Chapter 205: The Western Expedition Pursues Claude (Part II)
At this moment, the armies of Oliver and Harris were stationed on the borders of the Imperial Territories, and each had only sent a small number of troops into the territory of the Droiana Army as a test to test it.
On the border with the Imperial Territories, Oliver's advance corps had almost always met with the Tore's corps of Adonis, though there had not yet been a major engagement.
At the same time, Dominic, the governor of Rosa, who had retreated to Bondelles, also made a gesture of going north to meet Harris's army and jointly counterattack the forces of the Droiana army in the province of Rosa.
Andus, Reginod, on the other hand, was scratching his scalp in the tent, and urgent letters flew like snowflakes to his tent of the Chinese army, and then they were all presented in front of his eyes.
"Cillin, what the hell is this guy doing, didn't he say that he was going south, what are he going to do to provoke that old fox. Reginod smiled wryly, holding in his hand a letter that had been sent early in the morning.
This is sent by the flag officer of the First Banner Regiment of the 32nd Corps, and the contents of the letter are roughly as follows: Blessed by the gods, honorable commander, the headquarters was ordered to station on the flank of the 27th Corps in order to coordinate operations, but today I received a transfer summons from the 27th Corps.
Reginod shook the parchment in his hand, then looked at the table in front of him, his face full of helplessness.
The contents of the letters on the table were not much different from the ones in his hand, nothing more than asking for war, asking questions, and so on.
"Silin, Silin, you've got a problem for me, ......" Reginord pondered for a moment before he began to reply. Cover the letterhead of the Great Seal. It was spread out one by one by Reginod. After a while, there were a few more big words on each letterhead—'Adapt'.
"Someone!" shouted Reginald as he looked up after admiring his work.
As the horses galloped into the barracks of Andus, Reginord's orders were passed into the hands of the highest commanders of the ministries.
"Adapt?" In the large battalion of the 19th Corps headquarters, General Roderick was holding an order from the Forward Command, and beside him was standing Cecil, the general of the left wing of the Corps, who had several relationships with Cillin.
"General, what kind of order is this. Lord Reginord is confused. Cecil stepped closer, looked at the letterhead, and spoke.
And Roderick didn't seem to hear what Cecil said, paced forward a few steps, and then glanced at the order in his hand, "Adapt......" Roderick read it again, thinking, is there any other purpose of the commander.
Although Roderick is a well-known expert in jungle warfare in the Empire, in the middle of the plains and mountains, the 19th Corps exerts a stronger combat power, which is also a major reason why the Military Affairs Office and the General Staff transferred the 19th Corps to the Andus battlefield.
The 27th Corps, with all its glory, cooperated with the 19th Corps led by Roderick. In the eyes of the leaders, even if not the ace of Adonis can be completely defeated. It can also hold the opponent and slow down the enemy's offensive, and when the other two armies approach Droiana with the threat of victory, then Droiana will be attacked on both sides, even if Adonis has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to part.
"General?" Seeing that Roderick ignored him, Cecil followed closely and shouted softly.
I saw Roderick standing in the middle of the big tent, even if Cecil shouted again, he still ignored it, just as Cecil was about to shout again, Roderick suddenly turned around and said: "Cecil, the commander is still the same, haha, the guards notify the battalions and prepare to act at any time." ”
As soon as Roderick's words fell, another person outside the tent answered.
"Uh...... General, where are we going?" Cecil looked confused.
"Cecil, the action of the 27th Corps, we have all been mobilized by that kid from Xilin. Roderick said with a smile on his face, without the slightest hint of anger.
Roderick walked quickly to the sand table in the tent, looked at the various marks made in the sand table, stretched out his hand to point to the mark representing the Chatria River, and then pointed his finger down until it stopped at the area where the Chatria River flows south of Andus, and so on several times, as if he was deliberating repeatedly.
Cecil stood aside, his eyes moving back and forth in the direction Roderick was pointing, but he never knew what Roderick was trying to say.
After a dozen breaths, Roderick's fingers finally stopped at one point.
Cecil looked fixedly, "Belgree?"
"Well, Bergery!" Roderick nodded heavily, "Cecil, you and Sirin Doyle must have known each other for a long time." ”
"Yes General, in Dostol, the left flank of the Nineteenth Corps once fought against the Orc attack with the Glory Banner. The current 27th Corps was rebuilt on the basis of the Glory Banner Regiment. "The battle of Dostol did not pass long, and Cecil certainly remembered the situation.
"Well...... Good. Roderick patted Cecil on the shoulder, "This time I'll let you go and cooperate with Cillin again, and the left-wing general Cecil will obey the order!"
Roderick's face was stern, "Order, the left wing general Cecil to lead his troops and horses to reach the Kukusur Gorge within three days, there must be no mistake!"
"Yes!" Cecil bowed to the order, but instead of leaving immediately, he looked at Roderick and said, "That...... Take care, General!"
Roderick said nothing, and Cecil turned to go out of the tent and began to arrange the march.
The Cukusur Gorge is Cecil's destination, the canyon is deep and steep, it is the dividing line between the upper and middle reaches of the Tschattria River, and to the southeast of the canyon, is an important city of Andus, Cuckussur, which is located in the south of Czar County, and occupies an important position in the middle and upper reaches of the Tsartria River basin both militarially and economically.
Cecil set off immediately, and the right flank of the 19th Corps was not with Roderick's own troops and horses, Cecil led the left flank of the troops and horses to the west, and Roderick's side was only left with the Chinese army and a large number of baggage troops, as infantry, the 19th Corps had just been stationed. I haven't even had time to catch my breath. A new round of strategic arrangement began.
Andus. Almost all the soldiers and horses subordinate to the forward command were in action, but there was no unified command, and it was clear that the 'four-character order' used by Reginaud was successful.
It was another night, and the 27th Corps still began to set off, and by this time, Augustin's soldiers and horses were nearly thirty kilometers away from the men and horses led by Xilin. It seems that before dawn, Augustin will be able to find a crossing point and begin to head west of the river.
However, it will not be as easy as imagined, Augustine is taking advantage of the night to advance, and the four teams of scouts continue to transmit various information about the surroundings, and then go back to the surrounding area to reconnoitre.
Although the march on the first day was smooth, today, the worrying situation still happened.
As time passed, Augustine's face became more and more ugly.
"Hasn't the third come back yet?"
Augustine ordered the 2nd Banner Regiment to become a permanent march. Turning his head to ask Ian next to him.
"Back to my lord, there is still no news from the third. No. 5 and No. 6 have gone out to look for them, but they have not returned. Ian's answer made Augustine's expression even more bitter.
Obviously, Augustine has realized that there has been an accident on the third, and even the fifth and sixth may have suffered an accident, otherwise, even if there is any important discovery, the news will be transmitted back to the headquarters first, but now there is no one alive and no corpse dead.
Augustin's No. 3 is the scout they are referring to, and it is a team of scouts, three scouts, plus six who went out to look for them, and they lost three teams of scouts in a row, which is definitely not trivial.
The Second Banner Regiment is still advancing, Augustin and Ian did not leak the news of the scout's disappearance, as for Augustin's team of personal guards, they are all carefully selected by Xilin from the original 27th Corps, and they are sent to Augustin to listen to it at any time, so naturally he will not talk much.
Nowadays, the enemy is in the dark, and the enemy is in the light, although it is night, the other party is likely to have been prepared, or the enemy's cultivation is profound, and he can play them in the night.
For the sake of today's plan, we must find out the reason for the matter, "Ian, you take the Second Banner Regiment to continue to advance, and I will take the Guards to the north to see who the other party is." ”
The direction of the three scouts was to the north of them, and according to the scouts' patrol, they should have lost contact with them near Manshire.
"Adults can't, adults have a heavy responsibility, so let me go. As soon as Augustin finished speaking, Ian stopped him.
"You ......" Augustine looked at the endless night in front of him, and nodded slightly, Augustine understood that now was not the time to be rash, this was related to the entire battle situation, and a little carelessness could lead to a big mistake.
"Ellen, protect Lord Ian!" Augustine said, and rode forward.
The entire Second Banner Regiment of the 27th Corps was like a long snake crawling in its winding direction, and suddenly, a squad of more than a dozen people rushed out from the snake's neck and headed north.
"Lord Ian, please be careful!"
On Ian's side, Allen's horse was only half a horse slower than him.
"Thank you Allen, if there is any accident, you must try to inform the staff officer. ”
"Your Excellency is overthinking, maybe those scouts are just temporarily disoriented. Alan said.
"I hope so. Ian took a deep breath, and although he said this, he could see that his heart was not at peace.
As a group of people and horses continued to march north, the molecules in the air seemed to be a little solidified, and things were abnormal, and even the snort of the war horses was a little heavy.
"It's bloody ......"
There was a breeze in the air, and Allen's brow furrowed slightly.
Looking at the war horse under the crotch, he already showed some uneasiness, or a kind of mutated excitement.
War horses' sense of smell is generally more sensitive than that of humans, especially for smells, due to the larger nasal cavity, the memory of smells is much stronger than that of humans.
On the battlefield, the thick blood will make every war horse remember this smell, as well as the madness on the battlefield, and now the blood in the air just arouses the madness of the war horses, making them restless at the moment.
"Appeal ......"
Feeling the abnormality of the war horse under his crotch, Ian reined in the war horse, and more than a dozen guards naturally formed a triangular formation, tightly protecting Ian and Alan in the middle.
"Hmph...... A group of low-level vampires dared to snatch blood food from my grandfather's head. Allen said secretly in his heart.
Naturally, he discovered the characteristic of the smell of blood in the air, as a ghost clan, the ghost worm possessed by Eren was at the same level as the Earl of the Blood Clan. And now kill the blood clan of the scouts of the 27th Corps. It's just the most ordinary low-level bloodline. Naturally, I can't escape his eyes.
The red light flashed, and a war horse sighed and neighed, and in this empty and quiet grassland, it was like a meteor cutting through the sky, so that all the people present couldn't help but be shocked.
When everyone looked at the war horse again, the guards on the war horse disappeared, and only the war horse paced back and forth a few steps, and then rushed into the distance.
"Which senior, why don't you show up. In the second flag officer of the 27th Corps, please also invite the seniors to appear!"
Ian said loudly into the distance, but his right hand slowly rested on the hilt of his sword.
Alan was on his side, and naturally saw Ian's movements, if it was an ordinary master, Ian would probably be able to give up his life, but what he encountered was not a person at all, or in the night, the blood clan and the ghost were both the darlings of the night. Allen, of course, knows the difference between people and blood.
Even if it was just two low-level bloods, it was not something that Ian could resist. But if Ian is promoted to the middle level of martial arts one day, he may be able to fight the other party, but now he can't.
"Quack, where did you come from, junior, don't hurry up and catch it!"
A rough voice sounded out of thin air.
Everyone was startled for a moment and looked around, but the place illuminated by the torches in their hands was limited, and they did not find any suspicious figures.
Alan didn't think much of this, but he still pretended to be flustered.
"We have no grudges with our seniors, why did my seniors hurt the lives of my subordinates?" Ian had already grasped the sword tightly in his right hand, staring intently ahead.
Looking at Ian's appearance, Alan sighed secretly, and thought to himself: "Alas, human beings are human beings, although there are many cultivators who are strong, but if they are ordinary people, they are really weak. ”
Just in front of them, about ten feet away, two dark red figures were swaying slightly, this is what Alan saw, and when he looked at Ian with the same eyes, the entire Ian was a bright light cluster, this is the vision of ghosts, in fact, the blood clan is very similar to ghosts in this regard, so the two blood clans in the distance, because they were afraid that the other party could not see themselves, stood blatantly in the distance, but they didn't know that in this small human team, there was a master of the ghost clan.
"Your subordinates have collided with Lord Ben, taking his life is just a small punishment, if you don't leave, you will stay forever!"
Hearing the other party's words, Ian frowned, the other party refused to show up, but killed his subordinates three times and twice, and he couldn't do anything about it.
"Thank you, senior!"
Ian gritted his teeth, he wanted to avenge his subordinates with his own strength, but he still endured it, looked at the people behind him, and could only wave his hand violently, "Withdraw!"
Ian held the reins of his horse, the horse turned, and several horses made a heavy snort, as if they were happy after relieving the pressure.
But Ian didn't notice that Alan wasn't on the team at the moment.
The little low-level blood clan actually played a majestic role in front of him for a long time, if this was spread out, wouldn't it fall into the majesty of his ghost insect lord. So, Eren decided to kill them.
"Why don't you leave, don't you want to die!" was still the rough voice.
"The blood clan is really getting wider and wider, who am I, I still have to inform you. Alan sat firmly on the war horse and said quietly.
"You, who are you, why can you see our identity!" The rough voice showed a slight panic.
"Who are you?" Alan asked himself, ignoring the Blood's question, talking to the dying creatures (as Eren called them) was already a waste of time, and he wouldn't answer the other person's question again.
"You, who are you, how do you know the name of the adult?"
"You don't need to know. As he spoke, a faint smile appeared on Allen's face.
Without any sound, the two low-level bloods were killed by Allen.
In fact, Alan had already seen that the two bloodlines had already sucked a lot of blood, and the bodies of the bloodlines would show a blood-red light in the night, but the other party's bodies were dark red, which was why they would let Ian go.
"They are really Fan Zhuo's subordinates, hmph, it seems that the hand of the blood clan has been stretched too long, this matter must be known to adults, these two stinky bats, just take it as a small warning." ”
Thinking in his heart, Eren turned around and chased after Ian and the others.
Back in the team, Ian had already informed Augustin of the reason, Augustin thought about it again and again, and finally had to give up, no matter what, as long as it wasn't an ambush by Claude's soldiers and horses, the rest had to send troops to tell Sù Xilin to be more careful.
"Huh, what about Alan?"
Hearing Augustine say this, Ian also looked back, but he didn't see Allen's figure, at this moment, a horse was coming in the distance, and the person on the horse was Allen.
"Why wasn't Eren there just now?" Augustine said, looking at Alan.
He didn't suspect Allen, but thought that something had happened to the other party.
"I went with Lord Ian to investigate, so it's convenient by the way. As he spoke, Alan looked embarrassed.
"Well, pay more attention in the future, now that our whereabouts have been targeted, we must be more careful!"
"Yes, sir!" replied Allen.
After advancing for nearly an hour, the speed had slowed down a lot, and at this time, Alan said to Ian beside him: "My lord, it will be dawn in half an hour, and this march is fortunately dangerous." ”
"En......"
I saw Ian on his horse and nodded slightly. (To be continued......)