Chapter Eighty-Five: Mission
A few hours after leaving the city, the Silver Eagle Legion joined forces with the Fifth Mixed Legion from the Kingdom of Connery.
According to the assignment of the war command with the Kingdom of Karis as the main and the Kingdom of Connery as the auxiliary, their next task is to encircle and suppress the army of the Wagner Kingdom in a large area ahead, plus capture some important cities.
On the way forward, Sean represented the thirteenth team to get the trajectory of the two legions in the future.
Because of the news of the war, a considerable part of the army in the province of Bellok was transferred, and the rest, which was difficult to mobilize, was stuck in some cities and dangerous places, slowing down the progress of the offensive of the combined forces of the two countries and inflicting some losses on them.
The Silver Eagle Legion and Connery's Fifth Mixed Army had no intention of concealing their actions, and they invaded the borders of the Wagner Kingdom with great fanfare, looking arrogant.
In fact, they can't hide it if they want to, the more than 50,000 elite soldiers of the Silver Eagle Legion, some militia teams and baggage are conspicuous enough, plus the number of Connally's Fifth Mixed Army, which has more than 100,000 people, once they move, even if they stand on a distant mountain and look out, they can easily find it.
So their plan is very simple, that is, to clear the remnants of the Wagner Kingdom in the field first, obtain enough prisoners and cannon fodder, and then concentrate on attacking the city to reduce their own losses.
The main terrain of the province of Beloc is a mixture of mountains and plains, so the kingdoms of Karis and Connery, who are invaders, will not forget to bring cavalry suitable for fighting on the plains.
The resistance of the Wagner kingdom is also very smart, and in the face of such a situation, they have already dispersed into the mountains or villages and towns, making it impossible for the two countries to carry out large-scale encirclement and suppression, and the cavalry has lost its mobility, and the threat has been greatly reduced.
After consulting with the leaders of the Fifth Army, the Silver Eagle Legion decided to use a method of breaking up the army hidden in the mountains and forests according to the advantages of its own profession and elite soldiers.
Although there will be some losses in this way, the hidden danger must not be left behind, otherwise when launching a general attack on the victory pass, if there is a problem with the supply line in the rear, it will be over.
In line with the above policy, the commander of the Silver Eagle Legion put forward suggestions to each professional detachment to choose their own targets to attack, which just caters to the needs of the professionals, who are worried that there is no place to earn military merits, but they did not expect the opportunity to be sent to the door.
The thirteenth team led by Sean naturally will not fall behind, because with the relationship between Billaire and Nolan here, they can often get some easier and more successful tasks.
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Time passed quickly.
For seven days after leaving the city, Sean and the others led a small army of soldiers to attack with low-threat targets.
In this week, they have gained a lot of military merits, and those ordinary soldiers alone have nearly a hundred points per person on average.
You must know that every bit of military merit is equivalent to a silver coin, and under normal circumstances, an ordinary person can't save so much money in a year!
Not to mention that these professionals have no less than 7,000 points, and Sean, as the captain, plus repairing war equipment for the legion from time to time, has the highest income in the team.
In seven days, he earned a total of fifteen thousand military merits, which if converted into gold coins, it would be an average of more than twenty per day, which was much higher than his income in Hogel City.
It is precisely because of this that so many professionals have participated in this war, and those official and master figures are so generous, as long as they can survive this war, they must get more than they originally imagined.
Today is the eighth day, according to the news from Sean, the city where Sean once lived, Lane City, now seems to have become an important node of the resistance, and the two legions decided to clear the periphery separately after receiving the order, and then launch a general attack on Lane City.
As usual, Sean went with Bilelle to apply for the right assignment.
Their targets are often small towns and villages, where the combat power is low, but they can get a lot of prisoners and cannon fodder, so the military benefits are not bad, and they can even take this opportunity to make a small extra profit.
With the dual effect of Sean's talent and Bilaire's relationship, the two were once again given the task of conquering a small town called Millin in their northeast.
The army is constantly moving, and their scattered teams are naturally getting new missions constantly, with the Silver Eagle Legion and the Fifth Army as the center, the professional detachment is leading groups of soldiers to strangle all targets within a circle.
After briefly introducing the mission to the team members, Sean and the others led some of the previous ordinary soldiers to temporarily leave the team and quickly head to Millin Town.
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With a population of nearly 10,000, Millin Town can be said to be a large town, and Teresa City can be called a city with just over 50,000 people, but it is not much more than here.
The geographical location of Milin Town is somewhat special, the whole is located on the edge of the plain area, and the northern part of the town is not far from the mountainous area, and various resources are quite rich.
The town of Millin was a fiefdom of a viscount, and due to its proximity to the border, there were even some troops stationed near the town.
According to the information of the Silver Eagle Legion, it is likely that these troops have hidden in the mountains behind the town of Mirin after receiving the news of the invasion of the two countries, and their leader should be the nobleman of the original town, Viscount Alban Valentine.
The number of troops is uncertain for the time being, but it should be between 2,000 and 7,000, and what Sean and the others have to do is not to go to destroy this wave of troops, but to find out information and occupy the town of Milin to prepare for the subsequent attack.
Walking at the front of the line on his horse, Sean glanced back and took a deep breath.
In addition to the archers he brought with him on the previous missions, Sean also specially applied for an additional two hundred heavily armored cavalry.
If those rebels dare to emerge from the mountains, even if they cannot be completely annihilated, with these soldiers here, as long as they do not die and go deep into the mountains and forests, their safety is still guaranteed.
A total of 500 archers and 200 heavily armored cavalry, all of them elite soldiers with a hundred battles, after breaking away from the main army, all entered a state of rapid march.
In fact, in the process of long-distance travel, the speed of cavalry may sometimes not be as good as that of ordinary infantry, especially the heavy cavalry of the Silver Eagle Warband, although the speed of movement in a short distance is very fast, but it is definitely unbearable for a long time, so they can only ride a war horse and slowly hurry, maintaining a marching speed similar to that of an archer.