the blessing of the god of shadows, and I hope that this decisive battle will not cause any trouble, otherwise things will be in trouble. ”

The Shadow King said in disappointment.

"Father, the last defeat was a complete mistake, and it would not have happened under normal circumstances.

Now that we have an absolute superiority in strength, it is completely effortless to defeat the weak humans.

What do you have to worry about?

Worried about these, it is better to plan how to unify the alliance, integrate everyone's strength to fight against the Terrans, and reshape the ......"

Before Eren could finish speaking, the Shadow King interrupted, "Things are as simple as you imagined.

The enemy's commander is the top famous general on the mainland, and he knows that he may be besieged by us, and he dares to come over with great fanfare, and there must be other means waiting for us.

Even if the enemy has no rear, it is not a wise choice to use infantry against cavalry on the Great Plains.

What's more, the issue of command has always been a flaw of the alliance, and all ethnic groups have independent command rights, and they can still cooperate when fighting a favorable battle, and once something happens......

Ay!

One of the reasons for the last crushing defeat of the coalition forces at Augustburg was the poor internal command and the failure to organize a counterattack in time.

If there is also a unified alliance, don't talk about it in the future, the current alliance can't withstand the twists and turns. ”

Military command is a matter of life and death for the race, and no race will let go.

The consequence of independent command is that everyone rushes to get to the top of the list, and no one wants to do the hard work, dirty work, and tiring work.

But war is destined to require sacrifice, and this has become a paradox.

The people of insight in the alliance have realized that the organizational structure of the Ancient Relic Alliance cannot meet the needs of reality.

If you want to truly become a big power that has a say on the mainland, the only way to do this is to unite the hundred tribes and work together to build a kingdom.

The tragedy is that it is useless to realize this, and the key is that it cannot be implemented.

Although there are strong and weak members in the Ancient Relic Alliance, no one can dominate the group.

The Shadow Clan is one of the more powerful races, but there are several races that are close to them.

Not only are the stronger ones close in strength, but the gap in racial strength of the same grade has not widened.

Even the weakest race, as long as there are a few families united, can still compete with them.

In this context, it is natural for the Ancient Relic Alliance to appear with factions and mixed fish and dragons.

"Father, you can't give up!

You know the situation in the alliance, if it is not unified, the disaster of overthrow is imminent, and the best outcome is to become a vassal of the elves.

Among the tribes, you have the power now, and the rest are ......"

Alan said bitterly.

The Alliance of Ancient Relic Clans finally withdrew from the continent and returned to the tribal era, and everyone's vision was inevitably bound to the tribe.

Participating in this continental war is the first time in hundreds of years that they have opened their eyes to the world.

And then it's embarrassing.

With the successive victories in the front, everyone feels that they are invincible; After suffering a big defeat, you suddenly realize that you are nothing.

Ambivalence pervades the Alliance, and many races are in a state of confusion.

"It's hard!

Compared to the human race, our race is a small tribe. The resources in the hands of a single race cannot catch up with a big nobleman of the human race.

Unless it's a pervert like the dragon, the race base directly determines the upper limit of development.

Placing the races in the alliance in the Terran world is only equivalent to their fiefdom viscounts and fiefdom counts.

In addition, all ethnic groups are in their own ways, and one by one they are clinging to the old-fashioned inheritance, and they have almost no innovation, and they have long been unable to keep up with the times.

Even if the Alliance were to be united, we would not be able to compete with the Terrans.

Not to mention anything else, just at the moment, with these two or three hundred thousand troops, no one in the alliance can command freely. ”

He was complaining, but his sharp eyes still revealed his true thoughts. If he wasn't ready to unify the alliance, why would he study so much?

Verbal denial, that's because the time is not ripe.

Without absolute strength and lack of sufficient prestige, jumping out and saying that the unification alliance will be severely beaten.

Secretly, the Shadow King had already begun to plan. Ambition can deceive others, but it can't hide from the people around you.

After all, the great cause of the Unification Alliance cannot be accomplished by one person, and more helpers are needed.

To engage in such a big plan, one's own family members must be more reliable than outsiders.

The death of Augsburg was a heavy blow to the Ancient Alliance, but it was an opportunity for the Shadow Clan.

From the name of the race, you can tell what the Shadows are good at. It's not good to help the alliance turn defeat into victory, but it's not difficult to run away and protect itself.

Compared to other races, the Shadow King's plan is deeper. Obviously, there is no loss to his family, but when he announced it to the public, it turned into a heavy loss.

The "killed" clansmen naturally left the battlefield to prepare for his next plan.

……

Bathed in the autumn breeze, the expeditionary army is still moving slowly, the only difference is that the route has changed slightly, but the general direction is still the same.

If you look at it deliberately, you will find that the distance between the expeditionary force and the reinforcements of the ancient relics is being narrowed.

In order to cover the real purpose, the distance between the two sides is not obvious, as if they have caught up by chance.

The distance between the two sides is still more than 360 miles, and the shortened distance is only a few tens of miles.

On the current course of travel, the two sides will never meet. Even if you get to the nearest place, the interval will not be less than three hundred miles.

There is no way, the advance of tens of thousands of cavalry is originally shaking the ground, and it is impossible to hide the team at all.

In order to prevent the enemy from discovering the anomalous opening, Hudson could only do this.

Compared with the entire battlefield, tens of thousands of enemy troops can only be regarded as a side dish, and they will not affect the overall battle situation.

But for Hudson, who was anxious to find a fighter, a small dish could also be served at a banquet.

Whether or not the enemy's main forces can be mobilized depends on the actions of this wave.

"Marshal, the sky is a little wrong, I'm afraid it will rain next, let's find a place to camp first!"

Kane reminded.

Something like this has happened several times along the way. Every time before the sudden change in the weather, Kane would come over to warn.

At one point, Hudson suspected that he was practicing astrology, but it turned out that he was.

As one of the heretical professions marked by the Holy See, the soothsayers of the continent of Aslant have long been a rare species.

Kane also accidentally obtained the introduction to inheritance cultivation when he was young, but unfortunately his guide was unfortunately poisoned by the Holy See and was not able to learn everything.

It's okay to judge the weather, and it's super to divinate the future.

The days of heretics are not easy, and Kane, who was born in a small aristocracy, has always hidden his identity and avoided the Holy See personnel as much as possible on weekdays.

The Montagnard Territory was a newly developed territory, and the influence of the Church was negligible, and Hudson's name was loud enough, so he took advantage of the situation.

After a long period of contact, he found out that his lord had a conflict with the Holy See, and after confirming that he would not hand himself over to the Holy See, Kane stayed with peace of mind.

At first, he hid his identity, but later found out that not only his lord had a backbone, but also the entire high-level of the Alpha Kingdom, Kane didn't bother to hide it.

There are many similar heretics, and there are still many mountain leaders. Especially after Hudson became the honorary dean of the Arcane Academy, more heretics gathered.

If others dare to come, Hudson will dare to accept it. As long as he is not a scum who is in trouble, he doesn't care if it's a heresy.

To put it mildly, in ancient times, when the human race was weak, these were serious occupations.

With the continuous rise of the human race, after the Holy See became bigger, these professions that were not conducive to the spread of faith were branded as heretics.

Of course, there are more interest games hidden behind this.

Hudson understood this turn of events. When the cake is made, the fewer people who share it, the better.

Everything is in the past tense, and now is a new era, and the eyes should be forward.

"Give the order to go down, speed up the march, and set up camp on the hill ahead!"

Hudson ordered decisively.

Soup chicken is not a good choice, even if everyone's health is good, they can bear it. The supplies carried by the army could not withstand the ravages of the storm.

……

"This damn weather doesn't let the giant live!"

Seeing his allies hiding in the camp to avoid the rain, but he could only get out in the rain with his people, Kaveh was jealous and jealous.

There is no way, the size of the giants is too huge, and the tents seized from the Terrans cannot accommodate them at all.

A lot of tarpaulins were seized, but looking at the size of the giants, they had nothing to do with dexterity.

The days of eating and sleeping in the open have long been accustomed to the giants. Except for a few natural caves where they can rest, most of the time is spent in the wild.

The giants that can't bear it have long been eliminated by nature. Because they live in the ice and snow world, they also have a resounding name in the outside world - the Frost Giant.

Just because they have "Frost" in their name doesn't mean they like it. As a result of the perennial struggle against bad weather, the giants crave the land in the sun more than any race.

"Kavehe, put away your loud voice. If you giants don't rest, we will rest! ”

Voices came from the camp, and Kaweh stomped his feet in anger. Dare to provoke an angry giant at such a time, if it were not for the influence of the covenant, he would definitely go over to find the other party to fight alone.

"Pamela, you rest ghost! Hurry up and give me duty, you should be responsible for patrolling and guarding today. If the enemy comes and sneaks up on you, your son's sin will be great. ”

Kavech shouted.

He doesn't know if there is an enemy coming to sneak attack, anyway, the overflowing "happiness" of raining can't be borne by the giants, and he must pull a little back, otherwise he will be psychologically unbalanced.

"Kavehe, you're such an idiot, you have such a big head for nothing, you can't even figure out such a simple question.

We are in the rear, where is the enemy?

The closest enemy to this place is also three or four hundred miles away, and there is the blessing of heavy rain, where can there be any sneak attack.

I think you are drenched in the rain, and you have forgotten even the most basic military common sense. ”

Pamela said dismissively.

If you want to steal the camp, you also have to consider the actual situation, and it can't be done with a single shot of the head. Marching three or four hundred miles on a rainy night to carry out a sneak attack is purely talking in a dream.

Dirt roads limit the mobility of the cavalry, and if a big battle takes place in the rain, it will be more beneficial to the less mobile infantry.

"Humph!

This kind of thing, who knows?

In case the enemy commander has water in his head, he prefers to choose this time to sneak attack, you don't go out on patrol, let the troops waste the fighters in vain, and turn around and ask for the blame is enough for your kid. ”

Kavech stubbornly argued.

Losers don't lose. I recognized Pamela's judgment in my heart, but it was a matter of my own face, and I must not admit defeat.

The quarrel between the two has attracted countless melon-eating people at this moment. Some strong people even stepped out of the open and set up magic shields to keep out the rain, just to watch the excitement.

Realizing that if the argument continued, he would become a joke, and Kavech turned around and walked away.

……

The rain was ticking, and Hudson was crying out in his tent. I finally found an opportunity to start, but it was ruined by a heavy rain.

Running hundreds of miles overnight to launch a sneak attack, Hudson dared to fight such a battle, but he ran hundreds of miles under the torrential rain, so it was still a province!

Don't arrive at the destination yet, the war horse will be wasted by the quagmire one by one. Hudson was not interested in fighting this kind of unreliable battle.

"Marshal, the rain has been falling for two hours, and it seems that it will not stop for a while.

According to the guide, it's the rainy season. Historically, this kind of weather has usually lasted for a few days or more than a month.

The army was dragged down by the heavy rain, and we were afraid that our original plan could not be continued. ”

Jose said with a wry brow.

The first time he gave advice to the coach, he encountered this kind of ghost weather, and he was about to suspect that he was possessed by the god of decay.

The biggest problem in the rainy season is not the torrential rain, but the muddy roads. Even if the sky cleared in the middle, it was still difficult for the army to move.

Before making the plan, he didn't take into account the weather, and it was obvious that he was not qualified as a strategist.

"Don't worry, you can't blame this kind of thing. I thought that this year's Warhammer Great Plains would be dry and rainless, and there would be no rainy season, but I didn't expect to catch up at the last moment.

It's a pity that there is no one to harvest the crops in the field, and now they can only be wasted.

Let's wait, fighters will appear sooner or later. Now the Lord of the Dawn is not blessed, and we cannot be forced to do so. ”

Hudson said calmly.

The arrival of the rainy season delayed the movement of the army, and also saved him a lot of trouble.

In the face of the great power of nature, the manpower is small, and the country can no longer urge him to fight quickly.

The war in northern Xinjiang was rekindled, and the kingdom's strategy of first the north and then the west was forced to shelve, and now there are people to help carry it.

In the follow-up war, it is better to take one step at a time. Hudson didn't believe it, and he couldn't find the enemy's flaws.

……

The rainy season is not ordinary, and it rains intermittently for seven days before a rainbow appears in the sky.

After the rain, the sky is clear, but I don't know if this sunny day is permanent or short-lived.

Patrolling the camp every day, Hudson was tired of it. Fortunately, the rain covered a wide enough area to catch the expeditionary force alone.

Affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods have occurred in many areas. The coalition of ancient relics gathered in the province of Deklas unfortunately caught up with a wave of flash floods.

Originally, in this kind of heavy rainfall weather, the soldiers who nested in the camp all day long held back the fire in their stomachs. happened to encounter a flash flood again, and it is strange that morale can be high.

Hudson, who received the news, was not only happy, but also happy.

Fortunately, they chose to camp on the top of a higher mountain, but if they chose to camp in a flat area for convenience, how to drain the water in the camp was a big problem.

Glancing into the distance, Hudson commanded the guards: "Pass the order, summon the officers above the regimental level in the Warcraft Cavalry Legion to come over and discuss the matter!" ”

is also a regimental officer, and the regimental level in the Warcraft Cavalry Legion is obviously much higher than the regimental level in other legions.

Summoning them individually for a meeting is not a hierarchical discrimination. The main thing is that now the roads are muddy, which limits the play of ordinary cavalry.

In contrast, the impact on Warcraft is much smaller, almost negligible.

In a short period of time, the only force Hudson could use was these five thousand Demon Beast cavalry.

Originally, during the rain, Hudson was ready to take this Warcraft cavalry out to do something and catch the enemy by surprise.

It was only considering that the troops were limited, they couldn't do big things, and it was not worth exposing the combat effectiveness of the Warcraft cavalry in advance, so they chose to put the plan on hold for the time being.

After the rain, everyone is in a good mood, and it is also the time when it is easiest to be negligent.

Seven days of uneventful life, coupled with muddy roads, was enough to dispel the vigilance of many people.

If you look at the top of your head, you can see that in the past few days, the enemy has not come to reconnoitre.

Not because of negligence, but purely unnecessary. The advantage of the cavalry was mobility, and it was impossible to give up their superiority and run to fight the camp storm.

If you want to win with the least cost, you must attack while the enemy is moving.

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